This is how the greatest win streak In SSBM history ended. For the past 6 years, Armada has had one of the most dominant streaks in competitive Melee history. From 2012-2018, only 6 players were able to take sets off of the Swedish Peach and Fox main. Mang0, Hungrybox, PPMD, Mew2King, Leffen, and Plup - 4 of them “gods of melee” and the latter two vying for 6th and 7th respectively. No one outside of this upper echelon could even touch him. That is, until this pools match. As if by some irony, the first player not in the top 10 to take a game off of Armada was a player named Swedish Delight, a ..read more

Do you remember when Daigo 10-0'd Xian? Apart from Evo titles and a trophy case full of hardware, one thing that doesn’t get talked about enough is Daigo’s impeccable record in FT10 sets. Among those he’s demolished are prime Tokido and Infiltration, and if one thing is clear, it’s that when given time to prepare for just one player, Daigo will not lose. One of his biggest wins in this format came in 2013 against Xian. Fresh off an EVO title, Xian faced off against The Beast in a FT10 set during Mad Catz Unveiled at Pax Prime and while things looked even at the start, Daigo quickly took over ..read more

Hitfalling is a mechanic in Rivals of Aether 2 that allows players to quickly fall to the ground after hitting an opponent. Players have the duration of hitstop to tap down on their analog stick to immediately start falling, even if they haven't reached the apex of their jump yet. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/akshonesports Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/ZHeCNJQUpY Become a Member to support us: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6dI8msF1_I9HuDSvMtk_nQ/join Follow us to stay up to date with our releases! Website: https://www.akshonmedia.com/ Facebook: https://www.fa ..read more

What Happened To Legends of Runeterra and how did it become Riot Games' biggest failure? Riot Games has given the game incredible dev support, art direction, and unique characters. But what if this game had a spinoff? A card game with smooth animations, the ability to play your favorite champions, and even more lore to support League’s Runeterra world. Well, that game is real. That game is Legends of Runeterra. And that game failed. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/akshonesports Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/ZHeCNJQUpY Become a Member to support us: https://www.youtu ..read more

This is how America discovered unblockables in Third Strike EVO 2002, in a US vs Japan 5vs5 match, Justin Wong went up against Tokido, who was making his American debut at this tournament. The set starts off as most typical third strike sets as both players build meter. Eventually, with meter mostly built up Tokido would being fishing for shoulder tackles before landing one on a blocking Justin Wong in order to begin his offense and show fans in attendance something they’ve never seen before. As James Chen would explain years later on his stream, what fans thought was Justin simply not blockin ..read more

Do you know these Rivals of Aether 2 moves? - Pressing b with clone out toggles it between offensive and passive states - If your boulder is already on field neutral b becomes a command grab on the ground - Holding A during nair will cause orcane to bounce off the ground extending the attack. - Orcanes forward air actually has a strong hitbox on the back which scales with speed - Zetterburn can cancel out of his down b with air dodge to keep opponents guessing - Kragg can cancel out of his side b to get an incredible horizontal boost - Wrastor back throw at the ledge will throw the opponent of ..read more

Was this one of the greatest Third Strike performances of all time? August 16, 2008, at Super Battle Opera 6, one of the biggest Third Strike team tournaments in the world, Ino Japan, a team consisting of Kuroda, Inoue, and EVO 2024 champion MOV faces off against Betrayal Star, consisting of Saru, Chinta, and K in the grand finals. Despite having one of the best Third Strike players of all time in MOV, Ino Japan would enter with a disadvantage as MOV was competing with an injured hand, causing him to play with only two fingers. After trading games back and forth, MOV ended up the team’s final ..read more

Here's some essential Ranno tech every Rivals of Aether 2 player should know. Ranno’s up-special is usually used as a recovery tool, but it can be canceled in two different ways that make it much more versatile. The first is by pressing down B during his upward trajectory. This will cause him to make a sharp 90-degree turn, and come down towards the stage, hitting the ground with a bang and damaging anyone caught in the shockwave. You can also input an aerial while he’s going up, causing Ranno to turn into a ball of death, shooting poison darts that add poison stacks to enemies hit by them. Th ..read more

CEO is one of the best tournaments ever. Along with EVO, CEO is widely considered one of the biggest fighting game tournaments of the year but it stands out from other tournaments in a big way. For top 8, players compete in a wrestling ring and they get a chance to enter the ring for the first time with a special entrance. While we’ve seen some absolute bangers throughout the tournament’s long history, our money for the best entrance of all time has to go to K-Brad’s Stone Cold Steve Austin entrance at CEO 2015. Channeling the energy of the Texas Rattlesnake, K-Brad walked into the ring with a ..read more

Did you know that Riot has employees outside of the 2XKO with a rich history in the FGC? Clark Douglas "ClakeyD" Smith is a former League pro who eventually became an observer for the LCS and is now a Broadcast Director at Riot Games. But before all of that, he was a pro-fighting game player. Back then, he competed in games like Street Fighter x Tekken and Super Street Fighter 4 but you’ll probably know him best for a particular set against Tokido. At SoCal Regionals 2010, ClakeyD took on Tokido’s Akuma in the losers just outside the Top 8. After trading the first 2 rounds, game 3 was all Toki ..read more