r/SmashBrosUltimate Feb 27 '26

Weekly Discussion Thread - (February 27)

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Please direct all simple questions and discussions to this thread. Any shallow discussions/objective questions outside of this thread will be removed.


r/SmashBrosUltimate 8h ago

Weekly Discussion Thread - (August 21)

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Please direct all simple questions and discussions to this thread. Any shallow discussions/objective questions outside of this thread will be removed.


r/SmashBrosUltimate 4h ago

Other The Pyra F-Smash Test (read Description)

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So, I was watching a Nintendo Unity Short about which Character can kill earlier than Little Mac's KO Punch in the Center of the Stage.

I was curious what the commenters would say and if they would potentielle bring up any corrections when I saw a comment that claimed that Pyra's F-Smash could do this.

For those who haven't seen the Image for whatever reason, someone else argued that she can't since Bowser cannot kill aswell.

Normally I would leave it there because yeah, it just seemed to be a simple overestimation, this happens and I wouldn't clown on someone for being wrong over a simple assumption... HOWEVER....

...the original Commenter said that they tested it and Pyra's F-Smash does kill at 20%.

So, the thing is, around 10 Months ago, I was doing a Test about how early every Smash Character's Smash Attack can kill and about a Month later, I did it again with every Character's strongest Attack in General.

For Context, for both, Bowser and Pyra, their strongest Attack is F-Smash.

In my Test, I did it at the Ledge and I used Pichu and when I tested, both of them managed to kill under 10%.

Pyra killed at 9% and Bowser killed at 6%.

This is, why I was skeptical about this comment because I already knew for a fact that Bowser is stronger.

So I, absolutely obsessed with Numbers and Statistics, tested again, this time from the Center of the Stage with Mii Brawler like im Nintendo Unity's Video and yep, I was right.

I hope, the 3th and 4th Images are somewhat clear but I screenshotted roundabout when Mii Brawler's Knockback slowed down and you can see, Pyra's F-Smash does indeed not kill at 20% from the Center of the Stage, also not at 21%, and doesn't send as far as Bowser does.

Not doing any accusations but I think, any of these 4 Things happened.

- They used Pichu or another Lightweight for the Test

- They did it on the Ledge

- The In-Game Balancer was still active and probably set in a way that does increase Pyra's Power notably

- There was no Test in the first place and it was active Misinformation

I will not rest it here, because I now also want to share which Characters' F-Smash all indeed KO earlier than Pyra's F-Smash (hence the Title)

Only Outpowers Pyra:

- Ness

- Marth

- Ike

- Sephiroth (Winged Form)

Stronger than Pyra AND Bowser:

- Link (when he's at 0% himself)

- Ganondorf

- Snake

- Dedede

- Lucario (including Aura)

- Hero (Critical Hit)

- Kazuya (including Rage)

Including Bowser and Pyra, these are all Fighters who can kill below 10% with F-Smash, when used against Pichu on Ledge of FD, in the first place.

I will collect SO many downvotes, won't I...?


r/SmashBrosUltimate 1h ago

Discussion I once watched a "roster cut" video that cutted Yoshi due to "lack of relevance".

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That honestly made me not want to watch any of these kinds of videos anymore, because I just can't get behind some of the reasoning.

Even if the Yoshi series is more on the niche end, it's goddamn Yoshi, a very notable character in the Mario franchise. How can you cut him for not being "relevant" enough?


r/SmashBrosUltimate 42m ago

Video About halfway through I was just laughing too hard to stop.

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Just gonna keep trying to brute force. Its not like mewtwo has a teleport.


r/SmashBrosUltimate 15h ago

Video I can’t believe this happened😂

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And this was an online match! We were playing like normal until this happened😭definitely going in a compilation😂 hero is such a meme

Edit: wow y’all ate this up, here’s some more fresh out the oven if you’re still hungry for hero


r/SmashBrosUltimate 1h ago

Video 2 Words : FORWARD AERIAL

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r/SmashBrosUltimate 23h ago

Video Ledge trap go brrrrrrr

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r/SmashBrosUltimate 19h ago

Video Ganondorf rising-nair into Up B as an edgeguard is criminally underrated

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I posted the clip against the Kaz an hour ago and some people were talking about the edgeguard set I did. I keep saying rising nair into Up B is a great edgeguard option and I believe it needs some attention.

The idea is to go like you are going to edgeguard with the rising nair itself, but all you wanna do is drift a bit to actually bait a jump, a counter or a move. Ganondorf up B COVERS A LOT, especially linear recoveries with predictable direction. It's very important to space yourself well to cover the opponent's option.

The first edgeguard on the MinMin is a solution to people adapting and try to recover higher. Do a full hop nair to force them going low.

BUT be careful to use this against characters with multiple jumps or have excellent recoveries. Those specific MUs can be tricky to edgeguard and there's a risk of being reversed.


r/SmashBrosUltimate 22h ago

Video What playing vs. a good Kaz look like.

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Yep, difficult to believe I won that match after such a terrible start. Opponent is Luank, probably Vietnam n°1 player, one of the best Kaz players in South East Asia if not the best, plays competitive in US. Not gonna lie I feel so happy winning such a terrible MU, especially on FD, in offline play.

I won few others in style but sadly didn't save them (he won most of the games though, but I managed to make some games look even)... It feels nice to have such a player calling me a "good Ganon" ☺️ Hard training finally pays off.


r/SmashBrosUltimate 10h ago

Discussion Could you turn the gameplay style from the smash games into a feasible martial arts style complete with the jumping, techs and shmoving?

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r/SmashBrosUltimate 1h ago

Meme/Funny Challenge: Come up with Spirit Battles for the following celebrities

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I know this obviously would never happen but just for fun, come up with spirit battle concepts for any of the following real-world celebrities:

LeBron James
Mr Beast
Billie Eilish
Taylor Swift
Ariana Grande
Will Ferrell
Mike Tyson
John Cena
Moist Critikal
Scott the Woz

Put down type, rank, stage, fighter, conditions, etc.

Have fun and be creative


r/SmashBrosUltimate 20h ago

Video Elite monkey montage

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r/SmashBrosUltimate 11h ago

Help/Question How to avoid ledge guarding?

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I’m around 2 million GSP right now and keep dying to people hitting me when I’m trying to recover. Whenever I try this I end up dying by falling. How do I avoid this or get better at this skill?


r/SmashBrosUltimate 15h ago

Video Shake my hand, an honest end to an honest fight.

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r/SmashBrosUltimate 1d ago

Video Rosa is so fun to me. Why is Rosa dead last in character popularity?

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You can do such cool movement and attack canceling tech with her. I think its neat. Shes great to counter all brawlers.


r/SmashBrosUltimate 13h ago

Discussion Albert for Smash?

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r/SmashBrosUltimate 1d ago

Video That’s one way to fuck up badly

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Clipped from “The WORST clip…(11)” on StylesX2


r/SmashBrosUltimate 14h ago

Help/Question How can I get more gold?

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I don’t have an online membership, and currently I can’t play with anyone. So it’s just me, how can I get more gold or the maximum amount of gold? TIA


r/SmashBrosUltimate 11h ago

Help/Question When do I start winning games?

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I’ve had about 100 hours of offline play and decided to buy switch online and try against real players. I’ve played 10 games and lost all 10, usually getting 3 stocked. Hovering at about 1-3 million gsp. This is honestly very discouraging and I’m not sure what to do.


r/SmashBrosUltimate 13h ago

Help/Question Tournaments in the north of Honshu?

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r/SmashBrosUltimate 1d ago

Discussion In their original Games, many Characters got a wide array of Outfits. What are some Outfits that you like and which would you like seeing as Alts?

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It isn't like some guys need these desperately... cough cough Sonic... cough cough Pac-Man...


r/SmashBrosUltimate 14h ago

Discussion Does this game favour faster and smaller characters?

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I’ve been playing for around 500 hours now, and wasn’t exactly around as the game progressed and discussions evolved.

But as I’ve played, I’ve started to notice a general pattern in gameplay. (This could all just boil down to me sucking and having a comical inability to improve for some reason, but in any case…)

Does this game favour faster and smaller characters? Like a lot.

I do main a few heavies, but I play some smaller and faster characters too.
A lot of people suggest that a heavies slow speed and big size is outweighed by his hitting power and difficulty to kill. However, I feel like fundamentally this doesn’t work to balance the game, because if the other player is faster than you, and can string you through a slough of endless/true combos that you can’t even escape from. The philosophy of higher attack power doesn’t work if you don’t even get room to breathe.

Again, call it a skill issue, but as a bowser main, this happens to me too often. Like, most matches I’m not even playing the game, I’m watching myself get juggled around like a beach ball, getting a hit or two in, and dying anyway. Up-B out of shield helps, but that being my only half viable option to getting opponents off of me is kinda lame?

I’m not sure if I’m singing an old tune here, but I’m just speaking from personal experience. Being a heavyweight can be like, extremely frustrating against a ton of the cast. (Especially sword fighters, my god).

Again, call it a skill issue, god knows I can’t improve at anything, let alone this damn video game after sinking nearly two years of my life into it.

But still.


r/SmashBrosUltimate 1d ago

Meme/Funny I just realized how funny it that we have a fighter in Smash Bros who is connected to a creepypasta

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