As a player completely new to GG, this video was amazing. You did a great job explaining everything while also explaining higher level FGC concepts to help new players figure out the game. Definitely got a subscriber from me!
thank you so much for the long awaited leo guide, I really love the character in strive, yet I still struggle with getting into backturn stance without interrupting my combo, you're so good and this guide is no different
"If you see this ni**a's lats, you know you're in trouble" I was so surprised to hear that lol I laughed for so long lol Great video man, well made, and good narrating. I'm actually a Ky main, but I heard Leo is one of his hardest match ups and wanted to see what was up!
Ngl bro I really appreciate you gassing up the king in this video. It was probably the most thoughtfully done character guide Ive ever seen, and it made it that much more enjoyable. Fantastic work, keep it up! 💜
Millia's especially a pain for Leo since he's not got the best ability to anti-air into damage. I envy Sol players with their ability to DP into 50%+ damage.
@@HaveYouTriedGuillotines Actually, you can! Heavy DP into drift RRC (66rc for same side and 22rc for cross under), land, j.S, j.66, j.S, land, f.S, 5HS, Heavy DP, wallbreak stolen from twitter lol
One of the best guides out there. Clear, concise and straight to the point. My first guilty gear and came just to play Leo because I love his whole persona. This guide will help a ton. Earned a sub from me!
19:20 Leo while clowning on Faust: *FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS I LAY DORMANT, WHO HAS DISTURBED MY-* Oh...hey Brendanmushi. Show off compilation? Yeah, I gotchu, holup- *proceeds to clown on Ram*
These guides have been so good! An anji guide would be super helpful too if you're down to make one. We glue stick connoisseurs are struggling over here
I saw this guy with Tonfas and said hey, Lloyd (Trails from Zero) uses them too; might as well try him out as my first character for this game. Never did I know his aggressive playstyle fits me so well as I main Susano'o in Blazblue Central Fiction. Good Guide.
15:57 Leo can fast cancel his overhead by pressing 22 during the move making it actually +5 on block, so mashing isn't that good strategy if the Leo player knows about this
One thing that should be mentioned about backturn counter is normals that are countered from a far enough distance don't cause the counterattack to happen and simply cause the opponent to bounce off.
amazing guide, I can feel myself devolving fr though as someone who is new to the series this is one of the best guides I've found for this game in general
Last video you said you did not respect leo mains, so I have reformed myself and am now a brand new Faust enjoyer. (Not because my brother doesnt want to play against my leo anymore totally). I have gone from a gorilla to a Doctor
Great guide, but there is alot back stance cancels to keep your turn or do lows instead of the h, which should be mentioned in the playing against Leo section
Very true, I considered discussing it, but I figured as a beginner guide this should do well enough. The average online Leo isn’t doing that just yet this early on.
thank you so much for this, I've been having a lot of fun rolling my tongue on the stick and getting perfects, but now I can just close my eyes and bang my fists instead with this video's teachings :) (but srsly thanks)
Another tip for his command grab, listen for the sound and just ground throw, Its one of the few command grabs (if not the only one) that can be thrown, and pretty easily
I main May but I want to pick up Leo as a secondary so this guide has been an excellent place for me to start. The information you gave was very straight to the point and easy to understand plus you managed to make me chuckle a few times lol. Good stuff my guy, keep up the good work!
I think it's super helpful to branch out and play the entire cast at least a little bit. It def helps when fighting against them when you play them yourself and lose with them lol
Everybody is crying about Sol but personally I think Leo is the REAL menace of this game, and hes flying under the radar. I thought he had some crazy things in the beta that I was sure they would tone down but they left is all in. Not to worry though, yall gonna see what im talking about soon lol
For some reason, many people on the low to mid levels, up to 7 or so, dont know that he can't block low with the hold S/H stance. Sometimes I just press and hold slash and just walk right up to them from the other side of the screen and everything they try just bounces off and then free counter. All it takes is one low kick.
Yeah eventually I will but I'm kinda holding off because the things I learn with Zato and the top Zato's do such as Gobo & Peppery Splash do dramatically changes every day. That can happen with any character, but especially Zato since he's such an expressive and free form character.
Got the game recently, but no vs. yet. Mained him in Rev1, subbed in Rev 2. I wonder if I can win w/the anti-Leo tech out there. Impressive combos, though I'm not sure what some were or which to do. Maybe K, 6K, 236S. And some way to combo of an AA, way to combo in super, & a wall combo. Tried some combos in a Rooflemonger vid. Good guide.
I wish you played every character cause the guides for the ones you do play are the best and most comprehensive I've found so far. I do way better with the characters you play just because these guides are better than the ones I've found for other characters.
It's not just that, if he's not actively smacking buttons, he can be grabbed for free out of pretty much all his buttons in back turn stance. None of his back turn mixups are real. I have a bad feeling that he's going to drop all the way to bottom tier once more people realize this. In Xrd there were throw invulnerable normals, Leo's backwards 5K was one of them.
@@HaveYouTriedGuillotines hmm I dont know about that... if you get a chance make a video, as far as I've seen leo is low risk high reward and can whiff for days
Dawg, I’m aware of that, but it’s a beginner’s guide lmao Most of the GG playerbase is floor 7 and below. I promise most of the people watching this guide are not fighting Leo’s that use stance cancels.
@@danielkruger7589 I still think Wurde is better. Stun Edge gets easily low profiled by almost every 2D and 6P in the game, Slash version is single hit as opposed to 2 hit Wurde (which straight up wins zoning wars sometimes) and the reward for using the slow versions to approach or mix up is heavily in Leo's favor, even taking Shock State into account. The air versions of Stun Edge are heavily punishable and send Ky further into the air and extending his recovery frames to an absurd degree. If Ky had access to slash Wurde instead of his regular slash Stun Edge, his viability would skyrocket as a keepaway/footsies character. sincerely, a struggling Ky player
No mention about the OTG loops. You can scoop up people with K or HS after a throw, the command throw or the 214S and reset your pressure. A neat trick that got me two, three consecutive throw on people not aware of what's going on.
Hey brendan sirrr im. In ur discord and id love to play ur zato .... ironically i use leo... i promise will be the best leo you have ever played ... if you interested HOLA
Man it's weirdly humbling watching people who actually know how to play Leo vrs how I play him. compared to you I'm just button mashing and hoping lol.
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“Sike! Run through. This is how you play this character, bitch!” That line killed me LOL. Great content, man.
That line made me hit the sub button lmao
"Thinking is pretty overrated anyways" finally someone who understands.
This video is great, but the voiceover should have been entirely gorilla noises with subtitles.
That's all you think of us
@@xsavagepro1792 the gorilla is a powerful totem, brother. Embrace him.
Hooo Hooo ho hooaaaha hahahah Hoo hoo
Jajajajajajajajaja
Just block lol
As a player completely new to GG, this video was amazing. You did a great job explaining everything while also explaining higher level FGC concepts to help new players figure out the game. Definitely got a subscriber from me!
thank you so much for the long awaited leo guide, I really love the character in strive, yet I still struggle with getting into backturn stance without interrupting my combo, you're so good and this guide is no different
"If you see this ni**a's lats, you know you're in trouble" I was so surprised to hear that lol I laughed for so long lol
Great video man, well made, and good narrating. I'm actually a Ky main, but I heard Leo is one of his hardest match ups and wanted to see what was up!
Always funny to hear nigga in a vid that's supposed to be a tutorial of some sort
Lmao. Shit had me hooked for the rest of the video
Ah. A Ky main.
I do not care if you can spam projectiles, I will get my special to hit.
This was informative, broken up into logical sections, and funny too.
Great video man. Floor 6 ain't ready for my new Leo secondary lmaooo
Ngl bro I really appreciate you gassing up the king in this video. It was probably the most thoughtfully done character guide Ive ever seen, and it made it that much more enjoyable. Fantastic work, keep it up! 💜
Took me a second to catch on to the Faust banana throw, but that had me rolling after I got it
Enjoying the content. Wish there was more. However quality over quantity, I can wait. :) Keep'em coming.
Thanks fam, appreciate it. I'll try to upload more if I can!
Please make guide like this for Millia. When she 2D‘s me, I could just turn my console and have the same win condition…
Will do lmao
@@BrendanMushi thanks😂👍
Millia's especially a pain for Leo since he's not got the best ability to anti-air into damage.
I envy Sol players with their ability to DP into 50%+ damage.
@@HaveYouTriedGuillotines Actually, you can! Heavy DP into drift RRC (66rc for same side and 22rc for cross under), land, j.S, j.66, j.S, land, f.S, 5HS, Heavy DP, wallbreak
stolen from twitter lol
@@HaveYouTriedGuillotines 🙃
One of the best guides out there. Clear, concise and straight to the point. My first guilty gear and came just to play Leo because I love his whole persona. This guide will help a ton. Earned a sub from me!
19:20 Leo while clowning on Faust: *FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS I LAY DORMANT, WHO HAS DISTURBED MY-* Oh...hey Brendanmushi. Show off compilation? Yeah, I gotchu, holup- *proceeds to clown on Ram*
These guides have been so good! An anji guide would be super helpful too if you're down to make one. We glue stick connoisseurs are struggling over here
haha I'll do everyone eventually, I always pick who I see ppl ask, so congrats you just put Anji towards the top by just asking me for it
@@BrendanMushi Amazing
Adds Brendan Mushi to the definition of friend in dictionary. :)
16:26 THANK YOU
I saw this guy with Tonfas and said hey, Lloyd (Trails from Zero) uses them too; might as well try him out as my first character for this game. Never did I know his aggressive playstyle fits me so well as I main Susano'o in Blazblue Central Fiction. Good Guide.
Forgot to mention that if you stance cancel (22) after the back turned overhead, its +5 on block. Props to whoever made it +5.
thanks for the vid, all leo videos so far haven't been very helpful, this one is great!
This is amazing man. Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into that guide! As someone who is new to GG this helps a lot.
np!
15:57 Leo can fast cancel his overhead by pressing 22 during the move making it actually +5 on block, so mashing isn't that good strategy if the Leo player knows about this
The best Leo guide I've seen on youtube.
One thing that should be mentioned about backturn counter is normals that are countered from a far enough distance don't cause the counterattack to happen and simply cause the opponent to bounce off.
amazing guide, I can feel myself devolving
fr though as someone who is new to the series this is one of the best guides I've found for this game in general
Last video you said you did not respect leo mains, so I have reformed myself and am now a brand new Faust enjoyer. (Not because my brother doesnt want to play against my leo anymore totally). I have gone from a gorilla to a Doctor
this guide/anti guide is actually godlike you earned my sub and i'm going to spread this video around too
Appreciate you
Trillager sent me here
Great guide, but there is alot back stance cancels to keep your turn or do lows instead of the h, which should be mentioned in the playing against Leo section
Very true, I considered discussing it, but I figured as a beginner guide this should do well enough. The average online Leo isn’t doing that just yet this early on.
@@BrendanMushi let me know when you decide to do a more advanced guide than because I have alot of tech for bt cancels, both combos and for pressure
thank you so much for this, I've been having a lot of fun rolling my tongue on the stick and getting perfects, but now I can just close my eyes and bang my fists instead with this video's teachings :) (but srsly thanks)
Another tip for his command grab, listen for the sound and just ground throw, Its one of the few command grabs (if not the only one) that can be thrown, and pretty easily
I main May but I want to pick up Leo as a secondary so this guide has been an excellent place for me to start. The information you gave was very straight to the point and easy to understand plus you managed to make me chuckle a few times lol. Good stuff my guy, keep up the good work!
Not a huge fan of super agressive characters but im going to play some Leo as a side character so i can get out of my confort zone a little.
I think it's super helpful to branch out and play the entire cast at least a little bit. It def helps when fighting against them when you play them yourself and lose with them lol
Soon enough brother you'll be hooked on the rushdown high and join us
Best character guides I have seen on youtube. Great work, thanks!
Thanks a lot!
Everybody is crying about Sol but personally I think Leo is the REAL menace of this game, and hes flying under the radar. I thought he had some crazy things in the beta that I was sure they would tone down but they left is all in. Not to worry though, yall gonna see what im talking about soon lol
This video was amazing, thanks so much!
Dawg I needed that anti Leo section, thank you for real! Great video
For some reason, many people on the low to mid levels, up to 7 or so, dont know that he can't block low with the hold S/H stance. Sometimes I just press and hold slash and just walk right up to them from the other side of the screen and everything they try just bounces off and then free counter. All it takes is one low kick.
LMFAO the faust assist was too good
Hey Brendan, are you planning to make a new Zato guide anytime soon?
Yeah eventually I will but I'm kinda holding off because the things I learn with Zato and the top Zato's do such as Gobo & Peppery Splash do dramatically changes every day. That can happen with any character, but especially Zato since he's such an expressive and free form character.
Leo to be is the perfect blend of Gorilla and thought. Hes pure muscle memory and adreniline and quick reads and I love him for it.
Thanks for the guide man, much appreciated. I'm new and you're a good, direct teacher!
important to note, leo's block counterhit stance also loses to multi hit moves. great vid tho
-monke main
Damn this is genius
Leo can gatling bth to btd on block, which makes bth safe and is usually a better way to counter mashing.
Thanks for this! I was tempted to switch to an all potassium diet after the awe I felt when facing Leo, but I think I can hold off on that.
Thanks for providing anti-leo tips as well!
thanks so much for this. im learning leo atm.
Thanks man I learned loads of new stuff. Great video!
To beat monke, you must think and play like monke
-Buddha
dude I love you, this helps very much!
video was hella usefull nice job man
Fighting my Friends Leo was genuinely the angriest I've ever been playing a game. Thx so much for educating me on his bullshit
Got the game recently, but no vs. yet. Mained him in Rev1, subbed in Rev 2.
I wonder if I can win w/the anti-Leo tech out there.
Impressive combos, though I'm not sure what some were or which to do.
Maybe K, 6K, 236S. And some way to combo of an AA, way to combo in super, & a wall combo. Tried some combos in a Rooflemonger vid. Good guide.
I wish you played every character cause the guides for the ones you do play are the best and most comprehensive I've found so far. I do way better with the characters you play just because these guides are better than the ones I've found for other characters.
I do play every character haha and thanks so much 🙏 I’m going to do a guide for every character
@@BrendanMushi oh that's awesome and I can't wait! Keep up the great work dude!
best beginner Guide ,more characters plz
Leo also becomes +5 on block if stance cancels the bt.H or any other backturned normal other than bt.k.
Fun note, if leo does stance cancel after his back turn overhead he's slightly plus :)
Thank you for the excellent video. Any chance of seeing a potemkin video in the future?
“Gets a command grab for god knows what reason”
Alex mains be like 👀
POWAH BAWWM!!!
as a leo main when i see them grab me out my cross up slash i die inside. you just know your in for a hard time
It's not just that, if he's not actively smacking buttons, he can be grabbed for free out of pretty much all his buttons in back turn stance.
None of his back turn mixups are real. I have a bad feeling that he's going to drop all the way to bottom tier once more people realize this.
In Xrd there were throw invulnerable normals, Leo's backwards 5K was one of them.
@@HaveYouTriedGuillotines hmm I dont know about that... if you get a chance make a video, as far as I've seen leo is low risk high reward and can whiff for days
i just got this from gamepass never tried strive before but i’m gonna run leo and chipp
This guide was awesome, time to ape my way into celestial 😂 btw, what’s the song at the end? Thanks!
haha thanks and it's Tekken 7 - Jungle Outpost 2 (Moment of Impact)
15:56
Bt.H unstance is +5 on block. I wouldn't recommend mashing unless you really want to die
Dawg, I’m aware of that, but it’s a beginner’s guide lmao Most of the GG playerbase is floor 7 and below. I promise most of the people watching this guide are not fighting Leo’s that use stance cancels.
Good video, keep it up
I swear Leo is the top tier that no one talks about 😂
Man in screen say too many word. Leo plan simple. First me unga. Then me bunga. Then me get banana.
🍐
You rlly have to guess left , right, up, down, strike, throw against this man. This is why mashing is always the answer.
Calls his projectile a fireball when we all know it’s a Sonic Boom
Godlike how to beat Leo section.
Ramlethal secretly wants him to bunga her unga.
This does a masterful job explaining how Leo mows down his opponents. I hate it! 🙃
Great guide except for one thing you missed
Ram and giovanna simp for him
Leo is a Chad gorilla
I like how you say decent projectiles in the beginning when he actually has the best projectiles in the game
lol
Stun edge has better startup and recovery, and it's not a charge move.
@@danielkruger7589 I still think Wurde is better. Stun Edge gets easily low profiled by almost every 2D and 6P in the game, Slash version is single hit as opposed to 2 hit Wurde (which straight up wins zoning wars sometimes) and the reward for using the slow versions to approach or mix up is heavily in Leo's favor, even taking Shock State into account. The air versions of Stun Edge are heavily punishable and send Ky further into the air and extending his recovery frames to an absurd degree. If Ky had access to slash Wurde instead of his regular slash Stun Edge, his viability would skyrocket as a keepaway/footsies character.
sincerely, a struggling Ky player
I’m going crazy what’s the Tekken on hat the end of this video?!
Jungle Outpost 2
4:50 lmao
Wow. I got my butt kicked by Leo and wanted to know hot to counter him. GREAT video
“If you see this niggas lats” 😆
10:32 man, if this is caveman levels of intelligence to understand, then I’m not even an amoeba by comparison.
No mention about the OTG loops. You can scoop up people with K or HS after a throw, the command throw or the 214S and reset your pressure. A neat trick that got me two, three consecutive throw on people not aware of what's going on.
Pretty neat, I can't cover everything about the character in 20 min, so I appreciate the extra info!
Leo guide go unga bunga
Ooh ugh, ugg ugg, ooooooha ugh
If I play on a ps4 how should I configure my buttons for Zato?
Hey brendan sirrr im. In ur discord and id love to play ur zato .... ironically i use leo... i promise will be the best leo you have ever played ... if you interested HOLA
Yeah sure, either way I'll play anyone. I'm off Wed, Thurs, Fri. PM me on those days and we can do a FT5!
@@BrendanMushi Ok np
I know he sucks but could you do a Faust guide.
The 22 cancel is for all of his backturn moves actually, but yea monke together stronk
Correct
I'm a vanilla gorilla
Almost ended my life playing against this character just know if i dont comment ever again its because of this character
4:52 yeah I admit, I got hit lol
bt h into cancel is +5
Yup
STOP TELLING EVERYONE OUR WEAKNESSES!
aye dont teach em how to beat us too
I want my xrd Leo :(
@1:22 did he say nigga ??
Yeah
@@BrendanMushi my nigga
Don’t worry, being called an ape only makes me stronger
Man it's weirdly humbling watching people who actually know how to play Leo vrs how I play him. compared to you I'm just button mashing and hoping lol.
Hey, my question is, why did this braindead character return to the game and how do I get this game to play like Guilty Gear?
Monke
This is a super helpful, thanks so much!