How to play for beginners: >pick a character >Pick a button >Click that button as much as possible >once that stops working, start clicking a new button
have to admit, it is pretty easy to aggravate players when you're using Kirby. Somehow he just feels so dirty. Like you're so small they can't hit you and then the down-b from above off the screen always is a perfect enraging revenge. throw in taunts and they will lose their mind.
Friend: Smash is very easy to pick up and play Beginner's guide: There's about 632 different types of dodge, 912 types of getting up a ledge and 300 different types of recovery
@@mirewalker Smash is absolutely easier for beginners than traditional fighters. At top level play Smash is complicated, but the basic inputs are really easy for people with no fighting game experience. No quarter-circle inputs or anything, just press the button while holding the right direction. Hell, you can literally do everything with only three buttons (and analog stick).
Forthelemon Indeed, at a beginner level. I never argued otherwise. But at the top levels of play, I’d say Smash is not any less complicated in certain areas than other fighters. It’s easier in some, harder in others. Melee has more tech than just about any other fighter, Ultimate has more characters. I also don’t think it’s fair to say that because there aren’t quartercircle inputs it’s less “complicated.” Smash still has a shit ton of movement options, tilts, specials, tech, SDI, recovery, character match ups, etc. It’s plenty complicated. Smash also has a unique style of battle, and depleting a health bar is a lot easier for an inexperienced gamer to do than recovering off the stage; there are different hurdles for newcomers to overcome.
Ikr, I had so much fun winning with Peach but when I heard how good she is and saw what she does I just sticked to mashing buttons until I get a turnip or someone dies
I agree, but I feel like it’s more of one of those games that is fun until your friend figures out that it is possible to main a character that isn’t Kirby
I'm pretty decent super smash Bros but I do not have smash ultimate yet. I'm one of those people who have the best combos and just keep locking you into it.
It's important to learn the basics again for every new game since they change. Not to mention, remembering the basics are always pivotal if you want to win games. edit: for instance I come from pm/melee/brawl and didn't know that I could improve my smash ultimate fox-trot/d-dance by stopping for a ~frame for turn-arounds instead of me just waiting so long instead.
“How to play Smash Bros, for beginners!” 90 seconds in: Starts talking about frame data EDIT: Not saying it’s a hard concept, but is frame data something you want to be teaching someone that doesn’t yet know you can double-jump? If it were me, I’d put if firmly in the category of “don’t worry about that for now, we’ll talk about it when you have the basics down.”
Mish Koz the Average workin man who’s going to school and actually doing shit with life does not have time to learn about frames in smash bros not everyone has as much free time as u fuckin highschoolers
Yeah man, I thought I was starting to get the hang of it, but I absolutely am not... I didn't even know you could grab someone trying to grab you while blocking. I miss simpler times.
"How do I punch someone in the face?" "Well first off, 0.25 seconds is a quarter frame. After three quarter frames how many burgers did Daniel steal from McBurgertown?" "*confused note-taking*"
Ok just bought a switch and I've never owned a Nintendo console so I really needed this guide. That being said, I think my friend wanted me to buy Smash so he can destroy me. "Don't worry, it's simple" he lied.
It is easy to pick up but takes a long time to master. Dont worry you will catch up once you figure out what type of fighting style works best for you.
Also, unpopular opinion, but play multiplayer and items and all that chaos. Some people like me really enjoy it and there's a bigger luck factor, so you don't actually need to know every counter and every matchup. Just be clever.
Table of Contents 0:28 Movement 1:21 Frames 1:43 Jumping 2:20 Fastfalling 2:41 Shielding 3:19 Perfect Shield 3:53 Rolling 4:18 Airdodging 5:06 Grabbing 5:32 Ground Attacks 6:20 Aerial Attacks 6:43 Special Moves 6:59 Percentage 7:17 Rage 7:29 Recovery 8:00 Ledge options 8:46 Wall Jump 9:09 Teching 10:18 Footstool 10:53 Taunting Tips: 1.Try out some beginner friendly characters such as Mario,Ike,Palutena,Captain Falcon,Lucina and Kirby 2.Practice the things shown in the video Edit:Yeet I got the pin,I'll be sure to do this for the next video
(sees it’s aimed for beginners) Me: Sure I have played this game since 64, but maybe there is something new I can learn. Video: You can aim your shield by using the control stick. Me: ...I have lived in a lie 0_o
So true same here. i watch allot of tournament smash matches and always hear things like tech and Neutral air and never really get what was going on ;) now i know what all these things stand for and i can understand the techniques better.
Good mention- the "jump" button, as well as most sets of actions (like Tilt attacks) are mappable to whatever controller option you prefer. In this video, he used button visuals for the GameCube controller. Hopefully this elaborates a bit more for you!
Dude. Thank you. This is a great tutorial. It's genuine, extremely well made and useful (thank you for displaying the buttons!), and isn't made by some jerk. Smash is fun, but learning the more technical stuff can be intimidating. This does and great job teaching.
@@MindRot-mo7vy honestly. This covered every possible thing you can do but seemed to give no just generally helpful tips and focused on instead telling us how many frames attacks took
I'm very new to Smash, I've never played it before so I'm really trying to just learn the game, this is exactly the type of beginner guide I've been looking for, thank you! :D
Hopefully ninetnedo fixes their trash online mode so I can buy the game and wreak complete havoc on of all you people with taunts, spam and camp. Muahahahaahahah
i've only been able to play this at friends' houses (ps4 owner here) but i've always had fun with it. but since i only get to play it a handful of times a year i'm really bad at this game. i never have enough time to get used to the controls. this month i finally caved and got a switch and this game! this is really helpful.
So, when I started playing Smash (Smash Brawl), I never actually truly mastered the controls, nor shielding, or anything that was mentioned in the video. But now, at the time of ultimate, with this video, I can finally learn all new tips and tricks in the game. Thanks for making this vid.
Yeah man I've been playing for 4 days now. Now that it's been a year later I need some words of encouragement but not lies. Have you been able to master it?
@@ledfloyd9035 Hey, I've been playing casually since 64 came out (actually a few years after since I was really young then) when I was a wee young lad. I played Melee and mostly just smash attacked a bunch. I did this in Brawl a bit but to a lesser extent. I thought that since I had been playing for a long time, I was at least decent at the game. When 12 year old me decided to try going online to battle someone. I was Kirby and stupidly tried to fight a much more experienced player after telling them I was good. Holy hell was I wrong. I still remembered that they played Falco and chain grabbed me to death on Final Destination for all of one match. I learned that I was not good at all and they mocked me a bit in chat and I got pretty sad and didn't play online again until Ultimate came out. I did play a bit of Brawl with some IRL friends but they were complete beginners and complained that I was a try hard even though I still sucked. I was always interested in Smash 4, but never got it. After Ultimate came out, I was heavily invested in the Switch and I always loved Smash reveals. The hype for the game won me over and I wasn't disappointed. I even played with a few uni friends after we graduated. I beat World of Light on hard, picked a few mains, and practiced a bit. I watched some Smash guides such as this and played against my uni friends. Eventually, I started incorporating small things, like teching to reduce lag, fast falling a lot more, and working on spacing in general A LOT. I would say I am actually quite decent so far. I probably couldn't hold a torch to pro level play, but I always feel like I've been steadily growing and gaining more experience with this game. I hope this helps if it isn't too late!
I'm glad you're continuing to get people into competitive smash I don't think the playing the game alone teaches you anything as much as these videos do I think this video should come with Smash Ultimate because every player should know the basics
Honestly, as a casual player/viewer of Smash (and someone who passed on Smash 4 because WiiU), I can safely say that Smash U teaches you fuck all outside of the very basics. I know there's a bunch of techs and stuff that the game has stashed away in the vaults, but that's a lot of reading, and the last thing anyone wants to do after getting a game is read. At least here we have visuals to demonstrate what proper execution looks like.
I'm pretty much a self taught smash player but, this guide still helped me out. Sometimes just listening to someone talk about something you already know it cements it better.
Anyone else wish they had a "beginner to pro" sort of tutorial training feature? Where it actually runs you through the basics, and shows you the different stuff you can do without being left to figure it out by yourself? Like, have a tutorial about how to combo which caters to whichever character you select so it actually teaches you the strengths and weaknesses. Have a tutorial on how to edge guard or how to learn to counter in time or how not to dodge directly into an attack on accident cause how should you know what they were going to do? Not to mention, a lot of these tutorial videos use the terminology without explaining what it means or how to do it. They simply just tell you what it's good for, but that doesn't really help when you don't what they mean by stuff like teching and they don't tell you how to do it. And the deal with frames being so important doesn't help the feelings of frustration that inevitably come with those times where you press the button to do a move that would've saved you, but somehow you still got hit first. Because of that, timing is personally the hardest thing to learn about this game, since your brain attacks with the expectation that the attack will happen as soon as you hit the button and instead you need to learn to account for the delays so you don't do stuff too early or too late
Me: has been playing smash bros for over a year Also me: struggles to understand anything more complex than doing an attack while pointing the move stick thing in a direction
For anyone wondering why Palutena is a nice character to learn the fundamentals, that's because she has many stuff that you can practise use on other characters. Windbox with her smash attacks, knowing your distance with your side B, teleportation, easy combos with her down grab and invulnerability frames with her dash attack and her back air
This game is too intimidating for me. Seems fun if you're good at it though, but there's so many mechanics I probably wouldn't be able to get the hang of it. Thanks for the video though
Man your videos help me out so much, currently my muscle memory is leading to bad gameplay, but I'm beginning to correct myself more often and understand what I did wrong.
There are many beginner’s guide out there, but I didn’t understand most of it since they used some words like DI and so on. In contrast, your video is very easy to understand. Subscribed :)
As someone who has played Ike since Brawl, I can confirm he is very beginner friendly since I was a kid when Brawl came out and was still ok with him! My sister played Meta Knight and cheesed me a lot, but Ike's always been a good starter character.
You can also short hop by pressing two jump buttons at the same time. I have ZR set to jump and it's made all the difference in my games, since I'll switch between X and Y for jumping based on what attack I'm doing.
All of my friends play on Xbox and most of them think smash is a ridiculous game. This video is the perfect thing to show them since they’re giving the game a chance right now
I've been trying to improve at Smash, I thought I was starting to get decent. Turns out I didn't even know what teching, this term I'd heard thrown around a lot and just assumed was for certain kinds of combo's or recoveries or something, was. Now I've got something new to practice.
One thing that I'd like to see you expand on, movement. I feel so sluggish moving, and awkward. Understanding how to move, and what is "bad" and "good" movement would be helpful, as well as how to build simple combos, what you should generally start a combo with, how to follow it up, and what not to follow it up with generally. Thanks for the amazing guides!
That's answered as character specific. All characters have different follow ups. Ice climbers for example if your in the mood research them as a comparison to other characters.
I have the same problem. Using a gamecube controller, first I thought it could be the shoulder buttons, but I tried Z and X and it is still as impossible/unreliable.
"smash is easy to just pick up and play!" not if you're me, I can't wrap my brain around the different kinds of moves. I grew up playing basically just Spyro and Kingdom Hearts and I only needed to know move, jump, and hit, so that's all my brain has room for. I got overwhelmed with all the inputs in smash and have only thought about playing again and properly learning with the announcement of Sora lol
Yo wtf I just got smash and even though I've seen some videos before I didn't know there were SO MANY mechanics in this game. Really great video, you explained everything in a very understandable manner and didn't make it boring. You've earned my sub :)
You can actually buffer Up-B out of shield if someone hits your shield, but this probably isn't that new considering how long the game's been out. Useful nonetheless.
Thank you for this, I’m currently teaching/coaching about 7 of my friends who want to get into competitive play and this will be great to share to them
About short hops, if you'rz struggling with the timing, you can also short hop by having 2 buttons for jumping, and by pressing them both at the same time you will short hop (I personally use both right shoulder buttons to do that)
i recently became the head coach for a high school esports team and this game is on the schedule i wont lie im out of my league but after seeing this video i have a better understanding of how to coach the game and use basic strategy ... again thank you ill be hitting u up on discord to talk to my students soon
I bough Sephiroth and hopped on smash today for the first time in about two years. I sucked ass. I mean the best I did was come in 3rd in a 4 player game. I didn’t know about almost any of this stuff. Thank you so much, I had no clue how much didn’t know
Thank you for actually explaining the fundamentals of the game most tutorials seem to assume you already know how to play and just give tips for intermediate players or even advanced combos but I couldn't figure out how to do any of that because I only knew some basic moves.
I’m glad he blew past frames, as they’re probably the least necessary thing in the game, from what I’ve seen. Edit: learning the game, I mean. The game itself obviously benefits greatly from tuning frame data to each attack, for balance purposes.
I got it when i bought a switch recently, because my friends had played it gor years. It was hilarious because they would beat my ass mercilously, until we made the transition into Mortal Kombat. That was my fighting game. Im just hoping I can transition my 60% Scorpion combos into something as ferocius on smash with this series.
BEGINNERS! AS A FELLOW BEGINNER, YES, THIS IS A LOT. BUT FUNNY ENOUGH, YOU SEE THIS SAME SITUATION IN PROGRAMMING WHICH IS WHY I GIVE THIS ADVICE: The golden trick is to hop between the guide and matches. Mind that you're EXPECTED not to win. You won't remember everything on any given watch, hell, you won't remember most of it. But when you go between matches and the guide, everytime you watch the guide, you'll go "Oh! That would've been useful here!" and you'll slowly learn to use your kit. From there, it's practicing the controls.
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How to play for beginners:
>pick a character
>Pick a button
>Click that button as much as possible
>once that stops working, start clicking a new button
Just hold the grey stick towards your opponent and press the attack button. Works great for me.
So play Belmonts?
This should be top comment
>Pick Cloud
>Spam Limit
>Spam specials when limit is charged
there is a better option
- pick character
-Spam randomly triggers buttons
- you will winn easliy
>Art of Smash Ultimate: Beginner
>Taunt Cancelling
This guy knows his priorities
mental damage is the most effective way of affecting your opponent
Good for Kirby
Didn't know ultimate had taunt cancels before this I just thought I wasn't reacting fast enough to get a punish
have to admit, it is pretty easy to aggravate players when you're using Kirby. Somehow he just feels so dirty. Like you're so small they can't hit you and then the down-b from above off the screen always is a perfect enraging revenge. throw in taunts and they will lose their mind.
@@dddmemaybe Don't forget the kirbycide.
Friend: Smash is very easy to pick up and play
Beginner's guide: There's about 632 different types of dodge, 912 types of getting up a ledge and 300 different types of recovery
Your friends said it was easy? It is one of the more complicated games in nintendo
@@brosephproseph1741 He said it was easy compared to games like injustice, street fighter and mortal kombat
James Rumsey It’s not. Tekken is probably the only fighting game that is truly more complicated at the end of the day.
@@mirewalker Smash is absolutely easier for beginners than traditional fighters. At top level play Smash is complicated, but the basic inputs are really easy for people with no fighting game experience. No quarter-circle inputs or anything, just press the button while holding the right direction. Hell, you can literally do everything with only three buttons (and analog stick).
Forthelemon Indeed, at a beginner level. I never argued otherwise. But at the top levels of play, I’d say Smash is not any less complicated in certain areas than other fighters. It’s easier in some, harder in others. Melee has more tech than just about any other fighter, Ultimate has more characters. I also don’t think it’s fair to say that because there aren’t quartercircle inputs it’s less “complicated.” Smash still has a shit ton of movement options, tilts, specials, tech, SDI, recovery, character match ups, etc. It’s plenty complicated. Smash also has a unique style of battle, and depleting a health bar is a lot easier for an inexperienced gamer to do than recovering off the stage; there are different hurdles for newcomers to overcome.
Smash is one of those games that are fun to play but very hard to master.
Ikr, I had so much fun winning with Peach but when I heard how good she is and saw what she does I just sticked to mashing buttons until I get a turnip or someone dies
I agree, but I feel like it’s more of one of those games that is fun until your friend figures out that it is possible to main a character that isn’t Kirby
Exactly I’m using to playing the wii version then picked this up its sooo different
I'm pretty decent super smash Bros but I do not have smash ultimate yet. I'm one of those people who have the best combos and just keep locking you into it.
Which makes it un fun
Beginners guide:
Step 1: Frames
Me: Cries
True
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I’ve been playing competitive smash for 2 years and I still watched this video. You’re just that good at explaining things.
MaskedMan-FeraligatrMan same
You said it for me
It's important to learn the basics again for every new game since they change. Not to mention, remembering the basics are always pivotal if you want to win games.
edit: for instance I come from pm/melee/brawl and didn't know that I could improve my smash ultimate fox-trot/d-dance by stopping for a ~frame for turn-arounds instead of me just waiting so long instead.
I honestly don't understand your comment at all.
I'm a complete shit beginner, but i know one thing. Forget the basics, you lose. Doesn't matter what.
“How to play Smash Bros, for beginners!”
90 seconds in: Starts talking about frame data
EDIT: Not saying it’s a hard concept, but is frame data something you want to be teaching someone that doesn’t yet know you can double-jump? If it were me, I’d put if firmly in the category of “don’t worry about that for now, we’ll talk about it when you have the basics down.”
SonDuFilm well I am
SonDuFilm not everyone dedicates life to games
@@Halamadridistas
You don't have to dedicate your life to video games to understand what frames are.
Mish Koz whoa mind fucking blown!
Mish Koz the Average workin man who’s going to school and actually doing shit with life does not have time to learn about frames in smash bros not everyone has as much free time as u fuckin highschoolers
I started watching this casually, and a few minutes later I realized that this was the "beginner" version
Yeah man, I thought I was starting to get the hang of it, but I absolutely am not... I didn't even know you could grab someone trying to grab you while blocking.
I miss simpler times.
Incredibly complex
He says it in the first minute tho. Your attention span…..
really not that hard
funny seeing you here
"How do I punch someone in the face?"
"Well first off, 0.25 seconds is a quarter frame. After three quarter frames how many burgers did Daniel steal from McBurgertown?"
"*confused note-taking*"
Kuzenbo lol yep
Bro you playin on 1 fps
The Kobster 05 lol
@@kob6912 Quick maths
This needs more thumbs up! 😆
Here’s quick access to every part of the video
0:27 movement
1:22 frames
1:44 jumping
2:21 fastfalling
2:41 shielding
3:19 perfect shield
3:54 dodging
4:19 airdodge
5:06 grabbing
5:33 ground attacks
6:20 aerial attacks
6:43 special moves
6:59 percentage
7:18 rage
7:30 recovery
8:02 ledge options
8:46 wall jump
9:09 teching
10:18 footstool
10:54 taunt cancel
11:09 beginner mains
The Arch Not all heroes wear capes.
Robo Dragon the best heroes don't wear capes
Thanks! I appreciate this! Once I own the game I'm definitely coming back to this video!
Pin this
Pin it
"Learn and master all of these steps before proceeding to the next video"
Ok, see you never ever in a million years
yea :,)
yea ;)
How bad are you people?
I’m pretty sure a baby could learn these things.
@@Hollow_Tim I don't know if you're joking, but honestly trying to master this *is* very hard. And if it's easy for you, then woo-hoo. Good for you.
@@Melont06 What part are you having trouble with? Moving left and right? Jumping?
Timestamps
Intro 0:00
Movement 0:27
Frames 1:22
Fastfalling 2:22
Shielding 2:41
Perfect Shield 3:19
Dodging 3:53
Airdodge 4:20 xD
Grabbing 5:06
Ground Attacks 5:34
Aeriel Attacks 6:21
Special Moves 6:45
Percentages 7:00
Rage 7:17
Recovery 7:29
Ledge Options 8:01
Wall Jump 8:47
Teching 9:09
Footstool 10:19
TAUNT CANCELLLLLLL 10:53
Character Recommendations 11:05
:3 your welcome
Sam Wright underated
@@anxietydarkens8084
Thanks mand
Mane*
You missed the jumping part?
Ok just bought a switch and I've never owned a Nintendo console so I really needed this guide. That being said, I think my friend wanted me to buy Smash so he can destroy me.
"Don't worry, it's simple" he lied.
just keep practicing and you’ll destroy him one day
It is easy to pick up but takes a long time to master. Dont worry you will catch up once you figure out what type of fighting style works best for you.
cody neely it’s not easy to play
I need an update
Also, unpopular opinion, but play multiplayer and items and all that chaos. Some people like me really enjoy it and there's a bigger luck factor, so you don't actually need to know every counter and every matchup. Just be clever.
Can we just appreciate how quality this video is? Like this seems like an official video from Nintendo with the transitions and music its just so cool
Table of Contents
0:28 Movement
1:21 Frames
1:43 Jumping
2:20 Fastfalling
2:41 Shielding
3:19 Perfect Shield
3:53 Rolling
4:18 Airdodging
5:06 Grabbing
5:32 Ground Attacks
6:20 Aerial Attacks
6:43 Special Moves
6:59 Percentage
7:17 Rage
7:29 Recovery
8:00 Ledge options
8:46 Wall Jump
9:09 Teching
10:18 Footstool
10:53 Taunting
Tips:
1.Try out some beginner friendly characters such as Mario,Ike,Palutena,Captain Falcon,Lucina and Kirby
2.Practice the things shown in the video
Edit:Yeet I got the pin,I'll be sure to do this for the next video
I would disagree with starting out as Captain Falcon, unless you want to be treated like a punching bag. He gets comboed pretty easily.
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GamingBerserker s
Good for you.
what button combos lead to a grab?
I already knew the basics of ultimate but I watched it anyway because these art videos are SO ENTERTAINING
(sees it’s aimed
for beginners)
Me: Sure I have played this game since 64, but maybe there is something new I can learn.
Video: You can aim your shield by using the control stick.
Me: ...I have lived in a lie 0_o
So true same here. i watch allot of tournament smash matches and always hear things like tech and Neutral air and never really get what was going on ;) now i know what all these things stand for and i can understand the techniques better.
Same I've been playing the game since 64, I had no idea half these moves existed.
@@takeit1229 tbh, some of these didn't exist in previous versions, like perfect dodge (and I THINK Perfect Shield?).
@@serge2cool perfect sheild was in smash 4 but not in the ones before smash 4. but in smash 4 executing it was different
Actually, perfect shielding has been in the game since Melee. Ultimate changed how it worked, though.
I love how you say: " press the jump button " me, an absolute beginner, "what the **** is a jump button?!"
What ever you set it to it is normally y but I like l
Good mention- the "jump" button, as well as most sets of actions (like Tilt attacks) are mappable to whatever controller option you prefer. In this video, he used button visuals for the GameCube controller. Hopefully this elaborates a bit more for you!
The 'How to play'-guide in-game also states: "To jump, press the jump button". It's not beginner-friendly.
Jesse Z. It’s all explained in the in game video “tutorial” by “beginner” he doesn’t mean “started the game up for the first time 5 seconds ago”
@@bonelesscommunism4031 It doesn't matter now, I sold the game a long time ago because I couldn't figure out the controlls.
Dude. Thank you. This is a great tutorial. It's genuine, extremely well made and useful (thank you for displaying the buttons!), and isn't made by some jerk. Smash is fun, but learning the more technical stuff can be intimidating. This does and great job teaching.
I didn’t understand a single thing he said
@@MindRot-mo7vy honestly. This covered every possible thing you can do but seemed to give no just generally helpful tips and focused on instead telling us how many frames attacks took
This dude instead of playing the game is making guides for us mad respect
sad part he'll still be better than most of us anyways xD
@@Vaith The best way of seeing if you learned something well is by teaching it, after all
He's amazing
I mean this is basically his job. UA-cam pays for views
making money from us :3
I'm very new to Smash, I've never played it before so I'm really trying to just learn the game, this is exactly the type of beginner guide I've been looking for, thank you! :D
Izaw is the best guidemaker out there. Definitely share this and his other vids with anyone who's picking the game up :)
this shits still too much wtf are you talking about
Being used to 3d fighters like Tekken, this is definitely a good guide to start out with.
me tooXD i have played like 10 (max) times in my life XD y just got a switch and smash bros ultimate XD
@@DWlsh43 your probably new to fighting games
I''ve been playing Smash since I was 5.
I am 23.
...And I still didn't know a lot of this stuff.
...
I love this.
@World Hunter 300 no u
Veterain
The Smash 4 videos helped me out in the past. I am really excited to learn as much as I can to prepare me for everything ultimate has to offer.
Hopefully ninetnedo fixes their trash online mode so I can buy the game and wreak complete havoc on of all you people with taunts, spam and camp. Muahahahaahahah
@@user-dn3fn3bg4l You can't even taunt in online LMAO someone kinda cocky
ur mom gay T Bagging isn’t much better than taunting
i've only been able to play this at friends' houses (ps4 owner here) but i've always had fun with it. but since i only get to play it a handful of times a year i'm really bad at this game. i never have enough time to get used to the controls.
this month i finally caved and got a switch and this game! this is really helpful.
If you would like to improve some more give me your discord and I can give you some advice and training.
Came here for beginner tips and this mans talking about frames.
_Plays Kirby throughout the entire World of Light_
Guess I’ve found my main
*plays Villager and spams Side-B for the entirety of WOL*
Guess I’ve found my main
*plays Villager until unlocking Hero, then Hero until unlocking G&W, who's been my main since **_for 3DS_*
Guess I've found my main
*Presses Down B (Down Special) all the time with Bowser and Pikachu
Guess I have found my main*
reckon I will main kirby as well. my switch comes tomorrow with a copy of this. I wanted to play as the plant or jiggly puff though.
@@D00M3R-SK8 U gotta unlock them first
So, when I started playing Smash (Smash Brawl), I never actually truly mastered the controls, nor shielding, or anything that was mentioned in the video. But now, at the time of ultimate, with this video, I can finally learn all new tips and tricks in the game. Thanks for making this vid.
Yeah man I've been playing for 4 days now. Now that it's been a year later I need some words of encouragement but not lies.
Have you been able to master it?
@@ledfloyd9035 Hey, I've been playing casually since 64 came out (actually a few years after since I was really young then) when I was a wee young lad. I played Melee and mostly just smash attacked a bunch. I did this in Brawl a bit but to a lesser extent. I thought that since I had been playing for a long time, I was at least decent at the game. When 12 year old me decided to try going online to battle someone. I was Kirby and stupidly tried to fight a much more experienced player after telling them I was good. Holy hell was I wrong. I still remembered that they played Falco and chain grabbed me to death on Final Destination for all of one match. I learned that I was not good at all and they mocked me a bit in chat and I got pretty sad and didn't play online again until Ultimate came out.
I did play a bit of Brawl with some IRL friends but they were complete beginners and complained that I was a try hard even though I still sucked. I was always interested in Smash 4, but never got it. After Ultimate came out, I was heavily invested in the Switch and I always loved Smash reveals. The hype for the game won me over and I wasn't disappointed. I even played with a few uni friends after we graduated. I beat World of Light on hard, picked a few mains, and practiced a bit. I watched some Smash guides such as this and played against my uni friends. Eventually, I started incorporating small things, like teching to reduce lag, fast falling a lot more, and working on spacing in general A LOT. I would say I am actually quite decent so far. I probably couldn't hold a torch to pro level play, but I always feel like I've been steadily growing and gaining more experience with this game.
I hope this helps if it isn't too late!
I'm glad you're continuing to get people into competitive smash
I don't think the playing the game alone teaches you anything as much as these videos do
I think this video should come with Smash Ultimate
because every player should know the basics
Honestly, as a casual player/viewer of Smash (and someone who passed on Smash 4 because WiiU), I can safely say that Smash U teaches you fuck all outside of the very basics. I know there's a bunch of techs and stuff that the game has stashed away in the vaults, but that's a lot of reading, and the last thing anyone wants to do after getting a game is read. At least here we have visuals to demonstrate what proper execution looks like.
I like to read that kind of stuff when i get a game though i do play for a few hours first
Me: I think I'm above a beginner level but I'll start this series from the beginning anyways.
Also me: *learns how to tech*
I'm pretty much a self taught smash player but, this guide still helped me out. Sometimes just listening to someone talk about something you already know it cements it better.
This is one of the best guides I've ever seen for Smash, period. I'll be watching the upcoming videos for sure!
It is a bit unfathomable to me that you do not have more subscribers than you do. With content as quality as this though, it's only a matter of time.
I loved this series in Smash 4
Happy it has returned
I just wanted to play a round with my boyfriend, oh my god
You can still beat him with just a few tips and he will love it 😂 my tip is don’t button mash but combo mash
Anyone else wish they had a "beginner to pro" sort of tutorial training feature? Where it actually runs you through the basics, and shows you the different stuff you can do without being left to figure it out by yourself? Like, have a tutorial about how to combo which caters to whichever character you select so it actually teaches you the strengths and weaknesses. Have a tutorial on how to edge guard or how to learn to counter in time or how not to dodge directly into an attack on accident cause how should you know what they were going to do? Not to mention, a lot of these tutorial videos use the terminology without explaining what it means or how to do it. They simply just tell you what it's good for, but that doesn't really help when you don't what they mean by stuff like teching and they don't tell you how to do it.
And the deal with frames being so important doesn't help the feelings of frustration that inevitably come with those times where you press the button to do a move that would've saved you, but somehow you still got hit first. Because of that, timing is personally the hardest thing to learn about this game, since your brain attacks with the expectation that the attack will happen as soon as you hit the button and instead you need to learn to account for the delays so you don't do stuff too early or too late
I don’t think there is a smasher, who is better at learning others than you.
You cover everything!
I'm ready now that I've watched the video that zero made where he taught me how to walk
Raichu 26 this video also teaches you how to walk
@@brownsfan3290 And how to run :D
lol
tbh most player cant walk, and they cant use tilts
I've played since the 64 game and still can't do many advanced techniques like wavedashing or the one where you go back and forth very quickly.
Easily the most in depth basics video. Paced well, and not condescending at all. Fantastic!
Me: has been playing smash bros for over a year
Also me: struggles to understand anything more complex than doing an attack while pointing the move stick thing in a direction
Thank you so much for making this video! I'm extremely new to smash and i had absolutely no idea how to play it, so this was really helpful!
Haven't played smash in about 10 years, this has just melted my head 😂
Omg same last time I played smash was mele on my GameCube & im used to playing on an actual controller & not a switch
I played the first one on N64 and now jumping to this, Rip me
For anyone wondering why Palutena is a nice character to learn the fundamentals, that's because she has many stuff that you can practise use on other characters. Windbox with her smash attacks, knowing your distance with your side B, teleportation, easy combos with her down grab and invulnerability frames with her dash attack and her back air
Sandjy Lima : I was going to ask why but I guess that makes sense.
Like Mario and the Pits...a little bit of everything for good fundamentals.
Palutena teaches some bad habits because of the s tbh, you end up learning to use dash attack more than you really should with anyone else 😂
I thought windboxes were removed 🤔
@@kamrenblake7105 she still has them
@@kamrenblake7105 she still have them
This game is too intimidating for me. Seems fun if you're good at it though, but there's so many mechanics I probably wouldn't be able to get the hang of it. Thanks for the video though
Same with me. I loved playing Smash bros 64 and melee but got so pissed off when I got and played Smash bros U on wii U
Thanks a lot for this! I didn't even know you could do half that stuff, this new smash is way more complex than the old ones I'm used to playing.
Two minutes in and I already feel overwhelmed haha
The art of Smash 4 series was one of my favorite videos from you, mad respect for making an update for ultimate Izaw
Man your videos help me out so much, currently my muscle memory is leading to bad gameplay, but I'm beginning to correct myself more often and understand what I did wrong.
Masci Chief yeah same, Ive been playing Brawlhalla for a while and picked up a lot of bad smash habits
There are many beginner’s guide out there, but I didn’t understand most of it since they used some words like DI and so on. In contrast, your video is very easy to understand. Subscribed :)
As someone who has played Ike since Brawl, I can confirm he is very beginner friendly since I was a kid when Brawl came out and was still ok with him! My sister played Meta Knight and cheesed me a lot, but Ike's always been a good starter character.
5 years later and I still send these videos to my friends learning the game, they're simply the best guides. Thanks Izaw!
Glad you like them!
Way better guide then that of ZeRo
That shit was confusing tbh
I like to take a shot every time ZeRo smacks his lips while talking... I don't recommend it on most of his videos tbh.
+the intro
No Name Just because ZeRo was the best player doesn’t mean he has the best guides
@@Narkos6033 r/woosh
The production value, conciseness, and clarity of all of your guides makes them the best that exist by far.
Did my guy just casually explain dash dancing?
Legendary.
Me just want to knowing how to get some good hits
The video: tap b 3 times for 3 frames jump and dodge then do a flip irl
I honestly never knew about teching. Thank you so much!
Quality over quantity my friend
Always been a huge fan Izaw definitely see you growing a lot bigger
Your video is much better than the official guide!
You can also short hop by pressing two jump buttons at the same time. I have ZR set to jump and it's made all the difference in my games, since I'll switch between X and Y for jumping based on what attack I'm doing.
Damn thats smart, gonna do that myself
I finally think that I’m improving then I see this and my brain can’t comprehend how complicated it is...
All of my friends play on Xbox and most of them think smash is a ridiculous game. This video is the perfect thing to show them since they’re giving the game a chance right now
So what happened?
I've been trying to improve at Smash, I thought I was starting to get decent. Turns out I didn't even know what teching, this term I'd heard thrown around a lot and just assumed was for certain kinds of combo's or recoveries or something, was. Now I've got something new to practice.
One thing that I'd like to see you expand on, movement. I feel so sluggish moving, and awkward. Understanding how to move, and what is "bad" and "good" movement would be helpful, as well as how to build simple combos, what you should generally start a combo with, how to follow it up, and what not to follow it up with generally.
Thanks for the amazing guides!
That's answered as character specific. All characters have different follow ups. Ice climbers for example if your in the mood research them as a comparison to other characters.
Bought the game yesterday and felt overwhelmed by how much I didn't know. This video is great to start! Will continue watching the other ones. Thanks!
This is a very good video.
It explains everything fast, and precise.
Good luck new players. I can't wait to see how you guys will succeed and create new metas.
This is definitely the best teaching video for beginners I've seen so far. Good job!
These are the best kinds of tutorials, where every sentence is valuable (no fluff) and nothing is missed. Great job with this video!
I’ve been playing smash with my little brother and he watches combo tutorials so I’m taking notes on your videos and it’s helping me get better!
Ive been playing smash for 6 years and I learned like 10 new things from this vid lol
Short hopping is hard for me because it's only a three frame window and I feel like a baby because of it
same...
If you tap A and jump simultaneously it automatically does a shorthop aerial, doesn’t fix issues with regular shorthops but hey it’s something
Remember that pressing Jump and Attack at the same time will let you perform an automatic short hop attack.
what button do you use to jump and what controller?
I have the same problem. Using a gamecube controller, first I thought it could be the shoulder buttons, but I tried Z and X and it is still as impossible/unreliable.
I’m hype as hell for your ultimate art of series!
I did not know about the b shield and ive been playing competitively for three years lol
I think it's new in ultimate only
lol me too
This game is so technical, good job man i wouldnt even know where to start, best fighting series ever made hands down
Very specific explanations this is what I needed, thank you so much!!
Guide was really good but for a completely beginner like me, didn't know which buttons should I use for some steps you explained.
Thank you for making this and keeping it so straightforward.
I have played Smash Bros. since N64 days. Your clear and to the point explanation is greatly appreciated!
"smash is easy to just pick up and play!" not if you're me, I can't wrap my brain around the different kinds of moves. I grew up playing basically just Spyro and Kingdom Hearts and I only needed to know move, jump, and hit, so that's all my brain has room for. I got overwhelmed with all the inputs in smash and have only thought about playing again and properly learning with the announcement of Sora lol
Yo wtf I just got smash and even though I've seen some videos before I didn't know there were SO MANY mechanics in this game. Really great video, you explained everything in a very understandable manner and didn't make it boring. You've earned my sub :)
YOOO MORE ART VIDEOS
WAIT YOU CAN HOLD B DURING SHIELD? Is this new?
It’s new to me.
@@fancyb.p.6122 This IS new
Some characters can even do specific actions with B+shield, like Kirby or Inklings
You can actually buffer Up-B out of shield if someone hits your shield, but this probably isn't that new considering how long the game's been out. Useful nonetheless.
@@LendinSwiftbolt
Not the Up-B buffer, I meant being able to freely shift your shield without dodging by holding B.
Meanwhile I don’t know how to shield
Thank you for this, I’m currently teaching/coaching about 7 of my friends who want to get into competitive play and this will be great to share to them
train ME PLEASE
It's amazing how Izaw makes these videos to guide other players to get better at the game and I respect that from someone like him.
Thanks bro! I'm kinda late to the smash craze lol this is gonna make it a lot easier to get a hang of stuff 🙏
Came here after watching Esam
Your voice is calming
You make very good guides keep it up👍🏻
2:54 Thank you. You just made me discover a way to taunt, online.
How?
@@eliastta437
Shield + b + control stick, roll that around really fast
About short hops, if you'rz struggling with the timing, you can also short hop by having 2 buttons for jumping, and by pressing them both at the same time you will short hop (I personally use both right shoulder buttons to do that)
i recently became the head coach for a high school esports team and this game is on the schedule i wont lie im out of my league but after seeing this video i have a better understanding of how to coach the game and use basic strategy ... again thank you ill be hitting u up on discord to talk to my students soon
The king has returned!
Can you please make a video on control setting that would be really appreciated thaaaanks!
I'm surprised that's a begginer video. The amount of knowledge is over 9000... But for real tho that's a lot. That's my first smash game
I bough Sephiroth and hopped on smash today for the first time in about two years. I sucked ass. I mean the best I did was come in 3rd in a 4 player game. I didn’t know about almost any of this stuff. Thank you so much, I had no clue how much didn’t know
Thank you for actually explaining the fundamentals of the game most tutorials seem to assume you already know how to play and just give tips for intermediate players or even advanced combos but I couldn't figure out how to do any of that because I only knew some basic moves.
I’m glad he blew past frames, as they’re probably the least necessary thing in the game, from what I’ve seen.
Edit: learning the game, I mean. The game itself obviously benefits greatly from tuning frame data to each attack, for balance purposes.
I got it when i bought a switch recently, because my friends had played it gor years. It was hilarious because they would beat my ass mercilously, until we made the transition into Mortal Kombat. That was my fighting game. Im just hoping I can transition my 60% Scorpion combos into something as ferocius on smash with this series.
Do u still play mk11
BEGINNERS! AS A FELLOW BEGINNER, YES, THIS IS A LOT. BUT FUNNY ENOUGH, YOU SEE THIS SAME SITUATION IN PROGRAMMING WHICH IS WHY I GIVE THIS ADVICE: The golden trick is to hop between the guide and matches. Mind that you're EXPECTED not to win. You won't remember everything on any given watch, hell, you won't remember most of it. But when you go between matches and the guide, everytime you watch the guide, you'll go "Oh! That would've been useful here!" and you'll slowly learn to use your kit. From there, it's practicing the controls.
Wow, I've played on and off for 14 years, and I just learned new stuff! : O