Falcon Punch: Negatives: Slow, sound cue, no armor, and the damage isn't worth the risk of the move. Positives: If you land it, you become infinitely superior to everyone in existence, and it's awesome.

To make volcano kick worse, did you know it has a sour spot? If your opponent is on a plat above you the move does like half the damage and won't even break shields.

Fun fact about ZSS's forward smash; it is the only smash attack I am aware of that does not increase in percent dealt when fully charged. Knockback does properly scale with charge however.

About Warlock Punch it is the most commonly misunderstood move on its damage. It is true that it gets stronger in the air and when reversed but the aerial damage bonus ONLY works if the move comes out while Ganon is airborne. It is impossible to get full power on an FD stage with a double jump because while all of the startup is airborne the move itself comes out when Ganon is grounded.

I agree that basically every move is useful, but even with it's use, yoshi would literally be a better character without egg roll because you wouldn't accidentally input it instead of b reverse egg toss Edit: honestly ganon is the same way with uptilt. Trying to hit a platform with upsmash, only to watch ganon do the splits for a full second is one of the most depressing things in ultimate. It has more uses than egg roll, but forward smash does nearly everything it does better

Another annoying thing about Ridley's Skewer is that the sweetspot of the move doesn't fully cover the tip of the tail, meaning that if you land the move at absolute max distance, you get the sourspot. Rollout is also cursed with having super negative disjoint.

"Steve's Nair doesn't combo" *Shows b-roll footage of it comboing*

Vars: Why no one plays Ridley Also Vars: I think Ridley’s broken

I think the worst move in the game is the thing where belmonts just stand still and wave their whip around, I don’t remember how it works

I consider yoshi side b the worst move in the game since its so easy to get it on accident when you're doing b-reverse neutral-Bs or angled Up-Bs, and you definitely get punbished for that more often than an actual use case for the move comes up.

Yoshi main here. Completely agree with #1. I wish there were other options.

Steves nair can actualy lead to fair loops and even tho its not the most optimal, its still pretty decent

Alternative Title: Top 10 most disrespectful moves

I knew Ridley’s Skewer was going to show up here somewhere. I’m just a bit surprised Ridley’s Down Air didn’t show up somewhere on the list along with it.

Yoshi side B is dope af I use it all the time. There are some techs that nobody uses for some reason! You can get top speed at immediately on platforms if timed well (about half way into the platform), and not only can you jump while in the egg, which NOBODY knows for some reason, but you can ALSO hold jump when exiting a platform while in air and get a super jump that reaches top platform on battlefield! This means it can combo into itself if you jump when you hit the opponent, dealing a solid 30% on contact, and putting them in a tech situation on platform or pop them in the air which can be very useful in general. It's got insane movement when considering the top speed immediately tech and jumping, making it soooo useful for mixups or escaping. Also you can also stall on ledge before jumping giving you even more options! That all mixed with "Yoshi side b bad" in the meta means that NOBODY knows how to counter it or escape from it, which is why it's among my favorite moves for yoshi. I use it all the time, especially in tournaments away from lag. Best of 5 with me and I'll show you! I'll hyu on discord if I can find you (I'll be Louie's Loops). If you win I'll crochet your main, lose and you just lost to a crochet YT channel😅, also maybe you'll make a video about the "Scrambler" not being trash and change the meta with me😋.

I better see EWGF on here ._.

10:53 wasnt expecting a clip of my own to make it into a Vars video LOL love your content man, thanks for appreciating my hammer callouts

0:49 Robin’s bronze aerials aren’t actually too awful. Sure, 99% of the time you want the Levin variant, but the bronze versions of fair, bair, and up air have some niche uses. Robin’s one of my mains, and when I edgeguard some characters, I’ll actually use my bronze aerials to preserve uses of my Levin aerials. I may use Levin aerials if I’m edgeguarding someone who has a lot of distance on their recovery, though. If you hit bronze up air while landing, it is actually a really good combo tool, going directly to Levin up smash up to around 50% and then Levin up air for a little while after. I’m not going to go into detail about all of Robin’s mechanics, but it is possible to use bronze aerials in the air even if you have Levin sword uses left, and then switch BACK to Levin aerials if you want to, like the landing bronze up air to Levin up air combo. Bronze nair and dair are pretty useless though, if you’re using bronze nair you might as well use bronze fair. Bronze dair is actually useless, or at least very close to.

Yay, another Vars video.

Wario's jab combo used to be weak damage wise (9% total) and the first hit was so laggy that it couldn't be used for jab locking. Yup, Wario's jab was signficantly BUFFED, and it still sucks. Something to think about.

Great stuff man I think for future video ideas after this just ask "whats fun to talk about?" Your analysis would do well for analyzing historical sets. You could break down the decisions made, the impact in the community, and how they reflected their metas at the time

Speaking of my main (Ridley), I'd argue his down air is definitely one of the worst. It's kill power is its only redeeming quality and its not particularly notable, as it is only killing past 110% or around that range. It's spike, while being absurdly strong for some odd reason, is very brief and the move lacks any disjoint whatsoever. In addition to a nasty 32 frames of landing lag. Every stall and fall dair is better and stall and falls are already considered a pretty bad to meh category of move. The main use cases I have for Dair as Ridley are landing mixups from getting on stage, if you're near the blast zone and out of focus, using dair off the top will land with pretty much zero lag and instantly allowing you to start shielding which is an actual use case or quickly falling to ledge. However I'd argue that jump mixups on a character with 3 jump is more worthwhile and consistently helpful as dair is easy to read and can be beat out by a lot of moves.

DAMN, that's a good list, just some additional info on Steves Nair: Steve can actually use his nair to set you in position for a fair spike offstage (usually, after you survived the first one) You actually see it pretty often, at low percents, steves go for fair spike -> fastfall -> nair -> fair spike. You can't use Sword Fair in this case because you are already in the air so you can't macro SH aerials. You also see it used often enough to cover space in front of him while drifting backwards (in the air) or while Double Jumping backwards, since it works like jab, it's way safer to nair while drifting away than pick-fair, and it also makes it so you can double jump backwards while keep looking foward (if you DJ during the move). You probably seen people doing it while getting out of the ledge, usually jump get up -> nair while drifting backwards or jump getup -> nair -> backwards DJ -> block Again, it's not a great move, and its pretty niche (specially for a Steve move), but considering he already has Sword Fair/Bair, i think the fact that it has decent use cases is already impressive. Great video btw Vars, nice to see you uploading on this channel again, even after it has slowed down in views (together with most of smash content, for now)

Surprised that Wario's jab was on here instead of his down smash or Samus jab. Totally agree with everything else though!

Duck's up tilt is turribl. I only use it after tossing out a can to both send it sky-high and to change its direction backwards.

Imma be real, I think the skewer meta got kind of screwed by the amazing option of up-smash being there for platform tech chases, but also up smash makes tech out the only reliable option if you hope Ridley undershoots his chase, and that makes reading roll out for skewer more realistic to hit (Though very few people do).

On skewer I've found down smash to be the best option since i skewer near the ledge most and the down smash can hop over get up attack and cover roll.

True, i really didn’t know what steve’s nair was until now. I’ve always wanted to learn but am too lazy to find a “killing with every steve move “ video or acola matches

Like Falcon Punch, Ridley's tail is another move that you throw out if you have a massive lead and it just demoralizes if it lands. Doesn't get the same crowd excitement, though. Once I threw it out offstage against a Ganon. Somehow landed, and not just that, but stage spiked the poor guy with it. Connection immediately died-I've never experienced anyone cut their internet so fast.

Im so happy hearing some positive talk on Warlock Punch. It gets trashed on too much, landing it is rare, but if yoj do it is almost guaranteed to kill whoever your fighting with its absurd power. Plus Im biased and love it

I'd say the main reason why Warlock Punch is better than Falcon Punch is it's raw strength. If you break an opponent's shield (which ganon is one of the better ones at) it is one of the strongest options to punish, only being beaten by a lucky hero, roy/chrom and something else that I'm probably forgetting and these moves also drain a characters resources (health, mp). Also Falcon Punch is just completely useless for a shield break, because Falcon's F-Smash is just as strong (what can't be completely said for Ganon)

BA OST in the back. I love it.

For the ZZS players, up angled f-smash has the most kill power at ledge if you find yourself needing it, anyway.

These vids are top tier ASMR as well.

I remember playing the first SSB and seeing how busted OG Falcon Punch was in its startup and ending lag. Why can't we have that back?

I feel like Ridley's down b is still more useful than his down air.

Bro, is that Blue Archive music?! You sure have good taste!

I want to propose Samus' up-smash for the top 10 best/worst moves in the game.

I think i had the idea with beam on kirby on your discord :D

you're severely underrating steve's nair in this video. it's very useful as not only a mid-air combo extender, but it's also an insane gimping tool due to its fast startup, low endlag, and ability to just hold to spam making it an almost consistent hitbox. It also has low knockback and high hitstun which is great for gimping. In the context of his kit it has a lot of unexpected use. Nair OOS is sometimes referred over SH-fair/bar. It's also widely used as a followup to a fair spike both on and off stage. it's great as a followup to minecart and extends a lot of combo routes. It's also very useful to use for blockless combos using the short double jump tech. and if you rate outside the context of his kit it's just better. it still has all of these benefits, but doesn't get outshined by the rest of steve's kit. Like you said it's basically aerial steve jab, but steve's jab is literally the best jab in the game. without the context of SH-far/bair, Nair suddenly becomes an amazing OOS option that combos into imagination at mid percent, and leads to some nice followups too at low percent, while still being a really quick frame 7 OOS option which some characters would kill for. Like, in steve's own kit, Nair isn't even his worst move. And outside of his kit, it is in no way the worst nair either

Sorry if you’ve done this before, could you build what your dream character would be? Complete move set and mechanics from any character.

If you're going to say that Steve's short hop fair and bair are different from his nair, then you should consider jab and f tilt as different moves as well

6:00 Good Idea

You know a Wario’s jab is bad when his dash attack comes out faster, frame 5 vs frame 8

There’s more to why Egg Roll is so terrible. Imo it’s actually worse than Rollout. Reason 1: Mis-inputing this move is a nightmare. There are times where you want to use Reverse Egg Lay, but instead you become an egg. Reason 2: It’s at its worst when used in the air. You are literally a falling hurtbox that can barely move. Reason 3: It’s kills you more than it helps you. Whenever you’re offstage and try to do Double Jump Egg Throw to help yourself get back and live, you instead do Egg Roll which will guarantee a stock loss.

Good video as always, a few thoughts. - ZSS Forward Smash is awful, no one is denying that, but idk if I'd call it the worst. In a vacuum, I'd definitely trade Snake's or King Dedede's Forward Smash for it as those smash attacks are really only saved by being on trap based characters. In context, however, you would have more of a case of saying that she has the worst forward smash in the game but I think I'd say that spot goes to Squirtle instead. It's slower than ZSS coming out at frame 20 and while it's safer on shield, it can't catch spot dodges like ZSS can due to it not being a two parter. - Something that makes Ridley's Skewer even worse is that it lost the occasional down throw into Skewer that players would sometimes do as they changed the properties of Skewer to be classified as a grab in a game with protection against chain grabs. - Some moves I think could fit on this list. The Belmont's Whip Dangle, Piranha Plant's Footstool Attack, Samus' Jab, Jigglypuff's Rollout and Wario's Down Smash.

Worst move is kaclang, because it's super easy to punish and the falling hitbox is impossible to connect. At least yoshi egg roll and kirby hammer, as bad as they are, can break shields. It's very specific but it can still happen. Kaclang is just a frame >=60 down air which does like 18%

*GASP* BLUE ARCHIVE Soundtrack??! :D

what is the song at the beginning

the worse the move the cooler it is to hit

Wasn't expecting to hear a Blue Archive theme here

WE LOVE THE BA MUSIC LETS GOOO

falcon punch literally cannot be removed. it can be tweaked, touched, prodded, tickled, but if falcons neutral b is ever not a big ass punch, that’s not captain falcon

Hocus Pocus is a uniquely awful move. Most of these moves at least have good outcomes when you land them and can be used after a shield break or when you are safe. Because all of the negative outcomes of Hocus Pocus are more likely than the positive ones Hocus Pocus is the only move in the game that increases your chances of losing no matter when you use it. Even if you shield break your opponent or just use Hocus Pocus at centre stage while your opponent is off stage the odds of you losing the game increase when you use Hocus Pocus. You also have no idea what the effect is going to be so you can't even outplay your opponent by making a read like you can with other bad moves. On the other hand it's also one of the biggest 'cheater' moves and has arguably the best rewards when things do go your way.

Ah; I was hoping the attacks themselves would get their own video versus the normal attacks, you know; a video for specials and a video of normal jabs and stuff.

No memtion of piranah plant's footstool attack lol

I better see Corrin counter on here Okay maybe not top 10 worst but still up there.

I’d consider DDD dash attack for this list, super slow startup and very long end lag. The animation is very exposing throughout all parts of the move, and more often than not you’ll just get punished when using it. It kills, but in pretty every scenario where you might consider a dash attack, his down tilt is just more useful. DDD dash attack seems like a move that should have armor but doesn’t, I think it might actually be viable if it did

volcano kick is the worst move because because it's the only one who take up-tilt from a caractere every other move have something to replace it

Ivy saur bullet seed I’m hoping is hwrw

I don’t think you mentioned this but zss fsmash is infamous for people just falling out of it Tbh her entire character is Marss knows this very well lmao

Falcon punch is PEAK AND YOU KNOW IT!

Glad to see that this is still happening in 2023

It's funny how so much of the characters that had the ''best moves'' have also the ''worst moves''

pac-man up tilt

Another thing to mention about ZSS fsmash is that people just pop out sometimes, it's a horrible move. I don't know why they changed her fsmashfrom Brawl, it had good range and was a single move. Dsmash to fsmash was more viable there. On top of functionality the move just looks awkward and bland, in general I'm not a fan of how they took most of her plasma whip moves and turned them into generic kicks. The plasma whip helped the character stand out more instead of just being more like sci fi sheik with a gun Also surprised you didn't include Shulk's jab, I would think it's worse than Wario's for how slow it is

pac man up tilt

Why didn't you put PK Thunder on here?

Eyyyyy blue archive lets goooooooo

Piranha Plant back air isn't even bad, I'm glad you chose not to include it.

How are we not talking ab Toad in this video.

I'm kinda surprised that Robin's down smash (bronze sword) didn't make this list. I get that it's supposed to be bad, but good lord that move does like 5%, has a ton of endlag, and doesn't even cover behind him.

If you count grabs villagers is like pac man in smash 4 bad

Banjo D-Air really needed to be on here. It is move so bad it actually does more for your opponent than it does for Banjo.

11:24 Vars we know you are only saying that because Ridley beats Cloud (Seriously though, I would agree that Ridley is underrated)

Good to see Minecraft Steve get some criticism for once. 😊

I’m sorry but Steve’s nair is decent on anyone but him. It would combo so hard on any character with decent mobility for so long it’s insane. The fact it doesn’t send into tumble for so long means anyone with a killing forward of back air would abuse the shit out of it

Before video: *Ooh this looks fun* Listening to start of video: *Now I have to go play Blue Archive*

Came for the move info, stayed for the correct Ridley opinion, character is absurdly privileged lmao.

Wtf blue archive music in a smash video

I don't believe you about Steve Nair.

I just got killed by hero upsmash on 15% while watching this im not even kidding lmfao😂😅

As a Ganon main I hate volcano kick. I misinput semi-frequently expecting an actually useful up-tilt to come out. F-Smash and Warlock Punch do anything that volcano kick could do better. Just give him K-rool’s up-tilt and I’d be thrilled.

Poor falcon punch literaly the worst of its kind

Ok I'm watching now and if yoshi's side b isn't mentioned I'll throw a fit Edit : ok I'm quickly reassured

What about Samus'jab and Pacman'up tilt ? They're reaaally bad, the jab of Samus doesn't connect with itself sometimes and the range of PacMan jab is garbage x)

Some sonic main is probably gonna come in here and overexagerate how bad his up-air is

Sora down air. Just Sora down air

dude steve’s nair being one of the worst moves in the game is the hottest of takes

People dont know that ridley is acutally crazy good if he wasnt huge he would be broken with thise hitboxes

What have you done

Byleth down special, Mac down air, mac fair, mac uAir, egg roll, Samus jab, Simon “jab”, hero up smash, villager jab, falcon punch, ganon up tilt, wario jab Probably missing some genuinely terrible moves but yeah that’s the summary I’d give

Disonourable Mention: Wario's down smash. Comes out at frame 8 and....that's about it. It's -44 on shield and dreadful kill power. Worst down smash in the game IMO.

Little macs aerials still have their uses so they arent as bad as everyone says they are. Not saying that they're good in all 'cause their trash.

I was half expecting “all of little macs aerials” to be on this list. Little Mac is just top tier I guess.

Steve’s neutral B is objectively the worst in the game

This video is just why no one play Ganon. 😂

Steve's nair can join Brawl Meta Knight's jab in the "terrible move on an otherwise overtuned character" club. Does Smash 4 Bayo have anything like this?

Worst move js actually wario qtr waft

Vars you did not flip around Falcon Punch you did standard falcon Punch. But you reversed Warlock Punch 😂dude are you trolling falcon fans .