Editing Smasher:Franz

{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = Franz
| image         = Franz.png
| mainssbm      = Dr. Mario
| rankingssbm   = [[SSBMRank 2023]]: 93rd
| realname      = Aljon Apilado
| location      = Menifee, California
| country       = United States
}}
'''Franz''' is a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' player from [[Southern California]] who is considered the best active {{SSBM|Dr. Mario}} player in the world. His notable placements include 9th at {{Trn|Mainstage}}, 13th at {{Trn|Wavedash 2022}}, 17th at {{Trn|The Big House 10}}, and 17th at {{Trn|Lost Tech City 2022}}. He is currently ranked 9th on the [[SoCal Melee Power Rankings]] and 93rd on the [[SSBMRank 2023]]. Franz has wins over {{Sm|KoDoRiN}}, {{Sm|Polish}}, {{Sm|null}}, {{Sm|Smashdaddy}}, {{Sm|Logan}}, {{Sm|bobby big ballz}}, and {{Sm|Eddy Mexico}}.

==Rankings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
====[[SSBMRank]]/[[MPGR]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[MPGR 2019]]||December 17th, 2018-December 8th, 2019||82nd||{{Head|Dr. Mario|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[SSBMRank 2022]]||March 1st-December 18th, 2022||45th||{{Head|Dr. Mario|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|}

====[[SoCal Melee Power Rankings]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|Summer 2017||||16th||{{Head|Dr. Mario|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|Winter 2018||||19th||{{Head|Dr. Mario|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|Spring-Summer 2018||March 19th-August 26th, 2018||17th||{{Head|Dr. Mario|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|Winter-Spring 2018-2019||||18th||{{Head|Dr. Mario|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|Summer 2019||||14th||{{Head|Dr. Mario|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|Fall-Winter 2019-2020||||15th||{{Head|Dr. Mario|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|Summer-Winter 2021||||9th||{{Head|Dr. Mario|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|Winter-Spring 2022||||10th||{{Head|Dr. Mario|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|Summer-Fall 2022||||7th||{{Head|Dr. Mario|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|Winter-Spring 2023||||7th||{{Head|Dr. Mario|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|}

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://challonge.com/satb83ms Smash @ The Balcony 83]||February 11th, 2017||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|SoCal Arcadian}}||April 30th, 2017||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://sdmelee.challonge.com/LSSD112singles Last Stock SD 112]||June 26th, 2017||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://sdmelee.challonge.com/LSSD117singles Last Stock SD 117]||July 31st, 2017||5th||1st||{{Sm|Breakfast}}
|-
|[https://sdmelee.challonge.com/TCC15singles The Cougar Clash 15]||August 3rd, 2017||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/super-smash-sundays-61/event/melee-singles/brackets/145922/409776 Super Smash Sundays 61]||August 13th, 2017||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://sdmelee.challonge.com/TCC17singles The Cougar Clash 17]||August 31st, 2017||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/training-mode-tuesdays-24/event/melee-singles/brackets Training Mode Tuesdays #24]||September 19th, 2017||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://sdmelee.challonge.com/TCC19singles The Cougar Clash 19]||September 28th, 2017||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://sdmelee.challonge.com/TCC20singles The Cougar Clash 20]||October 12th, 2017||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://sdmelee.challonge.com/TCC21singles The Cougar Clash 21]||October 26th, 2017||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://sdmelee.challonge.com/TCC22singles The Cougar Clash 22]||November 10th, 2017||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Pat's House 3}}||December 2nd-3rd, 2017||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://sdmelee.challonge.com/TCC24singles The Cougar Clash 24]||December 22nd, 2017||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://sdmelee.challonge.com/LSSD138singles Last Stock SD 138]||December 29th, 2017||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/nimbus-1/event/melee-singles/brackets Nimbus #1]||January 4th, 2018||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://sdmelee.challonge.com/TCC25Singles The Cougar Clash 25]||January 5th, 2018||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 5}}||January 19th-21st, 2018||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://sdmelee.challonge.com/TCC28SinglesT8 The Cougar Clash 28]||February 16th, 2018||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/downtime-downsmash-11/event/melee-singles/brackets Downtime Downsmash #11]||February 19th, 2018||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/fuck-it-one-more-balc/event/melee-singles/brackets/212860 fuck it, one more balc]||March 2nd-3rd, 2018||3rd||3rd||{{Sm|Tobes}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/downtime-downsmash-12/event/melee-singles/brackets Downtime Downsmash #12]||March 5th, 2018||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/uci-quarterly-4-ft-westballz/event/melee-singles/brackets/195431/486842 UCI Quarterly 4]||March 10th, 2018||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://sdmelee.challonge.com/TCC30singles The Cougar Clash 30]||March 16th, 2018||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://sdmelee.challonge.com/TCC31singles The Cougar Clash 31]||March 30th, 2018||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Runback 2018}}||July 14th-15th, 2018||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|EVO 2018}}||August 3rd-5th, 2018||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/fight-for-socal-2-ft-shroomed-rocky-sfat-ibdw/event/melee-singles/brackets/497162/861104 Fight For SoCal 2]||January 26th, 2019||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Ultimate Nimbus}}||March 3rd, 2019||5th||5th||Breakfast
|-
|{{Trn|Saving Mr. Lombardi}}||April 13th, 2019||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/nimbus-44/event/melee-singles/brackets/584361/974605 Nimbus #44]||May 2nd, 2019||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Second National Melee Arcadian}}||May 5th, 2019||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/nimbus-53/event/melee-singles/brackets/629524/1038125 Nimbus #53]||July 25th-26th, 2019||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/nimbus-54/event/melee-singles/brackets/633253/1042844 Nimbus #54]||August 1st, 2019||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Mainstage}}||September 20th-22nd, 2019||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/tech-tuesday-14/event/singles/brackets/674728/1101921 Tech Tuesday #14]||October 8th, 2019||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-cougar-clash-68-a-ssbm-biweekly/event/melee-singles/brackets/678565/1107060 The Cougar Clash 68]||October 11th, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/blast-off-26/event/melee-singles/brackets/683698/1113984 Blast Off! #26]||October 20th, 2019||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/tech-tuesday-15/event/singles/brackets/683821/1114178 Tech Tuesday #15]||October 22nd, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-cougar-clash-69-a-ssbm-biweekly/event/melee-singles/brackets/687189/1118776 The Cougar Clash 69]||October 25th, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/fight-for-socal-8-ft-ginger/event/melee-singles/overview Fight for SoCal 8]||October 26th, 2019||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/tech-tuesday-16/event/singles/brackets/694039/1128429 Tech Tuesday #16]||November 5th, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-cougar-clash-70-an-ssbm-biweekly/event/melee-singles/brackets/697358/1132608 The Cougar Clash 70]||November 8th, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS: BLACK}}||November 9th-10th, 2019||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/highlander-con-2019-fall/event/melee-singles/overview Highlander Con 2019]||November 17th, 2019||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/tech-tuesday-18/event/singles/brackets/709675/1149215 Tech Tuesday #18]||December 3rd, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-cougar-clash-72-a-ssbm-biweekly/event/melee-singles/brackets/712276/1152649 The Cougar Clash 72]||December 6th, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/tech-tuesdays-19/event/singles/brackets/716595/1158432 Tech Tuesdays #19]||December 17th, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/nimbus-66/event/melee-singles/brackets/718196/1160448 Nimbus #66]||December 19th, 2019||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/sudden-death-1-100-pot-bonus/event/melee-singles/brackets/707126/1145382 Sudden Death #1]||December 21st, 2019||2nd||2nd||Breakfast
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/blast-off-31/event/melee-singles/brackets/722493/1166488 Blast Off! #31]||December 29th, 2019||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-cougar-clash-74-a-ssbm-biweekly/event/melee-singles/brackets/725905/1170668 The Cougar Clash 74]||January 3rd, 2020||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|2GG: SoCal Chronicles 2020}}||January 4th, 2020||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/tech-tuesday-20/event/singles/brackets/732344/1179089 Tech Tuesday #20]||January 14th, 2020||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/pala-foxia-1-50-100-pot-bonus/event/melee-singles/brackets/721873/1165662 Pala Foxia #1]||January 17th, 2020||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Smash at SteelCraft: Final Genesis Handwarmers}}||January 18th, 2020||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 7}}||January 24th-26th, 2020||129th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Saving Mr. Lombardi 2}}||February 1st, 2020||21st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/sudden-death-2-50-pot-bonus/event/melee-singles/brackets/755145/1209488 Sudden Death #2]||March 7th, 2020||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Mainstage 2021}}||November 12th-14th, 2021||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/steelcraft-summer-2022/event/melee-singles/overview SteelCraft Summer 2022]||July 23rd, 2022||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Wavedash 2022}}||August 6th-7th, 2022||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Lost Tech City 2022}}||September 30th-October 2nd, 2022||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 10}}||October 7th-9th, 2022||17th||33rd||Breakfast
|-
|{{Trn|Ludwig Smash Invitational Last Chance Qualifier}}||October 21st, 2022||Top 8||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Ludwig Smash Invitational}}||October 21st-23rd, 2022||29th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Mainstage 2022}}||December 2nd-4th, 2022||25th||7th||Breakfast
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 9}}||January 20th-22nd, 2023||33rd||17th||Breakfast
|-
|{{Trn|DreamHack San Diego 2023}}||April 7th-9th, 2023||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Tipped Off 14: Resurgence}}||June 3rd-4th, 2023||25th / 344||33rd / 79||{{Sm|Mr2cents}}
|-
|{{Trn|Wavedash 2023}}||June 16th-18th, 2023||17th / 234||4th / 36||Breakfast
|-
|{{Trn|Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 5 Open Qualifier}}||July 7th, 2023||25th / 115||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2023}}||August 10th-13th, 2023||33rd / 860||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Shine 2023}}||August 25th-27th, 2023||17th / 683||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Saving Mr. Lombardi 4}}||November 4th, 2023||9th / 114||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==Trivia==
*Franz became the first Dr. Mario player to be ranked on any official global ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' power ranking since {{Sm|Shroomed}} in 2014 after ranking 82nd on the [[2019 MPGR]].

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/CockyFranz Twitter account]

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