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[Lab Project] An analysis on Fox's Dthrow followups
Project no.22: An analysis on Fox's Dthrow followups Provided by the Fox Discord Lab Team IMPORTANT NOTE: Please be aware that there are hyperlinks to examples and demonstrations...
Kick-Punch-Block Interview with BSD | Elegant: Luigi, Top Player Stress, and Doubles Meta
Today I sat down with Beefy Smash Doods own Elegant and we talk about his trials as a Luigi player, his rise to top 15, top player stress, and cloud in doubles. Make sur...
Dual Threat: Picking Up a Second Game
So, you're already a SSB4 player. However, you've surely heard of the other Smash games. So, why not give them a try? I can tell you firsthand (as someone who played all SSB4 up un...
15 lessons learned
My name is Steve Shockey, and I’m the host of “Beyond Beta Podcast,” a show that goes behind-the-scenes to look at video game culture. In the podcast, I explore t...
Personas in Smash
How do Persona's Affect Tournament Performance? A persona is a character and/or personality one tends to portray in a certain setting. Everyone has a persona they use. You m...
Analyzing 2GG Championship Pools
Hey guys! I've got a video looking at the statistics between each player within the pools at the 2GG Championship going on this weekend. If you're wondering what the players recor...
How to get the Training Mode Mod
For the most recent source, please refer to the Google Doc with the full details on the Smash 4 Training Mode Mod. Hello and welcome to my tutorial on getting Jugeeya’...
Game and Watch Bucket Guide: Competitive Tricks and Counterplay
Hello there. You may or may not have seen my previous guide on "The Ins and Outs of G&W bucket". That guide and video was mostly about how the move actually worked. This guide...
Smash 4 - Ganondorf: Bair Showcase
Ganondorf's Bair in my opinion is Ganondorfs best move and the better you are at abusing it, the better your Ganondorf is going to be overall. It's frame 10, safe on shield an...
Smash 4 - Ganondorf: Dair Showcase
Ganondorf's Dair is a very high risk, high reward sort of move. It kills off stage at 10 + % and can lead into footstool combos. It has amazing disjoint and has abusable auto ...
Smash 4 - Ganondorf: Throws Showcase
Ganondorf's Throw game is decent, it's mainly used at low - mid % with Down throw, Forward throw for a quick 13% and positioning, Back throw is the best at killing and Up thro...
The Importance (or Lack Thereof) of Relative Reaction Time
Folk knowledge in unavoidable in any community. One such piece of folk knowledge in the Smash community -- and presumably most competitive gaming communities -- revolves around the...
The Ins-and-Outs of Game and Watch Bucket
I think there is some confusion about G&W bucket that needs to be addressed since no commentators seem to know how it works. Bucket has it's own KBG and BKB stats, it does NOT...
Only one or two players using a top tier does not dismiss top tier results.
This article is about a common counter argument usually brought up to imply that a character isn’t as good as people believe. This argument is essentially “X character ...
Make Tier Lists and Matchup Charts on SSB World
*Update* - We now have a Smash Bros. Ultimate tier list creator available. As many of you have likely noticed, we added a Smash 4 Tier List Maker and a Smash 4 Matchup Chart Maker...
History of the ZSS:Diddy MU
This will be a recap of the recent bracket history between high level Diddies and ZSS in the final brackets (top 64, top 32, etc) of PGR-qualified tournaments as the ZSScord b...
Cloudhead Chat: An Interview With Rideae!
Everybody loves Pokémon, and the Smash community is no exception. We were thrilled to see Abadango's Mewtwo win Pound 2016 back when we all thought he was still mid-tier. ...
The little things - what goes overlooked in your scene.
Hey everyone, I’m DRX|FAITH, I’m a ZSS main in Gainesville, FL and formerly a Memphis Tournament Organizer (TO), having created the scene with DRX|Ketsen. The point of ...
The Set Count Episode 29 - After Midnight is the Perfect Time
We're BAAAAACK. Except not really. It's been a long time, but Suar, Vayseth and Sage are here again to bring you some defeatist attitudes, talk about how there's no money, and loom...
How to Bayo Dance
Bayonetta is infamous for her somewhat erotic type dance moves. Most notable for making opponents salty as you dance at their misfortunes. (Note: Bayonetta's dances do not always m...