Smasher:S2J

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S2J "Smoke2Jointz, s2j, Johnny"
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Character info
Smash 64 mains Fox, Captain Falcon
Melee main Captain Falcon
Other Melee character Falco
Project M mains Ganondorf, Captain Falcon
Other Project M character Falco
Team info
Crew(s) Melee It On Me
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. Melee 2015 SSBMRank: 16th
Personal info
Real name Johnny Kim
Birth date (age 28)
Location Norwalk, California United States
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. Semi-professional (retired)
Super Smash Bros. Melee Top professional
PM Icon.png Professional (retired)

S2J (abbreviation for Smoke2Jointz) is a Melee Captain Falcon professional who is considered to be the best Falcon player in the world after Hax switched to maining Fox. He is currently ranked 4th on the SoCal Melee Power Rankings and 16th on the 2015 SSBMRank.

Playing style

For a player of his caliber, S2J has an excellent neutral game, using a combination of precise wave-dashing and dash-dancing to perfectly space his attacks. He is also one of the best defensive Falcons with good smash DI and mix-ups with Falcon's otherwise poor recovery. His punish game is notorious among smashers for being able to 0-death with just one combo, which is known as a Johnny Stock. He is also a read-heavy player.

A major weakness of S2J's game is his poor edgeguarding. While it has been recently getting better, he is still known to make poor decisions and sometimes even self-destructing by just attempting to edgeguard like at Apex 2015 against PPMD and at The Big House 5 against Abate. He also admitted that his mental game could get better if not for having a mindblock against Westballz, Lucky, and SFAT, 3 players who he frequently plays against and loses to for the most part. He said that this is the main reason that he hasn't reached the top 10 spots on the SSBMRank, particularly the 7th-10th spots, which include Plup, Westballz, Axe, and Shroomed. Due to his read-heavy playstyle, he also relies on the player's habits, meaning he does better against other players he has played before.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
UCLA Revival February 23rd, 2009 17th 33rd Ismokeherbz
Mango Juice March 21st, 2009 65th 33rd Ismokeherbz
CGC @ SFSU 12 October 15th, 2009 25th
Pat's House November 14th-15th, 2009 17th 9th Julian
R3 December 19th-20th, 2009 13th 5th HomeMadeWaffles
Nice Shot Hugo March 27th, 2010 17th 2nd Lovage
Good Shit German July 24th-25th, 2010 17th 9th HomeMadeWaffles
Don't Go Down There Jeff! December 18th, 2010 7th 7th Lovage
Winter Game Fest VI January 22nd-23rd, 2011 13th 4th Lovage
Pound V February 19th-21st, 2011 17th 17th Lovage
GENESIS 2 July 15th-17th, 2011 8th 13th Isai
The Big House October 22nd, 2011 2nd 1st Lovage
Apex 2012 January 6th-8th, 2012 17th 9th Lovage
Rule 6: NorCal Regional July 29th, 2012 5th 7th Lovage
Kings of Cali November 10th, 2012 7th 4th Lovage
Apex 2013 January 11th-13th, 2013 17th 13th Lovage
Kings of Cali 2 April 13th-14th, 2013 9th 5th Alex19
NorCal Regionals 2013 April 26th-28th, 2013 5th
EVO 2013 July 12th-14th, 2013 13th
Super Smash Sundays 2 August 25th, 2013 3rd
Super Smash Sundays 3 September 8th, 2013 1st 2nd Lovage
Super Smash Sundays 4 September 22nd, 2013 13th 3rd Tafokints
Super Smash Sundays 5 October 6th, 2013 7th 13th Westballz
Super Smash Sundays 6 October 20th, 2013 3rd 4th DEHF
Super Smash Sundays 7 November 3rd, 2013 2nd 2nd Westballz
Super Smash Sundays 8 November 17th, 2013 1st 4th Tafokints
Super Smash Sundays 9 December 8th, 2013 4th 2nd DEHF
Kings of Cali 3 December 14th-15th, 2013 9th 4th Lovage
Super Smash Sundays 10 December 29th, 2013 2nd 2nd Lucky
Mayhem January 2014 January 4th, 2014 7th 2nd SFAT
Super Smash Sundays 11 January 12th, 2014 2nd 2nd Westballz
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 97th 5th Shroomed
Super Smash Sundays 12 January 26th, 2014 1st 2nd Lucky
Super Smash Sundays 13 February 9th, 2014 3rd
Super Smash Loveday February 15th, 2014 5th 5th Toph
Super Smash Sundays 14 February 23rd, 2014 2nd 1st Westballz
SoCal Regionals 2014 February 28th-March 2nd, 2014 3rd
Mayhem March 2014 March 8th, 2014 5th
The Next Episode March 22nd-23rd, 2014 5th 5th Westballz
Super Smash Sundays 16 March 30th, 2014 2nd 1st Mac D
Super Smash Sundays 17 April 14th, 2014 2nd 2nd Lucky
Super Smash Sundays 18 April 27th, 2014 4th 1st Lucky
Mayhem May 2014 May 3rd, 2014 4th
Super Smash Sundays 20 May 18th, 2014 1st
Pat's House 2 May 24th-25th, 2014 13th 2nd Lucky
Super Smash Sundays 21 June 1st, 2014 2nd 2nd Hyprid
SSS Lock-In June 14th-15th, 2014 7th 3rd ZeRo
MLG Anaheim 2014 June 20th-22nd, 2014 13th 3rd Shroomed
Super Smash Sundays 23 June 29th, 2014 1st
Kings of Cali 4 July 5th-6th, 2014 9th 5th Lovage
EVO 2014 July 11th-13th, 2014 13th 7th Shroomed
Mayhem August 2014 August 9th, 2014 4th
Super Smash Sundays 24 August 31st, 2014 1st 1st HugS
Mayhem September 2014 September 6th, 2014 1st
Super Smash Sundays 26 September 28th, 2014 1st
Super Smash Sundays 27 October 12th, 2014 1st
Super Smash Sundays 28 October 26th, 2014 2nd
Smash Weekend November 10th, 2014 4th 3rd Eddy Mexico
Super Smash Sundays 29 December 7th, 2014 3rd 4th Kira
Super Smash Sundays 30 December 21st, 2014 5th 1st Fiction
Apex 2015 January 30th-February 1st, 2015 17th 9th Shroomed
MVG Sandstorm April 18th-19th, 2015 7th 5th Kira
Super Nebulous 3 April 25th-26th, 2015 2nd 1st Lucky
Press Start May 9th-10th, 2015 9th 7th Shroomed
My B May 17th, 2015 2nd 3rd DonB
BAM7 May 24th, 2015 4th 33rd Hyes
Mayhem June 2015 June 6th, 2015 5th 2nd HugS
CEO 2015 June 26th-28th, 2015 13th 5th Mango
Mayhem July 2015 July 11th, 2015 1st 1st MacD
EVO 2015 July 17th-19th, 2015 17th
Super Smash Sundays 31 - The Return August 2nd, 2015 4th
Paragon Los Angeles 2015 September 5th-6th, 2015 25th
Mayhem September 2015 September 12th, 2015 3rd
Super Smash Sundays 32 September 13th, 2015 1st
HTC Throwdown September 19th, 2015 17th 13th Alex19
Super Smash Sundays 33 September 27th, 2015 2nd 9th Ango
The Big House 5 October 2nd-4th, 2015 9th 25th Darkrain
Mayhem October 2015 October 17th, 2015 2nd 3rd Alan
Super Smash Sundays 34 October 18th, 2015 5th
Smash the Record 2015 October 23rd-25th, 2015 2nd
Smash Summit November 7th-8th, 2015 9th 4th Shroomed
Super Smash Sundays 36 November 15th, 2015 2nd
DreamHack Winter 2015 November 26th-29th, 2015 17th 4th Mango
Mayhem January 2016 January 2nd, 2016 3rd
Super Smash Sundays 39 January 10th, 2016 2nd 1st Alex19
Zotsmash 12 January 11th, 2016 2nd
GENESIS 3 January 15th-17th, 2016 13th 129th Mango
Super Smash Sundays 40 January 24th, 2016 4th 3rd Alex19
PAX Arena January 29th-31st, 2016 7th 3rd Mango
Zotsmash 15 February 22nd, 2016 7th
UCSD Super Triweekly 2 February 27th-28th, 2016 2nd
Super Smash Sundays 42 March 6th, 2016 3rd
Battle of the Five Gods March 17th-19th, 2016 16th
Battlefield 7 March 28th, 2016 2nd
Pound 2016 April 2nd-3rd, 2016 7th 65th Mango
Emerald City II April 9th, 2016 2nd 1st Westballz
Super Smash Sundays 43 April 17th, 2016 2nd 2nd PsychoMidget
Smash Summit 2 April 21st-24th, 2016 9th 3rd Mango

Trivia

  • According to his ask.fm, S2J quit his job to play Melee near-full time, but also plays online poker for income.
  • Despite being the best Captain Falcon player, he hates Falcon dittos.
  • He used to reside at Mango's house and streamed there as well, providing in-depth analysis of professional Captain Falcon matches, including his own. He has recently moved out.

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