Editing Smasher:Merrick

{{Infobox Smasher
| name = Merrick
| image = MerrickSmasher.jpg
| mainssbu = Bayonetta
| retiredssbu = Joker
| mainssb4 = Bayonetta
| retiredssb4     = Luigi
| mainssbb        = Snake
| mainssbm        = Sheik
| otherssbm        = Jigglypuff
| mainssb       = Fox
| crew  = Merrick United
| former sponsors = Starlight Gaming, Reach Gaming, Riptide Gaming
| rankingssb4     = West Michigan Power Ranking: 6th
| rankingssbu     = West Michigan Power Ranking: 8th
| location =  Michigan
| country = USA
}}

'''Merrick''' is a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' {{SSBU|Bayonetta}} player from [[Michigan]]. He was formerly ranked 8th on the [[Michigan Power Rankings/West Michigan Power Rankings|West Michigan Power Rankings]] and has notable wins over {{Sm|Onin}}, {{Sm|BooBear}}, {{Sm|Suspect}}, {{Sm|Ryoku}}, {{Sm|Eden}}, {{Sm|Adorable Knight}}, {{Sm|Dux}}, and {{Sm|Chan}}. He is considered the best Bayonetta player in Michigan, and notably comained Joker since release before retiring the character around 2020 for solo Bayonetta.

Merrick played {{SSB4|Bayonetta}} upon release in {{forwiiu}} and has wins over {{Sm|Gomakenpi}}, {{Sm|Miloni}}, BooBear, Ryoku, {{Sm|Nebula}}, {{Sm|Ksev}}, {{Sm|Nom}}, and Adorable Knight. He was ranked 6th on the final West Michigan Smash 4 Power Rankings. Before Bayonettas release, he solo mained Luigi before retiring the character for Bayonetta citing it was due to his exploitable recovery, especially as DLC released. He was known for a very unorthodox Luigi that often used fireball as a pressure tool on shield to run up and shield break with super jump punch, as well as utilizing fireballs as a way to safely make it back from ledge.

Merrick solo mained {{SSBB|Snake}} throughout Brawls tournament life in the West Michigan scene since its release. Notably Merrick took a game off {{Sm|Ally}} at "Oh, Did I Win? 2", but losing 1-2 in the ditto. He also went to close sets against Chia at The Big House 10 and being forced to use Meta Knight for the first time in tournament. Since he was thirteen years there was some controversy over Merricks style of play with Snake in his region, with many going out of their way to harass him because he played it very safe and kept a barrage of projectiles constantly out to look for openings. Was not uncommon for him to have had a C4 planted, both hand grenades on the field or in his hand, a claymore, and a remote missile lingering all at once. Due to those reasons many found him very toxic to try to get in on, and opponents were often prone to timeouts.

Merrick comains {{SSBM|Sheik}} and {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}} in Melee. Despite not being his primary game, he still secured decent results at the few he does attend had wins against the likes of {{Sm|Asiago}} and {{Sm|Nyte}}.

Alongside competing regularly at locals and traveling to majors primarily in the Midwest, he is also prominently known for kickstarting the tournament scene in West Michigan when ''Brawl'', ''Smash 4'', and ''Smash Ultimate'' first released. He regularly ran events for Calder Clash, Tempest, Rehearsal, {{Trn|Culmination}}, and Starlight Road.

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://challonge.com/96melee Crashing Counters]||September 25th, 2018||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|Starlight Road: Melee Edition||January 4th, 2022||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/starlight-road-infinity-v1/event/melee-singles Starlight Road: Infinity V1]||March 22nd, 2022||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|Starlight Road: Infinity V2||March 29nd, 2022||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/all-star-battle-royale All Star Battle Royale]||October 24th, 2022||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/all-stars-colosseum-23/event/melee-singles All Stars Colosseum #23]||November 7th, 2022||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://challonge.com/CollateralDamage9BrawlSingles Collateral Damage #9]||January 12th, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/CollateralDamage22BrawlSingles Collateral Damage #22]||April 13th, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/AllOutAttack All Out Attack]||December 5th, 2018||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|Starlight Road: Infinity V2||March 29nd, 2022||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 10|g=SSBB}}||October 7th-9th, 2022||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 11|g=SSBB}}||October 20th-22nd, 2023||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==={{forwiiu}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://challonge.com/S4TNE The Tom Nook Experience]||January 31st, 2015||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/swiftcitythough Swift Neo City]||August 20th, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/midnightclash1 Midnight Clash #1]||August 25th, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://merricktherox.challonge.com/midnightclash2 Midnight Clash #2]||September 5th, 2015||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/techortreatsingles Tech Or Treat]||October 29th, 2015||7th||4th||J The man
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/grand-valley-grand-prix-6/event/wii-u-singles Grand Valley Grand Prix 6]||October 31st, 2015||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/grand-valley-grand-prix-7/event/wii-u-singles Grand Valley Grand Prix 7]||January 16th, 2016||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/CollateralDamageSignsofLove Signs Of Love]||January 6th, 2017||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|Adorable Knight}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/mius-zero-requiem/details Zero Requirem]||March 25th, 2017||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|Michigan Arcadian Smash Festival||November 18th, 2017||33rd||5th||{{Sm|K1lllaaG}}
|-
|Pizza Time 3||April 28th, 2018||25th||7th||K1lllaaG
|-
|The Arcadian 3||June 16th, 2018||17th||9th||K1lllaaG
|-
|{{Trn|Curtain Call 2: Encore|g=SSB4}}||September 1st, 2018||9th||13th||{{Sm|Canuk}}
|-
|{{Trn|Rebirth X|g=SSB4}}||September 15th, 2018||25th||9th||{{Sm|Gemini|p=Michigan}}
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 8|g=SSB4}}||October 5th-8th, 2018||65th||13th||K1lllaaG
|-
|[https://challonge.com/cod105singles Collateral Damage #105 Singles - Everyone Is Here!]||November 14th, 2018||2nd||2nd||{{Sm|Dux}}
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019|g=SSB4}}||August 9th-11th, 2019||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 11|g=SSB4}}||October 20th-22nd, 2023||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://challonge.com/rehearsal1 Rehearsal]||December 11th, 2018||5th||4th||{{Sm|Goat|p=Michigan}}
|-
|{{Trn|Frostbite 2019|g=SSBU}}||February 9th-11th, 2019||385th||65th||{{Sm|K1lllaaG}}
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019|g=SSBU}}||August 9th, 2019||513th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|Culmination||September 14th, 2019||9th||9th||{{Sm|Bhart}}
|-
|{{Trn|Little Big House 5|g=SSBU}}||October 3rd, 2019||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 9|g=SSBU}}||October 4th, 2019||257th||65th||{{Sm|MachoMan}}
|-
|Bronco Beatdown||March 7th, 2020||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|The Velvet Room I||August 12th, 2020||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|The Velvet Room II||September 2nd, 2020||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|LFG Smash Ultimate||October 25th, 2020||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|Grand Revival #5||July 8th, 2021||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-[https://challonge.com/superstarlightultra Super Starlight Ultra]||August 17th, 2021||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|Grand Revival #17||October 29th, 2021||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/EndOfStardom End Of Stardom]||November 2nd, 2021||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/starlight-rumble-night Starlight Rumble Night]||March 15th, 2022||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/starlight-road-infinity-v1/event/ultimate-singles Starlight Road: Infinity V1]||March 22nd, 2022||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/starlight-road-infinity-v2-the-promise-day/event/ultimate-singles Starlight Road: Infinity V2]||March 29nd, 2022||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|Grand Revival #30||April 29th, 2022||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|STAMPEDE|g=SSBU}}||June 4th, 2022||33rd||7th||Goat
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/all-star-colosseum-5 All Star Colosseum #5]||June 7th, 2022||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/all-star-colosseum-11 All Star Colosseum #8]||July 1st, 2022||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/all-star-colosseum-11 All Star Colosseum #11]||July 19th, 2022||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/all-star-colosseum-13 All Star Colosseum #13]||August 16th, 2022||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/shield-break-1-100-pot-bonus Shield Break #1]||August 25th, 2022||7th||5th||CK47
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/all-star-colosseum-15 All Star Colosseum #15]||August 30th, 2022||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/shield-break-2-1 Shield Break #2]||September 1st, 2022||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/all-star-colosseum-16 All Star Colosseum #16]||September 5th, 2022||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 10|g=SSBU}}||October 7th-9th, 2022||197th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/all-stars-colosseum-23/event/ultimate-singles All Stars Colosseum #23]||November 7th, 2022||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/culverssmash Christmas Curd Bash]||December 12th, 2022||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/starlight-road-10/event/ultimate-singles Starlight Road #10]||April 18th, 2023||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/aegis-x-jafax-2023/event/smash-singles JAFAX 2023]||June 9th-11th, 2023||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/starlight-road-21/event/ultimate-singles Starlight Road #21]||July 4th, 2023||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 11|g=SSBU}}||October 20th-22nd, 2023||65th / 507||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==Trivia==
*Merrick is one of the oldest members in the West Michigan smash scene, having competed in ''[[Brawl]]'' since 2009 and helped organize tournaments for the community ever since then.
*In 2009 Merrick had won a big Brawl local over a Meta Knight player, with the tourney having over one hundred dollars in pot bonus. There was a big incident where at some point during friendlies after the tournament someone managed to steal his earning from his bag of belongings. It was later found very shortly in the bathroom trash bin at the venue.
*Merrick was known within the community for wearing various winter hats at the same time for large scale tournaments and majors. Of these the Deadmau5 one was notoriously worn.

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/TheEmoTanZoner Twitter account]
*[https://www.youtube.com/Merricktherox YouTube channel]
*[https://smashboards.com/members/rip-merrick.241887 SmashBoards account]
*[https://www.twitch.tv/merricktherox Twitch channel]

[[Category:Michigan smashers]]
[[Category:Tournament organizers]]
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