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You should do a video on bad habits in smash.

These videos will likely be even more helpful in the long run in comparison to Art of Smash 4, due to being released in the beginning of Ultimate's lifespan. Whenever someone needs help learning the game, this is the go-to video series, and I'm glad it's here as early as possible.

He speaks clearly, gives great knowledge, and uses great music. Good video 👍

Thanks for the tips on buffering and RAR. Half of the shit I see people do looks ridiculous, until someone explains the exact inputs and it makes so much more sense.

My god, there are so many techniques in smash its unbelievable..

0:25 Controls * 1:59 Instant Dash Cancel * 2:12 Dash Cancel * 2:53 Pivot Cancel 3:31 Dash Dance 3:48 Mashing * 4:21 Waveland/Wavedash 4:58 B-reverse * 6:10 Out of shield options * 7:07 RAR (Reverse aerial rush) * 7:24 Z-drop 7:56 Shield dash 8:51 Shield poking 9:13 Crossups 9:40 Edge cancel 10:05 Buffering *

They should've just put you in the instruction intro

I could not believe how difficult it has been to find a clear and concise video explaining all of these advanced techniques that isn’t just 30 minutes of live rambling from someone’s twitch stream. Actual production value here with the light up button map. Question for you, in the controller settings, what sensitivity do you set your movement stick to? What do you suggest for newer players?

I almost certainly won’t be pulling off anything beyond beginner but I love and appreciate these videos nonetheless!

So that's why I still get hit even when shielding. I never knew that, and that shit gets me so heated. Knowledge is power

*Just spam your best move and you too will be able to beat ZeRo*

sees the video..." I have to practice" ( one week later) 200 hours playing Smash and only 6 minutes through the video

2:51 is such a good transition.

Tilt attack on c stick improved my gameplay about 80%. Thanks for that!

Why are you not at one million sub yet? Because you should be!

So, in every previous smash game, I dont like playing as Link. I just played Ultimate Link for the first time, and now I have an extra secondary

I thought I was okay at this game until I saw this video. Going back to training mode immediately.

Short hop aerials do 15% less damage but NOT less knockback.

12:24 That's a weird "C"-Stick

These guides have been extremely helpful. I was getting my ass kicked by level 5-7 computers for the first 40 hours I played until I finally watched this and found out that the right stick could be set to something other than smash attacks. I now feel so much more confident in my play style. Thank you so much.

Thanks Izaw. Some of these I never heard of before and they are all interesting. Better start practicing even more.

I always look forward to these Art of Smash videos & I share them too! Thank you for all the time you put into these videos, Izaw!!

Almost a year later and these videos are still pure gold. Thank you Izaw! Also: 2:47 BRUH.

Hands down the most informative smash videos. Much appreciated!

Thanks for this! I changed my controls. C-Stick to Tilt Attacks, Turned off Tap Jump, now I’m debating to change y from jump to tilts since x is jump. So I can use y for smash attacks. Just wish you could change a+b smash attacks to just be set to Y. Like damn that kind of sucks but might be close and good enough! Thanks! Can now beat much higher difficulty cpu! These videos informed me on many things I never knew existed! Thanks again!!

2:50 Beautiful editing. As well as everything else. Thanks a lot for producing these.

Hey Izaw, awesome guide. I just want to point a small technicality: in part 3 and part 5, you say to instant dash attack by pressing control stick and c-stick together left or right. From this I'd interpret that you can input them on the same frame and get an instant dash attack, which is simply not true. It's easy to test that if you do this input on exactly the same frame, you get a tilt. I guess you can get away with saying this because a movement input on the control usually register before a c-stick input; a slight tilt on the control stick inputs movement, but slight tilt on the c-stick doesn't input a tilt. However, if you very very quickly smash both control and c-stick, you will get tilts consistently. So if people are misled by this video thinking you can control stick and c-stick at the SAME TIME to instant dash attach, as they improve and their inputs get quicker, they'll start messing up instant-dash attacks more. So it's important to point out you need to hold left or right at least one frame before your c-stick input.

I'm only one minute into this video and already excited enough that I had to comment. Moving tilts to the c-stick is absolutely genius! I rarely utilise tilts just because I find it hard to have that kind of mastery of the control stick in pressure situations. Being able to access them more easily adds a crucial tool to my arsenal that I had neglected for too long, thank you so much!!

After watching this, I realized I’m doing a lot of these things regularly without even realizing what they were called. So thanks for the video to explain what I was actually doing in game

When it comes to smash, I was never into watching tutorials but *man* have you elevated my game to heights I never thought I'd see. I've been playing Smash so wrong until now. Thank you!!

Most advanced move: instant rage quit

Man this explains a lot, I wasn't aware of like 60% of this

This is why I subbed to you way back when you started your smash 4 videos. So clear and easy to follow!!

A lot of this is still going over my head. It’s so much information at once before I’m used to some of this terminology.

Congrats on your drunk win 👀

Your content is amazing. Entertaining and useful, and helpful to bring the huGE amount of newbies that are joining us with this iteration of smash up to speed with all the tech, new and old. Great job Ethan, proud of you.

When I followed your control set up advice in smash 4, I felt like I broke through at least 2 skill plateaus. Havent regret it since

You really deserve more subs, you explain things so clearly!!! 😭

Here’s all 7 Art of Smash: beginner Art of Smash: advance Art of Smash: expert Art of Smash: professional Art of Smash: Satan Art of Smash: Thanos Art of Smash: Nokia3310

*The* best all around guide to smash tech in ultimate. Also, a nice refresher of what feels like tech I was just picking up on when I stopped playing Sm4sh a couple years ago

these videos are so helpful and well structured...thank you very much. I didnt play much smash 4 like 70-80h tops. I have around 60h in ultimate now and i feel like a much better player then in smash 4 (cause i actually win a few battles now)

i love that you just get right to the point with the explanation- If i ever git gud ill be coming back to these videos to learn

You're a great resource! I grew up playing the first three Smash games but am just now coming back to the series. Excited to implement this tech this game looks like a blast I'm happy to finally have a Switch.

You made me way better at this game explaining clearing and not dragging anything out thank you so much

Those instant bairs from standing position is a god sent for Mega Man. Excellent video!

4:58 I wasn't ready for all this 😂

you have very high quality and easy to follow videos. I wish more KZfaqrs were like you.

These videos are so unbeliveably helpful. Youre the man.

All this is great info! The best tip however is to not try to think of all this during a fight. You have to feel it. If you think too much you have already lost. You have to learn to feel everything.

Just wanna thank you for helping me up my Link since so many years ago. Also, that C-stick thing is genius. I always found myself doing smashes instead of tilts on accident when I got too nervous

Thank you for explaining exactly why c stick buffers the wrong aerials sometimes!

Thanks for the amazing explanations. It really helped me to understand so many things 👍

This is very well made, keep up the good work man! I just got Smash a few days ago so these videos are super helpful.

All this tech is cool but I REALLY don't understand the context in which to implement these options. Excited for the next video

Best tip videos ive seen

thanks for this guide, my gameplay has improved significantly since!

This video helped me the most out of all the other ones.All are great videos

You’re videos are so helpful now I can actually stay afloat with my friends who are die hards for the series

Ooooooh that edit at 2:50 was super satisfying.

2:45 diddy kong was enjoying that 💀

These are great!! I’m a noob and I’m definitely planning on going over these once I open my switch on Xmas

this dude reminds me of sunlesskhan from the RL community. Great stuff, man!

For a non-english native, your explainations are so easy to understand ! Good job !

There are bonus subtitles at the end of the video that say you cannot shield drop in ultimate.

Yes I have been waiting. I want to know more! Thanks for the upload!

This is more complicated then I would have thought

Speaking as a beginner watching this video, you should definitely move the part about controls to the FIRST video. I've been playing for a few weeks now and I've been racking my brain the whole time trying to figure out how expert players achieve the precise control needed to differentiate between tilt attacks and smash attacks using the standard controls. Now I get it. Of course they can do it because no one USES the standard controls!

How did our favorite fighting game turn into a fucking math exam 😂

Yes dude!!! Thank you so much for the tips! Your really making this game understandable and easier to learn

2:49 gives me flashbacks

You can also tilt your shield easier now in Ultimate! Just hold special and rotate the stick to prevent rolling! This only works in Ultimate.

I still don’t understand the beginner guide, why am I here?

You've taught me so much about smash in general. Much love man.

Wizzrobe had a nice way of getting your quick tilts. You start your tilts with the C stick but then switch to holding the direction with the left stick and mashing the A button.

These are amazingly useful! Thank you so much for making these allowing me to become better!

Ok first video from you and that's the sickest intro ever

Always recommend this mans series to veterans and newcomers alike!

Thx Tilt contols helped me a ton.

I know you’re probably mostly done with the next episode but I think it would be cool if you could give tips about going to tournaments and how to practice for them. Also telling us some conventions for tournaments that people may not know if they are just getting into the tournament scene.

12:40 is the key to the rite of passage for Ike mains

9:18 when u notice the wii fit girl is fit

Your videos are all excellent. I enjoy using them for the high school Smash Club I advise.

I completely missed the part on Instant Dash Attack, and ended up discovering it myself while testing Dash Cancel. I found that the initial dash animation has a relatively wide window where the character is forced to finish his/her first step, unless you cancel with an Instant Dash Attack, or jump (other moves will wait for the end of the animation). I couldn't find a popular name for this, so for now I'll just call it a Step. For Young Link, there are 5 frames at the start of the Dash where you can Dash in the opposite direction (e.g. for Dash Dancing), 10 frames of Step where you can only Instant Dash Attack or jump (Link will have both legs above the ground), then after that the period sprint animation starts, where you can finally Turn Around, cancel with other moves or simply brake and stop (Fox Trot is about braking after the Step and starting a new Dash in the same direction). If you try a Dash Attack with the Attack button (A) during the Step, it will buffer until the sprint, so you have to wait 15 frames. If you press A too early (first 5 frames), it will trigger a Forward Smash (but this is useful when done on purpose to slightly reduce the distance to your opponent before a Smash; any Smash, by the way), which does not happen with the C-stick. Although it's called "Instant" you can wait as many frames as you want before pushing the C-stick forward (first 5 frames, 10 frame Step, or during the sprint animation as a substitute for A), giving you full control on the distance you want to cover before hitting. The Dash page on SSB Wiki doesn't have a lot of information on Ultimate yet. They started filling a table with the total number of frames of the initial dash animation, but if we find that characters have also different pre-Step windows (not only 5 frames like Young Link), it may be worth filling that too. Hm, what started as a KZfaq comment became a bit lengthy. I'll try to rewrite all of that in some place easier to find.

Let's get it

These videos have been helping me so much, thank you

Another thing about crossups for people, If someone rolls or spotdodges you can run through them and punish, so dont rule that out as an option for someones panic option. Also since now you cant cross up just running into your opponents body for a split second can create real pressure much like in traditional fighters so use that as well!

2:50 bowser is melee marth CONFIRMED

Quick tip on C-Stick tilts that are multi-inputs cause you can't spam c stick (Snake's forward tilt has 2 hits on forward tilt that requires two tilt inputs to complete) If you use the c stick to run and immediately tilt attack, use the A button for the second or third hit like metaknight's f-tilt (maybe more if any characters have that)

12:00 thank you so much I was devestated when I couldn’t do c stick neutral air

11:59 it can and most likely will lead to nairs WITH momentum, as the window is inconsistent, as well as being prone to just getting a dash attack or the very tilt you input in the first place.

God bless you man This video is super helpful

Interested in 2 things: 1. The tilt cancel 0 momentum nairs for run up retreating/spaced nairs as Ike. 2. Figuring out the best buffer for doing downthrow > pivot bair true combos.. This input is really strict normally and I feel like somewhere in the last 3min a shortcut is described but it's currently whooshing over me

Speaking of controls, I switched to a Pro layout recently, put attack on rb, spec on lb, grab on zl, and left shield on zr, and put jump on b. Omg. with both digital inputs and the extra button, the control I have now is amazing. everything is easier, and the ability to do situational complex tech is actually within my reach.

This boi Izaw is LITERALLY the goat for learning smash dude! SHEEEESH

Knowing the range, active time and special rules of every opponents moves is critical. There is no point spending months learning this complex tech if you don't know that, for example, Byleth's Down B will break your shield in one hit, can change direction and has super armour. Play at least two hours ss every character in the game against the CPU to learn their moves and how to think like a player of that character - especially the DLC, who have some powerful moves that can destroy the unaware.

Well, after mastering what I've learned in the beginner and advanced videos, I'm finally here!! ... It's been a long two years but I managed :)

As someone who only ever owned Brawl and played for fun (like any normal 10 year old), this has been quite a lot to process. I'll definitely have to review, but all the info is here and I greatly appreciate your effort making this.

Subbed. Learnt more watching this than I have Zero since release.

i love how you asume peaple are going to have a game cube controller