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{{Infobox Smasher
| name         = Fly Amanita
| name           = Fly Amanita
| image         = Fly Amanita.jpg
| image           = Fly amanita 2.png
| mainssbb      =
| mainssbm       = Ice Climbers
| 2ndmainssbb  =
| otherssbm       = Sheik
| otherssbb    =
| mainpm         = King Dedede
| 2ndotherssbb  =
| otherpm         = Sheik
| mainssbm     = Ice Climbers
| rankingssbm    = [[SSBMRank 2015]]: 30th
| 2ndmainssbm  =
| bestrankingssbm = [[RetroSSBMRank 2011]]: 6th
| otherssbm     = Sheik
| realname       = Jeremy Westfahl
| 2ndotherssbm  =
| location       = Claremont, California
| mainpm       = King Dedede
| country         = United States
| 2ndmainpm    =
| otherpm       = Sheik
| crew          =
| alias        =
| skill        = Top professional
| realname     = Jeremy Westfahl
| birthdate    =
| location     = Claremont, California
| country       = United States
  }}
  }}
'''Fly Amanita''' is an American [[smasher]] who uses {{SSBM|Ice Climbers}} in ''[[Melee]]'', and is considered to be one of the best Ice Climbers players in the world, along with {{Sm|Wobbles}} and {{Sm|Nintendude}}. He is known for his technical playstyle and utilization of grab combos that usually do not consist of [[wobbling]], unlike most Ice Climbers professionals. He is also known for his play with [[Sopo]]. Fly Amanita is currently ranked 5th on the [[SoCal Power Rankings#Super Smash Bros. Melee rankings|SoCal Melee Power Rankings]] and was formerly ranked 2nd on the SoCal Project M Power Rankings.
'''Fly Amanita''' is an American [[smasher]] who [[main]]s {{SSBM|Ice Climbers}} with a strong Sheik secondary in ''[[Melee]]'', and is considered to be one of the best Ice Climbers players in the world, along with {{Sm|ChuDat}}, {{Sm|Nintendude}}, {{Sm|dizzkidboogie}}, and {{Sm|Wobbles}}. Fly Amanita was formerly ranked 11th on the [[SoCal Melee Power Rankings]] and 30th on [[SSBMRank 2015]]. He went on hiatus to focus on his math doctorate and has since unofficially retired, citing a lack of interest in competing.


At [[EVO 2014]], Fly Amanita managed to place 7th in ''Melee'' singles. He defeated {{Sm|Ice}} 2-1 and {{Sm|Nintendude}} 2-0 in the winners' quarters pool before losing to {{Sm|Armada}} 0-2, and then defeated {{Sm|Chillin}} 2-0 in the losers' bracket to make into the top 8 bracket from losers'. In losers' top 8, he brought {{Sm|PPMD}} down to the last stock of game 3, but eventually lost 1-2. Fly Amanita's best placing ever was at [[Press Start]] placing 2nd losing 6-0 to {{Sm|Mango}}
At [[EVO 2014]], Fly Amanita managed to place 7th in ''Melee'' singles. He defeated {{Sm|Ice}} 2-1 and {{Sm|Nintendude}} 2-0 in the winners' quarters pool before losing to {{Sm|Armada}} 0-2, and then defeated {{Sm|Chillin}} 2-0 in the losers' bracket to make into the top 8 bracket from losers'. In losers' top 8, he brought {{Sm|PPMD}} down to the last stock of game 3, but eventually lost 1-2. Fly Amanita's best placing ever was at [[Press Start]] placing 2nd losing 6-0 to {{Sm|Mango}}.


Fly Amanita is also a current member of the Project M Backroom, having assisted in the new redesign of the {{PM|Ice Climbers}}. Despite this, he does not use the Ice Climbers in ''Project M'' tournaments, but rather uses {{PM|King Dedede}} instead. He is considered one of the best King Dedede players in the world, and placed 5th at [[Apex 2014]]'s ''Project M'' event using only him.
Fly Amanita is also a former member of the ''[[Project M]]'' Backroom, having assisted in the new redesign of the {{PM|Ice Climbers}}. Despite this, he does not use the Ice Climbers in ''Project M'' tournaments, but rather uses {{PM|King Dedede}} instead. He is considered one of the best King Dedede players in the world, and placed 5th at [[Apex 2014]]'s ''Project M'' event using only him. He was formerly ranked 2nd on the SoCal Project M Power Rankings.


==Notable tournament placings==
==Playstyle==
===''Melee''===
Fly Amanita has been well-known to not be proficient at [[wobbling]], which somewhat limits his punishes at the highest level. This is because in a tournament setting, he typically cannot react to landing a grab quickly enough and will mess up the wobble timing, whereas he can continue his punish more organically with hand-off combos, which are ironically much more difficult technically than wobbling. However, he will refuse to enter majors that ban wobbling out of principle, notably not attending [[The Big House 4]].
 
To compensate for this, Fly Amanita developed strong fundamentals and a unique, unusual approach to the Ice Climbers' otherwise lackluster [[neutral game]]. At the beginning of his career, he built his game plan around completely shutting down his opponent's options, but has since developed a more well-rounded playstyle<ref name="Hi, this is Fly Amanita. AMA!">https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/2bwelm/hi_this_is_fly_amanita_ama/cj9m5fs/</ref>. His [[Sopo]] is also known to be one of the best in the world, famously clutching out a win against {{Sm|Silent Wolf}} at [[Kings of Cali 3]].
 
==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|SCSA West Coast Circuit|g=SSBM}}||December 6th, 2008||7th||13th||{{Sm|Nate}}
|-
|[[Mango Juice]]||March 21st, 2009||&mdash;||25th||{{Sm|Azn Lep}}
|-
|-
|[[GENESIS]]||July 10th-12th, 2009||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[GENESIS]]||July 10th-12th, 2009||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=282201 Don't Go Down There Jeff!]||December 18th-20th, 2010||5th||13th||{{Sm|Azn Lep}}
|[[Active Gamers]]||September 26th-27th, 2009||5th||4th||{{Sm|Julian}}
|-
|[[Pat's House]]||November 14th-15th, 2009||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[R3]]||December 19th-20th, 2009||17th||3rd||{{Sm|Replicate}}
|-
|[[Good Shit German]]||July 24th-25th, 2010||7th||5th||Replicate
|-
|[[Don't Go Down There Jeff]]||December 18th-20th, 2010||5th||13th||Azn Lep
|-
|[[Winter Game Fest VI]]||January 22nd-23rd, 2011||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|[[GENESIS 2]]||July 15th-17th, 2011||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[GENESIS 2]]||July 15th-17th, 2011||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
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|[[Kings of Cali]]||November 10th, 2012||5th||13th||{{Sm|ROFL}}
|[[Kings of Cali]]||November 10th, 2012||5th||13th||{{Sm|ROFL}}
|-
|-
|[[Kings of Cali 2]]||April 13th-14th, 2012||5th||5th||{{Sm|Shroomed}}
|[[Kings of Cali 2]]||April 13th-14th, 2013||5th||5th||{{Sm|Shroomed}}
|-
|[[NorCal Regionals 2013]]||April 26th-28th, 2013||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|[[EVO 2013]]||July 12th-14th, 2013||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[EVO 2013]]||July 12th-14th, 2013||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[LanHammer 2013]]||August 17th-18th, 2013||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|[[Kings of Cali 3]]||December 14th-15th, 2013||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[Kings of Cali 3]]||December 14th-15th, 2013||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
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|[[SoCal Regionals 2014]]||February 28th-March 2nd, 2014||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[SoCal Regionals 2014]]||February 28th-March 2nd, 2014||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=347729 The Next Episode]||March 22nd-23rd, 2014||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[The Next Episode]]||March 22nd-23rd, 2014||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|[[Pat's House 2]]||May 24th-25th, 2014||3rd||7th||{{Sm|Eddy Mexico}}
|[[Pat's House 2]]||May 24th-25th, 2014||3rd||7th||{{Sm|Eddy Mexico}}
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|-
|-
|[[Press Start]]||May 10th-11th, 2015||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[Press Start]]||May 10th-11th, 2015||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/mayhemJune6Top32 Mayhem June 2015]||June 6th, 2015||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[EVO 2015]]||July 17th-19th, 2015||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Paragon Los Angeles 2015]]||September 5th-6th, 2015||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[The Big House 5]]||October 2nd-4th, 2015||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Tipped Off 11]]||November 7th, 2015||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/mayhem-26/brackets/12594/28972/96618 Mayhem 26]||April 23rd, 2016||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/super-smash-sundays-44/brackets/12728/33244/111571 Super Smash Sundays 44]||May 15th, 2016||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/super-smash-sundays-47/brackets/13923/50092/165487 Super Smash Sundays 47]||July 3rd, 2016||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[EVO 2016]]||July 15th-17th, 2016||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/ccw32317 Claremont College Paid Weekly 3/22/17]||March 22nd, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}
|}


===''Project M''===
===''[[Project M]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
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|[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/rankings/super-smash-sundays-project-m-singles-2-16-14.457/event Super Smash Sundays 2-16-2014]||February 16th, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/super-smash-sundays-project-m-singles-2-16-14.457/ Super Smash Sundays 2-16-2014]||February 16th, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[EVO 2015]]||July 17th-19th, 2015||17th||||
|}
 
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[AxisGaming]]||August 30, 2008||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|SCSA West Coast Circuit|g=SSBB}}||December 6th, 2008||5th||4th||{{Sm|Hall}}
|-
|[[GENESIS]]||July 10th-12th, 2009||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}
|}


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==References==
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[[Category:Ice Climbers professionals (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Southern California smashers]]
[[Category:Sheik professionals (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Ice Climbers players (SSBM)]]
[[Category:King Dedede professionals (PM)]]
[[Category:Sheik players (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Sheik professionals (PM)]]
[[Category:King Dedede players (PM)]]
[[Category:California smashers]]
[[Category:Sheik players (PM)]]
[[Category:VIP players]]
[[Category:VIP players]]
[[Category:Smashboards moderators]]
[[Category:Project M developers]]
[[Category:Panelists]]
[[Category:Retired players]]

Latest revision as of 08:07, February 16, 2024

Fly Amanita
Fly amanita 2.png
Character info
Melee main Ice Climbers
Other Melee character Sheik
Project M main King Dedede
Other Project M character Sheik
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. Melee SSBMRank 2015: 30th
Best historical ranking Super Smash Bros. Melee RetroSSBMRank 2011: 6th
Personal and other info
Real name Jeremy Westfahl
Location Claremont, California United States

Fly Amanita is an American smasher who mains Ice Climbers with a strong Sheik secondary in Melee, and is considered to be one of the best Ice Climbers players in the world, along with ChuDat, Nintendude, dizzkidboogie, and Wobbles. Fly Amanita was formerly ranked 11th on the SoCal Melee Power Rankings and 30th on SSBMRank 2015. He went on hiatus to focus on his math doctorate and has since unofficially retired, citing a lack of interest in competing.

At EVO 2014, Fly Amanita managed to place 7th in Melee singles. He defeated Ice 2-1 and Nintendude 2-0 in the winners' quarters pool before losing to Armada 0-2, and then defeated Chillin 2-0 in the losers' bracket to make into the top 8 bracket from losers'. In losers' top 8, he brought PPMD down to the last stock of game 3, but eventually lost 1-2. Fly Amanita's best placing ever was at Press Start placing 2nd losing 6-0 to Mango.

Fly Amanita is also a former member of the Project M Backroom, having assisted in the new redesign of the Ice Climbers. Despite this, he does not use the Ice Climbers in Project M tournaments, but rather uses King Dedede instead. He is considered one of the best King Dedede players in the world, and placed 5th at Apex 2014's Project M event using only him. He was formerly ranked 2nd on the SoCal Project M Power Rankings.

Playstyle[edit]

Fly Amanita has been well-known to not be proficient at wobbling, which somewhat limits his punishes at the highest level. This is because in a tournament setting, he typically cannot react to landing a grab quickly enough and will mess up the wobble timing, whereas he can continue his punish more organically with hand-off combos, which are ironically much more difficult technically than wobbling. However, he will refuse to enter majors that ban wobbling out of principle, notably not attending The Big House 4.

To compensate for this, Fly Amanita developed strong fundamentals and a unique, unusual approach to the Ice Climbers' otherwise lackluster neutral game. At the beginning of his career, he built his game plan around completely shutting down his opponent's options, but has since developed a more well-rounded playstyle[1]. His Sopo is also known to be one of the best in the world, famously clutching out a win against Silent Wolf at Kings of Cali 3.

Tournament placings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
SCSA West Coast Circuit December 6th, 2008 7th 13th Nate
Mango Juice March 21st, 2009 — 25th Azn Lep
GENESIS July 10th-12th, 2009 25th — —
Active Gamers September 26th-27th, 2009 5th 4th Julian
Pat's House November 14th-15th, 2009 25th — —
R3 December 19th-20th, 2009 17th 3rd Replicate
Good Shit German July 24th-25th, 2010 7th 5th Replicate
Don't Go Down There Jeff December 18th-20th, 2010 5th 13th Azn Lep
Winter Game Fest VI January 22nd-23rd, 2011 3rd — —
GENESIS 2 July 15th-17th, 2011 13th — —
The Big House 2 October 6th-7th, 2012 3rd 5th Nintendude
Kings of Cali November 10th, 2012 5th 13th ROFL
Kings of Cali 2 April 13th-14th, 2013 5th 5th Shroomed
NorCal Regionals 2013 April 26th-28th, 2013 5th — —
EVO 2013 July 12th-14th, 2013 17th — —
LanHammer 2013 August 17th-18th, 2013 3rd — —
Kings of Cali 3 December 14th-15th, 2013 2nd — —
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 17th — —
SoCal Regionals 2014 February 28th-March 2nd, 2014 9th — —
The Next Episode March 22nd-23rd, 2014 1st — —
Pat's House 2 May 24th-25th, 2014 3rd 7th Eddy Mexico
SSS Lock-In June 14th-15th, 2014 3rd — —
MLG Anaheim 2014 June 20th-22nd, 2014 29th — —
Kings of Cali 4 July 5th-6th, 2014 5th — —
EVO 2014 July 11th-13th, 2014 7th — —
Zenith 2014 August 2nd-3rd, 2014 9th — —
Do You Fox Wit It? November 15th-16th, 2014 5th — —
Super Smash Sundays 29 December 7th, 2014 5th — —
Apex 2015 January 30th-February 1st, 2015 17th — —
I'm Not Yelling! April 11th-12th, 2015 9th — —
Press Start May 10th-11th, 2015 2nd — —
Mayhem June 2015 June 6th, 2015 5th — —
EVO 2015 July 17th-19th, 2015 17th — —
Paragon Los Angeles 2015 September 5th-6th, 2015 17th — —
The Big House 5 October 2nd-4th, 2015 33rd — —
Tipped Off 11 November 7th, 2015 9th — —
Mayhem 26 April 23rd, 2016 5th — —
Super Smash Sundays 44 May 15th, 2016 3rd — —
Super Smash Sundays 47 July 3rd, 2016 4th — —
EVO 2016 July 15th-17th, 2016 49th — —
Claremont College Paid Weekly 3/22/17 March 22nd, 2017 1st — —

Project M[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Low Tier City July 27th-28th, 2013 2nd 4th Oro?!
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 5th — —
Super Smash Sundays 2-16-2014 February 16th, 2014 2nd — —
EVO 2015 July 17th-19th, 2015 17th

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
AxisGaming August 30, 2008 17th — —
SCSA West Coast Circuit December 6th, 2008 5th 4th Hall
GENESIS July 10th-12th, 2009 49th — —

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/2bwelm/hi_this_is_fly_amanita_ama/cj9m5fs/
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