Omega Tyrant
Smash 4 - Luigi wins against every level nine DLC CPU by doing absolutely nothing
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This is the setup the level 1 CPU Ganon has:
*Gave Ganon the level 99 Black Knight spirit for its high stats and Armor Knight bonus
*Gave Ganon a support spirit with Slow Super Armor
*Gave the Black Knight spirit tank style, to ramp up offense and defense farther
*In Custom Balance, I maxed out Ganon while decreasing Kazuya's damage output to the minimum
Like with the Falcos, this is the best setup Ganon has. He will almost nearly always instantly die if he goes offstage, but even if given more mobility to recover, the Kazuyas will never let him back. And armor is necessary or else Ganon will just be perpetually combo'd to death. So the play is to sacrifice mobility entirely in favor of making Ganon hit hard as possible and take as many hits as possible, while getting defense as high as possible is also vital to keeping his armor intact.
Overall the level 1 Ganon's success rate was still very low, Kazuya's back throw in particular was brutal and would essentially always send Ganon to his doom if a Kazuya did it to him, as seen in this video. Kaz also has a strong command grab to ignore Ganon's armor, and has his own infamous armored and invincible moves to go through the few blows Ganon will throw out (which also gets demonstrated in this video). Plus Kaz's very heavy weight will also let him survive blows that a lighter character wouldn't, which is significant when Ganon's AI will barely attack at all. But I did eventually get the successful video you see here.
For the version of this video against level 9 Falcos instead, see this video youtube.com/watch?v=yUXBas_k7yQ
For the Melee original, you can watch it here youtube.com/watch?v=-2PvpIoUvfw
For the Smash 4 version, you can watch it here youtube.com/watch?v=Xlc9utXY5co
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Back in Melee I made a video of three level 9 CPU Falcos at handicap 1 fighting a level 1 CPU Ganon at handicap 9, and then replicated it in Smash 4 with seven Falcos, with both being some of my channel's most popular videos, so I decided to try making a version of it in Ultimate utilizing spirits and Custom Balance. Here is what I did:
*Gave Ganon the level 99 Black Knight spirit for its high stats and Armor Knight bonus
*Gave Ganon a support spirit with Slow Super Armor
*In Custom Balance, I maxed out Ganon while decreasing Falco's damage output to the minimum
I tried out many different Spirit combos, and this is the one I was able to get success without doing farther alterations like modifying the launch rate or giving the Falcos a damage handicap. The Slow Super Armor was essential, as Ganon couldn't get hits in otherwise (and the Super Armor spirit didn't seem as effective), while Ganon needed the defense boost of Armor Knight to keep his armor intact long enough to stand a chance. He also couldn't recover at all even when given movement boosting spirits, so I ended up abandoning that idea in favor of going all in on the tank idea. This could be maybe optimized more, as Ganon's success rate was still not good with this setup, but hey I got a successful recording and that's all that matters. You would also need a different setup if you wanted to play this idea with other people, as the Ganon could be obviously camped out easily with this setup (which the CPUs are too dumb to do).
For the Melee original, you can watch it here youtube.com/watch?v=-2PvpIoUvfw
For the Smash 4 version, you can watch it here youtube.com/watch?v=Xlc9utXY5co
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Also I still don't have my computer issues fixed yet, so I'm still restricted to only being able to upload pre-existing raw clips I have, as I cannot edit nor record videos on my computer. Uploads will also probably slow down from here until my computer issues are fixed (or I somehow get a new computer).
If you came to this video before seeing the full video of Luigi winning against every level 9 Fighters Pass 2 CPU by doing nothing, here it is youtube.com/watch?v=kDh7YiNtPhQ
For when more of the Alternative Takes series is uploaded, they will be in this playlist alongside other LWBDAN-related videos youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmiY3fCbsNg0ADwYXTaMxWvz
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Also sorry for the oversaturation of LWBDAN Alternative Takes clips since my return, I still haven't figured out what is going with my computer and currently I'm using a crappy backup laptop, so I'm restricted to already recorded raw Elgato files of short clips that need nothing more than trimming. I do plan to diversify like before whenever my hardware enables me to, though I don't know how long that will take...
If you came to this video before seeing the full video of Luigi winning against every level 9 Fighters Pass 2 CPU by doing nothing, here it is youtube.com/watch?v=kDh7YiNtPhQ
For when more of the Alternative Takes series is uploaded, they will be in this playlist alongside other LWBDAN-related videos youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmiY3fCbsNg0ADwYXTaMxWvz
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I've been sitting on this video for a long time back when I first started playing through World Of Light, and for whatever reason never got around to uploading it before my big hiatus, so I decided to upload it now. I'm still unable to render videos with my computer, so if this video's colors look a bit washed out, it's because of that forcing me to upload the raw Elgato file and then using Youtube's editor to trim it down.
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Sorry about the duller colors on this video, my computer is suddenly unable to render any videos without completely crashing, leaving me unable to edit videos. So to get this video up, I had to either upload the raw Elgato video file with the dulled colors and trim it through Youtube's editor, or upload through Smash's native video uploading program, where it would then be left at lower quality and 30 FPS, and I decided the former would be the better option. Hopefully this problem is just my computer needing to be cleaned out, otherwise I absolutely can't afford to buy a new computer right now, and as long as I'm unable to render videos, I won't be able to upload anything more complicated than a raw clip.
If you haven't seen the aforementioned Flare Blitz exploiting AI video, you can see it here youtube.com/watch?v=trn1TBQj_go
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If you came to this video before seeing the full video of Luigi winning against every level 9 Fighters Pass 2 CPU by doing nothing, here it is youtube.com/watch?v=kDh7YiNtPhQ
For when more of the Alternative Takes series is uploaded, they will be in this playlist alongside other LWBDAN-related videos youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmiY3fCbsNg0ADwYXTaMxWvz
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If you came to this video before seeing the full video of Luigi winning against every level 9 Fighters Pass 2 CPU by doing nothing, here it is youtube.com/watch?v=kDh7YiNtPhQ
For when more of the Alternative Takes series is uploaded, they will be in this playlist alongside other LWBDAN-related videos youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmiY3fCbsNg0ADwYXTaMxWvz
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If you came to this video before seeing the full video of Luigi winning against every level 9 Fighters Pass 2 CPU by doing nothing, here it is youtube.com/watch?v=kDh7YiNtPhQ
For when more of the Alternative Takes series is uploaded, they will be in this playlist alongside other LWBDAN-related videos youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmiY3fCbsNg0ADwYXTaMxWvz
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I'm happy with how I managed to push the stage variety even farther in this video when before I seemed to have been near the limit, adding five more stages not used in the base game nor FP1 videos, overall pushing the total amount of unique stages used across all the characters in Ultimate for these LWBDAN videos to 64, with none being used more than three times. I remember when doing this back in Smash 4 I could only manage getting clips on 20 stages, 5 of which were plain walkoffs, I certainly couldn't fathom over tripling that amount in the next game at the time. As for the bonus team battle at the end, the custom stage is totally rigged towards Luigi and it's horribly basic, although the AI certainly could have survived the tilting platform and reach Luigi (especially through Steve's blocks).
For those skeptical of these CPUs being level nine, go view this video, which shows all the replay data for these matches (and accompanying clips), that show they are level nines youtube.com/watch?v=dyWLutytMX4
To see Luigi beat the entire base Ultimate roster as level nine CPUs by doing absolutely nothing, go see this video youtube.com/watch?v=OMGY23AleHs
For the video doing this with the Fighter Pass 1 DLC, see this youtube.com/watch?v=Pj6wxzW2ZWY
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If you''re wondering how Luigi won the team match, team score in Time mode combines the score of every teammate together. So Luigi came out ahead after the negative scores of the DLC team brought their combined score below Luigi's.
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For those skeptical of these CPUs being level nine, go view this video, which shows all the replay data for these matches (and accompanying clips), that show they are level nines youtube.com/watch?v=PPMVC41Fx4Y
To see Luigi beat the entire base Ultimate roster as level nine CPUs by doing absolutely nothing, go see this video youtube.com/watch?v=OMGY23AleHs
For the video doing this with the Fighters Pass 2 DLC, see this youtube.com/watch?v=kDh7YiNtPhQ
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My computer isn't strong enough to handle 60 FPS streaming and the quality isn't good in general, but hopefully it's sufficient enough for now. Anyone watching is free to join my arena.
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Giga Bowser is really slow and lumbering, and his attacks are all pretty reactable, but besides his ability to corner you he does have the nastiest trait for a boss to have; unpredictability. Giga Bowser fights more like a normal AI opponent than a boss with clear scripted patterns, and as a result the timing for when he'll throw attacks out varies tremendously, sometimes he'll just stand there for a while not doing anything or just walking, sometimes he'll throw out attacks right after the endlag of his prior attack finishes, and sometimes it's any other timing inbetween. He can additionally charge his smashes to mess up the timing of his attacks even more, several runs were lost from me trying to get above him and then either air dodging too soon and getting hit by a u-smash he decided to charge, or air dodging too late and getting hit by an uncharged u-smash or u-tilt. As a result I had to play really cautiously as I could never know how much hits I could get in beyond the ending lag of his attacks and the slightest overextension when he could act could get me hit or put me into a spot where damage was unavoidable, and with the fight taking so long without spirits and skills the room for error was tremendous.
I decided to use Mario mainly for thematic reasons, though it's doubtful he was the best choice. In some initial runs I was trying Jigglypuff, whose ability to stay airborne so much made her a lot safer, though her DPS was a bit worse and besides thematic reasons I didn't want the video taking too long, so I went with Mario instead. Marth could have also been used again, though countering Giga Bowser would be trickier than Galleom as he has a lot more multi-hitting moves it still should have worked out fine and Marth wouldn't have particular issues avoiding the Fire Breath, but I didn't want to use Marth for a second straight boss and wanted to do at least one without utilizing a counter move.
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This wasn't too hard to get, and overall I'm really happy to finally get a boss video from Ultimate on here, look forward to more in the future!
Go see this playlist to see my Boss Battles Intense no damage runs in Brawl youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmiAu0OXkcseRjf-t4_txdKu
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It has been a while, main news since last time is that I've been working on the immigration process for my fiancee and we've made significant progress with it, hopefully she gets the visa and we can finally marry by the end of the year. As for Ultimate related stuff, I'm pretty much a solo ROB main at this point, Ultimate ROB is really clicking with me on a level no Smash character has ever done so before. Dedede, Ridley, and Wolf are well on the backburner for me now, with me barely touching them lately, and I've been barely playing non-ROB characters for fun at all. I'm going to be competing in tournaments more often, and will be aiming to go to out of region stuff soon, I feel better as a player than I ever was in Smash 4. Hopefully that translates into some breakout results soon, ha.
If you came to this video before seeing Ultimate's full video of Luigi winning against every level 9 CPU by doing nothing, here it is youtube.com/watch?v=OMGY23AleHs
For when more of the Alternative Takes series is uploaded, they will be in this playlist alongside other LWBDAN-related videos youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmiY3fCbsNg0ADwYXTaMxWvz
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If you want to see the eventual successful 9.9 before the final round no stock loss Classic run with Ridley, here it is youtube.com/watch?v=JZ06UCtx8Cg
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I've been playing around in Elite with non-ROB characters, and among others I've been playing some Ganon again for fun. I found the way I died here against this Link funny, the Link was solid and won the set between us, though perhaps things would have been different if I didn't edgeguard so terribly here, oh well.
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After all those times I survived Ivysaur's dair over 100%, getting stage spiked underneath the stage without teching, getting double spiked, and all the other crazy recoveries I made that other characters would not have survived, I got inspired to make this video of ROB taking a high percent Ivy dair and recovering through every game universe in Smash (well other than his own, too bad ROB doesn't have his own home stage). It was initially just going to be a few clips, but I decided to go full bore with it and include a clip of going through a stage from every franchise. Getting all those clips though made this video take quite a bit longer to complete than I thought it would but I am happy with how the video turned out.
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If you're interested in more Elite Smash highlights and "highlights" of mine, go see this playlist youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmiJ5obQglZJABuPtaWp4qEG
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If you came to this video before seeing Ultimate's full video of Luigi winning against every level 9 CPU by doing nothing, here it is youtube.com/watch?v=OMGY23AleHs
For when more of the Alternative Takes series is uploaded, they will be in this playlist alongside other LWBDAN-related videos youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmiY3fCbsNg0ADwYXTaMxWvz
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For more Elite Smash highlights and "highlights", go see this playlist youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmiJ5obQglZJABuPtaWp4qEG
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If you want to see the eventual successful 9.9 before the final round no stock loss Classic run with Ridley, here it is youtube.com/watch?v=JZ06UCtx8Cg
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I've decided to try beating Classic by reaching 9.9 intensity before the final boss without stock loss (which also means no tickets nor continues) with more characters, possibly every one, and for the second after Ganondorf I went with Ridley, as he is one of my mains and I thought it would be pretty easy yet fun. As for how the run went, even when only taking the runs where I got a perfect in the first round it didn't take long at all to get this, as besides getting pretty simple matches, Ridley can KO opponents very fast so getting the intensity quickly up to 9.9 isn't difficult at all.
You start off with a 1v1 against a lower level Samus and can KO her fairly quickly, then there's a 1v2 against Fox/Falco but they're weaker than usual and you can just up smash as they come down from over the Great Fox's fin, while KOing them in 2-3 smashes. The third round is a 1v1 against Olimar on Distant Planet, where you can camp at the edge of the hill underneath the platform and up smash him as he comes over and then KO him with a charged f-smash if he gets to the side of you or just grab him with side-b and carry him off to the walkoff up the hill. For the fourth round it's a 1v3 vs. Mario, Peach, and Rosalina, but since it's on Mario Galaxy, there's a permanent walkoff on both sides. which means you'll KO them very easily with a side-b, while f-smash also KOs them very early here. Then it's a 1v1 against MK on the fairly standard Halberd, so unless bad item luck happens it'll be simple, and you can even win near-instantly if you get him with a side-b off the main platform before it takes off, but that is hard to do and I never got it as the AI will try to avoid fighting off the main platform and you only have a sub-10 second window to do it. Then the final fight before the Hands is a 1v1 against Zero Suit Samus on Frigate Orpheon, so yet another simple match on a basic stage, but she is at the highest level AI here, so if you get too antsy and are trying to rush things it might be a little rough, but there should be no need to rush it as you should easily be near 9.5 by this point from beating the prior rounds so fast, and since it's just a CPU in a basic fight with items it won't be anything difficult unless you get bad item luck (though I was rushing it a bit still to finish this quickly and was punished quite a bit for it).
Really with Ridley the only hard part is beating the Hands, but with Ridley's fairly high DPS, very large hitboxes, high survivability, ease of going offstage, and having multiple jumps and decent mobility to avoid attacks, beating the Hands isn't that hard either and I beat them the second time I got a satisfactory run up to them. For what attacks to focus on doing, back aerial and up smash work best for damage output and up smash can hit both, while when they're knocked on the ground you can get them with Skewer pretty easily for pretty massive damage, though the other Hand can interfere so you have to be pretty careful about going for that.
For the playlist with all my max difficulty no stock loss Classic runs, go here youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmiVcb366P-OtNvuvM7gaQVR
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If you came to this video before seeing Ultimate's full video of Luigi winning against every level 9 CPU by doing nothing, here it is youtube.com/watch?v=OMGY23AleHs
For when more of the Alternative Takes series is uploaded, they will be in this playlist alongside other LWBDAN-related videos youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmiY3fCbsNg0ADwYXTaMxWvz
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It's also about time I got an Ultimate video for my Smash Bullshit playlist, go check it out if you want to see all sorts of the bullshit we love and hate in Smash youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmgvKPVCpdaR2B_dY-YthhpE
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In case someone doesn't catch on the title is sarcastic of course, when playing around with Charizard in Elite Smash some time ago, I got this "zero-death" against this Cloud that I found amusing and saved it to upload later, I have to wonder if he kept air dodging into me on purpose or if it was some galaxy brain mindgame he was trying to pull off. On a more somber note, that Elite Play sessions solidified for me that Zard isn't that fun for me anymore and he is significantly worse than my ROB/Dedede/Ridley, so don't expect much Zard highlights and an Ultimate edition of Charyuken is probably not going to happen for a long time if it ever does, especially with Fly's significant killpower nerf.
If you're interested in more Elite Smash "highlights" of mine, go see this playlist youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmiJ5obQglZJABuPtaWp4qEG
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You can see the more common way of beating CPU Ryu with no input on Suzaku here youtube.com/watch?v=MeYCZpWr6zI
If you came to this video before seeing Ultimate's full video of Luigi winning against every level 9 CPU by doing nothing, here it is youtube.com/watch?v=OMGY23AleHs
For when more of the Alternative Takes series is uploaded, they will be in this playlist alongside other LWBDAN-related videos youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmiY3fCbsNg0ADwYXTaMxWvz
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This is from a set of mine against Ray Kalm on Elite Smash, you can see the full set here youtube.com/watch?v=QFkNKSj0xBI
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For more of my Elite Smash stuff, go to this playlist youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmiJ5obQglZJABuPtaWp4qEG
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If you came to this video before seeing Ultimate's full video of Luigi winning against every level 9 CPU by doing nothing, here it is youtube.com/watch?v=OMGY23AleHs
For when more of the Alternative Takes series is uploaded, they will be in this playlist alongside other LWBDAN-related videos youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmiY3fCbsNg0ADwYXTaMxWvz
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Now for this specific clip, I have yet to recreate PP's original clip that inspired this series, however I found yet another means of beating it on Pictochat that I think is also really amusing, so here's the official debut of this Alternative Takes series. Since these will be individual clips, I include the replay data at the beginning instead of having the video start at the match's actual beginning, to stave off the usual "these aren't level 9 CPUs!" claims.
If you came to this video before seeing Ultimate's full video of Luigi winning against every level 9 CPU by doing nothing, here it is youtube.com/watch?v=OMGY23AleHs
For when more of the Alternative Takes series is uploaded, they will be in this playlist alongside other LWBDAN-related videos youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmiY3fCbsNg0ADwYXTaMxWvz
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I've made a new playlist for Elite smash stuff, where I'll have videos featuring more "Elite" gameplay and legitimate highlights from Elite Smash. Not much there yet, but here's the link to it if you're interested youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmiJ5obQglZJABuPtaWp4qEG
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To see the aforementioned Smash 4 video this is based on go here youtube.com/watch?v=gvJ-KaACyz0
Now after the Ultimate Luigi video I'm going to be resting a bit before doing another big video, but for the next big project it's probably going to be an Ultimate version of a Smash 4 montage I did featuring our perfect penguin and his love of clobbahing.
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I stated before Ultimate's release that I would once again do this, and overall it was of comparable difficulty to doing it in Smash 4. In some ways the AI is better, for example the AI will no longer KO itself on walkoffs outside of a few exceptions, and the AI is generally a lot better at recognizing and avoiding stage hazards, so you won't get stuff like the AI just jumping into Donkey Kong on 75M anymore. However the AI does some other things poorly, such as being overly aggressive, being overly cautious with stage hazards, and still having significant problems with stage navigation. The big difference compared to Smash 4 is that I was able to get so much more stage variety due to the much more expansive stagelist and the AI + air dodge changes making the CPUs more SD-liable in general; in Smash 4 I got victories on 20 unique stages, with 5 of them being walkoffs that exploited the AI's basic walkoff issue while some stages were used several times, whereas in Ultimate I was able to get victories on 58 unique stages, including 1 more unique stage for the finale clip, as well as not using any stage for more than 3 characters. I am extremely pleased I was able to get so much stage variety and avoid having to frequently resort to a same few "trump card" stages, stage variety was a big priority in the Ultimate version to avoid the 75M/Orbital Gate Assault monotony the Smash 4 version had.
As for the DLC characters, Piranha Plant released right when I was editing this video, so I was able to include him, while with the remaining DLC characters I will do them all in separate videos when their respective seasons are finished, like I did for Smash 4, so keep an eye out for that. Additionally note that all these matches were done in version 1.2.1, except for Piranha Plant, whose match was done in his initial release version of 2.0.0.
As for addressing the inevitable "debunk" attempts, I'll do so in a pinned comment instead of filling up the description. For a couple things I'll address here, I accidentally had Luigi as player 1 against Mario, DK, and Link, as I was doing the characters in CSS order and initially forgot about doing the player 2 thing, however the ports don't matter and I only have Luigi as P2 for thematic flare, so I left those matches as is as I liked how they turned out. I additionally accidentally had the final smash meter on against Samus and Dark Samus, however they had no effect on the matches and would have only made me lose anyway if they got their final smash, so I left those matches as is.
For those skeptical of these CPUs being level nine, go view this video, which shows all the replay data for these matches (and accompanying clips), that show they are level nines youtube.com/watch?v=JOo-h7t0zkk
For the video doing this with the Fighters Pass 1 DLC, see this video youtube.com/watch?v=Pj6wxzW2ZWY
For the video doing this with the Fighters Pass 2 DLC, see this video youtube.com/watch?v=kDh7YiNtPhQ
For the Melee edition, see this video youtube.com/watch?v=CwDngBhmQXY
For the Smash 4 edition, see this video youtube.com/watch?v=SFBnhaXql24
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As for that project, it is nearing completion, the video should be finally live sometime next week. As for what it will be of, it will be the ultimate video featuring our favorite green pacifist.
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To watch that aforementioned Melee video this is based on, go here youtube.com/watch?v=WQ2hudtlfIk
Also I've started a big project, keep an eye out for a certain anticipated video within the month.
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To see my successful Classic run with Ganon where I reached 9.9 before the final round without any stock loss, go see this video youtube.com/watch?v=j0dAg0OAtgg
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Because you have to build up difficulty by playing well instead of just surviving, the Classic mode plays out a bit differently than in prior games. With this new system, the rounds are easier to just beat, but just winning them isn't enough as the amount the difficulty rises after each round is based on how well you played, so you have to beat each round quickly with minimal damage taken to be able to reach 9.9 difficulty before the final round. So unlike in the prior Classic modes where your focus is on survival tactics to clear a succession of arduous challenges, your focus is on speedrunning tactics to get through everything efficiently enough to reach the maximum difficulty before the final round. For one more big change, every character has individual fixed Classic modes specifically tailored to them, which removes a huge element of luck that was in prior games; you're still subjected to item and AI RNG of course, but you'll no longer be subjected to such significant match variance.
Now for the actual Classic run with Ganondorf; his Classic mode is based on him fighting a series of heroes, usually on a team against him, while he gets a significant knockback boost, so he can KO them all very quickly and be able to reasonably compete with the stacked odds. This huge knockback boost makes the bulk of the run pretty easy, as you can just smash your way through the team of enemies and their AI is too low-levelled to defend much against it, while against Shulk you can easily exploit his AI on Gaur Plains to advantage yourself. In round 5 against Palutena and Pit it can start to get tricky, but they're still really fragile to you and Skyworld messes up the AI a lot so it's still pretty easy to beat it with a high score. Round 6 against Link and Zelda is really the only difficult round before the boss, as the stage is really unfavorable and they will actively overwhelm you, while also actively edgeguarding Ganondorf's awful recovery. I had a few runs end against them from just dying, and getting a high score against them will be hard, but usually I could build up the difficulty very close to 9.9 before this round (even getting to 9.8 before it in this run), which means I just had to win it to get to 9.9 before the final round.
Then for Ganondorf's final round, it's a fight against Master and Crazy Hand. The Hands are more advanced than ever, with more elaborate attacks, a more elaborate pattern, and for the first time since Smash 64 they'll actually move throughout the stage and turn around instead of just staying in place. While they don't hit as hard as prior incarnations, their attacks are much more difficult to dodge and I end up getting hit a lot more often. As usual Ganondorf boasts a high DPS with his very powerful yet decently quick aerials, but his limited mobility makes evading attacks very difficult, and his recovery led to some really early deaths when I got hit offstage or hit without my midair jump. So it took a few runs that reached the Hands before I succeeded.
Overall this was the easiest max difficulty no stock Classic run with Ganon yet, with it taking me a couple hours to get a successful run. Maybe with other characters it will be more difficult, but with the huge buffs to Ganon, and the big knockback boost you get in conjunction with the emphasis on speedrunning rounds, it was a very favorable challenge to Ganon.
Now for links to me beating the other Classic modes on max difficulty with no stock loss as Ganon:
Melee youtube.com/watch?v=_7sxsD3-ogI
Brawl youtube.com/watch?v=GvOW2h6Yn7Y
Brawl Minus youtube.com/watch?v=mQhk65FER6Q
Project M youtube.com/watch?v=7pgZV2yHy9g
Smash For 3DS youtube.com/watch?v=xvPg9PzDHrg
Smash For Wii U youtube.com/watch?v=IS1Wy0RnNMg
For the playlist with all my max difficulty no stock loss Classic runs, go here youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmiVcb366P-OtNvuvM7gaQVR
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For the Smash For Wii U version of this old exploit, go see this video youtube.com/watch?v=5pFcg-1badw
To see this exploit in its original form against the Smash 3DS pre-1.0.4 AI, see this video youtube.com/watch?v=-I7y8MG0Br8
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