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The first tournament to feature all five gods was [[Pound 4]] in January 2010, although PPMD (or Dr. Peepee as he was then known) was not considered in contention at that event. | The first tournament to feature all five gods was [[Pound 4]] in January 2010, although PPMD (or Dr. Peepee as he was then known) was not considered in contention at that event. | ||
{{Sm|Leffen}} | The gods won nearly every ''Melee'' tournament where at least two of them were in attendance from 2008 to 2014, while rarely losing tournament sets to players not among the gods themselves. The sole exception was {{Trn|Don't Go Down There Jeff}}, where Mango sandbagged for part of the tourney. | ||
While The Five Gods had continued to dominate ''Melee'' majors in the new era, notably featuring {{Sm|Mango}}'s two wins at EVO 2013 and 2014, {{Sm|Leffen}} and {{Sm|Plup}} had emerged as true challengers to them, and are the only two players who have defeated all five in a tournament set. Following his rise in 2014, Leffen won [[B.E.A.S.T 5]], marking the first non-God victory at a major with at least two in attendance since 2008; he won his first American major, [[CEO 2015]], that same year, with three of the gods present. He also won [[Get On My Level 2016]], defeating four gods all in a row without dropping a set. Plup became the second player after Leffen to win a major with two or more gods in attendance, taking [[DreamHack Atlanta 2017]] over Hungrybox and Mew2King; he then won [[GENESIS 5]], winning over Mango and Armada, and double eliminating Hungrybox. | |||
Many new players also went on to defeat the remaining gods and win majors, some with unconventional characters. At {{Trn|EVO 2018}}, {{Sm|Swedish Delight}} defeated {{Sm|Armada}} early in winners, and Armada made an impressive losers run only to lose to {{Sm|Leffen}} in Grand Finals, marking Leffen’s first EVO win. {{Sm|Zain}} claimed victory at {{Trn|Shine 2018}} over Mango and Hungrybox and has continued to be a threat to the gods; he later went on to win his first supermajor at {{Trn|GENESIS 7}} as well, once again defeating Mango and Hungrybox. Wizzrobe earned his first supermajor victory at {{Trn|Smash 'N' Splash 5}} by double-eliminating Hungrybox, marking the first ''Melee'' supermajor won by a solo {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}} main since {{Sm|Isai}} at {{Trn|MOAST 3}} all the way back in 2005. Similarly, {{Sm|Axe}} took 1st at {{Trn|Smash Summit 8}} while defeating Zain, Mango, Leffen, and Wizzrobe, marking Axe’s first supermajor win and the first ever major win by a solo {{SSBM|Pikachu}}. The rise of unorthodox characters has spurred renewed interest in ''Melee'', and rise of many new challengers to the Gods has signaled the end of their reign. | |||
==Demi-gods== | ==Demi-gods== | ||
There are | There are some players whose level of skill lies just below the top players; these players are most commonly considered the "demi-gods". These players are known to frequently earn high placings in large tournaments, and even occasionally take sets off of the gods and other top players, but have yet to achieve the skill level or consistency of the players above them. In addition, {{Sm|Fly Amanita}} and {{Sm|Wobbles}} have each taken sets off of four of the gods, except for {{Sm|Armada}}. <!--https://twitter.com/TempoAxe/status/556216820450209793 Axe does not consider his Pound 4 win over PPMD to be a "god victory".-->{{Sm|Axe}}<!--Please do not add wins against PPMD that happened prior to Revival of Melee 3 (for example, don't include Lucky's or Axe's wins from Pound 4 against him, as PPMD was not considered in contention for "god status" at the time) or wins where Mango was playing as Scorpion Master.-->, {{Sm|Zain}}, {{Sm|aMSa}}, {{Sm|Westballz}}, {{Sm|Shroomed}}, {{Sm|PewPewU}}, SFAT, {{Sm|ChuDat}}, {{Sm|Lucky}}, and {{Sm|Hax}} have each beaten three of the gods. | ||
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==Tournaments in which | ===Tournaments in which all five gods participated=== | ||
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! Tournament | ! Tournament | ||
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| [[Pound 4]] | | [[Pound 4]] | ||
| | | January 16th-18th, 2010 | ||
| 4th | | 4th | ||
| 2nd | | 2nd | ||
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| 5th | | 5th | ||
| 9th | | 9th | ||
|- | |||
| [[Apex 2010]] | |||
| August 6th-8th, 2010 | |||
| 2nd | |||
| 1st | |||
| 25th** | |||
| 3rd | |||
| 4th | |||
|- | |||
| [[Pound V]] | |||
| February 19th-21st, 2011 | |||
| 2nd | |||
| 3rd | |||
| 17th** | |||
| 5th* | |||
| 1st | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[GENESIS 2]] | | [[GENESIS 2]] | ||
| | | July 15th-17th, 2011 | ||
| 1st | | 1st | ||
| 4th | | 4th | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| [[Apex 2012]] | | [[Apex 2012]] | ||
| | | January 6th-8th, 2012 | ||
| 1st | | 1st | ||
| 2nd | | 2nd | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| [[Apex 2013]] | | [[Apex 2013]] | ||
| | | January 11th-13th, 2013 | ||
| 1st | | 1st | ||
| 5th | | 5th | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| [[EVO 2013]] | | [[EVO 2013]] | ||
| | | July 12th-14th, 2013 | ||
| 4th | | 4th | ||
| 3rd | | 3rd | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| [[MLG Anaheim 2014]] | | [[MLG Anaheim 2014]] | ||
| | | June 20th-22nd, 2014 | ||
| 2nd | | 2nd | ||
| 7th | | 7th | ||
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| [[EVO 2014]] | | [[EVO 2014]] | ||
| | | July 11th-13th, 2014 | ||
| 3rd | | 3rd | ||
| 2nd | | 2nd | ||
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| [[Apex 2015]] | | [[Apex 2015]] | ||
| | | January 30th-February 1st, 2015 | ||
| 2nd | | 2nd | ||
| 5th | | 5th | ||
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| 9th | | 9th | ||
| 1st | | 1st | ||
|- | |||
| [[GENESIS 3]] | |||
| January 15th-17th, 2016 | |||
| 1st | |||
| 3rd | |||
| 2nd | |||
| 9th | |||
| 6th | |||
|- | |||
| [[Battle of the Five Gods]] | |||
| March 17th-19th, 2016 | |||
| 3rd | |||
| 1st | |||
| 2nd | |||
| 7th | |||
| 10th | |||
|} | |} | ||
<small><nowiki>* | |||
<small><nowiki/>*Mew2King forfeited in losers after losing to PPMD at [[Pound V]] and Wobbles at [[Apex 2012]].</small> | |||
<small><nowiki/>**Mango was sandbagging under his Scorpion Master alias.</small> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== |
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