"Nick Jump" *Jumps* *Zero jumps and kicks him* "You see how i expected him to jump?"

*Guy walks into frame* "Wait hold on I'm Zero and I was the best player in the world in Smash 4"

Neutral as a concept can be misleading for newer players in fighting games in general. Neutral is a STATE or PHASE of the game. As zero explains, it's the phase where you figure out how you can start your offensive pressure, which is the ideal position for you, because that's the game you know how to play with your character/the one you can practice. Since neutral is a loose concept every time you play a new person, learning to take note of what they do on the spot is ideal, and the skill you want to develop. Most top players in any fighting game have their consistent ways of winning neutral, whether it be through their character, or their own prowess. Don't be frustrated when you lose, because there are certain play-styles perhaps that you may have never adapted to or have seen. Play to learn, not to win, because when you play to learn, you can win against a wider variety of people and understand why.

Cloud is my favourite Fire Emblem character

Zero: Just jump above me.... Okay, you see how you can just expect them to jump over you like that. Me: Understood. I'll just tell my opponent what to do and then hit them.

"Wait okay just jump above me now" *jumps* "See how I expected him to jump!" how to be a smash pro player

I’m pretty new, so I used to think just recently that “neutral” had to do with neutral moves (like nair and jab). lmaooooooooo

Who is this no name? I'm only looking for advice from THE BEST smash 4 player

Remember kids, always use Lucina and ONLY use down b

Imagine being so good CPU characters jump when you ask them to

How to play neutral Step 1: pick King K Rool Step 2: spam dash attack

Playing neutral has ALWAYS been my weakness in Smash! Thank you!

So neutral game is like 4D Rock Paper Scissors and you have to mix up your rocks, papers and scissors.

Who is this guy and why should I trust him? Was he even good in the past game???

Guys I know this may sound crazy but perhaps this stranger could be the best player in the world in the previous Smash game, Smash bros for the wii u?

TL;DW: 1.) Don't worry about spacing, only nerds try to space. 2.) Dash dancing is okay, but rolling lets you move with invincibility. You should be rolling around most of the time. 3.) If your character has a strong projectile, don't use it. No one enjoys fighting a spammer. 4.) If your character has a counter, then you really shouldn't be using any other move(s). After all, counters beat other moves. 5.) Charge smash attacks whenever possible. Your opponents will eventually run into them. 6.) Finally, remember that the ledge gives you invincibility, so make sure to stay by the edge and avoid center stage whenever possible. Weaker players won't recognize this and will try to stay in the center of the stage, so don't be fooled.

"But now they know of our plans" "That is our plan. Now that they know our plan they will plan around our plan and we will plan around the plan that they are planning around our plan!" Your brilliance knows no bounds." Hellsing Ultimate Abridged episode 3

Love the psychology behind it all

ZeRo.... I can’t believe how much you have grown. Good to ya man, you deserve it

Great video. Gets at the heart of what Smash is all about - not just technical perfection, but reading, analysis and unpredictability.

Thank you ZeRo, very cool!

Your doing great with this videos on helping players who want to improve ZeRo! Keep up the good work!

Honestly I think you are one of the best teachers of complex stuff like this. Please keep doing videos like these!

That last tip was the greatest most helpful piece of advice. Being mindful of your OWN gameplay and how each action has a reaction. And playing off that. So smart.

My friend plays Young Link, and all he does is throw projectiles and then when I get close he does an up smash. After awhile I figure out ways to beat his strategy and he loses because he doesn't adapt to my strategies. It kind of sucks because he never gets better which makes him stop playing games like Tekken 7, Dragon Ball Fighterz, and now Smash Ultimate.

ah another video from my favorite best smash 4 player in the world

ZeRo you are KILLING it with the daily content, really helpful stuff. Great work!

Super helpful! I’m just getting started in this, so I appreciated the strategy tips

*Smash 64 FD theme* I see you’re a man of class ZeRo 😎

I have never really understood what neutral was exactly. This was VERY informative. Thank-you!

ZeRo I’m a new smash player. thank you for this! I had no idea how important neutral game is. Hell I didn’t even know that existed! Please please keep making more guides like this. This is awesome!

Bro this was amazing probably the best smash vid I needed

I literally learned to play neutral by myself. When I played with Lucas, I would space out with F-Airs, or use PK Fire to zone/push back, or when playing Roy, I would always try to get the outermost of the strong hitbox.

I miss him :(

Thanks for the great vid ZeRo! I know I really appreciate all of these great videos. They help a whole bunch!

Thanks for the swag tactics my guy I'm new to the Smash scene and I'm having a lot of fun.

I watch these videos, and I understand the words, but I know the moment I try to play with all of this stuff consciously in mind I'll just be paralyzed with indecision.

Thanks for teaching me many things! Fav smash youtuber Dont tell ninkendo pls

I've learned a lot from this. I'll have to train and try to perfect my neutral game.

Great guide! It really helped me understand better all the concepts underneath neutral to improve my game and think more about my moves. I would like to see some tips on how to deal with zoning playstyles with characters with little or no projectiles. It's one of my biggest weaknesses in this game. When facing good zoning players (good Lucas, Samus, any Link, etc), I constantly find myself suffering from projectiles and when I finally manage to get close, I get grabbed or smashed away and my opponent gets enough time to run away and continue the zoning process.

Neutral at it's most basic is when neither player has an advantageous position over the enemy and both are trying to get one

Well One time i thought idk how to play spacies ment spacing out in neutral.

Really nice guide. From how I understood it (going for a different approach of explaining it) is that it's essentially "reactive counters" or "thought counters" that's all about your micro mechanical skills coming to life. You adapt to continuously counter the other player's moves before they even make a move as well as make sure they can't counter you. It's a basic philosophy I've tried teaching my friends several times playing say a MOBA or MMO PvP, even if a MOBA has waaaaaaay less options to play differently than a fighter game, but playing against casuals it works well. The idea is the same though that if you learn to read your enemy's playstyle and know how characters are generally played, you can adapt with whichever character you have (even if it's UP and countered) by adapting and throwing the enemy off guard. It's kinda psychological gameplay which can only come from playing a lot, it's really hard to truly teach it to someone other than plant a seed in people's mind and then they can develop it by being aware of it, until it's how they think during their gameplay. I never thought of calling it "neutral" in this scenario, which makes sense given in that moment you're both on neutral grounds. Whatever you're doing at that time (jumping, dashing, etc) is a prelude to someone actually landing a hit, and it's the mind game of how to land a hit which is the idea, and mastering this mind game of trying to predict the enemy and do the opposite in how you play is the key to winning neutral play. Then also by adding the fact you can try get into the other player's mind by deliberately playing a certain way, only to bait a certain playstyle out of them so you can gain from it is something on the next level of advancement that's pretty darn amazing when you think about it. You can take this into some other games in multiplayer even if they play differently (although fighter games I believe it has the biggest and most important impact) and once you understand the concept, it's how you can get really good when playing against players. This is also why playing against players is so much more fun than AI, cause each player is a unique individual and the strategy is to get into their mind, but AI often just play like the other AI, they don't plan ahead nor can you throw them off based on their reaction or planning, they'll react based on concrete facts and data which no player can. Which is why playing against AI, even for practicing, can give you bad habits since you may lose this mind game mentality that's very important to succeed in PvP.

I just left my house for a day and came back to this video on loop lol I must have been watching ads for atleast 24 hours XD

Great tutorial! Were you any good at smash 4?

I’ve been looking for a video like this, I’ve played traditional fighting games before but I’ve been struggling with neutral in this game.

I like how you broke this down, very helpful and easy to understand

I like that you explain these jargon to people who are new to smash.

One of my favorite things to do as samus. Charge the projectile until it has only a few frames left to charge, then cancel it via blocking, dodging, etc. When hiting the projectile again it will play a frame or 2 of the charging animation. This can trick people ez.

Can you make a video on recoveries or what to do instead of "Panic attacking"

Man, im new to Smash but watching all these videos are not only helpful but also makes me feel so intimidated lol.

Thanks for the info, Zero! I will put this to good use.

How does he talk to the CPU

Yes. More of this.

good job on these guides man they are helpin me out a lot

This is why I watch zero: he teaches me stuff I didn't even know!

Miss you man

can we talk about zero in smash cypher

This was really helpful! thank you

Yeeee "Don't Auto-Palette" is back lolol. This has become a bit of a meme with my friends. Good content Zero.

Who was that thicc man behind zero

Can you do a mewtwo guide & high level play video next please

Zero is the motivation I needed to train at smash like I always wanted 💛

Great lesson, one of the best about neutral in Smash Ultimate.

must be cool to be friends with the best player in the world. "yo, bro.. i suck" "don't worry.. i gotchu, dude" "😭 sobs, sobs.. i'm bout to shoot up the ranks.. sobs"

Luv you ZeRo I hope i get one of your switches i got hope

Your videos are so helpful I love your perspective on this game

I would LOVE to see M2K do a tutorial over the same thing. I'm sure it would be wildly different

Jump or run instead of dodging, makes you way better

to quote izaw, "Nobody can teach you how to properly play the neutral game." So I'd say this isn't a tutorial on neutral as much as informing new people about neutral and what it is.

The moment u talked about thinking of the consequences of how you play made me get the whole thing, thanks man

I learn more about these games from this dude spilling his brain than I have from years of getting destroyed by the locals

So basically I was playing the game wrong the whole time

Gracias por el tutorial! hora de estudiar :D

Thank you Zero you have helped me gain interest and also play 20x better then when I first started !

Dude your cannel is GROWING you'll hit 500k easy this year.

Teach us to play like zero, not like -1

Can we have a Lucario review? I'd be nice to see how much has he changed and what are your opinions on him

I just got this on my recommendations. Looks like YT is promoting ZeRo again, nice!

This is actually a good guide for people trying to get better. Making these reads and testing to see if they'll work with your opponents play style and adapting from there is super key and it really is the difference between a 4/10 player and a 8/10 player

oh wow he stopped doing the flex

wow this zero guy looks pretty good at the game...does he have a history with smash?

The way you can break high level play down into simple philosophies and lessons is impressive. Sign of a true master.

Most of the time I've asked how to play neutral, I haven't gotten the best answers. This helps a lot!

I watch so many Videos about neutral and how to play, but when I play I'm not thinking of what I do and what my oppenent does. I simply just do things without being aware of them. I really try to predict something or dont be predicteble, but most of the time its to fast paced and I don't really know how to overcome this unawareness...

with captions enabled, “important” translates to “porn”. coincidence? I think not

I think you should do another one of these (if you ever return) but with Bowser. He is basic like mario but I feel like Bowser neutral is really difficult to perfect but easy to demonstrate in terms of jumps, movements, aerials, and callouts. Hope you're staying safe man, society may never change, but we as people can.

Awesome video on neutral! Covered the fundamentals really well. If you take requests I would highly appreciate a video on how to avoid: getting camped, projectile spammed and juggled. Since im coming from melee into ultimate I noticed alot more passive play that I am unsure of the counterplay of. I know the concept of camping is in melee with ledgestalling but you can counter that quite easily.

Quick(out of context)question. Does a lan adapter improve lag online?

I would prefer to take advice from the BEST smash 4 player for the wii u. How do I find that person?

Great vid as always

My man ZeRo got into the Smash Cypher, nice

This might be a stupid question, but how is he controlling the cpu?

I'm not mad I'm just disappointed... still I love you Zero I hope you're in a good mind set right now good luck and good bye

Zero's Twitch stream on the left monitor. Zero's KZfaq channel on the right monitor. VICTORY!

It’s crazy how these KZfaq videos have helped me more than proGuides

What rules do most people play on Elite Smash? I just unlocked it but am struggling to find a game

fuck it feels so sad watching this

And then Roy laughs at your "keep away" tactic.

Thanks for the guide!