Smasher:Gahtzu

Gahtzu is a smasher originally from Bonn, Germany currently residing in Orlando, Florida, who mains in Melee. He is often accredited as being the best in the United States at Falcon dittos, having taken convincing wins over top Falcon mains, such as, , , and. He is currently ranked 4th on the Central Florida Melee Power Rankings and 74th on the SSBMRank 2022; he was also formerly ranked 1st on the South Florida Melee Power Rankings.

He was picked up by U4X eSports on September 19th, 2016. He left the team on December 9th, 2016. He was picked up by Revenge on January 28th, 2020.

Trivia

 * At Smash the Record, Gahtzu nearly set the Guinness World Record for "Longest Video Games Marathon Playing a Fighting Game" at 72 hours, which would've beaten the former record of 48 hours. Unfortunately, a video error that occurred during his session delegitimized his entire attempt, despite the amount of witnesses that were present.
 * At 's Don't Take My Stock 3, Gahtzu beat 5-0 in a Captain Falcon ditto money match.
 * Gahtzu's username is a reference to Guts from the Berserk series, as Guts' name is pronounced "Gattsu" in Japanese.
 * Along with and, Gahtzu is a member of 20GX, a movement to reinvent and push the limits of  as a character.
 * Gahtzu won two consecutive $100 money matches against premier Captain Falcon player at CEO 2015.
 * Although Gahtzu is proficient in the Falcon ditto, he lost to at GENESIS 3 including a four stock in game one.