Smasher:JAVI

JAVI
Character info
Melee main	Fox
Other Melee characters	Sheik, Falco
Project M main	Fox
Team info
Crew(s)	Red Gibbon
Former crews	X-smashers, Smash Factor
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking	2018 Mexican Power Rankings: 1st
Best historical ranking	SSBMRank 2013: 17th
Best tournament result	4th / 318 at Apex 2012 17th / 152 at Forte 2
Personal and other info
Real name	Javier Dantes Ruiz
Birth date	March 7, 1989
Location	Monterrey, Nuevo Leon

JAVI is a Mexican smasher who mains Fox in Melee. He is the twin brother of Tuga. He is ranked 1st on the Mexican Power Rankings, and was formerly ranked 37th on the 2016 SSBMRank.

Tournament history

JAVI is best known for his performance at Apex 2012, which he was able to attend after winning the Ticket To Apex tournament, getting his flight paid for him. At this tournament, he swept through both rounds of pools and made it into the 64 man bracket, where he was knocked into losers' bracket early by Lovage, but managed to defeat Redd, Weon-X, KoreanDJ, VaNz, Lovage in a rematch, Hax, and finally Dr. PeePee before being eliminated by Hungrybox, taking 4th place in singles. He also placed 33rd in doubles with HugS, and participated in the USA vs. The World crew battle as the first player for The World team, though he was taken out by Jman in his first battle.

JAVI returned next year to attend Apex 2013, where he placed 13th in singles and 7th in doubles with Aza. In singles, he defeated .jpg, Darkatma, and Leffen in the 128 man bracket before being eliminated by Axe. After a year and a half of no appearances at major tournaments, JAVI attended EVO 2014. In the winners' quarters pools, he defeated Swedish Delight 2-0 before losing to S2J 1-2. He made it into the top 32 by eliminating Mr. Brandandorf, but lost to Eddy Mexico 0-2, placing 25th in singles.

JAVI, after another 5 or 6 months of no significant appearances, goes to Apex Qualifier Forte 2, along with several other Mexican smashers such as Valdo, Lazh .jpg, Aza and Tuga. While there, he easily swept through his pools, and served as the final man in the Texas vs. Mexico crew battle, taking out Arc's last stock without losing one. He also defeated MT 3-1 in a Money Match using Fox, Sheik and Falcon and won Melee doubles with his brother Tuga, defeating Hungrybox and Arc in Grandfinals without dropping a set the whole time. Afterwards, JAVI surged through his bracket, defeating the likes of Tirno 3-0 and MacD 3-1 to get into Top 8 on Winner's Side. He then had a nail-biting 5 game set against Hungrybox that went down to last stock, but eventually was defeated 3-2. He then defeated Arc 3-0 in loser's quarters before losing 3-1 to Axe in loser's semis, taking 4th place overall.

JAVI attended EVO 2015 and cruised through pools and make it into top 32 on winners side, but lost to PewPewU and Westballz immediately to get 17th place. He was able to attend The Big House 5 through the smash compendium. He was notably late for teams forcing his partner Bladewise to play with a level 9 Ganondorf. Despite this setback they were able to get 4th place in teams. In top 64 bracket he beat KirbyKaze 2-0 in winners before getting 0-3'ed by both Armada and Duck to get 17th place.

JAVI was able to attend Tipped Off 11 through the smash compendium. In top 64 bracket he beat Drephen in winners before getting 0-2'ed by The Moon. He made a good losers run beating S0ft, Wobbles, and Jsalt to make top 8, then beat DJ Nintendo and ESAM before losing to DruggedFox in losers semis to get 4th place. He teamed with .jpg and got 5th in teams. JAVI returned to Texas with Aza, Twin, and the rest of Monterrey to attend Forte 3. He again took teams with Twin without dropping a set. In singles he made it into the top 8 winners qualifier, but lost to Tai then lost to Westballz in top 8 getting 5th place.

JAVI was able to attend GENESIS 3 in 2016, but only received 33rd place, getting knocked out by Ice 0-3 and Mike Haze 2-3. JAVI also placed top 8 in doubles with Tuga and was part of Axe's team for crew battles.

JAVI went to Low Tier City 4 in Texas, but missed out on top 8 after losing to Lucky and Tai again. He also teamed up with Wizzrobe and got top 3.

JAVI attended EVO 2016 and made into top 32 winners side, but he lost to Plup and S2J and again finished in 17th place.

Playing style

JAVI is known for his high level of technical skill, being one of the first Fox mains to consistently utilize the double shine technique in competitive play. JAVI is considered one of the best Fox players in dittos and the Falco matchup, taking sets off of several famed space animal players in tournament such as PPMD. He however does poorly in the Samus matchup similar to Leffen having lost sets to ESAM and Duck. He holds the controller in an unusual way compared to most others, playing "claw" as if he was using a fight stick. Due to this style, he grabs less often than most other Fox mains.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
Ticket to Apex	September 17th, 2011	1st	—	—
Apex 2012	January 6th-8th, 2012	4th	33rd	HugS
Apex 2013	January 17th-19th, 2013	13th	7th	Aza
EGC 2013	December 30th, 2013	1st	—	—
EGC 2014	March 15th, 2014	2nd	—	—
EVO 2014	July 11th-13th, 2014	25th	13th	Eddy Mexico
Holy Smash Melee	August 29th, 2014	1st	?	—
Thunderstruck 2014	October 18th-19th, 2014	1st?	—	—
Forte 2	December 20th-21st, 2014	4th	1st	Tuga
EVO 2015	July 17th-19th, 2015	17th	—	—
The Big House 5	October 2nd-4th, 2015	17th	4th	Bladewise
Thunderstruck 2015	October 17th-18th, 2015	1st / 64	—	—
Tipped Off 11	November 7th-8th, 2015	4th	5th	.jpg
Forte 3	December 19th-20th, 2015	5th	1st	Tuga
GENESIS 3	January 15th-17th, 2016	33rd	7th	Tuga
LSA Weekly 2	January 31st, 2016	1st	1st	?
LSA Weekly 4	February 21st, 2016	3rd	—	—
Just Some Melee 3	April 30th, 2016	1st (split)	—	—
The Hazard	May 15th, 2016	2nd	1st	Medz
Low Tier City 4	June 18th-19th, 2016	9th	3rd	Wizzrobe
LSA Weekly XI	June 20th, 2016	1st	—	—
EVO 2016	July 15th-17th, 2016	17th	7th	Bladewise
Smash Factor 5	July 29th-31st, 2016	3rd	1st	Aza
Thunderstruck IV	September 18th, 2016	1st	—	—
Ser Smasher 1	October 15th, 2016	3rd	—	—
Don't Park on the Grass	December 17th-18th, 2016	33rd	9th	Twin
Torneo Galactico	February 4th, 2017	1st	—	—
Tijuana at War	February 25th-26th, 2017	1st	1st	Twin
Smash Factor 6	August 4th-6th, 2017	9th	3rd	Aza
Thunderstruck V	September 15th-17th, 2017	1st	—	—
The Final Chance	October 7th-8th, 2017	3rd	5th	Turko
Desert Melee 4	December 9th, 2017	—	1st	Twin
MM Tournament (pre-factor)	June 30th, 2018	9th	2nd	Turko
Smash Factor 7	July 20th-22nd, 2018	5th	2nd	Twin
Repon Melee	August 19th, 2018	1st	—	—
Thunderstruck 2018	October 6th-7th, 2018	1st / 26	—	—
Repon Melee 2	October 13th, 2018	2nd	1st	Valdo
WeTecThose 8	November 17th-18th, 2018	1st	1st	Twin
Repon Melee 3	December 8th, 2018	1st	—	—
Smash Norte	April 13th-14th, 2019	1st	1st	Twin
WeTecThose 9	June 15th-16th, 2019	1st	1st	Aza
Road to Smash Factor 8	July 6th-7th, 2019	2nd (DQ)	—	—
Smash Factor 8	July 26th-28th, 2019	13th	1st	Twin
Rona Rumble: Mexico	June 4th, 2020	7th / 30	—	—
SWT: Central America Melee Regional Finals	August 28th-29th, 2021	9th	—	—
Smash Factor 9	July 29th-31st, 2022	25th	3rd	Twin

Project M

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
Holy Smash Melee	August 29th, 2014	1st	—	—
Forte 2	December 20th-21st, 2014	17th	5th	Tuga
Tipped Off 11	November 7th-8th, 2015	—	13th	.jpg

External links

• Twitter account
• Smashboards profile