Smasher:Nairo

Nairo
Character info
Smash 64 main	Captain Falcon
Other Smash 64 character	Kirby
Melee mains	Falco, Fox
Brawl main	Meta Knight
Other Brawl characters	Marth, Donkey Kong, Zelda
Smash 4 main	Zero Suit Samus
Smash 4 doubles mains	Cloud
Other Smash 4 characters	Bowser, Cloud, Diddy Kong, Lucina, Robin, Dark Pit, Zelda, Captain Falcon, Dr. Mario, Corrin, Pit, Ryu, Palutena
Ultimate main	Palutena
Other Ultimate characters	Zero Suit Samus, Lucina, Robin, Ganondorf, Joker, Wolf, Wario, Hero, Daisy, Ken, Cloud, Dark Pit, Incineroar, Banjo & Kazooie, Terry, Byleth, Donkey Kong, Dark Samus, Dr. Mario
Project M main	Fox
Team info
Sponsor(s)	NRG Esports
Former sponsor(s)	Team Liquid
Former crews	F-Step, Smash World Renegades
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking	2016-2017 SSBBRank: 1st Panda Global Rankings 100: 2nd Fall 2019 PGRU: 4th
Winnings	~$13,690.07 ~$95,384.88 ~$14,514.89
Personal and other info
Real name	Nairoby Quezada
Birth date	November 7, 1996
Location	Passaic, New Jersey
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Semi-professional Top professional Top professional Top professional

Nairo is an American professional smasher who mains Meta Knight in Brawl, Zero Suit Samus in Smash 4, and Palutena in Ultimate. He is the younger brother of Ksizzle. He is known for being among the youngest, yet one of the most successful smashers to compete in tournaments, as well as being one of the best Brawl Meta Knight players in the world, the best Smash 4 Zero Suit Samus and Bowser player in the world, and the best Ultimate Palutena player in the world. Nairo is also known for his highly aggressive Meta Knight style, which is at least partly responsible for his great proficiency against Olimar players. He frequently teamed with ADHD in doubles, where Nairo used his aggressive style to overwhelm opponents while ADHD created stage control with Diddy Kong's Banana Peels. The team was considered to be the most powerful doubles force in Brawl, having won Apex 2013, SKTAR 2, Apex 2014, SKTAR 3, and Super Smash Con 2016.

Nairo gained national recognition at Apex 2012, defeating top players such as Nietono, before losing to Otori in Winners' Finals and Nietono in Losers' Finals, placing 3rd out of 400 entrants. He won his first national tournament later that year at SKTAR, defeating ESAM in Winners' Finals 3-1 and Grand Finals 3-0. At Apex 2013, Nairo was knocked out of Winners' early by Larry Lurr, but climbed up through his Losers' bracket, knocking out Havok, RAIN, ZeRo, Mr. R, and Anti in the process. Nairo eventually faced Otori in Losers' Semis in a long-awaited rematch, but lost the set 2-3, placing 4th out of 338 entrants. Nairo saw another major victory at Apex 2014, where he defeated ESAM in a rematch from SKTAR, and other top players, such as Mew2King and ZeRo, two of the best Meta Knights in the world.

Nairo is considered to be one of the top five Smash 4 players in the world. At EVO 2015, he placed 3rd in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles. He defeated Mr. R 2-0 in Winners' Semis, but then lost to ZeRo 0-3 in Winners' Finals, after almost winning the first 2 games, but missing the KO in both games after hitting with Zero Suit Samus's paralyzer. He then lost his rematch with Mr. R 2-3 in Losers' Finals. He has also used Bowser, Cloud, Diddy Kong, Lucina, Dark Pit, Pit, Robin, and even low tier characters such as Zelda and Dr. Mario at a very high level as well.

He was the only player to eliminate ZeRo in a Smash 4 tournament in 2015 and the first to double eliminate him, ending the latter's 56 win streak at MLG World Finals 2015. After losing in Winners' Semis to ESAM 1-3, Nairo climbed through the losers' bracket, beating Mr. R 3-0, Ally 3-1, and ESAM 3-0 in Losers' Finals with a surprising character choice of Dr. Mario. This marked the first time Nairo had taken a set from ESAM in Smash 4 as well. In Grand Finals, Nairo won the first set 3-2 and won the second set 3-1 against ZeRo's Sheik and Diddy Kong, ending ZeRo's winning streak.

Nairo is currently ranked 1st on the New Jersey Ultimate Power Rankings, 1st on the New Jersey Smash 4 Power Rankings, 1st on the 2016-2017 SSBBRank, 4th on the Fall 2019 PGRU, and 2nd on the Panda Global Rankings 100. He was ranked 4th on the final Tristate Brawl Power Rankings.

Nairo was signed on by Team Liquid from August 11th, 2015 through August 16th, 2016. On August 24th, 2016, Nairo signed with NRG Esports, renewing his contract with them on October 11th, 2017, then again on December 8th, 2019.

Playstyle

Nairo, across all the Smash titles, is characterized for his gameplay as fast, vicious, and aggressive.

In Smash 4, he mained Zero Suit Samus and was known for his proficiency of her powerful up air ladder combos into her Boost Kick finisher. He pioneered her metagame and brought upon the style of aggressive pressure in order to bring her punish game into full effect. Throughout neutral, he has prowess in spacing and in the timing of her moves in order to be safe on the opponent's shield to compensate for the character's lack of neutral tools. He is also known to take risks and to make hard reads in order to quickly gain advantage over the opponent, notably with jump reads or a single grab in neutral. With the character, he has a touch of death and if there is rage and he manages to land a single hit or grab, with his ability to read DI and knowledge of kill percents, can annihilate an opponent's stock. This characteristic is highly noticed when he needs to make a comeback. Nairo is also very proficient at edge guarding and ledgetrapping, forcing his opponents into limited situations where he can take their stock. However, due to his risky and aggressive playstyle and his character's weaknesses, he is prone to getting shut down in the neutral with no opportunity to land a hit if the opponent plays defensively and doesn't get caught in Nairo's clutch. This is heavily emphasized through the many sets against his rival ZeRo, where the latter's immoveable neutral proves to be difficult for Nairo to break through.

In Ultimate, he still retains his aggressive playstyle. He mains Palutena and plays with heavy emphasis on combo game and edgeguarding. Some aspects of his play have been improved due to the switch of character, as now with Palutena's relatively safe grab compared to Zero Suit Samus's, Nairo has many more opportunities to access his strong punish game and to make up for his neutral. He still mains Zero Suit Samus, but due to the removal of her grab and ladder combos, he uses her much less often and occasionally uses her as a counterpick.

Tournament history

Making himself known in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Nairo began his tournament career with Apex 2010, where he placed 25th in singles and 4th in doubles with Atomsk. After that his talent will become quickly noticed and later gain recognition as one of the best Brawl players in the world: he will later have his first win at a national tournament with SKTAR, taking out ESAM in a 3-0 set in grand finals. He will later have dominant placements at KTAR tournaments.

Even in his time in Smash 4 and Ultimate and when both respective games decreased the popularity of competitive Brawl, Nairo still attends singles in tournaments that host it such as Super Smash Con, continuing his strong results with 1st and Top 8 at worst placements.

2014-2015: Continued Success in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

In the early metagame of Smash 4 and before his Top 3 player status, Nairo initially started as a Dark Pit main, first using him at Sky's Smash 4 Invitational where he beaten Larry Lurr (called DEHF at the time) 2-1, lost to Zinoto 2-1, then in losers won against False 2-0, until being eliminated by NAKAT 2-0, placing 7th at the event. He will later pick up Zero Suit Samus, using her at CLASH Online Invitational Finals and Final Battle in conjunction with both Dark Pit and Pit, and ZSS will later be the character that he'll be known for.

His strong results will still continue in the transition to 2015. He placed 9th at Apex 2015 losing to both Mr.R and Dabuz, 7th at KTAR XII and later placed 2nd at CEO 2015. In the last example, he defeated 8BitMan and Manny 2-0, MVD 3-2 until he lost to ZeRo 3-1, he later beat Larry Lurr 3-0, Dabuz 3-1, and then lost to ZeRo in another 3-1 set during grand finals. He also had two 3rd place finishes at both EVO 2015 and Super Smash Con 2015, in those tournaments he defeated False, Larry Lurr, Mr.R, NAKAT, and Fatality.

He would place 2nd at The Big House 5 where he won against more players such as Zenyou 2-0, 6WX 3-0 and Dabuz 3-1 until losing to ZeRo who took him to losers final in a 3-0 set and later win in a 3-2 set in the reset.

As noted, he constantly lost to ZeRo during tournament until MLG World Finals 2015 where he win was arguably one of the most historical in Smash 4's history as he will upset him in grand finals, breaking his 56 win streak and be the only time ZeRo was eliminated out of a tournament during 2015. His strong results will continue soon after as he gathered a few 1st place finishes at Smash the Record 2015, KTAR XIV, KTAR XV, Dismantle 2, and KTAR XVI.

This wasn't until GENESIS 3 where this streak will end, being sent to losers bracket relatively early in a 2-0 upset by Hyuga, he later had a strong losers run taking out RAIN, Ito, ESAM, Ally, and Marss before Dabuz eliminated him 3-0. Despite his early elimination from losers, Nairo still finished with a placement of 5th.

2016-2017

In 2016 he will continue his strong results although he had a few lower placings, most noticeably with Pound 2016 being his worst placement in a Smash 4 tournament during the game's prime, being sent to losers round 1 by saj 2-1 and then be eliminated from the tournament by Mr.II in another 2-1 set, ending with a placement of 49th. However, this wouldn't mean much as a month later he placed 1st at MomoCon 2016, beating Ally 3-2.

Similarly, he would have placements of 17th at CEO 2016 and 13th at EVO 2017, but then win 1st place at Super Smash Con 2016, taking out 6WX 3-1, both VoiD and Mr.R 3-2, and Dabuz 3-1.

Afterwards, he would finish in 7th place at The Big House 6, 2nd at Smash the Record 2016 where he lost to ESAM 3-2 in grand finals, 4th at both KTAR XIX and UGC Smash Open, and ended the year with 2GGT: ZeRo Saga where he placed 5th after losing to ZeRo 3-1.

Nairo will later become a much stronger player in 2017 as after his 17th placement at GENESIS 4, he will later win both Umebura Tokaigi Qualifiers and Niconico Tokaigi 2017 where he won against Ally and many top Japanese players such as KEN, Abadango, and Kirihara.

Not long after he placed 3rd at Frostbite 2017 in which he defeated MVD 2-0, WaDi and Mr E 3-1, before being sent to losers by ZeRo in a 3-0 set. In losers, he won against Shuton 3-2 and Dabuz 3-0 before losing to ZeRo again in a 3-1 set during losers finals.

At MomoCon 2017 he was able to place 1st at the event, defeating players such as Myran 3-2, VoiD 3-0, Kameme and ZeRo 3-1, and Fatality in a close 3-2 set at grand finals.

At CEO 2017, he defeated CaptainZack and Salem 3-0 before being sent to losers by Larry Lurr 3-1, and then in losers he won against CaptainZack again in another 3-0 set until being eliminated by MkLeo 3-1, ending with a placement of 4th.

EVO 2017 Nairo later attended DreamHack Atlanta 2017 and took out many players such as CaptainZack 3-0, Ally and Dabuz 3-1, and ZeRo and Larry Lurr 3-2. His two losses were both from Salem in a 3-0 and 3-1 set, giving him a placement of 4th.

After losing 2-1 to Rideae at Super Smash Con 2017, Nairo went on a lengthy losers run during the event. He defeated Rich Brown 2-0, Sinji 3-1, komorikiri 3-0, Tweek, VoiD, and Rivers (called Shoyo James at the time) 3-1, WaDi 3-2, Mr.R and MkLeo 3-1, and placed 1st after winning in two 3-2 sets against ZeRo in grand finals.

Another great placement will happen at Shine 2017, he won against Pink Fresh 2-1, ANTi and Larry Lurr 3-2, Salem 3-1 until losing to both ZeRo and Tweek 3-1, ending his tournament run at 3rd place.

At 2GGC: Fire Emblem Saga, he defeated WaDi 3-0 and Kirihara 3-1 until being sent to losers bracket by Salem 3-2. In losers, he continued to defeat VoiD 3-0, Tweek and komorikiri 3-1 before losing to Salem again in a close 3-2 set in grand finals, placing 2nd at the event.

He later placed 4th at another 2CCG event, 2GGC: MkLeo Saga, in which after winning against Kirihara 3-1, he was sent to losers by Tweek 3-1. His losers run had him win against Abadango 3-0 and WaDi 3-2 before KEN eliminated him in a 3-1 set. These two events and a few other 2GGC tournaments allowed Nairo later qualified for 2GG Championship and will later place 10th.

His last tournament of 2017 was Smash 4 Boot Camp where he was one of the 10 players invited to the event by VGBootCamp themselves. He would later place 2nd out of the 16 entrants after losing to Salem in grand finals.

2018: The Last Year of Smash 4 and Slight Decline

2018 will be the last noticeable year of Smash 4 and Nairo had some great placements at the beginning of the year, but then his results started to slightly drop by the end of the tournament run. At GENESIS 5, he was upset by Legit 2-1, but then went on a huge losers run: SuperGirlKels 2-0, Brood and Tamushika 3-0, Maister and Zenyou 3-1, ESAM 3-0 and MVD 3-1, and will place 4th after losing 3-2 to Mistake. Nairo will later have three 1st place finishes at Niconico Tokaigi 2018, Smash Masters League: Battle for Vegas, and Collision XV where in grand finals he won against MkLeo in the former two, and Light in the latter.

Similarly, he will later have two consecutive 2nd place finishes at both Switchfest and Get On My Level 2018. At Switchfest, he won against Charlie 3-1, VoiD 3-2, AC 3-1, before losing to MkLeo 3-2, then won against Larry Lurr 3-0, and in grand finals lost to MkLeo again 3-1. A similar top 8 run happened at Get On My Level 2018 where he lost to MkLeo 3-2, then won against Mistake 3-0, until losing to MkLeo 3-1 in the grand finals reset. Before that, he defeated Blacktwins and Captain L 3-0, Larry Lurr 3-1 and komorikiri 3-2.

Nairo then attended MomoCon 2018, and he defeated Sean 2-1, ANTi and Fatality 3-0, before losing to Salem 3-0. During losers, he won against Lima 3-0 then lost to komorikiri 3-2, ending with a placement of 4th and this will break his two year win streak at the event. He would later miss top 16 placements at both 2GG: Hyrule Saga and CEO 2018, placing 17th. He was eliminated by Light and Elegant 3-1 respectively.

After this he had a rather low performance at EVO 2018. At it, a loss by Zenyou in a 2-1 set will place him at 33rd in the tournament. His final Smash 4 tournament before Ultimate's release was Super Smash Con 2018 and would end up placing 5th at the event after losing to Cosmos 3-2, and in a similar vein to MomoCon 2018, will break his two year win streak at the event.

2018-2019: Smooth Transition into Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Nairo quickly continued his status as a top player in Ultimate, and switched his main to Palutena while occasionally using Zero Suit Samus as his secondary. His first tournament was NYXL Pop-Up! and he placed 2nd at the event. At it he beat John Numbers 2-1, Dabuz 3-2 until losing to Light 3-1. He later won another set to Dabuz 3-1 and then he lost in grand finals to Light again in another 3-1 set.

A week later he attended Let's Make Moves, he defeated Odyssey, Venom, and Ally 2-0, then he was sent to losers bracket by Tweek in a 3-1 set. Later in losers, he won against Samsora 3-1 and then lost to Larry Lurr 3-2.

At Glitch 6, he would win against 6WX 2-0, ZD 2-1, 8BitMan 3-0, then was sent to losers by Tweek 3-1. He went on to beat ZD again 3-2 then also lost to Tweek again in another 3-1 set.

GENESIS 6 would be the first S-Tier of Ultimate and after winning against Klaatu 3-0 was sent to losers by Cosmos 3-2 and soon after he was eliminated by CaptainZack 3-1. placing 17th. He will later have a top 8 placement at a S-Tier during Frostbite 2019, where Nairo placed 7th at the event, defeating players such as Fatality 2-0, Captain L 3-1, UtopianRay 3-0 before being sent to losers by MkLeo 3-1 where he won against Rivers 3-2 and then lost to Shuton 3-2. Nairo was invited to the first Smash Ultimate Summit and later placed 5th at the event.

Collision 2019 is rather known for his performance with Ganondorf as it reverse 3-0'd Light's Fox in losers semis and will later place 2nd, losing to Marss 3-1 in the grand finals reset.

At Get On My Level 2019, he won against ESAM 3-1, Rivers 3-2 before losing to Marss 3-2 where in losers he immediately lost to ESAM 3-0, ending with a placement of 5th. Nairo will place 5th again at MomoCon 2019, in which after a 3-2 loss against VoiD sent him to losers where he had an solid losers run, defeating Peabnut 3-0, Light and Ally 3-1, Salem 3-0, and then lost against Marss in a 3-2 set.

Nairo later placed 17th at EVO 2019, he lost against Mr.R 2-1 and defeated Dragoomba 2-0, kept 2-1 before having his run end by Marss in a 2-0 set. One week later, he will compete in Super Smash Con 2019 and have a better placement. He defeated Sonix 2-0, Fatality 2-1, NickC 3-1, until being sent to losers by Marss 3-2, his losers run had him winning against Raffi-X and Lui$ 3-1 and then got eliminated to MkLeo 3-2, placing 5th.

He will later attend Shine 2019, and won against LingLing and Raffi-X 3-0 before losing to Marss 3-0, however, his losers run was quite impressive in which he defeated LeoN 3-0, Tweek and Dabuz 3-2, Marss 3-0 until losing to MkLeo 3-0, ending with a placement of 3rd.

Glitch 7, he'll win against Pink Fresh 2-0 and Sinji 2-0, then Salem 3-0, but then be sent to losers by Dabuz losing in a 3-0 set. Similar to Shine 2019 his losers run was quite strong, defeating Jakal 3-1, Dark Wizzy and Samsora in both 3-2 sets, but then lost to ESAM 3-2.

A week after Glitch 7, he attended Mainstage and will win his first Ultimate major, after MkLeo brought him to losers finals and Nairo ultimately winning 3-1. He later placed 4th at The Big House 9 where he won against NickC 3-1, kept 3-0, ScAtt 3-1 until losing to Dabuz 3-2. In losers he won against Samsora 3-2 before losing to Zackray

After Big House, Nairo attended Smash Ultimate Summit 2 and placed 3rd, and later won another tournament with Tri-state Showdown: Fall 2019. At Tri-state Showdown, he defeated Mr E 3-0, RFang 3-2, and Tweek twice both in winners finals and grand finals reset.

He ended the year with a placement of 9th at 2GG: Kongo Saga. At Kongo Saga, he won against Sparg0 2-0 then was upset by Ned 3-2. In losers he beat Pandarian 3-0, Rivers 3-1, and Gackt 3-0 before losing to Samsora 3-1.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
Genesis 2010	October 2nd, 2010	1st	—	—
Tunes Tuesdays #5	July 22nd, 2014	9th	—	—
Tunes Tuesdays #6	July 29th, 2014	7th	3rd	Gunblade
Melee on Mondays Weekly #11	August 18th, 2014	5th	—	—

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
Apex 2010	August 6th-8th, 2010	25th	4th	Atomsk
KTAR 3	September 5th, 2010	17th	2nd	Atomsk
Genesis 2010	October 2nd, 2010	1st	1st	ADHD
MLG DC 2010	October 15th-17th, 2010	17th	1st	Anti
Viridian City #8	October 23rd, 2010	2nd	3rd	Atomsk
KTAR 4	January 16th, 2011	4th	4th	Atomsk
Viridian City #9	January 29th, 2011	4th	2nd	Anti
Uprise of Long Island #2	April 16th, 2011	4th	1st	ADHD
KTAR 5	May 25th, 2011	5th	3rd	Atomsk
Clash of the Titans 5	June 25th-26th, 2011	7th	1st	Ally
Pray and Trade	July 9th, 2011	2nd	1st	ADHD
KTAR 6	August 14th, 2011	3rd	2nd	Ally
Concentrate II	October 30th, 2011	9th	5th	Zucco
Apex 2012	January 6th-8th, 2012	3rd	4th	ADHD
Concentrate IV	March 31st, 2012	1st	—	—
Uprise of Long Island #8	April 21st, 2012	2nd	2nd	Keitaro
Cheap Ash NJ Tourney	April 28th, 2012	1st	1st	Mekos
Clash of the Titans 6	June 2nd, 2012	1st	3rd	Cable
Uprise #10	June 9th, 2012	3rd	1st	ANTi
Dissention	June 23rd, 2012	2nd	1st	Ally
Collision IV	July 7th, 2012	3rd	2nd	NAKAT
SKTAR	July 14th-15th, 2012	1st	2nd	Ally
L.I.R.R. 2	July 28th, 2012	3rd	2nd	NAKAT
Impact IV	August 25th, 2012	7th	7th	Keitaro
Collision V	September 1st, 2012	3rd	1st	ADHD
XSmash	December 22nd, 2012	3rd	1st	Zinoto
Uprise 11	December 29th, 2012	1st	1st	ADHD
Collision VI	January 5th, 2013	2nd	1st	ADHD
United 1	January 6th, 2013	4th	1st	ADHD
Apex 2013	January 11th-13th, 2013	4th	1st	ADHD
Rescue 2	March 2nd, 2013	2nd	1st	ADHD
Crossfire	March 16th, 2013	3rd	2nd	Shaky
Petopia	April 27th, 2013	2nd	1st	Ally
Crossfire II	May 18th, 2013	1st	2nd	Keitaro
KTAR 7	July 6th, 2013	1st	1st	ADHD
Rescue 3	July 27th, 2013	2nd	1st	ADHD
SKTAR 2	August 3rd-4th, 2013	9th	1st	ADHD
Smashacre Gluttony	August 10th, 2013	2nd	2nd	False
Crossfire 3	October 5th, 2013	3rd	1st	Anti
Knight Slash 7	November 10th, 2013	1st	—	—
Collision VII	November 30th, 2013	3rd	1st	ADHD
Smashacre Frostbite	December 7th, 2013	3rd	—	—
KTAR 8	December 28th, 2013	7th	2nd	ADHD
Collision 8	January 11th, 2014	1st	1st	ADHD
Apex 2014	January 17th-19th, 2014	1st	1st	ADHD
Juice Break Weekly #01	February 8th, 2014	1st	—	—
Shuffle V	February 22nd-23rd, 2014	4th	1st	ADHD
Collision 9	March 15th, 2014	2nd	1st	Mew2King
KTAR 9	March 22nd, 2014	3rd	1st	ADHD
SMASH GRAND OPENING @ Hitbox Arena	May 24th, 2014	1st	—	—
SKTAR 3	May 31st-June 1st, 2014	2nd	1st	ADHD
Final Battle	January 17th, 2015	1st (Split)	1st (Split)	NAKAT
Apex 2015	January 30th-February 1st, 2015	2nd	1st	Ally
Super Smash Con 2015	August 6th-9th, 2015	3rd	1st	V115
Dismantle 2	January 2nd-3rd, 2016	2nd	1st	MVD
Super Smash Con 2016	August 11th-14th, 2016	5th	1st	ADHD
CEO Dreamland	April 14th-16th, 2017	1st	2nd	CaptainZack
Super Smash Con 2017	August 10th-13th, 2017	1st	—	—
Xanadu - End of an Era	February 24th-25th, 2018	1st	—	—
Get On My Level 2018	May 18th-20th, 2018	1st	—	—
Super Smash Con 2018	August 9th-12th, 2018	1st	1st	ANTi
Get On My Level 2019	May 17th-19th, 2019	1st	—	—
Super Smash Con 2019	August 8th-11th, 2019	2nd	—	—

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
CLASH Tournaments Invitational	September 14th, 2014	1st	3rd	Sama
Hitbox Arena Invitational	September 20th, 2014	4th	—	—
KTAR X	October 4th, 2014	2nd	1st	Nakat
The Smash Lounge Weekly #1	October 8th, 2014	2nd	—	—
Smash 4Ever #2	October 15th, 2014	1st	—	—
HTL #1	October 18th, 2014	2nd	—	—
Smash 4Ever #3	October 22nd, 2014	3rd	—	—
SmashLeague: New York	October 25th, 2014	4th	1st	Nakat
Smash 4Ever #4	October 29th, 2014	1st	—	—
Smash 4Ever #5	November 5th, 2014	4th	—	—
Xanadu Smash 4 Invitational	November 6th, 2014	1st	—	—
Smash 4Ever #6	November 12th, 2014	4th	—	—

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
Sky's Smash 4 Invitational	November 20th-22nd, 2014	7th	1st	ESAM
Triumph or Die 2014	November 30th, 2014	4th	—	—
Collision X	November 29th, 2014	2nd	2nd	Dabuz
Smash 4-Ever #8	December 10th, 2014	1st	—	—
Smash 4-Ever #9	December 17th, 2014	1st	—	—
Roll Em Up	December 20th, 2014	5th	2nd	Zucco
S@X 76	December 23rd, 2014	3rd	—	—
XSmash 2	December 27th, 2014	4th	1st	Zucco
Collision XI	January 3rd, 2015	5th	5th	Nakat
CLASH Online Invitational Finals	January 11th, 2015	3rd	—	—
Final Battle	January 17th, 2015	2nd	1st	Nakat
XSmash 3	January 24th, 2015	1st	1st	False
Smash 4-Ever #10	January 28th, 2015	1st	—	—
Apex 2015	January 30th-February 1st, 2015	9th	7th	Tyrant
Smash 4-Ever #11	February 11th, 2015	1st	—	—
NeoNebulous 2	February 22nd, 2015	1st	2nd	Gunblade
Smash 4-Ever #12	February 25th, 2015	1st	—	—
Shots Fired	February 28th-March 1st, 2015	2nd	2nd	6WX
Smash 4-Ever #13	March 11th, 2015	1st	—	—
Shequinox	March 14th-15th, 2015	1st	1st	Max Ketchum
KTAR XII	March 21st, 2015	7th	1st	False
Smash 4-Ever #14	March 25th, 2015	1st	—	—
Smash 4-Ever #15	April 8th, 2015	1st	—	—
Spring Fighter 2015	April 11th, 2015	1st	—	—
MVG Sandstorm	April 18th-19th, 2015	2nd	3rd	JA3
Smash 4-Ever #16	April 22nd, 2015	1st	—	—
UGC Niagara 2015	April 24th-26th, 2015	1st	1st	Vinnie
Smash 4-Ever #17	May 6th, 2015	1st	—	—
Smash 4-Ever #18	May 20th, 2015	1st	—	—
S@X 100	June 2nd, 2015	1st	—	—
Smash 4-Ever #19	June 3rd, 2015	1st	—	—
Collision XII	June 6th, 2015	1st	—	—
CEO 2015	June 26th-28th, 2015	2nd	7th	Nakat
KTAR XIII	July 11th, 2015	1st	1st	False
EVO 2015	July 17th-18th, 2015	3rd	Top 16	Shaky
Smash 4-Ever #22	July 22nd, 2015	1st	—	—
Smash 4 Wars #35	July 28th, 2015	1st	—	—
Eclipsamus	August 1st-2nd, 2015	1st	—	—
Smash 4-Ever #23	August 5th, 2015	1st	—	—
Super Smash Con 2015	August 6th-9th, 2015	3rd	1st	ZeRo
Nebulous Prime 1	August 14th-16th, 2015	1st	—	—
Smash 4-Ever #24	August 19th, 2015	1st	—	—
SKTAR 4	August 22nd-23rd, 2015	1st	2nd	Angel Cortes
Alberta Beat Down V	August 28th-30th, 2015	2nd	2nd	Frio
Paragon Los Angeles 2015	September 5th-6th, 2015	1st	—	—
Umebura F.A.T.	September 21st-22nd, 2015	1st	1st	Ally
Smashfield Weekly #9	October 1st, 2015	5th	—	—
The Big House 5	October 2nd-4th, 2015	2nd	1st	ZeRo
MLG World Finals 2015	October 16th-18th, 2015	1st	1st	ZeRo
Smash the Record 2015	October 23rd-25th, 2015	1st	1st	Nakat
KTAR XIV	November 7th, 2015	1st	1st	False
KTAR XV	December 5th, 2015	1st	1st	Koolaid
Smash 4-Ever #30	December 9th, 2015	1st	—	—
Smash 4-Ever #31	December 23rd, 2015	2nd	—	—
Dismantle 2	January 2nd-3rd, 2016	1st	2nd	MVD
KTAR XVI	Janaury 9th, 2016	1st	1st	Tweek
GENESIS 3	January 15th-17th, 2016	5th	2nd	ZeRo
Smash 4-Ever #33	January 27th, 2016	1st	—	—
Niconico Tokaigi 2016	January 30th-31st, 2016	2nd	—	—
KTAR XVII	February 13th, 2016	17th	1st	Tweek
Shots Fired 2	March 5th-6th, 2016	1st	3rd	Tweek
Do or DI	March 11th-13th, 2016	3rd	2nd	Dabuz
2GGT: FOW Saga	March 26, 2016	1st	1st	FOW
Pound 2016	April 2nd-3rd, 2016	49th	1st	Koolaid
Collision XIII	April 16th, 2016	1st	1st	Gunblade
Smash 4-Ever #34	April 20th, 2016	1st	—	—
Codename: Salty Bets - Vanilly Weekly #27	April 29th, 2016	1st	1st	Blacktwins
Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo	April 29th-May 1st, 2016	1st	5th	Blank
Smash 4-Ever #35	May 4th, 2016	2nd	—	—
LVL UP EXPO 2016	May 14th-15th, 2016	1st	1st	VoiD
Get On My Level 2016	May 20th-22nd, 2016	4th	2nd	Mew2King
MomoCon 2016	May 26th-29th, 2016	1st	1st	Ally
Smash 4-Ever #37	June 1st, 2016	1st	—	—
KTAR XVIII	June 11th, 2016	1st	1st	VoiD
Low Tier City 4	June 18th-19th, 2016	2nd	1st	ZeRo
CEO 2016	June 24th-26th, 2016	17th	3rd	ZeRo
EVO 2016	July 15th-17th, 2016	13th	—	—
Smash 4-Ever #43	July 29th, 2016	1st	—	—
Super Smash Con 2016	August 11th-14th, 2016	1st	2nd	ZeRo
Umebura S.A.T.	August 20th-21st, 2016	3rd	5th	Mr. R
Collision XIV	September 3rd, 2016	3rd	1st	ZeRo
2GGT: Abadango Saga	September 24th, 2016	3rd	4th	Ally
Little Big House 2	October 6th, 2016	7th	—	—
The Big House 6	October 7th-9th, 2016	7th	1st	ZeRo
OUG Tournament Season 2	October 15th, 2016	1st	2nd	Marche
S@X 174	November 1st, 2016	1st	—	—
Smash the Record 2016	November 11th-13th, 2016	2nd	1st	ANTi
KTAR XIX	November 19th, 2016	4th	1st	ZeRo
UGC Smash Open	December 2nd-4th, 2016	4th	1st	ZeRo
2GGT: ZeRo Saga	December 16th-18th, 2016	5th	1st	ZeRo
GENESIS 4	January 20th-22nd, 2017	17th	4th	ZeRo
Umebura Tokaigi Qualifiers	February 4th, 2017	1st	—	—
Niconico Tokaigi 2017	February 11th-12th, 2017	1st	—	—
Frostbite 2017	February 25th-26th, 2017	3rd	4th	ZeRo
Smash 4 at KI Con	March 10th-12th, 2017	1st	1st	MkLeo
S@X 194	March 21st, 2017	1st	—	—
2GGC: Civil War	March 24th-26th, 2017	9th	2nd	ZeRo
KTAR XX	April 1st-2nd, 2017	5th	2nd	Tweek
CEO Dreamland	April 14th-16th, 2017	3rd	1st	ZeRo
Royal Flush	May 12th-14th, 2017	7th	1st	ZeRo
2GGC: Greninja Saga	May 20th, 2017	17th	17th	ZeRo
MomoCon 2017	May 25th-28th, 2017	1st	4th	ZeRo
2GGC: Nairo Saga	June 10th-11th, 2017	4th	2nd	ZeRo
CEO 2017	June 16th-18th, 2017	4th	—	—
Midwest Mayhem 9: Old vs New	July 1st, 2017	2nd	2nd	Cosmos
EVO 2017	July 14th-16th, 2017	5th	—	—
DreamHack Atlanta 2017	July 21st-23rd, 2017	4th	3rd	ZeRo
Super Smash Con 2017	August 10th-13th, 2017	1st	3rd	ZeRo
The Forge Weekly #4	August 17th, 2017	1st	—	—
2GGC: SCR Saga	August 19th-20th, 2017	7th	3rd	ZeRo
Shine 2017	August 25th-27th, 2017	3rd	3rd	ZeRo
PAX Arena at PAX West 2017	September 1st-4th, 2017	2nd	—	—
2GGC: West Side Saga	September 9th, 2017	5th	1st	ZeRo
GameTyrant Expo 2017	September 29th-October 1st, 2017	9th	2nd	ZeRo
The Big House 7	October 6th-8th, 2017	9th	1st	ZeRo
2GGC: Fire Emblem Saga	October 14th-15th, 2017	2nd	13th	Captain Levi
2GGC: MkLeo Saga	November 4th, 2017	4th	1st	ZeRo
2GG Championship	December 1st-3rd, 2017	10th	—	—
Smash 4 Boot Camp	December 7th-10th, 2017	2nd	2nd	ZeRo
GENESIS 5	January 19th-21st, 2018	4th	3rd	Mistake
Niconico Tokaigi 2018	February 10th-11th, 2018	1st	—	—
Xanadu - End of an Era	February 24th-25th, 2018	—	2nd	Pink Fresh
Smash Masters League: Battle for Vegas	March 24th-25th, 2018	1st	—	—
Collision XV	March 31st, 2018	1st	3rd	ANTi
SwitchFest	April 21st-22nd, 2018	2nd	3rd	Tweek
Get On My Level 2018	May 18th-20th, 2018	2nd	9th	Tweek
MomoCon 2018	May 24th-27th, 2018	4th	4th	Cosmos
2GG: Hyrule Saga	June 23rd-24th, 2018	17th	17th	VoiD
CEO 2018	June 29th-July 1st, 2018	17th	7th	Cosmos
Smash Sounds	July 7th-8th, 2018	5th	2nd	komorikiri
Final Smash Attack: Player's Ball	July 29th, 2018	4th	—	—
EVO 2018	August 3rd-5th, 2018	33rd	—	—
Super Smash Con 2018	August 9th-12th, 2018	5th	9th	Mekos
Super Smash Con 2019	August 8th-11th, 2019	49th	—	—

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
NYXL Pop-Up!	December 22nd, 2018	2nd	—	—
Let's Make Moves	December 29th, 2018	4th	3rd	ANTi
Glitch 6	January 20th, 2019	2nd	4th	Jtails
GENESIS 6	Februrary 1st-3rd, 2019	17th	9th	Umeki
Frostbite 2019	February 22nd-24th, 2019	7th	5th	MkLeo
Smash Ultimate Summit	March 8th-10th, 2019	5th	—	—
Collision 2019	March 16th-17th, 2019	2nd	1st	Cosmos
Suplex City Smash	April 6th, 2019	1st	1st	Dark Wizzy
2GG: Prime Saga	April 13th-14th, 2019	4th	5th	Glutonny
Pound 2019	April 19th-21st, 2019	9th	2nd	Samsora
Get On My Level 2019	May 17th-19th, 2019	5th	2nd	Cosmos
MomoCon 2019	May 23rd-26th, 2019	5th	13th	Light
Smash 'N' Splash 5	May 31st-June 2nd, 2019	17th	1st	Dark Wizzy
CEO 2019	June 28th-30th, 2019	7th	—	—
EVO 2019	August 2nd-4th, 2019	17th	—	—
Super Smash Con 2019	August 8th-11th, 2019	5th	9th	Cosmos
Shine 2019	August 23rd-25th, 2019	3rd	3rd	Samsora
Glitch 7 - Minus World	September 14-15th, 2019	4th	1st	Tweek
Mainstage	September 20th-22nd, 2019	1st	2nd	Samsora
The Big House 9	October 4th-6th, 2019	4th	5th	Cosmos
Smash Ultimate Summit 2	October 24th-27th, 2019	3rd	—	—
Tri-state Showdown: Fall 2019	November 9th, 2019	1st	1st	Tweek
2GG: Kongo Saga	December 7th-8th, 2019	9th	7th	Cosmos
Let's Make Big Moves	January 3rd-5th, 2020	1st	4th	Cosmos
GENESIS 7	January 24th-26th, 2020	9th	3rd	Dark Wizzy

Project M

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
Genesis 2010	October 2nd, 2010	1st	—	—

Trivia

• Interestingly enough, despite his older brother Ksizzle having been known to be one of Ally's hardest opponents to play in tournament during his prime, Nairo failed to take a set from Ally in Brawl singles for four years despite having surpassed his brother since then. However, at Apex 2015, Nairo managed to beat Ally in tournament for the first time in Winners Semis, although he ultimately ended up losing both sets of Grand Finals to Ally.
• Starting with SKTAR in 2012, Nairo held a perfect record against ESAM in Brawl for three years. However, at Super Smash Con 2015, ESAM finally defeated Nairo for the first time and went on to Grand Finals only to lose to Mew2King.
  • Ironically, in Smash 4, ESAM had a perfect record against Nairo. However, at MLG World Finals 2015, Nairo beat ESAM for the first time in Smash 4 in Losers Finals.
• Pound 2016 was Nairo's worst placing in a Smash tournament, getting 49th place in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles after getting sent to losers bracket by Saj's Bayonetta, and being eliminated by Mr.II, a Japanese Robin player, in a huge upset.
  • Similarly, Nairo's worst doubles placing in any Smash tournament was 2GGC: Greninja Saga, placing 17th with ZeRo.
• Nairo was featured on Road to EVO: Nintendo Minute along with VoiD and D1.

External links

• Twitch channel
• Twitter account
• Youtube channel
• SSBWorld profile
• Smashdata profile
• Daily Dot AMA
• Interview with CyberSportsNetwork
• Interview at SKTAR

Gameplay videos

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

• TSM Zero vs Liquid Nairo - Smash 4 Grand Finals - MLG Finals
• LVL Up Expo - Liquid' Nairo (ZSS) Vs. 2GG | VoiD (Sheik) SSB4 Grand Finals
• KTAR XVIII: Nairo (ZSS) vs VoiD (Sheik) Losers Semis
• Midwest Mayhem 9 LOSERS FINALS - NRG | Nairo (Bowser, ZSS) vs P1 | Tweek (Donkey Kong, Cloud)