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Nairo is an American professional smasher who mains Meta Knight and is the younger brother of Ksizzle. He is known for being among the youngest, yet one of the most successful smashers to compete in tournaments, as well as being one of the top Meta Knights in the world. Nairo is also known for his highly aggressive Meta Knight style, which is at least partly responsible for his great proficiency against Olimar players. He frequently teams with ADHD in doubles, where Nairo uses his aggressive style to overwhelm opponents while ADHD creates stage control with Diddy Kong's banana peels. The team is considered to be the most powerful doubles force in Brawl, having won Apex 2013, SKTAR 2, Apex 2014, and SKTAR 3.
Nairo gained national recognition at Apex 2012, defeating top players such as Nietono, before losing to Otori in Winners' Finals and Nietono in Losers' Finals, placing 3rd out of 400 entrants. Nairo won his first national tournament later that year at SKTAR, defeating ESAM in Winners' Finals 3-1 and Grand Finals 3-0. At Apex 2013, Nairo was knocked out of Winners' early by DEHF, but climbed up through his Losers' bracket, knocking out RAIN, ZeRo, Mr. R, and Anti in the process. Nairo eventually faced Otori in Losers' Semis in a long-awaited rematch, but lost the set 2-3, placing 4th out of 338 entrants. Nairo saw another major victory at Apex 2014, where he defeated ESAM in a rematch from SKTAR, and other top players, such as Mew2King and ZeRo, two of the best Meta Knights in the world.
Nairo is currently ranked 4th on the Tristate Brawl Power Rankings.
Notable tournament placings
Tournament |
Date |
1v1 Placement |
2v2 Placement |
Partner
|
Apex 2010 |
August 6th-8th, 2010 |
25th |
4th |
Atomsk
|
KTAR 3 |
September 5th, 2010 |
17th |
2nd |
Atomsk
|
Genesis 2010 |
October 2nd, 2010 |
1st |
1st |
ADHD
|
MLG DC 2010 |
October 15th-17th, 2010 |
17th |
1st |
Anti
|
Viridian City 8 |
October 23rd, 2010 |
2nd |
3rd |
Atomsk
|
KTAR 4 |
January 16th, 2011 |
4th |
4th |
Atomsk
|
KTAR 5 |
May 25th, 2011 |
5th |
3rd |
Atomsk
|
Clash of the Titans 5 |
June 25th-26th, 2011 |
7th |
1st |
Ally
|
Pray and Trade |
July 9th, 2011 |
2nd |
1st |
ADHD
|
KTAR 6 |
August 14th, 2011 |
3rd |
2nd |
Ally
|
Apex 2012 |
January 6th-8th, 2012 |
3rd |
4th |
ADHD
|
Concentrate IV |
March 31st, 2012 |
1st |
— |
—
|
Uprise of Long Island #8 |
April 21st, 2012 |
2nd |
2nd |
Keitaro
|
Cheap Ash NJ Tourney |
April 28th, 2012 |
1st |
1st |
Mekos
|
Clash of the Titans 6 |
June 2nd, 2012 |
1st |
3rd |
Cable
|
Dissention |
June 23rd, 2012 |
2nd |
1st |
Ally
|
SKTAR |
July 14th-15th, 2012 |
1st |
2nd |
Ally
|
Impact IV |
August 25th, 2012 |
7th |
7th |
Keitaro
|
XSmash |
December 22nd, 2012 |
3rd |
1st |
Zinoto
|
Uprise 11 |
December 29th, 2012 |
1st |
1st |
ADHD
|
Collision VI |
January 5th, 2013 |
2nd |
1st |
ADHD
|
United 1 |
January 6th, 2013 |
4th |
1st |
ADHD
|
Apex 2013 |
January 11th-13th, 2013 |
4th |
1st |
ADHD
|
Rescue 2 |
March 2nd, 2013 |
2nd |
1st |
ADHD
|
Crossfire |
March 16th, 2013 |
3rd |
2nd |
Shaky
|
Petopia |
April 27th, 2013 |
2nd |
1st |
Ally
|
Crossfire 2 |
May 18th, 2013 |
1st |
2nd |
Keitaro
|
KTAR 7 |
July 6th, 2013 |
1st |
1st |
ADHD
|
Rescue 3 |
July 27th, 2013 |
2nd |
1st |
ADHD
|
SKTAR 2 |
August 3rd-4th, 2013 |
9th |
1st |
ADHD
|
Smashacre Gluttony |
August 10th, 2013 |
2nd |
2nd |
False
|
Crossfire 3 |
October 5th, 2013 |
3rd |
1st |
Anti
|
Knight Slash 7 |
November 10th, 2013 |
1st |
— |
—
|
Collision VII |
November 30th, 2013 |
3rd |
1st |
ADHD
|
Smashacre Frostbite |
December 7th-8th, 2013 |
3rd |
— |
—
|
KTAR 8 |
December 28th, 2013 |
7th |
2nd |
ADHD
|
Collision VIII |
January 11th, 2014 |
1st |
1st |
ADHD
|
Apex 2014 |
January 17th-19th, 2014 |
1st |
1st |
ADHD
|
Juice Break Weekly #01 |
February 8th, 2014 |
1st |
— |
—
|
Shuffle V |
February 22nd-23rd, 2014 |
4th |
1st |
ADHD
|
Collision 9 |
March 15, 2014 |
2nd |
1st |
Mew2King
|
KTAR 9 |
March 22, 2014 |
3rd |
1st |
ADHD
|
SMASH GRAND OPENING @ Hitbox Arena |
May 24th, 2014 |
1st |
— |
—
|
SKTAR 3 |
May 31st-June 1st, 2014 |
2nd |
1st |
ADHD
|
Tournament |
Date |
1v1 Placement |
2v2 Placement |
Partner
|
CLASH Tournaments Invitational |
September 14th, 2014 |
2nd |
2nd |
Luigisama
|
Hitbox Arena Invitational |
September 20th, 2014 |
4th |
— |
—
|
KTAR X |
October 4th, 2014 |
2nd |
1st |
Nakat
|
The Smash Lounge Weekly #1 |
October 8th, 2014 |
2nd |
— |
—
|
Smash 4Ever #2 |
October 15th, 2014 |
1st |
— |
—
|
HTL #1 |
October 18th, 2014 |
2nd |
— |
—
|
Smash 4Ever #3 |
October 22nd, 2014 |
3rd |
— |
—
|
SmashLeague: New York |
October 25th, 2014 |
4th |
1st |
Nakat
|
Smash 4Ever #4 |
October 29th, 2014 |
1st |
— |
—
|
Smash 4Ever #5 |
November 5th, 2014 |
4th |
— |
—
|
Xanadu Smash 4 Invitational |
November 6th, 2014 |
1st |
— |
—
|
Smash 4Ever #6 |
November 12th, 2014 |
4th |
— |
—
|
Trivia
- Interestingly enough, despite his older brother Ksizzle having been known to be one of Ally's hardest opponents to play in tournament during his prime, Nairo has yet to take a set from Ally in tournament despite having surpassed his brother since then.
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