You forgot Homie Stock: When the opponent does something cool that should of killed you but you somehow survive, but you decide they get that stock anyway so you SD.
Yeah, I think it was edited to have a really good flow to it without giving me a hard out where I wanted to click away. Just kept the info coming and the minutes ticking by. ;D Only thing I didn't really like were the "i won't go into why it's called that" moments, but that's just my personal preference in enjoying the history of the smash community. :)
‘Meteor (Smash)’ is the correct term for a downward-launching attack in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Meteors in Ultimate work the same way as a spike in Melee, but the game itself refers to them as ‘Meteor Smashes’ or ‘Moves with a Meteor effect’. All Meteor moves work properly in Ultimate so the term ‘Spike’ is unnecessary albeit accepted. It is not an incorrect term.
spike is what should be used though because it is what a spike is in melee and it makes communication between the communities easier. even if it is referred to as meteor in game spike is the more widely accepted term
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a spike just a move that causes airborne opponents to be strongly launched downwards, and a meteor is like a spike, but even stronger and _straight down?_
@@Dave_Chrome Pretty much but their strength doesn't matter and spikes, unlike meteors could be canceled in melee and brawl. Since meteor canceling is no longer a thing in newer smash games it doesn't really matter which term you use. Although the game itself refers to them as meteor smashes.
is it really? spike is anything that propels the target downwards, while meteor is an attack where _your_ characters falls in a straight line unstopped. or am i wrong?
Me (noob): How do I play smash like a boss? Mew2King: ok so you shffl turn around rar back air out of a full hop lunar landing which saves two frames of hot chocolate and then you run sdcaffine 20xx mod on real life’s 20009483rd frame while down airing the base knockback of the disadvantage state which will successfully save you 1 frame of jumpsquat start up which has... Me: O_O
after doing a ledge drop fair to waveland under left platform, tech chase thwm into a down throw bair, then read the di and forward b, either normal or b reverse.
19.99 dollar bill this will put the opponent into disadvantage state, in which case you want to read the roll get up so you will want to falling up air into up smash, usuming you are joker
Nice! I was pretty sure you were going to miss a lot... but I should have known looking at the length. A few you missed... - priority - (jab) reset - stage spike - jank - DBZ - pop-off - homie(gentleman's) stock - bodied - scrub - Sopo - sleep/slept Alternative terms... Foxtrot = Dash Dance Super Armor = Trample Misinput = Input Error Cool Down = End Lag Spike = Dunk Terms I didn't know... - sharking - DSR Character Slang D3 = King Dedede Bayo = Bayonetta Jiggs = Jigglypuff Piks = Pikachu Falcon = Captain Falcon Palu = Palutena Zard = Charizard Corn = Corrin Iccies = Ice Climbers Good stuff man! A BIG FAT 'like' for you!!!
Actually, a trample is something different. Some moves straight up beat out other moves, and is mostly related to the hit box rather than the hurt box. Moves like Bowser's down special and Jigglypuff's dash attack can trample and beat out some moves.
I remember playing in game against 3 others, and there was a Luigi. The Luigi won, but the way he did was hilarious. Luigi and someone else were the last ones standing, they stopped at separate sides of the map. Luigi crouched, and fuckin shimmied his way over to the other dude, and up B’ed him. Fuckin highlight of my month.
holy shit i was watching this video for nearly 30 minutes thinking "wow this channel is great i'm sure he has at least 100k subs." So i got to sub as well and notice that you are *criminally* underrated Banana Boy. I hope you become famous soon man.
Actually, tomohawk is the action of empty hopping into a fastfall, it has nothing to do with a grab, thats a common misconception. Technically it would be called a 'tomohawk grab'. The importance of tomohawk is that it often baits your opponent to shield, and grab just happens to often be the best option due to it countering shield. For example, tomohawking is still a term even in platfighters that dont have grabs such as Rivals of Aether, even though it is significantly less useful in that game. Great video though, Im sure this will help a lot of newcomers.
As someone who has casually followed the melee scene here and there and recently got smash ultimate and never understood any commentator even after watching the smash documentaries, this was very useful
I didn't think I was going to learn anything from this video but I was wrong. I didn't know about the base knockback and knockback growth thing. Very interesting. I'm not a Ness player but if I ever do play Ness I'll have a better idea of what to do. The quality and hard work really shows with this one. Nice job, BananaBoy! :)
@@kirbthelegend1617 Well I did have Lucas as my third main in Brawl but that's about it. I don't really play as Ness or Lucas anymore except when I'm not playing as seriously.
@@kirbthelegend1617 Nice! Well currently Pokemon Trainer is my first main and Inkling as my second. I'm not sure who my third would be. I really want it to be Piranha Plant. Super stoked to play as a Piranha Plant. XD
15:43 Ultimate does call "spikes" meteor smashes though. If you look at the support spirit Ezlo, you'll see it's attribute is "Toss & Meteor", and the description says it powers up grabs and downward smashes. Though I guess it makes sense to separate the two terms if both are used for different things by the community. I'm still new to the game, so thank you so much for making this video. I'll have an easier time getting into the game now.
That, and there literally are challenges that require you to defeat a CPU with a meteor smash. And they require you to defeat them with what this video calls a spike.
To be fair, meteors and spikes have a difference in Melee. There was meteor cancelling on some downward-launching moves, but moves that could not be meteor cancelled were called spikes. I guess it was just an old habit from the Melee players that went on to Sm4sh and SmashU.
A JV4, for example, is a 3 stock which sorta deserves to be a 4 stock because the winner didn't have any percent when they won. It's called a JV because the idea was popularised by the pro player JV
15:44 ACKHTUALLY the correct term is meteor smash, this is what they're called ingame and they never once call it "spike", though most of the time the two terms are interchangeable, they were two different things in melee but now they're the same thing
I don't usually bother, but for this well thought out, well presented, and ultimately important SMASH content, I went ahead and SMAAAAAASHED that like button!
Thanks for this video. Most of us newbies are sometimes a bit afraid to ask for explanations for certain terms, thinking it would seem stupid. Glad you took the time to explain! :)
Don't forget about Screen KOs: when you knock an opponent into the upper blast zone and his character smacks the front of the screen. Also there's Background KOs: the exact same thing as a Screen KO, just the character falls into the background and disappears with a losing cry that's extremely satisfying to hear.
Loved the video but I do have a small correction. The "spikes" in this game actually are called meteor smashes by the game itself making that the correct term. You can see this in the vault's challenges.
I'll be honest. I watch ALOT of smash videos and I would say this is single handedly the best video to watch if you're a beginner trying to get into the game. Or even if you consider yourself an advanced player.
15:40 "calling spikes meteor smashes is incorrect" except for the fact that the game literally calls it meteor smashes Examples of this include: -Spirits such as Ashnard which have the "Toss and Meteor" skill, which increases the power of attacks that launch upwards and meteor smashes -One of the challenges requiring you to kill 3 lvl 9 CPUs with meteor smashes within 3 minutes
Theres a difference between a spike and a meteor smash. I believe it has something to do with whether you are able to act out of it or not. Could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure theres two
@@Doritochi I just looked it up just to make sure I wasn't getting it wrong: All smash games have meteor smashes, but melee is the only one to have spikes due to a bug. So, not only is meteor smashes a correct term, when talking about Ultimate there's no such thing as spikes
I am not a beginner of ssbu, but I watched the video to the very end and appreciated the amount of effort that you put into the video. Thank you for the tips
YESSS I've been playing competatively for like three years now and I still find myself learning or not understanding certain terms used by pros - thank you for this!!
Good thing he defines it half way through so you will know what it means by that time, unless you're an idiot and have to rewind to every instance of him mentioning lag before that.
I’m honestly really surprised you only have 4.4K, you seem like someone who’d be way up there! This information is a must have for many beginning competitive players.
Thank you so much for this. It was extremely confusing to me what a bunch of these actually meant, but you explained them clear and concisely. I even took some notes. Again. Thank you.
Foxtrotting and dash dancing are similar but not the same. Foxtrotting is moving quickly across the stage by starting to dash but letting go of the stick before you're fully dashing. It's done to cover ground more quickly than walking while still having access to your walking options (e.g. tilts). Dash dancing is starting to dash, then starting to dash the other way, then back to the first direction, and so on, resulting in no change in position. It's used to make your movement hard to predict and mess with your opponent's spacing, as your opponent doesn't know whether you're going to move quickly towards them or quickly away.
Gotta correct you on your spike terminology -A meteor is any move which sends downwards (faster than connecting hits like those from falco fair). -A meteor smash is a move which sends downwards quickly, but the hitstun ends, meaning the enemy has an opportunity to recover (it also has the extra meaty sound effect). -A spike is a move which sends downwards and has very long (infinite?) hitstun, Think of chrom and ike up b. They also have the same meaty sound effect. In conclusion, most things in this game are meteors or meteor smashes, but there are some spikes (in smash 4, the only spikes were from items, no fighters had any, ultimate is different though). Hope this helps.
Now I gotta correct you on that, in Melee: -A meteor smash sends you straight downward and can be meteor cancelled by jumping or using Up B 8 frames after the hitlag ends (like Captain Falcon's Dair and Marth's Dair in the PAL version) A spike sends at an angle beyond the meteor cancel threshold, thus can't be meteor cancelled (Falco's Dair, Marth's Dair in the NTSC version) -In Brawl: The meteor smash angle threshold has been widened to the point that no playable characters has a true spike. Spike is only used as an informal term. -In Smash 64, Smash 4 and Ultimate: Meteor cancelling isn't a thing, therefore every meteor smash is also a spike. The terms are interchangeable.
@@FierceFIYA I wont argue with you on any of your points there except for smash 4 and presumably ultimate (because I don't know or care for any of the other games), because I know that spikes are specific and kill from 0, like arceus' spike, but other moves are only meteors and meteor smashes. I would direct you towards the wiki for confirmation, because unless I'm interpreting it wrong, it corroborates my points. www.ssbwiki.com/spike
Thank you! I'm trying to get more into smash, so I looked up a guide for the character im trying to main and I had no idea what anything meant. I'm going to give it a rewatch and see how much I know now!
While meteor is the correct term for launching an opponent down downwards Spike is easier to say in the fast-paced realm of Smash announcing. Mario's Forward Air even resembles a volleyball Spike. Although connecting with it the proper thing to say is that the opponent got dunked.
Fun Fact short hopping is done by quickly releasing the jump button NOT lightly tapping the button. its all about letting go early not touching it lightly. Still appreciate the help your doing for the community!
this is one of those videos I really appreciate, as I feel like so many of these terms are either you know them or you don't, and there is a frustrating area of miscommunication because of that, so thank you for bridging the gap with this video!
Something you missed, in airdodging, you CAN still freefall if you just hit the shield button rather then input a direction. I use it a lot more then i do directional dodges.
i've been in this fandom for 4 years, mostly reading fanfics and browsing fanarts back in the days (even today), then started watching some smash vids. despite how long i've been here (and finally got the game myself) i never rly understood most of the terminologies i hear on the smash side of youtube until this vid. this educated me lots as fan, even though i'll probably never engage in the competitive field. i sincerely thank you for helping my sorry ass understand the fanon smash ::DD
Thank you. I knew a lot of these terms but some of them I was completely clueless on. I’ve been meaning to figure it out and seen this in my recommendations. It helped a lot.
so just wondering for like general smash knowledge. so against most of my friends im generally decent, and with some warm up and practice with a specific character i can manage to beat lvl 9 CPUs. however every time i go online and use any character that isnt bowser i usually loose. how do i combat this?
No idea. A whiff is an attack that misses. A whiff punish is when you punish when they whiff. Rolling past warlock punch and countering with something else etc.
@@atheismgaming17 I ended up googling it. Thank you though. I find it so funny you answered me of all people, my UA-cam channel is named Telestial Gaming 😆
15:51 I just looked at meteor smashes and spikes on the Smash wiki, and they're actually very similar. In fact, according to the wiki, spikes were actually the result of an oversight in Melee that prevented some attacks intended to be Meteor Smashes to not be able to be Meteor Canceled. In fact, here's a Smash Wiki quote: "In most games of the Super Smash Bros. series, there are no spikes - all attacks that hit downwards are meteor smashes. However, in Super Smash Bros. Melee, a technical oversight results in two types of downwards attacks - those that can be meteor cancelled, and those that cannot - the first group are meteor smashes, while the second group are spikes. Despite this clear distinction, many players erroneously use the term "spike" to mean "meteor smash" regardless of the game, referring to spikes as "true spikes" to reflect their inability to be cancelled." So, yeah, technically, *you're* the one using the wrong term, but in reality, nobody really cares. 16:49 What you actually mean at this part is "being on-stage again". Hanging onto the ledge is technically touching the stage.
Watching this is a throwback. I love your videos, thank you so much for making them. You defined my love for smash, it's community and even fighting games as well, since your tournament video led me to look for local 2d fighting game tournaments in my area and getting involved with the fighting game community. Thank you so much
If anyone's wondering, 'Rage' starts at 35% and increases slowly until 150%. I think smoke appears on the character icon around 120% but that's just for looks (at least I don't think there's any extra boost at 120%). P.S. if I'm wrong let me know plz Edit: Also, you can pick up Diddy's peanut if it's slow enough and you're quick enough
Super helpful vid! I watch a lot of pros stream to try to get better idea of how to play but I don't understand what they're describing half the time so this video was exactly what I needed thanks! Also people are right this vid quality made me think you'd have way more subs, keep up the great work and I have no doubt you'll go way up in subs!
ya know i gotta say with me being new to smash bros ultimate and wanting to be good and master my 2 characters which are king k rool. and roy i feel like these videos are definitely gonna help me get better at the game im glad my buddy told me to watch your videos since im new and im trying to acutally get good.
thanks so much for this! i want to get into my local ult scene sometime but lack of knowledge was one of the things holding me back ;-; bless your soul for actually explaining the stage pick process too lol
I really enjoyed this video, eventhough, I knew basically every term already. It was really well explainded and it reminded me of, how technical this game really is. And the Pokemon Music at the end, made it an amazing Video, love it👍
Back in Melee if I was losing, I'd execute this true combo that works with any character.
L + R + A + Start
I see you are a man of culture as well.
I thought the combo was Start, L + R + A + Start
@@kcwjunior1AceAttourny What can I say, my tech knowledge is a little rusty after so long.
Lmao same
I trust a barioth in a tuxedo
You forgot Homie Stock: When the opponent does something cool that should of killed you but you somehow survive, but you decide they get that stock anyway so you SD.
Or just when your opponent SDs and you feel bad for em so you SD to even the match or accommodate for their SD
Spade I’m a fan of the fuck you stock
When you have a lead and sd
Don't people only homie stock when people sd
@@brendanswords4659 yeah pretty much
Brendan Swords yeah, I forgot about that when I put my comment. Spade was right
Whenever I hear Zair, I think “zuetral air”
Now I will call them that
Lmfao
Zack air
Zup air
Zown air
“Don’t take percent”
Lucario mains: hmmmm
*Terry has entered the chat*
*Lil mac has entered the chat*
*Joker mains have entered the chat*
*Waluigi just wants to be loved*
There are lucario mains?
I have no idea why I just watched this for 27 minutes but good job BananaBoy
it was the daisy in the thumbnail
Lmao me 2, I actually knew all of this stuff :p
Same here I knew like 98% of the vid but still watched full thing
Yeah, I think it was edited to have a really good flow to it without giving me a hard out where I wanted to click away. Just kept the info coming and the minutes ticking by. ;D Only thing I didn't really like were the "i won't go into why it's called that" moments, but that's just my personal preference in enjoying the history of the smash community. :)
Because you want to know what a Wombo Combo is.
‘Meteor (Smash)’ is the correct term for a downward-launching attack in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Meteors in Ultimate work the same way as a spike in Melee, but the game itself refers to them as ‘Meteor Smashes’ or ‘Moves with a Meteor effect’. All Meteor moves work properly in Ultimate so the term ‘Spike’ is unnecessary albeit accepted. It is not an incorrect term.
Exactly what I was going to say.
yeah, I don’t even play melee and I was gonna correct him
spike is what should be used though because it is what a spike is in melee and it makes communication between the communities easier. even if it is referred to as meteor in game spike is the more widely accepted term
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a spike just a move that causes airborne opponents to be strongly launched downwards, and a meteor is like a spike, but even stronger and _straight down?_
@@Dave_Chrome Pretty much but their strength doesn't matter and spikes, unlike meteors could be canceled in melee and brawl.
Since meteor canceling is no longer a thing in newer smash games it doesn't really matter which term you use. Although the game itself refers to them as meteor smashes.
7:43
Small correction, parries occur whenever you release your shield within 5 frames BEFORE an attack hits it
@IsaiahJH No, it's before.
@IsaiahJH its before
@IsaiahJH idk if you knew this but its before
Ban its near impossible to know when to parry, for me at least, but I'm practicing
@IsaiahJH Parries are already hard to consistently pull off with a 5 frame window, can you imagine how hard it would be if there was NO wiggle room?
Actually meteor is the official nintendo definition of SPIKES
Hell it's even mentioned in the Challenges section.
And in the tips for a number of characters.
I’m so glad you said it so I don’t have to
@@KahunaLagoona and in the records too.
is it really?
spike is anything that propels the target downwards, while meteor is an attack where _your_ characters falls in a straight line unstopped.
or am i wrong?
Me (noob): How do I play smash like a boss?
Mew2King: ok so you shffl turn around rar back air out of a full hop lunar landing which saves two frames of hot chocolate and then you run sdcaffine 20xx mod on real life’s 20009483rd frame while down airing the base knockback of the disadvantage state which will successfully save you 1 frame of jumpsquat start up which has...
Me: O_O
after doing a ledge drop fair to waveland under left platform, tech chase thwm into a down throw bair, then read the di and forward b, either normal or b reverse.
Meanwhile I’m still trying to figure out how to float right above the ground as peach quickly
19.99 dollar bill this will put the opponent into disadvantage state, in which case you want to read the roll get up so you will want to falling up air into up smash, usuming you are joker
Frosty Swish and if you aren’t Joker, why the hell are you playing the game
@@decidueyefan3844 crouch and hold jump
When you know all of them but your just bored, but you should also do your homework
Aaron Loosen - All my work is homework because I'm online schooled, but I like to get in some smash homework too
That's me
All I know is pain and all I feel is sadness.
What about BODIED
Aaron Loosen you’re*
Another meaning for tech is technique. If you ever hear someone say that they found a new tech, that’s what they mean.
"Hands of my cock" Falco tech is the best tech in Smash Ultimate.
Disgust Of-Riley ewww chickens with hands
Nice! I was pretty sure you were going to miss a lot... but I should have known looking at the length.
A few you missed...
- priority
- (jab) reset
- stage spike
- jank
- DBZ
- pop-off
- homie(gentleman's) stock
- bodied
- scrub
- Sopo
- sleep/slept
Alternative terms...
Foxtrot = Dash Dance
Super Armor = Trample
Misinput = Input Error
Cool Down = End Lag
Spike = Dunk
Terms I didn't know...
- sharking
- DSR
Character Slang
D3 = King Dedede
Bayo = Bayonetta
Jiggs = Jigglypuff
Piks = Pikachu
Falcon = Captain Falcon
Palu = Palutena
Zard = Charizard
Corn = Corrin
Iccies = Ice Climbers
Good stuff man! A BIG FAT 'like' for you!!!
MexicanRaccoon805 corn
Also IC's/ICs
Actually, a trample is something different. Some moves straight up beat out other moves, and is mostly related to the hit box rather than the hurt box. Moves like Bowser's down special and Jigglypuff's dash attack can trample and beat out some moves.
Whats Jank and DBZ again?
@@MrZeres Jank is either bull shit or a really weird and useless tech and DBZ is when two people hit each other at the same time and are sent flying
Combos and actual actual good moves: **Exists**
Me, a casual: Who needs that when you can just spam *F A L C O N P U N C H !*
Falcon punch into falcon punch is a TRUE COMBO
Oui
*S T O N E*
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or pk fire/freeze
6:56 Don't take percent
*Unless you're Lucario*
*Is Lucario* 😎
*Or Joker*
Seb Bro *simultaneously cackles in Lucario main and cries in incompetence*
Or Terry
Or cloud
I'll be watching this whenever I need a refresh. Thanks BB.
^
*cursed profile pics anonymous*
I remember playing in game against 3 others, and there was a Luigi. The Luigi won, but the way he did was hilarious. Luigi and someone else were the last ones standing, they stopped at separate sides of the map. Luigi crouched, and fuckin shimmied his way over to the other dude, and up B’ed him. Fuckin highlight of my month.
holy shit i was watching this video for nearly 30 minutes thinking "wow this channel is great i'm sure he has at least 100k subs." So i got to sub as well and notice that you are *criminally* underrated Banana Boy. I hope you become famous soon man.
Actually, tomohawk is the action of empty hopping into a fastfall, it has nothing to do with a grab, thats a common misconception. Technically it would be called a 'tomohawk grab'. The importance of tomohawk is that it often baits your opponent to shield, and grab just happens to often be the best option due to it countering shield. For example, tomohawking is still a term even in platfighters that dont have grabs such as Rivals of Aether, even though it is significantly less useful in that game.
Great video though, Im sure this will help a lot of newcomers.
When i watched this video i thought you had like 10k subs cuz of the quality. Omg. Super awesome video. Subscribed
RakiYT saaaaame
Well now he has 1.1k
He's on his way
I have a question what is it called when your move gets you killed like Luigi's Miss Fire off the stage without any jumps
Ofc its a compliment
was that a compliment or insult tf
As someone who has casually followed the melee scene here and there and recently got smash ultimate and never understood any commentator even after watching the smash documentaries, this was very useful
I didn't think I was going to learn anything from this video but I was wrong. I didn't know about the base knockback and knockback growth thing. Very interesting. I'm not a Ness player but if I ever do play Ness I'll have a better idea of what to do. The quality and hard work really shows with this one. Nice job, BananaBoy! :)
TanookiToadTeam your a ness player huh heres a tip for you side b side b side b side b side b side b side b side b back throw thank me later
GeneralAlgae if you play ness it’s optimal
@@kirbthelegend1617 Well I did have Lucas as my third main in Brawl but that's about it. I don't really play as Ness or Lucas anymore except when I'm not playing as seriously.
TanookiToadTeam oh ok who do you main in ultimate I main rob
@@kirbthelegend1617 Nice! Well currently Pokemon Trainer is my first main and Inkling as my second. I'm not sure who my third would be. I really want it to be Piranha Plant. Super stoked to play as a Piranha Plant. XD
Such a high quality video and very well edited. Keep up the fantastic work man.
I just found your channel. Love it when really small channels have Quality videos like this! Keep it up!
15:43 Ultimate does call "spikes" meteor smashes though. If you look at the support spirit Ezlo, you'll see it's attribute is "Toss & Meteor", and the description says it powers up grabs and downward smashes.
Though I guess it makes sense to separate the two terms if both are used for different things by the community. I'm still new to the game, so thank you so much for making this video. I'll have an easier time getting into the game now.
But down smashes don´t have downward knockback. Its usually down or forward airs.
That, and there literally are challenges that require you to defeat a CPU with a meteor smash. And they require you to defeat them with what this video calls a spike.
To be fair, meteors and spikes have a difference in Melee. There was meteor cancelling on some downward-launching moves, but moves that could not be meteor cancelled were called spikes. I guess it was just an old habit from the Melee players that went on to Sm4sh and SmashU.
A JV4, for example, is a 3 stock which sorta deserves to be a 4 stock because the winner didn't have any percent when they won. It's called a JV because the idea was popularised by the pro player JV
What did he mean about JV5 then?
Jv5 is winning by 4 stocks and taking 0 dmg
This channel is insanely underrated and deserve so much more attention. Keep it up Banana Boy.
15:44
ACKHTUALLY the correct term is meteor smash, this is what they're called ingame and they never once call it "spike", though most of the time the two terms are interchangeable, they were two different things in melee but now they're the same thing
This is about competitive terminology though, not the Nintendo terminology
This guide taught me, a guy who plays this game competitively, some new info. Thanks BananaBoy👌
I don't usually bother, but for this well thought out, well presented, and ultimately important SMASH content, I went ahead and SMAAAAAASHED that like button!
I'm sorry for that.
Thanks for this video. Most of us newbies are sometimes a bit afraid to ask for explanations for certain terms, thinking it would seem stupid. Glad you took the time to explain! :)
you forgot a DBZ: when two characters trade and take eachothers stock at the exact same time
Don't forget about Screen KOs: when you knock an opponent into the upper blast zone and his character smacks the front of the screen.
Also there's Background KOs: the exact same thing as a Screen KO, just the character falls into the background and disappears with a losing cry that's extremely satisfying to hear.
Background KOs are usually called Star Kos
"I NEVER LEARNED HOW TO REA....."
Loved the video but I do have a small correction. The "spikes" in this game actually are called meteor smashes by the game itself making that the correct term. You can see this in the vault's challenges.
I'll be honest. I watch ALOT of smash videos and I would say this is single handedly the best video to watch if you're a beginner trying to get into the game. Or even if you consider yourself an advanced player.
15:40 "calling spikes meteor smashes is incorrect"
except for the fact that the game literally calls it meteor smashes
Examples of this include:
-Spirits such as Ashnard which have the "Toss and Meteor" skill, which increases the power of attacks that launch upwards and meteor smashes
-One of the challenges requiring you to kill 3 lvl 9 CPUs with meteor smashes within 3 minutes
Theres a difference between a spike and a meteor smash. I believe it has something to do with whether you are able to act out of it or not. Could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure theres two
@@Doritochi I just looked it up just to make sure I wasn't getting it wrong:
All smash games have meteor smashes, but melee is the only one to have spikes due to a bug.
So, not only is meteor smashes a correct term, when talking about Ultimate there's no such thing as spikes
@@Knyex Ahh that's what it was. That makes sense guess I just applied that to all smash games. Thanks for clearing that up for me
@@Knyex or just call them spikes because everyone knows what you mean
I am not a beginner of ssbu, but I watched the video to the very end and appreciated the amount of effort that you put into the video. Thank you for the tips
forgot rar reeeee
run spin jump backair
great video man keep it up
YESSS I've been playing competatively for like three years now and I still find myself learning or not understanding certain terms used by pros - thank you for this!!
*Uses the term "lag" a lot*
*doesn't define lag at all before doing so*
That’s sad
Good thing he defines it half way through so you will know what it means by that time, unless you're an idiot and have to rewind to every instance of him mentioning lag before that.
I’m honestly really surprised you only have 4.4K, you seem like someone who’d be way up there! This information is a must have for many beginning competitive players.
Thank you so much for this. It was extremely confusing to me what a bunch of these actually meant, but you explained them clear and concisely. I even took some notes. Again. Thank you.
That is the best explaination for Base Knockback and Knockback Growth I've ever heard. I GET IT NOW! Many thanks for that!
good vid maybe someone has mentioned it im not sure but
10:33 should note a lot of people will call the foxtrot 'dash dancing'
Foxtrotting and dash dancing are similar but not the same. Foxtrotting is moving quickly across the stage by starting to dash but letting go of the stick before you're fully dashing. It's done to cover ground more quickly than walking while still having access to your walking options (e.g. tilts).
Dash dancing is starting to dash, then starting to dash the other way, then back to the first direction, and so on, resulting in no change in position. It's used to make your movement hard to predict and mess with your opponent's spacing, as your opponent doesn't know whether you're going to move quickly towards them or quickly away.
Just started playing competitively after an entire childhood of playing melee with items on. This has been helpful, thanks dawg.
meteor is the correct term. the reasons people use it is
1. nintendo calls it that.
2. stage spikes are a thing. a thing you didn't cover.
Spikes are only in Melee that's why
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Been playing ultimate since release date and had no idea dodges slowed down…
That is REALLY good to know.
Thank you so much 🙏
Gotta correct you on your spike terminology
-A meteor is any move which sends downwards (faster than connecting hits like those from falco fair).
-A meteor smash is a move which sends downwards quickly, but the hitstun ends, meaning the enemy has an opportunity to recover (it also has the extra meaty sound effect).
-A spike is a move which sends downwards and has very long (infinite?) hitstun, Think of chrom and ike up b. They also have the same meaty sound effect.
In conclusion, most things in this game are meteors or meteor smashes, but there are some spikes (in smash 4, the only spikes were from items, no fighters had any, ultimate is different though). Hope this helps.
Now I gotta correct you on that, in Melee:
-A meteor smash sends you straight downward and can be meteor cancelled by jumping or using Up B 8 frames after the hitlag ends (like Captain Falcon's Dair and Marth's Dair in the PAL version)
A spike sends at an angle beyond the meteor cancel threshold, thus can't be meteor cancelled (Falco's Dair, Marth's Dair in the NTSC version)
-In Brawl: The meteor smash angle threshold has been widened to the point that no playable characters has a true spike. Spike is only used as an informal term.
-In Smash 64, Smash 4 and Ultimate:
Meteor cancelling isn't a thing, therefore every meteor smash is also a spike. The terms are interchangeable.
@@FierceFIYA I wont argue with you on any of your points there except for smash 4 and presumably ultimate (because I don't know or care for any of the other games), because I know that spikes are specific and kill from 0, like arceus' spike, but other moves are only meteors and meteor smashes. I would direct you towards the wiki for confirmation, because unless I'm interpreting it wrong, it corroborates my points.
www.ssbwiki.com/spike
Thank you! I'm trying to get more into smash, so I looked up a guide for the character im trying to main and I had no idea what anything meant. I'm going to give it a rewatch and see how much I know now!
You forgot jab locks, stage spikes, untechable, homie stocks, throws :)
I gotta tell you I was having a bad day until this video cured me. I'm glad it wasn't just a boring tutorial
For beginners like me, a mixup is when I get temporarily confused as to which character is mine.
i can relate, and i played since brawl
While meteor is the correct term for launching an opponent down downwards Spike is easier to say in the fast-paced realm of Smash announcing. Mario's Forward Air even resembles a volleyball Spike. Although connecting with it the proper thing to say is that the opponent got dunked.
I've always heard your "cool down" referred to as "end lag"
Fun Fact short hopping is done by quickly releasing the jump button NOT lightly tapping the button. its all about letting go early not touching it lightly. Still appreciate the help your doing for the community!
14:36 I came for this one term (sour spot) and you have to insult me😂
this is one of those videos I really appreciate, as I feel like so many of these terms are either you know them or you don't, and there is a frustrating area of miscommunication because of that, so thank you for bridging the gap with this video!
A perfect shield is when you block the moment someone hits, a perry is when you let go the moment someone hits while you're shielding
They changed it so now perfect shielding is when you let go
In Sm4sh, it was called power shielding, in Ultimate, it's now called parrying
I already knew all the terms in this video, but it was so well put together that I couldn't stop watching. Great job!!
7:24, Im pretty sure he said "stonks"
I only watched this to learn what teching is. I learned some more definitions and a few tips. Thanks. You did a great job.
wait i'm banana boi and you are banana boy
that's confusing
IMPOSTER!!!!
I was too scared to ask what shield poking is but it finally makes sense how Yoshi is immune to it
Something you missed, in airdodging, you CAN still freefall if you just hit the shield button rather then input a direction. I use it a lot more then i do directional dodges.
Freefall is when you can’t do anything like after you up B
THANK. YOU! As a non-English speaker, I had a lot of trouble with some of these terms
"don't take percent" but what if I'm playing as Lucario? *thonk emoji*
i've been in this fandom for 4 years, mostly reading fanfics and browsing fanarts back in the days (even today), then started watching some smash vids. despite how long i've been here (and finally got the game myself) i never rly understood most of the terminologies i hear on the smash side of youtube until this vid. this educated me lots as fan, even though i'll probably never engage in the competitive field. i sincerely thank you for helping my sorry ass understand the fanon smash ::DD
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Thank you. I knew a lot of these terms but some of them I was completely clueless on. I’ve been meaning to figure it out and seen this in my recommendations. It helped a lot.
so just wondering for like general smash knowledge. so against most of my friends im generally decent, and with some warm up and practice with a specific character i can manage to beat lvl 9 CPUs. however every time i go online and use any character that isnt bowser i usually loose. how do i combat this?
Keep getting better at Bowser for now, then learn other heavy characters, then learn characters similar to those characters, etc.
DORIYAH
Felt like 2 minutes.
Thanks for the Video!
Where was the term “whiff”? Did I miss it?
No idea. A whiff is an attack that misses. A whiff punish is when you punish when they whiff. Rolling past warlock punch and countering with something else etc.
@@atheismgaming17 I ended up googling it. Thank you though. I find it so funny you answered me of all people, my UA-cam channel is named Telestial Gaming 😆
@@edwinharbauer2260 Yeah. I find religion pointless, and I like games. I named my channel as such.
Thank you so much for this video! I honestly didn't know the difference between a special and a smash attack until I saw this lol
B MOVE???
*B MOV E*
I THINK YOU MEAN SPECIAL GOOD SIR!
*Bee movie*
Aww the Banana Boy at the end was v cute :) Congrats on a great video and hope to see more soon!!
I’ve gone to like 10-20 tourneys I think and I came here literally just to see what Neutral meant lol
Thank you for crediting Chocomiru! Amazing artist
All the dislikes were from uh ..... uh.... nooobody?
HOLY CRAP what if the dislikes are just bots from youtube and they just do that to make your life more miserable?
Thank you for all your hard work. I have saved this to refer back to as I won't remember everything and I am very much a Smash newbie!
I clicked on the video because of Daisy
OrangeToadGamer 2005 Me too.
Thanks so much, I've been trying to enter competitive smash but didn't know all the terms until now.
Equipped with this knowledge I am more powerful than ever. Thank you, traveler
You did a phenomenal job with your explanations, as someone who has experience since the very first smash brothers, great job dude, awesome work
15:51 I just looked at meteor smashes and spikes on the Smash wiki, and they're actually very similar. In fact, according to the wiki, spikes were actually the result of an oversight in Melee that prevented some attacks intended to be Meteor Smashes to not be able to be Meteor Canceled. In fact, here's a Smash Wiki quote: "In most games of the Super Smash Bros. series, there are no spikes - all attacks that hit downwards are meteor smashes. However, in Super Smash Bros. Melee, a technical oversight results in two types of downwards attacks - those that can be meteor cancelled, and those that cannot - the first group are meteor smashes, while the second group are spikes. Despite this clear distinction, many players erroneously use the term "spike" to mean "meteor smash" regardless of the game, referring to spikes as "true spikes" to reflect their inability to be cancelled." So, yeah, technically, *you're* the one using the wrong term, but in reality, nobody really cares.
16:49 What you actually mean at this part is "being on-stage again". Hanging onto the ledge is technically touching the stage.
Coming back 1 year later, being at least solidly good at smash and knowing all of these is the most satisfying feeling in the world
Watching this is a throwback. I love your videos, thank you so much for making them. You defined my love for smash, it's community and even fighting games as well, since your tournament video led me to look for local 2d fighting game tournaments in my area and getting involved with the fighting game community. Thank you so much
If anyone's wondering, 'Rage' starts at 35% and increases slowly until 150%. I think smoke appears on the character icon around 120% but that's just for looks (at least I don't think there's any extra boost at 120%).
P.S. if I'm wrong let me know plz
Edit: Also, you can pick up Diddy's peanut if it's slow enough and you're quick enough
RAR means Reverse Aerial Rush. It’s when you use turnaround jump and immediately back air
I played a lot of 4 but I want to really get serious for ultimate and this channel is really helpful thanks man
Super helpful vid! I watch a lot of pros stream to try to get better idea of how to play but I don't understand what they're describing half the time so this video was exactly what I needed thanks! Also people are right this vid quality made me think you'd have way more subs, keep up the great work and I have no doubt you'll go way up in subs!
I knew about how grabs and throws worked, but not really about the forward throw and back throw diff. Thanks!
Super helpful video, didn’t know a lot of these but always heard them used. Thank you for putting your time into this!
Damn gotta send this to damn near everyone I know now that's just getting into smash. Thanks! Subbed.
ya know i gotta say with me being new to smash bros ultimate and wanting to be good and master my 2 characters which are king k rool. and roy i feel like these videos are definitely gonna help me get better at the game im glad my buddy told me to watch your videos since im new and im trying to acutally get good.
Never saw this channel before after this video I liked and subbed
thanks so much for this! i want to get into my local ult scene sometime but lack of knowledge was one of the things holding me back ;-; bless your soul for actually explaining the stage pick process too lol
You out a LOT of work into this!! Thankyou so much banana!!
Great video man you're blowing up keep making great videos
Dude thank you. There were soooo many simple terms I didn't know and it confused me when they talked using them lol
This was exactly what I was looking for when I googled "super smash bros. terminology" - Thank you.
I really enjoyed this video, eventhough, I knew basically every term already. It was really well explainded and it reminded me of, how technical this game really is. And the Pokemon Music at the end, made it an amazing Video, love it👍