Nintendo made THESE the BEST Combos in Wave 5 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 

What's your new main for wave 5? Also since I talked a lot about the balance changes and stats, here's a 100% explanation of it all: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Lm0PnlSdt7Y.html

I'm so proud of you, Shortcat! You became such an important Mario Kart youtuber, that Nintendo specifically decided to turn you into an optimal character in the game!

I always find it kinda calming to watch these videos. It’s just nice to watch someone cheerfully talking about a game they love while being able to appreciate their skill through gameplay. Makes me regret selling the game. Great video as always. Thanks Shortcat!

11:57 I like to believe that there's a thing in this game called Red Shell karma, when you throw a Red Shell at someone you almost immediately get hit by something else...usually another Red Shell. Love the vid seeing all these different kart combos is refreshing and really makes wave 5 a lot more enjoyable then I was expecting

You know it’s a good day when Grian, Troy and Shortcat upload in the same hour.

I'm Italian and don't understand very well english language, but with you it seems I understand a lot of words you say. Thank you for the video you make, my experience on Mario Kart is so good thanks your advice. And your voice so relaxing. Good work! Sorry for my bad english, i'm not very good write in english also. Have a good day!

I love the balance changes. I main Rosalina+teddy buggy+azure roller+cloud glider; because of the invincibility buff, the combo is actually better than before, and gives another reason to choose for example link over daisy. At this point I wouldn’t be surprised if wave 6 would make things even more balanced.

I love your vids! Your commentary is so fun, you laugh when it goes well and you laugh when it all goes wrong. Great stuff keep it up, and thank you

I don’t even play Mario cart that much anymore but watching you makes me want to play more

25:03 I know that you were talking about people online but Sponge tires are my favorite ! I love their stats and it matches with my new combo : Orange Yoshi + Streetle + Sponges !! It matches so well and it's so cute + it's really good

Shortcat, just wanted to let you know I only found your channel about 5 days ago and I’ve already watched all of your videos (not shorts)!

Loving your videos. Wave 5 did a great job with the balancechanges. It‘s great to see not only yoshi teddy. Keep up the good work❤

I love Rosalina, and seeing that she has a good combo after wave 5, looks like I'm going to main her again. I used Daisy all the time before since she has same stats as Yoshi.

Time to chill and watch shortcat destroy his lobbies. Awesome content btw.❤

"I do not like being near people"--same, Shortcat, same.

I haven't played MK since MK7 on 3DS and yet I keep watching all of your videos from start to end, even considering to buy a Switch with MK8, take this as a huge compliment Shortcat!

Shorcat fans are eating well this dlc wave

7:19 Shortcat lying completion

FINNALY i found your channel 6 days ago and in 2 days wachted every video and was waiting for a new one.Also i had a video idea. Just race and and after every race use the build of the person who got last place. I think would be fun. Anyways thanks for the awesome content.

Oh I love moo moo the cows and the turns. Sometimes I like simple courses. That said - a lovely video idea - rate our combos! Similar to your cute stat video, I would be curious whether my combo (that looks good) is actually "good" from a stats perspective. I could do the maths myself of course, but could be fun if we could submit combos for review. Cheers~

Do i play MK8 often? No Have i watched and do i plan to watch every Shortcat video? Absolutely

“Toss that” famous last words

Lauren being the arch-nemesis for the first half the video is peak content.

Im Sorry but i can't get enough of this content Is soo entertaining and Amazing great job

very proud of you for being a fellow red roller enjoyer 🙏

You might not have won all of them, but you definitely got first in the style category every time 🔥

“I could never hurt a goomba” Are you sure about that

Just recently got into online Mario Kart for the first time in 14 years. Gonna throw these all into a google doc so I can grind some VR while looking good doing it! Glad to see I made a good choice beginning to that Tanooki setup you used in the video when pack 5 came out, too! xD Edit - Meant to ask a question too; how much does glider choice matter? It never seems to get shown much in videos, and there seemed to be a decent variety in the video from what I could see

I know I’m late but here is my thoughts on the moo moo meadows situation: I think it’s really good for teaching your younging siblings, cousins, nieces, nephews and really any one who can’t get great grips on video games easily. It shows the basic things of Mario kart, with the drifting, items and split paths, as well as obstacles. But I do think for people who are experienced with video games or have really ever played a Mario kart game, yes it is quite boring. I think moo moo meadows should be for younger and much older people, but for anybody else getting into Mario kart, use Mario Stadium, as it shows many of the other good thinks like optimal shortcuts with that one ramp.

I legit just got into MK8D a couple months ago... found your channel and I find you by far the easiest to listen to, entertaining... I also like your take on a lot of the gameplay and combos... +1 sub 👍

Casually hiding the tires on Link’s motorcycle in the thumbnail.

At the moment I'm rocking the Landship + Dry Bones combo. Honestly it's feels good seeing so many combos being used now

I’ve seen an increase of 80% more squid kids and villagers in online, good to see some new combos rather than just 10 yoshi biddy or yoshi teddy

So Petey, Landship, Button Tires is thankfully just as optimal as King Boo om the same combo, so I can use my planty boy and still compete online yay!

love how splatoon is just ‘ink”

It's commendable that managed to make the game so balanced and varied at the same time.

I was just playing around with different combinations and dry bowser on the biddybuggy and rollers actually isn’t terrible. Definitely not amazing, but it just seems weird to have a character like dry bowser on the biddybuggy. My favorite combo is still dry bones biddybuggy and rollers for 200cc, and kamek, pipe frame, and rollers for 150cc.

Shortcat, no matter how I’m feeling, whether happy or sad, you’ll always be there to cheer me up. So I want to say this now and thank you for everything

the commentary is always my favourite part

It's so nice to see so many optimal combos instead of just Yoshi Teddybuggy or Waluigi Wiggler

Shortcat sounds like "Shortcut", which is what he does a lot

As a new player bro your are a godsend !

Another great thing is imo both link combos work well full botw combo meaning botw link for style with the master cycle zero ancient tires and paraglider works well for outside drift and the rest of the link stuff for inside drift (I use other link for style with other zelda bike triforce wheels and hylian kite)

Moomoo Meadows is that way because it was copied from the Wii before gliders, they could have added to it but someone probably would have gotten mad about them changing a "classic track", i would have like to see it get added to but the basic thing should stay the same

these combos are awsome might think about using them but right now im using king boo city stripper and cloud parachute

Still my 🐐 of Mario Kart videos

5:28 no you right, i like it more when my combos look good, i like that one too because i just looks like an actual jeep i guess

1:32 rip goombas 😞

The way you are showing your combos on the pop graphic gave me an idea. Do 25 combos in a 5x5 grid and go through them like you did here and see if you can get a bingo!

can’t decide between this combos: - peach, inkstriker, rollers and cloud - kamek, teddy, rollers and cloud help!!!

Moo Moo Meadows was the first track I ever played on and the first time I played a video game

That's the point yeah, a lot of different combinations. Great video ❤❤❤

7:34 this is raising a flag 7:49 and this is tempting the RNG 8:18 seconds from 'disaster' 8:20 get Mario Kart'd friend! That aside, I actually really like Cheep Cheep Beach, it's a simple track sure but I think that's the charm of it, I can see why people don't like it as much though. But as a casual player, I just drive, enjoy, and I don't really trick much anyways. Also I am definitely biased, cause my first Mario Kart game was Mario Kart DS and Cheep Cheep Beach was one of the tracks I played the most of cause I really like the beach & water scenery of it and I used to think there's a secret in the water lol. And speaking of new content, I wonder if you also do battle mode lol.

Holy cow that goomba got murdered. Thundershock in a pool lmao

I wanna see Isabelle in as a meta combo.

The balance changes made a huge difference in online application. Also it’s a crime that Nintendo didn’t give us a full animal crossing build that was optimal sooner

Shortcat mii gets 10/10 for beating Jesus.

Analytics is scared of Shortcat

I use Kamek, Pipe frame, Azure rollers and Cloud Glider and I do very well with that

since mario kart wii and now still in mario kart 8 deluxe still a film believer that the only stat changes with characters should be weight classes characters should purely be for self expression

It’s crazy to see how fast you’ve grown! Great video

I am praying for funky Kong to be an optimal combo because when wave six he'll be the only one I rock

The “very scary blind corner” on moonview I have stayed in the right of the two lanes and never been hit by a car

This man’s content is great. Earned a sub 😊

Me as a kid trying to unlock Special Cup in Mario Kart on the SNES, and a friend telling me about Rainbow Road: "Do you know how hard Rainbow Road is? It's insane!" "Why?" "So the track is really thin, and there are zero barriers!" "Woah!" "And there are Thwomps everywhere!" "Oh no!" "AND THE THWOMPS ALL HAVE POWER STARS!" "WHAAAAT?" It just seemed to ridiculously over the top, like a shark that shoots lasers.

Kamek round was such a rollercoaster of emotions lmao

Shortcat I Gotta Say These Combos are Pretty Good & Interesting For Sure!

25:04 about this, I've been using the Sponge tyres a lot lately and they're good indeed, fit in good-looking combos better than, say, Leaf and buttons; the extra off-road and invencibility is nice too. I've been using them with Teddy buggy and Streetle (never used this kart before and thanks to this patch I finally could) and they feel sooo good to drive

Finally, my two favorite games full karts are meta... Now I can finally rest

In a way, they're making set bonuses

yours videos make my happy

I really like the sponge tires too.

I saw someone using inkling girl inkstrider rollers and paper glider and had more traction that Yoshi inkstider but a little less speed I think it’s better because of the 2 extra invincibility

I tried this myself here is the ranks: Villager-3rd Squeaky Clean Sprint Inkling-11th Coconut Mall Tanooki-1st Athens Dash (Rollers) Kamek-3rd Donut Plains 3 Luigi-8th Super Bell Subway Iggy-7th Dry Dry Desert Mario-3rd Ice Ice OutPost Ludwig-11th Mario Circuit (WiiU) Rosa-7th Ninja Hideaway King Boo-1st Peach Runnway Link-4th 3DS Raindow Road Robert (mii)-4th Mute City

Hey Shortcat. What do you think is the UGLIEST combo in the game?

I can't believe that shortcat have beaten German Jesus

200cc Tokyo blur with link master cycle triforce wheels and hylian kite is very fun because that is an inside drift combo and on that track it feels like the combo works perfectly for it for me at least

Great video again! Your videos getting recommended to me made me get back into this game :D I like using koopa troopa the most, do you know any good kart combos for him? i've been using koopa + streetle/mr.scooty + azure roller + cloud glider

Bread🍞

I hope in the next Mario kart game they can figure out/add some variables on the tracks where one combo will be significantly advantaged on one track, but significantly disadvantaged on another. Maybe even an item in the box that allows characters to use a power unique to them which might come into play

great vid homie :)

Inkling girl/girl villager, varmint, rollers and paper glider is my classic combo that I even used on the original mk 8

As a link main i see this ad an absolute win

i love moo mooo meadows its so nastalgic for me

Well this is the first time I'm ever hearing about karts having different air, anti-grav and water speeds

As a man of the cows, hating a home of the cows is a death sentence i our culture. Please take back what you have said about moo moo meadows or else I shall send this video to my comrades.

New challenge: The impossicup. Rules: VS Race gamemode. (Team 200cc) HardCPU Custom Items (Your team gets the coin and the other team gets every other item.) Random 4 tracks and you must use the worst combo in the game. (Lemmy Badwagon Metal Tire and Waddlewing Glider. Goal: Get 1st place out of ALL RACERS (teamscore doesn't matter.)

I personally use monster/orange monster for the tanuki kart

isn't it funny how i managed to find out about king boo and boat on my own just because i thought it looked cool

I'm happy Animal Crossing is viable for Wave 5. Still keeping Male Villager as my main (as it has always been) but it's great that it's better now!

I know everyone goes with rollers, but the slims are really not bad. Getting speed and handling is pretty good, and nothing is better for anti-grav.

Is it common knowledge that Shortcat is Jperm?

I think next balance patch needs to buff the heavyweights. I think I'll stick with Rosalina Ink Striker. I'm a simple man - I just love the motorcycle suits.

these videos are really good 💪

Best MK8 RU-vidr

24:36 wow he is versing Jesus now wow

Wiggler squared NEEDS to come into the meta one day

Yay a new shortcat video 🥳

i’m on shrooms right now and this video is a masterpiece

I did the Rosalina combo in online matches and I got the most times top 3. After that I tried the Yoshi combo and I dropped from the top 3 to the 5th place XD