Smasher:HugS

HugS is a smasher from Pasadena, Southern California who is considered one of the best active Melee players in the world (along with ). He has been active in the Melee scene since 2004, using a strong work ethic to make his way to the top. HugS takes the competitive Melee scene very seriously, employing a smart style to surprise opponents. He is currently ranked 46th on the 2019 MPGR and was formerly ranked 8th on the SoCal Melee Power Rankings. He was also invited to participate in the E3 2014-held tournament to play, where he used.

HugS is widely considered to be the most iconic Melee Samus main, and also played Brawl competitively for a brief two years where he mained for the entire duration. HugS was a significant contender in the ; he placed in top 8 at and, upsetting  early in losers' bracket at the latter tournament. At, he placed 8th, successfully qualifying for the MLG 2006 singles championships. He eventually placed 8th at, losing to and then to. One year later, he placed 2nd at, narrowly losing to Ken in grand finals. He was picked up by Frequency Gaming on July 3rd, 2014 until their dissolution on February 14th, 2015. On June 2nd, 2016 he was signed to Dream Team. He left the team on December 1st, soon after other members of Dream Team left amid allegations of mispayment. .

On December 14th, 2016, he joined as a member of Selfless Gaming. He left the team on July 7th, 2017. He was signed with on January 12th, 2018. He left Dignitas on May 23rd, 2023.

Trivia

 * HugS credits his proficiency in the Yoshi matchup to his brother, Gabe.
 * The community often jokes around with the phrase "Nice Shot Hugo", as at times, he will either miss his target or fire completely in the other direction.
 * He is also on the receiving end of another meme, as whenever beats him at a major tourney, ChuDat posts the phrase "I whoopedu hugs86" on his twitter with a girl at the tourney.
 * HugS is one of the three subjects of the 2016 documentary 60 Frames, along with fellow Southern California smashers Kenji and.