Smasher:Liyrex
| Liyrex | |
|---|---|
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| Character info | |
| Smash 4 main | Roy |
| Other Smash 4 character | Corrin |
| Retired Smash 4 character | Lucina |
| Ultimate main | Roy |
| Other Ultimate character | Mr. Game & Watch |
| Retired Ultimate character | Chrom |
| Team info | |
| Sponsor(s) | Lunar Esports |
| Former sponsor(s) | Brainless eSports, Flipside Gaming, Clarkson University Gaming Initiative, Clarkson University Esports |
| Rankings and results info | |
| Winnings |  ~$500  ~$2000 |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Riley Newcomb |
| Birth date | |
| Location | Vermont 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill | Semi-professional (retired) Professional |
Liyrex is an Ultimate Roy player, originally from New York's Capital Region, and currently residing in Vermont. He is known as among the top ten Roy players in the United States, and is credited with popularizing the use of Roy's jab vortex alongside Mugen. Additionally when he moved to North Country New York for college in 2016, he created the Smash scene there alongside Zaphros, and was the head TO for North Country from January 2017 to January 2019 and again from May 2020 to November 2020. He was also active in Smash 4, where he played Roy alongside a Corrin secondary, and while a weaker player in that game, he was still known as a strong regional-level threat.
Liyrex in Ultimate was formerly ranked 6th on the Nebraska Spring/Summer 2019 PR, and 1st on the 2020 North Country NY Winter 2020 PR, while for Smash 4 he was ranked 3rd on the North Country NY Spring 2018 PR, and 5th on the NY CR Summer 2018 PR. Additionally in Ultimate he has wins on players such as Puppeh, Light, SKITTLES!!, PkChris, Skilly, PowPow, ToffeeCG, and WelfarePickles, while in Smash 4 he obtained wins against Suarez, Omega Tyrant, Grunk, Noe3, and Zaphros.
Play style
Liyrex is known as a very aggressive and technical player, who rushes down opponents as he tries to coerce mistakes from them, while capitalizing on calling out their escape options, especially through abuse of the aforementioned jab vortex. His punish game is potent, where upon getting a single opening, Liyrex will frequently capitalize with a long and highly damaging combo, or by landing one of Roy's potent kill confirms, particularly with "jair" (Roy's jab to back aerial combo) or jab into Double-Edge Dance. He is additionally an emotional streaky player, where he thrives on momentum and can turn any inch he gets into a mile, but is heavily prone to tilting and underperforming as a result. In Smash 4 he was also infamous for frequently throwing out hail mary forward smashes and overextending during edgeguards that would lead to frequent self-destructs, though he would calm down on both these habits as he grew as a player, with them no longer being defining traits of him in Ultimate.
Liyrex is a fan of Squad Strike and prefers it over doubles, but will still compete in doubles, with Zaphros being his preferred partner in Smash 4 and WhiteFang being his preferred partner in Ultimate when he was residing in Nebraska.
Tournament placings
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner | Tournament earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smash Street #3 | March 28th, 2015 | 9th | — | — | — |
| Black Fish | September 5th, 2016 | 33rd | — | — | — |
| NEW FISH | May 7th, 2016 | 65th | 33rd | Bushnado | — |
| Invasion 6 | July 2nd, 2016 | 17th | 25th | Rudy | — |
| Cusetown Beatdown @ RetroGameCon 2016 | November 5th, 2016 | 13th | — | — | — |
| Knight Fest | April 15th-16th 2017 | 1st | 5th | Salvus | $108.00 |
| Immortal Fight Night #1 | July 17th, 2017 | 9th | — | — | — |
| Immortal Fight Night #2 | July 31st, 2017 | 13th | — | — | — |
| Super Smash Con 2017 | August 10th-13th, 2017 | 257th | 257th | Salvus | — |
| Immortal Fight Night #3 | August 14th, 2017 | 5th | — | — | — |
| CUGI: Carnival 2017 | September 2nd, 2017 | 1st | — | — | $75.00 |
| Cusetown Beatdown @ RetroGameCon 5 | November 18th, 2017 | 5th | — | — | $26.00 |
| Overclocked | Dec 16, 2017 | 65th | — | — | — |
| Knight Fest II | February 10th, 2018 | 3rd | 1st | Zaphros | $49.00 |
| Quit Your Friendlies! | February 17th, 2018 | 25th | 9th | Zaphros | — |
| Immortal Fight Night #16 | March 19th, 2018 | 2nd | 7th | Salvus | $51.00 |
| Immortal Tech | Apr 28, 2018 | 33rd | 9th | Zaphros | — |
| ALPHA II | June 9th, 2018 | 49th | 17th | Zaphros | — |
| Immortal Fight Night #22 | June 25th, 2018 | 3rd | 1st | Dark Wizzy | $50.00 |
| Smash Sounds | July 7th-8th, 2018 | 97th | 17th | Zaphros | — |
| Immortal Fight Night #25 | August 6th, 2018 | 5th | 1st | Rucent | $24.00 |
| Super Smash Con 2018 | August 9th-12th, 2018 | 257th | 129th | Zaphros | — |
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner | Tournament earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultimate Immortal Fight Night #2 | December 17th, 2018 | 5th | 1st | Tarzan | $33.00 |
| NYXL Pop-Up! | December 22nd, 2018 | 33rd | — | — | — |
| Let's Make Moves | December 29th, 2018 | 193rd | 13th | Zaphros | — |
| Hypertension Ultimate | January 19th, 2019 | 5th | 7th | N | |
| Midland Warfare 3 | March 2nd, 2019 | 9th | 4th | Entar0 | — |
| Smash 'N' Splash 5 | May 31st-June 2nd, 2019 | 161st | 49th | WhiteFang | — |
| Hypertension 32 | June 15th, 2019 | 13th | 7th | WhiteFang | — |
| Low Tier City 7 | July 12th-14th, 2019 | 97th | 33rd | SparK | — |
| Paradigm Shift 2019 | July 20th-21st, 2019 | 13th | 13th | WhiteFang | — |
| MONZA Ignition Speed Festival | August 18th, 2019 | 7th | 5th | Rucent | $17.00 |
| Shine 2019 | August 23rd-25th, 2019 | 97th | — | — | — |
| CUGI-CUB Smash Bros Tournament | September 21st, 2019 | 1st | — | — | $299.99[1] |
| Cusetown Beatdown at RGC 2019 | November 2nd, 2019 | 9th | — | — | — |
| Let's Make Big Moves | January 3rd-5th, 2020 | 129th | — | — | — |
| Clarkson eSports SSBU @ Virtual | February 15th, 2020 | 1st | — | — | $93.00 |
| Frostbite 2020 | February 21st-23rd, 2020 | 193rd | — | — | — |
| Riptide | September 10th-12th, 2021 | 97th | — | — | |
| Collision 2022 | March 12th-13th, 2022 | 129th | — | — | |
| Clip It II | April 10th, 2022 | 33rd | — | — | |
| GENESIS 8 | April 15th-17th, 2022 | 129th | — | — | |
| Riptide 2022 | September 9th-11th, 2022 | 129th | — | — |
Trivia
- The tag "Liyrex" is the "Nobody version" of his real name, Riley. Liyrex chose this tag because when he plays, he tries to let go of who he is and become a different person; one without fear or emotion getting in the way of things.
- However the tag is frequently misheard or mispronounced as "Lyrics", much to Liyrex's chagrin.
- Liyrex used to play Slap City competitively, where he was a top Jenny Fox player during versions 0.6.0 to 0.7.0, and unlike his playstyle in Smash, he was a very defensive player that would often time out opponents.
- Liyrex came the closest of any NY CR player to taking a set off Dark Wizzy in Smash 4, who remained undefeated against NY CR players throughout the entirety of Smash 4. This occurred at an Immortal Fight Night, where after Liyrex took game 1 in a Bo3 set and took Wizzy to his last stock in game 2, he landed a forward smash that produced the red lightning effect and sent Wizzy deep offscreen, but Wizzy would barely survive and come back to take the game, then win game 3 to take the set.
- Liyrex is the current reigning Olympic Ultimate champ for New York state.
References
- ^ First place won a Nintendo Switch, which had this MSRP value at the time.
