How to MASTER the Fundamentals of Steve in Smash [Smash Ultimate Steve Guide]

Summary

This video is a comprehensive guide to playing Steve in Smash Ultimate, highlighting his unique mechanics and potential. Steve excels at controlling the stage, setting traps, and using a variety of materials to craft powerful tools. However, he requires time to gather resources and is vulnerable to rushdown characters and those with long range. The guide explains Steve's moves, including how to manage resources like iron and diamond, and strategies for maximizing his effectiveness in battle. Viewers are encouraged to subscribe for more content and join the creator's community.

Takeaways

• 🎮 Steve is one of the most complex characters in Smash Ultimate, with a high skill ceiling that depends on player creativity.
• 🔨 Steve can manipulate the stage and game environment to his advantage by setting up ledge traps and using juggle combos.
• ⏳ However, Steve requires significant time and resources to play optimally, struggling against fast, rushdown characters and those with long-range attacks or projectiles.
• 💎 Steve uses a variety of tools, including a sword, axe, and pickaxe, which can be crafted into five materials: wood, stone, gold, iron, and diamond, each affecting his damage and durability.
• ⛏️ Mining and managing resources is crucial for Steve, with diamond being the most powerful and iron the most versatile material.
• 🛠 Steve's neutral special allows him to mine resources or build blocks, with dirt, wood, and stone used for different purposes and iron being highly valuable for key moves.
• 💥 Steve's side special, the minecart, consumes iron and uses redstone for power rails, making it a strong offensive and mobility tool, especially for edge guarding.
• 🛩 Steve's up special, the Elytra, is his main recovery tool but is vulnerable and requires precise movement to avoid being punished offstage.
• 🔥 Steve’s down special is TNT, a powerful tool for ledge trapping, but it consumes many resources and should be used strategically to avoid running out of materials.
• 👊 Steve has versatile aerial and ground moves, with jab, forward tilt, and up tilt allowing for combo extensions, while forward smash, up smash, and back air provide strong kill potential.

Q & A

What makes Steve one of the most complex characters in Smash Ultimate?

Steve's complexity comes from his ability to manipulate the game and stage with his unique tools, blocks, and resources. His gameplay requires creativity, time, and resource management to reach his full potential, as his playstyle involves building, mining, and setting up traps.

How does Steve's resource management impact his gameplay?

Steve relies heavily on gathering resources to craft better weapons and use special moves like his minecart and TNT. Players need to balance mining for resources and fighting, as running out of materials can severely limit Steve's effectiveness.

What are Steve’s biggest strengths in terms of gameplay?

Steve excels in setting up deadly ledge traps, ledge guarding with fast and potent aerials, and executing juggle combos that rack up damage. His ability to manipulate the stage with blocks adds another layer of control over his opponents.

What are Steve’s weaknesses and how can opponents exploit them?

Steve struggles against rushdown characters, characters with long-range attacks, and those with strong projectiles. His slow-paced gameplay and long setup times can be disrupted by fast-paced opponents who control the match tempo.

What types of materials can Steve gather, and how do they affect his weapons?

Steve can gather five types of materials: wood, stone, gold, iron, and diamond. Each material affects the damage and durability of his weapons, with diamond being the strongest and wood being the weakest. Iron is particularly valuable for crafting tools and using moves like the minecart.

What is the purpose of Steve's resource queue?

The resource queue determines the order in which Steve gathers materials. Once he reaches diamond, the queue resets. The queue continues across stocks unless he loses one, in which case his tools revert to wood but his resources remain.

How does Steve's minecart function and how can it be used effectively?

Steve's minecart requires one iron ingot and can be enhanced with redstone and gold to create power rails, making it faster and more powerful. It has both a hitbox and a grab hitbox, and it can be used for stage control, pressuring opponents, and edge guarding.

What are Steve’s primary recovery options and their limitations?

Steve's recovery relies on his up special, the Elytra, which can move in four diagonal directions or straight. It has a weak hitbox during launch and is vulnerable due to its slow speed and lack of a lingering hitbox. Players must glide down to gain momentum and pop upward to recover.

How does Steve’s TNT work, and what are its best uses?

Steve’s down special plants TNT, which consumes base materials. TNT can be detonated with a pressure plate or ignites automatically after 4 seconds. It is best used for ledge trapping and controlling space, but it consumes a lot of resources, so players must use it sparingly.

What are the key strategies for maximizing Steve’s potential in a match?

To maximize Steve’s potential, players need to focus on gathering resources efficiently, maintaining iron for critical moves, and crafting diamond tools whenever possible. Steve's gameplay revolves around ledge trapping, juggle combos, and using his minecart and TNT strategically to control the pace of the match.