Day 1
Leo Versus Internet Router
Smash is back baby and to bring us out of the online era we start day 1 with MKLeo versus Internet Router. Internet Router became relevant during the pandemic and became a sort of community villain. MkLeo was the number 1 player before the pandemic, so watching him utterly destroy Internet Router was a community moment. Apparently, the match was played with baseball bats on, and Leo obliterated the router with the item winning the set. Leo sent a message to the online era showing it was officially over.
Here are highlights of the set.
The USA versus The World
The teams were assembled, and the first actual smash event happened. This is my favorite themed crew battle. I remember back in Smash 4 during *redacted* Saga, this crew battle was so hype! There were custom modded skins for the players, themed after the countries they were from. This one was one for the books as well. It’s was pretty even and came down to the final players on each team. Darkwizzy is sent in to finish off MkLeo’s final 2 stocks. Leo comes out swinging with a clean 0 to death. There’s a clean 2 to 2 stock fight where Leo takes Wizzy’s stock, and then Leo went full steam ahead with another 0 to death. Well Wizzy SD’ed, but Leo made him do it. It was a hype finale, but before Wizzy ever hit the sticks, there were a succession of SD’s from team USA leading into the final match. 2 in fact. So all the blame can’t be put on Wizzy alone. The World took the win with 2 stocks to spare.
Day 2
Day 2 we start the matches for the main bracket. There are 4 pools of 4 players. It’s round robin, but everyone will play 2 matches on the first day. Their final matches will be played on Day 3.
Group A
After the crew battle performance against Leo on day 1, DarkWizzy had something to prove today. Atomsk is one of the lucky people to be voted into Summit and also had something to prove the moment he was leading in votes. Atomsk mains King DeDeDe(DDD), and people thought his inclusion in a premiere event like Summit was silly. The pressure must have been high in the room. The set ended up 3-1 in Atomsk’s favor. He played really well, using DDD inhale to keep Wizzy on his toes. Wizzy looked for the kill last hit, last stock game 4, upsmashed Atomsk’s shield, and Atomsk answered with one of his own, taking game 4 and the set.
Group C
For some reason, they did pools out of alphabetical order. Dabuz going down 0-2 this pool is a huge deal, losing to Cosmos and CharlieDaKing. Cosmos wasn’t voted into Summit or invited. He won the Monday night Smash Local before Summit to get in. Obviously, Cosmos is a top-tier threat in Smash Ultimate. In terms of his pool, the only person he is considered stronger than was CharlieDaKing. Dabuz on the other hand is highly regarded as one of the most consistent players in all of Smash let alone Smash Ultimate. During quarantine, Dabuz played around with a ton of characters. Going into quarantine playing Olimar, Palutena and just starting to use Rosalina, and coming out with a scary Min Min and a refined Rosa. He also played Pit for a bit after the buffs. I wish more people played my boy pit… Anyways! Cosmos took out Dabuz. This isn’t the biggest upset. Most know Cosmos is capable, and using the rising stars, Pyra/Mythra, things could be looking really good for Cosmos’s future. Dabuz losing to CharlieDaKing was a bigger deal. Switching to his Rosa game 2, he seemed to do a bit better but Charlie figured it out with excellent control over his main, Wolf.
Group B
One of the most shocking sets in pools was Aaron versus Tweek. Coming out of quarantine, Tweek was in talks for potentially being the next number 1. Leo did not compete as much during the online era. Tweek meanwhile, picked up Diddykong and showed insane tech and mastery of the character. He was also probably the second-best player leading into the online era. Aaron is no stranger to top-level Smash, being Panda Global Ranked(PGR) in Smash 4 under the tag DYR. Aaron is also a Diddykong main and has been playing him longer than Tweek. Even though Aaron is no pushover, nobody expected him to beat Tweek in a dominating 3-0, forcing Tweek off Diddy game 3 to his Sephiroth. It was a total surprise, but as Max Ketchum commented during the set, it might be better to go for the more simple game plan in an environment like Summit than going for the crazy stocks. Tweek is the more technical Diddy in practice, and Aaron probably knows all the tech from watching Tweek, so he knew what to avoid. When it came to game 3 and Tweek’s Sephiroth, Diddy is a very solid choice and Tweek knew that. It seemed like Tweek maybe wanted to try to get an advantage with some match-up unfamiliarity, and while it was close for most of the match, the last stock was easily in Aaron’s favor.
Group D
Group D, the final group of the day had the closest gap in PGR ranking between the first and second seed in the pool. Mars was the number 1 and Maister was the number 2. Also in the pool were Void and Riddles. The surprising result was Maister going 0-2, losing to Void’s Shiek and then to Riddles’ Kazuya. Maister was ranked 6th last PGR and just last weekend, he got second to the Prince, MkLeo at the Central American finals for the Smash world tour. This was obviously a big blow to Maister, saying on Twitter after, “I want to go home”. Let’s see if he can make up for it tomorrow.
Day 3
Group finals
Starting day 3 by finishing matches of the group stage.
Group B
The first match was Tweek vs Ken and Tweek won with a dominating 3-0. After Day 2, Tweek needed this victory. Being one of the players anticipated to win this whole event, the pressure was on for him to take a set in this stage and with that victory, he got it. After that, Spargo got a 3-0 on Aaron, creating a 3-way tie in group B between Aaron, Ken, and Tweek. At Summit, when a 3-way tie happens, they have the players play a “best of 3” until one of them wins 2 in a row. In this case, Tweek went on to win against Ken again and then went on to beat Aaron in the run back. Aaron again won the first match in the Diddy ditto but Tweek pulled out the Wolf and finally found his answers versus the older Diddy main. 2-1 winning the tiebreaker and putting him in winners. After his performance on day 2, this was a very lucky break for Tweek. Despite all the matches, none of it changed that Spargo made it out to winners and escaped the gauntlet.
Group A
Nothing changed much in group A. Leo will move on through winners. Leo again kinda clipped Wizzy, and from the look of the pool (Atomsk aside), these players seemed created to counter Mario. Wizzy had an uphill battle. His loss to Atomsk is all on him though.
Group C
Group C saw Dabuz lose to ZackRay. That’s not unexpected, but for Dabuz to have a 0-3 record at the end of this pool, is surprising. Dabuz is a top 10 PGR player and not getting a single win in his pool is a sign that things very well might have changed since pre-pandemic. Another surprise was CharlieDaKing beating Cosmos. With a win on Dabuz the day before, Cosmos seemed to be playing really hot. Charlie also got a win on Dabuz and seemed to be playing great. Going into Day 3, Charlie continued to play great. He got the win on Cosmos in a dominating 3-0. He almost lost game 2, starting at kill percent on his final stock versus a fresh, final stock Cosmos. He stayed calm and cleanly gimped Cosmos after a nice string that put Cosmos off stage. Excellent stuff to Charlie. Zackray will start in winners avoiding the Gauntlet.
Group D
We saw some goofiness in the finals for group D. Mars just gave a win to Maister. He Admitted it. He went Falcon and Snake getting 3-0ed by Maister. He explained he did so because it didn’t matter if he won or not. His seeding wouldn’t change and he didn’t want Maister getting the match-up experience and having a video to review. He did get a cheeky kill with Nakita in game 3 but still lost. As a counterpart to the first set of the pool, Void versus Riddles was a treat. Void was using Shiek. Riddles was using the new kid on the block, Kazuya. Both of these characters are similar in the sense that they’re stylish, combo monsters, but also extremely different with Shiek being a super light, fast character and Kazuya being a very slow, heavy character. This dynamic made this set volatile. Void would win neutral most of the time and get a huge combo string. Every time Riddles would get a hit, he’d do massive damage and sometimes just straight get the stock. It ended with a tense game 5 last stock last hit scenario. Void got a tipper upsmash on the Pokemon Stadium 2 platform to win the set.
The Gauntlet
The gauntlet looked a bit like pools, but it works a bit differently. The bottom 2 seeds will fight, and the winner will then fight the number 1 seed. The winner of that set will then advance to the winner’s side of the final bracket.
Group A
Cosmos fell to Maister 3-0 in a rough set. Maister then moved on to fight Tweek. These two are top 10 players, so the thought of one of them starting in losers is insane. This set was a long test of patience. Game and Watch can discourage up-close pressure with up b out of shield, and Diddy can do the same with banana. There was a lot of posturing and slow interactions. Tweek did end up winning 3-1, securing a place in winners for day 4.
Group B
Starting with Wizzy versus Riddles, Wizzy still had a lot to prove. Wizzy took a game and almost won game 4, but Riddles took the set 3-1. Wizzy has been having a tough tourney, but there’s still the main bracket tomorrow from him to shape up. This set up Riddles to play CharileDaKing. Charlie was all over the place in terms of performance with the tourney. He had some great performances but also some rough sets. With a double dunk game 4, Riddles beat Charlie, knocking out the first seed and securing himself a spot in winners and Charlie will start in losers.
Group C
Group C started with the 2 voted-in players, who might be the most doubted players from haters people online. Atomsk and Aaron. Both fighting for the chance to fight Void. Going to a game 5, Aaron got his footing and beat Atomsk 3-2. Atomsk didn’t make it easy, but DDD just couldn’t do it in that last match versus Diddy Kong. Aaron versus Void looked like a blast from the past. Shiek and Diddy Kong. These two characters have been coming back recently in Smash Ultimate. Void, bringing Shiek back into his roster, and many players including Aaron, bringing Diddy back into his own. In this case, Shiek took the win. Void took it 3-1 securing being on the winner’s side.
Group D
If anyone told me that Ken or Dabuz would be fighting in this scenario, I would have been shocked. Both of them are fighting for a chance to not start in losers, and both are veteran, top-tier talent. Dabuz will succeed versus Ken, 3-1, and went on to fight Kola.
Kola has been looking NICE this weekend. Kola along with people like Spargo, are rising fast and are making names for themselves. So we have a rising star and a well-established star in Dabuz. In the first game, Kola went his signature Roy, and Dabuz went an old standby, Olimar. Kola took it. Dabuz then switched to Min Min and Kola again, won. Dabuz swapped to the star queen, Rosalina, and took a game, but Kola struck right back in game 4 and took the set 3-1. The rising star takes his place in the night sky and will be starting in winners.
That concludes the Gauntlet phase of the tourney and we have the final bracket ready for day 4.Â
Day 4!
We’re here. The final bracket has been decided. This is the final chance for everyone in losers. Those in winners, you do not want to give up that high ground and enter the nightmare of losers. You’re going to want to stay in winners as long as possible. Everyone has shown that they can be a threat here, let’s see who comes out on top!
Darkwizzy versus Dabuz
These two New York natives have a lot of experience against each other. It’s a shame that one has to knock out the other. Wizzy has taken sets against Dabuz before, but Dabuz is the favorite to win here.
Dabuz, playing very solid, does take out Wizzy 3-0. Wizzy’s Mario couldn’t get in versus Min Min. Dabuz also got a nair gimp at one point, showing that this character has a lot to handle Mario with.
DarkWizzy didn’t have an ideal weekend. Wizzy was in the talks for the top 10 pre-pandemic, but the pandemic seems to have affected his play a lot. Maybe the Summit environment was also just not great for him. He had some rough match-up for Mario that he had to play this weekend, but either way, out at 13th.
Maister versus Ken
In a slower match, we saw these two titans of their regions face off.
Game and Watch’s up b out of shield makes even sonic think twice about spin dashing in, and Ken’s ability to run away with a lead makes every Game and Watch approach a risk. Maister came out victorious 3-1. He’s had a lot of experience against Sonix (a Sonic main in his home region of Mexico) during quarantine. and even played him last week at the Smash World Tour Central American Finals. The experience paid off and we saw him appear comfortable in most situations where many would falter.
Ken didn’t have a great weekend. He’s easily a top 5 player in Japan and a titan of Smash Ultimate, but this was not his tournament. Out at 13th. This Sonic main is certainly going to learn from this.
Cosmos versus Aaron
The last chance qualifier, Cosmos, started strong in this tournament. Aaron, the vote-in, did as well. Both of them securing a set win on a top 10 PGR player. Cosmos would be the favorite to win here, but Aaron playing hot this weekend would not let this be easy.
Aaron ended up taking it 3-1. It was pretty dominating aside from the game he lost. Aaron said he hated this matchup (Diddy versus Pyra/Mythra), but he made it look like he knew it.
Cosmos had a good weekend. A win on Dabuz is enough to make any tournament worth it. That aside, he couldn’t make it past round 1, but still a great showing from Cosmos. We’ll for sure see Cosmos more in the future repping Pyra/Mythra as one of their premier players.
Atomsk versus CharlieDaKing
Atomsk got a win on Darkwizzy in pools and surprised everyone by losing every set he played in. Nothing against him, but he is the lowest ranking player and playing the worst character of anyone else there, DDD. Atomsk might be the only person ranked under CharlieDaKing, but Charlie has had a good tournament so far. Will Atomsk be able to take out the other player closest to him in skill?
This was the first wash from day 4. Atomsk’s DDD couldn’t keep up with Charlie’s Wolf. A 3-0 victory for Charlie. Charlie said after the set that one of his best friends plays DDD, so he had experienced in the match-up. It showed.
Atomsk was easily the wildest card for this tournament. Easily maining the worst character of anyone in the bracket. Despite that, he took a set from Dark Wizzy day 1. Many haters said he wouldn’t win a set. He did. And while the bracket didn’t go great for him, he has the one PGR win.
Tweek versus MkLeo
A crazy match to have in round 1 of winners. Before the pandemic, Leo was the best in the world, and Tweek was making a case for number 2. This match would have been set for grand finals in any other format. At Summit though, the pools allowed Tweek to lose a few sets and get his seeding set lower. He still ended up in winners. That set up this match round 1.
A lot has changed since they last played. Tweek has a new main. His Diddy Kong was a new character in this classic player match-up. Leo also has some new characters as well. Leo started with Byleth. He opened game 1 very strong, getting Tweek from 0 to 100 without taking a hit himself. Tweek buckled down and before losing his first stock, took Leo’s first stock. He went on to win that game and made Leo pick Pyra/Mythra. Tweek won game 2 as well, and going into game 3, seemed to be losing. Unlike their previous sets, Tweek was the one to clutch from certain defeat, making the comeback and winning 3-0 against the King of Smash Ultimate, the Prince, the best player in the world, MkLeo. Leo gets sent to losers, set to play Dabuz next.
Mars versus Kola
Mars has been a consistent threat in Smash Ultimate. Even with his reputation high for the entire life span of the game, the start of 2020 saw him win Genesis. Kola is a rising star. The next generation of this game. He was having a great weekend, only losing 1 set the entire weekend before this. A set to Leo of all people, so he was looking very solid going into day 4. Their record isn’t looking great for Mars. The last time they played Kola won. So it was a question of can Mars beat Kola after over a year since their last meeting.
WOW! In all transparency, I’m writing this right after the set. That had my mouth open, out of my seat at the end. Mars took games 1 and 2 rather solid with his ZSS. Kola struck back with his insane Roy, dominating games 3 and 4. It all came down to game 5 and Mars SD’ed his first stock. He then played really solid and took 2 of Kola’s stocks for 1 more of his. The last stock, Mars has a ton of percent and gets Kola is a really impressive string knocking him off stage, and Kola just barely missed ledge with his up b, SD’ing. It was so tense. Mars says he wasn’t expecting to win, but he did. Good stuff to Mars. Kola still playing on fire, but not burning hot enough.
Riddles versus Spargo
Everyone has been saying it. Spargo is looking like the next big deal. Spargo hasn’t lost a set all weekend. Riddles has but, coming out first in his gauntlet pool, he found his way here to Spargo.
Spargo and Riddles exchanged games the whole set. Spargo going Cloud in the prospect of Kazuya took game 1. Riddles fired back with an explosives win game 2. Spargo opened up game 3 with a fantastic combo, leading to a limit cross slash to take the first stock. The momentum let him take the game, but Riddles took the next one. This match has been explosive and back a forth. Poetically, Spargo took his turn to win a game, winning the set 3-2. An exciting match and another body in the path of Spargo.
Void versus Zackray
Zackray is another young one. He was on the massive come-up pre-quarantine. Void having an amazing tournament so far, wishing to establish some of the dominance he use to show back in Smash 4.
Zackray has many characters and one we haven’t seen yet this weekend has been Joker. He used him versus Void’s Shiek though. Zackray was playing amazing but honestly, so was Void. Zackray took it 3-1, but the final match really looked like it was Void’s game towards the end, but Zackray clutched it out with a fair 1, up air drag down to down smash, and that K.O.ed Void, securing the victory. Void mentioned afterward how he and Zackray have been trading sets so next time, he should have it. Let’s see if it happens later in this tournament.
Dabuz Versus MkLeo
Back to the losers’ side of the bracket. The last person Dabuz probably wanted to see in losers was MkLeo. After losing to Tweek, Leo claimed on Twitter that he would only go Pyra/Mythra and Joker for the rest of the tournament so we’ll see how that’ll work out versus the consistency master, Dabuz.
Starting off, we see Leo go Pyra/Mythra. Dabuz on the Min min. Dabuz makes it pretty competitive, but Leo takes the first game. Then Leo turns on for a dominating 3 stock. Dabuz, running out of options and desperate for answers decided to book a trip to Hocotate. (If you get that reference, you’re awesome). That trip wasn’t a good idea, because his Olimar also couldn’t do it, like Hocotate. I mean, Olimar left to get fruit… for his dying planet. Leo took it 3-0 knocking out the King of New York.
Dabuz out at 9th is a wake-up call for everyone in the bracket. This tournament is stacked. If one of the most consistent and tested players in all of Smash can’t get top 8, nobody is safe.
Maister versus Kola
Maister after beating Ken now has to fight the opposite of Ken, Kola. Kola is still playing hot, just barely losing to Mars, you know he has the energy to do this. Maister is ready to show why he was 6th on the last PGR.
Maister seemed to not be able to keep up with Kola for the first two games. Roy’s excellent approach options with low risk and high reward made Maister crumble. Maister found some answers to win game 3, but Kola took game 4, knocking Maister out.
Maister is still a top-tier threat. He just got second last weekend at the Smash World Tour Central American Finals, and getting 7th at Summit isn’t horrible at all. He had a rough Day 1 and 2, and that made the deck pretty heavily stacked against him going into day 4, and fought for a bit, but eventually fell to Kola.
Riddles versus Aaron
Aaron is fresh off a Cosmos win and Riddles is fresh off a Spargo loss. Aaron again, fighting an uphill battle. This is for the top 8 and the pressure is on.
This was a slog and went all the way to game 5. Riddles wasn’t hitting his confirms often enough to kill Aaron. Aaron was winning neutral way more of course, and because he wasn’t dying when he lost it, he took the set. Huge pop-off from Aaron as he confirms his place in the top 8.
Riddles had a decent tournament. He played very middle of the road compared to everyone but here at an event like Summit, that’s not a bad thing. Proving he can hang with the big dogs, Riddles goes out at 9th.
Void versus CharlieDaKing
Void is coming in hot off of his 1-3 loss to Zackray. Not a horrible loss, but Void didn’t want to lose of course. Charlie meanwhile is coming in from a dominant 3-0 on Atomsk. Who’s got the momentum to win the Socal classic?
Void has probably played Charlie more than most. Both being from Socal. Void probably takes it the majority of the time but if Charlie is to take it, this event is the one to do it at. Void goes his Sheik like the majority of the tournament so far, and Charlie goes with his Wolf. Void does take the set, but Charlie did make it close. 3-2 to Void. Void will move on to the top 8.
Charlie had a good weekend. Being probably the 2nd lowest-ranked player seeding-wise, Charlie took a lot of great sets. He will get out at 9th.
Kola versus MkLeo
The only person, aside from Mars, that beat Kola this weekend was MkLeo. Now faced with the run back, Kola has the chance to fix his mistakes.
Unlike winners, Leo went Pyra/Mythra, per his tweet. Game 1 went to Leo, but game 2 went to Kola. Small Battlefield was the stage and it seemed to help Kola keep up with Mythra. After that, though Leo took the other 2 games. 2 of Kola’s 3 losses this whole weekend were Leo.
Kola was on fire this weekend and one could only wonder if he avoided Leo in losers, how far could he have gone. Kola, a name we will for sure see a lot of in the future, out at 7th.
Void versus Aaron
Aaron has made a run. Being a vote-in and thought by many haters to not be able to take a set, showed he could. And even take sets from the game’s finest. Void, also a vote-in, but more well-established. He has a graveyard of players in his wake this weekend, and he’s been killing it.
They both were playing hot, but Void’s normal temperature might just be higher than Aaron’s. Void took the set in a 3-0. His Shiek was getting insane combos and Aaron’s counter-pick, ROB only got him combo’ed harder.
Aaron silenced the haters this weekend. He deserved to be here. 7th at a tournament with top-tier talent all over, he’s not to be underestimated.
Spargo versus Zackray
The battle of the young blood. Baby-faced, but talented beyond their years, this set COULDN’T disappoint. These two are playing the cleanest out of almost everyone in the venue and it’s time to see who’s playing the cleanest.
Spargo starts game 1 with a 0 to death from his Pyra/Mythra on Zackray’s Joker. Let’s just say this was the vibe of the whole set. Zackary, someone who lost 1 game before this set, got 3 stocked game 1, and eventually 3-0ed by Spargo. Spargo was playing like the best player in the whole world earning him a spot in winner’s finals.
Tweek versus Mars
If Tweek was looking like the second-best player pre-quarantine, Mars was looking like the third. Tweek had a rough day 1, but with a win on Leo, Tweek is ready to take the whole thing if he can.
Tweek’s Diddy was too much for Mars’ Zero Suit Samus and game 1 went to Tweek. Tweek then took a slightly closer game 2 putting him up 2-0. Game 3 was very much in Mars’ favor. He had momentum until he SD’ed his 2nd stock at 0. From there, he gets z-dropped banana daired by Tweek. Tweek takes it 3-0, moving to winners finals against Spargo.
MkLeo versus Zackray
Zackray just lost to a Mexican Pyra/Mythra. He must play another Pyra/Mythra, and this one is considered the best in the world.
Zackray took game 1. Opting to go Joker again, he found the answers against Leo.
In game 2, Leo won rather solid. Overwhelmed Zackray and took the game. In game 3, Leo was on his last stock 100+ percent. Zackray has a fresh stock and just needs to clean up Leo’s last, but Leo makes a crazy comeback, winning game 3. Game 4, Zackray starts off dominating Leo, with a double dair read to upsmash, but Leo buckled down and soon took 2 of Zackray’s stocks. He had momentum and ended the game by KO’ing Joker’s last stock off the top with Mythra upair at 60 somehow… It was as surprising to everyone, including Zackray and Leo. Zackray looked stunned and then laughed it off. Leo took the set 3-1.
Zackray lost 2 sets the whole tourney and both of them were to Pyra/Mythra players of top-tier talent. Zackray is a super consistent, cool-headed player who is cementing himself as a legend of Smash. He’s out at 5th, but if he never had to play Leo in losers, who knows how far he could have gone.
Mars versus Void
Two of the flashiest to ever do it. Mars beat Void earlier in pools, but this is so far away in terms of the tournament. Both made it out in winners to the main bracket, and both were sent to losers by amazing players. Mars lost to Tweek in winner’s semis and Void lost to Zackray in winner’s quarters. These two mobile, flashy players will now clash for 5th place.
This was a fun one. These two were moving beautifully. Void took game 1 with some flashy tipper up smashes. Mars, not to go down without a fight, started to out-move Void somehow. He started catching Void’s movement with bairs and zairs. He went on to win the next 3 matches, all close and competitive. Void took a moment and gave Mars the ol’ shake. These players, both masters of their class, showed each other respect for a hard-fought match. Mars will move on to losers’ semis against the Prince.
Void played like a top 10 player this weekend. He got some amazing wins and made some amazing upsets. In the end, he couldn’t pull off the run back against Mars. He has cemented himself as still able to compete with Ultimate’s finest, and I’d be surprised if he doesn’t get invited to the next Summit.
Winners finals
Spargo versus Tweek
Two players who have had eyes on them for different reasons coming into Summit. Tweek, a favorite to win. His name is easily in the same tier of players as Leo. On the other hand, Spargo might be the next Leo. Tweek might like that though because he took out Leo, but Spargo might be a different breed. Leo said that he and Spargo play very differently, so can Tweek beat this Pyra/Mythra?? Or will Spargo continue the streak of not losing a single set all weekend?
Tweek found some answers. Tweek won the first 2 games. Rather Solid, Spargo found the win game 3 but Tweek found the win game 4 to be the first one to take a set off Spargo all weekend. Spargo’s dominance was not able to beat Tweek’s but we’ll see if Spargo can bring it back from losers.
Losers semi-finals
Mars versus MkLeo
The last time we saw these two titans go at it was the last Genesis grand finals. Mars took it, and while he earned it, people would not normally bet on Mars over Leo. Not to say Mars can’t do it, he obviously can, it’s just once isn’t enough to make it in his favor. Will Mars be able to do it again? Leo has new characters too, so can that maybe change this match-up?
Leo’s new characters seem to have helped him against Mars. A dominating 3-0. Leo smothered Mars. He couldn’t do a thing. Mars is out at 4th.
Mars is a treat. His fast-paced style brings excitement to any set he’s in. He’s establishing he’s still a top-tier, top 5 threat post quarantine. He didn’t even compete at all during the wifi era, but that didn’t seem to matter. Congrats on 4th Mars.
Losers Finals
MkLeo versus Spargo
I don’t know what I can say. Leo said himself, “This is the moment you’ve all been waiting for.” Leo, the best, and has been for a while. Spargo, making us think of Leo’s come up with his own. Let’s see what this titanic match-up can produce in the losers finals of Ultimate Summit 3.
Leo picked Joker for the first time all tourney and wow, it was a treat. Spargo’s Pyra/Mythra made the Joker sweat because Spargo took games 1 and 2. Leo, not out of character, decided he’s not out yet. Leo makes the grueling fast-paced reverse 3-0 comeback. The Joker making its first appearance only when Leo needed it most and he ended up winning with some of the cleanest, refined play Smash Ultimate has ever seen. Leo is a treat to watch, and he deserves his place in the grand finals for his run back against Tweek.
Spargo Spargo Spargo… What can you say? I don’t know what to say. Leo said it best. In 6 months Spargo will be the best player in the world. Spargo played amazingly. He’s representing the new hotness, Pyra/Mythra, and just like them, he’s in contention to be the best in the world.
Grand Finals
MkLeo versus Tweek
Tweek has faced Leo in finals many times. The most memorable was Evo 2019. This matchup is an Ultimate classic and there simply isn’t a better way to welcome the grand finals of the first huge offline major since the quarantine. Online is dead. We’re here. Let’s go. Grand finals baby!
Leo showed us before this set that he was still playing like old Leo, with old Leo’s main, Joker. He’s still Leo. Tweek is coming in different though. Diddy Tweek is a new breed. Leo has a new character as well, rocking the Pyra/Mythra. He faced off again against Tweek’s Diddy game 1. While Leo was playing considerably better than their encounter earlier, Tweek was able to steal stock at the ledge at insane presents. He also was able to have a consistent way to combo and kill Leo with banana. Tweek took game 1 close. Tweek then took game 2 very close. Tweek finished the set in game 3 again, very close, but considering the 3-0, how close was the whole set really? Tweek takes the set and Smash Ultimate Summit 3.
Leo is so good. While Tweek was better today and didn’t lose a single set to Leo, Leo still made a path through Smash Ultimate’s finest, new and old. He’s one of the most impressive smash players of all time and this tournament was no exception. The Prince while also being a king. The king of Smash Ultimate showed why he has the reputation he has. Leo gets second at Smash Ultimate Summit 3.
Despite a rough day 2, Tweek’s shown a rock-solid mentality. Ever since that day, he’s dominated. The tie in his pool was a god-sent and allowed him to still set up for a comfy road to winners. Tweek showed a level of control with Diddy Kong that nobody has seen before. The precision. The setups. The movement. The traps. He’s on another level. Tweek is our Smash Ultimate Summit 3 champion and just might be on his way to the new number 1 in the world.
Here’s the final bracket.
Final thoughts
Summit was a treat to watch. Smash is back. The people. The jokes. The hype. The salt. The passion. I love this community. The tournament was so fun. The side events were super fun. The commentary was awesome. Mafia was as fun as ever.
Smash is special as a game. We all know that, but the community is also a very special thing. After last summer, Smash was in a rough spot, but I think what’s important to realize is that we had that summer. Harmful people were exposed and they were dealt with. The community has good people in it and that’s why the bad people were able to be dealt with from within our community. Smashers are good people who love the game and the culture it’s created. No event celebrates Smash culture like Summit. Thanks to the Summit staff for the production and thanks to all involved with making this amazing weekend.
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Bernard Lamar Rice 