Smasher:Zackray

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Zackray "ザクレイ"
Zackray.jpg
Character info
Melee main Falco
Smash 4 mains Corrin, Bayonetta
Other Smash 4 characters Marth, Diddy Kong, Rosalina & Luma
Ultimate mains Pit, Dark Pit
Ultimate doubles mains Mr. Game & Watch
Other Ultimate characters Joker, R.O.B.
Retired Ultimate characters Wolf, Pokémon Trainer, Wario, Mario, Mr. Game & Watch
Team info
Sponsor(s) DetonatioN FocusMe
Former sponsor(s) GameWith
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. 4 Panda Global Rankings 100: 88th
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate LumiRank 2023: 22nd
Best historical ranking Super Smash Bros. Ultimate OrionRank Pre-Quarantine: 3rd
Best tournament result Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 1st / 1,017 at The Big House 9
Winnings Super Smash Bros. Ultimate $11,985.26
Personal info
Real name Sota Okada
Birth date (age 22)
Location Tokyo, Kanto Japan

Zackray (ザクレイ) is a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player from Tokyo, Japan. He has mained a variety of characters through his career, including Wolf, Wario, Joker, and R.O.B., and he currently mains Pit and Dark Pit. He is currently the best Pit and Dark Pit player in the world and was considered to be one of the best Joker players in the world along with MkLeo as well as the best Wolf and R.O.B. player in the early metagame when he mained the characters. With his success in his home country and at the international level including 1st place finishes at Umebura SP 7, EGS Cup 3, Eastern Powerhouse Invitational FINAL, and most notably The Big House 9, he was widely considered to be the best player in Japan from 2019-2020, and top 2 in Japan through 2021 alongside ProtoBanham. He is currently ranked 12th on the OrionRank 2022 Japan and 22nd on the LumiRank Mid-Year 2023; he was also ranked 1st on the old Experimental Smash Player Rankings.

Zackray is known for his mastery of many characters and his ability to quickly pick up new characters, and has already played high-level tournaments with more than 20 different characters. This gives him many options when it comes to counterpicking characters; an example of this can be seen when he switched from Sonic to Joker to pull off a reverse 3-0 against Maister at The Big House 9. He notably won The Big House 9 using seven different characters and won at least a game with five of them.

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Zackray was a Corrin and Bayonetta main who also used Marth as a secondary. He was considered the best Corrin player in Japan and has taken sets off of top players such as KEN, Abadango, Kirihara, Tsu, Nietono, Raito, HIKARU, and Atelier. He is currently ranked 8th on the JAPAN Power Rankings and 88th on the Panda Global Rankings 100.

On December 6th, 2018, Zackray announced his new sponsor GameWith.[1] GameWith merged with DetonatioN Gaming to form DetonatioN FocusMe on December 22nd, 2022, signing Zackray in the process.[2]

Playstyle[edit]

Zackray is able to play unconventionally with normally considered passive characters, such as R.O.B., aggressively searching through weaknesses in an opponent’s mindset, yet able to maintain a calm and calculating stance throughout sets. In neutral situations, he patiently waits for the opponent to move and counterattack at the right opportunity. Zackray is also known for picking up many characters for his adaptation to certain matchups as well as downloading data on his opponent's playstyles. He did this to Maister by going Sonic for the first 2 games of the set in The Big House 9, and by reverse 3-0ing him by going back to Joker.

Rankings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Panda Global Rankings[edit]

Ranking Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
PGR 100 January 20th, 2015 - November 18th, 2018 88th CorrinHeadSSB4-U.pngBayonettaHeadSSB4-U.png

OrionRank[edit]

Ranking Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
OrionRank 2018 January 1st - December 2nd, 2018 26th CorrinHeadSSB4-U.pngBayonettaHeadSSB4-U.pngMarth's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Panda Global Rankings Ultimate[edit]

Ranking Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
Spring 2019 PGRU February 1st - July 7th, 2019 12th WolfHeadSSBU.pngWarioHeadSSBU.pngPokémonTrainerHeadSSBU.pngROBHeadSSBU.png
Fall 2019 PGRU July 13th - December 15th, 2019 7th JokerHeadSSBU.pngROBHeadSSBU.pngWolfHeadSSBU.pngMrGame&WatchHeadSSBU.pngMarioHeadSSBU.png

LumiRank[edit]

Ranking Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
UltRank 2022 June 18th - December 18th, 2022 38th JokerHeadSSBU.pngROBHeadSSBU.pngMrGame&WatchHeadSSBU.pngSheikHeadSSBU.png
LumiRank Mid-Year 2023 December 19th, 2022 - July 23rd, 2023 17th PitHeadSSBU.pngJokerHeadSSBU.pngROBHeadSSBU.png
LumiRank 2023 December 19th, 2022 - December 17th, 2023 22nd PitHeadSSBU.pngDarkPitHeadSSBU.pngROBHeadSSBU.pngJokerHeadSSBU.png

OrionRank Ultimate[edit]

Ranking Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
OrionRank Ultimate: Six Months In January 5th - June 30th, 2019 8th WolfHeadSSBU.pngWarioHeadSSBU.pngLucinaHeadSSBU.png
OrionRank 2019 January 5th - December 15th, 2019 9th ROBHeadSSBU.pngJokerHeadSSBU.pngWolfHeadSSBU.pngWarioHeadSSBU.png
OrionRank Pre-Quarantine December 27th, 2019 - March 15th, 2020 3rd ROBHeadSSBU.png
OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse April 2020 - December 19th, 2021 5th ROBHeadSSBU.pngJokerHeadSSBU.pngSoraHeadSSBU.png
OrionRank Mid-Year 2022 December 22nd, 2021 - June 26th, 2022 HM JokerHeadSSBU.pngROBHeadSSBU.pngSheikHeadSSBU.png
OrionRank 2022 December 22nd, 2021 - December 18th, 2022 26th JokerHeadSSBU.pngROBHeadSSBU.pngSheikHeadSSBU.png

OrionRank Japan[edit]

Ranking Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
OrionRank Japan Top 150 January 2019 - June 2021 1st ROBHeadSSBU.pngJokerHeadSSBU.pngWarioHeadSSBU.png
OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse Japan June 2020 - December 19th, 2021 2nd ROBHeadSSBU.pngJokerHeadSSBU.pngSoraHeadSSBU.png
OrionRank 2022 Japan December 22nd, 2021 - December 18th, 2022 12th JokerHeadSSBU.pngROBHeadSSBU.pngSheikHeadSSBU.png

Tournament placings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Battle GateWay 21 July 22nd, 2018 49th

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Umebura 26 March 20th, 2017 97th
Umebura Japan Major May 6th-7th, 2017 33rd Tanark
Umebura 28 August 13th, 2017 33rd
Umebura 29 October 29th, 2017 49th
Umebura 30 November 18th, 2017 25th
Umebura T.A.T. December 23rd-24th, 2017 9th 13th Rachi~
Umebura Tokaigi Qualifier 1 February 3rd, 2018 25th
Umebura Tokaigi Qualifier 2 February 4th, 2018 2nd
Niconico Tokaigi 2018 February 10th-11th, 2018 13th
Spring Fist March 17th, 2018 5th Rain
Rikabura 9 March 18th, 2018 17th
Umebura 31 March 21st, 2018 9th
Umeki Project April 29th, 2018 9th 5th Umeki
Umebura 32 May 12th, 2018 9th
WeeklySmashParty 001 June 8th, 2018 17th
WeeklySmashParty 003 June 20th, 2018 1st
Sumabato 26 June 30th, 2018 33rd
WeeklySmashParty 004 July 4th, 2018 1st
WeeklySmashParty 005 July 18th, 2018 1st
Umebura 33 July 28th, 2018 7th
WeeklySmashParty 006 August 5th, 2018 3rd
Sumabato 27 August 12th, 2018 1st
WeeklySmashParty 007 August 17th, 2018 1st
Umebura 34 August 25th, 2018 3rd
WeeklySmashParty 008 August 31st, 2018 2nd
WeeklySmashParty 010 September 28th, 2018 17th
WeeklySmashParty 011 October 5th, 2018 3rd
WeeklySmashParty 012 October 19th, 2018 1st
Sumabato Smash 4 Final October 21st, 2018 1st
WeeklySmashParty 014 November 9th, 2018 2nd
WeeklySmashParty 015 November 16th, 2018 3rd
Umebura Smash 4 Final December 1st-2nd, 2018 17th 5th YOC

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Weekly Smash Party #17 December 14th, 2018 1st
Umebura SP December 16th, 2018 9th
WeeklySmashParty 018 December 21st, 2018 1st
WeeklySmashParty 019 December 28th, 2018 1st
Smash Awesome!! December 29th, 2018 1st
Sumabato SP January 6th, 2019 1st
Umebura SP 2 January 12th, 2019 1st
WeeklySmashParty 020 January 16th, 2019 4th Kisa
GENESIS 6 February 1st-3rd, 2019 5th 13th Nietono
WeeklySmashParty 23 February 8th, 2019 1st
Frostbite 2019 February 22nd-24th, 2019 33rd 9th Tsu
WeeklySmashParty 25 March 1st, 2019 7th
Smash Ultimate Summit March 8th-10th, 2019 5th
2GG: Prime Saga Kickoff April 12th, 2019 4th
2GG: Prime Saga April 13th-14th, 2019 2nd 2nd Shuton
Mega Smash Mondays 185 April 15th, 2019 3rd
Kurobra 15 April 21st, 2019 1st
Umebura Japan Major 2019 May 1st-2nd, 2019 7th
KVOxTSB 2019 May 5th, 2019 1st
EGS Cup May 6th, 2019 5th
Sumabato SP 5 June 22nd, 2019 3rd
Sumabato SP 6 July 13th, 2019 13th
EVO 2019 August 2nd-4th, 2019 7th
Super Smash Con 2019 August 8th-11th, 2019 9th 5th Puppeh
Umebura SP 4 August 16th, 2019 25th
EGS Cup 2 August 25th, 2019 1st
Sumabato SP 8 September 15th, 2019 1st
Mainstage September 20th-22nd, 2019 33rd
Umebura SP 5 September 28th, 2019 2nd
Little Big House 5 October 3rd, 2019 3rd
The Big House 9 October 4th-6th, 2019 1st 1st Shuton
Smash Ultimate Summit 2 October 24th-27th, 2019 7th
Waseda Festival 2019 November 3rd, 2019 1st
Sumabato SP 9 November 10th, 2019 1st
Umebura SP 7 November 16th, 2019 1st
2GG: Kongo Saga December 7th-8th, 2019 17th 2nd Maister
Sumabato SP 10 December 15th, 2019 4th
Sumabato SP 11 December 28th, 2019 9th
EGS Cup 3 January 13th, 2020 1st
EVO Japan 2020 January 24th-26th, 2020 5th
Sumabato SP 12 February 8th, 2020 1st
Frostbite 2020 February 21st-23rd, 2020 7th 2nd Maister
Maesuma TOP 2 March 1st, 2020 1st
Voyage Qualifier 1Online May 3rd, 2020 9th
Voyage Qualifier 2Online May 3rd, 2020 17th
Voyage Qualifier 3Online May 4th, 2020 9th
Eastern Powerhouse Invitational FINAL October 24th, 2020 1st
Mēsuma November 29th, 2020 1st
Kagaribi December 13th, 2020 3rd
Kurobra 24 December 25th-26th, 2020 1st
Kagaribi 3 March 27th, 2021 4th
Winner! June 21st, 2021 3rd
Kagaribi 4 June 26th-27th, 2021 2nd
Smash Ultimate Summit 3 August 26th-29th, 2021 5th
Ryusou Tiger Fight 2 October 24th, 2021 5th
Winner! #4 October 28th, 2021 2nd
Kagaribi 5 October 30th-31st, 2021 1st
Eastern Powerhouse Invitational 2 Group 1 November 23rd, 2021 5th
Winner! #5 November 29th, 2021 3rd
Winner! #7 December 27th, 2021 2nd
Kagaribi 6 January 8th-9th, 2022 1st
Winner! #9 April 25th, 2022 25th
Winner! #10 May 16th, 2022 3rd
Ignite 1 March 27th, 2022 2nd HIKARU
Winner! #11 May 30th, 2022 17th
Weekly Smash Party! #55 June 21st, 2022 2nd
Ultimate WANTED 4 August 25th-28th, 2022 1st 2nd Shuton
Maesuma TOP 10 October 15th-16th, 2022 49th
Ludwig Smash Invitational October 21st-23rd, 2022 23rd
Ignite 2 November 19th, 2022 3rd HIKARU
WINNER! -Next 1- November 27th, 2022 5th
Wave 3 December 11th, 2022 1st
Umebura SP 9 January 7th-8th, 2023 13th
Kagaribi 9 February 4th-5th, 2023 3rd
WINNER! -Next 2- February 18th, 2023 3rd
Wave 4 April 22nd, 2023 33rd
Kagaribi 10 May 6th-7th, 2023 3rd
DELTA 5 September 23rd-24th, 2023 33rd / 292
Kagaribi 11 October 7th-8th, 2023 5th / 1,472
Umebura SP 10 January 6th-8th, 2024 17th / 1,275
Pre-Genesis X at Guildhouse (Thursday) February 15th, 2024 9th / 160
GENESIS X February 16th-18th, 2024 13th / 1,506 5th / 302 KEN

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