The wait for Vermanubis the archangel to deliver us revelations through a video is over

Vermanubis: the best fighting game teacher to exist!

Just “don’t get hit”

I know you’ve been working on this video for a long time. I can’t even imagine how many mental revisions you made to what you want to communicate. Thank you for putting in the time and effort to effectively hit the nail on the head. This video will surely help out a lot of lower level players that i try to help

Thank you for your fantastic explanations! You turn seemingly nebulous concepts into tangible mental skills. Thank you for providing such value!

Hearing your voice is so soothing. I always appreciate your wisdom when it comes to Smash related topics.

i could listen to you talk for hours on end, your videos are crazy informative and have helped me understand fighting games as a whole

i love your videos, i usually have to watch your videos twice to fully grasp what you're trying to say, but i always learn something new when i do

I learned so much from this video, and I look forward to learning more! Your channel equips me with the hidden tools behind great gameplay that I feel competitive players don't want to take the time to explain. Thank you!

Your music is very good, sorry to hear about your parents :(

My friend recommended your channel a week ago and since then you've completely changed how I see Smash for the better. Wish I knew about you earlier, thanks for the amazing videos!

I appreciate you taking the time to define vague concepts like this and really dig into what they mean and how to use it. Hope you're doing well

Great video as always! So nice to have these uploaded during a time when Smash content is generally dry.

Great quality video, thanks! Very helpful and illuminating which is a lot to say about such vague topics like "neutral", and "fundamentals"

Phenomenal video and description, thank you.

Hi Verm, You are really a philosopher, to be honest with you, you are the only youtuber Ive had written. Please, keep going with these type of videos, I really love how I need to watch these videos a couple of times to really understand your message, is like some valued encripted message you have for us. Also, your music is pretty good.. Greeting from México

Just found your channel, and I have to say keep up the good work. Your video has made me think about more things I should practice and try out

It seems that depending on how the terms are defined: mix-ups, and influencing are the direct application of fundamentals. They are the thing you work on to improve. Influencing would be the myriad of strategies by which we make our opponent do something predictable. Or the way to understand what predictable ways our opponents will act in. Mix ups are the way you stop an opponent from being able to predict what you are doing. And there are subtle ways to mix up opponents, like drifting, timing.

Great video as always! It doesn't really matter if you know how to use Shield, Jump and other stuff but the way HOW you use them according to the situation, in order to put yourself in advantage. Came to similar and vague conclussions/ideas but your videos always blows my mind and put them in the right order.

This is amazing, thank you for making this!

Another amazing video by verm.

Verm I miss you l, hanging in California it felt like we were friends forever haha. Your videos are so necessary right now, even understanding these concepts it's so important to have these to stay on a good path. I love watching your videos because you get so in a rhythm practicing that it's easy to forget the process and stick to what you know. Thanks for always guiding newer generations like myself in 4 and keep thriving in your passions man!!!

2 minutes into the video and you already earned a like from the sheer logic behind everything that was brought up

Always great stuff.

Wonderful video verm! Excellent thought process and video flow as usual. It's sad how many people fail to comprehend what you're putting down brother. I can think of a few people in particular who are doing their best to gatekeeper but clearly have the entire wrong ideas or are naive to other ideas and interpretations. Keep it up!

ur videos are invaluable

gonna recommend this to other people who ask similar questions akin to this, thanks :)

Glad to be part of the video, Verm ❤

Simply incredible

You are a highly intelligent gamer. This I can tell. Thank you for this.

Great video !

The king is back

this video is goated

This is pretty great! My one issue is that the music can make it a little hard to hear your voice sometimes, though. Either way, though, this is super helpful. Keep it up!

What do my actions cause my opponent to anticipate? How can I exploit their reactions to what I do? Great video

I think I would mainly talk about two things: basic tech that is useful for the majority if not all characters to move how you want from just learning to short hop consistently to things Like a RAR ledge trumps and the buffer system. But also specifically talk about edge guarding, ledge trapping, tech chasing, 2 framing, juggling and catching landings. And then there is neutral which is more abstract since your opponent has a lot more options.

Excellent

Aye aye. You ain’t gotta call my zss out like that

Could you do a video on your thoughts about picking a main versus picking a fundamentals character when first learning? Also, if people do pick a fundamentals character which ones you think are the best?

Thank you for the great video and the detailed explanations :) My problem is that I often don't know what to anticipate because I think "my opponent could do many different things, how should I know what exactly he is going to do?" and that I can't quite imagine how my opponent is seeing me. If I shield a lot, I know my opponent will notice it and probably start to punish it with a grab or shield break but when situations get more complex, I'm often clueless about what my opponent might do and how he might react to what I'm doing. Do you have an advice on how I can work on this besides playing the game and watch videos about the various characters? Thank you in advance!

I must admit I was lost for a lot of this video. I guess if I don't understand Fundamental stuff, I can't be good at Smash.

How do I review vods? I'm not sure if I need to condense things more or if I'm being long-winded. I wrote a lot in a google doc on a vod but I'm not sure what to really apply... thoughts?

Might be a dumb question, but how can i transition these principles to other fighters like Tekken etc.

Commenting for the algorithm

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Very good video but I still don't know what teching is

Have you ever heard of a KZfaqr named Mikey D Luffy? I really think y’all should collab together. Amazing video !

This is FGC philosophy unfolding right before our very eyes.

Hey verm have you read the Sun Tzu?

Fundies?!?!?!

I love the lesson but that DDD was railing him

Basically just said act with purpose and thing about what you're actually doing

You are interesting as always but I think you overshot the concept this time. I mean, I take this video as an another good piece of thought around neutral. But I also think that when people talk about fundamentals they mean something more basic. It is, in fact, the ability to do all your basic options whenever you want and it's not obvious that everyone can do it. Your character, as you say, is good to learn fundamentals because he relies on normals and, except maybe for its downB and sideB, he does not have ways to avoid playing a standard, fair, smash game. The character you are fighting against, on the other hand, while is not a top tier like zsamus by any means, plays his own game. I am a former dedede main and he plays so uniquely with six jump, the worst air mobility in the game, one of the best falling speed and a strange tool as the Gordo that you can be a decent, mid level player while missing a lot of basic stuffs. Sometimes "go to learn fundamentals" actually means go to learn how to short hop, ho to rising aerials, falling aerials and so on.

I still don't get it.

за что батюшку?

I got clickbaited thinking this was about the fundimental theorem of calculus :(

Characters like Pac-Man, G&W, Banjo, Mega Man etc have super wonky play styles. Frustrating to play against if you use orthodox fighters. I main doc -_-“