Smasher:Elegant

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Elegant
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Elegant with the Super Smash Con 2018 Wii U Best Combo award.
Character info
Melee main Luigi
Other Melee character Falco
Smash 4 main Luigi
Other Smash 4 character Mario
Ultimate main Luigi
Project M main Luigi
Team info
Former sponsor(s) Armada, Nevermore eSports, Beefy Smash Doods, Unseen Gaming
Former crews ennyMura
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. 4 Panda Global Rankings 100: 27th
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 14th
Best historical ranking Super Smash Bros. 4 PGR v4: 11th
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 14th
Best tournament result Super Smash Bros. 4 2nd / 331 at GameTyrant Expo 2017
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 3rd / 830 at Mainstage 2021
Personal info
Real name Matt Fitzpatrick
Birth date (age 25)
Location Chino Hills, California USA

Elegant is an SSBU Luigi player from Irvine, California who is currently residing in Chino Hills, California, and is considered the best Luigi player of all time, being the undisputed best Luigi player from 2019 to 2022. Elegant has taken sets from players such as Tweek, Shuton, Cosmos, Samsora, Light, ESAM, Chag, and Maister. He was formerly ranked 2nd on the SoCal Ultimate Power Rankings, 8th on OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse North America, 14th on OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse, and 41st on the PGRU v3 NA.

Elegant is also a prominent SSB4 Luigi player who was considered as the best SSB4 Luigi player in the world. Elegant is currently ranked 5th on the SoCal All-Time Smash 4 Power Rankings and 27th on the Panda Global Rankings 100. He was formerly ranked at the 0 spot on the NorCal Smash 4 Power Rankings. He has taken sets off of top players such as Salem, Nairo, MkLeo, Ally, Larry Lurr, KEN, VoiD, and Mr.R.

He used to regularly team with Aarvark in doubles, and the pair was considered one of the best doubles teams in the world. More recently, he has shown great skill in Doubles with a variety of players, winning Get On My Level 2018 with SuperGirlKels, 2GG: Hyrule Saga with Stroder, Low Tier City 6 with Samsora, and The Big House 8 with Scend.

On March 22nd, 2017, both Elegant and Aarvark were signed by Beefy Smash Doods.[1] Over a year later, on April 13th, 2018, Elegant, along with fellow smashers Aarvark, quiK, and Izaw, parted ways with Beefy Smash Doods.[2] On May 31st, 2018, Elegant was sponsored by Unseen Gaming.[3] Sometime afterwards, he parted ways with Unseen. On July 12th, Elegant signed with Nevermore eSports.[4] On February 21st, 2020, Elegant announced that he had joined Armada eSports.[5]

Playstyle[edit]

Elegant's playstyle remains mostly the same from SSB4 to SSBU, and is highly characterized through his potent punish game, his quick movement, and unpredictable choices in neutral. He has a mastery of Luigi's combos and recovery, making use of his powerful grab and combo game, and offsetting the character's exploitable recovery by recovering in different and unusual ways. Due to the amount of combo starters Luigi has, Elegant uses these to frame trap and DI mixup his opponents, doing massive amounts of damage and potentially pulling a zero-to-death combo.

Elegant was also well known for his ability to button mash efficiently. This skill was especially evident in his ability to spike opponents with Luigi Cyclone in SSB4, which is only possible if the player mashes enough to make Luigi rise and prevent the attack's final hitbox from connecting. As Elegant was proficient as this technique, his edge guarding ability was on point, allowing him to gimp players at low percentages and make comebacks off of a single neutral win. Additionally, he would make great use of Luigi Cyclone to mix up his recovery, as his proficiency in mashing allowed him to gain significant height from the move. Although these effects were removed in Ultimate, effectively worsening the move by taking out its ability to gimp and removing its recovery potential, Elegant makes use of Luigi Cyclone's newly added trait of having invincibility frames within the startup of the move to combo break his opponents, kill off the top of the stage, brute force his way through an opponent, or cover the ledge. Elegant also makes use of Luigi's newly added tether to create space between him and his opponent, start combos, and edgeguard.

Elegant is also known for his upper body shake he does before sets, which he has dubbed the, "Elegant Shake" which he claims gets rid of nerves he may have before a set.

Tournament placings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
EVO 2017 July 14th-16th, 2017 1025th
The Big House 9 October 4th-6th, 2019 513th

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
EVO 2015 July 17th-19th, 2015 129th
Super Smash Sundays 37 November 29th, 2015 5th 3rd HOST
2GGlory #4 December 26th, 2015 17th
2GGT: ESAM Saga January 9th, 2016 13th 7th Wii Twerk Trainer
Super Smash Sundays 39 January 10th-11th, 2016 2nd
Super Smash Sundays 40 January 24th, 2016 2nd
Super Smash Sundays 41 February 7th, 2016 1st
Smash Bros at Church 4 February 13th, 2016 13th 2nd Wii Twerk Trainer
2GGT: FOW Saga March 26th, 2016 33rd 3rd Aarvark
2GGT: Fresh Saga May 7th, 2016 13th 9th Aarvark
2GGT: Mexico Saga June 4th, 2016 25th 7th Aarvark
L.A.F.F Los Angeles Fraud Fights July 9th, 2016 9th 1st Aarvark
2GGT: KTAR Saga July 23rd, 2016 13th 4th Aarvark
Mega Smash Mondays 65 September 12th, 2016 2nd
Mega Smash Mondays 66 September 19th, 2016 2nd
2GGT: Abadango Saga September 24th, 2016 7th 13th Aarvark
Mega Smash Mondays 67 September 26th, 2016 7th
Let It Shine III October 1st, 2016 2nd 1st Saturn
Mega Smash Mondays 69 October 10th, 2016 1st
SoCal Regionals 2016 October 15th, 2016 9th
Mega Smash Mondays 70 October 17th, 2016 1st
Final Destination 11 October 22nd, 2016 2nd 1st Tyrant
Wednesday Night Fights 4.1 October 26th, 2016 3rd
2GG: Pay It Forward October 29th, 2016 17th
Mega Spooky Mondays 72 October 31st, 2016 2nd
Wednesday Night Fights 4.2 November 9th, 2016 2nd
Mega Smash Mondays 74 November 14th, 2016 1st
Falcon Punch Fridays #2.1 November 18th, 2016 1st
Hero to ZeRo November 19th, 2016 7th 2nd Aarvark
Mega Smash Mondays 75 November 21st, 2016 4th
Wednesday Night Fights 4.4 November 23rd, 2016 2nd
Mega Smash Mondays 76 November 28th, 2016 2nd
Wednesday Night Fights 4.5 November 30th, 2016 7th
Falcon Punch Fridays #2.2 December 2nd, 2016 4th
Mega Smash Mondays 77 December 5th, 2016 1st
Wednesday Night Fights 4.6 December 7th, 2016 1st
Falcon Punch Fridays #2.3 December 9th, 2016 1st ? Mr. ConCon
Smash City LA December 11th, 2016 4th
Mega Smash Mondays 78 December 12th, 2016 2nd
2GGT: ZeRo Saga December 16th-18th, 2016 49th 7th Aarvark
Mega Smash Mondays 79 January 2nd, 2017 7th
Poplar Creek Bowl Weekly #81 January 5th, 2017 3rd 1st Aarvark
Midwest Mayhem 6: SoCal Invasion January 7th, 2017 3rd 1st Aarvark
Mega Smash Mondays 80 January 9th, 2017 1st
2GGC: GENESIS Saga January 14th, 2017 17th 5th Aarvark
Mega Smash Mondays 81 January 16th, 2017 9th
GENESIS 4 January 20th-22nd, 2017 13th 5th Aarvark
2GGC: Midwest Mayhem Saga February 11th, 2017 17th 2nd Aarvark
No Fun Allowed March 4th, 2017 2nd 2nd Aarvark
Rise 2017 March 18th-19th, 2017 2nd 2nd Tyrant
2GGC: Civil War March 24th-26th, 2017 33rd 17th Aarvark
Mega Smash Mondays 91 March 27th, 2017 5th
Mega Smash Mondays 92 April 3rd, 2017 1st
Mega Smash Mondays 96 May 8th, 2017 4th
Wednesday Night Fights 2017 Spring Season Premier 1.1 May 10th, 2017 3rd
Mega Smash Mondays 97 May 15th, 2017 4th
Wednesday Night Fights 2017 Spring Season 1.2 May 17th, 2017 1st
2GGC: Greninja Saga May 20th, 2017 13th 7th Aarvark
Mega Smash Mondays 98 May 22nd, 2017 3rd
Wednesday Night Fights 2017 Spring Season 2.3 May 24th, 2017 3rd
Port Priority: A Pacific Northwest Regional May 27th, 2017 4th 1st Aarvark
Mega Smash Mondays 99 May 29th, 2017 2nd
Mega Smash Mondays 24 - The Lose Episode June 5th, 2017 1st
Wednesday Night Fights 2017 Spring Season 2.5 June 7th, 2017 5th
Smash 4 @UCI #35 June 8th, 2017 1st
2GGC: Nairo Saga June 10th-11th, 2017 7th 17th Aarvark
Mega Smash Mondays 100 June 12th, 2017 17th
Wednesday Night Fights 2017 Spring Season 2.6 June 14th, 2017 9th
Mega Smash Mondays 101 June 19th, 2017 5th
Wednesday Night Fights 2017 Spring Season 2.8 June 28th, 2017 1st
Mega Smash Mondays 103 July 3rd, 2017 1st
2GGC: ARMS Saga July 8th-9th, 2017 17th 7th Aarvark
EVO 2017 July 14th-16th, 2017 17th
Mega Smash Mondays 105 July 17th, 2017 2nd
Gamerz Rebooted #44 August 18th, 2017 1st 1st Legit
Who's Your Pappy #9 September 3rd, 2017 1st 1st Legit
2GGC: West Side Saga September 9th, 2017 17th
Mega Smash Mondays 113 September 11th, 2017 3rd
GameTyrant Expo 2017 September 29th-October 1st, 2017 2nd 13th Zenyou
2GGC: Fire Emblem Saga October 14th-15th, 2017 25th 9th falln
Mega Smash Mondays 118 October 16th, 2017 7th
Who's Your Pappy 10 October 22nd, 2017 2nd 1st Legit
Clutch City Clash 2 October 28th-29th, 2017 3rd 3rd Mekos
2GGC: MkLeo Saga November 4th, 2017 17th 9th Stroder
2GG Championship Last Chance Qualifier December 1st, 2017 1st
2GG Championship December 1st-3rd, 2017 5th
Mega Smash Mondays 124 December 4th, 2017 17th
Smash 4 Boot Camp December 7th-10th, 2017 13th 3rd Xzax
Mega Smash Mondays 126 December 18th, 2017 3rd
Mega Smash Mondays 127 January 1st, 2018 5th
GENESIS 5 January 19th-21st, 2018 13th 5th Stroder
Noods Noods Noods: Melee Edition January 27th, 2018 2nd
Mega Smash Mondays 131 January 29th, 2018 2nd
Mega Smash Mondays 132 February 5th, 2018 2nd
No Fun Allowed 2 February 24th, 2018 1st 1st Larry Lurr
Mega Smash Mondays 137 March 12th, 2018 3rd
Weds Night Fight 2018 Season 1.6 March 14th, 2018 1st
Rise 2018 March 17th-18th, 2018 2nd 1st Stroder
Weds Night Fight 2018 Season 1.8 March 28th, 2018 1st
SoCal Rivals March 31st, 2018 2nd
Hollywood Action Tuesdays 17 April 10th, 2018 1st
End of The Line 4 April 14th, 2018 2nd 1st Light The Lantern
Get On My Level 2018 May 18th-20th, 2018 13th 1st SuperGirlKels
Smash 'N' Splash 4 June 1st-3rd, 2018 5th 9th Captain L
Super Smash Fight Club 2 June 9th, 2018 2nd
2GG: Hyrule Saga June 23rd-24th, 2018 13th 1st Stroder
Master Sword Monday June 25th, 2018 2nd
CEO 2018 June 29th-July 1st, 2018 13th 9th Light The Lantern
Shockwave 190 July 20th, 2018 1st 1st Light The Lantern
End of The Line 5 July 21st, 2018 1st 1st Light The Lantern
Low Tier City 6 July 27th-29th, 2018 2nd 1st Samsora
EVO 2018 August 3rd-5th, 2018 9th
Super Smash Con 2018 August 9th-12th, 2018 17th 3rd ANTi
Super Smash Fight Club 3 August 18th, 2018 2nd 1st SDX
SoCal Regionals 2018 September 14th-16th, 2018 1st 1st Stroder
Super Smash Fight Club 4 September 22nd, 2018 2nd
Retro Arena September 29th, 2018 1st 1st StarbasedFruit
Little Big House 4 October 4th, 2018 2nd
The Big House 8 October 5th-7th, 2018 7th 1st BestNess
GameTyrant Expo 2018 November 2nd-4th, 2018 3rd 3rd Stroder
Super Smash Fight Club 5 November 10th, 2018 2nd 2nd SDX
Super Smash Con 2019 August 8th-11th, 2019 7th 1st BestNess
Super Smash Con: Fall Fest October 15th-17th, 2021 3rd
Super Smash Con 2022 August 11th-14th, 2022 4th 1st Scend

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Mega Smash Mondays 169 December 10th, 2018 5th
Mega Smash Mondays 170 December 17th, 2018 65th
SoCal Chronicles January 5th, 2019 3rd 5th MrConCon
TGC Returns January 12th, 2019 25th 2nd Shadow_PR
Mega Smash Mondays 174 January 28th, 2019 1st
GENESIS 6 February 1st-3rd, 2019 193rd
No Fun Allowed 3 February 9th, 2019 9th 1st SDX
Mega Smash Mondays 176 February 11th, 2019 9th
Esports Arena Smash Ultimate Tounament February 16th-17th, 2019 49th 1st Taternator
Frostbite 2019 February 22nd-24th, 2019 49th 33rd SDX
Smash Ultimate @ UCI #9: Failed Experiments Redemption March 7th, 2019 1st
Mega Smash Mondays 180 March 11th, 2019 2nd
2GG: Prime Saga Kickoff April 12th, 2019 17th
2GG: Prime Saga April 13th-14th, 2019 65th 7th AvoiD
Mega Smash Mondays 185 April 15th, 2019 17th
Mega Smash Mondays 187 April 29th, 2019 1st
Mega Smash Mondays 191 May 27th, 2019 1st
Smash 'N' Splash 5 May 31st-June 2nd, 2019 33rd 9th PiXL
The Kid, the Goat, and the Mang0 June 8th-9th, 2019 2nd 2nd Abadango
Wednesday Night Fights 2019 2.6 June 13th, 2019 2nd
Low Tier City 7 July 12th-14th, 2019 4th 3rd Stroder
Overextend July 27th, 2019 1st 1st Lucky
EVO 2019 August 2nd-4th, 2019 17th
Super Smash Con 2019 August 8th-11th, 2019 33rd
Shine 2019 August 23rd-25th, 2019 17th 4th BestNess
Standoff 2019 August 30th-September 1st, 2019 1st 5th Fatality
Port Priority 5 September 7th-8th, 2019 17th 1st BestNess
The Big House 9 October 4th-6th, 2019 33rd 13th MastaMario
GENESIS: BLACK November 9th-10th, 2019 2nd
UCI x GameChanger Charity Smash Ultimate Tournament December 3rd, 2019 2nd
2GG: Kongo Saga December 7th-8th, 2019 49th 13th Samsora
2GG: SoCal Chronicles 2020 January 4th, 2020 1st
Mega Smash Mondays 224 January 13th, 2020 4th
GENESIS 7 January 24th-26th, 2020 17th 5th Stroder
Slopes Arcade Invitational January 30th-31st, 2020 3rd
LAN King Smash Royale XI February 1st, 2020 4th 1st Nicko
Super Smash Fight Club 2 February 8th, 2020 5th 1st MastaMario
Frostbite 2020 February 21st-23rd, 2020 13th 17th SuperGirlKels
bunker down (4)Online April 12th, 2020 17th
Block'd InOnline April 14th, 2020 2nd
BESTNEXPO: MASH OFFOnline April 24th, 2020 7th
Smash Out Breast CancerOnline October 30th-31st, 2020 25th
2GG West Coast InvitationalOnline November 29th, 2020 9th
Jingle JairsOnline December 5th, 2020 13th
SWT: NA Southwest Ultimate Online QualifierOnline May 1st-2nd, 2021 49th
SWT: NA Southwest Ultimate Online Qualifier Last Chance QualifierOnline May 2nd, 2021 17th
Mega Smash Mondays 240 August 23rd, 2021 25th
Back in Blood August 28th, 2021 1st
Riptide September 10th-12th, 2021 4th 3rd Maister
Low Tide City 2021 October 1st-3rd, 2021 4th 5th Stroder
Super Smash Con: Fall Fest October 15th-17th, 2021 17th
Port Priority 6 October 30th-31st, 2021 17th 5th Stroder Ame
Mainstage 2021 November 12th-14th, 2021 3rd 5th Myles
Smash Ultimate Summit 4 March 3rd-6th, 2022 7th
Collision 2022 March 12th-13th, 2022 17th
GENESIS 8 April 15th-17th, 2022 97th
Low Tide City 2022 April 29th-May 1st, 2022 13th
Back in Blood 4 May 14th, 2022 4th 1st JDV
COST 2022 June 18th-19th, 2022 2nd 1st Dark Wizzy
QCS: One Night Stand July 30th, 2022 4th 1st ApolloKage
Super Smash Con 2022 August 11th-14th, 2022 13th 65th Kiwi

Project M[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Project M @ The Balcony 104 July 22nd, 2017 17th

Drunken behavior controversy[edit]

On September 5th, 2022, Shannon, a former friend of Elegant, posted a TwitLonger discussing Elegant's poor behavior when drunk. In the TwitLonger, she noted how there were two incidents where Elegant's drunken behavior had affected her. The first incident was at Collision 2022, where both of them were drunk and had sex, a moment which despite haunting her, she decided to try and let go, as she believed she had handled the incident irresponsibly. The second incident took place after Super Smash Con 2022, where she was slightly intoxicated but Elegant was inebriated. Despite Shannon telling Elegant that due to what had happened at Collision 2022 his drunken behavior made her feel uncomfortable, Elegant still preceded to hang around her, hug her, and even asked her to stay at his place, as if he was oblivious to her complaints, leading Shannon to lose all trust in him.[6] During the TwitLonger and in subsequent Tweets, she highlighted that her purpose of posting the TwitLonger was not to "cancel" Elegant, but to give him a wake-up call to a problem that he has.[7]

Elegant initially wrote two TwitLongers detailing his side of his story. He conceded that the two were drunk and had sex during Collision 2022 but was adamant that both parties had consented, a point that Shannon was assuming as well.[8] He also thought that he and Shannon were fine after the situation as they seemingly didn't show ill-will towards each other. On the second incident, although he admitted he didn't remember what took place, he conceded that he had a drinking problem but believed he had gotten better about it.[9] Elegant eventually deleted both TwitLonger in order to write a more detailed one, which in addition to what was explained before, he also added how the two did talk about the first incident following the end of Collision 2022, which led Elegant to believe the two had talked everything through, and that despite being surprised at Shannon unfriending him, he gave her space by not interacting with her prior to the second incident. He concluded the new TwitLonger by agreeing that he should be held accountable for his actions and that he would no longer drink after Smash tournaments.[10]

Further accusations have since been levied against Elegant from several others, including Elegant's ex-girlfriend.[11][12][13] Despite taking place in different tournaments, all the TwitLongers highlighted Elegant's behavior after becoming drunk and dismissed his claim that he had been working on his behavior.

In response to his actions, Elegant would be banned indefinitely from all events in multiple regions including, but not limited to SoCal,[14] Texas,[15] and Las Vegas, Nevada.[16]

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