Explaining Shulk's Scary Hitboxes (Smash Ultimate) 

One thing worth noting about Shulk's dash attack is that the distance Shulk moves forward is affected by what Monado Art he's using, with Speed extending its range, and Shield reducing it.

Press F for Smash 4 Shulk's gravedigger back air 😔 (alternatively, Wii Sports Resort canoeing back air)

4:04 “thanks to Rekzius, I came to possess a second weapon with the power of creation.”

Shulk's down b holding in has my favorite animation in the whole game, I love it so much

I really like how certain visualisations of Shulk's hitboxes have two Monados - which I get is just a limitation of the visualiser and how models work in this game, but, still, fun sight!

I love how after all this time you're still adamant on showing gameplay of the fighter being busy doing stuff unrelated to the move you're talking about or even just getting bodied by the opponent

I like how Shulk is the only swordie has to continue to reach for his sword, use it, then put it back When in Xenoblade thats just knowing when youre in combat or exploring

13:07 that sure is the shape of a hitbox

A VISON! I SEE IT!

shulks sweet spots feel weird to me. the particle effects make them seem like the tippers should be stronger since they look similar to Marths

6:45 Gotta love the surprise comeback

I wish they gave him something like Monado Cyclone for his down B

3:29 It was disgusting what you did to that poor Little Mac

Yay another hitbox video :)) i know that anyone has access to hitboxs but i prefer to hear them from you ;)

I feel like I'm the 1% that's too scared to use the monado arts. The only times I do is when I try to use airslash and somehow I apparently held the button for a millionth of a second too long and brought out the selection wheel

Why are so many of Shulk's moves _weaker_ at the tipper? The Monado is literally a lightsaber. the physical blade I pretty sure is _blunt._ The real damage comes from the massive laser emitted from the end, which would be the tipper. Why would a blunt sword-shaped object hurt more than a lightsaber blade? (I forget about Pyra and Mythra's tippers, if they have any, but this reasoning also applies to Pyra's sword, though in her case it's more of a vaguely-sword-shaped flamethrower. Mythra's sword at least has a noticeable edge to the physical blade, but it doesn't matter as much since her light covers the outside of the sword in addition to the usual beam.)

Since you did the final smash hitboxes a while ago, would it be possible to visualize the moves of any of the world of light/classic mode bosses? I kinda want to see what I’ve been dodging in my 3 world of light playthroughs and beating every classic mode. They also could have some funky mechanics to cover

Good video as always. Shulk is definitely interesting to try out but I can't make him look as good as others can.

I don't know if you remember but in Smash 4, Shulk could wavebounce his Art activations from cycling. If he kept that into Ult then it would make Cycling have some use over Dialling.

Spoilers for Xenoblade 1 . . . . . . You are lucky (7) that Shulk doesn’t have the Monado 2. That thing could hit you from the other side of the screen. Forward air would be even more invalidating then it already is.

1:40 😮

I beat XCDE last week and have been so excited to see this video.

Although down smash isn’t a necessarily great move with buster on it makes a devastating shield breaking move

Another nerf would be his aerials don’t interpolate and instead follow the sword. Last game it would have trailing hit boxes to improve hit consistency. Mainly forward and and neutral air. But the landing lag changes of ultimate makes him feel better to pilot

It took you a while, but you finally did a video on my main. Well done! Also glad to see you’re playing him too, Shulk is a very fun character, and I’m glad he’s getting more love with the Xenoblade franchise growing bigger. Again, excellent work on covering his hitboxes.

I can’t wait for zss ive been obsessed with that character since mars started playing him😮

0:28 i once used his jab to kill in sudden death

Oh hey I'm in this video! I was wondering why you were playing Shulk and now it makes sense lol. I will always miss Smash 4 Back Air and Jab 😭 Also just to be annoying Shulk gets 14 s from Neutral B not 11

shulk main from pretty much the beggining of smash 4, but for some reason, even with all the buffs, couldnt get behind him in ultimate, maybe cause they got rid of my darling sabdjcus R.I.P

I was so excited to see Shulk in Smash, and I really wanted to main him, but dealing with Monado Arts has always been intimidating. His hitboxes being unnecessarily janky does hurt the appeal a bit, too, especially F-tilt (why???).

For some reason, I always thought that when a animation goes too far into the z-axis, the hitboxes themselves stay in the normal z-axis

Shulk has always been weird and interesting esp his wacky face.

I learn so much from these

real

Donkey kong has alot of hitboc interpolation issues in this game similar to the example before 2:43 mostly on his strongs. Makes me sad as a monkey enjoyer. I feel like i should come back and cover my ass and say that this was exceptionally early on in the games life so it may be different now or i could just be a dumbass im not opposed to the idea that im wrong but i dont wanna give the impression i actively play mostly lol

I must say, as a day 1 shulk main since smash 4, there's a lot of wrong information in this video. A couple worth noting is how you mention there arent any true combos out of grabs. There are tons, but with the right arts mind you. You also mention how dash attack is a good combo starter since it launches opponents upwards. This is false because of the long lag shulk stays in once the move is thrown out. Its usually best as a combo finisher.

10:06 “Steve has entered the chat”

I would have liked to see the second worse jab for comparison

Can you do a corrin video next, I feel like that one could have a little Mac esque rant to it depending on if you played them in 4. Heck they still feel stuck in smash 4 when shulk here feels like they actually belong in this game

I was expecting this to be called "Shulk's shitty hitboxes", and as a Shulk main I can confirm this is the case most of the time

When are you going to finish Hero hit box spells? 👀

awesome video

Inkling hitboxes next?

Hitbox don't matter if the other character have better frame data tho

I know that you don’t use nominations/voting in the comments anymore, and haven’t for a long time, but I just wanted to say that I’d really like to see Mario/Dr. Mario/Luigi, Link/Young Link/Toon Link, Roy/Chrom(/Ike?), Pokémon Trainer, and Rosalina & Luma. I’m curious as to how the different Mario Bros. and Links are similar and different (along with the remaining Fire Emblem swordsmen), Pokémon Trainer is a three-in-one, and I’m curious about the differences between Rosalina’s hitboxes and Luma’s.

I'm not a Shulk main by any means, but I've never seen his Vision counter miss nearly that much. Maybe once or twice since Ultimate came out

Yo hold the phone! We got a hotbox video!!🎉🎉

0:17 bro i main incineroar and my coach made me play a different character that could actually do something against ness

Nice

ay yo that up air 🤨

Me being one of the few people waiting for Isabelle and villagers hit boxes lol

9:58 I was able to shield oomph hatchet man because of the 2x stronger shield. Insane move

Have you ever been told how similar your voice is to PJiggles?

Can you please do sonics hit boxes next 🙏

I miss Smash 4 jab. :/

Wiifits hitboxes are going to be the death of you lol

Do more top 10, ect

Why not name it “Shulk’s Shocking Hitboxes?” Seems rather obvious.

6:27 HE DIED AT 14 FUCKING PERCENT thats fucked up

spooky scary... hitboxes... doesn't really fit, nvm

lol you actually played against real people this time

I’ve been maining Shulk for some time now and I really love his character but he’s got 2 main flaws imo: losing the b-air early hit box from smash 4 kinda sucks, and the somewhat slow frame data. If he had 1-2 less frames on his ground moves, he might be top 5 in the game

8:35? Speed?

fraudulent

First? 🦦

shulk is cool, but one of the most overrated characters in the game. Like I still cant see how shulk was top 10 and still is for some people, monado and a couple big aerials dont really do it for me. Still really good, but idk I dont see top tier at all

imagine liking shulk

Why does he get to deal 1.3 damage but only take 1.25 himself like he can choose when to use it why does he need even more advantage then that