The most important set in Axe's career | Last Stock Legends | Season 2 Episode 1

Genesis 1 remains to be one of the most important tournaments in Melee history. Mango vs. Armada. Zhu vs. Mew2King. Scar’s 5th (6th) place finish. But hidden within the folds of the bracket is the breakout performance of Melee’s most iconic Pikachu, an underdog no one believed in who challenged one of the strongest players in the world.
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Additional footage sourced from:
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[@anthonygillette]

Hey I know this guy

[@iNewgz]

Can't believe it's been 8 years since season 1 😮

[@SSB_Seal]

Jman is such a lesser-known figure nowadays for how strong of a player he was historically (for various reasons, but still). It's nice to have a video showing how important this upset on him was for Axe's establishment as a top player.
Also, wtching the set back it really is amusing how backthrow > fullhop offstage thunder jolt > doublejump up air worked like every time. Pikachu edgeguarding has come so far since then!

[@ItsMeChair1]

SSBSEEEAAAAALL

[@wettuna1769]

Been playing melee for 5 years because of the mango armada last stock legends I happened to find when ultimate came out. Great to see yall come back

[@A1Twins]

Loved loved loved being there for these matches! (We picked him up with Taj in the wins). Axe is still a bro to this day. Great video!

[@brockaston8241]

Very happy to see this. Starting with Axe vs a player modern fans are unlikely to know is bold and awesome

[@elemkay5104]

Love it. Favourite thing to hear was how the crowd took Axe's nervous energy, turned it into positive energy through the love they were throwing out, and ended up being an integral part of launching the Pika's Melee career over the next decade. Always know that as an audience member, what kind of energy you're throwing out matters to the players. And that goes from anything, from sport to music.

[@riskybusinessish]

the reason Axe is so lovable is cause he does it under the guise that it’s for everyone else, but in reality, it’s because him being supported by everyone else gives him the power to win. winning human

[@thenauman]

axe is one of the most wholesome figures in the community and you gotta love him :)

[@ThaRixer]

The best melee videos, so glad theyre back

[@miasma1718]

We love and support axe in this household

[@yolobuttrill]

Axe is a fckn legend. Top 10 for a DECADE and was pulling off SDI Nair out of fox upthrow up air back in 2010?? Insane technical ability and awareness. One if my favorite players 💜

[@deaddreamdance]

The best melee history series of all time returns.

[@KPpivot]

That was a really nice piece of melee content.

[@mcnalga]

Love this content y’all provide, the lore of the smash community is so good. Forward is briefly mentioned, a video on him and his traveling during those early days would be dope.

[@serguardian17]

WE ARE SO FUCKING BACK

[@NMtwin1]

This was such a fun tournament.
Also that's my picture at 2:37 lol. I had to go back and double check. We did magic tricks and had the players sign their cards they pulled lol.
Amazing video. Axe is a bro.

[@Mekorio]

Let's go THEY ARE BACK!!

[@Soundwves]

holy shit jman mentioned in 2024
glad to see you back, LSL :)

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ledge snag limit back in 2010 damn!!

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WE. ARE. SO. FUCKING. BACK.

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glad you're back

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The legendary return!

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Season 2 BABYYYYYYYY

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This was awesome

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we have never been more back than this

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welcome back!!!!

[@guffy3393]

Great vid 👍

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LET'S GOOOOOO LAST STOCK LEGENDS SZN 2

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Amazing vid, great quality

[@TMFisms]

AXE! AXE! AXE! AXE! AXE! AXE! AXE! AXE!

[@JoshandErik]

Banger

[@dilbert121212]

great vid!! love the editing style

[@AP-gb3pq]

this is actually a sick set pull

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Unbelievably hype!!

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LSL Let's Go!!!

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WELCOME BACK LSL ❤❤

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This was great :3

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Bro legend goated

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We're back

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IT'S BACK!

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Good shit

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We are so back

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The goat

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OMFG LSL is back

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LSL is back boys.

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omg we back!!!

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BABEWAKE UP NEW SEASON DROPPED

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WE ARE SO BACK LETS GOOOOOOOOO

[@darkshiftergg]

I was there

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lets gooo

[@starfy1197]

Miss that era of melee, even though the game itself is the most advanced its ever been, the community is also the worst it’s ever been :(

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not at all if you go to locals and majors :^)

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banger

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Omg it’s back

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We are so fucking and also so back

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we are so back

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🎉

[@SwordInThroat]

Rent's due, time for LSL content :D

[@robertsyarbaini6645]

lmao still messing with Scar by saying he got top 6 at Genesis lmfao

[@jonathanhiley2375]

Top 6 is objectively correct and he doesn’t commit to saying 5th or 6th, just like saying someone got top 8 doesn’t mean they lost a tiebreaker and got 8th instead of 7th, it includes both players that tied from the double elim portion

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holy shit

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another day another psyop

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:)

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Wheres everyone at??

[@samg131]

SO BACK. Also summit 8 grand finals tho

[@popanda3652]

"he was good enough to beat pikachu, but not good enough to beat scar" is so loaded. i hate it when people do that. if he won it was because of his character, and if he lost it was because of his character. spacies dont hear that, if they win its because of their character, if they lose its because the other person was better. such a weird standard. while we are here, "mid tier cheese" is just cope coming from top tier mains who have been cooked, or people who idolize those top tier mains and just adopt their opinions as their own. if mid tier cheese was that strong and unbeatable, it would be meta. %90 of people who play top tiers havent played the games their mains are from. ive seen players who enjoy those old games TRY to pick up that mid tier or low tier, but never make it their main because its just not as good as the top tiers.
thank you for coming to my ted talk. just the salty rantings of a low tier main.

[@siddward3377]

have u considered that jigglypuff beats Pikachu and that'd all he was saying lol

[@popanda3652]

@@siddward3377 that was one whole sentence. It makes more sense he was talking about the player in turn. Since he also mentioned scar by name, not character.

[@popanda3652]

@@siddward3377 also jigglypuff isnt a "he" its an "it"

[@siddward3377]

@@popanda3652 you have bad comprehension skills

[@popanda3652]

@@siddward3377 a difference in opinion doesnt inherently mean someone doesnt comprehend whats going on. Says alot about YOU that you would claim that instead of even entertaining an alternative perspective. In my replies ive explicitly expressed my opinion and why i see it that way. Meanwhile you only offered a contrarian opinion with no reason or logic behind it. Weak sauce. Step up your game, or get off the court. We have no space for bench warming, peanut gallery, smooth brain, dog water enthusiast in this stadium. Stop projecting, and start ejecting. Stop the psycho babble, and learn to play scrabble. we out here playying chess, our worst is your best.

[@fiskekroker]

Damn this was actually dissapointing. Expected better / more.