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His mediocre major runs, however, were balanced out by a solid run at {{Trn|GENESIS 7}}, the second-largest tournament of the season. Despite being upset by {{Sm|Elegant}} in his first round of Winners Top 64, he managed to knock out {{Sm|Salem}}, {{Sm|Cosmos}}, and {{Sm|Tweek}} in his Loser's run, ultimately placing 7th after falling to {{Sm|Dark Wizzy}}. Furthermore, he was still able to claim the runner-up position in his region with his 2nd place finish at {{Trn|Overclocked Ultimate IV}} and winning a set against Marss, his only victory over New England's best player that season. These results showed that, although his status of a being top 10 player was questionable at the time, Light nonetheless proved that he could still keep up with the cream of the crop. Unfortunately, he was unable to prove his top 10 status as the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] shut down offline competitive play for over a year. Due to Fox being a weaker character online and Light's distaste for ''Ultimate''{{'}}s online mode, Light took a break from the game, only entering a couple of online tournaments in 2021 in preparation for and to participate in the {{Trn|SWT: NA Northeast Ultimate Online Qualifier}}, where he placed 33rd.
His mediocre major runs, however, were balanced out by a solid run at {{Trn|GENESIS 7}}, the second-largest tournament of the season. Despite being upset by {{Sm|Elegant}} in his first round of Winners Top 64, he managed to knock out {{Sm|Salem}}, {{Sm|Cosmos}}, and {{Sm|Tweek}} in his Loser's run, ultimately placing 7th after falling to {{Sm|Dark Wizzy}}. Furthermore, he was still able to claim the runner-up position in his region with his 2nd place finish at {{Trn|Overclocked Ultimate IV}} and winning a set against Marss, his only victory over New England's best player that season. These results showed that, although his status of a being top 10 player was questionable at the time, Light nonetheless proved that he could still keep up with the cream of the crop. Unfortunately, he was unable to prove his top 10 status as the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] shut down offline competitive play for over a year. Due to Fox being a weaker character online and Light's distaste for ''Ultimate''{{'}}s online mode, Light took a break from the game, only entering a couple of online tournaments in 2021 in preparation for and to participate in the {{Trn|SWT: NA Northeast Ultimate Online Qualifier}}, where he placed 33rd.


===Reaching new peaks===
===One of America's best===
Despite a lack of results during the online metagame, people were adamant that Light would reach his peak form again when offline returned. However when offline did return, it was clear that a lack of practice had hurt him. At the 16-person invitational {{Trn|Momentous}}, Light placed 7th despite being seeded 3rd, losing to two other players who played ''Star Fox'' characters: rising star {{Sm|Tilde}} and familiar foe {{Sm|Jakal}}. He then saw his worst performance post-pandemic at at the {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 3}} qualifier {{Trn|Mega Smash Mondays 240}}, where despite coming in as the first seed, he lost to {{Sm|Ketchup}} and {{Sm|Scend}} to finish at 17th, a far cry from the performances he had pre-pandemic.
Despite a lack of results during the online metagame, people were adamant that Light would reach his peak form again when offline returned. However when offline did return, it was clear that a lack of practice had hurt him. At the 16-person invitational {{Trn|Momentous}}, Light placed 7th despite being seeded 3rd, losing to two other players who played ''Star Fox'' characters: rising star {{Sm|Tilde}} and familiar foe {{Sm|Jakal}}. He then saw his worst performance post-pandemic at at the {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 3}} qualifier {{Trn|Mega Smash Mondays 240}}, where despite coming in as the first seed, he lost to {{Sm|Ketchup}} and {{Sm|Scend}} to finish at 17th, a far cry from the performances he had pre-pandemic.
   
   
Despite these setbacks, players still had confidence that Light could return to the spotlight; [https://twitter.com/AgentSmithhhh/status/1438559487808266240 a viral Tweet made by smith], effectively summarized Light's position in the metagame at that moment: many players believed that he was still good, but his mentality was holding him back. Light gave some of that hope back at {{Trn|Glitch 8.5 - Konami Code}}, where despite losing two close game 5 sets to {{Sm|ESAM}} and {{Sm|Maister}}, both of whom played characters considered some of Fox's worst matchups, he ended up placing 5th, his first top 8 at a major since {{Trn|GENESIS 7}}. He then pulled the best run of his career up to that point: although he was on the Loser's side because of his loss against Jakal, Light embarked one one of the most grueling top 8 runs in the game's history, winning game 5 sets against {{Sm|Marss}}, {{Sm|Kola}}, {{Sm|MVD}}, and {{Sm|Maister}} to make it to Grand Finals. There, he defeated {{Sm|Sparg0}} 3-0 in the first set of Grands and win yet another game 5 set to take his first major win. His victory at Super Smash Con: Fall Fest prove that despite losing faith in his main and having to play catchup, he was able to adapt to a new metagame and defeat rising stars and familiar foes along the way. Despite a decent run at {{Trn|Mainstage}} and not participating in the {{Trn|Smash World Tour 2021 Championships}}, Light solidified himself as a top 10 player in the United States with his S-tier placement - or top 7 - on the [[PGRUContenders North America]], and as a top 20 player in the world, being ranked 15th on the [[OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse]].
Despite these setbacks, players still had confidence that Light could return to the spotlight; [https://twitter.com/AgentSmithhhh/status/1438559487808266240 a viral Tweet made by smith], effectively summarized Light's position in the metagame at that moment: many players believed that he was still good, but his mentality was holding him back. Light gave some of that hope back at {{Trn|Glitch 8.5 - Konami Code}}, where despite losing two close game 5 sets to {{Sm|ESAM}} and {{Sm|Maister}}, both of whom played characters considered some of Fox's worst matchups, he ended up placing 5th, his first top 8 at a major since {{Trn|GENESIS 7}}. He then pulled the best run of his career up to that point: although he was on the Loser's side because of his loss against Jakal, Light embarked one one of the most grueling top 8 runs in the game's history, winning game 5 sets against {{Sm|Marss}}, {{Sm|Kola}}, {{Sm|MVD}}, and {{Sm|Maister}} to make it to Grand Finals. There, he defeated {{Sm|Sparg0}} 3-0 in the first set of Grands and win yet another game 5 set to take his first major win. His victory at Super Smash Con: Fall Fest prove that despite losing faith in his main and having to play catchup, he was able to adapt to a new metagame and defeat rising stars and familiar foes along the way. Despite a decent run at {{Trn|Mainstage}} and not participating in the {{Trn|Smash World Tour 2021 Championships}}, Light solidified himself as a top 10 player in the United States with his S-tier placement - or top 7 - on the [[PGRUContenders North America]], and as a top 20 player in the world, being ranked 15th on the [[OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse]].


===Becoming the best in the United States===
The end of 2021 began an upward trend for Light as he began seeing consistency that he had never seen before, and 2022 marked Light's best year yet. Following an underwhelming 13th-place finish at {{Trn|Glitch - Infinite}} losing to {{Sm|Jake}} and {{Sm|Vendetta}}, he would not place outside the top 8 until {{Trn|Ludwig Smash Invitational}} 8 months later; in fact, during this period he only placed outside the top 3 at 2 events -- {{Trn|Collision 2022}} and {{Trn|GENESIS 8}}. Due to these absurdly consistent placements as well as {{Sm|Tweek}}'s decline, many players called Light the best player in the United States; this was reflected in the rankings for the first half of the year, where he was ranked 4th on the [[PGRU v3]] and 3rd on the [[OrionRank Mid-Year 2022]], the highest-ranking player from the United States on both rankings. Some players even went as far as to call Light a contender for the best player in the world, especially following {{Sm|Sparg0}}'s inactivity and {{Sm|MkLeo}}'s decline in mid-2022.
Light came out of 2021 with his best season yet, however he was yet to prepared for what was to come. Initially, it seemed like Light was returning to his pre-pandemic self, with his empty run to 13th at {{Trn|Glitch - Infinite}} after losing to {{Sm|Jake}} and {{Sm|Vendetta}}. However, Glitch - Infinite eventually prove to be an anomaly, as for the rest of the season, Light placed top 6 at every single tournament he attended, both regionally and nationally. The tournament to kick of this hot streak was {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 4}}: despite having underperformed at all prior Summits he had attended, his first match of the tournament saw him defeat {{Sm|MkLeo}} and his {{SSBU|Byleth}} 3-0. He was ultimately sent into the Gauntlet Stage due to {{Sm|Glutonny}}'s reverse 3-0, but he easily defeated both opponents to make it to the Winner's side of the Final Bracket. He then defeated his bracket demons {{Sm|Maister}} and both the US and Japan's then-best players - {{Sm|Tweek}} and {{Sm|ProtoBanham}}, but was stopped short by {{Sm|Sparg0}}, who defeated Light in both Winner's Finals and Grand Finals, leaving Light at 2nd.  


The rest of his season was on a rather similar caliber, defeating several top players while only losing to players at or around the top 10. His season culminated in his run at {{Trn|MomoCon 2022}}, where he won his first supermajor while only dropping 2 games. His placements during this hot streak, coupled with having several top player wins and Tweek's declining results, led many players to believe that Light was the best player in the United States, and the rankings supported that: [[PGRU v3 NA]] ranked him 4th, the highest-ranked United States player, while [[OrionRank Mid-Year 2022]] had him ranked 3rd, behind MkLeo and Sparg0.
However, a few factors ultimately kept him out of the number one spot. For one, despite his absurd consistency Light was only able to win one major/supermajor event -- {{Trn|MomoCon 2022}}. Conversely, both Sparg0 and MkLeo saw multiple major and supermajor wins, some of which were the most important events of the year. In addition, the summer saw the debut of {{Sm|acola}} on the national scene, and Fox was known to struggle against acola's main {{SSBU|Steve}}. This was showcased in their sets: Light ultimately went 3-1 against acola, while acola notably kept Light from winning {{Trn|The Gimvitational}}. Due to those two factors, Light was ultimately ranked 4th on both the [[UltRank 2022]] and the [[OrionRank 2022]], behind the three players; although not what he wanted, this was still Light's best placement to date.


At {{Trn|The Gimvitational}}, he lost against Marss and {{Sm|Asimo}} in the Round Robin phase and then {{Sm|Cosmos}} in Clinical Trials to end up in the Loser's side of the final bracket. However, he managed to make yet another grueling Loser's run by winning his runback against Marss and Cosmos as well as defeating players such as {{Sm|Riddles}} and {{Sm|Kola}} to make it to Grand Finals. This unstoppable train, however, was stopped in Grand Finals, where despite being adamant that he could win the tournament and on his experience against {{SSBU|Steve}}, he lost to {{Sm|acola}} to place 2nd. He saw a similar experience at {{Trn|Super Smash Con 2022}}, a tournament he also believed he would win as he was confident he had what it took to defeat {{Sm|Onin}}, who was tearing through the competition and seemed unstoppable. Unfortunately, he was unable to prove whether he could, as Maister preceded to defeat him twice, leaving Light at 3rd.
The beginning of 2023 continued Light's strong results from the previous year, with him most notably winning the major {{Trn|LVL UP EXPO 2023}}. However, his results began to noticeably falter after the major win: out of the nine major and supermajor events Light attended after LVL UP EXPO that year, Light only placed top 8 at three of them -- {{Trn|Get On My Level 2023}}, {{Trn|Tera}}, and {{Trn|Port Priority 8}}. Conversely, he also saw some of the worst performances since 2019, which includes placing 25th at {{Trn|Luminosity Makes Moves Miami 2023}} losing to {{Sm|WebbJP}} and {{Sm|ApolloKage}}, tying {{Trn|Shine 2019}} as his worst placement at an ''Ultimate'' major. In addition, he was no longer considered the uncontested best player in the United States as he began trading more sets with Tweek, who began seeing a resurgence in late-2022, and Zomba -- who saw an explosion of top-level results in mid-2023. Not helping his situation was issues in his personal life, which took his attention out of competition.
 
Luckily, he also still had a lot going for him that helped keep his season afloat. For one, almost every player in the top 10 that year saw some notable underperformances, and compared to some of them, Light still came out of the year rather easily. In addition, Light still had a major win under his belt for the season, which helped him greatly as top level play became increasingly dominant by four players as the year went on. Finally, Light ended the year with a positive record against two of the four dominant players: Sparg0 and {{Sm|Sonix}}. As such despite the noticeable dips, his highs still allowed him to be ranked in the top 10: he was ranked 6th on the [[LumiRank Mid-Year 2023]]
 
==Rankings==
==={{forwiiu}}===
====[[Panda Global Rankings]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[PGR v4]]||June 24th - December 3rd, 2017||47th||{{Head|Fox|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||X-Factor: +13
|-
|[[PGR v5]]||December 23rd, 2017 - July 1st, 2018||13th||{{Head|Fox|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||X-Factor: -3
|-
|[[PGR 100]]||January 20th, 2015 - November 18th, 2018||43rd||{{Head|Fox|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|}
 
====[[OrionRank]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[OrionRank 2017]]||December 24th, 2016 - December 24th, 2017||36th||{{Head|Fox|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[OrionRank Mid-Spring 2018]]||January 1st - May 1st, 2018||13th||{{Head|Fox|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[OrionRank 2018]]||January 1st - December 2nd, 2018||10th||{{Head|Fox|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|}
 
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
====[[Panda Global Rankings Ultimate]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[Spring 2019 PGRU]]||February 1st - July 7th, 2019||10th||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[Fall 2019 PGRU]]||July 13th - December 15th, 2019||10th||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Falco|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||Although ranked with the character, Light saw very limited usage of the character in that season
|-
|[[PGRUContenders#North America_2|PGRUContenders NA]]||2021||S (Top 7)||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[PGRU v3 NA]]||March 1st - June 13th, 2022||4th||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|}
 
====[[LumiRank]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[UltRank 2022]]||June 18th - December 18th, 2022||4th||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[LumiRank Mid-Year 2023]]||December 19th, 2022 - July 23rd, 2023||6th||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|}
 
====[[OrionRank|OrionRank Ultimate]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[OrionRank Ultimate: Six Months In]]||January 5th - June 30th, 2019||5th||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[OrionRank 2019]]||January 5th - December 15th, 2019||8th||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[OrionRank Pre-Quarantine]]||December 27th, 2019 - March 15th, 2020||15th||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse]]||April 2020 - December 19th, 2021||15th||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Sora|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||Although ranked with Sora, Light mostly used Sora at locals and as such did not properly main/secondary the character
|-
|[[OrionRank Mid-Year 2022]]||December 22nd, 2021 - June 26th, 2022||3rd||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[OrionRank 2022]]||December 22nd, 2021 - December 18th, 2022||4th||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|}
 
====OrionRank North America====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[OrionRank North America Top 200]]||January 2019 - March 2020||7th||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse/North America|OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse North America]]||June 2020 - December 19th, 2021||9th||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[OrionRank 2022/North America|OrionRank 2022 North America]]||December 22nd, 2021 - December 18th, 2022||3rd||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|}


==Tournament placings==
==Tournament placings==
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