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{{Infobox Smasher
{{Infobox Smasher
| name = Merrick Reda
| name = Merrick
| image =
| image = MerrickSmasher.jpg
| mainssbu = Bayonetta
| mainssbu = Bayonetta
| otherssbu = Joker
| retiredssbu = Joker
| mainssb4 = Bayonetta
| mainssb4 = Bayonetta
| retiredssb4    = Luigi
| mainssbb        = Snake
| mainssbb        = Snake
| otherssbb      = Meta Knight
| mainssbm        = Sheik
| mainssbm       = Jigglypuff
| otherssbm       = Jigglypuff
| skillssb4  = Semi-professional
| mainssb      = Fox
| skillssbu  = Semi-professional
| crew  = Merrick United
| rankingssbu = [[Michigan Power Rankings#Super Smash Bros. Ultimate| West Michigan Ultimate Power Rankings]]: 8th
| former sponsors = Starlight Gaming, Reach Gaming, Riptide Gaming
| sponsor = Starlight Gaming
| rankingssb4    = West Michigan Power Ranking: 6th
| rankingssbu    = West Michigan Power Ranking: 8th
| location =  Michigan
| location =  Michigan
| country = USA
| country = USA
}}
}}


'''Merrick''' is a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' {{SSBU|Bayonetta}} player from [[Michigan]]. He was formerly ranked 7th on the West [[Michigan Power Rankings#Super Smash Bros. Ultimate|Michigan Ultimate Power Rankings]] and has wins over {{Sm|BooBear}}, {{Sm|Scarby}}, and {{Sm|Adorable Knight}}.
'''Merrick''' is a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' {{SSBU|Bayonetta}} player from [[Michigan]]. He was formerly ranked 8th on the [[Michigan Power Rankings/West Michigan Power Rankings|West Michigan Power Rankings]] and has notable wins over {{Sm|Onin}}, {{Sm|BooBear}}, {{Sm|Suspect}}, {{Sm|Ryoku}}, {{Sm|Eden}}, {{Sm|Adorable Knight}}, {{Sm|Dux}}, and {{Sm|Chan}}. He is considered the best Bayonetta player in Michigan, and notably comained Joker since release before retiring the character around 2020 for solo Bayonetta.


Merrick played {{SSB4|Bayonetta}} in {{forwiiu}} and has wins over {{Sm|Gomakenpi}}, {{Sm|Miloni}}, {{Sm|BooBear}}, {{Sm|Nebula}}, {{Sm|Ksev}}, and {{Sm|Adorable Knight}}. He was ranked 6th on the final West Michigan PR.
Merrick played {{SSB4|Bayonetta}} upon release in {{forwiiu}} and has wins over {{Sm|Gomakenpi}}, {{Sm|Miloni}}, BooBear, Ryoku, {{Sm|Nebula}}, {{Sm|Ksev}}, {{Sm|Nom}}, and Adorable Knight. He was ranked 6th on the final West Michigan Smash 4 Power Rankings. Before Bayonettas release, he solo mained Luigi before retiring the character for Bayonetta citing it was due to his exploitable recovery, especially as DLC released. He was known for a very unorthodox Luigi that often used fireball as a pressure tool on shield to run up and shield break with super jump punch, as well as utilizing fireballs as a way to safely make it back from ledge.


Alongside competing he's also known for kickstarting the tournament scene in West Michigan when Smash 4 first released, regularly running events for Calder Clash, Rehearsal, Culmination, and Starlight Road.
Merrick solo mained {{SSBB|Snake}} throughout Brawls tournament life in the West Michigan scene since its release. Notably Merrick took a game off {{Sm|Ally}} at "Oh, Did I Win? 2", but losing 1-2 in the ditto. He also went to close sets against Chia at The Big House 10 and being forced to use Meta Knight for the first time in tournament. Since he was thirteen years there was some controversy over Merricks style of play with Snake in his region, with many going out of their way to harass him because he played it very safe and kept a barrage of projectiles constantly out to look for openings. Was not uncommon for him to have had a C4 planted, both hand grenades on the field or in his hand, a claymore, and a remote missile lingering all at once. Due to those reasons many found him very toxic to try to get in on, and opponents were often prone to timeouts.
 
Merrick comains {{SSBM|Sheik}} and {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}} in Melee. Despite not being his primary game, he still secured decent results at the few he does attend had wins against the likes of {{Sm|Asiago}} and {{Sm|Nyte}}.
 
Alongside competing regularly at locals and traveling to majors primarily in the Midwest, he is also prominently known for kickstarting the tournament scene in West Michigan when ''Brawl'', ''Smash 4'', and ''Smash Ultimate'' first released. He regularly ran events for Calder Clash, Tempest, Rehearsal, {{Trn|Culmination}}, and Starlight Road.


==Tournament placings==
==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://challonge.com/96melee Crashing Counters]||September 25th, 2018||1st||—||—
|-
|Starlight Road: Melee Edition||January 4th, 2022||1st||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/starlight-road-infinity-v1/event/melee-singles Starlight Road: Infinity V1]||March 22nd, 2022||1st||—||—
|-
|Starlight Road: Infinity V2||March 29nd, 2022||1st||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/all-star-battle-royale All Star Battle Royale]||October 24th, 2022||1st||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/all-stars-colosseum-23/event/melee-singles All Stars Colosseum #23]||November 7th, 2022||2nd||—||—
|}
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://challonge.com/CollateralDamage9BrawlSingles Collateral Damage #9]||January 12th, 2017||1st||—||—
|-
|[https://challonge.com/CollateralDamage22BrawlSingles Collateral Damage #22]||April 13th, 2017||1st||—||—
|-
|[https://challonge.com/AllOutAttack All Out Attack]||December 5th, 2018||1st||—||—
|-
|Starlight Road: Infinity V2||March 29nd, 2022||1st||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 10|g=SSBB}}||October 7th-9th, 2022||2nd||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 11|g=SSBB}}||October 20th-22nd, 2023||9th||—||—
|}
==={{forwiiu}}===
==={{forwiiu}}===
{|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
|-
|-
|Grand Valley Grand Prix 6||October 31st, 2015||4th||-||-
|[https://challonge.com/S4TNE The Tom Nook Experience]||January 31st, 2015||4th||—||—
|-
|[https://challonge.com/swiftcitythough Swift Neo City]||August 20th, 2015||1st||—||—
|-
|-
|Grand Valley Grand Prix 7||January 16th, 2016||3rd||—||—
|[https://challonge.com/midnightclash1 Midnight Clash #1]||August 25th, 2015||1st||—||—
|-
|-
|Michigan Arcadian Smash Festival||November 18th 18th, 2017||33rd||5th||K1lllaaG
|[https://merricktherox.challonge.com/midnightclash2 Midnight Clash #2]||September 5th, 2015||2nd||—||—
|-
|[https://challonge.com/techortreatsingles Tech Or Treat]||October 29th, 2015||7th||4th||J The man
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/grand-valley-grand-prix-6/event/wii-u-singles Grand Valley Grand Prix 6]||October 31st, 2015||4th||—||—
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/grand-valley-grand-prix-7/event/wii-u-singles Grand Valley Grand Prix 7]||January 16th, 2016||3rd||—||—
|-
|[https://challonge.com/CollateralDamageSignsofLove Signs Of Love]||January 6th, 2017||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|Adorable Knight}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/mius-zero-requiem/details Zero Requirem]||March 25th, 2017||33rd||—||—
|-
|Michigan Arcadian Smash Festival||November 18th, 2017||33rd||5th||{{Sm|K1lllaaG}}
|-
|-
|Pizza Time 3||April 28th, 2018||25th||7th||K1lllaaG
|Pizza Time 3||April 28th, 2018||25th||7th||K1lllaaG
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|The Arcadian 3||June 16th, 2018||17th||9th||K1lllaaG
|The Arcadian 3||June 16th, 2018||17th||9th||K1lllaaG
|-
|-
|Pizza Time 3||April 28th, 2018||25th||7th||K1lllaaG
|{{Trn|Curtain Call 2: Encore|g=SSB4}}||September 1st, 2018||9th||13th||{{Sm|Canuk}}
|-
|{{Trn|Rebirth X|g=SSB4}}||September 15th, 2018||25th||9th||{{Sm|Gemini|p=Michigan}}
|-
|-
|Curtain Call 2: Encore||September 8th, 2018||25th||13th||Canuk
|{{Trn|The Big House 8|g=SSB4}}||October 5th-8th, 2018||65th||13th||K1lllaaG
|-
|-
|Rebirth X||September 15th, 2018||25th||9th||Gemini
|[https://challonge.com/cod105singles Collateral Damage #105 Singles - Everyone Is Here!]||November 14th, 2018||2nd||2nd||{{Sm|Dux}}
|-
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 8}}||October 5th-8th, 2018||65th||13th||K1lllaaG
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019|g=SSB4}}||August 9th-11th, 2019||65th||—||—
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019}}||August 9th-11th, 2019||65th||-||-
|{{Trn|The Big House 11|g=SSB4}}||October 20th-22nd, 2023||2nd||—||—
|}
|}


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!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Frostbite 2019}}||February 9th-11th, 2019||385th||65th|K1lllaaG
|[https://challonge.com/rehearsal1 Rehearsal]||December 11th, 2018||5th||4th||{{Sm|Goat|p=Michigan}}
|-
|-
|Culmination||September 14th, 2019||9th||9th||Bhart
|{{Trn|Frostbite 2019|g=SSBU}}||February 9th-11th, 2019||385th||65th||{{Sm|K1lllaaG}}
|-
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 9}}||October 4th, 2019||257th||65th||MachoMan
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019|g=SSBU}}||August 9th, 2019||513th||—||—
|-
|Culmination||September 14th, 2019||9th||9th||{{Sm|Bhart}}
|-
|{{Trn|Little Big House 5|g=SSBU}}||October 3rd, 2019||49th||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 9|g=SSBU}}||October 4th, 2019||257th||65th||{{Sm|MachoMan}}
|-
|[https://challonge.com/Rehearsal50 Arctic Clash]||November 28th, 2019||3rd||—||—
|-
|[https://challonge.com/Rehearsal54 Revenge Of The Fifth Seed]||January 8th, 2020||5th||—||—
|-
|-
|Bronco Beatdown||March 7th, 2020||4th||—||—
|Bronco Beatdown||March 7th, 2020||4th||—||—
|-
|-
|The Velvet Room I||August 12th, 2020||13th||-||-
|The Velvet Room I||August 12th, 2020||13th||—||—
|-
|The Velvet Room II||September 2nd, 2020||3rd||—||—
|-
|LFG Smash Ultimate||October 25th, 2020||3rd||—||—
|-
|Grand Revival #5||July 8th, 2021||7th||—||—
|-
|-[https://challonge.com/superstarlightultra Super Starlight Ultra]||August 17th, 2021||4th||—||—
|-
|Grand Revival #17||October 29th, 2021||5th||—||—
|-
|[https://challonge.com/EndOfStardom End Of Stardom]||November 2nd, 2021||3rd||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/starlight-rumble-night Starlight Rumble Night]||March 15th, 2022||1st||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/starlight-road-infinity-v1/event/ultimate-singles Starlight Road: Infinity V1]||March 22nd, 2022||2nd||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/starlight-road-infinity-v2-the-promise-day/event/ultimate-singles Starlight Road: Infinity V2]||March 29nd, 2022||5th||—||—
|-
|Grand Revival #30||April 29th, 2022||5th||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|STAMPEDE|g=SSBU}}||June 4th, 2022||33rd||7th||Goat
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/all-star-colosseum-5 All Star Colosseum #5]||June 7th, 2022||3rd||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/all-star-colosseum-11 All Star Colosseum #8]||July 1st, 2022||1st||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/all-star-colosseum-11 All Star Colosseum #11]||July 19th, 2022||2nd||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/all-star-colosseum-13 All Star Colosseum #13]||August 16th, 2022||3rd||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/shield-break-1-100-pot-bonus Shield Break #1]||August 25th, 2022||7th||5th||CK47
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/all-star-colosseum-15 All Star Colosseum #15]||August 30th, 2022||2nd||—||—
|-
|-
|The Velvet Room II||September 2nd, 2020||4th||—||—
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/shield-break-2-1 Shield Break #2]||September 1st, 2022||5th||—||—
|-
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/all-star-colosseum-16 All Star Colosseum #16]||September 5th, 2022||3rd||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 10|g=SSBU}}||October 7th-9th, 2022||197th||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/all-stars-colosseum-23/event/ultimate-singles All Stars Colosseum #23]||November 7th, 2022||2nd||—||—
|-
|[https://challonge.com/culverssmash Christmas Curd Bash]||December 12th, 2022||1st||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/starlight-road-10/event/ultimate-singles Starlight Road #10]||April 18th, 2023||1st||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/aegis-x-jafax-2023/event/smash-singles JAFAX 2023]||June 9th-11th, 2023||1st||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/starlight-road-21/event/ultimate-singles Starlight Road #21]||July 4th, 2023||1st||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 11|g=SSBU}}||October 20th-22nd, 2023||65th / 507||—||—
|}
|}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Merrick is one of the oldest members in the West Michigan smash scene, having competed in Brawl since 2009 and organizing tournaments and helping them run since 2014.
*Merrick is one of the oldest members in the West Michigan smash scene, having competed in ''[[Brawl]]'' since 2009 and helped organize tournaments for the community ever since then.
*In 2009 Merrick had won a big Brawl local over a Meta Knight player, with the tourney having over one hundred dollars in pot bonus. There was a big incident where at some point during friendlies after the tournament someone managed to steal his earning from his bag of belongings. It was later found very shortly in the bathroom trash bin at the venue.
*Merrick was known within the community for wearing various winter hats at the same time for large scale tournaments and majors. Of these the Deadmau5 one was notoriously worn.
 
==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/TheEmoTanZoner Twitter account]
*[https://www.youtube.com/Merricktherox YouTube channel]
*[https://smashboards.com/members/rip-merrick.241887 SmashBoards account]
*[https://www.twitch.tv/merricktherox Twitch channel]


[[Category:Michigan smashers]]
[[Category:Michigan smashers]]
[[Category:Tournament directors]]
[[Category:Tournament organizers]]
[[Category:Bayonetta professionals (SSB4)]]
[[Category:Livestream commentators]]

Latest revision as of 14:25, April 11, 2024

Merrick
MerrickSmasher.jpg
Character info
Smash 64 main Fox
Melee main Sheik
Other Melee character Jigglypuff
Brawl main Snake
Smash 4 main Bayonetta
Retired Smash 4 character Luigi
Ultimate main Bayonetta
Retired Ultimate character Joker
Team info
Former sponsor(s) Starlight Gaming, Reach Gaming, Riptide Gaming
Crew(s) Merrick United
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. 4 West Michigan Power Ranking: 6th
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate West Michigan Power Ranking: 8th
Personal and other info
Location Michigan USA

Merrick is a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Bayonetta player from Michigan. He was formerly ranked 8th on the West Michigan Power Rankings and has notable wins over Onin, BooBear, Suspect, Ryoku, Eden, Adorable Knight, Dux, and Chan. He is considered the best Bayonetta player in Michigan, and notably comained Joker since release before retiring the character around 2020 for solo Bayonetta.

Merrick played Bayonetta upon release in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and has wins over Gomakenpi, Miloni, BooBear, Ryoku, Nebula, Ksev, Nom, and Adorable Knight. He was ranked 6th on the final West Michigan Smash 4 Power Rankings. Before Bayonettas release, he solo mained Luigi before retiring the character for Bayonetta citing it was due to his exploitable recovery, especially as DLC released. He was known for a very unorthodox Luigi that often used fireball as a pressure tool on shield to run up and shield break with super jump punch, as well as utilizing fireballs as a way to safely make it back from ledge.

Merrick solo mained Snake throughout Brawls tournament life in the West Michigan scene since its release. Notably Merrick took a game off Ally at "Oh, Did I Win? 2", but losing 1-2 in the ditto. He also went to close sets against Chia at The Big House 10 and being forced to use Meta Knight for the first time in tournament. Since he was thirteen years there was some controversy over Merricks style of play with Snake in his region, with many going out of their way to harass him because he played it very safe and kept a barrage of projectiles constantly out to look for openings. Was not uncommon for him to have had a C4 planted, both hand grenades on the field or in his hand, a claymore, and a remote missile lingering all at once. Due to those reasons many found him very toxic to try to get in on, and opponents were often prone to timeouts.

Merrick comains Sheik and Jigglypuff in Melee. Despite not being his primary game, he still secured decent results at the few he does attend had wins against the likes of Asiago and Nyte.

Alongside competing regularly at locals and traveling to majors primarily in the Midwest, he is also prominently known for kickstarting the tournament scene in West Michigan when Brawl, Smash 4, and Smash Ultimate first released. He regularly ran events for Calder Clash, Tempest, Rehearsal, Culmination, and Starlight Road.

Tournament placings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Crashing Counters September 25th, 2018 1st — —
Starlight Road: Melee Edition January 4th, 2022 1st — —
Starlight Road: Infinity V1 March 22nd, 2022 1st — —
Starlight Road: Infinity V2 March 29nd, 2022 1st — —
All Star Battle Royale October 24th, 2022 1st — —
All Stars Colosseum #23 November 7th, 2022 2nd — —

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Collateral Damage #9 January 12th, 2017 1st — —
Collateral Damage #22 April 13th, 2017 1st — —
All Out Attack December 5th, 2018 1st — —
Starlight Road: Infinity V2 March 29nd, 2022 1st — —
The Big House 10 October 7th-9th, 2022 2nd — —
The Big House 11 October 20th-22nd, 2023 9th — —

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
The Tom Nook Experience January 31st, 2015 4th — —
Swift Neo City August 20th, 2015 1st — —
Midnight Clash #1 August 25th, 2015 1st — —
Midnight Clash #2 September 5th, 2015 2nd — —
Tech Or Treat October 29th, 2015 7th 4th J The man
Grand Valley Grand Prix 6 October 31st, 2015 4th — —
Grand Valley Grand Prix 7 January 16th, 2016 3rd — —
Signs Of Love January 6th, 2017 3rd 2nd Adorable Knight
Zero Requirem March 25th, 2017 33rd — —
Michigan Arcadian Smash Festival November 18th, 2017 33rd 5th K1lllaaG
Pizza Time 3 April 28th, 2018 25th 7th K1lllaaG
The Arcadian 3 June 16th, 2018 17th 9th K1lllaaG
Curtain Call 2: Encore September 1st, 2018 9th 13th Canuk
Rebirth X September 15th, 2018 25th 9th Gemini
The Big House 8 October 5th-8th, 2018 65th 13th K1lllaaG
Collateral Damage #105 Singles - Everyone Is Here! November 14th, 2018 2nd 2nd Dux
Super Smash Con 2019 August 9th-11th, 2019 65th — —
The Big House 11 October 20th-22nd, 2023 2nd — —

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Rehearsal December 11th, 2018 5th 4th Goat
Frostbite 2019 February 9th-11th, 2019 385th 65th K1lllaaG
Super Smash Con 2019 August 9th, 2019 513th — —
Culmination September 14th, 2019 9th 9th Bhart
Little Big House 5 October 3rd, 2019 49th — —
The Big House 9 October 4th, 2019 257th 65th MachoMan
Arctic Clash November 28th, 2019 3rd — —
Revenge Of The Fifth Seed January 8th, 2020 5th — —
Bronco Beatdown March 7th, 2020 4th — —
The Velvet Room I August 12th, 2020 13th — —
The Velvet Room II September 2nd, 2020 3rd — —
LFG Smash Ultimate October 25th, 2020 3rd — —
Grand Revival #5 July 8th, 2021 7th — —
Grand Revival #17 October 29th, 2021 5th — —
End Of Stardom November 2nd, 2021 3rd — —
Starlight Rumble Night March 15th, 2022 1st — —
Starlight Road: Infinity V1 March 22nd, 2022 2nd — —
Starlight Road: Infinity V2 March 29nd, 2022 5th — —
Grand Revival #30 April 29th, 2022 5th — —
STAMPEDE June 4th, 2022 33rd 7th Goat
All Star Colosseum #5 June 7th, 2022 3rd — —
All Star Colosseum #8 July 1st, 2022 1st — —
All Star Colosseum #11 July 19th, 2022 2nd — —
All Star Colosseum #13 August 16th, 2022 3rd — —
Shield Break #1 August 25th, 2022 7th 5th CK47
All Star Colosseum #15 August 30th, 2022 2nd — —
Shield Break #2 September 1st, 2022 5th — —
All Star Colosseum #16 September 5th, 2022 3rd — —
The Big House 10 October 7th-9th, 2022 197th — —
All Stars Colosseum #23 November 7th, 2022 2nd — —
Christmas Curd Bash December 12th, 2022 1st — —
Starlight Road #10 April 18th, 2023 1st — —
JAFAX 2023 June 9th-11th, 2023 1st — —
Starlight Road #21 July 4th, 2023 1st — —
The Big House 11 October 20th-22nd, 2023 65th / 507 — —

Trivia[edit]

  • Merrick is one of the oldest members in the West Michigan smash scene, having competed in Brawl since 2009 and helped organize tournaments for the community ever since then.
  • In 2009 Merrick had won a big Brawl local over a Meta Knight player, with the tourney having over one hundred dollars in pot bonus. There was a big incident where at some point during friendlies after the tournament someone managed to steal his earning from his bag of belongings. It was later found very shortly in the bathroom trash bin at the venue.
  • Merrick was known within the community for wearing various winter hats at the same time for large scale tournaments and majors. Of these the Deadmau5 one was notoriously worn.

External links[edit]

Retrieved from "https://www.ssbwiki.com/index.php?title=Smasher:Merrick&oldid=1887921"