Smasher:MkLeo

"Smasher:Leo" redirects here. For other players who use or have used the Leo tag, see Leo.

MkLeo "Leo"
MkLeo holding the GENESIS 6 trophy.
Character info
Melee main	Sheik
Other Melee character	Falco
Brawl mains	Meta Knight, Snake
Smash 4 mains	Marth, Cloud
Other Smash 4 characters	Bayonetta, Lucina
Retired Smash 4 characters	Meta Knight, Corrin
Ultimate mains	Joker, Byleth, Pyra, Mythra
Other Ultimate character	Marth
Retired Ultimate characters	Ike, Lucina, Corrin, Wolf, Greninja, Cloud
Project M main	Mewtwo
Other Project M character	Lucario
Team info
Former sponsor(s)	Monster Kingdom, Echo Fox, Most Valuable Gaming, T1
Crew(s)	MKgaming
Former crews	Hydra Team, Rampage Zone, HDG, Smash Factor
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking	Panda Global Rankings 100: 3rd UltRank 2022: 1st OrionRank 2022: 1st
Winnings	~$99,606.99 ~$150,279.50
Personal and other info
Real name	Leonardo Lopez Perez
Birth date	January 20, 2001
Location	Mexico City, Ciudad de México
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Semi-professional (retired) Professional (retired) Top professional (retired) Top professional Professional (retired)

MkLeo, also known simply as Leo, is a smasher from Mexico. He is widely considered to be the best Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player in the world, dominating the competitive scene since the game's release. He is currently ranked 1st on the Mexican Ultimate Power Rankings, OrionRank 2022, and UltRank 2022. Originally playing Ike, he later found tournament success with Lucina and Wolf before picking up Joker shortly after the character's release. Although he briefly struggled during the online metagame, he eventually found consistent success after picking up Byleth, as well as Pyra and Mythra following their release, leading him to be ranked 5th on the Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v7. He has continued to use Byleth offline and achieve major success in tournaments.

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, MkLeo played Marth and Cloud, with Bayonetta, Meta Knight, Lucina, and Corrin as strong secondaries. He is his country's best player and was considered to be the best player in the world in 2018 after ZeRo's retirement. He is also widely considered the best Marth and Cloud player in the world, one of the two best Lucina players in the world (along with Mr E), one of the best Bayonetta players in the world, and formerly considered one of the best Corrin players and the best Meta Knight player prior to dropping both characters. Leo arguably popularized both Meta Knight and Marth, characters that had been seen as mediocre after their nerfs from Brawl, as top players such as Abadango have since used Meta Knight against other top players until his nerfs in game updates, as well as lower-leveled players picking up Marth due to his dominance with him. He is the youngest player to win a major Smash 4 tournament, doing so at only 15 years old, achieving this feat at 2GGT: ZeRo Saga. Due to his aggressive style and heavy punish game with Meta Knight and proving his skills surpass those of top players at a very young age, some compare him to Nairo's early Brawl career.

He is also a proficient doubles player and usually teams with komorikiri or his cousin Javi. Leo/komorikiri consists of Cloud/Cloud and have taken 1st at majors such as Super Smash Con 2017, 2GGC: SCR Saga, Shine 2017, and GameTyrant Expo 2017. They were considered to be the best team in the world throughout 2017. Leo/Javi generally consists of Cloud/Sheik or Cloud/Cloud and dominate the Mexican and American scenes, taking impressive first places at major tournaments such as 2GGC: Civil War, 2GGC: Nairo Saga, and Canada Cup 2016. The duo has wins over the likes of ZeRo and Nairo, Mew2King and Ally, and Larry Lurr and ANTi.

Leo was ranked 3rd on the Panda Global Rankings 100 and was formerly ranked 1st on the Mexican Smash 4 Power Rankings.

On January 4th, 2017, MkLeo was signed by Echo Fox and Most Valuable Gaming. Although WIN.gg reported that Echo Fox had completely folded on November 9th, 2019, MkLeo did not announce his free agent status until February 21st, 2020. Five days later, MkLeo signed with T1. He would part ways with T1 a little under three years later, on February 23rd, 2023.

Playstyle

Leo is known for his patient and calculative, yet aggressive playstyle with most of the characters he plays with, which grants him a strong punish game, as well as being known for his intense mindgames. He is most infamously known for his immaculate spacing and microspacing in neutral, especially with characters with swords and other disjointed hit boxes. As his career progressed, his strong mindgames transferred to his strong mentality as he became the number 1 player at the end of the competitive lifecycle of Smash 4 and in Ultimate. This is highlighted by some of his legendary loser's runs in multiple S-tier tournaments, most notably Evo 2019, Frostbite 2020, and Super Smash Con 2019, with multiple reverse 3-0 comebacks.

In Smash 4

As Marth, he is well known for his masterful spacing of Marth's aerials, as well as a surprisingly aggressive approach with a character that is often played with a more patient and defensive playstyle. His Marth in particular has been very effective against Bayonetta as Leo is known to lab that matchup a lot. As Cloud, he is more known for his defensive spacing and reserved usage of Limit Break-boosted moves, though he does retain his signature aggressive playstyle with him whenever he has the advantage, allowing him to pressure the opponent very well. As Meta Knight, he is known for his mastery of Meta Knight's combos, his uncanny ability for reading the opponent's air dodges, and his proficiency at executing the Rufio, Meta Knight's famous death combo. His Bayonetta is noted for its comeback ability and above average combo game.

He is also notorious for his player knowledge, defeating his opponents convincingly after initially losing to them in their first encounter. However, he does have some problems on the Ryu match-up, having dropped sets to Darkshad, Trela, Venom, Klein, and takera (though he began showing improvement in the matchup lately, notably having a perfect record against Locus). He is also known to struggle against grab-focused characters such as Donkey Kong and Bowser; at 2GGC: MkLeo Saga, he said that the player he dislikes fighting the most is Tweek since he often plays Donkey Kong against Leo and has taken numerous sets off of him with the character.

In Ultimate

Leo's playstyle remains the same with the release of Ultimate. Over time his play style evolved towards a more all-around approach, able to play defensively passively along with his signature aggression depending on the match up. When he played Ike, he had a solid grasp on his fundamentals and bread-and-butter combos. After dropping Ike, the first DLC character for the first Fighters' Pass Joker was released and Leo was interested in learning the character. As Joker, Leo has a mastery on combos and tools having being the main driving force of Joker's meta. He retains his spacing and aggression with the the character, with the spacing more emphasized with Joker's quick all-around movement in combination with his slim hurtbox as opposed to his traditional sword fighters. He will often mix up whiff punishes on mid-range positioning with Joker to bait out options from opposing players. Sometimes he'll go for raw grabs to approaching neutral airs to get combos started. Other times he'll mixup defensively spaced back airs to force a reaction from his player when he has center stage. All of this is done in conjunction with Joker's tool kit, with timely usage of short-hop double Gun to stuff out approaches, and retreating uses of Eiha keep opponents on their toes. Leo picking up Joker is when he started making an increase emphasis on edgeguards, mixing up when to go off stage for a back air or a down air when the opportunity arrises thanks to Joker's improve air mobility, fast falling speed, and good recovery. His ledge trapping has also gotten more highlight here as he is often begins his ledge trapping phase in the roll get up distance. He most often reacts appropriately to the opponents get up options while preemptively covering roll distance. He also is notable for the usage of Joker's guns to edgeguard, escape pressure, and await opponents trying to punish his landing. Leo is also well known for the infamous forward air 1 to drag down up air to confirm into a down smash, or up smash if the opponent is on a platform. When Joker gets Arsene, Leo uses that advantage to quickly close out stocks with his precise timing of edgeguards and grab combos.

Leo began playing Byleth upon the character's release, eventually transitioning to maining the character during the online era. One of the hallmarks of Leo's Byleth is how mobile he plays the character despite Byleth's generally slow ground speed. One of the ways he closes space between him and his opponent (especially those who play far more agile characters such as Tweek, Sonix, and Sparg0) is to use Byleth's heavily disjointed tilts to force them into the air, where he can easily out range almost the entire cast with Byleth's long, disjointed aerials, create juggle and drag down opportunities with up-air, and set up 50/50's by threatening to retreat to the ground to catch opposing landings with Byleth's various anti-airs. Leo also mixes his approaches with neutral air with Byleth to start combos when he is in close range. Although neutral air is unsafe generally on shield, its landing hit box allows Leo to approach with nair on shield mixing up fast fall timings, making it ambiguous for his opponent as to when to punish out shield against him along with him making it ambiguous as to where he will land mixing up crossups and landing straight in front and space just out of his opponent range. Leo is also notable for his superb utilization of Byleth's up-b, having mastered all of its various follow-ups along with its use in edge guarding and neutral. He also has mastered the up-b in terms of recovery often mixing up recovery times and ledge stalls, as well as tether cancels and ledge re grabs and ledge aerial attacks like up air or side b, making it hard for his opponents to ledge trap him.

Tournament history

Mexico's hidden boss

MkLeo's tournament record before Smash 4 is relatively unknown, though it was implied that he has been playing competitively since 2008. His first tournament victory came at Anime Expo Mexico TNT 2009, at only 8 years of age. 5 years later, he attended Smash Factor 3 in Project M singles, losing to his cousin Serge 0-3 in winners finals, but defeating Ally 3-2 in losers finals. He lost to Serge again 2-3 in grand finals to place 2nd.

In Smash 4, MkLeo began as a Meta Knight main. Despite the character's unpopularity due to the nerfs from Brawl, MkLeo quickly became known as the best player in Mexico. He burst into the international Smash scene when he won Smash Factor 4, Mexico's largest Super Smash Bros. for Wii U tournament at the time, and surprised everyone by defeating EVO 2015 runner-up Mr.R in Grand Finals 3-1, 2-stocking him in each game he won. Although Smash Factor 4 was the only PGR tournament he attended that season, thanks to that stellar performance he was ranked 19th for the first Panda Global Rankings. Later in the year, he would defeat Vinnie 3-1 in Grand Finals at True Combo, further proving his capabilities as a player. His victories not only created more interest in the Mexican Smash scene, but also helped popularize Meta Knight.

In 2016, Leo's usage of Meta Knight progressively decreased as he started to use Cloud and Marth instead. Following Meta Knight's nerfs and Marth's buffs in game update 1.1.5, MkLeo began to rely more on Marth and Cloud and would only use Meta Knight in specific match-ups such as Peach, Ryu, and Sonic.

Due to visa issues, Leo was unable to attend an American tournament for most of 2016. He received his Canadian visa after registration for Get On My Level 2016 had closed, but a decision was made by TOs to allow him to enter despite this, due to a widespread community approval. He defeated False and Nairo to reach top 8, but was defeated by Ally 1-3. In Loser's bracket he faced ZeRo in a highly anticipated set, which he narrowly lost 2-3 in a last hit, last stock situation, ending his run at 5th place. In the following few months, MkLeo would continue to rise as he would defeat Dabuz and Mr.R twice at Smash Factor 5 as well as Ally twice at Canada Cup 2016.

USA debut and the path to the top

In October 2016, MkLeo's visa was approved, allowing him to travel to the United States. His first American tournament, KTAR XIX, saw him defeating Nairo a second time but falling to ZeRo 2-3 and Salem 1-3, placing 3rd. His next American tournament, UGC Smash Open, was his worst performance of the season as he would lose to Marss 2-3 and Darkshad 1-3, placing 13th.

Although he would claim victory at Showdown: Battle Royale, MkLeo's first major American victory was at 2GGT: ZeRo Saga. Despite being sent to losers by VoiD 2-3, MkLeo would make an impressive losers run, eliminating Dabuz, ANTi, and Ally along the way. He then met ZeRo for the third time that season and was able to defeat him 3-0, becoming the 16th player to defeat him. He then won the rematch against VoiD 3-0 in losers finals and double-eliminated Larry Lurr 3-1 and 3-2 to win his first American national tournament. With this victory, he became the youngest person ever to win a major Smash 4 tournament, a record that still stands today. His outstanding performance that season, culminating with his victory at 2GGT: ZeRo Saga, not only helped him rise up to 8th place on the Panda Global Rankings v2, but also helped him gain sponsorships from Echo Fox and Most Valuable Gaming.

With his new status as the youngest top 10 player, MkLeo went into the third season with hopes of becoming the best player in the world. His first tournament that season, 2GGC: GENESIS Saga, saw him lose to VoiD and Tweek, placing 5th. Despite this shortcoming, he would have a spectacular performance at GENESIS 4, defeating everyone in his path, including komorikiri, Mr.R, and Ally twice, to claim victory at his second supermajor ever.

His next few majors, however, would be marked with disappointments. At Frostbite 2018, he lost to kameme 1-3 and VoiD 1-3, placing 13th. Although he had a successful performance at Frame Perfect Series 2, he failed to claim victory as he was unable to take a single game off of ZeRo, who cemented himself as MkLeo's bracket demon. Finally, he saw his worst performance yet by being upset by Meteor 0-2 and AC 2-3 at 2GGC: Civil War, finishing 65th.

Despite these disappointments, MkLeo would see his most successful season yet. He had several stellar performances such as his victory at Umebura Japan Major and top 3 placements at DreamHack Austin 2017, 2GGC: Nairo Saga, and CEO 2017. He also introduced a new secondary - Corrin - whom he used to claim victory at The Arena 2017 and defeat Salem at CEO 2017. His consistent victories over everyone except for ZeRo helped him rise all the way to 2nd on the Panda Global Rankings v3.

The fourth season, however, would be challenging for MkLeo as he would see some of his worst performances yet. At EVO 2017, he drowned in pools by losing to false 1-2 and MuteAce 1-2, tying his worst placement at 65th. His next major, DreamHack Atlanta 2017, saw him losing to Vinnie 1-2 and ZeRo 0-3, placing 17th. Finally, MkLeo would perform abysmally at the invitational PAX Arena at PAX West 2017, where he was only able to defeat KOSSismoss. Although MkLeo found success at a few majors during this period, he would still struggle against ZeRo. With Salem's victories at EVO 2017 - double-eliminating ZeRo in the process - and DreamHack Atlanta 2017 shutting MkLeo out of the top 2, people began to wonder whether MkLeo would drop even further.

However, MkLeo would see some light at GameTyrant Expo 2017. Although he fell to Elegant 1-3, he saw his first victory against ZeRo since 2GGT: ZeRo Saga, eliminating him 3-1 using Meta Knight. He rematched Elegant in Grand Finals where he would barely double-eliminate him, with both sets going to the final game, claiming his first victory of the season.

The rest of a season saw a return to form for MkLeo. Although he would finish an underwhelming 9th place at 2GGC: Fire Emblem Saga, losing to komorikiri 2-3 and VoiD 2-3, and fall victim to the 2GG curse by placing 3rd at the 2GGC tournament honoring him, he would claim victory at the final 2 national tournaments of the season: IBP Masters Showdown and 2GG Championship. The latter tournament was MkLeo's best performance of the season: he defeated ZeRo in a very quick 3-0 using Meta Knight and, although losing the first set of Grand Finals, defeated ZeRo yet again 3-1. Due to his strong performances towards the latter half of the season, MkLeo would only see a small drop to 4th place on the Panda Global Rankings v4.

During the off-season, MkLeo was invited to Smash 4 Boot Camp. He lost to Tweek 1-2 and Cosmos 0-2 in his group pool, entering top 16 on Losers side. He beat Dabuz 3-1 but lost to Larry Lurr 1-3, placing 9th.

Claiming the throne

Following ZeRo's retirement, MkLeo would become one of the contenders for the top spot alongside Nairo. MkLeo would start off strong by defending his title at GENESIS 5 and winning EVO Japan 2018. Nairo would fire back by winning and defeating MkLeo at both Niconico Tokaigi 2018 and Smash Masters League: Battle for Vegas. In turn, MkLeo would win and defeat Nairo at both SwitchFest and Get On My Level 2018, picking up Bayonetta along the way. Eventually, Nairo's results started to decline, and it looked like MkLeo was to secure the top position. However, he was met with yet another challenger for the top spot: his rival Tweek, who won EGLX 2018, MomoCon 2018 and 2GG: Hyrule Saga; the latter tournament was one of the largest events of the season and was a tournament where Leo took a loss to ZAKI and ended in 7th place. With yet another challenger to the throne on the rise, all eyes were on CEO 2018, the tournament that would decide whether Tweek or MkLeo would take the throne. Despite taking an early loss to Captain L, Tweek refused to concede, and he made a brutal loser's run 3-0ing almost everyone in his way to meet MkLeo in Grand Finals, where he managed to 3-0 MkLeo with Donkey Kong to reset the bracket. However, MkLeo was able to overcome the Donkey Kong in the second set and, after Tweek pulled out Bayonetta, he switched to Marth to not only win the tournament, but claim the vacant throne on the Panda Global Rankings v5.

MkLeo would also be invited to the Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018 for the then-upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In the first round, MkLeo used Bayonetta and teamed with Mango to defeat Mr.R and Lucky. He then defeated Mango's Inkling with Sonic, but then lost to ZeRo's Sheik while using Snake. In Loser's Finals, MkLeo controversially swept Plup's Ridley with Bayonetta, causing discord in the audience due to Bayonetta's unpopularity in Smash 4. He would then rematch ZeRo in Grand Finals, resetting the bracket 2-0 with Bayonetta and Sonic over ZeRo's Mario and Sheik, but then losing 1-2, placing 2nd.

In the final season, MkLeo would only register for three major tournaments. He dropped out of EVO 2018 due to chickenpox but was able to come back strong by winning Super Smash Con 2018, only losing 3 games to WaDi, Nairo, and Samsora. At his final tournament, Shine 2018, he was upset 1-2 by JaKaL and performed one last Loser's run, defeating Dabuz and VoiD before falling to Tweek 2-3, finishing 5th.

Due to MkLeo's success throughout Smash 4's lifespan culminating in his rise to the throne in the game's final year, MkLeo was ranked 3rd on the PGR 100, the all-time Smash 4 ranking, behind ZeRo and Nairo.

The Ultimate player

Following his performance at the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate invitational, MkLeo went into Ultimate with strong results, using a combination of Ike and Lucina. MkLeo's first national tournament for the new game was Smash Conference United where he would claim victory over Samsora 3-2. At GENESIS 6, the first Ultimate supermajor, MkLeo would be sent to Loser's by Samsora 2-3 in Winner Semis. However, he made an impressive losers run, defeating Light 3-2, Dabuz 3-1, Samsora 3-2 in a runback then VoiD 3-1 twice in grand finals to take his third GENESIS title in a row.

With his impressive showing at GENESIS 6, MkLeo was shaping up to potentially be the best player in the world. However, his Smash 4 rival Tweek would challenge that position at Frostbite 2019, where he would beat MkLeo twice in Winner's Finals and Grand Finals. During this time, MkLeo would also experience a character crisis as he believed that Ike was holding him back, and he would experiment with Wolf and Marth. He would also fail to claim victory at a major save for Smash Ultimate Summit, which didn't count for the Spring 2019 PGRU.

With the release of Joker in Challenger Pack 1, MkLeo devoted more time to the new character and picked him up as a main despite the character's lukewarm reception in regards to viability. His first tournament with Joker, Umebura Japan Major 2019, ended with a dud as he was upset by TKM and Umeki to place 33rd, his worst Ultimate placement to date. However, he would stick with Joker and eventually started to see success with the character when he placed 4th at Get On My Level 2019. Following this tournament, however, MkLeo began his top 2-placing streak by placing first at the next three tournaments he participated in. MkLeo would showcase Joker's advantages with a commanding 3-stock on Samsora at Grand Finals of Smash 'N' Splash 5 as well as his run at CEO 2019, where he would only drop 2 games to ProtoBanham and Marss. At the end of the season, MkLeo took the top spot on the Spring 2019 PGRU, cementing himself as the best player in the world.

The following season continued MkLeo's dominance. He would have a weak start by losing to Marss twice at Smash Factor 8, the only Smash Factor tournament MkLeo attended and failed to win. Then, at EVO 2019, the largest Smash tournament to date, MkLeo would fall to kameme 0-2 in Winner's Top 24. This, however, didn't hold him back and he would make one of the best Loser's run of his career, defeating Maister, ScAtt, and Abadango to reach Top 8, and then zackray, Raito, Samsora, and Glutonny to reach Tweek in Grand Finals. Although Tweek would defeat MkLeo in the first 2 games, MkLeo held on, taking the third game. In the fourth game, MkLeo would make an impressive 3-stock comeback and would dominate Tweek in the remaining four games, winning EVO for the first time. The next week at Super Smash Con 2019 MkLeo would be in the exact same situation: after falling to Samsora in Winner Semi-Final, he would tear through the Loser's Bracket and defeat Samsora 3-2 and 3-0, claiming victory at his second Super Smash Con.

For the rest of the season, MkLeo would place 1st at every single tournament he attended aside from Shine 2019, Mainstage, and Mega Smash Mondays 213. He would only lose to 6 players at PGRU tournaments - Marss, kameme, Samsora, Nairo, Glutonny, and ESAM; Marss, Samsora, and Glutonny would also be the only players who would take more than one set off of him. MkLeo also became notorious for clutching out game 4 in sets against players while down 1-2, such as against Tweek at EVO 2019 and Samsora at Super Smash Con 2019, earning him the nickname "Game 4 Leo." The second PGRU season saw MkLeo ranked 1st once again with a win rate of 81.3%, over 12% higher than Zackray, the player with the next-highest win rate.

The struggle online

Leo's first tournament of the year was GENESIS 7 where he tried to defend his three-year winning streak. He was initially sent into Loser's bracket by Samsora in a game 5 set during top 8 and, after fighting through several top players, lost to Marss 0-3 in Grand Finals, ending the streak. He would bounce back next month with his victory at Frostbite 2020. Although he was upset 0-3 by Prodigy in winners Top 96, he tore through the Loser's bracket, defeating the likes of Salem, Dark Wizzy, Samsora, Nairo, Zackray, Dabuz, Tea, and Tweek to reach Grand Finals; many of these sets went to game 5, including a reverse 3-0 on Tweek and a last-hit scenario with Tea. In Grand Finals, he 6-0'd Maister to win the whole tournament, famously choosing Byleth for the final game.

With the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down tournaments worldwide, MkLeo began to participate in online tournaments. However, he quickly realized that Joker performed noticeably worse online and attempted to find a new online main, using Byleth, Lucina, Cloud, Wolf, and Greninja throughout the Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v5 season. At the start of the season MkLeo would struggle to place top 8 at major online tournaments, falling to Wi-Fi Warriors such as IcyMist, BestNess, Epic_Gabriel, and Kola, as well as other players such as Hungrybox and rat. He also developed a bracket demon in Sonix, who held an 8-2 record over him by the end of the season. He would match his worst offline placement twice, first at The Box, losing to Jw and Prodigy, and then at The Box: Juice Box 8, losing to GamingHI9x9 and AoS.

Despite these early shortcomings, MkLeo eventually found some success. Towards the latter half of the online season, MkLeo would stick to Wolf, Cloud, and Greninja and started to consistently place in the top 8 at major tournaments. His best placement that season was at the S-Tier tournament The Quarantine Series: Major Tournament 1, where he only lost to Sonix in Winner's Finals and Grand Finals, placing 2nd. By the end of the season, he would have an even record against the entire top 10 and would be ranked 11th on the Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v5.

In the 6th season, MkLeo started to play more Byleth and produced solid results such as 5th at A-tier Zinc Tank 3 and 9th at S-tier Lockhart Series. However, throughout the first half of the season, MkLeo would fail to claim victory at any major online tournament and his only victory would be at the B-tier Frame Perfect Series: ONLINE. It wouldn't be until November when MkLeo would finally win a major tournament: the S-Tier tournament Ultimate 32. Starting off in the top 32, MkLeo defeated several top players including BestNess, Sharp, and Sparg0 as he used solo Byleth throughout most of the top 32 and top 8 brackets. Coming from Loser's side, he faced Maister in Grand Finals, where he lost the first two games. He then switched to Ike, considered one of Mr. Game & Watch's worst matchups, and pulled off a reverse 3-0 against Maister, resetting the bracket. He then defeated Maister 3-0 in the reset, winning the largest tournament of the season. Despite being an online tournament, several players compared MkLeo's performance to his runs at EVO 2019 and Super Smash Con 2019 and congratulated him on his victory.

Although MkLeo entered fewer tournaments than he did the previous season, his victory at Ultimate 32, as well as his overall outstanding results, brought his rank up to 6th on the Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v6.

Return to glory

In the 7th season, MkLeo would only make appearances at a couple online tournaments, notably placing 2nd at both the S-tier The Airlock, defeating everyone aside from Sonix, and the first Phase 1 Qualifier for the Smash World Tour 2021, playing the newly-released Pyra for most of the tournament. Following the latter tournament, MkLeo announced he was going to stop attending online tournaments, although he would attend three other tournaments: Ultimate @ Xanadu Online 400 due to its high prize pool, Frame Perfect Series 5: ONLINE at the request of Mew2King, and Smash Alzheimer's after being invited. Despite entering fewer tournaments than the sixth season, he would rise up to 5th on the Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v7.

As offline slowly returned, MkLeo decided to commit to Byleth and the Aegis, as he saw his Joker as rusty. MkLeo attended his first offline tournament since Frostbite 2020 at SWT: Central America Ultimate Regional Finals, where he won the event without dropping a set. His next tournament, Smash Ultimate Summit 3, saw him face-to-face with his longtime rival Tweek. However, for the first time since Frostbite 2019, Tweek managed to defeat MkLeo 3-0 twice with his new main Diddy Kong, leaving MkLeo at 2nd. Two weeks later, the rivals met again at Riptide. Although Tweek was up 2-0 against him, MkLeo managed to turn it around and ended their match with a three-stock. He would then defeat Tweek once again in Grand Finals, winning his first supermajor since offline returned. These placements not only washed away any doubt at MkLeo's abilities post-quarantine but also started a shift in perception for Byleth, who was previously considered a low tier by many players. With all three characters in his pocket, MkLeo continued to place top 2 at every major he attended, only losing sets to ESAM, Dabuz, and Sparg0 at these majors, and culminating in him taking the title of World Champion at the Smash World Tour 2021 Championships.

Despite these successes, however, a notable weakness was starting to develop in the form of Min Min. MkLeo was unable to defeat the character with Byleth, forcing him to rely on his secondaries instead. Although he only met a couple of Min Mins during this season, they were not the smoothest sets: he went to game 5 versus Pink Fresh and lost to Dabuz for the first time this season. These results foreshadowed an obstacle that would be in MkLeo's way in the next season.

Adaptations in a changing metagame

Despite having an incredibly strong 2021, MkLeo started 2022 lukewarmly as his dominance faltered a bit. At Smash Ultimate Summit 4, MkLeo lost to both Light and Glutonny and placed 3rd in his pools, relegating him to the Gauntlet Phase. Although he won his gauntlet, his run was ended by Sparg0 and ProtoBanham, both of whom defeated him after making a comeback in the fourth game; at 4th place, this was MkLeo's worst placement since Get On My Level 2019. The following day, he placed 3rd at G4 Smash Ultimate Invitational while primarily playing Corrin and Aegis, being double eliminated by Larry Lurr.

At the first supermajor, Collision 2022, MkLeo was reverse 3-0'd by Sparg0 before losing to Tweek, placing 3rd. These three placements, while still very good, were the first few tournaments since mid 2019 that MkLeo placed outside of the top 2, and his number one position was being challenged by Sparg0, who not only defeated MkLeo at two of these tournaments, but won all three of them as well.

As a result of these early results, MkLeo decided to change it up a bit by working on his Corrin, and he was able to showcase how strong the character could be at Delfino Maza RETA 2022. MkLeo placed 1st using a combination of Byleth and Corrin, defeating Sparg0 3-1 in Grand Finals and finishing the tournament with a 24-1 game count record, winning his first major since the Smash World Tour 2021 Championships. While many players applauded his skill with Corrin, others hoped it could mark a return to form, and many eyes were on him and Sparg0 for GENESIS 8.

And it did mark a return to form, as despite the many upsets that took place at the tournament, MkLeo managed to cruise into top 8, having only pulled out Corrin for three games total. Leo then defeated both Light and Sparg0 with Byleth before swiftly taking out Glutonny to win the tournament, marking his first supermajor win of 2022 and winning his runback against three players that had defeated him that season. The rest of the season marked a return to form for MkLeo, as he continued to place in the top 2 at every tournament he attended. His victories over Sparg0 at Relax & Smash at GeekFest Cancún was enough to barely edge his rival out on the rankings. Although he remained the best player in the world for the PGRU v3 season, a mere 0.7 points separated him and Sparg0, making it the closest someone has dethroned him.

The competition continued to tighten in the next season, with MkLeo facing three obstacles that challenged his position on the throne. First, he has yet to be freed from his biggest demon Min Min, a character he has since announced was his least favorite character. This demon haunted him at the supermajor Double Down 2022, where he eventually ran into ProtoBanham, who having previously defeated MkLeo at Smash Ultimate Summit 4 using a mixture of Min Min and Lucina, this time fought MkLeo using mostly the former. ProtoBanham managed to defeat MkLeo and his Corrin in Winner's Finals, but MkLeo managed to win the runback in the first set of Grand Finals, this time using R.O.B., yet another character he had been working on. However, he was unable to defeat ProtoBanham in the second set, leaving ProtoBanham as the winner. Following the tournament, MkLeo conceded that he played too many characters and noted his struggle against Min Min.

His second obstacle came in the form of another Fighter Pass 2 character: Steve, a character that many players believed was overpowered. Japan's rising star acola had dominated the Japanese Smash scene since March and defeated several of North America's best players to win The Gimvitational, sparking debates on whether it was possible for acola to be the best player in the world instead of MkLeo. The two had avoided each other due to MkLeo's presence in Europe during The Gimvitational and acola dropping out of Super Smash Con 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and as a result many players began anticipating for a set between the two at Smash Ultimate Summit 5. In addition, MkLeo suffered a devastating 3-0 loss to Onin at Super Smash Con which ended in a 3 stock from the rising Steve player; MkLeo ultimately placed 5th after losing to Glutonny, the first time he failed to make top 4 at a tournament since Umebura Japan Major 2019 over 3 years prior, while Onin went on to win the tournament through the winner's side.

The final obstacle came in the form of a character crisis as MkLeo not only dropped Corrin and R.O.B., but began to slowly shift away from his Byleth in favor of Pyra and Mythra, due to him finding the latter two more fun to play. This, however, started to work against him, as seen in his 5th place finish at Super Smash Con 2022. Although he remained confident in the character after winning the major Rise 'N Grind solely using the character, this confidence was shattered by his performance at Smash Ultimate Summit 5. Having ended up in the Gauntlet round after losing to Riddles in pools, MkLeo unfortunately was unable to make it out on the Winner's side after Glutonny reverse 3-0'd him, leaving MkLeo in the Loser's side. In the final bracket, MkLeo saw a humiliating beatdown from Tweek during the first two games of their set, forcing him to switch to Byleth. However, despite coming very close, MkLeo was unable to complete the reverse 3-0 and Tweek eliminated him at 9th; not only was MkLeo unable to face acola, who would've been his next opponent after Tweek, but it also marked the first time ever since Umebura Japan Major 2019 where he failed to make top 8.

Although he eventually decided to switch back to Byleth, the damage was done: his two underwhelming performances caused players to once again question MkLeo's position in the current metagame. Discussion shifted from whether MkLeo was still #1 to who was #1, and during this period several candidates popped up, which included Light, who had seen consistent top 3 placements throughout the year, and acola, who continued to dominate the Japanese Smash scene after his victory at The Gimvitational. Many players believed a clearer answer would present itself at the supermajor Ludwig Smash Invitational, a tournament which saw both Light and acola seeded above MkLeo.

And a clearer answer did present itself. Having returned to Byleth, MkLeo not only won the tournament, but bested the competition by winning every single game he played save for the first game against Kurama, whom he ultimately won the runback. Furthermore, MkLeo finally had his long-anticipated set against acola, which went 3-0 in MkLeo's favor in both Winner Semis and Grand Finals. With Light finishing in a disappointing 13th and MkLeo defeating acola twice, doubt on MkLeo's abilities quickly faded away.

Unfortunately, this tournament was MkLeo's last hurrah of the season, largely due to situations out of his control. MkLeo had been developing hearing problems, which led to him cancelling most of his travel plans, including a tournament dedicated in his honor in Canada. Although he had plans on only attending the circuit finale tournaments, those plans were ruined following the Smash World Tour 2022 Championships's cancellation and the shutdown of the Panda Cup that followed. With the two major end-of-season tournaments gone, the only other tournament MkLeo attended was the Scuffed World Tour, the Smash World Tour's replacement tournament. MkLeo's performance, however, was significantly weaker than his previous Ludwig appearance: he ultimately placed 5th, going game 5 against Kazuya players Ferps and Riddles - the latter of which he reintroduced his Marth into top competitive play - but being 3-0'd by Tweek and Shuton, both of whom solidified themselves as MkLeo's new bracket demons. Despite this disappointing season, as well as a rather inconsistent season overall, most power rankings, including the half-year UltRank 2022 and the yearly OrionRank 2022, still ranked him first, albeit with very close competition from both acola and Sparg0.

After MkLeo's most fragile year yet, a few changes were necessary if he were to keep his hold on the throne. The most notable change was his character lineup, as MkLeo swapped out his Byleth for his former main Joker while maintaining many other characters as secondaries. He put this Joker to use at Let's Make Big Moves 2023, but the choice initially backfired, as after being defeated by Tweek, he stubbornly stuck with the character against Sonix, resulting in his first ever loss to his former online bracket demon, ending his run at 4th. This disappointment didn't stop him, however, as he planned on sticking with his strategy at GENESIS 9. Although he used Joker for most of the tournament, he pulled out R.O.B. against Justice to barely clutch out a 3-2 victory, and used the Aegis against Sonix, where despite going down 2-0, MkLeo managed to reverse the bracket and redeem his previous loss. Although he did also pull out his Byleth, it ultimately cost MkLeo his set to MuteAce, who defeated the Byleth in the first 2 games and took a win over the Joker in the fourth, knocking MkLeo into Loser Finals. Following yet another reverse 3-0, this time against Light, MkLeo stuck with the Joker for all 2 sets against MuteAce, and despite MuteAce surviving to high percents for almost every game, MkLeo was able to defeat MuteAce twice, claiming his fifth ever GENESIS title.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
Smash 'N' Chill Weekly #7	February 28th, 2017	3rd	—	—
Smash Factor 6	August 4th-6th, 2017	—	9th	Serge

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
Anime Expo Mexico TNT 2009	June 19th-21st, 2009	1st	—	—
Smash Factor 2013	July 19th-21st, 2013	9th	?	?

Project M

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement
Smash Factor 3	August 1st-3rd, 2014	2nd

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
Smash Factor 4	July 24th-26th, 2015	1st	1st	Javi
Smash@Tier3 Volume 2	August 23rd, 2015	1st	1st	Javi
Smash@Tier3 Volume 3	September 26th, 2015	1st	—	—
Thunderstruck 3	October 16th-18th, 2015	1st	—	—
Smash@Tier3 Volume 4	October 24th, 2015	1st	1st	Javi
True Combo	October 31st-November 1st, 2015	1st	1st	Javi
Bring It!	November 21st, 2015	1st	1st	Javi
Smash@Tier3 Volume 5	November 28th, 2015	1st	—	—
Monster Kingdom	December 13th, 2015	2nd	—	—
Smash Pendiente XII	December 17th, 2015	1st	1st	Javi
TNT	December 21st, 2015	1st	—	—
Smash Pendiente XIV	January 7th, 2016	1st	2nd	Hyuga
Time To Tip The Scales	January 9th, 2016	1st	—	—
Smash@Tier3 Volume 6	February 6th, 2016	2nd	—	—
Smash Pendiente XIX	February 11th, 2016	1st	1st	Serge
Torneo del Amor - Friki	February 13th, 2016	1st	—	—
Hail Smash	March 12th, 2016	1st	—	—
Smash Pendiente XXIV	March 18th, 2016	1st	—	—
StreetBros	March 19th, 2016	1st	—	—
Smash Pendiente XXV	March 24th, 2016	2nd	—	—
The Arena 2016	March 25th-27th, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente XXVI	March 31st, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente XXVII	April 7th, 2016	1st	—	—
Hail Smash II	April 16th, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Street Bros 2	April 30th, 2016	2nd	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente XXXI	May 5th, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Get On My Level 2016	May 20th-22nd, 2016	5th	—	—
Smash Pendiente XXXIV	May 26th, 2016	1st	—	—
Hail Smash III	May 28th-29th, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente XXXV	June 2nd, 2016	1st	—	—
Smash Pendiente XXXVI	June 9th, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente XXXVII	June 16th, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Smash Factor Prelude	June 18th, 2016	2nd	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente XXXVIII	June 23rd, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente XXXIX	June 30th, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente 40	July 7th, 2016	1st	—	—
Smash Pendiente 41	July 14th, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Orbit	July 23rd, 2016	1st	1st	Angel
Smash Factor 5	July 29th-31st, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente 44	August 4th, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente 45	August 11th, 2016	1st	1st	Serge
Rio de Janeiro eGames Showcase 2016	August 15th-16th, 2016	3rd	—	—
Hail Smash V	August 20th-21st, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente 47	August 25th, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente 48	September 1st, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente 49	September 8th, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Thunderstruck 4	September 17th-18th, 2016	1st	—	—
Smash Pendiente 51	September 22nd, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente 52	September 29th, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente 53	October 6th, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente 54	October 13th, 2016	—	2nd	Lavi
Hail Smash VI	October 15th, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Canada Cup 2016	October 28th-30th, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente 58	November 10th, 2016	1st	1st	Javi
KTAR XIX	November 19th, 2016	3rd	2nd	Mr.E
Smash Attack 14	November 20th, 2016	1st	1st	Max Ketchum
The Break Weekly #388	November 22nd, 2016	1st	—	—
XenoSaga IV	November 26th, 2016	1st	1st	Gomamugitya
The Break Weekly #389	November 29th, 2016	1st	—	—
Poplar Creek Bowl Weekly #76	December 1st, 2016	1st	3rd	Rickles
UGC Smash Open	December 2nd-4th, 2016	13th	2nd	Day
Ignition #60	December 7th, 2016	1st	—	—
Poplar Creek Bowl Weekly #77	December 8th, 2016	1st	1st	Mr.R
FNSD 26	December 9th, 2016	1st	—	—
Showdown: Battle Royale	December 10th-11th, 2016	1st	1st	Ally
GGSW 11	December 13th, 2016	1st	—	—
Smashfield Weeklies #68	December 15th, 2016	1st	—	—
2GGT: ZeRo Saga	December 16th-18th, 2016	1st	5th	Dabuz
Smash Pendiente 64	December 22nd, 2016	—	1st	Lavi
Smash Pendiente 65	December 29th, 2016	1st	1st	Yura
Smash Pendiente 66	January 5th, 2017	1st	1st	BryanZ
2GGC: GENESIS Saga	January 14th, 2017	5th	1st	komorikiri
Mega Smash Mondays 81	January 16th, 2017	2nd	—	—
GENESIS 4	January 20th-22nd, 2017	1st	1st	Ally
Smash Pendiente 69	January 26th, 2017	1st	—	—
Smash Pendiente 70	February 2nd, 2017	—	1st	Javi
Austin's Really Feeling It 16	February 11th, 2017	2nd	—	—
The Smash Pack #7	February 11th, 2017	1st	1st	Hakii
Freezing Point: A Prelude to Frostbite	February 24th, 2017	1st	—	—
Frostbite 2017	February 25th-26th, 2017	13th	1st	Ally
Smash 'N' Chill Weekly #7	February 28th, 2017	1st	—	—
No Fun Allowed	March 4th, 2017	1st	1st	Cosmos
League of Shadows Season 7 Weekly 09	March 9th, 2017	1st	—	—
Smash 4 at KI Con	March 10th-12th, 2017	2nd	1st	Nairo
Frame Perfect Series 2	March 18th-19th, 2017	3rd	4th	Mew2King
2GGC: Civil War	March 24th-26th, 2017	65th	1st	Javi
Mega Smash Mondays 91	March 27th, 2017	2nd	—	—
Wednesday Night Fights Winter Season 1.7	March 29th, 2017	1st	—	—
KTAR XX	April 1st-2nd, 2017	3rd	1st	ZeRo
The Arena 2017	April 8th-9th, 2017	1st	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente 80	April 20th, 2017	1st	2nd	Javi
DreamHack Austin 2017	April 28th-30th, 2017	2nd	1st	ZeRo
KSB 2017	May 4th-6th, 2017	1st	—	—
Umebura Japan Major 2017	May 6th-7th, 2017	1st	1st	Mew2King
Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #2	May 10th, 2017	7th	—	—
Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #3	May 17th, 2017	17th	—	—
Battle of BC 2	June 3rd-4th, 2017	1st	1st	Mew2King
Mega Smash Mondays 24 - The Lose Episode	June 5th, 2017	2nd	—	—
Wednesday Night Fights 2017 Spring Season 2.5	June 7th, 2017	1st	—	—
2GGC: Nairo Saga	June 10th-11th, 2017	3rd	1st	Javi
Mega Smash Mondays 100	June 12th, 2017	4th	—	—
Wednesday Night Fights 2017 Spring Season 2.6	June 14th, 2017	1st	—	—
CEO 2017	June 16th-18th, 2017	2nd	—	—
Smash Pendiente 89	June 29th, 2017	1st	1st	Javi
Mega Smash Mondays 104	July 10th, 2017	3rd	—	—
EVO 2017	July 14th-16th, 2017	65th	—	—
DreamHack Atlanta 2017	July 21st-23rd, 2017	17th	1st	Ally
International Gaming Expo	July 28th-30th, 2017	1st	1st	Locus
Smash Factor 6	August 4th-6th, 2017	1st	1st	Javi
Super Smash Con 2017	August 10th-13th, 2017	3rd	1st	komorikiri
Weds Night Fights 2017 Summer Season 3.3	August 16th, 2017	1st	—	—
2GGC: SCR Saga	August 19th-20th, 2017	2nd	1st	komorikiri
Shine 2017	August 25th-27th, 2017	5th	1st	komorikiri
PAX Arena at PAX West 2017	September 1st-4th, 2017	9th	—	—
Smash Pendiente 100	September 14th, 2017	1st	1st	Yura
GameTyrant Expo 2017	September 29th-October 1st, 2017	1st	1st	komorikiri
2GGC: Fire Emblem Saga	October 14th-15th, 2017	9th	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente 104	October 19th, 2017	1st	1st	Captain Levi
Canada Cup 2017	October 28th-30th, 2017	1st	1st	Mew2King
2GGC: MkLeo Saga	November 4th, 2017	3rd	2nd	Javi
IBP Masters Showdown	November 11th-12th, 2017	1st	—	—
Smash Pendiente 108	November 16th, 2017	1st	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente 109	November 23rd, 2017	1st	1st	Javi
2GG Championship	December 1st-3rd, 2017	1st	—	—
Mega Smash Mondays 124	December 4th, 2017	1st	—	—
Smash 4 Boot Camp	December 7th-10th, 2017	9th	1st	Tweek
Smash Pendiente 113	December 21st, 2017	1st	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente 116	January 11th, 2018	1st	2nd	Yura
GENESIS 5	January 19th-21st, 2018	1st	1st	Javi
Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #18	January 24th, 2018	2nd	—	—
EVO Japan 2018	January 26th-28th, 2018	1st	—	—
Umebura Tokaigi Qualifier 1	February 3rd, 2018	1st	—	—
Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #19	February 7th, 2018	1st	—	—
Niconico Tokaigi 2018	February 10th-11th, 2018	2nd	—	—
Smash Pendiente 121	February 15th, 2018	3rd	1st	Javi
Smash Pendiente 123	March 1st, 2018	1st	1st	Javi
Midwest Mayhem 11	March 10th, 2018	3rd	1st	CaptainZack
Smash Pendiente 125	March 15th, 2018	1st	4th	Yura
Smash Masters League: Battle for Vegas	March 24th-25th, 2018	2nd	—	—
Mexcombat	April 1st, 2018	4th	—	—
Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition	April 7th, 2018	1st	—	—
SwitchFest	April 21st-22nd, 2018	1st	1st	komorikiri
Arcane Tournaments 2018	April 27th-29th, 2018	1st	1st	Javi
Get On My Level 2018	May 18th-20th, 2018	1st	2nd	Mistake
Smash 'N' Splash 4	June 1st-3rd, 2018	3rd	3rd	komorikiri
2GG: Hyrule Saga	June 23rd-24th, 2018	7th	9th	Javi
CEO 2018	June 29th-July 1st, 2018	1st	—	—
Super Smash Con 2018	August 9th-12th, 2018	1st	1st	Cosmos
Shine 2018	August 24th-26th, 2018	5th	1st	ANTi
Super Smash Con 2019	August 8th-11th, 2019	—	2nd	Javi

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018	June 12th, 2018	2nd	—	—
Smash Mania 2	December 21st, 2018	1st	—	—
Smash Conference United	January 5th-6th, 2019	1st	2nd	Wizzrobe
Glitch 6	January 19th-20th, 2019	4th	1st	Ally
GENESIS 6	February 1st-3rd, 2019	1st	4th	Javi
Wednesday Night Fights 4.12	February 6th, 2019	1st	—	—
Heart of Battle	February 9th, 2019	1st	1st	WaDi
Mega Smash Mondays 176	February 11th, 2019	2nd	—	—
Frostbite 2019	February 22nd-24th, 2019	2nd	5th	Nairo
Smash Ultimate Summit	March 8th-10th, 2019	1st	—	—
2GG: Prime Saga Kickoff	April 12th, 2019	2nd	—	—
2GG: Prime Saga	April 13th-14th, 2019	7th	1st	Javi
Smash Ultimate MVG Round-Robin #3	April 16th, 2019	1st	—	—
Pound 2019	April 19th-21st, 2019	7th	5th	Mew2King
Umebura Japan Major 2019	May 1st-2nd, 2019	33rd	—	—
EGS Cup	May 6th, 2019	2nd	—	—
Toryumon Kiwami #18	May 8th, 2019	1st	—	—
Get On My Level 2019	May 17th-19th, 2019	4th	1st	Serge
MomoCon 2019	May 23rd-26th, 2019	1st	2nd	Marss
Smash 'N' Splash 5	May 31st-June 2nd, 2019	1st	13th	Mew2King
CEO 2019	June 28th-30th, 2019	1st	—	—
Turtul Returns	July 14th, 2019	1st	—	—
Smash Factor 8	July 26th-28th, 2019	2nd	1st	Javi
EVO 2019	August 2nd-4th, 2019	1st	—	—
S@X 314	August 6th, 2019	1st	—	—
Super Smash Con 2019	August 8th-11th, 2019	1st	2nd	Javi
Shine 2019	August 23rd-25th, 2019	2nd	1st	Dark Wizzy
Uprising 2019	August 31st-September 1st, 2019	1st	1st	Raito
Mainstage	September 20th-September 22nd, 2019	2nd	1st	Glutonny
Smash4Glory #6	October 3rd, 2019	1st	—	—
Ultimate Fighting Arena 2019	October 4th-6th, 2019	1st	1st	Longo
Smash Ultimate Summit 2	October 24th-27th, 2019	1st	—	—
Mega Smash Mondays 213	October 28th, 2019	2nd	—	—
Wednesday Night Fights 3.13	October 31st, 2019	1st	—	—
Canada Cup 2019	November 1st-3rd, 2019	1st	—	—
Soda Smash XVI	November 17th, 2019	1st	—	—
Smash'n'Sip #31	November 19th, 2019	1st	—	—
VCA 2019	November 23rd-24th, 2019	1st	13th	Longo
Weicheischuppen Jr. #32	November 27th, 2019	1st	—	—
2GG: Kickoff - Kongo Saga	December 6th, 2019	1st	—	—
2GG: Kongo Saga	December 7th-8th, 2019	1st	1st	Glutonny
GENESIS 7	January 24th-26th, 2020	2nd	2nd	Glutonny
MKSunday #62	February 2nd, 2020	1st	—	—
Frostbite 2020	February 21st-23rd, 2020	1st	13th	Dark Wizzy
Ultimate Naifu Wars 8	March 27th, 2020	9th	—	—
The Quarantine Series Opening Invitational	March 29th, 2020	7th	—	—
Ultimate Naifu Wars 9	April 17th, 2020	13th	—	—
The Quarantine Series: Minor Tournament 1	April 18th-19th, 2020	17th	—	—
Pound Online	April 24th-26th, 2020	17th	—	—
BUK CAKES INVITATIONAL 1	April 30th, 2020	5th	—	—
Ultimate Naifu Wars 10	May 1st, 2020	3rd	—	—
The Quarantine Series: Major Tournament 1	May 2nd, 2020	2nd	—	—
The Box	May 8th-10th, 2020	33rd	—	—
Ultimate Naifu Wars 11	May 15th, 2020	3rd	—	—
King of WiFi Random Characters	May 30th, 2020	2nd	—	—
Captain's Quarters 1	June 5th-6th, 2020	3rd	—	—
Ultimate Naifu Wars 12	June 12th, 2020	5th	—	—
Captain's Quarters 2	June 19th-20th, 2020	1st	—	—
Playing for Pride	June 20th-21st, 2020	4th	—	—
The Box: Lunch Box 1	June 24th, 2020	9th	—	—
Ultimate Naifu Wars 13	June 27th, 2020	5th	—	—
Flat Realm #6	June 27th-28th, 2020	1st	—	—
The Box: The Cube Charity Doubles Invitational	July 24th, 2020	—	3rd	Maister
Flat Realm 7	July 31st, 2020	3rd	—	—
Juice Box #8	August 5th, 2020	33rd	—	—
Epic_Tournament	August 7th-8th, 2020	7th	—	—
Lockhart Series	August 9th, 2020	9th	—	—
Elympics 1	August 15th, 2020	9th	—	—
The Collective 2	August 16th, 2020	7th	—	—
Zinc Tank 3	August 16th, 2020	5th	—	—
Juice Box 10	August 19th, 2020	1st	—	—
Frame Perfect Series: ONLINE	August 22nd, 2020	1st	—	—
THE 8.0 GIMVITATIONAL	August 23rd, 2020	3rd	—	—
The Box: Lunch Box 3	August 26th, 2020	2nd	—	—
Maister's RNG Invitational	September 25th, 2020	3rd	—	—
Frame Perfect Series 3: ONLINE	November 8th, 2020	17th	—	—
Ultimate 32	November 14th-15th, 2020	1st	—	—
The Sephiroth Gimvitational	Janurary 2nd-3rd, 2021	2nd	—	—
Frame Perfect Series 4: ONLINE	January 17th, 2021	7th	—	—
The Airlock	February 13th, 2021	2nd	—	—
SWT: Mexico Ultimate Online Qualifier	March 13th-14th, 2021	2nd	—	—
Frame Perfect Series 5: ONLINE	April 18th, 2021	1st	—	—
Smash Alzheimer's	June 24th-25th, 2021	1st	—	—
SWT: Central America Ultimate Regional Finals	August 21st-22nd, 2021	1st	—	—
Smash Ultimate Summit 3	August 26th-29th, 2021	2nd	—	—
Mega Smash Mondays 241	August 30th, 2021	1st	—	—
Mega Smash Mondays 242	September 6th, 2021	1st	—	—
Riptide	September 10th-12th, 2021	1st	4th	naitosharp
Glitch 8.5 - Konami Code	September 24th-26th, 2021	2nd	3rd	BigBoss
Low Tide City 2021	October 1st-3rd, 2021	1st	2nd	Javi
Port Priority 6	October 30th-31st, 2021	1st	2nd	Javi
Uptown Smash #5	November 6th, 2021	1st	—	—
Mainstage 2021	November 12th-14th, 2021	1st	5th	Javi
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships	December 17th-19th, 2021	1st	—	—
Smash Ultimate Summit 4	March 3rd-6th, 2022	4th	—	—
G4 Smash Ultimate Invitational	March 7th, 2022	3rd	—	—
Collision 2022	March 12th-13th, 2022	3rd	1st	Glutonny
Game Lab Smash #34	March 18th, 2022	1st	—	—
Delfino Maza RETA 2022	April 1st-3rd, 2022	1st	—	—
GENESIS 8	April 15th-17th, 2022	1st	2nd	BigBoss
Pound 2022	April 22nd-24th, 2022	2nd	—	—
Ultimate Tropical Arena	May 21st, 2022	2nd	—	—
Relax & Smash at GeekFest Cancún	June 3rd-5th, 2022	1st	1st	Law
E-Caribana	June 19th, 2022	1st	—	—
95 Kings of Fields 2	June 25th-26th, 2022	1st	—	—
COLOSSEL 2022	July 2nd-3rd, 2022	1st	—	—
Double Down 2022	July 8th-10th, 2022	2nd	2nd	BigBoss
Smash Factor 9	July 29th-31st, 2022	1st	1st	BigBoss
Super Smash Con 2022	August 11th-14th, 2022	5th	1st	Sisqui
Rise 'N Grind	August 19th-21st, 2022	1st	1st	Chag
Smash Ultimate Summit 5	September 15th-18th, 2022	9th	—	—
Ludwig Smash Invitational	October 21st-23rd, 2022	1st	—	—
Scuffed World Tour	December 18th, 2022	5th	—	—
Let's Make Big Moves 2023	January 6th-8th, 2023	4th	2nd	BigBoss
GENESIS 9	January 20th-22nd, 2023	1st	33rd	MKBigBoss
MSM ZERO.2	January 23rd-24th, 2022	1st	—	—

Trivia

• The "Mk" in his gamertag stands for "Monster Kingdom", which is the former name of a local game store owned by his brother. The store now operates as "mk.nime" and focuses on selling anime merchandise and hosting Super Smash Bros. tournaments. Since Mk is also a common acronym for Meta Knight and that MkLeo started his rise while maining Meta Knight in Smash 4, many have incorrectly assumed that is what his gamertag means.
• He frequently uses gamertag "seulgi", an homage to his favorite member of Korean girl group Red Velvet.
• Prior to Smash@Tier3 Volume 6, he had won every single Mexican Super Smash Bros. for Wii U tournament that he had entered. However, Serge (his cousin) managed to double-eliminate him at said tournament, ending his 6-months streak.
• 2GGC: Civil War and EVO 2017 stand as MkLeo's worst tournaments, placing 65th at both.
• MkLeo is also a very skillful doubles player, especially with set partners.
  • MkLeo and his cousin Javi have only ever lost five doubles tournaments teaming together. As such, they are considered to be one of the best doubles teams in the world, winning the "Best Doubles Team in Smash 4" award at Super Smash Con 2017.
  • In addition, prior to Cloud's ban from doubles, MkLeo and komorikiri had never lost a doubles tournament, notably winning Super Smash Con 2017, 2GGC: SCR Saga, Shine 2017, and GameTyrant Expo 2017 As a result, they were widely considered to be one of the greatest Smash 4 doubles teams of all time.
  • In Ultimate, MkLeo enters doubles with Glutonny in majors, winning doubles at Mainstage, 2GG: Kongo Saga and Collision 2022 and finishing 2nd at GENESIS 7.
• MkLeo has won the largest prize check for Smash 4 for winning the 2GG Championship, earning $20,000.
• MkLeo's ability to make a comeback in Ultimate sets is so strong that from the release of Ultimate to throughout 2021, he has won roughly half of the best-of-5 sets where he started the set 0-2 at PGRU events. He is the only player to hold this title out of players that have started out 0-2 in at least eight sets at PGRU events.
• From MomoCon 2019, up to and including the Smash World Tour 2021 Championships, Leo would place no lower than 2nd place at every offline tournament he attended.
• Tweek, KEN, ESAM, Samsora, Glutonny, and Sparg0 are the only players to have reverse 3-0'd MkLeo in Ultimate.

External links

• Twitter account
• Mkgming Twitter account
• Twitch channel
• Mkgming Twitch channel
• Metafy profile
• YouTube channel
• Mkgming YouTube channel
• Facebook page
• Mkgming Facebook page
• SSBWorld profile
• Smashdata profile (Smash 4)
• Smashdata profile (Ultimate)
• SmashBoards interview

Gameplay videos

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

• MKLeo vs Mr. R - Smash Factor 4 - Grand Finals - Smash Wii U
• IQHQ Vinnie RZ Leo Grand Finals
• HY M(k) Leo vs SC Serge - GRAND FINALS - Smash@Tier3 Vol6
• SF5 Smash 4 - SF HDG | MKLeo (Marth, Metaknight) Vs. Mr. R (Sheik) SSB4 Grand Finals - Smash Wii U
• SF5 Smash 4 - dT Dabuz (Rosalina, Olimar) Vs. SF | MKLeo (Metaknight, Cloud) SSB4 LF - Smash Wii U
• KTAR XIX - NRG Nairo (ZSS) vs MKLeo (Marth/MK)
• 2GGT: ZeRo Saga - SF | MKLeo (Marth) Vs. TSM | ZeRo (Diddy Kong) Losers Semis - Smash Wii U
• Genesis 4 Smash 4 - C9 | Ally (Mario) Vs. FOX MVG | MkLeo (Marth) SSB4 Winners Finals - Smash Wii U
• GTX 2017 Smash 4 - BSD | Elegant (Luigi) vs FOX MVG | MKLeo (Cloud) Wii G.Finals
• CEO 2018 Smash 4 - Echo Fox | MkLeo (Lucina, Bayo, Marth Vs. Tweek (DK, Bayo) Wii U Grand Finals

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

• CEO 2019 SSBU - FOX | MKLeo (Joker) Vs. PG | Marss (ZSS, Falcon) Smash Ultimate Grand Finals
• EVO 2019 Smash Ultimate Grand Finals - TSM | Tweek (Pokemon Trainer) Vs. FOX | MKLeo (Joker)
• SSC 2019 Smash Ultimate Grand Finals - eUnited | Samsora (Peach) VS FOX MVG | MKLeo (Joker)
• Glitch Konami Code Losers Finals - Kola (Roy) Vs. MkLeo (Byleth) Smash Ultimate Tournament
• Mainstage 2021 Grand Finals - T1 | MkLeo (Byleth) vs Sparg0 (Pyra and Mythra)
• GENESIS 8 Winners Finals - T1 | MkLeo (Byleth) vs FaZe | Sparg0 (Cloud)
• Ludwig Smash Invitational Winners Semis - T1 | MkLeo (Byleth) vs ZETA | acola (Steve)
• Ludwig Smash Invitational Grand Finals - T1 | MkLeo (Byleth) vs ZETA | acola (Steve)