Four Horsemen: Difference between revisions

The '''Four Horsemen''', known as the '''Four Emperors''' in the Japanese ''Ultimate'' scene,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/you20kk/status/1751008497486205233|title=Four Emperors origin}}</ref> is a term used in the competitive ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' community referring to {{sm|acola}}, {{sm|Sparg0}}, {{sm|Sonix}}, and {{sm|Miya|p=Honshu}} due to their overall dominance throughout competitive ''Ultimate'' in 2023, being the 4 best players in the world by a large margin. This is following the decline in results from players such as {{Sm|MkLeo}} and {{Sm|Tweek}} who dominated the scene during the early metagame. The term was coined by {{Sm|PracticalTAS}} after the results of {{Trn|Watch The Throne}}, and has been compared to [[The Five Gods]] of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/PracticalTAS/status/1734099259295768937|title=Origin of the term}}</ref>

For majors where at least one of them were in attendance, the Four Horsemen won a combined 31/37 (83.78%) throughout the [[LumiRank 2023]] season,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Hrognaar/status/1734222463838417361|title=Four Horsemen wins for all of LumiRank 2023}}</ref> and 18/19 (94.75%) throughout the second half of 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/PracticalTAS/status/1734264664291184963|title=Four Horsemen wins in second half of 2023}}</ref> Each of the four also won at least one "Premier" tier event in the LumiRank 2023 season, the highest tier given to a tournament. In the event that one of the four didn't win the tournament, at least one would make Top 4, with the sole exception being {{Trn|Crown the Third}}, and with Watch The Throne being the first time that they all made Top 4.<ref>https://twitter.com/EazyFreezie/status/1734271835540463765</ref> Akin to the Five Gods, they rarely see upsets from non-Horsemen, and acola, Miya and Sparg0 have the most [[List of major tournaments (SSBU)#Players who won a major|major wins]] out of all ''Ultimate'' players behind {{Sm|MkLeo}}. Notably, the Four Horseman each had a score above 95 on the LumiRank 2023, with the next highest being {{Sm|Glutonny}} with a score of 84.78.

As of now, only two players have defeated all the Horsemen at least once, and only {{Sm|Shuton}} has done so at ranked events. Below, only the first win is listed, and '''bold''' represents the final Horseman defeated.

Sparg0 is often considered to be the best of the Four Horsemen in terms of peaks, being the only player of the 2023 season to have two premier-tier wins ({{Trn|Kagaribi 10}} and {{Trn|Battle of BC 5}}) and having positive records over the other three. However, he is also considered the least consistent of the Four Horsemen in terms of raw placements, as he has the most amount of major finishes outside the top 8 in the 2023 season at 4: {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 6}}, {{Trn|Crown the Third}}, {{Trn|Super Smash Con 2023}}, and {{Trn|Port Priority 8}}.

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==List of majors and supermajors with at least one of the Four Horsemen in attendance==

[[File:Acola 1 LumiRank 2023.png|350px|thumb|{{Sm|acola}}'s LumiRank 2023 Player Card]]

[[File:Sparg0 LumiRank 2023 Player Card.png|350px|thumb|{{sm|Sparg0}}'s LumiRank 2023 Player Card]]

[[File:Sonix LumiRank 2023 Player Card.png|350px|thumb|{{sm|Sonix}}'s LumiRank 2023 Player Card]]

[[File:Miya LumiRank 2023 Player Card.png|350px|thumb|{{sm|Miya|p=Honshu}}'s LumiRank 2023 Player Card]]

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