Editing Smasher:Westballz

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On July 2nd, 2015, Westballz was picked up by [[Tempo Storm]] alongside {{Sm|Axe}}, however has left the team a year later and signed with [[G2 Esports]]. On March 31st, 2019, Westballz left G2 Esports.<ref>[https://twitter.com/G2Westballz/status/1112533466480926720]</ref>

==Biography==

Westballz created his gamertag while watching his brother play ''Halo'', and based it off his brother's gamertag "Nickelnutz", replacing "Nickel" with "West" and "nutz" with "ballz".

Westballz is often seen as the most technical Falco player in the world in both ''Melee'' and ''Project M''. He is infamous for his very high-risk/high-reward punishes, often going for extremely technically demanding combos that can rack up extremely high amounts of damage and put his opponents into dangerous positions. As such, his punish game as Falco, particularly his [[platform]] follow-up ability, is arguably the best in the world. A very technical player whose playstyle heavily incorporates [[shield dropping]], Westballz generally tends to show off his tech skill as much as possible such as multishining in place [https://youtu.be/r5ibWTJQpaM?t=2m24s even in a neutral position]. He is also known for his flashy secondaries, most notably his {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}}, which he used to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlGM0BFv3JU land a Sacred Combo] on {{Sm|ZeldaFreak}} at [[Kings of Cali 3]].

Additionally, while Westballz has more wins against top players like Mango and {{Sm|Leffen}} under his belt than most others of his caliber, he is rather inconsistent, and is infamous for losing games, or even sets, to players far below his skill level. At [[Rubicon 2]], he gained a 3-stock lead on {{Sm|KJH}}, but attempted to "style" on him with unsafe attacks for the rest of the game, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg26o65qySU allowing KJH to mount a 4-stock comeback]. He [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yTY6tZpwWo also lost to] {{Sm|Jake13}}, a mid-level Falco, at [[Low Tier City 2]], after [[sandbagging]] and losing with {{SSBM|Donkey Kong}} in game 1. He also occasionally becomes overwhelmed by pressure, making untimely [[self-destruct]]s that lead to his defeat, such as in Loser's Semis at [[Pat's House 2]] against {{Sm|Fly Amanita}}'s lone [[Ice Climbers (SSBM)|Ice Climber]] in a last stock, last hit situation. Intending to input a back aerial, he accidentally inputted an unsafe down aerial that spiked Popo onto the stage while he self-destructed, ending his run.

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|[http://challonge.com/sash7 Smash @ Study Hall 7]||June 12th, 2017||4th||1st||{{Sm|KJH}}

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|[http://challonge.com/satb30pms Smash @ the Balcony 30]||January 1st, 2016||1st||1st||iPunchKidsz

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==Trivia==

*He is known for wearing a hoodie for some of his tournament matches, especially during the cold season.

*Westballz has defeated 4 of the members of the 2015 top 6 players (all but {{Sm|Mew2King}} and {{Sm|Armada}}), defeating {{Sm|Mango}} at [[MLG Anaheim 2014]], {{Sm|Hungrybox}} at [[Sandstorm]], {{Sm|Leffen}} at [[DreamHack Winter 2015]], and {{Sm|PPMD}} at [[Battle of the Five Gods]].

*He considers PPMD as his rival as all of their sets have been extremely close.

==External links==

*[https://www.twitch.tv/westballz Twitch channel]

==References==

[[Category:Southern California smashers]]

[[Category:Livestream commentators]]

[[Category:VIP players]]

[[Category:Back Room members]]