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Tweek
Character info
Melee main	Captain Falcon
Retired Melee character	Luigi
Brawl main	Yoshi
Smash 4 mains	Bayonetta, Cloud
Other Smash 4 characters	Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong
Retired Smash 4 characters	Bowser Jr., Wario
Ultimate main	Diddy Kong
Other Ultimate character	Sephiroth
Retired Ultimate characters	Wario, Pokémon Trainer, Wolf, Joker, Roy
Project M main	Diddy Kong
Team info
Sponsor(s)	Luminosity Gaming
Former sponsor(s)	Team SoloMid, Phoenix1
Crew(s)	DMG Alliance
Former crews	#THE
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking	Panda Global Rankings 100: 7th ; LumiRank 2023: 7th ;
Winnings	~$40,229.16 ; ~$84,126.64 ;
Personal and other info
Real name	Gavin Dempsey
Birth date	April 11, 1998 (age 26)
Location	Burlington, New Jersey
Miscellaneous info
Skill	High level (retired) ; Top level (retired) ; Top level ; High level (retired)

Revision as of 23:55, January 27, 2024

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Tweek is an SSBU Diddy Kong player from Burlington, New Jersey, considered the best Diddy Kong player of all-time, the best Sephiroth player in the United States when he actively uses the character, as well as one of the best overall players in the world. He has previously mained several characters, including Chrom, Wolf, Wario, and Pokémon Trainer, and has also shown proficiency with a variety of other characters, including Sephiroth, Joker, Roy, and Young Link. Tweek was considered the best Wolf, Wario, and Pokémon Trainer player in the world when he mained the characters. He is currently ranked 4th on the OrionRank 2022 North America and 7th on the LumiRank 2023; he was also formerly ranked 0th on the Ohio Smash Ultimate Power Rankings and 1st on the New Jersey Ultimate Power Rankings and is an Honorable Mention on the Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v7 due to inactivity.

In SSB4, he was considered to be the best Bayonetta player in the world at the end of Smash 4's lifespan, and one of the two best of all time, along with Salem; the best Donkey Kong player in the world; and one of the best Cloud players in the world, alongside MkLeo. Originally a Bowser Jr. player, he was considered the best Bowser Jr. player in the world prior to dropping the character, and was a pioneer of Bowser Jr.'s metagame. Since then, no other Bowser Jr. player has matched his accomplishments, and many players still consider Tweek the strongest Bowser Jr. player to date. Tweek was formerly ranked 1st on the Ohio Smash 4 Power Rankings, 7th on the Panda Global Rankings 100, and 4th on the New Jersey Smash 4 Power Rankings.

In Melee, he was a Luigi main. He saw moderate success in region, placing top 8 at multiple KTAR events and securing wins over players such as C!Z, Watch, NJzFinest, and Copycat. He was formerly ranked 12th on the New Jersey Melee Power Rankings.

Tweek was sponsored by Phoenix1 as their first Smash player from February 10, 2017 to May 17, 2018.^[1] He was signed by Team SoloMid from January 24th, 2019 to February 28th, 2023.^[2]^[3] Tweek was signed by Luminosity Gaming along with MkLeo on March 23rd, 2023.^[4]

Playstyle

Tweek has a very methodical, punish-heavy style of playing with all his characters. This style has very clear strengths, like being able to kill very early when Tweek reads a panic option; however, it is also susceptible to strong defense in the neutral. Because Tweek often uses his character's high-risk-high-reward combo starters in neutral, he can frustrate himself when he does not get an early advantage. His switch to Bayonetta in Smash 4 saw an increase in consistency to his results as Bayonetta's Witch Twist is a strong, safe combo starter. His Cloud was infamous for refusing to use Limit on the first stock to preserve the movement and recovery buff and also potentially land an early kill on his opponent's second stock.

Throughout much of Ultimate's history, Tweek has shown great skill in a diverse range of the game's cast, able to take games off of top players with over seven different characters. This ability was so extreme that it enabled him to reach Grand Finals of EVO with Pokémon Trainer after only maining them for a couple of months. However, this same talent also led to a problem for Tweek; an inability to stay with a set character. Until finding his footing with Diddy Kong, Tweek had been known to sporadically counterpick his opponents with varying results, where at times it can be argued that if he consistently stuck with a single character he could have found better success.

With Diddy Kong, Tweek maintains an extremely execution-heavy playstyle, which relies on an overall patient gameplan, waiting for his opponent to make mistakes before unleashing an explosive punish game that is unique amongst Diddy Kong players. He is known for his incredible creativity with Banana Peel in all aspects of the game, whether it be ledge-trapping, edge-guarding, combos, or disadvantage, Tweek has taken the core aspect of Diddy's gameplan to a higher level.

Rankings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

New Jersey Power Rankings

Ranking	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
April 2015	12th
August 2015	15th

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Panda Global Rankings

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Notes
PGR v1	January 30th, 2015-May 7th, 2016	15th	X-Factor: 0
PGR v2	May 13th-December 18th, 2016	17th	X-Factor: 0
PGR v3	January 7th-June 18th, 2017	12th	X-Factor: 0
PGR v4	June 24th-December 3rd, 2017	5th	X-Factor: -1
PGR v5	December 23rd, 2017-July 1st, 2018	2nd	X-Factor: 0
PGR 100	January 20th, 2015-November 18th, 2018	7th

OrionRank

Ranking	Time period	Rank
OrionRank 2016	March 15th-December 18th, 2016	18th
OrionRank 2017	December 24th, 2016-December 24th, 2017	6th
OrionRank Mid-Spring 2018	January 1st-May 1st, 2018	4th
OrionRank 2018	January 1st-December 2nd, 2018	2nd

EventHubs

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
EH 2016 SSB4Rank	March 15th-December 18th, 2016	15th

Tristate Smash 4 Power Rankings

Ranking	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
March 2015	11th

New Jersey Smash 4 Power Rankings

Ranking	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
Summer 2015	3rd
Fall 2015	2nd
January-June 2016	2nd
July-December 2016	4th

Ohio Smash 4 Power Rankings

Ranking	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
Spring 2017	1st
Summer 2017	0th

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Panda Global Rankings Ultimate

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Notes
Spring 2019 PGRU	February 1st-July 7th, 2019	2nd	X-Factor: 0
Fall 2019 PGRU	July 13th-December 15th, 2019	3rd	Joker was only listed on Red Bull's website, while Wolf and Roy are only listed on Panda's YouTube channel
PGRUContenders NA	2021	S+ (Top 3)
PGRU v3 NA	March 1st-June 13th, 2022	5th

LumiRank

Ranking	Time period	Rank
UltRank 2022	June 18th-December 18th, 2022	8th
LumiRank Mid-Year 2023	December 19th, 2022-July 23rd, 2023	5th
LumiRank 2023	December 19th, 2022 - December 17th, 2023	7th

OrionRank Ultimate

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Notes
OrionRank Ultimate: Six Months In	January 5th-June 30th, 2019	2nd
OrionRank 2019	January 5th-December 15th, 2019	2nd	X-Factor: 0
OrionRank Pre-Quarantine	December 27th, 2019-March 15th, 2020	6th
OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse	April 2020-December 19th, 2021	3rd
OrionRank Mid-Year 2022	December 22nd, 2021-June 26th, 2022	11th
OrionRank 2022	December 22nd, 2021-December 18th, 2022	8th

Wi-Fi Warrior Rank

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Notes
Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v5	January 11th-June 29th, 2020	3rd	X-Factor: -1
Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v6	July 5th-December 27th, 2020	9th
Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v7	January 2nd-June 30th, 2021	HM	Honorable Mention due to inactivity

OrionRank North America

Ranking	Time period	Rank
OrionRank North America Top 200	January 2019-March 2020	3rd
OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse North America	June 2020-December 19th, 2021	3rd
OrionRank 2022 North America	December 22nd, 2021-December 18th, 2022	4th

Ohio Smash Ultimate Power Rankings

Ranking	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
Winter 2018	0th

New Jersey Ultimate Power Rankings

Ranking	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
July-September 2019	2nd
October-December 2019	2nd
January-March 2020	1st
July-September 2021	1st
October-December 2021	1st
February-March 2022	1st
April-June 2022	2nd
July-September 2022	1st
January-March 2023	S (Top 1)
July-September 2023	1st
October-December 2023	2nd