15:45 Daigo vs Gachikun (Winner's Semis) 40:23 Kawano vs Tokido (Winner's Semis) 57:30 Justakid vs Oil King (Loser's Eighths) 1:19:35 Mister Crimson vs IDOM (Loser's Eighths) 1:31:14 Loser's Quarters 1 1:53:24 Loser's Quarters 2 2:09:05 Winner's Finals 2:37:22 Loser's Semis 2:47:09 Loser's Finals 3:07:34 Grand Finals Man, Capcom should be able to put chapters in their own VoD but I'll put these here in case someone actually sees it.
IDOM had a great run. Both Kawano (winners bracket) and IDOM (losers bracket) both went undefeated in their perspective brackets. IDOM slaying through 3 straight Japanese powerhouses (Daigo, Tokido, and Gachikun) It was not until the Grand Final when it came down to the final last round (with a losers reset) to make it one of the most memorable finals in EVO history. Congrats to both.
This was, hands down, the best Top 8 I've ever seen. Idom was incredible, and it came down to the absolute last round. Couldn't possibly be any closer. If this really is the end of SFV, it was a great send off.
I feel like it was probably less hype than previous Evos or Combo Breakers. And there seemed to be way more drops and whiffs than I remember in the past
That sht was trash. Infiltration would made these guys look free. Infiltration is the GOAT in SFV. Capcom bann the best player in SFV, which is such a shame.
@@thehillza They didn’t give him a reason. Everyone assumes it’s because of the domestic violence case he had a few years ago, which his girlfriend at the time falsely accused him of being an abuser. Capcom banned him 2 years which he patiently waited and he was still investing time to play pro in their own game, then Capcom sent him a notice stating that he is permanently bann from all tournaments. This is what happens when Capcom and other companies take control of the competitive scene that people created. They bann the best players, filipino champ, and Infiltration to name a few. No trash talking, no best players, trash events, community has less control, games become water down etc.. Infiltration is still the GOAT though
@@kelvin303 I didn't even know it was like this nowadays. Thats really terrible, FChamp brought so much fun to the events with his trash talk. How can I filtration be banned from all events if he has been proven innocent........... it's a real shame the age we live in ag the moment.
Shout to IDOM! You could argue he was the MVP on a losing team. Had to go thru some heavy hitters to get to the final and came within seconds from winning it all. Tremendous job.
Top 8 was just perfect! Grand finals going down to last game last round, and to top it all off, James Chen finishing it with 'is it gonna kill?" is the cherry on top. Congratulations to everyone!
It was great to see the community rally around Idom after the show, getting the reset and having two tourney points and coming up just short in the end must have felt crushing, but to see so much support his way was very awesome. What an incredible grand finals by both players
Oh shnap, yeah now that you mentioned it. It pretty much was lol. This was probably the most intense SFV grand finals, and also an extremely good way to end SFV too.
in my opinion, kawano and idom are having their best moments. in fact, Idom in the US has been the top player for at least 2-3 years. And kawano has been very consistent in their results for the same time period in Japan. Congratulations to both of them for the high level they played. Thank you kawano for keeping the evo title away from the Americans for another year.
Bro thank god, I can't stand Americans winning they won't shut up about it. They are literally people on twitter saying Idom is better than Kawano even now. Kawano adapted perfectly in the last set, read all his command throws with v shift. Also Americans dont realize that Japan didn't even send all their best players, Momochi/fuudo/Bonchan/Fujimura many more. Tokido did get destroyed by Idom but I dont know why he didn't just play Luke.
@@tamim3319 I find Tokido's Luke kind of boring. And I think the Japanese players didn't lab Laura because they consider her "low/mid tier" and so, even with these other players, Idom would destroy as it did. clearly they had no answers for Idom's Laura. MAYBE it could be different if Idom used Poison because Fuudo's Poison is strong. Anyway, Kawano showed great adaptability and knew how to take advantage of being in winner's side. And Idom showed great reads and great mind control. daigo, tokido and gachikun are still trying to use their hands on their own. 😄😄 Can't wait to see them in the Capcom Cup.
@@thenewmissinglink8501 I mean Tamim has a point. Remember when Punk was talking trash and saying no one can touch the U.S? Then during the 10 v 10 against EU. EU basically dismantled the U.S. team.
i know this is unreasonable. but i feel a pang of personal offense when the OGs are defeated. "These punk-cheater kids today..." ;) as I get older, I understand that I need to operate a bit differently in life. you have less mental flexibility (meaning the ability to change approach at will and to DEAL with dramatic changes coming at you). so, basically, you need to train to use your increased stillness of mind; look at aspects of wisdom, using your age to your advantage. Pride and ego are pitfalls of young and old. but, imo, planning benefits older people much more than younger people because, when you're young, you can 'wing it' a TON easier (in many different ways).
@@TheWorldisInfinite hes the best japan player "right now". Ive been watching the scene for years. Kawano was getting his ass kicked for the vast majority of his time playing sfv
Man this was set up to be a perfect ending for SFV and to pass the torch onto SF6. I really doubt the competition and excitement can be topped at EVO Japan. Either way, I'm happy for Kawano and that a Kolin took the win.
Seeing Ultra David and James Chen commenting street fighter finals takes me back 12 year's or something like that lol... Damn Been a long time I don't watch but it's so cool to see that they're still around and doing a great job.
Idom played amazing game, watched it live and watched it again today. The way he defeated everyone in looser bracket. Then reset in grand finals and went to the final round and to the final combo. Idom deserves everything and more. I have never someone played with Laura like this, Idom was MVP for me.....
The man beat Me Crimson, Daigo, Tokido, Gotchakun 👀lol, then Kawano 4 games straight. NYC says yea he Deff Won. Who else can say they ran that gauntlet?💪💪🦾🦾
Great tournament. I was really hoping Idom would have got the W but that was an insane mental marathon having to eliminate Diago, Tokido and Gachikun back to back and then knock Kawano into losers. I thought Laura would have the advantage over Kolin but Kawano has some crazy defence. Congrats Kawano. Well played Idom.
@kokayinewsome9308 This is the funniest comment even a year later because the comment you're replying to had nothing to do with Luke and we only saw Luke for 1 set this entire Top 8
@@cellP8 i didn't come (yeah I'm the same person another account). This is (was?) the top comment and it appeared automatically as the top answer on the TH-cam app. I litteraly did nothing and got spoiled for no reason as I stated on my previous comment.
SFV had a hell of a run, coming from the depths of trash to the rise of glory. Much love for carrying us through these years of chaos. Now, let's begin a new area of Street Fighter. Let's go baby.
sf5 was trash from start to finish, vastly inferior to usf4, this game was a mistake and spent its whole life trying to play catch up, definite sony bias for it to be on 2nd last when it had far less viewers in pools than either tekken or gg
@@fwef7445 far less bro that is fuckin cap and it had more than tekken at top 8 so what are u saying? Most people viewing said it was the hypest top 8. LOL and usf4 was trash even daigo said it was trash. who are u again?
I love how ALL matches in street fighter are exiting. The lower the skill gap is between both players, the more exciting it gets. Same thing with 2 noobs or 2 daigos
At this point in his career it feels like Daigo has become Roger Federer. A player who most everyone likes and cheers for and wants to see win, but might now be surpassed by the next generation of great, young players. Daigo still has the talent to get far in tournaments, but it seems like the best players will likely get the best of him most times now.
That Grand Finals was the best match of SFV I'd argue of the whole series, followed up by 2019 CPT Punk vs. Idom, then #3 being a Grand Finals from I think a Spooky match a couple months ago with Caba vs. Idom. God-Tier level play across the board--so much fun to watch!
@@last7509Were you just not aware of the dozens of other games you could have been playing? Nothing was stopping you from just not playing/watching SFV if you didn't want to.
Damn!!! Gachikuns playstyle is very difficult to deal with. Whenever he goes into offensive node it's over. For kawano It's his defense that's hard to crack
I have watched all Topanga season this year, literally you can't play footsies with Kawano he will destroy you. Thats why Idom's gameplay was impressive he was doing really well in neutral vs Kawano without almost any jump ins. Kawano didn't make Topanga finals, he lost to John Takeuchi in a close set but it felt more like character difference than player difference. I think another big reason why Idom did well vs the JApanese players is that they don't have any pro player who plays Laura so they have no experience vs it.
@@tamim3319 Infiltration can play almost any character and destroy the competition. What’s even more awesome about him is he plays low tier characters, and shows everyone he can still dominate
Watching the grand final almost make my heart skip a beat and it all went down into the final round. I didnt think kawano can handle idom but he did made adjustment after reset. Well done kawano... He deserve to be a new evo champ.
I didn't think Kawano could improve much and yet here he is, undoubtedly the best Kolin and IMO one of the best players hands down, his match against Tokido, the spacing, parries, air throws and reads were godlike
Wow what a clutch grand final. Idom was playing scary good the whole bracket, just oppression. Have to admit that was the best sfv tournament I've seen since like season 1 evo.
People saying free as if Idom didn't just go beat Japan's top of the top in back to back games in Loser's bracket gassing him. Props to everyone who competed and congratulations to Kawano for not succumbing under the pressure of Idom's streak!
@Jim Crawford Y’all focus too much over the “Region vs Region”, NA vs JP vs EU, thing in the FGC, instead of just respecting a player for who he is instead of where he’s from. I don’t really care about that since I don’t live in any of the high profile FGC country.
@@untitled.18 People will do anything to cope with an underdog slaughtering their favorites. Ignore the haters and support the gamers doing their best to bring us this amazing entertainment. This top 8 was solid, start to finish.
Great tourney. Idom was amazing and I thought Gochikun was really impressive, his play style is amazing. Kuwano great persistence, not easy to keep your cool when you are getting rolled like that
Idom is a fucking legend. I have cared very little about SF5 over the last few years but this top 8 was one of the absolute best top 8s I've ever seen regardless of game. Idom's run was absurd, and ti make it final set, final round and a close one at that was amazing.
That was such a great top 8, and a fucking fantastic Grand Finals! Had my on the edge of my seat. Great way to close out SFV, though apparently it's coming to EVO Japan next year as well.
James Chen is a treasure. This was a great evo top 8. I haven't played fighting games in over a year due to my best friend and fighting game partner dying in 2021. I'm happy that this has made me feel like I can start playing again.
2:20:35 UltraDavid, thank you so much. Once you guys started talking about bringing the power of the weird a few minutes earlier, I was wondering: "Is...one of these guys a Dune fan? Am I going to hear a joke? Please, let one of these two be a Dune fan...it's RIGHT THERE" BOOM baby
Jesus, had to watch it again. Kawano kept his fundamentals in check under the pressure so well. iDom really almost did it aswell, a little too short on the command grabs but I know he wanted the blender guess for game situation. respect to both players and Top 8 in general. What a great Evo for the coming to an end SFV and seeing the OGs still placing Top 16 with new faces representing.
Did anyone take note of what happened at the end in the match with Idom and Kawano and how insane that was? the fact that Kawano didn’t have trigger and still avoided getting put in block stun to build it but because he caught two crush counters and then a vskill combo he managed to build the meter perfectly to close it out….I can’t believe what I just saw
43:54 it’s kinda scary how in sync these players are at the top level. They are literally on one wave length of consciousness lol. Even when they fix their masks… it’s crazy.
Patience paid off in the end - in the last sequence Idom just kept spamming fireball in the neutral but Kawano had all the space to just walk back/not engage and stay safe. Yes it's abusable in the neutral but I wonder how that round would have ended if Idom just walked forward more instead.
When its last round and last match for EVERYTHING, everybody gets nervous, including Idom. Both were playing it safe, but time ran out on Idom's trigger so the tides turned. Could Idom play aggro to win? Maybe, but one counter poke from Kawano and it will be over, pointless what-ifs.
It was good sendoff to SFV. Grand finals with two chars introduced in the game who become MONSTERS when activate v-trigger, the SFV mechanic. Not my favorite game but it was what the producers wanted us to play.
grande idom, le ganó a los jugadores japoneses de street fighter. una final de infarto perdió por poco pero como dijo el sabio Toretto "no importa si es por poco , ganar es ganar" grande kawano con kolin merecido premio
These two together commentating are hilarious (Dave and James)! Their coverage of the Idom fights are 👌🏽 had me cracking up at times! 🤣 so technically on point too with what they see
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15:45 Daigo vs Gachikun (Winner's Semis)
40:23 Kawano vs Tokido (Winner's Semis)
57:30 Justakid vs Oil King (Loser's Eighths)
1:19:35 Mister Crimson vs IDOM (Loser's Eighths)
1:31:14 Loser's Quarters 1
1:53:24 Loser's Quarters 2
2:09:05 Winner's Finals
2:37:22 Loser's Semis
2:47:09 Loser's Finals
3:07:34 Grand Finals
Man, Capcom should be able to put chapters in their own VoD but I'll put these here in case someone actually sees it.
thx
Thank you!
Thanks for your work king/queen
Hero
tyy
Winners semi-finals:
00:15:44 Daigo (Guile) vs Gachikun (Rashid)
00:40:19 Kawano (Kolin) vs Tokido (Luke)
Losers eights:
00:57:28 Justakid (Juri) vs Oil King (Seth)
01:19:33 Mister Crimson (Dhalsim) vs Idom (Laura)
01:31:09 Losers quarter-final 1
01:53:20 Losers quarter-final 2
02:09:01 Winners final
02:37:20 Losers semi-final
02:47:07 Losers final
03:07:32 Grand final
03:47:34 FEET
So many thanks
IDOM had a great run. Both Kawano (winners bracket) and IDOM (losers bracket) both went undefeated in their perspective brackets. IDOM slaying through 3 straight Japanese powerhouses (Daigo, Tokido, and Gachikun) It was not until the Grand Final when it came down to the final last round (with a losers reset) to make it one of the most memorable finals in EVO history. Congrats to both.
Against daigo it was quite close actually close...
Daigo is the only guy who can play according to any play style even at his age🙏
I know he got a lot of miles from
His command grabs but I think he should have stopped after he kawano back dashed the 2nd one last round
Ryan Hart beat Idom in pools. That's why he was in the losers bracket from the start of top 8.
Anyone know who put Idom in losers bracket?
@@275dpr Look at my comment above yours. Ryan Hart beat Idom in pools. Dudes a beast.
This was, hands down, the best Top 8 I've ever seen. Idom was incredible, and it came down to the absolute last round. Couldn't possibly be any closer.
If this really is the end of SFV, it was a great send off.
Evo 2015 is better
This was a great one, but EVO 2017 will always have a special place in my heart.
Sorry but if infiltration is not in the tournament then all these wins don’t count.
@@kelvin303 bad take.
I feel like it was probably less hype than previous Evos or Combo Breakers. And there seemed to be way more drops and whiffs than I remember in the past
Man that grand final was special. I have not watched Evo for a very long time but that got me hyped AF.
Hell yeah that was awesome!!
That sht was trash. Infiltration would made these guys look free. Infiltration is the GOAT in SFV. Capcom bann the best player in SFV, which is such a shame.
@@kelvin303 Why did he get banned?
@@thehillza They didn’t give him a reason. Everyone assumes it’s because of the domestic violence case he had a few years ago, which his girlfriend at the time falsely accused him of being an abuser. Capcom banned him 2 years which he patiently waited and he was still investing time to play pro in their own game, then Capcom sent him a notice stating that he is permanently bann from all tournaments. This is what happens when Capcom and other companies take control of the competitive scene that people created. They bann the best players, filipino champ, and Infiltration to name a few. No trash talking, no best players, trash events, community has less control, games become water down etc.. Infiltration is still the GOAT though
@@kelvin303 I didn't even know it was like this nowadays. Thats really terrible, FChamp brought so much fun to the events with his trash talk. How can I filtration be banned from all events if he has been proven innocent........... it's a real shame the age we live in ag the moment.
Shout to IDOM! You could argue he was the MVP on a losing team. Had to go thru some heavy hitters to get to the final and came within seconds from winning it all. Tremendous job.
yea with that cheapass controller and command grabs 😂
Sorry but if infiltration is not in the tournament then all these wins don’t count
By far the best finals I’ve seen so far this year to date. Amazing job IDOM and Kawano
Top 8 was just perfect! Grand finals going down to last game last round, and to top it all off, James Chen finishing it with 'is it gonna kill?" is the cherry on top. Congratulations to everyone!
It was great to see the community rally around Idom after the show, getting the reset and having two tourney points and coming up just short in the end must have felt crushing, but to see so much support his way was very awesome. What an incredible grand finals by both players
So happy this is back. I’ve never been to an EVO and now I need to go. Amazing
I'm glad for the jokes too.
"Daigo, put under the bridge,like a troll"
Same! I’ve never been either but am definitely interested in going!
Same, I'm going next year no doubt.
Its fun the after parties are amazing as well
Man, this Top 8 was truly the new generation of players vs the old. What a great top 8 it was.
Oh shnap, yeah now that you mentioned it. It pretty much was lol. This was probably the most intense SFV grand finals, and also an extremely good way to end SFV too.
The new generation is proving to be better than the veterans, this fact occurred in other EVO 2022 games.
IDOM played great that had to be so much pressure to power through so many great players. It was so close, but congrats to the winner Kawano.
Too cheap
in my opinion, kawano and idom are having their best moments. in fact, Idom in the US has been the top player for at least 2-3 years. And kawano has been very consistent in their results for the same time period in Japan. Congratulations to both of them for the high level they played. Thank you kawano for keeping the evo title away from the Americans for another year.
Bro thank god, I can't stand Americans winning they won't shut up about it. They are literally people on twitter saying Idom is better than Kawano even now. Kawano adapted perfectly in the last set, read all his command throws with v shift. Also Americans dont realize that Japan didn't even send all their best players, Momochi/fuudo/Bonchan/Fujimura many more. Tokido did get destroyed by Idom but I dont know why he didn't just play Luke.
@@tamim3319 goodness calm down
@@tamim3319 I find Tokido's Luke kind of boring. And I think the Japanese players didn't lab Laura because they consider her "low/mid tier" and so, even with these other players, Idom would destroy as it did. clearly they had no answers for Idom's Laura. MAYBE it could be different if Idom used Poison because Fuudo's Poison is strong.
Anyway, Kawano showed great adaptability and knew how to take advantage of being in winner's side. And Idom showed great reads and great mind control. daigo, tokido and gachikun are still trying to use their hands on their own. 😄😄 Can't wait to see them in the Capcom Cup.
@@tamim3319
If Tokido went Luke, iDom would have went Poison. Zoners do well against Luke.
@@thenewmissinglink8501 I mean Tamim has a point. Remember when Punk was talking trash and saying no one can touch the U.S? Then during the 10 v 10 against EU. EU basically dismantled the U.S. team.
Damn, every top 8 match is so freakin exciting.
Great to see Daigo and Tokido making Top 8 again. Those two should have gotten a big a popoff as Idom.
It's amazing Daigo still making to top 8 at his age.
Sad we couldn't get a Daigo vs Tokido match to close out the last EVO for SFV (probably) but hey, still a great top 8!
Arigato
@@quanthinh3487 what does age have to do with anything..it’s a video game..it’s not like he’s playing a physical sport 😂🤣😂
@@MarcusM334 its a brain sport like chess. Also,the older you get,the worse your reaction time. Wich is important in FGs
Mad respect for Idom after watching him do what he just did. Thats a crazy list for anyone to beat
Cheap hero
The fact that Daigo and Tokido is still making Top 8 after all this time with all the competition that has come and went is simply amazing
And both of them taken out by Idom, Idom steamrolling guys.. totally underrated
i know this is unreasonable. but i feel a pang of personal offense when the OGs are defeated. "These punk-cheater kids today..." ;)
as I get older, I understand that I need to operate a bit differently in life. you have less mental flexibility (meaning the ability to change approach at will and to DEAL with dramatic changes coming at you). so, basically, you need to train to use your increased stillness of mind; look at aspects of wisdom, using your age to your advantage.
Pride and ego are pitfalls of young and old.
but, imo, planning benefits older people much more than younger people because, when you're young, you can 'wing it' a TON easier (in many different ways).
@@JohnPedder and then idom lost to a guy both tokido and daigo have been beating for years.
The old heads are monsters man
@@pogoacct8611 You haven't watched recently Kawano is the best JPN player
@@TheWorldisInfinite hes the best japan player "right now".
Ive been watching the scene for years. Kawano was getting his ass kicked for the vast majority of his time playing sfv
Man this was set up to be a perfect ending for SFV and to pass the torch onto SF6. I really doubt the competition and excitement can be topped at EVO Japan. Either way, I'm happy for Kawano and that a Kolin took the win.
Sorry but if infiltration is not in the tournament then all these wins don’t count
I hope SF6 has Cammy as finally top tier. I love her, Chun-li and Juri but you never see them at Evo.
Seeing Ultra David and James Chen commenting street fighter finals takes me back 12 year's or something like that lol... Damn Been a long time I don't watch but it's so cool to see that they're still around and doing a great job.
Chen is cringe, fgc needs to move on from him
@@fwef7445 the cringe is one thing, but for me its his voice. He always sounds like a chain smoker or sum
I don’t like James Chen’s voice either but he always seems more informed and on point with his analysis than the other commentator. He knows his shit.
@@windmillCrack nah ski sonic has the worst voice. Yipes has to be my favorite
@@fwef7445 when he makes that shriek/yell noise when daigo flash kicks… it’s not good
These are not the best sfv commentators atm
Idom played amazing game, watched it live and watched it again today. The way he defeated everyone in looser bracket. Then reset in grand finals and went to the final round and to the final combo. Idom deserves everything and more. I have never someone played with Laura like this, Idom was MVP for me.....
His Laura is unreal
I’m still giving my credits to iDom. This guy played absolutely amazing.
He was knocked down to losers before top 48. Legendary run.
@@rubberducky1356 iDom deserved a second prize. For his outstanding fighting.
The man beat Me Crimson, Daigo, Tokido, Gotchakun 👀lol, then Kawano 4 games straight.
NYC says yea he Deff Won. Who else can say they ran that gauntlet?💪💪🦾🦾
Infiltration would’ve made all these guys look Free. Capcom bann the best player in SFV FGC, which is such a shame from Capcom..
Made a lot of mistakes in the last two fights, think the pressure got him at the end, he deserved 1st place imo.
3:28:54 Kawano building his V-Reversal meter here is crucial. That activation is just perfect!
Exactly
whoa, that is some efficient resource management
Great tournament. I was really hoping Idom would have got the W but that was an insane mental marathon having to eliminate Diago, Tokido and Gachikun back to back and then knock Kawano into losers. I thought Laura would have the advantage over Kolin but Kawano has some crazy defence. Congrats Kawano. Well played Idom.
I'm starting to hate Luke. I see him too much and he is not a cool character.
Horrible tournament
@kokayinewsome9308 This is the funniest comment even a year later because the comment you're replying to had nothing to do with Luke and we only saw Luke for 1 set this entire Top 8
great commentary from the boys once again. crazy matches
IDOM was looking unstoppable, mad props to Kawano.
And that's how you get spoiled by the top comment without even making comments appear thanks to TH-cam new layout.
@@cellP8 i didn't come (yeah I'm the same person another account). This is (was?) the top comment and it appeared automatically as the top answer on the TH-cam app. I litteraly did nothing and got spoiled for no reason as I stated on my previous comment.
The potential final EVO for SFV couldn’t have ended any better. I was routing for Idom, but a fan of Kawano. This was a legendary tournament.
Sorry but if infiltration is not in the tournament then all these wins don’t count
@@kelvin303 I understand where you’re coming from, hopefully infiltration will be more active in SF6 with Juri having her dive kick back
The pandemic really killed it for me but this finally got me excited and giddy again about street fighter im so happy
Bruh how did pandemic hurt gaming…..
SFV had a hell of a run, coming from the depths of trash to the rise of glory. Much love for carrying us through these years of chaos.
Now, let's begin a new area of Street Fighter. Let's go baby.
sf5 was trash from start to finish, vastly inferior to usf4, this game was a mistake and spent its whole life trying to play catch up, definite sony bias for it to be on 2nd last when it had far less viewers in pools than either tekken or gg
This game is junk af and always will be.
6 years and still zero hype on me.
@@eluard9238 I don't think it's an amazing game or anything, but if you hate it that much and you're here that's just sad.
@@fwef7445 far less bro that is fuckin cap and it had more than tekken at top 8 so what are u saying? Most people viewing said it was the hypest top 8. LOL and usf4 was trash even daigo said it was trash. who are u again?
@@SharkWithFreakinLaserBeam bro
I love how ALL matches in street fighter are exiting. The lower the skill gap is between both players, the more exciting it gets. Same thing with 2 noobs or 2 daigos
Daigo's sets are always so tense!
I absolutely love the commentator’s analogy of syncopation for how Gachikun beat Daigo. What a concept!
Happy Daigo made top 8, he’s always who I want to win EVO lol but Kawano was my 2nd pick… props to IDOM he gave a great show up to the last pixel.
At this point in his career it feels like Daigo has become Roger Federer. A player who most everyone likes and cheers for and wants to see win, but might now be surpassed by the next generation of great, young players. Daigo still has the talent to get far in tournaments, but it seems like the best players will likely get the best of him most times now.
That Grand Finals was the best match of SFV I'd argue of the whole series, followed up by 2019 CPT Punk vs. Idom, then #3 being a Grand Finals from I think a Spooky match a couple months ago with Caba vs. Idom.
God-Tier level play across the board--so much fun to watch!
shout out to the fact that Idom was in all three of those sets, lmao. guys built different
that was an amazing top 8, not just for sfv but fighting games as a whole. definitely stole the show at evo
Man, that last game for the championship was a heartbreaker
When you lean too much on an unga character
Glad this game is over. It's terrible
@@last7509Were you just not aware of the dozens of other games you could have been playing? Nothing was stopping you from just not playing/watching SFV if you didn't want to.
Damn!!!
Gachikuns playstyle is very difficult to deal with.
Whenever he goes into offensive node it's over.
For kawano
It's his defense that's hard to crack
I have watched all Topanga season this year, literally you can't play footsies with Kawano he will destroy you. Thats why Idom's gameplay was impressive he was doing really well in neutral vs Kawano without almost any jump ins. Kawano didn't make Topanga finals, he lost to John Takeuchi in a close set but it felt more like character difference than player difference.
I think another big reason why Idom did well vs the JApanese players is that they don't have any pro player who plays Laura so they have no experience vs it.
@@tamim3319 Infiltration would’ve made all these players look free. Also Fchamp would’ve did great as well. Too bad the FGC bann the best players
@@kelvin303 Ya Infiltration looked good before covid, he had few years where he was very weak due to bad characters.
@@tamim3319 Infiltration can play almost any character and destroy the competition. What’s even more awesome about him is he plays low tier characters, and shows everyone he can still dominate
Watching the grand final almost make my heart skip a beat and it all went down into the final round. I didnt think kawano can handle idom but he did made adjustment after reset. Well done kawano... He deserve to be a new evo champ.
Kawano deserves the win. Only his Kolin could stop IDOM's rampagre
I didn't think Kawano could improve much and yet here he is, undoubtedly the best Kolin and IMO one of the best players hands down, his match against Tokido, the spacing, parries, air throws and reads were godlike
Please he’s Free to the likes of Infiltration. If Infil was playing he wouldve lost before grandfinals so would IDOM. Smh, FGC banns the best players
Kawano using Kolin is God mode, dude. I love it when people play characters others call weak and yet they win with them.
@@kelvin303 why was Infiltration ban?
@@kokayinewsome9308 same with Laura. She’s considered low tier in Japan
@@dujuanjohnson5025 but she's the fastest grappler other than Mika
What an amazing send off to an era!
That man Idom had me on the edge of my seat the whole time 👑
i love seeing the crowd this into street fighter again. SFV was looking dead for a bit, but evo is always so hype
That was a monster run IDOM. Great SFV at EVO
Idom did hella good 😭😭😭 it was intense
He got greedy 🙄 he could have provided way more better pressure than that
@@skipfuego6339 you definitely knew what idom should have done to beat the evo champ
@Skip Fuego armchair gamer lol
Wow what a clutch grand final. Idom was playing scary good the whole bracket, just oppression. Have to admit that was the best sfv tournament I've seen since like season 1 evo.
The level of all the players is extremely high, just a pleasure to watch!
Daigo, tokido are still in the elite class in my book!
I was rooting for Kawano all along. I like Idom, but Kawano deserved to win all along.
Crowd was dick riding idom too much
No deserving championship wins just earning them
HOLY SHIT!!! Every match at top 8 could have been the Grand Finals. Idom is a beast, but Kawano is also one. Amazing!
Man, watching Kawano win it all was deeply satisfying. Especially that grand final. What a boss.
Diago at 41 still is the shit. You can tell he doing for the love because he’s already a legend and imo the goat
Without a doubt, consistency is why he’s one of the goats not only in sf but fighting games in general.
I look fighting games since day 0.
Idom’s Laura still being IMPRESSIVE
Amazing...iDom smashed it. Is definitely a winner in my books! 👊🏾
People saying free as if Idom didn't just go beat Japan's top of the top in back to back games in Loser's bracket gassing him. Props to everyone who competed and congratulations to Kawano for not succumbing under the pressure of Idom's streak!
its laura, they practically didnt play the game they could only guess lmao
@Jim Crawford Y’all focus too much over the “Region vs Region”, NA vs JP vs EU, thing in the FGC, instead of just respecting a player for who he is instead of where he’s from. I don’t really care about that since I don’t live in any of the high profile FGC country.
@@untitled.18 People will do anything to cope with an underdog slaughtering their favorites. Ignore the haters and support the gamers doing their best to bring us this amazing entertainment. This top 8 was solid, start to finish.
Fun seeing someone really rock hard with Laura for once
Great tourney. Idom was amazing and I thought Gochikun was really impressive, his play style is amazing. Kuwano great persistence, not easy to keep your cool when you are getting rolled like that
2023
still stunned by this match
proper sending off for SFV
Idom is a fucking legend. I have cared very little about SF5 over the last few years but this top 8 was one of the absolute best top 8s I've ever seen regardless of game. Idom's run was absurd, and ti make it final set, final round and a close one at that was amazing.
Kawana has a beautifully played Kolin! That's what I like to see.
fantastic showing
あまりに衝撃的な結末に身体が脱力して手に力が入らない笑
最後まで信じていてよかった。ありがとうカワノ。
KAWANO IS OUR HERO
Amazing event what a definitive sendoff to Street Fighter 5 and now it is time to pass the torch to Street Fighter 6
Boy! Kawano is very tough!
No one really troubled him in this competition until gachikun
Ya Gachikun tried to play footsie with him first 2 games and lost hard. Then he went yolo jumpy mode and it worked well.
Smug almost beat him to make top 8 it was mad surprising
Amazing Top 8
That was such a great top 8, and a fucking fantastic Grand Finals! Had my on the edge of my seat. Great way to close out SFV, though apparently it's coming to EVO Japan next year as well.
Insane how Gatcha jumped off the wall to dodge a flash kick
My buddy is the loud guy screaming when IDOM holds the stick up 🤣
Not even playing this Evo has too much amazingness to put in 1 comment. I LOVE this stuff
That was AMAZING
James Chen is a treasure. This was a great evo top 8. I haven't played fighting games in over a year due to my best friend and fighting game partner dying in 2021. I'm happy that this has made me feel like I can start playing again.
Hey I’m sorry to hear that man
Get back in there man! Your friend would want it that way.
@@kayjay5414 I actually played CVS2 on dreamcast with a work friend today. I got goosebumps, I had a great time. Thank you.
That EVO Finals was intense! Looks like Kawano is the new end boss.
Nah Infiltration would’ve made him look free. Infiltration is the GOAT of SFV FGC.
That was truly amazing ! The finals !
IDOM vs DIAGO was SF personified!!!!!!! WHAT AN EXCELLENT MATCH!!!
2:20:35
UltraDavid, thank you so much. Once you guys started talking about bringing the power of the weird a few minutes earlier, I was wondering: "Is...one of these guys a Dune fan? Am I going to hear a joke? Please, let one of these two be a Dune fan...it's RIGHT THERE"
BOOM baby
Jesus, had to watch it again. Kawano kept his fundamentals in check under the pressure so well. iDom really almost did it aswell, a little too short on the command grabs but I know he wanted the blender guess for game situation. respect to both players and Top 8 in general. What a great Evo for the coming to an end SFV and seeing the OGs still placing Top 16 with new faces representing.
I see that champions periodically breath onto their hand. I'm about to become unstoppable at Street Fighter.
Did anyone take note of what happened at the end in the match with Idom and Kawano and how insane that was? the fact that Kawano didn’t have trigger and still avoided getting put in block stun to build it but because he caught two crush counters and then a vskill combo he managed to build the meter perfectly to close it out….I can’t believe what I just saw
My friend Doug REALLY enjoyed this.
Idom still in the top players. Nice final
One of the BEST EVO final! 2022!
GJ all I enjoy it!
Shout out to Tokedooo!
Sick grand finales and juri looks 10/10
Some sick matches! Idom was differently taking names with that rushdown
Need a meme with him/ Laura on a steam roller
The nerves really started to hit Idom pretty hard on that last round.
holy cow what a tournament. great matches great games.
Well Played Kawano! What a clutch! 👏
IDom is the MVP for giving us heart attacks! 😌
Couldn't have asked for a better way to end SFV's last EVO! ❤
But Kawano kicked his ass even with all the dick riders in the crowd
Amazing to me that Daigo is still kicking ass after all those years
Man... I love seeing James Chen again, commentating EVO is never the same without him
Great tournament, very exciting to watch. What a way to end it of. GGs
43:54 it’s kinda scary how in sync these players are at the top level. They are literally on one wave length of consciousness lol. Even when they fix their masks… it’s crazy.
Excelentes juegos, la final muy dramática, y el campeón sin duda se lo merecía. GRACIAS POR TANTAS EMOCIONES
really nice of kawano to take it to the last round of the final set!
CRAZY GRAND FINALS!
Patience paid off in the end - in the last sequence Idom just kept spamming fireball in the neutral but Kawano had all the space to just walk back/not engage and stay safe. Yes it's abusable in the neutral but I wonder how that round would have ended if Idom just walked forward more instead.
When its last round and last match for EVERYTHING, everybody gets nervous, including Idom. Both were playing it safe, but time ran out on Idom's trigger so the tides turned. Could Idom play aggro to win? Maybe, but one counter poke from Kawano and it will be over, pointless what-ifs.
It was good sendoff to SFV. Grand finals with two chars introduced in the game who become MONSTERS when activate v-trigger, the SFV mechanic. Not my favorite game but it was what the producers wanted us to play.
grande idom, le ganó a los jugadores japoneses de street fighter. una final de infarto perdió por poco pero como dijo el sabio Toretto "no importa si es por poco , ganar es ganar" grande kawano con kolin merecido premio
Perfecto
This was the best tournament I've seen.. now I'm going 2 learn sf
I haven't been this salty about a esports loss in a long time. But man that was an insane run idom had. He's the real winner imo
@@whiteshadow666777 real winner while robbing everyone he played with v trigger and Laura. Lol u gotta be joking, Kawano bodied him in neutral
The people here are incredible
These two together commentating are hilarious (Dave and James)! Their coverage of the Idom fights are 👌🏽 had me cracking up at times! 🤣 so technically on point too with what they see
Who’s here on the eve of SF6’s release date!?
kawano is definitely sick.