Smasher:OkamiBW

OkamiBW is a smasher from Southern California who mains in Melee. He is currently ranked 3rd on the San Diego Melee Power Rankings. He was formerly ranked 3rd on the SoCal Project M Power Rankings, 14th on the SoCal Melee Power Rankings, and 95th on the 2015 SSBMRank.

OkamiBW was one of the first players to fully utilize shield dropping at a high level. This technique became extremely popular starting from 2014. In fact, he and his former training partner,, are often credited as the main reasons as to why the technique became so widespread due to their excellent demonstration of the tech in high-profile matches. He also made a complete list of character and stage combinations which start the game with Luigi Cyclone charged in this SmashBoards post.