Smasher:Shaky

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Shaky
Character info
Brawl mains Ness, Zero Suit Samus
Smash 4 main Ness
Personal and other info
Real name Tom Salazar
Birth date (age 31)
Location Kansas United States
Miscellaneous info
Skill Other Top professional
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Shaky is a smasher from Miami, Florida currently residing in Kansas. He is currently considered to be one of the top Brawl Ness mains in the United States along with FOW. He has performed very well at tournaments using Ness (including a 10th place finish at MLG Columbus 2010 and winning the low tier event at WHOBO 4) and has taken sets off of top players such as ESAM, Abadango, and Salem. He frequently teams with Nick Riddle at doubles events, where he uses Ness's PSI Magnet to absorb Zero Suit Samus's Paralyzer shots and heal damage during battle. The team has taken 2nd at MLG Dallas 2010 and 3rd at SKTAR 2, and are one of the few teams to have taken a set off of Nairo and ADHD. Shaky was formerly ranked 6th on the Florida Brawl Power Rankings.

Shaky is also considered to be one of best Ness players in Smash 4 along with FOW and Nakat , beating players such as Mew2King, MJG, MVD, and ESAM. His most prominent placing was at CEO 2015, placing 7th out of 512 entrants, losing to Dabuz 1-3 in losers top 8. He also managed to place 2nd in doubles with MJG, losing 2 sets in grand finals to Mr. R and Anti.

Notable tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Apex 2013 January 11th-13th, 2013 25th 13th Nick Riddle
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 17th 4th Nick Riddle
Apex 2015 January 30th-February 1st, 2015 5th V115

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Apex 2015 January 30th-February 1st, 2015 17th 17th Nick Riddle
CEO 2015 June 26th-28th, 2015 7th
EVO 2015 July 17th-19th, 2015 25th Top 16 Nairo
Paragon Los Angeles 2015 September 5th-6th, 2015 5th %mdash;