Editing Smasher:Liyrex

{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = Liyrex
| image         = Liyrex.jpg
| mainssbu      = Roy
| otherssbu     = Mr. Game & Watch
| retiredssbu   = Chrom
| mainssb4      = Roy
| otherssb4     = Corrin
| retiredssb4   = Lucina
| sponsor       = {{team|Lunar Esports}}
| former sponsors = Brainless eSports, Flipside Gaming, Clarkson University Gaming Initiative, Clarkson University Esports
| rankingssbu   = [[New_York_Power_Rankings#2022_Season_3|Upstate New York Power Rankings]]: 5th
| winningsssb4  = ~$500
| winningsssbu  = ~$2000
| realname      = Riley Newcomb
| birthday      = 9
| birthmonth    = 8
| birthyear     = 1998
| location      = New York
| country       = United States
}}

'''Liyrex''' is an ''[[Ultimate]]'' {{SSBU|Roy}} player, originally from New York's Capital Region, and currently residing in Rochester, New York. He is known as among the top ten Roy players in the United States, and is credited with popularizing the use of [[Roy (SSBU)/Neutral attack|Roy's jab]] [[vortex]] alongside {{sm|Mugen}}. Additionally, when he moved to North Country New York for college in 2016, he created the Smash scene there alongside {{sm|Zaphros}}, and was the head [[TO]] for North Country from January 2017 to January 2019 and again from May 2020 to November 2020. He was also active in ''[[Smash 4]]'', where he played {{SSB4|Roy}} alongside a {{SSB4|Corrin}} secondary, and while a weaker player in that game, he was still known as a strong regional-level threat.

In ''Ultimate'', Liyrex is ranked 5th on the [[New_York_Power_Rankings#2022_Season_3|Upstate New York Power Rankings]] as of late 2022. He was also ranked 1st on the [[Vermont Power Rankings]] for Fall of 2021 and was formerly ranked 6th on the [[Nebraska Power Rankings#July 4th, 2019|Nebraska Spring/Summer 2019 PR]]. He has wins on players such as {{sm|Puppeh}}, {{sm|Light|p=Connecticut}}, {{sm|SKITTLES!!}}, {{sm|PkChris}}, {{sm|Skilly}}, {{sm|PowPow}}, {{sm|ToffeeCG}}, and {{sm|WelfarePickles}}.

In ''Smash 4'', Liyrex was ranked 3rd on the [https://start.gg/rankings/super-smash-bros-for-wii-u/series/north-country North Country NY Spring 2018 PR], and 5th on the [https://docs.google.com/document/d/14D_I7VJe4WErKq7nhHUbFarsyPtQDAF-QgEO87XGzzY NY CR Summer 2018 PR]. He has wins on players such as {{sm|Suarez}}, {{sm|Omega Tyrant}}, {{sm|Grunk}}, {{sm|Noe3}}, and Zaphros.

==Play style==
Liyrex is known as a very aggressive and technical player, who rushes down opponents as he tries to coerce mistakes from them, while capitalizing on calling out their escape options, especially through abuse of the aforementioned jab vortex. His [[punish]] game is potent, where upon getting a single opening, Liyrex will frequently capitalize with a long and highly damaging combo, or by landing one of Roy's potent [[kill confirm]]s, particularly with "jair" (Roy's jab to [[Roy (SSBU)/Back aerial|back aerial]] combo) or jab into [[Roy (SSBU)/Side special|Double-Edge Dance]]. He is additionally an emotional streaky player, where he thrives on momentum and can turn any inch he gets into a mile, but is heavily prone to tilting and underperforming as a result. In ''Smash 4'' he was also infamous for frequently throwing out hail mary [[Roy (SSB4)/Forward smash|forward smashes]] and overextending during [[edgeguard]]s that would lead to frequent [[self-destruct]]s, though he would calm down on both these habits as he grew as a player, with them no longer being defining traits of him in ''Ultimate''.

Liyrex is a fan of [[Squad Strike]] and prefers it over doubles, but will still compete in doubles, with Zaphros being his preferred partner in ''Smash 4'' and {{sm|WhiteFang}} being his preferred partner in ''Ultimate'' when he was residing in Nebraska.

==Tournament placings==
==={{forwiiu}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner!!Tournament earnings
|-
|[https://www.facebook.com/events/435368896630954/permalink/449898895177954/ Smash Street #3]||March 28th, 2015||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Black Fish|g=SSB4}}||September 5th, 2016||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|NEW FISH|g=SSB4}}||May 7th, 2016||65th||33rd||Bushnado||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Invasion 6|g=SSB4}}||July 2nd, 2016||17th||25th||{{sm|Rudy}}||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Cusetown Beatdown @ RetroGameCon 2016|g=SSB4}}||November 5th, 2016||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/knight-fest/event/wii-u-singles/overview Knight Fest]|| April 15th-16th, 2017||1st||5th||Salvus||$108.00
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/immortal-fight-night-mondays-wii-u-singles.17813/?league=8 Immortal Fight Night #1]||July 17th, 2017||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/immortal-fight-night-mondays-2-wii-u-singles.17817/?league=8 Immortal Fight Night #2]||July 31st, 2017||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2017|g=SSB4}}||August 10th-13th, 2017||257th||257th||Salvus||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/immortal-fight-night-mondays-3-wii-u-singles.17818/?league=8 Immortal Fight Night #3]||August 14th, 2017||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/cugi-carnival-2017-wii-u-singles.18026/?league=8 CUGI: Carnival 2017]||September 2nd, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;||$75.00
|-
|{{Trn|Cusetown Beatdown @ RetroGameCon 5|g=SSB4}}||November 18th, 2017||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;||$26.00
|-
|{{Trn|Overclocked|g=SSB4}}||December 16th, 2017||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/knight-fest-ii-1/details Knight Fest II]||February 10th, 2018||3rd||1st||{{sm|Zaphros}}||$49.00
|-
|{{Trn|Quit Your Friendlies!|g=SSB4}}||February 17th, 2018||25th||9th||Zaphros||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/immortal-fight-night-16/details Immortal Fight Night #16]||March 19th, 2018||2nd||7th||Salvus||$51.00
|-
|{{Trn|Immortal Tech|g=SSB4}}||April 28th, 2018||33rd||9th||Zaphros||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|ALPHA II|g=SSB4}}||June 9th, 2018||49th||17th||Zaphros||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/immortal-fight-night-22/details Immortal Fight Night #22]||June 25th, 2018||3rd||1st||{{sm|Dark Wizzy}}||$50.00
|-
|{{Trn|Smash Sounds|g=SSB4}}||July 7th-8th, 2018||97th||17th||Zaphros||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/immortal-fight-night-25/attendees Immortal Fight Night #25]||August 6th, 2018||5th||1st||{{sm|Rucent}}||$24.00
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2018|g=SSB4}}||August 9th-12th, 2018||257th||129th||Zaphros||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Coinbox 98 - SM4SH SENDOFF|g=SSB4}}{{OnlineIcon}}||April 3rd, 2024||65th / 358||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner!!Tournament earnings
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/ultimate-immortal-fight-night-2/events Ultimate Immortal Fight Night #2]||December 17th, 2018||5th||1st||{{sm|Tarzan}}||$33.00
|-
|[[NYXL Pop-Up!]]||December 22nd, 2018||33rd|||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''[[Let's Make Moves]]'''||December 29th, 2018||193rd||13th||{{sm|Zaphros}}||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Hypertension Ultimate|g=SSBU}}||January 19th, 2019||5th||7th||{{sm|N|p=Nebraska}}||
|-
|{{Trn|Midland Warfare 3|g=SSBU}}||March 2nd, 2019||9th||4th||{{sm|Entar0}}||&mdash;
|-
|'''''[[Smash 'N' Splash 5]]'''''||May 31st-June 2nd, 2019||161st||49th||{{sm|WhiteFang}}||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Hypertension 32|g=SSBU}}||June 15th, 2019||13th||7th||WhiteFang||&mdash;
|-
|'''[[Low Tier City 7]]'''||July 12th-14th, 2019||97th||33rd||{{sm|SparK}}||&mdash;
|-
|[[Paradigm Shift 2019]]||July 20th-21st, 2019||13th||13th||WhiteFang||&mdash;
|-
|[[MONZA Ignition Speed Festival]]||August 18th, 2019 ||7th||5th||{{sm|Rucent}}||$17.00
|-
|'''''[[Shine 2019]]'''''||August 23rd-25th, 2019||97th||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/cugi-cub-smash-bros-tournament/event/smash-ultimate-singles/overview CUGI-CUB Smash Bros Tournament]||September 21st, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;||$299.99<ref>First place won a [[Nintendo Switch]], which had this MSRP value at the time.</ref>
|-
|{{Trn|Cusetown Beatdown at RGC 2019|g=SSBU}}||November 2nd, 2019||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''[[Let's Make Big Moves]]'''''||January 3rd-5th, 2020||129th||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/clarkson-esports-ssbu-virtual/event/ssb-ultimate-singles/overview Clarkson eSports SSBU @ Virtual]||February 15th, 2020||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;||$93.00
|-
|'''''[[Frostbite 2020]]'''''||February 21st-23rd, 2020||193rd||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Riptide|g=SSBU}}||September 10th-12th, 2021||97th||&mdash;||&mdash;||
|-
|{{Trn|Collision 2022|g=SSBU}}||March 12th-13th, 2022||129th||&mdash;||&mdash;||
|-
|{{Trn|Clip It II|g=SSBU}}||April 10th, 2022||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;||
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 8|g=SSBU}}||April 15th-17th, 2022||129th||&mdash;||&mdash;||
|-
|{{Trn|Riptide 2022|g=SSBU}}||September 9th-11th, 2022||129th||&mdash;||&mdash;||
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2023|g=SSBU}}||August 10th-13th, 2023||193rd / 2,607||193rd / 567||{{Sm|Penguin}}||
|-
|{{Trn|Collision 2024|g=SSBU}}||March 15th-17th, 2024||193rd / 714||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==Trivia==
*The tag "Liyrex" is the "[https://www.khwiki.com/Nobody Nobody version]" of his real name, Riley. Liyrex chose this tag because when he plays, he tries to let go of who he is and become a different person; one without fear or emotion getting in the way of things.
**However the tag is frequently misheard or mispronounced as "Lyrics", much to Liyrex's chagrin.
*Liyrex used to play [https://slapcity.se/ Slap City] competitively, where he was a top Jenny Fox player during versions 0.6.0 to 0.7.0, and unlike his playstyle in Smash, he was a very defensive player that would often [[time out]] opponents.
*Liyrex came the closest of any NY CR player to taking a set off {{sm|Dark Wizzy}} in ''Smash 4'', who remained undefeated against NY CR players throughout the entirety of ''Smash 4''. This occurred at an Immortal Fight Night, where after Liyrex took game 1 in a Bo3 set and took Wizzy to his last stock in game 2, he landed a forward smash that produced the red lightning effect and sent Wizzy deep offscreen, but Wizzy would barely survive and come back to take the game, then win game 3 to take the set.
*Liyrex is the current reigning [https://www.nny360.com/news/stlawrencecounty/nny-esports-stars-sweep-medals-in-super-smash-bros-event-at-empire-state-games/article_b396bb3e-3ef9-54fc-93c3-db40690284e7.html Olympic Ultimate champ for New York state].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/Liyrex_irl Twitter account]
*[https://www.twitch.tv/Liyrex Twitch account]
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6ZbIOfcWAg-VU7jicDfFNQ YouTube channel]

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