Smasher:Laudandus

Laudandus is a Melee main from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who is currently residing in Mountain View, California. Initially gaining prominence from winning the original NorCal Arcadian in 2014, Laudandus has gone on to place well at several major tournaments, most notably placing 5th at Pound 2016, 7th at DreamHack Austin 2017, and 25th at EVO 2015, GENESIS 3, and EVO 2016.

Laudandus was formerly ranked 10th on the NorCal Melee Power Rankings and 50th on the 2017 SSBMRank. He has taken sets off of top players such as, , , , , , , , , and.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Laudandus mains, and is considered to be one of the best Palutena players in Northern California. He was formerly ranked 16th on the NorCal Smash Ultimate Power Rankings and has wins over players such as, , and.

Trivia

 * Laudandus is notorious for his hate for the match up, infamously quoting that Falcon gets "Air Wobbles into Rest" on much of the cast. He has since improved his understanding of the match up, but is still an admin of "Captain Falcon: A Hate Group" on Facebook along with.
 * Laudandus is a Latin word that means "must be praised."