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After that giant win at GENESIS, MkLeo proved to the Smash community that he is still the best player in the world. However, this would end up going downhill from then. As the next 4 tournaments he attended, he would get top 8 at only one of them. At {{Trn|Collision 2023}}, MkLeo would end up losing 3-0 to {{Sm|Riddles}}, and a 3-1 upset from {{Sm|ShinyMark}} for 9th place. This was MkLeo's biggest loss since Kurama beat him at {{Trn|Frostbite 2020}} over 3 years ago. The next tournament was {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 6}}, where MkLeo would fail to get any notable wins on top players, losing 3-0 to {{Sm|ApolloKage}}, and failing to complete the reverse 3-0 against Glutonny in the Group Stages. This placed MkLeo 1-2, and 3rd place in his Group, only being ahead of {{Sm|Hungrybox}}, meaning he would have to go through the Gauntlet round. Despite getting a comfortable win over Aaron, he would end up losing to Riddles, in another 3-0 fashion. This placed MkLeo into the losers side for the second Summit in a row. MkLeo ended up finishing 9th in the final bracket, with a sweep against {{Sm|NaetorU}}, but ended up losing the runback to acola, who lost to Big D on Winner's side, in a swift 3-0 with a 3 stock. This also marked the first time that MkLeo has missed a top 8 back to back. It made it very clear that MkLeo was being challenged by many top players for the #1 spot for the first half of 2023, most notably acola and Tweek, who both respectively got 1st and 2nd at Summit. | After that giant win at GENESIS, MkLeo proved to the Smash community that he is still the best player in the world. However, this would end up going downhill from then. As the next 4 tournaments he attended, he would get top 8 at only one of them. At {{Trn|Collision 2023}}, MkLeo would end up losing 3-0 to {{Sm|Riddles}}, and a 3-1 upset from {{Sm|ShinyMark}} for 9th place. This was MkLeo's biggest loss since Kurama beat him at {{Trn|Frostbite 2020}} over 3 years ago. The next tournament was {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 6}}, where MkLeo would fail to get any notable wins on top players, losing 3-0 to {{Sm|ApolloKage}}, and failing to complete the reverse 3-0 against Glutonny in the Group Stages. This placed MkLeo 1-2, and 3rd place in his Group, only being ahead of {{Sm|Hungrybox}}, meaning he would have to go through the Gauntlet round. Despite getting a comfortable win over Aaron, he would end up losing to Riddles, in another 3-0 fashion. This placed MkLeo into the losers side for the second Summit in a row. MkLeo ended up finishing 9th in the final bracket, with a sweep against {{Sm|NaetorU}}, but ended up losing the runback to acola, who lost to Big D on Winner's side, in a swift 3-0 with a 3 stock. This also marked the first time that MkLeo has missed a top 8 back to back. It made it very clear that MkLeo was being challenged by many top players for the #1 spot for the first half of 2023, most notably acola and Tweek, who both respectively got 1st and 2nd at Summit. | ||
With {{Trn|Major Upset}} following Summit 6 a week later, MkLeo decided to switch things up. He decided to focus on Aegis, essentially dropping Joker, Byleth, and all of his other pocket characters. MkLeo would end up getting 2nd, beating Sparg0 3-2 in Winners Finals, but couldn't close Grand finals, where Sparg0 would win 3-1 and 3-0. | With {{Trn|Major Upset}} following Summit 6 a week later, MkLeo decided to switch things up. He decided to focus on Aegis, essentially dropping Joker, Byleth, and all of his other pocket characters. MkLeo would end up getting 2nd, beating Sparg0 3-2 in Winners Finals, but couldn't close Grand finals, where Sparg0 would win 3-1 and 3-0. In the end of April to the beginning of May, Golden Week in Japan had many stacked tournaments, and while MkLeo was not going, there was one player that did go and threatened the throne after winning a premier tournament during that week, and that person was Sparg0. After his devasting 13th place at Summit, with a loss to {{Sm|VoiD}}, Sparg0 traveled to Japan for {{Trn|Kagaribi 10}}, and ended up winning the tournament, deafeating acola in Grand Finals twice, as well as many other top Japanese players, such as {{Sm|Asimo}}, {{Sm|KEN}}, and {{Sm|Miya}}. This put Sparg0 in the debate that he is the #1 player. | ||
The most important tournament was right around the corner, and many top players, such as {{Sm|Yoshidora}}, acola, Tweek, Sparg0, and {{Sm|Miya}} were all attending {{Trn|Battle of BC 5}}. This tournament was a four horse race between acola, Tweek, Sparg0 and MkLeo, who were the only players in contention for the #1 spot. For Day 2, MkLeo would optimize the Aegis, but ended up losing to {{Sm|Zomba}} 3-1 at the Top 24 qualifier, meaning he would have to start Day 3 on Losers side. On Day 3, MkLeo switched it up and went Byleth, hoping to make a giant Losers run like he did in the past. Unfortunately, he would end up playing against a red hot Kameme, who ended up winning 3-2 with a 2 stock in Game 5, ending his BoBC run at 13th, which is his worst placement ever since {{Trn|Umebura Japan Major 2019}}, where he got 33rd. This means that he is no longer in the debate for the #1 player in the world, as Tweek, acola, and Sparg0 would end up outplacing MkLeo, with all of them getting 9th, 2nd, and 1st respectively. | The most important tournament was right around the corner, and many top players, such as {{Sm|Yoshidora}}, acola, Tweek, Sparg0, and {{Sm|Miya}} were all attending {{Trn|Battle of BC 5}}. This tournament was a four horse race between acola, Tweek, Sparg0 and MkLeo, who were the only players in contention for the #1 spot. For Day 2, MkLeo would optimize the Aegis, but ended up losing to {{Sm|Zomba}} 3-1 at the Top 24 qualifier, meaning he would have to start Day 3 on Losers side. On Day 3, MkLeo switched it up and went Byleth, hoping to make a giant Losers run like he did in the past. Unfortunately, he would end up playing against a red hot Kameme, who ended up winning 3-2 with a 2 stock in Game 5, ending his BoBC run at 13th, which is his worst placement ever since {{Trn|Umebura Japan Major 2019}}, where he got 33rd. This means that he is no longer in the debate for the #1 player in the world, as Tweek, acola, and Sparg0 would end up outplacing MkLeo, with all of them getting 9th, 2nd, and 1st respectively. | ||