don't forget a ryu and icies also made it to grands, they both lost to steve but getting into grands with any of those chars also shows how balanced this game is
@@sionbarzad5371 you know who else was considered a terrible bottom 5 character? Incinaroar, even after buffs people doubted him now everyone has him in mid or EVEN HIGH so then your comment is dumb- people can change their mind and Doc has gotten good results at majors better than many mid tiers at times like the set Bacon vs Sean where a DR Mario got far in a NA tournament
Acola is literally a younger MKLeo. He can use many characters and make them look better than they are. The newer generation of players is always exciting to follow and I'm glad you guys at PGStats are doing the work!
Well aside from his meme DK, he plays top tiers, granted he is still extremely skilled and talented, he isn't making the characters look better then they are
@@rayless his "meme" dk beat kome twice already, not to mention he used a pocket seph to dispatch yonni in friendlies and no ones saying that char is top tier
Thanks again for the consistent high quality recaps, PGstats. These are so helpful to find out the moments in tourneys that aren’t really acknowledged.
@@JJ-xe6wd nah not doc, tsumusuto and shissho have been around a while, they still manage to surprise everyone pretty often Hell, Ken switched to Doc after losing with Sonic vs Paseriman and he won Maybe docs just not that bad
The craziest thing about the Bruho vs Mute set was how crazy Mute’s rng was. At some point in Game 3 or 4 (I think) Mute pulled two bombs in a row and Bruho still took the stock first. In game 5 last hit, Mute pulls a stitch and Bruho avoids it by the skin of his teeth while recovering to make it back to stage and win the set
Don't forget that cosmos was specifically told (by former player and confirmed predator) nairo to stop throwing out random smash attacks and bam he immediately got 1st. It was good advice but better advice is to not talk to nairo ☺️. Cosmos clearly has the capacity to be a better player and a better person
@@dom7743 i think i saw someone say he only used 8 smash attacks in all of top 8 but that could be wrong, or maybe it was just grand finals? i dont remember tbh lol
@@awzumzap3634 I said he said he wouldn't not that he didn't, I never watched the tournament personally. Also cosmos was annoyed at the fact he won doing that according to a Nairo clip.
I'm really grateful the team at PGStats can produce such quality content in a consistent basis! I used to just enjoy playing smash casually offline but when researching ways to better my skills I found your channel and now I can understand who the top players are, what sets them apart, who to look out for and the sweet objective analysis that helps me further appreciate the game as a sport. Now I find myself actually watching interesting player matchups that this channel shines a light to and then eagerly waiting for your post game comments. The shuton vs zackray finals was exhilarating and made me cry out in excitement no thanks to all the context and past majors the team covered so I could enjoy it fully!! The smash community should be really proud to have such exceptional and hardworking team widen this esport's reach in a light entertaining manner. I wish every sport and esport had a team like PGStats working with them!
Weird as fuck that with 3 majors in the same weekend to see that Leo didn't win any of them. I'm just so used to see him be the protagonist that it is weird when he takes a break.
@@willgofast5302 But they can correct them if they do it wrong. It's an informative channel, they probably want their information as accurate as they can have it
MKLeo vs. Acola would be the most hyped set ever, especially since Leo now actually knows how good Steves are. He has many counterplay examples to look over and Acola is probably keeping an eye on Leo as well.
9:35 The best match of the 3 majors was given a 10 second mention🤣. Do yourself a favour and watch Wanted 4 Losers Semis - Riddles (Kazuya) Vs. Tea (Kazuya)
Shout outs to BlitzLuigy, a Mega Man main like me who got 17th at Shine, which happened to be his first major ever! He even managed to get an upset over BlackTwins the Pichu player. Pretty cool ngl.
Your comment on Ultimate Wanted's scoreboard is mistaken. VGBC's stream had a delay between score and match ; the French stream didn't have the score updated until the game was finished. Also didn't talk about Gouillou, an unseeded Piranha Plant player defeating seed18 japanese Shoto main Takera in his 2nd round, which was one of the craziest upsets of the tourney (though he ended up defeated early in top 128)
The whole thing about all the PTs having a wolf makes sense. Wolf beats PT from just being better in the matchup into every one of the three pokemon, some from their lenses Wolf is absolutely turbo broken
Wait, Zackray's teamate didn't show up for P.U? I really wonder what happened. Thank you for this amazing summary! I didn't even realize that this weekend was soo packed!
Basically, one of the teammate is tired from overworking (yes, most of Japanese esports players are either in high school or have a fulltime job), so he sleeps, knowing that the match is in hours time. Unfortunately, he overslept and missed the match, and they didn't allow for a sub, so Zackray's team is DQ'd for missing the match.
It's so funny to me that acola mains Steve and secondaries the other character people like complaining about On the other hand though, super stoked to see Zackray back! I love watching Joker and it will be fun seeing those two clash at some point
What about heat check 2022 a super regional in saudi arabia with a bunch of talent who get constantly high in us majors would be nice if you covered them
I mean, of the 4 Dutch players in top 32 (Ramses, Supahsemmie, Space, and Mr. R) none of their runs were THAT crazy. Mr. R only made it 1 round farther than seed projections and the other 3 made it 2 rounds farther than their seed projections. Though 4/16 players in top 16 being from the Netherlands is a pretty impressive statistic considering there were zero French players in top 16 of the French tournament.
@@extonjonas6820 Have you forgotten that Spanish, French, German and British players have all top 16'd American majors this year? And those are only the countries I cna remember off the top of my head
8:57 I actually disagree with this sentiment. Anathema has shown us that he is by far the most technical ROB player, and the only top level ROB to consistently use double toss gyro confirms. While Zackray may end up getting the best overall placings with ROB if he stays, he's mostly using his incredible fundamentals and understanding of the game rather than innovating with what ROB specifically can do.
didn’t talk about how zomba made it to winners finals just to be handed two losses in a row. for the second time because that happened at rise n grind too. he’s so good and legit a top 20 player
@@jackclifton5434 that could have been something interesting to highlight about him that I'm not sure many people know about in the US! That way, it could have helped the video feel more balanced between all three tournaments. I answered your tweet on the subject by the way, and would definitely love to discuss more about it and even help as you mentioned being short in manpower to cover these subjects.
Are placings due to DQs counted as real placings? Gluto got very sick over night so he had to DQ, but we all know he would of made top 8. Sucks but you cant choose, health is always first. Like if we did this, we'd also have to count DQs in pools due to not attending a major those players were registered to. All Top 10 players (and in general every player) have had those situations in their careers but you know that if they get such insanely low placings, something happened and it wasn't about their performance.
Everyone’s talking acola vs. Leo but tbh I wanna see acola vs. Sparg0 in bracket someday. Apparently they played some friendlies at the Gimvitational and acola got totally clapped (like, couldn’t take a single game clapped), but I wanna see what would happen live in a tournament setting.
Cloud does beat Steve and Sparg0 is godlike so it isn't surprising. Acola did start to win more the longer they played each other but it was still Sparg0 favored.
Yeah it's bullshit. not one mention of aus talent, mr r, takera getting upset, literally anything outside of zackray. Don't get me started on what they did to collosel
fan fact: あcola is the first player who won Maesuma TOP twice. we have different winners every time Maesuma TOP is held.
If a Dr. Mario main can do THIS well and still be considered bottom tier, anyone mid tier and above is viable lol.
don't forget a ryu and icies also made it to grands, they both lost to steve but getting into grands with any of those chars also shows how balanced this game is
pretty sure its just cause dr mario isn't bottom tier I think its dumb people think that
@@echospace7347 lol your comment is what is dumb, Dr Mario has been sitting at botton on EVERY tier list by top ranked players
@@sionbarzad5371 you know who else was considered a terrible bottom 5 character? Incinaroar, even after buffs people doubted him now everyone has him in mid or EVEN HIGH so then your comment is dumb- people can change their mind and Doc has gotten good results at majors better than many mid tiers at times like the set Bacon vs Sean where a DR Mario got far in a NA tournament
@@janswhatsupdoc ryu is a great Char what
I’m even more terrified of Acola, now that he showed he’s got a Kazuya in his pocket
He used him in majors many times before. He also has a pocket DK that beat Kome and an Aegis
not even surprised by the fact he also plays luigi and steve LMFAO
"Think you figured out the Steve matchup? Well I have news for you... KAZUYA MISHIMA"
@@liraco_mx oh noooo
He also has a min min and an aegis that he used against Miya. This kid practically mains FP2 as a whole
inside you there are two cosmoses. chokemos and clutchmos
Cosmos 🤝 ESAM
Getting 32nd at 20 tournaments in a row and then randomly playing like the best in the world to get 1st
Acola is literally a younger MKLeo. He can use many characters and make them look better than they are. The newer generation of players is always exciting to follow and I'm glad you guys at PGStats are doing the work!
Well aside from his meme DK, he plays top tiers, granted he is still extremely skilled and talented, he isn't making the characters look better then they are
@@rayless he has top player wins with DK. That character isn’t a meme
@@rayless his "meme" dk beat kome twice already, not to mention he used a pocket seph to dispatch yonni in friendlies and no ones saying that char is top tier
@@Sergio-wc1wn My bad, never knew that happened
@@rayless kazuya isn't top tier
Cosmos going to become like shroomed, unbeatable when there's a summit spot on the line
Thanks again for the consistent high quality recaps, PGstats. These are so helpful to find out the moments in tourneys that aren’t really acknowledged.
never seen tweek pop off like that. hate to see the waft conversion whiff like that
Pop off? 💀
more like tweak, if you will
Ah japan, casually taking a character who everyone says is bottom 3 (doc) and piloting him crazily
That's the Japan special. Taking low~high tiers and making them look like they're easy top tiers
I'm still waiting for the Ganon main to win a random major, only to disappear to time itself. Sigh.
Then they disappear like brood did once people figure them out
@@JJ-xe6wd nah not doc, tsumusuto and shissho have been around a while, they still manage to surprise everyone pretty often
Hell, Ken switched to Doc after losing with Sonic vs Paseriman and he won
Maybe docs just not that bad
The craziest thing about the Bruho vs Mute set was how crazy Mute’s rng was. At some point in Game 3 or 4 (I think) Mute pulled two bombs in a row and Bruho still took the stock first. In game 5 last hit, Mute pulls a stitch and Bruho avoids it by the skin of his teeth while recovering to make it back to stage and win the set
Don't forget that cosmos was specifically told (by former player and confirmed predator) nairo to stop throwing out random smash attacks and bam he immediately got 1st. It was good advice but better advice is to not talk to nairo ☺️. Cosmos clearly has the capacity to be a better player and a better person
I honestly feel if he still competed and applied himself, he would be top 10. At least top 15 at worst
Fun fack: Cosmos said to nairo he wouldnt use a smash attack once in shine.
@@dom7743 i think i saw someone say he only used 8 smash attacks in all of top 8 but that could be wrong, or maybe it was just grand finals? i dont remember tbh lol
@@awzumzap3634 I said he said he wouldn't not that he didn't, I never watched the tournament personally. Also cosmos was annoyed at the fact he won doing that according to a Nairo clip.
@@dom7743 oh don't worry I know, I got that info from a comment on that same clip lol
I'm really grateful the team at PGStats can produce such quality content in a consistent basis! I used to just enjoy playing smash casually offline but when researching ways to better my skills I found your channel and now I can understand who the top players are, what sets them apart, who to look out for and the sweet objective analysis that helps me further appreciate the game as a sport.
Now I find myself actually watching interesting player matchups that this channel shines a light to and then eagerly waiting for your post game comments. The shuton vs zackray finals was exhilarating and made me cry out in excitement no thanks to all the context and past majors the team covered so I could enjoy it fully!!
The smash community should be really proud to have such exceptional and hardworking team widen this esport's reach in a light entertaining manner. I wish every sport and esport had a team like PGStats working with them!
Weird as fuck that with 3 majors in the same weekend to see that Leo didn't win any of them. I'm just so used to see him be the protagonist that it is weird when he takes a break.
So the takeaway is... DOCTOR freakin' MARIO. 🤪
So great to see such variety of characters making it to high levels.
Proves the point that Ultimate is really balanced
Ultimate is balanced. Giving mains of all tiers hope.
i am shocked at how quickly people are saying this post-steve
@@jaytb5815 Steve is evidently not as dominant as the salty players made him out to be, so I am definitely not surprised
The 3 Australians, Jdizzle, Sriks and RaZe all tied 17th. Shame there was no mention of the Australian talent showing up at the European major
Axiom's Kazuya was crazy, he was playing a touch of death character and just played it completely safe with barely any 0tds
Reminds me of elegant luigi last year when he got a bunch of top 8s without any 0death combos
Just so you know I’m pretty sure Yン is pronounced wine. Y (why) ん (Japanese character for n/m)
Bro you can't expect him to pronounce every Japanese name in there correctly 💀
@@willgofast5302 But they can correct them if they do it wrong. It's an informative channel, they probably want their information as accurate as they can have it
The question is...
with Acola vs MKleo will we see...
A God Shattering Star?
Maybe we'll even see whose truly the Apex of the World
I am so happy Byleth made it into the game
MKLeo vs. Acola would be the most hyped set ever, especially since Leo now actually knows how good Steves are. He has many counterplay examples to look over and Acola is probably keeping an eye on Leo as well.
@@Spyder-Marth Zackray vs Acola?
@@Eterco If I see that I'm probably gonna scream with excitement as well lol
The PGR profile pic of Bruho at 13:20 lmao
9:35 The best match of the 3 majors was given a 10 second mention🤣. Do yourself a favour and watch Wanted 4 Losers Semis - Riddles (Kazuya) Vs. Tea (Kazuya)
“hot desert like conditions at shine” i see what you did there
Acola has only lost 10 sets? Jesus.
And to think four of them are from the same player, Yoshidora. Built completely different
We need more Lucas!
Yooooooo tf was that read ?
0:21
Ogey ?!
Bruno did insane! Also, cover squad strike at Shine, Maine had an incredible run and beat Mass
Shout outs to BlitzLuigy, a Mega Man main like me who got 17th at Shine, which happened to be his first major ever! He even managed to get an upset over BlackTwins the Pichu player. Pretty cool ngl.
Your comment on Ultimate Wanted's scoreboard is mistaken. VGBC's stream had a delay between score and match ; the French stream didn't have the score updated until the game was finished.
Also didn't talk about Gouillou, an unseeded Piranha Plant player defeating seed18 japanese Shoto main Takera in his 2nd round, which was one of the craziest upsets of the tourney (though he ended up defeated early in top 128)
The best smash content around. Great videos.
Oh look, the 3 best characters in the game in the thumbnail
As if Japan wasn't already dominating now Zackray is back baby
I'm sorry but Shine wasn't a major, it had New England top talent but not much else.
The top 3 characters in the game. Ain't that nice
R.O.B has entered the chat
@@jacksondavis8695 rob is not top 3 top 5 or 10 at best
The whole thing about all the PTs having a wolf makes sense. Wolf beats PT from just being better in the matchup into every one of the three pokemon, some from their lenses Wolf is absolutely turbo broken
Thats crazy. a thumbnail with the top 3 characters in the game. And yes i know. Pikachu is not up there
it would have been cool if they went over what maine did in ultimate crews
Wait, Zackray's teamate didn't show up for P.U? I really wonder what happened.
Thank you for this amazing summary! I didn't even realize that this weekend was soo packed!
Basically, one of the teammate is tired from overworking (yes, most of Japanese esports players are either in high school or have a fulltime job), so he sleeps, knowing that the match is in hours time. Unfortunately, he overslept and missed the match, and they didn't allow for a sub, so Zackray's team is DQ'd for missing the match.
@@Abbaschand awww man that is sooo unfortunate😔😔😔.... I can definitely relate to that "lack of sleep" life
I paided his teammate off to save smash
Can't believe Doorstop didn't get a shoutout for getting top12. He's one of the best players in Ohio and needs more recognition on the world stage.
Panda is rigged, dont listen to these guys
Simping for Steve!
DOCTOR MARIO!
acola has the ultimate character lineup steve kazuya dk
Sad the thumbnail messed up and didn’t put the Blue Aegis alt (alt 6) for Cosmos
It's so funny to me that acola mains Steve and secondaries the other character people like complaining about
On the other hand though, super stoked to see Zackray back! I love watching Joker and it will be fun seeing those two clash at some point
What about heat check 2022 a super regional in saudi arabia with a bunch of talent who get constantly high in us majors would be nice if you covered them
Cover Yoshi-O
Trust me I would if I could, if he goes to glitch I’ll do a whole video on him
Was hoping the runs from the Netherlands players at Wanted would get a shoutout in this video but I guess not.
They don't pay any attention to EU I swear, Wanted got half the time whilst having more entrants than both tournaments
I mean, of the 4 Dutch players in top 32 (Ramses, Supahsemmie, Space, and Mr. R) none of their runs were THAT crazy.
Mr. R only made it 1 round farther than seed projections and the other 3 made it 2 rounds farther than their seed projections.
Though 4/16 players in top 16 being from the Netherlands is a pretty impressive statistic considering there were zero French players in top 16 of the French tournament.
@@ryft9345 They keep getting cooked by out of region players. Be better
@@extonjonas6820 Have you forgotten that Spanish, French, German and British players have all top 16'd American majors this year? And those are only the countries I cna remember off the top of my head
I was hoping huge shout-outs to Mr.R for almost beating Tea, but key word almost 😔
Wait, didn't E-caribana, Crown 2, and The Gimvitational were three majors the same weekend?, I guess Crown 2 didn't make it.
If crown 2 didn’t make it no way shine 2022 couldn’t make it either
Crown 2 was pretty stacked, they probably just forgot about those 3 being the same weekend.
They definitely forgot about it. That was also the first thing I thought of when they said it was the first time 3 majors on the same weekend
Maybe gimvitational wasn't counted as it was an invitational?
E-Caribana and Gimv are both invitationnal, not really "Major" per say
1:38 did you mean offline tournaments?
Yes.He also frequently participates in online competitions, but is not included here.
8:57 I actually disagree with this sentiment. Anathema has shown us that he is by far the most technical ROB player, and the only top level ROB to consistently use double toss gyro confirms. While Zackray may end up getting the best overall placings with ROB if he stays, he's mostly using his incredible fundamentals and understanding of the game rather than innovating with what ROB specifically can do.
ROB can specifically do what Zackray makes him do.
Proud of you, Bruho! K Rool mains, like myself, are proud of you.
didn’t talk about how zomba made it to winners finals just to be handed two losses in a row. for the second time because that happened at rise n grind too. he’s so good and legit a top 20 player
imagine acola & leo dodge eachother at Summit causing people to analyze Tokyo vs Steffen to see who wins the matchup
The early changing scores on wanted stream is only vgbootcamp
On french stream they changed after the end of the game proper
Just a delay issue
No Run don't Walk Sadness moment.
Did you guys really miss the upset factor 8 Takera suffered against a French Pirhana Plant main...? :(
I should’ve added it but I didn’t, Takera gets upset in winners of every major then goes on insane losers runs so it didn’t feel like news
@@jackclifton5434 that could have been something interesting to highlight about him that I'm not sure many people know about in the US! That way, it could have helped the video feel more balanced between all three tournaments.
I answered your tweet on the subject by the way, and would definitely love to discuss more about it and even help as you mentioned being short in manpower to cover these subjects.
I miss Moxi, she was fun to watch. Hopefully she's doing good
The Top Tier Trio in the thumbnail 🙂
damn I didn't know I was the best zelda in Japan. too bad acola beat me though.
it's actually yn but don't worry about it
DOCTOR BOB MY BELOVED
10:13 pictures taken moments before disaster
These are great videos
10:15 like the Green Goblin?
Around 2:30, I recognized a Danganronpa fan. Am I right?
Where do you find the player stats like win%? Seeing acola's 92% win record, I was wondering for other players
PGstats.com :)
I genuinely wonder what would have happened if the japan players didn't leave proto alone with steve
Not putting Kazuya in the thumbnail was a war crime.
Kazuya isn’t top 4/ best in the game discussion like the three on the thumbnail.
The thumbnail was the mains of the 3 winners of the 3 majors this weekend
面白い動画をありがとう
You said online tournaments I think you meant offline right? Or I’m I just trippin lol
Acola will be picking up Rob or min min before we know it…I hope Zackray can take him down
COSMOS CLOSED, I REPEAT COSMOS CLOSED! LFGGGGGGG
Bro who’s the 16th summit spot
Literally nobody knows
Sparg0 most likely
Cosmos. The 15th was Anathema
@@pbz7572 no Cosmos is the 15th
why do PT mains all have a wolf secondary? what's the connection?
Can anybody explain to me why japan is so volatile
Debatable top 3 I see. So glad cosmos pulled out the W.
How do you special cancel with jump on a gamecube? it's so hard to cancel with jump if youre holding down b.
Trigger jump makes it way easier, I recommend left trigger
14:45 Subtle.
???
@@Spyder-Marth There was a water issue at Shine. As in the water fountains were broken and there wasn’t much to drink unfortunately.
KAZUYA MISHIMA
Are placings due to DQs counted as real placings? Gluto got very sick over night so he had to DQ, but we all know he would of made top 8.
Sucks but you cant choose, health is always first.
Like if we did this, we'd also have to count DQs in pools due to not attending a major those players were registered to.
All Top 10 players (and in general every player) have had those situations in their careers but you know that if they get such insanely low placings, something happened and it wasn't about their performance.
No not at all, PGR is more about wins and losses than pure placements.
Sickness happens to the best of us
Smash fans were eating good this past weekend lol
1:38 Offline*?
T always play smash ? how manyth did he finish???
10:03 ; maybe because Agles is the best if not top 3 best characters in the game… skill issue?
7:11 Does Gluto's rank in Wanted 4 will affect his PGRU Rank?
no he dq'ed
Probably not since it’s a DQ but I wouldn’t be surprised with how panda & pgstats have treated the EU scene.
It won’t 😊
sumsutos doc is house.
HE SCHEMIN!
How is moxi in best pt but not ddee
clutchmos moment
Cosmos is winning summit
Lol Acola vs Mkleo but Spargo is going too
I don't care what anyone says, kazuya Joker is not a hard match up. If you can rack up 100% in 5 stray hits after blah balahaaha im coping.
Does anyone know why Mkleo didn't enter any of these tournaments
He said he was taking a break to prepare for Summit
He's taking a break, he's wanted to for a while now. His next tourney is Summit 5.
Simping for K Rool!
5:15 dr mario aint that bad lol
hey, Unite is made by the same mother company that owns Riot 👀
It’s all fun and games until Zackray pulls out the wol-um sorry I mean Jok- my apologies I mean what character hasn’t he played?
Acola Yoshidora Protobanham Zackray Shuton Asimo KEN Tea Hero Miya Gackt Kameme Shirayuki Kome Atelier DIO Abadango Shogun Rizeasu Takera???????????????????
Stackedd
Yaura too
Everyone’s talking acola vs. Leo but tbh I wanna see acola vs. Sparg0 in bracket someday.
Apparently they played some friendlies at the Gimvitational and acola got totally clapped (like, couldn’t take a single game clapped), but I wanna see what would happen live in a tournament setting.
they were pretty even from the sets we saw on stream
Cloud does beat Steve and Sparg0 is godlike so it isn't surprising. Acola did start to win more the longer they played each other but it was still Sparg0 favored.
Weekly reminder that if the spr average is insanely high the seeding is bad.
Moxi retired
BruGOAT > your fave
shine wasnt a major
They don't pay any attention to EU I swear, Wanted got half the time whilst having more entrants than both tournaments
To be fair, there's not much to say... As they said: the seeding was on point and most people got the place they were supposed to get.
Yeah it's bullshit. not one mention of aus talent, mr r, takera getting upset, literally anything outside of zackray. Don't get me started on what they did to collosel
@@azuremoon4372 well actually they did mention an Australian player, because he got 1 place below his seed (17th to his seed of 16th) but that was it
@@ryft9345 They didn't even mention he was australian though, or the two other aussies