Smasher:Banze

Banze
Brawl main	Diddy Kong
SSB64 main	Pikachu
Other SSB64 character	Kirby
Skill	Top professional Professional
Additional info
Real name	Andre Luiz Almeida
Birth date	April 11, 1987
Location	São Paulo

Banze is one of the best Brazilian Super Smash Bros. players and a Pikachu main.

He traveled to the United States in January 2013 along with Oxolane, another fellow Brazilian smasher, to participate at Apex 2013, where he managed to place 13th. He returned for Apex 2014, placing 13th once again, defeating Greginator but losing to SuPeRbOoMfAn 0-2 and Star King 0-2. He also attended Apex 2015, this time placing 9th, defeating Jam but losing to tacos 0-2 and LD 1-2. He is generally considered to be the top 64 player in Brazil after Kort, a Pikachu and Link user. He also mains Diddy Kong in SSBB. He was formerly ranked 21st on the 2016 64 League Rankings.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros.

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
Mega Torneio	October 21st, 2007	2nd	—	—
Apex 2013	January 11th-13th, 2013	13th	—	—
Apex 2014	January 17th-19th, 2014	13th	—	—
Don't Lose the Hype	February 23rd, 2014	1st	—	—
Don't Lose the Hype 2	March 23rd, 2014	2nd	—	—
Don't Lose the Hype 4	June 29th, 2014	1st	—	—
Apex 2015	January 30th-February 1st, 2015	9th	5th	Cabelo
Road to Japan	April 25th, 2015	3rd	—	—
GENESIS 3	January 15th-17th, 2016	13th	7th	Kort
Super Smash Con 2016	August 11th-14th, 2016	17th	9th	Kort
UFSmash 3	November 2nd-4th, 2017	4th	—	—
Smash Vintage 2018	November 10th-11th, 2018	1st	—	—
Inka Fest 2019	July 13th-14th, 2019	25th	13th	Kort

External links

• Twitter account