Spring Doubles Championship North America
Brawlhalla
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5:58 Okay.
6:22 Huh?
6:25 Huh?
6:45 Welcome to Brawl Hollow.
6:56 on the grounds.
7:05 Good morning everyone or good afternoon I suppose as we
7:08 get into the North American doubles for the spring championship.
7:13 You know the birds, the bees, the flowers,
7:15 and all the other goodness that comes with uh spring.
7:18 Actually, no birds in these photos, just bees and flowers.
7:20 But either way, I'm Duke.
7:22 Joined with me is none other than Flambo and PJ.
7:24 There's a bird.
7:25 Uh, quick, what what bird is that?
7:28 It's a cardinal.
7:30 PJ is right.
7:32 They're playing the Dodgers right now.
7:33 And I go Dodgers.
7:35 Shout outs.
7:36 Okay.
7:36 Well, we are here to talk about all things North America.
7:39 And so, of course, to start off with things about North America,
7:42 we got to remind you to come to North
7:43 America for the Midseason Championship that is coming in soon.
7:48 So, you want to make sure that you book your hotel because spots are
7:51 filling up and you want to come here cuz it's a pretty cool venue.
7:54 It's a new venue that we haven't been to before.
7:56 I'm really excited for it.
7:57 Uh how about y'all?
7:58 I mean, it's the best thing ever.
8:02 Wait, what was I saying?
8:03 I'm excited.
8:03 I mean, every single year mid-season is always a blast.
8:07 Uh we always get to, you know, it's that first time of the year,
8:09 especially since we don't have the Royals this time around.
8:12 You know, it's been a little bit since I've gotten to see you guys.
8:14 So, I'm really really hoping that everyone shows up
8:17 in a massive way so we can kind of reconvene.
8:19 It'll be just like old times.
8:20 Don't want to miss it, of course.
8:22 gonna be in like a little over a month.
8:25 Yeah, that's coming in soon.
8:26 Uh PJ, uh tell them what they get if they sign up now.
8:30 So, if you are an early bird competitor,
8:32 sign up through May 11th, which is in uh 8 days here.
8:35 You'll be getting a locked in game title as well
8:37 as a t-shirt that has not been revealed yet,
8:39 but you're going to be definitely be wanting to get one.
8:42 Bahala.com/midseason.
8:43 And please, please, please,
8:44 if you have any uh thoughts about coming and you're going to do it,
8:47 you should do it as soon as possible.
8:49 get your free t-shirt, but also start locking in your accommodation.
8:52 There's no more Spirit Airline.
8:53 You need to figure out who you're going to be flying here with.
8:55 You need to figure out what hotels you're on.
8:57 It's the same weekend as the World Cup matches in Atlanta,
9:00 which means you're going to want to get your accommodation soon because
9:02 they are also a lot of people that are procrastinators for their hotels.
9:06 So, don't be one of those people.
9:07 Lock in and get your locked in title, get your t-shirt,
9:09 sign up now through May May 11th to lock in those rewards.
9:12 Yeah, the airline tickets are already going up,
9:14 so make sure that you pick them up quick.
9:16 And of course, there is some goodness for the people at home.
9:20 Uh if you unfortunately can't make it out,
9:22 maybe it just doesn't work out for you,
9:23 maybe just you're just not allowed to travel,
9:25 maybe you got some stuff on your uh ankles,
9:27 then you can watch from home and you can
9:29 potentially earn some of these mid-season championship viewership rewards.
9:34 Loving the colors, loving the titles.
9:36 Uh what do you want the most, Flambo?
9:39 Diamond caliber.
9:41 I feel like I don't know.
9:42 There's a a certain amount of pizzazz that one has.
9:45 Yeah.
9:45 Yeah.
9:45 pulling up on somebody and be liked diamond caliber flambees in the lock.
9:49 You know, I feel like I don't know that there's aura with that.
9:52 I feel like it's it's the opposite for me where it's like,
9:54 yeah, I I'm a diamond caliber player,
9:56 but like I the ELO might say silver,
9:58 but like in my heart I got like I'm a diamond caliber player, you know?
10:01 It's just I just I got some bad teammates and some bad matchups.
10:04 This guy was spamming too much.
10:06 Okay, what about you, PJ?
10:07 The scythe looks really cool for me.
10:08 That's going to be part of the esports uh Twitch drops for the rest of the year.
10:12 We're going to be getting the spear and the scythe for mid-season championship.
10:15 That's going to look great with my finex
10:16 and my esports uh with my gold forge gauntlets.
10:19 I'm excited for that.
10:19 Yeah, got to get the whole drip out with that.
10:22 Um so, make sure you are watching at home if you uh can't make it here.
10:26 If you do make it here,
10:28 usually we have some sort of way to get you some of those rewards as well.
10:30 So, don't worry, don't fret.
10:32 If you care about those rewards, uh coming here is far more important.
10:36 But, it's time to start to get into the day, right?
10:39 We've got North American, we've got doubles.
10:41 Um, and potentially, uh, is it time to bring in our North American expert?
10:47 Okay.
10:48 Yeah, it's time to bring in a very knowledgeable 2v2, very experienced player.
10:52 Oh, hint hint.
10:53 Let's talk to experience.
10:58 Yo, experience, you?
11:00 What's up, bro?
11:01 What's going on?
11:02 How you doing?
11:03 Um, I noticed that you aren't on the list of people competing today.
11:07 Any specific reason?
11:09 Yeah, I mean I'm just taking a step back right now.
11:12 Uh taking a break from competing.
11:13 I may be at BCX though, but for right now I'm just chilling.
11:18 Okay.
11:19 Okay.
11:19 Is there anyone you're looking at today for potentially
11:21 being the ones to go ahead and bring this home?
11:25 Uh I mean for first place.
11:29 Yeah.
11:28 Yeah.
11:28 Yeah.
11:29 Zen Hideway are looking they're looking primed to win the tournament.
11:35 Uh I don't know if you guys know,
11:36 but I I'm not even sure I'm supposed to tell you this.
11:38 Sorry, but Money Hall is playing Cidra and not Yugi.
11:42 So, yeah, I I'm not sure how that's going to go.
11:46 That's a great segue into something I wanted to ask your experience.
11:49 Um, I was looking at the superstances and it kind of immediately
11:52 made me think about all the cannon legends with really polarizing stat lines.
11:55 You're looking at something like Linfay and Zull where they're
11:57 on the far end of the spectrum and dexterity and strength, for example.
12:00 Do you think superstance is going to make
12:01 cannon legends specifically more prevalent in the meta?
12:04 I know for you, you're a 2v2 expert
12:05 and I know you have very strong opinions on canon.
12:07 Do you think superstances will make cannon legends
12:09 better in 2v2 going into the next officials?
12:12 Yeah, I think there's definitely some
12:14 interesting things going on with the superstances.
12:16 Like I played super speed cidra which is
12:19 actually eight speed and that was like I
12:21 think that's the fastest you can get for canon and it it felt like really good.
12:26 But you can also go super strength for Cidra and get like the same stats as Z.
12:30 So there's a lot of there's a lot of change that you can make.
12:35 But yeah, I really like the superstances.
12:37 Like that's a great update.
12:39 Okay.
12:39 Well, uh coming into this weekend, we've uh talked a lot about the dexterity
12:43 changes and how that could potentially affect twos.
12:46 We already saw uh yesterday some teams kind of ignore it
12:49 and still stick with like the grooms and the kayas and whatnot.
12:52 Uh how do you feel about the dexterity changes specifically with twos?
12:57 Yeah, the idea with that has always been like the glass cannon thing, right?
13:00 Like if you're playing Jala,
13:01 you get the four defense and it's like I'm low defense,
13:04 but if I don't get hit, then it doesn't matter.
13:06 So if I'm low dexterity, as long as I don't get hit,
13:09 I won't lose my weapon and I can cycle it out.
13:11 So that's the idea.
13:12 So some some players like who perceive their defense as better
13:17 than others like Zen and Hideway don't care about the dexterity changes,
13:22 but I think it's something to be to be mindful of.
13:24 Like I think if a character's like three decks, like it'll definitely show up.
13:27 Like it'll be obvious.
13:29 Okay.
13:30 And so then another question I have for you is, you know,
13:32 now that we do have all these changes coming to the game or in the game now,
13:37 um I just want to know if there's
13:39 any legend that you're looking at that, you know,
13:41 before was previously glossed over because of their stats holding them back.
13:44 Do you look at like a character like Thatch these days and say like,
13:48 "All right, there's there's promise there or like Jala,
13:50 for example, was already pretty good before, but now with the superstances,
13:53 you can kind of hit more of a regular stat spread.
13:56 Are there any legends that you're like, oh wait, they're viable now?
13:59 Yeah, I mean you said it.
14:00 I think Thatch and especially Ada should definitely be looked into.
14:05 They Ada specifically has received like some sick
14:07 buffs like over time like some power creep,
14:10 but I think they can be like really powerful,
14:11 especially if blasters rotate back into the 2v2 meta.
14:15 So, people should definitely look into those two characters.
14:19 Okay, that sounds pretty Yeah, those ADA signatures are tricky, too.
14:22 You got to be careful with those for sure.
14:23 Uh, especially the blaster ones.
14:25 Um, yeah, the spear and the blaster ones.
14:27 the sphere uh side got to be careful what you say I know right two
14:33 weeks ago no yeah ADA I think ADA a lot of people have been talking
14:36 about ADA actually and I was quite interested that we didn't see any in EU
14:40 in uh South America but something I really
14:41 liked about North America is they were always
14:43 playing like gauntlet compositions we saw some
14:45 Terraos Kaya uh going into uh I believe
14:48 it was 2024 but I feel like they've always kind of done their own thing
14:51 and that's kind of what we'll segue into with these team comps we're seeing I
14:54 know you talked about the uh Mooney um
14:57 Cidra that's going to be played this weekend.
14:59 And this of course is the last North American tournament before Superstance is.
15:02 So it should be exciting to see what the last
15:03 look of everything is before we change the meta up.
15:08 Yeah, I I'm interested to see like I don't know
15:11 if there's going to be a balance patch after this tournament,
15:14 but I definitely want to see like what kind
15:16 of comps will come out on top like what what proves
15:18 to be like strong or maybe even the strongest because
15:21 before it was like Oram Kaya and you know that 1BCX,
15:24 but now we're getting like a different array of compositions.
15:27 So, it's definitely a lot more interesting to me and I'm excited to watch today.
15:35 Okay.
15:36 Yeah.
15:36 Well, thank you so much for your perspective experience.
15:38 We're going to keep you on though.
15:39 We're going to keep you on for uh some
15:41 of our players we're going to be looking out for.
15:42 And this is one of my favorite teams that has made a return back into Brahala.
15:46 We got Migdi and Raidish coming back in together after Raidish kind of joined
15:51 with Balloon Boy at the Royale that they were at, which was Max mode.
15:54 And ever since then, last year they were playing together,
15:56 but now Raidish back with his teammate in Megd.
15:58 How are we feeling about that pick, that team?
16:00 Uh, I'm very excited for it.
16:01 We got to see MGD last weekend do incredibly well.
16:04 Obviously, I think a lot of people
16:05 are uh talking about that Maggie versus Darwin.
16:08 I think that was elimination final set.
16:10 Uh which was really exciting.
16:11 And of course, uh we love to see Raidish back in the game.
16:13 He was not available last weekend.
16:15 I believe he was in Japan.
16:16 But uh now that he's back,
16:17 I'm really excited to see how he can do cuz uh Megdy Raidish,
16:20 like they're a team that when they first teamed together,
16:22 I was like, "Okay, this is like a serious threat
16:24 in a region with a lot of really strong 2v2 teams." Yeah.
16:28 No, I think this is an extremely strong team.
16:30 Uh granted their seed kind of lower than what we expect just
16:34 because they they haven't been in the game for a little while,
16:36 particularly Raidish.
16:38 Uh but I'm expecting them to make
16:40 a pretty large splash in this tournament today.
16:42 Only time will tell.
16:44 Experience.
16:45 How do you feel about me raish going into today?
16:48 I mean I I was waiting to talk about this to be honest.
16:51 Like I'm really hyped for these for these guys to be back.
16:54 I mean Raiders just got back from Japan.
16:56 He was on like a six-month break after BCX and so
17:00 I'm super excited to see him back up with Nike.
17:03 I thought that he might get Balloon Boy,
17:04 but Balloon Boy Money Holla just won the last
17:06 tournament so it makes sense that they would stay together.
17:09 So this is kind of like a stars aligning moment.
17:12 So I'm definitely excited to see them play.
17:15 Okay, sounds dope.
17:16 No, I'm I'm also extremely excited to see them play.
17:18 Should be a very fun uh just treat for all of us
17:21 cuz what we said they were like seed 12 13 around there.
17:25 So they better upset that.
17:26 It
17:27 It's also kind of funny to think about
17:28 because uh when Raidus started team with Balloon Boy,
17:30 I know Meg D and Mo started teaming together.
17:32 Now that Mooney left Megd, you know,
17:34 now it's Mooney and Balloon Boy and then Radius is back with Megd.
17:37 So there seems to be somewhat of a thing there.
17:39 Maybe the ultimate form will be when Megd and Balloon Boy team together.
17:42 But maybe that's something we'll see uh coming into 2027
17:45 cuz that seems to be um what is going through.
17:47 The last time they played together, if I'm not mistaken,
17:49 was 2025 at the Witcher Championship where they got fifth place.
17:52 Uh, Meg D's been on a resurgence though, even in the 1v one space.
17:55 He's kind of back into like very prime form.
17:57 I think with the dexterity changes,
17:58 he plays legends with a really great stats that work into the meta.
18:02 He's not like worried about anything like that.
18:03 And he has a great repertoire of gauntlet legends.
18:05 I think gauntlets are really good right now in 2v2.
18:07 So, I'm excited to see them for sure.
18:09 But, I believe our next team is going to be what
18:11 we just kind of alluded to, which was Balloon Boy and Mooney.
18:14 Okay.
18:15 Yeah, this is one that we've been talking about uh for a fair bit.
18:17 Uh, definitely coming into this weekend.
18:19 Uh we know Mooney as a very strong Amugi player, very strong great sword player,
18:23 but for the past while has been playing that Cidra and we've been expecting it
18:27 and uh we're going to get to see it here this weekend in the two space
18:30 alongside Balloon Boy who like we've said
18:32 is an incredible player in the two space
18:34 after teaming up uh and he's just been doing well in North America as a whole.
18:38 Yeah, it's been a tricky one to get G get sword to work in the two space, right?
18:43 And Mooney has been able to do that.
18:45 Uh but now I think kind of hit that point where like he
18:48 also probably to some degree feels like a man that's kind of annoying.
18:51 We did see a great showing from Anto
18:54 in South America yesterday kind of making the weapon work,
18:56 but I think the swap over to Cidra should just be a lot easier even
19:00 from just kind of like what people have
19:01 tried in the past and have seen work perspective.
19:04 And so I'm kind of curious experience,
19:06 why do you think that uh this team of Mooney and Balloon Boy works?
19:13 I'm going to be honest, they have a lot of passion.
19:16 Like they really I've never seen a team of two players want to win more.
19:21 It's usually one player wants to win a little
19:22 bit more than the other and you know vice versa.
19:25 But these two players together, they will do whatever it takes to win.
19:29 They're always going to get to the objective of the game
19:31 and they're going to do anything that they need to.
19:34 there.
19:35 I'm honestly Money Hall has been practicing the Sidra,
19:40 but tournament's like an entirely different landscape.
19:42 So, I'm really like interested to see if it'll hold up in tournament
19:47 cuz there's a couple situations in tournament that don't show up in ranked,
19:51 like people taking a little bit more
19:52 time with their approach and neutral and stuff.
19:54 So, I'm wondering if they can do it,
19:56 but these are the previous winter champions,
19:58 so I think they they'll probably do good.
20:02 Okay.
20:03 I mean, well said.
20:04 I definitely mirror that feeling especially when I was interviewing
20:06 them after their win for Winters where like their voices were
20:10 shaking or at least Mony's was and I was like that's
20:12 like two players that are really passionate and just want it
20:15 a little bit more and I think that's kind of why
20:16 they came out on top and uh yeah I'm really excited
20:19 to see this evolution of Mooney you know going from the Jun
20:22 to the to the Emi and now over to the Cidra.
20:24 We saw Cidra in South America I believe so we will be seeing that.
20:28 Of course, um, Lopez won the 1 v one space with Cidra.
20:31 So, Cidra seems to be on the up and up,
20:33 and I know you were talking about experience with Super Santis coming.
20:35 We might even see more Cidra with a similar satellite to Zo with super strength.
20:39 Uh, nonetheless, we're going to be getting into our last uh, team.
20:42 We got Zen and Hideaway lined up here.
20:44 PR number one and two.
20:45 And of course, your BCX 2025 2v2 champions
20:49 getting a third place at Winter Championship here.
20:52 Um, losing to Ryzen Soul if I'm not mistaken.
20:54 So, yeah, this is going to be a very, very strong team.
20:56 Of course, the world champions will come back and try
20:58 to make it happen in a new deck landscape.
20:59 How are we feeling about Zen and Hideway?
21:01 I mean, they've got a lot of confidence on their backs,
21:03 but uh like you said, they didn't do too hot in the winter championship.
21:07 I think there's a little bit of a chip on the shoulder
21:09 cuz uh they tend to feel like they deserve to win basically everything.
21:13 They've have a lot of confidence for a long time now.
21:15 Of course, Zen earning it after being a multi-time 2v2 world champion,
21:19 but still uh I think that confidence will carry them very far uh today.
21:23 Yeah, I still think about that interview from uh the end of BCX
21:28 last year uh where I mean both of them were really just
21:31 like we're going to win and then they won and then after they
21:36 won you know we sat them down we were like so what happened?
21:39 How'd y'all win?
21:40 They were just like we're just better you know
21:42 and like you know both extremely thankful for the other
21:45 in terms of like man I'm so lucky to have
21:47 a partner uh who wants it as bad as I do.
21:50 Uh, and so kind of seeing that performance
21:51 at the winter championship happen the way that it did.
21:54 Honestly left me with with a couple question marks being like, man,
21:56 is this just like a is it just a winner championship thing?
21:59 Like sometimes I go into the Twitch chat and you know people will say like, "Oh,
22:02 they didn't win the last tournament." And then
22:03 some other chatter will come and reply,
22:05 "Well, winter championships is always Mickey.
22:07 It doesn't count." And so I'm like, "All right,
22:08 well hopefully in the spring championship things
22:11 go a little bit better their way."
22:13 I know you were talking about where that you had them as the uh,
22:16 you know, likely picks to win the entire thing.
22:18 Uh, what makes you feel so confident about that?
22:22 I mean, we saw it in the highlights.
22:24 These guys are quick.
22:26 I think that their strong suit is definitely coordination and speed
22:30 and they're hitting a lot of combos or, you know,
22:32 quick one twos, handoffs to each other that a lot
22:35 of teams right now just are not hitting.
22:37 And another thing I want to add is that Hideway is
22:40 going back to his roots with the cannon in this tournament.
22:42 He's playing Cidra and Zen is also going back to his original
22:46 form which was the Wan that he won the first world championship with.
22:50 So these people are very comfortable on the picks that they're going into.
22:54 Um and they know what comp they're playing as opposed to the opponents
22:58 like maybe Rise and Soul who we see swap a lot in these sets.
23:03 So I think that that that stagnant team comp
23:06 and the familiarity will definitely aid them in this tournament.
23:11 Yeah, I think we've kind of seen a resurgence
23:13 of those picks as a whole across the board.
23:15 We've seen a lot more cannons, a lot more gauntlets,
23:17 and a lot more uh Woo Shangs as of late,
23:20 I think, just as a result of the the meta changes.
23:23 Uh PJ, any uh other thoughts or questions or things you want to say about them?
23:26 Yeah, I think that uh when players come
23:28 in with a lot of experience on different legends,
23:30 when a meta shakeup of this degree comes into effect,
23:32 like dexterity happening um and then we hear,
23:34 you know, Zen and Heidi were going back to the Wong and the Cra picks
23:37 to me that's like uh that's something that they're
23:39 going to come out really really strong with.
23:40 They're going to be uh already having that synergy,
23:42 you know, winning the world championship.
23:44 Winters is now so different than what the Brahala meta looks like now that I'm
23:48 really excited to see uh if they're
23:49 able to translate those return to those picks.
23:51 I've been saying like forever as soon as I saw the deck change,
23:54 I'm like Woo is back.
23:55 Wooang is back.
23:56 We've seen some Wooong appearances here and I'm sure
23:58 we're going to be seeing it with the MGD team,
23:59 but it makes me very happy to hear that Zen's back on it
24:01 and Hideway on the Sidra approving Cannon makes a resurgence in 2v2 again.
24:05 Very excited to see this team.
24:08 Sounds really good.
24:08 I mean, even for me,
24:10 uh I one thing we actually didn't get a chance to ask you about earlier
24:13 and see if we can sneak it in there experience is um snap dash changes, right?
24:18 I mean, obviously kind of a a large change to the game,
24:21 one of the larger changes that have happened quite some time.
24:24 Do you feel like there's any team or players in particular that get
24:27 buffed by the removal of Snap Dash in the way that it was before?
24:32 Yeah, I don't want to say any names to like, you know, put anyone down,
24:36 but I think that any team who is practiced and coordinated will definitely
24:42 have a much better time right now being able to track down their opponents.
24:46 And anyone who tries to take like a more passive approach won't
24:50 be able to get out of these bad defensive spots as easily.
24:53 They won't be able to just snap dash out.
24:55 So, it rewards aggressive play, aggressive loosening,
24:59 proper catching of landings, proper timing on that.
25:02 I think that I mean, I'll just say one team that I think has
25:07 improved uh since the changes, uh, Zen and Hidler.
25:11 I know I'm saying their names a lot,
25:12 but I feel like they do a lot of things right right now.
25:18 Okay.
25:18 Well, yeah.
25:19 Thank you so much, Experience.
25:20 Um, before we let you go here, we want to ask,
25:23 do you have any final thoughts about the weekend here?
25:25 And also, make sure you let the people know where they can find you.
25:27 You know, I'm a I'm a big fan of your streams,
25:29 but I'm sure other people are going to want to tune in as well.
25:31 So, go ahead, give us your final thoughts and shout yourself out a little bit.
25:34 Um, my final thoughts.
25:36 Very excited to watch this tournament.
25:38 I really don't know how it's going to go despite
25:41 what I like who I think is going to win.
25:43 I feel like NA is very volatile.
25:45 It's not like EU where you might know who like the top one, two, or three is.
25:50 And that's it.
25:52 I hope you guys have fun watching it too and casting it.
25:56 My socials are experienced DOA everywhere.
26:00 That's it.
26:02 Okay.
26:03 Uh once again, thank you Experience for all your expertise.
26:06 Uh for you people at home, again,
26:07 if you want to follow him, uh experience DOA on Twitter, Twitch,
26:11 uh whatever social media platform you prefer,
26:14 go find him there cuz he is a great knowledge base for the 2v2 space.
26:19 He's been an absolute monster in twos for a while.
26:21 It took a break.
26:22 I'm excited cuz he said he might be going to BCX.
26:24 So that's going to be a really fun BCX
26:26 if Experience decides to to come out and play.
26:28 I I love his streams cuz I go in there
26:30 and it's like just chaos in the voice chat.
26:32 And then I'll ask like a very serious question
26:34 and it'll be like Peter that's a great question and he'll
26:36 just give me like a great answer and I'm
26:37 like this is exactly what I come for the entertainment.
26:39 You come for the entertainment you stay for the information.
26:41 That's what experience brings his experience of course
26:43 coming through in Oz content experience DOA on everything.
26:45 Um but yeah, that uh from after that we're going
26:48 to be going into our predictions here on the desk.
26:50 And uh we'll start with Duke.
26:52 It's gonna be me.
26:53 Um of course uh like experience was saying, this was a hard one for me.
26:58 We got a list of like the seeds.
27:00 There's a lot of teams where I was like they could maybe do it
27:02 and they could also maybe do it and then they could also maybe do it.
27:05 Um but I just kind of went with my heart on this one.
27:07 I saw Meg D and Raidish and this is kind of a classic one.
27:11 We talked about it earlier.
27:12 This is one that I'm just excited to see them uh play again together.
27:16 So, I want to see them go far.
27:17 This I don't know if they will,
27:18 but that's where I've got them on the third spot.
27:20 In the second place, Balloon Boy and um Mooney Mooney.
27:25 Uh I'm interested to see what they're going to be doing.
27:28 Obviously, they did really well in the winter championship,
27:30 but the swap to Cidra makes me a little bit nervous
27:33 just because whenever somebody's a character specialist like they uh Mooney is,
27:37 uh they tend to second guess whenever things start to go bad.
27:40 And then of course, Zen Hideaway, uh, absolute monster team, world champions.
27:43 I'm gonna probably have them in my first place spot all year,
27:46 unless they decide to throw, uh, and get like not even a top eight.
27:50 Makes sense.
27:51 Don't don't blame.
27:52 That's a pretty pretty strong list of predictions you got there.
27:56 I feel like my predictions are similarish in nature.
27:59 Um, I tend to just kind of make my predictions
28:03 not even necessarily based off of what I think mathematically has
28:06 the highest statistic potential to happen and more so just kind
28:09 of based off vibes and what I want to have happen.
28:12 And so in the first place spot, I ended up putting uh Balloon Boy and Mooney.
28:18 Now, do I think that's going to happen?
28:21 I'm not sure, man.
28:23 Like I I would love to see that come to fruition.
28:25 I think it would be like a really cool story.
28:28 Um, especially for something that's kind of like,
28:30 you know, thrown together fairly recently.
28:32 I love when like you throw two teams together
28:34 and suddenly there's like magic that happens like that.
28:36 It ends up being more of a long-standing thing.
28:38 Um, but then similarly, I was kind of like, all right,
28:42 well, if I'm not putting Zen and Hideway at number one,
28:45 then like I think it's kind of too
28:47 disrespectful if I don't put them at number two.
28:50 And so that's where I went ahead and threw them bad boys.
28:53 They have a really good shot of winning the entire thing.
28:54 We've said it a million times already on this broadcast.
28:57 These guys are absolutely hooking up.
29:00 And then in the third place spot, I'm trying to see if I can remember because
29:04 there's part of me I said Mar future bubble.
29:06 Yeah.
29:06 Which it was another one of those where I was like,
29:09 do I think it's going to happen.
29:12 I don't know, but I'd like to see it happen is kind of what it comes down to.
29:16 Marking Boom, Future Bubble.
29:17 I think we all remember, you know,
29:19 some of the historic runs that they've done together,
29:21 but like, you know, getting to the top has always eluded them.
29:24 Really what I'm looking out for today is
29:26 that there's been those moments where we've watched,
29:28 you know, them play and and not to throw shade,
29:31 but Future Bubble would often get picked on by the enemy
29:35 team comp and then kind of Mark would be kind of left
29:37 in these positions trying to do these like really tough 2v1s
29:40 or really just trying to peel off for future bubble the entire time.
29:43 And that was just really hard.
29:44 But some time has passed where, you know, in the spring championship,
29:47 I'm thinking they've had some time to maybe refine it.
29:49 Maybe Future Bubble's been able to kind of finesse those a little bit better.
29:52 But that's what I got for my three PJ.
29:55 Who are your predictions?
29:56 Okay, so I'm going to start off uh real nice and easy.
29:59 Third place, they got Hideway and Zen.
30:00 I think they will repeat their placement.
30:02 I think uh Monian Balloon at second place.
30:05 That's going to be um a very strong team.
30:07 I think Mooney Cidra is going to do it.
30:09 You know, he's swapping from one aquatic uh
30:10 sea creature to Cidra who controls the Kraken.
30:13 So, I think there has to be something there, right?
30:14 The lore implications uh tell its own story.
30:16 We have almost done it again where we forgot about Rise and Soul,
30:20 but they have only placed out of the podium
30:22 one singular time and it was fourth place.
30:24 They've gotten second, fourth, second, four, second, sorry,
30:26 twice that they've been out of the podium.
30:28 Rise and Soul, I want to tell the story here.
30:30 Two to five in matches versus Hideawin Zen.
30:33 But the game count is 13 to 16.
30:35 So they're losing three sets with a margin of one game.
30:37 They're never getting blown out versus Radish and Balloon
30:40 Boy when that was a very, very popular team.
30:42 They were down two to four in matches.
30:43 Again, one game separates every single one.
30:45 and they were just unable to do it in the game five
30:48 with a 13-2 uh game win 5-0 versus future bubble and Marimu.
30:53 They have a lot of experience versus very
30:54 very good teams and they're always just one stocked.
30:56 It usually comes down to like a one v one
30:58 like a one stock situation where it's just so so close.
31:01 And I think Ryzen Soul today is the day.
31:03 I know that got nerfed.
31:04 We saw God um and Aknos said we don't care about that.
31:07 We're going to stick with the team comp.
31:08 They went all the way to second place coming
31:10 into the grand finals from the winner side in EU.
31:12 I think Rise and Sar are going to win the tournament.
31:13 This is probably the first time anyone's ever said
31:16 that on the predictions for the last 3 years,
31:17 which is crazy to think cuz they are always in the conversation.
31:21 Yeah, so many strong teams here in North America.
31:24 You know, it's going to be a good day of North American doubles
31:26 here and it's going to get started here in just a little bit,
31:30 but for now, that has been the North American twos pre-show.
31:33 Any final words, uh, Flambo?
31:35 No, I mean, really, you know, Mike Bubble, let's lock in.
31:38 Let's get it.
31:39 Let's get it, baby.
31:40 Today's the day.
31:40 Come on now.
31:41 All right.
31:42 We'll we'll see if they can do it as uh we go to a short little break.
31:45 When we come back, we'll be bringing you
31:47 the top 16 of the North American Spring Championship doubles.
31:51 You don't want to miss it.
32:03 I'm rising up.
32:08 Keep climbing till I reach the clouds.
32:29 Woo!
32:41 You're right.
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33:30 Yeah.
33:58 This is Brawl Hollow.
34:08 I'm rising up on the ground.
34:13 Keep climbing till I Welcome back everybody to spring double championships.
34:19 It's Sunday which means we're here in North America
34:20 and as Duke said right before that great great video.
34:23 We're going right into the top 16 things.
34:25 We got Rise and Soul versus Halo and Isla on the other
34:28 side of top 16 Marku and Future Bubble and Megd and Raiders.
34:31 So already three uh of the teams that we
34:33 were talking about in the pre-show are already
34:36 going to be making their debut here for the spring
34:38 doubles championship here in 2026 for North America.
34:41 We also look forward to Astro and Draggy versus to be determined.
34:44 Shade and Hybrid versus Flower as well.
34:46 That's going to be a very very exciting match up.
34:48 But we're here already and we're getting right
34:49 into it with Ryzen Soul versus Halo and Isla.
34:52 Yeah, Isla uh kind of the unknown for me.
34:54 Halo Prince I've seen play in a couple of things uh so far.
34:58 kind of uh in the shadow of uh Balloon Boy,
35:01 I want to say, just because also playing the Mega Man.
35:03 Um on the other side though, Rise and Soul,
35:05 they're a team that you're really looking forward to seeing.
35:08 Um I think this is a spot where they can kind of reaffirm that yeah,
35:11 they're a serious contender in the North American 2 space and they deserve
35:14 to start getting some credit as a prediction in those top three spots.
35:19 Isla is actually Hexo.
35:20 So is coming in at CEDA number nine or sorry, PR number nine.
35:23 Yeah, cuz I saw it.
35:24 I'm like Isla, I've never heard that name.
35:25 Why is he PR9 and Halo's PR50?
35:27 So, it's going to be Hexo there as Guibu is teaming with Rice, I believe.
35:30 I think they're out of the tournament, but nonetheless,
35:32 Halo and formerly known as Hexo is going to be Isla now.
35:36 And Ryzen Solar not going to be picking the Kaiogram.
35:38 They're actually going to be going to the more middling
35:40 of the Axe Legends here with the Rise Rayand and the Brin.
35:44 Middling as in dexterity, I mean, and already starting off with a lot
35:48 of action here to start us off their landing.
35:50 And that's going to be a nice 2v2 combo there.
35:52 Getting both of those opponents.
35:53 Another endlight comes in.
35:54 We're already seeing the trails come into effect as a lot
35:56 of damage has been pumped out by this blue team.
35:58 Yeah, looking at uh Isla right now.
36:00 Uh definitely the most damaged one and coming in with that Htorii.
36:04 Generally pretty low defense.
36:05 Didn't catch if he's on that defense stance.
36:08 Oh, that's going to be a big round.
36:10 Soul will find first strike there over to the side of Hexo.
36:12 Sidelight waiting there.
36:13 Soul coming in with a haymaker off of that platform.
36:15 Halo going for that down will not find his connection.
36:17 A pogo reversal the side from Riseze, but we'll find a KO for Soul onto the side
36:21 of Halo right now as Hexo is trying to make something happen.
36:23 gets the nare off the end light.
36:24 The nare off of soul's ax as well and a nice
36:26 bit of damage as Halo is in A BAD SPOT.
36:28 GC LIGHT INTO THE RECOVERY.
36:29 THE RECOVERY COMES IN AND INTERRUPTS
36:30 A RECOVERY BUT THE EXHAUSTED COMES IN NONETHELESS.
36:33 HALO GETS THE CONVERSION THERE.
36:34 DLIGHT OFF THE END LIGHT INTO THE SIDE AIR off the side air and that's going
36:37 to be a double KO over going to the side of Halo to start us off here.
36:40 And we even up two stocks all.
36:42 Yeah, that was a great pick up for this red
36:44 team looking for another KO at the top of the map.
36:46 Soul actually almost turned it around with that spear
36:48 recovery but definitely can't sleep on this red team.
36:51 They are still a threat as going to have to fight his way back onto the stage.
36:55 N comes out there.
36:56 Halo getting caught by that side air.
36:57 That's going to be another stock loss for the red team
37:01 as Isla tries to make something happen here.
37:02 Sidelite comes in.
37:03 That deep side air will find his connection for Soul and Ryzen.
37:06 Soul once again having a stock lead here,
37:07 but the damage is very much so built onto Soul.
37:10 One hit will KO.
37:11 The sidelite comes in there almost getting off the top there.
37:13 And again, Halo just trying to get that GCD light.
37:15 And it's kind of interesting a roll change here as usually Hexo
37:18 is the one with those blaster blades but instead Halo will try
37:20 to do it there as that[ __] will be able to close
37:22 out that stock here on the down air comes in for Halo.
37:25 This edgeguard is going to be big if you can catch a rise with that cider and it
37:28 will and soul now in this 2v1 and this red team kind of keeping it close here.
37:32 Obviously a lot of damage already on Halo
37:33 but you can definitely play this game out.
37:35 Yeah, some very clean blasters edge guarding on the side of Halo.
37:38 Unfortunate that they weren't able to take advantage
37:40 of that power play and get a twos combo started,
37:43 but Halo knows that the job right now try to survive.
37:46 Can't let him get taken out too quick.
37:48 Landing side air is in a bad spot there.
37:50 The down on the platform for Halo.
37:52 Halo's controlling that space.
37:53 And Enlight comes in, but takes going for a side stick there.
37:55 That's a nice whiff punish with that side air.
37:57 And right now, Soul might be the first one to lose the stock.
37:59 That's going to be a big conversion on that end,
38:01 but doesn't hit anybody uh kind of hard there.
38:03 And that's going to be bad.
38:04 THE RECOVERY COMES IN NOW A 2V1.
38:06 And this is big for the blue team.
38:07 It could have easily went to the direction of the red team,
38:09 but the side stick comes in.
38:10 No punish on the end like the end stick goes the wrong direction as well.
38:12 Soul with an air there and that's going to be another narrative.
38:14 Weapon Halo with chances, but the chances end there as a Dike comes in to find
38:18 that KO and the blue team squeak by with a win.
38:21 Yeah, just a little bit of slap at the very end there.
38:23 I think uh there was some ideas there for Isla and Halo as they
38:28 got that setup with the blasters down air on both blue team members,
38:31 but Isla was just slightly off the mark.
38:33 Went for the sword neutral signature and only caught Halo from behind.
38:36 Uh, I think that was kind of one of those pivotal
38:38 moments where if he had hit the right move,
38:40 that could have very easily swung the way
38:42 of the red team and been a red team dub.
38:45 That's going to be a very, very close margin game here for Ryzen Soul.
38:48 And I know I put them in my first place predictions,
38:50 but this red team is showing that they have what it takes
38:52 too with Isla and Halo doing a good job here once again.
38:55 Interesting.
38:56 Hexo was known or sorry, Isla, formerly known as Hexo,
38:58 was known for playing a NYX with Guichibu and doing very, very well on Blasters.
39:02 It's going to be Halo this time on the Mega Man.
39:04 A pick we don't get to see in 2v2s quite often.
39:06 Sidelight into an air into a side air into an end
39:08 light into an N into a recovery attempt from Soul.
39:10 That's a lot of damage going over the side of the hattorii.
39:12 Nissa cannot really take hits like that on the but Rise
39:15 taking a lot of hits uh himself as well.
39:17 Yeah, I actually really like the way Halo Prince played that.
39:19 Uh Rise got caught by Soul's down signature and rather than interrupt it,
39:23 he had ended up going for a sidelight out of the launch,
39:25 but edgeguard opportunity here.
39:27 Rise is low, but he manages to get back safely and Halo got that last hit.
39:31 But the down is going to take him out.
39:33 And we try to find that KO there.
39:35 But that unarmed recovery will not be enough on the side of Isla.
39:37 A D light into side air.
39:39 Will close out that stock there for the blue
39:40 team now as they have another stock lead, but it's quality to recovery for Halo.
39:43 A lot of extra credit already.
39:46 Oh, these double axes are causing problems for the red team.
39:48 Yeah, Halo's taking a lot of damage right now.
39:50 Misses the recovery.
39:52 Rise with a turnaround.
39:53 Got that gravity cancel sidlight into another recovery.
39:55 They need to finish these stocks off of this blue team.
39:59 Looking for that GCD light there from Rise.
40:01 trying to find that KO when you have that extra stock
40:03 to gamble with that cider into the wall will come in and Halo
40:05 will get the double KO but after at the expense
40:08 of taking already red amounts of damage here on his second stock
40:12 and we're approaching that point we have to be very careful down air does
40:14 come out there jumps cider from isa
40:16 trying to find something the end will interrupt
40:17 and that'll be a break up and that end comes in for soul and closes
40:20 out that stock and soul trying to get something tricky going with that weapon
40:22 toss but Halo looks to trade the stock away here soul makes it back
40:25 and the weapon toss coming in from Isla is going to cost Halo a really
40:28 BAD POSITIONING AND BOTH THE BLUE TEAM MEMBERS make it But Halo will not
40:31 make it back for long as that cider comes in and that went pear-shaped quick.
40:35 That's so unfortunate.
40:36 Halo Prince was doing pretty well all
40:38 things considered and could have kept it going.
40:40 He had the neutral air onto both of them,
40:42 but that weapon toss ended up uh making
40:44 it get a little bit hairier, but side signature.
40:47 Can they clean up Soul?
40:49 Really trying to, but Soul right now fighting with this snare ticking
40:52 using that moving soft platform there to get so MUCH FOR THE DOWNER.
40:55 DC LIGHT INTO RECOVERY WITH THE DOUBLE KO RISES OUT
40:58 OF THE GAME AND THE RED TEAM STEAL A 2V1
41:02 POWER PLAY AS THAT D LIGHT INTO RECOVERY HITS both
41:04 the blue team members and Soul is left on his lonesome.
41:08 The sole survivor of the massacre on the top of Western Air Temple and the red
41:12 team try to make something happen here as they
41:14 know that this is their game to win.
41:16 Man, Halo Prince has been trying to get those gravity cancel
41:20 down lights high in the sky to convert into a recovery.
41:23 And he finally gets it for the double, giving the red team a strong position,
41:26 but they need to get this KO off of Soul right now.
41:29 Is LA the healthiest one on the board into cider to scoop at no score yet.
41:34 The the weapon toss will not be enough.
41:36 Sidelite coming out there as well.
41:37 The pogo comes in.
41:38 We're avoiding.
41:39 We're jumping and diving, but it's not enough.
41:41 The cider comes in.
41:42 So can make it happen if YOU CAN KO.
41:43 HALO THERE, BUT THE GC UPPERCUT the N sig
41:46 unarmed will be enough to close out that stock
41:49 and the red team steal a game away
41:51 with that GCD light into recovery at the very top.
41:54 Look at that.
41:55 Catching both there as Soul drifts into his teammate trying to interrupt it.
42:00 So hard to play in that position.
42:02 Oh, it was the up toss of gauntlets
42:03 from Rise that actually ended up interrupting that one.
42:05 Okay.
42:06 Um but still uh incredible stuff.
42:08 I know Soul was definitely trying to save
42:10 and not just jump into the recovery as well.
42:13 Um, but I really I got to shout out the fact that the red team uh
42:17 they uh they got a little bit uh
42:18 eager there and started throwing out some emotes.
42:20 I think they're feeling really good after that one.
42:22 And I love this from the blue team.
42:23 They're like, "We learned our lesson.
42:25 We're not giving platforms to Halo anymore.
42:26 Let's go to Shenan.
42:27 A lot of stage lack of platforms and a lot less chance to get[ __]
42:31 by a Dlight into recovery off the top
42:32 here." Solen Rise contending somewhat very well so far.
42:36 the damage very even though and the red team
42:37 come out with a new sense of purpose here.
42:39 At least that's how I feel.
42:40 They're a lot more confident as you said getting
42:42 those taunts in and just taking a game and realizing you
42:45 can do it versus the very best is enough sometimes
42:47 with decided there that pogo going a little bit too low.
42:49 Isla will you be able to make it back beating the pogo but did get the touch.
42:52 Dlight and decided for Halo.
42:53 Halo getting disarmed.
42:54 Isla costing his teammate there with an air into the desc.
42:56 It's not enough to KO.
42:58 Welcome to Shenachina District where everyone holds on but Rise
43:01 will not hold on to that stalk as that landing side
43:02 air closes out and a GCD light into recovery for Isla
43:05 gets the red team their first lead in this set.
43:09 Yep, they got a healthy lead right now.
43:11 Neutral lights on top of Soul.
43:13 Halrance gets launched right to left, left to right.
43:16 Now both red team members going to get taken out.
43:17 They got a little bit of damage onto the blue team.
43:20 We'll see a weapon cycle here for the side
43:21 of Riseze as gets some action going on the unarmed.
43:24 Both of the red team members unarmed at this point.
43:26 point the spear will get picked up and hopefully some space to be uh or getting
43:29 some space for your teammate to pick up
43:31 a weapon cuz Halo is getting nullified right now.
43:33 Picks up a pair of battle boots gets an endike and not much
43:35 else as the ground comes in and your stock is gone AND YOU'RE
43:38 ON LAST AND your teammate MIGHT BE PUT ON LAST TWO A CHARGE
43:40 UP SIDE FROM RISE feeling that momentum a little bit there too much there.
43:44 The down air will come in and Halo still trying to pick up a weapon.
43:47 The only thing Halo's done in these last two
43:49 stocks was one singular endlight on the battle boots.
43:52 Finally going for a side air there will get whip punished with the sidelight.
43:54 jumpsider catches soul.
43:55 Soul without a weapon.
43:56 Dlight into recovery on the side of Isla is trying to put up some interference.
43:59 And the second hit Halo finds is on his teammate.
44:02 It's going completely arai right now for Halo.
44:04 Halo finally getting that side air there as a bit of redemption,
44:07 but that was still only the second stock on the side of Soul.
44:12 Rise looking damage.
44:13 Nice recovery pick up from Halo.
44:14 They are going to sacrifice Isla for it.
44:16 They're keeping this one close.
44:17 Halo doing a really good job in the 1 v one.
44:21 Three downers.
44:21 It's insane.
44:22 Going for the nar there too.
44:23 Isla getting the dodge out in time as well to avoid
44:25 your teammates there and also set up potential jungle extensions.
44:29 N coming out and end light there.
44:30 Weapon toss comes through hits his own
44:32 teammate unfortunately a sidelight into the layup
44:34 attempt with an air but will get immediately reversal by Soul's ax cider.
44:37 The endlight into the downer jump cider does not hit Halo without a weapon.
44:40 Halo having to jump high.
44:40 That cider is going to connect.
44:41 That's an end to find a KO.
44:43 Now the 2v1 ensues and the blue team
44:45 regain control of the set with an endlight there.
44:46 A weapon toss from Soul and not many options.
44:49 The GC break.
44:50 That's the punish wake up GCD light.
44:51 And the salt comes out for Ryze.
44:54 I think that last uh kind of battle at the very end there,
44:58 I think really spells what the blue team
45:00 needs to do cuz when they started splitting up this red team when when Halo was
45:04 spending all of his time trying to come back,
45:05 they were able to collapse onto Isla and put out a lot of damage.
45:09 So I think the blue team might start leaning into that.
45:11 Just try to keep this red team split.
45:14 GC breakdowns there.
45:14 Yeah.
45:15 And we see the taunt coming back for Rise to definitely
45:17 not happy with the conclusion of that game number two.
45:19 We go to Wasteland here.
45:21 We get a tour of many of the great stages
45:24 of Brahala and we're going to one with a moving
45:27 soft platform but not uh to be confused with the most
45:30 icy spaceport which has been removed from the map pool.
45:33 So these uh blast zones are a lot closer if I'm not mistaken than most isoly.
45:37 They definitely feel a lot closer
45:39 as Halo might start getting those vertical KOs.
45:41 I know uh he's he's already looking for him.
45:44 THERE'S A RECOVERY AND THERE HE IS.
45:45 THAT'S what I'm talking about.
45:46 The ceiling is so low.
45:47 Those blasters recoveries if they get in the air it can be a KO.
45:50 My goodness, the knock back stacking there too
45:52 with the cider adding on to the down air.
45:54 That's going to be a lot swifter.
45:55 So the down air is the final hit box and then it bounces into the stage there.
45:58 Just no chance of survival for the blue team here
46:00 as the red team use a platform to uh get a stock there.
46:04 That nick will close out that stock for so
46:05 kind of using the platform in a different way there.
46:07 Not using it for positioning,
46:08 but forcing your opponent to land right on top of you to get off that platform.
46:13 Ooh, neutral signature just kind of hitting a lot of people.
46:15 Ends up taking out Isla.
46:16 Halo yet to pick up a weapon on this second stock.
46:19 He's just been trying to find a way down onto the ground.
46:23 Side light near the Elite comes out as well on that soft platform.
46:25 A little assistance for the blue team that time.
46:28 Danners coming out jumping with that uh um ending attack by the side of Isla.
46:31 And right now this spear mirror is not going well.
46:33 But on this other side of things, Halo going for that high recovery.
46:35 Cannot find it.
46:36 Isla winning out on So getting sent away with the side air.
46:38 Another side air comes in hitting Rise away.
46:40 The weapon toss comes in.
46:41 Cannot interrupt the side.
46:42 THAT'S A DROP ON AN ENDLIGHT INTO DOWN SICK.
46:44 RECOVERY COMES IN.
46:45 IT DROPS AGAIN.
46:45 A RECOVERY FINALLY FINDS ITS MARK and a little
46:48 bit of spaghetti there on Wasteland to go
46:50 with the lemonade stand in the background
46:52 and the red team have a lead somewhat tumultuous lead.
46:57 They cannot afford too much spaghetti in this one.
46:59 Nice avoidance there from Halo Prince and it's
47:01 going to be a side stick from Rise.
47:02 Slide charged off the soft platform that does some damage to Soul.
47:05 Red team trying to just maintain this lead.
47:07 They want to force that game five and light coming in there.
47:10 Side lights coming in as well for the boost
47:12 team as that dyn will find it smart there.
47:13 The nar's come in and trying to set up the nare into the recovery but gets
47:16 a recovery into N as the side
47:17 of Isla immediately finding and picking up that option.
47:20 Dlight comes out hitting his own teammate so he doesn't want to go for that.
47:22 Isla getting KO there with a cider.
47:24 That's going to be a big signature AND ALL
47:26 OF A SUDDEN the blue team look to take this set.
47:28 The red team having a stock lead in every single stop stock except the last.
47:32 And now this is a nice and easy day at the office for the blue team.
47:36 Deciders coming in.
47:37 Halo making it back down.
47:38 Going for the ground pound going for the Hail Mary option sidelight.
47:40 You basically only have one of those a game
47:42 and I fear that might be it for the red team.
47:45 Yeah, Halo Prince just hoping a lucky recovery could connect there.
47:48 You see him chase dodge up.
47:49 Hoping he can find a hit there.
47:50 Waiting for the weapon spawn.
47:51 You know he wants those blasters.
47:52 Souls knows it too.
47:54 Going to deny.
47:55 Soul getting into the red.
47:56 Halo Prince yet to pick him up.
47:58 Okay, there's the blasters.
47:59 Misses the s and that's going to do it.
48:01 Rise and soul hold out.
48:02 They win out 3-1.
48:04 It looked very, very close there, especially with that second start.
48:07 for the blue team.
48:07 If you look at the sad line here,
48:09 the damage is very much so in the favor of the blue team.
48:11 So, the red team keeping it close, but again,
48:13 it's easy to have those low damage numbers when the first two stocks you
48:16 took as a team was like a very high uh recovery off the top.
48:20 And then another similar situation where it's a very early stock.
48:23 And the red team having great chances there in Isla and Halo,
48:26 but just not enough to do it.
48:27 Yeah, I feel like the blue team did a really good job kind of just
48:29 taking advantage of those really short power plays
48:32 cuz that's basically what happened at that uh
48:34 very end there is Isla was left as Halo Prince was respawning and then
48:37 the the blue team was able to take out Isla in that small amount of time.
48:41 Uh so they will continue on I think earning their spot
48:44 in the top eight but as we said earlier we still got more sets.
48:47 We got Marky Moo and Future Bubble on deck.
48:51 Marky Mu and Marky Moo and Future Bubble.
48:54 Their last time they played together was
48:55 winter championships where they got 13th place.
48:57 So obviously I think that might be their lowest placement ever uh
49:01 at least like before Marimu got a computer that is or post computer.
49:05 Um told the story a lot.
49:07 PC a lot of um
49:09 PC.
49:10 No AC.
49:10 Wait what?
49:11 After PC after Yeah.
49:12 After PC PC ability power carry.
49:15 Yeah.
49:15 There we go.
49:15 APC.
49:16 We figured it out.
49:17 Um Mark and Future Bubble.
49:19 A team that is uh once again if you
49:20 didn't know Future Bubble actually giving Marku his first PC.
49:23 they were teamed.
49:24 Then they uh that same year got a top eight finish at BCX.
49:27 Uh getting getting a third place in 2024.
49:30 Uh actually the same it was kind of the same time I started holocausting.
49:33 So this is one of my favorite story lines of course and Marku of course
49:36 is now your 1v one champion uh winning B6 in the 1v1 space last year.
49:41 Megdian and Radish a return of team.
49:42 So kind of the new school versus the old.
49:44 Megdian and Radish are very very tenured here but have never
49:46 gotten their gold place medal in uh in the um 2v2 space.
49:50 So, they're going to be trying to do so here as they make a return as Raidish.
49:53 Spent some time with Balloon Boy in 2025.
49:56 Now, coming back to his teammate as uh Mooney and um Balloon
50:00 Boy and now the current team at the top of North America.
50:02 They are your winter champions.
50:03 Yep.
50:03 Like you were saying, um kind of a return of the old,
50:06 but we also talked about this at the the start
50:08 of the show is Raidish has been away for quite a while.
50:12 I believe uh Experience was saying it was like roughly six months.
50:15 So, I'm not sure how much time Radish has been able to put in since
50:19 coming back cuz uh it's been less than a week since he's come back from Japan.
50:22 And apparently he's already shaking off the jet lag and is like,
50:25 "Okay, I'm ready to go in.
50:26 Uh let's brawl it out.
50:27 I'm going to be picking the Red Raptor cuz Raidish,
50:29 that's his pick." Um and I'm curious to see
50:32 how uh how everything else shakes out for everyone else.
50:35 Yeah, for sure.
50:35 Um and if there's anything I know about Radish,
50:37 he was playing Geometry Dash on his phone.
50:38 So, how bad could your mechanics be?
50:40 Of course, uh trying to get those uh demon demons completed.
50:44 I think I know what I'm talking about.
50:45 just a little bit with Geometry Dash, but nonetheless, um, Future and Mark,
50:49 we're going to be waiting for them to come in here
50:50 as Raidish also is going to be looking to get a return here.
50:55 It says the stat tool is going to be on Red Raptor.
50:57 I'm interested to see if that's going to be the case.
50:59 Um, I want to see the Meg D, not Immuki.
51:02 Ideally, I would like to see his Wooong.
51:03 So, we'll have to see.
51:05 Well, right now we got Future Bubble currently uh
51:07 locked in on the Kaya currently three dexterity Kaya.
51:11 So, uh we talked about this earlier as well.
51:13 If you're playing someone with that low dexterity,
51:15 generally you're just kind of playing like you have low defense where you're
51:18 just really confident your movement is going to keep you from getting hit.
51:22 We got Marimu locking in.
51:23 So, they're just going with the tried and true,
51:25 the classics, the Onyx Kaya for this blue team.
51:27 And then there's Raidish on the Aaron Jäger Red Raptor crossover.
51:32 Yeah, it's going to be the There it is.
51:34 The Red Raptor and the Chun Lee to get it done here.
51:36 Um, going to be very exciting to see just how this one plays out.
51:40 Onyx as well coming in at level 100.
51:42 I absolutely adore Marimu's Onyx.
51:46 Even though it's three decks and maybe not the best pick right now,
51:48 he goes on side quest in the 2v2 space.
51:51 It is so fun to watch them or specifically Marimu just go
51:54 on some crazy side quest and I'm excited to see that there.
51:57 Of course, Future Bubble will be the attention grabber of this blue team.
52:01 They're definitely going to be looking to take out Future Bubble and nullify
52:04 the world championship pace of a marimu the 1 v one space.
52:08 You want to keep that 2v1 power play going
52:10 in their attempt here as they go to small fortune
52:12 of lines to start us off here for game number
52:13 one of this mark move future bubble med raish set
52:16 like you were saying new school versus old school the classics
52:20 here with me and raish falling down gets caught by the neutralite
52:23 from future bubble me trying to go in likely wants those gauntlets
52:26 that's the big thing if you're playing the chenley you want those gauntlets
52:30 yeah I mean to me this is such a different change of pace
52:32 from the risen soul is LA halo set that we just watched
52:36 a lot slower a lot more methodical here and we're already getting
52:38 to the levels here with the end lights coming in into the side.
52:41 The dies comes out from Radish as well to create that space around.
52:44 Won't KO anybody quite yet.
52:45 Sidelight inside comes in from Radish
52:47 and avoiding that side is Marku trying to get a sidelight to punish.
52:50 Nice save from Marku burning his dom with that GC
52:53 sidelight keeping future bubble alive a little bit longer.
52:55 But I also got to shout out the coverage from this red team.
52:58 We saw a whiff from Megd and Rad was right behind to cover for him.
53:02 It's one of the reasons why they keep
53:03 finding these damage wins over the blue team.
53:05 N6 coming out there going for that recovery as Radish
53:08 hitting marku will not find a KO quite yet.
53:10 A little bit tankier on the onyx.
53:13 Okay.
53:13 And light coming out into the unarmed air.
53:15 So there's no KO options yet.
53:16 Marku picking up a cannon right now.
53:18 That recovery will KO off the top.
53:20 Markimoo and future bubble now looking to find a power play on Megd.
53:23 Megd Future Bubble hitting his own teammate
53:25 with that recovery and Megd will get out of dodge.
53:27 Keeping that first stock alive.
53:29 Yeah, Marimoo coming over.
53:30 Saw that Radish was looking to try
53:31 to get some damage put out onto Future Bubble.
53:34 Marky Moo currently unarmed and he'll be staying
53:36 unarmed as he's coming in on a fresh stock.
53:40 Yeah, and the red team still somewhat holding a stock lead here with Meg.
53:42 That's going to be a nice conversion there.
53:44 Wrong move.
53:44 Maybe should have been a side air
53:46 and recovery is a little bit more uh executionheavy.
53:48 You have to pull the trigger quite quickly with that one.
53:50 I wonder if that was supposed to be a gravity cancel neutral
53:53 signature cuz I think that would have been along the right path.
53:55 It would have KO too.
53:56 Yeah.
53:56 Yeah.
53:59 Just not having the dodge there.
54:00 Maybe side air comes in.
54:01 That's going to disarm me and future bubble.
54:04 Both the blue team members kind of playing around
54:06 this soft platform trying to make a way inside Nare.
54:08 Megd causing some problems for the blue team on the left side with this snare.
54:11 The weapon toss comes in.
54:12 Mark looking for the down air does get the very end of that hit box.
54:15 But again, that was only Megd's first stock
54:17 and Radish right now has so much confidence.
54:19 Somehow Future Bubble gets escorted off the stage.
54:21 Marku unable to get any burst options there at fear of maybe
54:24 potentially hitting his own teammate or falling right into Radish's trap.
54:27 Sidelight comes in there going for the side air
54:28 is raish but getting caught by the future bubble.
54:30 Nare delight into N on the side of Marim.
54:31 Another nare hits raish future bubble without a weapon.
54:33 Now the low dexterity blue team comp is already coming in to rare its ugly head.
54:37 And we got some problems for the blue team here as future bubble
54:39 doesn't have a weapon but marimu causing problems for me with all those canon.
54:42 Future bubble getting sent for so far off stage and meg
54:45 on a side quest right now completely nullifying this red team.
54:48 They can't get anything on him.
54:50 Yeah, I mean Mark doing a really good job
54:52 of kind of just coring both of the red team members.
54:54 They're definitely trying to hunt down future bubble.
54:56 He is incredibly damaged but Mark does a good job.
54:58 Here comes the neutrals.
55:00 Mark in a little bit of trouble.
55:01 gets disarmed and Future Bubbles on the right side try to save Markimoo there.
55:04 The down air will come in as Future Bubble
55:06 burns a jump there attempt to save Marku instead.
55:09 He'll be the ultimate loser of that stock.
55:11 Marku with two stocks.
55:12 Both of the red team members on two as well.
55:13 Future Bubble on last side air comes in.
55:15 Mark cannot make it back there.
55:17 And Future Bubble has to play a little bit of a parkour match here.
55:20 Competitive tag at the very least.
55:22 And Tagurate.
55:22 Radish will get catch him with an air there.
55:25 Not really getting much more than that.
55:26 There's not been a lot of crazy team combos.
55:28 I'm kind of surprised about that.
55:29 We're getting a lot of two pieces light attacks into immediate signatures,
55:32 but nothing too out of the ordinary so far.
55:35 Recovery will come in and find the sock on Radish.
55:36 That's going to be Radish's second falling to his last megd now.
55:39 This 2v1 will avoid anything too disastrous.
55:41 Just kidding.
55:42 The down air will come in and we go to one stock.
55:44 All not too bad of a spot for this blue team.
55:47 They managed to uh to triage and keep things closer.
55:49 Oh, talking about gets in there.
55:52 Me with the down air was crazy HITTING HIS OWN TEAMS IN THE AIR AS WELL.
55:55 MARK COMES IN, BUT MARK LOSES THE STOCK.
55:58 NO, MEG DOES.
55:59 AND WE GO TO A 1 V ONE FUTURE BUBBLE
56:00 VERSUS RADISH WHERE FUTURE Bubble has about four or five
56:03 hits on and the format changes to the 1 v
56:05 one and we'll see if Future Bubble can make magic happen.
56:07 Radish has been gone in Japan for a while now and has
56:10 to dust in no better way than in a 1 v one.
56:12 Then air comes in.
56:12 Future bubble now with a bow online
56:14 causing some problems for this orb right now.
56:16 The sidelight changes did come into effect while Radish was away.
56:19 That side sidelight side air will connect Dlight into NE
56:22 and the spear online looking for this KO option.
56:24 signature and he's a dig will turn around AND FIND THE KO
56:27 AND FUTURE BUBBLE CLUTCHES UP FOR TEAM friendship to take that game.
56:31 What a clutch up on the side of Future Bubble.
56:34 Marku went down there to try to save Future Bubble.
56:37 Megd target swaps, hits him with the neutral air,
56:40 hits him with the gravity cancel down light into another
56:42 neutral air and ends up being Markimoo who falls
56:45 and that's not what most people would want cuz you
56:47 want that 1v one champion in the 1 v one spot,
56:50 but Future Bubble still clutches it out for the team.
56:53 Uh, I guess a little bit of that rust
56:55 from uh from Japan hitting Radish in that moment.
56:58 To me, that was very very there was a lot of trust there.
57:01 I feel like cuz I think Marku,
57:03 it looked like Future Bubble could have potentially went off to save.
57:06 But I don't know if there was like coms where Marku was like,
57:08 "Just play the 1 v one.
57:09 You can win this or something." But it looked like a lot
57:11 of trust in the fact that Future Bubble said, "You know what?
57:12 I'm not going to go for the gamble and try to save my teammate.
57:15 I'm just going to win this one v one." Cuz if you
57:16 go off for that nare and try to save Marimo or a recovery,
57:19 it could easily be met with Raiders going off stage and hitting
57:21 you with a ground pound or a down air and winning that outright.
57:24 So, it's really cool that the blue team was just like, "Future bubble,
57:26 this is your time to win." Radius was unable to get
57:29 the comeback clutch and the blue team locked in game number one.
57:32 And here we go.
57:33 Game number two, sticking with the picks.
57:35 We get right on into it.
57:39 Marku already starting off pretty strong.
57:41 There's that team combo again,
57:42 but Magd manages to avoid the gravity cancel downlight.
57:44 really hard one to interrupt as well cuz it gets so far off stage
57:47 and Marimu tries to end Radish to stock where he stood with that GC side.
57:51 That would have been crazy.
57:53 Just not finding the connection yet.
57:54 The red team scrambling to find some
57:56 semblance of footing here even with the battle.
57:59 Radish can't find his feet on the ground comfortably.
58:00 Sidelight into Pogo comes in for the red
58:02 team as Megd uses the soft platform pretty well.
58:04 Another sidelight for Radish here and the recovery
58:07 will come in and disarm Radish in the process.
58:08 Dlight into the side air.
58:09 No side air.
58:10 Megd pulling uh the did not pulling the trigger.
58:12 want not want to get hit by that weapon
58:14 toss to potentially get reversal by Marimoo.
58:16 Yeah, I like the decision there on Megd to hit the uh backup button,
58:20 not go for that followup side air,
58:22 seeing that Future Bubble was right behind them.
58:24 Recovery coming in.
58:24 Nice punish from Future Bubble punishing Radish whiffing that orb
58:27 recovery and the side sticks coming in as well.
58:31 Couple of whiffs on the red team side.
58:33 They're just trying to safely find some damage cuz they are behind.
58:36 Nice weapon toss from Radish.
58:37 Actually stops from March who was coming towards him.
58:40 And that's the Alioop.
58:41 No follow up though.
58:42 Mark unable to position himself for that recovery.
58:44 That's going to be a recovery hitting Megd.
58:46 And that's going to be a big signature coming in there.
58:48 But it's not enough to KO.
58:50 These Red Raptor signatures are finding troubles right now as he's hit so many.
58:53 But none of them have really cash into much.
58:55 Can Marimu save future bubble?
58:56 No.
58:56 Meio avo.
58:58 And now a big opportunity.
58:58 Will he go crazy off stage?
59:00 No.
59:00 Two exclamation points and the big Titan comes in.
59:02 The Nick comes in and the Fisk closes out the stock there on to Marku.
59:07 Yeah, you talk about trust and you talk about comms.
59:09 I had to have been trusting comms on the side of me and Radish cuz
59:12 Meg did nothing to threaten Mark was just like let's get back on stage and I
59:17 know that I can pass over to Radish for that KOD coming in there catching
59:21 his own teammate but the blue team still having a lot of a lead here.
59:25 No, actually they're down because Megd still on his first and light there.
59:30 Megd with the sidelight into side air.
59:32 That's going to be a tricky cross K.
59:34 And yes, it will be raging in the 2v1 now.
59:36 The bone the cannon.
59:36 We've seen uh the team combo attempts for the blue
59:39 team and they won't get one there as the recovery does
59:40 catch future bubble and raish successfully splits up the blue team
59:43 from each other and come in not enough to KO future
59:45 bubble and future bubble makes it back to the stage
59:47 for cider coming in there that's going to be a decent hitting
59:48 his own teammate and mark at the same time mark will
59:51 lose his weapon in the process sidelight there with the sweat
59:52 beats coming out from future bubble recovery for me will
59:54 not KO off the top and future bubble burning another dodge
59:57 to make it back down and light into the end
59:58 into the weapon toss marku saves his teammate and the blue team remain
1:00:01 whole on the two stocks there finally the endlight's going
1:00:04 to be able to KO and light into weapon toss the red
1:00:06 team now hover over to Marimo on the right side
1:00:07 of the stage and look to find a KO, but they can't.
1:00:11 Marimu doing everything he can to try to keep this one alive
1:00:13 as he hits ground pound after ground pound on top of Meg D.
1:00:16 Another ground pound and it's the blue team with the lead.
1:00:20 Somehow someway the blue team come out on top of that interaction with a crazy
1:00:24 saves coming in from everybody involved
1:00:26 and[ __] will anti-air Marchimu there as Marku
1:00:28 still on a second so he can happily take this damage recovery comes
1:00:31 in on the unarmed future bubble going over to the raid side of the map.
1:00:33 Side air coming in hitting his own teammate.
1:00:35 Marimu will pick up a cannon here.
1:00:37 Try to make a jugle go.
1:00:38 That recovery will find Marimu getting punished for his cannon there.
1:00:42 Future bubble left alone in the 1v2.
1:00:44 Red team not getting any uh major swings off of it.
1:00:48 Final stocks across the board.
1:00:51 They're coming out here.
1:00:52 Dite into cider sending to me.
1:00:53 Me with a side.
1:00:55 Just a bit of damage there and future bubble not really
1:00:57 in a position to interrupt the cider will catch me's jump.
1:00:59 A side from the top platform.
1:01:00 That's rip for marku there.
1:01:02 Not finding his connection though.
1:01:04 Neutralite puts him off screen.
1:01:06 Future bubble not able to hit but marky move in a great spot here.
1:01:09 Goes for the ground pound.
1:01:10 Rage managed to get high enough team combo.
1:01:15 THIS IS WHAT just goes for crazy with me ON WONG.
1:01:20 YOU GOT TO GO[ __] there and try to find a K off the side or down.
1:01:23 You got to find a way to pass back to Megd
1:01:25 there so that Megd can go for that big damage.
1:01:28 But what are we doing?
1:01:29 Okay, there's a neutral.
1:01:29 There's a side air.
1:01:32 I'm I Oh my goodness.
1:01:34 Another team hit there.
1:01:34 That's four in a row now.
1:01:35 Cider hitting and that[ __] will come in.
1:01:37 The recovery will not KO Future Bubble,
1:01:38 but Future Bubble made magic happen in the last game,
1:01:41 but it looks like it's over here sidelight cider.
1:01:43 And oh my goodness, that almost went terribly wrong as so many of them.
1:01:49 I don't even know what the end was there.
1:01:50 They kept hitting each other, their own teammates.
1:01:52 It it got a little got a little fuzzy around there.
1:01:56 Um definitely was a little bit of a heartbreaker when Radish didn't continue
1:01:59 that team combo cuz that was such a massive position to be in.
1:02:02 I don't know that he had too many options that he could go from.
1:02:06 Uh cuz he had what what weapon did he had?
1:02:08 Orb, right?
1:02:10 Yeah.
1:02:10 So I think I think that he was just in a little bit of an awkward spot,
1:02:12 but either way, I think he should have risked it.
1:02:15 I think he had battle boots.
1:02:16 Did he have battle boots?
1:02:17 Okay.
1:02:17 Then he had battle recovery at the end.
1:02:18 He could have used Red Raptor ending into GC.
1:02:21 He just Kos.
1:02:22 Okay, the radish is bad.
1:02:23 It's his fault.
1:02:24 Like he threw that.
1:02:25 I didn't say that.
1:02:26 I'm just like, dude, surely we just turn around and[ __] and then[ __] Like
1:02:29 that's why we're picking this comp at least a little bit, right?
1:02:32 Maybe that's what he was going for and he
1:02:34 just like pressed it a little too early.
1:02:35 Like he didn't quite land you like full hop.
1:02:39 I'm trying to give him benefit of the doubt.
1:02:40 All right.
1:02:40 He wanted the recovery is what I'm saying.
1:02:42 Just I was like, come on, man.
1:02:44 I was like, you're selling.
1:02:46 Don't do that.
1:02:47 Um, but the red team, they clean up the game nonetheless.
1:02:49 And we go to game three on small force of Lions.
1:02:50 And these feel like marathon of games, man.
1:02:53 They do.
1:02:53 They do not end quickly and they are very very close down to the wire.
1:02:56 Yeah, I mean it they've all gone to final stocks uh game one and now game two
1:03:01 and now we're in here in game number three
1:03:04 and like you said it has been a battle.
1:03:10 Mey fighting unarmed right now trying to get
1:03:12 anything out of this future bubble already
1:03:14 losing the cider into Nigimoo with the recovery
1:03:17 there won't even get a chase dodge out just uh making back to the wall
1:03:20 and these recoveries are kind of hitting everybody
1:03:22 right now for Marku a little bit of team damage to the red team and they
1:03:25 are clearly like we're going to hold our side of the map
1:03:27 sidelight there both of the gauntlet players dropping their sidelight confirms
1:03:30 in that spot and light will come in nice dodge from me
1:03:32 to whip into the sidelight into recovery mark moves cider back
1:03:34 to the safe getting caught by down air into sidelight into recovery
1:03:36 cider comes in and meg with a pick up on the side
1:03:38 stick megd is everywhere where right now in this game finding
1:03:41 that extension archimu then turning around and getting the side stick to KO.
1:03:45 Meg's looking great.
1:03:46 Future Bubble find a KO onto Radish though.
1:03:49 Marku incredibly damaged here.
1:03:50 Megi going to be looking for some setup into that recovery.
1:03:53 No.
1:03:53 Ops to just try to get more damage onto Future Bubble.
1:03:55 They know if they can take Future Bubble out.
1:03:57 They'll go for the 1 v1's.
1:03:58 Is an opportunity for the 2v1 team combo here.
1:04:01 What do they got?
1:04:02 Do they have it still in the tank?
1:04:03 Neutral sig.
1:04:03 Not going to hit.
1:04:07 Five stocks to four.
1:04:07 Very similar to almost every single game will slide in but not KO Megd
1:04:12 who holds onto his first stock still coming in going to catch the NE waiting.
1:04:17 Radish getting hit by the ground pound.
1:04:18 There's big N again.
1:04:21 Radish getting sent in the air and really not finding any footing right now.
1:04:24 Future bubble hitting his own teammate as well.
1:04:26 Hit four Nar in a row even hitting Marimu in the process.
1:04:28 Sidlight into wave recovery as Marku or Future
1:04:31 Bubble get out of the sidelite recovery.
1:04:32 Markimu comes in with his recovery and they find a KO there.
1:04:35 Yeah, but that was just to take off the first stock from Meg D.
1:04:39 Future Bubble already getting deep into the red on this second stock.
1:04:43 Radish could be the target for this blue team if they take him out.
1:04:46 Oh, here's that combo.
1:04:47 Oh, doesn't hit the side air.
1:04:50 Not happy about that for the blue team.
1:04:52 That's definitely a KO you want to find.
1:04:55 Just a classic drop there.
1:04:56 Unfortunately, Sidlight into N.
1:04:58 Radish waiting there, but getting sent so far down.
1:05:00 That that nare from Marimu will do very different than Radish's orb N.
1:05:04 Just straight out KO there.
1:05:05 No read needed and comes out.
1:05:08 Recovery from Future Bubble who goes over the side of Marimu here.
1:05:11 His trusted friend.
1:05:12 The Endlight does disarm Marku in the process.
1:05:14 That's going to be an end stick to catch the anti-air.
1:05:16 The jump.
1:05:16 Aru GCD light trying to reverse make the off stage.
1:05:18 Sideick comes in.
1:05:19 Endlight avoiding.
1:05:20 Three exclamation points and sweat be it back to the stage.
1:05:22 Picks up a cannon getting hit by the spear recovery of Megd.
1:05:25 Sidelite into side air into GC sidelight.
1:05:27 AND MARKU, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
1:05:29 THE GROUND POUND COMES IN FROM MEGD.
1:05:30 AND THAT'LL close out the stock on Marimoo.
1:05:33 But still, Radish is that target.
1:05:35 If he gets taken out, can Megdy do that 2v1?
1:05:37 They're going to try to keep that pressure under Future Bubble,
1:05:39 who is currently unarmed.
1:05:41 Finally makes the way over to the right side to pick up a bow.
1:05:44 Nar will come in.
1:05:45 Radish getting hit in the air once again,
1:05:46 but the damage hasn't really led to much.
1:05:48 Radish pretty careful not getting KOed early.
1:05:50 Even with Megd being the stock tank,
1:05:52 he's been keeping up in terms of keeping himself alive, recovering into air.
1:05:55 Radish will just fly in with an orb recovery.
1:05:58 That'll catch Future Bubble.
1:05:58 Won't KO disarm.
1:05:59 Future Bubble now on a spear.
1:06:01 Megd backed up there.
1:06:02 Had the opportunity to catch future bubble,
1:06:04 but I think he was more focused on keeping Marku out of it.
1:06:09 Team damage.
1:06:10 Unfortunate.
1:06:11 Recovery.
1:06:11 That's going to catch a rage.
1:06:12 Me sending Marku off stage in the gauntlet mirror.
1:06:14 Recovery will catch future bubble.
1:06:15 GCN got charged up there, but the weapon toss will actually save him.
1:06:20 That could be it here.
1:06:21 Mark's going to go to the side of future bubble.
1:06:22 Recovery comes IN WITH THE CANNON.
1:06:23 MCD LOSES THE STOCK, BUT IT WAS ONLY A SECOND,
1:06:25 SO IT'S NOT OVER yet for the red team.
1:06:27 That could have been disastrous.
1:06:28 But MCD knowing that he can take that chance.
1:06:30 recovery beating out that ground pound
1:06:32 that mark was winding up sidelight into wait
1:06:34 GC side sidelite does not find it there future coming in with these six
1:06:37 finally getting whed with a side sig and we'll see if the BCX
1:06:41 1 v one world champion can be get it done on these gauntlets
1:06:44 he's got to win the 2v1 raish is damaged enough here and that's why
1:06:47 he's playing so far back gets passed but couldn't find a hit onto Radish
1:06:52 and this should be it here the low decks rearing
1:06:54 its ugly head once again and marku without a weapon is
1:06:56 a much easier target to beat recovery coming in there
1:06:59 GCD D light silite into side air into a weapon toss.
1:07:02 Marimu will burn his dodge, but the red team just one hit away.
1:07:05 Pogo weapon toss and that'll do it.
1:07:07 Red team closing that one out.
1:07:10 They're up 2-1.
1:07:11 And I want to call out just the the fall formation that this red team can do.
1:07:16 If one person whiffs, the other one covers time and time again.
1:07:19 Either they'll go for the high low or they'll both stay on the ground
1:07:21 and it'll be one and then two and they'll cover each other.
1:07:24 It's so impressive and it makes it really,
1:07:26 really hard for the blue team to get in.
1:07:28 And also, holy cow, 721 damage from Megd.
1:07:33 Yeah, me, that makes sense to me.
1:07:34 I remember seeing uh the first stock that was taken where
1:07:37 MegD hit like a four piece on Margimu, catching a dodge,
1:07:41 catching high recoveries, and then Radish did like a random side air on boots,
1:07:44 and he just turned around and side and got the KO.
1:07:46 Like, he was absolutely everywhere.
1:07:48 And it showed because he's not only doing a lot of damage,
1:07:51 but he's also holding on to his stocks.
1:07:52 the absolute stock tank of the entire match,
1:07:54 let alone just the red team where he's always
1:07:56 the last one to be put on last stock.
1:07:58 Very consistent on this uh Wong.
1:08:00 And I know that game one was somewhat kind of thrown
1:08:02 by him going a little bit too ham off stage to eliminate Marimu.
1:08:05 To be honest with you, that's a pretty calculated play.
1:08:07 I would take Raidish over future bubble in a 1v
1:08:10 one no matter how long of a break Radish took.
1:08:11 So right now I'm looking at Meg Diaz.
1:08:13 He could easily single-handedly win this set for the red team.
1:08:16 Well, blue team might make it so or make him have to try
1:08:20 to do that if they decide to focus down rish a little bit more.
1:08:23 That seemed to be part of the game plan in game number three.
1:08:25 We'll see if they can push that even further here in game number four.
1:08:30 Mark will pick up his trusty pair of bombs as Radish gets started
1:08:34 on the orb and doesn't look like the nerfs affected him too much there.
1:08:37 Nice four piece to catch Marku with that endlight as well.
1:08:41 Meg tried to cycle over to his gauntlets.
1:08:43 Could not find a weapon pick up there though.
1:08:45 recovery will come in and med with the gauntlets now.
1:08:47 Radish on his orb.
1:08:53 Okay, Radish falling down there.
1:08:54 Ends up sighting side airing medd future
1:08:57 bubble trying to just keep opponents away.
1:08:59 Hits a sidelight goes for the other one.
1:09:01 Oh, neutral signature.
1:09:02 That's actually Marku first one to fall.
1:09:06 The spinning bird kick claims another victim.
1:09:08 Maybe one of the most consistent KOs in all of Raala esports history.
1:09:12 That[ __] is going to be a great way to find those KOs off the side.
1:09:15 Sidelight interrupted by the sidelight from Marku.
1:09:17 That's going to be an N sig going to the upper 45.
1:09:19 Will not find a KO.
1:09:21 A little bit too far to KO Radish there.
1:09:23 And Radish will hold onto his weapon as well.
1:09:24 Nar into down air.
1:09:25 Marku getting caught.
1:09:26 Future B with the recovery.
1:09:27 Will fully connect onto me, but will not KO once again.
1:09:29 That spear coming in, but that side air will close out that stock sidelight.
1:09:33 Wait going for the dodgery with the Dlight.
1:09:35 Did not find it there.
1:09:35 Weapon toss in there.
1:09:36 The air will not miss, will not hit,
1:09:37 but the side air will for Future Bubble and Megd and Raidish are kind
1:09:41 of split up here as Megd looks to lose his stock quite quickly here.
1:09:44 and uh which could lead to a power play on Radish.
1:09:46 Future Bubble also in the red and that side stick
1:09:49 from Megd is going to convert that to a KO,
1:09:51 but like you said, if Megd gets taken out,
1:09:53 blue team has that potential to go for the power play.
1:09:56 There's the weapon spawn.
1:09:57 Future Bubble able to pick it up.
1:09:58 And here's that opportunity.
1:10:01 Ooh, neither of them able to find the hit onto Radish.
1:10:03 Radish actually swinging on top of Future Bubble.
1:10:06 Got caught a little bit.
1:10:07 Me currently unarmed.
1:10:09 Can't do too much to help out Radish.
1:10:15 Enlight coming in there.
1:10:16 Side air into Endlight into Endlight.
1:10:17 Radish getting a bit of damage and Fusion B is
1:10:19 going to get caught by that spear recovery from Megd.
1:10:23 Sidelite there.
1:10:23 Megd with an endlight into an endlight.
1:10:25 That's going to send off stage with the[ __] that won't find a KO,
1:10:27 but it'll send Future B in a bad spot here.
1:10:29 And the ground pound comes in and Radish will get it done himself.
1:10:33 Yeah, just kind of slipped over the corner.
1:10:34 There's the pass back into the neutral signature.
1:10:36 Great damage and it'll split up this blue team.
1:10:38 Opportunity to go for more if they take out Marty move.
1:10:40 More power plays.
1:10:41 There's a nice side air follow up jumping and waiting the red team right now.
1:10:48 Really trying to hover over towards them.
1:10:50 The side air will catch future there.
1:10:52 The D light as well.
1:10:53 Recovery for Megd.
1:10:54 That'll go a little bit too wide.
1:10:56 Right.
1:10:57 Sidestick coming in.
1:10:58 Will catch both his teammate and also Marky move to send Mark on his last.
1:11:02 So he's happy to take that trade.
1:11:05 Yeah, looks like the red team in solid control of this one.
1:11:08 I think the desync of the blue team stocks is
1:11:10 starting to uh have negatively affect them a little too much.
1:11:13 Here's another team combo.
1:11:14 Future bubble trying to get in there, but the down sig from Megd still connects.
1:11:18 It looked like Radish purposely with that sidelight
1:11:20 to get position for that recovery off of that.
1:11:22 But that'll be a KO on the side of Radish, but Radish still on his second.
1:11:25 Megd on his second two.
1:11:26 Sidelight into Wade getting the dodge that he wanted out of future bubble,
1:11:29 but did not pull the trigger properly on that recovery to KO off the top.
1:11:32 N will catch there.
1:11:33 Megd getting sent high into the air and air comes out as well.
1:11:35 side air recovery from future bubble.
1:11:38 Another recovery from the side of Radish here.
1:11:41 The red team are just slowly moving their way
1:11:43 to a victory here if they can continue to hold these leads.
1:11:45 And like will not KO Mark with an airs and the recoveries right now.
1:11:48 You got to be careful as Radish says he's on his last.
1:11:50 Megd the only one with two stocks on the map remaining.
1:11:53 Yeah, it really feels like the red team can
1:11:55 hear the sounds of the tree creaking and all
1:11:57 they got to do is hit it with the axe a couple more times and it will fall.
1:12:00 Just chip away at the trunk.
1:12:02 And right now either of the blue team members in trouble.
1:12:04 Future bubble a little bit more.
1:12:06 Red team not really doing too much as it's actually Radish who's in trouble too.
1:12:10 Yeah, future bubble raish equal damage here.
1:12:12 The down air will catch Radish.
1:12:13 Radish, can you make it back?
1:12:13 No, the weapon toss comes in and med in a 2v one now.
1:12:16 One signature that is kind of out of the range
1:12:18 for a marking mood with whiff punish can make this a 1
1:12:20 v one but tall task for sure here for the red
1:12:22 team as they squander their forock to two lead.
1:12:26 Uncharacteristic for a team of med and raish,
1:12:28 but they'll do this here as me holding on to the wall.
1:12:30 Sidelight waiting there avoiding that delight from future bubble.
1:12:33 So a little bit more damage, but the sweat beads come out.
1:12:34 Dline into Nare into Endlight into Endlight into Dick into a dodge for Marky Mu.
1:12:39 Bit of a misinput there.
1:12:40 Avoiding the ground pound gets the downer to touch the wall.
1:12:41 Avoiding the ground pound again there.
1:12:43 And Meg go for his own ground pound.
1:12:44 Makes it back with the recovery unarmed.
1:12:46 And Future Bow and Marku will not find a KO there with that team combo.
1:12:48 Breakdown comes in.
1:12:49 Silite into recovery.
1:12:50 Now a 1 v one.
1:12:51 Big MD versus Marky Mu.
1:12:52 The formats will change.
1:12:53 The world champion has his gauntlets.
1:12:54 Megd the gauntlet legend of the past now versus the future,
1:12:58 the current, the now.
1:12:59 Mark getting copper.
1:13:00 The weapon toss into the unarmed air.
1:13:01 Megdy losing his weapon in the process.
1:13:02 Picks up his pair of gauntlets.
1:13:04 A signature.
1:13:04 A sidelite into recovery.
1:13:05 Mark getting caught by the endlight.
1:13:07 Megd now with an opportunity to win this game for his team.
1:13:10 Dodging the weapon to mark throws his weapon away.
1:13:12 Megd GCD LIGHT DOES NOT CONNECT.
1:13:13 MARK NO CHANCE TO PICK UP A WEAPON as Megd
1:13:15 is right on the spawn with a spear pick up.
1:13:17 AND NOW THE KO THE SIDE AIR ME CLUTCHES IT
1:13:21 OUT AND MEGD AND RADISH MOVE FORWARD IN GAME FOUR
1:13:23 WITH A 3-1 SCORE LINE AND THE 1V one went
1:13:26 to the side of Meg D and the redemption from game number one.
1:13:30 Meg D holding on.
1:13:32 He kept that one straight face.
1:13:34 Didn't let the tension get to him.
1:13:35 You saw him just staring Marku in the eyes and he found the hit that he needed.
1:13:39 The down light into the cider.
1:13:41 Me and Raidish going to clutch up and uh win it out 3-1.
1:13:48 700 damage on the side of Future,
1:13:50 but it was just not enough to get it done there.
1:13:52 Megd and Radish will move forward.
1:13:53 And after losing that game one 1 v one in future bubble
1:13:56 in raidish when you think you know I think you said you
1:13:59 were like Marimoo you want him to be in the 1 v
1:14:01 one there and still med got it done that was very impressive
1:14:04 and marku had the health advantage getting
1:14:05 into that 1 v one I think the slight misplay
1:14:07 of throwing his gauntlets away and just being left
1:14:10 on arm for so long is where me was able to push it into a W but still incredible
1:14:16 stuff uh I would be worried a little bit cuz
1:14:18 of course Mikeu future bubble on the elimination side
1:14:21 uh definitely still a scary team to go up against.
1:14:25 Oh man.
1:14:26 Yeah, I caught your breath after that.
1:14:27 Yeah, I was like that's great.
1:14:28 That was crazy.
1:14:29 Tense one.
1:14:29 Tense one.
1:14:30 708 damage on the side of future bubble.
1:14:33 445 on the spear, but not enough to beat
1:14:35 me and raiders as they move forward here as well.
1:14:38 But before we get into the rest of the top 16,
1:14:40 your top eight qualifying matches.
1:14:41 We're going to a short break.
1:14:42 We'll be right back.
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1:16:01 Deep dive into my heart.
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1:17:18 Green light.
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1:17:20 Yeah, you got the key right.
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1:17:22 Nothing like a deep dive.
1:17:24 Deep dive into my heart.
1:17:36 I've been quiet cuz I'm running out of words.
1:17:49 I'd be lying if I didn't.
1:17:59 But I don't want to lose.
1:18:11 I'm rising up from the ground.
1:18:16 Keep climbing till I reach the clouds.
1:18:23 Welcome back everyone to the spring championship North American doubles.
1:18:27 We've already seen two teams earn their spots in the top eight of things,
1:18:30 but we still got to find out who else will be
1:18:32 joining them as we get right on into the next one.
1:18:35 I'm Duke and joined with me is none other than PJ.
1:18:38 Here's a look at uh our next set.
1:18:41 Yeah, I'm not excited.
1:18:41 No, I'm just kidding.
1:18:42 I'm excited for all these matches.
1:18:43 Zen and Hideway is going to be your um reigning BCX world champions.
1:18:47 Pier number one and two in North America for a region as they rack up the gold.
1:18:51 10 combined gold between the two of them.
1:18:53 On the other side of things, your favorite player's favorite player, Draggy,
1:18:56 is going to be coming in here with uh no uh podium placements,
1:18:59 no top eights either.
1:19:00 So, they're going to be having to make a big
1:19:02 upset here with Astro and a Draggy PR 27 and 28,
1:19:05 respectively, as we're in the winners, top 16 of things.
1:19:08 We'll see who can move forward.
1:19:09 Yeah.
1:19:09 Uh it it's tough if I'm a Astro and Draggy Wagy fan cuz um there is
1:19:15 really not a lot of reasons to think that Zen and Hideway won't win this one.
1:19:19 just like obviously numbers wise higher
1:19:21 PR more earnings more placements but even
1:19:24 like currently there's no like oh the meta is against them you know
1:19:28 like oh Zen can't play but we talked about it in the pre-show
1:19:32 that just means we they go back to the classics they go back
1:19:34 to the Sidra as well as the Wuang uh Astro and and Draggy
1:19:39 they've got a a tough task ahead of them um we'll see if
1:19:42 they can manage to do it right now Draggy locked in on the Sidra
1:19:46 we've seen a a kind of resurgence in the Cidraas out there.
1:19:49 And then Astro, I mean, we we've seen plenty of Kaya in the two space.
1:19:52 And Astro's still playing that two uh playing that Kaya.
1:19:55 Uh right now just waiting on Zen to get into the lobby.
1:19:59 They have played each other in the past and it
1:20:00 was a 3 in the favor of Zen and Hideway.
1:20:03 And that was at Vanguard, a community event.
1:20:05 So, uh screen a PJ looking at his laptop where you're talking.
1:20:08 I'm sorry about that, Duke.
1:20:09 But yeah, looking at the stats, man.
1:20:11 I know these zoomers, man, with their tech.
1:20:12 Um dire straits here for Aster and Draggy.
1:20:16 You know what they say any given Sunday.
1:20:18 Love that trope.
1:20:19 And we'll see if they can get it done here on the pick of Kaya and Cidra.
1:20:22 Yo, play the play the long odds though.
1:20:24 8% chance.
1:20:25 Play the long odds.
1:20:26 You see that 92% to 8%.
1:20:29 If I'm an Astro and a Draggy Waggy fan,
1:20:32 this is about to be the world's biggest payout if they can pull this off.
1:20:35 Like, it's it's going to be huge.
1:20:37 Get your channel points in now before it's too late.
1:20:40 Before they cut you off at the polls.
1:20:42 Yeah, man.
1:20:42 You could there I don't know, man.
1:20:46 It's 13% now.
1:20:47 So people who were listening lowkey if that that might be insider trading.
1:20:50 Aren't you a dev bro?
1:20:51 Are you are you influencing the market right now?
1:20:54 Look the channel for market.
1:20:55 Look all I'm saying is that it's between us.
1:21:00 Nobody else is watching.
1:21:01 The FTC is not going to come in here and and check us out.
1:21:04 It's fine.
1:21:06 You can earn channel points.
1:21:08 You can win big.
1:21:10 You can go home with over a million channel points.
1:21:13 All you have to do is believe.
1:21:16 All you have to do is believe.
1:21:18 I mean, I guess 12% of the overall net worth.
1:21:22 Okay.
1:21:22 All right.
1:21:23 All right.
1:21:23 And yes, so this is going to be a three out for the side.
1:21:25 No, I'm just kidding.
1:21:26 Uh definitely chances here for sure.
1:21:28 But um Hideway is going to be on his Sidra
1:21:30 and Zen's going to be on his Woo Shang.
1:21:32 So this is going to be a tough line,
1:21:33 but we get a Sidra mirror match here to start us off.
1:21:36 That should be very exciting.
1:21:38 And uh we'll have to see here as 17%
1:21:40 of the vote now going over the side of Astro and Draggy.
1:21:43 Yeah, I think uh this is going to be an interesting one.
1:21:45 If you look at purely the Sidra levels,
1:21:48 uh Draggy a little bit more experienced on it.
1:21:50 Level 60 versus the 31 on the side of Hideway.
1:21:54 Uh but I think that's that general twos experience
1:21:57 that Hideway brings might kind of even out that general disparity.
1:22:00 We're going to Small Fortress of Lions here for game number one.
1:22:04 We'll get into this now with a Cidra mirror match.
1:22:07 Like you said, the experience going over to the side of Draggy.
1:22:10 Draggy known for the seven in the 1 v one space, but also the Z and the Cidra.
1:22:14 So, a cannon player at heart is going to be making it happen
1:22:16 here as we get into game number one on Small Fortress of Lions.
1:22:20 We'll see if Draggy can get a cannon.
1:22:22 Yep, immediate pick up on the right side.
1:22:24 Both red team members with that weapon advantage.
1:22:26 Going to try to just find some hits here, but Zen spacing out.
1:22:30 A big whiff on that side.
1:22:32 An immediate fivepiece getting eaten by the side
1:22:34 of hideway as a singular sword sidelight is going
1:22:37 to cost you so much damage in a whip
1:22:39 punish and light into GCD light into the side air.
1:22:41 The end light will come in as well.
1:22:42 The down air down air coming out from the side of hideway as well.
1:22:45 N landing side air.
1:22:47 Zen now looking to inch forward here and get
1:22:49 this damage going and potentially cash in all
1:22:51 this damage built up on the side of Astro
1:22:53 here as gets disarmed in the process as well.
1:22:55 Great spacing on the side of Hideway.
1:22:57 Draggy went for an onstage ground pound.
1:22:58 Both red team members launched to the right side and a down air from Hideway.
1:23:02 Another opportunity.
1:23:03 Yeah, Draggy's not going to go down there to try to save.
1:23:06 Couple dodges out from Zen there.
1:23:07 Turn to bait out an immediate option from Draggy.
1:23:09 Will ultimately win out that edge guard with a side air,
1:23:12 but it will not win the stock yet.
1:23:13 Draggy holding on here, but will get called out for that GCD light on Zen.
1:23:16 Hideway coming in with that landing cider and making it
1:23:19 easy or at least look easy to find it there.
1:23:23 Draggy on the respawn.
1:23:24 burn some of his health to get that weapon pick up as well as get
1:23:27 Astro back onto the field cuz Astro was
1:23:29 holding on to that wall waiting for Draggy.
1:23:34 Zen so far off save Dlight into Nare
1:23:36 will find the KO for Draggy who will rebuttal
1:23:38 with his first stalk for the uh blue team off
1:23:41 the blue team I should say for the red team.
1:23:43 Enlight coming out there.
1:23:44 Sidelite into Graggy getting hit by a side air as well.
1:23:46 No weapon.
1:23:46 The weapon toss comes in and Zen one hit away.
1:23:48 The ground pound comes in does not connect
1:23:50 and hide away does not pull the trigger
1:23:51 on his ground pound and light into the ground
1:23:54 pound into the designiti of which a hit there.
1:23:56 The downwards hitting hit boxes that's going to be a downer to reversal.
1:23:59 Zen getting sent high in the air but holding
1:24:00 on the cider will not KO coast to coast.
1:24:02 That one will but that'll be the first hog off of Zen.
1:24:04 So the blue team somewhat happy to make those gamles there.
1:24:06 Delight into air.
1:24:07 The cider will send Astro off just enough time
1:24:09 for to isolate the KO with that delight into air onto Draggy.
1:24:11 Astro running back to the assistance of Draggy Batessi.
1:24:14 But right now, Draggy the one to take the br uh brute
1:24:17 of the I don't even know what I'm the brunt of it.
1:24:19 The brunt of it like brunch but with with a T instead of a ch.
1:24:24 Yes, exactly.
1:24:26 Like brunt force trauma, right?
1:24:27 That's what they're saying.
1:24:29 Yeah.
1:24:29 Or brute force trauma.
1:24:30 Now down signature will send Draggy flying.
1:24:33 And there's the pogo.
1:24:34 Draggy in a whole lot of trouble.
1:24:36 Not sure that recovery will do much else
1:24:38 cuz there's the end sig to take him out.
1:24:40 And it's all left to Astro against the four stocks of Zen and Hideway.
1:24:43 And Zen just standing still in the middle.
1:24:46 He's like, "My Spotify wasn't working.
1:24:48 I'm going to This is a good time to change that." So,
1:24:50 we're going to see the pick up there.
1:24:51 That's what Future Bubble and Marky were trying
1:24:53 to do the entire time they were playing.
1:24:55 And we'll see it immediately come into effect in the 2v2 world champion.
1:24:58 And our perspective from experience was this is the team that does
1:25:02 everything right and is the only team that can get conversions like that.
1:25:04 And we already see it come true here as Future
1:25:06 Bubble and Marku dropped that four times in their set.
1:25:08 the first time it comes in to effect in the blue uh team game,
1:25:12 they immediately do it.
1:25:13 Immediately pull it off and it leads to a KO.
1:25:17 Incredible stuff from this blue team showing why
1:25:19 they're coming in here as such a favored team.
1:25:22 Uh and it is going to be I believe Draggy who drops out.
1:25:26 Got to reset, make sure everything's good cuz he he got
1:25:28 bullied there a little bit in uh in that game one.
1:25:31 Yeah, hopefully you know you want to feel your best you can.
1:25:33 And sometimes the reset is what it's in order and we're going
1:25:36 to be sticking to the same team comp for both of these teams here.
1:25:39 So we're not going to be seeing any swaps off of the Cidra and the Wooang,
1:25:42 the Cidra and the Kaya here.
1:25:44 So should be a good time.
1:25:46 We'll see this now with the bands coming out here.
1:25:48 We're going to ban Shena and Jakoku.
1:25:50 Esports watchers for sure.
1:25:51 If you know, you know.
1:25:52 We're going to be going over to Small Fortress of Lions for game number two.
1:25:54 So we're going right back to where we started.
1:25:56 Yeah, just going to be sticking on the Fortress of Lions,
1:25:58 I think, for the entirety of this set.
1:25:59 At the rate that things are going,
1:26:02 uh really it's just on Draggy Waggy and and Astro to find
1:26:05 some way to stop the onslaught of hits from Hideway and Zan.
1:26:12 Going to be hard to do.
1:26:13 So, I mean, it it's so hard in fact that no one
1:26:15 was able to do it and they won the world championship for it.
1:26:18 And uh you know, that is something that as a dragon astro,
1:26:21 you are probably always thinking about in the back
1:26:23 of your mind whether you want to or not.
1:26:24 You know, you have to have that mentality of we can't be a fan right now.
1:26:28 We're competitors.
1:26:28 We're at their level and we can get it done.
1:26:30 But as there's levels to everything,
1:26:32 a pro could be one level and the other level is
1:26:34 Hideway and Zen with their uh world championship under their belt.
1:26:37 Obviously getting a third place at the Winters
1:26:39 and wasn't the result they wanted.
1:26:41 And right now they're playing like it.
1:26:42 Yep, they're showing.
1:26:44 They're definitely coming here to play.
1:26:45 Definitely been practicing the comp.
1:26:47 Uh you already saw that team combo in game number one.
1:26:49 And right now they're getting a lot of damage built out onto this red team.
1:26:52 Draggy trying to get the KO here onto Zen.
1:26:54 Hideway neutral light, but it's the side sig from Zen to get the first stock.
1:26:58 Dite into recovery will come in with the GC
1:27:00 and that that gauntlet recovery will find the KO as well
1:27:04 and Zen and Hideway will cash in the first stock to this game.
1:27:06 N coming out there recovery the down air
1:27:07 from Zen into the endlight into the cider from Hideway.
1:27:09 The cider converts into the recovery dragon without a weapon there.
1:27:12 That's a big N.
1:27:13 It's a groundbound inter WEAPON TOSS INTO ARM DOWN AIR COMPLETE DOMINATION.
1:27:17 That was a COMPLETE THAT WAS NOT EVEN NECESSARY
1:27:20 half of that, but somehow he gets it anyway.
1:27:22 And that's going to be a delight into take out the first stock off the side
1:27:24 of Hideway there for Draggy as they try to make a semblance of a return here.
1:27:29 That's a downer on to Zen.
1:27:30 Zen very low able to make it back there though.
1:27:32 Yeah, that was Zen earning that Simpsons clip cuz uh
1:27:35 that was Astro just getting knocked around at the bottom.
1:27:39 There is so much extra damage there.
1:27:41 And uh Zen putting Astro down to his final stock,
1:27:44 but al also uh Draggy on his final stock somewhere in there.
1:27:48 He also took a lot of damage.
1:27:50 Man, they traded spaces there.
1:27:51 The blue team still pick up on it.
1:27:52 The ground pound hanging your own teammate then dodging through the ground pound
1:27:55 of Draggy as you go for an GC to try to catch a potential reversal.
1:27:58 GCD light into the classic down signature.
1:28:01 GC SIDELIGHT OFF STAGE CAN MAKE IT BACK.
1:28:04 JUST THE SLOW like the soft tap to send it off and that downer will
1:28:08 be enough and a double KO gets awarded
1:28:09 to Hideaway and that was a complete disaster.
1:28:13 192 damage on the side of Astro and like I said it's any given
1:28:17 Sundays but another constant competitive um saying
1:28:21 is there's levels to it and the levels
1:28:23 are coming through right now as the world champions getting third place
1:28:26 at the last official are showing that they did not belong in that third place.
1:28:30 They belong on the podium but they belong
1:28:31 at the top and they look unstoppable so far.
1:28:34 Yeah, definitely playing with a chip on the shoulder.
1:28:36 I I want to know I think you have the stats open.
1:28:38 What was the accuracy of the light attacks for Hideway and Zen
1:28:42 because both of them I feel like missed almost no attacks.
1:28:45 Okay, we can see it over here.
1:28:46 51% and a 48%.
1:28:48 Not as high as I was actually
1:28:49 expecting cuz they were feeling so incredibly clean.
1:28:53 It felt like they were just getting hits on top of the red team.
1:28:57 two.
1:28:57 Yeah, a lot of I mean they were throwing out a lot of hits and they were
1:29:00 hitting a lot and the other team wasn't
1:29:01 even having an opportunity to whiff a lot too.
1:29:04 You'll see this now as we see a swap from Astro into the um AO AO.
1:29:09 Thank you, man.
1:29:10 I can never remember him.
1:29:11 I just don't ever get to see it.
1:29:13 And Draggy on the Z Astro.
1:29:15 We don't see a lot of AOS for A REASON.
1:29:16 THE DER CATCHES BOTH.
1:29:17 DRAGGY ACTUALLY SAVES and Astro makes it back there as well.
1:29:20 And the red team for a moment hold on to their first stocks.
1:29:22 Little bit of a little bit of a chance now.
1:29:24 Well, I mean, you know,
1:29:25 it's obviously much worse if you lost those stocks there.
1:29:27 Side stick comes in.
1:29:28 End light on the side of Draggy.
1:29:29 That's going to be a sidelight into the side or the end light.
1:29:32 Dragon dragging a bad spot.
1:29:33 The ground pound comes in.
1:29:33 Zen pulls the trigger a little too early to keep safe as well.
1:29:37 Good weapon toss there on the side of Draggy.
1:29:38 Hideway did have Astro in that tentacle with the neutral signature.
1:29:42 Zen just boxing out Draggy.
1:29:44 They're looking for a 2v one,
1:29:45 but Astro makes his way over throwing out those bow sticks covering some space.
1:29:49 Keeps the blue team off of him.
1:29:51 Drag chasing Zen right now.
1:29:52 and Hideway will actually just uh spend time kind of keeping
1:29:55 that stage control so Draggy can't get a full resource of resources.
1:29:58 That ground pound will KO horizontally take out the first
1:30:02 for here as the blue team once again have a lead.
1:30:03 Dilight into I don't even know what that was.
1:30:06 The recovery comes in.
1:30:06 Draggy will get the down air reversal but that's so much damage
1:30:10 on the side of Hideway hitting Asher with that extended combo on that Sidra.
1:30:14 Yeah, got him with that down light side air recovery.
1:30:16 A classic there for the Canon players.
1:30:18 Finally going to take off that first stock of Zen.
1:30:20 Red team needs a team combo here,
1:30:22 but hide away not going to give them any opportunity.
1:30:26 Man, Draggy got out of the team combo to get hit by another one.
1:30:30 I've never seen that before.
1:30:31 The blue team are missing combos to lead into more combos.
1:30:34 They're coming in there.
1:30:35 Hideway covering that soft platform.
1:30:36 That's going to be a big weapon starve angle.
1:30:38 Sidelight into hitting both into a pick up on the side,
1:30:40 but a nice unarmed hit to kind of interrupt it, but it's not enough.
1:30:43 Weapon toss comes in.
1:30:43 Draggy unable to make it back with that down air from Hideway.
1:30:47 And yeah, it's tough, man.
1:30:49 And I want to believe for the red team,
1:30:50 but the blue team just looks so clean right now.
1:30:52 And you know, you always want to give credit to a team that's winning as well.
1:30:55 Like they are just dominating.
1:30:56 Dra with his ground pound though.
1:30:57 It gives a chance for the red team.
1:31:00 Wait a minute.
1:31:00 Okay.
1:31:01 Okay.
1:31:01 We go to all last stocks.
1:31:02 I'm happy to be proven wrong.
1:31:03 This is the closest it's looked for for this red team.
1:31:06 They do get a little stacked up there.
1:31:08 And Hideway got them both with the sidelite,
1:31:09 but dragon waggy needs to pop off in the offstage.
1:31:11 Hideway finding too many hits onto him.
1:31:14 Ground pound hitting Zen's head right there.
1:31:15 No protection on the uh on a as well.
1:31:17 That's scary.
1:31:18 Sidelight into cider will connect on the hideway.
1:31:19 Hideway in a mat spot.
1:31:20 Now the side does interrupt Draggy to get that edge guard.
1:31:23 This pogo comes out.
1:31:24 Do you make it back?
1:31:24 Yes, you do.
1:31:25 GC Enlight the wrong direction does not connect.
1:31:27 Astro getting an[ __] there is going to send Zen away.
1:31:29 Draggy with an ax in hand right now.
1:31:31 No cannon to lean back on.
1:31:32 The endlight sends both of the team members off stage.
1:31:34 The side air will separate Astro and Draggy.
1:31:36 But Drag will win that one v one.
1:31:37 Oh my goodness, it's so close.
1:31:39 The down light from Draggy.
1:31:41 There's the GC side again.
1:31:42 Draggy running out of health here.
1:31:45 And Light will send off stage.
1:31:46 Zen throwing his weapon away to try to burn
1:31:48 a resource to catch or catch a high recovery.
1:31:50 That's going to be a GC D light to catch his own teammate,
1:31:52 but Hideway will pick up with an air
1:31:54 hitting Draggy there and Draggy with so much damage.
1:31:55 The GC breakdown to try to make it happen and a KO
1:31:58 steal for Zen there with that end light and the blue team.
1:32:01 The world champions move forward in three fashion.
1:32:03 Yeah, it didn't even do anything flashy there.
1:32:05 Could have gone for a side zig.
1:32:06 Instead, he was just like, I'll just do another neutral eye.
1:32:08 Just make sure that this run goes into the green.
1:32:12 make sure they uh they put it into the hole there as it
1:32:14 is going to be Zen and Hideway with just a dominant performance there.
1:32:18 3 0 and just looked so controlling of the entirety of the game.
1:32:23 By far the most dominant uh game uh or set
1:32:25 we've seen so far on this top 16 of things.
1:32:27 That was a very very confident win for Haido and Zen.
1:32:30 Yeah, 18% of chat really upset with me right now.
1:32:34 It's their fault.
1:32:36 Sorry.
1:32:35 Please use your channel points.
1:32:36 Um spend your channel points wisely.
1:32:38 Wisely.
1:32:38 It is serious.
1:32:39 It's fun, but it's also serious.
1:32:40 You know, you might need the channel points
1:32:42 for something like gigantifying your emote or something.
1:32:44 So,
1:32:44 yeah, you got to put go sunglasses on your emote or whatever.
1:32:48 Uh, but either way, uh, that is going to be Zen and Hideway continuing on.
1:32:51 Up next, we have anime fan and shade, I believe, to be going up.
1:32:56 Oh, no, sorry, Anime Fan and Flower to go
1:32:58 up against Shade and Hybrid for our next set.
1:33:01 Uh, a little bit more earnings on the side of anime fan and uh, Flower.
1:33:05 Uh but people who have been longtime watchers of esports are
1:33:09 at least a little familiar with hybrid 15 top 32s for top eights.
1:33:12 He's been around for quite a while.
1:33:14 Hasn't quite made it onto the podium spots.
1:33:17 Another team that we just kind of didn't talk about,
1:33:19 but Shaden Hybrid got fourth place at Winter Championship.
1:33:21 So they were in the top four
1:33:22 of things making it into the elimination side semi-finals.
1:33:25 I believe they fell to um Hideway and Zen.
1:33:29 Yeah, they felt they got double eliminated
1:33:31 by Hideway Zen who then got third place.
1:33:33 On the other side of things,
1:33:34 Anime and Flower fell at ninth place at the Witcher Championships of this year,
1:33:38 losing to Zen and Hideaway and a Shade and Hybrid.
1:33:40 So, they actually won their most recent about
1:33:42 with each other here uh in at an official.
1:33:45 However, Anime and Flower did win at Frostbite number 20,
1:33:47 which was in April 19th.
1:33:49 So, that was uh about a month ago now uh where Anime
1:33:52 Fan and Flower were able to do it versus Shane and Hybrid.
1:33:55 Okay.
1:33:56 Well, right now we are in fact waiting for Hybrid to get into the lobby.
1:33:59 I'm seeing a Bucky Lynch lock in on the side of Flower.
1:34:03 That is the Nash crossover.
1:34:05 Little bit of an interesting pick on the side of Flower.
1:34:07 We definitely know Flower has a hammer.
1:34:08 Uh obviously I think most people are most familiar with his Yumo.
1:34:13 Um but it it is interesting to see him over here on the Becky Lynch.
1:34:16 I think Spear's like definitely not a bad weapon in the two space.
1:34:18 Obviously hammer also really good.
1:34:20 Uh but it's it's just it's just different and it makes me uncomfortable.
1:34:24 Change is hard.
1:34:25 Yeah, it is.
1:34:26 And I guess in this case it's not really change.
1:34:27 It's kind of like the opposite cuz like they're going back in time, you know,
1:34:30 like Onyx is definitely futuristic in the sense that you
1:34:33 it's kind she's kind of robotic and then like
1:34:35 Devil Jin's from the future, you know,
1:34:37 modern era and then you got like a caveman but it's actually
1:34:40 a human person that exists in real life and then Bodvar who's a Viking.
1:34:43 So it's tough, man.
1:34:45 Scary things are going on right now.
1:34:46 But we'll get into the top 12 of things.
1:34:48 We'll see who makes it into the winner side with anime fan and flower
1:34:50 on the Nash and the Bodvar and Shade and Hybrid on the Onyx and Devil.
1:34:55 Well, uh, a little bit more classic picks on the blue team.
1:34:58 But right now, Hybrid going for the offstage onto Flower.
1:35:01 Doesn't get that falling neutral air and leave Shade to the 1v2,
1:35:04 but Flower opts for the sides seek in the face of Hybrid.
1:35:10 A lot of grounded movement so far from Flower
1:35:11 and it'll end up getting disarmed in the process.
1:35:14 Anime F will get disarmed as well.
1:35:16 Dlight from the side of Flower trying to make something happen here.
1:35:19 Little bit of a clash.
1:35:20 Nar will come out catching anime right now.
1:35:21 The red team the winners of this very scrappy
1:35:24 play style of course with the gauntlets in hand.
1:35:26 They're going to be able to make uh uh you
1:35:27 know squeeze water out of a stone in that sense.
1:35:28 Elite into recovery will find its KO that N reversal will not though.
1:35:32 Anime cannot trade the one for one there and Flower would just be
1:35:35 the first one to lose that stock first strike going over the side of Hybrid.
1:35:38 I'm really surprised there.
1:35:38 There's a couple times where anime whiffed in the face of Shade
1:35:41 and Shade opted not to even go for like a cannon neutralite.
1:35:44 A relatively uh fast move uh but instead just kind
1:35:47 of let anime fan whiff but they do have that stock advantage.
1:35:51 They're trying to play it a little bit smart and safe here.
1:35:55 Oh, I you the the setup there for Shay going for that D light,
1:35:58 but Flower just comes in, hits um his teammate as well,
1:36:00 but Shake still wins that out as Anime tries to stall off stage to line
1:36:03 up a hammer recovery gets caught by that side air in the cannon into the wall.
1:36:06 That'll still KO with all that damage built up.
1:36:09 And the red team now with one stock of a lead
1:36:11 and Flower taking a lot of damage already on the second stop.
1:36:13 That scoop will score with that hammer down air.
1:36:16 And right now, Flower needs to be the most evasive on the map
1:36:18 as you have some uh defense to lean back on on Nash.
1:36:22 It's not the most in the game.
1:36:23 And uh you've taken a lot of damage.
1:36:26 Well, so far getting some damage put out onto Hybrid.
1:36:30 Blue team looking for the double hammer plays right now,
1:36:32 but they're both off stage,
1:36:33 which is a scary spot cuz can't recovery in those spots.
1:36:37 Okay, down Sig trying to chase out Shade.
1:36:40 Boom.
1:36:41 Just a grab.
1:36:46 All right, Hybrid has both blue team members.
1:36:48 Weapon toss not going to connect on either.
1:36:49 Shade in front.
1:36:50 Neutral sig connects.
1:36:51 That's going to be Flower gone.
1:36:52 Anime manages to take out Shade for it.
1:36:54 And Hybrid wants to make sure he can get anime, but he backs away.
1:36:57 Wants the bow instead.
1:36:59 Quite close so far.
1:36:59 That cider will catch Anime trying to get back
1:37:01 to the stage with a jump off the wall.
1:37:03 End there is going to separate the blue team once again.
1:37:05 That's going to be a big NC connection into an endlight into it.
1:37:07 D6.
1:37:07 DC won't connect but a sidelight into recovery
1:37:09 will and shade will find the KO on anime
1:37:11 as both the blue team members are the first to be put on their last stocks here
1:37:14 as hybrid has a little bit more uh of a stock to last sidelight into an air
1:37:18 flower without a weapon off the cider coming
1:37:19 in from anime that's a second cider catching shade
1:37:21 and the scoop and score and the red team
1:37:23 get force on last shade fighting in the 2v
1:37:25 one wins it out double sidelite there
1:37:26 into the recovery but gets him with a double cider
1:37:28 and going to get disarmed in the process now
1:37:30 both hybrid and shade need to contend for a weapon
1:37:32 it'll be hybrid first who tries to take
1:37:33 point here being the less damage of the two he's taking A lot of damage.
1:37:38 All right, down light down air.
1:37:39 Split that blue team, but he eats a side stick from anime.
1:37:42 It's all left to Hybrid.
1:37:43 He's got to be careful about what sigs he throws out,
1:37:45 especially like that neutral signature.
1:37:47 It's grabbies, so the other one can fall out of it.
1:37:50 No weapon spawns for Hybrid right now.
1:37:52 What was that haymaker?
1:37:53 Catastrophic play from the red team as they
1:37:55 had a nice kind of stock lead situation here,
1:37:58 but the Flower really kicked it into gear.
1:38:00 Held onto the stock and that's going to be the game for the blue team.
1:38:02 Yeah, like you said, Flower managed to really stop the bleed there.
1:38:06 Slowed everything down in terms in terms of the damage
1:38:09 he was taking and the fact that he was still around.
1:38:12 He was still putting out some damage safely was the reason
1:38:15 why the blue team was able to close that one out.
1:38:18 Happy to see that there for anime and Flower
1:38:20 as they're able to come back from behind
1:38:22 and get it done even with 600 damage on one of the red team members here.
1:38:25 I have to pull up the live stats cuz I know
1:38:26 it was very very uh high damage for one of them.
1:38:29 I saw 600.
1:38:30 Mhm.
1:38:32 It's going to be uh 601 from the side of hybrid Zario.
1:38:36 So that's going to be a lot of that on the back of the bow.
1:38:38 414 damage out on the bow and a lot of movement so far from Hybrid.
1:38:44 We'll see if that can um kind of snowball into a win for the red team or if
1:38:47 the blue team will continue to be that defensive bastion
1:38:49 they need in Flower to hold on in the set, keep up the score line to 2.
1:38:54 One thing that the red team was really good at doing
1:38:56 at the start of the last game was following up off each other,
1:38:59 getting those extensions, getting like three hits in a row,
1:39:02 which really just kind of adds up over time.
1:39:06 We're I'll see if they can do it again as uh it was definitely a very
1:39:10 valuable tool for them as Hybrid first one to get that stock with that recovery.
1:39:14 Side air from anime there into a GCD light into recovery.
1:39:16 He won't kill either of the red team members,
1:39:18 but that's a big side to close out that stock.
1:39:22 Shade punch comes in.
1:39:23 Shade avoids that down air somehow holding on but cannot avoid
1:39:26 FL's hammer and right now Flower is playing very very well.
1:39:29 We go to two stocks on Flower 1 v one versus
1:39:31 Hybrid him back off stage with that end light on the spear.
1:39:34 Air will be coming out as well trying
1:39:35 to get that anti-air hit box holding that aerial space.
1:39:37 Another end light that's four in a row for Flower now.
1:39:39 Another nare coming out.
1:39:40 Five unanswered hits on the side of Flower.
1:39:42 Finally a side air from Shade Breaks that streak and a side air
1:39:44 from Hybrid keeps Flower back over his teammate on the right side of the stage.
1:39:48 Okay, following up neutral light side going to whiff this time.
1:39:51 Hybrid able to dodge through it.
1:39:53 Anime with that hammer.
1:39:54 Looks like they're trying to hunt down Hybrid a little
1:39:56 bit as Hybrid hasn't had a weapon in a while.
1:39:57 Manages to pick up the gauntlets.
1:39:59 Shade all the way on the right side.
1:40:02 Dite coming in there.
1:40:03 Sidelite into side air with an air as well
1:40:05 to follow up to hit Shade out of the air.
1:40:08 Sidelite waiting.
1:40:08 Chase dodge.
1:40:09 They can't even really pull the trigger in the double gauntlets
1:40:11 because both of them on the blue team are on the hammer.
1:40:13 And there's a lot of whis right now.
1:40:15 They're dodging INTO EACH OTHER.
1:40:16 FINALLY, FLOWER ANSWERS WITH A SIDELINE AND A TURNAROUND.
1:40:18 Side stick coming in for Flower there.
1:40:20 And that's going to be the breaking of the mold
1:40:22 as Shade loses his weapon in the process.
1:40:24 Enig comes out that time into another one will KO
1:40:26 off the side and anime with an endlight onto Shade.
1:40:29 Flower now taking control of this game on the hammer.
1:40:33 Down air does connect onto anime.
1:40:34 Side signature connects.
1:40:36 Neutral signature above, but still not enough to take out either
1:40:39 of these blue team members just yet for the red team.
1:40:41 Break dance coming in from Flower.
1:40:42 A little bit too short.
1:40:43 Shade will get an end light into a downer to close out that stock,
1:40:45 but a ground pound comes in once again.
1:40:48 Flower the only one on his second stock here.
1:40:50 DITE GOING HIGH INTO THE RECOVERY.
1:40:51 A LOT OF damage on the hybrid who has no
1:40:53 weapon right now and is taking a lot of damage.
1:40:55 A nice 2v1 team combo,
1:40:56 but a side stick comes in and that'll find a KO onto Flower to shut him down.
1:41:00 And it's one stock all once again.
1:41:02 Yeah, this red team really needs to shut down
1:41:04 high uh Flower cuz Flower is just looking so solid.
1:41:08 His spear, his his hammer, everything just doing damage and finding connections.
1:41:12 Throwing out a couple sides.
1:41:14 Blue team getting a little eager with the signatures,
1:41:16 but it'll work out cuz Hybrid gets launched.
1:41:17 Both red team members are hurting right now.
1:41:21 We are throwing out those enig right now.
1:41:23 The cider gets saved by the recovery from Hybrid on the unarmed.
1:41:26 Hybrid getting sent so far off.
1:41:27 S of a pseudos power play.
1:41:28 It'll lead into a cider there.
1:41:29 Shade gets sent very far away.
1:41:31 THE RECOVERY TRA AND SOMEHOW FLOWER GETS SENT LOW.
1:41:33 THE BLUE TEAM WIN IT OUT THOUGH ON THE SIDE OF ANIME.
1:41:36 The attention of us went over to Flower, but Hybrid uh sorry,
1:41:39 Anime was winning out those 1v ones and ends up
1:41:42 winning two of them to find those KOs on the hammer.
1:41:44 And if that was not a game of hammer, I don't know what was.
1:41:47 Both of the blue team members doing so much on it.
1:41:50 See the refresh here.
1:41:51 And yeah, that was 300 damage on anime's hammer
1:41:54 and 276 damage on the side of Flower's hammer.
1:41:57 The most of any weapon represented in this matchup.
1:42:00 They absolutely dominated on the hammer that game.
1:42:03 Yeah, I mean, even those final two stocks
1:42:04 was anime with the hammer hitting those scoop up.
1:42:07 Scooped up hybrid and then went over there, scooped up Shade as well.
1:42:10 Uh that could have been a nice spot if they if
1:42:12 the red team managed to survive anime fan and take out Flower,
1:42:16 but obviously that's uh a very tall task because they were deep red.
1:42:20 Nanime and Flower just keep getting it done here.
1:42:23 And Shade and Hybrid like they're playing a team comp
1:42:26 that could get really punishing signature KOs and long-winded combinations.
1:42:30 But what I love about the blue team is how grounded they play
1:42:33 and how well they're using the soft
1:42:34 platform as well to just interrupt these things.
1:42:36 And we're starting to see that really kind of uh weigh onto the mental
1:42:39 of the red team where they have to start pulling out of combos early.
1:42:42 They're not going for extended uh reads because
1:42:44 they know if I miss this sidelight on gauntlets,
1:42:46 I'm going to get hit by a hammer and air or worse.
1:42:49 And it's just not working out for the red team.
1:42:50 The blue team completely shutting down
1:42:51 this very aggressive double gauntlet team comp.
1:42:54 Yeah, I think you're spot on.
1:42:55 It's not even like being worried about
1:42:57 getting interrupted as much as just like, oh,
1:42:59 if I hit a sidelight, if I go for another move,
1:43:01 this hammer is going to come hit me.
1:43:02 Oh my goodness, this is crazy.
1:43:04 THE THE RNG to get two hammers after completely dominating is crazy too, man.
1:43:08 That's so fortunate for the blue team and so unfortunate
1:43:10 if you're a fan of Shade and Hybrid right now.
1:43:14 Down light side air.
1:43:16 Flower does get disarmed.
1:43:17 Neutral signature.
1:43:18 There's an opportunity here for the red team.
1:43:21 Nice chase down.
1:43:21 Hybrid with a ground pound, but still plenty of jumps for Flower.
1:43:25 Anime will make it back on the assistance of anime clearing out.
1:43:27 Sorry, Flower will make it back on the assistance
1:43:28 of anime clearing out so much space with that hammer.
1:43:31 F will pick up an Nik there and a landing
1:43:33 side air into a nare with anime getting both there.
1:43:36 Not enough to KO with that down air.
1:43:37 But we're getting to a point where some real conversations got
1:43:40 to happen about nullifying this anime hammer as he gets another
1:43:42 KO and a pseudo unofficial double here as Flower's in a bad
1:43:45 spot there trying to go for a D into the recovery.
1:43:49 HYBRID WAS GOING TO GET WHAT HE DOING WHEN THERE'S NO SHOT.
1:43:53 THE HYBRID RUNS OFF THE STAGE AND FLOWER GETS A DOUBLE
1:43:56 KO with the down air and it is all but over.
1:43:59 Five stalks to two as Flower lines up a perfect down air to KO uh Shade,
1:44:05 but Hybrid and Shade can make it back and it is all over.
1:44:08 I said the last set was the most dominant, but somehow Flower and anime put
1:44:12 on a exhibition in game number three to completely
1:44:16 shut down this red team and Hybrid is trying his best to fight back.
1:44:19 But there's not much you can do when you're down four stocks
1:44:22 to one and you never really had a chance in the 2v2.
1:44:24 But for sure you don't have one in the 1v2 as a D light cider will not
1:44:28 KO but it'll send so far off stage
1:44:30 and Flower and anime move forward into top eight.
1:44:34 Man, Flower unarmed winning out in a 1v2 basically on his own.
1:44:39 I don't know that anime fan did anything more than
1:44:42 droo on Flower because the offstage from Flower did everything there.
1:44:48 Anime did start it up with that recovery, but the double down airs from Flower.
1:44:52 She tries to help and and Flower just shuts that one down.
1:44:56 That's brutal.
1:44:58 It's just not worth it.
1:44:59 Like even if it's just not worth it, man.
1:45:02 It I just can't believe it.
1:45:04 That's so unfortunate to go off at zero health.
1:45:07 110 damage dealt by Shaden.
1:45:10 Can you really blame him?
1:45:11 He literally forfeited a stock at zero.
1:45:14 Uh that was a completely uh very just hard game to watch there.
1:45:18 But fortunately, if you're a flower and anime fan um anime fan,
1:45:22 you'll like that set as that was a 3 0
1:45:23 and with a quickness there uh to move forward into top eight.
1:45:26 Yeah, that was uh some disgusting gameplay to say
1:45:29 the least on the side of Flower and anime.
1:45:31 But like you said, if you're a fan of them,
1:45:32 then you are happy cuz they are going to continue on.
1:45:35 Okay, they're in the winners semi-final, I believe.
1:45:37 But that'll do it for us here right now.
1:45:39 Now we're going to take a short little break and after
1:45:41 the break we've got Balloon Boy Mooney versus Dark and Raven.
1:45:46 Be right backs.
1:46:20 I held on to every word that you said.
1:46:23 Build a future from the echo in my head and myself in ways that you are.
1:46:30 Now I don't know, don't care.
1:46:32 Don't need you anyway.
1:46:36 You said that you would always be there.
1:46:40 You said that you would always be there.
1:46:45 Now I know.
1:46:46 Don't care.
1:46:47 Don't need you anyway.
1:46:51 Don't need you anyway.
1:46:54 Your love was always on the run.
1:46:58 So don't pretend like I'm the one speak.
1:47:02 But now I don't know.
1:47:04 Don't care.
1:47:05 I don't need you anyway.
1:47:14 Lights are on me, hands up to the sky.
1:47:18 Found my freedom.
1:47:19 Chase the sunrise.
1:47:22 Now sit in silence out of my horizon.
1:47:25 Don't know.
1:47:26 Don't care.
1:47:27 Anyway, anyway, you say that you would always be there.
1:47:39 Now I don't know, don't care.
1:47:41 Don't need you anyway.
1:47:45 Your love was always on the run.
1:47:49 So don't pretend like I'm the one.
1:47:52 Your love was sweet, but now I don't know.
1:47:55 Don't care.
1:47:56 Don't need you anyway.
1:48:02 But now I don't need you anyway.
1:48:09 Don't know.
1:48:10 Don't care.
1:48:11 Don't need you anyway.
1:48:16 You say that you would always be there.
1:48:25 You say that you would always be there.
1:48:40 Your love is always on the run.
1:48:43 So don't pretend like I'm alone.
1:48:48 But now I don't know.
1:48:50 Don't care.
1:48:50 We don't need you anyway.
1:48:56 You're going to run.
1:48:58 You're going to run.
1:49:05 You say that you would always be there.
1:49:22 We had it all when you were by my side.
1:49:28 Were you giving up?
1:49:30 Was it a waste of time?
1:49:34 You got me acting a fool now.
1:49:37 I won't be chasing for so long.
1:49:40 You got me high on emotion and I just look at what you done.
1:49:45 Love ain't easy.
1:49:48 Got me down on you.
1:49:51 Don't you need me?
1:49:54 I just wish you the truth.
1:49:57 It wasn't enough.
1:50:00 Now my heart is feeling numb.
1:50:03 Ros you got me acting a fool now.
1:50:12 I won't be chasing for so long.
1:50:15 You got me high on emotions and I just look at what you done.
1:50:21 Love ain't easy.
1:50:24 Got me down on you.
1:50:27 Don't you need me?
1:50:30 I just wish you the truth.
1:51:38 Da da da da.
1:51:46 I'm rising up on the grounds.
1:51:55 And we are back with more of the spring championship North America edition 2v2.
1:52:00 I'm glad I joined my slow-mo.
1:52:01 We're ready to hop into some more of these sets.
1:52:03 How you feeling, slowmo?
1:52:04 Feeling good.
1:52:04 It's North America.
1:52:05 It's Sunday and they say any given Sunday.
1:52:07 I I really do like the state of North America
1:52:09 right now cuz I don't know what's going to happen.
1:52:11 I have no idea.
1:52:12 You know, South America, you have a pretty good idea.
1:52:14 EU, you have a pretty good idea.
1:52:16 But the state of North America right now is a little bonkers.
1:52:20 Yeah.
1:52:21 I mean, coming up next,
1:52:22 we're going to have Balloon Boy and Mooney going up against Dark and Raven.
1:52:25 I think there is a clear favorite here to win this match,
1:52:29 but as you were saying, I don't know, man.
1:52:32 We have no idea what what's going to happen today.
1:52:34 I mean, I think, you know,
1:52:35 Zen Hideway are clearly doing a pretty convincing job
1:52:38 of making their way up the ladder so far today.
1:52:41 Uh, but, you know, Balloon Boy and Mooney, I think, I mean,
1:52:44 in a lot of our predictions, mine included,
1:52:46 I had them getting first for the day.
1:52:48 Uh, and so I want to see a clean sweep here.
1:52:50 Now, we were saying that we are getting the Mooney Cidra today.
1:52:54 And, uh, you know, everyone's kind of a little question mark about
1:52:57 how well is that going to do in the twos landscape, etc.,
1:52:59 But we are just about to find out because it looks like we may be loading up
1:53:03 into game one of this set where we're going
1:53:06 to see these two titans of teams clash it out.
1:53:08 It should be a fun one.
1:53:08 Well, we've seen the success with Lopez
1:53:10 in South America on Syndra the past two weekends.
1:53:13 So, it gives me a little confidence on this pick,
1:53:15 but I mean, you think about Monty Gray Sword, where is the Mugi?
1:53:19 It's almost it's almost blasphemy.
1:53:21 It's almost like sacrilege to see him on a different on a different legend.
1:53:25 But here it is nonetheless.
1:53:28 Um, as you said, he is teaming up with the triple B.
1:53:31 Okay, let's see.
1:53:32 So far, I mean, on the left side of the stage,
1:53:35 we're having a good old time here as it
1:53:39 looks like Raven Dark are actually holding their own.
1:53:41 That might be the first thought can't get past.
1:53:43 Oh, that ground pound is missed space there by Raven.
1:53:45 I think that could have been the stock,
1:53:46 but nice retaliation with the wake up grabs cancel down light
1:53:49 into the down air and they're actually keeping up quite well with Balloon Boy.
1:53:53 That might be the first stock taken.
1:53:54 Yes, that size is going to do it.
1:53:55 And on the left side, that is another stock taken.
1:53:56 Blue Boy and Mooney actually falling behind here in this game one.
1:53:59 All right, a little slow start for red team.
1:54:02 Oh, nice gravity kill side from Dart coming across the stage.
1:54:05 Going to go ahead and pick up some damage with that.
1:54:06 Monty though is going to go ahead and clean off the stage.
1:54:08 Dark's going to take the higher route.
1:54:10 Monty's going to go underneath with the recovery and it will be enough.
1:54:12 Had enough force to go and knock off the top side
1:54:14 from Balloon Boy is going to go ahead and hit his teammate,
1:54:16 but um puts Bonnie in position to go ahead and confirm that stock.
1:54:19 And if aside from the damage deficit, everything is all tied back up.
1:54:22 Oh no, Blue Boy.
1:54:23 No, they pieced him up.
1:54:25 FLAMBO, GET BACK DOWN to stage.
1:54:27 Blue Boy needs a weapon.
1:54:28 The drop is on the blue side.
1:54:29 He's not able to get to it.
1:54:30 Taking more damage.
1:54:31 Blue Boy is in some serious trouble.
1:54:33 Flambo.
1:54:34 Yeah.
1:54:34 No, I mean, the red team in general not having the best time here,
1:54:37 trying to claw their way back.
1:54:38 They have quite a bit of damage to make up for.
1:54:40 And look at the way that Raven and Dark are holding each other.
1:54:42 Uh just kind of each other's backs, right?
1:54:44 That's going to be a nice opening.
1:54:45 The Sig connects.
1:54:45 Not enough to KO, but we actually will see that stock fall there.
1:54:49 And then now Mooney soon a follow.
1:54:51 That's a clean wipe of the red team here.
1:54:52 Blue team very solid lead.
1:54:54 A lot of health to work with here.
1:54:56 We'll see if the reds can even bring it
1:54:57 back where the blue team is playing so well.
1:54:58 Another opening from Dark there on the side.
1:55:01 Wow.
1:55:01 Oh, beautiful.
1:55:02 A confirm there from Mooney though to go ahead
1:55:04 and break that up and also confirm the stock.
1:55:06 We have to start fighting back now.
1:55:08 And they are Oh, nice catch there.
1:55:10 Didn't get both of them like they wanted,
1:55:12 but going to go ahead and rack up some good damage nonetheless.
1:55:14 They're trying to get the second stock off of Raven.
1:55:18 Oh, that recovery is going to do it.
1:55:19 There we go.
1:55:19 Monty got in the perfect position to get knock down.
1:55:21 Yeah, they certainly are.
1:55:23 It's pretty much even now with just Raven having just
1:55:26 a touch of more damage or as much health as everybody else.
1:55:30 Oh, but they're pushing in on money.
1:55:32 The recovery is going to get punished.
1:55:33 Raven's going to clean it up with the side there.
1:55:35 And just like that, Balloon Boy finds himself all alone against this blue team.
1:55:41 Raven going off stage to fight a little bit.
1:55:42 Bloomboy has the weapon.
1:55:43 Raven does not.
1:55:44 He's going to get over.
1:55:44 We got gauntlets on hand now.
1:55:46 Dark's going to go ahead and sit back since he is in red.
1:55:48 Does not want to take any damage.
1:55:49 Does not want to make this a 1 v one, especially against a triple B.
1:55:52 Yeah, I mean Dark definitely, you know,
1:55:54 maybe one Dlight recovery away potentially of losing that stock.
1:55:57 Balloon Boy unarmed now.
1:55:58 Going to need to find some sort of opening.
1:56:00 That should be the confirm that gets the stock.
1:56:01 No, we actually get a drop of the pass there.
1:56:03 That gives Balloon Boy a chance to kind of try to fish for another weapon.
1:56:06 Where is the spawn he's looking for?
1:56:07 It's on the left side.
1:56:08 He's going to get starved out there.
1:56:09 Going to retreat to the platform.
1:56:10 Refresh his jumps and hopefully try to play for the next one.
1:56:13 Gets a good spawn there, but it might be a little bit too late.
1:56:15 There's a pass.
1:56:16 Blue Boy has to burn the dodge.
1:56:17 They don't go off stage for the groundb it out.
1:56:19 I think that's a mistake there cuz they're giving Balloon Boy another chance.
1:56:22 Balloon Boy without a weapon now though.
1:56:23 Ooh, that recovery not enough.
1:56:25 It was grounded.
1:56:26 The neutral light of course not going to be enough.
1:56:29 Everybody knows B is unable to knock out.
1:56:31 Oh, there we go.
1:56:32 Bad whiff.
1:56:33 Bad whiff from Balloon Boy.
1:56:34 They're going to go ahead and give up that stock.
1:56:35 Honestly, valiantly fought.
1:56:36 Got a good chunk of damage racked up there as well onto Raven in the end,
1:56:40 but was not enough to get the job done.
1:56:43 And I was a little bit scared for them with the way that first match started.
1:56:45 But toward the end, it did seem like they
1:56:47 were trying to find their stride a little bit.
1:56:49 And so I feel like going into this game, too,
1:56:51 I feel a lot more confident that Balloon Boy and Mon are
1:56:54 going to be able to kind of bring back bring it back.
1:56:55 But Dark and Raven did a fantastic job cuz I
1:56:57 really think if they would have allowed Balloon Boy
1:56:59 to make that a 1v one situation and would
1:57:01 have been able to get Dark out of there,
1:57:03 I don't know if Raven would have been able to go ahead and clutch that one.
1:57:05 Um, it's definitely having both members
1:57:07 of the blue team in the game the entirety
1:57:09 of the time to be able to have that 2v1 situation against Balloon Boy.
1:57:11 Uh that worked out fantastic.
1:57:12 I don't know who hit money with that weapon throw, but it was fantastic.
1:57:16 If you are on team blue here,
1:57:18 although dark sweat be going to go and finish it off with a dare.
1:57:21 And that is going to go be a very quick stop.
1:57:24 20 seconds on Dark.
1:57:25 Oh my goodness.
1:57:26 Yeah.
1:57:26 I mean, talk about quick.
1:57:28 And Raven on the left side here.
1:57:29 Almost getting rid of Mooney stock there.
1:57:31 Nice retaliation from Balloon Boy.
1:57:32 Going ahead and break things up.
1:57:34 Have a little bit of a scrap off stage on the left side.
1:57:36 And then Balloon Boy wants to get a piece of the action as well.
1:57:38 Oh, and he actually does get a wild touch there.
1:57:40 Blue boy spooks him and that's going to be the stock.
1:57:43 Well played from the red team and now
1:57:45 with a pretty pretty decently sized lead here.
1:57:49 Looks like what I was kind of seeing coming true
1:57:52 so far as the blue team is now the ones
1:57:53 on the back foot trying to bring this game back
1:57:55 and trying to collapse on Ammon makes his way through.
1:57:58 Oh, I like the attempted followup there.
1:58:00 Oh, the break up from the neutral sig was sick.
1:58:02 That was a fantastic job from Dark being completely aware of what was going
1:58:05 on and the perfect uh opportunity to break
1:58:08 that up and get some good damage with it.
1:58:09 They're still trying to lock in these first stocks.
1:58:12 And just like that, before I can even finish the sentence, we are all tied up.
1:58:15 Lambo.
1:58:16 Okay, good for them for being able to go ahead and kind of close that out.
1:58:19 Uh when they did, you don't want the lead to get
1:58:22 so massive that it feels impossible to come back from.
1:58:24 And that's going to be a nice combo from the end life from Mooney passing over
1:58:27 to Balloon Boy down a going to go ahead and rack up that extra bit of damage.
1:58:31 Now it's going to be the red team
1:58:32 finishing for those final blows on these penultimate stocks.
1:58:35 Boy getting the perfect dodge to get back over on stage,
1:58:38 staying out of the way of that candy.
1:58:39 Oh, good read off the down air from Bloomboy.
1:58:41 We see uh Money Hollow going confirm that stock on Dark over on the right side.
1:58:45 That's going to put him down in his fine a while.
1:58:47 Everybody else is looking pretty healthy,
1:58:48 especially if you were on team red right now.
1:58:51 Money Hollow coming down going to rack up some more damage on Raven.
1:58:54 Balloon Boy going to retreat over to the right side.
1:58:56 Coming back into neutral.
1:58:57 No, Raven's right there to shut it down with a sidelite.
1:59:00 All right, let's see.
1:59:00 And that's going to be a sizing from Balloon Boy
1:59:02 punching Raven in the face here and then a pass down.
1:59:05 Mooney not in position.
1:59:06 not going to be able to confirm much off
1:59:07 of that, but they have a pretty sizable lead at this point.
1:59:11 Still healthy with two stocks each.
1:59:13 Meanwhile, looking on the blue team, Dark is on that final stock,
1:59:16 trying to play a little bit more in the quarter here.
1:59:17 You see camping the right side, has to dodge that down signature,
1:59:20 but gets caught by Balloon Boy on the way around.
1:59:22 Isn't going to lose the stock though,
1:59:23 but man, Dark can't take much more punishment.
1:59:25 No, he's had a really rough time.
1:59:27 I'm interested to see the stats uh for him after
1:59:29 this game is over as Dark is sent up again.
1:59:32 Balloon Boy trying to close in with a gravity cancelled neutral light.
1:59:34 Dark's able to find his way back down and a falling
1:59:36 neutral sig is going to go ahead and find its home.
1:59:38 Balloon boy on his final stock.
1:59:40 Money holla is very low right now.
1:59:41 Raven goes low.
1:59:42 He catches it.
1:59:44 I'm surprised honestly did grab castle side was
1:59:46 able to catch the start up of the hit box hitting a little bit behind I
1:59:50 guess with that wine back just narrowly catching.
1:59:52 Balloon boy getting a huge chunk of damage on a raven here though.
1:59:55 Raven barely less damage than Dark at this point.
1:59:58 And there goes Dark out the picture and that should be the stock there.
2:00:01 Yeah, the down sig from Balloon Boy to go ahead and confirm game number two.
2:00:05 Yeah, that's going to do.
2:00:06 Take a look at these stats cuz Dark had a really rough time.
2:00:08 Yeah, 253 damage for Dark in that second game.
2:00:12 Only 44 on the bow and then 394 from Raven.
2:00:15 So, blue team was just having a really hard time getting any offense going.
2:00:18 Um, they were pretty much being smothered out by Monti
2:00:21 and Boom Boy and just not able to get anything going.
2:00:23 And we see a very decisive win there for Bloomboy and Mani to uh tie up the set.
2:00:28 Okay.
2:00:29 Yeah.
2:00:29 No, I mean love to see the adaptation that we saw in that game two.
2:00:32 I do like seeing myself some close sets.
2:00:34 So now it's kind of the onus on Dark and Raven, right?
2:00:37 You you had a pretty good game one.
2:00:38 That's always going to be the game that is
2:00:40 the most volatile for a lot of matchups
2:00:42 where you're still trying to feel out your opponent
2:00:44 and get an understanding for how they play.
2:00:45 They're able to catch Balloon Boy and Mon off guard.
2:00:48 Uh but they were able to make the adjustments.
2:00:50 Now the question is now posed to Dark and Raven.
2:00:52 Are you guys capable of making the adjustments?
2:00:55 Because otherwise, Balloon Boy and Mooney have proven time and time
2:00:57 with their placements over various tournaments that they're top competitors.
2:01:01 It's Dark and Raven here who are a bit of the dark horses.
2:01:04 So, let's see if they can make it happen for sure.
2:01:06 I mean, they did get that early win.
2:01:08 Oh, Monty with the backto-back Nares.
2:01:09 Dark come back out of stage.
2:01:10 He's in big trouble.
2:01:12 Flambo gets caught on the landing again.
2:01:14 Money Holla is dialed in.
2:01:16 Sarah's going to go ahead and slap Raven off the side of uh Fortress Alliance.
2:01:21 Not enough force on Raven, but Dark will be sent up and out.
2:01:26 And now they're going to try and dial in on this 2v1 and Raven.
2:01:28 The unarmed recovery from Balloon Boy is not going to be enough.
2:01:30 But Dark go ahead go ahead and gets
2:01:31 one against Balloon Boy off the top platform.
2:01:33 Raven still holding on to that first dock.
2:01:36 Another connection from Balloon Boy against Raven.
2:01:38 And again, Raven just continuing to absorb this damage on the Onyx.
2:01:44 Okay, let's see.
2:01:44 down sick.
2:01:45 Not going to connect there.
2:01:47 All right, there we go.
2:01:48 Going to be a lead here for the red team.
2:01:51 Ever so slight though, but I mean Mooney is pretty healthy right now.
2:01:55 Only in the light orange.
2:01:57 Going to see what the blue team has to do or has to say about this.
2:02:00 Gets a little bit of a team combo there.
2:02:02 The silite recovery for the followup doesn't lead to the stock taking though.
2:02:06 I'm kind of waiting for like how do you get the stocks guy?
2:02:08 I mean, they're on that double gauntlet setup and it's not leading to knockouts.
2:02:12 Finally, we see one there with the recovery.
2:02:13 A bit of friendly fire there, but maybe potential for an edgar.
2:02:16 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
2:02:18 Nice.
2:02:18 And a stage fight off the corner.
2:02:19 Tries to go for the ground pound after, but accidentally saves him.
2:02:22 Oh no.
2:02:24 I mean, he had he had to do the recovery.
2:02:26 I mean, he really didn't have an option there,
2:02:27 but that is uh just how it works out sometimes.
2:02:30 Dark going to go ahead and whiff on the neutral stick.
2:02:32 Balloon boy all the way out to the left.
2:02:34 They're going to hover on that edge guard.
2:02:36 Going to go get some damage against Monte Holla.
2:02:38 And again.
2:02:41 Oh.
2:02:41 Oh, reaching but missing on the down air.
2:02:43 Raven still trying to come up on stage.
2:02:45 Catches money hollow on the landing.
2:02:47 Okay, let's see.
2:02:49 Down sig not going to connect there.
2:02:51 Beautifully timed dodge.
2:02:52 Ground pound is going to connect from Balloon
2:02:53 Boy sends Raven down to the final stock.
2:02:55 Okay, there we go.
2:02:56 Money as well.
2:02:57 Sending Dark down to the final stock.
2:02:59 Pretty okay lead, but nothing too massive.
2:03:01 The boot team can't come back from here.
2:03:03 We have both members of the enemy team in the red looking
2:03:06 for that one moment to get hit by that one strong signature,
2:03:08 that one strong attack to send them down to the final stalks.
2:03:10 Come on, Dark and Raven.
2:03:12 Can we saddle up?
2:03:12 That's huge.
2:03:14 All right, that's one.
2:03:15 It's a pretty good position.
2:03:16 And we talk about the adaptation between games,
2:03:18 and this is whether they're able to go ahead and clutch
2:03:20 this one or not is so much closer than game number two.
2:03:23 So, blue team definitely adapting on their end
2:03:25 and doing fairing much better here in game number three.
2:03:28 Raven trying to get that edge guard.
2:03:29 Money Holla working his way back in.
2:03:31 Oh, the N's going to connect.
2:03:33 Monty big damage and complete deletion.
2:03:36 But here we go.
2:03:37 The one v one.
2:03:38 Oh, no, it's not.
2:03:39 Monte Holla had one in the chamber.
2:03:41 I lied to all of you.
2:03:42 It's going to be the 2v1.
2:03:43 Raven with the dare coming back on the stage.
2:03:45 Money Holla catches the landing.
2:03:46 Blue boy trying to come up with the down light,
2:03:48 but it got dodged right on through.
2:03:49 Yeah, it's going to be a bit of a tough one.
2:03:51 Now, granted, you know, if you're able to get a nice
2:03:53 opening of one of those members of the red
2:03:54 team and you're able to kind of escort
2:03:56 them to the blast zone without any interference, maybe you can make it happen.
2:04:00 But I think Raven going to be disarmed pretty soon here.
2:04:03 Has to find something.
2:04:04 That's probably just the game.
2:04:05 Yeah, the[ __] is going to seal the deal.
2:04:08 Moni Holla and Balloon Boy going up
2:04:11 in the set 2-1 now and still looking pretty comfortable.
2:04:15 I do say that that game three we just saw was closer than the game two was.
2:04:20 Um, but we got we got about 2/ird of the way through it
2:04:24 and blue team just kind of started to sputter off a little bit.
2:04:28 Like they just they kind of I don't know if they just got wore out, you know,
2:04:31 just ran out of steam, what,
2:04:33 but they started off really strong and we got, you know,
2:04:36 about twothirds of the way through that game and then
2:04:37 it just started to go really downhill for them
2:04:40 as Bloomboy and Monty Hollow were able to go
2:04:42 ahead and step it up and take that game.
2:04:44 And that just puts them one game away from um eliminating well
2:04:49 not eliminating but um taking this game the set against Dark and Raven.
2:04:53 Yeah, this time around we're going to have a little bit of a change of scenery.
2:04:55 We've heading to the Western Air Temple.
2:04:59 Hopefully the change of scenery favors Dark and Raven as they
2:05:02 are on the back foot trying to make the comeback happen.
2:05:05 Uh trying to see how deep of a run they can get here.
2:05:07 And that's a pretty good start.
2:05:08 Nice side stick from Dark there to go ahead
2:05:10 and get some good damage onto the red team.
2:05:11 But they haven't really been able to get much in terms of team combos.
2:05:14 I feel like this has actually been true for both teams for the most part.
2:05:18 Uh oh, that down.
2:05:19 That's early.
2:05:22 Yeah.
2:05:22 Yeah.
2:05:23 Raven though left all alone in the 2v1.
2:05:25 Man is going to whiff the down sig there looking for another one.
2:05:28 Nope.
2:05:29 Swaps over to Dark.
2:05:30 Catches a one piece and then immediately retreats back into center stage.
2:05:34 Dark grabbing a kill neutral light.
2:05:35 Goes up the recovery and immediately gets shut down.
2:05:37 Dark still holding on here, staring his way through red team,
2:05:40 trying to make anything connect,
2:05:42 but the only one connecting over there is Monty.
2:05:44 And as a Dark is still Oh, the Bloom Boy immediately attaching himself.
2:05:48 And there's a disarm is deleting over on the right side.
2:05:52 They're they have uh they're definitely cooking so far this game.
2:05:54 Yeah, definitely uh spooking the blue team there quite a bit
2:05:58 with that offstage play with the weapon throw everything combined.
2:06:01 But I don't even think actually connecting a blow there,
2:06:04 but Moy there connecting some blows.
2:06:06 I think comboed off of the pillar into a down
2:06:10 air to go ahead and confirm this dog.
2:06:11 That's pretty sick.
2:06:12 That's situational.
2:06:13 You don't see that every day.
2:06:14 Great job from Mooney.
2:06:15 Absolutely.
2:06:15 Bloomboy taking the low route,
2:06:16 coming up with the recovery, missing the neutral air again.
2:06:20 Hitting the recovery, missing the neutral air.
2:06:22 Raven trying to clear house a little bit.
2:06:23 That's going to be the stock off Ammani.
2:06:25 But these are first stocks.
2:06:26 Lambo.
2:06:27 Red team has got themselves so far ahead right now.
2:06:30 Dark and orange on his final stock.
2:06:32 Raven the mayor is not gonna be enough
2:06:34 to confirm that opening stock on Balloon Boy.
2:06:36 still as he's allowed to get more extra credit.
2:06:38 Coming back up on stage, the downlight.
2:06:40 I don't think it hit, but money was able to get one in there.
2:06:43 Yeah, you can see Dark basically just kind
2:06:45 of taking up space on the screen right now.
2:06:47 Uh, which like isn't to be, you know, isn't offensive.
2:06:50 It's just like that's a crazy statement.
2:06:52 He just he doesn't have the ability to throw out an attack and whiff.
2:06:55 He has to wait for Raven to do something.
2:06:57 And so, you're seeing like he's trying to follow up,
2:06:59 but otherwise he can't take the initiative on anything because if he does,
2:07:02 he puts himself at risk of losing his final stock.
2:07:04 And at that point then will truly be a 2v one for Dark.
2:07:07 And so or for for Raven.
2:07:09 And so he's trying his absolute best here.
2:07:10 But at this point in the super barbecue,
2:07:13 you just biting his time, weapon throwing here.
2:07:15 Basically one hit away.
2:07:17 And now that's going to be it.
2:07:18 Yep.
2:07:19 Got caught in a moment trying to refresh some jumps on the side of the stage.
2:07:22 And Raven to his lonesome.
2:07:25 I mean against uh too many stocks.
2:07:28 I mean I'm looking at W boy sitting with two stocks there.
2:07:32 Raven, you know Very difficult spot to be in for sure.
2:07:35 But you know, I mean, I see a lot of people.
2:07:37 We got We have fans of Raven and Dark,
2:07:39 but never fear, we're still on Winter Side.
2:07:41 We're only in a quarter uh Winter Side quarterfinals.
2:07:45 So, Raven and Dark.
2:07:47 Oh, that combo.
2:07:48 I haven't seen that one yet, I don't think.
2:07:49 That was That was nasty.
2:07:50 But Raven and Dark are going to have their opportunity to go
2:07:52 down to elimination side and fight their way through um that down there.
2:07:56 Um, while Ball Balloon Boy and Monty are going
2:07:59 to be moving on to your winner side of semi-finals,
2:08:01 and they're going to be taking on the winner
2:08:03 of our next uh the winner of our next set.
2:08:06 And we're gonna get that in just a second as we take a look at these replays.
2:08:08 Oh, yeah.
2:08:08 No, that's cool.
2:08:09 It's uh
2:08:10 cuz you I'm so used to uh Dlight uh
2:08:14 just leading to a true combo for Sword, right?
2:08:16 You know, you do your Dlight to your Dlight recovery, whatever.
2:08:18 But that combo is neat because they use the sword delight uh
2:08:21 and then Balloon Boy combos off of just the Dlight into the side air.
2:08:25 So that means you still have the forer or the cider to use later on if you want.
2:08:28 Uh
2:08:29 sick combo.
2:08:30 Yeah, I know.
2:08:31 I That one's just cool.
2:08:32 That That one's cool.
2:08:34 Uh it's a similar Well,
2:08:36 what I'm like trying to remember what team comp we were looking at yesterday.
2:08:39 Uh they had the extremely violent one.
2:08:41 It was Ariel and uh
2:08:43 uh Tesco.
2:08:44 Yeah, Tesa.
2:08:46 Yeah.
2:08:46 Yeah.
2:08:46 Yeah.
2:08:46 Yeah.
2:08:46 Yeah.
2:08:47 Cuz it's like it's basically uh a deconstruction of that same combo,
2:08:51 but to make to work for Cidra, right?
2:08:53 Or for Sword.
2:08:54 Uh, it is cool.
2:08:55 It It was It is cool.
2:08:56 It was flashy yesterday, it's flashy today.
2:08:58 Uh, we're going to go ahead and take a little
2:09:00 look at the players coming in here in our next set.
2:09:03 This is going to be Rise and Soul going up against Meg D and Raidish.
2:09:07 Radish is back.
2:09:09 He was uh, you know, we've talked about it, touched on it.
2:09:11 Um, he's been in Japan, I think, for like the last six months.
2:09:14 Um, so we have not, we didn't see him in Winter Championship.
2:09:17 We didn't see him in Springs last weekend.
2:09:19 Um, but I think he's home.
2:09:20 He's rested and he's back with me.
2:09:23 Yeah.
2:09:23 And I I think this is a great test actually uh
2:09:29 from the perspective of you know has the rust worn off?
2:09:33 Are you in a better spot?
2:09:35 I mean we were talking earlier in the pre-show PJ
2:09:37 was saying that like Rise and Soul uh the past
2:09:39 few tournaments has been like second fourth second fourth like
2:09:43 they're clearly either podiuming or getting just shy of it.
2:09:47 And so going up against a team like me and Radish, I think is the perfect test.
2:09:50 U both for them in terms of like do we still
2:09:53 have the chops and for on the side of Megdy and Radish,
2:09:56 it's like okay, am I still am I still
2:09:59 one of like the best competitors in the two scene?
2:10:02 See, it's interesting for me because there's there's
2:10:04 two ways to look at the situation with Raidish.
2:10:07 Either as somebody who was as dedicated before he went to Japan,
2:10:11 has put in many hours as he did, all the accomplishments to six months away.
2:10:16 Does you do you come back refreshed and rejuvenized or do you come back rusty?
2:10:22 I mean like the way I think about it is cuz the reason that he
2:10:27 even went to Japan I think was for like sentai training right?
2:10:30 Like I know it was some sort of school.
2:10:31 Like I think he went to become just like a super senti.
2:10:34 He went to meet Red Raptor in person.
2:10:37 Yeah, he met Red Raptor in person.
2:10:38 Bro, he even got a suit of his own.
2:10:40 You guys can't see it, but Raiders is sitting at his computer right now
2:10:43 fully suited out like a power fully suited out, bro.
2:10:46 He got he got Gar in the back, too, bro.
2:10:48 I seen him in the parking lot.
2:10:51 I'm telling you.
2:10:52 I mean, if I'm going to be completely honest and I take I mean,
2:10:55 Megdy and Raidish, those are names that just carry some weight in North America.
2:10:59 But, you know, I think about, you know,
2:11:01 what you pointed out with Rise and Soul and how consistent they have been,
2:11:05 how long they have been together, how well they've been competing.
2:11:08 I I really kind of wonder if Megdy and Raidish are the favorites here.
2:11:12 You know, I think seeding wise we were like, "No." Right.
2:11:16 We we kind of I think we were saying earlier they got like seed uh 12
2:11:20 or 13 for me and Raidish uh just because
2:11:23 they've been out of the picture for so long.
2:11:25 So Rise and Soul, I think,
2:11:26 are actually technically expected to come out on top here.
2:11:31 But, you know, we're we're kind of talking
2:11:33 more from like a community perspective, right?
2:11:35 where it's like, all right, that's what the numbers say.
2:11:37 But like in terms of like what the vibes are in the room,
2:11:40 like how are we really feeling?
2:11:41 This is an interesting team.
2:11:42 I mean, Raid is coming back.
2:11:44 You know, he was with Balloon Boy the end of last season.
2:11:46 Me D, you know, kind of I don't want to call it a resurgence,
2:11:49 but I feel like I am saying his name so
2:11:51 much more than I was towards the end of last year.
2:11:54 Um, and just seeing these two players together, I just I I I don't know.
2:11:59 I just don't know, Flambo.
2:12:00 No, I mean even when we were talking
2:12:02 to Experience earlier uh in the prospective right and I
2:12:05 was asking him some questions because you know it
2:12:07 was very clear to me I think last weekend
2:12:10 uh with the you know the first real big
2:12:12 tournament after the snap dash changes and we got
2:12:14 Magdy on the screen and he's piecing people up
2:12:16 in neutral just like good old Magd used to.
2:12:19 I'm like all right like I look like a direct buck
2:12:23 to Magdles last week for sure but that's got to help.
2:12:27 Sorry we went off on a tangent there for a second.
2:12:29 Sometimes you just kind of got to think about it.
2:12:31 But we do have these players here.
2:12:33 Everybody is getting locked in.
2:12:34 And I think this first game is going to be very telling for all of us.
2:12:37 Yeah.
2:12:37 Let's Let's see what we about to do here.
2:12:39 Looks like we're going to be going to the Small Fortress Alliance.
2:12:41 What a surprise here for game one.
2:12:43 I know, right?
2:12:44 And we'll see.
2:12:45 I mean, we got Raidish on Aaron Jagger.
2:12:50 Okay.
2:12:49 You know, I I like it.
2:12:50 Okay.
2:12:50 So, so many times I feel like we have wasted crossovers.
2:12:54 Just like, you know, we'll see a Rayman every like Bunny,
2:12:56 why are you not WHY ARE YOU NOT ON SPONGEBOB?
2:12:59 WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
2:13:00 Bug Bob Dim, you know.
2:13:02 But nah, Radish understands the assignment.
2:13:05 The assignment, right?
2:13:06 He's here.
2:13:06 He's uh, you know, ready to get down to business.
2:13:09 I like to see it.
2:13:10 I like to see it.
2:13:10 Sideline's going to go and get punished by Soul.
2:13:12 The nare going to back up some more damage on Ooh,
2:13:14 breaking up with a dare and then tossing a Radish over with a sair off the axe.
2:13:19 Keep your eye on Soul.
2:13:20 He's swinging for the fences.
2:13:22 There we go.
2:13:22 And see Radish actually opting to go for the Dlight side air off the stage.
2:13:26 They were so used to seeing him do that pass uh where
2:13:29 he does the reverse cider but not going for it this time.
2:13:32 Oh, I like the attempt from Rise there.
2:13:35 Great drift from Radish.
2:13:36 He'll get out of harm's way.
2:13:38 Ooh, and just like that, there goes Rise
2:13:39 and Mey cooking up on Soul as well here potentially.
2:13:42 No, actually going to give some space and Radish is playing in the back.
2:13:45 Yeah, Radish can follow him very closely though.
2:13:49 Nice.
2:13:48 Oh, nice recovery.
2:13:49 Going to get a little more damage off of his sweat beats out.
2:13:51 That's going to do it for Radish's first stock.
2:13:52 Now you got Megd and Soul still holding on to their initials.
2:13:56 Meg though putting work over there on Riseze getting the two-piece.
2:13:59 Rise able to come back up.
2:13:59 They get the 2v1 opportunity against Megd.
2:14:02 Puts some more damage up against Oh, nice dodge.
2:14:05 Going to go ahead and whip that one.
2:14:06 Me got some gauntlets back in hand.
2:14:07 Radish is going to go ahead and dish Soul off the left side of the stage.
2:14:10 Me getting it all the way to the top,
2:14:11 but he comes back in taking that spot right in front of Radish.
2:14:15 There we go.
2:14:16 I mean, the red team looking pretty darn good if I do say so myself.
2:14:21 Raidish, you know, looking good on that Aaron Jerger on the other side.
2:14:24 things.
2:14:24 You know, Megi just losing that first stock.
2:14:27 So, all things considered, pretty solid gameplay thus far,
2:14:31 but Megi uh needs to help out Raiders here.
2:14:33 He's actually taking quite a bit of damage.
2:14:34 Got disarmed by that ground pound as well.
2:14:36 Rise and Soul starting to bring things back a little bit.
2:14:38 Looking to close out some of these second
2:14:39 stocks from both members of the red team.
2:14:41 Can they get the confirm here though is kind of what I'm looking for.
2:14:44 Radius is just kind of doing a great job
2:14:45 of counter poking and squeezing in between some of these.
2:14:48 Yeah, they were pretty much leaving him alone.
2:14:49 They were trying to uh force that 2v1 situation
2:14:51 on Megd while Radius was trying to come back.
2:14:53 back.
2:14:53 You see his stock drop off now.
2:14:54 Me D trying to just uh duck and weave and stay out
2:14:57 of harm's way as he's waiting on Raiders to come back in.
2:14:59 Aaron's back on stage.
2:15:01 Got them boots laced up and ready to go.
2:15:03 Oh, N is going to go and take a little bit off of Soul.
2:15:06 Soul letting the Nar fly on the spear.
2:15:08 Mixing things up a little bit here.
2:15:10 Raiders with a big recovery.
2:15:11 Got it the very end of that extension.
2:15:13 Got the back to back and that's a stock.
2:15:15 All right, looking for this other stock here on Soul
2:15:17 as well while trying to hang on to this stock.
2:15:20 Nice and sig there from Soul doing a great job.
2:15:23 Uh really controlling a lot of space with that spear.
2:15:25 Almost gets the double recovery on Radish.
2:15:27 Rage having a tough time getting down to the ground on that final stock.
2:15:30 Needs to play better defense here.
2:15:33 Ooh, Radish is going to need a help.
2:15:35 Can he get out of this?
2:15:36 Oh, I don't think the answer is yes.
2:15:40 Oh, Meg didn't get there in time.
2:15:41 He was almost back, but Soul is going to go ahead and trade with him.
2:15:45 And now you've got two stocks to one against Meg.
2:15:49 Okay, this is a player that can get the job done though.
2:15:50 This is not impossible.
2:15:51 And you see him immediately going over the side of the stage trying to hug
2:15:53 that wall because you step up on the platform and you see what happens.
2:15:56 You get immediately stuck in that 2v1 combo while
2:16:00 Rise of Solar trying to set it up again.
2:16:01 They were able to get a little bit
2:16:02 of damage against Magd trying to push him back over.
2:16:04 Nice grab to kill down.
2:16:05 Sig is going to go and catch Magd up in the air.
2:16:07 The S bouncing him away again.
2:16:09 Here we go.
2:16:10 Flambo is a build up and that should not do it.
2:16:13 Magd able to hold a little bit longer, but the tap in there is going to do it
2:16:17 and Soul and Arise are going to take game number one.
2:16:20 Flambo.
2:16:21 Yeah, I mean, we were asking the question, was Raiders,
2:16:23 you know, still able to hang with the boys?
2:16:25 And the answer is kind of not giving not really, man.
2:16:27 He got like 226 damage.
2:16:29 Uh, you know, he looked okay.
2:16:31 Uh, but definitely a bit underwhelming of a performance for Radish,
2:16:35 I think, in that game.
2:16:36 We're going to see if he's going to be able to kind of uh turn things up
2:16:39 a bit in game two because I feel
2:16:40 like Rise and Soul are working absolutely fantastically together.
2:16:43 I look at Soul 673 damage, 480 damage on Rise me on the other side.
2:16:49 Meg, you know, 426, you know, was holding his own,
2:16:51 but then there's that glaring weakness and rage there with the 226.
2:16:56 I mean, I said it yesterday and I will
2:16:58 stand I I will stand on this hill forever,
2:17:00 but if I look at a 2v2 game and I see somebody with sub 300 damage,
2:17:05 you didn't do your job.
2:17:06 That's just you just didn't do your job.
2:17:08 You got to step it up.
2:17:09 226 is not acceptable.
2:17:11 Me is going to be asking a little more out of him for uh in this one.
2:17:15 And Radish just needs to be a little more careful.
2:17:16 Try to avoid especially this early damage he got down early.
2:17:20 um just try and do what he's good at, which is being evasive,
2:17:24 playing with your mind, and being able to get in there and make the hits.
2:17:27 And we just did not see it in game number one.
2:17:31 Now, let's see.
2:17:32 Hopefully, game number two goes a little bit better.
2:17:34 Me still kind of taking the lead here while
2:17:36 Radish is waiting in the back looking for those passes.
2:17:38 And you know, maybe usually we see Radish be
2:17:42 so able to get those kind of Oh my god, Fridge might lose the stock here.
2:17:45 Gets Pogo, gets double.
2:17:46 Pogo, won't be able to make it back.
2:17:47 There's a safe from me.
2:17:48 Doesn't matter.
2:17:49 gets covered by Soul and that was
2:17:51 just a complete annihilation of Radish's stock.
2:17:54 I'm telling you that I I they they have found
2:17:57 Link and it looks like they are just focused on Raiders.
2:18:00 You see the 2v1 opening up again, slapping Magd going straight back to Radish.
2:18:04 The game plan is completely clear here for everyone to see.
2:18:09 Nice interruption there.
2:18:10 Radish all the way out again.
2:18:12 Does he stay low?
2:18:12 He does.
2:18:13 Unarm recovery.
2:18:13 Soul swaps back over.
2:18:15 Is he going to GET THE HAND ON WHAT?
2:18:16 RISE GETS BACK.
2:18:17 THAT'S CRAZY.
2:18:18 FLAMBO RAIDERS SENT OUT.
2:18:19 HE'S ON HIS FINAL STOCK 1 MINUTE into the game.
2:18:23 That is unfortunate.
2:18:24 Megi got the rare drop of the gauntlet side air.
2:18:28 The second hit did not connect which led
2:18:30 to that entire exchange that we just saw happen.
2:18:32 Uh was pretty much a guaranteed stock.
2:18:34 I think otherwise everybody else is on their first stock.
2:18:37 That is absolutely crazy.
2:18:38 Soul finally missed it out.
2:18:40 THEY'RE GRACE CANCELED DOWN IS CRAZY.
2:18:43 OH NO.
2:18:45 Me still has all three of his stocks.
2:18:47 Flambo.
2:18:49 And the the sad part is too is that Raiders lost that stock for nothing.
2:18:53 He he tried to confirm a KO that Megi actually ended up KO like confirming
2:18:58 just fine and then couldn't drift back
2:19:00 to the stage and and get his resources back.
2:19:02 So now Meg uh really just trying to make things work here.
2:19:08 It's tough.
2:19:08 I mean, you're right.
2:19:09 They are they see Raiders and they say goodbye Raiders.
2:19:12 like like they they locked in on him so hard during this game number two.
2:19:18 Like it's it's it's weird referring to, you know, Radish is like, you know,
2:19:22 the weakest link in the situation, but you know,
2:19:24 they they saw the opportunity and they immediately exploited it.
2:19:29 We'll take a look at these stats as soon as the game closes out.
2:19:31 I can get them on my computer screen here.
2:19:33 There we go.
2:19:34 Soul is going to go ahead and tap in that stock.
2:19:37 Um, Megd still has one more to try and get rid of these four from a blue team.
2:19:41 And there we go.
2:19:42 That was a good conversion there.
2:19:44 Three stocks to one.
2:19:45 Megd still trying to fight with what everything he has.
2:19:48 Okay.
2:19:48 And that's going to be a team combo.
2:19:49 Oh, they dropped that one.
2:19:50 But I mean, realistically, like, yeah,
2:19:52 like Radish is kind of getting blown up right now.
2:19:54 Uh, well, I mean, he's gone, but like Yeah, you know, all things considered,
2:19:59 Magna clutches, bro.
2:20:01 He's still holding on to some dam to some health here.
2:20:04 He's only in yellow.
2:20:05 That gets him a little closer.
2:20:06 Too many Dlights off that Brin and yeah,
2:20:08 things are looking a lot less possible now at this point.
2:20:11 Soul catches him with another Dlight.
2:20:13 That puts him in red.
2:20:17 Uh maybe maybe Raiders flew back like literally yesterday.
2:20:20 No, no, it was it was last weekend, bro.
2:20:22 We're I'm going to take a look and I'm afraid to scroll down.
2:20:26 Oh yeah, you guys see it on your screen.
2:20:29 They they literally did not let my man play the game.
2:20:33 102 damage.
2:20:36 He He was not allowed to play the game.
2:20:40 Oh man.
2:20:43 Yes.
2:20:42 But you Okay, you're Megd and you're ragish right now.
2:20:45 Flambo, what do you do to combat this?
2:20:50 Cuz Meg D wasn't getting the interruptions.
2:20:53 If I'm raidish, bro, I'm swapping skins.
2:20:57 I mean, you're not wrong.
2:20:59 Uh Raidish not pull not pushing the heavy button not one time.
2:21:02 which is crazy that we had a game with one
2:21:04 player having 20 signatures thrown in a single game yesterday.
2:21:08 Uh Raish uh not pushing the button one time.
2:21:11 Um we got Western Air Temple, Shadow Scar, Jakoku.
2:21:15 I used to call this man the surgeon, bro.
2:21:17 I mean, he still is.
2:21:18 Like he's just having a bad day.
2:21:20 He look You're not allowed to have a bad day as a surgeon.
2:21:23 Okay.
2:21:23 All right.
2:21:24 You're not.
2:21:25 You got you got me there.
2:21:28 You got me there.
2:21:28 Yeah.
2:21:29 You're not allowed to have a bad day as a surgeon.
2:21:31 Um but unfortunately and he's going to lock it on the Aaron.
2:21:34 Um we are on defense stance and I just don't know because I mean if you have you
2:21:38 have soul and rise bringing it down your neck
2:21:40 saying we're going to target you and knock you out.
2:21:43 What can you possibly do?
2:21:45 Because that really is what it is because if you think
2:21:47 about it like yes you know in this set in particular
2:21:51 they are making Raiders look particularly foolish but up until
2:21:55 this point you were this is the winner side of things.
2:21:58 You know they were right.
2:21:59 They were cooking everyone up until they got to this point.
2:22:02 So really, it's about putting some more respect on Rise
2:22:04 and Souls name because they're just outclassing the enemy team that cleanly.
2:22:09 That's what it comes down to.
2:22:10 And it's crazy.
2:22:11 They they've come so far.
2:22:12 This is a team that literally plays like that
2:22:15 years and years and years ago when I first started
2:22:17 bearded Brawls were in the little community tournaments doing their thing.
2:22:21 Still seeing them as a team.
2:22:22 Raidish up and out.
2:22:24 30 seconds, bro.
2:22:25 And Meg's about to follow.
2:22:26 Here he comes.
2:22:28 Oh, and now I'm going to wait.
2:22:29 is going to try to set up a 2v one in the meantime.
2:22:31 They're just going to let him recover.
2:22:32 It's like what?
2:22:33 They'll get another headlight on me again.
2:22:34 So, we try to get 2v1 on Radish.
2:22:36 There we go.
2:22:37 Immediately,
2:22:38 look.
2:22:38 Immediately slap over to Radish.
2:22:39 Didn't get the interruption from Rise there.
2:22:42 Nice D light.
2:22:42 That's going to swat Me D up and out.
2:22:47 Oh.
2:22:47 Oh, man.
2:22:47 It's like he's in a tank full of piranhas, man.
2:22:49 I know for real.
2:22:50 Look, just focus Rise right back on him.
2:22:52 Soul ignoring Meg D immediately turning back around to rage.
2:22:55 Oh my god.
2:22:56 This is crazy.
2:22:57 Yeah.
2:22:57 And now they they are ganging up on bro outside by the lockers
2:23:01 on his way to his next class man like didn't know what hit him.
2:23:05 Give me your lunch money.
2:23:06 We see rise going to be taking off here.
2:23:07 Megd in a good position.
2:23:08 Can he go ahead tap it in on soul?
2:23:10 No.
2:23:10 They're grabbing the cancel.
2:23:11 Down sig is going to go ahead and reverse
2:23:13 that on a megd going to send them all the way out.
2:23:17 Soul takes the high road.
2:23:18 Rise comes down.
2:23:19 No weapon to be found.
2:23:20 Megd is going to go ahead and finish off with that recovery.
2:23:21 Comes down with a dare.
2:23:22 Wait a second.
2:23:23 Raiders just STAY ON THE STAGE AND LET ME DO IT ALL.
2:23:26 ALL RIGHT, listen man.
2:23:27 It's been a while, bro.
2:23:29 He's still trying to get used to snap bass changes like dexterity.
2:23:31 What's that?
2:23:32 Like it's okay.
2:23:34 You know, Rise and Soul though, you know, they've been playing.
2:23:36 They're veterans.
2:23:37 You still perfectly spaced height,
2:23:40 gravity cancel Dlight to get the recovery there.
2:23:42 You know, Radish and Meg, they're trying their best,
2:23:44 but it's just looking particularly rough right now.
2:23:47 Look at that gravity canceling for Rise.
2:23:49 Like they're just hitting the SIG button now.
2:23:51 They have that much confidence.
2:23:52 I mean, final stops for Megi and Radish.
2:23:55 Team combo side going to hurt off of that one as well.
2:23:57 Megi trying to get a weapon.
2:23:58 Grabs it.
2:23:59 Radish also needs a weapon.
2:24:00 Is waiting for the spawn.
2:24:02 Tries to send an unarmed pass.
2:24:03 There's no one to receive it and can't even get down and get that weapon.
2:24:06 Finally, we have a weapon in Radish's hand.
2:24:08 Woo!
2:24:09 Nice dodge.
2:24:09 Don't give it up.
2:24:10 Oh, there goes me in trouble.
2:24:12 Oh, no.
2:24:12 He gets the the chase dodge.
2:24:13 Rise is back as well, though,
2:24:14 but gets slapped with a orb dare as soon as he puts his feet on stage.
2:24:18 Radish up and out.
2:24:19 He's very close to knock out rage.
2:24:21 Magd's got wait a second raish is somehow the one still here
2:24:25 but it's for stocks to one complete synchronized weapon throws coming off
2:24:30 stage as Radish lets the neutral sick fly can't catch anything
2:24:32 in the air though but the side's going to slap everybody off the stage.
2:24:36 Rise going to try and get it while he's waiting
2:24:38 on Soul to come in and get spawned back in.
2:24:40 Okay, both unarmed.
2:24:41 There we go.
2:24:41 Soul's got the uh got the axe.
2:24:43 Rise going to throw away the cannon.
2:24:45 Raidish holding down the edge.
2:24:47 Wait, don't don't go off stage or Radish.
2:24:49 You guys could mess around and lose this game still.
2:24:53 Oh, the surgeon.
2:24:54 Nope.
2:24:56 There it is.
2:24:58 The surgeon.
2:24:59 Nope.
2:25:00 Yeah.
2:25:00 I was just too too much to come back from, man.
2:25:03 Like I mean, granted, all things considered,
2:25:05 like better than the 102 damage you did last game.
2:25:08 Yeah.
2:25:08 Yeah.
2:25:09 Much better.
2:25:09 Much better.
2:25:09 You know, 306 this time, Megi honestly kind of got slowed down as well.
2:25:13 They were able to do a good job of not
2:25:16 only taking out Rage but also taking out Magda efficiently.
2:25:18 I mean 345 damage just like 10 more nine more damage than Rage did.
2:25:24 Like they both got made foolish in that game.
2:25:26 Yeah, they both uh took a lot of abuse.
2:25:28 You see that damage taken 640 and 607.
2:25:31 Rise putting out 679 damage off of the Sidra.
2:25:37 Um definitely favoring the cannon with 410 off of that.
2:25:40 No, they looked fantastic.
2:25:43 It's over.
2:25:44 Yeah, that was done.
2:25:46 I I kind of thought that was the end of game two.
2:25:48 What happened?
2:25:49 I They They will have an amazing elimination run.
2:25:58 I hope I hope, man.
2:25:59 I a man can dream.
2:26:00 I just when you see it happen like
2:26:02 that and you see the way that everybody's playing today,
2:26:04 we're talking about, oh man,
2:26:05 we don't know what's going to happen in North America, blah blah blah blah.
2:26:08 is because you have players like Rise and Soul who have been
2:26:11 playing the game like that consistently for the past six months, right?
2:26:15 And so it's like I would love to see Magdy Raiders kind of, you know,
2:26:17 do some of that in the elimination side of bracket,
2:26:19 but they're going to have to, you know,
2:26:21 raise the floor a little bit in terms of where they're executing.
2:26:24 For sure.
2:26:24 For sure.
2:26:25 Well, as they try and figure out what went wrong in that last game,
2:26:29 um we are going to take a quick break.
2:26:30 We're as soon as we get back,
2:26:32 we're going to be back with Zen and Hideway, an anime fan and flower.
2:26:36 That is going to be an absolute banger.
2:26:37 Do not go anywhere.
2:26:51 I'm rising up on the ground.
2:26:57 Keep reach.
2:27:13 I like to get to know you better than I do.
2:27:17 But every time you look in my direction, I just forget how to speak.
2:27:22 And I feel my heartbeat faster at the thought of you.
2:27:27 Cuz I know that you're feeling our connection.
2:27:29 And it's something we should keep.
2:27:31 I think it's better if we just take it slow.
2:27:36 I don't want things to go too far, too fast.
2:27:40 And there ain't no pressure.
2:27:43 Oh, we don't have to know.
2:27:46 But I think that I know.
2:27:48 And I just want to tell you that we are never going to be this young again.
2:27:53 So why don't we just take all of the chances that we've got?
2:27:58 Yeah.
2:27:59 We are falling into something bigger than we ever have before.
2:28:04 So just open the door and let the love ride.
2:28:09 I'd write it in a letter.
2:28:11 All the ways I feel for you, but there isn't enough words.
2:28:16 You're just too good to be true.
2:28:18 I think it's better if we just take it slow.
2:28:23 I don't want this to go too far, too fast.
2:28:27 And there ain't no pressure.
2:28:30 Oh, we don't have to know.
2:28:32 But I think that I know.
2:28:34 And I just want to tell you that we are never going to be this young again.
2:28:39 So why don't we just take all of the chances that we've got.
2:28:45 Yeah.
2:28:46 We are falling into something bigger than we ever have before.
2:28:51 So just open the door and let the love ride in.
2:28:56 It's been a dream.
2:28:57 I'm loving everything you do.
2:29:00 And I've only fallen deeper in love with you.
2:29:04 And I know that I be reckless.
2:29:08 You're so infectious.
2:29:10 So you expect it.
2:29:13 And I think it's better if we just take it slow.
2:29:19 I don't want things to go too far, too fast.
2:29:24 We're never going to be this young again.
2:29:26 So why don't we just take all of the chances
2:29:29 that we've got falling into something bigger than we ever have before.
2:29:38 So just open the door and let the love ride in.
2:29:45 And let the love ride in.
2:29:49 So let the love ride in.
2:29:54 Let the love ride in.
2:29:59 So let the love ride in.
2:30:18 Walking down the street, I'd be feeling cute.
2:30:21 All these eyes on me, but I don't know what to do.
2:30:24 I'm seeing all the signs like everything's align.
2:30:28 Now everything's a line.
2:30:30 It's easy.
2:30:32 Telling you it's easy and everything is dreamy.
2:30:38 When you let I'm rising up the ground.
2:30:52 Keeping the clouds.
2:30:56 Welcome back everyone.
2:30:57 Just like we promised, Flambo and I are back.
2:31:00 Let's take a look at the schedule.
2:31:02 We just saw that Bloomboy Monti Dark and Raven set
2:31:05 in the Rise and Soul and the Meg D and Rage set.
2:31:08 Now, it's time to bring some world champions in um
2:31:11 Zid and Hideway and go up against anime fan and Flower.
2:31:15 Yeah, this should be a good one.
2:31:15 Anime Fan Flower.
2:31:17 Flower, of course, been rocking that Nash today.
2:31:20 Uh, and it's been looking good, man.
2:31:22 He's been swinging big with that hammer,
2:31:24 just throwing out that side stick, getting those early knockouts.
2:31:27 Uh, but Zen and Hideway obviously one
2:31:29 of the favorites to take this entire thing.
2:31:32 They're looking impeccable.
2:31:34 This should be a really fun one.
2:31:36 Yeah, for sure.
2:31:37 For sure.
2:31:37 Zen Hideway, I mean, they need no introduction.
2:31:39 Power rank one and two.
2:31:41 I mean, if you need uh to have some some sort of statistics to say
2:31:45 who is the best at NA when we have no clue who's going to win.
2:31:48 I mean, Zinn and Hideway are pretty a good uh pick here as we're going to see
2:31:52 them come in on the Ang and the Sidra going up against a Bodvar from anime fan.
2:31:57 Um I usually think of him more a cannon player.
2:32:00 Um but and as well as a flower locking on the Becky Lynch.
2:32:04 Yeah, I mean Bovar uh got a good chunk
2:32:07 of buffs in one of the more recent balance patches there.
2:32:10 a lot of his sigs just come out a bit
2:32:12 faster like that down sig on the hammer or that down
2:32:14 sig on the sword even and so a pretty
2:32:17 strong pick overall and then we're talking about this you
2:32:19 know cloud rocking this Becky Lynch as well side is
2:32:23 so fast right like it just it's it's basically a light
2:32:26 attack part of the reason why you'd want to pick
2:32:28 character like again you just let it rip right and
2:32:31 the end lag hard to find so boom wow doesn't matter which weapon you got in hand
2:32:38 that's that's the power of now he's the caveman.
2:32:41 You know, it just boom.
2:32:43 I want you gone, you go.
2:32:46 Oh, always in the hunt of for the meat.
2:32:49 Nash is of course as a flower with the Ooh,
2:32:52 neutral stick is going to go ahead and whiff as well.
2:32:54 Anime fans going to try and take their stab at it.
2:32:57 There we go.
2:32:58 Sarah from Hideway.
2:32:59 Zen dipping with the pogo.
2:33:00 Anime going to try and go ahead and test faint and go off to the left side.
2:33:04 Everybody's going to come back up on stage pretty much uh pretty much unbruised.
2:33:09 Flower holding on to that edge.
2:33:10 Stop s Zen right there with the Dlight.
2:33:12 Going to go ahead and shut it down.
2:33:13 Looking for another one.
2:33:14 Recovery up.
2:33:15 He's going to send anime up and away.
2:33:17 Zen barely not able to make connection with that side stick.
2:33:20 Zen with the recovery unarmed that takes anime
2:33:23 out and Flower and Flower's on THEIR LAST STOCK.
2:33:26 WAIT.
2:33:26 WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?
2:33:27 YEAH, it just said the the nick of time I guess, right?
2:33:31 You you blink and you miss it.
2:33:33 You know, they said, "Man, this guy's throwing out too many sigs.
2:33:35 We got to get rid of him." But there we go.
2:33:36 Got the hammer in hand.
2:33:37 You know what?
2:33:37 Six coming.
2:33:38 you know which six's coming.
2:33:39 Just give it you give it give it 5 seconds.
2:33:42 You know he's trying to space for it.
2:33:43 But of course both members of the red team on the side goes for the stomp.
2:33:45 Syracuse is simple this time around.
2:33:47 That's going to be an endlight.
2:33:48 Oh that's unfortunate.
2:33:50 Yeah.
2:33:50 Falls out of the recovery there.
2:33:51 That could have been should have been the stock
2:33:53 but Flower trying to get as much damage as he can.
2:33:56 Gets disarmed by those too many subsequent hits and looking rough.
2:34:00 Oh, he got to have to burn the recovery here.
2:34:03 Oh, they got this.
2:34:03 They're going to go and confirm both these.
2:34:04 No.
2:34:05 No.
2:34:05 There.
2:34:06 Bazin sends HIM RIGHT BACK DOWN.
2:34:07 FLOWER AND ANIME ABLE TO MAKE THEIR WAY BACK.
2:34:09 HIDEWAY IS GOING TO go confirm the stock with the dare.
2:34:11 Flower makes his way back up, but he's gone.
2:34:14 He's out of the game.
2:34:15 Gone.
2:34:16 That was a nice try, dude.
2:34:17 I mean, went for the down sig.
2:34:19 He hadn't whipped that one out all game,
2:34:21 but just like the perfectly timed dodge.
2:34:23 Hold on.
2:34:23 Zen might be able to sneak one here.
2:34:25 The trunk toe should do it.
2:34:26 Gets it.
2:34:27 Anime fan gets the recovery there as well.
2:34:29 Might be able to confirm one on a hideway,
2:34:30 but then you still have another two stocks waiting for you after that.
2:34:33 So, this is pretty much a lost game for the blue team here.
2:34:36 Aaron May goes ahead and confirms that one, but it's still whatever
2:34:39 devious the slight charge.
2:34:41 Hay Maker was kind of devious, but they had they had the room to get it done.
2:34:45 Hideway and Zen with a pretty decisive win um over anime there.
2:34:50 Anime and um Flower, they just couldn't get a whole lot going and then Flower
2:34:55 going down so early just put them in a horrible spot.
2:34:57 They locked in on Flower and just got him gone.
2:35:01 Um, so we're going to see if they're going to be
2:35:03 able to combat that a little bit here in game number two.
2:35:06 Um, Flower still coming in with 407 damage.
2:35:09 Um, was able to actually outpace his teammate.
2:35:12 So, um, we're going to see just how that dynamic um,
2:35:15 is able to flow into game number two here as we go back to Fortress Alliance.
2:35:20 Okay.
2:35:20 Yeah.
2:35:20 I mean, and honestly, as long as Flower doesn't uh,
2:35:24 kind of fall behind so quickly like he did in that last game,
2:35:26 hopefully they have a little bit of a better
2:35:28 chance of keeping this one a little bit more competitive.
2:35:29 But you can see Flowers absolutely getting
2:35:31 obliterated in the 1 v one versus Zen.
2:35:33 Uh, and that's how you want things to go.
2:35:35 Zen has not taken damage yet even in this match.
2:35:38 Just kind of wigging his way around.
2:35:40 Still yet to have taken a hit.
2:35:43 Oh my god.
2:35:43 Zen is playing perfect.
2:35:45 He's like like he's zinned out.
2:35:47 He's He's completely locked in.
2:35:50 The first damage he takes is actually from his teammate.
2:35:53 Like he's still yet to be hit by the enemy team.
2:35:54 It's insane.
2:35:55 Connects back to back out in Hideway.
2:35:58 Just go AHEAD AND JUST STAND OVER TO THE SIDE, BRO.
2:36:00 YOU'RE GOOD.
2:36:01 WOW.
2:36:02 YEAH.
2:36:02 OKAY.
2:36:02 At this point, there we go.
2:36:03 Finally, a few hits on him.
2:36:05 I think he's been hit by by three attacks on enemy team at this point.
2:36:07 It was that that stomp sidelite and then one little tick of the unarmed dare,
2:36:13 but otherwise still looking so incredibly healthy.
2:36:15 On the other side of things, Flower, no, doesn't get the reversal scoop there.
2:36:18 That would have been massive.
2:36:20 Oh my gosh.
2:36:21 Hide away.
2:36:21 Hide away.
2:36:22 The confidence to step out there against Hammer is pretty impressive as well.
2:36:27 Oh, that's going to go ahead and be the stock off of anime.
2:36:29 Zen weapon throw down.
2:36:30 He's looking for it.
2:36:30 The dam flash.
2:36:31 Wait, he's not.
2:36:33 No, he's not.
2:36:34 No, he's not.
2:36:35 Oh, he had just enough drift to get there.
2:36:39 Come on now.
2:36:40 Anime gets a side air.
2:36:42 Cool.
2:36:42 But I mean, once again, we look at the timer.
2:36:44 It's been not even a minute 30.
2:36:45 And how many stocks does Flower have?
2:36:47 One.
2:36:47 And Anime is getting really close to following his teammate.
2:36:50 Another recovery against anime.
2:36:52 Another nare.
2:36:52 He's put off stage.
2:36:54 Zen opted to not go for the landing and try to follow up on Flowers.
2:36:57 Sarah is going to send anime off and out though.
2:36:59 Okay, Zen tapping in with the neutralite.
2:37:02 The pogo misses the hideways right there to clean it up.
2:37:05 Oh my goodness.
2:37:09 Yeah, I mean I mean not even 2 minutes in, I don't have a partner.
2:37:14 Like what am I doing here?
2:37:17 You know, like I'm not It's wild.
2:37:19 I mean that's just how good Zen and Hideway are, right?
2:37:21 I mean that these are the world champs uh for a reason, man.
2:37:26 Like they they just anime really just had a whole stock and just said,
2:37:30 "All right, we're going next, bro." Yeah.
2:37:32 I mean, like Flower and the thing is too is
2:37:36 like Flower fell behind and then because he fell behind,
2:37:39 we saw him offstage a lot with the hammer trying to get plays like,
2:37:42 "Oh, if I can just get a hammer recovery, you know,
2:37:45 try to bring us back in." But it it didn't work out the way he wanted.
2:37:48 I saw the vision, but it did not come to fruition.
2:37:51 And just like that, we going in.
2:37:53 But this is one of the quickest sets you may
2:37:54 have had all day today with the way it's going.
2:37:56 Yeah, we are somehow I thought the the last one went pretty quick,
2:37:59 but we are already fighting our way into game number three was in a hideway
2:38:03 with absolutely just sitting in the fast lane
2:38:05 with the cruise control on at this point.
2:38:08 Okay, let's see.
2:38:10 Anime fan.
2:38:11 Okay, that still works.
2:38:12 That still works.
2:38:14 Nice.
2:38:15 Okay, we got two.
2:38:16 Oh man, it would be huge if they could.
2:38:19 Especially since Flower is already in red.
2:38:22 Okay.
2:38:23 Oh, that's not what we wanted.
2:38:24 There we go.
2:38:24 Sideig is going to go ahead and connect.
2:38:27 Looking for it on Hideway.
2:38:28 Hideway comes up with the recovery.
2:38:29 Let the hay maker fly.
2:38:31 Nobody's home.
2:38:32 Has a sword back in hand.
2:38:33 Cannot catch the lane and the gravy kit will stomp.
2:38:35 Is going to go and keep Hideway off the offense.
2:38:37 But oh my goodness.
2:38:37 Caught him both.
2:38:38 That is so nasty, bro.
2:38:42 Wow.
2:38:42 Okay.
2:38:43 Well, I mean, at least things are even, right?
2:38:45 You know, at least they're not trailing behind here.
2:38:47 That just kind of equalizes things a little bit
2:38:48 to make it a bit of a closer game.
2:38:50 But anime fan and Flower really can't afford to be
2:38:53 taking this team damage that they're taking right now.
2:38:55 Zen coming down with the down sick going to hunt down Flower.
2:38:58 He really put the pressure on and they're still getting edgeguarded here.
2:39:01 Do they get out alive?
2:39:03 Anime fam barely makes it back to the stage.
2:39:05 Flower still taking some oppression here.
2:39:06 The[ __] not going to hit anyone.
2:39:07 You can see Hideway throwing out those KO options.
2:39:11 The the the drop nare stops there.
2:39:14 Oh, why did you you see he was totally charging it
2:39:16 and man was waiting for you to get out the way.
2:39:18 That's all on you animated for getting hit
2:39:20 by that because Flower did not want to smack you.
2:39:22 We didn't have a choice after a certain point.
2:39:24 That's crazy.
2:39:25 We're seeing it really start to fall apart for blue team here.
2:39:28 Flower now on their final stock to match anime.
2:39:31 Hideway and Zen.
2:39:32 We see the 1 v one's kind of breaking out here.
2:39:35 Flower getting the best of Hideway at the moment.
2:39:37 Hideway swapping over.
2:39:38 Grab against anime, but Z breaks it up as well.
2:39:40 Wait a second.
2:39:40 He goes deep.
2:39:41 He gets back TO Oh no.
2:39:45 And Flower gets hit by it too into a confirmed to the pogo.
2:39:49 Doesn't get the wall touch.
2:39:50 Finally does.
2:39:51 There has to make some sort of wild offstage play here potentially.
2:39:54 But I mean Zen still has basically a full stock to work with there.
2:39:58 And so Flower doesn't really have much of a win condition here.
2:40:01 But at this point, this is, you know, the your your top 12 point.
2:40:05 I mean, you got nothing.
2:40:06 That's how Zen business as usual, man.
2:40:10 Nah, business as usual.
2:40:12 They they pulled up, man.
2:40:13 They're playing a different They're playing a different game.
2:40:16 They show up to the tournament wearing a full suit, you know.
2:40:19 They They got a tie clip cuff links.
2:40:20 They just Yeah.
2:40:21 Yeah.
2:40:21 Yeah.
2:40:22 You know, checking out the Rolex like they
2:40:25 I'm sorry, man.
2:40:26 I should have I should have never stepped
2:40:27 I should have never stepped to y'all, you know.
2:40:30 All hell to King, man.
2:40:32 I mean, anime fan did come in with a really low seed,
2:40:35 but I mean, he hasn't really been very active.
2:40:37 I I mean, I haven't heard his name too much here lately,
2:40:40 but man, just absolute aggression offstage trying to lock it in.
2:40:48 See it in a super slow-mo here in that hideaway falls,
2:40:52 but Zen right back on the Becky Lynch.
2:40:54 And that is going to go ahead and do it for them.
2:40:56 And you see right there in the bottom of your screen,
2:40:57 Zen Hideway advance to your winner semifinals.
2:41:00 And now it is time to make our way to our next game.
2:41:06 That's crazy.
2:41:06 I'm thinking about it.
2:41:07 I'm like, first match it was like two two.
2:41:11 Yeah.
2:41:11 Okay.
2:41:11 Cuz I'm like I think that entire set was done in like six minutes.
2:41:16 Those were two and a half three minute games.
2:41:18 Yeah.
2:41:18 I mean I mean that last game was 2 and 1/2 minute.
2:41:20 That first that second game didn't even
2:41:22 hit it like barely hit the two-minute mark
2:41:24 cuz it hit 2 minutes and he was like dang I don't got a partner.
2:41:26 And he ran off.
2:41:26 Right.
2:41:27 So I was like I really can't blame him.
2:41:29 Usually on average these sets take around like 15 to 20 minutes.
2:41:33 But when you want to talk about a dog walk, bro.
2:41:37 Yeah.
2:41:37 Throw it out commands.
2:41:39 Back flip.
2:41:40 Roll over.
2:41:42 Shake.
2:41:42 Shake.
2:41:44 Jeez.
2:41:43 All right.
2:41:44 We got We got Monty and Balloon Boy in the lobby.
2:41:46 Um they're going to be coming in for our next game.
2:41:48 They're going to be going up against uh Rise and Soul.
2:41:53 So, should be another heavy heading heavyhitting set here.
2:41:57 And this graphic just keeps messing with me because I I see the Amugi.
2:42:02 I see I see the turtle, but then I know that there is no turtle coming.
2:42:06 Yeah.
2:42:07 You know, it's interesting because I'm like these two teams realistically uh
2:42:14 I think are are best bets at stopping the world champs, right?
2:42:20 Like at this point I'm like if anyone's going to do it,
2:42:23 it's going to be one of those two teams probably.
2:42:26 But I don't know if like Yeah, they're looking a cut above today, boss.
2:42:34 Right.
2:42:34 Cuz I mean, keep in mind the set that we just watched was winter semi-finals.
2:42:39 So, anime and Flower, I'm pretty sure if I I don't think they either one
2:42:45 of those teams had dropped a game before we went into that set.
2:42:48 Um, I'd have to double check that, but they were
2:42:51 on a run just the same as Zen and Hideway today
2:42:55 and then they got put in their place in a very dramatic fashion.
2:43:00 So, I look at that when we're looking at the top teams that were on winner side.
2:43:05 Like, who can stop this momentum right now?
2:43:11 That's a great question, man.
2:43:12 They said the same thing when they were like, "Oh, man.
2:43:15 Then the Fire Nation attacked.
2:43:16 Who's going to Where's the Avatar?
2:43:18 Where's the Avatar, bro?" And then lo and behold,
2:43:20 oh wait, they're actually using a on their team.
2:43:23 No one's here to save you, bro.
2:43:24 You can't even have a serious conversation with this guy.
2:43:27 No one's here to save you.
2:43:28 I'm trying to get your professional analysis.
2:43:30 My professional analysis the my right now my answer is no one.
2:43:33 That is my prof.
2:43:34 You see the way they was playing.
2:43:35 I told you it has to be one of these two teams.
2:43:38 I we started with that.
2:43:39 I said it has to be one of these two teams.
2:43:41 If I had to pick one or the other.
2:43:43 I think Rod and Soul have been impressing me
2:43:45 a little bit more than Balloon Boy and Mooney have today.
2:43:48 I I want to see what the headto-head looks like.
2:43:50 We're about to find out because uh you know what awaits
2:43:54 either of these teams depending who comes to the victor
2:43:57 is going to be a really hard fought bout.
2:44:00 I don't know.
2:44:00 This is this is an interesting dynamic here.
2:44:02 But we're going to get we're going to be able to get another
2:44:04 piece of the puzzle after this set and see get a little better look
2:44:08 at how this is going to start falling as we get into the top
2:44:12 um start making our way towards the top uh spots in this tournament.
2:44:17 All right, let's see.
2:44:19 Already a pretty darn good start for Risen Soul.
2:44:22 They're racking up the damage.
2:44:23 They're winning uh the majority of the exchanges that they're going into.
2:44:26 There we go.
2:44:27 Nice little break up there.
2:44:28 Almost the first on balloon boy.
2:44:30 And there's the hunt.
2:44:31 Wait, that was synchronized, bro.
2:44:34 Money and balloon.
2:44:35 And that was 30 seconds.
2:44:37 Those stocks are gone.
2:44:38 Soul did take a little bit of damage, but you cannot say the same for Rise.
2:44:40 He is looking fantastic on the Sidra.
2:44:42 The cannon is definitely smooth.
2:44:45 Miss Somani with the ground pound off the cannon.
2:44:49 tossing Rise of Centra down and out.
2:44:51 And there we go off the top.
2:44:52 We're all tied back up Lambo.
2:44:54 And that's what I like to see, man.
2:44:55 The ability to have kind of that bombastic uh breakaway, if you will, right?
2:45:00 You kind kind of blitz the enemy team and when
2:45:03 you're coming from a position where you're either ahead or behind,
2:45:05 but you find these moments,
2:45:06 these little pockets of time where you're able to really
2:45:09 erupt and really make a huge shift in the game state.
2:45:14 That's what both of these teams are capable of doing and they're
2:45:16 going to need that ability moving on to the winners finals,
2:45:18 whoever makes it there.
2:45:19 So, we're going to see Rise and Soul
2:45:21 have been playing so well together though all day.
2:45:23 But Balloon Boy and Mooney also having a decent chunk of synergy here.
2:45:27 But I will say Rise and Soul been knew it together for a long time.
2:45:30 You can tell, you can feel it despite the fact
2:45:32 that Balloon Boy and Mooney won that last tournament,
2:45:34 you can still feel that there's a little bit
2:45:36 more for them down the line in terms of synergy.
2:45:39 Both Yep.
2:45:40 That's what I was saying.
2:45:40 They've been doing this for a long time.
2:45:42 He dropped dropped right in that neutral sig and gave Bloomboy a bonus
2:45:46 being able to get the double knockout instead of just the one knockout.
2:45:49 Rise trying to fight back with the sideline to get the recovery on the triple B.
2:45:52 The ground pound is going to be good and dare.
2:45:54 And oh nice interruption from Soul.
2:45:57 That was fantastic to shut down balloon boys there.
2:46:00 Oh my goodness.
2:46:00 And that ends up just basically being an SD.
2:46:03 Among you don't get nothing going there.
2:46:05 And at that point we have final stocks for everyone.
2:46:08 Oh, Ry doesn't get the touch, but gets the chain dodge.
2:46:12 Okay, great positioning from Soul there to allow him
2:46:14 to get that N cuz that required a lot
2:46:16 of situational awareness cuz you didn't have time
2:46:18 to recognize the situation and then go over it.
2:46:20 You just have to recognize that your partner was in that spot.
2:46:22 But it don't matter because at this point it is Rise and Soul against Mooney.
2:46:27 Balloon Boy no longer in the picture.
2:46:28 2v1.
2:46:29 Very doable 2v1 though.
2:46:30 If you look at the damage on Rise there,
2:46:32 all Mooney needs is that Dlight and boom, that's going to be a recovery.
2:46:35 Se Rise will be out of the picture.
2:46:37 But first, you got to get through Soul
2:46:38 who's playing such a good protective president right now.
2:46:41 Yeah, Soul being an absolute brick wall right now.
2:46:44 Holding on to that edge guard rising to step right back out.
2:46:46 But Soul starting to get really close
2:46:47 to matching his damage with his teammate there.
2:46:49 Starting to break loose in the air just a little bit.
2:46:52 Monty though gets them both reaching out with the recovery.
2:46:55 Gets hit with the nare.
2:46:56 That second one would have been uh devastating for Monty.
2:46:58 There we go.
2:46:59 The N's not enough.
2:47:00 Still not enough.
2:47:01 Can we get some force?
2:47:02 We have this very tall map that sends him down.
2:47:04 Now it's a one v one.
2:47:05 Money Holland finishes up with a nare and just
2:47:07 LIKE THAT HE STEALS IT AWAY FROM THE BLUE TEAM.
2:47:10 YEAH, now that's great great 2v1 done by Moi there.
2:47:14 I mean uh found the the windows of opportunity right
2:47:18 uh luckily was able to get that end light to knock
2:47:22 out on the right side which is so good because
2:47:25 the attack moves him to the right as he's doing it.
2:47:28 So, it's giving him that little bit of extra space to get away from Soul
2:47:32 who's standing on the left side who wants to interrupt him or punish him for it.
2:47:35 And then he's able to use that to say, "All right, now that I got that guy,
2:47:38 I can turn around, hit that D light, boom, pop you up.
2:47:41 Perfectly executed.
2:47:43 Well done by Mooney there to go ahead and get them that one lead.
2:47:46 They needed that.
2:47:47 I can't believe he was able to claw that one out.
2:47:49 That is absolutely insane.
2:47:51 Congratulations to him.
2:47:52 That was a very, very good clutch in game
2:47:55 number one and puts him in a great spot.
2:47:56 I mean, being up, being able to have that clutch plus the momentum
2:48:00 of the dub to be able to carry you into game number two,
2:48:03 um, you can't get a much better feeling than that.
2:48:06 So, we are going to go ahead and we're going to go to Small Fortress Alliance.
2:48:09 No surprise there.
2:48:10 Um, as we get settled in for game number two and see if
2:48:13 Rise of Soul are going to be able to tie this back up.
2:48:15 Yeah, I mean, that has to feel so good if you're Mooney,
2:48:16 man, after you've been playing Grace for so long.
2:48:18 Being able to play two weapons that have KO confirmed.
2:48:21 I didn't even think about that.
2:48:22 You're absolutely right.
2:48:23 Yeah.
2:48:23 That's just like, oh man, there's actually just like something I can fish
2:48:26 for that will guaranteed get me the knockout.
2:48:28 And he was able to find it there.
2:48:30 And so good stuff to him as we hop into this game, too.
2:48:33 I mean, Mooney now just kind of flying around the stage with that cannon,
2:48:37 making it look like a rocket lance.
2:48:38 That's going to be the first talk going down on Balloon Boy, though.
2:48:40 While Mooney trying to get to that side, but he has the momentum here.
2:48:43 He's punching Rise.
2:48:44 He's trying to do everything he can.
2:48:45 He's doing it unarmed.
2:48:46 Even Balloon Boy is back here to try to lend a hand.
2:48:49 Let's see how the red team handles this.
2:48:50 I want to see Rise and the Soul put up a good fight here.
2:48:53 I do as well.
2:48:54 They were so close to getting game number one.
2:48:56 And we see the first stocks are going to fall here.
2:48:58 Balloon Boy already on a second.
2:49:00 Soul has joined him.
2:49:01 Rise is not too far behind as Monty Holla still holding on to the opening stock.
2:49:07 Sharking everywhere.
2:49:08 Catching another nare.
2:49:10 Soul going to slap him back down with the down air.
2:49:13 Oh, Monty.
2:49:13 Another confirmation for Monty.
2:49:15 That confirms on rise.
2:49:16 And now the 2v1 situation.
2:49:18 They try and lock in on Soul.
2:49:20 All right.
2:49:20 Now, let's see here.
2:49:22 Balloon Boy, honestly, uh kind of taking a more of a backseat,
2:49:25 which is unlike what I'm used to.
2:49:27 Usually, I feel like Balloon Boy uh kind
2:49:29 of whether by choice or just kind of through
2:49:33 the nature of how he tends to play can end up stealing the spotlight a lot.
2:49:36 But I feel like in this set,
2:49:38 he really hasn't been uh the center of attention much at all.
2:49:41 If anything, the center of attention of catching a whooping, but we'll see here.
2:49:46 I mean, Rise and Soul doing their best to hang on here.
2:49:49 Wow, that cider didn't connect.
2:49:50 That's unfortunate for sure.
2:49:51 Yeah, that was a great setup, too,
2:49:52 using that uh soft platform to perfectly line up that down light.
2:49:56 Oh, that neutral sig.
2:49:57 Ami is so good at threading those in.
2:49:59 Oo, a little little miscalculation there on the offstage
2:50:03 team combo from Balloon Boy and Ammani.
2:50:05 Nice catch on the neutral sig.
2:50:07 Very very accurate with those that top 45 is going to be
2:50:11 enough for Balloon Boy as he sent out his final stock.
2:50:13 And we are dead even with 6 minutes left.
2:50:15 All right, let's see.
2:50:16 need a weapon throw.
2:50:17 Not going to be enough.
2:50:18 Try to go over the bar to grab.
2:50:19 Cancel delight.
2:50:20 That's going to connect either Balloon Boy
2:50:21 on the left side trying to get a weapon.
2:50:24 Has that bow in hand now.
2:50:26 And honestly, at this point, I mean, Mooney's been playing so well.
2:50:28 Balloon Boy just kind of trying to play to give
2:50:30 him time and space cuz he's on that final stock.
2:50:32 He doesn't want to throw out anything too committal.
2:50:34 They're trying to hunt him down.
2:50:35 This is a really bad position for Balloon Boy,
2:50:37 but he manages to get out of harm's way
2:50:39 and get a little bit of retaliation in there as well.
2:50:40 So, all things considered, he made the best out of a pretty bad situation.
2:50:44 Absolutely.
2:50:44 Men needs that weapon.
2:50:45 Has that sword.
2:50:45 I think uh Balloon Boy might prefer it
2:50:47 if he had that cannon instead, but we'll see.
2:50:49 All right, there goes one stock.
2:50:52 Very even here.
2:50:53 Trying to confirm that one on the soul.
2:50:55 He's approaching the red now.
2:50:58 Boy, having a very hard time here.
2:50:59 Not a whole lot of offense we're seeing from these gauntlets.
2:51:02 Goes up the recovery.
2:51:03 No punish to be found.
2:51:04 Nare from Rise going to catch Money Holla on the upswing.
2:51:07 Okay, nice on the landing.
2:51:08 Money Holla with the neutral light.
2:51:10 Soul ses Bloomboy takes it off the stage.
2:51:12 Throws the weapon throw out there just to hold him back a little bit.
2:51:15 Soul is sent out.
2:51:16 Now the 2v1 situation.
2:51:17 Bloomboy uh gets the extension unarmed s.
2:51:20 There it is.
2:51:21 There's a sig and they got it together.
2:51:23 It was looking a little dicey there for red team,
2:51:26 but as you see um able to come out on top.
2:51:29 Yeah, the reason they won that is
2:51:30 because balloon boy did an optimal punish there.
2:51:32 He did the unarmed side.
2:51:34 Uh I think it's in this situation.
2:51:35 Yeah, right there on that on that down TIG coming out from Soul.
2:51:39 He said, "No, you going to go for that down set.
2:51:41 I want to make sure you feel this even harder." Winds up
2:51:43 that big hay maker and it actually is enough to knock out.
2:51:46 Had he come in and done a different move just on like
2:51:48 a unarmed silite or something like that, you'd still have a 2v2,
2:51:52 but Balloon Boy forces the 2v1 and then they're able to win because of it.
2:51:55 So, shout outs to him for recognizing the situation,
2:51:57 confirming the knockout there.
2:51:59 Definitely made the difference here as Rise and Soul
2:52:01 have been putting up a pretty darn good fight,
2:52:04 but they're just getting eaked out at the very end.
2:52:06 It's It's kind of tough and it really is.
2:52:08 This comes down to the final interactions of each game and we're seeing um blue
2:52:12 team just not being able to close it out and just get one on the scoreboard.
2:52:17 Money Holl and Bloomboy both desperately trying to get back up on stage here.
2:52:19 Blue Boy with the sidelight gets interrupted by Soul.
2:52:22 The Sair is going to whip.
2:52:23 Bloomboy setting back up.
2:52:24 Money Holl is going to go ahead and try
2:52:25 and get the extension code all the way out, but it gets disarmed.
2:52:27 Has to retreat back to stage, but still gets a two-piece on the unarmed.
2:52:31 Yeah, tries to send a pass to Balloon Boy.
2:52:32 He doesn't quite receive it, but either way, I mean,
2:52:35 there's still a good chunk of momentum going in the red team favor right now.
2:52:37 I say that as balloon boy does end up falling down being the first
2:52:40 one to lose a stock of the match but they do have a good
2:52:42 amount of dam tracked up only be able to get that first stock
2:52:44 as well with that neutral air going to try and threaten rise off the stage
2:52:48 here as well on a rise to confirm the stock but he's doing
2:52:51 a good job of being evasive maybe a Dlight will be the answer if Mo
2:52:54 can find it no it's going to be an endlight from balloon boy to confirm
2:52:57 that stock off the right side now soul biting his time on the left
2:53:01 biting his time indeed rise trying to find some
2:53:03 success on this Rayman oh Dire's going to whiff and big swing.
2:53:11 Yeah.
2:53:11 Yeah.
2:53:12 I mean, Ryzen may have had a little more success if
2:53:14 he just would have locked it on the Spongebob, you know,
2:53:16 but uh trying to trying to make the Rayman work
2:53:19 and that dare is going to go ahead and find his connection,
2:53:22 but Balloon Boy right back at it with the cover off the gauntlets.
2:53:25 Soul Sair did connect.
2:53:27 Now we're going to get the 2v1 situation.
2:53:29 Balloon Boy takes it way wide.
2:53:31 Stays out of harm way.
2:53:32 Money hollow with the sidelight to clear the stage
2:53:33 and give him room to get back up.
2:53:35 All right.
2:53:35 And now we have ourselves uh even stock count,
2:53:38 but the blue team is quite bruised here.
2:53:41 One more punch and they will be knocked out.
2:53:44 Speaking of one more punch,
2:53:45 that's a few more punches coming from the end
2:53:46 line from Balloon Boy going ahead securing that one.
2:53:48 Rise should be soon to follow if they can find that blow,
2:53:51 but he's not going down without a fight.
2:53:53 Goes for the classic Rayman slide charge off the platform
2:53:56 to go ahead and sneak a stock off boy.
2:53:59 Weapon throw into recovery on the unarmed.
2:54:02 Very very nice to be able to extend that string
2:54:04 as far as possible and be able to get as much damage.
2:54:07 But now we see it.
2:54:08 Soul and Rise both on final stocks.
2:54:10 Money holla holding on to all everything he can.
2:54:13 You're trying to get extra credit off the second stock,
2:54:15 but that stair could be enough.
2:54:16 Could be enough.
2:54:17 No, he's got the options to get back.
2:54:20 Let's see.
2:54:21 Oh no.
2:54:23 All right.
2:54:24 Looks like that end light's going to be enough in the corner.
2:54:26 Have ourselves a pretty tight battle here.
2:54:28 Balloon Boy with the most damage on the screen.
2:54:30 But I mean, we got to remember Oh my god, that was scary there.
2:54:32 Mooney almost obliterating Rise.
2:54:36 Oh no.
2:54:36 Okay, works out here.
2:54:39 The ground pound from Mooney is going to confirm that one.
2:54:41 Messes up with the conversion there.
2:54:43 This might work out for Soul if he can confirm.
2:54:44 You have to get these edgeguards.
2:54:45 He doesn't let a sig rift.
2:54:46 That could have been a side stick or charge down SIG,
2:54:48 but he still has positioning.
2:54:49 He does have positioning, but he gets disarmed by that one tag.
2:54:52 And because of that, that is the game.
2:54:54 Balloon Boy and Mooney Hala are going to be moving on in this bracket
2:54:59 where they're going to have to go up against some demons, man.
2:55:02 Absolutely.
2:55:02 Now, there at the end though,
2:55:04 Soldiers holding on to that spear, just swatting them.
2:55:07 He was he was fighting.
2:55:08 Yeah.
2:55:08 On on God, he was he was holding the corner.
2:55:11 You know what I mean?
2:55:12 He said, "This is my turf." Uh, and he held it for as long as he could,
2:55:15 but eventually he you know, it was a numbers game.
2:55:17 He couldn't hang on for much longer.
2:55:19 Uh, but this is one of those sets where
2:55:22 you look at the score and you're just like, that doesn't tell the story.
2:55:26 It's a little closer than what the 3 0 suggest
2:55:28 and it really just kind of breaks it down and makes me
2:55:30 think even more about this grand final uh this winner's final
2:55:33 set we're going to see here in a little bit because now,
2:55:36 you know, the people we have to go up
2:55:38 are Balloon Boy and uh Balloon Boy Amani in granted it was a 3-0,
2:55:44 but that wasn't a huge decisive win like we saw from Zen and Hideway.
2:55:48 So, I really am kind of nervous seeing what they can do against,
2:55:52 but that is going to be a story that is going to be
2:55:55 um some new commentators to take you through cuz Flambo and I are done.
2:55:58 Yeah, that's going to be it for us, man.
2:56:00 It's been a fun weekend, man.
2:56:02 Yeah, for sure.
2:56:02 For sure.
2:56:03 Always a pleasure to see what's cooking
2:56:05 in the land overall competitive 2v2s and 1v ones.
2:56:09 Honestly, it's been an absolute blast,
2:56:11 but I can't wait to see how the rest of this tournament unfolds.
2:56:14 We'll find out in just a moment.
2:56:16 But until then, stay tuned.
2:56:18 We'll be right back.
2:56:52 I can do it.
2:56:59 Do it right now.
2:57:22 Don't let me down.
2:57:26 I can't break it like my life's waste.
2:57:33 Don't push me when I need fall.
2:58:23 So many times I can't Don't want my heart breaking like my life so late.
2:58:35 Don't touch me when I need everything.
2:58:42 I can my heart break.
2:58:59 We need to say I can't break.
2:59:39 Eyes locked tight.
2:59:41 I can't get you out my mind.
2:59:43 Oh no.
2:59:45 What have we got to lose?
2:59:48 Holding your stare.
2:59:49 I feel the lust in the air.
2:59:54 Don't you What if we run with it tonight?
2:59:59 Hands all over me.
3:00:00 What if we heat it up in time?
3:00:03 Just follow my lead.
3:00:05 Little bit dangerous.
3:00:06 All right.
3:00:08 But don't you want to see?
3:00:09 Yeah.
3:00:10 I'm going to need you to trust me.
3:00:13 It's all in the kiss, baby.
3:00:16 Let's make a dream come true.
3:00:18 Taking a rest, baby.
3:00:20 Know what you want to do.
3:00:22 Stay in the zone tonight.
3:00:24 Push it to overdrive.
3:00:26 It's all in the kiss, baby.
3:00:29 It's all in the It's all in the It's all in the kiss.
3:00:33 Kiss.
3:00:33 It's all in the kiss.
3:00:35 It's all in the kiss.
3:00:37 Kiss.
3:00:37 Kiss.
3:00:37 It's all in the kiss.
3:00:40 Stay in the zone tonight.
3:00:42 Push it to over.
3:00:44 It's all in the kiss.
3:00:45 Baby, it's all in the It's all in the It's all in the kiss.
3:00:50 Now you've had a taste.
3:00:52 I'mma need you to engage.
3:00:54 Oh yeah, you got something to prove.
3:00:59 Is it love or lust?
3:01:01 Are you going to make the cut?
3:01:05 Well, it's down to you.
3:01:07 What if we all over me?
3:01:11 What if we heat it up in time?
3:01:14 Just follow my lead.
3:01:16 Little bit dangerous.
3:01:17 All right.
3:01:18 But don't you want to say I'm going to need you to trust me?
3:01:24 It's all in the kiss.
3:01:26 Baby, let's make a dream come true.
3:01:29 Taking a risk, baby.
3:01:31 Know what you want to do.
3:01:33 Stay in the zone tonight.
3:01:35 Push it to overdrive.
3:01:37 It's all in the kissing, baby.
3:01:40 It's all in the It's all in the It's all in the kiss.
3:01:44 Kiss.
3:01:44 It's all in the kiss.
3:01:46 It's all in the kiss.
3:01:48 Kiss, kiss.
3:01:48 It's all in the kiss.
3:01:51 Stay in the zone tonight.
3:01:53 Push it to over dry.
3:01:55 It's all in my kiss, baby.
3:01:57 It's all It's all It's all in my kiss.
3:02:26 I can't show all my cards.
3:02:29 What if they shuffle your heart?
3:02:35 So I take a step back further from the edge trying to stay on track
3:02:42 to a voice inside my head saying let yourself go time to risk it all.
3:02:50 So I close my eyes, fall.
3:02:55 Feel the rush in my face.
3:03:00 Lose my breath.
3:03:02 Can't explain.
3:03:06 Hearts breaking chains.
3:03:09 I can't stay away.
3:03:14 You don't feel so.
3:03:24 You don't feel my mind is with one looking me.
3:03:31 I feel alive with your touch.
3:03:35 I'm set free.
3:03:36 You light fires deep inside.
3:03:43 I feel the rush in my face.
3:03:50 Lose my breath.
3:03:52 Can't explain.
3:03:56 Hearts breaking chains.
3:03:59 I can't see away.
3:04:05 You don't feel so.
3:04:15 I don't feel you don't feel that it's us until the end.
3:04:30 But I need to know if you're on board with myself on the line again.
3:04:40 So I hold my breath and I'm rising up.
3:05:03 And welcome back everybody.
3:05:05 We are moving along through this North American 2v2 spring championship bracket.
3:05:10 We're now going down to the bottom side for the elimination side of things.
3:05:13 My name is Sparky 878.
3:05:15 Joining me on the desk here as always this weekend is Dara.
3:05:18 Hello.
3:05:18 Hello.
3:05:19 It's nice to be here.
3:05:20 It's nice to be back for some North American doubles action.
3:05:23 Uh we've had some fantastic sets up until this point.
3:05:25 Um as Spikey mentioned,
3:05:27 we will be jumping into the elimination side um
3:05:30 as we go ahead and secure our final top four placement.
3:05:33 So, coming on up, we're going to be seeing Megdy and Raidish
3:05:36 up against a team that I am not the most familiar with.
3:05:40 Yeah, I'm going to say the exact same thing here.
3:05:41 I mean, everybody's kind of staring at the screen and all
3:05:45 of the information is readily jumping out at everyone right now.
3:05:48 Zero earnings for both of these players.
3:05:50 Zero bronze, zero silver, zero golds, zero top 32s, zero top eights.
3:05:56 But Mechy and Lunar 77,
3:05:58 regardless of all of that, are exactly where they are right now,
3:06:02 going up against household names in Bhali Esports.
3:06:05 And they're here to do it not at a winter championship
3:06:08 where some people will be able to handwave away and say,
3:06:10 "Ah, that's just the winter championship shenanigans." You know how that goes.
3:06:14 No, they're doing it at Springs after the demification of the bracket,
3:06:18 the somewhat deayification of the bracket, and the deck changes.
3:06:22 They've made it through all of that and they're here on the bottom
3:06:25 side hoping to give us at least this far in their career,
3:06:28 their career definfining performance.
3:06:30 Uh but they do have a pretty tough opponent coming up ahead of the Magdish.
3:06:34 These are North American staples.
3:06:36 They've come together as a team once more and they've been knocked
3:06:39 down into eliminations to begin with by the likes of Rise and Soul,
3:06:43 which is one of the best teams that NA has to offer.
3:06:45 Um and I think Mega D and Radish,
3:06:47 MegaD especially, I think they've been playing quite well today.
3:06:50 Yeah, absolutely.
3:06:51 They've definitely had some slip ups, a handful of them so far.
3:06:54 I know a lot of people had a lot of um uh excitement for Raidish
3:06:58 coming back into the bracket given that he was in Japan for so long for school,
3:07:02 for what Flambo called that senti training.
3:07:06 Um just making him a better I don't know
3:07:08 what other word for senti there is out there.
3:07:10 I don't know what that means.
3:07:11 That's like a Power Ranger thing.
3:07:12 It's like those guys are called like sentis,
3:07:14 but I don't really know what any of that is.
3:07:17 Uh last is saying like non-English words in my ear.
3:07:20 So, we're just going to gloss over
3:07:22 that cuz I don't want to say those incorrectly.
3:07:23 I don't know if he's just feeding me bad information to get me in trouble
3:07:26 here ON THE 2V2 SPRING BROADCAST
3:07:28 AS WE'RE GOING into small fortresses of alliance.
3:07:30 We have Megdy and Radish versus Lunar 77 and Mechy.
3:07:34 We're getting some jolly gameplay.
3:07:36 We're getting some Orion gameplay.
3:07:38 So, a little bit of a blast from the past on both sides, of course.
3:07:41 One side being Megdage,
3:07:42 the other side being these legend choices coming out from the blue team.
3:07:45 Let's see what they got.
3:07:46 I know people are excited about superstances specifically with Jaw.
3:07:49 I've been SEEING THAT A LOT AS BRADISH almost gets a KO off the top,
3:07:52 but Mechy's going to avoid that.
3:07:53 He goes back up and is able to land on the platform.
3:07:56 Braish looking for a safe passage.
3:07:58 Mechy just going to be extending that jungle.
3:08:00 Luna also going to get in the with a recovery.
3:08:02 That's just going to be good damage being piled on here.
3:08:05 Right now, the red team, they're trying to get this combo going.
3:08:07 The end light is going to get interrupted with a sideline
3:08:09 and then Luna with that side sick just swooping on in.
3:08:12 That's a huge way to start things off.
3:08:13 I believe according to all the resources we have,
3:08:16 this is Lunar 77 and Mecky's first tournament together.
3:08:19 They've already got the first stock in this game.
3:08:21 The neutral air almost KOing Mechi, but he's going to side air back.
3:08:24 Throws his weapon down.
3:08:26 Lands looking for the next weapon spawn.
3:08:27 The unarmed recovery KO off the top on Megd.
3:08:30 See if they can get some damage onto Radish now
3:08:31 that he's on second stock as Megd spawning back in.
3:08:33 Just a neutral air from Mechy.
3:08:35 The Dlight zoning away Megdy on the left side.
3:08:37 Big fist comes up, but it's a complete whiff so far.
3:08:39 Um, I'm going to have to throw this one out to the universe and just be like,
3:08:43 who are these people?
3:08:44 Because I'm a little suspicious that two people that we would not
3:08:47 know about are doing so well in this first stock against Meg Gladish.
3:08:51 Meghish going to be picking up um a stock each on the blue team.
3:08:54 But who are they?
3:08:56 While they respond back in, I can tell you one thing that we do know about them.
3:08:58 It's PR 552 and PR 1,150.
3:09:04 So, we have a three-digit PR player and a fourdigit
3:09:06 PR player holding their own so far in this game.
3:09:09 And they have a little bit of a lead here.
3:09:10 See if they can keep it going.
3:09:11 A down air.
3:09:11 Then the delight side air from Lunar leaving some of that pressure onto Mechy.
3:09:15 The sidelight neutral air coming out from Mechy as well.
3:09:17 Now putting damage onto his teammate, but also onto Megd.
3:09:20 The great down air.
3:09:21 The weapon toss goes down.
3:09:21 Gets the dodge.
3:09:22 He's going to go back to the middle of the stage.
3:09:24 Really wants that weapon.
3:09:25 He's favoring that.
3:09:25 There's the Dyn.
3:09:26 That's why he was favoring that weapon pick up so heavily.
3:09:29 Megd.
3:09:29 He's going to be in sweat beans very soon,
3:09:31 but he's able to land back on the main platform
3:09:32 after he got hit by that recovery from Mechy spear.
3:09:35 Luna just getting back onto stage so safely.
3:09:37 Hugh.
3:09:37 Mechy looking for a way to catch that landing with a DIG.
3:09:39 Luna though with a bit of finally that's okay.
3:09:42 Mechy just fighting that suit.
3:09:44 He ended up like hitting his teammate just a little
3:09:46 bit or actually Lunar hit Mechy into Meg D
3:09:49 over there and I thought we were going to see
3:09:50 that neutral signature but it barely missed from Meg D.
3:09:53 Then Mechy got the KO.
3:09:54 See if he can survive this.
3:09:55 No, he's going to take a gauntlet side.
3:09:56 That's going to get the edge guard.
3:09:58 This game one is very even between these two players.
3:10:00 Lead favoring blue team just a little bit.
3:10:02 There's the inlight.
3:10:03 He jumps above the side coming out from Megd.
3:10:06 Oh, Luna just trying to get some of these jungles going.
3:10:08 Mechy going to continue it.
3:10:09 I feel like they've been able to get so much damage in that position.
3:10:13 Me not able to get the two-piece with the D
3:10:15 landed with the D that time around successfully.
3:10:18 Not able to get the jump call out.
3:10:20 The game is just slowing down for just a moment.
3:10:22 Both teams will be looking for the next big opening.
3:10:25 And here it is.
3:10:26 There's the D, the neutral signature.
3:10:28 And dude, Me D has been missing
3:10:30 that signature follow up so many different times.
3:10:32 That's one of the things I was talking about earlier.
3:10:35 That's been a major slip up for this team.
3:10:37 And even if they take this game and the set,
3:10:39 that's still something they got to worry about.
3:10:41 Me has missed that followup, that exact same followup so many different times.
3:10:45 He's missing his timing.
3:10:46 He's not high enough in the air to get the hit off
3:10:48 of it based on where the opponent is sent over his head.
3:10:51 He needs to be ready for that, not just against this team,
3:10:54 but against everybody else in the in their way that they're going
3:10:56 to have to go against on the elimination side of the bracket.
3:10:58 But Lunar 77 and Mechy might not even give them that chance to look ahead.
3:11:02 They got to look at this one because that game
3:11:05 was so much closer than these PRs would have you believe.
3:11:08 Yeah, it was so close.
3:11:09 And um I think that's pretty impressive.
3:11:11 I'm not trying to sleep on them.
3:11:12 I just don't know about them.
3:11:14 And we're finding about about them uh right now live on the broadcast.
3:11:18 So um I think they did a good job of covering each other's backs.
3:11:20 I think the way that they were catching landings,
3:11:22 the way that they were juggling was honestly exceptional.
3:11:25 Um Bradish and Mega,
3:11:26 they're looking definitely a little bit more synergized right now.
3:11:29 We're going into game two.
3:11:31 Let's see how it goes.
3:11:31 Mechy almost getting that soon.
3:11:34 That could have been huge.
3:11:34 Putting his opponent off stage.
3:11:36 The neutral chase dodge up.
3:11:38 They're playing so aggressively.
3:11:39 Let's see if Mecky can get some uh get some momentum going on this lance.
3:11:43 He had a little bit of it last game,
3:11:44 but I was seeing a lot of solid spear play coming out from him,
3:11:46 especially the KO potential of that DIG.
3:11:48 Nice interruption there from Lunar Shutting down.
3:11:51 Radish coming in.
3:11:51 I believe it was going to be a sidelight s.
3:11:53 There's a two-piece on that neutral light coming out from Mechi.
3:11:55 The weapon toss goes wide.
3:11:56 Bouncing off the wall.
3:11:56 He goes in for the ground.
3:11:58 It's a little too late.
3:11:59 That gives me all the time he needs to respond.
3:12:01 Megi does turn around that neutral layer.
3:12:02 So Mechy's going to get back, but there's Radish with the ground pound.
3:12:04 Recovery comes in.
3:12:05 Mechy's going back in with the down air,
3:12:06 THE STAGE SPIKE, AND THE WEAPON TOSS TO CLEAN IT UP.
3:12:09 MECHY, DON'T THROW THIS AWAY.
3:12:10 AND THEY GET THE OTHER STOCK AS WELL.
3:12:12 SO LUNAR WAS PUTTING work out on Raidish.
3:12:15 Mechi was focused on Meg D and they were able to clean that up.
3:12:18 Get the full team wipe.
3:12:19 Great opening.
3:12:20 I can't believe that Mechy made it back off to the stage.
3:12:22 Like I saw the setup from the red team with the new trill into the ground pound.
3:12:25 I was like, "Okay, that's going to be it." But then Mechy ended up touching.
3:12:27 Necki got all of his weaknesses back and then was still
3:12:30 able to make it back on and find a stock as well.
3:12:33 The blue team is definitely popping off right now.
3:12:35 We're getting shades of game one in the opening,
3:12:37 but let's see if the red team is going to be
3:12:38 able to make a comeback like they did last time.
3:12:42 Going in with the jump neutral area.
3:12:43 Ended up hitting his teammate,
3:12:44 but that might have got Lunar out of dodge
3:12:46 so he didn't get hit with any KO move.
3:12:47 The down air comes in from Rage, but he misses that.
3:12:49 The recovery all the way from the bottom.
3:12:52 See if Lunar I mean him losing the stock here is really not that bad.
3:12:55 The survivability from this may not even matter.
3:12:57 Him losing that stock means he's going
3:12:59 to come back in relative to the same damage.
3:13:00 Hopefully Mechy can avoid his evasiveness is solid.
3:13:03 The turnaround in light is going to take
3:13:04 a two-piece off of those gauntlets from Megd,
3:13:06 but not too much damage whatsoever.
3:13:08 He's just in the yellow.
3:13:09 Meanwhile, both members of the red team are on orange.
3:13:11 MECHI, DON'T THROW THIS AWAY.
3:13:13 NOT LIKE THIS, MECKY.
3:13:15 YOU JUST HAD A SUCCESSFUL EDGE GUARD AGAINST Megi on the left side.
3:13:18 Now you got a little too big for your britches.
3:13:20 Lost your stock.
3:13:21 Thank heavens for the recovery coming out from Lunar 77.
3:13:24 But there's the silite recovery coming up
3:13:26 to that was an amazing combo from that team.
3:13:28 They weren't able to close out the stock.
3:13:29 That D6 is hitting absolutely nobody.
3:13:32 Luna now just stuck off stage looking for a safe way
3:13:35 to get back on and is able to actually get the stock.
3:13:38 Nicely done.
3:13:39 Going to be able to get in the middle of his recovery.
3:13:42 He has no way to get back on.
3:13:43 They didn't have to throw two weapons off
3:13:44 stage either to get any in air movement resources.
3:13:46 So they have weapon control.
3:13:47 They have stage control.
3:13:48 Both members of red team are at weapon disadvantage.
3:13:50 Here comes Megdy in on the spear.
3:13:52 Recovery is coming through looking to get that stock off of Lunar.
3:13:54 It's not going to take some seriously huge move to get that stock.
3:13:57 He is in defense stance going from base three to four.
3:13:59 It's going to be that side air for the KO.
3:14:01 Oh, Mechy with going to weapon toss.
3:14:03 But why did you go back down?
3:14:04 You've now put yourself off stage.
3:14:06 Luckily, Luna did respawn in time.
3:14:08 So, the red team had to focus on him instead of finishing the edge guard.
3:14:11 Mechy is able to live another day.
3:14:13 The blue team has a gentle lead, but it's slowly disappearing.
3:14:16 The delight as an interruption.
3:14:17 The S from Radish also doing a good job to even up the damage.
3:14:22 Mechy coming in with this lance.
3:14:23 He's taking so much damage though.
3:14:24 He's in the orange.
3:14:25 The weapon goes down.
3:14:26 Both members of the red team end up dodging that.
3:14:28 But that gave Lunar the room he needed to find the sword side air.
3:14:31 Let's see if Mechy can find like a DIG here.
3:14:33 Something to split up this red team.
3:14:35 There's the recovery.
3:14:35 Mechy's gone.
3:14:36 What can Lunar do in this 1v2?
3:14:38 Radish now goes over, grabs the weapon.
3:14:40 There's the neutral air.
3:14:40 The neutralite comes out.
3:14:41 Lunar again over on the wall.
3:14:43 Burns that dodge but nothing.
3:14:45 Sidelight side air.
3:14:46 The weapon toss.
3:14:46 That's going to disarm Lunar
3:14:49 just being so ambiguous on his drift looking for any safe passage,
3:14:52 but Gades just couldn't be able to catch
3:14:53 that landing with that massive absolutely huge uh end there.
3:14:57 Yeah, that is not an easily avoidable hitbox.
3:14:59 I think the most effective thing that the red
3:15:02 team did was they split up the blue team.
3:15:04 Um it felt like Mechi was playing a little bit off stage
3:15:06 and then it was also like Lun playing a little bit off stage.
3:15:08 Um yeah, they just kind of split them up
3:15:10 for a good while in the second half of the game.
3:15:12 And when they split them up, they were able to like halfway focus on one member.
3:15:17 It's not like they were finding a huge team
3:15:18 combo or anything like that, but like one player,
3:15:20 like let's just say Raidish, he would focus on either Mechi or Lunar,
3:15:24 and then Megdy would be there as a satellite.
3:15:26 He wouldn't necessarily be in the mix with everybody,
3:15:28 but he would be a satellite orbiting around so that he could,
3:15:31 oh, now we're going to do that 2v1.
3:15:33 I'm going to throw that extra hit or two in here,
3:15:34 or I'm going to turn around and actually
3:15:36 fight against the person who's coming back in.
3:15:38 I'm going to fight at the Mechi who's
3:15:39 coming back in to interrupt what we're doing.
3:15:41 So he's able to play that like flex position where he plays defense
3:15:44 and offense at the exact same time given the opportunities and how they arise.
3:15:48 Well, the blue team again being consistently split up here.
3:15:51 Mechi able to make up the lands.
3:15:53 Also, I got to say Mechy playing with no skin and default to a fall picture.
3:15:56 That's tough.
3:15:57 That's beast mode right there.
3:15:58 So cold just getting the radishes doing an amazing job.
3:16:04 Again, look at the way that the blue team is being consistently split up.
3:16:07 Doing an amazing job here.
3:16:08 not going to be able to pick up on the pass with me.
3:16:11 The down and putting Mechy off stage that time he was ready.
3:16:15 He was ready for the weapon toss.
3:16:17 He knew it because Mechy did that twice in the past.
3:16:20 Now, now there's a side of this where it's like Mechy,
3:16:22 you can't be going back in over and over against Meg like that.
3:16:25 And okay, there's a Dlight Side air.
3:16:26 He just barely misses the D.
3:16:28 If he would have jumped,
3:16:29 gravity cancelled that Dyn off of the follow side air from Lunar.
3:16:33 That would have been a KO right there.
3:16:34 So, a little bit of a misplay,
3:16:35 but we saw Megi do that basically exact same thing.
3:16:38 and missed the followup, the SIG followup,
3:16:40 the KO followup off of Radish earlier.
3:16:43 Okay.
3:16:43 Wow.
3:16:43 Very nicely done.
3:16:44 I have to say the blue team,
3:16:45 they do not let the red team hold on to their stocks for too long.
3:16:48 And just like that, that's almost a lead depending
3:16:50 on how long Lunar holds on to the stock.
3:16:52 It really might not be that long given that it's Jala.
3:16:56 It just takes anything.
3:16:57 Lunar was able to snap dash away
3:16:58 from that after that downer that came in from Raidish
3:17:01 to get away from the signature that would have KOed off the top for sure.
3:17:04 Little bit of an interruption there,
3:17:05 but the long axe neutral light gets punished
3:17:06 with the delight recovery coming out from Radish.
3:17:08 Sidelight goes over.
3:17:09 Mechy goes back in.
3:17:10 I'm Look, you said I'm not finished.
3:17:12 I'm going back in at this point.
3:17:14 I like it cuz that shows confidence coming out for me.
3:17:17 And I feel like that's one thing that you need to have as a player like this.
3:17:20 When you're going against a team like Meg and Raidish,
3:17:22 you need to have Oh, okay.
3:17:24 He almost got the weapon toss in there,
3:17:25 but Megi was a little bit too high, but Lunar was there to hit me away.
3:17:28 Let's see if we can get a delight side air or something
3:17:30 to split up this red team just a little bit of punish.
3:17:33 Okay, there's the side me over to the right.
3:17:36 Just waiting a little bit.
3:17:37 Trying to patrol the ground here.
3:17:38 Luna actually going to be taking his second stock on me.
3:17:42 Is he going to be able to make it back on?
3:17:45 He did get all of his resources back and Mechy not
3:17:47 going to be able to clean it up with that soon.
3:17:49 Dig.
3:17:49 Yep.
3:17:50 Right there.
3:17:50 It's from the wrong side of the stage,
3:17:51 but still gets the KO based on the damage that was added up.
3:17:54 Amazing recovery from Rage picking up both of them
3:17:56 in the side air right after that hitting Lunar.
3:17:58 It's going to be Lunar without a weapon.
3:17:59 He's waiting for a weapon spot.
3:18:00 He can't really go in and save at weapon disadvantage.
3:18:03 He knows Mechy has lance, so he gets back in.
3:18:05 Little bit of team damage.
3:18:07 OH, AND THE SAVE RIGHT THERE.
3:18:09 I DON'T KNOW IF HE MEANT TO DO THAT as a save like Mark's been doing today.
3:18:12 So, well, regardless, it was a save.
3:18:14 There's the side air going to get the KO.
3:18:16 Mechy now by himself as Lunar is respawning back in over on the wall.
3:18:20 Knocks away with the neutral air.
3:18:21 Another neutral air coming out, but no red team members near him.
3:18:23 There's another neutral layer onto Radish.
3:18:25 Oh, nice with the just saving his teammate and being able to deal
3:18:29 good amount of damage to the red team setting up the jungle.
3:18:32 Tries to go for the chase dodge up.
3:18:33 Me just going to land back down to safety is still off stage though.
3:18:37 MECHY COMMITTING do it.
3:18:41 MECHY HIS TEAMMATE with an AMAZING SAVE AND ANOTHER SIDE AIR.
3:18:45 MECHY GOES BACK IN AND CONFIRMS the edge guard confirms the stock.
3:18:50 Lunar doing 650 damage.
3:18:52 Mech doing 480 and securing that final stock as well.
3:18:56 Taking a game off of Megd and Radish denying the 3.
3:18:59 This blue team's kind of cold.
3:19:01 Like they're going in.
3:19:02 They're not going for like a lot of resets.
3:19:04 Mechy every single time off stage weapon toss down.
3:19:08 He wants the he just gets back on and then he dash jumps in the other direction.
3:19:12 Um looking for like a neutral or something.
3:19:13 So I appreciate the confidence from the blue
3:19:15 team and it seems to be really paying off.
3:19:17 Um I think the KO efficiency was super high.
3:19:20 They never let the red team survive for too long.
3:19:23 There's an audacity behind Mecky's offstage gameplay that I really respect.
3:19:27 There's a famous NBA player, I forget his name right now, but he said,
3:19:29 "I would rather go 0 for 30 than 0 for9 because that meant I lost confidence.
3:19:34 That meant I stopped trying." So,
3:19:36 I respect that Mechy keeps going for it because I mean,
3:19:40 the neutral gameplay from this blue team is solid.
3:19:42 It's not like they're just throwing everything away on these offstage
3:19:45 engagements and losing the entire set because of looking like the recovery.
3:19:51 Is that going to be a KO off the top?
3:19:52 Mechy barely surviving off of that.
3:19:54 But that's so much damage.
3:19:56 That is not the way that you want to open up this game if you're the blue team.
3:19:58 The red team more than happy about it.
3:20:00 Vadish going to be cleaning up a stock.
3:20:02 Me with the neutral pick up.
3:20:05 Oh no, he's caught and KO'ed.
3:20:07 And Mechy with the weapon toss up.
3:20:10 Meg D and Radish completely controlling this game.
3:20:14 Starting by picking up both of them,
3:20:15 then picking them up individually, one right after the other.
3:20:18 There's a sidelight downer.
3:20:19 Can Mechy do something big?
3:20:20 He goes for the GC sidelight, but doesn't find anything.
3:20:22 Can he punch the landing?
3:20:23 Just a side air from Lunar, but that's going to mess up Mechy just a little bit.
3:20:27 Oh, Vadish just dipping below the stage.
3:20:29 Both members of the blue team couldn't actually catch his landing.
3:20:33 Just tries to go for a super safe GCD light.
3:20:36 Oh, get the interruption, Lunar, PLEASE.
3:20:37 OH, HE'S GOING TO FALL RIGHT INTO IT RIGHT AFTER THAT.
3:20:39 AND A DOUBLE KO for Meg D.
3:20:42 Now he's dialed in those follow-ups so he can get those signature KOs.
3:20:46 And they're ready to do it again.
3:20:47 AND THEY PICK UP BOTH WITH THAT GC side from Megd.
3:20:51 The grad comes through.
3:20:52 It's maybe enough to be able to take out Gladish stock.
3:20:54 It is going to be enough.
3:20:55 Megd tries to go out there for the save,
3:20:57 but it's okay because there's still somehow a stock ahead.
3:21:01 Both members and the blue team on last stock.
3:21:04 They have to play twice as well as the red team for the chance.
3:21:08 Can they do it?
3:21:08 It's not looking likely.
3:21:10 Mechi jump there, but he gets hit with a side air.
3:21:12 Then he gets hit by Megd.
3:21:13 He misses the foot.
3:21:14 So he's able to stay away from the foot.
3:21:15 The side air from Me sending him back over the D light.
3:21:17 He just barely gets past.
3:21:19 Meanwhile, Lunar's getting juggled by Radish.
3:21:20 There's the Dlight down air.
3:21:21 Megd might get the KO off the top.
3:21:23 He's turning his sights onto Lunar, but Mech's going in on Radish.
3:21:27 Always just going out there, never going back onto the stage.
3:21:30 He wants those stalks off stage even if he doesn't get it.
3:21:32 But Megd with a GCD light into the recovery.
3:21:35 That is going to be the enemy stock.
3:21:36 I like that chase dodge to get back in there with um you know with the S,
3:21:39 but it is four stocks to one.
3:21:42 Lunar ain't looking so healthy.
3:21:44 I believe we know what's going to happen.
3:21:45 Yeah, unfortunately for all the Lunar and Mechy fans who have seen
3:21:49 these two players for the first time and fallen in love with their gameplay.
3:21:53 This is probably going to be the end of the road
3:21:55 for them and it's going to end up just like that.
3:21:57 The GC inlight from Raidish following up off
3:22:00 of Megd and they wrap it up pretty quickly.
3:22:02 But man, what a set from two players who
3:22:06 by all of the statistics had no business being here,
3:22:09 but they persevered all the way through
3:22:10 and they got this far into the elimination bracket.
3:22:13 That's huge.
3:22:14 This is their first top 32.
3:22:15 Is this technically top eight?
3:22:17 I'll have to look at the brackets.
3:22:18 I think this is their first top 32, I think.
3:22:20 Yeah, it's definitely their first top 32.
3:22:21 First top 32.
3:22:22 So, thus it must also be the first top eight.
3:22:24 Yeah.
3:22:25 Um, as well.
3:22:26 Was this in top eight?
3:22:27 I'm pretty sure this was in top eight.
3:22:29 Yeah.
3:22:30 Okay.
3:22:29 So, huge work from them.
3:22:30 Unbelievable performance from this team.
3:22:33 Really, really impressive from them.
3:22:35 Putting up some big numbers as well.
3:22:36 Putting up solid gameplay.
3:22:37 So, congratulations to the team of Mechi and Lunar,
3:22:41 but also congratulations to Mey and Radish cuz they're the ones moving on.
3:22:45 Those setups were just so good.
3:22:46 They kept finding themselves in these excellent positions.
3:22:49 Um, and they caught their opponents stacked, you know,
3:22:51 and I feel like that just really speaks to, you know,
3:22:53 the polarizing nature of doubles.
3:22:55 Um, sometimes it could just be like a lot of one-off hits and then
3:22:58 sometimes you and your team may get caught in a big combo and you both,
3:23:02 you know, losing goose stocks in like the first 20 seconds.
3:23:04 So, uh, yeah, that's tough that that happened to the blue team, uh,
3:23:07 in that last game, but Gish and Meg, they just looked so consistent.
3:23:11 Yep, absolutely.
3:23:12 They're going to be moving on in the bracket.
3:23:13 They're going to be facing off against Anime and Flower next,
3:23:16 who have also given us a very strong performance today.
3:23:18 That's going to be a really fun set to watch.
3:23:20 But before that, we're going to have
3:23:21 Shade and Hybrid versus Marimu and Future Bubble.
3:23:25 We already have Hybrid here in the lobby.
3:23:27 He is locked in on that pick.
3:23:30 We'll see if that continues throughout this set.
3:23:34 The legends that they were playing before
3:23:38 uh they were playing the Zary and Onyx.
3:23:39 That was going to be Hybrid.
3:23:40 Excuse me.
3:23:41 No.
3:23:41 Yeah, it was it was hybrid on the Zariel and it was shade on the Devil Jin.
3:23:45 But we see him locked in on this right now.
3:23:47 He could change given that the other team is not
3:23:49 in the lobby or he could be going back to the old me.
3:23:52 Oh, Shaden Hybrid, they got the double
3:23:54 elimination on Glue and Sprite this tournament.
3:23:58 Um, which is, you know, that's a that's a pretty good win.
3:24:00 It seems to also have gotten the win over Snipes uh and Mali.
3:24:03 Um, so yeah, a couple of solid wins to get up until this point.
3:24:06 But now Marimu and Future Bubble,
3:24:08 this is definitely a super super tough team coming on in.
3:24:11 They just got knocked down from the elimination side.
3:24:13 Who do you have going into this?
3:24:15 You know, it's an interesting question because it was
3:24:18 really fun watching Twitch chat earlier and their polarity
3:24:22 and the shifting between the polarity of like
3:24:25 Mark needs to drop Future Bubble right now.
3:24:27 Future Bubble is not good enough to play with Marku.
3:24:29 He's holding him back and then like 3 or 4 minutes later be like,
3:24:33 "Wow, Future Bubble is carrying this game right now.
3:24:36 What is happening?
3:24:36 Future Bubble's amazing.
3:24:37 He's the GOAT." So, seeing Twitch chat going back and forth between the two,
3:24:42 but I got my eyes set on MariMoo and Future Bubble to come out on top here.
3:24:46 I'm loving the March Mu Onyx.
3:24:47 I love watching him in twos because we get to see
3:24:49 his Onyx more than we do in 1 v one.
3:24:52 So, I love that he has a completely
3:24:53 different pick and it's like his cannon is amazing.
3:24:56 He's not just like a guy who plays Morex
3:24:59 and plays gauntlets and then just like happens to pick
3:25:01 one of those legends to play it and mostly
3:25:03 focus on gauntlets in twos because his cannon is awesome.
3:25:05 I love watching his cannon.
3:25:07 Now we're getting into game one.
3:25:08 All the legend picks I feel like a super standard hybrid on the algrim.
3:25:11 You know, you say that we have undergone a deal of gumification.
3:25:14 I haven't seen it this weekend.
3:25:16 Maybe like a little bit less, but like there's definitely less for sure.
3:25:19 It's a noticeable impact,
3:25:21 but that still doesn't mean everybody is done with this legend for sure.
3:25:24 Not like even in danger yet.
3:25:26 Just the, you know, population went down like a little bit.
3:25:29 Oh man, Shade almost getting in there with the side.
3:25:31 That could have been huge off of Hyru and Light already.
3:25:34 Shade disarmed looking to pick up a weapon.
3:25:37 The GCD delight into the recovery just swatting away Future Bubble.
3:25:40 Hybrid not going to go down there.
3:25:42 This is a very high defense team with Kaya and Ul.
3:25:45 There's a delight into the side air.
3:25:46 He doesn't opt for the recovery there.
3:25:47 He wasn't in his sweep, so I still believe he had it.
3:25:50 Had the potential for it, but it's going to be a recovery from Marimu.
3:25:52 Almost gets the side air too.
3:25:53 He hit that recovery and was immediately ready to follow up.
3:25:56 It wasn't right bang on, but amazing that he was still
3:25:59 ready to follow up with the gauntlet side right after stage.
3:26:02 Uh oh, this is Monkey position to be in.
3:26:05 That time Hiboo was able to fight back
3:26:07 on, but we have seen Monkey Mo delete stocks off stage.
3:26:10 He does it with cannon.
3:26:11 Obviously, we know all the work he's done with gauntlets.
3:26:13 There's the sidelight into the side air.
3:26:14 Goes for the GC sidelight right after landing back on the main platform
3:26:17 hitting Future Bubble actually into the side air from Hybrid right after that.
3:26:20 Is there an edge guard from Future Bubble?
3:26:22 No, he's going to disengage.
3:26:23 Doesn't want to get caught out there,
3:26:24 but he DOES GET CAUGHT WITH SIGNATURE AND THE DOWN air and the side air.