After just barely missing the Top 50 last season, Lattim storms his way onto the Season 4 rankings with a top 20 placement! Lattim’s events this season boasted impressive runs at CREST and Glitch 7, placing top 6 at both. Lattim’s star studded portfolio includes victories against Forrest, Akashi, and Jesier. We hope to see Lattim attend more events in the upcoming season, his ferocious playstyle has been making big waves in the Rivals community ever since his run at TAPS 1 in 2018.
The Genesis 6 Champion and the second ranked player in Season 3, Panda Global’s FullStream spent his year focusing primarily on Smash Ultimate. While he may have dropped a few spots from last year, FullStream remained stunningly consistent; placing 9th at Smash N Splash 5, Glitch 7, and Genesis 7. FullStream was also able to snag top 8 twice this year at EVO 2019 and Big House 9. FullStream’s late season included a grind to return to rivals. He streamed practice sessions and restored some of his former glory with a fantastic 9th place at the Season finale. FullStream has continued the grind with a top 8 at Frostbite 2020 and promises to be a deadly threat once again in Season 5.
Making three trips out to the mainland, The Hawaiian Giant erupts with a substantial Season 4. Protagify’s 9th place at Heat Wave 3, and 13th place at Genesis 7 are impressive enough without mentioning his victories over Dam Danny, Chompers, Sparx21, PrimeTime, and TurtleBox. Protagify’s keyboard skills were only bested by top 25 players and our hidden boss, Wai. His keyboard Vs keyboard match against Windows was the first of its kind in an RCS setting, adding some enjoyable problem solving to the Heat Wave execution.
Another old school tyrant, LBO continued his expedition in shovelry this year, attending EVO 2019 and Heat Wave 3. While LBO may have just fallen short of top 8 at EVO, he took an astonishing 5th place at Heat Wave 3 with wins on Tapscott, ZeeBee, and seemingly unstoppable Penguin. As a former top 5 Rivals player, LBO may enter events sparingly; however, he is never to be slept on. As a head of fan favorite, Tuxedo Esports, LBO certainly is the classiest Shovel Knight to ever dig it!
When it comes to reaching the top, Tapscott may be the most devoted player in the scene. His improvement over the last few Seasons has been astronomical, while his hunger for competition brought him to six of our Season 4 events, of which Tapscott missed Top 8 at just two. Hailing from Alabama, Tapscott has jumped up by 16 total spots in the Top 50 rankings this year, inching closer to the top with every event. We are excited for his potential burst into top 10 come Season 5!
Canada’s top representative of “The Glacier’s Might” has recently been working to become a truly threatening Zetterburn main. While his heavy handed upsets of Season 3 weren’t present this year, Bagel remained devastatingly consistent with placements in and around Top 8 at six of his seven events, with the outlier being 33rd at Genesis 7. Bagel’s early season includes wins on some of the best Rivals players to ever do it; including MSB, Chompers, Corkxx, and many more. While his late season may have faltered a tad, Lord Bagel still poses a looming threat to any player’s bracket run, even with his new main, nearly taking down Sparx21 in our offseason event.
Widely recognized as one of the best Clairens in the world, Guard’s meteoric rise is the stuff of legend. Word of the up and comer percolated out of his own region over the course of a single season, as Guard became a threat known to the community in seemingly record time. Guard began Season 4 with upsets over Corkxx and Windows at CEO 2019 for an impressive second place finish. Guard proceeded to place 9th at Super Smash Con 2019 and 4th at DreamHack Atlanta 2019, taking down the likes of Tapscott and region mate, MattyIce. Players such as Guard have helped Florida become a spotlight of the Rivals community over the past few years, showing talent and endless passion with no end in sight.
Another Tampa player, and brother of Guard, Backpack explodes onto the Rivals Top 50 for the first time. Over the course of a single season, Backpack has proved himself as a top player and community leader. Through his work as the GoTE Community Manager and his ambitious matchmaking server, The Arena, Backpack has helped ignite a fire into the increasingly dangerous Florida scene. Backpack placed Top 8 at both RCS events he attended this season and Top 3 at both Florida regionals. His drive and pure passion for improvement while keeping a fun loving attitude towards competition is commendable. It’s rare to see such an influential community member rise up in such a short period of time, and we’re excited to watch him and Tampa evolve into giants in the community!
Coming in at the 12 spot for his second year in a row, Jesier is the sole representative of Ori mains on the Season 4 Top 50. Jesier placed no lower than 9th at his four RCS events this season, tacking on early wins against FullStream and Lord Bagel, while keeping the same energy in the second leg of the season by taking down even more top players including MSB and Forrest.
A former top 3 player returns to the Top 50 in Season 4! Forrest is known for his innovative and momentum heavy, touch-of-death style Maypul punish game. Forrest managed to hit massive peaks at several points this season with victories over four of our top 10 players. Forrest placed 5th at Glitch 7, 2nd at The Big House 9, and 3rd at GatorLAN 2020. His talent and fundamental understanding of the platform fighter genre is undeniable, and with some extra time learning the new-age Rivals meta, we can bet that Forrest will punch his way back into the top 10 in Season 5.
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