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This is a quite a good guide for beginners; appreciating sticking to basics (at least first/for now). A lot of Shulk mains tend to overcomplicate things so this is pretty cool
NGL as someone who mostly mains Marth in the previous Smash games and didn't care much for Shulk back when Smash 4 was the newest game, I do want to get better as Shulk in Ultimate. (mainly because I've now played the game he's from and absolutely loved it.) Good to know that I can carry my game plan of approaching the opponent by poking them with the tip of the sword to Shulk.
Pumped! I’d say I’m a decent smash player. 2-2er for sure Roster in elite and mains are 14m GSP(well for now as GSP passively rises) Was searching for a new character for fun, shulk always seemed fun / interesting. Been playing him the last day or two and having a lot of fun! Guide seems straight forward, I’d love some more in depth nuance. Watching you, nicko, JIK, kome…you all have very different styles :) Be blessed!
I'm just thinking about using Shulk, I remember that in Sm4sh there was a way to counter and have invincibility and other advanced techniques, are there still some of them left? Pd: very cool video B)
Yo its the goat shulk, great video. Two quick questions, one i shulk secondary viable? I main fox but like dual maining (I dual main fox and lucina rn), but I've always really liked shulk, but idk if he's worth it if you only secondary him. Two, how do I make speed art bair work, it feels so hard to land well wtih good drift, I watch you play and you make it look so effortless.
1. I think you should stick to one character, doesnt matter who as between fox, lucina or Shulk but I think picking one character is the best use of your time. 2. I usually do full hop bair in speed art making it easier or the shorthop macro by doing jump + attack at the same time. Thanks for watching the video, i appreciate the support 🫡
@@elijmin2 I am currently thinking about whether it’s better to use short hop or full hop aerials in speed art. I myself use mostly short hops, however in most vods of good shulk players I see them use mostly full hops. I know that full hop aerials deal more damage but I was wondering if there are any other advantages of using full hops when in speed art.
@@adrianhosak734 both have their purpose. full hop aerials are good if you have more space/time to wall your opponent out whereas shorthops are less reactable and a quicker overall burst option. hope this helps.
As a fellow Shulk main I've always wondered why I rarely if at all see any other players use his counter ability, speaking of which I was curious about why you didn't go over it. Is it more simple to get hang of when and how to use it than even monado arts? Just wondering
Counters are generally used pretty infrequently in high level play because they’re easy to punish if you whiff. To make any counter work, you need a hard read on your opponent. With Shulk, though, his counter is wildly inconsistent because of the way he slashes if you hit the counter. Even if you get the read and time it right, your counter might still miss. For certain situations and at lower level play, it can still be really useful, it’s just really situational. Hope that helps :)
I do have a question though, I asked Esam on one of his streams what Shulk's bad matchups are, and he said Pika, Palu, and Snake. Is this true? If so, how do I get past these bad matchups?
i think his two worst MUs are Snake and ROB. Snake MU requires a lot of discipline with your moves and good spacing to not explode grenades. ROB: You honestly just have to be the better player. ROB is only hard because he has all tools needs to beat Shulk (easy options to stall arts, projectiles, options to force jumps, quick aerials and grounded buttons to stuff us out, big disjoint)
@@elijmin2 thanks! I just picked up Shulk because I love the inherent strategy of the monado arts, and the great range he has, so this really helped me out!
airslash is really slow… its frame10 so it wont punish a lot of safely landed moves, you can look at ultimateframedata.com to get a general idea of what moves can still be punish when spaced completely safely. tldr; shulk has bad OOS 💀
shulk main here.. you dont do nothing lol , air slash is good but this game got a lot of safe options , so be patient inside shield and wait for the opponent next move , like an spot dodge , shielding or jumping
This is a quite a good guide for beginners; appreciating sticking to basics (at least first/for now). A lot of Shulk mains tend to overcomplicate things so this is pretty cool
Thanks Ben
Best guide. Not lengthy, doesn't talk in circles, keeps it simple.
Subbed.
ty bro
I find it really encouraging to see high-quality, competitive guides being released in 2023/2024. Great work - keep at it!
ty bro. i think its never too late to reach your goals in ssbu rn. As long as you focus on the right things catching up is entirely possible
Oh boy now I can play the super Shulk character in my Smash Brothers video game for the Nintendo Switch system at my home or elsewhere !!!!!!
glad i could help
i wanted to find a new main and shulk really caught my attention so this will really come in handy, thanks!
no problem! glad it was helpful
Picking up Shulk as a secondary to Dr Mario and I love his explosiveness
I was looking for a swordy to casually main and this popped up. I'll give Shulk a try, and you a follow.
thanks bro
Cloud is a really good one as well
seriously one of the best and most straight forward guides i’ve seen. thanks a lot
Im telling yall man this is THE hidden boss character of this game
NGL as someone who mostly mains Marth in the previous Smash games and didn't care much for Shulk back when Smash 4 was the newest game, I do want to get better as Shulk in Ultimate. (mainly because I've now played the game he's from and absolutely loved it.) Good to know that I can carry my game plan of approaching the opponent by poking them with the tip of the sword to Shulk.
Pumped! I’d say I’m a decent smash player. 2-2er for sure
Roster in elite and mains are 14m GSP(well for now as GSP passively rises)
Was searching for a new character for fun, shulk always seemed fun / interesting. Been playing him the last day or two and having a lot of fun!
Guide seems straight forward, I’d love some more in depth nuance. Watching you, nicko, JIK, kome…you all have very different styles :)
Be blessed!
Thanks this helps a lot 🙏🙏
Da best shulk for real
yooo wsp goljee
really good video wtf
Thank you goat with this information I will 3 stock spargo
Not if I do it first
Very cool.
I'm just thinking about using Shulk, I remember that in Sm4sh there was a way to counter and have invincibility and other advanced techniques, are there still some of them left?
Pd: very cool video B)
One thing I learned about playing shulk all day the other day is how not to waste my double jump especially off stage
He said and the other 2 dont even play the game and it had me hooked lmao
Yo its the goat shulk, great video. Two quick questions, one i shulk secondary viable? I main fox but like dual maining (I dual main fox and lucina rn), but I've always really liked shulk, but idk if he's worth it if you only secondary him. Two, how do I make speed art bair work, it feels so hard to land well wtih good drift, I watch you play and you make it look so effortless.
1. I think you should stick to one character, doesnt matter who as between fox, lucina or Shulk but I think picking one character is the best use of your time.
2. I usually do full hop bair in speed art making it easier or the shorthop macro by doing jump + attack at the same time.
Thanks for watching the video, i appreciate the support 🫡
@@elijmin2 I am currently thinking about whether it’s better to use short hop or full hop aerials in speed art. I myself use mostly short hops, however in most vods of good shulk players I see them use mostly full hops. I know that full hop aerials deal more damage but I was wondering if there are any other advantages of using full hops when in speed art.
@@adrianhosak734 both have their purpose. full hop aerials are good if you have more space/time to wall your opponent out whereas shorthops are less reactable and a quicker overall burst option. hope this helps.
Great Video, can you explain Dial Storage in some Video?^^ I try to main Shulk at the Moment
i think dial storage is a waste of time
As a fellow Shulk main I've always wondered why I rarely if at all see any other players use his counter ability, speaking of which I was curious about why you didn't go over it. Is it more simple to get hang of when and how to use it than even monado arts? Just wondering
Counters are generally used pretty infrequently in high level play because they’re easy to punish if you whiff. To make any counter work, you need a hard read on your opponent. With Shulk, though, his counter is wildly inconsistent because of the way he slashes if you hit the counter. Even if you get the read and time it right, your counter might still miss. For certain situations and at lower level play, it can still be really useful, it’s just really situational. Hope that helps :)
The real question is how do you convince your friends to play AGAINST your shulk. I struggle with that part
LOOL, just tell your friends they suck and they’ll get mad and try to beat your Shulk
Tell them they need to be willing and open minded to learn to play against the character to learn to win against him
I do have a question though, I asked Esam on one of his streams what Shulk's bad matchups are, and he said Pika, Palu, and Snake. Is this true? If so, how do I get past these bad matchups?
i think his two worst MUs are Snake and ROB.
Snake MU requires a lot of discipline with your moves and good spacing to not explode grenades.
ROB: You honestly just have to be the better player. ROB is only hard because he has all tools needs to beat Shulk (easy options to stall arts, projectiles, options to force jumps, quick aerials and grounded buttons to stuff us out, big disjoint)
if you have more specific questions about MUs lmk
@@elijmin2 thanks! I just picked up Shulk because I love the inherent strategy of the monado arts, and the great range he has, so this really helped me out!
What should you do out of shield with shulk? a lot of the time when I try to do out of shield airslash it just gets shielded :/
airslash is really slow… its frame10 so it wont punish a lot of safely landed moves, you can look at ultimateframedata.com to get a general idea of what moves can still be punish when spaced completely safely.
tldr; shulk has bad OOS 💀
If they mash you can counter but usually you get out of there
shulk main here.. you dont do nothing lol , air slash is good but this game got a lot of safe options , so be patient inside shield and wait for the opponent next move , like an spot dodge , shielding or jumping
I love this type of content but can you please get a better microphone
ill consider this, thanks.
Love xenoblade but can't play the man himself. thanks for the guide boss
np bro
How do I convince people that shulks not bad?? My arguments don’t work Lmao
lmaooo, he lowkey might suck
@@elijmin2 haha yeah thats true lol but then i do some crazy things with the character that makes me things otherwise
Its an odd feeling listening to the same dude, still lecturing me about shulk 7 years later. My DK still clears 🥱
😂😂😂😂 alright buddy, just don’t forget that time i spiked your dk with sonic