How Goldlewis managed to win the biggest Fighting Game Tournament in years! - Guilty Gear Strive 

Goldlewis won the grand finals at the Red Bull Kumite! Yes, technically he didn't go all the way for sure, but he was there at the grand finals and for the purposes of our video being a match breakdown and all, that's what matters! So enjoy this breakdown where I go over a lot of the hows/whys of what happened, and some thoughts on everything in general. I was physically there at the Kumite and it was a blast! Thanks so much for Red Bull for flying me out there it was a grand time!

1) Gobou went into this tournament planning to play Goldlewis against Daru as in his experience the matchup is more even than it is with Zato 2) Diaphone practiced for fighting Zato more than any other character in the leadup to this tournament 3) When asked if he was gonna get some matches in with Kid Viper to practice the Goldlewis matchup, he dismissed it as unnecessary because obviously Gobou was gonna play Zato

Every Goldlewis player hoping this doesn’t make Arcsys throw him into the Gigas hole of ‘bad character that only gets nerfs’

anyone else think it's weird that the "secretary of absolute defence" has 0 defensive options?

"Check out Ino's health in this whole sequence" Proceeds to put a video over her health.

Watching this live hit *different*

In this Behemoth Typhoon, Goldlewis will make his opponent's healthbar DISAPPEAR. And I thought Gobou's Zato was scary enough the way he killed opponents in seconds.

This shows how important matchup knowledge is

The fact that Gobou found a way to convert the back end of Typhoon into stupid damage many times, use it as a cross up, and turn Goldlewis into a walking pendulum, is a testament to the level of skill these guys have. Good lord.

Goldlewis came out at the end in dramatic Shonen anime fashion, a perfect ending for the biggest offline Strive tournament yet

Me: Goldlewis won the tournament, that means he's the best character You: But- Me: I DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT~

I hope they don't nerf anyone tho, especially Goldlewis. Its more fun when the patch notes drop and everyone can do more stuff.

We all know at the end of the day... "it's not a Big deal"🎶🎶

Easy, he only played one set the whole tournament 🤣 the most important set. So hype

I heard it's an uncommon stratagy for international players to pick under used characters against mostly american players when they are sure that the player in question don't have the matchup knowledge because either they deemed them not tournament viable or they refuse to touch them because they are low tier. Just like in a Street Fighter 4 tournament when Infiltration knowledge check PR Balrog with a Hakan counterpick, Gobou checks Diaphone at the start and it paid off quite well as Diaphone is basically forced to try to adapt to Goldlewis as a character (something you can't be doing in a high level tournament). I respect Gobou's reason with picking with Goldlewis for the Grand Finals, but I feel like that was just a part of his scheme.

Big times coming up for a lot of stuff! Later this week is the King of Fighters 15 Open Beta test, we probably are getting more Happy Chaos footage on the 19th and he's launching not too long from now. Luke big reveal for SF5 is happening on the 23rd, and some point between now and the end of the months is the official debut of the League of Legends fighting game! What a great time to be in the FGC!

TL;DR _"Anyways, I started swinging!"_

Goldlewis won because Zato carved his way 😭 I was looking forward to my man winning it all!

So this is what the lyrics "We can handle it" meant in his song

Gobou learned the match up after he loss to Daru in the Japanese tournament

Dude this whole tournament was insane, but Apologyman’s Faust and Gobou’s, well, everything, were unbelievably good (and also entertaining, lol)

I'm sure that if Gobou went Zato Diaphone would've won. Also I can only imagine the smile on your face when Gobou went Goldlewis lol

It's simultaneously funny and frustrating that some think this is proof Goldlewis is some secret top tier. Watching this, and the match itself, it seems far more likely match-up knowledge (or a lack there of) was the determining factor.

Classic case of why matchup knowledge is so important, especially at the highest level of stages. Earlier we had Daigo prepare against the surprise Claw pick and win CPT Asia, now we're seeing Diaphone fall apart to Goldlewis at Redbull Kumite because he wasn't ready

*Chuckles in behemoth typhoon Also Roofle I’m a new sub and really appreciate all this work you put into your videos! Keep up the awesome work!

I love seeing everyone shocked at how strong Goldlewis is at the hands of someone as good as Gobou. As a Goldlewis believer I was smiling the whole time with Gobou.

if I looked past my monitor and saw gobou making those faces between rounds , I probably would of lost by pure fear.

Thanks for the play by play, its really easy to miss the subtle but important choices like oki setups in the middle of the chaos

Marvelous breakdown. I was very invested start to finish even though I never really look at tournament bouts on purpose... And my goodness, that man's face really is an experience.

What an absolute legend. Thanks for the great breakdown!

even analyzing this battle was intense. good work on breaking it down on detail! good lord, i love our secretary of absolute defense. i would love to learn other characters too but just swinging a behemoth typhoon... even the chip... and when it lands especially. it's just magic, ya know.

Watch Arcsys nerf Goldlewis 😂

I appreciate the analysis for this particular match! I always enjoy thinking about the thought process behind each and every move, what was done, what worked, and what could've been done better. The match with Gobou as Goldlewis against Diaphone's I-no was phenomenal! ^^

Such a great set! Love the analysis! Thanks! ✨

I was more hyped about this than the Happy Chaos reveal.

Keep up the phenomenal work Rooflemonger!

You covered up the health right as you said to look at the chip damage

Loving this informative commentary

What a great analysis rooflemonger. Amazing content as always

Wait Goldlewis won a tournament? Better buff Sol. - Arcsystem probably

Thanks for the big breakdown. Goldlewis is fascinating to watch and I'd love to play him someday (gotta train those Typhoons on HitBox, especially the ones that pass through 8) so getting a little education here and there is a welcome treat. Glad you had fun and glad your character was the champion!

Love the break down, great vid

Synced up that pip well...😉 Great breakdown fella. Great content.

Man, Gobou's facial expressions just scream, "I've got you right where I want you." Props to Diaphone for having to handle a GL with not a lot of matchup analysis.

I like breakdown videos of high-level play. Especially on characters I don't know at all.

Totally unrelated, BUT: I just realized that it's 2 days till KOF15 beta and a mere 12 days till Happy Chaos... Sooo, yay?! ;D

Gobou's Goldlewis: That's 70%, welcome to USA, son

Gold Lewis's move set was made specifically for arcade stick.

Great analysis, would love to see more of these.

this stream was so fuckin funny to watch from start to finish

I never played a guilty gear game ever but my god this was great to watch. Turns out at any game be it a moba or a hero shooter or this thing where character identity is a deciding factor, counterpicking is the best advantage you can get. Thanks for the breakdown, "definitely not carrying an alien in that coffin guy" is awesome.

ITS NOT A BIG DEAL 😤

Dang Roofle, I wanna see more of you doing these analysis videos.

I picked up the game again today after not picking it up for a few months. I really like Old Goldie, but it is rough playing him. Also the way he plays off American stereotypes is also really fun. I just need to practice buffering my half circles.

I think a bg part of it, as Sonicsol said, was Diaphone not knowing the matchup very well at all. ran into Goldlewis' range constantly, rather than zoning and staying more passive. Once they got the corner and wall it was party time, but the rest of the match was a struggle, and resulted in Ino backdashing too much to try to take back the distance that they gave to Goldlewis.

That was very informative do more 👌

That whole last round where it was just a barrage of BTs and each one Diaphone either has to lose a chunk of health or a chunk of tension. Just schnasty.

this was a complete shonen fight XD! Gobou turning more and more creepy during the fight, as if he fall into the dark side XD

I love seeing the love my main is getting right now

Thats gonna be an excuse to not buff him...

Good old fighting game tournament tradition. The top tiers everyone trains against vs the low tier whose matchup knowledge you "sorta know". :3

when i saw goldlewis in the cutscene/animation adaptations; I knew he'd get far in a fighting aspect, but i never thought he'd go *THIS* far!

Yes I was waiting for this, I just saw Jiyuna freak out about it lol

Pretty clear from how Gobou ran over Diaphone that Diaphone really didn't know the matchup almost at all. That's basically the main part of it, matchup knowledge is super important. That surprise pick served Gobou well, also Gobou is definitely one of if not the best Goldlewis player out there too. Gobou also seemed like he was really comfortable with this matchup.

I mean back in AC+ and AC+R, Order Sol is the most popular secondhand character because he is direct counter to Millia (who is a common top tier in that game as well.)

Seeing him just SMACK I-no into the wall break is soooooo satisfying lol

Matchup psychology won the day. Who among us doesn't get unexpectedly mixed by decent to high level low tier characters online because we don't know or aren't prepared for the matchup. Gobuo also did everything *right.* He planned this risky hail Mary and the madman pulled it off

I hope that Goldlewis keeps getting more attention. I haven't played this game but I love his character and his play style so much. When I finally get the game, you know who my main is!

1:08 smile of a champion

I think Diaphone's though process in the first rounds can be summed up as "oh god, oh fuck"

684 BT does not catch backdash round start unless the opponent messes up the timing iirc. But diaphone air dashing back can be blown up pretty easily.

The first two games legit made me laugh out loud

It is a shame that Diaphone clearly was prepared for Gobou's Zato but not Goldlewis. What a mind game

Time to roll up my sleeves and learn those Behemoth Typhoons

Gobou's face is priceless

I just watched this for gobbo smiles

“I authorize deployment of GD51”

Big damage and massive moves, that’s how😂

His mighty girth ain't half the worth to meeeeee, the alien

Diaphone was frantically checking his cell phone before starting the match. Regardless if he was rechecking his notes against Zato, or desperately checking his notes for Goldlewis, he lost there and then! >:3

For real though, how many competitors have travelled to Japanese/SK events and won in any fighting game.... When you compare it to how often players travel from those nations to Europe, the US and actually win the tournaments, the disparity is incredible.

Nerf Goldlewis, buff Ram

Yoooo is that doug dimmadome!?

This is a good example of Top Tier Players using and winning with Characters that nobody uses therefore, even the most experienced players are not used to playing characters they dont come across online or at locals. This doesn't mean Goldlewis is low key a higher tier, it just means there are still players that will exploit player data as a whole and can only get away with it until the player community gets used to Goldlewis. This kinda of thing has been a thing for a decade in many fighting games.

My brother wasn’t joking when he said Goldlewis gaming is real

04:50 See that demon face ( Olha a cara desse demônio!!!) 😂😂😂

Gobou literally counter America with America

I think a lot of people don’t see how strong Goldlewis is even though his offensive potential has been greatly reduced.

thumb up 4 moarviviseccions of matches

3:03 How do people do the forward up back version without jumping? Do you have to input it really fast or is there something else?

What if you wanted to win on the big stage but someone decided to tear down the system instead?

I did not know you could counter Stroke the Big Tree with a throw. That will be very useful. How long is the window for that, though?

I really hope this doesn’t lead to a nerf, but the way a lot of people are covering the win doesn’t help. There’s so many people talking about how crazy Goldlewis is. This wasn’t a win because Goldlewis is insanely good, this was a win because Gobou is an absolutely insanely good Goldlewis player. 99% of people are never gonna pull off what he did here and I hope Arcsys sees that.

You can see that Diaphone has zero match experience against goldlewis as Gobou made more than a couple decisions which are fully punishable and Diaphone just letting Gobou perform at optimal range without any special counters is just crazy. Diaphone is good but if you have zero matchup experience versus the best GLD player in the world? Yeah, that'll do it. In a normal matchup I think I-NO takes the win 6/4. But Diaphone wasn't really playing I-NO how she should be played in that match.

How it felt the moment you saw gobou picking goldlewis?

I don’t know roofle, all this repetition about goldlewis being low tier sure is sounding a lot like downlplaying 🤔 Lol

I don't know nothing about the character but how is a big dude that seems like a he's carrying a tombstone brief case and still be able to air dash and had a run cancle move bur nogo is half vamp and still can't do either 🤔 please update will surely fix that

Can you do a goldlewis survival guide please. I'm getting whooped by this man because he's mad plus I don't know when to challenge or how to escape the corner

Well Golddick is considered low tier…boy is Still extremely Popular

I hope this result will change your mind on GD.