Smasher:Druggedfox
| DruggedFox | |
|---|---|
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| Character info | |
| Melee main | Sheik |
| Other Melee characters | Falco, Marth, Captain Falcon, Fox |
| Project M main | Marth |
| Team info | |
| Crew(s) | Trail Gaming League |
| Rankings and results info | |
| Most recent ranking |  2015 SSBMRank: 18th |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Sami Muhanna |
| Location | Georgia 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill | Top professional |
DruggedFox is a Sheik main from Georgia. For his secondaries, he has a strong Falco, Marth, Captain Falcon, and Fox. On August 5th, 2015 he was picked up as a Melee player by Trail Gaming League. DruggedFox is currently ranked 1st on the Georgia Melee Power Rankings and 18th on the 2015 SSBMRank.
Playing style
DruggedFox is a very punish- and reaction-based player, focusing on optimizing his characters' punish games by almost always going for guaranteed strings or options where the risk/reward is skewed in his favor. As Sheik, he is infamous for his reaction tech chase punishes on Fox and Falco which exceed those of even renowned Sheik players such as Mew2King or KirbyKaze. He also uses Sheik's down aerial more frequently than most other players, and focuses on needle zoning and platform movement in the neutral game. As Marth, he is very proficient at chaingrabbing, especially on Final Destination, and plays evasively in the neutral game with heavy wavedash down tilt usage until he can find an opportunity to grab the opponent.
DruggedFox's weaknesses stem from his greater inconsistency in tournament compared to most others of his caliber due to his tournament nerves, which have led to a sizable variance in his placements even in short spans of time. Additionally, while he can combo and lock down opponents very efficiently after creating an opening, he sometimes struggles to finish stocks if the opponent survives his initial punish. This is more prevalent in his Marth play, as his edgeguarding is lackluster compared to his Sheik, allowing opponents to survive up to extremely high percentages where other Marth players would have secured the stock. An example of this can be seen in his HTC Throwdown set against Silent Wolf in Losers' Semis, where he brought Silent Wolf down to his last stock at 165% but failed to finish him off, allowing him to stage a 2-stock comeback that ended DruggedFox's tournament.
Breakout at EVO 2015
Outside of his area, he is mostly known for his placing at EVO 2015 where he unexpectedly made top 32 winners side, beating Lucky 2-1 in R2 pools. He then lost to Leffen 1-2, before making an impressive loser's run, winning 2-1 vs. S2J, 2-0 vs Duck, and finally losing to Mango 0-2 (with both games going to last stock), placing 9th at the largest Melee event in history. He played Sheik throughout the tournament, as well as using Marth vs. Leffen.
Tournament placings
Melee
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apex 2012 | January 6th-8th, 2012 | 33rd | — | — |
| Tipped Off 9 | December 14th-15th, 2013 | 3rd | 2nd | PPMD |
| Paragon Orlando 2015 | January 17th-18th, 2015 | 17th | 13th | Articanus |
| Bad Moon Rising | March 14th-15th, 2015 | 5th | 4th | Plup |
| CEO 2015 | June 26th-28th, 2015 | 17th | 7th | Plup |
| EVO 2015 | July 17th-19th, 2015 | 9th | 33rd | kpan |
| Paragon Los Angeles 2015 | September 5th-6th, 2015 | 17th | — | — |
| HTC Throwdown | September 19th, 2015 | 4th | 5th | Colbol |
| The Big House 5 | October 2nd-4th, 2015 | 17th | 7th | Plup |
| MLG World Finals 2015 | October 16th-18th, 2015 | 5th | 3rd | Nintendude |
| Tipped Off 11 | November 7-8, 2015 | 1st | 3rd | Pengie |
| Northwest Majors: Drop Zone | November 21st-22nd, 2015 | 2nd | 2nd | Chip |
Trivia
- He is one of two players that doesn't have a losing set record against Mango (he is 1-1), the other being Armada, who has a winning record against Mango.
- DruggedFox has played Marvel vs. Capcom 3 in the past and once beat NYChrisG at Impact Clash VI[1].
