Choosing Your Main 

This was all just an elaborate roast of Palutena players.

This was fantastically structured, Rishi. You’ve got a great voice for these types of videos, too.

Honestly, I knew it was Mang0 from the double laser off the ledge lol

He really telling KJH to main puff instead lol

This makes choosing a main look like an artistic direction and I like it

One thing I found interesting getting into melee, was that at first I was sure I was gonna be a fox main. I knew I wanted to get in peoples face. I wanted to put people on the back foot. I wanted to be aggressively dominant. But it didn't click. I decided maybe I wanted to focus on spacing and punish game, so I tried marth. Nope. Sure Falco will be that sweet spot then. I love grinding tech skill, and I loved seeing how top players used laser. Nope. Then one day I tried out samus. Turns out, my brain is better on the back foot. Turns out I am far better at reading my enemies approach than I am at reading their defense. After 2 and a half years of playing fox, I was getting better results with samus after 2 weeks. Sometimes you never really know which style is meant for you, until you experience it for yourself, rather than trying to replicate what you think you should be.

Llod is Yin, Trif is Yang, and Armada is the Buddha

8:49 Damn, the roast to Palu mains was real

6:07 "Seperate fact from Fiction" I see what you did there hehe

Rishi and llod are siblings? What the hell did your parents put in the water that made you guys so damn good at melee?

“For players without personality or originality, Palutena is perfect” Truer words have never been spoken

Seriously great video. My only issue is that I wish it was an hour long. I would love a series going into how different characters top players differ in style. The way you talk about the game is both complex but accessible. Seriously great stuff man :)

this man can throw they spiciest of meatballs and still get away with making a great video analysis

Doing the slipperiest man in melee luigi dirty smh

really thought you'd say "main DK" on the black screen at the end

This is a great video and I'm glad we aren't using the language of "style" anymore to talk about choosing a character. Who you are is what you want to do in smash, so you have to pick characters that let you do what you want to do.

I think the aesthetic of a character matters too. The sound effects, animations, and concepts behind the moves of certain characters are just so sick IMO.

ive been in the melee scene for like a year and a half and I just learned rishi and llod are brothers

You know rishi, after watching this video, I might need to rethink a lot of the competetive things I do. After hitting walls in the majority of games, digital or physical, I might need to go back to the basics. Maybe a refresher is what I need. Thanks for being the motivator to bettering myself as a player.

6:22 H*ck yeah he circled Young Link

this was like a great melee thesis on art analysis that intro was gorgeous!

how to pick a melee main: like tech skill? main fox don't like tech skill? main fox's lasers

Rishi's rock steady tone through the Fox Propaganda and Palutena segments is everything I wanted

"You don't know what you're going to see or hear..but you know you're going to feel something." Literally couldn't be said any better. God I love this game.

Can we get a video discussing those tier graph placements? I've got some serious questions about this high complexity Lucina and low complexity shulk.

Dude this was incredible! I'd totally love to see more like this!

Captain falcon for life. If he doesnt have F-zero Atleast he has me.

Being a newcomer to melee this makes me excited for the journey of learning in this game. Its going to be a ton of fun. Nice video btw, the things you pointed out were super in depth and really helped my mindset

Phenomenal video. I love hearing your insight on the game.

Adore the video and the shade sprinkled throughout. Can't wait for more uploads.

This is the type of content melee needs more of, loved the video.

What a well made video. This is some seriously good content. Your ability to articulate the complex concepts that you hold is amazing.

Rish I love this content, I am so excited to see every new vid that you put out.

I'm going to sub with the expectation of more videos like this. Really interesting stuff

This video helped me write the intro for my final essay this semester. Thanks, rishi!

This vid went way above and beyond what I expected from the title, nice!

Since starting Smash competitively I've been in constant character crisis. I'm gonna have a hard look at who I've played and why, and what aspects of their play I want to keep in the future. Thanks for the video! Good stuff!

llod beat Hbox in a set recently, too. Crazy stuff, big respect to your brother.

This video really helped reaffirm who I main across the platform fighters I play, so big thanks. Been in & out of a character crisis that started in Smash 4, but I’ve finally settled on who I play/what exactly it is I want out of the characters I play in terms of options & personal expression (Sheik in Ultimate, Maypul/Sylvanos in Rivals, Lucario in PM/P+, & while I don’t play Melee much I’ve been trying to get into it with Fox/Sheik). The complexity/implementation chart for the Ult cast is also super helpful, and does a great job of putting into perspective exactly what it is a player may want to get out of their characters. Everyone’s exact needs/wants are different, but speaking for myself I need good movement and combo/reset potential with most characters I play

This actually makes so much sense. Well written and nice analysis.

This is an extremely well made video and you earned yourself a sub!

Hell yea! This video was awesome and I’m excited to start listening to your podcast.

Man. This is such an in-depth video and attention grabbing video, that when I went to check the time stamp for the first time, the video only needed 20 seconds to finish. Your voice is superb for analyzing/in-depth type videos and you had my attention the whole way. This video really puts maining a character into perspective, and now has me second-guessing my main. Thanks for this video, you got yourself a subscriber!

This is a great video. Best of its kind for any competitive game with fixed avatar choices. You're an intelligent beast.

"separating fact from fiction" lol I see you there

I could watch these kind of videos all day. Good job Rishi keep up the good work.

I'm literally watching this on a break from writing and it's making me want to go back to my book. Very motivating!

Great video. Keep up this essay style. Could listen to you talk about melee for hours.

Always excited to see a new Rishi video, cause I know no matter what the tone is hes gonna kill it

I'm an ult player but love melee too, I've been making fox for a bit but he is just kinda boring for me, I've learned most of foxes tech and it just isnt my style, after watching you video I thought of who I love to watch, plup is my favorite player so I decided I'm gonna put time into sheik, it completely made me want to play the game again, I was really close to quitting, so thank you, I'll send this to all of my smash friends lol

This is an amazing video! Thank you so much

Lmao the palutena shade. Great video and ty for an great explanation on approaching a character.

Wow! What a great video I’ve never seen smash compared to an art form before but it makes sense and I feel like I have a better understanding of the game in general now thanks!

Honestly this video is the most helpful video I've seen on this topic. Love this content. Keep it up.

You make such wonderful content Rishi, you’re a hell of a thinker! I think I’d honestly enjoy your analysis/video essay of any topic.

the trumpet in the background music is right between annoying and perfect, thank you!

Dude keep these amazing topic video's up!

congrats on 10k!

What a good high quality video. Good work

Super interesting take on the Ultimate tier list!

Great video. I thought the way you explained the different Peach player's styles was beautiful.

I could watch you talk about playstyle comparisons all goddamn day. I'll be watching this video pretty often I bet

Yo rishi this video was baller good stuff felt like a player tryna learn could really understand!

never heard of llod but the clips you showed were so siick, hes easily one of the most creative players ive seen and im definitely rooting for him from now on

I'm not even done and this is such an amazing video. Thank you!!!

Great video, keep in mind the balance between music and your voice dad

This needs more views. This was fantastic

I didn't expect to get an art lesson from a video about melee characters lmfao. Incredible work dude, this is amazing

I like this idea, I genuinely think this would be cool to see other smash content creators use a template like this to show their opinions on where the meta stands. Change my mind recommended in 2020 btw

Such a lovely video !!

struggling since weeks in deciding or rather finding a character that feels "natural" for me to play ur video convinced me in maybe giving several thought on different ones simply by trying to set them up in a different waya

Great content rishi! Keep it up! 👌

great vid rishi! keep it up!

great video! hope to see more of u

Wow. This is one of the most thoughtful and intelligent pieces of smash content I have ever seen. Incredible. Thank you SmashG0D

12:13 Has Hbox never lost to Armada's peach ever during that time? I know armada went fox against him but I thought he probably used peach at some point as well

This is an amazing video, thank you

My friend in Colorado told me to say that he appreciates this video sooo much!

Really wonderful video. I respect the effort and execution. I used to be a samus main for 3 years in melee. I picked up samus because I thought she was unique and cool, but I later learned that fox fits me better. I would always try to move forward and be aggressive as samus, which wouldn't work as much and would be frustrating, but ever since I started playing fox, I feel much more free to express my ideas in the game. Your video helped me realize why I love fox and not samus.

great video man!

Really really really amazing video.

I'm getting Core-A-Gaming vibes from this video, great production and narration rishi keep it up

Way to make A+ tier content Rishi you earned a sub

Isabelle isnt even on the grid lol

The tier grid shoukd be stabdardized, it's genius. This video was so much more than I expected, I enjoyed it very much and made me rethink things about my personal playstyle

Amazing vid, subscribed

That chart you made for Ultimate is super accurate

Excellent video!

That casual palu shade tho 😂😂

I’m a wolf main in brawl and as much as I’ve been able to play it, in ultimate too. I absolutely 100% agree with his spot on your chart. Extremely strong implementation with a somewhat simple concept. Thank you king.

This is a beautifully made video

I main Fox, and like to utilize his movement and threat zones to force my way to center stage, and once I have positional advantage, I like to approach with a mixture of full hops, running grab/waveshine into grab, and short hop nairs/drill. I also love my up-air>up-air>up-air chains. Oh, and I enjoy calling out my opponents movement and/or approaches with running up smashes or pivot up-tilt, but not too consistent with the latter.

This a great vid, subbed

Awesome video!! I thought your ultimate character chart was really interesting...i'm an ultimate player and I'm all about expression which explains why my favorite characters are sheik and joker!

Lmao, I was kind of doubting whether you could recognise players just by their playstyle and only realised there wasn’t a playercam of Mang0 when it came up. You win this round, Rishi

dude holy shit, you make melee sound even cooler than it already is. thiws game is so dope

that brother combat made my heart happy

The Ultimate tier list comparison felt so right. It feels so awkward looking at the characters in a normal tier list because there's so many and there's so many divided opinions. That graph you put up could work nicely

im gonna die a falcon main

3:00 absolute legend using Terry town theme