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Thanks for watching! This was a fun tier list to do but one with a lot of room for interpretation, what did you think? Also a few notes, some taken from comments:

-Giant Punch: I said this is quicker than DK's fair, which technically comes out faster, but also starts above DK's head so functionally it does work out that way. I had this in my notes but forgot to bring it up at the time. I also said that you can't B-reverse it, and to clarify, I was talking about the charge during that segment. I'm aware you can B-reverse the punch itself.

-"What about Kazuya's forward smash?" This is the most common one I've been asked about and in this case I actually agree it could've been on here. I considered it and rejected it when making the shortlist, but given how the tier list ended up looking overall, I think its speed-to-power ratio would justify a slot.

-"What about Jigglypuff's Rest?" While I know there's some "slowness" built into it in the sense that it's very risky to miss, I don't think a frame 2 move belongs on this list.

-"What about Little Mac's KO Punch?" Again it's very quick, and while you can certainly make the argument that it's a move that charges up, it's not available during the charge. Going by the rationale of dividing moves into their distinct stages I used, it doesn't fit, it's either not there at all or available instantly. Waft avoided this treatment because it's always available to use.

-"Why didn't you mention Sephiroth's shield breaks?" I thought I'd demonstrated awareness of that through the Gigaflare -> forward smash combo shown in his section, but in retrospect I admit this probably didn't get the point across especially well and I could have mentioned that use case more explicitly. With videos like this I really can't cover every possible use for every possible move, but considering I mentioned shield break setups for several other characters, Sephiroth should have been included in that camp.

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I think my favorite fun fact about Failnaught is that when Kirby gets a character's Neutral B, he gets a 1.2x damage multiplier so now a fully charged Failnaught DOES break sheilds

I've two-framed someone with Luigi's down taunt and they teched it... Roller coaster of emotions in the span of half a second

As a puff main, the sound of rest connecting and all other moves with the same noise (Luigi down taunt, G&W 9 ect.) Just invokes a primal feeling inside of me

Side note on DK's giant punch: The charge cannot be B-reversed, but the punch itself can

It's amazing how Byleth can nearly do TWO Aymrs in the time it takes to do ONE fully charged Failnaught

Fun tip for Ike’s eruption:
Charge it with the opponent on ledge standing in the spot just in front of their roll distance. People will try to roll through you and not realize the hitbox goes behind you as well, and if they stay on ledge or neutral get-up you can hit them with the fully charged pillars. Only works once a game but it’s funny as hell

Flare Blitz on shield is hilarious. It's literally so unsafe that you can punish it on shield with Volcano Kick. No I'm not kidding, that's literally a true punish and you don't even need to parry or anything. Please stop letting me get away with this move online.

Let's not forget that today (when I'm writing this) is Smash Ultimate's birthday, at least the NA release

One thing you missed about Lucas’s up smash is that at the start of it, Lucas gains 7 frames of invincibility (not intangibility), 4 when charging, and 3 immediately after releasing.

One thing about mac’s straight thats worth noting is that you can jumpsquat cancel into it out of a dash, which is faster than shielding out of a dash. Since the armor is frame 1 on straight lunge, it can make some matchups more tolerable for mac. Still, i understand your placement for it.

Lucario's force palm is so close to being good and/or big move
It's also one of the moves I enjoy more in the game

“The first axe special move” F for Simon and Richter neutral B

I always love how happy you are when you talk about King Dedede. He really is just that charming of a character that even his faults make him fun. 🤣

I feel like the peanut guns explosion is a punishment for bad choices in play. It has horrendous end lag because the Diddy Kong player shouldn't have held down the button for too long, but the other player gets hit with damage and knock back equal to a forward smash because you saw Diddy pop out the gun and hold it longer then a falcon punch yet still get hit.

2:33 for the clip obviously

Luigi deserves extra points, since if you do land a taunt spike kill your opponent is required to SD immediately

Volcano Kick's biggest power is getting to laugh at your opponent for somehow getting hit by it

I think my favorite use of DK's Giant Punch is the fact that you can turn it around while you're offstage and then cancel it so you can just spam back airs while trying to get back to stage. It gives the move utility in his recovery which is an aspect of Donkey Kong's play that definitely could use the help to say the least. Even outside of that, Giant Punch is probably one of his best moves and one of the best neutral specials in the game in my opinion.

The worst part about brawler's exploding side kick is that it's not even a good shield break punish. Fully charged forward smash kills earlier