Smasher:Light (Connecticut): Difference between revisions

| sponsor        = {{Team|Moist Esports}}

| former sponsors = {{Team|Rogue}}, [[Most Valuable Gaming]]

| rankingssbu    = [[LumiRank 2024.1]]: 10th

| bestrankingssb4 = [[PGR v5]]: 13th

'''Light''' is a professional ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' {{SSBU|Fox}} main from Connecticut, considered the best Fox player in the world and one of the best players in the United States. He is currently ranked 1st on both the [[Connecticut Power Rankings#Super Smash Bros. Ultimate rankings|Connecticut Ultimate Power Rankings]] and [[New England Power Rankings#Super Smash Bros. Ultimate rankings|New England Ultimate Power Rankings]] as well as 10th on the [[LumiRank 2024.1]].

In {{forwiiu}}, Light was also a {{SSB4|Fox}} player, and is also considered one of the best Fox players in the world along with {{Sm|Larry Lurr}}. He has taken sets from Tweek, {{Sm|Dabuz}}, {{Sm|Nairo}}, {{Sm|Cosmos}}, {{Sm|Mr.R}}, {{Sm|VoiD}}, {{Sm|komorikiri}}, and Larry Lurr. Light is currently ranked 1st on the [[Connecticut Power Rankings|Connecticut Smash 4 Power Rankings]], 2nd on the [[New England Power Rankings|NER 2017-2018]], and 43rd on the [[PGR 100|Panda Global Rankings 100]].

Light is also considered one of the best, if not the best doubles player in the world. He usually teams with {{Sm|Marss}} and the pair is considered one of the best ''Ultimate'' doubles team in the world, having taken 1st place at majors such as {{Trn|Pound 2019}}, {{Trn|Low Tier City 7}}, {{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019}}, {{Trn|GENESIS 7}}, and {{Trn|Frostbite 2020}}.

On February 8th, 2018, Light was signed by [[Most Valuable Gaming]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MVGLeague/status/962087102983884801|title=MVG signs Light}}</ref> Months later, on September 26th, 2018, MVG released Light from his contract for unknown reasons.<ref>https://twitter.com/MVGLeague/status/1045094065346416640</ref> On February 21st, 2019, Light was signed by Rogue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Rogue/status/1098765361246175232|title=Rogue signs Light}}</ref> Light left Rogue on March 31st, 2020. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Rogue/status/1245063450000265217|title=Rogue and Light depart}}</ref> He was signed by {{Team|Moist Esports}} on September 15th, 2021, an eSports team created by {{Sm|Cr1TiKaL}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MoistCr1TiKaL/status/1438174206857039874|title=Moist Esports signs Light}}</ref>

The beginning of 2023 continued Light's strong results from the previous year, with him most notably winning the major {{Trn|LVL UP EXPO 2023}}. However, his results began to noticeably falter after the major win: out of the nine major and supermajor events Light attended after LVL UP EXPO that year, Light only placed top 8 at three of them -- {{Trn|Get On My Level 2023}}, {{Trn|Tera}}, and {{Trn|Port Priority 8}}. Conversely, he also saw some of the worst performances since 2019, which includes placing 25th at {{Trn|Luminosity Makes Moves Miami 2023}} losing to {{Sm|WebbJP}} and {{Sm|ApolloKage}}, tying {{Trn|Shine 2019}} as his worst placement at an ''Ultimate'' major. In addition, he was no longer considered the uncontested best player in the United States as he began trading more sets with Tweek, who began seeing a resurgence in late-2022, and Zomba -- who saw an explosion of top-level results in mid-2023. Not helping his situation was issues in his personal life, which took his attention out of competition.