Smasher:Crush

Crush Melee main Fox Other Melee character Falco Skill Top professional Ranking 2017 SSBMRank: 15th Additional info Real name Jack Hoyt Location Massachusetts  Crush is an SSBM Fox player from Massachusetts, and is considered the best player in New England. Crush is currently ranked 1st on the New England Melee Power Rankings and 15th on the 2017 SSBMRank. He has wins over top players such as Plup, SFAT, S2J, ChuDat, Druggedfox, Shroomed, Swedish Delight, Lucky, Westballz, and La Luna. Playing style Crush is a highly savvy and technical Fox-user, distinguished by his "footsies"-based approach to the neutral game, to the degree that his gameplay resembles that of more traditional fighting games. After jumping, Crush tends to be very choosy about where he lands, typically drifting far enough away from the opponent to make his drills, back-airs and nairs safe. When he approaches, he is calculated, typically going for wavedash forward down-tilts or running shines (relatively safe options with a good reward); he is quick to pick up the cadence of his opponent to justify going for riskier options like SHFFL'd aerials and dash attacks. He is very good at finding precise grabs on whiffs and at using spotdodge judiciously to stay safe from being grabbed himself. Crush's dash dance and out-of-shield game are overlooked aspects of his repertoire, as he is more than capable of waveshining out-of-shield and also utilizing his dash back to stay clear of his adversary's threat ranges. The core suite of Crush's skills give him a natural resilience to the more common options that are typically seen in the current meta: that is to say, Crush's move choice and aerial drift allow him to consistently circumvent any would-be crouch cancel retaliation; they also put him at distances where he is essentially always safe from the opponent's out-of-shield options (e.g., shield grab or nair out-of-shield). The most recognizable traits that Crush is known for: Laser lands for quicker platform movement. Empty land up-tilts (and down-tilts). Clean intangible ledgedashes. Jab cancels into turn-around up-tilts. Waveshining out-of-shield. Shield-drop or short hop drilling onto the opponent's shield, but drifting so as to land outside of shield-grab range. Wavelanding back to distort cadence and spacing. Picking good times to spotdodge, often finding correct moments to use it to circumvent shine-grabs and float-cancelled aerial-to-grab strings. Occasionally going for side-b out of shield to escape the corner. Tournament placings Super Smash Bros. Melee Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner Revival of Melee 4 November 19th-20th, 2011 49th — — Apex 2012 January 6th-8th, 2012 129th — — Apex 2013 January 11th-13th, 2013 129th 49th Ryobeat EVO 2013 July 12th-14th, 2013 79th — — Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 97th — — Northeastern Smash Attack 2 March 29th, 2014 17th — — MLG Anaheim 2014 June 20th-22nd, 2014 77th — — EVO 2014 June 11th-13th, 2014 129th — — BUST November 22nd, 2014 7th — — Super Nebulous 2 January 24th, 2015 13th — — Apex 2015 January 30th-February 1st, 2015 113th — — EVO 2015 July 17th-19th, 2015 49th — — Super Smash Con August 6th-9th, 2015 25th 13th $mike Super Nebulous 4 March 27th, 2016 7th — — Pound 2016 April 2nd-3rd, 2016 25th 17th Swiftbass Mass Madness 7 April 16th, 2016 1st — — DreamHack Austin 2016 May 6th-8th, 2016 13th — — New England Invitational June 4th-5th, 2016 1st 5th S2B CEO 2016 June 24th-26th, 2016 25th 17th $mike EVO 2016 July 15th-17th, 2016 49th — — Emerald City 4 July 23rd, 2016 2nd 2nd Rustin Super Smash Con 2016 August 11th-14th, 2016 25th 13th $mike Shine 2016 August 26th-28th, 2016 25th 5th Slox GUTS 4 November 11th-13th, 2016 1st 1st Slox Don't Park on the Grass December 17th-18th, 2016 33rd 9th dizzkidboogie GENESIS 4 January 20th-22nd, 2017 17th 33rd satdaddy B.E.A.S.T 7 February 17th-19th, 2017 9th 9th HomeMadeWaffles TGL Monthly 14 March 11th, 2017 1st 1st Blea Gelo Bean Town Lean House 1 April 8th, 2017 2nd 1st Slox Flatiron 2 April 22nd, 2017 9th 2nd Gahtzu DreamHack Austin 2017 April 28th-30th, 2017 13th 5th MacD Function(2) May 6th, 2017 2nd 1st Slox Royal Flush May 12th-14th, 2017 9th 7th Slox Battle of BC 2 June 3rd-4th, 2017 9th 3rd Bladewise GENESIS: RED July 9th, 2017 5th — — EVO 2017 July 14th-15th, 2017 25th — — DreamHack Atlanta 2017 July 21st-23rd, 2017 9th 7th ZoSo Get On My Level 2017 July 28th-30th, 2017 13th 9th Hax Super Smash Con 2017 August 10th-13th, 2017 17th 5th Colbol Shine 2017 August 25th-27th, 2017 65th 5th MacD Emerald City V September 9th, 2017 1st 1st Captain Smuckers GameTyrant Expo 2017 September 29th-October 1st, 2017 25th 5th MacD The Big House 7 October 6th-8th, 2017 9th 7th MacD Too Hot to Handle October 28th-29th, 2017 2nd 1st Plup Smash Summit 5 November 2nd-5th, 2017 9th 7th Hax Melee at the MADE #51 November 17th, 2017 1st — — Pat's House 3 December 2nd-3rd, 2017 4th 2nd KJH The Holiday Bash Smash Invitational December 15th-17th, 2017 1st 7th KJH GENESIS 5 January 19th-21st, 2018 9th 17th KJH The Gang Hosts a Melee Tournament February 3rd, 2018 3rd — — Nebulous Melee 115 February 24th, 2018 1st — — MMOM bi-monthly #11 March 3rd, 2018 1st 1st Slox New Game Plus Ultra 22 March 6th, 2018 1st — — EGLX 2018 March 9th-11th, 2018 7th 5th Swedish Delight Full Bloom 4 March 24th-25th, 2018 17th 4th Ryan Ford GEMINI April 14th, 2018 1st 5th JFlex The Scarlet Classic IV April 15th-16th, 2018 1st 1st AbsentPage Flatiron 3 April 21st, 2018 4th — — External links Twitter account

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