Smasher:Zamu

Zamu is a smasher from Champaign, Illinois. She is a top player in the Midwest that has taken sets off of players such as, , , , , and ; in addition, she has wins in online tournaments over players such as  and. Zamu is currently ranked 25th on the SSBMRank Summer 2023 and 1st on the Champaign Melee Power Rankings. She occasionally plays Netplay, and has reached Master status.

She was signed by on May 7th, 2018. Along with, she was later signed to on July 24th, 2023.

Beginnings
Zamu first began playing competitively in early 2015, attending the weeklies in Champaign. Near the end of 2016, she entered her first major at, notably losing in Round 1 Pools against , followed by a solid 33rd finish at , losing to in Winners side of Top 64.

2017 marked significant progression, gradually placing higher, teaming with various players in the scene (notably Thor and ) and travelling to more regional events. She made her first appearance on the Champaign Power Rankings in the Spring 2017 iteration, at 9th. Zamu traveled to, losing in pools to. A string of more solid placements eventually led to her first tournament win in September of 2017, and being ranked 6th in the Fall 2017 Power Rankings. She fell to (3-0) and JustJoe at Super Rubicon 2 - finishing at 7th. She took a set over (3-2), earning a 5th place finish at Kill Roy: Vol. 3. At House of Paign 15, after being sent to losers side of Top 48 by  (3-1), she 3-0'd JustJoe and bested  (3-1), but was eliminated by SK92 (3-0) to finish 7th. She rounded out the year with a 2nd place finish at The Winter Theater, beating in a game-5 Losers Finals set (only losing to eventual winner, Captain Faceroll).

2018
Zamu kicked off 2018 with a 7th place finish at Cincinnati Smash Classic VII, losing to and Fizzle_Boy. She then attended the Chicago Melee Arcadian, winning the event with nearly all 3-0 sweeps through Winners side of Top 32 (only dropping 1 game). This was followed by House of Paign 16, where Zamu lost to Cob and Reeve enroute to a lack luster 17th place finish. Next, at Chicago Gaming Coalition No.1, Zamu lost to in Winners Semis of pools, and was upset in the Top 32 Losers qualifier by dudutsai, finishing 33rd. At Stiff Knees, Zamu was sent to Losers by Vista (3-1), and then eliminated by Travioli (3-2) to get 5th place, just ahead of. At her first Major of the year, she lost in pools to Free Palestine (formerly Milhous), and then was eliminated in pools by, getting 65th. She quickly turned things around, and at House of Paign 17, she beat (3-1), and ended with a solid 4th place finish, only losing to AbsentPage and Michael. This was followed by a 1st place finish at a regional in Missouri - Wunderland 7 - taking out Travioli (who sent him to Losers), and. The week after that, Zamu competed at, and enroute to a 9th place finish, took out while losing to  and. At the last of House of Paign iteration until the fall (HoP 18), Zamu coasted into Winners side of Top 48, beating Drephen and, but was sent to Losers by eventual runner-up, , and eliminated by. A pair of back-to-back regionals made for a good showing ahead of the summer of smash, as Zamu double-eliminated Rik at Rest in Peach (getting 2nd to AbsentPage), and double eliminated Rik at Master Hand Monthly in Indiana the following weekend to take 1st place.

At, Zamu met Ginger in Top 64 Winner's Qualifier - beating him 2-0. She then faced in first round of Top 64, losing 3-0, and was eliminated by Travioli in a game 5 set, taking 33rd. Her strongest run of the year came at, where she ran through , Drephen, and Michael, before losing both sets of Grand Finals to , but managed to take the first set to game 5. At, she was upset in Winners Semi's of pools by Cascade (2-1), and then lost in Round 2 pools to DrLobster (2-1), ending her run at 97th. Capping off the summer of smash was, where Zamu again lost in Round 1 pools to Riko, but pulled together a solid Losers run, beating players such as TheRealThing and G$, before falling to , earning 33rd.

Trivia

 * Zamu was once a top Pokemon TCG player, ranked #1 in Illinois, and placed 9th at a national tournament.
 * Zamu is a cousin of fellow Melee player.

Super Smash Bros. Melee

 * Zamu vs Syrox
 * Zamu vs Kels
 * Zamu vs AbsentPage
 * Zamu vs Rik
 * Zamu vs Reeve