How This Player Redefined Mario at Ludwig's Invitational

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Жыл бұрын

Kurama's historic Super Smash Bros. Ultimate run at the Ludwig Invitational will go down as one of the game's all-time greats. Today, we analyze the prodigious Mario's bracket run and how he was able to upset six top 10 players throughout the weekend.
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@pgstats Жыл бұрын

WAHOOOOOOOOOO!!

@JakeSm4sh Жыл бұрын

Amazing

@liraco_mx Жыл бұрын

- Coney, 2022

@andylolol Жыл бұрын

CONTENT MARIO

@JC-gf8rr Жыл бұрын

LETS’A GO!!

@aaronsantos7411 Жыл бұрын

Translate to English 😂

@kyallon1213 Жыл бұрын

I think it’s sick as hell that the only person to even take a game off of leo is the dude who is historic for taking a set off of leo

@lyrics2challenged Жыл бұрын

Literally lmao. Leo was on too much of a mission though. While I believe it could've very well still been 3-0 in Leo's favor, it would've been nice to see a third match between them.

@lyrics2challenged Жыл бұрын

@@rayquaza5001 this a badass reply you made frrl. And it was the damn truth.

@shortesnameofalltime Жыл бұрын

Plus the fact that kurama made it to winners finals makes Leo’s return more poetic in a sense all he needed was to fight sparg0

@georgeelmassih6133 Жыл бұрын

Reminder that Kurama is campaigning for the next Summit. Let's help him make another one of these runs happen

@10cesc4. Жыл бұрын

Kurama is a beast. He makes Mario seem fun to play but he moves insane with him

@greedo194 Жыл бұрын

He was always fun to play

@linkonedgell894 Жыл бұрын

@Sander L. yeah, when I'm just looking for fun mario is one of my go to guys.

@MajoraWaffle Жыл бұрын

mario has always been fun to play you capping bro

@Scrimbus_McBimbus Жыл бұрын

I can't believe Kurama peed on the carpet 😭😭😭

@muzuchama Жыл бұрын

Pee man

@MarioSMG64 Жыл бұрын

Where did this meme come from?

@rixrobin Жыл бұрын

@@MarioSMG64 coney

@liamm113 Жыл бұрын

@@rixrobin what set was it?

@rixrobin Жыл бұрын

@@liamm113 he says it most the time whenever he commentates a Mario set

@marlinmurrell620 Жыл бұрын

5:30 I love that image of Mario doing the Wadi handshake

@PuppetMasterIX Жыл бұрын

I think my favorite forward-air spike Kurama landed this weekend was the first stock he took on MkLeo. With MkLeo at 32%, Kurama strikes with back-air into reverse neutral-air, then two up-airs, and finishing with an attempted forward-air. It whiffs. What does he do next? Midair jump back towards the stage, hit Leo (who was rushing to get back on stage with a ledge-jump neutral-air) with up-air on the way down, and immediately jump to forward-air him _again,_ landing it this time. This dude's forward-air punishes are so good that he even has *back-up strats* for them.

@trythelight8319 Жыл бұрын

The way you explained this made me laugh. Kurama’s strats have backup strats! My favorite part was the “platformer” recovery he did against Acola. Absolutely godlike!!!

@dingo9696 Жыл бұрын

All top players have backup strats for their combos lmao. Come on now.

@r4tl_ Жыл бұрын

people when they find out frametrapping exists

@steven3814 Жыл бұрын

The amount of work that goes into calculating all of this is wild

@jmbw4271 Жыл бұрын

He also was pixels away from winning game three vs mkleo. That sequence at around 12:15 was mind-blowing

@isaacnikolic5895 Жыл бұрын

The man made Leo afraid to edge guard. He's a beast.

@coolguyj7934 Жыл бұрын

Let's not forget that kuramas only losses were to MkLeo (best in world) and Acola (second best) and he was the only person to take a game off leo

@lyrics2challenged Жыл бұрын

Acola top 4. Proto or Light imo both are over him going off eye test.

@coolguyj7934 Жыл бұрын

@@lyrics2challenged good picks, for sure, I need to see more but imo proto was poised to be the best in the world. But everyone said acola is best in Japan so I went off that

@sabridinart105 Жыл бұрын

And Dabuz in poold

@N7Sovik Жыл бұрын

Have been watching this kid play since his Smash 4 days back in 2015. Been incredible to see Junior rise up the ranks!

@quarium5681 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the Mario Tennis 64 music! Motoi Sakuraba forgot he wasnt composting for a JRPG I swear to God haha

@winged777 Жыл бұрын

Love analysis videos like this, wish every esport had a guy like you. Keep it up!

@okayperson3041 Жыл бұрын

Dark wizzy even admitted that kurama was the best Mario.

@SMFizzy Жыл бұрын

When was this?

@Reninabin Жыл бұрын

Ofc he did lol he knows the truth

@lazodavidpaul3675 Жыл бұрын

I admired Prodigy's (Kurama now) mario before and even more when he got to beat Leo's joker in frostbite, he just improved much more now in Ludwig's invitiational

@koldking Жыл бұрын

Kurama deserves so much attention, he's been bomb

@vvindicator Жыл бұрын

huh??? u said he needs attention but say he's "been" bomb. so ur saying he's been getting attention

@koldking Жыл бұрын

@@vvindicator just because someone is great doesn't mean he's been getting the attention he deserves

@ohianaw Жыл бұрын

Mario has always been a good character. He has tools to deal with the majority of the roster and Kurama shows it really well. Swordies and range do give him some trouble but he's still a threat in this game and I can Kurama getting better and better as time passes.

@ninjaoflight908 Жыл бұрын

10:10 The classic Sparg0 rage

@scraps7624 Жыл бұрын

Love the data viz, great work!

@DanielGarcia-rg5fs Жыл бұрын

The fact that this man just shows up at my locals to pick up a weekly check is hilarious to me

@donutbarbell Жыл бұрын

These videos 😍. The stats, so nerdy ❤️

@fightinggameshighlights4841 Жыл бұрын

man i really love these analysis

@drigo2104 Жыл бұрын

These charts are amazing. Shout out to the data analysts!!!

@CloudoCR Жыл бұрын

kurama is insane sometimes man. remember prodigy at frostbite 2020?

@drakejoshofficialyoutubech5569 Жыл бұрын

You mean Frostbite 2020?

@firemin5398 Жыл бұрын

@@drakejoshofficialyoutubech5569 you mean frostbite 2023?

@CloudoCR Жыл бұрын

@@drakejoshofficialyoutubech5569 oh yeah sorry same thing, 2017 was still smash 4 actually wasn’t it. My mistake

@JonnyJayKhan Жыл бұрын

seeing Kurama's Mario now is like what seeing Light's optimised Fox emerge or Sparg0's Cloud emerge in 2021... suddenly the character just looks absolutely broken because they've optimised the shit out of them but aren't purely hold forward offense

@chrisladd1523 Жыл бұрын

I love the Mario’s did nothing for three years and then in October they start doing crazy stuff

@eggbread3655 Жыл бұрын

this man's option select is uncrackable, from my experience. exciting to see him succeed!

@boppertron4929 Жыл бұрын

I hope to see something about that Ice Climbers player, I know he didn't do as well but an ICIES player at such an invitational doing well isn't heard of much if at all

@cormeaga Жыл бұрын

Didn't he 3-0 Light, the #1 seed?

@pgstats Жыл бұрын

We did a deep dive on Big D’s GOML run a couple months back! He showcased mostly the same kind of stuff at LSI. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jcemlJVnzpPGmKs.html

@patrickburton1401 Жыл бұрын

Big D is so hype

@sonnydee5135 Жыл бұрын

Wow, you've really dedicated your life to this game. You should be an announcer

@SawyersFilms Жыл бұрын

I was like kurama came out of no where, "previous known as prodigy" OOOOOHHHHHHHH I that makes sense. California best not so hidden boss lmao

@bravewryy6781 Жыл бұрын

Time to play Mario again! ❤️

@Phentem2 Жыл бұрын

Chris Pratt would be proud

@jarbs_8324 Жыл бұрын

This is why we gotta be more careful with our untrained puppies

@Nards_1997 Жыл бұрын

Kurama absolutely destroyed Leo at Frostbite 2020 under the tag Prodigy I remember

@pocket__sand Жыл бұрын

I've been a fan since that Frostbite tournament you all know about

@Exile559 Жыл бұрын

Mario came for all the smoke, he got a movie coming out soon. Gotta get that exposure.

@hiitsmorgan5431 Жыл бұрын

Y’all keep forgetting that this dude 3-0d Mkleo in Frostbite 2019 back when he was Prodigy. Most explosive player in Smash.

@ToortlShell Жыл бұрын

“I ain’t gon sugarcoat it”

@guts7099 Жыл бұрын

CAN WE GET MUCH HIGHER? SO HIGH, SO HIGHHH~

@pgstats Жыл бұрын

OHHH OHH OHH

@KingPhilipsRideshare Жыл бұрын

At :33 seconds.. how does he land like that on the platform?!

@keegano8615 Жыл бұрын

that cloud play was absolutely crazy

@Goronixz Жыл бұрын

I literally can't focus on the graphic at 5:57. It is triggering some sort of depth perception illusion for me.. but its pretty cool...

@isabella16939 Жыл бұрын

What a beast...

@MsFasty Жыл бұрын

Mario’s everywhere on qp now 💀

@malikmorsli6468 Жыл бұрын

Yoooo😭😭😭can you guys link that Mario picture for my computer lock screen

@Low5ive Жыл бұрын

"Unprecedented!" "Here's 3 other people that did this." 😎

@danielcalk955 Жыл бұрын

Best character of all time.

@OntyVeracitea Жыл бұрын

3:45 the text is incorrectly written. Should probably be '4/9 (44%) Stocks Taken < 60%' . The way it reads currently is something like "4 of 9 (or 44%) stocks taken at 60% or more". Not to detract from the great summary the video provides, just something i noticed.

@-Comet. Жыл бұрын

He's always been snubbed from pgr because he doesn't attend enough tournaments. He's never been the guy to win it all, but he almost always outplaces his seeding and gets a respectable finish

@louisjohnmanuel3661 Жыл бұрын

MARIO MAINS STAND UP!!!

@nighfinite Жыл бұрын

I do enjoy when people don’t DI ladders correctly and die for it, it’ll still do a lot of damage though. Believe me I’d still be maining Mario after 500 hours of specific character practice if ladders killed.

@Shaeffen_ Жыл бұрын

Insert mario movie joke here

@evanrudefx Жыл бұрын

IMO he had the most exciting games at ludwig's. I would much rather see him than leo or spargo

@lyrics2challenged Жыл бұрын

Ehhh, I could definitely go without the Cloud, but I enjoy seeing top level Byleth. Shit just feels so exciting imo when he smacks that fair or bair tipper.

@MrCalexv12 Жыл бұрын

He took 1 game from MKLeo with GOAT mode activated, enough said

@ChrisJones-qv6ty Жыл бұрын

Ya remember 2019 frostbite mkleo vs prodigy mario? That's all I'm saying

@duderuler Жыл бұрын

So, quick question for anyone that knows. When they say "HE DIED AT 70??" does that mean before the killing blow, or when hitting the blast zone?

@kameronmaki9172 Жыл бұрын

Before the killing blow.

@janswhatsupdoc Жыл бұрын

take a shot every time he landed a Fair spike this entire tourney

@hungo9490 Жыл бұрын

take a shot every time he did a ladder combo to kola in that one set alone

@noirlavender6409 Жыл бұрын

I hope we see him winning more stuff soon, unlike darkwizzy who looks kinda lame most of the time kurama looks really sick and really fnu to watch

@roguethemachine3928 Жыл бұрын

any reason why we talk about prodigy clip vs mkleo at frostbite while mentionning kurama?

@kapi672 Жыл бұрын

Kurama is prodigy changed his tag

@greatobikili4858 Жыл бұрын

Foward-aerial

@jakeswierdfriend7204 Жыл бұрын

Kurama in 2026 is gonna get a pgstats video for not getting jv4ed by Leo in grands

@Jesus-hu4lq Жыл бұрын

One of the best chris pratt players other than dark wizzy

@lyrics2challenged Жыл бұрын

The best* including Dark Wizzy. He's getting better again but Prodigy/Kurama>Mario let's be real. Thought Wizzy's history is no slouch whatsoever.

@imthecatman4999 Жыл бұрын

YAAAAHOOOOOOOO!!!!!

@paytonsample Жыл бұрын

i didn't realize kurama was prodigy lmaooo

@vokeadam624 Жыл бұрын

Me neither

@Alex1jag Жыл бұрын

To me his match against Tea was the most impressive. He only lost to the two best players in the world MKLeo and acola.

@emilebourget1088 Жыл бұрын

cool video

@colemiller6032 Жыл бұрын

So are nairo and samsora fully allowed back into the community??

@vanity4865 Жыл бұрын

OPEN THE GATE!

@1andonlyyd Жыл бұрын

I feel like Zenyou doesn’t get enough credit… Not hating on kurama though he’s a beast

@minig5207 Жыл бұрын

i just read the title adn facts

@metroretro7986 Жыл бұрын

What is the name of the music playing through the whole video?

@JoeJoe-ju7vz Жыл бұрын

3 different songs from the Mario Tennis OST

@KingYungRome Жыл бұрын

Only thing I don’t like about kurama is his outfit choice other then that he might be my favorite player to watch right now.

@patrickburton1401 Жыл бұрын

Yeh I hate that alt. Either that or the hard hat replaced the red and white fire ball alt.

@goncalocosta1325 Жыл бұрын

The mario movie boosted him

@oofioboi5894 Жыл бұрын

He got dat (pissing) dog in 'em

@StudyingManually Жыл бұрын

Mario has always been better than lame Aegis

@patrickburton1401 Жыл бұрын

No but he’s still really good

@yawg691 Жыл бұрын

YAHOOOOOO

@SNSsack Жыл бұрын

If you want to beat mario just don’t let him pee on the carpet

@kuno0009 Жыл бұрын

People be sleeping on Mario

@Chris-dy1cb Жыл бұрын

naaahh theres literally no one close to this caliber of mario

@kuno0009 Жыл бұрын

@@Chris-dy1cb Ik kurma's mario just built diff he gunna be the reason gunna be a wanna be kurma mario main

@yogurtclosetok Жыл бұрын

kurama is the biggest chart creator in the games history

@JakeSm4sh Жыл бұрын

It’s a me Mario

@verfuncht Жыл бұрын

A lot of errors in those statistics

@ANAXOS_ Жыл бұрын

omg my boy nairo getting mentioned again

@noirlavender6409 Жыл бұрын

Good luck surviving against bell pressured that long if you're not a main steve*

@roosterboots4684 Жыл бұрын

Great video but what the fuck was that music?

@spiceitnow5317 Жыл бұрын

What’s crazy is that not only was he the only person to take a game off of Leo, but he almost took the second. If his up-b didn’t pull a ZSS and actually worked, he might’ve actually beat Leo, which is pretty crazy

@jeremiahtannehill9895 Жыл бұрын

Leo was just surprised at how explosive kuruma was at Frostbite and that’s when he got cheesed by kurama but at Ludwig’s he already know how kurama plays and won’t underestimate kurama like at frostbite which is why kurama took the l simply because he’s the worst player and can’t beat leo when leo tries because leo is just better lol…

@patrickburton1401 Жыл бұрын

Downplaying him getting 3rd is kinda silly. Leo is a god, but this Mario is damn good.

@lyrics2challenged Жыл бұрын

Bro, what level of copium?? "When Leo tries" he was playing Joker back then lmao, and got washed before going on to massacre the loser's bracket. Better play won the set that day. Better play won their set this past weekend too. Sometimes you lose.

@hypedup8081 7 ай бұрын

he 3-0d leo at lmmm lol…

@ohcomeon1111 Жыл бұрын

Redefined? You mean just playing the character how he should be? Lol

@empyrium1516 Жыл бұрын

Kurama had a much harder bracket than Leo.

@okayperson3041 Жыл бұрын

Acola’s bracket was much harder than the both of them. Beat chag ddog dabuz light riddles onin sparg0 and kurama to get 2nd losing to Leo twice and zomba

@greedo194 Жыл бұрын

@@okayperson3041 dabuz's bracket too because he got the leo joker

@okayperson3041 Жыл бұрын

Mkleo was projected to play everybody he did to get to winners finals except for tea who was the 6th seed.

@empyrium1516 Жыл бұрын

Kurama played Mario and not a DLC privilege character too.

@COINLAUNCHERZ Жыл бұрын

@@empyrium1516 Aight bro, if you say that cuz of byleth then you're very wrong lol mario is way better than byleth. Steve on the other hand...

@eonstar Жыл бұрын

#bannairo

@urieru5096 Жыл бұрын

still not as god as Leo 😊

@jordanfan8222 Жыл бұрын

This is some of the best journalism out there, and the fact that it covers a bunch of 20-30 year old virgins playing a game made for 10 year olds makes it all the more brilliant

@onlyonpaper Жыл бұрын

This fool is desperate for some 🐈

@muzuchama Жыл бұрын

me when I feel like being pathetic

@coldfireball6384 Жыл бұрын

Me when I gatekeep videogames:

@StudyingManually Жыл бұрын

Excuse me, but people who already had intercourse are not more valuable. It is the opposite, they sold their body

@wourydiallo1445 Жыл бұрын

L bait. Go watch some andrew tate or whatever