In this video, I'm going to try to help you figure out everything you need to know in order to choose a Super Smash Bros Ultimate main (or if you even need one) Follow me on Twitter! / redgerran
Hey yall cool little tip here. If you go from the main menu of smash ultimate to; vault -> records -> battle data, then you can see which character you used the most. Hope this helps :)
@@trial5750 Let me put it this way, say you play Smash with one fighter. You think that's the fighter you play the most, only to go into the records and see it's someone else. The subversion of expectations for a potential main, that's what the records will show. Now that's not to say it's the end all be all. A fighter who got the most KOs may not even be accurate to the current character you're feeling good with. Example, I main the Aegis gals, but my highest KO master is Terry. That shouldn't dictate that Terry should be my main, but it does give me pause to reflect, if I played Terry so much, maybe there's something there for at least being a secondary? Something like that. This explanation was a lot longer than I thought it'd be XO. Long story short, it gives a vague idea that you can build off of. I hope this makes sense, if not, well I'll do my best to clarify XD
As a waluigi main in MK8DX, i actually did choose him because i liked him. The kart combo however was a meta pick, but mr scooty and roller does look really funny with waluigi so it worked out in the end
I totally agree with his “don’t worry about tier lists” and I can talk because I’m a Bowser Jr. main. A lot of people put BJ on low or low mid tiers and that’s fine. But if you also main someone who is put on lower tier lists and you want respect for your main, I would highly recommend becoming a tournament player so that people would respect your character a lot more.
Jr is so much fun!!! Definitely one of the characters I got a kick from when I played 😆 anything can work in play until you reach the highest possible levels of gameplay anyway, so that's why tier lists don't matter for literally any other player!!!
I quite like how he doesn’t say that you must dedicate your life to smash. Before I found my main, I was terrible at playing the game. So I looked up how to get better at smash and the video I found was someone who was trying to say that you shouldn’t dedicate your life to it but the things he listed was basically saying to dedicate your life to it. So I never touched the game again until I played the mega man games and thought: “what if I played mega man in smash?”. And there you go, I’m a mega man main now.
@@redshell9205 Same. I was the spamming pikachu online. I dropped the game for a little bit and then I tried it again after watching tournament players play and I wanted to try again
The individual perspective part is especially important, you might grab joker or someone just because they're a top tier, only to later start messing around or something and realize you get way better results with bowser or kirby or someone just because even though they're a worse character they're more synced with your brain and your playstyle. Whatever character you feel flows the most intuitively for you is probably gonna be a better choice than whatever the tier lists recomend.
its not because they're "synced with your brain and playstyle" its that kirby and bowser are 100x easier characters to play than joker. Joker is top tier but he's also one of, if not thee hardest character to play.
@@moodafan123 Yes but you're neglecting how much playstyle effects it. Some people woulf have a 50x harder time learning joker than they would a character like snake not because of the difficulty of learning the character themself, but rather because one feels more smooth and proper to play. There is a bit of a difference when it comes to how much effort is needed for the same reward, yes, but the factor of how comfortable the character is to you is also a very important aspect.
@@nutmegdoesstuff1339 I agree, I picked up sheik and immediately synced with her, I even remember making up combos on the spot. My friend was really trying, so I never broke it to him that that was basically (besides me maining her in my early bad at the game-don’t know the moveset stages) my first time playing her. That being said, I am really bad at bowser.
I heard this in a video about Splatoon but I think it applies here too: even if it's not 'meta', enjoying a character is an advantage in and of itself. You'll play better if you simply enjoy how you play, and that shouldn't be underestimated.
Thank you for this video, Red! I still don't have a main, but thanks to your videos I learned to accept the idea that I'm not stuck with a character even if I spent 'blank' amount of hours playing them. I am certainly less stressed about picking a main :). Also, I think a good example of this is Riddles. He was a Terry main for a long time, and recently he found that he really enjoys playing Roy and has been doing amazing with him. So yeah!
He didn't pick roy because he enjoyed him he picked roy because he felt like terry was trash and wanted to pick a top tier. Roy is probably the easiest top tier to play aside from pissra
@@sebaschan-uwu I dunno man, I was watching the videos he made around when he picked the character up. And to be honest it looked like he enjoyed Roy quite a lot, the possibility he picked him because he is top tier is likely a factor- I don't think he would have given the time he did if he didn't enjoy the character even a little bit though. I know he dropped the character now, but he still occasionally plays him on stream.
Are you a high IQ player? If so then I recommend characters like Link, Young Link, Snake, etc.. Are you a nair god? Then I recommend characters like Sephiroth, Palutena, LINK!!!, etc... Are you a combo-heavy person? I recommend characters like Sora, Daisy, Peach, etc.. Do you like extremely broken chars? Joker, Wolf, Roy, Isabelle, etc.. will do the job I hope this helps
@@sazerae Okay WHAT!? Isabelle is not even close to broken lmao. She PALES in comparison to joker, wolf, and the like. Also, high iq? Saying "Are you a high iq player?" Is a poor way to phrase it because no one walks around like "ah yes my play style is high iq". You can say more of projectile campy characters rather than high iq. For "Nair God", no one should pick a main bc they like one move. Nair God is not a playstyle. It will be very difficult to win with purely Nair. Nair is an important tool, yes, but not the only necessary one. Also Sephy Nair is not close to Link or Palu, especially since his is a panic option at close range as a get off me tool, compared to the functionality of the other two. I'd say gnw, wolf, Ike, ivysaur, Ness, etc would be better examples of characters that rely more on their nairs. Now, for combo, you listed 2 characters. Peach and Daisy are clones. You couldve said Mario, Falco, Falcon, Pichu, Kirby, etc.
Honestly having options IS more fun. I was a peach main for like... what... 15 years??? Played competitive and such in my area. But one day I randomly decided I thought Ike was handsome and I wanted to be good at him and it kinda cracked a seal for me to get to a comfortable level on every character LOL. That was the most fun I ever had with smash and I don't play anymore because now it feels kinda samey to me 😩
Agreed, Ace in all but master of none is a good way to go for some, knowing who to choose for certain matchups, but its disadvantage is that the skill ceiling is lower for the characters bc you wont play them all the time. But having a main is another thing, the skill ceiling can be really high when mastering techs, but its disadvantage is that certain matchups wont work like Duck Hunt vs Joker for example.
You have 10 characters you play, your main would be the one you play the most/decide to play the most. Like I play around 7-8 characters. Main initially was Isabelle, then Bowser, into Pikachu, into Byleth, and now... probably gonna settle on Fox. Of all these characters, I definitely have the most experience as Pikachu, but the main may end up being Fox as I'm opting to use him primarily nowadays.
This video helped a lot, I was thinking a rush down but I eventually found out that Shulk is starting to call for me, his Manado arts and length really fits being aggressive though having the disjointed hotboxes I like on swordies
It's kinda nutty how similar our mains have been through the years. I started off with Robin because I loved all the setups, then once I became better at the game his frame data was too slow and I needed someone else. Byleth was released, and despite never having heard of them I picked them up and fell in love with the moveset for years. Then, as the Meta progressed and I got better I started to secondary Inkling for the frame date and eventually main Inkling and secondary Byleth, because both characters are so dang fun! Just thought it was a cool parallel :)
Inkling has some interesting mechanics and some interesting moves (proceeds to roller over half of the 8 player lobby because yes, and then proceed to not actually have a follow-up as I'm too new to the game)
I am so glad he brought up the Pikachu things so many tier lists are screaming at me that Piranha Plant sucks, but I really want to main him. Now I feel freer to do so. You earned a sub.
Just ignore tier lists and play whoever fits your play-style most. I main Piranha Plant, despite all tier lists saying they suck as their moveset just clicks with me more than other fighters do
I mean, did you see Peanut wrecking people with Little Mac? A character still considered one of the worst in the game (if not THE worst). The whole time watching Hungrybox was saying, "Guys, there is NO tier list!" At least until Grand Finals (yes, Little Mac made it to GF) against Pikachu, literally one of the best in the game (if not THE best). Then you could see a bigger difference.
Don’t listen to tier lists. But I have no idea why on Earth anyone would wanna main piranha plant. They character has no personality and isn’t particularly unique or good.
@@OminousBlast Erm, neither do Steve or R.O.B. (personality wise) but plenty of people main them. People main characters based on how they play and how much they enjoy the playstyle. If someone enjoys Plant’s playstyle, like me, then they’re going to make them their main.
I’ve always wanted a fast, powerful, and easily controllable fun character…that’s why Villager was my first Main. Then I started playing as Sonic and he’s everything I was looking for in a Main, same with Young Link!
I remember trying to be a dark samus main at first, to be in theme with my username. Dark samus’ kit did not resonate at all With me. I then cycled through so many characters, until I made the mii I use as my pfp by complete accident, and I realized I haven’t given mii gunner a shot yet. It was perfect. 3131 gunner is such a good match for my playstyle. I can go up close, or just spam projectiles. I can either be somewhat hype or the lamest player you’ve ever seen. It all depends on what mood strikes me and I love it. I just wish more people took the miis seriously, gunner in particular. They are not “sans fodder”, they are valid characters!
@@tdawg490 Did you even watch the vid? The character just resonates with them, they have fun with that character, so at the end of the day, it can be "Hype" with the right person and mindset for it.
I've started playing random and actually getting results with characters I'd usually never play. But I think my biggest problem is I started with Ganondorf 🙃 I'm a masochist and a bully
Love your mindset on the subject! As someone who plays for fun but likes to compete in friendly matches amongst friends I've tested the whole roster multiple times to see who feels the most fun and natural to play. Of course, how strong I perform with a character from the start also affects my choice but isn't the end-all. Because despite Yoshi being my best initial character, the one I really wanted to succeed with was Dark Pit because of their overall kit. So Yoshi is used more as a secondary for particular kinds of matchups. In Brawl I actually mained Pit and from the little Smash4 I played I landed best with Yoshi (who I liked playing in Melee). Seriously though, I even tried the Miis and found the Swordfighter to have a similar playstyle to Pit so I actually play them a whole lot too as another Secondary!
Brilliant advice! As a player who has a main, I can relate to this a lot. Mains are who you’re comfortable with, no matter the reputation of their players or play styles. Having fun with it is the most important part, imo
2:25 As a Ness main, I don’t spam PK Fire. I instead use PK Thunder Headbutt and absolutely destroy others Also for Sudden Deaths, I just try to land a PK Thunder.
I originally stuck with Sonic mainly out of obsession that he made it into Brawl back in 2008. Thanks to Ultimate I’ve started flocking to other characters. For a while Cloud fit my play style as I prefer rushing down opponents and giving them no breathing room. I’ve of course started using Sora and Steve. But in the end Sonic still feels the best to me, running in for hits, springing back and going for another opening, and finding that moment for the kill.
I used to play Sonic in Brawl, though I switched to Toon Link. How you play Sonic sounds similar to how I played Toon Link, though recently I switched to Sora and I try to juggle characters more often and go for ledge-guards because of Sora's crazy recovery. I think it's affected how I play Toon Link though, because I had a match with a friend where I 3-stocked his Hero and I was going for a lot more juggles and follow-ups rather than just resetting neutral after I get a hit.
Bruhhh. How did you pick some of the most annoying characters to fight online (just my opinion lol) play who you enjoy, a good cloud or sora is fun. Even Steve can be if they don't spam lol
When I was looking for a character, I wanted someone with 3 things. At least some range or projectiles, a counter, and an directional up special. Using this, I got comfortable with Sephiroth. Sometimes I’ll switch it up with Mii Gunner, preferably with the Sans skin, but yea, those are my mains. And those wondering what I use for the Mii Gunner, I use Charge Shot, Flame Pillar, the directional rocket up special, and the reflect. I’ve had success with this many times, hope it can help you.
hey, thanks a lot for this video! This made me have a better look on how to choose your main, and because of this guide, after playing for over 300 hours, I finally have a character that I actually really love: corrin. Thanks man!
Just found this video and I loved it. I’ve always had the mindset of trying to become the best, but setting myself the goal of just being the best of a character in my region feels much more comfortable. I’m thinking I’ll main Joker, purely because of the aesthetics tbh, but I do already enjoy his gameplay.
Wonderful video. I was a doc main in melee and still main him in ultimate due to familiarity, but unsure if there's someone else better for me now. I like your idea of the main choosing you and you'll know when you know.
This video was very helpful as someone who does local smash tournaments I keep swapping characters trying to find someone who I just good with yet have fun with which is like never so thanks for giving me a different way of thinking about it other then u just gotta be the best but to have fun
This video is beautiful. I’ve been struggling to find a main for so long. I pretty much play everybody. And if I find it fun doing that, I should keep on doing it.
Great video, but an important caveat is needed. We mustn't forget that when Waluigi finally approaches, he becomes the only character the community plays as for at least two years
Well considering how many people play banjo, ridley, chrom, and k rool, I'm not optimistic, but as long as waluigi is relatively easy and fun to play, i would definitely drop everything to give my full dedication to him
I main incin, I love the counter, combos, and aggressive read based playstyle, but im starting to main Lucas as he grants me far more potential and options, while still letting me catch peoples’ mistakes and go crazy when I want to be, especially offstage.
As you say, my main chose me. A long time ago I was randomly and completely casually discovering smash bros on my 2DS, and Lucina appeared as a new character. After I unlocked her, I tried to play a bit with her to know what kind of character she was, and I noticed that I instantly understood how to play with her, and so she became my main.
I've been on a character crisis since I started, getting more results with Lucina and Bowser, but seeing that I've been having a lot of fun practicing and learning about Pac Man, and seeing more potential with Pac Man, so this helped
Its been a very weird story. When pyra and mythra released, i really enjoyed playing them. I then looked into their home series, which i hadnt played and then bought xc2. Its still one of my all time favourite games and due to my love for xc2, i also just cant imagine playing someone other than pyra/mythra in smash. They are really fun to play to me.
For me as someone who is competing a lot local tournaments and being the best player in my area I think it's very important for you to take your time with a lot of different characters. In my journey I played about 13 different characters before I really found my true main and I'm still trying new ones like picking up Mii Brawler or Duck Hunt for fun. At the end you have to feel good with your character. It is important to maybe have a more viable character for competitive tourneys but when you don't feel comfortable with those characters I would recommend picking your comfort character. Also losing in any kind of way does not mean you are bad at the character. Ultimate is such a balanced game in my opinion that you can push every char to a high level. But some might take a lot of time and effort for reaching that. Love to all the soul mains in my region keeping their mains and trying to get them to a point where they are perfect. Very proud of my best friend and greatest rival who isn't changing off the Pit even if he isn't that high ranked. ❤
I personally know I'm a year late but I lobe the message this video sends, as I just recently got ultimate, I haven't even gotten the full roster, but I find it a lot of fun to currently main inkling, and I know as I get some of the dlc, and the rest of the roster I'll find a new one, but sticking to one and trying out more is a good thing to do in these situations
Never too late I only got smash ultimate this June. I don’t have a main yet but enjoy various different characters and enjoy the game in general, despite not being the best at it
Very wholesome and full of insight. I don't play Smash too much anymore, but I feel like this same mentality can apply to Splatoon 3 for choosing a main weapon, so thanks !
To think about it, I've been getting good with Luigi, Pyra/Mythra, Mii Gunner, and Sora, tbh. These four characters have been my best out of the 81 characters in the game. However, I'm still debating if whether Sora is really my main, because of the B-Neutral, since a few months ago. To simply put into words, it's usually separated into three categories going in a specific order; Firaga, which allows you to spam the same move with mild rapid fire, Thundaga, which is meant to launch opponents, but hit boxes are highly specific, then Blizzaga, which is meant to freeze opponents at close distances while reducing the opponent's shield.
@@__Diavolo__ they are lol. And you dont have to put the clown emoji, I can already tell you are one without having to see it. if you dont think luigi 0-death and zair + neutral b spam isnt carried. ESPECIALLY OFFLINE. Which pros do consistently, then you truly haven't fought a good luigi. Sora is more carried online than offline. But soras character is rewarded for mashing and doing simple fast fall combos that a 7 year old can learn along with the amazing control you have over his floatyness and recovery. Offline sora is not carried tho because it's easier to escape certain combos offline. And sora is completely neutral based.
I've been using Rosalina consistently for about a year but I always want to explore more. It sucks though bc characters like Shulk and Steve require total dedication to get good at, but I don't want to drop Rosa
Maybe based since I'm a Luigi main but I recommend Luigi. He's simple to control and can pull off great moves if you practice right (which doesn't take a long time to master)
I personally think shulk would be a great secondary, not knowing the matchup charts for either character super duper well just in my experience, I feel like he would cover rosa’s bad matchups pretty well.
I’ve been looking for a solid main for a bout a couple years now. But now I’m gonna be searching for a *fun* main. Thanks for this man, helped a kiloton.
Im a terry main, and this helped alot. I want to start trying to do local tournaments, but i want to practice a little more. My secondaries are Steve, piranha plant, and shulk, so what you said about having other characters and not just being stuck to one helped me out because I was trying to get good with one, but I felt like I would get worse with another if I stopped
This video is the only helpful one I’ve found. A new way I just thought of to try and determine your main in ssbu is to make a tier list combining the fighters u love and the ones that you want to be good at or like the idea.
Thanks for the tips in this video, after watching this I found that I was meant to main Daisy, I like a semi lightweight character that has a lot of combo potential.
The don’t worry about Tier Lists point is so important. People completely ignore anybody below B tier and just assume that they can’t get anywhere with a low-tier character. That’s why with all of my mains I just go through characters that interest me and if I like them then I’ll check them out a bit more. That’s how I have my current main right now! (And if you were wondering, my main is Mega Man)
@@dillon1440 Yeah I know that now but I’m saying when I was looking for a new main I didn’t look at a Tier List to see where he ranked. He just interested me.
Used to go jigglypuff, but got tired of dying super early, my friends kept doing matches with me as i slowly changed from character to character, but one stuck out Ice climbers. They told me that ice climbers was completely trash and that they wherent worth it, im still learning how to do combos with them, but can consistently beat level 9 cpus (i dont have online unfortunately) thanks to whoever made this video :D
I just started story mode and stuck with the starting character. Kirby’s pretty good. I’ve obviously experimented with more characters, but most of my playtime is with Kirby.
I suppose I really gravitate towards gimmicky characters IE, Shulk, The FGC characters, Hero and Steve. I love how Shulk can shift play styles from his neutral, I love how the FGC characters have input commands, I love how Hero has a menu full of different moves that range from useful to useless, and I absolutely love how Steve can upgrade himself and how he has to mine to be effective.
In every other smash game that Ive played (brawl/smash 4) theres always been one or two characters that I've stuck with but with Ultimate theres at least 10 and I think that speaks volumes to the sheer variety and creativity within the roster
Him: Maybe you chose Dr. Mario and once you get to a higher level, you see that he has some problems that you never had encountered if chosen mario. Me: Encountered those problems and still kept maining doc
This reminds me of when a classmate of mine said that I should switch Pit to Dark Pit because his specials are better at damaging. Of course I kept using Pit-pat after that.
I don’t have a main. I’m not amazing at the game only owned smash for the first ever time this year (June), but I love it. I could only narrow myself to a top 10 fighters I love using. This video helped a lot and thanks for making me realise I don’t need to rush to pick a main but rather a main picks me .
The best advice for someone who wants a main but can't pick one is to literally just pick any one and start playing them for a while. You'll quickly learn whether or not you can stand them as a main. When I first learned how to play smash 4 I just picked characters I thought were cool and played them a while and repeated the process until I found one I really wanted to main
I was a proud Bowser, Link and Snake main since I started back in Brawl. I expanded to Cloud at the later half of Smash 4, and I also got into Inkling a bit, but I'm not as good with her as I am with the other few.
I’ve been maining Joker for around a year and a half but have recently switched to maining Shulk after realizing how much I loved his versatility/adaptability, neutral game, as well as seeing how good his character can be when played professionally. I’m having a lot of fun with Shulk although I don’t have the time to play Xenoblade. 😅
I remember when I first played SSBU. I started maining Dr. Mario after I saw someone use him in a one-on-one tourney. I even made myself a good combo for the doctor. Fast forward to present day, I have the blue blur himself as my main, running around at light speed and never giving the opponent a chance to breathe.
Never had a main, and never will. RANDOM is my true main, since it gives me a variety of characters on the fly, and the miis, since RANDOM cant select miis sadly... :/ But dare I say, that there is such thing as "comfort picks". Where if I can think of any character to just pick up and play, that would be K.rool for me lol
I can relate. I don’t have a main in any game in general. I simply play what I want to, eventually building my own “roster” of characters as there are always gonna be characters that I don’t enjoy using.
@@iijustafriendd Im glad I aint the only one then. ^_^ I have my characters that I dont enjoy playing as well, but either cause they are awkward like shotos or just the character is "EW" in a sense.
I’ve been struggling to find a main for a while and this video has helped me choose Greninja. He’s fun to use and I really like fast characters, which also have me some debate with Sonic. But in the end, I chose the frog.
I'd almost forgotten what stock Spring Stadium looked like- Why isn't it legal? It's basically a built-in skill check that puts you in disadvantage anyway
I used to just fumble around and not really know who I wanted to play. Then I played Ken a lot and started to like him a lot and then mained him for some time. But because I play Smash kinda irregularly, it was hard to keep his combos in my muscle memory. Then it occured to me that I was always playing Falcon, since Smash 4 I always picked him for fun sometimes. So I watched some videos of Fatality and ever since I have mained Falcon. My friend was always destroying me with Lucina and I hated it so I started to pick up Marth to find out some weaknesses Lucina might have by playing myself. I started to like Marth so he is kind of my secondary. Him and Falcon have very different playstyles. I usually just have my foot glued to the gas pedal which is why I like Falcon but Marth forces me to be more patient, careful and calculating which I really like too.
I'd still be looking for a main if Sephiroth didn't come into the game. I just fall in love with every character I play because everyone is unique in their own way. Just Sephiroth takes things from multiple characters, and I love the character itself. My goals: #1 Do cool stuff.... but I mean who doesn't. #2 Teaching friends how to play #3 Have some rivals #4 It's addicting being the 1 in a 1v2 or 1v3 Explanations for those who want to read a wall of text: For #2 and #3 - I've always loved teaching people how to play and love to see people improve, it makes me happy to have helped. One particular player made me want to have a rival. They were a Pikachu main since Smash 64, and I could kick their butt with any character I wanted to use when I first met them. Then as I gave them more tips they got better. After giving them some tips, I picked up Pikachu for 100 matches then fought him and we went rather even, but our gameplay was vastly different because his combos were pretty deadly due to having basically perfect control over his character. I couldn't input well at the time so I had to do what I'm better at with the mental game and just constantly beat him in neutral and keep him in bad situations. Then he started going to tournaments after that. Now he's so good he moves like the top players do, and if I do any slight mistake, he'll deal massive damage or take a stock. Ridley is usually an easy mode character for me, but my Ridley can barely touch his Pikachu. Nowadays the only characters that have a chance against him are Lucario (I'm good at staying alive, Pikachu can struggle to KO sometimes, so high aura often. Also more competitive players tend to lose focus when aura gets involved), Meta Knight (can't be gimped and just similar to Pikachu in a lot of ways, one of my favorite matchups), and Sephiroth (My main that emphasizes my strengths as a player). For #4 From Melee -> Smash 4 I've always been vastly better than anyone else I played, so I usually toyed with any opponents I would face. Hence why I tried out so many characters so there was a little more challenge. However, when friends wanted to play, we always had a blast pretending I'm sort of final boss as they try to gang up on me. For Glory in Smash 4 didn't help either, because it was usually once a week I would ever find someone on par with my skill level, but when that happens, they'd usually be a bit better (probably because they actually went to tournaments or have a training partner). As much as I hate not being able to swap characters/names in Ultimate, at least matchmaking makes things a lot more balanced than Smash 4, so I'm put up against good people frequently nowadays. So I feel like I'm not that great, I want to improve again so I can become that super boss that nobody can touch once again. For #1 I have to define what is cool to me, since what maybe cool to one person, may not be cool to someone else. So someplace to start is why I got into competitive smash. I got into it because of Link VS Snake matches between Izaw and Calzorz (Brawl looks so slow nowadays) because there's just chaos everywhere, projectiles cutting off locations for each player, while knowing when to use the projectiles to attack like you're playing chess or something. While I do love having lots of projectiles, I don't need them to feel maximum happiness. Off the top of my head Meta Knight, Ridley, Marth, Roy, Ike, Sheik, Fox are all characters that I love to play (and don't often use Ridley and Fox's projectiles) List of things I find cool: Lots of options, versatility for different playstyles, At least one satisfyingly strong (preferably flashy) move, Mind games, Feeling/causing "fear", Motion inputs, characters that feel like they show my knowledge of fundamentals, mobility, aerial, easy to use hard to master, character looks cool, nostalgia for the character, character is relatable in some way Things I'm not a fan of: Armor on too many moves (K. Rool), not letting my opponent play (ex. Mythra, campy Sonic, Ness PK Fire). Basically I like to feel like I'm actually fighting my opponent. Some characters I strongly look at if Sephiroth wasn't in the game and reasons why: Pichu - Strong moves, Feel fear because can die at any moment, cause fear because combos are insane along with oppressive speed, very mobile, very hard to master, character too adorable Lucario - Feels fundamental, Cause/feel fear because high aura, strong attacks from high aura (but only sometimes because low aura, which makes high aura feel more intense than playing characters that are strong 24/7), mobility, aerial, movie nostalgia, relatable because of the movie Ridley - Scary in general, I love seeing people's gameplay crumble once they get skewered even a single time, multiple strong flashy moves. Plays "fair" most of the time, but not too uncommon to pull a "cheap trick" if the opponent stops paying attention for a moment, nostalgia Inkling - mobility, projectiles, ink can cause some fear for some players, character is stylish af, nostalgia for the game Sora - Surprisingly lot of mix up type stuff, aerial, projectiles, feels like the best representation of what smash is all about funnily enough Wolf - Very fundamental overall (outside of top tier privilege and blaster being a bit strong for the tool it is), Many flashy strong moves, looks cool, nostalgia from assault Meta Knight - Strong flashy moves, aerial, mobile, dimensional cape is constant source for fear even if it never gets used, character that introduced me to the concept of duels, One of the coolest looking characters in the roster, my meta knight is like universally loved by every player that has ever fought it and I like making people happy since every other character usually gets complained about at some point for one reason or another Honorable mentions: Sonic, R.O.B., Byleth, Ryu, Ken, Terry, Kazuya, Joker, Snake, Belmonts, Roy, Marth, Hero, Fox, Mii Brawler, Sheik, Greninja, Ike, Pits, Mewtwo, Cloud, Pokemon Trainer, Links, Samuses, Robin, Pac-Man, Incineroar, Ganondorf, Duck Hunt, Wii Fit Trainer, Corrin As you can tell, I was having a massive character crisis before Sephiroth got in. I'm used to adapting to new playstyles to fit whatever game I play and mastering every gameplay style available. Playing new characters in hopes of discounting them in the future just made me fall in love making character crisis even worse. Reasons why I love Sephiroth so much: - Despite having a ridiculous range with his sword he feels fundamental and like he has to read the opponent constantly to do his thing. - Has projectiles that are flashy cause fear and help provide mix ups - Quite mobile with his speed and blade/octaslash and OWA, - Sephiroth's gameplay felt natural to me and it makes me feel good when it's incredibly rare to see a good Sephiroth despite his popularity -Lots of his moves are strong and flashy - One of the coolest looking characters in Smash - I have nostalgia for him. I haven't played FF7 yet and that's on my to-do list, but I've seen the cinematic cutscenes in games and movie, and love watching people fail fighting him in Kingdom Hearts. Growing up I always viewed him being one of the most "badass" characters to exist. Alucard was right there with him. Dunno why I like quiet polite long white haired guys in black outfits that are overpowered and super fast so much. Though I like Sephiroth a little more, he's always smiling and acts how I feel when I've "mastered" a video game, Alucard needs to cheer up a bit. - One of the most relatable characters in the roster, but with how simplistic most characters are in the roster, probably not too hard to do.
For me it was Zelda and like you said "Your main picks you" she picked me, a couple months later Samus picked me. So my Main is Samus and Zelda is my secondary, Zelda felt like a stepping stone to Samus but Samus felt like she was rewarding me for learning the Zoner play style.
only watched this today and im happy that someone else says the same thing as me, just have fun, if you wanna win tournaments as someone like G&W or even incinaroar then go ahead and try, just stick to what makes you comfortable and you'll do fine. multiple mains are always the best to me, but don't let others say your opinions. 😁👌
My tip as someone getting into smash ultimate (and hopefully comp soon) but has followed the game since its launch in 2018. You need to try everyone and find the one that sticks. For me it's cap falc, I love how he works, and I use his whole kit. Now that doesn't mean that I'm not using other characters, because I also enjoy Ike, Jiggly, and seph, so I consider them “Soft-Mains” someone who I can always fall back on. Hope this helps anybody else who is just getting into the game!
The best player in the world literally dropped Joker, an objective Top 5 character, for fucking Byleth. Pick who you want tbh. It really doesn't matter at this point in the meta.
He said he never enjoyed playing Joker; he just used Joker to secure the bag. And I don’t know why you say “fucking Byleth”, Byleth obviously isn’t as good as Joker but still has a respectable matchup chart. Also, he plays Mythra-Pyra, who are easier and have a better matchup chart than Joker, so he’s not only relying on Byleth for every matchup.
So I just watched this video, thank you. I've mailed Byleth since she dropped in 2020, and I like what you said, let your main choose you. I may not be the best, and I may never be, but something clicked when I played Byleth for the first time, and not only that, it got me into Fire Emblem as a whole, and was my first character in elite smash. And now I have Aegis as a co-main with Byleth, and I couldn't be happier. I played Ness for a really long time, and now I use him casually, he's still my boy, play who you want, and have fun whilst doing it. That's what matters 🙂
Great vid. I play solo (not online because connection sucks, they have to fix it) and just for the fun of it. The Level 9 CPU is a more than satisfying challenge for me, and whenever I play with my brother, I struggle to beat him but not to the stress point. So far, My list of mains is: 1 Cloud, 2 Zelda and Sora, 3 Pyra/Mythra, 4 Solid Snake and 5 Inkling. But after this, I might give Byleth, and Lucas a try.
That was a good way to put it. I main Byleth and MewTwo but I have a ton of fun bullshitting with Incineroar and Donkey Kong even though I think they're kinda bad because of certain weaknesses
I have been sticked with Lucas, and i was thinking "i have something with Lucas that i cant change him" its the character i mostly use and i wanted to be like Blucas i wanted to be like him, but now maybe i can get more potencial by using more characters then just one. This was an excellent reflexion of the points to make myself improve
Something I learned myself that is really important is not to try going for a character just because you think their strong. It did not work well for me with Pikachu, I was always at a loss for a while being beaten by my younger siblings. It was then that I decided to move on from the idea of strength and go random. That’s when one in particular called out to me, which I wouldn’t have anticipated: Yoshi. Not only could I navigate with him well, I found I could genuinely just have fun playing him when I wasn’t trying to be competitive. Im trying with cycling between multiple characters, some to practice using different moves and some just cause they seem cool to me. But Yoshi will always be my top main. Just go with what you like, don’t feel pressured to choose a main based on tier lists or anything like that. And it’s fine to have multiple mains, they’ll come to you if you just keep trying :)
I understand completely about your statement of the character picks you. I remember playing ultimate the first time on a coworkers console and when I picked chrom, I thought he was the most comfortable sword fighter at the time. I liked him so much that I bought a switch and ssbu. After all these years, I am only pretty decent at the game. I love to play competitively (with friends) but I lack a lot of fundamentals with competitive play. Right now I am trying to learn how to play roy because I really like the aggressive play style but I guess I am still having a hard time beating my friends.
@@shadowX50 He's a professional brawl player who used the low tier Yoshi because he said "Yoshi just feels right" He was able to become one of the top brawl players and defeated many strong opponets a lot like Mango, Hungybox, Mew2King, and the rest of the gods with a terrible character. Because he felt that he had to use Yoshi
The ending is perfect. I play whoever I'm feeling in that moment. Only if I'm trying to be super competitive (usually I don't care) will I go my main, and even then, I have situational mains
My goal at the beginning was to be regionally ranked. I knew my main from day 1 so I was lucky, but as I started playing more and competing more, I saw the righting on the wall. If i want to be regionally ranked, I need to develop the ability to come up with gameplans for a lot of characters. This is very, very time consuming. As i played more, i found more things distract me from my main interest (smash) at the time. So, I changed my goal. To be able to intelligently talk about the game with other players that are much more experienced than I am. I have succeeded in that goal and for now I am happy with it. There may come a day when I want to compete more again and grind for a top regional spot but for right now, my ability to talk about literally anything in the game from different perspectives is enough for me. The community will always be there if I want to rekindle my passion for competition. Good luck on anyone's journey to rise the ranks.
There's my interresting Story my first Mains were Bowser & Young Link then I switched to Cloud and With the dlc to Hero and Pyra Online I only Use my two Dlc Mains especially Pyra I have many Characters I like and Play them offline often like Sephiroth or Inkling
I was a Kirby main in Brawl, but I then became a King Dedede main in Ultimate. The controls for the switch made Dedede better for me. And I'm happy for it due to King triple D and the Pink Demon are in the same franchise
U have a point on "Your main chooses u" I remember as a kid I was playing smash bros. Melee against some friends of mine the first time I played Kirby I won the round amazingly well And 20 years later I still main Kirby to this day
The switching mains part got to me. I used to consider myself a little Mac main because of the quick action. But I didn’t like sonic. So I switched over to fox because he just has better air’s than little Mac. Also, love how when you where discussing overpowered characters you said “mythra” instaid of “pyra and mythra” this was the most unintentionally funny thing I have heard all day.
When I first played the game back in Brawl, I started playing as Peach because I had only played a Mario game before that and had thought she was cool. However, when I had spotted Zelda, I liked that she wore purple because purple was (and still is) my favorite color. I had never played a Zelda game before that, so I didn't understand that in every game she was a different person. So, until I did some research, I was confused on her (and Link's) design in Ultimate.
Little mac is unique: no real voices, unique foward tilt, fastest air on the smash, foward smash spammer and angle imput, velocity, charge and go foward with neutral special, side special dodger, different range on the ground and on the air of up special, counter, ko punch gimmick and down throw (im really good making hard to do and medium damage combos with down throw) im already a little mac main
i started playing smash 4 with pit and i realized that i rlly liked his playstyle, so i mained him for a while. after ultimate came out, i started getting into kid icarus. i started playing palutena and i think shes my main. i sometimes switch out for joker, pyra/mythra, min min, or peach, but shes the one i stick with the most. thanks for this video though ^^
I'm not big on Elite Smash [wifi laggers, gremlins, etc.] So I actually started doing random squad strikes against random lv 9 cpus to vary up my experience. Yes yes, fighting CPUs isn't the same as a real opponent, but it puts me into the position to try and figure out more of the roster, both for my game play and learning what counter play might work.
Me and 3 of my close friends all started playing together at the same time so we were figuring out the characters together. My one friend used wii fit trainer as a joke once and we were all in tears by the end of the round because the movements were so funny. He just kept playing her while we all tried to figure out what other characters we liked, and sure enough he’s super good at wii fit trainer now and wins all the time.
I am a veteran smash player and snake main, but decided to check this video out in case I want to refer new players to it. I loved the "like this video" plug, very clever lol
