Smasher:Fly Amanita

Fly Amanita
Character info
Melee main	Ice Climbers
Other Melee character	Sheik
Project M main	King Dedede
Other Project M character	Sheik
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking	SSBMRank 2015: 30th
Best historical ranking	RetroSSBMRank 2011: 6th
Best tournament result	2nd / 222 at Press Start
Personal and other info
Real name	Jeremy Westfahl
Location	Claremont, California

Fly Amanita is an American smasher who mains the Ice Climbers and possesses a Sheik secondary in Melee. He began competing in the late 2000s, but received the most recognition in the first half of the following decade, and was considered to be one of the best Ice Climbers players during this time, despite not utilizing wobbling. He has placed top 8 at a multitude of major events, beginning with his 3rd-place finish at Winter Game Fest VI; especially notable runs include a runner-up finish at Press Start and a 7th-place finish at EVO 2014. His performances led him to rank in the top 10 in the first half of 2014, in addition to a retroactive rank of 6th on the RetroSSBMRank 2011. He retired in the second half of the decade to focus on his math doctorate, also citing a lack of interest in competing.

Outside of his Melee career, Fly Amanita was a former member of the Project M Backroom, having assisted in the new redesign of the Ice Climbers. Despite this, he does not use the Ice Climbers in Project M tournaments, but rather uses King Dedede instead. He is considered one of the best King Dedede players in the world, and placed 5th at Apex 2014's Project M event.

Playstyle

Fly Amanita has been well-known to not be proficient at wobbling, which somewhat limits his punishes at the highest level. This is because in a tournament setting, he typically cannot react to landing a grab quickly enough and will mess up the wobble timing, whereas he can continue his punish more organically with hand-off combos, which are ironically much more difficult technically than wobbling. However, he will refuse to enter majors that ban wobbling out of principle, notably not attending The Big House 4.

To compensate for this, Fly Amanita developed strong fundamentals and a unique, unusual approach to the Ice Climbers' otherwise lackluster neutral game. At the beginning of his career, he built his game plan around completely shutting down his opponent's options, but has since developed a more well-rounded playstyle. His Sopo is also known to be one of the best in the world, notably clutching out a win against Silent Wolf at Kings of Cali 3.

Rankings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

RetroSSBMRank

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
RetroSSBMRank 2010	2010	10th
RetroSSBMRank 2011	2011	6th		A previous iteration of this ranking had Fly Amanita at 8th instead

SSBMRank

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
SSBMRank 2013	January - November 2013	21st
Summer 2014 SSBMRank	January - May 2014	9th
SSBMRank 2014	January - October 5th, 2014	11th
Summer 2015 SSBMRank	January - July 2015	21st
SSBMRank 2015	January - November 2015	30th

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
SCSA West Coast Circuit	December 6th, 2008	7th	13th	Nate
Mango Juice	March 21st, 2009	—	25th	Azn Lep
GENESIS	July 10th-12th, 2009	25th	—	—
Active Gamers	September 26th-27th, 2009	5th	4th	Julian
Pat's House	November 14th-15th, 2009	25th	—	—
R3	December 19th-20th, 2009	17th	3rd	Replicate
Good Shit German	July 24th-25th, 2010	7th	5th	Replicate
Don't Go Down There Jeff	December 18th-20th, 2010	5th	13th	Azn Lep
Winter Game Fest VI	January 22nd-23rd, 2011	3rd	—	—
GENESIS 2	July 15th-17th, 2011	13th	—	—
The Big House 2	October 6th-7th, 2012	3rd	5th	Nintendude
Kings of Cali	November 10th, 2012	5th	13th	ROFL
Kings of Cali 2	April 13th-14th, 2013	5th	5th	Shroomed
NorCal Regionals 2013	April 26th-28th, 2013	5th	—	—
EVO 2013	July 12th-14th, 2013	17th	—	—
LanHammer 2013	August 17th-18th, 2013	3rd	—	—
Kings of Cali 3	December 14th-15th, 2013	2nd	—	—
Apex 2014	January 17th-19th, 2014	17th	—	—
SoCal Regionals 2014	February 28th-March 2nd, 2014	9th	—	—
The Next Episode	March 22nd-23rd, 2014	1st	—	—
Pat's House 2	May 24th-25th, 2014	3rd	7th	Eddy Mexico
SSS Lock-In	June 14th-15th, 2014	3rd	—	—
MLG Anaheim 2014	June 20th-22nd, 2014	29th	—	—
Kings of Cali 4	July 5th-6th, 2014	5th	—	—
EVO 2014	July 11th-13th, 2014	7th	—	—
Zenith 2014	August 2nd-3rd, 2014	9th	—	—
Do You Fox Wit It?	November 15th-16th, 2014	5th	—	—
Super Smash Sundays 29	December 7th, 2014	5th	—	—
Apex 2015	January 30th-February 1st, 2015	17th	—	—
I'm Not Yelling!	April 11th-12th, 2015	9th	—	—
Press Start	May 10th-11th, 2015	2nd	—	—
Mayhem June 2015	June 6th, 2015	5th	—	—
EVO 2015	July 17th-19th, 2015	17th	—	—
Paragon Los Angeles 2015	September 5th-6th, 2015	17th	—	—
The Big House 5	October 2nd-4th, 2015	33rd	—	—
Tipped Off 11	November 7th, 2015	9th	—	—
Mayhem 26	April 23rd, 2016	5th	—	—
Super Smash Sundays 44	May 15th, 2016	3rd	—	—
Super Smash Sundays 47	July 3rd, 2016	4th	—	—
EVO 2016	July 15th-17th, 2016	49th	—	—
Claremont College Paid Weekly 3/22/17	March 22nd, 2017	1st	—	—

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
AxisGaming	August 30, 2008	17th	—	—
SCSA West Coast Circuit	December 6th, 2008	5th	4th	Hall
GENESIS	July 10th-12th, 2009	49th	—	—

Project M

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
Low Tier City	July 27th-28th, 2013	2nd	4th	Oro?!
Apex 2014	January 17th-19th, 2014	5th	—	—
Super Smash Sundays 2-16-2014	February 16th, 2014	2nd	—	—
EVO 2015	July 17th-19th, 2015	17th