Smasher:Merrick

Merrick is a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player from Michigan. He was formerly ranked 8th on the West Michigan Power Rankings and has notable wins over, , , , , , , , , , and. He is considered the best Bayonetta player in Michigan, and notably comained Joker since release before retiring the character around 2020 for solo Bayonetta.

Merrick played upon release in  and has wins over, , BooBear, Ryoku, , , , Adorable Knight, , and. He was ranked 6th on the final West Michigan Smash 4 Power Rankings. Before Bayonetta he solo mained Luigi before retiring the character for Bayonetta due to his exploitable recovery, especially as DLC released. He was known for a very unorthodox Luigi that often used fireball as a pressure tool on shield to run up and shield break with super jump punch, as well as utilizing fireballs as a way to safely make it back from ledge.

Merrick solo mained throughout Brawls tournament life in the West Michigan scene since its release. Notably Merrick took a game off at "Oh, Did I Win? 2", but losing 1-2 in the ditto. He also went to close sets against Chia at The Big House 10 and being forced to use Meta Knight for the first time in tournament. Since he was thirteen years there was some controversy over Merricks style of play with Snake in his region, with many going out of their way to harass him because he played it very safe and kept a barrage of projectiles constantly out to look for openings. Was not uncommon for him to have had a C4 planted, both hand grenades on the field or in his hand, a claymore, and a remote missile lingering all at once. Due to those reasons many found him very toxic to try to get in on, and opponents were often prone to timeouts.

Merrick comains and  in Melee. Despite not being his primary game, he still secures decent results at the few he does attend and has had close games against the likes of and.

Alongside competing regularly at locals and traveling to majors primarily in the Midwest, he is also prominently known for kickstarting the tournament scene in West Michigan when Brawl, Smash 4, and Smash Ultimate first released. He regularly ran events for Calder Clash, Tempest, Rehearsal,, and currently is the head tournament organizer and streamer for Starlight Road.

Trivia

 * Merrick is one of the oldest members in the West Michigan smash scene, having competed in Brawl since 2009 and helped organize tournaments for the community ever since then.
 * In 2009 Merrick had won a big Brawl local over a Meta Knight player, with the tourney having over one hundred dollars in pot bonus. There was a big incident where at some point during friendlies after the tournament someone managed to steal his earning from his bag of belongings. It was later found very shortly in the bathroom trash bin at the venue.
 * Merrick was known within the community for wearing various winter hats at the same time for large scale tournaments and majors. Of these the Deadmau5 one was notoriously worn.