Smasher:Plup
| Plup "Pluplue" | |
|---|---|
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| Character info | |
| Melee mains | Sheik, Fox |
| Other Melee character | Samus |
| Smash 4 main | Pikachu |
| Ultimate mains | Mega Man, Ridley |
| Project M main | Meta Knight |
| Other Project M characters | Samus, 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 | ~$119,462.91  ~$2,431.85 |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Justin McGrath |
| Birth date | |
| Location | Oregon 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill | Top level  High level (retired)  Upper high level Upper high level
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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. [1] He left Panda on December 2nd, 2022, following his disapproval of Panda's actions that allegedly resulted in the cancellation of the Smash World Tour 2022 Championships.
Tournament history
2010-2015: Birth of a Sheikah
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. 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. Later on, at CEO 2014 Prologue, he played Samus but started to use Fox as a counterpick for the Jigglypuff matchup. Despite this decision, he lost to Hungrybox in winners and grand finals. 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, he would lose to Armada, albeit with notable wins in losers bracket over Lucky and Hax$. Then he lost to Axe and ended in 9th place, just shy of making another top 8. The Big House 4 was Plup's last tournament of 2014 after him placing 9th during that tournament, and with more notable placements and wins under his belt, he was ranked 16th on the 2014 SSBMRank.
After Apex 2015, Plup started to use Sheik and Fox more frequently, with Samus no longer being his most notable character. 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 was first seen at Smash 'N' Splash. He placed 2nd with solo Sheik, taking out Hanky Panky, Junebug, and Dart! in the process. He only lost to Mew2King in both winners and grand finals. He then placed 7th at CEO 2015 and his Sheik took more sets off of top level players, defeating ChuDat, Westballz, and Zhu before losing to both Leffen and Mango in very sets. Plup met Leffen in bracket again at EVO 2015 in losers round 6, it became one of Plup's most famous sets. He 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 in the tournament. Plup was invited to the first Smash Summit and would remain one of the invites for every future Smash Summit. In winners, he beat Shroomed before Mew2King sent him to losers. His losers run was notable however, defeating S2J Lucky, and PPMD, defeating one of the Five Gods outside of Mango and placed 4th after losing a set to Mango. At DreamHack Winter 2015, he placed 3rd with wins over MacD, Mango, Duck, and Westballz, with Plup 3-0ing the former in the Samus ditto. He only lost to Armada in both winners quarter-finals and losers finals. By the end of the year, Plup was ranked 7th on the 2015 SSBMRank, with this being his first top 10 placement on the rankings, only being ranked below the Five Gods and Leffen.
2016-2018: The Rise of the Jorts
At Battle of the Five Gods, he defeated PPMD and Mew2King, with of his losses being against Armada and Mango, ending in 5th place. He placed 1st at CEO 2016 Prologue, defeating Colbol in both winners and grand finals, then placed 4th at CEO 2016, 3rd at EVO 2016, and 7th at Shine 2016. The Big House 6 17th, he would go on to place 5th at Smash Summit 3, which would be his would be his last tournament of the year outside of locals. With more consistent placements compared to 2015, he placed one spot higher of 6th on the 2016 SSBMRank.
Plup garnered strong results in 2017, starting the year by winning Norcal Validated. Plup would go on to place 5th at GENESIS 4, Smash Summit Spring 2017, and CEO Dreamland, with the latter tournament being notable for his use of solo Luigi. he'd eventually place 2nd at CEO 2017 losing to Hungrybox. While Plup has won tournaments at this point, DreamHack Atlanta 2017 was his first truly notable win in Melee singles, since 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 placed 5th at Super Smash Con 2017, Shine 2017 For The Big House 7, he defeated Armada, 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. Despite placing 2nd to Hungrybox, his win over Armada made him the second player to win a set against all of Melee's Five Gods, after Leffen. He would later go on to place 5th at Smash Summit 5. 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.
For Plup's career, 2018 is considered his best year in Melee singles. GENESIS 5 is considered his strongest tournament run in Melee singles, as he went on to take win sets against HugS, Mango, Armada, and Hungrybox to became the champion of GENESIS 5. He would then place 2nd at Get On My Level 2018 and win DreamHack Austin 2018. He would eventually place 2nd at CEO 2018 later on in the first half of 2018. In conjunction with his wins at GENESIS 5 and Austin 2018, as well as placing top 8 in every tournament he attended in throughout early 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 placements at notable tournaments, with him placing 3rd at EVO 2018 and 4th at Shine 2018 respectively. He would go on to place 2nd after losing to Hungrybox at The Big House 8. This streak of consistent top 5 place finishes since Smash Summit 2 would end after he placed 9th at Smash Summit 7. 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-present: Soft Decline and the Era of the Spoonfed Fish
Going into 2019, Plup took 3rd place at GENESIS 6 and Pound 2019. 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. 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.[2] His next tournament was The Big House 9 almost two months later and would place 9th after losing to SFAT and Fiction. He ended the year with a 7th place finish at Mango's Birthday Bash, losing to both Swedish Delight and Hungrybox in 3-1 sets. Despite his shaky performance by the end of the year, his top 3 finishes at majors and top 8 placements throughiut the year were strong enough for him to be ranked 8th on the 2019 MPGR, albeit his lowest ranking since 2015. Starting in 2020, Plup attended GENESIS 7, playing Solo Fox. However this led to notable upsets from both PewPewU and ARMY, which placed him in a lackluster result of 25th, being his worst placement in singles since The Big House 6. His next tournament was Smash Summit 9. He went on to dominate the winners bracket before being sent to losers by Hungrybox, eliminating Mango in losers, and faced Hungrybox once again in grand finals and placed 2nd despite resetting the bracket. In 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. Plup largely continues 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, and would eventually place second at Riptide 2022 Lost Tech City 2022, and win both CEO 2022 and CEO 2023.
Other Smash games
Outside 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 a 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 an 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 | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | $15 |
| 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 | $177 |
| 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 | $97 |
| CEO 2014 Prologue | March 28th-29th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — | |
| Fear The Green Missile | April 26th, 2014 | 2nd | 1st | Hungrybox | $140 |
| 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 | $41 |
| 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 | $131 |
| 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 | $181 |
| 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 | $560 |
| 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 | — | — | $50 |
| CFL Smackdown 30 | May 26th, 2015 | 4th | — | — | |
| CFL Smackdown 32 | June 9th, 2015 | 1st | — | — | |
| Smash 'N' Splash | June 13th-14th, 2015 | 2nd | 2nd | Wizzrobe | $543 |
| CFL Smackdown 34 | June 23rd, 2015 | 1st | — | — | |
| CEO 2015 | June 26th-28th, 2015 | 7th | 7th | DruggedFox | $78 |
| CFL Smackdown 36 | July 7th, 2015 | 3rd | — | — | |
| CFL Smackdown 37 | July 14th, 2015 | 1st | — | — | |
| EVO 2015 | July 17th-19th, 2015 | 4th | 3rd | Hungrybox | $747 |
| 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 | $2,469 |
| Eclipse | November 14th-15th, 2015 | 4th | 1st | Axe | $789 |
| Kickstart 4 | November 22nd, 2015 | 1st | 1st | Westballz | $425 |
| DreamHack Winter 2015 | November 26th-29th, 2015 | 3rd | 7th | Wizzrobe | $2,000 |
| 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 | $218 |
| 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 | — | — | $750 |
| 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 | $420 |
| CFL Smackdown 72 | April 5th, 2016 | 3rd | — | — | |
| Frame One | April 9th-10th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Wizzrobe | $432 |
| CFL Smackdown 74 | April 18th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | — | |
| Smash Summit 2 | April 21st-24th, 2016 | 5th | 2nd | Hungrybox | $1,166 |
| 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 | — | — | $444 |
| 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 | $339 |
| CFL Smackdown 86 | July 11th, 2016 | 1st | — | — | |
| EVO 2016 | July 15th-17th, 2016 | 3rd | — | — | $2,372 |
| 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 | $207 |
| CFL Smackdown 91 | August 22nd, 2016 | 2nd | — | — | |
| Shine 2016 | August 26th-28th, 2016 | 7th | 1st | Mew2King | $306 |
| Smash Conference LXVI | September 9th, 2016 | 2nd | 1st | Gahtzu | $76 |
| CFL Smackdown 94 | September 12th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Pengie | |
| Unrivaled II: Doubles Edition | September 17th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Gahtzu | $180 |
| 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 | — | — | $315 |
| 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 | $972 |
| 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 | $300 |
| Get Smashed at the Foundry 105 | January 17th, 2017 | 1st | — | — | $405 |
| GENESIS 4 | January 20th-22nd, 2017 | 5th | 4th | Axe | $511 |
| 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 | $2,314 |
| CEO Dreamland | April 14th-16th, 2017 | 5th | 5th | Axe | $166 |
| DreamHack Austin 2017 | April 28th-30th, 2017 | 5th | 2nd | Mew2King | $500 |
| 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 | $674 |
| CFL Smackdown 131 | June 13th, 2017 | 1st | — | — | |
| CEO 2017 | June 16th-18th, 2017 | 2nd | — | — | $584 |
| 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 | $10 |
| EVO 2017 | July 14th-16th, 2017 | 5th | — | — | $287 |
| 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 | $4,700 |
| 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 | $1,201 |
| 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 | $1,200 |
| The Big House 7 | October 6th-8th, 2017 | 2nd | 5th | Mew2King | $3,044 |
| Too Hot to Handle | October 28th-29th, 2017 | 3rd | 1st | Crush | $675 |
| Smash Summit 5 | November 2nd-5th, 2017 | 5th | 2nd | Mew2King | $3,769.11 |
| 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 | $6,125 |
| 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 | $1,054.66 |
| Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition | April 7th, 2018 | 2nd | — | — | $1,164 |
| Aegis | April 21st, 2018 | 1st | 1st | Cal | |
| Smash Summit 6 | May 3rd-6th, 2018 | 5th | 3rd | Mew2King | $990 |
| Get On My Level 2018 | May 18th-20th, 2018 | 2nd | 1st | Mew2King | $699.88 |
| DreamHack Austin 2018 | June 1st-3rd, 2018 | 1st | 1st | Mike Haze | $4,700 |
| CEO 2018 | June 29th-July 1st, 2018 | 2nd | 1st | Mew2King | $880 |
| 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 | — | — | $1,353 |
| 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 | $2,064 |
| Smash Summit 7 | November 15th-18th, 2018 | 9th | 1st | Mew2King | $567 |
| 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 | $811 |
| 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 | $1,104 |
| CEO 2019 | June 28th-30th, 2019 | 5th | 2nd | IBDW | $99 |
| 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 | $90 |
| Mango's Birthday Bash | December 7th-8th, 2019 | 7th | 1st | Mango | $142.31 |
| 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 | — | — | $13,178 |
Pound Online |
April 24th-26th, 2020 | 5th | — | — | $250 |
| Rona Rumble: Southeast III |
June 7th, 2020 | 9th | — | — | |
| Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 2 |
July 25th-26th, 2020 | 4th | — | — | $1,750.07 |
| Slippi Champions League - Season 1 Week 1 |
October 11th, 2020 | 5th | — | — | $250 |
| Slippi Champions League - Season 1 Week 2 |
October 18th, 2020 | 5th | — | — | $250 |
| Slippi Champions League - Season 1 Week 3 |
October 25th, 2020 | 5th | — | — | $250 |
| Slippi Champions League - Season 1 Week 4 |
October 31st, 2020 | 3rd | — | — | $400 |
| 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 | — | — | $120 |
| Smash Summit 11 | July 15th-18th, 2021 | 4th | — | — | $15,537.20 |
| Riptide | September 10th-12th, 2021 | 2nd | 1st | Hungrybox | |
| SWT: NA West Melee Regional Finals | October 23rd-24th, 2021 | 1st | — | — | $1,600 |
| Smash World Tour 2021 Championships | December 17th-19th, 2021 | 1st | — | — | $20,000 |
| Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 4 |
January 29th-30th, 2022 | 4th | — | — | $2,700 |
| GENESIS 8 | April 15th-17th, 2022 | 13th | 1st | aMSa | |
| Smash Summit 13 | May 12th-15th, 2022 | 2nd | — | — | |
| CEO 2022 | June 24th-26th, 2022 | 1st | — | — | $1,120 |
| 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 | — | — | $1,062 |
| Scuffed World Tour | December 18th, 2022 | 9th | — | — | |
| GENESIS 9 | January 20th-22nd, 2023 | 4th | 1st | Hungrybox | $1,221.68 |
| EugeneBound | February 4th, 2023 | 9th (DQ) | — | — | |
| MAJOR UPSET | April 1st-2nd, 2023 | 2nd | 1st | Hungrybox | $950 |
| CEO 2023 | June 23rd-25th, 2023 | 1st / 212 | 1st / 39 | Oaty |
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.[3] 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.
- 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).[4] 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.
