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[SSBU] Jumping is Overpowered

FireThePyro

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Sections:
0:00 wdym "Jumping is overpowered"?
0:50 Explaining the past
3:55 Explaining the present
6:53 Ramifications
11:06 Suspiciously Vague Third Act

20 Comments

@FireThePyroYT Creator 2 years ago Pinned

Thanks for watching. I know I've been out for a while, so I'll see if I can put something a little more casual out in the next few weeks. Nothing for certain, though! This one just took me a while.

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@yan_dj 2 years ago

Editing in raw sound effects back into muted tournament footage makes it so satisfying 😂

@Pizza_Ant 2 years ago

4:28 the funny thing is giga bowser had less jumpsquat frames than regular bowser

@siriuslywastaken 1 year ago

three years ago a redditor posted about how footstool out of shield was the future, talking about how it would help characters with bad out of shield options.

a lot of people, replying to the comment, thought it was a "novelty" and something that would never get far, or be useful since the best characters just had good out of shield options and/or good spaced attacks on shield anyway.

little did we all fucking know.

@md3_610_0 2 years ago

4:53 “You gave me the slowest jump, now I’m gonna starve!”

@calvietunion3588 2 years ago

Not even a minute In and the Little Mac slander already started 🔥🔥🔥

@Justinbyleth 2 years ago

Fun fact: a grounded footstool grands you 21 frames of advantage over the opponent. Byleth’s down air is frame 22, and therefore one single frame away from working

@spaghetto_power 2 years ago

yeah I DID NOT KNOW that phantom footstools had freaking intangebility for 4 frames, that's way too good for something that happens accidentely 98% of the time

@dangangalaxy9759 1 year ago

If this video had come out 4+ years ago, I’d be way better at Smash than I am now. It kinda pisses me off that in all the guides I watched and drills I did trying to get better at this game once upon a time, nobody ever explained the power of jumping and footstools to me the way you just did. Feels like the kind of thing good players just inherently understand or figure out that isn’t as intuitive for someone at a lower level to consciously realize, even if they may be subconsciously taking advantage of it.

@callanfehr8504 2 years ago

"even without a good attack, footstooling allows for characters to escape pressure and stun their opponent while they get into a better position"
Our time is now, Plant Gang.

@vernias 2 years ago

I think you perfectly explained why Steve is top 1 with how broken jumping is. also you're godlike for using One Step From Eden music, love your stuff!

@Kriskirby1992 2 years ago

You'd expect Mr. Jump Man himself to be S tier in a PLATFORM fighter of all things

@Omlett_E7 2 years ago

wanna know the weirdest part about phantom footstools? If you phantom footstool Sonic or Mr G&W out of their UpBs, they get their UpB back for some ungodly reason.

@DerrylHopkins 1 year ago

9:57 Steve nodding like that was really funny to me

@reggin2794 2 years ago

2:10 Coney jumpscare

@Chaos_Vergil 2 years ago

In a game where jumps are important, not only does Steve exploit this with plenty of options that can stop said jumps, but can also force said jumps in the first place and do things like easy-bake juggle combos and Footstool Anvil.

@TheGreatestGoobert-e7u 1 year ago

4:13 Fox looks like he is brushing Bowser’s hair.

@terrortaste6389 2 years ago (edited)

I'm always astounded by how many things there are that contribute to the movement and physics of smash. You've got standard character air speed, weights, jumpsquat times, falling speeds, initial jump velocity, etc. there's just so much of it all it's pretty overwhelming. There've been lots of games that try to simulate more realistic physics but as far as I can tell smash is the ONLY one that's a somewhat serious fighting game. Even its competitors seem like they simplify the system with less physics mechanics in general and I wonder if they're better or worse off for it.

@djunahguihard250 1 year ago (edited)

15:09 now it's step bros

@Denizu 2 years ago

I'm surprised the universal jump squat is seen as niche knowledge, back in the Pushblock Gaming days of pre-release analysis this was one of the most important and likewise most talked about feature in favour for why ultimate wouldn't be another smash 4. Aye, ultimate pre-release time was bonkers.

I suppose enough time has passed by then. Wonderful video, the effect of Fox being buried by stock icons was very well animated.