Smasher:Wangera

wangera is an SSB  player from Japan, and is considered the best Jigglypuff player in the world. wangera was formerly ranked 5th on the 2017 64 League Rankings. His playstyle is described as very defensive and patient.-

Tournament History
His first successful tournament was Kansai 2015 where he defeating all three top Kirby players, and  and finished 3rd being eliminated by.

At Kanto 2015 he defeated Norwegian smasher and got defeated by Mexican smasher  in a close set, finishing 17th.

Together with Japanese champion, he attended GENESIS 3 where he won against , , without dropping a game. Most notably, he double eliminated, 2-1 in Winner's Quarters against his Mario and 3-1 in Loser's Semis where Isai first chose to play Fox and switched to Pikachu when it was 2-1 for Wangera. In the final game and both players being on their last stock Isai missed an edge guard situation and self-destructed. This made Wangera the first player to win a tournament set against Isai's Pikachu. Wangera got double-eliminated by and placed 3rd.

At Kansai 2016 he lost against the Kirby players and  and finished 5th.

His second US tournament was Super Smash Con 2016 where he won 2-0 against and  before getting upset 2-3 by. In losers he won 3-2 against in an extremely close set with a timeout in game 5, where both players had one only stock left and Dext3r a small damage percent lead (55% - 64%) and tried to avoid getting hit. 5 seconds before a timeout Wangera hit him with a Nair to increase his damage percent to 66% and won the game by 2%. He then defeated 3-0 and got eliminated 3-1 by  who played as Pikachu for the whole set. He later said that his performance was disappointing maybe because he didn't sleep well.

Kanto 2016 became his first major win. In the absence of top players and  he won in Winner's Finals 2-1 and in Grand Final 2-0 against.

At Japan Smash Cup 2016 he reached Winner's Finals and then lost 0-2 against and  to finish 3rd. At Kansai 2017 he got upset by and  and placed 5th (and lost to  in pools). At Japan Smash Cup 2017 he won against, and  but got double eliminated by. At Kanto 2017 he placed 5th losing against, who later won that tournament.

He then attended his third US tournament, Super Smash Con 2017, where he beat, , SleepyFox and  to reach Winners Finals. He then lost 0-3 against and the rematch against  2-3 and placed 3rd.

At his fourth US tournament,, he lost in pool to again but made it into Winner's Semis deafeating  and  before losing to the Pikachus of  and  finishing 5th.

Trivia

 * His name comes from a school club called Wandervogel club (German for "bird of passage") that had an activity called a "Wangera".
 * He started playing competetive in late 2009 / early 2010, inspired by Japanese Jigglypuff player.
 * wangera holds an even record against (2-2) and a positive record against every North America player except  (0-3),  (0-1),  (0-2) and  (0-1).

Gameplay Videos

 * Wangera vs Dext3r, at SSC 2016
 * Wangera vs Isai, Losers Semis at GENESIS 3
 * Wangera vs Fukurou, Grand Finals at Kanto 2016