Top Players

Hello internet! In today’s post we are going to list off the top players in Melee to look out for! On a side note, this weekend The Big House 5 (TBH5) is going on which for those who do not know is a huge international smash tournament series based out of Michigan, it is the second largest melee tournament of all time in terms of entrants with just over 1500! TBH5 will be discussed, covered, and talked about in the next post when it wraps up!

So we will first off list what is known as “the big 5” or “the 5 gods” of super smash brother’s melee. These 5 players are referred to as that because for about the last 5 years or so nobody had ever won a major tournament except these 5 players. I also need to note that there is a 6^th player who has broken into the realm of the big 5 having won 5 majors over the 5 gods in 2015. After these 6 players are noted we will also list other top players too look out for that consistently place high in major tournaments

The 5 Gods

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Mango

Characters: Fox, Falco (formerly Jigglypuff)  

Sponsor: Cloud 9

Region: Southern California (SoCal)

Armada

Characters: Peach, Fox

Sponsor: Alliance 

Region: Sweden (Europe)

PPMD (Formerly known as Dr. PeePee)

Characters: Marth, Falco

Sponsor: Evil Geniuses

Region: North Carolina (south I think?) 

Mew2King

Characters: Marth, Sheik, Fox (no he does not play Mewtwo)

Sponsors: Cognitive gaming, Most Valuable Gaming

Region: Originally Tri-state (New Jersey) moves around a lot

HungryBox

Character: Jigglypuff

Sponsor: Team Liquid

Region: Florida 

Leffen

Character: Fox (Formerly Falco and yoshi)

Sponsor: Team Solo Mid

Region: Sweden (Europe) 

Leffen is the 6th player referred to earlier that has broken into the realm of the big 5. He acquired this status by winning CEO, FC Return, WTFox back to back, all U.S. majors over the 5 gods, and while he did not win Evo he won Super Smash Con over Mew2king and then later HTC Throwdown over HungryBox

Other Top notable players to look out for 

Axe

Characters: Pikachu, Falco

Sponsor: Tempo Storm

Region: Arizona

PewPewU

Character: Marth

Sponsor: Computer Logic Gaming

Region: Northern California (NorCal)

Shroomed

Characters: Sheik (formerly Doctor Mario)

Sponsor: Winterfox

Region: Northern California (NorCal)

Westballz

Character: Falco

Sponsor: Tempo Storm

Region: Southern California (SoCal)

Wizzrobe

Character: Captain Falcon

Sponsor: Cognitive Gaming

Region: Florida 

Plup

Characters: Sheik, Samus

Sponsor: Panda Gaming

Region: Florida

These are just some of the many top players to look out for in the melee scene. as time goes on some of these faces will fall while some of them may rise and there is always the chance of new players emerging on to the scene.