Smasher:Samsora

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Samsora
SamsoraSBR3.jpg
Character info
Melee main Peach
Brawl main Peach
Smash 4 main Peach
Other Smash 4 characters Rosalina & Luma, Zero Suit Samus
Ultimate main Peach
Retired Ultimate characters Daisy, Bayonetta, Zelda
Team info
Former sponsor(s) eUnited
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. 4 Panda Global Rankings 100: 22nd
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fall 2019 PGRU: 2nd
Best historical ranking Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fall 2019 PGRU: 2nd
Best tournament result Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 1st / 882 at Shine 2019
Winnings Super Smash Bros. 4 ~$12,995.18
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate ~$44,377.14
Personal and other info
Real name Ezra Samsora Morris
Birth date (age 26)
Location New York City USA

Samsora is a Smasher from Slidell, Louisiana, who is currently residing in New York City. He is known for being the best Peach player across two different Smash titles.

He made his competitive debut in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, where he was the greatest Peach player of all-time, being ranked on every iteration of the PGR since PGR v2 and being ranked 22nd on the PGR 100 as the only Peach player in the ranking's top 50. He is especially known for his performances in 2018, where he became a contender for the season's top 10 and notably placed 2nd at Super Smash Con 2018, the closest a Peach player came to winning a major. In addition to Peach, he also had Rosalina & Luma and Zero Suit Samus secondaries.

Following Smash 4, Samsora continued to main Peach in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and became one of the best Ultimate players of the early metagame, peaking at 2nd on the Fall 2019 PGRU. He won a few majors during this period, most notably Shine 2019, which still remains the only supermajor win from a Peach or Daisy player. He was eventually banned from competitive play due to his involvement in CaptainZack's controversy. Although he has since appeared at a few events, he failed to capture the success he saw in the early metagame. Nevertheless, Samsora is still considered one of the greatest Peach/Daisy players of all-time, especially since no players of either princess were able to win a major for several years after the early metagame.

Playstyle[edit]

Samsora is known for his defensive bait and punish playstyle, as well as his quick movement with his main Peach.

In Smash 4[edit]

For Peach, Samsora overshoots defensive options to bait his opponent into hitting Peach, allowing him to access his aggressive punish game. Samsora mixups his movement, allowing him to consistently escape the corner. Samsora utilises the jump cancel fast fall technique to create mind games. He rarely uses Peach's counter, Toad, but he utilises Toad for edgeguarding and anti-edgeguarding.

In Ultimate[edit]

Samsora's playstyle remains the same in Ultimate. He continues to use Peach and utilise her heavy combo game and potent edgeguarding.

Tournament placings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Golden Chariot June 14th, 2014 3rd
BAG3 November 29th, 2015 2nd
CEO Dreamland April 14th-16th, 2017 7th
Get On My Level 2018 May 18th-20th, 2018 7th
Come to Papa 3 April 27th-28th, 2019 7th

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
MLG World Finals 2015 October 16th-18th, 2015 13th 7th CaptainZack
Smash @ Xanadu Tuesdays 7/19 July 19th, 2016 2nd
TGC 7 April 9th, 2016 9th 5th CaptainZack
TGC 8 June 4th, 2016 9th 5th CaptainZack
Smash Fight Club 47 June 5th, 2016 4th
CEO 2016 June 24th-26th, 2016 49th 25th CaptainZack
Clutch City Clash August 6th-7th, 2016 2nd 4th Abadango
Key to The PG HouseOnline September 8th-18th, 2016 17th
2GGT: Abadango Saga September 24th, 2016 65th 2nd SlayerZ
The Big House 6 October 7th-9th, 2016 25th 13th Saj
Aftershock 2016 November 5th-6th, 2016 4th 1st CaptainZack
KTAR XIX November 19th, 2016 5th 7th Ryuga
UGC Smash Open December 2nd-4th, 2016 17th 13th Xzax
2GGT: ZeRo Saga December 16th-18th, 2016 17th 17th BrawlerG31
Smash Conference LXIX January 7th, 2017 2nd 7th Saj
GENESIS 4 January 20th-22nd, 2017 49th 13th Dabuz
King of the Springs 2 February 4th, 2017 1st 4th MJG
2GGC: Midwest Mayhem Saga February 11th, 2017 9th 3rd SlayerZ
2GGC: Civil War March 24th-26th, 2017 17th 13th Dabuz
South Louisiana Major 2017 April 1st, 2017 1st
Midwest Mayhem 8: North American Tour April 8th, 2017 7th 2nd Locus
CEO Dreamland April 14th-16th, 2017 5th 5th Dabuz
DreamHack Austin 2017 April 28th-30th, 2017 25th 4th CaptainZack
2GGC: Greninja Saga May 20th, 2017 25th
2GGC: Nairo Saga June 10th-11th, 2017 9th 4th Tweek
Mega Smash Mondays 100 June 12th, 2017 17th
UNLOCKED July 1st, 2017 5th 2nd MuteAce
EVO 2017 July 14th-16th, 2017 33rd
DreamHack Atlanta 2017 July 21st-23rd, 2017 9th 9th ANTi
Super Smash Con 2017 August 10th-13th, 2017 49th 5th Tweek
2GGC: SCR Saga August 19th-20th, 2017 17th 5th Tweek
Friday Night Smash Delight #58: A Mini Showdown September 22nd-23rd, 2017 9th
Showdown: Battle Royale 2 September 23rd-24th, 2017 7th 2nd CaptainZack
GameTyrant Expo 2017 September 29th-October 1st, 2017 7th 3rd Tweek
Too Hot to Handle October 28th-29th, 2017 9th 7th MuteAce
2GG Championship December 1st-3rd, 2017 11th
Super Smash Fight Club December 30th, 2017 1st 5th Lima
League of Shadows Season 10 Weekly 2 January 11th, 2018 1st 1st Alxxne
PAX Arena at PAX South 2018 January 12th-14th, 2018 3rd
Frostbite 2018 February 9th-11th, 2018 9th 2nd Mistake
Smash Valley: Lucky 7 February 17th, 2018 1st
King of the Springs 3 February 24th, 2018 5th 2nd Dabuz
South Mississippi Smash : Krewe Revival at The Kraken March 3rd, 2018 1st 4th Fat_Aime
EGLX 2018 March 9th-11th, 2018 7th 1st Mistake
Overclocked II March 17th, 2018 4th 13th HazMatt
Full Bloom 4 March 24th-25th, 2018 2nd
SLAM 2018 April 14th, 2018 1st 2nd Zie
SwitchFest April 21st-22nd, 2018 7th 2nd Cosmos
Denti's Bizarre Adventure 8 May 12th, 2018 1st 2nd Lima
Get On My Level 2018 May 18th-20th, 2018 9th 3rd ANTi
MomoCon 2018 May 24th-27th, 2018 7th 2nd CaptainZack
DreamHack Austin 2018 June 1st-3rd, 2018 5th 1st Larry Lurr
Saints Gaming Live 2018 June 9th-10th, 2018 1st 1st ANTi
2GG: Hyrule Saga June 23rd-24th, 2018 9th 2nd Cosmos
CEO 2018 June 29th-July 1st, 2018 17th 2nd Mistake
Friday Night Smash Delight : A Mini Showdown 3 July 13th, 2018 3rd
Showdown: Battle Royale 3 July 14th-15th, 2018 4th 1st Mistake
Low Tier City 6 July 27th-29th, 2018 7th 1st Elegant
Super Smash Con 2018 August 9th-12th, 2018 2nd 2nd Mistake
DreamHack Atlanta 2018 November 16th-18th, 2018 5th 2nd CaptainZack

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Let's Make Moves December 29th, 2018 5th
Smash Conference United January 5th-6th, 2019 2nd 5th Dabuz
GENESIS 6 February 1st-3rd, 2019 3rd 5th SlayerZ
Leffen's Polar Plunge February 17th, 2019 1st
Frostbite 2019 February 22nd-24th, 2019 13th 13th MuteAce
Smash Ultimate Summit March 8th-10th, 2019 4th
Kawaii Kon 2019 April 5th-7th, 2019 1st 2nd VoiD
2GG: Prime Saga April 13th-14th, 2019 9th 4th Tweek
Pound 2019 April 19th-21st, 2019 4th 2nd Nairo
Come to Papa 3 April 27th-28th, 2019 7th 1st MuteAce
Get On My Level 2019 May 17th-19th, 2019 5th
MomoCon 2019 May 23rd-26th, 2019 4th 1st Ally
Smash 'N' Splash 5 May 31st-June 2nd, 2019 2nd 5th CaptainZack
Smash at The Paramount June 15th, 2019 5th
Ultimate Naifu Wars 5Online June 21st, 2019 1st
CEO 2019 June 28th-30th, 2019 9th
Low Tier City 7 July 12th-14th, 2019 5th 5th MuteAce
Defend the North 2019 July 19th-21st, 2019 1st 9th Ice
EVO 2019 August 2-4, 2019 4th
Super Smash Con 2019 August 8th-11th, 2019 2nd 5th Tweek
Shine 2019 August 23rd-25th, 2019 1st 3rd Nairo
Glitch 7 - Minus World September 14-15th, 2019 5th 4th MuteAce
Mainstage September 20th-22nd, 2019 13th 2nd Nairo
The Big House 9 October 4th-6th, 2019 5th 9th Dark Wizzy
Smash Ultimate Summit 2 October 24th-27th, 2019 2nd
DreamHack Atlanta 2019 November 15th-17th, 2019 2nd
Fight For 95 November 23rd, 2019 1st
2GG: Kickoff - Kongo Saga December 6th, 2019 7th
2GG: Kongo Saga December 7th-8th, 2019 7th 13th Elegant
Ultimate Naifu Wars 7Online December 20th, 2019 49th
Let's Make Big Moves January 3rd-5th, 2020 9th 2nd Marss
Tampa Never Sleeps 8 January 18th-19th, 2020 1st 1st MuteAce
GENESIS 7 January 24th-26th, 2020 3rd 5th Tweek
Frostbite 2020 February 21st-23rd, 2020 13th 7th Tweek
Soaked Series InvitationalOnline February 29th-March 1st, 2020 9th
CEO Dreamland 2020 March 13th-15th, 2020 1st 9th MuteAce
The Quarantine Series Opening InvitationalOnline March 29th, 2020 7th
Ultimate Naifu Wars 9Online April 17th, 2020 5th
The Quarantine Series: Minor Tournament 1Online April 18th-19th, 2020 17th
The Quarantine Series: Major Tournament 1Online May 2nd, 2020 17th
The BoxOnline May 8th-10th, 2020 65th
Ultimate Naifu Wars 11Online May 15th, 2020 25th
Collision OnlineOnline May 23rd, 2020 33rd
King of WiFi Random CharactersOnline May 30th, 2020 17th
Ultimate Naifu Wars 12Online June 12th, 2020 33rd
The Cosmic KerfuffleOnline August 8th, 2020 17th
Juice Box #9Online August 12th, 2020 17th
The Box: SmolBoxOnline August 14th, 2020 7th
Elympics 1Online August 15th, 2020 9th
Zinc Tank 3Online August 16th, 2020 25th
Juice Box 10Online August 19th, 2020 13th
BrookLAN Brawls #41 July 3rd, 2022 4th
Low Rez July 15th-17th, 2022 1st
CIRQUE du CFL April 23rd, 2023 7th
High Rez July 8th-9th, 2023 17th / 219
CIRQUE Du CFL 2 September 23rd, 2023 25th / 174

Controversy[edit]

On September 14th, 2020, Mistake released a TwitLonger alleging that CaptainZack's TwitLonger on Nairo was full of manipulations and lies. In the TwitLonger, he also included a section on Samsora, accusing him of knowing about Zack's relationships with Ally and Nairo but doing nothing about it. Mistake then stated that he believed Samsora disliked being in Nairo's shadow but nonetheless used Nairo to gain more attention, and when Nairo became useless to him he decided to get rid of him; as a result, he collaborated with Zack on his TwitLonger in order to "reap the benefits of Nairo’s downfall."[2]

Samsora would deny all of Mistake's accusation towards him the next day, and explain his side of the story. He claimed that he first heard about the Zack and Nairo situation from Zack, but he never believed it to be true until 2019 when Nairo told Samsora. He then stated that Nairo asked Samsora and Zack to lie about the situation, stating that it would ruin his life, and while Samsora didn't want to, he decided to go along because Zack complied. However, by July 2020, Zack didn't want to continue with the lie, and Samsora persuaded him to come out with the information, believing that Zack had changed as a person and wanted to help end this period of CaptainZack's life. He ended it by apologizing for not speaking out sooner about both the situations with Ally and Nairo.[3]

Following Nairo's statement on October 28th, Samsora would make another Tweet on the subject on November 8th, stating that he had since distanced himself from both parties as he realized the situation was beyond his control.[4] After Nairo's final statement on the subject matter on February 19th, 2021, Samsora would post an official apology on how he handled the situation.[5]

Due to his actions in July, Samsora would be banned indefinitely from any tournaments held by Cagt, Grayola, and L4st and added to the Global Ban Database.[6] On April 3, 2021, he would make a final tweet before deactivating his account.[7] Samsora has since made several appearances in tournaments run by BrookLAN[8] and has attended a few regionals such as Low Rez and CIRQUE du CFL, but has yet to attend any major event since his controversy.

Trivia[edit]

  • His tag, Samsora, is inspired by a character from the game Grand Chase named Samsara. He subsequently legally changed his name to Ezra Samsora Morris.
  • Samsora shares his ranking on the Panda Global Rankings v2, 29th, with fellow Peach player SlayerZ, who was ranked 29th on the first edition of the Panda Global Rankings.
  • On April 19th, 2019, Samsora defeated ESAM 10-1 in a $500 money match at Pound 2019, which was later joked about on Twitter by both competitors.
  • During the talent show for Smash Ultimate Summit 2, Samsora cosplayed as his main, Peach, while performing a catwalk. Viewers gave this new persona the name "Samantha."
  • Samsora is known for speaking poor English, leading some fans to dub his English errors as "Samsoranese".
  • Samsora has several different catchphrases. Some of them include "Owow," "I'm not dead...","omnipotent" and "gamboyaya".
  • Samsora is very expressive and hyperactive while playing. His most well-known habit is his "head bopping" movement, when he suddenly does a headbutt towards the screen, sometimes several times in a row.
    • His former sponsor eUnited notably released several studio Samsora gifs, including one in which he "bops" several times in a row.
  • Samsora is notorious for struggling in the Peach vs. Mr. Game & Watch matchup, having a 0-4 record against Maister in Ultimate, with his only game wins against him being with Zero Suit Samus; he openly expressed his dislike for the matchup on Twitter.
  • Samsora is known to underrate his main Peach, despite the character widely considered to be a top-tier, by discussing controversial matchups, considering characters such as Little Mac to go even.

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]