Smash Ultimate: Art of Greninja

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Intro animation by Orio

Edge cancels

0:00 Art of Greninja
0:47 Neutral
3:33 Combo game
12:12 Grab
13:11 Shadow Sneak
14:26 Shadow Parry
14:38 Substitute
17:33 Hydro Pump
18:43 Ledge trap

[macmarwick]

I've been maining greninja for the last 2 years and I cant describe how happy seeing this made me. When it seemed that just about everybody has given up on greninja

[helfyr]

There is one thing Gren has that went unmentioned. His Pivot Grab. Long story short, its huge, and outranging your enemies approaches is not unreasonable. This can cause some Meele Marth tier shenanigans.

I also think people hate on Shadow Sneak a lot. It's not a core part of his kit, but between reading airdodges and platform techs, recovery mixups, and even the gimmicky frame 1 parry, it has plenty of situations where it adds to his moveset in a meaningful way. I say this because I heard people comparing it to Side-B's like Egg Roll, Rollout and Hammer Flip. How you can think Shadow Sneak is even close to these is beyond me.

[alphamew]

im gonna say this since I never see anyone mention this: Hydro Pump in neutral is an effective way to mess with people's air momentum. Characters that like to land with low landing lag aerials are left hanging in the air, which makes their move more vulnerable to a dash attack or other punish, and the bubbles from hydro pump each deal around 1-2%, making it an additional projectile to stall and camp with in some scenarios.

Everyone focuses on hydro pump as an offstage tool, and they never seem to recognize the potential it has in neutral. Its like a better version of fludd imo

[RanserSSF]

Here are a few things worth noting:

1. Dash Attack > IDJ Fair is actually at its best when ledge trapping. It's active for 5 frames, and since regular getup is reactable, you time it so the last few frames hits the opponent. If it does, it true combos into IDJ fair, and there are some percents where it true combos even when the opponent di's away (That's also because you're closer to the opponent this way than you would normally). This also isn't too hard to get since greninja can condition it thanks to his other great ledge trapping options. If the opponent tries to avoid it, you can just use his other ledge trapping options to cover them.

2. There are certain percents where dtilt > IDJ fair is better and more consistent than dtilt >full hop Fair. This is also because of the games buffer system and short hop macro making dtilt >full hop fair a bit inconsistent sometimes.

3. The other reason you might use hydro pump when juggling opponents is because each individual hitbox counts as their own hit, so it can be used to unstale your future moves so you either get better confirms or just better kill moves since they'll most likely be fresh.

Otherwise, this was a great guide.

[Steeple_]

Literally sitting here going, "I wish there was an art of greninja video." Thanks! Also everyone is clamouring about Apolotion and they are absolutely right!

[oscarcapac]

I've played those games for years and only just discovered that Greninja's uptilt is a lick

[seamusflannery]

1:01 in the words of Apolotion, “when in doubt, whip it out.”

[kuniokun]

14:26
rare footage of greninja actually angry

[mathcs]

I absolutly can't wait to watch the Pokemon Trainer one. Keep going with the amazing work !

[ephedra]

I know Greninja isn't considered a top tier, but theres something just so satisfying about playing him. He feels like such an honest character in the sense that everytime you land a hit you feel like it was truly because you outsmarted your opponent, he is such a fun character to play.

[GianfrancoFino]

This guide is great, and any Gren mains who wants more GREAT guides should visit Apolotion’s multiple and deep greninja guides! Best character guides in all yt

[gamenwatch]

Learned so much about a character people rarely play. Thanks for the guide!

[sirpig]

Every time I sit down and watch and art of I leave wondering "since when was X character so sick?!"

This time proved no exception.

[wondrwaffleXD]

Top tier quality as expected, thanks Izaw. Looking forward to Wii Fit and Megaman

[lukeebubba]

I needed this! Not that I want to play greninja, but I play against so many in tournament and can’t win, and maybe I’ll play him later on :)

[nickborkenhagen]

this is a really good guide for people who understand the game and want to try out greninja. I actually have nothing to add besides the fact that you can combo nair into footstool dair for even more combo routes and strings. Amazing video and i would totally recommend this vid to anyone trying out greninja!

[Shyningfade]

Holy sheet, this was an amazing guide! I learned so many things about Greninja that I never knew. My mind was blown when I saw counter used diagonally, and the hitbox extension with the log/substitute. So sick!

[Shirakumo_]

Been waiting for this! Greninja is so sick and I’m glad you’re finally covering him. ☁️

[sggames]

Great video as always, Izaw. Definitely seeing a lot more potential with Greninja than I first imagined. Could you do an Art of Corrin video next? I know you did one for Sm4sh, but I think there's some differences in Ultimate. Anyway, thanks for the great content!

[JaimeAGB-ptxl]

I've loved Greninja's design since its release in Smash4, such a technical and dinamic character.... I've always considered it upper to top tier, but it only goes to show how powerscaling works for Smash as the character has practically no competitive results and other characters are considered far stronger