Why EVERYONE Plays: R.O.B. | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 

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1°: It has a cool smash-related backstory. If you have played Brawl you know what I am talking about. 2°: He's just an amazing character who can cover almost every basis of neutral.

I'd say that the main reason why people know ROB is because of Subspace Emissary in Brawl. Rob was right there from the getgo with the bombs, Captain Falcon punches a giant ROB and the Ancient Minister is the leader of ROBs and is playable.

ROB has everything. Easy combos, easy kill setups, projectiles, disjoints, insane recovery, strong neutral, good frame data, heavy weight, and he's simple to play too.

You should do more "why everyone plays ____" this was fantastic

Every now and then I read a really elitist comment slamming your videos, but dude this intro level knowledge easing people into a deeper understanding of the game is perfect for helping our community grow, thanks man for just being a positive voice for us!

On the topic of "brand recognition" I would argue that ROB has been one of Smash's most iconic characters ever since Brawl and his role in the Subspace Emissary. So I don't think it's fair to compare him to Wii Fit Trainer in that aspect

One could, ideally, sum up ROB's success in a simple manner with a singular phrase: "Go, my child, hold down the neutral"

As someone who's had ROB as one of my mains since brawl, it was really weird seeing him suddenly rise to the top in ultimate especially since he's felt largely the same to me as in Smash 4, but i'm happy that he seems mostly respected despite being a pretty silly zoner lol

The timing of this is just perfect after what happened last weekend lol

R.O.B. hasn’t been the same since he became the last of his species…

I'm convinced vars forgot about mario kart ds, rob's most iconic appearance by far

Well I think robs role in rhe subspace emissary is what makes him recognizable to everyone. I know that subspace emissary was the shit when i was a kid. Id say thats a very big factor in his popularity

this was great! cant wait to see more "why everyone plays"

Note: While Ken and Ryu light dtilts are somewhat of a weird case, both are faster than rob's at frame 2 Rob is tied with Ness, Lucas, Little Mac and Meta Knight for the fastest non-shoto dtilt tho

I would LOVE to see a “why no one plays bayonetta” mainly because her frame data is pretty solid, and bat within is great

I think rob has a very good combination of easy to use, fun to use, and his actual strengths as a good character. As a melee player who only plays ult on the side thats why I play rob

This was a really good video at explaining why ROB is so good and does explain a bit why he’s so popular in competitive play and yet seemingly falls under everyone’s radar. If I could suggest a topic for a future video, I would like to see you explain why no one plays Yoshi. It seems like he has the brand recognition and most players place him in high tier, yet he is rarely seen. Thanks again for the great video.

I'm glad ROB is popular, I mained him in sb4. He's actually really fun to play

This was a great video about ROB. But my favorite moment was actually the joke about "that's how you get Pyra/Mythra!" xD amazing video, once again. You really break things down for anyone to understand.

when u asked "why everyone plays rob" all i could hear was WaDi saying: "they made it barney the dinosaur : the character, easy and good if u apply fundies"

I feel so bad for R.O.B, while he found a new family to make memories with, he lost his people to someone who ultimately betrayed him

Rob? More like pog

YES this is amazing the past 4 days ive been talking to a friend who is a rob main and im an inkling main they tried to claim inkling is as cringe as rob and so ive been explaining why not and then the global rankings came oht snd i showed them robs presence at 13th place and inkling mot appearing till 83rd and then this video i swear everything is going perfectly its hilarious

I love playing against rob it’s one of those matchups where you’re actually playing the game

Benn getting more and more back into smash. This video rules, i love this

I knew about R.O.B cause of the AVGN. I played our buddy in Brawl, 4, and forgot about him in Ultimate cause of all the new characters. Recently I’ve been playing R.O.B and man, he’s a blast definitely everything I like in a character is present with this character and I love it x

It sounds like R.O.B. just reflects (or is Nintendo's idea of what his game is perfectly executed in Smash) what his game is about perfectly while also being a competitive fighter to me. At least from the limited information I dug up on the internet. He's just so thoughtfully designed, Arm means fast but short-ranged, thrusters mean strong but short-range, Gyro is an incredible little tool, the Lazers are good at out-ranging opponents, though both of those projectiles can be reflected, and the Thrusters is just an easy-to-use recovery, and the spin is meant to be a multi-purposed "reset-to-nuetral" tool. This is an overall basic yet multi-layered design that creates so many potential interactions! It's honestly brilliant, now why didn't they try this approach to character's like Jr or Luigi? Well, with Luigi you can just not practice the Grab infinites and probably have as much fun though with Jr? You kinda need to master his projectiles and approach options in order to be on equal footing, which while they most certainly aren't combo's that you need to grind out in the lab, they are still overcentralized or just simply outclassed in the wrong scenario. Then again, the moments where they are meant to be used are probably supposed to be a representation of Jr's genius with manipulating boss phases with his projectiles and his attacks though that does kind of create an endless cycle that you kinda have to work very hard for, right? I don't know, maybe Jr is secretly *THE* top tier that we have been looking for right underneath our noses, or maybe he's just a character with a basic cycle interaction that's just hard to get opponents hooked under. His game of "Chicken", as they say.

I don't even own a switch but playing rob as my main since he was introduced has allowed me to still keep up with my friends that practice twice as often. Very beginner friendly but still has such a massive amount of potential

Another thing to note is that R.O.B.'s slow moves are shockingly safe. The upwards bump from down air makes it one of the least punishing spikes in the game to miss. Meanwhile, back air has an unexpected lingering hitbox that doesn't even come close to killing, granted, but that is very good at stopping a lot of potential punishes. Not to mention, back air pushes R.O.B. so far away from where he just attacked that punishing it at all is a nightmare. That's one of the reasons you *do* actually see it sometimes in neutral. Zomba's whiffed it a few times and been pretty fine (even though he almost always hits, how does he do that????).

I was a D3 Main but I grew tired of his helpless disadvantage and slow mobility. I also was a cloud main but could not get past his awful recovery. ROB has been my new main for the exact reasons you highlighted. He's incredibly well rounded and a fundamentals character.

great video, your voice is one of my favourites on youtube right now!

Excellent video. I secondary ROB and this video describes my motivations for picking him up perfectly 🥰

ROB was my og main back in Brawl when I wasn't playing or thinking smash competitively and just playing against my sister. Good ol' times

R.O.B hasn't ever dominated the competitive scene in anyway before so I don't mind him being one of the best characters in Ultimate. Same with Wario but to a lesser extent since Wario seems to have been better than R.O.B on average iirc

I remember playing ROB in Brawl because of his role in the story. And in Smash 4 I played him because of the Brawl days even though he wasn't as good. And in Ultimate I have become the bane of everyone's existence. It is good to see how broken ROB has gotten over time because I have been there since the beginning.

13:38 WE DID IT BOYS WE GOT A DEDEDE MENTION Also good vid, glad you can acknowledge what makes R.O.B. good while also admitting he's lowkey kinda braindead XD

Rob is an elder god, just like g&w + duck hunt

I'd be interested to see a 'why no one plays Pichu'. When the game came out I assumed he sacrifices fragility for strength but he seems worse than Pikachu according to the community

I’ve been a ROB main since his debut in brawl and I’m glad he’s finally meta, but it also feels bad knowing a lot of people hate playing against him.

I was on rob all the way back in sm4sh and I’m happy to see him performing well nowadays. Now I wait for duck hunt to shine

Inkling: Who are you Rob: I'm you, but stronger

I used to play as rob all the time in brawl. I'm so glad he's getting the attention he should have now

Couple things, 1, I'd argue that Rob has some more brand recognition than you give him credit for, due to being a key presence/ common annoyance in subspace emissary in brawl, and also with his appearance in Mario kart ds. Also 2 for the pokemon analogy, I'd go with the exp share instead of the lucky egg to show bringing him out as a secondary, or life orb+ wonder guard or sheer force to show that he's better than average, but still more of a jack of all trades. Otherwise nice job, great video.

I know you probably get a lot of people saying "do this" and "do that", but I would really love to see a video on why people don't play toon link, I feel like the character could use some recognition since he's usually ignored due to link and yink Outside of that I gotta say you're really underrated dude, keep up the good work ^^

Been a R.O.B. main since brawl. really glad to see he has gained popularity recently. ironically even tho he is popular I never have a chance to practice and fight against other R.O.B. mains.

I like that one of the main villains from the Smash story is actually powerful

You should do a “Why everybody hates “ title to show in why people hate playing against that character

R.O.B has been one of my mains ever since he was introduced in Brawl. I always loved him, and Fox. Olimar and Lucas were 2 of my other favorites but they destroyed both of them in the newer titles so I am happy to hear at least R.O.B is so viable

The fact that he is apparently this good is surprising considering I didn't think much of him as a fighter. To me he was just that plot twist in Subspace and nothing else.

We going to need that Luigi video 👀👀👀

Love this content

You should def do more of these

Brand recognition... How bout Subspace Embassy where he's a major player in the whole f-in thing?

rob is proof of the limitations of a human form

I actually started maining ROB without looking at tierlists or watching games. I just liked the play style.

Just for information ken and ryu light down tilt is frame 2 (and maybe best move for them)

I'm guessing Lucario would be a "no one plays"… Maybe cover?

I love how one of the points that he made is rob is braindead

Now that this series is out, I’d love to see my girl Samus! She’s becoming more and more popular as time goes on :)

I remember back when Brawl came out and Lucario, ROB and Wolf were the only secret, new characters in Brawl. Of the 3 ROB was by far the one people cared the least, so he got the least attention, and the most antagonism. Then, when Smash 4 leaked, and we were watching people unlocking the characters for the first time, still holding out hope that the leaked roster from months ago was the final one, and then everyone getting pissed off after ROB was unlocked and the message that all the characters in the game were unlocked. Someone made a fanart of ROB dressed as Ridley saying "do you love me now?" while crying. Things have changed.

I’ve been playing since Smash 4, Wiigi taught me a lot of useful tools. Back when it was a C Tier character. Now it is top 10. You have no idea how far this character has come.

I would like a “why no one plays toon link”. Just to put some notoriety on our boy

I've been playing R.O.B. since 2006. I legit mained ZSS in brawl and 2nd R.O.B., then solomained R.O.B. in Smash 4 and dropped ZSS even though she was S tier, and finally in Ultimate, R.O.B. went from high B+ tier to S tier. I've waited far too long for his moment to shine.

Another one you gotta do is why everyone plays Palutena

It would be great to have a video on Kazuya , the fact that everyone cries about this character yet he is nowhere to be seen in the higher level of play (exept for Riddles who is absolutely insane). It would also be a good oportunity for you to give us your opinion on "overpowered" characters (recently Steve and Kazu) and the way the community handles them.

damn I've been maining ROB since his inclusion in Brawl, i've never been anywhere near competitive play but it's kinda nuts he's actually in the spotlight now

What a twist!

Would love to see a why noone plays on banjo

Because he is our Robotic Operating Buddy!

Little Mac’s Down Tilt is also frame 3

Rob has been slept on since smash 4. Nobody paid attention to his insane advantage state in that game, he got buffs in ultimate and went under the radar through all of the patches.

I think gyro and beam setups require more advanced knowledge than just fundamentals. You also do mention Rob can just be destroyed by characters with a good combo game and if a player has bad autopilot. Considering Rob’s best long ranged tools like gyro and beam take time to fully charge to be used at the their best, I believe as the meta against Rob develops he’ll fall behind characters with more consistent range control like Sephiroth and Min Min

"no branding for ROB" I present to you: The entire Subspace Emissary XD Of course that's within the smash universe so of course no *real* branding just like you said

12:13 that edge guard thou 👀

You should definitely do a Kirby. He may or may not be my best character so I’m curious

I always use R.O.B. He just has awesome powers and he’s perfect for anything. He plays very well

I want more of “why everyone plays”

Well I only play as ROB cuz he was the first dude I played Smash with in Brawl, also I like robots, sooo

Bro, ROB is a robot, people find robots cooler than say Wii Fit loser. SO that might explain why people won't mind picking up a cool roll spamming metal robot.

This channel is low-key the new "Art of Smash" series for the current SSBU meta.

Yo my comment was in the Intro awesome!

I mean, ROB looks like Wall-E, and that movie came out around the same time as Brawl, or at least that's how I remember it. I feel like his design is equal parts goofy and cool looking.

so this is where the leo rob came from

Bro i suggested this like 2 weeks ago, LETSSS GOOOOOOO

Can’t wait for “Why EVERYONE PLAYS: Mr. Game & Watch and Pac-Man.” I hope, though…

Would be nice some video about cloud and why nobody plays him

The only reason I play R.O.B is that one AVGN video

Thank you Raid shadow Legends for feeding my man!

Not that anyone is gonna pick up rosalina, but starbits have helped me immensely against rob.

He's been my main since Brawl. He's just too fun for me.

You should make one for Wolf or Palutena. These characters can be used by anyone

Im watching Vars one for quite a while now and also every video on Vars 3 (not vars 2 cause i dislike genshin impact alot) and also with a graphic designing background i never disliked any thumbnail you made, all were really well designed and appealing to my personal eye but i think for this one the rob with the red arms which is in some countrys also the basic alternate color would allow you to a much more dynamic and less gray thumbnail since gray often looks empty. I dont wanna say the thumbnails looks bad your designs on thumbnails is well enough to make up for it i just wanted to give you the feedback since it is the first time there is a single thing even tho i can see why you decided for the all grey rob. If you see this have a nice day i really enjoy the content! Keep it up!

Please do why no one plays Ike next! This is a topic I really wanna see discussed more :D

get that raid shadow legend bread!

What's the music at the end of the video? I loved it

Here before it premieres. Why is he played so much? Well he has great boxing options in fair, f-tilt, up-tilt, and the infamous down-tilt at frame 3 iirc. Also Gryo is a very strong projectile that makes him very good at keep away and forcing you to play his game

i was just thinking about you doing a series like this, while playing rob actually, then this shows up how could one acquire these mind reading abilities?

Is this Astral Chain music?!?! I'm currently playing it and its sooooooooo good!!

MkLeo using ROB at Double Down GF was hype af.