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- This article is about the French smasher named Leon. For the Star Fox character, see Leon Powalski.
Not to be confused with LeoN.
Leon is a French Ultimate Lucina player from Vitry-sur-Seine, Greater Paris Area, who is considered the best Lucina player in Europe. Leon is originally a Brawl veteran who skipped most of Smash 4’s competitive lifespan and came back in the spotlight with Ultimate’s release. He found back his past success via taking multiple sets off players such as Flow, Oryon, Homika, Ogey, and PeW. Despite being considered as a legendary Brawl Marth player, he rather uses Lucina in this game. His Lucina’s playstyle is known for its patient movement and spacing, in addition to retaining aggressive elements of play from Brawl. He is currently ranked 28th on the European Smash Rankings.
Leon made his debut in Melee, maining Roy. He surprised many players at Epita Smash Arena, his first tournament. While he was not aware of advanced techniques at the time, he had developed his own playstyle and combos with Roy, and managed to reach a decent place.
His golden era occurred in Brawl. He originally mained Peach and was often referred as the French Brawl Champion, since he placed first in most of the Brawl tournaments in France in 2008 (and thus placed 1st in the 2008 Rankings) with her. Counting tournaments in anime conventions, Leon won 9 tournaments in 2008, 7 in a row, 3 being Bushido Impact events. His undisputed #1 spot in France then suffered from the debuts of Glutonny, who three-stocked him twice at Bushido Impact 8th Impact, Glutonny's first tournament. As time passed by, he progressively started to play Marth, as a co-main to his Peach at first, before solo-maining the swordsman around 2013. He continued to place high in tournaments that he enters, though his extremely aggressive playstyle occasionally works to his detriment, as seen here. Leon frequently attended major tournaments in North America, such as SKTAR and the Apex tournament series, where he has achieved significant placings. He has taken sets off of top players such as DEHF. He moved to Ontario after Apex 2014, but moved back to France after 5 months. Leon was ranked at the 0 position on the Brawl Southern Ontario Power Rankings. He was formerly a member of the Bushido Impact staff starting in July 2009. He was previously ranked 7th on the French Power Rankings and 22nd on the 2014 SSBBRank.
Even though he was inactive in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Leon gave the game a chance at the release and was a Zero Suit Samus main. He was previously ranked 6th on the French Power Rankings before his inactivity.
He also still plays Project M, and is currently ranked 4th on the French Project M Power Rankings.
Tournament placings
| Tournament |
Date |
1v1 Placement |
2v2 Placement |
Partner
|
| Epita Smash Arena |
April 7th-8th, 2007 |
33rd |
— |
—
|
| Epita Smash Arena 2 |
February 23rd-24th, 2008 |
65th |
— |
—
|
| Super Lion 4 |
August 7th-9th, 2009 |
17th |
17th |
Cyr
|
| Bushido Nibai Impact II |
August 29th-30th, 2009 |
1st |
— |
—
|
| NST III |
October 31st-November 1st, 2009 |
13th |
5th |
Bjay
|
| Avalon I |
October 5th, 2013 |
13th |
— |
—
|
| Avalon II |
November 9th, 2013 |
17th |
13th |
Soreru
|
| Salty Arena Cup #10 |
October 11th, 2014 |
5th |
— |
—
|
| HFLAN Melee Edition |
May 9th-10th, 2015 |
25th |
9th |
Charlon
|
| Neokan Party 2 |
July 2nd-3rd, 2016 |
3rd |
5th |
Rach
|
| Neokan Party 3 |
September 3rd-4th, 2016 |
3rd |
1st |
BSeeD
|
| Forward Smash Tournament 1 |
September 19th, 2016 |
4th |
— |
—
|
| Forward Smash Tournament 2 |
October 29th-30th, 2016 |
7th |
3rd |
Willy
|
| TOAST |
November 12th-13th, 2016 |
3rd |
1st |
Impade
|
| HFLAN Melee Edition 2017 |
April 15th-16th, 2017 |
17th |
17th |
JiM
|
| HFLAN Melee Edition 2019 |
April 20th-21st, 2019 |
33rd |
5th |
JiM
|
| Tournament |
Date |
1v1 Placement |
2v2 Placement |
Partner
|
| Bushido Impact 6 |
August 23rd, 2008 |
1st |
— |
—
|
| Gnouz Ranking 2 |
October 26th, 2008 |
2nd |
— |
—
|
| Bushido Impact 7 |
November 11th, 2008 |
1st |
— |
—
|
| Bushido Impact at Chibi Japan Expo 2008 |
October 31st-November 2nd, 2008 |
1st |
3rd |
Neji9
|
| Gnouz Ranking 3 |
November 22nd, 2008 |
1st |
— |
—
|
| Bushido Impact 8 |
February 1st, 2009 |
3rd |
5th |
Neji9
|
| Shinigami Tournament 1 |
March 7th, 2009 |
3rd |
— |
—
|
| Bushido Nibai Impact |
April 11th, 2009 |
5th |
— |
—
|
| Bushido Nibai Impact II |
August 29th-30th, 2009 |
3rd |
— |
—
|
| Super Lion 4 |
August 7th-9th, 2009 |
9th |
4th |
King
|
| NST III |
October 31st-November 1st, 2009 |
2nd |
1st |
Bjay
|
| Geneva Brawl Garden 2 |
November 28th-29th, 2009 |
2nd |
1st |
Bjay
|
| Bushido Impact 10 |
December 20th, 2009 |
2nd |
— |
—
|
| Bushido Brawl Impact |
July 23rd-25th, 2010 |
4th |
4th |
Bjay
|
| Bushido Brawl Impact LT |
July 23rd-25th, 2010 |
5th |
— |
—
|
| ñGamers |
July 8th, 2011 |
3rd |
7th (DQ) |
Bjay
|
| Waku Waku Smash 1 |
July 22nd-24th, 2011 |
3rd |
— |
—
|
| Brawl in Berlin 2 |
July 29th-August 1st, 2011 |
5th |
— |
—
|
| OSTS: Archer |
August 27th, 2011 |
2nd |
1st |
Bjay
|
| House is in Session |
|
1st |
— |
—
|
| Apex 2012 |
January 6th-8th, 2012 |
33rd |
17th |
ChiboSempai
|
| SKTAR |
July 14th-15th, 2012 |
13th |
9th |
Glutonny
|
| Bushido Brawl Impact 2 |
August 25th-26th, 2012 |
4th |
1st |
Bjay
|
| Apex 2013 |
January 11th-13th, 2013 |
25th |
17th |
Bjay
|
| IMPULSE 2013 |
June 15th-16th, 2013 |
4th |
2nd |
Dabuz
|
| Avalon II |
November 9th, 2013 |
3rd |
2nd |
Dany
|
| Apex 2014 |
January 17th-19th, 2014 |
13th |
17th |
Bjay
|
| Dynasty Battles Special 2 |
February 15th, 2014 |
1st |
1st |
Toronto Joe
|
| Dynasty Battles 4 |
March 22nd, 2014 |
5th |
3rd |
Toronto Joe
|
| Shuffle V |
February 22nd-23rd, 2014 |
9th |
5th |
Player_1
|
| Polybash XIII |
March 1st-2nd, 2014 |
2nd |
4th |
pidgezero_one
|
| A-GAME! Brawl Tournament |
March 29th, 2014 |
1st |
— |
—
|
| Get On My Level 2014 |
May 10th-11th, 2014 |
9th |
2nd |
Toronto Joe
|
| SKTAR 3 |
May 31st-June 1st, 2014 |
9th |
7th |
V115
|
| Dynasty Battles 5 |
June 14th, 2014 |
1st |
1st |
Chris Fisch
|
| SUPER Brawl in Berlin |
August 15th-17th, 2014 |
3rd |
1st |
S!C
|
| Tournament |
Date |
1v1 Placement |
2v2 Placement |
Partner
|
| Dynasty Battles Special 2 |
February 15th, 2014 |
3rd |
— |
—
|
| Dynasty Battles 4 |
March 22nd, 2014 |
2nd |
2nd |
MorKs
|
| SKTAR 3 |
May 31st-June 1st, 2014 |
65th |
13th |
Ally
|
| Gamer's Gathering 3 |
June 27th-29th, 2014 |
3rd |
— |
—
|
| Neokan Party 2 |
July 2nd-3rd, 2016 |
3rd |
2nd |
Steakhouse
|
| Neokan Party 3 |
September 3rd-4th, 2016 |
3rd |
— |
—
|
| TOAST |
November 12th-13th, 2016 |
1st |
— |
—
|
| PM SUCC |
May 13th-14th, 2017 |
2nd |
2nd |
Kaos
|
| Lan Archi Numerisque |
May 20th, 2017 |
1st |
— |
—
|
| Hack 'n' Slash 2 |
October 7th, 2017 |
3rd |
— |
—
|
| Wanted 2 |
October 28th, 2017 |
2nd |
— |
—
|
| Tournament |
Date |
1v1 Placement |
2v2 Placement |
Partner
|
| Neokan Party 2 |
July 2nd-3rd, 2016 |
— |
25th |
VinS
|
| SALT |
June 3rd-4th, 2017 |
13th |
— |
—
|
| Tournament |
Date |
1v1 Placement |
2v2 Placement |
Partner
|
| Stunfest 2019 |
May 17th-19th, 2019 |
13th |
— |
—
|
| Salty Arena Cup Ultimate 3 |
June 8th, 2019 |
17th |
1st |
Glutonny
|
| Albion 4 |
July 6th-7th, 2019 |
65th |
2nd |
Glutonny
|
| BURST 4 |
July 20th-21st, 2019 |
17th |
1st |
Glutonny
|
| ECLA ESPORT SMASH EDITION |
August 10th-11th, 2019 |
5th |
— |
—
|
| Pop-Off Arena |
September 14th, 2019 |
4th |
— |
—
|
| Solary Circuit: Isula Gamefest |
September 28-29th, 2019 |
4th |
— |
—
|
| Ultimate Fighting Arena 2019 |
October 4th-6th, 2019 |
17th |
17th |
quiK
|
| Syndicate 2019 |
October 25th-27th, 2019 |
17th |
1st |
Glutonny
|
| Salty Arena Cup Ultimate 4 |
November 2nd, 2019 |
4th |
1st |
Glutonny
|
| European SEL Clash |
November 30th-December 1st, 2019 |
7th |
— |
—
|
| Ultimate WANTED 2 |
December 27th-31st, 2019 |
4th |
— |
—
|
| Valhalla III |
January 9th-13th, 2020 |
17th |
9th |
Flow
|
| Massilia Winter Smash 2020 |
January 18th-19th, 2020 |
3rd |
— |
—
|
| 4 Seasons Tournament: Winter 2020 |
January 25th, 2020 |
3rd |
— |
—
|
| Smash4Glory - Ultimate Edition |
February 1st, 2020 |
3rd |
— |
—
|
| Salty Arena Cup Ultimate 5 |
February 22nd, 2020 |
5th |
1st |
Oryon
|
| Le Colossel de M3R |
March 7th, 2020 |
2nd |
— |
—
|
| Super Smash Stadium 1 |
July 25th, 2020 |
2nd |
— |
—
|
| Bour'pif Arena 6 |
August 30th, 2020 |
1st |
— |
—
|
| TWELVE I - 2020 |
September 26th, 2020 |
2nd |
— |
—
|
| WANTED SAISON 4 - Episode 1 |
October 10th, 2020 |
7th |
— |
—
|
| Super Smash Stadium Édition Battlefield |
May 29th, 2021 |
2nd |
— |
—
|
| Super Smash Stadium Édition Peach Castle |
May 30th, 2021 |
13th |
— |
—
|
| Super Smash Stadium Édition Ligue Pokémon de Kalos |
June 12th, 2021 |
5th |
— |
—
|
| Super Smash Stadium Édition Stade Pokémon |
June 13th, 2021 |
2nd |
— |
—
|
| TWELVE II - 2021 |
June 26th-27th, 2021 |
5th |
1st |
Glutonny
|
| Coupe DitootiD 2 |
July 3rd-4th, 2021 |
2nd |
— |
—
|
| Helios Session 3 |
July 9th, 2021 |
1st |
— |
—
|
Trivia
- As he chose his tag shortly after Brawl was released, most Melee players still know him as Nassim, his real name.
- His tag is a reference to Leon Scott Kennedy from Resident Evil 4.[1]
- Leon is the only player ranked on the European Smash Rankings to have never been ranked at the national scale in Ultimate, being absent from the only iteration of French Ultimate Power Rankings.
External links
European Smash Rankings: 28th 
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Top professional 
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