Smasher:Abadango

Abadango is an Super Smash Bros. Ultimate  and  player with  and  secondaries from Tokyo, Japan, considered the best Meta Knight player in the world and one of the best Samus players in Japan. He was formerly considered the best and Palutena player in Japan, one of the best  players in the world in the early metagame, and one of the best  players in Japan prior to dropping them or relocating them to pocket characters. He is currently ranked 7th on the discontinued Japan Player Rankings, 58th on the Experimental Smash Player Rankings, and 122nd on the LumiRank 2023.

In SSB4, Abadango is a and  player, and is considered one of the three current best Mewtwo players in the world along with  and, the best Mewtwo player of all time, and one of the best Bayonetta players in the world. He is also a prominent and  player. He was originally considered the best player in the world, and a top  player before switching to Mewtwo. Abadango is ranked 1st on the JAPAN Power Rankings and 13th on the Panda Global Rankings 100.

In SSBB, Abadango was a player, and was considered the best Wario player in Japan.

On October 8th, 2016, Abadango was signed by. Over a year later, on December 15th, 2017, Abadango would part ways with Luminosity Gaming. Abadango joined on November 30th, 2018.

Rise to fame
Abadango's breakout tournament was Apex 2015. Using the relatively unexplored character of, he quickly became a fan favorite, being dubbed the "Pac-Main" by the community. After losing in winners' finals of his round 2 pool to, he ran through losers' bracket, defeating and  to make it to losers' top 8. In losers' eighths, he faced in an infamously campy set that resulted in multiple timeouts and the 2-1 in favor of Dabuz. Abadango finished the tournament at 7th place.

After not attending any other major tournaments for six months, Abadango next appeared at EVO 2015. Having picked up his old Brawl main of to complement his Pac-Man, Abadango swept through his round 1 and round 2 pools to reach top 8, defeating 's Heavy Skull Bash-empowered  in the process. After losing to ZeRo in winners' semis, he had a rematch with Dabuz in loser's quarters. Abadango won the set 2-0, including a comeback in the second game with a Wario Waft stage spike. In losers' semis, he then had a close set with, but ultimately lost 1-2, ending his run at 4th.

Character changes
After EVO, Abadango made the decision to drop Wario and pick up and, which he used to win. With this improved character spread, he entered, and made a deep losers' bracket run after losing to. He defeated 2-0,  3-1, and  3-0, but was defeated by  3-2 in loser's eighths, placing 7th at the tournament.

In between The Big House 5 and, Abadango decided to drop Pac-Man entirely along with Rosalina, opting to solo main Meta Knight for GENESIS 3. This did not work out for him, however, as he lost sets to and, placing at an all-time low of 49th.

In February of 2016, Abadango attended, competing with other top Japanese players and. He bounced back from his poor placing at GENESIS by winning the tournament, defeating Nairo in grand finals.

Mewtwo and Pound 2016
In light of the major buffs received in patches 1.1.3 and 1.1.5, Abadango opted to switch mains to Mewtwo, relegating Meta Knight to his secondary. With this new character in his arsenal, Abadango took Pound 2016 in dominant fashion, defeating Dabuz 3-2 in winners' quarters, 3-0 in winners' semis,  3-1 in winners' finals, and  3-0 in grand finals. This cemented his status as one of the best players in the world.

After Pound, Abadango attended Battle Arena Melbourne 8 where he placed 2nd, losing to Mr. R in grand finals.

Summer of Smash
In June of 2016, Abadango attended Smash 'N' Splash 2 and CEO 2016, placing 5th and 4th respectively while using primarily Mewtwo. notably eliminated him from both tournaments. In July, he attended EVO 2016 where he placed 5th losing to in winners' side and ZeRo in losers. He then attended PPT Summer in Germany and Clutch City Clash in America, which he both won convincingly, defeating and  respectively in grand finals.

Abadango's next major tournament was Super Smash Con 2016, where he placed 7th. Coming back from an early loss in the Mewtwo ditto against in round 2 pools, he defeated  2-0,  2-0,  3-0,  3-1, and  3-2 before finally falling to his rival Ally 3-2 in loser's eighths. Abadango underperformed at Umebura S.A.T., however, placing 13th with losses to and Nietono. He then placed 2nd at Umebura 25, losing 3-1 to in grand finals.

Fall 2016
Fall 2016 began a string of sub-par placings for Abadango. At his namesake tournament, 2GGT: Abadango Saga, he placed 13th, losing in pools to a relatively unknown main in. He then lost in bracket to. At The Big House 6, Abadango tried his new pocket pick against  in winner's quarters, but lost 3-0. He then immediately lost to 3-1 in losers, finishing at 9th. At Waseda Festival 2016, Abadango also finished in 9th place, losing once again to Taiheita and being eliminated by.

His placings began to improve once again starting at DNG Kanto Invitational, where Abadango placed 3rd in a round-robin with some of the best smashers in Kanto. He followed this up with a stellar performance at UGC Smash Open, where he defeated 3-1 in the round of 16,  3-1 in winners' quarters, and reverse swept  3-2 in winners' semis. After once again being defeated by ZeRo 3-0 in winner's finals, Abadango crushed ESAM 3-0 in the losers' finals runback, and using his, took ZeRo to a last game, last stock, last hit situation in grand finals before finally being defeated 3-2. He finished the tournament at 2nd place. Abadango then placed first at Hirosuma Tokaigi Qualifiers defeating  2-1,  2-1,  2-0, and  2-1 and 2-0 on his march to victory. One week later at 2GGT: ZeRo Saga Abadango defeated 2-0, and  3-1 to make it out of pools. In bracket he defeated 3-1 before falling to  1-3 in winners quarters. He was then eliminated by 2-3 and finished in 9th place.

2017
Abadango attended SGC 2017 where he was upset by 1-2. He then made a losers run taking out players such as before being eliminated by  1-2 and finishing at 9th place.

At GENESIS 4, he defeated 2-0 to make it into Round 2 pools. In Round 2 pools he defeated 2-0 and  2-1 to make it to Top 32 winners side. In top 32 he defeated 3-2 and  3-1 before losing to  0-3 in winners semis and  2-3 in losers quarters to finish at 5th place.

At Niconico Tokaigi 2017, Abadango made his way to winners finals defeating 2-1,  2-1. and 2-1 before falling to  0-2. In losers he was eliminated by 1-2 and ultimately finished in 3rd place.

At Frostbite 2017, Abadango was upset by 0-2 in pools and sent to losers. In losers he defeated 3-1 and  3-1 before being eliminated by  0-3 and finishing in 17th place.

At the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Pro Exhibition, Abadango defeated 2-0, and  2-1 before falling to  2-3 in Winners finals. In losers finals he defeated Light 3-1 before losing to Marss 1-3 in Grand Finals finishing 2nd.

Abadango's next event would be 2GGC: Civil War. En route to top 32 Abadango defeated 2-0,  2-1, and  3-1. In top 32 Abadango defeated 3-0 before falling to  2-3 and Marss 1-3 to finish 9th place.

At Kawaii Kon 2017, Abadango defeated 3-1 to move onto winners finals where he was defeated by  0-3. In losers finals he defeated Saiki 3-0 before falling to VoiD 1-3 in grand finals finishing 2nd.

Abadango placed 2nd at KSB 2017, losing to 1-2 and 0-2 in winners finals and grand finals respectively.

2018
Abadango kicked off the 2018 season with a 2nd place finish at, losing to in Winner's Finals and Grand Finals 2-3 and 1-3, respectively.

However, despite this strong start Abadango would have a rocky rest of the year. He placed 7th and 5th at and  respectively, failing to qualify for.

He placed 3rd at, beating and  before losing to  and T in the runback.

At his first international event of the year,, Abadango placed 9th beating before falling to  in Top 32. From there, he beat and  before losing to.

After underplacements at (17th) and  (9th), Abadango would attend his second international event of the year,. There, after losing to in Winner's Quarter Final, Abadango would beat, , and  before falling to  1-3 to finish at 13th.

His next event,, saw him making his first supermajor top 8 of the year. Abadango would beat, 2-0, and  3-1 before losing to  1-3. He would then beat in Game 5 to make it into top 8 before losing to  1-3 to finish at 7th.

Abadango would continue this momentem with a 2nd place finish at, beating , , , and to make it to Grand Finals before losing to  0-3 and 2-3 in the reset.

Abadango would place 25th at his next supermajor, beating and , and losing to  and.

He would close out Smash 4's lifespan at, the last Smash 4 major prior to Ultimate's release. Abadango would end up placing 13th, with losses to and.

The beginning of Ultimate
With the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate just around the corner and the death of Smash 4's competitive scene with it, Abadango shifted his attention from Smash 4 to Ultimate. While he placed 4th at the, using , , and , he instead opted for newcomer as his first main alongside former Smash 4 main  as a secondary, due to both character's strong initial perceptions as well as numerous nerfs made to his former mains  and Mewtwo.

His first Ultimate tournament saw him placing 5th at a local-turned-regional, losing to and.

Japan's first major,, took place two days later on December 16th, 2018. Due to its size (the largest Ultimate tournament at the time with 745 entrants) and time constraints, the event was forced to be single elimination. Abadango would end up placing 9th using Inkling, losing to 0-2.

2019
Abadango's first national of the year was, where he was upset early by. He would beat and  before losing to  to place 13th.

At, Abadango would go out early at 49th, being upset by in winner's and  in loser's.

He would bounce back at his next two events, placing 2nd at Toryumon Kiwami #5 with wins on, , and and winning WeeklySmashParty 21 over Raito.

marked his first international and supermajor appearance. After losing to, Abadango would pilot Inkling, Meta Knight, and new addition to his roster Wario to take wins over , , , , and before losing to  2-3 for a 25th finish.

At, Abadango would once again place 25th, this time mainly using Meta Knight and using Inkling occasionally. He would beat and  before losing to. He would then beat before losing to  in a last-stock game 5.

Unlike its last iteration, Abadango would turn up at. After beating and, Abadango would lose 0-2 to. He would then beat, , , and in the runback before losing to  to finish 5th.

Abadango would place 7th at, with wins over , , and.

Character shifts
At Japan's first supermajor,, Abadango would drop Wario in favor of Palutena alongside his Inkling to a 13th place finish. After losing to, he took wins off , , and before losing to  1-2.

His next tournament,, saw him place 3rd with wins over , , and before losing to  1-3 and  0-3.

Abadango would place 3rd at French major, with wins over and  before losing to. He would then beat, , , and in the runback before losing to  in Losers Final.

After a 13th place finish at, Abadango would attend and its pre-tournament. These would be the first regional-or-higher tournaments where he mainly used Palutena, and he placed 5th at the former beating and  before losing to  and, and 2nd at the latter.

He netted his first super-regional or higher win at, a flawless run through players such as , , , and twice.

At, Abadango opted for mainly Inkling en route to a 25th place finish. He beat and  before losing to. He would then beat before falling to.

In his final tournament before the end of the first PGRU season,, Abadango brought back the Wario to place 13th. After losing to early, he would beat, , and  before losing to.

Despite not being as dominant as he was in Smash 4, Abadango was still able to put up solid performances at majors. Due to this, he was ranked 40th on the Spring 2019 PGRU.

Trivia

 * Abadango is also a top player in , notably placing 5th at CEO 2016, and 33rd at EVO 2016.
 * Abadango is notable for having a chant in the community known as "RAISE YOUR ABADONGERS" which is used before Abadango begins an exciting match.