ProtoBanham vs MkLeo - Ultimate Singles: Bracket Losers Semis - Ultimate Summit 4 

The last time Leo wasn’t in the Top 2 at an offline tournament was GOML 2019 in May 2019. It’s been almost 3 years since Leo was below Top 4 at a tournament until now. Proto truly did make history

It was confirmed later on in the stream that Proto was intentionally switching back and forth between his two characters in order to overwhelm MKleo's mental state. Both characters have a completely different counter-play and Proto's comfortability with his co-mains is really what won him the set!

MKleoのスポーツマンシップが素晴らしい、負けても笑顔で終わるの格好いい

予選の不安具合からの本戦キレキレだったのすごかった　日本最強格の一人が世界に通用することがわかって安心した

バナムさんすげぇや ルーザーズに落ちてからの巻き返しやばい なにより前負けたdabuz、tweek、leoへのリベンジが出来たのが本人も見てる側としても嬉しいなぁ

CEOのリベンジという意味でも、日本勢が久しくレオに勝利したという意味でも感動した 素晴らしい試合を見せてくれた両者に拍手👏

芸術作品のようなプレイだったし、歴史に残る試合だった

ルキナに限界を感じてホムヒカメインに変えようとしてたのに世界最強プレイヤーのホムヒカをルキナで倒すのアツすぎる

Damn seeing top players get bodied by other players like this is insane! I’m sad Leo didn’t get as far but I can’t lie this tournament has been full of surprises

I know people will start saying Leo is washed after all the L’s he took this tourney but just a friendly reminder that Leo was 6-0’d last summit and people said the same thing and guess what happened next? I am sure he will come back stronger

I've waited 3yrs for this rematch. Amazing set.

地味なところだけど17:39のLeoのしゃがみからの対空意識の上強上手すぎるでしょ

Let this be a lesson to everyone out there taking Leo's wins and 2nd place finishes for granted. He had to work for each and every one of those wins and he will always be my GOAT. The dude will be back at Collision and no one's gonna be ready for him.

The Lucina mind trick is the highlight. Defeating the best players in the world is a huge achievement

I am so glad that Proto finally got to face Leo again. The set at Ceo was insane despite it being B03, and really helped expose how sick Proto’s Lucina is to American audiences. Proto also made one hell of a losers run. Hope to see him at more tournies

Proto said before the SWT that he wanted to beat international players like Leo and Tweek, especially Leo because he hadn't played against him since CEO so I'm glad to see that happen.

Happy that Proto won with Lucina so people don’t call him carried by minmin. Proto’s Lucina really is on another level.

ルーザーズから3位は凄すぎる！

バナムさんおめでとう！！ Leoの人柄良すぎてめっちゃ好き…

バナムさん元々強かったけどマジでもう止められんくらい強くなってるな

19:28 ここからの展開で追い上げて２ストックとるの熱すぎる

とりあえずインタビューで日本人選手にKAZUYA MISHIMAを言わせる流れになったの好き SUSHI、SAMURAI、KAZUYA MISHIMA

プロトおめでとう！ プロトの朴訥な感じ好きです。 あとなんのやりとりだったか分からんけど、leoに携帯見せてた時、めっちゃ手震えてて、緊張がすごく伝わってきて頑張れって思いました！

22:06 37 tournaments and winning 30, getting 2nd just 7 times Thats just crazy!

レオ様は対応力すごすぎるから、全く違う立ち回りの２キャラを交互に使ってたんかな。なんにしても偉業を成しとげたバナムさんに拍手！

This is one of the all time great smash sets. I was about to stop watching when my favorite players (tea and fatality) got eliminated, but I stuck around to see what the other players could pull off. I'm so glad I did. My roommate and I were freaking out watching this set

プロトバナムルキナかっこよすぎた

フルセットまでもつれ込ませるつもりだったけどルキナで勝っちゃうのすごすぎて草

end of that last stock was one of the slickest things I've seen in a While , the movement, fade backs & situational set up all to win this set vs the best , fecking gold mun

Insane upset! This summit has produced some of the best sets ultimate has ever seen

最後のラストストック巻き返したのほんとにすごいよね。まさかあの試合で勝てると思わんかった。

19:25 完全に5戦目もつれこむと思ったよ…凄すぎる！！

Anyone remembers that Proto tweeted out his 2022 new year resolution is to beat Leo lol

Proto really did the biggest mix in Ultimate history on the GOAT and it worked.

This was definitely a hard tournament for Leo. Leo took a break for 2.5 months since SWT while many others were still competing and specifically working on countering him. Spargo himself had been playing byleth as a way to learn the character better and how to counter it. Hopefully we see his return to grand finals in his next tournament

約3年間オフライン大会でGFまでいってたMKLeo それに土をつけたプロトバナムは、間違いなく歴史に残るね！

Proto’s lucina is a work of art. So smooth and masterful

As a Min Min player, seeing Proto beat MKLeo after her nerfs gives me confidence that I can still play her wel!

Proto played phenomenally in this tournament. I just wish he got the chance to play Sparg0 and see if he could be the #2 in the world as he did the #1 and #3. Can't wait to see what Proto has coming in his future whenever he completes in events in NA

i saw someone say this on twitter but this summit's top 6 (leo, gluto, sparg0, light, tweek, proto) were playing like they were the best player in the world. im so excited to see the next tournament with international competition.

20:34 ここの崖上がり通るかどうかが鍵だった。ここまでプロトバナムはジャンプ上がり空N、空前、攻撃上がりを使ってた。 だからLeoはジャンプ上がり見てもガードしたままで着地狩りできなかった。 もし全部考えた上でやってるとしてたらマジでやばい。

ちゃんとルキナで勝っていくのカッコ良すぎ笑笑

今まで見てきた試合の中で一番嬉しかった！プロトバナム最高！！

I was so happy for Proto after this. Maybe I'm wrong, but I've felt like Japanese players have been under-performing at foreign events lately(except for when Gackt popped off at Glitch a couple weeks back), which sucked because I love watching Japanese smashers and I know plenty of them are good enough to get it done. Glad Proto demonstrated that here.

You can see how intense these sets are when they drink water. They’re shaking. I know that feeling well. It’s so addicting These sets and summit was awesome. Loved seeing how everyone played

Proto changing history, the meta, and my god damn heart rate

最後ミェンじゃなく、ルキナで勝ちもぎ取ったの感動しました😭 バナムさんおめでとうございます！！ あと日本人でレオから勝ったのいつぶりや🤔

What...the...Hell! That lucina shield-break momentum swing, which led to that final up-special recovery into a trump back-air sequence, was absolutely spectacular! Leo had full custody of that entire game seemingly! Goes to show u can't count a pro's will to win out of any match. Smash ultimate too wild, boy! Amazing sets! 👏🏼🙏🏽

Proto is definitely the best in Japanese player. Also he has the qualities becoming number one in the world．

Oh, I just realized, MkLeo lost against one player of every country in Summit. USA = Light France = Glutonny Mexico = Sparg0 Japan = Protobanham

バナムさんが歴史を塗り替えた試合

今までのバナムさんの試合はメンタル面がとかのコメントも多くてみんないつものバナムさんならもっとやれるって思ってたと思うけどこの試合はleo相手にぶちかましてくれてめっちゃ興奮した

バナムさんの麺は要所での割り切った択の通し方が上手すぎる

This whole tourney is filled to the brim with upsets and I LOVE IT!!!

麺麺で行けばいいのにルキナで倒すところが最高にアツい

ルキナで勝つという意志と意地を感じた 本人曰く混乱させるためって言ってたけどね

this summit was insane! proto had such a great run!!

このカードはしゅーとんと練習しまくってたから成果出たね。

Who would've thought that all you needed to do to beat Leo is a Looney Tunes routine of a strat involving switching back and forth between 2 characters?

Leo was absolutely not playing his best this tourney but his opponents we’re. This set feels so unreal. Just the wildest strategy to pull of on the best smash player in the world.

最終戦、GAME5男のLeo相手に、自分からGAME5覚悟でルキナで仕掛けに行ったバナム、カッコ良すぎるな

レオがTop3にいない大会は約3年ぶりだそうです。 バナムさんはまた歴史を作ってしまいました！！！おめでとう！！！

部屋の中で叫んじゃった！！最高の試合でした！！！！😭

13:21 EE is a great commentator. "I don't think this man believes in Legends" "He looks like a man of Science"

I like Leo a lot but it's nice to see people actually beat him.

プロトバナムさんおめでとうございます！！！！！自分のことかのように応援してました！！！！次の試合も頑張ってください！！応援してます！！！！！！

I saw it coming right after he got that shield break kill. It was the only option he had in order to clutch it out. Great strategy from sasuke

本来これが普通だからな。Leoがおかしいだけ。毎回1,2位の戦績を取り続けるのは多分Leoしかできない。次の大会のLeoに期待したい

レオがバナムルキナに負けた時笑顔になるのかっこいいなw

バナさん、前回海外に行った時は海外のゲームスピードについていけず麺があまり機能しなかったらしいど、今回は作中最も早いキャラの1人に2−2。この男、進化しすぎだ。オタクオフの成果でもあるんだろうな

バナム選手復帰阻止の上手さは周知の事だけど復帰ルートの選択も超一流だなあ

For me, Japanese, watching this video is helpful not only to enjoy the awesome game but also to study English. I don't still correctly express what I want to say in English, but feel exciting!

For someone who mains Lucina and plays against pyra and mythra all the time, its awesome to see this match up in a professionell fight. I was waiting for so long to see Proto against MKLeo again.

It looks like summit is Leo’s achiles heel. Got 6-0’d by Tweek last time and now was reversed 3-0 by Glutonny, 3-0 by Light, and 3-1 by Sparg0 and Proto. Are people finally figuring out his Byleth or this was just not his day? I guess we will need to wait for the next major to find out but if he misses grands again I think we might see the Joker’s return 🔥

時代がLeoに追いついた

Man... I'm depressed since a few days and what I'm currently dealing with is not over and has yet to finish to take a toll on me, but this is definitely something that brightened up my monday. I'm a day one Lucina main, and as such, ProtoBanham quickly became my favorite player. His Lucina was the biggest inspiration for mine, and I still have 27 things to implement in my gameplay and improve on as her that I noted (I also think even him didn't optimize Lucina yet, which is something I wanna do). I've seen his high and lows, I had faith in his skill, then I didn't, then I did again, and rinse and repeat. But never did I thought I'd see the day where he would beat Tweek. This was my first surprise, as Diddy Kong is not the easiest matchup for Lucina and Min Min. Then... MKLeo. Now, to be fair, I thought he could maybe beat him with Min Min. But with Lucina ? Against his Aegis ? No, I frankly never thought he would win such a fight, especially since MKLeo used to be the best Lucina. As an Aegis player myself who fought them countless times in Ditto and as Lucina, I believe they are one of her hardest matchups (still not a -2 though, I don't think she has any). Yet... here we are. He did it, he beat the best player in the world 😁. I was kinda sad for MKLeo though. You could see how disappointed he was... but at the same time, he might have more competition now, this should motivate him. Maybe we will even see a new character from him. Hum... oh, another thing I wish to add is one of the commentaror saying something like " I think that Lucina is the perfect middle ground between Pyra and Mythra, and she's so good off stage ". I couldn't agree more (and what has yet to be optimized imo is her off stage game, her own " broken gimmick " people fail to see), and this is part of why the Aegis are my secondaries. If I can't edgeguard and keep up in neutral as Lucina, I'll pick them instead, although I would have to be a lot more warry off stage and with Pyra since mine is not as good as my Lucina and my Mythra (not boasting). I likely won't be able to edgeguard as much also. Anyway, I guess I just want to say that as lame as people say they are, the Aegis... uh, Mythra at least, feel amazing to play as, and they are great secondaries for a lot of characters. This set was very special to me, in a good way. I'm very grateful I could watch it 😊. Ggs to both players

After this set it confirmed that min min is still an awesome character. Yes shes worse than before but to beat MKLeo with Pyra/Mythra (The best player in the world with arguably the best character in the game) twice with min min, thats a very good character right there.

20:49 (Some spoilers) MkLeo is being k.o. of the tournment, but he simply put a smile on his face and offers a handshake to his rival. He might fallen short to his standards, but he is still the Goat and will be back stronger than ever. Amazing tourney to watch and Congrats to SparG0D on his amazing winner run and first major of his career. A bright future for this young champ.

これからもこのルキナ見れることが嬉しい

プロトバナムのルキナ本当に洗練されてて好きだし、ルキナという目立った特徴が無い剣キャラって感じのキャラで活躍してるのが凄いカッコいい(語彙力皆無)

I think Leo underestimated other players this summit, it seems like he didn't prepare to fight everyone as well as everyone prepared to fight him, I hope he comes back stronger

I love the KAZUYA MISHIMA, but can we get some more translators for the international players? I want to know more about Protos thoughts and emotions.

自分がプレイしてる時より手汗かいた！ 最高！

王者山王に勝った湘北は次の試合、嘘のようにぼろ負けした… みたいにスラムダンク読んでる気分だった。 バナムさん、おめでとう！めっちゃすごい。

This summit has been something special. We’re seeing people catch up to Leo, and the crowning of the young buck as top dog! I was in the last vid complaining about leo, but every movie needs a villain, or motivation to improve and thats been leo for everyone. Im hoping they’ll continue beating him to see if he can improve and push everyone even more

Congrats Proto! Fucking incredible set and strat!! Knocked out the King of Smash!

この倒し方しか通用しない！っていう択ちゃんと通したな！凄い！！

Big ups to Proto for winning. Also big ups to Mkleo for not being salty and having good sportsmanship. Many smashers can learn from this example.

バナムルキナ美しすぎる

多分3セット目のルキナピックは負けても有利なステージを選べるという戦略的な部分もあるだろうけど、さすがにあの最後の撃墜はルキナが衰退してないことを証明してくれた気がする

That smile on leos Face is the definition of true gaming

I know this moment will eventually come, but I have to say I'm a little sad, the "MkLeo always in Grand Finals" was just amazing. Welp, probably after this we will see MkLeo again getting first and second. XD

Proto is a GENIUS

Wooow proto must be an avid yugioh fan he used the yugi atem mind switch strat in a game of ultimate.

5:12 holy, had no idea airtime determined intangibility time

Now the world will know Protobanham. Finally the guy gets all the love and kudos he deserves

最後の撃墜うますぎるって

Wtf. Great plan and execution from Proto. I was rooting hard for Leo won’t lie he didn’t look himself this tournament but come on the dude is human even though most of the time he looks superhuman. I think he was just tired this tournament and wasn’t as motivated as before. Either way ggs it was a great set. I think Leo will come back more than motivated in the future and I hope Spargo can win this all but he has some major killers ready for him!

ik leo hasnt attended stacked tourneys in a while, but its honestly jarring to see neither leo nor tweek in gf. HUGE props to spargo, proto, and light for all playing out of their minds this tourney

Amazing summit, so happy we got to see Proto vs leo. GGS!!