Smasher:Westballz

Westballz Melee main Falco Other Melee characters Fox, Captain Falcon, Donkey Kong Project M mains Falco, Fox Other Project M characters Wolf, Captain Falcon Crew(s) G2 Esports Former crews Team OXY, Tempo Storm Skill Top professional Top professional Ranking Summer 2017 SSBMRank: 12th Winnings ~$43,110.15 Additional info Real name Weston Dennis Birth date December 8, 1991 Location Burbank, California  Westballz is a professional Melee Falco main with strong Fox and Captain Falcon secondaries from Burbank, California. He is currently ranked 3rd on the SoCal Melee Power Rankings and 12th on the Summer 2017 SSBMRank. Westballz solidified himself as a top 10 player at MLG Anaheim 2014, where he upset Mango 3-0 in pool play. He defeated him again 3-1 in losers' quarters at MVG Sandstorm, where he also defeated Hungrybox in losers' semis 3-2. Additionally, he beat Leffen 3-1 at Dreamhack Winter 2015. Westballz is considered to be among the best Falco mains in the world along with Mango, and is widely renowned as the most technical one. On July 2nd, 2015, Westballz was picked up by Tempo Storm alongside Axe, however has left the team a year later and signed with G2 Esports. Biography Origin of the name Westballz created his gamertag while watching his brother play Halo, and based it off his brother's gamertag "Nickelnutz", replacing "Nickel" with "West" and "nutz" with "ballz". Playing style Westballz is often seen as the most technical Falco player in the world in both Melee and Project M. He is infamous for his very high-risk/high-reward punishes, often going for extremely technically demanding combos that can rack up extremely high amounts of damage and put his opponents into dangerous positions. As such, his punish game as Falco, particularly his platform follow-up ability, is arguably the best in the world. A very technical player whose playstyle heavily incorporates shield dropping, Westballz generally tends to show off his tech skill as much as possible such as multishining in place even in a neutral position. He is also known for his flashy secondaries, most notably his Captain Falcon, which he used to land a Sacred Combo on ZeldaFreak at Kings of Cali 3. Westballz has stated that his success against top-caliber players stems from his ability to condition opponents and mix-up his approaches. He will often utilize a certain set of approaches in friendlies to condition players while learning their playstyle, then when he plays those same opponents in tournament, he will completely switch his playstyle, keeping his opponents adapting while controlling the match. However, Westballz has a worse neutral game compared to his punish game. A common misconception is that Westballz is a very aggressive player, no matter who he is playing. However, against stronger players, he takes a much slower approach to the neutral game, spacing up tilts and back aerials to try to catch his opponent to then exploit his superior punish game, rather than directly applying pressure. This approach, combined with him not utilizing Falco's Blaster as well as other Falcos such as Mango and PPMD, often leads to his opponent controlling the pace of the match if he cannot get an opening. Additionally, while Westballz has more wins against top players like Mango and Leffen under his belt than most others of his caliber, he is rather inconsistent, and is infamous for losing games, or even sets, to players far below his skill level. At Rubicon 2, he gained a 3-stock lead on KJH, but attempted to "style" on him with unsafe attacks for the rest of the game, allowing KJH to mount a 4-stock comeback. He also lost to Jake13, a mid-level Falco, at Low Tier City 2, after sandbagging and losing with Donkey Kong in game 1. He also occasionally becomes overwhelmed by pressure, making untimely self-destructs that lead to his defeat, such as in Loser's Semis at Pat's House 2 against Fly Amanita's lone Ice Climber in a last stock, last hit situation. Intending to input a back aerial, he accidentally inputted an unsafe down aerial that spiked Popo onto the stage while he self-destructed, ending his run. Tournament placings Super Smash Bros. Melee Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner Nice Shot Hugo March 27th, 2010 — 25th Dunk Grev X July 17th, 2010 9th — — Don't Go Down There Jeff December 18th, 2010 17th — — Winter Game Fest VI January 22nd-23rd, 2011 17th 13th Pat GENESIS 2 July 15th-17th, 2011 49th 7th Baka4moe Apex 2012 January 6th-8th, 2012 25th 17th StriCNYN3 Winter Game Fest VII January 14th-15th, 2012 3rd — — Northwest Manifest March 24th-25th, 2012 4th 9th Tafokints Rule 6: NorCal Regional July 29th, 2012 7th 4th Scar The Big House 2 October 6th-7th, 2012 9th 13th Scar Kings of Cali November 10th, 2012 7th 9th Scar Apex 2013 January 11th-13th, 2013 33rd 9th Hax Winter Game Fest VIII January 21st-23rd, 2013 1st — — Kings of Cali 2 April 13th-14th, 2013 7th 3rd MacD NorCal Regionals 2013 April 26th-28th, 2013 4th — — EVO 2013 July 12th-14th, 2013 17th — — Kings of Cali 3 December 14th-15th, 2013 5th 9th HomeMadeWaffles Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 33rd 17th Aisengobay SoCal Regionals 2014 February 28th-March 2nd, 2014 1st 5th DEHF The Next Episode March 22nd-23rd, 2014 2nd 5th S2J Pat's House 2 May 24th-25th, 2014 4th 7th ZeRo SKTAR 3 May 31st-June 1st, 2014 5th 5th Hax SSS Lock-In June 14th-15th, 2014 13th — — MLG Anaheim 2014 June 20th-22nd, 2014 9th — — Kings of Cali 4 July 5th-6th, 2014 7th 5th ZeRo EVO 2014 July 11th-13th, 2014 13th 17th DoH Mayhem August 9th, 2014 3rd 2nd Hungrybox Low Tier City 2 August 16th-17th, 2014 2nd 1st Wobbles Mayhem September 6th, 2014 2nd 4th Jace The Big House 4 October 4th-5th, 2014 7th 9th Darkrain Do You Fox Wit It? November 15th-16th, 2014 17th 7th Connor Super Smash Sundays 29 December 7th, 2014 1st 2nd Reno Super Smash Sundays 30 December 21st, 2014 2nd 3rd DEHF Smash the Target January 3rd, 2015 2nd — — Paragon Orlando 2015 January 17th-18th, 2015 4th 7th Axe Apex 2015 January 30th-February 1st, 2015 33rd 17th DEHF Aftershock March 28th-29th, 2015 4th 2nd Gahtzu Monday Night Melee 22 March 30th, 2015 1st — — SWEET XX April 4th, 2015 2nd 4th Deep C Squid I'm Not Yelling! April 11th-12th, 2015 5th 7th Sung MVG Sandstorm April 18th-19th, 2015 2nd 7th Gahtzu Mayhem May 2015 May 2nd, 2015 2nd 2nd Sung Press Start May 9th-10th, 2015 17th 9th Sung Mayhem June 2015 June 6th, 2015 1st 1st MacD CEO 2015 June 26th-28th, 2015 4th 4th MacD FC Smash 15XR: Return July 4th-5th, 2015 5th 2nd MacD WTFox July 10th-11th, 2015 5th 3rd Wizzrobe EVO 2015 July 17th-19th, 2015 13th 49th MacD Super Smash Con 2015 August 6th-9th, 2015 4th — — PAX Prime 2015 August 28th-30th, 2015 3rd 3rd Nintendude Paragon Los Angeles 2015 September 5th-6th, 2015 4th — — Rubicon 2 September 12th, 2015 1st 2nd Vro DreamHack London 2015 September 19th-20th, 2015 2nd — — Helix September 26th-27th, 2015 2nd 2nd Overtriforce The Big House 5 October 2nd-4th, 2015 5th 9th Axe Smash Summit November 7th-8th, 2015 9th 7th Zhu Eclipse November 14th-15th, 2015 49th 7th NamiNami Kickstart 4 November 22nd, 2015 4th 1st Plup DreamHack Winter 2015 November 26th-29th, 2015 4th 17th Baxon Forte 3 December 19th-20th, 2015 2nd — — GENESIS 3 January 15th-17th, 2016 17th 17th Gahtzu Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays 1/20 January 20th, 2016 2nd — — Frosty Faustings VIII January 22nd-23rd, 2016 1st 1st Ginger PAX Arena January 29-31, 2016 3rd 5th Wizzrobe Kickstart 6 February 14th, 2016 1st 1st Overtriforce B.E.A.S.T 6 February 19th-21st, 2016 3rd — — Battle of the Five Gods March 17th-19th, 2016 5th — — Super Nebulous 4 March 27th, 2016 4th — — Pound 2016 April 2nd-3rd, 2016 33rd 3rd MacD Smash Summit 2 April 21st-24th, 2016 9th 5th Shroomed Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo April 29th-May 1st, 2016 9th — — Get On My Level 2016 May 20th-22nd, 2016 5th 5th MacD Zotsmash Biweekly 21 June 1st, 2016 2nd — — Smash 'N' Splash 2 June 11th-12th, 2016 5th 2nd Wizzrobe WTFox 2 July 1st-3rd, 2016 9th — — EVO 2016 July 15th-17th, 2016 7th — — Super Smash Sundays 49 July 31st, 2016 1st 3rd Jace Clutch City Clash August 6th-7th, 2016 4th 33rd Ice Super Smash Con 2016 August 11th-14th, 2016 7th 9th Shroomed Super Smash Sundays 51 August 21st, 2016 1st 1st Wieners Shine 2016 August 26th-28th, 2016 13th 4th Prince Abu Syndicate 2016 September 10th-11th, 2016 2nd 2nd Professor Pro Kickstart 11 September 17th, 2016 2nd — — Forward Smash Tournament 1 September 19th, 2016 1st — — Super Smash Sundays 53 September 25th, 2016 1st — — The Big House 6 October 7th-9th, 2016 13th 5th Plup SSS: Blood For Blood October 15th, 2016 3rd 2nd The Moon SoCal Colosseum #5 October 29th, 2016 5th 1st Vro Smash Summit 3 November 3rd-6th, 2016 9th 7th n0ne Rewired 2016 November 19th-21st, 2016 1st 2nd Gahtzu Don't Park on the Grass December 17th-18th, 2016 3rd 13th Gahtzu SSBM @ Quickly 13 January 7th, 2017 1st 1st S2J Wednesday Night Fights 2017 Offseason 1.2 January 11th, 2017 1st — — Smash at Power 9 #17 January 12th, 2017 1st — — Friday Night Turnip 35 January 13th, 2017 5th — — GENESIS 4 January 20th-22nd, 2017 7th 25th Prince Abu Friday Night Turnip 36 January 27th, 2017 1st — — SoCal Colosseum 7 January 28th, 2017 4th — — Super Smash Sundays 55 January 29th, 2017 9th 1st Syrox UCI Biweekly 28 January 31st, 2017 1st — — Friday Night Turnip 37 February 3rd, 2017 1st — — Smash @ Power 9 #19 February 16th, 2017 1st — — Smash @ Power 9 #20 February 23rd, 2017 1st — — Smash Summit Spring 2017 March 2nd-5th, 2017 13th 5th Plup SWETT XXVII March 11th, 2017 1st 4th Vro Full Bloom 3 March 25th, 2017 7th 7th Vro Ride or Pie 2 March 27th, 2017 1st — — Friday Night Turnip 45 March 31st, 2017 1st — — Smash Rivalries April 8th-9th, 2017 13th 5th Axe Friday Night Turnip 47 April 14th, 2017 1st — — Zotcade 17 April 15th, 2017 1st 2nd Mike Haze DreamHack Austin 2017 April 28th-30th, 2017 13th 9th Wizzrobe Runback 2017 May 20th-21st, 2017 2nd 1st Plup The Bigger Balc May 27th-28th, 2017 17th (DQ) 1st Hungrybox Smash 'N' Splash 3 June 2nd-4th, 2017 9th 5th Wizzrobe Saints Gaming Live June 10th-11th, 2017 3rd 4th Nightmare Smash @ Study Hall 7 June 12th, 2017 4th 1st KJH Super Smash Sundays 60 July 2nd, 2017 1st — — EVO 2017 July 14th-15th, 2017 13th — — Super Smash Con 2017 August 10th-13th, 2017 9th 3rd Axe Project M Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner Super Smash Sundays 2-16-2014 February 16th, 2014 4th — — Low Tier City 2 August 16th-17th, 2014 17th 9th iPunchKidsz The Big House 4 October 4th-5th, 2014 17th — — Paragon Orlando 2015 January 17th-18th, 2015 4th — — Infinity and Beyond! 48 March 27th, 2015 1st — — MVG Sandstorm April 18th-19th, 2015 Top 3 3rd iPunchKidsz Paragon Los Angeles 2015 September 5th-6th, 2015 25th 17th iPunchKidsz Smash @ the Balcony 30 January 1st, 2016 1st 1st iPunchKidsz Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays 1/20 January 20th, 2016 3rd — — The Big Balc May 27th-29th, 2016 9th — — Smash 'N' Splash 2 June 11th-12th, 2016 — 5th Hungrybox BroCal's Gym: Bulking Season January 8th, 2017 9th 5th SK92 Runback 2017 May 20th-21st, 2017 — 1st Plup The Bigger Balc May 27th-28th, 2017 257th — — Trivia He is known for wearing a hoodie for some of his tournament matches, especially during the cold season. Westballz has placed 33rd at Apex 2013, 2014, and 2015. Westballz has defeated 4 of the members of the 2015 top 6 players (all but Mew2King and Armada), defeating Mango at MLG Anaheim 2014, Hungrybox at Sandstorm, Leffen at DreamHack Winter 2015, and PPMD at Battle of the Five Gods. He considers PPMD as his rival as all of their sets have been extremely close. External links Twitter account Twitch channel References

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