Giga Bowser is yet another New York player making his first appearance on the Rivals Top 50. Giga had a solid start to the year, placing 13th at TAPS 2 and 17th at Smash N Splash 5, taking down Dos Rogers. Fast forward to September where things really intensified, Giga placed 13th at Glitch 7 and 4th at TAPS 3, scoring wins against Danzello, Lucius, Starbos, and Lord Bagel. As the highest ranked Sylvanos main this year, Giga Bowser’s constant work pushing the character’s metagame and helping his fellow community members has certainly paid off!
Yesdefinitely attended a slew of events this season, bringing his unique flavor of Orcane from California to New York. Yesdef has been a player on the rise for quite some time, and has found his stride in Season 4’s second leg. Yesdef placed 13th at the season’s most stacked events in Heat Wave 3 and Genesis 7, taking down the likes of Jesier, Prime, Shotti, and Nexplosion along the way. Yesdef leaped ahead 16 spots from the Season 3 rankings, and rightfully so. After watching his set with MSB at Genesis 7, it’s clear that this upwards trend is bound to continue in Season 5.
Long foretold to be one of the best to ever wield a shovel, O-Gazm makes his Top 50 debut with appearances at CREST and Heat Wave 3. After his 5th place at CREST, the rumors proved to be true. O-Gazm was able to defeat Sparx21 and Dunk on his path of shovelry and we hope to see his energetic personality next season!
Bullets is another BC player widely considered to be a master of his character. Bullets placed 7th place at both CREST and EVO 2019, beating a star studded cast of yesdefinitely, AZCards, and Lattim to do it. Bullets’ only losses this season were to top caliber players, and we believe that he would be much higher on the rankings this year had he gotten another chance to prove himself. We expect his diligent training with players such as Blue and DolphinBrick to break through the glass ceiling and take him to new heights in Season 5.
Akashi jumped up a whopping 18 ranks this season with semi sporadic moments of greatness. He made his first RCS top 8 at EVO 2019 by defeating Stroder and Shovel King, LBO. Akashi was able to score yet another RCS top 8 at Glitch 7, earning a huge upset over FullStream. While his consistency is still in the making, Akashi’s peaks and drive to attend as many events as possible point to a player on the rise with much in store for Season 5.
Relatively consistent out of region, and a monster in New York, PrimeTime was able to place 17th or higher at all four RCS events they attended while taking 5th and 2nd at TAPS 2 and TAPS 3 respectively. Prime’s notable wins include Tapscott, Hatz, Starbos, Giga Bowser, ZeeBee, and O-Gazm. Their explosive playstyle and incredibly vocal cheering light up events whenever they’re in the crowd.
Primarily an online warrior, Kobra made his way out to Super Smash Con 2019, proving his worth by taking down five of this year’s Top 50 competitors, including MSB to place 4th. Kobra’s other impressive event this year was the December Online RCS, where he placed 5th with wins against Levin, Giga Bowser, and DolphinBrick. Kobra’s first appearance on the Rivals Top 50 will undoubtedly be outdone in Season 5, assuming we get to see him come out to more events in 2020!
An AZ Etalus with wins and losses all over the map this season. Chompers is a true character loyalist, pushing the Etalus meta to its limits. Chompers took 3rd place at EVO 2019 by upsetting both FullStream and SBS. His resume doesn’t stop there, 5th place at Overgrown with wins on Proux.EXE, Dos Rogers, and Protagify made Chompers an early favorite to explode in Season 4. He almost did just that at Elevate, just barely falling to Lord Bagel and Cake Assault in game 5 thrillers. His patient neutral and exponentially evolving punish game continue to take him and his character to levels the community hasn’t seen.
Another AZ champion returns to the Top 50 with gusto. While his local activity has been on the decline, Danny still finds chances to unleash his natural talent when it really counts. Danny placed 4th at both Overgrown and EVO 2019, securing victories against the likes of Stroder, Dos Rogers, Tapscott, Proux.EXE, Dunk, Akashi, and SBS. Late season, Danny was able to attend Heat Wave 3 and Genesis 7, securing a comfortable 17th place for his efforts. We hope to see Danny at more events in Season 5, and more AZ Rivals locals in 2020!
Seggo may not have many events under his belt this season; however, his local appearance at Smash N Splash 5 sported victories over several upper echelon players. Seggo was able to topple Forrest, ZeeBee, and MSB to place 5th at the first RCS event of the year. Rounding out his incredible run at Smash N Splash, Seggo placed 9th in the July online RCS with victories over TurtleBox and Penguin. Seggo has been dominant as of late in his local scene, utilizing an arsenal of characters to secure 1st on the Wisconsin/Illinois PR.
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