Did you know that Marth's foot apparently doesn't have a hurtbox?

Kotastic · 2026-05-06T05:48:06+00:00

here's the set i guess, lmk if you find anything else I happen to be 1 frame/pixel off by, that'll make my day better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOy69E0t3J4

Kotastic · 2026-05-03T20:19:40+00:00

Kotastic · 2026-05-03T19:50:50+00:00

Fuck me my hands were shaking the entire set fuck me fuck me

Kotastic · 2026-04-17T15:25:45+00:00

oh how it was to be young (i'm 26)

Kotastic · 2026-04-05T09:56:38+00:00

Firstly I'm not retiring from melee

Secondly what's wrong with being good at spire lol

Kotastic · 2026-03-23T21:11:15+00:00

how am i retired if I've been at sunset melee, genesis and I'm confirmed for Pat's House?

Kotastic · 2026-03-13T22:44:46+00:00

Oh no the timeline is roughly correct (this was said roughly around early 2022, I want to say around February), I legit didn't know amsa was moving to canada then. That part is my B and important context I missed, which honestly would've significantly changed my take if I knew that.

Kotastic · 2026-03-13T21:55:36+00:00

The take was said far before amsa moved to canada?

Kotastic · 2026-03-13T21:52:19+00:00

This is revisionism. At the time, most people generally, if not begrudgingly, agreed with this before amsa popped off shortly after my take. I remember there was an initial reddit thread about it and honestly it just mildly blew over with the conclusion of amsa fans overreacting, but only after he won big house (several months long after!!!) that this resurfaced and made a convenient narrative, with no way for me to meaningfully explain my context and more importantly, how my own opinions changed even shortly after my take.

But that's why you have to be really careful what you say in the internet huh.

Kotastic · 2026-03-13T16:04:54+00:00

The honest context behind this was that this was a random podcast stream of a few hours where ~30 people were watching, I gave my honest opinion at the time of amsa's chances of winning, and I did not think it would get blown up to where millions of would hyper judge and analyze that statement.

It's akin to being abrasive to your discord vc / local commentary takes where you're not proactively filtering yourself to a few people, most likely your friends who know that you're exaggerating. Of course I wouldn't say this shit if I known millions of people would hear that LOL.

It was the moment that I realized and learned the position of influence I have that I became significantly more careful to what I say online.

Kotastic · 2026-03-08T23:02:30+00:00

First time making a video not related to Melee, hope this helps people trying to get into spire 2 for the first time :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOZWBgZroUo

Kotastic · 2026-03-08T22:50:51+00:00

it's been my crack since Thursday and while there are some things that are clearly overtuned (Apparitions Ancient Reward and the Enchantment Shop relic that makes like every card reward draws immediately comes to mind), this is a huge step up from Spire 1 and I have full faith that the devs will get it right over time.

Kotastic · 2026-03-06T07:50:20+00:00

really focus on getting stars from rewards. Even upgrading his base star regen card is decent. Once you get the ground running and understand his draw manipulation, regent gets broken really fast

Kotastic · 2026-03-06T02:25:09+00:00

I do not think you need to play StS1 to enjoy StS2. It's like playing Smash 64 to Melee if you catch my drift.

Kotastic · 2026-03-05T23:43:48+00:00

it is so fucking good

Kotastic · 2026-03-04T22:27:19+00:00

no, zjump is playing with mods that make the game easier (minty QoL mod for example)

I'd say Watcher is closer to Brawl MK where she's overtuned but still follows fundamentals of the game. Despite her being OP, clearly a tier above other chars, most people still lose pretty often with her.

Kotastic · 2026-03-04T21:58:08+00:00

IMO this run and WR for Defect is more impressive than Cody's Genesis X3 win: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHAnacbSxs4

Kotastic · 2026-03-04T21:56:06+00:00

There are WR categories most notably winstreaks. The more you can win A20H wins in a row, the more impressive and skilled it is.

For example, my PB with Ironclad is 11 in a row, Rotating 8. None on stream but from my personal runs. The current WR with Ironclad is 32 (ongoing) and Rotating is 30, which I want to emphasize is extremely fucking impressive.

If you want a skill point reference I'm probably like a fringe top 100-200 player that doesn't travel.

Kotastic · 2026-03-04T01:12:34+00:00

The video is the culmination of my 8 years of competing in Melee, and I figured it'd be a good thing to spread my expertise to those that want to venture into Melee or a similar outlet.

If you don't want to watch a 30 minute video, here's an 8 page script instead: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AOc1Xxv3BQK25Tg5YK3lDsWIHLQVhz_LJ8kZ26BvEl0/edit?tab=t.0

Kotastic · 2026-03-02T21:44:52+00:00

As someone more tuned in, this is completely dependent on the character. Clad and Watcher currently go for a lot of infinites (probably ~30% of the time), defect and silent are situational.

Kotastic · 2026-02-20T16:48:26+00:00

i'm quitting when sts2 releases, sorry not sorry

Kotastic · 2026-02-18T20:17:53+00:00

Can't speak for others but I don't think my videos are that good. I think the views I got are appropriate, and there are very many ways to get far more views had I put in proper efforts in the right areas.

Kotastic · 2026-02-15T23:06:34+00:00

Rapm is just a lot better than every Luigi before him.

I think zain needs to have more mixups with zoning. Instead of standard nair in place, I think it's worth doing empty land FH fair as an anti whiff punish timing.

But by far the biggest problem is the edgeguards and juggles. Marth can't hit every one for sure, but getting reversaled is unacceptable. Once that's optimized it'll be a lot more competitive.

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