Smasher:Darkrain
| Darkrain | |
|---|---|
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| Character info | |
| Melee main | Captain Falcon |
| Other Melee characters | Marth, Fox, Falco |
| Project M mains | Captain Falcon, Ganondorf, Falco |
| Team info | |
| Crew(s) | Kansas City/Midwest |
| Rankings and results info | |
| Most recent ranking |  2015 SSBMRank: 61st |
| Winnings | ~$6,079.20 |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | David John |
| Birth date | |
| Location | Overland Park, Kansas 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill | Top professional |
Darkrain is a Captain Falcon smasher from Kansas City. He is considered the original Falcon main (Isai duel mained Sheik).
Darkrain has a long standing history with the midwest Melee scene. He placed highly at the events of the 2006 season of the Midwest Circuit, including winning CoKII, which caused him to be ranked 3rd on the Midwest Power Rankings in October 2006. Darkrain also participated at various MLG events throughout 2005 and 2006. At MLG Chicago 2006, he placed 17th, losing to The King in the first round of winners' bracket, then defeating The_Doug, but losing to The King again. He then placed 9th at MLG Orlando 2006, where he once again lost to The King in the first round of winners' bracket, but proceeded to defeat KeepSpeedN, Eddie, and Caveman before losing to Mew2King.
Darkrain then managed to place 7th at MELEE-FC Diamond, the largest Melee tournament in the world at the time. He repeated this performance by placing 7th at Pound 3, where he defeated Tope and Doll in winners' bracket before losing to ChuDat, and then defeated Drephen to reach losers' top 8, where he lost to Vidjogamer. One year later, he placed 7th at GENESIS, defeating Mexican, Sensei, Romeo, and Tope in winners' bracket before losing to Mew2King, then defeating Lambchops before losing to Hungrybox 1-2 in losers' top 8.
Darkrain attended Pound 4 and teamed up with fellow Falcon main SilentSpectre and got 2nd place in teams. In singles he lost to Tope in round 1, but made a run in losers beating Darc, Vidjogamer, and Ka-master, before losing to Zhu to place in the top 16. After years of not appearing at a national, Darkrain made a return at MELEE-FC10R Legacy in August 2012, where he made top 8. In the round robin top 8 bracket, he lost to Kels 2-3, Hungrybox 0-3, Hax 2-3, SFAT 2-3, Axe 1-3, and Mango 2-3, though he defeated Kage 3-0. Due to having the lowest score among the players in the bracket, he placed 8th.
At EVO 2013, Darkrain made it to the losers' quarters pool, where he defeated Baka4moe, L, Bacon, and Bladewise 2-1, before being eliminated by Fiction, placing 25th. Next year at EVO 2014, he once again placed 25th. He defeated Silent Wolf 2-0 in the winners' quarters pool, before losing to Shroomed 1-2. He defeated Cyrain to make it into the top 32, where he was eliminated by Fiction 1-2. At Hungrybox's Don't Take My Stock 3, he was beaten by Gahtzu 0-5 in a Captain Falcon ditto money match.
At CEO 2015 he didn't make it into bracket after getting double eliminated by Tafokints. At FC Smash 15XR: Return he teamed up with fellow Falcon main Wizzrobe and got 3rd place. In singles he made it into the top 32 bracket on losers side. He beat Drephen before losing to Duck to place in the top 16.
Darkrain again returned next year for EVO 2015. He lost to Plup in round 2 of pools, but he was able to make it to day 2 beating Eval, 4%, Redd, and Wizzrobe in a Falcon ditto. He lost to Westballz 0-2 to get 25th again at EVO. After EVO he attended Low Tier City 3 in Texas. Darkrain lost to Mojo in winners. After making top 8 in losers side he lost to Axe to get 5th place.
Darkrains next big tournament was The Big House 5. He captained the Midwest in the crew battle, but their team didn't do well and they lost to Europe right away. He played S2J in a exhibition Falcon ditto for the first time, but he lost 1-3. He teamed up with S2J, but they only got 25th place. In singles he lost to The Moon in pools, but was able made it to day 2 on losers side by beating Vro. In bracket he beat Mafia 2-1 then lost to HomeMadeWaffles 1-2 to get 33rd place.
Play Style
Darkrain popularized down throw tech-chasing on spacies. He will down throw, fox trot, and then react to his opponents tech. He has an aggressive play style and will go offstage to edgeguard, but this can backfire. He has high knowledge of combo setups knowing what he can and can't follow up with and knows the ins and outs of Captain Falcon.
Tournament History
Super Smash Bros. Melee
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMYM 2 | September 25th, 2004 | 2nd | — | — |
| MOAST 3 | January 15th-16th, 2005 | 9th | 9th | Dmac |
| MLG Houston 2005 | March 13th-14th, 2005 | 3rd | 9th | Dmac |
| SMYM 3 | April 30th, 2005 | 3rd | — | — |
| MLG St. Louis 2005 | June 25th-26th, 2005 | 1st | 3rd | Dmac |
| MELEE-FC3 | July 10th-12th, 2005 | 9th | 33rd | Dmac |
| SMYM 4 | September 24th, 2005 | 9th | 17th | ? |
| MLG Dallas 2006 | May 19th-20th, 2006 | 33rd | 9th | Dmac |
| MLG Chicago 2006 | June 21st-22nd, 2006 | 17th | 4th | Dope |
| MELEE-FC6 | July 13th-15th, 2006 | 5th | 5th | Dmac |
| MLG Orlando 2006 | August 26th-27th, 2006 | 9th | 13th | Dmac |
| Columbus Ohio Krew II | October 7th, 2006 | 1st | 1st | Vidjogamer |
| SMYM 6 | November 24th, 2006 | 4th | 2nd | Vidjogamer |
| INNsomnia V | March 30th, 2007 | 2nd | 3rd | Forward |
| SMYM 7 | April 7th, 2007 | 3rd | 1st | Dope |
| MELEE-FC Diamond | July 12th-14th, 2007 | 7th | 13th | Tink |
| Pound 3 | February 2nd-3rd, 2008 | 7th | 5th | Dope |
| Event 52: Kansas | October 18th, 2008 | 3rd | 2nd | Wife |
| Tipped Off 4 | January 17th-18th, 2009 | 1st | 7th | Dmac |
| SMYM 9 | February 7, 2009 | 1st | — | — |
| Event 52: MWC | May 23rd-24th, 2009 | 3rd | 5th | Echo |
| GENESIS | July 10th-12th, 2009 | 7th | 4th | Cactuar |
| SMYM 10 | August 1st, 2009 | 5th | 2nd | Jman |
| Pound 4 | January 16th-18th, 2010 | 13th | 2nd | SilentSpectre |
| SMYM 11 | March 13th, 2010 | 7th | 3rd | Kels |
| CEO 2010 | June 5th-6th, 2010 | 7th | 5th | Husband |
| SMYM 12 | March 4th, 2011 | 1st | 7th | Dmac |
| SMYM 13 | March 12th, 2012 | 3rd | 5th | Dmac |
| MELEE-FC10R Legacy | August 12th-14th, 2012 | 8th | 13th | Dmac |
| EVO 2013 | July 12th-14th, 2013 | 25th | — | — |
| Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament 10 | May 23rd-25th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| EVO 2014 | July 11th-13th, 2014 | 25th | — | — |
| The Big House 4 | October 4th-5th, 2014 | 25th | 9th | Westballz |
| Don't Take My Stock 3 | November 8th, 2014 | 5th | — | — |
| Great Revival | February 21st, 2015 | 9th | — | — |
| Combo Breaker 2015 | May 22nd-24th, 2015 | 5th | 3rd | Dart! |
| Smash 'N' Splash | June 13th-14th, 2015 | 5th | 3rd | Dart! |
| CEO 2015 | June 26th-28th, 2015 | 33rd | — | — |
| FC Smash 15XR: Return | July 4th-5th, 2015 | 13th | 3rd | Wizzrobe |
| EVO 2015 | July 17th-19th, 2015 | 25th | 9th | Dart! |
| Low Tier City 3 | August 1st-August 2nd, 2015 | 5th | 4th | Jake13 |
| HYPE! GO | September 2015 | 2nd | [[Smasher:| ]] | |
| The Big House 5 | October 2nd-4th, 2015 | 33rd | 25th | S2J |
Project M
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MELEE-FC10R Legacy | August 12th-14th, 2012 | 6th | 33rd | Dmac |
| Smash 'N' Splash | June 13th-14th, 2015 | 7th | 5th | Dart! |
Trivia
Darkrain was voted the #2 hottest male smasher behind Abate by a series of Valentines Day twitter posts.
