He constantly tried to avoid contact, that is the same as running. Either rolled away or fair and drift back to keep kurama at bay. Only time super aggressive is when kurama was on ledge lol. Altho that’s samus strong point I guess
3 things. 1: Just because a player plays “regularly” doesn’t mean they aren’t really good. Back when T still played Link, he was known for being a much more fundamental based Link and was still one of the best in the world. Same with Samsora on Peach. Playing “regularly” doesn’t matter as long as you do it well. 2: How is Japan overrated if it’s literally the best region in the world at the moment? You must have missed the 5 Japanese players in this top 8, let alone the two Japanese players who are basically guaranteed top 8 at majors (Acola and Miya). They have so many recognizable top players besides them who do well too. 3: Mario Samus is way easier than Cloud or Aegis against Samus
u think it would be this close with kurama if this was a regular samus? … do you know how many regular samus they probably had to beat to get to top 128