What are the WORST matchups in fighting games? 

Have any suggestions for future nightmare matchups we should take a look at?

That last one is probably one of the few times in a fighting game where people feel sorry for the short character.

My only complaint is that this video is too short! I want more! Old fighting games are rife with imbalance and it’s really funny to learn about some of these examples. Great vid!

Im glad I could finally show Sabretooth to the world in Next Dimension. We tested on both NTSC and PAL versions of the game, emulation and real hardware, and for some reason gambit really really can't do anything for that split second. PS2 era games were wild. Great video!!!!!

Zod's overly confident and apathetic animations just make it all the more hilarious and tragic.

another awful matchup: Pet Shop vs Khan in JoJo: Heritage for the Future. It's a solid 9:1 matchup in Pet Shop's favor

Me when we get to Saber vs Gambit: "Okay so the theme here is how grapplers get killed by zoners, I get it." I was not ready

Zod: it's called Injustice, not fair fight.

The Iori vs Chin matchup looks like something that leads to a fist vs face matchup in the arcade lol

Majority of 8-2 match-ups = zoners vs grapplers. Majority of 10-0 match-ups = zoners _with teleports_ vs. grapplers (Seriously, why? Imagine if a grappler had a teleport move to just get in for free)

had I experienced Iori vs Chin I dont think I would be playing fighting games today

the injustice 1 clip gave me braindamage at how bad the game looks at spamming 1 move without consequence

Super Turbo Akuma versus Zangief feels like a classic example of an unwinnable matchup. Akuma bodies pretty much the whole cast, but Zangief is particularly hapless against him; all Akuma has to do is jump backwards and spam Zankuu Hadoken and there's absolutely nothing Zangief can do. He can't fire back, he can't crouch under it, he can't even use his Lariat to try and approach because Zankuu Hadoken breaks the Lariat for some reason. And if Zangief does somehow get into melee range, Akuma can just use his invincible teleport and pop out of his reach, or his spinning kick to do hefty damage and make some space. And even if Zangief does somehow close the gap and manage to force Akuma to fight on his terms? Then Akuma busts out the fireball traps and crossups and the big Russian watches his health bar evaporate. It's a classic example of "one side needs to be playing perfectly, and the other side needs to make a lot of mistakes." The only way Zangief can win is if Akuma is cocky enough to take Zangief in melee, and lets down his defenses for Zangief to piledriver him.

BBCT "1.0" Tager v Nu-13 was as close to 0-10 as I've ever seen.

After your first two examples I thought, "these matchups aren't THAT bad" but your last three were great examples and I'd never seen any of them before. Pretty neat

A really bad matchup is Sol vs Testament, because I lost to him once on a tournament and I'm still salty about it

That KOF matchup takes the cake... I mean holy sh*t !

The ultimate impossible match-up: Me vs literally anyone else in the world 0 - 10

Probably the worst matchup in KI 2013 history: pre-patch Shin Hisako vs RAAM. Shin Hisako can throw out a spirit orb and her forward dash would teleport her to wherever it was on screen. She can also hold forward while putting out the spirit orb to make it slowly travel across the screen. These days the orb will disappear if it goes off screen for too long, but pre-patch the orb would just stay active even if it's off screen. If Shin Hisako got the life lead against RAAM she could put out the orb and full screen teleport away from him since RAAM doesn't have the mobility to catch her, especially with her disgustingly fast back dash.

One I learned about recently: the Super Nintendo game Dragon Ball Z Hyper Dimension. Perfect Cell has a total of nine 10-0 matchups. The game has ten characters. You might be able to tell, it's not a good game. But the main thing is that Cell has a throw that straight-up can't be blocked at round start, and his followup to that is either extremely hard to crack, or outright impossible, depending on character.

Not the kind of video I was expecting, but it's a really cool one. I specially like that you mixed in some kusoge like KOF with timeless competitive gems like Jackie Chan Fists of Fire.

Ivan Ooze vs Shogun Megazord in Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: Fighting Edition. Really, Ivan Ooze was so broken he was basically unbeatable against almost anyone in the cast, but Shogun Megazord and Silver Horns might as well just put their controllers down against him.

I will say that as terrible Seth was for Gief, at least in Vanilla & Super of IV, Gief’s jumping headbutt (on counter hit) will instantly stun Seth lol

I always love thinking about the best and worst fighting game characters Another matchup that's downright hopeless is Ganondorf vs. Meta Knight in Super Smash Bros. Brawl It essentially goes like putting a dementia ridden old man vs. Mike Tyson Never stood a chance Meta Knight's legendary mobility vs. Ganon's lack thereof proves that nothing is mightier than the sword

5:29 AAALLLLL RIGHTY THEN! I have one simple question... Will it kill?

Even though Omega in USF4 is mostly a joke, there was one time where Gen had a 10 - 0 matchup against the entire cast because he had a one button infinite with his light kick/short which could be confirmed into with pretty much any move on hit.

Zazie vs Ryoko in Karnov's Revenge/Fighter's History Dynamite Ryoko is one of the two grapplers in the game, the other being Marstorius. 90% of her special moves are grabs, so she needs to get in there to do something And then there's Zazie, arguably the best character in the game, who can dodge, dash, backdash, good reaching normals, has a pretty busted flaming uppercut...and as you'd expect, Ryoko cant do shit in these conditions

this video was well put together dude, its also a nice change of pace compared to the other videos

This is such a great concept for a video series. Awesome work like always!

Hello, everyone. bzbajackiesparkles here (from the Thorsten vs Kim-Maree clip). OW. That is all. Shout out to funkdoc for making me realize how much I needed to part from that character, ASAP.

I loved this! I would love to see more 9-1 and 10-0 mu Keep up the good work

I love this channel

This video NEEDS a sequel!

Neat video! The intro and shots of you looking back at/interacting with an ominous glowing box were funny. ;u;

I love these short videos dude, keep at it.

Awesome idea and video. Would love more like this.

there was a build of ultra sf4 that i dont think was ever given to home console, but it made one of dhalsim's longest 40 degree pokes 2 hits so his match up against hugo, the tallest character in the game a genuine 10 - 0 match up

I wanna see more kof content in the future hopefully when XV comes out

Just discovered your channel, I love it. Great stuff.

Not only Chin is shorter, he jumps higher than the other characters too. This is hilarious.😂

Good video dude, really liked the approach

Why did this video remind me of old Screwattack top 10's?

"equal skill" has always been kind of a misnomer i found lacking. like i wish there were more parameters to weight different strengths and weaknesses of pros.

Justice sweats nervously "phew glad I dodged that one"

I know you might not consider it a true "fighting game" but Steve vs. Little Mac is absolutely depressing for Little Mac in Smash Bros Ultimate lol

The very fact that you even mention Fist of Fire and Next Dimension means I'm subbing.

Another 10-0 brutal matchup is Gold Lightan in TvC. As a giant he has super armor on literally every action he performs, has easy humongous damage on all of his moves, and his size makes running away from him a fruitless endeavor. Only a select few moves have armor piercing properties. The majority of the cast can do little if anything to contest him as they lack moves with this propert, giving Lightan a 10-0 matchup against the majority of the cast, but there is one character who flips the script on him. There are maybe 5 characters total who can fight giants in TvC, but Tekkaman Blade in particular completely flips the script on Lightan. He has 2 armor piercing air projectiles that completely destroy Lightan's game plan. Lightan can never soak fireballs with armor and approach Blade because Blades fireballs are cinematic hit grabs. Lightan cannot hit blade at round start and the moment Blade super jumps up Lightan can do nothing for the remainder of the match. Because of this Lightan, despite having near 10-0 matchups against almost the entire cast and most of the top tiers, is completely invalidated because of Blade. You don't have to be remotely good as Blade to do this. If you know how to super jump, air dadh, and dona quarter circle no Lightan player in the world will ever beat you. Of the 2 giants only PTX40A is viable as he has tools that can contest blade.

Finally, full screen command grabs

Awesome editing and content

I've many times experienced one of SFIII: 3rd Strike's most famous bad matchups: Q vs Makoto. As a Q player, I've had to deal with countless karakusas and SA2 mixups, and many-a-times had trouble even getting into the Makoto player's space because of Q's slow-as-a-snail walk speed. Hasn't stopped me from playing tho'. Great video

in ssbm, the only good matchup (and that’s a stretch) for roy is him vs jigglypuff, where if he lands a reversal up b, it will instantly one shot her

I've heard Big Band vs Robo Fortune is pretty awful in Skullgirls. Especially late round when you can get chipped out full screen if you don't parry everything she does

Wow, I'd never heard of these. Those glitched Sabretooth and Chin matches are especially interesting.

Thanks for the Jackie love! Clown vs. Marstorius from Fighters History Dynamite should make it in if you do another one of these.

Dude that was amazing !!! Congrats!

Nice dat you picked up this concept for a vid!

Nice vid you should continue with this series

Quality content, good shit!

Would love more of these!

Calamity Trigger had several cancerous matchups because the low tiers simply didnt have the tool to deal with the zoning the top tier had. Nu vs Tager/Hakumen was particularly awful.

can we get more content like this? had no idea about some of these things...or even some of these fighting games lol

Amazing video. Subscribed.

Can you do more of these videos?

The obvious go to for a platform fighter is the iconic Sheik vs Bowser in Melee, or even… …Meta Knight vs Ganondorf in brawl.

Grandmaster Subzero vs almost anyone who doesn't have a teleport.

I actually REALLY enjoyed this video. I just wish it was longer.

Great video!

Wow, 10-0 matchups do exist! They're like Four Leaved Clovers in a way.

Would have loved to see Aganos vs Kim Wu for the KI representation!

We need a part 2 of this

One of my favourite awful MUs is Nine vs Waldstein in BBTAG. Waldstein is a slow grappler- he is tied for the highest HP in the game at 20k. Nine is a setup character with 4-way teleports and gigantic normals. Additionally, Wald’s damage is considered pretty poor for a grappler, and Nine has 17k+ TODs. The problems begin when Nine uses her high/low unblockable setup she can loop, and while Wald does have a meterless dp (like all characters in the game do), his dp’s hitbox is shaped in a way that will completely whiff is Nine uses the setup in him. The only way to escape is to burst, and punishing burst in BBTAG pretty easy.

This was an amazing video, I wish it was longer

Wow that Sabretooth glitch is nuts! I've been playing Next Dimension for decades and never knew that was possible! Wild. Wonder if I could make that work in the speed run... Thanks for the ideas!

loved this! i didnt know about most of these awful matchups

Amaving vid Esteban

Karnov's Revenge has some really lopsided matchups, especially in the case of the game's two grapplers who have very pronounced weakesses. Ryoko is small and has short reach, and Marstorius has a very low jumo height. Both of them have a 9-1 matchup against Clown, whose range and special moves let him keep Ryoko out by mashing jab, and Mars has to deal with projectiles, Blanka balls, and headstomps the entire time, all with his woeful jump height.

Sheik vs Bowser in melee is actually so depressing

quality content, insta subbed.

Great video! Fox-bowser in melee must be at least 90-10

Not a traditional fighting game but the Peach vs Bowser matchup in Melee is horrendous, poor Bowser can do almost nothing if Peach has a solid game plan

I was a HUGE fan of KOF 95 back in the day and never knew about the Chin thing on Italy stage. SUBBED!

Hahaha yo man!! Pls do more of these in the future, absolutely hilarious. I completely forgot Xmen dimensions, and the nonsense of sabretooth

Didn't sub until this video, but the KI documentaries earned it. Sorry it was a bit late. You created a new Killer Instinct player and fan of the music with those. Hisako is my current jam.

Great intro :)

Pretty cool content!

Great video! Hilarious!

I thought for sure I would see something like Melee’s Puff destroying Peach. Then I watched the video and realized, no, they mean actually unwinnable matchups.

Bro you should have saved this video for October the fear of these hard mismatches is bone chillin

T.Hawk vs Honda. The slowest and most helpless loss you will ever experience in any game. T.Hawk's only option for winning? *Get the first hit and pray Honda doesn't take the life lead before Time Over*

Great vid

Here's three for the list... 1: Ganondorf vs. Ice Climbers - Super Smash Bros. Brawl (There's a lot of matchups that are almost unwinnable for Ganondorf in Brawl, but this one is arguably the worst of the worst) 2: Twelve vs. Chun Li - Street Fighter 3: Third Strike (Due to the nature of 3S, this matchup technically CAN be done as some of the all-time best Twelve players have shown; but it is nightmarish beyond words. Hugo has some pretty atrocious matchups as well.) 3: Akuma in Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo (There's a reason he's banned.) Honorable mention to DeDeDe vs. Mario or Donkey Kong in Brawl. They are EXTREMELY awful for these two characters due to an infinite grab, but both of them have a passable enough air game that they can (and have) managed - as the meme goes - to "don't get grabbed."

Although not as onesided, King on the Tekken trilogy on the PS1 was a scary matchup against most fighters because his grabs can go on forever and be a TOD. The window to DI away Is fairly short as well.

Kitana and Mileena both have 9-1 matchups versus Sheeva in MK9. Their crouching hitboxes allow both of them to duck sheeva’s *overheads*

I appreciate the thumbnail man.

Great video.

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Does the same happens with Choi in KOF 95 in the Italy stage with Iori? I think I saw it once but it might be a false memory.

How about the round-start spd for zangeif vs E honda? Its only on the snes port of sf2 I think, but yeah it’s an actual round start infinite

do more of this please

There was an old video by Daigo I saw where he talked about Victor in Vampire Hunter having a 0-10 matchup against Pyron. Mostly because Victor was so damn slow.