Smasher:Abate

Abate
Abate on a date.png
Character info
Melee main	Luigi
Other Melee characters	Captain Falcon, Falco, Marth
Project M mains	Ganondorf, Luigi
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking	2015 SSBMRank: 33rd
Personal and other info
Real name	Stephen Abate
Birth date	March 17, 1989
Location	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Top professional Top professional

Abate is a smasher from Pittsburgh and originally from New Jersey who mains Luigi in Melee. He is considered one of the best Luigi mains in the world along with Eddy Mexico, Blea Gelo and Vudujin. Originally a Falco main, he used Luigi as a counterpick character. After taking inspiration from fellow Pittsburgh Luigi player, Vudujin, he has used Luigi as his main character of choice, overthrowing his inspiration as the best Luigi. He has placed consistently high at most tournaments he participates in and has taken sets off of top smashers, including Hax, Cactuar, Westballz, VaNz, Axe, Duck, and S2J. His most stellar performance was at The Big House 5 (the 3rd largest Melee tournament of all time) where he placed 7th and defeated players such as Axe and S2J. Because of this performance, many have come to think that he is the greatest Melee Luigi player in the world. Abate was ranked 34th on the 2014 SSBM Player Rankings. He is currently ranked 1st on the Pittsburgh Melee Power Rankings and 33rd on the 2015 SSBMRank.

Notable tournament placings

Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
Apex 2013	January 11th-13th, 2013	49th	65th	GSO
Zenith 2013	June 1st-2nd, 2013	7th	17th	Vudujin
KTAR 7	July 6th-7th, 2013	4th	2nd	OTG
Pound V.5	November 9th, 2013	4th	5th	Green Ranger
SWEET XIII	January 11th, 2014	2nd	3rd	The Lake
Y-Town Throwdown I	February 8th, 2014	2nd	1st	Mango
Revival of Melee 7	March 8th-9th, 2014	9th	17th	GSO
Fight Pitt IV	April 19th, 2014	9th	3rd	Green Ranger
Scenic City	July 26th, 2014	1st	1st	s0ft
The Shape of Melee to Come 5	September 27th, 2014	3rd	3rd	4%
The Big House 4	October 4th-5th, 2014	17th	17th	KirbyKaze
Fight Pitt V	November 1st-2nd, 2014	3rd	2nd	Green Ranger
CEO 2015	June 26th-28th, 2015	13th	11th	Vudujin
S@X	May 25th, 2015	1st	—	—
Super Smash Sundays 32	September 13th, 2015	7th	2nd	Eddy Mexico
The Big House 5	October 2nd-4th, 2015	7th	? (DQ)	Blea Gelo
GENESIS 3	January 15th-17th, 2016	25th	17th	Vudujin
B.E.A.S.T 6	February 19th-21st, 2016	9th	5th	Blayd

Project M

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
B.E.A.S.T 6	February 19th-21st, 2016	2nd	—	—

Trivia

• Abate was named the hottest male smasher in the world through a series of Valentine's Day twitter posts.
• Abate was the only Luigi main to make it into Top 8 at national Melee tournaments, placing 7th at both Zenith 2013 and The Big House 5. This was, however, changed when Blea Gelo made it to Top 8 at MLG World Finals 2015 using Luigi.

External links

• Twitter account @AbateSmash