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{{smasherbeta
{{Infobox Smasher
| name       = Vex Kasrani
| name           = Vex Kasrani
| mainssbb   = King Dedede
| image          = Vex.png
| 2ndmainssbb =  
| mainssb        = Captain Falcon
| otherssbb   = Mr. Game & Watch
| 2ndmainssb      = Kirby
| moreotherssbb = {{SSBB|Ice Climbers}}, {{SSBB|Bowser}}
| otherssb        = Fox
| mainssbm    = Fox
| mainssbm        = Fox
| mainssb    = Captain Falcon
| 2ndmainssbm    = Falco
| 2ndmainssb  = Kirby
| otherssbm      = Ganondorf
| otherssb    = Fox
| 2ndotherssbm    = Donkey Kong
| 2ndmainssbm = Falco
| mainssbb       = King Dedede
| mainpm      = Ganondorf
| doublesmainssbb = Mr. Game & Watch
| 2ndmainpm  = Fox
| otherssbb       = Mr. Game & Watch
| crew        = [[CLASH Tournaments]]
| mainpm          = Ganondorf
| skill       = Top professional (''Brawl'')<br>Semi-professional (''Melee'', ''Smash 64'')
| 2ndmainpm      = Fox
| realname   = Rudolph Straiton IV
| mainssb4        = Donkey Kong
| location   = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| otherssb4      = Little Mac
| country     = United States
| retiredssb4    = Bowser
| 2ndretiredssb4  = Ganondorf
| mainssbu        = King Dedede
| otherssbu      = King K. Rool
| former crews    = [[CLASH Tournaments]], [[Most Valuable Gaming]]
| rankingssbb    = [[2023 SSBBRank]]: 16th
| birthday        = 16
| birthmonth      = 04
| birthyear       = 1991
| realname       = Rudolph Straiton IV
| location       = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| country         = United States
  }}
  }}


'''Vex Kasrani''' is a professional {{SSBB|King Dedede}} player from the United States who plays {{SSBB|Mr. Game & Watch}} as a secondary. He is {{Sm|Xzax}}'s cousin. Vex is one of the best {{SSBB|Bowser}} players in the United States, and is also considered the best King Dedede player in the world, managing to place quite well in regionals and nationals. He has defeated other top professionals such as {{Sm|ADHD}}, Xzax, {{Sm|Vinnie}}, {{Sm|Mr. R}}, {{Sm|Nakat}}, and {{Sm|DEHF}} in tournament. He also plays a rather competent {{SSBM|Fox}} and {{SSBM|Falco}} in ''Melee'', but doesn't manage to place as well as he does in ''Brawl''. Vex is known for his incredible [[powershielding]] abilities, being able to powershield large waves of fast projectiles consistently. Vex is a general staff member in the crew [[CLASH Tournaments]].
'''Vex Kasrani''' is a ''[[Brawl]]'' {{SSBB|King Dedede}} player from the United States who plays {{SSBB|Mr. Game & Watch}} as a secondary. He is {{Sm|Xzax}}'s cousin. Vex is one of the best {{SSBB|Bowser}} players in the United States, and is also considered one of the best King Dedede player in the world, managing to place quite well in regionals and nationals. He has defeated other top professionals such as {{Sm|ADHD}}, {{Sm|Xzax}}, {{Sm|Vinnie}}, {{Sm|Mr. R}}, {{Sm|Nakat}}, and {{Sm|DEHF}} in tournament. He also plays a rather competent {{SSBM|Fox}} and {{SSBM|Falco}} in ''Melee'', but doesn't manage to place as well as he does in ''Brawl''. Vex is known for his incredible [[powershielding]] abilities, being able to powershield large waves of fast projectiles consistently, as well as his preference of heavy characters outside of ''Melee''.


==Notable tournament placings==
In ''[[Smash 4]]'', Vex was a notable {{SSB4|Donkey Kong}} player in the Eastern United States, who previously played {{SSB4|Bowser}} and {{SSB4|Ganondorf}}. Vex was formerly ranked 6th on the [[Philadelphia Power Rankings#Q2 2017|second quarter 2017 Philedelphia power rankings]], and once ranked as high as 1st in the [[Philadelphia Power Rankings#October 2016 - December 2016|last quarter of 2016]].
===''Brawl''===
 
==Rankings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
====[[RetroSSBBRank]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[RetroSSBBRank#2013|RetrosSBBRank 2013]]||2013||HM||{{Head|King Dedede|g=SSBB|s=20px}}||
|}
 
====[[SSBBRank]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[SSBBRank 2014]]||January 11th, 2013 - June 1st, 2014||34th||{{Head|King Dedede|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|Ice Climbers|g=SSBB|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[SSBBRank 2018-2019]]||February 3rd, 2018 - December 29th, 2019||13th||{{Head|King Dedede|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|Mr. Game & Watch|g=SSBB|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[SSBBRank 2020-2022]]||March 7th, 2020 - November 20th, 2022||14th||{{Head|King Dedede|g=SSBB|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[2023 SSBBRank]]||March 4th - November 25th, 2023||16th||{{Head|King Dedede|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|Ganondorf|g=SSBB|s=20px}}||
|}
 
==Tournament placings==
===''[[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
|-
|-
|[[Clash of the Titans IV]]||February 7th-8th, 2009||9th||13th||{{Sm|Xzax}}
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=189352 Smashtality IV]||August 16th-17th, 2008||9th||3rd||{{Sm|DJ Nintendo}}
|-
|{{Trn|Clash of the Titans IV|g=SSBB}}||February 7th-8th, 2009||9th||13th||{{Sm|Xzax}}
|-
|{{Trn|Apex 2009|g=SSBB}}||May 9th-10th, 2009||33rd||13th||{{Sm|Yes!}}
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS|g=SSBB}}||July 10th-12th, 2009||33rd||17th||{{sm|Chibo}}
|-
|{{Trn|KTAR|g=SSBB}}||December 6th, 2009||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Pound 4|g=SSBB}}||January 16th-18th, 2010||13th||25th||{{Sm|Pierce}}
|-
|{{Trn|KTAR 2|g=SSBB}}||March 20th, 2010||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|MLG Columbus 2010|g=SSBB}}||June 4th-6th, 2010||33rd||33rd||Chibo
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/omni-presents-xanadu-games.281168/ Omni Presents: Xanadu Games]||July 17th, 2010||9th||9th||Chibo
|-
|{{Trn|Apex 2010|g=SSBB}}||August 6th-8th, 2010||17th||17th||{{Sm|Dapuffster}}
|-
|-
|[[Apex 2009]]||May 9th-10th, 2009||33rd||13th||{{Sm|Yes!}}
|{{Trn|KTAR 3|g=SSBB}}||September 25th, 2010||25th||9th||Dapuffster
|-
|-
|[[GENESIS]]||July 10th-12th, 2009||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|{{Trn|Pound V|g=SSBB}}||February 19th-21st, 2011||25th||13th||{{Sm|Velocity}}
|-
|-
|[[Pound 4]]||January 16th-18th, 2010||13th||25th||{{Sm|Pierce}}
|{{Trn|KTAR 5|g=SSBB}}||May 21st, 2011||&mdash;||4th||{{Sm|Atomsk}}
|-
|-
|[[MLG Columbus 2010]]||June 4th-6th, 2010||33rd||33rd||{{Sm|Chibo}}
|{{Trn|KTAR 6|g=SSBB}}||August 14th, 2011||17th||9th||{{Sm|Inui}}
|-
|-
|[[Apex 2010]]||August 6th-8th, 2010||17th||17th||{{Sm|Dapuffster}}
|{{Trn|Apex 2012|g=SSBB}}||January 6th-8th, 2012||&mdash;||49th||{{Sm|DEHF}}
|-
|-
|[[KTAR 6]]||August 14th, 2011||17th||9th||{{Sm|Inui}}
|{{Trn|Clash of the Titans 6|g=SSBB}}||June 2nd, 2012||17th||4th||{{Sm|Kingtoon}}
|-
|-
|[[Apex 2012]]||January 6th-8th, 2012||&mdash;||49th||{{Sm|DEHF}}
|{{Trn|SKTAR|g=SSBB}}||July 14th-15th, 2012||33rd||25th||{{Sm|Dotcom}}
|-
|-
|[[Clash of the Titans 6]]||June 2nd, 2012||17th||4th||{{Sm|Kingtoon}}
|{{Trn|Collision V|g=SSBB}}||September 1st, 2012||13th||5th||{{Sm|Xzax}}
|-
|-
|[[SKTAR]]||July 14th-15th, 2012||33rd||25th||{{Sm|Dotcom}}
|{{Trn|Uprise 11|g=SSBB}}||December 29th, 2012||13th||3rd||Chibo
|-
|-
|[[Apex 2013]]||January 11th-13th, 2013||33rd||33rd||Dapuffster
|{{Trn|Collision VI|g=SSBB}}||January 5th, 2013||9th / 32||4th / 11||Chibo
|-
|-
|[[SKTAR 2]]||August 3rd-4th, 2013||33rd||7th||{{Sm|Salem}}
|{{Trn|Apex 2013|g=SSBB}}||January 11th-13th, 2013||33rd||33rd||Dapuffster
|-
|-
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=343180 Collision VII]||November 30th, 2013||4th||4th||Chibo
|{{Trn|Rescue 2|g=SSBB}}||March 2nd, 2013||9th||2nd||{{Sm|Salem}}
|-
|-
|[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||49th||9th||Salem
|{{Trn|SKTAR 2|g=SSBB}}||August 3rd-4th, 2013||33rd||7th||Salem
|-
|-
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=350529 Collision 9]||March 15, 2014||4th||2nd||{{Sm|ZeRo}}
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=339897 Smashacre Gluttony]||August 10th, 2013||5th||4th||Chibo
|-
|-
|[[KTAR 9]]||March 22nd, 2014||&mdash;||4th||Xzax
|{{Trn|Collision VII|g=SSBB}}||November 30th, 2013||4th||4th||Chibo
|-
|-
|[[SKTAR 3]]||May 31st-June 1st, 2014||9th||3rd||ZeRo
|{{Trn|Collision 8|g=SSBB}}||January 11th, 2014||4th||2nd||Salem
|-
|{{Trn|Apex 2014|g=SSBB}}||January 17th-19th, 2014||49th||9th||Salem
|-
|{{Trn|Collision 9|g=SSBB}}||March 15th, 2014||4th||2nd||{{Sm|ZeRo}}
|-
|{{Trn|KTAR 9|g=SSBB}}||March 22nd, 2014||&mdash;||4th||Xzax
|-
|{{Trn|SKTAR 3|g=SSBB}}||May 31st-June 1st, 2014||9th||4th||ZeRo
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019|g=SSBB}}||August 8th-11th, 2019||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Return to Subspace 3 - A New Era|g=SSBB}}||March 7th-8th, 2020||3rd||2nd||Chia
|}
|}


===''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
|-
|{{Trn|Collision 8|g=PM}}||January 11th, 2014||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Collision 9|g=PM}}||March 15th, 2014||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|[[Project M Showdown 3.02]]||May 17th, 2014||17th||9th||{{Sm|Xzax}}
|[[Project M Showdown 3.02]]||May 17th, 2014||17th||9th||{{Sm|Xzax}}
|-
|-
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=350529 Collision 9]||March 15, 2014||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[KTAR 9]]||March 22nd, 2014||17th||5th||{{Sm|Thunderstorm}}
|-
|'''''[[SKTAR 3]]'''''||May 31st-June 1st, 2014||13th||13th||{{Sm|Gunblade}}
|-
|-
|[[KTAR 9]]||March 22nd, 2014||17th||5th||{{Sm|Thunderstorm}}
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=360121 Summer Jam 8]||August 30th-31st, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[KTAR X]]||October 4th, 2014||13th||13th||Thurderstorm
|-
|-
|[[SKTAR 3]]||May 31st-June 1st, 2014||13th||13th||{{Sm|Gunblade}}
|[[Smashadelphia 2017]]||June 23rd-25th, 2017||33rd||1st||{{Sm|Mew2King}}
|}
|}


===''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
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=189352 Smashtality IV]||August 16th-17th, 2008||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 4]]||November 19th-20th, 2011||&mdash;||13th||{{Sm|Velocity}}
|[[Revival of Melee 4]]||November 19th-20th, 2011||&mdash;||13th||{{Sm|Velocity}}
|-
|-
|[[Apex 2012]]||January 6th-8th, 2012||&mdash;||49th||Velocity
|'''''[[Apex 2012]]'''''||January 6th-8th, 2012||&mdash;||49th||Velocity
|-
|{{Trn|Collision V|g=SSBM}}||September 1st, 2012||7th||1st||{{Sm|Mew2King}}
|-
|'''''[[Apex 2013]]'''''||January 11th-13th, 2013||&mdash;||65th||{{Sm|Inui}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=335537 Smashacre Blaze]||April 6th, 2013||3rd||1st||Mew2King
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=339897 Smashacre Gluttony]||August 10th, 2013||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=343180 Collision XII]||November 30th, 2013||9th||5th||{{Sm|Chibo}}
|{{Trn|Collision VII|g=SSBM}}||November 30th, 2013||9th||5th||{{Sm|Chibo}}
|-
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 7]]||March 8th-9th, 2014||25th||9th||{{Sm|ZeRo}}
|[[Revival of Melee 7]]||March 8th-9th, 2014||25th||9th||{{Sm|ZeRo}}
|-
|-
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=350529 Collision 9]||March 15, 2014||9th||4th||{{Sm|Xzax}}
|{{Trn|Collision 9|g=SSBM}}||March 15th, 2014||9th||4th||{{Sm|Xzax}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=360121 Summer Jam 8]||August 30th-31st, 2014||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Collision XI|g=SSBM}}||January 3rd, 2015||9th||5th||{{Sm|Gunblade}}
|-
|[[SKTAR 4]]||August 22nd-23rd, 2015||7th||1st||Mew2King
|-
|[[Smashadelphia 2017]]||June 23rd-25th, 2017||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019|g=SSBM}}||August 9th, 2019||193rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/solt/event/melee/entrant/4940258 SOLT]||March 31st, 2020||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Frame Perfect Series 4: ONLINE|g=SSBM}}{{OnlineIcon}}||January 16th, 2021||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}
 
===''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|'''[[Apex 2012]]'''||January 6th-8th, 2012||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''[[Apex 2013]]'''''||January 11th-13th, 2013||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=339897 Smashacre Gluttony]||August 10th, 2013||25th||3rd||{{Sm|Mew2King}}
|}
 
==={{for3ds}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[KTAR X]]||October 4th, 2014||7th||4th||{{Sm|Chibo}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=373126 Smash Forward 01]||October 12th, 2014||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}
 
==={{forwiiu}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[KTAR XI]]||November 22nd, 2014||7th||3rd||{{Sm|Dapuffster}}
|-
|[https://challonge.com/ko/REU1WS Roll Em Up]||December 20th, 2014||13th||9th||{{Sm|Kingtoon}}
|-
|{{Trn|Collision XI|g=SSB4}}||January 3rd, 2015||13th||3rd||Dapuffster
|-
|[http://juicegaming.challonge.com/finalsmashattack Final Smash Attack]||April 26th, 2015||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[KTAR XIII]]||July 12th, 2015||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[SKTAR 4]]||August 22nd-23rd, 2015||33rd||3rd||{{Sm|Mew2King}}
|-
|[[KTAR XVII]]||February 13th, 2016||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/brotherly-love-xi-sm4sh.12502/ Brotherly Love XI]||March 20th, 2016||2nd||1st||{{Sm|Xzax}}
|-
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX01032017SSBWiiU S@X 183]||January 3rd, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Smashadelphia 2017]]||June 23rd-25th, 2017||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Wii Bear B-Airs 100]]||September 8th, 2017||9th||9th||{{Sm|Squall}}
|}
|}


===''Smash 64''===
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
{|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
|-
|-
|[[Apex 2012]]||January 6th-8th, 2012||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[https://start.gg/tournament/cn-b-airs-170-1/details CN:B-airs #170]||January 11th, 2019||33rd||4th||{{Sm|Dapuffster}}
|-
|-
|[[Apex 2013]]||January 11th-13th, 2013||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019|g=SSBU}}||August 8th-11th, 2019||257th||97th||{{Sm|Luck|p=Pennsylvania}}
|}
|}


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/VexTheKasrani Twitter account]
*[https://ssbworld.com/players/127/vex SSBWorld Profile]
==Gameplay videos==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXWRJYAU0Rc Vex vs. Vinnie at Collision VII]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXWRJYAU0Rc Vex vs. Vinnie at Collision VII]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Q65Ma5g64 Vex vs. ADHD at Collision VII]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Q65Ma5g64 Vex vs. ADHD at Collision VII]
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl7wYYgJ2Og Vex vs. NAKAT at Collision IX]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl7wYYgJ2Og Vex vs. NAKAT at Collision IX]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfAzNpSNmw0 Vex vs. DEHF at SKTAR 3]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfAzNpSNmw0 Vex vs. DEHF at SKTAR 3]
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