Recorded my tournament yesterday and it was great. Video coming up later this upcoming week long upload 🎉🎉

Salem has the best neutral and TNT usage out of any Steve. Imagine if he was actually camping in these friendlies.

My first thought when I was this was Acola but lowkey Salem playin Steve in a way I’ve never seen before. You don’t see many “fundies” Steve’s like that

ZeRos gonna have Steve nightmares like the rest of us now

I really like how Salem seems to favor gold over diamond for the better frame data over the extra power, it works better with the more old school fundamental play style that he uses

He wasn't kidding, this actually looks like a real Steve. I've never seen anyone use TNT that well, and even made it look fun.

He’s actually the best Steve, I remember before he got banned he was cooking very hard with that character, still haven’t seen acola do half the things Salem was doing

13:38 We finally achieved it… *AIR MAC*

Most respectable Steve I've ever seen

13:36 There is a new Steve glitch everyday

I knew Steve was gonna break this game day 1 of the character when i pissed off my entire friend group just mashing and figuring shit out.

Salem was playing Steve but ZeRo was playing "You Died. Respawn."

Same as the other video, having a little commentary from his part would go a long way. Like after each match maybe he calls or something and then like "Man you where so lucky with that spotdodge *plays the clip of the moment he refers to* " could improve the video imo. Aun asi sigue asi brother

Time (for him) to find out why steve is banned

When Steve beat Mario’s FS, I think it was a hitbox extension plus he had diamond. If I remember correctly, which ever smash attack does more damage takes priority.

Everyone knows that before he got banned he was winning all the online tournies with steve

THE ZERO LITTLE MAC RETURNS

Best video I've seen from you in a while I pretty much learned Steve watching Salem and M2K videos really cool to see how much he has evolved playing Steve since then.

Are we just not going to talk about 13:37??? Mac LITERALLY became an air fighter for a sec, he was standing on NOTHING!!!

Fundies Steve is horrifying

Oh man, how i missed these kind of videos. Ty for coming back Zero.

I swear nothing woold make me happier than seeing zero compete again

I'm one of a few ppl that love watching any Steve gameplay, glad to see you try out different characters and had fun playing against Steve! ☺️

Zero is officially back y’all

I like this type of videos where You seem to enjoy the game

Love watching the thought process you narrate in these matches! Keep em coming!

Damn Steve is broke. He had you looking like me at my locals.

Bro love the content you are literally a inspiration for when I was having mental and physical hatred towards myself

I can really appreciate salem not camping and replying on gimmicks I’d love a Steve like him to make it to the top

Loving all the new content! Salem's Steve was refreshing.

I think tournament zero would find a way to beat steve. No doubt in my mind.

I really thought it was Acola but Salem was a really cool plot twist

Steve mirror match has to happen

just quickley saw the Lawsuit video and im glad its over, really enjoyed the videos u did back in the days. Now ur back and in this SHAPE!?!?!?!?!?! im happy for you bro. Well done! mans achived it no cap! 2. hand proud of u

I wish you would have tried the Belmont's. I would have liked to see that

I feel like I’m one of the few people who like watching Steve

havent watched you in like 2 years you GLOWED UP BRO LOOKING HEALTHY

Mans got COOKED, great content lmao

Oh god the fear and hunger battle mode from the steve appearance

Time to learn Kazuya

The lil Mac was looking cleann. I had high hopes man

bro became bob the builder

Love you Gonzalo, thank you for bringing Salem back to us ❤

Youre awesome zero keep up with the videos

SALEM BEEN ON THAT ENDERMAN WAVE TOO, I REMEMBER HIM SPANKING M2K & OTHERS WITH HIS ENDERMAN!! HE IS SUPER ENTERTAINING TO WATCH!!!

Ay I see that fresh cut tho 🥶

Not a Fear & Hunger battle sound for Steve oh no

You had me for a second there LOL But imagine? Acola in a ZeRo video?

Pretty rare to see so much grounded neutral. Many characters/players spam their aerial to approach. But he just walks to you with a sword x).

I can feel your frustration with steve bro!You have to read his side-b or dair and punish him,exploit his recovery when off stage and stay away from diamond baits they will kill you 70% of the time!.I main peach so usually i use my patience against him and i have a good results with him to be honest!Great games with Salem ! Cheers to both!!

I like how he doesn't have a rolling habit like the #1 Steve. He just plays smarter.

Happy to see you continue

13:37 Little Mac is standing on thin air

watching this again after taking ult back up after so long and trying to work on my fundamentals, especially defensive ones, wow salem looks even scarier, also its so nice to see incredible fundamentals on a steve player, reminds me of the days of smash 4 and earlier

Salem’s zero suit apex win pretty much got me into competitive smash, melee ironically enough

I agree that the fundamentals show more in Salem's Steve than in most, but the thing about Steve is that his gimmicks are actually very good, so Salem's Steve would be better if he did use them more. His TNT usage was very good, but it does use a lot of resources, and ZeRo wasn't taking advantage of that.

He plays steve like tea plays pacman

Thank you zero! Some normalcy in my life with your videos.

The key to beating Steve or kaz is to play chess not checkers because they win 9 out of the 10 interactions and you can lose a game off 1 interaction so basically that famous clip of zero getting killed by bayo in smash 4 the way he played that game is how he has to play Steve and kazuya

As a Melee player that’s played other Smash games, seeing how Steve plays reminds me of when Bayonetta came out for Smash 4. Just all interest in playing or viewing the game evaporating.

Watching Steve sure makes me glad I'm not the one playing

Remember when Pichu was the "first" Steve?

Whenever I play against Steve, I use Little Mac. I know I have a bad recovery, but have you seen his tilts? What Steve players like to do is put up a wall and mine. Your tilts as Mac are safe. Your down tilt is pretty fast and good at range so you don't have to get hit by a fsmash from behind the wall. Also, if you think the Steve will fsmash, up tilt instead to clash and it leaves Steve in stun for a good amount of time for a simple, yet strong punish. My personal favorite thing to do against minecart or when Steve does the down smash on tnt is to just challenge it with upward fsmash. Super armor, baby! If they have a single block in front of them, you can catch them with a side b surprise attack. It sucks that it'll be Trade Blows: The Game, but you'll gain more damage output in your favor. My Ken and Roy suck against Steve, sadly :(

I thought It was acola but this is still good stuff and you’re pretty good

I’m convinced Salem (if caught up with the meta) would obliterate most of ultimate’s current top players

To beat Steve, you need speed, meaty aerials, and and ranged pressure

You KNOW Salem would win a tournament with that Steve for sure!!

Oh my gosh, I have not seen ZeRo in a while! He looks like a whole different person!

I think you may be able to do it with Diddy Kong

One last thing saw the spot dodge cancel to from Salem reading your grab a lot Salem is an amazing player it's interesting to watch. I have not seen the ZeRo Diddy pop gun cancels you gotta read his spot dodge jab multi hits when he does that you could delay your attack but that's harder that's how you beat it you can't run up grab he is gonna read it and it's easy to react to he doesn't even have to read it just react you could spot dodge cancel reading dash attack it beats that to lol

bro glazin his enemy for 15:08 minutes and getting beat up 😭

Never seen ZeRo lose this bad before it's crazy he started my smash career lol

Block wall + TNT is SO BROKEN and if you mess up approaching one time you eat an up tilt that leads to like 50% dmg or stray minecart or diamond f smash at 50 and you may just die

Salem actually SCRAPS with Steve... And it looks impressive and scary.

YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE… selects Kazuya

The one who put Steve on the map, SALEMM 🐐

I have truly missed the Zero Little Mac bro 😭

LMAO, Steve's side smash range bonkers

zero turned into a chad looool

Finally.. The random Mac appears. Hell yeahh 🎉

Use Yoshi, his second jump comes in handy against Steve, he’s pretty quick, has a command grab, has eggs, fast in the air, and let’s not forget… he’s a chunky boiiii 🙌🏽 (Deceptively hard to kill)

been trying to figure out the song of the first battle in the vid (cloud v steve) 😭

Can someone tell me what's the name of the music that plays in the first match? Please

Thumbnail face says "The risk i took was calculated... But i am so bad st math"

One thing I gotta say.. Zero is no Spargo. lol

Tell me you never seen ACOLA play without telling ME😂😂😂😂

Hone up that Cloud again bro... I think you can do it ZeRo!

Salem is back.

Suggestion: prayer. Failing that, human sacrifice. That might do it :D

This was so fun!! Please play with Chaparrito!!

That ending XD

Salem is a joy to watch with Steve

Bro was literally floating air mac I guess 🙃

Partially unrelated, but I feel like absolutely hardcore characters like Steve and maybe even Hero can still be in tournaments, but in their own little zone. Like, there's the regular tournaments, and then there could be a steve-only tournament or a hero-only tournament.

Little mac main here, i dont think it was a good idea to jump everytime to ledge. 😆 Also you can still mash Side B to ledge and you will still make it far and its safer since its faster just make sure you hold towards the stage those. Mashing Side B can also be a good brust opiton on the ground since it can has a lot of invincibility to beat a lot of moves as well.

Why didn't you use Diddy or Shiek? You were awesome with those characters

I expected lucina to be honest

Salem is that one player that plays all the controversy chars and bathed in the player bases toxicity Love to see it

U should try starting the video with something crazy Salem did with Steve, to impress viewers

Thumbnail is trippy af