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Throughout the course of 2012, Leffen established himself as Europe's second-strongest player behind {{Sm|Armada}}, with key results at {{Trn|Smashers' Reunion: Melee Grande}} and at {{Trn|hf.lan 4}}. He sparred often with Armada, making headway but never taking a set. He came closest at {{Trn|Beauty 6}} in January 2013, where he was leading winners' finals 3-2 (in a best-of-7) and brought the sixth game to last stock before Armada clutched out the victory, going on to win the set 4-3. | Throughout the course of 2012, Leffen established himself as Europe's second-strongest player behind {{Sm|Armada}}, with key results at {{Trn|Smashers' Reunion: Melee Grande}} and at {{Trn|hf.lan 4}}. He sparred often with Armada, making headway but never taking a set. He came closest at {{Trn|Beauty 6}} in January 2013, where he was leading winners' finals 3-2 (in a best-of-7) and brought the sixth game to last stock before Armada clutched out the victory, going on to win the set 4-3. | ||
Leffen also began traveling to North American supermajors during this time, and was noted as one of Armada's frequent travel companions from Europe. He displayed many respectable performances vs. the world's best players, but ultimately failed to make any top eight placings in North America from 2011 to 2013. {{Trn|GENESIS 2}} was his first tournament in the United States, where he placed 17th, defeating {{Sm|SFAT}} in pools, but losing to SFAT and {{Sm|S2J}} in bracket. At {{Trn|Apex 2012}}, his first serious event as a Fox main | Leffen also began traveling to North American supermajors during this time, and was noted as one of Armada's frequent travel companions from Europe. He displayed many respectable performances vs. the world's best players, but ultimately failed to make any top eight placings in North America from 2011 to 2013. {{Trn|GENESIS 2}} was his first tournament in the United States, where he placed 17th, defeating {{Sm|SFAT}} in pools, but losing to SFAT and {{Sm|S2J}} in bracket. At {{Trn|Apex 2012}}, his first serious event as a Fox main, Leffen placed 33rd, and lost a last-hit set to {{Sm|Mew2King}} in winners. At {{Trn|Apex 2013}}, Leffen defeated {{Sm|MacD}} and {{Sm|Cactuar}} in winners to meet {{Sm|Hungrybox}}. He made a splash by bringing Hungrybox to last hit but lost this set as well; this close loss would go on to inspire a [[Salty Suite]] rematch the following year. In losers, Leffen lost another last-hit set to {{Sm|JAVI}}, placing 17th. | ||
In February 2013, a group of prominent TOs and community members (led by Armada) announced that [[Smasher:Leffen#Ban from European tournaments|Leffen was banned]] was from many European tournaments due to his conduct. As a result, he only attended three tournaments for the rest of year. His most significant result was at {{Trn|EVO 2013}}, where he defeated {{Sm|PewPewU}} before losing to Hungrybox and {{Sm|Shroomed}} in losers to place 9th, his strongest placing at an American tournament to date. He and {{Sm|Ice}} scored an upset victory in doubles against eventual victors {{Sm|Mew2King}} and {{Sm|Hungrybox}}; the European team went on to place 5th. | In February 2013, a group of prominent TOs and community members (led by Armada) announced that [[Smasher:Leffen#Ban from European tournaments|Leffen was banned]] was from many European tournaments due to his conduct. As a result, he only attended three tournaments for the rest of year. His most significant result was at {{Trn|EVO 2013}}, where he defeated {{Sm|PewPewU}} before losing to Hungrybox and {{Sm|Shroomed}} in losers to place 9th, his strongest placing at an American tournament to date. He and {{Sm|Ice}} scored an upset victory in doubles against eventual victors {{Sm|Mew2King}} and {{Sm|Hungrybox}}; the European team went on to place 5th. | ||