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I think this is the best I've ever seen a Pikachu play in this game. ShinyMark is clearly quite a bit better than peak ESAM, and would likely be a top 20 contender if he were able to travel more. The character is very difficult to pick up and play at a top level, but when you're pulling it off...

Pikachu falling off would imply that he's doing worse than he used to. I don't think that's really the case? ESAM has fallen off, but ShinyMark is doing better than ever. I suppose you could argue that 2019 ESAM was doing better than 2023/2024 ShinyMark, but I'd argue that largely comes down to...

I would argue that Dabuz is a top 10 player (skill wise) who is held back by his character choices (especially Rosalina). His Min Min is good but not at the level of the Japanese top level Min Min mains. His Olimar is rarely used these days. Rosalina, as a character, is either high mid tier or...

SHADIC does well vs Onin and Kola, but Sparg0 will be really difficult. If he can beat Sparg0 then his chances of winning are really good. If he loses to Sparg0 then he might lose to Light for 5th (although it's entirely possible that he'll beat Light, he's come close several times before). I...

Y'know, it's interesting. There are many aspects of "easy to play" vs "hard to play". Steve, for instance, has a lot of tech that you might want to learn, and you can't just play Steve as a regular vanilla character, you have to learn Steve specific things. However, Steve has a rather easy time...

I think G&W might have the best "ease of use" to "strength" ratio in the game. G&W is really easy to pick up, really easy to play, while still being one of the strongest characters. While I do think both Steve and Sonic are better once mastered both of them take more effort to pick up, whereas...

G&W not being top 5 is a bit odd to me. If he isn't top 5, then who would take his place? Steve/Sonic/ROB/Snake seem fairly likely, but who would the 5th be? I suppose the main candidates would be Aegis, Peach, Fox, Joker, and Pikachu. MkLeo does not think Aegis is top 10. Aegis, as a...

There's a lot to talk about regarding Cirque, but for this post I will focus on how people placed compared to their seeds, and notable wins and losses. SHADIC getting 1st with a seed of #7. I always thought he was underseeded at this tournament and should've been over Kola and Dabuz, so...

SHADIC had an amazing run, no doubts about that. Beating Dabuz, Shuton, and Epic_Gabriel in pools, and then beating BeastModePaul and Kola in winners, before losing 2-3 vs Miya (granted, the two game wins were vs Mii Swordfighter, but he almost won game 5 vs Miya's G&W, almost Grand Finals...

Solo maining vs dual maining/main + secondary is a common topic. I decided to look at the top 50 in Lumirank, and the results maybe surprising for some. This is a rather long post, scroll down for a summary. 1. acola: While he's used Kazuya in the past and tried to use Aegis (but not with great...

When did MkLeo use Byleth? I only saw Joker but I didn't watch every set. Nice to see MkLeo doing well again, I was hoping he'd lose to Sparg0 though since I want to see Sparg0 as #1 in the world. Bloom4Eva got double eliminated by Sparg0 for 4th, unlucky. He took Sparg0 to game 5 though...

Yeah, it's their strengths that make them top 10 despite having glaring flaws. It's interesting how people think Chrom is like, mid tier despite being similar to Roy in many ways, and many people cite his recovery holding him down. I don't know if I think Aegis has a much better recovery, but...

I think it's important to keep in mind that perception matters when it comes to representation. Aegis, on release, was considered a contender for #1, and kept being considered a contender for #1 until around September/October 2022 or so. Case in point...

As a former Aegis main and current Corrin main, here is my take: Overall, I would say Corrin has a better advantage state and disadvantage state than Aegis, but a worse neutral than Mythra. I think Aegis are likely still better than Corrin (albeit a bit overrated, probably top 10 and Corrin is...

He made an updated version where he put Fox and Snake in -2 (I agree with Snake and disagree with Fox, and I think Sheik and maybe Sephiroth should also be -2). He also put Sephiroth in even and some other changes. Here's one that Neo and SHADIC made together. Both Neo and SHADIC were asked...