That game 2 was crazy. And in game 4, those desync dash attacks with Nana. Love seeing more ICs, I’ve missed watching this character. Crazy run from Nicki
@@KalebSDay doesn't make up the majority of his kills and its just essentially like up throw rest or down throw knee but much harder to execute bc its weight dependant and requires more frame perfection
@@isferbaad7367I personally don’t care that much, but its is completely useless because of how youtube works. On mobile, if you don’t open the comment section it’ll display one comment at a time and fade into different comments.
At 5:57 or so that desynch spotdodge to nana dair out of shield to beat the fox pressure was crazy, right? Commentators didnt' even comment on it, and I haven't watched a lot of IC's lately so maybe IC's players are just doing stuff like that now and I wasn't aware? Or was that insane? It looked insane to me, but I might just be out of touch here.
Yeah that was a shield stun desync to make nana dair oos. Nicki was talking about it in the ics discord after tournament bc some of us were asking about it. He said he never tried dair oos before outside of vs puff, but he said the shield stun desync seemed to be working well. Imo it seems more or less like a chump check (depending on the mu)
th-cam.com/video/PLMr6zxbcfY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=v7Y8vYjLGCF48sQK&t=349 was about to post it too! insane! Nicki is the only IC that is actually schmovin imo.
3 pummels and 3 attacks from nana. In slippi these days it's coded into the game to automatically grab release if you go past that limit. Not sure if the setups at this tournament used slippi or not (besides slippi mirroring I think, for better quality streams) but the commentators and a lot of players at the tournament would know if the rule was broken so, not much to worry about. Not sure what happens if that rule does get broken though. Plup joked about it on his stream when someone said they'd pay him $5 just to wobble at a tournament and get dq'ed lol
That was sick. What are the rules on wobbling, or how is it controlled? Seems like every grab had a few pummels, so wheres the line? I like seeing those Icey setups!
@@MrSlowpez10 the handoffs near the ledge are essentially a wobble. There is a video breakdown showing how they do have to learn the timing depending on the character they are going up against. In premise those are just as lame as old wobbling since it is free as we saw many 50+ percent moments near the ledge into kills without a way out.
@@younglove6363 lame as hell when they get the free 50% into a kill near the ledge without a way out. Wobbles actually had cooler handoff moments in his montages on Yoshi's, now that was sick.
@@KalebSDay it’s not free though, they still drop handoffs pretty often. And yeah it sucks to get grabbed and there’s nothing you can do, but that’s melee- sometimes if your opponent gets an opening and does a perfect punish you’re just dead.
What a shallow additude. And you say you don’t gaf about melee, then why tf are you putting your dogshit opinion on something you clearly don't understand the magnitude of and it’s bigger picture.
When I see a Cody vs IC or Samus match at the top of my feed, I know it's about to go down
That game 2 was crazy. And in game 4, those desync dash attacks with Nana. Love seeing more ICs, I’ve missed watching this character. Crazy run from Nicki
Nicki beating both of the top 2 is crazy
He beat jmook as well.
@Johndavidson4 I forgot about that ngl. He went insane here
All things considered jmook did really well in hindsight lol. Last game all zelda
Nicki top 1 no recency bias
Thanks for spoiling the next round.
Ice Climbers actually pretty sick without wobbling
When everyone realizes banned wobbling ic isn’t free the camp gear comes out. Then we’ll see who was being lame all along.
The handoffs near ledge getting 50+ percent for free into kills are essentially the same thing, so just as lame.
@@KalebSDay doesn't make up the majority of his kills and its just essentially like up throw rest or down throw knee but much harder to execute bc its weight dependant and requires more frame perfection
this is so fucking sick
That commentary at 10:28 encapsulates my thoughts so well lmao
Hell yes Nicki
‘you pay for medicine’ chant at 5:27
8:41
nicki played out of his mind holy shit
Brendan- "this is gonna be tough for Nicki"
40 seconds later, comes back 3 stocks to 1 and gets hit like twice in the process 😭😭 WHO IS THIS DUDE?
Spoiler Blocker 🛡️
No one cares
@@isferbaad7367 lol, bro just because your almighty fox lost, doesn't mean you have to ruin shit
@isuck6049 idgaf about melee. I'm just sick of the spoiler shield comments rushing in to try to be first every time
@@isuck6049 nice edit, child
@@isferbaad7367I personally don’t care that much, but its is completely useless because of how youtube works. On mobile, if you don’t open the comment section it’ll display one comment at a time and fade into different comments.
I love this game so much. Been watching it for 12 years and it's still just as fun as it ever was.
I'm so happy for this kid
that's where it started.
3:48
that smile. that damned smile.
If you told me in 2015 there would be a room full of people cheering at full volume for an ice climbers player I would have thought you were crazy
Nicki Game 2 wowow
At 5:57 or so that desynch spotdodge to nana dair out of shield to beat the fox pressure was crazy, right? Commentators didnt' even comment on it, and I haven't watched a lot of IC's lately so maybe IC's players are just doing stuff like that now and I wasn't aware? Or was that insane? It looked insane to me, but I might just be out of touch here.
@@mattpritchard3137 It's just me 💯
If anyone's doin it, nicki is
Yeah that was a shield stun desync to make nana dair oos. Nicki was talking about it in the ics discord after tournament bc some of us were asking about it. He said he never tried dair oos before outside of vs puff, but he said the shield stun desync seemed to be working well. Imo it seems more or less like a chump check (depending on the mu)
th-cam.com/video/PLMr6zxbcfY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=v7Y8vYjLGCF48sQK&t=349
was about to post it too! insane! Nicki is the only IC that is actually schmovin imo.
It was 5:49
That game 2 comeback was so sick!
that game 2 comeback was nasty af!! holy!!!
How many pummels do you get before it becomes a wobble?
3 pummels and 3 attacks from nana. In slippi these days it's coded into the game to automatically grab release if you go past that limit. Not sure if the setups at this tournament used slippi or not (besides slippi mirroring I think, for better quality streams) but the commentators and a lot of players at the tournament would know if the rule was broken so, not much to worry about. Not sure what happens if that rule does get broken though. Plup joked about it on his stream when someone said they'd pay him $5 just to wobble at a tournament and get dq'ed lol
@@LiveTwinReaction I think the rule is you have to sacrifice a stock if you go over the limit.
this set was insane to watch live - huge congrats to Nicki!!!
I appreciate the Loaded Lux reference hella
That was sick. What are the rules on wobbling, or how is it controlled? Seems like every grab had a few pummels, so wheres the line? I like seeing those Icey setups!
Only 3 pummels are allowed before the ICs have to get another regrab.
@@MrSlowpez10 the handoffs near the ledge are essentially a wobble. There is a video breakdown showing how they do have to learn the timing depending on the character they are going up against. In premise those are just as lame as old wobbling since it is free as we saw many 50+ percent moments near the ledge into kills without a way out.
@@KalebSDay yup, I know this
Let's go!
NICKI IS TOO FUCKING GOOD
Daaaamn!
Nicki is breeding new ice climbers across the world
cody fraub!!
GG Nicki. Incredible run.
Reminds me so much of Fly Amanita, what a goated non wobbling during the wobbling era ICs 🥹
I love to see IC playing like this, and Fly in the past. It's good to see it continue.
I am all for season of the midtiers, but the GOAT gets back from a business trip, cracks his knuckles and smooths all this shit out
I'm counting on one of these midtiers to make him buster out.
10-0d by Zain LMAOOOOO
@@shinji136 it's always been a game of rps, but you aint see golden glove marques losing to 2 midtiers in a row
mango used to lose to icies all the time idk
Nicki just became mokys best friend xD
Pulls up, casually beats 3 of the top 5 (would have been 4 if he ran into mango)
NO WAY
Multiple never seens from IC
Love this guy, look how happy he is, not only when winning but also while playing
Handoffs is just wobbling with extra steps. Change my mind.
Key differences from wobbling:
- harder to execute
- requires good RNG or specific stage positioning
- looks cool as hell (this matters a lot)
Can you do handoffs? Better yet, can you wavedash/lcancel?
only at the edge of a platform or stage. + its harder to do
@@younglove6363 lame as hell when they get the free 50% into a kill near the ledge without a way out. Wobbles actually had cooler handoff moments in his montages on Yoshi's, now that was sick.
@@KalebSDay it’s not free though, they still drop handoffs pretty often. And yeah it sucks to get grabbed and there’s nothing you can do, but that’s melee- sometimes if your opponent gets an opening and does a perfect punish you’re just dead.
Just play fox ic's is trash
When Cody loses, we all win!
True that!
Not me
these frekin nobodys not a soul has ever heard of comin outta nowhere beating the best players
If you haven't heard of Nicki you must've missed a lot of stuff
nicki is already top 100 tourist
Facts nicki even as recently as eggdog has beaten wizzy and went to game 5 against amsa and hbox
@@nektahatz5646 nah he a funny looking mf, def never seen him before lolololol
Lurk more
Cody lost, big whup.
@@isferbaad7367 its like magnus carlsen losing at a bar
What a shallow additude. And you say you don’t gaf about melee, then why tf are you putting your dogshit opinion on something you clearly don't understand the magnitude of and it’s bigger picture.
@@snowio2592 no it would be like Magnus losing at a tournament