Editing Smasher:Darc

{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = Darc
| image         = Darc.png
| mainssbb      = Marth
| mainssbm      = Jigglypuff
| 2ndmainssbm   = Captain Falcon
| otherssbm     = Marth
| 2ndotherssbm  = Fox
| mainssb4      = Cloud
| mainpm        = Captain Falcon
| 2ndmainpm     = Sheik
| moremainpm    = {{PM|Marth}}
| otherpm       = Jigglypuff
| 2ndotherpm    = Fox
| moreotherpm = {{PM|Zero Suit Samus}}
| crew          = The Blade Breakers
| skillssbm     = Top professional
| skillpm       = Top professional
| skillssbb     = Professional
| skillssb4     = Professional
| rankingpm     = [[PMRank 2016]]: 19th
| realname      = Dustin Hayes
| birthday      = 28
| birthmonth    = 8
| birthyear     = 1989
| location      = Amherst, Massachusetts
| country       = United States
}}
'''Darc''' is a semi-retired {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}} main and also plays {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}}, {{SSBM|Marth}}, and {{SSBM|Fox}}. He rose to a high level of play in a short amount of time and regularly teams with his brother, {{Sm|Dazwa}}. He was ranked 4th on the [[New England Melee Power Rankings]] but is currently considered inactive. He was formerly ranked 1st on the [[Maine Power Rankings]] for ''[[Melee]]'' before moving from the state. He notably placed 2nd in doubles at [[GENESIS]] with his partner {{Sm|Scar}}, as well as 2nd at [[Apex 2009]] in doubles with {{Sm|Kage}}. He was one of the best {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}} players in the world as well as one of the best doubles players. He was ranked 2nd on the [[Maine Power Rankings]] for ''[[Brawl]]'', behind his brother {{Sm|Dazwa}}. He was ranked 1st in Brawl in July 2009 on the [[New England Power Rankings]]. While he was active from 2014 to 2017, he placed very well in [[Project M]] tournaments, most notably placing 2nd at [[We Tech Those]] and [[Blacklisted]] in singles, and 1st in doubles at [[We Tech Those 2]], though he is currently retired. He was ranked 1st on the Spring 2017 Massachusetts Project M Power Rankings, and was 19th on the [[PMRank 2016]].

Along with {{Sm|ThundeRzReiGN}}, he was considered one of the best ''[[Project M]]'' {{PM|Captain Falcon}} players.

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/maine-smash-tournament.68528/ Maine Smash Tournament]||April 5th, 2007||1st (Split with {{Sm|Dazwa}})||1st||{{Sm|Dazwa}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/kicking-off-the-summer-maine-smash-tournament-%C2%B3.71681/page-2 Maine Smash Tournament 3]||June 1st, 2007||2nd||2nd||Dazwa
|-
|[https://www.esportsearnings.com/dev/public_tournaments/13215 IV.E.S.T.I.C.L.E]||January 6th, 2007||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/maine-smash-tournament-8-results-thread.94423/ Maine Smash Tournament 8]||January 12th, 2007||1st||1st||Dazwa
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/maine-smash-tournament-9-results.97478/#post-2150487 Maine Smash Tournament 9]||February 17th, 2007||4th||2nd||Dazwa
|-
|[[Cataclysm 3]]||March 3rd-4th, 2007||9th||5th||Dazwa
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/maine-smash-tournament-10-results.100523/ Maine Smash Tournament 10]||March 30th, 2007||2nd||1st||Dazwa
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/maine-smash-tournament-11-results.102557/ Maine Smash Tournament 11]||April 17th, 2007||2nd||2nd||Dazwa
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/maine-smash-tournament-12-results.106054/ Maine Smash Tournament 12]||June 9th, 2007||1st||1st||Dazwa
|-
|[[Pound 2]]||June 16th-17th, 2007||33rd||5th||Dazwa
|-
|[[LOBSTER]]||August 25th, 2007||2nd||1st||Dazwa
|-
|[[Viva La Smashtaclysm]]||November 10th-11th, 2007||7th||5th||Dazwa
|-
|[[LOBSTER 2]]||March 1st, 2008||2nd||2nd||Dazwa
|-
|[[LOBSTER 3]]||December 20th, 2008||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Apex 2009]]||May 9th-10th, 2009||13th||2nd||{{Sm|Kage}}
|-
|[[GENESIS]]||July 10th-12th, 2009||13th||2nd||{{Sm|Scar}}
|-
|[[S.N.E.S.]]||August 21st-23rd, 2009||5th||1st||{{sm|Mango}}
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 2]]||November 21st-22nd, 2009||5th||3rd||Scar
|-
|[[Pound 4]]||January 16th-18th, 2010||33rd||4th||{{Sm|Hax}}
|-
|[[Apex 2010]]||August 6th-8th, 2010||13th||9th||{{Sm|th0rn}}
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 3]]||November 20th-21st, 2010||7th||5th||{{Sm|Mew2King}}
|-
|[[Apex 2012]]||January 6th-8th, 2012||17th||25th||{{Sm|MacD}}
|-
|[[Apex 2013]]||January 11th-13th, 2013||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 6]]||November 16th-17th, 2013||5th||2nd||{{Sm|Darrell}}
|-
|[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||17th||13th||{{Sm|Zhu}}
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 7]]||March 8th-9th, 2014||9th||2nd||{{Sm|Hungrybox}}
|-
|[[SKTAR 3]]||May 31st-June 1st, 2014||13th||7th||{{Sm|Reno}}
|-
|[[We Tech Those]]||November 14th-15th, 2015||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Maine Competitive Gaming Monthly 7]]||January 30th, 2016||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Olympus]]||October 28th-30th, 2016||17th||9th||{{Sm|Silver}}
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/mmom-bi-monthly-11/events/melee-singles/brackets/218651 MMOM bi-monthly #11]||March 3rd, 2018||4th||3rd||{{Sm|Tian}}
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/rock-smash-a-200-pot-bonus-melee-event/events/melee-singles/brackets/631255/1040538 Rock Smash]||August 10th, 2019||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[LOBSTER 3]]||December 20th, 2008||4th||1st||{{Sm|Dazwa}}
|-
|[[Apex 2009]]||May 9th-10th, 2009||49th||17th||Dazwa
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=320511 Concentrate IV]||March 31st, 2012||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/retribution-october-20th-cincinnati-oh-mk-banned-regional.328952/#post-14984718 RETRIBUTION]||October 20th, 2012||17th||9th||{{Sm|Nicole}}
|}

===''[[Project M]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[SKTAR 3]]||May 31st-June 1st, 2014||33rd||17th||{{Sm|Prince Abu}}
|-
|[[Blacklisted]]||August 15th-16th, 2015||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[We Tech Those]]||November 14th-15th, 2015||2nd||5th||{{Sm|Twisty}}
|-
|[[Maine Competitive Gaming Monthly 7]]||January 30th, 2016||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[SuperNova]]||April 16th, 2016||9th||1st||{{Sm|Slox}}
|-
|[[Blacklisted 2]]||May 21st-22nd, 2016||4th||1st||{{Sm|Silver}}
|-
|[[We Tech Those 2]]||July 23rd-24th, 2016||5th||1st||Silver
|-
|[[Olympus]]||October 28th-30th, 2016||17th||2nd||Silver
|-
|[[GUTS 4]]||November 11th-13th, 2016||5th||3rd||Silver
|-
|[[SG at GU 14.6]]||June 4th, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Blacklisted 3]]||July 1st-2nd, 2017||7th||2nd||{{Sm|Malachi}}
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/revival-of-smashing-grounds-a-project-m-monthly/events/project-m-singles/overview Revival of Smashing Grounds]||May 26th, 2018||4th||9th||{{Sm|Estoof}}
|-
|[[Blacklisted 5]]||June 22nd-23rd, 2019||17th||5th||{{Sm|Silver}}
|}

==={{forwiiu}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[Maine Competitive Gaming Monthly 7]]||January 30th, 2016||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/EightCount6Singles Eight Count #6]||May 27th, 2017||1st||1st||Dazwa
|}

== External links ==
*[http://smashboards.com/member.php?u=23336 Darc's Profile] on [[SmashBoards]]
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlmightyDarc YouTube channel]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V3LrLCjRnI Interview with VGBC at Apex 2010]

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