Thank you for sharing these techniques,IzawSmash.I have practiced some of your shared techniques to be honest 😊 I’m also very thankful for the muscle memory topic 😊
as someone who teaches guitar i'd recommend training each exercise for 5 minutes, that's how long our attention span is, if you do this daily you'll get it in muscle memory very quickly
You can further enhance this by embracing the concept of short term memory. Your hippocampus replays the past 20 minutes of high intensity brain activity as a survival mechanism. You can play for an hour a day by doing intense and focused training for 20 minutes, doing something else or playing some other quick game like a game of risk of rain two or something, the get back to smash and do it again and think of one 20 minutes as a rep
Wow this channel is actually unbelievable. Never before have I seen someone put so much effort into helping players understand the game and how to get better (only Beefy Smash Doods rivals this). This channel needs a million subs asap.
tbh I think Izaw's channel is better for learning than BSD, they just make an occasional video covering a piece of tech but they don't cover everything and they've never made a thorough "how to play Smash" video that I know of
yeah I know, I think being good at the game is more important than being good at tech stuff (unlike Melee) so Izaw's channel is more important to be watching. I love BSD though. @@JonLucy_downunder
Izaw, you hands down have the best videos for getting better at Smash Ultimate. Seriously, you are a masterful teacher, thank you so much. You have definitely helped me and many others become and continue to become better players
This is exactly what I needed. I've recently learned OF a bunch of techniques for Smash, but nothing on how you would practice them, and I couldn't get good results on my own. I'll probably be coming back to this video quite a lot in future as I learn how to pull this stuff off.
Took the words out of my mouth! Completely deserves a like, I can already tell that I have some steps mastered but I still have some others that I still don't really know how to pull off. This is *exactly* the video I needed to see!
it's almost unbelievable the amount of care that's gone into this series. Everything is great, but I REAALLY appreciate you letting the short hop exercises go their full duration. I think everybody can use that entire section on repeat as a dance partner to tighten their training. If I can suggest something, Izaw... Could do exactly that? record your 15min training session with no cuts and perhaps a simple timer countdown edited in to begin each exercise? A literal workout video with your most moderate character. You could be cute and do it on omega wii fit stage. Am I off base here? You think this will help?
EhK47 It would be a good complement to this video yes ! And i also wanna watch gameplay session, and also art of « some character » for ultimate :D Inc new fav SSBU youtuber
Just some quick clarification at 3:09. When he says “Tap back before you jump,” he means that you tap back before your character leaves the ground after pressing the jump button. Edit: With the 2.0.0 update you can now press two jump buttons at the same time to short hop! Edit 2: Backflip is a misleading term. All characters can perform what IzAw describes as a backflip. It just looks different for every character. Mario actually does a backflip while Link sort of just winces in the opposite direction. The important thing is that your character immediately starts to drift backwards after performing the input.
This series has been so direct, so clear, so demonstrative, and so educational. A lot of people make guides that are good enough. These guides are great. Thanks for all you do!
I thought I was good at the game, but then I couldn't do the first exercise. I've been at it for the past hour and I've got the first 4 down. This is some really great content.
It's alright, some are slower learners than others. I deal with this too, but it also has to do with specifically what it is so I can't say for sure if you're like me lol
@@louswrecktum8787 I can see he's already suprassing the Shaggy meme... he's going for the top... the best meme of 2019 so far... 360 Waves with AirPods! Give Matt some Waves with AirPods!!
Small tip for "Excercise 8": If you're having a hard time ONLY turning around without running in a direction. If you tap the walking stick diagonally up, it won't input as a dash. Great video, Helpes alot. Thank you master IzaW
This is incredible! I've started going through these one at a time. I inserted my own very challenging alternative to 3:15. Back flipping back and forth. It's possible to instantly turn around and backflip, but it requires something like a Street Fighter quarter circle motion upward upon landing. I was able to short hop fast fall backflip then immediately turn around and do it again in reverse. This video is encouraging me to practice fine tuning my movement so much!
Once I finally started feeling comfortable with basic movement / short hopping consistently I came up with this devious exercise: Go to the Training stage, and pay attention to where on the grid you are standing. now short hop exactly 1 "square" on the grid (10 mini squares), and then back to the starting position. the second time, do two squares, then proceed until you've reached the max horizontal short-hop distance of your character. I main Lucina, so her max is 5.
This might be the best quality content I have ever seen for competitive smash training. The only channels that can come close are "My Smash Corner" and "Beefy Smash Doods", but I still think this takes the cake. Seriously, great work Izaw!
DUUUUUUUUUUDE these are AMAZING videos. Thank you so so so much! I haven't found another series that teaches the basics better than you. I appreciate it!
Honestly Izaw i can't say it enough you're one big reason why players improve to a point where you are, what I believe, a sensai for smash creating future smash masters! Good job bro!
I took 30 minutes to seriously train on some of these exercises, and I already feel more accurate when moving my character. Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for !
Excellent video! I also recommend to practice wall tech jump followed by buffered aerials which can be very useful to gimp some characters like Ganondorf by intentionally letting his Up b hit you offstage
This is just what I needed! I've been reading and watching Smash tech but when it comes to games I rarely manage to pull them off and even hinder my gameplay. I'm definitely grinding these practice exercises every time I have the chance. Glad to be subscribed and looking forward to more of your content. Keep it up Izaw!
9:25 I always hear about using a shoulder button for jump, but using a claw grip (using the index finger to press y) is also an available alternative not everyone mentions. It’s not for everyone but i personally find it much more comfortable
okay but this is amazing??? like how do you have the time to even make these guides. they're everything i could ever need and more. i honestly wish i had the cash to support you on patreon. keep up the awesome work; you're a huge help to the smash community
This video has really inspired me to practice more often. I haven’t put in the effort in training much in the year and half I became a smasher. It’s been hard improving. I’ve switched mains to the point where I’ve mained every fighter except piranha plant 😅. With this very helpful video, ive gained the motivation to practice.Thank you so much.
One tip to add to Downloading your opponent that i find very important but often overlooked is what your opponent's attacks change to when you start countering their normal routine. their "backup" attack style in other words. it's important to observe because everyone will change it up after they realize plan A isn't working anymore.
This video has great regimes on committing motion inputs to memory, useful for any game that has them. I think the intro will be the most replayed part.
This really is gold. Thank you for taking the time to do all this. Getting back into Smash after a long hiatus and I've never been more motivated to spend time to actually master the button inputs.
Been playing since Smash 4, now starting to get serious about the game and trying to get better at it. Your videos have been invaluable in that regard, they've helped me so much. I didn't even know wtf buffering meant before watching them. And while I can't say I'm ready to take on ZeRo just yet, I've definitely improved a whole lot. You're a life-saver.
You have no idea how much I recommend you to players on stream. Love your tutorials man. I owe everything I've learned to your series, ever since your Smash 4 iterations. Keep it up man!
IzawSmash, your channel has single-handedly inspired me to get better at the game. For months I went to locals and was also seeded low because I only got practice with local 'pros' beating me up. but now with this video and the rest of the art of Smash Series, I can better learn match-ups and better learn my character (Roy/Terry). Thank you.
Holy crap, I have never put as much effort into anything as you have into this video. And if that effort is a 10/10, the effort pro smashers put in must be like 110/10...
The hard thing is that lucina’s backflip is really hard to discern other than the amount of momentum she gets, so I had a hard time on the back flipping section
Dude Izaw, I need to thank you for this video, it help me a lot. I wasn't good enough to get to Elite Smash (I know, it doesn't really matter that much) but, with these exercises I got to Elite Smash in literally two days of practice. Thanks
Been playing smash for years but never tried to get good other than to have fun with friends and family, these videos have been an immense help! Just learning the fundamentals even if you cant do everything in this video is great starting point
This is by far one of the BEST how to train vids out on youtube... Honestly! You go in to such great depth on the subject! I haven't had the privilege of playing Smash Ultimate yet so I'm currently stuck with Smash WiiU, however I have started to incorporate what I learnt here (only what I could...) into my training... And It's really helped! Thanks Izaw... Your a legend.
I can’t begin to tell you how much your voice, teaching style, audio, visuals, and overall video-making effort put a smile on my face. I love watching these. They are by far the most helpful and great-to-watch Smash tutorials on RUclips, and I find it as no question at all that you are the absolute best Smash teacher!
Been watching your videos for years and playing smash for 18 years and learned some decent things. Only just started fully applying myself during this lockdown and it feels great to feel results. Thanks for taking the time and effort to explain these things you truly are a master at this.
Dude you are a godsend. My friends have these weekly smash nights where we do inhouse tourneys and I'm the only one who doesn't have a switch (so I can't play smash ultimate as much as them) and I kept getting my ass kicked. That is until I found your guides, now we are even. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much, Izaw. I’ll definitely practice this often. I have one question though. You see, I main both Ken and Ryu and they have this auto turn mechanic so they can’t face the other direction of their opponent unless they are running in said direction or rawring. So some of these exercises just don’t work. Do I: A. Put the number of training CPUs to 2 and practice the exercises? (Since any more than one opponent will cancel out the auto turn-mechanic) or B. Not do those exercises at all? Since they wouldn’t be beneficial cause of the auto turn mechanic when playing since there’s no way I’d be able to casually jump towards my opponent with my back facing them. The Rawr followed by a back air would still be possible but not if I’m doing it from an initial dash cause it just doesn’t work with the auto turn-mechanic. Thanks in advance.
Dude I can't even express how much your videos have helped me learn, understand and grow as a smash player. I came back into smash near the early to mid-life of smash 4 with my only experience with the game being me playing brawl at my cousin's house for hours on end at the age of like 8 al the way to the age of like 11 at an extremely casual level. Because of that lack of experience and knowledge, I didn't anything about smash except the VERY bare minimum, like less than what the instruction guide at beginning of the game will teach you. After getting eviscerated online countless times and being told by a smash-tuber that I wasn't going to able to get better because the smash community was very hostile to new players trying to learn, I ended up dropping the game for a long time. I wasn't till a year or two before ultimate got announced that I randomly picked the game back up and unsurprisingly I was still hot ass. But then I found your channel a couple of months before ultimate's announcement and started watching your videos, and oh my lord, I can't tell you how much shit I learned for watching your guides that I never knew existed. I slowly found my self becoming better and better to the point where I could finally take a stock off a person online. Now I'm at a point where I can play at a pretty competitive level and defeat most casuals and lvl 9 cpus regularly and put up a fight against someone who's somewhat experienced at the game. I still got a long way to go but I just wanna thank you for helping get at this level with your magnificently made and edited videos. They helped a shit-ton and I hope it helps others as much as helped me.
I'm new to smash (sorta.. I played some brawl and mele casually with the boys), and just found this video. Gonna post my daily training progress here. Day 1 Session 1 - paracticed short hoping (no fast fall) for 30 minutes. My best was 62 in a row. Why isn't there separate jump buttons? Wtf. Time for a break, then do it again with fast fall. Day 1 Session 2 - did about 15 minutes of short hop no fast fall until I got to 50+ without accidentally full hopping. Did 79 in a row this time. Spent another 45 minutes trying to short hop fast fall. Adding the fast fall really hurt my consistency, and I started accidentally full hopping a lot more. I decided to count the fast falls I did successfully without full hoping. 39 was my best run. I was also failing the fast fall on the short hops probably somewhere between 25% and 33% of the time, but decided to just count the success for now. Day 2 Session 1 - I didn't have much time before work, so I just practiced short hopping without fast fall again. It took me about 20 minutes to get 50 in a row. I planned on another session or 2, but someone didn't show up to work, so I'm getting some overtime. Planning on multiple practice sessions tomorrow. Day 3 Session 1 - Started with 50 basic short hops again, but this time did it in 5 minutes! Lets go! I've noticed that adding the fast fall has increased the number of accidental full hops. After 30 more minutes I was only able to reach 32 short hops with fast falls in a row and most of the time I was getting around 7 - 14 in row before accidentally full hopping. I still think the game should let you set full hop to x and short hop to y or something. It's such an important mechanic, and we have an extra jump button anyway. Day 3 Session 2 - I did 50 short hop fast falls in a row in about 5 minutes! Easily the fastest improvement I've had so far. For the 25 minutes I struggled to even get 10 backflips in a row my best was only 8. Once again, when adding the backflip I noticed an increase in accidental full hops :/ Day 4 - I only got one session in today. Did about 45 minutes of backflips, but still couldn't reach 50 in a row. Got 32 as my best run.
I have been short hopping, fast falling, back flipping, doing ledge trumps from on stage, angling f-tilts and f-smashes and cancelling dash into tilts and smashes using the press down method and the let go method for about an hour and a half. I can't do anything other than tilts out of dash consistently. My hand actually hurts a bit. Thank you for the series, the quality is top notch.
Izaw! Appreciate such a helpful series. I am trying to get my short hops down to a tee when I learned that pressing two jump buttons at the same time also causes a short hop: I was wondering if that is a valid method of learning how to short hop, or should I just continue practicing on a single button?
This is why whenever I look at the comment section in some other Smash Ultimate videos and see, "How do I get better at the game?" I always recommend Izaw. There's literally no other youtube Smash guides where the information is presented not only expertly, but so clearly and concise with its multiple applications. I always learn something new from your videos, thanks for the wonderful guides Izaw!
this video and the mentality one has been useful to me literally the entire games life and also my own and im incredibly greatful to have someone who really uinderstands how to make content thats clear and digestible, and also consistenly useful to me :>
Yo this really helps me. On redit you channel got recommended and these help me way more than anything else I watched. The training thing you said in the vid makes so much sense
Is it better to practice these techniques with good beginninar characters like Mario and Kirby? Or the characters in the videos? Or practice them with your main? ( I main Shulk). Other than that I really appreciate the content you put out Izaw! Keep it up :)
Isaw, i got to be honest, i have been playing all smash games from 64 to ultimate, but never tried to learn because smash competitive looks so overwhelming, but this videos are by far the best motivators to try it out, thank you very much for introducing me this desire to get better
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Thank you for sharing these techniques,IzawSmash.I have practiced some of your shared techniques to be honest 😊 I’m also very thankful for the muscle memory topic 😊
So many people underestimate how important this kind of training is!
Great video!
oh mah god its beefy smash doods
oh my god it really is beefy smash doods Pepega @@mikyu4758
Agreed
@@DictatorD3 , I suck versing againt you
I h8 your Gordo
Ness I hate your PK rocket
It's not nice see
Don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you can’t do it wrong.
TheBlackBasketball 👍🏼💪🏽
Apply this to everything and you'll succeed
Holy shit this is actually true as hell
Love that comment
Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice makes permanent.
as someone who teaches guitar i'd recommend training each exercise for 5 minutes, that's how long our attention span is, if you do this daily you'll get it in muscle memory very quickly
Thanks alot man thats what I was wondering haha, i was like
"........ but how long???!"
Thank u for the recommendation but I can’t even focus long enough to finish this…
@@alwatson8157 You don't have to if you don't want to. You can just have fun playing the game normally.
Can confirm this as a former pianist! You're a lifesaver!!
You can further enhance this by embracing the concept of short term memory. Your hippocampus replays the past 20 minutes of high intensity brain activity as a survival mechanism. You can play for an hour a day by doing intense and focused training for 20 minutes, doing something else or playing some other quick game like a game of risk of rain two or something, the get back to smash and do it again and think of one 20 minutes as a rep
Short Hopping: 2:26
Back Flipping: 2:51
Lateral Short Hopping: 3:13
Micro-Spacing: 3:13
SHFF Aerials: 4:31
Spacing Drills: 5:11
Micro-Spacing Drills: 5:49
Full Hop Instant Aerials: 6:46
Reverse Jabbing/Tilting: 7:29
Dash Dancing: 8:07
Literally all of the above: 8:36
Ledge Dropping: 8:57
Teching: 10:28
Instant Dash Attacks: 10:57
Dash Canceling: 11:11
B-Reversing: 11:32
RAR: 11:58
Z-Dropping: 12:44
Parrying: 13:06
Extras/Combos: 13:26
I wrote this exact same comment but 2 hours earlier.
thanks so much dude this helps
Thanks
King Dedede it doesn’t matter? he didn’t really gain much from his being noticed over yours. Don’t be a child
@@ethanbusse5723 I was just saying. Smh
Wow this channel is actually unbelievable. Never before have I seen someone put so much effort into helping players understand the game and how to get better (only Beefy Smash Doods rivals this). This channel needs a million subs asap.
tbh I think Izaw's channel is better for learning than BSD, they just make an occasional video covering a piece of tech but they don't cover everything and they've never made a thorough "how to play Smash" video that I know of
Sato BSD covers techs and how to do them, Izaw covers how to play well
yeah I know, I think being good at the game is more important than being good at tech stuff (unlike Melee) so Izaw's channel is more important to be watching. I love BSD though. @@JonLucy_downunder
Izaw, you hands down have the best videos for getting better at Smash Ultimate. Seriously, you are a masterful teacher, thank you so much. You have definitely helped me and many others become and continue to become better players
Abubu C McLovin
Agreed!
Same. Like holy shit.
With all these exercises, you don't just progress, but you get more patient
and that's one of the most important thing to achieve in Smash
OMG i have been waiting for this video for like..........FOREVER😱
News from professional teacher Izaw: Watching anime while watching smash is PROVEN to increase your preformence
From my years of research I can agree that it is true.
*playing smash
@@therealgj995 from your years of research could you determine if one could practice the fundamentals with a similar game such as melee?
@@Aaron-jh5gc What's Melee? Melee doesn't exist in the Smash community.
Nah I’m gonna watch hentai
Timestamps:
2:25 - Exercise 1 - shorthop fastfall
2:50 - Exercise 2 - backflip
3:13 - Exercise 3 - micro spacing
4:30 - Exercise 4 - shorthop aerials
5:11 - Exercise 5 - aerial spacing
5:48 - Exercise 6 - aerial micro spacing
6:44 - Exercise 7 - fullhop aerials
7:28 - Exercise 8 - turnaround jab
8:06 - Exercise 9 - dashdancing
8:36 - Exercise 10 - everything at once
8:55 - Exercise 11 - ledge release options
10:27 - Exercise 12 - tech
10:56 - Exercise 13 - instant dash attack
11:10 - Exercise 14 - dash cancel
11:30 - Exercise 15 - b reverse
11:58 - Exercise 16 - reverse aerial drop
12:42 - Exercise 17 - z-drop
13:04 - Exercise 18 - perfect shield/parry
13:26 - Exercise 19 - character specific tech
13:34 - Exercise 20 - combos
Thank you kind dedede, very cool
This is why DDD is beat waifu
@@thajuice6695 I see that are a man of culture as well
@TwisterSanity it's not pinned? I got a notification saying that Izaw pinned it...
not all heroes wear capes
This is exactly what I needed. I've recently learned OF a bunch of techniques for Smash, but nothing on how you would practice them, and I couldn't get good results on my own. I'll probably be coming back to this video quite a lot in future as I learn how to pull this stuff off.
Took the words out of my mouth! Completely deserves a like, I can already tell that I have some steps mastered but I still have some others that I still don't really know how to pull off. This is *exactly* the video I needed to see!
it's almost unbelievable the amount of care that's gone into this series. Everything is great, but I REAALLY appreciate you letting the short hop exercises go their full duration. I think everybody can use that entire section on repeat as a dance partner to tighten their training. If I can suggest something, Izaw...
Could do exactly that? record your 15min training session with no cuts and perhaps a simple timer countdown edited in to begin each exercise? A literal workout video with your most moderate character. You could be cute and do it on omega wii fit stage. Am I off base here? You think this will help?
EhK47 It would be a good complement to this video yes !
And i also wanna watch gameplay session, and also art of « some character » for ultimate :D
Inc new fav SSBU youtuber
seconding this
It should be a hang-out stream
he said watching tv or something is fine while doing this, a hang-out stream would be perfect
This is like those online gym videos you follow the instructor and do the same XD
Just some quick clarification at 3:09. When he says “Tap back before you jump,” he means that you tap back before your character leaves the ground after pressing the jump button.
Edit: With the 2.0.0 update you can now press two jump buttons at the same time to short hop!
Edit 2: Backflip is a misleading term. All characters can perform what IzAw describes as a backflip. It just looks different for every character. Mario actually does a backflip while Link sort of just winces in the opposite direction. The important thing is that your character immediately starts to drift backwards after performing the input.
So during jump squat? Thank you!
I’m struggling with the timing, would it help to put it in slow mo and work my way up to regular speed.?
I was having trouble with that and now I know why, thanks!
Frank Rodriguez 👍
Apparently some characters can't backflip.
This series has been so direct, so clear, so demonstrative, and so educational. A lot of people make guides that are good enough. These guides are great. Thanks for all you do!
I thought I was good at the game, but then I couldn't do the first exercise. I've been at it for the past hour and I've got the first 4 down. This is some really great content.
I got the first down in two hours😔
It's alright, some are slower learners than others. I deal with this too, but it also has to do with specifically what it is so I can't say for sure if you're like me lol
Hour and a half. Can't even consistently do the first one.
Are you guys series?I suck ass at this and I went back to see what the first exercise was and I got it first try short hopping is easy
@@koriestanfill6752 no need to be so rude.
20 minutes on the first exercise alone is doing wonders for my gameplay. Great vid man.
I put in about 10 minutes of non-stop short-hopping. Then I got too tired xD
Retromemories keep doing it till it’s impossible to fail
Now this is what I needed
^^^^^^^^^^
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Same, same
This is incredible. Will you do Art Of Characters in Ultimate?
I need this boxer to be in SSBU, he was a difficult foe in the Wii Sports days
@@ShepardCD-wu7fw Matt, pro.
Could beat Thanos(even with the infinity gauntlet) and Shaggy in seconds
@@louswrecktum8787 I can see he's already suprassing the Shaggy meme... he's going for the top... the best meme of 2019 so far... 360 Waves with AirPods!
Give Matt some Waves with AirPods!!
@@ShepardCD-wu7fw yess, he was dificult, he is the one after the 1000 skill points, when you beat him tje next one is trash
"The art of Little-Mac" yeah that title sounds good, I hope IZawSmash makes that in to a thing soon
6:26 that music sync
I clicked the time and it gave me an ad XD
might even be an effective way to practice certain aerials mindlessly by just listening to the music?
Anyone gotta name for that track?
Small tip for "Excercise 8":
If you're having a hard time ONLY turning around without running in a direction. If you tap the walking stick diagonally up, it won't input as a dash.
Great video, Helpes alot. Thank you master IzaW
Great tip! I believe this works for down diagonal as well, but I"m not sure?
EDIT: Nah, it also gives you the crouch for down diagonal.
Holy shit thanks so much
I had so much difficulty going fastfall/turnaround/backair on certain chars (Ike/Wolf) without dashing
makes the kirby dance a lot easier
You predicted the slingshot tech 3 years before it happened LOL
@@salfoyer2411 No he didn't this a completely different thing.
This is incredible! I've started going through these one at a time. I inserted my own very challenging alternative to 3:15. Back flipping back and forth. It's possible to instantly turn around and backflip, but it requires something like a Street Fighter quarter circle motion upward upon landing. I was able to short hop fast fall backflip then immediately turn around and do it again in reverse. This video is encouraging me to practice fine tuning my movement so much!
The training mode of this game is neat
the combo counter on the other hand....
Once I finally started feeling comfortable with basic movement / short hopping consistently I came up with this devious exercise:
Go to the Training stage, and pay attention to where on the grid you are standing. now short hop exactly 1 "square" on the grid (10 mini squares), and then back to the starting position. the second time, do two squares, then proceed until you've reached the max horizontal short-hop distance of your character. I main Lucina, so her max is 5.
This might be the best quality content I have ever seen for competitive smash training. The only channels that can come close are "My Smash Corner" and "Beefy Smash Doods", but I still think this takes the cake. Seriously, great work Izaw!
DUUUUUUUUUUDE these are AMAZING videos. Thank you so so so much! I haven't found another series that teaches the basics better than you. I appreciate it!
Now THIS is it, chief.
B-b-but I play Litte-Mac
DO UR SHORT HOPS
just close ur eyes and keep using forward smash
@@Arknio thank you for the amazing advice😂
“Keep Your 👀 Open”
@@ffttossenz Yes because Little-Mac is such a great air fighter (probably number 1)
Honestly Izaw i can't say it enough you're one big reason why players improve to a point where you are, what I believe, a sensai for smash creating future smash masters! Good job bro!
I haven't even bought the game yet how did i end up here??
why haven't you bought the game yet
@@silverrath i dont have a switch...
@@vuanpi1378 f
@@vuanpi1378 f
Who is Nintendo? And what is this "super smash bros ultimate" Thing i have heard so much about
I took 30 minutes to seriously train on some of these exercises, and I already feel more accurate when moving my character. Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for !
Damn izaw. No wonder everyone online is become pro af.
Sleepy Gaming I noticed that like.. that’s why i’m here in the first place
Excellent video! I also recommend to practice wall tech jump followed by buffered aerials which can be very useful to gimp some characters like Ganondorf by intentionally letting his Up b hit you offstage
Any thumbnail with Zelda is automatically the best thumbnail
Dude , no bull ive learned more from this series than my entire time playing smash. You're a great teacher
very true
This is just what I needed! I've been reading and watching Smash tech but when it comes to games I rarely manage to pull them off and even hinder my gameplay. I'm definitely grinding these practice exercises every time I have the chance. Glad to be subscribed and looking forward to more of your content. Keep it up Izaw!
9:25 I always hear about using a shoulder button for jump, but using a claw grip (using the index finger to press y) is also an available alternative not everyone mentions. It’s not for everyone but i personally find it much more comfortable
I really wish this game showed the hitboxes of moves as well as the trajectory.
It does have a trajectory
@@themc73 They said as well as
I agree I came from brawlhalla that has all that I’m surprised smash doesn’t have that option
Martez Cogburn By “as well” I meant “in combination with” not “and”
Actually it does have an option to show trajectories there is an option that says "trajectory guide"
Thank you Thank you Thank you THANK YOU IZAW! You are such an inspiration to me. Thank you for everything that you do for our community!
@IzawSmash btw I always wondered, do you use high stick sensetivity?
I watched this about a month ago, and realized that I couldn’t do some of these, but then training like this really helped. Thank you
okay but this is amazing??? like how do you have the time to even make these guides. they're everything i could ever need and more. i honestly wish i had the cash to support you on patreon. keep up the awesome work; you're a huge help to the smash community
This is 100% the most usefull tutorial i have seen for smash! Thank you SO much!
This video has really inspired me to practice more often. I haven’t put in the effort in training much in the year and half I became a smasher. It’s been hard improving. I’ve switched mains to the point where I’ve mained every fighter except piranha plant 😅. With this very helpful video, ive gained the motivation to practice.Thank you so much.
One tip to add to Downloading your opponent that i find very important but often overlooked is what your opponent's attacks change to when you start countering their normal routine. their "backup" attack style in other words. it's important to observe because everyone will change it up after they realize plan A isn't working anymore.
This video has great regimes on committing motion inputs to memory, useful for any game that has them. I think the intro will be the most replayed part.
This man knows how to teach and knows how to train. Very well made. Great insights
Okay finally a guide with precise exercises
Very good video !
And now back to training
This really is gold. Thank you for taking the time to do all this. Getting back into Smash after a long hiatus and I've never been more motivated to spend time to actually master the button inputs.
I’ve had 2 years of smash 4 online experience, I did practice combos but I never got these small steps down, thanks for the video
This is EXACTLY what I need
0:45
I fear no man, but that... *thing...*
*it scares me.*
Christian Caisley Ahhhh...TF2 references
Been playing since Smash 4, now starting to get serious about the game and trying to get better at it. Your videos have been invaluable in that regard, they've helped me so much. I didn't even know wtf buffering meant before watching them. And while I can't say I'm ready to take on ZeRo just yet, I've definitely improved a whole lot. You're a life-saver.
I think this is amazing video. I can already feel the carpal tunnel.
Sensei.. I will start my training immediately
This video might be the best video of your channel
This is easily the most important video in this series
This is EXACTLY what I've been looking for. No one has ever explained this as well as you have!
In music class imma pull out my switch controller.
1:03 (for those of you who didn't watch that part).
More tutorials sweet I will give these excersise a shot gives me alot to do thanks my dude
You have no idea how much I recommend you to players on stream. Love your tutorials man. I owe everything I've learned to your series, ever since your Smash 4 iterations. Keep it up man!
You are a god, Izaw. As someone who is transitioning from traditional fighters to smash, this is amazing at giving me a blueprint to start with.
Your combos are sick
thank you, this taught me how to short hop consistently
IzawSmash, your channel has single-handedly inspired me to get better at the game. For months I went to locals and was also seeded low because I only got practice with local 'pros' beating me up. but now with this video and the rest of the art of Smash Series, I can better learn match-ups and better learn my character (Roy/Terry). Thank you.
Holy crap, I have never put as much effort into anything as you have into this video. And if that effort is a 10/10, the effort pro smashers put in must be like 110/10...
The hard thing is that lucina’s backflip is really hard to discern other than the amount of momentum she gets, so I had a hard time on the back flipping section
thank you so much for this. this is the stuff they DONT tell or teach you
Dude Izaw, I need to thank you for this video, it help me a lot. I wasn't good enough to get to Elite Smash (I know, it doesn't really matter that much) but, with these exercises I got to Elite Smash in literally two days of practice. Thanks
Been playing smash for years but never tried to get good other than to have fun with friends and family, these videos have been an immense help! Just learning the fundamentals even if you cant do everything in this video is great starting point
It's really hard to do the link bomb combo in 0:42 . I tried for 15 minutes . I'm not giving up
Is that a true combo
@@tranced42 yes
Yeah, that's a really cool combo. You can end it with dair as well as spin attack if you are at the ledge.
Can it be infinite?
@@PandaFan2443 it's all set knockback I think, so as long as you have infinite room, it's infinite.
Wasn't expecting this at all, it's like a surprise Christmas
I was training a while, but afterward, I did not know what to do anymore. Thank you for giving us the viewer more options for the training.
This is by far one of the BEST how to train vids out on youtube... Honestly! You go in to such great depth on the subject! I haven't had the privilege of playing Smash Ultimate yet so I'm currently stuck with Smash WiiU, however I have started to incorporate what I learnt here (only what I could...) into my training... And It's really helped! Thanks Izaw... Your a legend.
Ike's Nair is so in almost perfect sync with the music at 6:29
Lemme just share this with my discord real quick
I can’t begin to tell you how much your voice, teaching style, audio, visuals, and overall video-making effort put a smile on my face. I love watching these. They are by far the most helpful and great-to-watch Smash tutorials on RUclips, and I find it as no question at all that you are the absolute best Smash teacher!
Been watching your videos for years and playing smash for 18 years and learned some decent things. Only just started fully applying myself during this lockdown and it feels great to feel results. Thanks for taking the time and effort to explain these things you truly are a master at this.
Subbing to you was one of the best decisions I've ever made.
0:42 Izaw please, that's too much
The " your fingers will do it for you" part or the combo with link?
@@orr4337 I thought it was pretty obvious, but I'm talking about the combo
@@imoutofwater Just kidding
@@orr4337 oh it's fine
8:07 im sorry but captain falcon's dash dashing looks HILARIOUS and i couldnt help but to laugh
Dude you are a godsend. My friends have these weekly smash nights where we do inhouse tourneys and I'm the only one who doesn't have a switch (so I can't play smash ultimate as much as them) and I kept getting my ass kicked. That is until I found your guides, now we are even. Thank you so much!
OMG YOU KEEP READING MY MIND! HOW DO YOU ALWAYS KNOW WHAT I NEED? I LOVE YOU
Edit: no homo
with his giant forehead
Thank you so much, Izaw. I’ll definitely practice this often. I have one question though. You see, I main both Ken and Ryu and they have this auto turn mechanic so they can’t face the other direction of their opponent unless they are running in said direction or rawring. So some of these exercises just don’t work. Do I:
A. Put the number of training CPUs to 2 and practice the exercises? (Since any more than one opponent will cancel out the auto turn-mechanic)
or
B. Not do those exercises at all? Since they wouldn’t be beneficial cause of the auto turn mechanic when playing since there’s no way I’d be able to casually jump towards my opponent with my back facing them. The Rawr followed by a back air would still be possible but not if I’m doing it from an initial dash cause it just doesn’t work with the auto turn-mechanic.
Thanks in advance.
Mattias Rhawi Hey, since RAR stands for Reverse aerial rush, it’s r a r instead of hehe uwu rawr xd
Ethan Busse my bad it just sounded like he said rawr lol
Dude I can't even express how much your videos have helped me learn, understand and grow as a smash player. I came back into smash near the early to mid-life of smash 4 with my only experience with the game being me playing brawl at my cousin's house for hours on end at the age of like 8 al the way to the age of like 11 at an extremely casual level. Because of that lack of experience and knowledge, I didn't anything about smash except the VERY bare minimum, like less than what the instruction guide at beginning of the game will teach you. After getting eviscerated online countless times and being told by a smash-tuber that I wasn't going to able to get better because the smash community was very hostile to new players trying to learn, I ended up dropping the game for a long time. I wasn't till a year or two before ultimate got announced that I randomly picked the game back up and unsurprisingly I was still hot ass. But then I found your channel a couple of months before ultimate's announcement and started watching your videos, and oh my lord, I can't tell you how much shit I learned for watching your guides that I never knew existed. I slowly found my self becoming better and better to the point where I could finally take a stock off a person online. Now I'm at a point where I can play at a pretty competitive level and defeat most casuals and lvl 9 cpus regularly and put up a fight against someone who's somewhat experienced at the game. I still got a long way to go but I just wanna thank you for helping get at this level with your magnificently made and edited videos. They helped a shit-ton and I hope it helps others as much as helped me.
Never found smash tutorials this clear and in depth before, awesome stuff man!
thx so much for helping me in smash 4 and ultimate :D
Oh yeah yeah.
God why are you the greatest man this side of heaven.
I'm new to smash (sorta.. I played some brawl and mele casually with the boys), and just found this video. Gonna post my daily training progress here.
Day 1 Session 1 - paracticed short hoping (no fast fall) for 30 minutes. My best was 62 in a row. Why isn't there separate jump buttons? Wtf. Time for a break, then do it again with fast fall.
Day 1 Session 2 - did about 15 minutes of short hop no fast fall until I got to 50+ without accidentally full hopping. Did 79 in a row this time. Spent another 45 minutes trying to short hop fast fall. Adding the fast fall really hurt my consistency, and I started accidentally full hopping a lot more. I decided to count the fast falls I did successfully without full hoping. 39 was my best run. I was also failing the fast fall on the short hops probably somewhere between 25% and 33% of the time, but decided to just count the success for now.
Day 2 Session 1 - I didn't have much time before work, so I just practiced short hopping without fast fall again. It took me about 20 minutes to get 50 in a row. I planned on another session or 2, but someone didn't show up to work, so I'm getting some overtime. Planning on multiple practice sessions tomorrow.
Day 3 Session 1 - Started with 50 basic short hops again, but this time did it in 5 minutes! Lets go! I've noticed that adding the fast fall has increased the number of accidental full hops. After 30 more minutes I was only able to reach 32 short hops with fast falls in a row and most of the time I was getting around 7 - 14 in row before accidentally full hopping. I still think the game should let you set full hop to x and short hop to y or something. It's such an important mechanic, and we have an extra jump button anyway.
Day 3 Session 2 - I did 50 short hop fast falls in a row in about 5 minutes! Easily the fastest improvement I've had so far. For the 25 minutes I struggled to even get 10 backflips in a row my best was only 8. Once again, when adding the backflip I noticed an increase in accidental full hops :/
Day 4 - I only got one session in today. Did about 45 minutes of backflips, but still couldn't reach 50 in a row. Got 32 as my best run.
I have been short hopping, fast falling, back flipping, doing ledge trumps from on stage, angling f-tilts and f-smashes and cancelling dash into tilts and smashes using the press down method and the let go method for about an hour and a half. I can't do anything other than tilts out of dash consistently. My hand actually hurts a bit. Thank you for the series, the quality is top notch.
Art of Mario Ultimate please? I would love to see that!
So would I please Izaw Art of character Ultimate series
Izaw! Appreciate such a helpful series. I am trying to get my short hops down to a tee when I learned that pressing two jump buttons at the same time also causes a short hop: I was wondering if that is a valid method of learning how to short hop, or should I just continue practicing on a single button?
That’s fine
This is why whenever I look at the comment section in some other Smash Ultimate videos and see, "How do I get better at the game?" I always recommend Izaw. There's literally no other youtube Smash guides where the information is presented not only expertly, but so clearly and concise with its multiple applications. I always learn something new from your videos, thanks for the wonderful guides Izaw!
this video and the mentality one has been useful to me literally the entire games life and also my own and im incredibly greatful to have someone who really uinderstands how to make content thats clear and digestible, and also consistenly useful to me :>
I was trying to do nairs on link consistently and was wondering if the pros have some kind of key binding for it... now i know what I gotta do lol
6:18
*It looks like a terrible nightmare...*
Yo this really helps me. On redit you channel got recommended and these help me way more than anything else I watched. The training thing you said in the vid makes so much sense
This is quite easily the highest quality Smash video (and series) on the entirety of the internet.
Thank you. Sincerely.
Is it better to practice these techniques with good beginninar characters like Mario and Kirby? Or the characters in the videos? Or practice them with your main? ( I main Shulk). Other than that I really appreciate the content you put out Izaw! Keep it up :)
When u do all the exercises and practice combos but continue to get bodied by everyone online
*years of academy training wasted*
That's me, brother.
Except it's not online. I get bodied by friends who don't even own the game.
Isaw, i got to be honest, i have been playing all smash games from 64 to ultimate, but never tried to learn because smash competitive looks so overwhelming, but this videos are by far the best motivators to try it out, thank you very much for introducing me this desire to get better