Smasher:Plup

Plup "Pluplue"
Character info
Smash 64 main	Kirby
Melee mains	Sheik, Fox
Other Melee characters	Samus, Luigi, Falco, Jigglypuff, Marth, Young Link
Brawl main	Marth
Smash 4 main	Rosalina & Luma
Other Smash 4 character	Pikachu
Ultimate mains	Mega Man, Ridley
Other Ultimate character	Greninja
Project M mains	Samus, Zero Suit Samus
Other Project M characters	Meta Knight, Sheik
Team info
Sponsor(s)	Red Bull
Former sponsor(s)	Panda
Former crews	Versus
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking	SSBMRank 2022: 8th
Winnings	~$121,378.25 ~$2,431.85
Personal and other info
Real name	Justin McGrath
Birth date	November 24, 1993
Location	Oregon
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Top professional Professional (retired) Top professional Top professional (semi-retired)

Plup is a smasher from Florida who is currently residing in Oregon, and is considered to be one of the best Melee players in the world. He is one of the best Sheik players in the world, a top Fox player, one of the best Samus players in the world, and one of the best Luigi players in the world. He has strong placings in nationals, including 1st at GENESIS 5 and DreamHack Atlanta 2017, 2nd at The Big House 7 and Smash Summit 9, 3rd at EVO 2016, 4th at CEO 2016, and 5th at EVO 2017, Smash Summit 2, and Smash Summit 3. He is also the second player in competitive Melee history to take a set off of each of the Five Gods, after defeating Armada at The Big House 7. He is a strong doubles player, frequently teaming with Hungrybox, and more recently teaming with Mew2King, taking 1st at GENESIS 5 doubles. He is currently ranked 8th on the SSBMRank 2022 and was formerly ranked 2nd on the Central Florida Melee Power Rankings.

After Apex 2015, Plup switched from Samus to Sheik while still using Samus as an occasional counterpick. Plup has also demonstrated his competence with other characters, such as Luigi which he used exclusively at CEO Dreamland, defeating Nintendude and Druggedfox, and placing 5th, the highest placing a solo Luigi has received at a major. He placed 3rd at CFL Smackdown 72 by playing exclusively Young Link. He also won CFL Smackdown 132 going exclusively Falco. In 2016, Plup showed early success with Fox, winning Frame One and defeating Wizzrobe, Axe, and Colbol in the process.

Plup is also a professional Project M Samus player, with secondaries Meta Knight and Sheik. He took 1st place in CEO 2014 Project M doubles with fellow Florida smasher Wizzrobe. He also participates in Ultimate tournaments playing Mega Man and Ridley with a Greninja secondary, and has wins on Sonix, Salem, MVD, ZD, Meme, Pelca, Atomsk, and PsyKoD.

On June 30th, 2015, Plup was signed by Panda. He left Panda on December 2nd, 2022, following his disapproval of Panda's actions that resulted in the cancellation of the Smash World Tour 2022 Championships.

Tournament history

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2010-2013: Beginnings as a Bounty Hunter

Initially starting as a Samus player, Plup's first notable tournament was at CEO 2010, placing 13th out of 62 entrants. Starting with Advent II, Plup teamed with Hungrybox in doubles, placing 1st at many doubles events and would be his main doubles partner until 2015. Later in 2012, he attended Apex 2012 and placed 33rd with a win over Cyrain. A year later, his next tournament was Apex 2013 where he defeated Tai, and lost to KirbyKaze and PewPewU. He placed 17th at the event, a notable improvement over last year.

2014-2015: Increasing Results and Switch to the Sheikah Clan

After a few years of sparse results outside of locals, Plup started to make a name for himself by attending more major tournaments as well as improving his results. At Apex 2014, he placed 13th with wins over Chillindude and darkatma in both 2-0 sets and losses to MacD 2-0 and Fiction 2-1. Plup then competed at MLG Anaheim 2014 as one of the four Open Losers' Bracket finalists. Starting in losers bracket he went 2-1, winning against ZeRo 3-0 and Colbol 3-1 but eliminated by Hungrybox.

Nearly two months later at CEO 2014 Prologue, he mainly played Samus but started to use Fox, mainly for the Jigglypuff matchup. Despite his new counterpick, he lost to Hungrybox twice in winners and grand finals, 3-1 and 3-0 respectively. CEO 2014 was notable as his first top 8 at a major tournament. After being sent to losers bracket by Porkchops, he defeated ChuDat and Fiction until being eliminated by Mew2King, placing 5th.

At EVO 2014, Armada beat him 2-0 (being two stocked in both games); however, he had notable wins in losers bracket over Lucky and Hax$. Then he lost 2-0 to Axe and ended with 9th place, just shy of making another top 8. His run at The Big House 4 was similar to the one he had at EVO 2014. After making it out of round 2 pools, Hax$ sent him to losers bracket in a dominant 2-0. In losers, he defeated Hanky Panky and La Luna 2-0 until losing to Westballz 3-1, ending his tournament run at 9th.

The Big House 4 was Plup's last tournament of 2014 and with more notable placements and wins under his belt, he was ranked 16th on the 2014 SSBMRank.

At Apex 2015, Plup lost to Swedish Delight in Winners with Samus and KJH in Losers with Sheik. He placed 49th at the event which is his worst placement in Melee singles to date.

After Apex 2015, Plup started to use Sheik and Fox more frequently, with Samus no longer being his most notable character. Despite this, Plup is still considered one of the best Samus players in the world and occasionally plays the character in bracket, most notably at Shine 2017 and Super Smash Con 2019.

The rest of the year would be better in terms of results and Plup has never placed outside of top 48 since Apex 2015. His notability with Sheik started to be seen at Smash 'N' Splash. He placed 2nd with solo Sheik, taking out Hanky Panky 2-1, Junebug 2-0, and Dart! 3-1 in the process. He only lost to Mew2King in both winners and grand finals. Next was a 7th place finish at CEO 2015 and his Sheik took more sets off of top level players, defeating ChuDat, Westballz, and Zhu. He lost to both Leffen and Mango in very close 2-1 and 3-2 sets.

Plup met Leffen in bracket again at EVO 2015 in losers round 6, it became one of Plup's most famous sets. Plup went Samus in the entire set and in game 3, he took two stocks in under thirty seconds. While Leffen was still able to bring him to his last stock, Plup's strong lead was enough to take the set. He also rematched Mango in bracket and defeated him 2-1, as well as taking additional sets off of Wizzrobe and Ken. He lost 2-0 to both PPMD and Hungrybox and placed 4th, a notably better placement than EVO 2014.

At The Big House 5, he defeated Fork to make it out of pools. Shortly after, he lost to Lucky despite a strong three stock win in game 1. His tournament run didn't last much longer, going 1-1 in the Sheik ditto in losers bracket, defeating Druggedfox and being eliminated by Shroomed, placing 13th at the event.

Plup was invited to the first Smash Summit and would remain one of the invites for every proceeding Smash Summit. In winners he beat Shroomed 3-2 before Mew2King sent him to losers in a 3-1 set. His losers run was notable however, defeating S2J and Lucky 3-0, and PPMD in a close 3-2 set, defeating one of the Five Gods outside of Mango. Funnily enough, Mango eliminated him 3-1 after his win over PPMD and Plup placed 4th.

At DreamHack Winter 2015, he placed 3rd with a 3-1 win over MacD, 3-2 win over Mango, and 3-0ing Duck and Westballz, with Plup 3-0ing the former in the Samus ditto. He only lost to Armada 3-0 in both winners quarter-finals and losers finals.

Despite the bad placing at Apex, this year was notably stronger for Plup than 2014, shown on his placement on the 2015 SSBMRank, being ranked 7th and his first top 10 placement on the rankings, only being ranked below the Five Gods and Leffen.

2016-2017: Greater Status as a Top 10 player

At Battle of the Five Gods, he went 2-2 against the Five Gods (He didn't meet Hungrybox in bracket). He defeated PPMD and Mew2King, with of his losses being against Armada and Mango, ending in 5th place. Outside of his encounters with the Gods, he took sets off of Silent Wolf and MacD.

He placed 1st at CEO 2016 Prologue, defeating Colbol in both winners and grand finals, then placed 4th at CEO 2016, with 3-0s over S2J and Druggedfox, as well as Axe 3-2. His losses were against Mew2King 3-2 and SFAT 3-1. Nearly a month later, he placed 3rd at EVO 2016 with strong wins in winners side over JAVI, Mango, and Hungrybox. Although after this, he quickly fell to a 3-0 against Armada and failed to beat Hungrybox in their runback, losing 3-1.

At Shine 2016, he defeated Captain Faceroll, La Luna, and Lucky with losses to SFAT and Mango. This put him at 7th place in singles, but this tournament is notable for his performance in doubles with Mew2King, his first time teaming up with him and they won the event. They teamed up at future events and consistently place top 3, becoming one of the best Melee doubles team and garnered the name Plup2King.

The Big House 6 would be his lowest placement at top level for awhile. Though he lost to Zain 2-0 in round 2 pools, he made a strong losers run, defeating iBDW, Professor Pro, S2J, and Wobbles. His losers run was stopped by Shroomed who was able to take game 5 and stopped a reverse 3-0 from Plup, placing 17th.

After defeating Axe 3-1 at Smash Summit 3, Armada completely demolished him in their set, having a three stock lead in game 1, and four stocking him in the last two games. After beating PewPewU 3-0 and Duck 3-1, he lost to Mango 3-1 and placed 5th.

Smash Summit 3 was his last tournament outside of locals. With more consistent placements compared to 2015, he placed one spot higher of 6th on the 2016 SSBMRank.

Plup garnered more strong results in 2017, starting the year by winning Norcal Validated. In the process, he took sets off of NMW 2-0, Nintendude 3-0, PewPewU 3-1, and 3-0ing SFAT in their grand finals reset. At GENESIS 4, he garnered wins over Zeo, Rudolph, dizzkidboogie, ARMY, and finally Leffen. He was sent to losers by Mew2King and lost to Hungrybox as soon as entering losers bracket, placing 5th.

At Smash Summit Spring 2017, Plup was placed in Group C and defeated SFAT 3-1 and Mango 3-0 to advance to winners bracket. After losing to Leffen 3-1, he 3-0'd S2J, won 3-1 against ChuDat, and was up two games in the Sheik ditto against Mew2King, but after Mew2King switched to Fox game 3 and Marth games 4 and 5, he reverse 3-0'd Plup and eliminated him in 5th place.

CEO Dreamland is a notable tournament for his strong performance with Luigi. He took notable sets off of Ginger, Nintendude, and Druggedfox with the character and lost to both Mew2King and Swedish Delight, ending in a placement of 5th. His 5th place finish with solo Luigi is currently the highest placement for the character at a Melee major.

With constant finishes of fifth place at majors, the streak was broken at CEO 2017. His run in winners side had notable 3-0 wins over iBDW and S2J, and having a close 3-2 win against Wizzrobe. Three two stocks from Hungrybox would put Plup in losers finals, luckily he defeated Axe 3-1 to have a second chance to win the tournament. The first three games were rather close until Plup three stocked him in the last two games. Although he was able to reset the bracket, Hungrybox took all three games heavily in his favor and lost the reset.

While Plup has won tournaments at this point, DreamHack Atlanta 2017 was his first truly notable win in Melee singles. He defeated Ryan Ford 3-0, Axe 3-2, Mew2King 3-1 in the Sheik ditto, and defeated Hungrybox who was on the brink of reverse 3-0ing him. In grand finals, Hungrybox 3-0'd Plup at first, but then Plup won the reset 3-0. This was the first tournament won by a non-God with multiple Gods in attendance since Leffen's win at BEAST 5. Shortly after, Plup garnered another win over Hungrybox at Super Smash Con 2017, defeating him 3-1. He also took another set over Leffen 3-2. He lost to Mango 3-2 and Mew2King 3-0, placing 5th at the event.

Plup went all Samus at Shine 2017 and just like EVO 2015, faced Leffen in bracket with the bounty hunter. It was a very back and forth set, but Plup took the set 3-2. He took additional sets over Trif 3-0 and La Luna 3-2 with the character. He placed 5th after losing to both Mango 3-0 and S2J 3-2.

For The Big House 7, he defeated MacD and PewPewU 3-0, Mew2King 3-1, and then he went against Armada in winners round 4. Plup took the first two games against Armada's Peach, causing him to switch to Fox. While the character switch looked strong with Armada two stocking Plup in game 3, Plup took game 4 and finally defeated Armada in tournament, the only God up to this point he never beat in bracket. It was the first time Armada lost to a Sheik player since 2010 where Amsah defeated him at Pound 4. After his win over Armada, he won 3-1 over the second best European player, Leffen, making it to grand finals. He sat in winners side and was to play against Hungrybox. Despite his favorable position, Hungrybox took both sets 3-1, putting Plup as the runner-up. Regardless, his win over Armada made him the second player to win a set against all of Melee's Five Gods, with the first being Leffen.

At Smash Summit 5, Plup played against Armada in round robin pools and the set was back and forth, every game after game 1 was a two stock win, but Armada took the set 3-2. Despite not being able to defeat Armada for a second time, he took sets off of MikeHaze 3-0 and Shroomed 3-2 and qualified for winner side in the final bracket. He was sent to losers bracket by Leffen 3-1, with him defeating MikeHaze 3-0 in their runback, Wizzrobe 3-2, and then being eliminated in 5th place by Mango 3-1.

With his tournament and player wins, as well as his notable top 8 placements in account, he was ranked 5th on the 2017 SSBMRank, only being ranked below the active Melee Gods.

2018: The Year of the Jorts

For Plup's career, 2018 is considered his best year in Melee singles.

GENESIS 5 was his first tournament of the year, and his strongest tournament run in Melee singles. He took quick sets off of PsychoMidget and Kaeon to make it out of round 2 pools. In winners side of top 64, he defeated Ginger 3-1, HugS 3-0, and Mango 3-2. Then in his set with Armada, Plup won the first two games efficiently, defeating Armada's Fox and caused him to switch to Peach. Despite the character change, the set still remained in Plup's favor and, in a favorable trade, took out Armada's last stock. In winners finals, Plup went against Hungrybox and defeated him 3-1, but he would face him again in grand finals. At first, Hungrybox was taking both sets in a dominant fashion, with a swift 3-0 in the first set and taking the first game of the second set, but Plup would eventually find some footing in their game 5. Afterwards, Hungrybox won game 6 then Plup took the last two games of their set and became the champion of GENESIS 5.

At Get On My Level 2018, Plup became runner-up to Hungrybox for the first of many times in 2018. He defeated Lucky 3-2, and Mew2King and Hungrybox 3-1 to make it to grand finals. In his runback with Hungrybox, he failed to win either set, losing both 3-2 and 3-1.

He attended DreamHack Austin 2018 and became the champion of another DreamHack event, albeit his run wasn't as strong as Atlanta 2017. Regardless, he defeated Arc and Albert 3-0, MikeHaze 3-2, and double eliminated La Luna 3-0 and 3-1.

CEO 2018 became his next notable tournament, taking sets off of SFAT 3-0, Zain 3-2, but being sent to losers by Hungrybox 3-1. He defeated Mew2King 3-1 in losers finals and possibly due to losing with Fox against Hungrybox in winners finals, Plup decided to go Sheik against him in grand finals. It worked in the beginning, resetting the bracket 3-2, but Hungrybox adapted and 3-0'd him in the reset.

In conjunction with his wins at GENESIS 5 and Austin 2018, as well as placing top 8 in every tournament he attended in the first half of 2018, Plup jumped to 2nd on the Summer 2018 MPGR, his best placement on the rankings and the first time he outplaced Armada, Mew2King, and Mango.

In the second half of 2018, Plup took two consecutive top 4 placements at notable tournaments. At EVO 2018, he made it to winners finals after defeating Amsah, Westballz, Wizzrobe, and Mango. He fell 3-0 to both Leffen and Armada's Fox, ending in 3rd place which tied with his placement at EVO 2016. Then at Shine 2018, he took sets over S2J, HugS, and ARMY, with losses to Mango and Hungrybox 3-1 putting him in 4th place.

Plup had the strongest losers run in his career at The Big House 8. After being 3-0'd by Bananas, he defeated moky, Lucky, La Luna, Swedish Delight, Leffen, and Zain 3-1, as well as 3-0ing n0ne, Axe, and Mango, making it all the way to grand finals against Hungrybox. He lost 3-1 and was runner-up to Hungrybox for the final time this year.

In his pools at Smash Summit 7 he went 3-0, having wins over Rishi, Wizzrobe, and Zain 3-1. Despite going undefeated in pools, he fell to Mango 3-2 and aMSa 3-0 and placed 9th, ending his streak of 5th place finishes since Smash Summit 2. This was also only time he didn't appear in top 8 at a notable tournament in 2018.

Despite the weaker result at Smash Summit 7, 2018 was undoubtedly a very strong year in terms of placements and wins over MPGR players. On the 2018 MPGR, he was ranked 4th and is currently his best placement with the whole year in account.

2019: An Inconsistent Year

Going into 2019, Plup started his year off not as strong as 2018 but still notable on its own. He took 3rd place at GENESIS 6. His run on winners side had strong sets over 2saint 3-1, and 3-0ing Darkatma, Zain, and aMSa. Shortly after, he was sent into losers by Hungrybox 3-2 and eliminated by Axe in another 3-2 set.

Momentum continued at Pound 2019 with another 3rd place finish. He defeated 42nd to make it out of pools and took additional sets over La Luna, Zain, and S2J. Shortly after he lost to Mango in winners finals and Hungrybox in losers finals. In the next two months, he had two fifth place finishes at both Smash 'N' Splash 5 and CEO 2019.

Due to not starting off as strong as the previous year, having slightly less notable wins, and stiff competition, his ranking dropped to 7th on the Summer 2019 MPGR.

Unfortunately, the second half of the year became a slump in Plup's career. Despite two top 3 finishes at the beginning of the year, his results started to decline and it remained that way for the rest of the year. At Super Smash Con 2019, he fell to both Swedish Delight and Axe to place 17th at the event.

Shine 2019 was the next tournament he attended, he progressed in winners side of pools and defeated HugS 3-0, but unfortunately DQ'd in 17th place due to sickness.

His next tournament was The Big House 9 almost two months later. He placed 9th, defeating Kuyashi 2-0, Rishi and Jakenshaken 3-1, and n0ne 3-2, and had losses against SFAT 3-1 and Fiction 3-0. This ended his two-year streak of placing 2nd at the event.

He ended the year with a 7th place finish at Mango's Birthday Bash, taking sets off of Ryan Ford and La Luna in both 3-1 sets, and losing to both Swedish Delight and Hungrybox in 3-1 sets. Despite his shaky performance by the end of the year, he had enough top 8 placements and his two top 3 finishes at majors were strong enough for him to be ranked 8th on the 2019 MPGR, albeit this was his worst ranking since 2015.

2020: Bouncing Back

Starting in 2020, Plup attended GENESIS 7, playing all Fox. Unlike his last three top 6 appearances at the event, he lost very quickly out of pools. Two notable upsets from PewPewU and ARMY - the former being strongly 3-0'd and losing in a last stock situation for the latter - placed him in a lackluster result of 25th, being his worst placement in singles since The Big House 6. This was also the first time Plup placed outside of top 12 at GENESIS and is currently his worst placement at the event.

His next tournament was Smash Summit 9. He defeated Shroomed and Magi 3-1, Mango 3-0, and only lost to Hax$ 3-2 and Hungrybox 3-0 in Swiss Pools, qualifying him for winners side in the final bracket. His run in the final bracket had more notable wins than in Swiss Pools: defeating Axe 3-2 after clutching game 5's close last stock situation, 3-0'd Zain, until being sent to losers finals by Hungrybox after a very patient 3-2 set. He eliminated Mango 3-1 in their runback and was against Hungrybox once again. After a explosive start, he was able to reset the bracket 3-1, but the bracket reset started in Hungrybox's favor with him taking the first two games (with Plup messing up his recovery in their last stock situation in game 5). While Plup was able to win the game afterwards, Hungrybox won the reset 3-1. In a sharp contrast to GENESIS 7, this is currently his best Summit placement, his best performance at Smash Summit since its inception, and the only time he was runner-up at the event.

2021-present: The Era of the Spoonfed Fish

Plup has largely continued to maintain consistent tournament placings. He finished first in the SWT: NA West Melee Regional Finals before going on to win the Smash World Tour 2021 Championships.

Other Smash games

Outside of Melee, Plup has competed in other Smash games. He slightly dabbled into Smash 4 during the game's early days, only competing in CFL weeklies and very rare major in the case of Apex 2015 where he placed 33rd.

In Project M, he played Samus in the game's heyday. He teamed up with Wizzrobe in doubles when he was an active player for the game, placing 1st at both CEO 2014 and Tipped Off 10 and a second place finish at both The Big House 4 and Smash 'N' Splash, placing behind Mew2King and ZeRo and Mew2King and Ally, respectively.

In Ultimate, he primarily plays Mega Man and Ridley and is one of the best Ultimate players who are more known for Melee, considered only behind Leffen. With Mega Man, he has taken sets off of Salem, MVD, and Meme. As Ridley, he solely used the character at Super Smash Con 2019 and placed 49th at the event, being the highest placement for a solo Ridley player at a S-Tier. He had notable performances of 17th at two Ultimate supermajors at EVO 2019 and The Big House 9, and was voted in for the first Smash Ultimate Summit although he only placed 13th. He occasionally uses Greninja and Mii Brawler as counterpicks.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
Gigabits 6/27	June 27th, 2009	7th	—	—
NOOB 1	February 20th, 2010	7th	—	—
NOOB 2	April 17th, 2010	5th	4th	Nasty
CEO 2010	June 5th-6th, 2010	13th	9th	Nasty
WATO 12	September 4th, 2010	5th	3rd	Apollo
NOOB 3	January 15th, 2011	5th	4th	Nicaboy
Advent II	October 8th, 2011	2nd	1st	Hungrybox
Advent IV	December 10th, 2011	3rd	1st	Hungrybox
Apex 2012	January 6th-8th, 2012	33rd	2nd	Hungrybox
Apex 2013	January 11th-13th, 2013	17th	2nd	Hungrybox
NOOB 4	March 30th, 2013	2nd	—	—
MICE	August 17th, 2013	2nd	1st	Hungrybox
Tipped Off 9	December 14th-15th, 2013	7th	1st	Hungrybox
Apex 2014	January 17th-19th, 2014	13th	3rd	Hungrybox
CEO 2014 Winterfest	February 1st, 2014	3rd	1st	Hungrybox
CEO 2014 Prologue	March 28th-29th, 2014	2nd	—	—
Fear The Green Missile	April 26th, 2014	2nd	1st	Hungrybox
Super Smash Sundays 20	May 18th, 2014	7th	4th	HugS
VGC EVO Sponsorship Tournament	June 14th-15th, 2014	1st	—	—
MLG Anaheim 2014	June 20th-22nd, 2014	9th	5th	Hungrybox
CEO 2014	June 27th-29th, 2014	5th	2nd	Hungrybox
EVO 2014	July 11th-13th, 2014	9th	1st	Hungrybox
Smash the Record	August 22nd-25th, 2014	7th	1st	Hungrybox
Simply Smashing	August 30th, 2014	2nd	—	—
Tipped Off 10	September 20th-21st, 2014	5th	1st	Hungrybox
The Big House 4	October 4th-5th, 2014	9th	2nd	Hungrybox
CFL Smackdown 6	October 14th, 2014	2nd	—	—
CFL Smackdown 8	November 11th, 2014	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 10	November 25th, 2014	2nd	—	—
CFL Smackdown 12	December 9th, 2014	2nd	—	—
CFL Smackdown Monthly 7	December 20th, 2014	1st	—	—
WATO FP	January 3rd, 2015	2nd
CFL Smackdown 13	January 13th, 2015	2nd	—	—
Paragon Orlando 2015	January 17th-18th, 2015	5th	1st	Hungrybox
CFL Smackdown 14	January 27th, 2015	2nd	—	—
Apex 2015	January 30th-February 1st, 2015	49th	13th	Colbol
CFL Smackdown 17	February 17th, 2015	2nd	—	—
CFL Smackdown 18	February 24th, 2015	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 19	March 3rd, 2015	2nd	—	—
CFL Smackdown 20	March 10th, 2015	2nd	—	—
Bad Moon Rising	March 14th-15th, 2015	2nd	4th	DruggedFox
CFL Smackdown 21	March 17th, 2015	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 22	March 24th, 2015	2nd	—	—
CFL Smackdown 23	March 31st, 2015	1st	1st	Pi
CFL Smackdown 24	April 4th, 2015	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown Monthly 9	April 12th, 2015	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 25	April 14th, 2015	2nd	—	—
CFL Smackdown 26	April 21st, 2015	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 27	April 28th, 2015	1st	—	—
2015 Versus EVO Qualifier	May 2nd, 2015	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 30	May 26th, 2015	4th	—	—
CFL Smackdown 32	June 9th, 2015	1st	—	—
Smash 'N' Splash	June 13th-14th, 2015	2nd	2nd	Wizzrobe
CFL Smackdown 34	June 23rd, 2015	1st	—	—
CEO 2015	June 26th-28th, 2015	7th	7th	DruggedFox
CFL Smackdown 36	July 7th, 2015	3rd	—	—
CFL Smackdown 37	July 14th, 2015	1st	—	—
EVO 2015	July 17th-19th, 2015	4th	3rd	Hungrybox
CFL Smackdown 39	July 28th, 2015	2nd	—	—
CFL Smackdown 41	August 11th, 2015	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 42	August 18th, 2015	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 44	September 1st, 2015	2nd	—	—
Paragon Los Angeles 2015	September 5th-6th, 2015	9th	—	—
HTC Throwdown	September 19th, 2015	25th	7th	Wizzrobe
CFL Smackdown 47	September 21st, 2015	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 48	September 28th, 2015	2nd	—	—
The Big House 5	October 2nd-4th, 2015	13th	7th	DruggedFox
CFL Smackdown 50	October 12th, 2015	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 51	October 19th, 2015	1st	—	—
Smash the Record 2015	October 23rd-25th, 2015	17th	—	—
CFL Smackdown 52	November 2nd, 2015	1st	—	—
Smash Summit	November 7th-8th, 2015	4th	5th	PPMD
Eclipse	November 14th-15th, 2015	4th	1st	Axe
Kickstart 4	November 22nd, 2015	1st	1st	Westballz
DreamHack Winter 2015	November 26th-29th, 2015	3rd	7th	Wizzrobe
CFL Smackdown 57	December 7th, 2015	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 58	December 14th, 2015	2nd	—	—
CFL Smackdown 59	January 4th, 2016	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 60	January 11th, 2016	1st	—	—
GENESIS 3	January 15th-17th, 2016	9th	25th	M00NShoez
CFL Smackdown 62	January 25th, 2016	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 63	February 1st, 2016	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 64	February 8th, 2016	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 66	February 22nd, 2016	1st	—	—
Tampa Never Sleeps 6	February 27th-28th, 2016	3rd	—	—
CFL Smackdown 67	February 29th, 2016	?	—	—
CFL Smackdown 68	March 7th, 2016	1st	2nd	Pengie
CFL Smackdown 69	March 14th, 2016	1st	—	—
Battle of the Five Gods	March 17th-19th, 2016	5th	—	—
CFL Smackdown 70	March 21st, 2016	1st	1st	Pengie
CFL Smackdown 71	March 28th, 2016	1st	—	—
Pound 2016	April 2nd-3rd, 2016	5th	1st	Hungrybox
CFL Smackdown 72	April 5th, 2016	3rd	—	—
Frame One	April 9th-10th, 2016	1st	1st	Wizzrobe
CFL Smackdown 74	April 18th, 2016	1st	1st	—
Smash Summit 2	April 21st-24th, 2016	5th	2nd	Hungrybox
CFL Smackdown Weekly 76	May 2nd, 2016	1st	1st	Pengie
CFL Smackdown 77	May 9th, 2016	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 78	May 16th, 2016	2nd	1st	Pengie
CEO 2016 Prologue	May 21st-22nd, 2016	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 79	May 23rd, 2016	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 80	May 30th, 2016	2nd	1st	Oaty
CFL Smackdown 82	June 13th, 2016	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 83	June 20th, 2016	1st	7th	Snowdrops
CEO 2016	June 24th-26th, 2016	4th	2nd	Axe
CFL Smackdown 86	July 11th, 2016	1st	—	—
EVO 2016	July 15th-17th, 2016	3rd	—	—
CFL Smackdown 87	July 25th, 2016	1st	1st	Oaty
CFL Smackdown 88	August 1st, 2016	2nd	—	—
CFL Smackdown 89	August 8th, 2016	9th (Forfeit)	—	—
Unrivaled	August 20th, 2016	1st	1st	Derdian
CFL Smackdown 91	August 22nd, 2016	2nd	—	—
Shine 2016	August 26th-28th, 2016	7th	1st	Mew2King
Smash Conference LXVI	September 9th, 2016	2nd	1st	Gahtzu
CFL Smackdown 94	September 12th, 2016	1st	1st	Pengie
Unrivaled II: Doubles Edition	September 17th, 2016	1st	1st	Gahtzu
CFL Smackdown 95	September 19th, 2016	1st	1st	Pengie
The Smash House	September 23rd-25th, 2016	1st	1st	Gahtzu
CFL Smackdown 96	September 26th, 2016	1st	1st	Colbol
CFL Smackdown 97	October 3rd, 2016	1st	1st	Oaty
The Big House 6	October 7th-9th, 2016	17th	5th	Westballz
CFL Smackdown 98	October 10th, 2016	2nd	—	—
Smash Conference LXVIII	October 14th, 2016	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 99	October 17th, 2016	1st	—	—
Come To Papa 2	October 22nd-23rd, 2016	1st	1st	Mew2King
CFL Smackdown 100	October 24th, 2016	1st	1st	The Author
CFL Smackdown 101	October 31st, 2016	1st	1st	Gahtzu
Smash Summit 3	November 3rd-6th, 2016	5th	5th	Hungrybox
CFL Smackdown 104	November 28th, 2016	1st	2nd	Oaty
CFL Smackdown 106	December 12th, 2016	2nd	1st	Hungrybox
Unrivaled IV: Dash Dancing Through the Snow	December 17th, 2016	1st	1st	Oaty
CFL Smackdown 108	January 2nd, 2017	1st	1st	Oaty
Norcal Validated	January 14th, 2017	1st	9th	Liz
Get Smashed at the Foundry 105	January 17th, 2017	1st	—	—
GENESIS 4	January 20th-22nd, 2017	5th	4th	Axe
Unrivaled V	January 28th, 2017	1st	1st	Oaty
CFL Smackdown 115	February 20th, 2017	2nd	1st	Oaty
Smash Summit Spring 2017	March 2nd-5th, 2017	5th	5th	Westballz
CEO Dreamland	April 14th-16th, 2017	5th	5th	Axe
DreamHack Austin 2017	April 28th-30th, 2017	5th	2nd	Mew2King
CFL Smackdown 125	May 2nd, 2017	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 126	May 8th, 2017	2nd	2nd	Derdian
Unrivaled VII: Peak Performance	May 13th, 2017	1st	1st	Oaty
Runback 2017	May 20th-21st, 2017	1st	1st	Westballz
Smash 'N' Splash 3	June 2nd-4th, 2017	5th	4th	Axe
CFL Smackdown 131	June 13th, 2017	1st	—	—
CEO 2017	June 16th-18th, 2017	2nd	—	—
CFL Smackdown 132	June 20th, 2017	1st	2nd	Druggedfox
CFL Smackdown 133	June 27th, 2017	2nd	1st	Oaty
Bad Moon Rising 2	July 1st, 2017	13th	1st	Druggedfox
EVO 2017	July 14th-16th, 2017	5th	—	—
FUSE	July 16th, 2017	—	3rd	Axe
Unrivaled VIII: Defend Florida	July 29th, 2017	—	1st	Slox
DreamHack Atlanta 2017	July 21st-23rd, 2017	1st	1st	Mew2King
CFL Smackdown 136	July 24th, 2017	3rd	2nd	Oaty
CFL Smackdown 137	July 31st, 2017	1st	1st	Oaty
Super Smash Con 2017	August 10th-13th, 2017	3rd	2nd	Mew2King
Shine 2017	August 25th-27th, 2017	5th	4th	Swedish Delight
Smash the Record 2017	September 14th-17th, 2017	2nd	1st	MacD
GameTyrant Expo 2017	September 29th-October 1st, 2017	5th	3rd	Mew2King
The Big House 7	October 6th-8th, 2017	2nd	5th	Mew2King
Too Hot to Handle	October 28th-29th, 2017	3rd	1st	Crush
Smash Summit 5	November 2nd-5th, 2017	5th	2nd	Mew2King
CFL Smackdown 155	December 14th, 2017	1st	1st	Oaty
Melee at The MADE #54	January 12th, 2018	1st	3rd	Liz
Pre-Genesis 5 Melee & Marvel	January 17th, 2018	Top 4	—	—
GENESIS 5	January 19th-21st, 2018	1st	1st	Mew2King
CFL Smackdown 163	February 12th, 2018	1st	1st	Oaty
CFL Smackdown 166	March 5th, 2018	2nd	2nd	Crudo
EGLX 2018	March 9th-11th, 2018	2nd	1st	Mew2King
Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition	April 7th, 2018	2nd	—	—
Aegis	April 21st, 2018	1st	1st	Cal
Smash Summit 6	May 3rd-6th, 2018	5th	3rd	Mew2King
Get On My Level 2018	May 18th-20th, 2018	2nd	1st	Mew2King
DreamHack Austin 2018	June 1st-3rd, 2018	1st	1st	Mike Haze
CEO 2018	June 29th-July 1st, 2018	2nd	1st	Mew2King
CFL Smackdown 184	July 9th, 2018	1st	1st	Oaty
CFL Smackdown 185	July 16th, 2018	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown 186	July 23rd, 2018	3rd	1st	Oaty
EVO 2018	August 3rd-5th, 2018	3rd	—	—
Shine 2018	August 24th-26th, 2018	4th	2nd	Swedish Delight
Unrivaled XI: This One Goes to 11	September 8th, 2018	1st	1st	Oaty
The Big House 8	October 5th-7th, 2018	2nd	3rd	Westballz
Smash Summit 7	November 15th-18th, 2018	9th	1st	Mew2King
GENESIS 6	February 1st-3rd, 2019	3rd	3rd	Mew2King
Come to Papa 3	April 27th-28th, 2019	—	1st	Zain
Pound 2019	April 19th-21st, 2019	3rd	1st	Mew2King
Get On My Level 2019	May 17th-19th, 2019	9th	4th	Wizzrobe
Smash 'N' Splash 5	May 31st-June 2nd, 2019	5th	3rd	Mew2King
Smash Summit 8	June 13th-17th, 2019	7th	2nd	Zain
CEO 2019	June 28th-30th, 2019	5th	2nd	IBDW
Super Smash Con 2019	August 8th-11th, 2019	17th	2nd	Mew2King
Shine 2019	August 23rd-25th, 2019	17th (DQ)	1st	Mew2King
The Big House 9	October 4th-6th, 2019	9th	1st	Mew2King
Mango's Birthday Bash	December 7th-8th, 2019	7th	1st	Mango
CFL Smackdown Melee 261	January 13th, 2020	1st	1st	Moses
CFL Smackdown Melee 262	January 20th, 2020	1st	1st	Envy
GENESIS 7	January 24th-26th, 2020	25th	1st	Mew2King
Smash Summit 9	February 13th-16th, 2020	2nd	—	—
Pound Online	April 24th-26th, 2020	5th	—	—
Rona Rumble: Southeast III	June 7th, 2020	9th	—	—
Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 2	July 25th-26th, 2020	4th	—	—
Slippi Champions League - Season 1 Week 1	October 11th, 2020	5th	—	—
Slippi Champions League - Season 1 Week 2	October 18th, 2020	5th	—	—
Slippi Champions League - Season 1 Week 3	October 25th, 2020	5th	—	—
Slippi Champions League - Season 1 Week 4	October 31st, 2020	3rd	—	—
Smash Summit 10 Online	November 19th-22nd, 2020	17th	—	—
LEVO #12 | SCL Qualifier	April 10th, 2021	1st	—	—
Frame Perfect Series 5: ONLINE	April 17th, 2021	1st	—	—
Summit Champions League - Season 2 Week 4	May 9th, 2021	5th	—	—
Smash Summit 11	July 15th-18th, 2021	4th	—	—
Riptide	September 10th-12th, 2021	2nd	1st	Hungrybox
SWT: NA West Melee Regional Finals	October 23rd-24th, 2021	1st	—	—
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships	December 17th-19th, 2021	1st	—	—
Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 4	January 29th-30th, 2022	4th	—	—
GENESIS 8	April 15th-17th, 2022	13th	1st	aMSa
Smash Summit 13	May 12th-15th, 2022	2nd	—	—
CEO 2022	June 24th-26th, 2022	1st	—	—
Riptide 2022	September 9th-11th, 2022	2nd	1st	Hungrybox
Lost Tech City 2022	September 30th-October 2nd, 2022	2nd	1st	Hungrybox
Smash Summit 14	November 3rd-6th, 2022	9th	—	—
Scuffed World Tour	December 18th, 2022	9th	—	—
GENESIS 9	January 20th-22nd, 2023	4th	1st	Hungrybox
EugeneBound	February 4th, 2023	9th (DQ)	—	—

Project M

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
NOOB 4	March 30th, 2013	2nd	1st	Wizzrobe
Tipped Off 9	December 14th-15th, 2013	4th	—	—
Gaming Knights January Gamefest	January 12th, 2014	2nd	—	—
Apex 2014	January 17th-19th, 2014	13th	—	—
CEO 2014 Prologue	March 28th-29th, 2014	1st	—	—
Fear The Green Missile	April 26th, 2014	2nd	—	—
CEO 2014	June 27th-29th, 2014	9th	1st	Wizzrobe
Simply Smashing	August 30th, 2014	5th	—	—
Tipped Off 10	September 20th-21st, 2014	4th	1st	Wizzrobe
The Big House 4	October 4th-5th, 2014	17th	2nd	Wizzrobe
CFL Smackdown Weekly 11	December 2nd, 2015	1st	—	—
Paragon Orlando 2015	January 17th-18th, 2015	2nd	—	—
CFL Smackdown Weekly 24	April 4th, 2015	1st	—	—
Smash 'N' Splash	June 13th-14th, 2015	2nd	2nd	Wizzrobe
Paragon Los Angeles 2015	September 5th-6th, 2015	9th	Top 6	MrLz
CFL Smackdown Weekly 48	September 28th, 2015	2nd	—	—
Project M in The Big House	October 3rd, 2015	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown Weekly 50	October 12th, 2015	2nd	—	—
CFL Smackdown Weekly 57	December 7th, 2015	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown Weekly 63	February 1st, 2016	2nd	—	—
CFL Smackdown 71	March 28th, 2016	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown Weekly 77	May 9th, 2016	2nd	—	—
CFL Smackdown Weekly 86	July 11th, 2016	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown Weekly 88	August 1st, 2016	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown Weekly 98	October 10th, 2016	1st	—	—
Runback 2017	May 20th-21st, 2017	1st	1st	Westballz
Smash 'N' Splash 3	June 2nd-4th, 2017	33rd	1st	Junebug
Smash 'N' Splash 5	May 31st-June 2nd, 2019	—	7th	Junebug

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
CFL Smackdown Weekly 10	November 25th, 2014	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown Weekly 12	December 9th, 2014	—	1st	Gahtzu
CFL Smackdown Monthly 7	December 20th, 2014	9th	—	—
Apex 2015	January 30th-February 1st, 2015	33rd	13th	Wizzrobe
CFL Smackdown Weekly 19	March 3rd, 2015	9th	—	—
CFL Smackdown Weekly 22	March 24th, 2015	7th	—	—
CFL Smackdown Weekly 24	April 4th, 2015	5th	—	—
CFL Smackdown Weekly 26	April 21st, 2015	5th	—	—
CFL Smackdown Weekly 27	April 28th, 2015	5th	—	—
CFL Smackdown Weekly 30	May 26th, 2015	4th	—	—
CFL Smackdown Weekly 32	June 9th, 2015	7th	—	—
Smash 'N' Splash	June 13th-14th, 2015	—	3rd	Wizzrobe
Spicy Spot 06/19/15	June 19th, 2015	2nd	—	—
CFL Smackdown Weekly 34	June 23rd, 2015	9th	—	—
CFL Smackdown Weekly 36	July 7th, 2015	5th	—	—
Frame One	April 9th-10th, 2016	9th	—	—
Smash Conference LXVI	September 9th, 2016	17th	—	—

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018	June 12th, 2018	3rd	—	—
GENESIS 6	February 1st-3rd, 2019	49th	—	—
Frostbite 2019	February 22nd-24th, 2019	49th	17th	Mew2King
Smash Ultimate Summit	March 8th-10th, 2019	13th	—	—
Pound 2019	April 19th-21st, 2019	65th	—	—
Come to Papa 3	April 27th-28th, 2019	97th (DQ)	—	—
Get On My Level 2019	May 17th-19th, 2019	17th	—	—
Smash 'N' Splash 5	May 31st-June 2nd, 2019	81st	—	—
CEO 2019	June 28th-30th, 2019	65th	—	—
EVO 2019	August 3rd-5th, 2019	17th	—	—
Super Smash Con 2019	August 8th-11th, 2019	49th	—	—
Shine 2019	August 23rd-25th, 2019	129th (DQ)	—	—
The Big House 9	October 4th-6th, 2019	17th	17th	Armada
Mango's Birthday Bash	December 7th-8th, 2019	—	2nd	ESAM
GENESIS 7	January 24th-26th, 2020	49th	—	—
Frostbite 2020	February 21st-23rd, 2020	65th	33rd	Comet
The Quarantine Series Opening Invitational	March 29th, 2020	13th	—	—
Block'd In	April 14th, 2020	9th	—	—
The Quarantine Series: Minor Tournament 1	April 18th-19th, 2020	25th	—	—
Pound Online	April 24th-26th, 2020	49th	—	—
The Quarantine Series: Major Tournament 1	May 2nd, 2020	65th	—	—
King of WiFi Random Characters	May 30th, 2020	13th	—	—
Smash Ultimate Online: East Coast	August 3rd, 2020	5th	—	—
Mega Smash Mondays Online 14	August 4th, 2020	97th	—	—
Bamboo Battles: Smash Ultimate #1	February 1st, 2021	1st	—	—
Mega Smash Mondays Online 43	February 23rd, 2021	65th	—	—
Riptide	September 10th-12th, 2021	257th	—	—
The Box: Lunch Box 18	January 26th, 2022	65th	—	—
CEO 2022	June 24th-26th, 2022	65th	—	—
Riptide 2022	September 9th-11th, 2022	97th	—	—
Lost Tech City 2022	September 30th-October 2nd, 2022	—	5th	Marss
Jaiden's Ridley Rumble	November 26th, 2022	9th	—	—

Trivia

• Plup has an even record with Leffen (8-8).
• Plup humorously forgot to receive his medal on stage with the other top 8 finishers at EVO 2015.
• Plup dropped and broke his 1st place trophy at DreamHack Atlanta 2017, which was later replaced.
• Plup has taken at least 1 set off of each of the members of the 2015 top 6. He first defeated Hungrybox at Advent II, Leffen at Paragon Orlando 2015, Mango at EVO 2015, PPMD at Smash Summit, Mew2King at Battle of the Five Gods, and Armada at The Big House 7.
• By placing 5th at CEO Dreamland while using only Luigi, Plup became the highest placing Luigi ever at a major Melee tournament, beating Abate's 7th place finish at The Big House 5.
• Plup is the second player to defeat each of the Five Gods in a tournament set at least once (after Leffen).
  • Plup is also the only player that has taken multiple sets off of each of the Five Gods.
• In a set against Chillin at Get On My Level 2019, Chillin's Fox beat out Plup's Sheik in the first game. This prompted Plup to switch to Fox to close out the set, and he ended up going only Fox for the rest of the tournament. This prompted various memes afterward that "Chillin retired Plup's Sheik" that the Smash community has joked about.
• In 2019, Plup guest-starred on a REACT "Secret Pro Gamer" episode, in which he played Ultimate against and easily defeated the reactors, initially with reactor Eric posing as Plup, with the latter hidden behind a curtain.
• Since winning the Smash World Tour 2021 Championships, Plup is commonly associated with a GIF (and emote, known as plupYUMYUM) of a koi fish being spoonfed. This emote is often spammed in tournament stream chats whenever Plup is playing to cheer him on, alluding to him "consuming" or "devouring" his opponents.
  • The ubiquity of the fish (accredited to the efforts of Melee/Minecraft player NotEnder) has led to Hungrybox, Armada, Riddles, and others to make their own spins on the emote.
• Plup is the second player to complete Melee's All-Star gameplay mode on the Very Hard difficulty with every character (after Canadian Fox player Laser). The feat (which does not involve the use of continues) took him over two years to accomplish.
  • Plup is also the only player to have beaten All-Star, Very Hard with every character, plus Giga Bowser.
• Plup is the subject of a satirical feud with YouTube content creator AsumSaus, stemming from a video the latter made on the importance of port priority.
• After leaving Panda, Plup switched to using Sheik's blue-themed costume.

External links

• Twitter account
• Twitch channel
• YouTube channel
• SmashBoards public profile