6/13/2023 0 Comments The ultimate spacie melee![]() However, he still showed some strong results such as fourth at Shine, third at The Off-Season and fifth at Apex 2022. Photo credit: Bekah Wong / best Pikachu player in the world had a weak start to the year which led to his fall from fourth in the 2019 SSBM rankings. Frequently going to locals and flying out to many Majors across the country, KoDoRiN has shown his dedication to the community in different ways by also hosting the online weekly TMT along with FlyQuest. KoDoRiN is the 11th player on my list and deserves a huge shoutout for being perhaps the most active player all year. Read more: Jmook, KoDoRiN showcasing greatness for FlyQuest in Smash Melee What is keeping him out of the top 10 is inconsistency losses to Adrian "Skerzo" Chavez and John "John Wick" Uriarte stopped him at Majors this year. His highlight of the year was getting fourth place at Get On My Level. The best player from Australia, this Fox had some great wins including sets over Cody "iBDW" Schwab, aMSa, Arjun "lloD" Malhotra and John "KoDoRiN" Ko. It’s disappointing that he did not get to prove himself further at the canceled Smash World Tour Championships, but 2023 could be the year he puts South American Melee on the map. The undisputed best player in South America, this Fox player also has some strong wins over North American players Derek "Aura" Olsen, Yasin "Mekk" Mekki and Eduardo "Eddy Mexico" Lucatero Rincon this year. Sheleby, Miles "Soonsay" Foster, Sufyan "Suf" Hassan, Ralph “Ralph” Arroyo, Elliot "Frenzy" Grossman and Michael "Nut" Silver. ![]() The Marth main also qualified for the main bracket at the Ludwig Smash Invitational beating Edgard "n0ne" L. He took a bit of a hiatus from 2020 until mid-2022, but after the time away Spud came back swinging with a ninth-place performance at The Off-Season. Hailing from New Zealand originally, Spud is the former No. Read more: Power rankings at the heart of local Super Smash Bros. This didn’t stop Palpa from placing fourth at Low Tide City, fifth at Dreamhack Dallas and 13th at Lost Tech City and The Off-Season. ![]() 1 player in Austin, Texas, who has good wins over bobby big ballz and Sasha "Magi" Sullivan and a winning record over Duncan "SDJ" Meara this year would be more well-known across the country if he ever competed out of state. He got second place at SOAR Summer 2022 only losing to Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma, seventh at CEO beating Luis "Smashdaddy" Rangel in the process, first at Fall GatorLAN 2022 taking down Brandon "Panda" Orooji twice and 17th at The Off-Season beating Matthew "The Leaf" Schaeffer and winning doubles at that event.Ī Jigglypuff from Texas and the No. He had some great performances at regionals in Florida this year. This Samus from Florida is one of the top Samuses in the world but isn’t often ranked among them. Sign up for the next Nerd Street tournament!īefore getting to my top, here are some players who didn’t crack the top 10 but deserve a shoutout. With that in mind, I wanted to share my opinions on the best of the best this year. We got the first official Melee rankings in over two years this summer, but for the third year in a row it doesn’t appear we’ll be getting year-end rankings. Masaya "aMSa" Chikamoto won that tournament, which featured 16 of the best Melee players in the world, but the debate over who the top 10 players were across all of 2022 is ongoing. Some unfortunate events led to the cancellation of two year-end events in the Smash World Tour Championships and Panda Cup Finale, but Ludwig “Ludwig” Ahgren created the Scuffed World Tour to fill the void and close out the year. Melee, with newcomers bursting onto the scene and the first Yoshi winning a Supermajor in the 21-year history of the game. ![]() 2022 was an amazing year for Super Smash Bros. ![]()
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