Smasher:JAVI
| JAVI | |
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| Character info | |
| Melee main | Fox |
| Other Melee characters | Sheik, Falco |
| Project M main | Fox |
| Team info | |
| Crew(s) | Red Gibbon |
| Former crews | X-smashers, Smash Factor |
| Rankings and results info | |
| Most recent ranking |  2018 Mexican Power Rankings: 1st |
| Best historical ranking | SSBMRank 2013: 17th |
| Best tournament result | 4th / 318 at Apex 2012  17th / 152 at Forte 2
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| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Javier Dantes Ruiz |
| Birth date | |
| Location | Monterrey, Nuevo León 
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JAVI is a Mexican smasher from Nuevo León who mains Fox in Super Smash Bros. Melee. He is considered the greatest Mexican Melee player of all time and was the only Mexican player to be ranked top 20 on the SSBMRank, ranking 17th on the SSBMRank 2013. JAVI is best known for his performance at Apex 2012, where he finished 4th after beating several of the era's best players, including Dr. PeePee and Hax$. He traveled to and found success at several other events outside of Mexico during the mid-2010s, and as such was ranked in the top 50 from 2013 to 2016. Though he stopped traveling by the end of the 2016 season, he remained the country's best player for several years before he stopped competing regularly by mid-2019; since then, he has only made a couple of tournament appearances.
He is the twin brother of Twin, and the two regularly team in doubles.
Playstyle[edit]
JAVI is known for his high level of technical skill, being one of the first Fox mains to consistently utilize the double shine technique in competitive play. JAVI is considered one of the best Fox players in dittos and the Falco matchup, taking sets off of several famed space animal players in tournament such as PPMD. He however does poorly in the Samus matchup similar to Leffen having lost sets to ESAM and Duck. He holds the controller in an unusual way compared to most others, playing "claw" as if he was using a fight stick. Due to this style, he grabs less often than most other Fox mains.
Tournament history[edit]
JAVI's best performance, as well as his international breakout event, was at Apex 2012, which he was able to attend after winning the Ticket To Apex tournament, getting his flight paid for him. At this tournament, he swept through both rounds of pools and made it into the 64 man bracket, where he was knocked into losers' bracket early by Lovage, but managed to defeat Redd, Weon-X, KoreanDJ, VaNz, Lovage in a rematch, Hax, and finally Dr. PeePee before being eliminated by Hungrybox, taking 4th place in singles. He also placed 33rd in doubles with HugS, and participated in the USA vs. The World crew battle as the first player for The World team, though he was taken out by Jman in his first battle.
JAVI returned next year to attend Apex 2013, where he placed 13th in singles and 7th in doubles with Aza. In singles, he defeated .jpg, Darkatma, and Leffen in the 128 man bracket before being eliminated by Axe. After a year and a half of no appearances at major tournaments, JAVI attended EVO 2014. In the winners' quarters pools, he defeated Swedish Delight 2-0 before losing to S2J 1-2. He made it into the top 32 by eliminating Mr. Brandandorf, but lost to Eddy Mexico 0-2, placing 25th in singles.
JAVI, after another 5 or 6 months of no significant appearances, goes to Apex Qualifier Forte 2, along with several other Mexican smashers such as Valdo, Lazh .jpg, Aza and Tuga. While there, he easily swept through his pools, and served as the final man in the Texas vs. Mexico crew battle, taking out Arc's last stock without losing one. He also defeated MT 3-1 in a Money Match using Fox, Sheik and Falcon and won Melee doubles with his brother Tuga, defeating Hungrybox and Arc in Grandfinals without dropping a set the whole time. Afterwards, JAVI surged through his bracket, defeating the likes of Tirno 3-0 and MacD 3-1 to get into Top 8 on Winner's Side. He then had a nail-biting 5 game set against Hungrybox that went down to last stock, but eventually was defeated 3-2. He then defeated Arc 3-0 in loser's quarters before losing 3-1 to Axe in loser's semis, taking 4th place overall.
JAVI attended EVO 2015 and cruised through pools and make it into top 32 on winners side, but lost to PewPewU and Westballz immediately to get 17th place. He was able to attend The Big House 5 through the smash compendium. He was notably late for teams forcing his partner Bladewise to play with a level 9 Ganondorf. Despite this setback they were able to get 4th place in teams. In top 64 bracket he beat KirbyKaze 2-0 in winners before getting 0-3'ed by both Armada and Duck to get 17th place.
JAVI was able to attend Tipped Off 11 through the smash compendium. In top 64 bracket he beat Drephen in winners before getting 0-2'ed by The Moon. He made a good losers run beating S0ft, Wobbles, and Jsalt to make top 8, then beat DJ Nintendo and ESAM before losing to DruggedFox in losers semis to get 4th place. He teamed with .jpg and got 5th in teams. JAVI returned to Texas with Aza, Twin, and the rest of Monterrey to attend Forte 3. He again took teams with Twin without dropping a set. In singles he made it into the top 8 winners qualifier, but lost to Tai then lost to Westballz in top 8 getting 5th place.
JAVI was able to attend GENESIS 3 in 2016, but only received 33rd place, getting knocked out by Ice 0-3 and Mike Haze 2-3. JAVI also placed top 8 in doubles with Tuga and was part of Axe's team for crew battles.
JAVI went to Low Tier City 4 in Texas, but missed out on top 8 after losing to Lucky and Tai again. He also teamed up with Wizzrobe and got top 3.
JAVI attended EVO 2016 and made into top 32 winners side, but he lost to Plup and S2J and again finished in 17th place.
Rankings[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]
SSBMRank/MPGR[edit]
| Ranking | Time period | Rank | Character(s) | Notes |
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| SSBMRank 2013 | January - November 2013 | 17th |  |
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| SSBMRank Summer 2014 | January - May 2014 | 24th | |
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| SSBMRank 2014 | January - October 5th, 2014 | 27th | |
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| SSBMRank 2015 | January - November 2015 | 26th | |
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| SSBMRank 2016 | January 15th - December 4th, 2016 | 37th | |
Top 100 Melee Players of All Time[edit]
| Ranking | Time period | Rank | Character(s) | Notes |
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| First List | January 10th, 2004 - January 21st, 2018 | 45th | |
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| Second List | January 10th, 2004 - February 3rd, 2019 | 47th | |
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| Third List | January 10th, 2004 - February 16th, 2020 | 47th | |
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| Fourth List | January 10th, 2004 - September 12th, 2021 | 50th | |
Tournament placings[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
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| Ticket to Apex | September 17th, 2011 | 1st | — | — |
| Apex 2012 | January 6th-8th, 2012 | 4th | 33rd | HugS |
| Apex 2013 | January 17th-19th, 2013 | 13th | 7th | Aza |
| EGC 2013 | December 30th, 2013 | 1st | — | — |
| EGC 2014 | March 15th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| EVO 2014 | July 11th-13th, 2014 | 25th | 13th | Eddy Mexico |
| Holy Smash Melee | August 29th, 2014 | 1st | ? | — |
| Thunderstruck 2014 | October 18th-19th, 2014 | 1st? | — | — |
| Forte 2 | December 20th-21st, 2014 | 4th | 1st | Tuga |
| EVO 2015 | July 17th-19th, 2015 | 17th | — | — |
| The Big House 5 | October 2nd-4th, 2015 | 17th | 4th | Bladewise |
| Thunderstruck 2015 | October 17th-18th, 2015 | 1st / 64 | — | — |
| Tipped Off 11 | November 7th-8th, 2015 | 4th | 5th | .jpg |
| Forte 3 | December 19th-20th, 2015 | 5th | 1st | Tuga |
| GENESIS 3 | January 15th-17th, 2016 | 33rd | 7th | Tuga |
| LSA Weekly 2 | January 31st, 2016 | 1st | 1st | ? |
| LSA Weekly 4 | February 21st, 2016 | 3rd | — | — |
| Just Some Melee 3 | April 30th, 2016 | 1st (split) | — | — |
| The Hazard | May 15th, 2016 | 2nd | 1st | Medz |
| Low Tier City 4 | June 18th-19th, 2016 | 9th | 3rd | Wizzrobe |
| LSA Weekly XI | June 20th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| EVO 2016 | July 15th-17th, 2016 | 17th | 7th | Bladewise |
| Smash Factor 5 | July 29th-31st, 2016 | 3rd | 1st | Aza |
| Thunderstruck IV | September 18th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| Ser Smasher 1 | October 15th, 2016 | 3rd | — | — |
| Don't Park on the Grass | December 17th-18th, 2016 | 33rd | 9th | Twin |
| Torneo Galactico | February 4th, 2017 | 1st | — | — |
| Tijuana at War | February 25th-26th, 2017 | 1st | 1st | Twin |
| Smash Factor 6 | August 4th-6th, 2017 | 9th | 3rd | Aza |
| Thunderstruck V | September 15th-17th, 2017 | 1st | — | — |
| The Final Chance | October 7th-8th, 2017 | 3rd | 5th | Turko |
| Desert Melee 4 | December 9th, 2017 | — | 1st | Twin |
| MM Tournament (pre-factor) | June 30th, 2018 | 9th | 2nd | Turko |
| Smash Factor 7 | July 20th-22nd, 2018 | 5th | 2nd | Twin |
| Repon Melee | August 19th, 2018 | 1st | — | — |
| Thunderstruck 2018 | October 6th-7th, 2018 | 1st / 26 | — | — |
| Repon Melee 2 | October 13th, 2018 | 2nd | 1st | Valdo |
| WeTecThose 8 | November 17th-18th, 2018 | 1st | 1st | Twin |
| Repon Melee 3 | December 8th, 2018 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash Norte | April 13th-14th, 2019 | 1st | 1st | Twin |
| WeTecThose 9 | June 15th-16th, 2019 | 1st | 1st | Aza |
| Road to Smash Factor 8 | July 6th-7th, 2019 | 2nd (DQ) | — | — |
| Smash Factor 8 | July 26th-28th, 2019 | 13th | 1st | Twin |
Rona Rumble: Mexico |
June 4th, 2020 | 7th / 30 | — | — |
| SWT: Central America Melee Regional Finals | August 28th-29th, 2021 | 9th | — | — |
| Smash Factor 9 | July 29th-31st, 2022 | 25th | 3rd | Twin |
| S Factor 12 | July 26th-27th, 2025 | 17th / 199 | — | — |
| Gamerzone INDE | October 18th, 2025 | 4th / 60 | — | — |
Project M[edit]
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
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| Holy Smash Melee | August 29th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Forte 2 | December 20th-21st, 2014 | 17th | 5th | Tuga |
| Tipped Off 11 | November 7th-8th, 2015 | — | 13th | .jpg |
