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| {{Infobox Smasher | | {{Smasher Infobox |
| | name = Angel Cortes | | | name = Angel Cortes |
| | image = AngelCortes.jpg | | | image = |
| | mainssbm = Jigglypuff | | | mainssbm = Jigglypuff |
| | mainssbb = Ice Climbers | | | mainssbb = Ice Climbers |
| | otherssbb = Diddy Kong | | | otherssbb = Diddy Kong |
| | mainssb4 = Diddy Kong | | | mainssb4 = Diddy Kong |
| | mainssbu = Diddy Kong | | | otherssb4 = Sheik |
| | otherssb4 = Roy
| | | crew = Astral Authority |
| | 2ndotherssb4 = Sheik
| | | former crews = Hitbox Arena |
| | moreotherssb4 = {{SSB4|Wario}}
| | | alias = iKon |
| | crew = [[Astral Authority]] | | | skillssbm = Professional |
| | former crews = Hitbox Arena | | | skillssbb = Professional |
| | alias = iKon | | | skillssb4 = Top professional |
| | rankingssb4 = [[New Jersey Smash 4 Power Rankings]]: 4th | | | realname = Angel Cortes |
| | realname = Angel Cortes | | | birthday = 4 |
| | birthday = 4 | | | birthmonth = 12 |
| | birthmonth = 12 | | | birthyear = 1994 |
| | birthyear = 1994 | | | location = |
| | location = New Jersey | | | country = United States |
| | country = United States | |
| }} | | }} |
| '''Angel Cortes''', formerly known as '''iKon''', is an American professional [[smasher]] from New Jersey who mains {{SSB4|Diddy Kong}} in ''[[Smash 4]]'' and {{SSBB|Ice Climbers}} in ''[[Brawl]]''. He is regarded as one of the best Diddy Kong mains in the Tri-state area, and one of the best solo Diddy Kong mains in the world during the early [[metagame]]. Angel Cortes is currently ranked 4th on the [[New Jersey Smash 4 Power Rankings]] and was formerly ranked 38th on the [[Panda Global Rankings v1]]. In ''Smash 4'', he has beaten top players such as {{Sm|Nairo}}, {{Sm|Dabuz}}, {{Sm|Tweek}}, {{Sm|WaDi}}, {{Sm|Vinnie}}, {{Sm|Pink Fresh}}, {{Sm|9B}}, and {{Sm|Nietono}}. | | '''Angel Cortes''', formerly known as '''iKon''', is an American professional [[smasher]] who mains {{SSB4|Diddy Kong}} in ''Smash 4'' and {{SSBB|Ice Climbers}} in ''Brawl''. He is regarded as one of the best solo Diddy Kong mains in the world. Angel Cortes is currently ranked 5th on the New Jersey Smash 4 Power Rankings. |
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| ==Tournament placings== | | ==Results== |
| ===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''=== | | |
| | ===''[[Brawl]]''=== |
| {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | | {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner | | !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner |
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| |{{Trn|KTAR|g=SSBB}}||December 6th, 2009||13th||—||— | | |[[SKTAR (tournament)|SKTAR]]||July 14th-15th, 2012||49th||17th||{{Sm|RJ}} |
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| |{{Trn|SKTAR|g=SSBB}}||July 14th-15th, 2012||49th||17th||{{Sm|RJ}}
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| |{{Trn|Collision II|g=SSBB}}||March 17th, 2012||9th / 23||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Apex 2013|g=SSBB}}||January 11th-13th, 2013||65th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Apex 2014|g=SSBB}}||January 17th-19th, 2014||49th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Xanadu - End of an Era|g=SSBB}}||February 24th-25th, 2018||4th||—||— | | |[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||49th||—||— |
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| ==={{forwiiu}}=== | | ===''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''=== |
| {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | | {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner | | !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner |
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| |{{Trn|Collision XI|g=SSB4}}||January 3rd, 2015||25th||—||— | | |[[Apex 2015]]||January 30th-February 1st, 2015||33rd||—||— |
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| |'''[[Apex 2015]]'''||January 30th-February 1st, 2015||33rd||—||—
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| |[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX06022015SSB41v1 S@X 100]||June 2nd, 2015||2nd||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Collision XII|g=SSB4}}||June 6th, 2015||5th||—||— | | |[[EVO 2015]]||July 17th-19th, 2015||17th||33rd||{{Sm|Rich Brown}} |
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| |'''''[[EVO 2015]]'''''||July 17th-19th, 2015||17th||33rd||{{Sm|Rich Brown}} | | |[[Super Smash Con]]||August 6th-9th, 2015||5th||—||— |
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| |'''[[Super Smash Con 2015]]'''||August 6th-9th, 2015||5th||—||—
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| |[[Nebulous Prime 1]]||August 14th-16th, 2015||5th||—||— | | |[[Nebulous Prime 1]]||August 14th-16th, 2015||5th||—||— |
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| |[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX08252015SSB4 S@X 112]||August 25th, 2015||3rd||—||—
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| |[[SKTAR 4]]||August 22nd-23rd, 2015||9th||2nd||{{Sm|Nairo}} | | |[[SKTAR 4]]||August 22nd-23rd, 2015||9th||2nd||{{Sm|Nairo}} |
| |- | | |-[[The Big House 5]]||October 2nd-4th, 2015||13th||—||— |
| |[[KTAR XIV]]||November 7th, 2015||7th||3rd||{{Sm|ANTi}}
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| |[[KTAR XV]]||December 5th, 2015||5th||33rd||{{Sm|Max Ketchum}}
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| |[[KTAR XVI]]||January 9th, 2016||5th||5th||Max Ketchum
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| |'''''[[GENESIS 3]]'''''||January 15th-17th, 2016||33rd||49th||Max Ketchum
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| |[[Do or DI]]||March 11th-13th, 2016||5th||5th||{{Sm|Pugwest}}
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| |'''''[[Pound 2016]]'''''||April 2nd-3rd, 2016||17th||25th||Max Ketchum
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| |[[Collision XIII]]||April 16th, 2016||7th||5th||Max Ketchum
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| |[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX05242016SSB4 S@X 151]||May 24th, 2016||1st||—||—
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| |[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SAX05312016SSB4 S@X 152]||May 31st, 2016||1st||—||—
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| |[[Midwest Mayhem 3]]||June 4th, 2016||3rd||5th||{{Sm|Ksev}}
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| |[[KTAR XVIII]]||June 11th, 2016||17th||3rd||{{Sm|Tweek}}
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| |[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SAX06212016SSB4 S@X 155]||June 21st, 2016||2nd||—||—
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| |[[2GGT: KTAR Saga]]||July 23rd, 2016||49th||13th||{{Sm|TLTC}}
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| |[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SAX06282016SSB4 S@X 156]||June 28th, 2016||7th||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/invasion-6/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/36299 Invasion 6]||July 2nd, 2016||3rd||5th||{{Sm|Fabled}}
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| |[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX07052016SSB4 S@X 157]||July 5th, 2016||5th||—||—
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| |[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SAX07122016SSB4 S@X 158]||July 12th, 2016||17th||—||—
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| |'''''[[EVO 2016]]'''''||July 15th-17th, 2016||65th||—||—
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| |[http://thecavessb.challonge.com/bgik07y1/ Smash @ The Cave #34]||August 11th, 2016||17th||—||—
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| |'''''[[Super Smash Con 2016]]'''''||August 11th-14th, 2016||65th||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/mid-south-championships-in-little-rock-ar-1/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/69290 Mid-South Championships]||September 10th-11th, 2016||1st||?||{{Sm|Nico}}
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/invasion-9/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/65276 Invasion 9]||October 22nd, 2016||9th||—||—
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| |[[Olympus]]||October 28th-30th, 2016||9th||7th||{{Sm|Nurse Debby}}
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| |'''[[KTAR XIX]]'''||November 19th, 2016||17th||13th||Max Ketchum
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| |[http://xenozero.challonge.com/xs4s XenoSaga IV]||November 26th, 2016||5th||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-true-king-750-pot-bonus/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/59428 The True King]||January 28th, 2017||1st||2nd||Max Ketchum
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| |[https://www.facebook.com/events/957683847701889/ Smash With BAE 14]||January 29th, 2017||2nd||?||?
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| |'''''[[2GGC: Civil War]]'''''||March 24th-26th, 2017||65th||33rd||{{Sm|Das}}
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| |[http://xenozero.challonge.com/xs8s XenoSaga VIII]||April 22nd, 2017||9th||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/anomaly-2/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/132484 Anomaly 2]||May 20th, 2017||2nd||2nd||{{Sm|Gen}}
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/super-smash-frenzzy-11/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/138258 Super Smash Frenzzy #11]||June 22nd, 2017||2nd||3rd||Max Ketchum
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| |[[ALPHA]]||July 1st, 2017||5th||5th||Max Ketchum
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| |[[Suburban Showdown]]||July 8th, 2017||1st||—||—
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| |[[Get On My Level 2017]]||July 28th-30th, 2017||7th||7th||Max Ketchum
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| |[http://smashleague.challonge.com/tfw4 The Forge Weekly #4]||August 17th, 2017||7th||—||—
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| |[[The Legend of Glentendo]]||December 30th, 2017||7th||—||—
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/invasion-21-1/events Invasion 21]||January 6th, 2018||2nd||3rd||Max Ketchum
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/orion/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/194814/485979 ORION]||January 13th, 2018||13th||7th||{{Sm|John Numbers}}
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| |{{Trn|Xanadu - End of an Era|g=SSB4}}||February 24th-25th, 2018||33rd||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/anomaly-winter-2018/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/195132 Anomaly Winter 2018]||March 10th, 2018||5th||—||—
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| |[https://xenozero.challonge.com/x100 XenoOneHundred]||March 14th, 2018||65th (DQ)||5th||Max Ketchum
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| |{{Trn|Collision XV|g=SSB4}}||March 31st, 2018||17th||9th||Max Ketchum
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/smash-4-xanadu-244/event/smash-4-singles/standings S@X 244]||April 3rd, 2018||4th||3rd||Max Ketchum
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| |{{Trn|The Scarlet Classic IV|g=SSB4}}||April 15th-16th, 2018||7th||5th||Max Ketchum
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| |{{Trn|Final Smash Attack: Player's Ball|g=SSB4}}||July 29th, 2018||13th||—||—
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| ===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
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| |{{Trn|NYXL Pop-Up!|g=SSBU}}||December 22nd, 2018||17th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Let's Make Moves|g=SSBU}}||December 29th, 2018||49th||17th||{{Sm|VikkiKitty}}
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| |{{Trn|Luminosity Makes BIG Moves 2024|g=SSBU}}||January 5th-7th, 2024||193rd / 891||—||—
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *In May 2015, Angel called several players out in a [http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1smd0lo TwitLonger post], which led to the creation of the "exposed" meme that is closely associated with him. | | *On May 2015, Angel called several players out in a [http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1smd0lo TwitLonger post], which led to the creation of the "exposed" meme that is closely associated with him. |
| | *Angel Cortes is the younger brother of {{Sm|Bleachigo}}. |
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| ==External links== | | ==External links== |
| *[https://twitter.com/_AngelCortes_ Twitter account] | | *[https://twitter.com/_AngelCortes_ Twitter account] |
| *[https://ssbworld.com/players/2/angel-cortes SSBWorld profile]
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| [[Category:New Jersey smashers]]
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| [[Category:Ice Climbers players (SSBB)]] | | [[Category:Ice Climbers professionals (SSBB)]] |
| [[Category:Diddy Kong players (SSB4)]] | | [[Category:Diddy Kong professionals (SSB4)]] |
| [[Category:Diddy Kong players (SSBU)]]
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