@@woe1008 Izaw is good and kind of the "teacher" for Link mains. Izaw has a patient and strategic playstyle where he's sometimes overrun by his opponent, whereas Salem is SO DYNAMIC, that barrage of projectiles and Nairs force the opponent to constantly react to him. He forced Peach to shield again and again, then grabbed her often to get combos. Both are excellent in that match, dont get me wrong!
@@oun1935 to be a good link is to have everything on your left eye and 5 others eyes on the opponent. Spacing, damage already dealt, what enemy is holding, which enemy it is, what are their options, actions and reactions after what move link does and reading that. it's impressive how salem does it like breathing easy.
Yeah, picked up link recently, in my opinion it feels like a top tier, great combo game at any%, bomb, good zoning potential, shield, multi hits smash attacks, one of the fastest fall speed, good recovery. He s basically a jack of all trades, but its not mediocre in all things, it is actually good
Yeah! Vikki is so damned enthusiastic and pumps up all the cool moves players do, while HB is a chill foil who keeps her from lifting off into space. I'm halfway watching these for the commentary now!
Vikki is really good for the most part. But her pop-offs are a bit too extreme, and go a bit too long. She distorts the mic, and repeats the same line over and over at such times.
@@deftduelist Agreed. I turned my volume down because of how loud she is and she's still making my ears bleed, and I can't hear anything else. The lowest volume my computer can go is 2 and even on 2, she's being too loud for me. Honestly probably not going to finish this video because of it. Stopping at 13:50.
Wait a couple of years and there will likely be a new character in every second battle. Early days are awesome because there is so much character variety.
@@darrellkiely91 I dunno man, I get the feeling that this game is a bit better balanced than smash 4. Granted, we've already been seeing a bias for Fox or Wolf or Pichu depending on the region, but there's just so many characters and so many options. Even if there is a "bayonetta" pick that the community finds, I feel like it's not going to be dominating the scene as much just because of all the characters with amazing combos or frame data to choose from in this game.
Kurami Corrupt Where were you during Smash 4? "Salem carried by Bayo" & "Salem sucks without Bayo" were common comments from whiners in this community.
@@theboy2385 "a game on life support" dude, you're just coming up with the rules at the spot to dismiss that achievement. that was one of the biggest brawl tournament and one of the biggest prize pools for smash at the time. guess why the game wasn't as suitable for competitive play? because characters like meta knight were more broken than bayo ever was. and salem beat the best meta knight with mid tier zero suit
Hey Most Valuable Gaming, could you make a playlist with all the SC United matches *with Hbox and Vikki as commentators?* They're easily the best commentators from the tourney and make these already intense matches super fun to watch.
@@xzgears929 almost everyone is at least good but shes definitely not top anymore and he dropped her for competitive. Normally I wouldn't care because it makes sense to go with high tiers but Salem made fun of everyone who played meta knight in brawl but not smash 4
Cause now it's Link. A less broken, but equally Unga Bunga character. In all seriousness though, Salem is a good player. Bayonetta players are still very ignorant, but they do have skill.
@@symphomaniac There are some pretty hype AC themes but I see what you're saying. Hopefully, the stage list stays the same or expands in size so we won't have to see the same stage over and over again.
Fun fact Iyou can detonate the bomb someone pucks up with a dash attack. The window is incredibly small. But if someone tries to pick it up with a dash attack and you detonate it at the same time they will still blow up
Game 2 demonstrates the flaw with Link. Salem had the percent advantage, but was having a very hard time finding a kill confirm. I can't count how many times I've been in that situation with Link.
MuteAce looks like a hipster that just picked up the game 3 weeks ago and got goaded in to playing a tournament. Kudos to Salem’s Link. Looking ridiculously good with the character.
spoilers I had a legendary moment with me and my friend Tristan while we were playing melee once. It was me and him in a 2v2 against two peaches. No matter how hard we tried we just. Couldn't. Win. It drove us mad!! We were soo angry that he eventually looked at me and said "you know what their weapons are? *Umbrellas!!* " we were two angry 7 or 8 year olds at the time and we'll never forget it. That being said seeing link win this was cathartic for me because of that. Well done!
Ugh can someone please put Hungrybox back in the melee corner? He's trash at Ultimate and only gravitates towards it at all now so he can still feel relevant.
As a Link main, It makes me really happy to see this character to get this level of play. Learn a lot from Salem's Link.
Have u tried izaw
@@woe1008 Izaw is good and kind of the "teacher" for Link mains. Izaw has a patient and strategic playstyle where he's sometimes overrun by his opponent, whereas Salem is SO DYNAMIC, that barrage of projectiles and Nairs force the opponent to constantly react to him. He forced Peach to shield again and again, then grabbed her often to get combos. Both are excellent in that match, dont get me wrong!
Try watching T the best link in the world
RIGHT!!
Man, even when Link does good in tournaments(and even getting third in a major so early in the game's meta) people still sleep on Link...
it's not Link that's so good, it's Salem.
ȏɞȗṅɢѧ weird flex but ok
@@oun1935 to be a good link is to have everything on your left eye and 5 others eyes on the opponent. Spacing, damage already dealt, what enemy is holding, which enemy it is, what are their options, actions and reactions after what move link does and reading that. it's impressive how salem does it like breathing easy.
Yeah, picked up link recently, in my opinion it feels like a top tier, great combo game at any%, bomb, good zoning potential, shield, multi hits smash attacks, one of the fastest fall speed, good recovery.
He s basically a jack of all trades, but its not mediocre in all things, it is actually good
Utuh _ cause nobody likes being a Link player
Bomb-aggedon Vs Turnipocalypse
Underrated comment right here
HOW ARE YOU NOT TOP
HBox’s commentating is some great stuff
Uhhhh. I don’t know about that bud
@@Antiple woosh
Nemesis he obviously didnt do years of research
@@Antiple It's a joke about Salem claiming that Melee isn't part of the Smash community.
I really enjoyed his commentary. He slipped in puns all the time, it was just way too funny.
Here comes the nairplane.
Damn I love watching Salem play. One of my faves for sure in spite of the controversy
After years of research Salem in top 8
Salem is sooooo sick.
18:26 is when Hbox realised he could've held onto the bomb so that Salem couldn't have pressured him as much. Didn't do enough research
Hey, don't go too hard on him. He doesn't have years of research compared to Salem.
I'm sorry, it was too easy.
yea :c i wanted to watch more of his jigglypuff
David Gidla melee players don’t have years of research. Salem proved it 😴. Melee players aren’t smash players y do u think they couldn’t place?
The comment I was about to make hahahaha.
I love the commentators. Vikki did a really good job and being hype too. They make a good combo.
Yeah! Vikki is so damned enthusiastic and pumps up all the cool moves players do, while HB is a chill foil who keeps her from lifting off into space. I'm halfway watching these for the commentary now!
Hbox was great. Vikki was screachy and annoiying. I cannot stand her commentating.
Vikki is really good for the most part.
But her pop-offs are a bit too extreme, and go a bit too long.
She distorts the mic, and repeats the same line over and over at such times.
@@deftduelist Agreed. I turned my volume down because of how loud she is and she's still making my ears bleed, and I can't hear anything else. The lowest volume my computer can go is 2 and even on 2, she's being too loud for me. Honestly probably not going to finish this video because of it. Stopping at 13:50.
@@randomwannab She needs to step back from the mic a little, develop a better understanding of amplified sound
Great Commentary. This battle was really exciting as well, I can’t wait to watch more tournaments in the future.
People really can’t talk about tier lists in this game just yet. It seems like for the most part, this is the most balanced smash game.
the top tier list depends on the person now and not the character xD
It's looking that way, but we don't know. Something broken could always pop in and mess things up.
How hard it is to google what a tier list is? You don't know what you are talking about.
Onklonk is mucho brokeno
To be honest, it is really refreshing not to see Bayonetta in every second battle.
Just peach instead
Wait a couple of years and there will likely be a new character in every second battle.
Early days are awesome because there is so much character variety.
@@darrellkiely91 I dunno man, I get the feeling that this game is a bit better balanced than smash 4. Granted, we've already been seeing a bias for Fox or Wolf or Pichu depending on the region, but there's just so many characters and so many options. Even if there is a "bayonetta" pick that the community finds, I feel like it's not going to be dominating the scene as much just because of all the characters with amazing combos or frame data to choose from in this game.
@@crayhack peach is fun to watch tho
@@jansensamosa6317 she's annoying with the same 1 string and she has random chance in her gameplay, the random chance is probably the worst thing
That was the prettiest smash Ultimate Game I've seen to date.
20:56 did he just nair offstage???
Yes
Is that surpris...ing
Salem doesn’t main Link, he mains Wilson
11:13 Warning headset users.
Lazym00se you mean 11:09
Where are the Salem is carried by Bayo comments at
They were buried by all the years of research comments lol
next match bud
Nobody ever really said he was carried his results in Brawl and smash 4 speak for themselves.
Kurami Corrupt Where were you during Smash 4? "Salem carried by Bayo" & "Salem sucks without Bayo" were common comments from whiners in this community.
@@theboy2385 "a game on life support" dude, you're just coming up with the rules at the spot to dismiss that achievement. that was one of the biggest brawl tournament and one of the biggest prize pools for smash at the time. guess why the game wasn't as suitable for competitive play? because characters like meta knight were more broken than bayo ever was. and salem beat the best meta knight with mid tier zero suit
Y’all imagine if Hbox played at least a high tier character. Dude would be a problem. Pretty cool guy as well, and dope commentating.
b-but I thought bayo carried salem???
these are the best announcers
Wiiiilllson!!!! Amazing set and excellent commentary! 🙏🙏🙏
3:34 can you really shorten the lag of your spot dodge with A?
Hey Most Valuable Gaming, could you make a playlist with all the SC United matches *with Hbox and Vikki as commentators?* They're easily the best commentators from the tourney and make these already intense matches super fun to watch.
link is sooo good in covering Options!!
It’s sure not looking like Bayo carried Salem
Probably because she can't in this game, hence the switch lol
vzReo Watch Lima. She's still good, it just takes longer to get stocks and she's laggy.
@@xzgears929 almost everyone is at least good but shes definitely not top anymore and he dropped her for competitive. Normally I wouldn't care because it makes sense to go with high tiers but Salem made fun of everyone who played meta knight in brawl but not smash 4
vzReo Never said everything about being top. Also, I wouldn't say he dropped her. He likes using Link.
Cause now it's Link. A less broken, but equally Unga Bunga character. In all seriousness though, Salem is a good player. Bayonetta players are still very ignorant, but they do have skill.
Is this fast forward or youtube skip frams?!.... Or my brain is slow
Lets go Salem!
9:23
Hungry box: here at smash Conference United you are either the best or someone who will not win
Is pokemon stadium the new smashville? Lol
Well it's an improvement aesthetic and music wise
@@symphomaniac Until you get sick of it
@@eugger3011 Nah at least the music is mostly battle themes.
AC music in Smash is so sleep
@@symphomaniac There are some pretty hype AC themes but I see what you're saying. Hopefully, the stage list stays the same or expands in size so we won't have to see the same stage over and over again.
@@eugger3011 There's GOOD AC music in Smash but I wouldn't call it hype. Not even that new rock remix of the Happy Home Designer theme
vikki's screaming was a lot on my ears
Like I have said: I still have a lot of respect for Salem, despite the drama
Salem is a beast. Best link player ever. I am his fan 1
Yes! A link player, instead of young link 👍
Fun fact Iyou can detonate the bomb someone pucks up with a dash attack. The window is incredibly small. But if someone tries to pick it up with a dash attack and you detonate it at the same time they will still blow up
20:56 when your years of research finally pays off
Salem cannot be human! those inputs are insanely fast
Game 2 demonstrates the flaw with Link. Salem had the percent advantage, but was having a very hard time finding a kill confirm. I can't count how many times I've been in that situation with Link.
I go to 20 seconds in to skip the fist bump and load screens and he's already given him 70 percent... Peach needs to chill lmao
Never played this game yet, but I’m maining Link 100% when I can
Before bomb recovery was perfected
Those were fun matches to watch!
Credit the commentators in these vids please EDIT: HungryBox and VikkiKitty. VK brought the hype appropriately!
Salem may lose his reputation but doesnt lose his game
20:23 10/10 badass
Moments like 11:10 are why I prefer an HP system over percentage.
If you look closely at Link's bomb it looks like the pokemon Chandelure. So that's how l call it.
8:40 Did he just explode himself to get on stage ?? x')
That's actually genius !
DarkThomy Well he was losing stocks to turnips so it was the better option.
Bombing back to stage is actually going to be basic Link play soon.
There is a loading screen tip advising you to do exactly that. ; )
@@darrellkiely91 Really? I've trained my eyes to glaze over and think happy thoughts during loading screens. :)
Link main!
15:25 Good grief, that takes some impressive presence of mind to bust out technical turnip combos with... a blue ball.
11:19 I have that same wallet
Short hop: the game
Salem is Izaw if Izaw would go to more tournaments 😂
MuteAce looks like a hipster that just picked up the game 3 weeks ago and got goaded in to playing a tournament.
Kudos to Salem’s Link. Looking ridiculously good with the character.
Mute Ace was a top peach from Florida in smash 4. He's been killing it at locals in ultimate too
Mute Ace also looks like he is about to cry every moment
Still a very good player but not enough research
He bopped Zero
Petition officially name Link’s bomb Wilson
Is no one going to talk about that bomb recovery???
spoilers
I had a legendary moment with me and my friend Tristan while we were playing melee once. It was me and him in a 2v2 against two peaches. No matter how hard we tried we just. Couldn't. Win. It drove us mad!! We were soo angry that he eventually looked at me and said "you know what their weapons are? *Umbrellas!!* " we were two angry 7 or 8 year olds at the time and we'll never forget it. That being said seeing link win this was cathartic for me because of that. Well done!
Salem does have a nice idle animation
What happened? Did he stunned by the arrow...?
😉
Is it bad that I kind of rate Salem, despite all the drama?
Link been legit you just gotta know how to move wit em..im maining link till banjo come out in the fall.
ALLLRIGHT TIME TO MAIN PEACH
I really want Salem to win just to spite Leffen lol
its the years of research man
Stephenplays
I only want him to win so the drama can continue for a bit longer
@Lain salty bro?
I wanted Salem to win to put Link on the radar.
MuteAce wears the sickest fuckin fitet
I like T's Link more who plays more aggressively and relies on his Nair, tilts, and boomerang more and aggressive use of bombs.
Salem is so good with link
Twitch Chat was like...
R E S E A R C H LUL
I really like this game but I dunno I think I'll just stick to casual games with friends 😅.
Vikki's an awesome commentator. Wish she were in more of these videos. :)
Why are they so damn loud
Who need turnips when you got wilson
salem da goat
RIP headphone users 11:13. Yikes..
Forseti........nice VC4 reference.
I liked the commentary for the most part, but when the two of them start yelling excitedly, they yell for way too long.
It must have taken salem years of research to learn how to play as link.
Wow so original
@@JuanCarlos-vq1cj I know right.
Please stop screaming lady
Ugh can someone please put Hungrybox back in the melee corner? He's trash at Ultimate and only gravitates towards it at all now so he can still feel relevant.
the chick is way too hyped and way too loud...
These commentators are making my ears bleed
dear commentators,
stop screaming. its not that serious
How's that girl still not speaking English properly...
The girls voice is so loud and scratchy she’s so annoying please get someone else
im a gay boy
Link sucks though
In what sense?
@Vespid Dude really, wtf was that 9-years-old insult
@@achv73 no u
these commentators are so good, i hope they keep them around!
Well one of them is Hbox so I don't think he's going anywhere anytime soon lol