Top 10 Most Unexpected Character Picks by Top Players - Super Smash Bros Melee
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Published 2017-07-24
I decided to do Melee only this time due to the fact that top players in Melee generally tend to have a set group of their best 1 or 2 characters that they play and they rarely go for the super strange and unexpected counterpicks like low or mid tiers out of the blue, this makes moments like these much more scarce and just makes it so much more unexpected when a crazy counterpick happens from a top player imo. (It's just much more common in other games such as PM and Smash 4 due to the fact that the meta isn't quite as developed as Melee and there are a lot of low/mid tier characters that haven't been fully explored yet and have a lot of untapped potential, and occasionally a top player that is fond of that character will whip them out in a tournament set to try to catch their opponent off guard)
But don't worry! I definitely plan on making a video in the future featuring the most unexpected picks from the other Smash games (And any new ones that may have happened in Melee since this video) There's just so many great unexpected counterpicks in those games that I'll have to do much more research and find everything I can so I don't miss any awesome moments.
64 is interesting too because unexpected picks aren't really that common besides Isai, who basically picks unexpected (Or expected, because it's Isai) and low tier characters 99% of the time lol
PS: If you're wondering why I included clips like DJ Nintendo's Bowser or Mango's Marth, I'll explain:
So for the DJ Nintendo one, this was Zenith 2013, a tournament with M2K, PPMD, Mango, Hungrybox, Hax and many more. It was an INSANELY stacked tournament, and DJ Nintendo found himself in losers top 17, down 0-1 after losing with Samus to Unknown (A player who was top 15 in the world back then and had beaten Mew2king earlier in the year) and he decided that with his tournament life on the line vs a top 15 player, the best thing to do would not be pick his Fox, or his Samus, or Sheik or Marth or Falco etc, but to pick BOWSER. I honestly don't think anyone saw it coming, especially Unknown. DJ Nintendo proceeded to completely wipe the floor with Unknown who was clearly lost against this character pick, and win the set with a 3 stock in game 3. Such a crazy hype set. That is why I felt it was deserving of this list. Such an unexpected and risky Bowser pick, but it paid off.
And for the Mango one: Mango has played Marth before in the past in tournaments (Almost all trolling/sandbagging) but in this instance he came out of nowhere and counterpicked Leffen with Marth to FD in Grand Finals of GOML, which completely caught Leffen and everyone watching off guard. Nobody expected Mango to pull out the Marth on FD when he's playing vs Leffen and playing in a MAJOR grand finals, and then he goes and pulls off that crazy 0-death on the first stock, definitely worthy of the video, super unexpected and so hype.
Sorry for the super long description, haha.
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All Comments (21)
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Nothing was better than "a new foe has appeared" back in the old days when you first started playing melee
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Fun fact! The reason Armada lived Ness's back throw was because he hit a shy guy in the corner, saving both his life and the game.
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That bowser was GODLIKE
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Westballz counterpicking Dk and then getting 4 stocked, that´s the most Westballz thing i can imagine xD
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"Bowser, ness, dk and Captain Falcon" "These are all low tier characters" lol
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10:27 YO DID HE JUST
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Nice, I'm sick of professional matches being Fox, Fox, Fox, Fox, Falco, Sheik, Fox, Sheik, Fox, Fox, Falco, Fox, Fox, Marth, Fox
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>Goes Donkey Kong against Sheik MISSION PASSED RESPECT EARNED
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There will never be a real #1 on this list until a top player picks Pichu.
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I love that in melee picking a character other than the top 6, or hell even just picking a different part of the top 6, is mind blowing
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I have no idea what the fuck is going on.
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Man there’s nothin better than getting into smash late and having all this content to enjoy
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Top 10 Most Original Character Picks by Top Players - Super Smash Bros Melee
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I find the lack of "Toss that nigga" in the first clip to be a sin.
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Kind of a shame neither one of the commentators noticed that HBox's backthrow on Ness was intercepted by a Shyguy. If it weren't for that, HBox would have won.
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4:44 The icon on the top for Westballz is Falco, then it suddenly changes to Samus. Even the guys behind the scenes weren't expecting it!
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DJ Nintendo's Bowser is so awesome
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Make bowser top tier
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I like that you not only show them actually picking the character but also some gameplay clips!
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That description tho, calling Falcon low tier. I see you.
