Editing Smasher:Merrick

| retiredssbu = Joker

'''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.

 

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.

|{{Trn|The Big House 10|g=SSBB}}||October 7th-9th, 2022||2nd||—||—

|{{Trn|The Big House 11|g=SSBB}}||October 20th-22nd, 2023||9th||—||—

|{{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

|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019|g=SSB4}}||August 9th-11th, 2019||65th||—||—

|{{Trn|The Big House 11|g=SSB4}}||October 20th-22nd, 2023||2nd||—||—

|{{Trn|Frostbite 2019|g=SSBU}}||February 9th-11th, 2019||385th||65th||{{Sm|K1lllaaG}}

|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019|g=SSBU}}||August 9th, 2019||513th||—||—

|{{Trn|Little Big House 5|g=SSBU}}||October 3rd, 2019||49th||—||—

|{{Trn|The Big House 9|g=SSBU}}||October 4th, 2019||257th||65th||{{Sm|MachoMan}}

|{{Trn|STAMPEDE|g=SSBU}}||June 4th, 2022||33rd||7th||Goat

|{{Trn|The Big House 10|g=SSBU}}||October 7th-9th, 2022||197th||—||—

|{{Trn|The Big House 11|g=SSBU}}||October 20th-22nd, 2023||65th / 507||—||—

*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.

*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.

[[Category:Tournament organizers]]