Smasher:Onin
| Onin "Pocket" | |
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| Character info | |
| Ultimate main | Steve |
| Other Ultimate characters | R.O.B., Ike, Joker |
| Retired Ultimate character | Robin |
| Team info | |
| Sponsor(s) | Michigan State University |
| Former sponsor(s) | Itani Esports, 26 Rising |
| Rankings and results info | |
| Most recent ranking |  LumiRank 2024.1: 21st |
| Best historical ranking | UltRank 2022: 6th |
| Best tournament result | 1st / 2,388 at Super Smash Con 2022 |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Angel Mireles |
| Birth date | |
| Location | Michigan 
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Onin, also known as Pocket, is a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Steve player from Michigan. They are considered the second-best Steve player in the world after acola, the best player in the Midwest region, and one of the best overall in the United States. They are currently ranked 1st on the Michigan Ultimate Power Rankings and 21st on the LumiRank 2024.1.
Playstyle
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Tournament history
Online beginnings
For the first few years of their career, Onin was a Wi-Fi Warrior who attended several online events per month and played a mix of several characters, most notably Joker and R.O.B., as well as Robin starting in 2021. They established themselves as a Wi-Fi Warrior during this time, placing highly at several events such as 2nd at the 256-entrants event DDee's Dreamland Brawl, where they defeated several Wi-Fi Warriors such as Br1 AV, JW, and varun; and 1st at the 294-entrants event FLAT COMBATS #3, where they took the tournament over players such as colinies and Capitancito. However, most of their tournament appearances during this time were either at online weeklies or at events that were not tiered highly on the Wi-Fi Warrior Rank, and as such they did not appear on a single Wi-Fi Warrior Rank iteration.
Picking up Steve
As offline began returning in 2021, Onin began shifting their attention to offline events. However, instead of sticking to any of their online characters, Onin began using Steve, which became their main by the end of Summer 2021. During the summer, Onin saw success at tournaments and placed top 8 at several weeklies, allowing them to debut at 14th on the Michigan Ultimate Power Rankings's Summer 2021 ranking.
Despite this success, Onin was still a relatively unknown name when they attended Riptide, their first offline supermajor, where they weren't seeded to make it out of pools at #862. Onin not only outplaced this seed by a lot -- ultimately placing 49th -- but they defeated several players who was seeded above them, including #99 seed Kazma 2-1 and #94 seed Mata-Door 2-0. Although they did not go far in the main bracket, Onin established themselves as a player capable of competing at a national level. This was reflected in Onin's next two major events in the following year, Let's Make Big Moves 2022 in January and Glitch - Infinite in February, where they placed in the top 64 at both.
The meteoric rise
Despite high placements at majors and in-region, Onin still lacked any globally-ranked wins. This began to change following Glitch - Infinite, as Onin began to win almost every event they attended. These strings of wins included the superregionals Combo Breaker 2022 and COST 2022, where Onin not only won without dropping a set, but saw them defeat several notable names including Ned, MVD, and WaDi in the former and Dark Wizzy, IcyMist, and Elegant in the latter. Their dominance at a regional level, including wins over several top 50 players, helped Onin debut at 65th on the OrionRank Mid-Year 2022.
This victory streak culminated in Onin's performances in the summer, specifically at the major Get On My Level 2022 and the supermajor Super Smash Con 2022. In the former tournament, they defeated top players Kola, Riddles, and Big D twice to win the event, making them one of the youngest players to win an Ultimate major at just 16 years old, as well as the only North American Steve player to win a major. In the latter tournament, they notoriously dominated MkLeo 3-0, which included a three-stock in the final game, and tore through the rest of the bracket, including Riddles, Glutonny, and Maister twice to win the event. These two victories established Onin as not just the best player from the Midwest region, but one of the best players from the United States as a whole. In addition, some players believed that, at the pace they were going, Onin could potentially become one of the best players in the world by the end of the year.
Unfortunately, Onin would ultimately fail to win another major for the rest of the year. Their best major wins during this time still saw them reach the top 3: they cruised through their bracket at The Big House 10 but were reverse 3-0d by Riddles before ultimately losing to Light to place 3rd. They saw another chance at winning a major event after making it to Grand Finals on Winner's side at Let's Make Moves Miami. However, they were seamlessly dispatched by fellow Steve player acola 6-0, which also notably saw Onin play other characters for three of the games. On the other hand, Onin also saw some lows, most notably at the supermajor Mainstage, where they lost to Maister and Kurama to place 9th; and at the invitational major Scuffed World Tour, where they went 2-2 after falling to Miya and Light. The lows, as well as their weak start of the season, held them back from coming close to the #1 position. However, they were ultimately still ranked top 10, ranking 6th at the half-year ranking UltRank 2022 and 10th on the OrionRank 2022.
Decline
After an explosive year, the following year saw Onin's results slowly begin to mellow out. Although they continued to dominate the Midwest region, their major results suffered a noticeable drop overall as they failed to place top 16 at most of them. This included Let's Make Big Moves 2023, where they were upset by SHADIC and enhancedpv to place 25th; and Battle of BC 5, where they lost their runback to Miya and were eliminated by Kameme at 17th. They did see a strong performance at the supermajor Crown the Third, where they defeated players such as Maister, Gackt, and Tweek but were double-eliminated by Jakal to place 4th. However, this single strong event wasn't enough to save the rest of Onin's first half of the year, and they saw a noticeable drop to 30th on the LumiRank Mid-Year 2023.
Following continued harassment and death threats due to their choice of character, which previously had led to Onin deactivating their Twitter account, Onin decided to take a step back from competition,[1] which saw them appear at less events. As it stands, Onin remains as the best player in the Midwest due to their dominance at the Midwest events they attended, which included a victory at the superregional The Big House 11. However, their resume at larger events outside their region was not as impressive, including their mediocre 33rd at the supermajor Super Smash Con 2023 losing to Marss and Lui$ and 13th at the superregional Santa Paws losing to omega and Jakal. Due to this, Onin's slipped to 43rd on the LumiRank 2023.
Return to form
2024.1 was a better season for Onin, as they started to play in more events. After their 17th place finish at GENESIS X, they placed no lower than 5th in every event they entered, including two top 4 finishes at supermajors, placing 3rd at Collision 2024 and 4th at Get On My Level X, resulting in a rise in ranking to 20th in the world on LumiRank 2024.1. They have been less active in 2024.2, however, but placed 9th at Supernova 2024 and 17th at Riptide 2024.
Rankings
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
LumiRank
| Ranking | Time period | Rank | Character(s) | Notes |
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| UltRank 2022 | June 18th - December 18th, 2022 | 6th |  |
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| LumiRank Mid-Year 2023 | December 19th, 2022 - July 23rd, 2023 | 30th | |
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| LumiRank 2023 | December 19th, 2022 - December 17th, 2023 | 43rd | |
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| LumiRank 2024.1 | December 18th, 2023 - July 15th, 2024 | 21st | |
Wi-Fi Warrior Rank
| Ranking | Time period | Rank | Character(s) | Notes |
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Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v8 |
January 1st - June 30th, 2024 | 8th |  |
OrionRank Ultimate
| Ranking | Time period | Rank | Character(s) | Notes |
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| OrionRank Mid-Year 2022 | December 22nd, 2021 - June 26th, 2022 | 65th | |
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| OrionRank 2022 | December 22nd, 2021 - December 18th, 2022 | 10th | |
OrionRank North America
| Ranking | Time period | Rank | Character(s) | Notes |
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| OrionRank 2022 North America | December 22nd, 2021 - December 18th, 2022 | 5th | |
LumiRank North America
| Ranking | Time period | Rank | Character(s) | Notes |
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| LumiRank 2023 North America | December 19th, 2022 - December 17th, 2023 | 19th | |
Tournament placings
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Online Olympus II |
Januray 30th-31st, 2021 | 257th / 643 | 7th / 95 | Midnight |
| Frame Perfect Series 5: ONLINE |
April 18th, 2021 | 65th / 391 | — | — |
| Collision Online 2021 |
April 24th, 2021 | 25th / 549 | — | — |
| Back To Smash | September 4th, 2021 | 13th / 147 | — | — |
| Riptide | September 10th-12th, 2021 | 49th / 1,024 | — | — |
| Spartan Weeklies 69: The Monthly | September 18th, 2021 | 4th / 128 | 2nd / 32 | Eden |
| MIRAGE | October 2nd, 2021 | 3rd / 183 | 2nd / 35 | Eden |
| Get Clipped 17 A Holiday Special |
December 26th, 2021 | 17th / 330 | — | — |
| Let's Make Big Moves 2022 | January 7th-9th, 2022 | 25th / 687 | — | — |
| Glitch - Infinite | February 18th-20th, 2022 | 33rd / 616 | — | — |
| MIRAGE II | May 7th, 2022 | 2nd / 122 | 1st / 27 | Blueboo |
| Bamboo Battles: Smash Ultimate 67 |
May 9th, 2022 | 7th / 553 | — | — |
| Wolvarena 4 | May 21st, 2022 | 5th / 103 | 2nd / 27 | BooBear |
| Combo Breaker 2022 | May 27th-29th, 2022 | 1st / 392 | — | — |
| EMUSC Summer of Love | June 11th, 2022 | 2nd / 140 | 3rd / 24 | Kople |
| COST 2022 | June 18th-19th, 2022 | 1st / 304 | 2nd / 55 | BooBear |
| Warp Zone | June 25th, 2022 | 2nd / 328 | — | — |
| Get On My Level 2022 | July 1st-3rd, 2022 | 1st / 753 | 2nd / 126 | Demon |
| STAMPEDE II | July 23rd, 2022 | 1st / 132 | — | — |
| Black Diamond | August 6th, 2022 | 2nd / 89 | 1st / 14 | BooBear |
| Super Smash Con 2022 | August 11th-14th, 2022 | 1st / 2,388 | 13th / 488 | Demon |
| Rise 'N Grind | August 19th-21st, 2022 | 7th / 466 | — | — |
| Bahamut | September 3rd, 2022 | 1st / 133 | 1st / 17 | BooBear |
| The Arcadian Online Qualifier 2 East Coast |
September 4th, 2022 | 3rd / 631 | — | — |
| The Big House 10 | October 7th-9th, 2022 | 3rd / 636 | 4th / 111 | BooBear |
| Ludwig Smash Invitational | October 21st-23rd, 2022 | 5th / 32 | — | — |
| Let's Make Moves Miami | October 28th-30th, 2022 | 2nd / 467 | 1st / 75 | acola |
| Mainstage 2022 | December 2nd-4th, 2022 | 9th / 512 | — | — |
| Scuffed World Tour | December 18th, 2022 | 7th / 13 | — | — |
| Let's Make Big Moves 2023 | January 6th-8th, 2023 | 25th / 774 | 3rd / 132 | Riddles |
| Sweet Spot 7 | March 4th-5th, 2023 | 1st / 223 | 1st / 59 | BooBear |
| SOS 8 | March 18th, 2023 | 1st / 158 | 1st / 30 | AnthonyIsntCool |
| Phoenix Down | March 25th, 2023 | 1st / 213 | 1st / 37 | Lunges |
| Spartan Circus | April 22nd, 2023 | 1st / 124 | 2nd / 21 | Wilf |
| 26 Rising's Show Stopper Invitational | May 13th, 2023 | 1st / 32 | — | — |
| Battle of BC 5 | May 19th-21st, 2023 | 17th / 652 | 5th / 124 | Luugi |
| Crown the Third | June 3rd-4th, 2023 | 4th / 418 | 7th / 99 | ApolloKage |
| Super Smash Con 2023 | August 10th-13th, 2023 | 33rd / 2,607 | 2nd / 567 | lolyoshi |
| Back to Smash 2023 | August 26th, 2023 | 1st / 214 | — | — |
| ECLIPSE | September 16th-17th, 2023 | 1st / 154 | 2nd / 35 | Eki |
| The Big House 11 | October 20th-22nd, 2023 | 1st / 507 | 1st / 80 | Soar |
| Octobair 2023 | October 28th, 2023 | 2nd / 143 | 1st / 30 | Ludo |
| Lucid 2023 | November 4th, 2023 | 2nd / 173 | — | — |
| Port Priority 8 | November 11th-12th, 2023 | 9th / 710 | — | — |
| Santa Paws | December 8th-10th, 2023 | 13th / 181 | — | — |
| GENESIS X | February 16th-18th, 2024 | 17th / 1,506 | 1st / 302 | Ouch!? |
| Afterburner 2024 | March 9th, 2024 | 5th / 249 | — | — |
| Collision 2024 | March 15th-17th, 2024 | 3rd / 714 | 3rd / 108 | Atomic |
| Diamond Dust | April 6th-7th, 2024 | 2nd / 284 | 2nd / 48 | Riddles |
| Stride Stadium 1 |
April 22nd, 2024 | 9th / 160 | — | — |
| Get On My Level X | May 17th-19th, 2024 | 4th / 688 | 1st / 122 | Soar |
| COMBO BREAKER 2024 | May 24th-26th, 2024 | 1st / 412 | — | — |
| COST 2024 | June 21st-23rd, 2024 | 2nd / 237 | 1st / 45 | Chase |
| Out of Pocket | June 30th, 2024 | 5th / 141 | 1st / 30 | Demon |
| Aloha Beaches 2: Beach Off | July 7th, 2024 | 1st / 170 | — | — |
| Saturday Stadium 4 Golden | July 20th, 2024 | 3rd / 256 | — | — |
| SMFN Invitational | August 8th, 2024 | 9th / 20 | — | — |
| Supernova 2024 | August 8th-11th, 2024 | 9th / 2,281 | 4th / 497 | lolyoshi |
| Riptide 2024 | September 6th-8th, 2024 | 17th / 1,024 | 9th / 145 | rydra |
References
External links
- Twitter account
- Twitter account web archive
- Old Twitter account, now ran by Buntai crew
- Twitch account
