Drystan
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Character info
Smash 4 main Bayonetta
Other Smash 4 characters Greninja, Zero Suit Samus
Ultimate main Greninja
Other Ultimate characters Ike, Bayonetta, Joker, Inkling, Ken
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. 4 St. Louis Power Rankings: 1st
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate St Louis Ultimate Power Rankings: 5th
Winnings Super Smash Bros. 4 Approx. $4,000
Personal info
Real name Dylan Davidson
Birth date (age 23)
Location O'Fallon, IL United States

Drystan is a high-level Smash 4 Bayonetta main hailing from O'Fallon, IL and is currently ranked 1st on he St. Louis Power Rankings (Spring 2018). Drystan has earned a few notable wins during his career including against yeti, NameLess, K.I.D.Goggles, Karna, Tyroy, and MJG.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Drystan is a Greninja main. He is currently ranked 5th on the St Louis Ultimate Power Rankings.

Tournament historyEdit

2015-2018: Beginning Success with Super Smash Bros. for Wii UEdit

Drystan started his competitive Smash 4 career on December 27th, 2015, participating in a nearby local. Although he was unable to win this particular event, it nevertheless sparked his inevitable rise of consistency as a player. Drystan will later make a name for himself with his self-described "aggressive and in-your-face playstyle" and coupled with his frequent tournament grinding, led him to his first tournament win at RoMo 19 in January 2017. RoMo 19 also marked an important turning point in Drystan's career since not only was it his first win, it was his first out-of-state event.

Since that first victory, Drystan proceeded to have a plethora of high tournament placements beginning with RoMo 22nd where he was again able to hold down his back-to-back victory streak, taking down Dr. B in grand finals. This led into other local/regional placements at WUnderland 6, where he took 3rd against Fye and Blazingskie and Smash Out Hunger 2017, where again Blazingskie defeated him with a 3/0 Grand Finals run. At House of Paign 15 (5 days later) Drystan made a run into top 8 taking out Indiana hailing MoarD and Amadeaus to do so. Two weeks later on December 23rd, he was able to make the first of many upsets against first-seeded player Tyroy, beatig him 2/0 in bracket and although he was later taken out by Tyroy, placing 4th, this did nothing to faze him as he went into 2018 with a vengeance, grabbing a quick victory at a new tournament STL series, Apollo. An odd-week later, Drystan placed 4th at Smash at Missou 2, where he lost to his now rival MJG (whom he eliminated in losers finals at Smash Out Hunger only a month prior). Dylan went through 2018 with strong tournament finishes, most recently at Stiff Knees 4 (2nd to Blazingskie) and Apollo 6 (2nd to MJG), potentially gunning for higher out-of-state finishes with his newfound ranking as 1st on STL's Power Rankings.

Tournament placingsEdit

Super Smash Bros. for Wii UEdit

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
RoMo 19: The MO Stands for Missouri, not Monthly January 28th, 2017 1st
RoMo 22: Missouri's Most Diverse "Monthly" September 16th, 2017 1st 5th A-N ToO
WUnderland 6 November 18th, 2017 3rd 4th SpoinkMan
Midwest Mayhem 10 November 25th, 2017 17th 17th Ventra
Smash Out Hunger 2017 December 2nd, 2017 2nd
House of Paign 15 December 9th, 2017 5th 2nd Sells
The Winter Theatre December 23rd, 2017 4th 5th Ventra
Apollo 2: STL's Premeier FGC Event! January 13th, 2018 1st 1st Fye
Smash at Mizzou 2 January 27th, 2018 4th 5th DL
King of the Springs 3 February 24th, 2018 9th
Chicago Gaming Coalition No. 1 March 9th-11th, 2018 25th 17th walrus
Stiff Knees 4 March 17th, 2018 2nd 1st Zguh
Smash 'N' Splash 4 June 1st-3rd, 2018 65th
Bourbon State Gaming B3 June 9th, 2018 5th
Let's Go Springfield #1 July 7th, 2018 2nd
EVO 2018 August 3rd-5th, 2018 65th
Super Smash Con 2018 August 9th-12th, 2018 49th
Midwest Mayhem 12 November 3rd, 2018 17th 7th Comet
Ignition #157 November 14th, 2018 2nd

Super Smash Bros. UltimateEdit

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Smash Out 2018 December 15th, 2018 7th
Retro Arena 64 January 26th, 2019 33rd 7th Daybreak
Smash 'N' Splash 5 May 31st-June 2nd, 2019 161st
Midwest Arena 2: Doubles Masters August 17th, 2019 33rd
Show Me Your Moves 20 August 31st, 2019 7th 5th ApolloKage
Little Big House 5 October 3rd, 2019 17th
The Big House 9 October 4th-6th, 2019 97th
Smash Out 2019 November 16th, 2019 17th
The Grind 103 November 29th, 2019 5th
Kumite in Tennessee 2020 January 3rd-5th, 2020 13th
Spotlight February 1st, 2020 33rd 9th ApolloKage
Sweet Spot 6 February 15th, 2020 13th
Rev It Up: 2020 Series May 24th, 2020 25th
LEVELUP Arena Premier Tournament April 23rd, 2021 25th
Riptide September 10th-12th, 2021 257th
Riptide 2022 September 9th-11th, 2022 129th
Gateway Legends 2023 May 26th-28th, 2023 65th

TriviaEdit

  • Currently, Drystan and his rival MJG are 8-4 in set counts with MJG being in the lead.
  • Dylan is also known statewide as a high-level golfer. In 2016 he took 1st in the 2016 Illinois Vernon Regionals, 2nd at the Illinois Mattoon Sectionals, and placed 14th at State overall.

Gameplay videosEdit

Super Smash Bros. for Wii UEdit