Smasher:Mekos

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Mekos
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Character info
Brawl main Lucas
Other Brawl character Ness
Smash 4 main Lucas
Other Smash 4 characters Ness, Mario
Ultimate main Lucas
Other Ultimate characters Ness, Fox, Young Link
Team info
Sponsor(s) Fly Society
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. Ultimate North Carolina Power Rankings: 2nd
Personal info
Real name Chukwuemeka Anazia
Birth date (age 33)
Location Greensboro, North Carolina USA
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. Brawl Top professional
Super Smash Bros. 4 Top professional
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Professional

Mekos is a smasher from Greensboro, North Carolina. He was known as the best Lucas in the world in Brawl and was considered the best Lucas player in the world in Smash 4 after Taiheita's retirement. In Brawl, he was known for his excellent control over Lucas's mobility, and usage of PK Fire, jab and aerials to space against opponents, as well as using the Rope Snake to cancel Lucas's landing lag after aerials or empty jumps. He was known to play a very deadly spacing game, making the most of each of Lucas's moves's range to both edgeguard and put on pressure.

He was a notoriously vocal proponent of doubles play, considering it superior to singles play. He often preached about the necessity of true team work and team spacing in doubles, while denouncing the "separate 1v1 battles" that often occur when those inexperienced in doubles teaming. Although some saw him as overly vocal about the issue, Mekos was considered to be one of the top doubles players in the States, consistently placing high in doubles while using a low tier and teaming with numerous different players, and is commonly known as "The Doubles God" as a result. Despite preferring and often doing better in doubles, however, Mekos usually placed very well in singles, especially for using a low tiered character. His breakout performance came at SKTAR, where he defeated top Falco player Pelca, defeated one of the best Meta Knight players in the world, Tyrant, and defeating one of the best European and Wario players in the world, Glutonny, before losing to Trela in winners quarterfinals, and losing to Tyrant in losers, overall securing a 9th placing (the highest a player placed with a low tier in a national tournament since San got 9th with the then low tier Ike at Apex 2010).

In early 2016, Mekos announced he was coming out of retirement to main Lucas in Smash 4. He has taken sets off of players such as Nairo, ScAtt, Tyroy, and saj.

Mekos was ranked 1st on the Carolina Brawl Power Rankings. He was formerly ranked 69th on the 2014 SSBBRank and 0th on the North Carolina Smash 4 Power Rankings.

Mekos continues to main Lucas in Ultimate, and is considered one of the best Lucas in the world along with ChocoTaco. He is currently ranked 2nd on the North Carolina Smash Ultimate Power Rankings.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
MLG Columbus 2010 June 4th-6th, 2010 65th 17th Boss
Pound V February 19th-21st, 2011 65th 17th Amethia
GENESIS 2 July 15th-17th, 2011 65th 13th GimR
KTAR 6 August 14th, 2011 33rd 7th Pat G
CLASH 1 September 3rd, 2011 7th 1st Mew2King
Xanadu:X-Games December 3rd, 2011 9th 1st ESAM
HOBO 34 December 17th, 2011 7th 4th Fino
Apex 2012 January 6th-8th, 2012 17th FOW
Cheap Ash NJ Tourney April 28th, 2012 5th 1st Nairo
SKTAR July 14th-15th, 2012 9th 5th ESAM
Apex 2013 January 11th-13th, 2013 49th 17th DEHF
WHOBO 5 October 19th-20th, 2013 17th 4th Mew2King
WHOBO 5 M+LT/LT October 19th-20th, 2013 1st 5th Mew2King
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 33rd 25th DEHF
SKTAR 3 May 31st-June 1st, 2014 17th 7th 9B

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Pound 2016 April 2nd-3rd, 2016 65th 33rd Day
Fusion 3 April 16th, 2016 17th 9th Xanos
Paradigm Shift May 21st-22nd, 2016 7th 3rd Leaf FC
Road to Shine August 6th-10th, 2016 2nd
Shine 2016 August 26th-28th, 2016 25th 3rd Mr.E
Key to The PG House September 8th-18th, 2016 49th
Glitch 2 September 24th-25th, 2016 13th 2nd Mr.E
UGC Online Open November 1st-10th, 2016 33rd
Hero to ZeRo (online) November 5th-7th, 2016 17th
PG Key to GENESIS 4 January 1st-5th, 2017 7th
PG Key to 2GGC: Civil War March 5th-8th, 2017 3rd
CEO Dreamland April 14th-16th, 2017 33rd 4th Mr.E
Glitch 3 May 6th, 2017 13th 2nd Mr.E
2GGC: Greninja Saga May 20th, 2017 25th 4th FOW
MomoCon 2017 May 26th-28th, 2017 13th 9th Wrath
2GGC: Nairo Saga June 10th-11th, 2017 33rd 17th FOW
Meteor Smash Monthly (June) June 17th, 2017 1st 1st Kadaj
Naifu Wars: World War 2 June 23rd, 2017 9th
Just Roll With It! 7 June 24th, 2017 7th 4th Kadaj
EVO 2017 July 14th-16th, 2017 97th
DreamHack Atlanta 2017 July 21st-23rd, 2017 25th 13th falln
Low Tier City 5 August 5th-6th, 2017 17th 3rd ESAM
Shine 2017 August 25th-27th, 2017 65th 13th Mr.E
Naifu Wars: Civil War 1 September 15th, 2017 17th
The Big House 7 October 6th-8th, 2017 49th 13th Ned
Clutch City Clash 2 October 28th-29th, 2017 13th 3rd Elegant
Super FamiCon 2017 November 17th-19th, 2017 9th 5th ESAM
Frostbite 2018 February 9th-11th, 2018 65th 25th Zenyou
ETSU-Con 2018 February 17th, 2018 2nd 1st ANTi
Glitch 4 April 28th, 2018 17th 3rd Vinnie
MomoCon 2018 May 24th-27th, 2018 33rd 9th Koolaid
Smash 'N' Splash 4 June 1st-3rd, 2018 25th 9th 8BitMan
2GG: Hyrule Saga June 23rd-24th, 2018 17th 13th SDX
CEO 2018 June 29th-July 1st, 2018 65th 17th Waldo
Smash Factor 7 July 20th-22nd, 2018 49th 2nd ANTi
Super Smash Con 2018 August 9th-12th, 2018 65th

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Ultimate Naifu Wars 2 January 4th, 2019 5th
Glitch 6 January 20th, 2019 33rd 25th DJ Nintendo
Just Roll With It! 10 February 9th, 2019 4th 1st Puppeh
Pound 2019 April 19th-21st, 2019 65th 9th Puppeh
MomoCon 2019 May 23rd-26th, 2019 49th 25th Jtails
Just Roll With It! 11 June 15th, 2019 17th 4th NoTag
EVO 2019 August 2nd-4th, 2019 129th
Glitch 7 - Minus World September 14th-15th, 2019 25th 7th Puppeh
Don't Roll With It! November 2nd, 2019 1st 1st MINTOS
DreamHack Atlanta 2019 November 15th-17th, 2019 17th 17th Mr E
Let's Make Big Moves January 3rd-5th, 2020 49th 17th Laid
Just Roll With It! 12 January 11th, 2020 7th 2nd MINTOS
Glitch 8 - Missingno January 18th-19th, 2020 65th 3rd Puppeh
Clash Of The Carolinas III February 29th, 2020 13th
Mazer Gaming Smash March 22nd, 2020 7th
Ultimate Naifu Wars 9 April 17th, 2020 25th
The Quarantine Series: Minor Tournament 1 April 18th-19th, 2020 65th
Pound Online April 24th-26th, 2020 65th
Ultimate Naifu Wars 10 May 1st, 2020 25th
The Quarantine Series: Major Tournament 1 May 2nd, 2020 17th
The Box May 8th-10th, 2020 129th
Mazer Gaming Gives Back May 15th, 2020 17th
Ultimate Naifu Wars 13 June 27th, 2020 49th

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