Smasher:Dark Wizzy
| Dark Wizzy | |
|---|---|
| Character info | |
| Smash 4 main | Mario |
| Team info | |
| Sponsor(s) | Pastime Legends |
| Rankings and results info | |
| Winnings |  Approximately $2250 |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Rasheen Rose |
| Birth date | |
| Location | Albany, New York 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill | Professional |
Dark Wizzy is a Mario player from the city of Albany, New York, who is an active Smash 4 competitor in his region, and is starting to compete at major tournies outside it. Dark Wizzy is known for being a very young yet extremely competent smasher, utterly dominating the Capital Region of New York, being undefeated by players within the area, and is one of the best players in all of upstate New York. His Mario is additionally beginning to gain recognition as one of the premier Smash 4 Mario players in the country. Dark Wizzy is also known for being especially potent in doubles play, where he dominates the doubles tournies in upstate New York even more than he does in singles, and he has been able to carry much weaker players in majors to rather high placings.
Dark Wizzy is currently ranked first on the New York Capital Region PR for Smash 4, and second on the New York Power Ranking.
Play style
Dark Wizzy is mostly known for his extremely potent punish game and his "touch of death"; he has a mastery over Mario's combos, where he'll regularly lead each hit into a highly damaging combo that goes beyond the typical Mario fare, making getting grabbed by him an extremely threatening prospect. And while Mario typically struggles to combo into KO moves, Dark Wizzy has a knack of finding various ways of leading his hits into a forward aerial or one of Mario's smash attacks for an early KO. Dark Wizzy is additionally known for the "Dark wizzy special", where he's especially adept at throwing out and hitting with Mario's up smash at high damages for KOs, while usually getting away with punishment when he whiffs the move.
Dark Wizzy enjoys playing all the Mario characters, and has an especially competent Rosalina. However Mario is his favorite in the game, and he plans to stick to just Mario for tournament use regardless, aiming to the best Mario player in the world.
Tournament results
Super Smash Bros. 4
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner | Tournament earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apex 2015 | January 30th, 2015 | 97th | 9th | PB&J | $0.00 |
| 2 Fish | February 14th, 2015 | 2nd | 1st | Mew2King | $177.00 |
| Smash Street #2 | February 28th, 2015 | 1st | - | - | $384.00 |
| Blue Fish 1 | May 2nd, 2015 | 2nd | 1st | ScrubCasual | $132.40 |
| Black Fish | September 5th, 2015 | 1st | 1st | PikaPika! | $367.00 |
| Blue Fish 2 | November 8th, 2015 | 1st | 1st | Omega Tyrant | $248.50 |
| NLSS 4 | January 30th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Omega Tyrant | $154.50 |
| Cusetown Beatdown 5 | February 20th, 2016 | 2nd | 1st | LoB Champ | $385.60 |
| Shots Fired 2 | March 5th, 2016 | 17th | 9th | Sparkle | $0.00 |
| UA U Smash 3 | April 2nd, 2016 | 1st | 1st | TM87 | $181.50 |
Trivia
- Being comparable to Wizzrobe as a smasher of a very high skill level despite their young age, Dark Wizzy chose his tag at the suggestion of PB&J, being said to be the "black" version of Wizzrobe.
- Dark Wizzy significantly prefers playing doubles over singles, and at tournies will usually opt to play doubles friendlies over offers for 1v1s.
