Smasher:Umbreon

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Umbreon "UmbreonMow"
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Character info
Melee main Zelda
Other Melee character Roy
Project M mains Sheik, Marth
Personal info
Real name Maxwell Theron Vantablack
Birth date (age 37)
Location Pennsylvania United States

Umbreon, also known as UmbreonMow, is a retired professional Melee and Project M player from Pennsylvania. Prior to his retirement from Melee, he was one of the game's early top players for low tiers. Umbreon returned to tournament play for Project M as a notable Sheik and Marth player.

He was the leader of the governing body of the Melee community, the Melee Back Room (MBR), from 2007 through 2011. Umbreon is known to have developed heuristics for high-level play optimization and coaching work with other known community members such as Cactuar, Kirbykaze, druggedfox, Mew2King, and PPMD. Umbreon is also known for extensive writing with regards to top-level Marth play and as the author to Drastic Improvement. Finally, he was a member of the Project M Development Team until its completion in 2015, and later a member of the Project+ Development Team.

Tournament placings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
SmashCorts #10 January 19th, 2019 9th

Project M[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Aftershock March 28th-29th, 2015 4th DrinkingFood
Low Tier City 3 August 1st-2nd, 2015 5th Machiavelli
Paragon Los Angeles 2015 September 5th-6th, 2015 13th DrinkingFood
Super Bit Wars 4 February 20th-21st, 2016 4th Luck
Low Tier City 4 June 18th-19th, 2016 7th Hero of Time
Clutch City Clash August 6th-7th, 2016 5th Luck
Alaska Smash Bash 2017 July 29th, 2017 1st ChuDat
We Tech Those 3 January 13th-14th, 2018 13th Luck
Smash 'N' Splash 4 June 1st-3rd, 2018 9th Malachi
SmashCorts #10 January 19th, 2019 1st
Project Plusle January 20th, 2019 3rd (DQ) 1st Linkeiro