What you need to know before playing Rivals of Aether 

Clone Forsburn doesn't always run toward the other fighter. You can use side b and b to swap between attack mode and evasion mode.

I switched from ult to rivals last week and I don't think I'm ever going back...

Subbed for the beard but stayed for RoA

Got the game cause I’m a competitive smash player and it looks so fun and interesting that it’s worth being my second competitive game

As a player who comes from PM. saying which character they are similar too is very helpful. This was a quick informative video.

Everyone’s always like “Elianna is so complicated” meanwhile I’m over here steam camping until I get a missle>nair> f-strong

The first fact in the video is a fact I didn’t know. I kept struggling with wavedashing bc I was holding down diagonal. That’s so important to know since I main Etalus.

I know this is pretty late to the party…. but thank you so much for making this video. I literally just downloaded Rivals and I wouldn’t have figured out half this stuff with your help. Thanks for the tips!!

I bought this and jammed it with the boys for 3 hours last night and we couldn't figure all this tech out. We had so much fun playing it but after this video we are more excited for next week

I know all of these things and I still watched this to just enjoy how interesting this guy talks and presents. Actually a really good video, subbed too!

Yo please make more rivals content this was great

Thank you so much for making this beginners guide, it truly helped me out a lot!

Thanks for this! I was looking for this exact thing. Clear and concise. Keep it up!

I prefer Rivals to Smash but that’s just me

Thanks for making this video, relating the characters to smash made it so much easier to understand. Rn I’m liking the polar bear and shovel knight cause Luigi physics and kill power

I was looking for a video just like this, and I found it. This was very informative for me. Thank you.

This is a great guide!!!! I'll be getting definitive soon!

Barely came across this video & channel, and I already say I love your videos. Keep up the work!

This was a helpful guide! also damn, majestic beard dude

I love the unique creativity and expressiveness available from custom skins

Even before watching the video, I liked the video soley because he uses a Smashbox. I have no experience with controller, so I plan to get Smashbox because it's very similar to PC with it being all buttons. The guide is also very comprehensive and easy to understand as I am more used to Smash Ultimate. Keep up the good work!

Really well put together video. Well spoken and structured. Subbed!

Another Tech; is a Ukemi; where you can Roll out the way when you hit the ground; if you press the Dodge Button at the right time. Forsburn's Smoke also obscures the Stage. A Character that can hide an entire Stage from view; should not be taken lightly. Eliana's Steam & Overheat Smashes are useable in Mid Air & Ground; effectively making her a Character with the best of both worlds: Ground & Air Smashes.

got it for the workshop characters, don't regret a single cent of it

My favorite mechanic by far is that you don’t need to mash out of things, such a fucking stupid thing that can damage your controller and your hands. Least favorite has to be the lack of a ledge, just cause I’m not good and it’s very difficult to get back to stage sometimes without using a very laggy and usually very punishable up special

Absa: Pikachu Zelda Ness Goat Orcane: Whale Dog

just got ur channel recommended to me. gotta say i’m already lovin the content :)

Didn't Know there was no mashing

Just got this game can’t wait to get into it! That earth guy looks interesting 🧐 may main him I love earth control

Shovel Knight, Kragg, and Sylv are my favorites.

liked, commented, and subscribed. boost this vid in the algorithm brothers

Good video. I've been playing for a few days now and Ori and Ranno are for sure my favorite characters

The for this guide! I'm getting Rivals today, and I'm excited _mainly because I saw tf2 engine and I'm a big tf2 and smash fan_

And the golden armor is a *HUGE FLEX*

Thank you i started to play yesterday and i instantly fell in love with orcane ♡♡

I've had Smash Ultimate for about 2 years, and I am planning to play this on Xbox One (And maining Clairen). Thank you for making this video, it will help help introduce me into the series 😊

Hope you do a video on the 4 workshop characters being added!

thanks for the tips i been playing for a year and i cant play that good until now 👍

thank you i understand

Very nice video

I already play rivals a lot, it's my most played steam game with over 500 hours in total (nowadays always on my steamdeck), most of it is with steam workshop though but that is just me being primarely on the workshop players side of the community, but anyway even with this much total playtime it's still pretty usefull to return to the basics every once in a while, also for the base roster (i said i'm primarily on the workshop players side of the community but i don't play with only workshop content, i do play as base roster characters sometimes) i'm a kragg main, probably because kragg is the most simple & keeping it simple suits me the best

me and my friend do wrastor dittos all the time and it never gets boring because every match is different

THIS WAS VERY HELPFUL. ARIGATO!

Your beard is magnificent

Great primer! I enjoyed your presentation style and how you structured the video where you respect the audience's intelligence but don't go into things where ONLY existing Smash players would understand (as you can probably tell I'm not one of them).

Nice video mr. ROA Vsauce

Nice.. 🙌

wait you deserve so much subs lol imma sub now

Really fun, clean video. I want to ask though: why are RAR and DACUS excluded from the "basic mechanics" section? As a big melee player, these have a *huge* impact on how I play rivals vs. Melee. Just curious as to your thought process there.

Does it have ultimates/final smashes tho???

How do yu feel about the in-game tech tutorials? Are they a good way to practice/learn all the necessary tech?

been playing rivals since the beta and still didn't know about the wave dashing one!

I’m exclusively a gold armor shovel knight main

just subbed in the first 30 seconds idk i like your vibe lmao

As a Ness/Lucas player in Smash Bros., I found Absa to be quite comfortable for me to play. She has a similar floaty feel and weight as the EarthBound characters do in Smash. A few of her moves kind of resemble theirs, like her fair is like Lucas' and her bair is like Ness'. She is also good at edgeguarding, because of her cloud and the options you can do with it. She is very much a "zoner" type of character, but can still get some good combos off of her airials. Before I began playing Rivals of Aether, I considered Absa as a strong contender for what character I would use and practice due to her playstyle and stats. I was just looking at how I play and what I'm used to in Smash, and applying it to Rivals. I will say that I do enjoy playing Absa, and she's usually the character I choose whenever I play the game. If you play Ness and/or Lucas in Smash and are considering picking up Rivals, I recommend to definitely try Absa out. It's possible that you will probably like the way she feels. But if she doesn't feel good, it's okay to try someone else out. Just choose whoever feels best for you.

I want to know how to pick a fighter that i want to fight with

Nice video man, I always liked rivals been trying to get back into it more recently, don't have a lot of people to play with and the switch online can be pretty dead, if anyone wants to play sometime lmk

maybe you should do an updated version of this to account for the new characters

Wait,Absa does the Ness yo yo glitch??? Wish this game ran on ps5.

Anybody know any switch discord’s for ROA?..

ive been playing this game for multiple months, why am i watching this

im playing roa bc brawlhalla servers were down and i dont think im ever going back

ok it’s final I’m getting this game I hate mashing in smash bros

Zetter burn can short hop fireball

What you need to know... play the tutorial. It's actually really good

how the hell do you start a match

I don't know if I will be heard but what's the best controller (and settings) for this. Looked for hours and couldn't find anything useful

we gotta play sometime!!!

im a brawlhalla player, but originally came here bcuz of ori. this game seems rly fun ngl

got here from TMZ

This game feels like brawlhalla without ledges and jump-cancel combo, with so much more gimmick

That beard is magnificent

Hey I've played this game for over 1000 hours how did I get here?

very informative and well done -- though personally a bit of comedy would be appreciated

truth be told i just got the game fun but as my first fighter ever this whole video was like watching a alien talk about how they mate. But yeah i suck at the game i die to the CPU...yeah

I played brawlhalla (great game btw) for like a week and now smash feels clunky

Came to the game from Brawlhalla and damn this is different

I found out bout it by watching a live stream of a roblox black magic 2 youtubrr playing it

now

Honestly Shine on NSpecial is the hottest thing since Mariah Carey

You play Rivals with an arcade stick? That's weird, and I wonder how you make it work.

no hablo ingles :(

Good video but Rannos forward special is not a command grab

Is... Is this man playing a platform fighter with a hitbox

Plant gang shovel knight gang

It would be great if they could also port to PS4. Brawlhalla is super clunky

If this game is anywhere near as good as brawlhalla and smash, I'll get it

Bb

Have u tried brawlhalla

This game is probably the closest to brawlhalla when it comes to off stage play

Indie game characters? Where is goose from untitled goose game huh?

it makes me very happy to see another smashbox user especially in rivals :) edit: all the gender neutral labeling for the characters is super super comforting to see as well, really great video thank you for the content

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i think you should've added: Don't use keyboard

just play sun lmao

When did the video end.... Whaa keep talking please.

"Hit lag"? Just call it "recovery" like a normal person lol.

I'm sorry but....... starting a "How to Play" video for beginners with......... the VERY FIRST mechanic you explain before ANYTHING ELSE......... was *wavedashing?* are are you sure you know what a beginner is???