The way esam was dodging those Nikita missiles was absolutely matchup experience, no way anyone can dance around that precisely without long hours of practice
As a Pikachu main that has decent snake matchup experience, I dont think you need that much in order to dodge the nikitas. Pikachu’s recovery allows him to just always stay away until he is safe to quick attack back. In other words if you have such a great recovery, you can just delay until you are in the clear and then recover against nikita. An example of a character that doesn’t have that luxury is wolf, once that nikita is out, wolf is at a risk of dying. Pika can go without a jump and literally still have options to avoid it so its more about just reacting to how the nikita is going and then doing something about it afterwards. But Esam does have great MU experience, he avoids that utilt like the plague and makes sure to be at a diagonal air range to snake so he disables grenades/any ground moves. Snake isnt known to have great mobility or great boxing aerials that go diagonally up, so itll be more of a commitment for snake to run in and do something. The tjolts only further that by making sure he doesn’t just pull grenade and camp (Im pretty sure pika can outcamp snake), and also discouraging grounded approaches. Its quite a surgerical matchup for pika since he has to be in that diagonal range why avoiding that huge utilt
Esam and MVD practice together all the time. MVD had take games and matchs of MKLeo with his snake before, so you can say that he has a really SOLID SNAKE. Esam know this match up.
It’s messed up that pika gets center stage for free in virtually every MU. You can see Kola predicting these quick attacks from ledge but all he can do is shield and let Esam take center.
That's kind of always been Pika's specialty though. What's jacked up about Pika is backair and upair bridges. In backair's case, I'm not sure any other character in the game has an out of shield move that can string into death like Pika can.
Roy doesn't do too hot on Lylat. I think jab loses some of its threat at ledge. And lylat is uncommon enough that ESAM mightve just had the leg up because of his experience in the scene
@@aldoperez23 I feel like it was a little of both. It was very clean indeed, but like it was stylish to plan that, like it wasn’t as stylish as his skull bash kill earlier in the set, but still like what a last stock. And I understand how it’s an efficient kill cause a normal fair wouldn’t have been enough, but to utilize the stun of the fair to setup the dair spike is kinda style. Like game 5 of winners final, to guarantee 1st/2nd placement match. The nerves and excitement and yet he still had enough composure to not just rely on a simple fair and hope it kills while just keep stage control (easy option) but to still be able to think about fast falling through that fair to setup is to me “style”. But then again to everybody eyes it’s different. It depends how much you have played and watched. To esam who has probably practiced and preformed that move multiple times through multiple games, probably looks at it as efficient cause it’s nothing new to him.
EE really implied that ESAM beat MVD at Don't Park 2018... MVD beat ESAM 3-1 in WInners Finals and then 3-1 again in Grand Finals preventing a bracket reset. EE commentated both of these sets with TK... Also Castle Siege was legal back then LMAO
We went from that to finally settling on "Yeah he's very good but also very hard to play without becoming overly predictable and it's wild that a character with this many options is anywhere from like 10-20 and not higher"
Honestly any tournament Coney commentates at just jumps up in quality. He is such an entertainer and as MockRock once said, “of all of the smash TH-camrs, Coney is the one who could just walk up onto a stage and perform amazing stand up comedy.”
Tbh. I never heard of kola till infinity con was announced. Then I saw how good he was. I always thought that goblin was the best roy. Looks like he has a contender.
Yeah. I'm fairly convinced that Kola is the best Roy and better player at this point, but Goblin didn't do much over the quarantine. We have yet to see what he might be capable of.
What got into Kola with the char switch? Something tells me, the trade off between surprising your opponent and playing your second best char is always a lost on your side.
There was only 2 bans and there was three stages that Roy’s gets destroyed on against pika fd , kalos, and lylat probably banned fd and kalos and once esam picked lylat had to go snake cause Roy would get smacked on that stage
Kola honestly plays his secondaries a lot more than people realize, he's definitely put the time in with other characters like Snake and Cloud. I agree with the others it was prolly to go with the stage but he's def capable of getting results with them IMO.
@@eliasper2894 This is what he meant: The moment when esam missed forward air on purpose and aimed at down air was insanely impressive. And his down air in the final stock was so brilliant.
I think esam as a player is probably THE most slept on as a pro. This dude is a fuckin threat when he attends tournaments dude. Everyone’s so quick to mention the other pros but forgets to mention esam… don’t play with this man lol
Is there a reason why Kola didn't Up-B out of shield after blocking ESAM's dash attacks? There were numerous times he could have done this but instead just grabbed him or let him go virtually unpunished. Good games, though.
The reverse 3-0 Roy into Snake would be an awesome bait and switch if you could actually masterball with Snake. But my man solid snake has an 180 IQ. Bruh you can't handle these tools.
>Switches to a character that beats Pikachu "This is weird" The fact that it's weird to people is what is weird. The propaganda is strong with this character.
I hate watching Pikachu MUs. They always feel annoying to watch. Always feel bad for whoever is going against ESAM just cus I know it’s gunna be an annoying experience.
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I really like the commentators having control of the replays after each game
Same so much
It's so good
agreed it’s a very good touch
The way esam was dodging those Nikita missiles was absolutely matchup experience, no way anyone can dance around that precisely without long hours of practice
As a Pikachu main that has decent snake matchup experience, I dont think you need that much in order to dodge the nikitas. Pikachu’s recovery allows him to just always stay away until he is safe to quick attack back. In other words if you have such a great recovery, you can just delay until you are in the clear and then recover against nikita. An example of a character that doesn’t have that luxury is wolf, once that nikita is out, wolf is at a risk of dying. Pika can go without a jump and literally still have options to avoid it so its more about just reacting to how the nikita is going and then doing something about it afterwards.
But Esam does have great MU experience, he avoids that utilt like the plague and makes sure to be at a diagonal air range to snake so he disables grenades/any ground moves. Snake isnt known to have great mobility or great boxing aerials that go diagonally up, so itll be more of a commitment for snake to run in and do something. The tjolts only further that by making sure he doesn’t just pull grenade and camp (Im pretty sure pika can outcamp snake), and also discouraging grounded approaches. Its quite a surgerical matchup for pika since he has to be in that diagonal range why avoiding that huge utilt
@@ChrisPaulHater im giving more insight on the MU because its informative.
Esam did explain that he was good friends with MVD and knows this matchup very well. Both of them being 2 Brawl players btw
Bruh I thought you were trolling, hadn’t seen the snake matchup
Esam and MVD practice together all the time.
MVD had take games and matchs of MKLeo with his snake before, so you can say that he has a really SOLID SNAKE.
Esam know this match up.
14:03 bro even ESAM is applauding that read
And then 0 to death him just right after. Esam is mad.
@@letsdraw3014 why would he be mad?
@@ItzPitto I think he meant mad as in madlad or crazy.
@@Karmyuzi oh alr
@@letsdraw3014 bro said "watch this" lol
These commentators were awesome the whole tourney, great sinergy between these three.
Charlie’s proud of you, Kola! And so are we!
The moist boys whupped a lot of ass this tournament!
That 8:56 - 9:09 sequence was just unreal, holy shit
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・掴み始動 0:29,2:49
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It’s messed up that pika gets center stage for free in virtually every MU. You can see Kola predicting these quick attacks from ledge but all he can do is shield and let Esam take center.
That's kind of always been Pika's specialty though. What's jacked up about Pika is backair and upair bridges. In backair's case, I'm not sure any other character in the game has an out of shield move that can string into death like Pika can.
@@wdietsche7258 Steve back air and up air can also lead to death at 0 with Nils and also idj weak hit of chrom back air
Quick attack is just a phenomenal move
Esam has said the pika has 2 losing matchups
It’s really hard to master that move imo, e-sams just has mastery of the move (the entire character really)
Does anyone know why Kola went Snake game 5? I feel like he could have won the set if he stuck with Roy so I'm kinda confused why he switched.
I think it’s just because ESAM counterpicked Lylat and Kola probably felt snake did much better there
Roy doesn't do too hot on Lylat. I think jab loses some of its threat at ledge. And lylat is uncommon enough that ESAM mightve just had the leg up because of his experience in the scene
K that makes more sense
Lylat bad stage for Roy. But Snake is not that good too against Pika, I would stuck with Roy. Game 4/5 switch hardly works out for anyone.
@@Gindaman999 yeah its also a bit awkward cuz MVD is one of ESAM's closest friends, but kola still did really well given all that
Esam ended that shit with style, amazing gameplay🔥
Tbh that wasn’t really style that was just the most efficient way to end the stock early the most I’d call it is clean
@@aldoperez23 I feel like it was a little of both. It was very clean indeed, but like it was stylish to plan that, like it wasn’t as stylish as his skull bash kill earlier in the set, but still like what a last stock. And I understand how it’s an efficient kill cause a normal fair wouldn’t have been enough, but to utilize the stun of the fair to setup the dair spike is kinda style. Like game 5 of winners final, to guarantee 1st/2nd placement match. The nerves and excitement and yet he still had enough composure to not just rely on a simple fair and hope it kills while just keep stage control (easy option) but to still be able to think about fast falling through that fair to setup is to me “style”. But then again to everybody eyes it’s different. It depends how much you have played and watched. To esam who has probably practiced and preformed that move multiple times through multiple games, probably looks at it as efficient cause it’s nothing new to him.
The best pikachu in the World vs the best roy in the World
Gotta wonder what would have happened if Kola stayed Roy that last game... Still, heck of a set from both players and GGs to Esam.
EE really implied that ESAM beat MVD at Don't Park 2018...
MVD beat ESAM 3-1 in WInners Finals and then 3-1 again in Grand Finals preventing a bracket reset.
EE commentated both of these sets with TK...
Also Castle Siege was legal back then LMAO
I was thinking the same thing, because I specifically remember thinking how busted snake was after that tournament.
We went from that to finally settling on "Yeah he's very good but also very hard to play without becoming overly predictable and it's wild that a character with this many options is anywhere from like 10-20 and not higher"
Truly just a beautiful set. Kola started playing esam instead of playing pikachu halfway through. Great sportsmanship from esam. All around great
What an amazing set! Both players and the audience won here.
Honestly any tournament Coney commentates at just jumps up in quality. He is such an entertainer and as MockRock once said, “of all of the smash TH-camrs, Coney is the one who could just walk up onto a stage and perform amazing stand up comedy.”
Tbh. I never heard of kola till infinity con was announced. Then I saw how good he was. I always thought that goblin was the best roy. Looks like he has a contender.
kola is definitely better or at least is ranked higher
Yeah. I'm fairly convinced that Kola is the best Roy and better player at this point, but Goblin didn't do much over the quarantine. We have yet to see what he might be capable of.
@@calebw8189 true
Love Esam clapping for Kola mid set
And right after that he 0-death him lmao
I'd be annoyed if I was kola
@@astro_buckets6417 man you’d be that salty at a show of respect?
What got into Kola with the char switch?
Something tells me, the trade off between surprising your opponent and playing your second best char is always a lost on your side.
Lylat
^
There was only 2 bans and there was three stages that Roy’s gets destroyed on against pika fd , kalos, and lylat probably banned fd and kalos and once esam picked lylat had to go snake cause Roy would get smacked on that stage
Kola honestly plays his secondaries a lot more than people realize, he's definitely put the time in with other characters like Snake and Cloud. I agree with the others it was prolly to go with the stage but he's def capable of getting results with them IMO.
Y'all back seat gaming. The snake switch by Kola was risky but he was putting up a good fight and got read hard.
Man Kola had such a good run, it's unfortunate that the snake switch was just not a good choice
Roy is bad on lylat
Not a good choice but unfortunately his best option
空前すっぽかして空下狙うとかうますぎるし、最後に持ってくるとこも最高
Google Translate really didn’t do its job here
@@eliasper2894
This is what he meant:
The moment when esam missed forward air on purpose and aimed at down air was insanely impressive. And his down air in the final stock was so brilliant.
My two favorite players. This is painful to watch, I can’t root against either of them
I think esam as a player is probably THE most slept on as a pro. This dude is a fuckin threat when he attends tournaments dude. Everyone’s so quick to mention the other pros but forgets to mention esam… don’t play with this man lol
14:03 I am speechless
I would love to think of this as a reaction but esam has been quick attacking so much that it was just a hard/clean read.
With Kola's switch I think he's just working on hype and his better play. His style is a dare and I appreciate that.
been bouncing around out of order i must say esam is playing too good today
My man Esam. EFAM love the game and good play. Love yall
Is there a reason why Kola didn't Up-B out of shield after blocking ESAM's dash attacks? There were numerous times he could have done this but instead just grabbed him or let him go virtually unpunished. Good games, though.
I trinken pika is to low on the ground to get hit
Up b puts him in a bad situation if it doesn’t kill him or send him super far
The reverse 3-0 Roy into Snake would be an awesome bait and switch if you could actually masterball with Snake.
But my man solid snake has an 180 IQ. Bruh you can't handle these tools.
I like how esam was hyping himself when he got the thunderbolt💪🏾💯
Game 5 stage gives so much advantage to Pikachu VS Roy that Kola has to switch to secondary characters, not a great Game 5 ..
7:38 early popoff to true pop off.
Nice combo.
What was Kola thinking going snake???
Lylat is one of Roy’s worst stages
8:58
Esam: I... said... you're... dead.
What a strong young man 😭😭lmao bro the comedy
9:35 *O H M Y G O D*
Everyone hating on Kola’s snake pick but he was schmovin on him Esam
Esam Sauces MVD snake
This was not the case
A 2 stock is not “schmovin” lol
@@tonycastillo7000 he was playing good and had Nice movement
@@PepsiPepe This is top-level. It was only a matter of time before Esam downloaded Kola's snake because he knows the mu like the back of his hand
@@PepsiPepeKola's snake is good. Just a bad pick against a snake specialist lol
@@Davide95933 fair enough. Atleast kola has more info on how his snake would do against the snake killer
Drag down fair into down air, that's dirty.
i like Coney "writing" on the screen like a football announcer. haha
9:35 dont tell me i was the only one to shit my pants when I heard that
7:45 OH SHIT!!!!
My dark-skinned fellow competitor, I implore you to select boxing ring or else homosexuality may be in question.
Watching esam is like watching bald podcast
I think that when someone loses winners finals and then loses losers finals so he doesn’t drop a set then gets double eliminated so
ESAM is nice as hell at this game, pikachu? Busted
ESAM is the most likeable Smash player around.
Boxing ring
yeah the actual winners final game is here lol
kola did so good! i was hoping he'd actually win the tournament, but 3rd place isn't as bad as one might think. super proud of kola
a wise man once said "they need to stop coney from commentating"
7:36 Bro this is just sad... I mean look at Kola's reaction
Esam: Pikachu? Busted! I'm godlike. Nice!
Pause at 20:19. JESUS
Esam finally going boxing ring?
I know it takes hella nerves to play at that crazy speed for so many games but Esam and Scend are literally the worst people to play snake against
4:29 LOL... "what's that"
INSANE, goat
I main 10 character in this game and Pikachu and Roy are one of the two I main
Kola switching to Snake on the last game was the biggest "wtf, why?" moment. He could've done it with Roy
Lylat is bad for roy
Lylat is terrible for Roy. He should have banned Lylat
@@Davide95933 he can’t, he had to ban FD and Kalos too.
Y'all don't know anything about stages huh?
Roy can’t do anything against pika on lylat
I am so high that i cant understand what's going on
Kola, trust your Roy!! Great games btw
1:26 LMAOOOO
5:35 WHAT THE...?!!
1:26
4:30 we all know where we wanted that drawing to go
ESAM has plot armor
Esam used 69 thunderbolts^^
Pikachu is a mouse not a rat
why didnt esam pick boxing ring???
esam looking like bane with that mask lol
Came at 1:27
Shmeat
i like esam he is so kind 😍🥰🥰
Shmeat out is crazy
I'm glad kola had the balls to go snake but I'm so disappointed he didn't follow through with Roy after playing such an incredible set.
Esam favorite smash player
Esam, Esam's favorite smash player.
said nobody ever
@@Weyk47 Esam's kinda lame. He plays Pika, Min Min, Steve, and Samus...... none of which are remotely cool.
@@andreistoriei2050 ok and? Lmaooo I don’t see any other top performing pikachus and they are competitive players. Nobody cares if you think it’s lame
@@andreistoriei2050 Character alone doesn't determine how likable your playstyle is
Esam eats stocks, what a god
That snake pick was sad 😢
Roy gets smacked by pika on lylat
We were all proud of you Kola!
Esam is a real monster
Grind
Esam really going off… gg kola
Being a pika main myself esam and I think so much alike it’s scary
Fucked up going snake
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They Both Versatile ASF 😊👍
Should have stayed Roy
>Switches to a character that beats Pikachu
"This is weird"
The fact that it's weird to people is what is weird. The propaganda is strong with this character.
Let’s goo esam
He really shouldn’t have went Snake
If he picked snake there is a reason and I don’t think your good enough to tell if he was wrong
Idk why he switched characters at the worst damn time
Playing on Lylat as Roy is already bad enough. Now imagine playing on Lylat against ESAM's Pika as Roy...
Boxing ring
Pikachu needs to be balanced.
Ban Lylat
I hate esam, but nice gameplay
Snek
Ban lylat
I hate watching Pikachu MUs. They always feel annoying to watch. Always feel bad for whoever is going against ESAM just cus I know it’s gunna be an annoying experience.
Spoiler :
Esam showing newcomers who’s the boss
are u an idiot they literally went to game 5
my guy esam almost got reverse 3-0d
You mean "Big Boss"
Lol, thinking kolas a new comer.
@@yafilmme6160 I know. And Pika vs Roy. Almost losing a set to a Roy playing Pika is kinda not "showing who's the boss" exactly. Know what I mean?
esam doing the ridley taunt irl 7:45
lmao