Smasher:Fly Amanita
| Fly Amanita | |
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| Character info | |
| Melee main | Ice Climbers |
| Other Melee character | Sheik |
| Project M main | King Dedede |
| Other Project M character | Sheik |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Jeremy Westfahl |
| Location | Claremont, California 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill |  Top level (retired)  Top level (retired)
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Fly Amanita is an American smasher who mains Ice Climbers with a strong Sheik secondary in Melee, and is considered to be one of the best Ice Climbers players in the world, along with ChuDat, Nintendude, dizzkidboogie, and Wobbles. Fly Amanita was formerly ranked 30th on the 2015 SSBMRank and 1st on the SoCal Melee Power Rankings. He went on hiatus to focus on his math doctorate and has since unofficially retired, citing a lack of interest in competing.
At EVO 2014, Fly Amanita managed to place 7th in Melee singles. He defeated Ice 2-1 and Nintendude 2-0 in the winners' quarters pool before losing to Armada 0-2, and then defeated Chillin 2-0 in the losers' bracket to make into the top 8 bracket from losers'. In losers' top 8, he brought PPMD down to the last stock of game 3, but eventually lost 1-2. Fly Amanita's best placing ever was at Press Start placing 2nd losing 6-0 to Mango.
Fly Amanita is also a former member of the Project M Backroom, having assisted in the new redesign of the Ice Climbers. Despite this, he does not use the Ice Climbers in Project M tournaments, but rather uses King Dedede instead. He is considered one of the best King Dedede players in the world, and placed 5th at Apex 2014's Project M event using only him. He was formerly ranked 2nd on the SoCal Project M Power Rankings.
Playstyle
Fly Amanita has been well-known to not be proficient at wobbling, which somewhat limits his punishes at the highest level. This is because in a tournament setting, he typically cannot react to landing a grab quickly enough and will mess up the wobble timing, whereas he can continue his punish more organically with hand-off combos, which are ironically much more difficult technically than wobbling. However, he will refuse to enter majors that ban wobbling out of principle, notably not attending The Big House 4.
To compensate for this, Fly Amanita developed strong fundamentals and a unique, unusual approach to the Ice Climbers' otherwise lackluster neutral game. At the beginning of his career, he built his game plan around completely shutting down his opponent's options, but has since developed a more well-rounded playstyle[1]. His Sopo is also known to be one of the best in the world, famously clutching out a win against Silent Wolf at Kings of Cali 3.
Tournament placings
Super Smash Bros. Melee
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCSA West Coast Circuit | December 6th, 2008 | 7th | 13th | Nate |
| Mango Juice | March 21st, 2009 | — | 25th | Azn Lep |
| GENESIS | July 10th-12th, 2009 | 25th | — | — |
| Active Gamers | September 26th-27th, 2009 | 5th | 4th | Julian |
| Pat's House | November 14th-15th, 2009 | 25th | — | — |
| R3 | December 19th-20th, 2009 | 17th | 3rd | Replicate |
| Good Shit German | July 24th-25th, 2010 | 7th | 5th | Replicate |
| Don't Go Down There Jeff | December 18th-20th, 2010 | 5th | 13th | Azn Lep |
| Winter Game Fest VI | January 22nd-23rd, 2011 | 3rd | — | — |
| GENESIS 2 | July 15th-17th, 2011 | 13th | — | — |
| The Big House 2 | October 6th-7th, 2012 | 3rd | 5th | Nintendude |
| Kings of Cali | November 10th, 2012 | 5th | 13th | ROFL |
| Kings of Cali 2 | April 13th-14th, 2013 | 5th | 5th | Shroomed |
| NorCal Regionals 2013 | April 26th-28th, 2013 | 5th | — | — |
| EVO 2013 | July 12th-14th, 2013 | 17th | — | — |
| LanHammer 2013 | August 17th-18th, 2013 | 3rd | — | — |
| Kings of Cali 3 | December 14th-15th, 2013 | 2nd | — | — |
| Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | 17th | — | — |
| SoCal Regionals 2014 | February 28th-March 2nd, 2014 | 9th | — | — |
| The Next Episode | March 22nd-23rd, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Pat's House 2 | May 24th-25th, 2014 | 3rd | 7th | Eddy Mexico |
| SSS Lock-In | June 14th-15th, 2014 | 3rd | — | — |
| MLG Anaheim 2014 | June 20th-22nd, 2014 | 29th | — | — |
| Kings of Cali 4 | July 5th-6th, 2014 | 5th | — | — |
| EVO 2014 | July 11th-13th, 2014 | 7th | — | — |
| Zenith 2014 | August 2nd-3rd, 2014 | 9th | — | — |
| Do You Fox Wit It? | November 15th-16th, 2014 | 5th | — | — |
| Super Smash Sundays 29 | December 7th, 2014 | 5th | — | — |
| Apex 2015 | January 30th-February 1st, 2015 | 17th | — | — |
| I'm Not Yelling! | April 11th-12th, 2015 | 9th | — | — |
| Press Start | May 10th-11th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| Mayhem June 2015 | June 6th, 2015 | 5th | — | — |
| EVO 2015 | July 17th-19th, 2015 | 17th | — | — |
| Paragon Los Angeles 2015 | September 5th-6th, 2015 | 17th | — | — |
| The Big House 5 | October 2nd-4th, 2015 | 33rd | — | — |
| Tipped Off 11 | November 7th, 2015 | 9th | — | — |
| Mayhem 26 | April 23rd, 2016 | 5th | — | — |
| Super Smash Sundays 44 | May 15th, 2016 | 3rd | — | — |
| Super Smash Sundays 47 | July 3rd, 2016 | 4th | — | — |
| EVO 2016 | July 15th-17th, 2016 | 49th | — | — |
| Claremont College Paid Weekly 3/22/17 | March 22nd, 2017 | 1st | — | — |
Project M
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Tier City | July 27th-28th, 2013 | 2nd | 4th | Oro?! |
| Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | 5th | — | — |
| Super Smash Sundays 2-16-2014 | February 16th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| EVO 2015 | July 17th-19th, 2015 | 17th |
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AxisGaming | August 30, 2008 | 17th | — | — |
| SCSA West Coast Circuit | December 6th, 2008 | 5th | 4th | Hall |
| GENESIS | July 10th-12th, 2009 | 49th | — | — |
