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Zomba
Character info
Smash 4 mains
Bayonetta , Cloud
Other Smash 4 characters
Link , Lucina
Ultimate main
R.O.B.
Retired Ultimate characters
Roy , Link
Team info
Sponsor(s)
Stride Esports
Former sponsor(s)
Nevermore International , 16-Bit Esports , Spacestation Gaming , Luminosity Gaming , Eggdog Esports
Crew(s)
Grunt Gang , MBS
Former crews
Tainted Renegades
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking
All Time Staten Island Power Rankings : 15th LumiRank 2024.1 : 14th
Best historical ranking
Staten Island Power Rankings July-September 2018 : 2nd LumiRank 2024.1 : 14th
Best tournament result
Super Smash Con: Fall Fest GENESIS X
Personal and other info
Real name
Salvatore DeSena
Birth date
November 5, 2005 (age 19)
Location
Staten Island, New York
Zomba is a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate R.O.B. player from Staten Island, New York. He is considered the best R.O.B. player in the world, and one of the best players in the United States. He is also known for having proficiency with a wide range of characters such as Lucina . He is currently ranked 1st on both the Staten Island Ultimate Power Rankings and the New York City Ultimate Power Rankings , 11th on the OrionRank 2022 North America , and 14th on the LumiRank 2024.1 ; he was also formerly ranked in the Area 51 position on the Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v3 .
In Smash 4 , Zomba was a Bayonetta and Cloud player. He was also a notable Wi-Fi Warrior in this game and was ranked 26th on the Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v2 . He has defeated other Wi-Fi Warriors such as RobinGG , ShinyMark , JMafia , MASTER PUFFY , Pelca , and Horse . He has made a notable mark offline, defeating players such as Frozen , Gen , Stretch , Gunblade , Freelancer Leo , BOW , Don , and SPT . He was ranked 15th on the Staten Island All-Time Smash 4 Power Rankings .
Zomba joined Nevermore International on July 25th, 2020 and left on May 9th, 2021. On June 24th, 2022, he joined Spacestation Gaming . He parted ways with the team on April 6th, 2023.
Playstyle Zomba is known for his high aggression with a large cast of characters that he chooses. With R.O.B., he is able to use some of R.O.B.'s best aerials, specials and tilts to win neutral, as well as waiting for the right opportunity to punish his opponent in neutral with a lot of unexpected options to take stocks quickly. He is also known for counterpicking a lot of his opponents with different characters to gain matchup experience with a certain character or to cover a lot of bad matchups R.O.B. has, mainly going Lucina, Link, Cloud, or Joker.
Zomba is also, however, known to become frustrated in unfavorable matchups or after gimp losses. This results in a deterioration of his playstyle, often leading to a set loss even if he took a lead at first.
Rankings
Ranking
Time period
Rank
Character(s)
Notes
Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v3 December 26th, 2018 - June 28th, 2019
Area 51
OrionRank North America LumiRank North America Tournament placings
Tournament
Date
1v1 Placement
2v2 Placement
Partner
Shaolin Smash #6 October 14th, 2016
13th
4th
Hentai Jow
Shaolin Smash #12 November 25th, 2016
9th
5th
Jish
Shaolin Smash #20 January 27th, 2017
9th
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Shaolin Smash #31 April 14th, 2017
7th
—
—
Shaolin Smash #32 April 21st, 2017
9th
—
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Team Flamewave Tournament: One Year Anniversary May 6th-7th, 2017
33rd
7th
3Brandon3
Shaolin Smash #37 May 26th, 2017
5th
—
—
Shaolin Smash #38 June 2nd, 2017
5th
—
—
Shaolin Smash #39 June 9th, 2017
7th
—
—
Shaolin Smash #43 July 7th, 2017
7th
—
—
Shaolin Smash #44 July 14th, 2017
5th
—
—
Shaolin Smash #47 August 4th, 2017
9th
5th
Jish
Final Stage 2017 August 15th-17th, 2017
97th
9th
Zaxel
Shaolin Smash #48 August 18th, 2017
7th
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—
Shaolin Smash #49 August 25th, 2017
9th
—
—
A Very Merry Smash Island (Shaolin Smash #56) December 22nd, 2017
3rd
—
—
Shaolin Smash #57 December 29th, 2017
5th
—
—
Shaolin Smash #58 January 12th, 2018
5th
—
—
Shaolin Smash #60 January 26th, 2018
2nd
—
—
Shaolin Smash #61 February 2nd, 2018
2nd
—
—
Shaolin Smash #62 February 9th, 2018
1st
—
—
Shaolin Smash #63 February 16th, 2018
9th
—
—
Shaolin Smash #65 April 6th, 2018
4th
—
—
Dead Island #68 (Shaolin Smash #68) May 4th, 2018
2nd
—
—
Shaolin Smash #69 May 11th, 2018
3rd
—
—
Shaolin Smash #70 May 18th, 2018
2nd
—
—
Shaolin Smash #71 May 25th, 2018
7th
—
—
Dead Island #72 (Shaolin Smash #72) June 1st, 2018
4th
—
—
The Smash Bash 85: France Edition June 9th-10th, 2018
17th
—
—
XenoArcadian 2018 Q2 June 16th, 2018
7th
—
—
Dead Island #74 (Shaolin Smash #74) June 22nd, 2018
2nd
—
—
Smash Island #76 (Shaolin Smash #76) July 6th, 2018
2nd
—
—
Smash Sounds July 7th-8th, 2018
65th
25th
BOW
Bravery Arcade July 13th, 2018
4th
—
—
Super Smash Con 2018 August 9th-12th, 2018
129th
49th
Jish
Shaolin Smash #79 August 17th, 2018
2nd
—
—
Xenosaga XVI August 18th, 2018
17th
7th
ZayXen
Shaolin Smash #80 August 24th, 2018
2nd
—
—
XenoArcadian 2018 Q3 September 8th, 2018
13th
9th
DarkBlues
Shaolin Smash #83 September 14th, 2018
1st
—
—
Shaolin Smash #84 September 21st, 2018
2nd
—
—
Xenosaga XVII September 22nd, 2018
17th
4th
BOW
Shaolin Smash #85 September 28th, 2018
3rd
—
—
Shaolin Smash #86 October 12th, 2018
1st
—
—
Escape From Yoshi's Island October 13th, 2018
33rd
—
—
Shaolin Smash #87 October 19th, 2018
4th
—
—
Shaolin Smash #89 November 3rd, 2018
2nd
—
—
Shaolin Smash #90 November 17th, 2018
2nd
—
—
One More Game November 17th, 2018
7th
—
—
Shaolin Smash #91 November 24th, 2018
1st
—
—
Super Smash Con: Fall Fest October 15th-17th, 2021
7th
—
—
Tournament
Date
1v1 placement
2v2 placement
Partner
Shaolin Smash #93 December 21st, 2018
7th
5th
Ingot
Smashing Legends Ultimate Christmas Special December 26th, 2018
17th
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—
Shaolin Smash #94 December 28th, 2018
4th
1st
Pershado
Shaolin Smash #95 January 4th, 2019
5th
5th
Jish
Shaolin Smash #97 January 26th, 2019
2nd
—
—
Xenosaga XXII February 2nd, 2019
5th
2nd
SPT
Smash Island #1 February 9th, 2019
1st
—
—
Smash Island DX #1 February 16th, 2019
5th
—
—
Spectrum #80 February 18th, 2019
5th
5th
BOW
Smash Island DX #2 February 23rd, 2019
1st
—
—
Smash Island DX #3 March 2nd, 2019
2nd
—
—
Smash Island DX #4 March 9th, 2019
2nd
—
—
Smash Island DX #5 March 16th, 2019
1st
—
—
Smash Island DX #6 March 23rd, 2019
5th
—
—
Spectrum #85 March 25th, 2019
7th
—
—
Smash Island DX #7 March 30th, 2019
1st
—
—
Suplex City Smash April 6th, 2019
17th
—
—
The Scarlet Classic V April 14th, 2019
5th
—
—
CN:B-Airs #184 April 19th, 2019
5th
5th
SPT
Smash Island DX #8.5 April 20th, 2019
1st
—
—
Spectrum #89 April 22nd, 2019
9th
3rd
BOW
Xeno #158 April 24th, 2019
4th
—
—
Ultimate Naifu Wars: Sandy Road to CEO 2019 1 April 26th, 2019
33rd
—
—
Smash Island DX #9 April 27th, 2019
1st
—
—
The Forge: Season 2 - Episode 1 May 18th, 2019
9th
—
—
Spectrum #93 May 20th, 2019
7th
—
—
Amalgamation May 25th, 2019
9th
5th
BOW
Spectrum #94 May 27th, 2019
4th
3rd
BOW
Xenosaga XXV June 1st, 2019
4th
1st
BOW
Spectrum #95 June 3rd, 2019
5th
—
—
Smash Island DX #13 June 8th, 2019
1st
1st
BOW
Spectrum #96 June 10th, 2019
7th
3rd
BOW
Smash Island DX #14 June 15th, 2019
3rd
—
—
Xeno #167 June 26th, 2019
13th
—
—
Smash Island DX #16 June 29th, 2019
1st
—
—
Spectrum #99 July 1st, 2019
5th
—
—
Smash Island DX #17 July 6th, 2019
2nd
—
—
Spectrum #100 July 8th, 2019
33rd
—
—
DNA: Season 3 - Week 1 July 11th, 2019
5th
—
—
Smash Island DX #18 July 13th, 2019
4th
—
—
Spectrum #101 July 15th, 2019
13th
—
—
Spectrum #102 July 22nd, 2019
4th
—
—
Spectrum #103 July 29th, 2019
4th
1st
Stretch
Spectrum #105 August 12th, 2019
3rd
5th
zombie
Spectrum #106 August 19th, 2019
17th
5th
BOW
The Forge: Season 3 - Episode 1 August 31st, 2019
9th
—
—
Smash Island DX #25 September 7th, 2019
1st
—
—
Spectrum #109 September 9th, 2019
3rd
3rd
Stretch
Smash Island DX #26 September 14th, 2019
1st
—
—
Spectrum #110 September 16th, 2019
4th
1st
Arhungry
Xenosaga XXVII September 21st, 2019
9th
5th
Stretch
Ultimate Naifu Wars 6 September 27th, 2019
3rd
—
—
Spectrum #112 September 30th, 2019
2nd
—
—
Smash Island DX #28 October 5th, 2019
2nd
—
—
Xenosaga XXVIII October 12th, 2019
7th
4th
Stretch
Spectrum #114 October 14th, 2019
3rd
1st
BOW
Open Source Smash October 19th, 2019
9th
4th
Gen
Spectrum #115 October 21st, 2019
4th
—
—
Smash Island DX #30 October 26th, 2019
1st
—
—
Return to Yoshi's Island November 2nd, 2019
13th
5th
Frozen
Spectrum #116 November 4th, 2019
2nd
—
—
Tri-state Showdown: Fall 2019 November 9th, 2019
25th
17th
Stretch
Spectrum #117 November 11th, 2019
2nd
—
—
Wreckonize #27 November 15th, 2019
2nd
—
—
Xenosaga XXIX November 16th, 2019
5th
3rd
Stretch
Player's Ball Ultimate November 23rd, 2019
9th
—
—
Wavebounce #2 November 30th, 2019
9th
2nd
Stretch
Fireside Open 2019 December 7th, 2019
7th
—
—
Fusion: Weekly #1 December 9th, 2019
3rd
1st
Stretch
Wreckonize #31 December 13th, 2019
1st
—
—
Smash Island DX #35 December 14th, 2019
3rd
—
—
Fusion: Weekly #3 December 23rd, 2019
17th
5th
BOW
DNA: Season 4 - Week 11 December 26th, 2019
4th
—
—
Wreckonize #33 December 27th, 2019
1st
1st
Unknown
The Forge: Season 4 - Episode 2 December 28th, 2019
5th
1st
Mr. E
Fusion: Weekly #4 December 30th, 2019
5th
3rd
Stretch
Let's Make Big Moves January 3rd-5th, 2020
17th
25th
Stretch
Fusion: Weekly #5 January 6th, 2020
7th
2nd
ZeroTwoNone
Xenosaga XXXI January 11th, 2020
5th
1st
Stretch
Fusion: Weekly #6 January 13th, 2020
5th
2nd
Stretch
P.O.G.S: Panda Global x OS January 17th, 2020
2nd
—
—
Smash Island #39 January 18th, 2020
3rd
—
—
Soaked Series Invitational February 29th-March 1st, 2020
65th
—
—
Mazer Gaming Smash March 22nd, 2020
25th
—
—
The Quarantine Series: Minor Tournament 1 April 18th-19th, 2020
33rd
—
—
The Quarantine Series: Major Tournament 1 May 2nd, 2020
97th
—
—
The Prodigy Invitational May 3rd, 2020
3rd
—
—
OS x Redbull Invitational 3 May 28th, 2020
7th
—
—
Elympics 1 August 15th, 2020
25th
—
—
GOML North American Open: Northeast USA October 17th-18th, 2020
9th
—
—
Reset: Smash for RAINN January 2nd, 2021
17th
—
—
The Host Up Invitational Januray 30th, 2021
25th
—
—
The National Arcadian: Best of the Worst March 19th, 2021
2nd
—
—
SWT: NA Northeast Ultimate Online Qualifier May 22nd-23rd, 2021
49th
—
—
CROSSxUP July 25th, 2021
4th
1st
Mr. E
Riptide September 10th-12th, 2021
33rd
—
—
The Grind 156 September 24th, 2021
5th
—
—
Glitch 8.5 - Konami Code September 24th-26th, 2021
25th
4th
ESAM
Super Smash Con: Fall Fest October 15th-17th, 2021
17th
—
—
Hold The Line October 23rd, 2021
1st
—
—
CEO 2021 December 3rd-5th, 2021
5th
—
—
Fireside Open 2021 December 11th, 2021
1st
—
—
Fusion #100 December 13th, 2021
2nd
—
—
Smash World Tour 2021 Last Chance Qualifier December 17th, 2021
Top 8
—
—
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships December 17th-19th, 2021
4th
—
—
Frosty Faustings XIV 2022 January 28th-29th, 2022
2nd
—
—
cardd's basement February 12th, 2022
17th
4th
Spickles
The Grind - Glitch Infinite Special February 18th, 2022
33rd
—
—
Glitch - Infinite February 18th-20th, 2022
2nd
1st
LeoN
Collision 2022 March 12th-13th, 2022
9th
17th
Tilde
LEVELUP Arena 4 March 19th-20th, 2022
2nd
2nd
Stroder Ame
bae100 April 2nd, 2022
2nd
1st
Jakal
Clip It II April 10th, 2022
2nd
—
—
GENESIS 8 April 15th-17th, 2022
5th
—
—
Pound 2022 April 22nd-24th, 2022
5th
—
—
Low Tide City 2022 April 29th-May 1st, 2022
4th
—
—
Xenosaga XLI May 7th, 2022
4th
1st
Guap, The
The New York Smashdown May 22nd, 2022
5th
—
—
MomoCon 2022 May 26th-29th, 2022
17th
2nd
Goblin
Warped! June 4th, 2022
2nd
2nd
BeatyBean
King's Court: Crown 2 Pre-Local June 17th, 2022
2nd
—
—
Crown 2 June 18th-19th, 2022
4th
3rd
LeoN
CEO 2022 June 24th-26th, 2022
9th
—
—
Double Down 2022 July 8th-10th, 2022
33rd
5th
Jakal
Tri-State Summer Smash July 23rd, 2022
3rd
—
—
Failsafe 2022 August 6th, 2022
1st
—
—
Super Smash Con 2022 August 11th-14th, 2022
9th
33rd
Mr. E
Rise 'N Grind August 19th-21st, 2022
3rd
4th
yonni
Shine 2022 August 26th-28th, 2022
3rd
4th
naitosharp
Riptide 2022 September 9th-11th, 2022
3rd
—
—
Glitch - Regen September 23rd-25th, 2022
4th
—
—
Lost Tech City 2022 September 30th-October 2nd, 2022
4th / 418
5th / 62
yonni
Little Big House 6 October 6th, 2022
2nd
—
—
The Big House 10 October 7th-9th, 2022
9th
7th
BassMage
Ludwig Smash Invitational October 21st-23rd, 2022
9th
—
—
Let's Make Moves Miami October 28th-30th, 2022
5th
3rd
Goblin
Port Priority 7 November 12th-13th, 2022
7th
13th
Mr. E
Apex 2022 November 18th-20th, 2022
9th
1st
Tilde
Mainstage 2022 December 2nd-4th, 2022
25th
9th
Goblin
Let's Make Big Moves 2023 January 6th-8th, 2023
17th / 774
5th / 132
Epic_Gabriel
GENESIS 9 January 20th-22nd, 2023
13th / 1,214
7th / 225
Goblin
HABBY Birthday 2023 January 28th, 2023
1st / 208
5th / 49
Burst
EON: Revelation February 11th, 2023
2nd / 128
4th / 28
Jakal
LVL UP EXPO 2023 February 17th-19th, 2023
7th / 389
—
—
Collision 2023 March 10th-12th, 2023
9th / 619
—
—
Rock the Winds March 25th-26th, 2023
7th / 178
3rd / 39
moxi
MAJOR UPSET April 1st-2nd, 2023
9th / 512
—
—
Failsafe Spring 2023 April 15th, 2023
1st / 94
—
—
CIRQUE du CFL April 23rd, 2023
3rd / 118
—
—
Yoshi's Island Arise April 29th, 2023
1st / 88
—
—
TOKYO SMASH BOOT CAMP May 3rd, 2023
3rd / 16
—
—
DELTA 4 May 4th, 2023
25th / 256
—
—
Kagaribi 10 May 6th-7th, 2023
9th / 1,024
—
—
Battle of BC 5 May 19th-21st, 2023
7th / 652
—
—
Crown the Third June 3rd-4th, 2023
1st / 418
—
—
Battle of Z x UMAD June 30th-July 2nd, 2023
2nd / 147
1st / 24
Tilde
Xeno300 July 5th, 2023
2nd / 141
—
—
High Rez July 8th-9th, 2023
3rd / 219
—
—
Get On My Level 2023 July 21st-23rd, 2023
4th / 877
—
—
Smash Factor X July 28th-30th, 2023
33rd / 702
—
—
Alpha 6 August 5th, 2023
1st / 87
—
—
Super Smash Con 2023 August 10th-13th, 2023
4th / 2,607
—
—
Shine 2023 August 25th-27th, 2023
2nd / 396
—
—
Tera September 1st-3rd, 2023
7th / 1,348
—
—
"Lit"vitational September 22nd, 2023
3rd / 16
—
—
CIRQUE Du CFL 2 September 23rd, 2023
1st / 174
3rd / 33
Jake
B-Airs 400 October 6th, 2023
1st / 130
—
—
Failsafe Fall 2023 October 14th, 2023
1st / 127
—
—
Luminosity Makes Moves Miami 2023 October 27th-29th, 2023
7th / 387
3rd / 73
Tilde
Port Priority 8 November 11th-12th, 2023
33rd / 710
33rd / 165
Riddles
GENESIS: BLACK at Guildhouse December 2nd-3rd, 2023
2nd / 201
—
—
Umebura SP 10 January 6th-8th, 2024
9th / 1,275
—
—
Cafeteria Cup January 10th-11th, 2024
1st / 16
—
—
KOWLOON 9 with Sumabato January 13th-14th, 2024
9th / 895
—
—
BrookLAN Brawls 100 January 21st, 2024
1st / 199
—
—
Failsafe Winter 2024 January 27th, 2024
1st / 102
—
—
Valhalla IV February 1st-4th, 2024
1st / 157
1st / 34
Tarik
Xenosaga LI February 10th, 2024
1st / 62
5th / 14
Quandale Dinglelingleton
GENESIS X February 16th-18th, 2024
1st / 1,506
9th / 302
yonni
Litvitational 2 March 8th, 2024
5th / 16
—
—
Cirque Du CFL 3 March 9th-10th, 2024
5th / 225
—
—
Collision 2024 March 15th-17th, 2024
9th / 714
13th / 108
Tilde
CT Gamercon 7 April 6th-7th, 2024
3rd / 196
—
—
Scarlet Classic IX April 20th, 2024
3rd / 120
—
—
DELTA 8 May 3rd, 2024
13th / 516
—
—
Kagaribi 12 May 5th-6th, 2024
25th / 2,030
—
—
12G Century Series: Tournament Arc May 19th, 2024
1st / 94
—
—
Undiscovered Realm Comic Con 2024 June 29th-30th, 2024
1st / 89
—
—
Patchwork 2024 July 6th-7th, 2024
2nd / 330
—
—
S Factor 11 July 13th-14th, 2024
17th / 816
—
—
Max Rez July 20th-21st, 2024
1st / 203
1st / 24
Jakal
Trivia Zomba is often noted for his prowess with multiple characters despite his young age, gaining 19 separate power ranked wins using many different characters.
Due to Zomba's consistent use of R.O.B.'s back air as a move to close out games in clutch fashion, it has been nicknamed the "Zombair". This was first referred to as such during the Smash World Tour 2021 Championships where he took set wins off of Kola , Shuton , and KEN .
Zomba is infamous for frequently narrowly missing out on qualifying placements for major invitationals, often by only one place:
At Rise 'N Grind , he finished 3rd, the second highest among players eligible to qualify for Smash Ultimate Summit 5 , after Anathema .
At Shine 2022 , he finished 3rd, the second highest among players eligible to qualify for Smash Ultimate Summit 5, after Cosmos .
At Lost Tech City 2022 , he finished 4th, the fourth highest among players eligible to qualify for the Panda Cup Finale ; Marss , Maister , and Lima took the three qualifying spots.
At Let's Make Moves Miami , he finished 5th, tied for second highest among players eligible to qualify for the Panda Cup Finale, after acola .
At Super Smash Con 2023 , he finished 4th, the third highest among players eligible to qualify for Watch The Throne ; Dabuz and Miya took the two qualifying spots.
At GENESIS: BLACK at Guildhouse , he finished 2nd, the second highest among players eligible to qualify for Watch The Throne, after ApolloKage .
Zomba and Dabuz were the focus of a PGstats video named "The Kings of New York". This video discusses the contrasting play styles of New York’s two top players.
Zomba is often known as the "Prince of New York" in reference to Dabuz who is known as the "King of New York". Dabuz's dominance over New York garnered him the title of king, while Zomba's more recent domination of New York led him to his title. Additionally, Zomba has won Ultimate majors (Crown the Third and GENESIS X ) before Dabuz has won any.
Zomba is known for having a strong belief that R.O.B. is overrated despite his success with the character.
Zomba, along with Leffen and Tafokints , holds the record of most amount of money won in a single money match, winning $1000 in a First-to-5 set against MKBigBoss at Battle of BC 5 . External links 
All Time Staten Island Power Rankings: 15th 
LumiRank 2024.1: 14th 
