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Ask any Jigglypuff player from the pre-Brawl era who their favorite player was at the time, and they’ll tell you it was The King. The legend of NorCal and Canada was one of the first players to succeed on a national level with Puff, and his iconic combo video, “Rollout,” inspired a generation of players, including a young Mango, to pick up the character.
When Azen brings up NEO in "The Smash Brothers," I'd wager to think many people thought he was talking about the main character of The Matrix. Instead, the person he meant when talking of a player who could see everything coming was the Roy aficionado himself.
His willingness to embrace the green hero for what he was, a strange, kooky misfit amongst the game’s scariest top tiers, is likely why he will be remembered as one the most influential Luigi players to ever touch a controller.
By Anokh "EdwinBudding" Palakurthi
Keeping that in mind, another VaNz classic is his ridiculous attempt to rotate on Hungrybox in a tournament set at Apex 2010. I don't want to give anything away, so you'll have to take my word when I say that every smasher should be required to watch it.
Eddy excelled in both consistency and longevity; not only was he ranked for eight of his twelve active years, but he peaked at No. 31 in the 2014 MPGR, which remains the highest rank a Luigi has ever achieved in the modern era. He still plays to this day, having outlasted many of the Luigis who had challenged his title.
By Anokh "EdwinBudding" Palakurthi
From the very first time he made a local power rankings to winning DreamHack Atlanta 2019 over Mew2King, Captain Faceroll has made his mark on the community. Ask his poor, poor opponents from Irvine what it's like to get grabbed by him.
By Anokh "EdwinBudding" Palakurthi
If you hate Samus, you should have a dedicated shrine to KJH. He was one of the few top Fox players during his prime to know what the hell he was doing in that matchup and make it look miserable for every Samus unfortunate enough to see his name on their side of a tournament bracket.
By Anokh "EdwinBudding" Palakurthi
What you've almost certainly forgotten is that it happened not just in wave one pools, but in Druggedfox's first set of the entire tournament. Seeding-wise, it's up there as one of the biggest upsets in Melee history, but it's not remembered as much because, in hindsight, it was the start of something really special. Well, that, or the adorable photos of a much younger Ginger dressing up as Falco for Halloween.
By Brendan "GimmeDatWheat" Malone