Smasher:ZartZu

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ZartZu
Zartzu.jpg
Character info
Smash 4 main Little Mac
Other Smash 4 character Cloud
Ultimate main Banjo & Kazooie
Retired Ultimate characters Link, Little Mac
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Finnish Power Rankings: 3rd
Personal info
Real name Arttu Kangasniemi
Birth date (age 29)
Location Etelä-Pohjanmaa, Finland Finland

ZartZu is a Finnish Banjo & Kazooie main in Ultimate. He is ranked 3rd on the latest iteration of the Finnish Power Rankings, and has wins against players such as Lyfja, Kass, Vallu and Leggasiini. He has achieved very solid results in Finland, including 1st / 42 at Arkade Nights #2, 2nd / 53 at Östis 2023, 3rd / 95 at Lantrek 2020 and 4th / 56 at Lancelot's Round Table Rumble. He also placed 17th / 1024 at The Quarantine Series: Europe Edition!Online, where he got wins on y0lT and Sintro.

In Smash 4, ZartZu mained Little Mac and was at one point ranked as high as 5th on the Finnish Power Rankings for the game. He had wins against LoNg0uw, Badr, and pu55yk1ng, and got multiple strong placements at European majors, such as 13th / 304 at BEAST 7 and 17th / 338 at Syndicate 2017.

He is also known for playing Doubles in many tournaments, teaming with his brother Kekkeri. They are considered one of the strongest static teams in Finland, and notably placed 9th / 104 at Ultimate Fighting Arena 2022.

Rankings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Finnish Power Rankings[edit]

Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
September 2015 - April 2016 5th Little Mac's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.CloudHeadSSB4-U.png
May 2016 - December 2016 10th Little Mac's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
January 2017 - June 2017 5th Little Mac's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
July 2017 - December 2017 6th Little Mac's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Finnish Power Rankings[edit]

Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
January 2019 - July 2019 7th LittleMacHeadSSBU.pngLinkHeadSSBU.png
August 2019 - December 2019 6th LinkHeadSSBU.pngBanjo&KazooieHeadSSBU.pngGanondorfHeadSSBU.png
July 2022 - December 2022 2nd Banjo&KazooieHeadSSBU.png First official post-COVID-19 pandemic Finnish ranking.
January 2023 - June 2023 3rd Banjo&KazooieHeadSSBU.png

Tournament placings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
B.E.A.S.T 7 February 17th-19th, 2017 97th / 133 Kekkeri
Union XIX September 28th-30th, 2018 13th / 18 Kekkeri

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
B.E.A.S.T 6 February 19th-21st, 2016 25th / 267
Key to The PG HouseOnline September 8th-18th, 2016 4th / 326
Eclipse 2 October 21st-23rd, 2016 13th / 175 9th / 57 Kekkeri
B.E.A.S.T 7 February 17th-19th, 2017 13th / 304 25th / 93 Kekkeri
2GGC: ARMS Saga July 8th-9th, 2017 65th / 200
Syndicate 2017 September 23rd-24th, 2017 17th / 338
Fight For Flight 8 February 4th, 2018 3rd(DQ) / 36
Battle Arena Melbourne 10 May 18th-20th, 2018 49th / 187 7th / 64 Kekkeri
Learn to Play 2018 June 9th-10th, 2018 4th / 37 3rd / 17 Kekkeri
Albion 3 July 14th-15th, 2018 17th / 272 33rd / 77 Kekkeri
Union XIX September 28th-30th, 2018 2nd / 39 2nd / 16 Kekkeri

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Nordic Rumble II January 4th-5th, 2019 2nd / 52 1st / 18 Kekkeri
European Bootcamp Midweek Drills #24Online January 9th, 2019 33rd / 88
European Bootcamp Midweek Drills #25Online January 16th, 2019 49th(DQ) / 94
Lantrek 2019 March 1st, 2019 7th / 64
Union XX March 29th-31st, 2019 4th / 82
BYTE 2019 - Smash Tournament May 18th-19th, 2019 4th / 32 2nd / 11 Kekkeri
Tamppaus 2019 June 7th-9th, 2019 7th / 39 3rd / 8 Kekkeri
Union XXI July 12th-14th, 2019 4th / 45 3rd / 16 Kekkeri
Poravaunu 8 September 14th-15th, 2019 1st / 24 1st / 10 Kekkeri
Qrikka-Lan October 11th-13th, 2019 3rd / 16
Syndicate 2019 October 25th-27th, 2019 97th / 640 25th / 147 Kekkeri
Bob-omb Battlefield December 13th-14th, 2019 2nd / 31 Kekkeri
Hämpton Games January 11th, 2020 3rd / 46
Lantrek 2020 February 28th-29th, 2020 3rd / 95
The Quarantine Series: Europe Edition!Online June 6th-7th, 2020 17th / 1024
Last Stock, Last Hit! #2 October 3rd-4th, 2020 1st / 32
Östis November 26th-28th, 2021 7th / 40 1st / 14 Kekkeri
Lancelot's Round Table Rumble May 14th-15th, 2022 4th / 56 2nd / 16 Kekkeri
Arkade Nights #2 July 23rd-24th, 2022 1st / 42 3rd / 10 Kekkeri
Smash Sauna 2022 August 12th-13th, 2022 2nd / 40 5th / 15 Kekkeri
Ultimate Fighting Arena 2022 November 11th-13th, 2022 97th / 572 9th / 104 Kekkeri
Östis 2022 November 18th-20th, 2022 3rd / 61 4th / 19 Kekkeri
Round Table Rumble: Round 2 February 11th-12th, 2023 9th / 71 3rd / 24 Kekkeri
Lantrek 2023 March 2nd-5th, 2023 3rd / 41 1st / 13 Kekkeri
Östis 2023 March 17th-19th, 2023 2nd / 53 4th / 20 Kekkeri
Smash Sauna 2023 June 16th-17th, 2023 4th / 55 5th / 15 Kekkeri
Tera September 1st-3rd, 2023 193rd / 1,348 25th / 176 Kekkeri
Valhalla IV February 1st-4th, 2024 17th / 157 4th / 34 Kekkeri

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