User:Sctavo

SCTavo is an Chilean professional smasher who mains in Brawl and  in Smash 4. He is known for being among the youngest, yet one of the most successful smashers to compete in tournaments, as well as being one of the top Brawl Meta Knights and the best Smash 4 Zero Suit Samus in the world. SCTavo is also known for his highly aggressive Meta Knight style, which is at least partly responsible for his great proficiency against players. He frequently teamed with in doubles, where SCTavo used his aggressive style to overwhelm opponents while ADHD created stage control with 's Banana Peels. The team was considered to be the most powerful doubles force in Brawl, having won Apex 2013, SKTAR 2, Apex 2014, and SKTAR 3.

SCTavo gained national recognition at Apex 2012, defeating top players such as, before losing to in Winners' Finals and Nietono in Losers' Finals, placing 3rd out of 400 entrants. He won his first national tournament later that year at, defeating in Winners' Finals 3-1 and Grand Finals 3-0. At Apex 2013, SCTavo was knocked out of Winners' early by, but climbed up through his Losers' bracket, knocking out , , , , and in the process. SCTavo eventually faced Otori in Losers' Semis in a long-awaited rematch, but lost the set 2-3, placing 4th out of 338 entrants. SCTavo saw another major victory at Apex 2014, where he defeated ESAM in a rematch from SKTAR, and other top players, such as and ZeRo, two of the best Meta Knights in the world.

SCTavo is considered to be one of the best Smash 4 players in the world. At EVO 2015, he placed 3rd in singles. He defeated Mr. R 2-0 in Winners' Semis, but then lost to ZeRo 0-3 in Winners' Finals, after almost winning the first 2 games, but missing the KO in both games after hitting with Zero Suit Samus's paralyzer. He then lost his rematch with Mr. R 2-3 in Losers' Finals. He also uses, , , , and even (unofficially) lower tier characters such as , and at a very high level as well.

He is the only player to have eliminated ZeRo in a Smash 4 tournament in 2015, ending the latter's 55 win streak at MLG World Finals 2015. After losing in Winner's Semis to ESAM 1-3, SCTavo climbed through the loser's bracket, beating Mr. R 3-0, Ally 3-1, and ESAM 3-0 in Loser's Finals with a surprising character choice of Dr. Mario. This marks the first time SCTavo has taken a set from ESAM in Smash 4 as well. In Grand Finals, SCTavo won the first set 3-2 and won the second set 3-1 against Zero's Sheik and Diddy Kong, ending Zero's winning streak.

SCTavo is currently ranked 1st and 4th on the New Jersey Smash 4 Power Rankings and Tristate Brawl Power Rankings, respectively, and also ranks 1st on the 2014 SSBBRank tied with.

On August 11, 2015, SCTavo was signed on by Team Liquid.

Trivia

 * Interestingly enough, despite his older brother having been known to be one of 's hardest opponents to play in tournament during his prime, SCTavo failed to take a set from Ally in Brawl singles for four years despite having surpassed his brother since then. However, at Apex 2015, SCTavo managed to beat Ally in tournament for the first time in Winners Semis.
 * Starting with SKTAR in 2012, SCTavo held a perfect record against in Brawl for three years. However, at Super Smash Con, ESAM finally defeated SCTavo for the first time and went on to Grand Finals only to lose to.
 * Ironically, in Smash 4, ESAM had a perfect record against SCTavo. However, at MLG World Finals 2015 Nairo beat ESAM for the first time in Smash 4 in Losers Finals.
 * SCTavo is the first person to ever eliminate ZeRo from a tournament in Smash 4 in 2015, thereby ending the latter's 55 tournament streak at MLG World Finals 2015 in a bracket reset, coming up from Losers' after taking out ESAM, Mr. R, Ally, and various others. He reset the bracket in Grand Finals 3-2, and then won the second set with a 3-1 victory.