It’s crazy how I usually will stick to cheering for the underdogs, but Leo has something about him that I just want him to win every set I watch of his.
For me, it’s not about that leo being the best smasher, it is actually about the creativity and the outstanding gameplay he delivers in all his sets. Whether he wins or loses, I don’t really care. I just enjoy watching him, that’s it.
You can also see his byleth still in the way he plays joker, as the byleth help him master spacing even more. Because of that, his joker is much more scary as he just has the pefect spacing and all.
@@Quinnsula5 Imo it's probably that he's playing more marth now cause tbh his byleth didn't feel that heavy based or it could be that he got better at movement so he can space better.
@@nicholas930 what you mean he still plays byleth and won the last tournament where she focused on playing him, his byleth is so good and he will still play it depending on the match up.
@@PyroBanddiittI'd like you to find me a player that takes losing that way in a professional environment. People hate losing, and especially with such high stakes. I drop games and have trouble not crying (maybe extreme but ey).
@@oscar5012 he always does. Clearly played better this time tho. Tens of thousands abuse it and it's like 6 pro Kazuya and 3 top at max. With 4/5 that can win.
I’m the biggest fanboy of Tea’s Pacman but also believe MKLeo is truly the best smash player so watching these 2 duke it out is always an orgasmic experience lol And you can always tell how much it means to Tea/how much Leo recognizes his skill by popping off or reacting way more than normal
Is strange. But when Leo uses Joker, it's like the players start, at a certain point, to get frustrated and force their defeat. For example, Tea, started throwing random moves at the end of the last set, and in the first set, when he was losing, he didn't hit a bair which he survived. I have seen these same attitudes in Mars... or at least it is my impression
Leo joker truly strikes fear in his opponents’ hearts 😅 Also joker can be hard to hit at times with his mobility and hurtbox shifting. Not to mention leo’s slingshots and gun tech
why do people act like kazuya recovery like its that bad. People talk about it like its the weakness that really balances him out but it is not that bad.
yeah, people think you just gotta get him offstage but he’s got decent horizontal drift and great vertical height EDIT: also the up b hitbox is super annoying and will kill you early
Tea played very poorly in game 5, missed an important electric at 15:28 that could have lead to a 0 to death and looks like he got tilted and started throwing them out after. Still, the rest of the set he played great and Leo is an absolute god for winning this matchup against the best Kazuya, it's such a pleasure to watch his Joker and I'm so happy it's back
When you land ewgf on game 4 Leo, you're still in disadvantage... Check out 10:09 and 16:31, Tea getting baited with the same DI mixup twice in the exact same situation. Great games for both players!
Yeah people like to rag on Kazuya and though I will say his kit separates him way too much from the other characters (Like Little Mac in the sense that you may be forced to use a character or playstyle you don't like) the fact that he can get punished for overrelying on EWGF shows that Kazuya has far more weaknesses than people give him credit for. He's like Melee Fox in the sense that people said his moveset theoretically outperforms every character when played to perfection, but said perfection is impossible to achieve because of player variables and thus people came to the conclusion that Fox was not as invincible as they forsaw. A lesson only learned from the best in MKLeo!
Crazy how Tea isn't getting any hate for playing the same character as another person who gets bashed for it. Either hate everyone who plays him or no one. It's not fair.
Oh don’t worry, I don’t “hate”anyone who plays Kazuya though I can’t really give any props to anyone who does. Though Tea was making waves before Kazuya so he at least has that going for him.
@@Michaelrice4199 Despite whatever learning curve and the character has, Kazuya still possesses some VERY unfair tools and is very polarizing, forcing the opponent to play very defensively against him. As opposed to most other characters where you have the freedom to play offensively and/or defensively against them.
I think Leo will continue to beat Tea as Ultimate goes on. The games are close but at the end of the day his characters do well versus his. Joker for Kazuya is such a weight off the back. Excellent set.
@@Thelolzorbots Joker fucks him in neutral. And Arsene + his edgeguarding allows him to finish off the job so he can't come back and zero to death him.
Joker doesnt beat kazuya easily? The match may be even or slight kazuya. Leo has to play perfect spacing to avoid getting hit. Almost everyone agrees it’s not a good match for joker
@@corgitoergosum8400 This is from me lol you’d be surprised what pac-man does better yet the best one in the world. Maybe i’m just bad at the match up but i don’t go joker against any pacmans
Habilidad pura contra alguien que traicionó a su propio Main con tal de ganar... Tea es muy bueno, pero ha estado usando a un personaje que sólo carrea, no me sorprendería que después use a Steve. En dónde quedó el festejo con brazos cruzados?
14:15 Is this an operational error? Once again, tee lost 2-3, so next time I want you to do your best If leo continues to play the joker, I think there is hope for compatibility.
@@TaxinSB God forbid the comment talks about the set the video's about. It's on you for looking at the comments. If you're on mobile, it's still not hard to avoid that one comment if you know it's coming before viewing the video in full screen
It'd funny seeing him play so well and still go to game 5, like when he played byleth at the Ludwigs invitational he destroyed all his foes so much more and all, but joker is that type of character that I feel like when even way Leo plays pefect like this and spaces perfectly there is still a chance he will lose , well byleth well worse of a character is way easier to gimp with and kill early and all as Leo mastered the openings, joker can't really do that against a top player until later when he gets his persona. Still Leo is playing the best he has in awhile, just wanted to point out the byleth thing
@extonjonas6820 no the joker is as optimized as can be but joker is a character that's is deigned to adapt and all well byleth is not really as much, so joker there is not a clear path , well there 100% for byleth
@KakuraZenom joker does not require perfect play fully but require perfect play comeback mechanics when down to win. Joker require more mastery of the character well byleth fundamentals more so
The commentators stretching the truth of that 'limitations' of the Kazuya recovery, that character has too many stall options and invisible moves to be hard to recover with.
According to orion rank, he finished 2022 as the best player overall but the end of the year really had tweek and spargo seeming the most dominate in NA and they both have been the most dominant in 2023 so far so I think best in the world is up in the air at this point
He was seeded 4th so the Tournament Organizers considered him as currently 4th amongst those who attended, placing Tweek Acola and Sparg0 above him. It makes sence if you look at the pas 3-4 tournaments
Leo's spacing this set was truly absurd
love how Leo's solution to problem matchups is usually to straight up just get better (somehow)
The shmovement was crazy
He got so much damage with guns last stock by whiff punishing the hell out of Tea.
It’s crazy how I usually will stick to cheering for the underdogs, but Leo has something about him that I just want him to win every set I watch of his.
Considering the amount of cheese that comes with Kazuya, Leo is the underdog in this match
@@Lerkero fr
@@Lerkero Kazuya loses, I'm happy.
Cause Leo just has more honest play, the cheese gets annoying to watch mostly
Cause Leo actually struggles with every player, he wins but after a lot of effort.
For me, it’s not about that leo being the best smasher, it is actually about the creativity and the outstanding gameplay he delivers in all his sets. Whether he wins or loses, I don’t really care. I just enjoy watching him, that’s it.
15:38 Is why I missed Leo's Joker
Joker beast mode
You can also see his byleth still in the way he plays joker, as the byleth help him master spacing even more. Because of that, his joker is much more scary as he just has the pefect spacing and all.
@@Quinnsula5 Imo it's probably that he's playing more marth now cause tbh his byleth didn't feel that heavy based or it could be that he got better at movement so he can space better.
@@nicholas930 what you mean he still plays byleth and won the last tournament where she focused on playing him, his byleth is so good and he will still play it depending on the match up.
@@Quinnsula5 I didn't say he doesn't play byleth, but it feels like post quarantine he's played more marth than he did pre-quarentine
Nobody talks about this enough but Leo is a gentleman he’s always gracious with people win or lose end of the game.
He's noticeably aggrevated when he loses. you should be laughing or smiling when you lose.
@@PyroBanddiittI'd like you to find me a player that takes losing that way in a professional environment. People hate losing, and especially with such high stakes. I drop games and have trouble not crying (maybe extreme but ey).
People are so good Leo really has to fight for his life. I love these close sets. Leo’s Joker just getting better and better.
will agree that Tea is great but he’s also just abusing Kazuya jank, no shame in doing what will nab you the win
@@oscar5012 he always does. Clearly played better this time tho. Tens of thousands abuse it and it's like 6 pro Kazuya and 3 top at max. With 4/5 that can win.
100% agreed + we have (almost) the same profile picture
@@1ce_Man😂
@@1ce_Man hell yeah brother. Love seeing a family member out in the wild
So happy seeing Leo's Joker back in action!
Damn this set was insane, glad this year started off on a strong start
🇲🇽 🇲🇽 🇲🇽 mk LEO LETS GO!1
You can hate DLC mechanics all you want, visually it's just a treat seeing the blue-glowing Joker agains the red-glowing Kazuya.
This the one I was waiting for. Leo was so methodical this round
When Leo has a reaction you know he was fighting for his life lol
This is huge redemption from the Crew battle when Leo versed Teo’s Kazuya (even tho it was 1-3 stock)
ミスターGenesis、あまりにも心臓が強すぎる
As soon as Leo took off his jacket I knew it would be over for Tea… 😂
I'm sure he hates Kazuya lol. Character gets rewarded for mashing.
he used 1% of his power
That was Leo’s equivalent to Light rolling up his sleeves
😂😂😂😂😂
@@corgitoergosum8400 "mashing"
Tea with the yodeling soundtrack, an all time classic
15:39 That whole thing was clean
レオジョーカーいつもありがとう
DAMN, the king is back
Never left
Always been present at the throne
I’m the biggest fanboy of Tea’s Pacman but also believe MKLeo is truly the best smash player so watching these 2 duke it out is always an orgasmic experience lol
And you can always tell how much it means to Tea/how much Leo recognizes his skill by popping off or reacting way more than normal
ティーさんはパックマン単時代から一貫してギリギリのところで負けてるイメージ。1番試合してるのもティーさんだよね。今のレオは全盛期のレオに戻りつつあるから嬉しい
Is strange. But when Leo uses Joker, it's like the players start, at a certain point, to get frustrated and force their defeat. For example, Tea, started throwing random moves at the end of the last set, and in the first set, when he was losing, he didn't hit a bair which he survived. I have seen these same attitudes in Mars... or at least it is my impression
Leo joker truly strikes fear in his opponents’ hearts 😅
Also joker can be hard to hit at times with his mobility and hurtbox shifting. Not to mention leo’s slingshots and gun tech
15:37 once Leo got Arsene here, the set was decided. Man just started coooooking fr
I present you the two most exciting characters in Ultimate: Joker and Kazuya!
Both are also some of the most frustrating to play against
Electric into electric into electric into electric into
2 of the most broken
Broken ?? Kazuya maybe but JOKER ?? Ask marss how it went for him when he tried to main joker
Joker? For sure!
Kazuya? Hell no 💀
People don't give Tea enough credit. His movement with Kazuya is insane.
Eew Kazuya main
Eew Kazuya hater
eew kazuya main
definitely is ...cant lie tho i love leo's joker ....and kazuya haters get farmed by him obviously
@@NaughtyPigMario ngl kazuya is pretty stupid but i like him
Leoのジョーカーが戻ってきてくれて嬉しい
キャラなんて別になんでもいい
@@上腕二頭筋かわいい 小学生の間はあんまりコメントとか残さない方がいいよ
@@Hicali256 ブーメランw
@@上腕二頭筋かわいい 大人になると本名しか使わんからね
2:47
うますぎだろ
やはり上着を脱いだMKleoは強かった。
why do people act like kazuya recovery like its that bad. People talk about it like its the weakness that really balances him out but it is not that bad.
It's a serviceable recovery. Which is more than enough for a character like him.
yeah, people think you just gotta get him offstage but he’s got decent horizontal drift and great vertical height
EDIT: also the up b hitbox is super annoying and will kill you early
People are dumb.
I’m so glad he stuck with joker. Keep up the awesome work Leo. Overall great fight from both parties.
Tea played very poorly in game 5, missed an important electric at 15:28 that could have lead to a 0 to death and looks like he got tilted and started throwing them out after. Still, the rest of the set he played great and Leo is an absolute god for winning this matchup against the best Kazuya, it's such a pleasure to watch his Joker and I'm so happy it's back
Leo's Joker is nothing but sauce and I love it. The gun movement alone is so far above any other Joker.
Love it when they go for the handshake instead of the fistbump
When you land ewgf on game 4 Leo, you're still in disadvantage... Check out 10:09 and 16:31, Tea getting baited with the same DI mixup twice in the exact same situation. Great games for both players!
Yeah people like to rag on Kazuya and though I will say his kit separates him way too much from the other characters (Like Little Mac in the sense that you may be forced to use a character or playstyle you don't like) the fact that he can get punished for overrelying on EWGF shows that Kazuya has far more weaknesses than people give him credit for. He's like Melee Fox in the sense that people said his moveset theoretically outperforms every character when played to perfection, but said perfection is impossible to achieve because of player variables and thus people came to the conclusion that Fox was not as invincible as they forsaw. A lesson only learned from the best in MKLeo!
commentary throughout Genesis has been phenomenal!
流石としか言い様がない
このまま優勝頼んだ
The way that Leo was hawking Tea down in game 5 was filthy
We can now say defeating Kazuya is Mkleo's cup of Tea.
17:13
Leo chose Paper, Tea chose Rock. Leo wins.
ジョーカー側が1ミスも許されないこのカードで勝ち切るのヤバすぎ
今回は大番狂わせなかったかぁ。人性能で馬鹿みたいに劣っててもここまでやり合えるのすごい
Imagine going in for top 64 qualifiers and seeing that your up against Leo, Tea put in a good fight
Looking cool joker!
I appreciate you
いつだってleoのファンさ。
I see Leo is having a fun tournament against top level Min Min and Kazuya 😂😂 all that's left is facing Sonic and Steve
世界の秩序は保たれた
Anybody knows in what stream and vod this happened? can't find it anywhere :/
Crazy how Tea isn't getting any hate for playing the same character as another person who gets bashed for it. Either hate everyone who plays him or no one. It's not fair.
Tea was godlike before Kazuya and he doesn't have a mental breakdown all the time.
Oh don’t worry, I don’t “hate”anyone who plays Kazuya though I can’t really give any props to anyone who does. Though Tea was making waves before Kazuya so he at least has that going for him.
If you're referring to Riddles i doubt he gets much hate playing Kazuya people love him, other Kazuya players maybe
I still don’t understand how you can gm hate a character that requires much practice in order to be fluid with kazuya
@@Michaelrice4199 Despite whatever learning curve and the character has, Kazuya still possesses some VERY unfair tools and is very polarizing, forcing the opponent to play very defensively against him. As opposed to most other characters where you have the freedom to play offensively and/or defensively against them.
立ち回りキャラが勝ってくれることが希望です ナイスファイトLEO＾＾
Leo hits first, Yakuza input grabs through it anyway. Not broken at all...
I think Leo will continue to beat Tea as Ultimate goes on. The games are close but at the end of the day his characters do well versus his. Joker for Kazuya is such a weight off the back.
Excellent set.
Has he ever even lost to him?
Not once. It's honestly surprising.
What makes you think that Joker is good against Kazuya?
@@Thelolzorbots Joker fucks him in neutral. And Arsene + his edgeguarding allows him to finish off the job so he can't come back and zero to death him.
Joker doesnt beat kazuya easily? The match may be even or slight kazuya. Leo has to play perfect spacing to avoid getting hit. Almost everyone agrees it’s not a good match for joker
where is riddles man :(
I’m suprised Tea didn’t even attempt to go Pac-man. It’s such a hard matchup for joker but leo be leoing
Joker/Pacman is even, slight Joker favour. Where do you guys even get your opinions from
@@corgitoergosum8400
Probably ESAM
The heck is esam supposed to know about joker
@@corgitoergosum8400 This is from me lol you’d be surprised what pac-man does better yet the best one in the world. Maybe i’m just bad at the match up but i don’t go joker against any pacmans
@@acekingdom5050 ouch never
leos joker is a work of art
Leo's Joker is looking better this time than the last tournament - And it's not even peak Joker! Scary shit.
What's fear to a man who is fearless?* Epic comment and super epic fight!
Leo is a beasttttt
パックマンならてぃーさん応援してたがカズヤだからleo応援してしまった。
勝つために選んでるらしいが、パックマンで見たいよね。ファンからの意見です
@@よしいくぞう-n1l ティーのパックマン良いよね
I don't think we really discussed how few Electrics Tea could land in game 1
これがカズヤの正しい処理の仕方なんだろうな
I know the set fire, but we rlly not gonna talk about how much weight Leos is losing?
TeaがカズヤでLeoに勝ったとしても、Leoよりも格上とは思えない
思わなくていいです😂
@@はた-l6f そうですね、現に負けてますから🤪
Tea my favorite Japanese player. Sad to see him miss top 8 but this tourney is stacked!
i was wondering why Tea placed so "low", then I see he had to fight Leo and Acola. Rough bracket.
J U S T I C I A
Habilidad pura contra alguien que traicionó a su propio Main con tal de ganar... Tea es muy bueno, pero ha estado usando a un personaje que sólo carrea, no me sorprendería que después use a Steve.
En dónde quedó el festejo con brazos cruzados?
14:15 Is this an operational error?
Once again, tee lost 2-3, so next time I want you to do your best
If leo continues to play the joker, I think there is hope for compatibility.
最近Leoまたジョーカー使い始めたん？
teaも上手いが、レオジョーカーでさえコレだもんなぁ…
Taunt to get bodied, my favorite combo
KAZUYA MISHIMA... loses
Bruh stop spoiling with comments like this
@@TaxinSB God forbid the comment talks about the set the video's about. It's on you for looking at the comments. If you're on mobile, it's still not hard to avoid that one comment if you know it's coming before viewing the video in full screen
Good.
Stage 10
Joker
Vs
Devil
Leo abusing joker’s movement against kazuyas lack of
It's revenge time for the crew battle
I was enjoying Leo's Aegis and never all that hyped about his return to Joker... but now, I'm kind of feeling it. :-)
Leo doesn’t need a shield in stressful situations. It’s very impressive
Nintendo please release a patch and nerf Steve and Kazuya. Do that and the Game is perfectly balanced 😭
never play with game 4 leo. truly a different beast
To think this isn't even peak Joker is scary.
Agreed!
What a monster. The joker is just way to clean. I never count him out.
I have not been following Kazuha ever since he came out holy hell why did they let him cook like this
It'd funny seeing him play so well and still go to game 5, like when he played byleth at the Ludwigs invitational he destroyed all his foes so much more and all, but joker is that type of character that I feel like when even way Leo plays pefect like this and spaces perfectly there is still a chance he will lose , well byleth well worse of a character is way easier to gimp with and kill early and all as Leo mastered the openings, joker can't really do that against a top player until later when he gets his persona. Still Leo is playing the best he has in awhile, just wanted to point out the byleth thing
Well The joker probably is not as optimized. Maybe in a few tournaments he will be impossible to challenge with this joker
@extonjonas6820 no the joker is as optimized as can be but joker is a character that's is deigned to adapt and all well byleth is not really as much, so joker there is not a clear path , well there 100% for byleth
Joker requires to play perfectly 100% of the time while Byleth is much more forgiving and props to clutch I totally agree with you
@KakuraZenom joker does not require perfect play fully but require perfect play comeback mechanics when down to win. Joker require more mastery of the character well byleth fundamentals more so
I have never seen Leo camping so hard lol, and Arsen vanishing after 3 hits is crazy. Great match tho
Does yea straighten his hair ? It looks FRIED
Can't imagine why a Japanese person would need to straighten their hair, does it not lie flat?
Sakurai really tried to murder the game with these DLCs
Tea is such a funny lil guy with his Kazuya. I’m glad he’s one of a kind with the way he plays
teaカズヤがここまで熱くなるの初めてみたかも。
leoがカズヤ使いと戦う時、カズヤ側が徐々に明確にコンボの安定力落ちるの、覇気って感じする。
What a match!!!!!
ジョーカーで勝てるのスゲ〜
Shortest 5 game set I’ve seen in a hot minute
マジでLeoとフルセットしたら駄目だなこのゲーム
MKLEO-OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH
Reallly satisfying watching kazuya get beat
おれleoが勝ってくれて嬉しい
Leo is really him.
Love Jokers drag downs.
Carried Mishima
Was de F******king jacket broooooo 😵🤐
The commentators stretching the truth of that 'limitations' of the Kazuya recovery, that character has too many stall options and invisible moves to be hard to recover with.
Plot Armor Leo came in clutch
Wait is Leo not number 1 anymore? Cause why he say rank 1 of 2022
According to orion rank, he finished 2022 as the best player overall but the end of the year really had tweek and spargo seeming the most dominate in NA and they both have been the most dominant in 2023 so far so I think best in the world is up in the air at this point
@@extonjonas6820 damn the king finally lost the 👑 thanks for letting me know
there are alao other rankings that show he isn't the undisputed best in 2022, but ofc he's still the goat
I wouldn't consider Leo off the crown just yet he did perform the best in 2022 he's still likely gonna be no. 1 2023 throughout the whole year
He was seeded 4th so the Tournament Organizers considered him as currently 4th amongst those who attended, placing Tweek Acola and Sparg0 above him. It makes sence if you look at the pas 3-4 tournaments
Lets go Champ! Leo Leo Leo!!