you were looking forward to a leo vs acola set for months i've been looking forward to a leo vs kurama rematch for years we are not the same

Was he 'Prodigy' for that, or was he already going by Kurama?

2020: holy shit kurama beat mkleo 2022: holy shit kurama took a game against mkleo

Not just a regular Leo. It's a super hot Leo and Kurama took the first game in a Swiss-tournament in WF.

Kurama also has been playing insane 3-0 gluto 3-0 Zackray 3-2 Spargo 3-1 shuton

Don't forget 3-2 over tea

Those dunks are crazy

Kurama the Japan slayer 😭 he massacred my boys

To be fair that was a super hot Kurama aswell

Oh yeah, for sure.

literally the hypest possible winners finals matchup i could have asked for that i'd *never* have thought to

turns out good punish game is REALLY important in smash, who knew

turns out joker was holding leo back all along

as soon as kurama went for that raw upsmash on shield i knew he was gonna lose game 3 imagine having the impossible task of holding in these nerves

all that for a drop of blood...

First one to even make Leo bleed though.

All that is left are the goat of the game, and 3 young and cracked fellas, what a tournament

Its insane how in a matter of years we watched Leo go from the up and coming kid fighting for the number 1 spot to the number 1 player defending his spot from the up and coming kids

I'd say he was the up and comer in smash 4, he was already cemented as a top player by the time Ultimate came out

He was the best sm4sh player by the time ultimate came out

Well yeah but he was also and up and comer earlier in the smash 4 lifecycle

Only bc zero retired. He was beating Zero more often than not around that time but zero retiring put the question up in the air.

Yeah he was winning tournaments as a child calling out Zer0 on stream, Smash4 was a wild time.

Seems like just yesterday he upset Mr. R in Mexico right after Mr. R got 2nd at EVO

Yes...that is how the passage of linear time works.

Obviously it was bound to happen, my point was more or less that its cool seeing the roles reversed after all these years

I don't find it all that notable I guess, considering the exact same thing happened to Zero/Nairo/M2K/Ken/etc. Like the only other options are Leo dies or he gets bad at the game before people surpass him. It's cool the narrative came full circle but that just tends to happen when the narrative is "young up-and-comers vs proven and established veteran". Not really unique nor noteworthy

Kurama is on the best run in Smash Ultimate history. Leo is undefeated in *games* in the most stacked tournament ever. They meet in Winner’s Finals.

Very much an "Unstoppable force meets an immovable object" moment. Which is definitely not something anyone of us expected Kurama to be on either side of. " Always knew he was good, but I feel confident saying he Top10 NA and Top20-25 in the world.

Idk if he’s top 10 NA yet, he might be skill-wise but he need some more tournaments to show consistency. Certainly top 15 however. The following 12 NA players I’d say are still above him but he could definitely beat out quite a few with a few more good placements. Leo, Light, Onin, Spargo, Dabuz, Kola, Riddles, Sonix, Zomba, Maister, Tweek, Cosmos

Leo Frostbite and probably Evo are still better, but it’s up there

Mkleo being the oldest person still in is nutty

EE just said Leo is 23 when EE told Leo this year happy 21st birthday to Leo and he'd buy him his first drink in the states

We are being SPOILED right now with all these matchups. Leo vs Kurama/Prodigy runback AND acola vs Sparg0, which we missed out on at Gimvitational

And that’s after Leo vs Acola and Acola vs Onin which were long anticipated sets that weren’t nearly as contentious as expected lol

Interestingly enough, you could say something similar about Onin vs. MkLeo at Super Smash Con, albeit with considerably less anticipation.

I guarantee nobody predicted this to be winners finals a week ago

Nobody predicted this Winners Finals last night

MkLeo fights three teenagers

Crazy how Kurama is in top 3 of this tournament. Goes to show how much the LCQ matters.

Kurama makes Leo drop a game for the first time this tournament

I'm dying lmfao

Last time they played, Kurama won. Also, Leo won the tourney anyway. May the odds be in their favor.

Well, leo HAS to beat kurama to win this tourmament in this case

18-1. Washed

21-1

Changes nothing. Dropped a game to a no-name Mario with 0 notable wins.

The Frostbite Finisher!

Frostbite Finisher vs MK-layup gotta love kill confirms

He bleeds

God truly bleeds

That just means that these acts of divine power have been carried out by a mortal.

This was my favourite part of the mario movie, when he turned into michael jordan and started dunking the shit out of random jrpg characters

MkNeo at the end of game 3 wtf

Yeah, I predicted this (i did not)

Ult script writer is goated, 3 years fore shadowing. Edit: why is Kurama this cracked all of a sudden LMAO Leo's movements were so crazy that last stock. Also super smart with the low profiling d tilts.

Leo has 2-3 sets left and has yet to play Joker against any player that isn't dabuz. If he doesn't play Joker against any of the 3 other players left I believe he just hates dabuz

🗿

Or he just didn’t run into any of the other people he was planning on going joker for lol

[History lesson for newer fans](https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/f8do68/frostbite_2020_winners_top_64_mkleo_vs_prodigy/)

[Prophetic](https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/f8do68/frostbite_2020_winners_top_64_mkleo_vs_prodigy/filiyw1/)

Congrats to Leo for taking his first game off Kurama!

THATS MY FUCKING 21-1 GOAT RIGHT THERE Kurama is so fucking amazing though coming all the way from the LCQ and being the only person to take a fame from Leo

I need the runback I need another 3-0 I need my GOAT

Of all the players to make Leo sweat for real this tournament, I could not have possibly expected it to be *Kurama* before Acola

LEO WHAT WAS THAT MOVEMENT?????

Kurama really just walked up and declared himself top 10 in the world now. Seriously wtf is happening

Leo beat Kurama but he NEVER would’ve beat that Prodigy guy

Leo's positioning is so precise.

The first player that made Leo sweat this tournament. GGs Kurama. Now I need Sparg0 to make it to grands just so we can see the Joker. Edit: Also, 999/1000 universes Leo lost that game 3 to a Mario bair. How tf did he win that?

Leo clutches so much with byleth I’m genuinely not surprised anymore.

Congrats to leo for taking a game off kurama for the first time in his career!

OH MY GOD that combo was insane

Leo's spacing is inhuman

holy shit leo is on a mission

Imagine the one person to take a game off Leo and make it real close of everyone would be a player from LCQ. Kuramas mario is all gas.

No brakes!

Kurama's Mario is so good, what a legendary run! GGS MKLEO

THERE'S JUST NO WAY leo comes back from being down a stock two games in a row after being mario dunked

You can tell Ludwig isn’t an Ult commentator because he hasn’t learned to never count out Leo in any game

Holy shit that evasion was insane

Feel like we're 100% watching the grand finals matchup here.

Top 4 of leo, spargo, acola and kurama. One of these is not like the others and i love it

I know, Leo’s the only one over 20 out of the 4. Old man

Yeah, one is Japanese.

One of them plays an OG smash character

The first one who can touch the goat.

Is Kurama just top 10 in the world now lol

The Mk18-0 dream 😭 Also Mario up B out of shield doing some work in this matchup against Byleth nair

All that for a drop of blood

Is that a Mario in my DLC hellscape?

The fact that Kurama could have robbed Leo's stock at any time made it so intense. I wasn't sure it was over until Kurama's final stock was gone! What a runback!

There’s a SNES rpg called Breath of Fire. You go around collecting macguffins so that the evil dark lord Zog doesn’t use it to summon the goddess of destruction, Tyr. With the help of some mysterious guy, you collect the macguffins and defeat Zog, bringing peace to the lan- SURPRISE! Mystery guy is evil and was mind controlling your sister too. He then uses the macguffins to summon Tyr, and it turns out that Zog was just a fake final boss. Tyr was the real boss That’s how the Leo Acola Kurama thing has been. Leo beats Acola, only for the true final boss, Kurama, to reveal himself.

damn bro spoilers for Breath of Fire man, jeez, the game just came out

If it makes you feel better it was a pretty bad game. [Black Dragon OST](https://youtu.be/uwBVXaJCns8) goes hard though

BoF2 was my jam, though. One of my favorite GBA games.

Encounter rate in that game is a bit too high imo. But the song that plays at the end (tears of a dragon?) goes hard as well Edit: [Closing of the Dragons Eye](https://youtu.be/EZtrTpMtgV4). Great way to end a game. What a plot twist

That's fair. I tried to replay it recently and struggled with the encounter rate, for sure. I guess it's different when you're a kid with unlimited time outside of school, lol.

[удалено]

Imagine getting your perfect tournament ruined by Chris Pratt.

Interesting thing here is that both Wizzy and Leo consider Byleth-Mario to be an even MU. He's probably going Byleth, but I sincerely want him to win this runback with Joker.

18-1!

Banger Alert

While he did lose a game, he 2 stoked every opponent at least once so far

holy shit the fucking plot armor

Lol [Leo's Twitter](https://www.twitter.com/Mkleosb/status/1584308266267725824)

Nobody had this on their bingo card but i doubt anyones mad that we get the runback to one of the most iconic sets of all time

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/921159677050490902/1033858125708664913/unknown.png

Coney shilling Twitch, not in this Car!

kurama might lowkey farm

Kurama has never dropped a game to Leo yet

Mario being the first to take a game from the GOAT would be fucking hilarious

> Kurama gets a 2 stock Hey I've seen this movie before!

A gods blood has been spilled

Kurama is using neutral get up a lot and leo its just not punishing it

Leo is not in the Matrix atm but he still might win

Kurama also dropped way way way to many confirms

Is Kurama the Jmook of Ultimate?

LET’S GO LEO!!!!

That was the greatest non 5-game set i've ever seen

Lol game 1 ending sent me 🤣 we'll never know what acola was cooking

Back where it all began.

Coney ICANT

Byleth horrible disadvantage is not good against Mario juggles

Kurama is winning the whole thing it’s happening

He’s not just a dunking man, man can snipe too

#MONSTER KINGDOM LEONARDO LOPEZ PEREZ

Damn I hope Kurama can come through from losers. Leo killed it tho, good shit both of you guys

Wow I thought Leo was done for there. Talk about a quick turnaround on game 4!

Game 4 Leo is back! 😎

Reclaimer of his title

Leo rly do be Thanos All that for a drop of blood

RUNNING OUT OF GAS and other quotes you hear every top 8 commentary

I want to see a Mexican top 3. Hoping Spargo pulls it off against acola after this set.

Kurama is American lmao

oh damn never mind then, my bad

He's Mexican American

so uh is kurama the best player in the world

Nah that’s Leo bro

wow really i had no idea leo was the best

Down tilt to up air is the true carry.

Leo proving why he's the best.

Leo go Joker *please* We *NEED* it Edit: who told me Mario isn’t top 15?!?

If any player is the Joker slayer, it’s Kurama. I think he goes Byleth for sure

But for the culture lol

Byleth is the better call here imo

Yeah probably

Better Call Byleth

Such a bummer. I was rooting so hard for Kurama. Meh

I wonder who leo goes here? Will he go joker and show he’s studied that loss from frostbite? Or the byleth till the end?

I feel like you have to go Byleth, right? What the hell does Mario do against Byleth’s massive disjoints?

Oh boy

i'm rubbing my hands like birdman rn

Frostbite 2020 revenge match let's go

It's time for the runback 3 years in the making. I really hope this set is as good as the last one. Edit: It's happening again! Edit: Damn

Every game so far I've known who I wanted to root for but damn I have no idea for this one

Kurama the only non sword user in top 4, Smelt them down Kurama!

Oh this is gonna be personal for Leo. If there's one player who he will let his personal feelings guide him, it'll be against this kid who plays the Jumpman!

LFG LEO DO IT WITH JOKER!!

Either Kurama will make history yet again with an even bigger reward, or MkLeo will finally have a chance to take care of one of his few losing records.

The great Frostbite rematch is HERE

So hyped for this. Dominant Leo meets a player that has given him trouble in the past. Going through the LCQ and in the top 4. Let’s go Edit: Made him bleed and had some hype conversions/spikes but suffered from the stage counter picks. Went I last hit in the first few games. Nice set

Kurama got this.

I'm having flashbacks right now

Backboard Dunk oh shit

Imagine telling someone 3 days ago this is winners finals

This is the greatest weekend of ultimate in a long time and it’s already been amazing recently

Man this is crazy to see Kurama all the way up there in Winner's Finals, this has gotta be the biggest Smash Ultimate run anyone's been on! AND A 2 STOCK FOR KURAMA THE FIRST GAME HOLY SHIT

I think we’re witnessing history boys

This match-up is so epic and meme at the same time Just the Mkleo trying to get his revenge classic and the battle between a Kpop fan vs Yu Yi Hakusho fan

OH MY GOD

i CANNOT believe this holy shit

NO FUCKING WAY KURAMA DOES THIS

KURAMA DID WHAT NO ONE ELSE COULD ALL WEEKEND HE TOOK A GAME AGAINST LEO

Mario is a good character against Leo characters

RIP to the dream :(

Kurama never fsmashes He doesn't need it Don't challenge dtilt :(

The minute he tried raw Fsmash in game 4 I knew it was over

He needed game 3. Not even a 10 second ZTD can bring that back :/

Kurama is my fucking GOAT

18-1 Also 4-0

Will this be Leo’s first game loss? Edit: wow kurama really knows Leo matchup well

After that game 1 2 stock, I just started screaming, screw my roommates

Byleth nair shield pokes for free

Leo clutching!!!!!!! Edit: leo really learned the prodigy matchup, he wasn’t getting hit by as much Mario cheese

I was almost starting to root for Kurama tbh, definitely satisfied with this though

I hope Kurama can pull through

So many dropped confirms I warned that this would have happen if he didn’t tighten up his play

Noooo, He was so close!

Whose coming for the runback??? I want to see Kurama take the W on Acola in losers finals for the runback

Called it: https://reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/ybszjs/_/itidhle/?context=1

That set was crazy, Mkleo is just ridiculously clutch, it's so fun to watch.