Smasher:Fly Amanita: Difference between revisions

m
no edit summary
m (Common misconception. Fly has stated several times that he is not that good at wobbling and has tried to wobble before.)
mNo edit summary
(35 intermediate revisions by 17 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Infobox Smasher
{{Infobox Smasher
| name         = Fly Amanita
| name           = Fly Amanita
| image         = Fly amanita 2.png
| image           = Fly amanita 2.png
| mainssbm     = Ice Climbers
| mainssbm       = Ice Climbers
| otherssbm     = Sheik
| otherssbm       = Sheik
| mainpm       = King Dedede
| mainpm         = King Dedede
| otherpm       = Sheik
| otherpm         = Sheik
| rankingssbm   = [[2015 SSBMRank]]: 30th
| rankingssbm     = [[SSBMRank 2015]]: 30th
| skillssbm    = Top professional
| bestrankingssbm = [[RetroSSBMRank 2011]]: 6th
| skillpm      = Top professional
| realname       = Jeremy Westfahl
| realname     = Jeremy Westfahl
| location       = Claremont, California
| location     = Claremont, California
| country         = United States
| 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|Nintendude}}, {{Sm|ChuDat}}, {{Sm|dizzkidboogie}}, and {{Sm|Wobbles}}. Fly Amanita was formerly ranked 10th on the [[SoCal Power Rankings#Super Smash Bros. Melee rankings|SoCal Melee Power Rankings]] and is currrently ranked 30th on the [[2015 SSBMRank]].
'''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 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.
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.


==Playstyle==
==Playstyle==
Fly Amanita has been well-known to not be proficient at [[wobbling]] (although he will refuse to enter majors that ban wobbling out of principle, notably not attending [[The Big House 4]]). Instead he uses technical down throw setups and combos. 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]]. He is also known for his prowess in the {{SSBM|Marth}} matchup only losing to {{Sm|Ken}}, {{Sm|Azen}}, {{Sm|PewPewU}}, and {{Sm|The Moon}}.
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==
==Tournament placings==
===''Melee''===
===''[[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/threads/pats-house-result-thread-final-update-results-are-up.255468/ Pat's House]||November 14th-15th, 2009||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[Active Gamers]]||September 26th-27th, 2009||5th||4th||{{Sm|Julian}}
|-
|-
|[[Don't Go Down There Jeff]]||December 18th-20th, 2010||5th||13th||{{Sm|Azn Lep}}
|[[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;
Line 87: Line 100:
|[[Tipped Off 11]]||November 7th, 2015||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[Tipped Off 11]]||November 7th, 2015||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/mayhem-26/brackets/12594/28972/96618 Mayhem 26]||April 23rd, 2016||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[https://start.gg/tournament/mayhem-26/brackets/12594/28972/96618 Mayhem 26]||April 23rd, 2016||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|[https://smash.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-44/brackets/12728/33244/111571 Super Smash Sundays 44]||May 15th, 2016||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/super-smash-sundays-47/brackets/13923/50092/165487 Super Smash Sundays 47]||July 3rd, 2016||4th||&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;
|[[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
Line 104: Line 119:
|[[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||||
|[[EVO 2015]]||July 17th-19th, 2015||17th||||
|}
|}
===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
 
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
{|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
|-
|-
|[[AxisGaming]]||August 30, 2008||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[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;
|}
|}
[[Category:Ice Climbers professionals (SSBM)]]
 
[[Category:Sheik professionals (SSBM)]]
==References==
[[Category:King Dedede professionals (PM)]]
<references/>
[[Category:Sheik professionals (PM)]]
 
[[Category:Southern California smashers]]
[[Category:Southern California smashers]]
[[Category:Ice Climbers players (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Sheik players (SSBM)]]
[[Category:King Dedede players (PM)]]
[[Category:Sheik players (PM)]]
[[Category:VIP players]]
[[Category:VIP players]]
[[Category:2013 SSBMRank ranked players]]
[[Category:2014 SSBMRank ranked players]]
[[Category:2015 SSBMRank ranked players]]
[[Category:2013 SSBMRank top 25]]
[[Category:2014 SSBMRank top 25]]
[[Category:Smashboards moderators]]
[[Category:Smashboards moderators]]
[[Category:Project M developers]]
[[Category:Project M developers]]
[[Category:Panelists]]
[[Category:Panelists]]
[[Category:Retired players]]