Smasher:Ice

Ice
Character info
Melee main	Fox
Other Melee character	Sheik, Captain Falcon, Marth
Project M main	Fox
Other Project M character	Captain Falcon
Team info
Crew(s)	Luminosity Gaming
Former crews	Germany's Star Fighters, mYinsanity
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking	2016 SSBMRank: 13th
Winnings	~$8,513.24
Personal and other info
Real name	Mustafa Akcakaya
Birth date	July 1, 1991
Location	Berlin, Germany
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Top professional Professional

Ice is a German smasher located in the Berlin area. He is a major competitor in German tournaments, but has gone international and made strong impacts; his most notable showings were a 7th place finish at EVO 2013 and GENESIS 3 and 3rd at The Big House 6, the latter being his best performance at an international tournament so far. He was considered to be one of the best Melee Sheik mains in the world along with Mew2King, KirbyKaze, and Overtriforce before his switch to Fox. He is known for his prowess in the Fox, Falco, and Sheik matchups, and has taken sets off of top professionals such as Zhu, Hax, Overtriforce, Mango, Westballz, and even Leffen in Fox dittos in tournament. Ice is currently ranked 1st on the German Melee Power Rankings, 3rd on the European Melee Power Rankings, and 13th in the world on the 2016 SSBMRank.

On October 21st 2016, Luminosity Gaming picked up Ice as their first Super Smash Bros. Melee player and second overall Smash player.

Playing style

Informally known as the "European Mew2King", Ice is one of the top Fox mains in the world, and used to be one of the best Sheik and Marth mains in Europe. Between all of his characters, Ice is extremely smooth and consistent in his tech skill, rarely missing inputs or SDing. As Sheik and Marth, Ice is known for creative and lethal punishes, solid movement, consistent edgeguards, and proficient tech chases and chaingrabs. Ice's Sheik in particular was much more aggressive than those of other Sheik mains, as he frequently opted for dash attack and down tilt reads that would lead into highly damaging strings. As Fox, Ice retains his powerful punishes, edgeguarding, and general aggression, but also showcases his extremely high technical proficiency to the fullest extent, especially with shine and aerial pressure on the opponent's shield. He has also one of the best tech reactions in the game, as pointed out by TheCrimsonBlur at The Big House 6 (he called Ice "The Best Techer in Smash").

Ice used to have a lackluster neutral game compared to other top players, and performed poorly against top professional players of lesser-played characters because he did not know how to properly punish them. For example, he was defeated twice by s0ft's Jigglypuff at Apex 2014, showing a lack of knowledge of how to properly punish Rest with Sheik. He also could not take a game from aMSa's Yoshi at Republic of Fighters 3 due to his failure to combat Yoshi's egg camping and DI away from his combos. However, after picking up Fox and addressing various issues in his gameplay, including his matchup problems, these upsets have been minimized, shown by Ice defeating aMSa 2-1 in Grand Finals at a Xanadu event two years later.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
SMASH ATTACK	April 3rd-5th, 2009	17th	—	—
Epita Smash Arena 3	April 11th-12th, 2009	9th	4th	Remen
Super Lion 4	August 7th-9th, 2009	7th	5th	Luma
Berlin Calling	April 2nd-4th, 2010	4th	7th	Luma
ZEST5	May 1st, 2010	5th	5th	Baxon
B.E.A.S.T	January 7th-9th, 2011	3rd	4th	Luma
B.E.A.S.T II	August 11th-14th, 2011	2nd	2nd	Fuzzyness
Apex 2012	January 6th-8th, 2012	33rd	13th	Amsah
Epita Smash Arena 5	April 20th-23rd, 2012	2nd	1st	Armada
Smashers' Reunion: Melee Grande	July 13th-15th, 2012	4th	1st	Armada
OSmash #2	August 3rd-5th, 2012	1st	1st	Z
King Funk's Castle II: Måske	October 4th-7th, 2012	4th	2nd	Leffen
hf.lan 4	December 1st-2nd, 2012	4th	—	—
Apex 2013	January 11th-13th, 2013	25th	5th	Leffen
B.E.A.S.T 3	April 3rd-7th, 2013	2nd	3rd	Fuzzyness
hf.lan 5	June 1st-2nd, 2013	1st	1st	Remen
EVO 2013	July 12th-14th, 2013	7th	5th	Leffen
Republic of Fighters #2	September 14th-15th, 2013	1st	1st	Overtriforce
Avalon I	October 5th, 2013	1st	1st	Remen
OSmash#3	October 25th-27th, 2013	1st	1st	.tea
Avalon II	November 9th, 2013	1st	1st	Remen
hf.lan 6	December 14th-15th, 2013	1st	1st	Leffen
Apex 2014	January 17-19th, 2014	9th	4th	Armada
B.E.A.S.T 4	February 12th-16th, 2014	3rd	2nd	Leffen
Smash Ain't Dead 3	March 15th, 2014	2nd	—	—
OSmash#4	April 18th-20th, 2014	1st	1st	Sixx
Republic of Fighters 3	May 17th-18th, 2014	4th	1st	Armada
EVO 2014	July 11th-13th, 2014	33rd	3rd	Leffen
SUPER Brawl in Berlin	August 15th-17th, 2014	1st	1st	reaper
OMD#3	August 30th-31st, 2014	1st	1st	quiKsilver
Hit & Stun Tournament 2	September 6th-7th, 2014	2nd	2nd	Leffen
No Birds Allowed	October 3rd-5th, 2014	1st	1st	Sixx
DrommeLAN 4.0	November 7th-9th, 2014	5th	2nd	Leffen
Avalon VI	November 29th, 2014	3rd	2nd	Adam
B.E.A.S.T 5	January 9th-11th, 2015	4th	2nd	Leffen
Super Nebulous 2	January 24th, 2015	3rd	3rd	Swedish Delight
Apex 2015	January 30th-February 1st, 2015	13th	3rd	Leffen
JST7	May 23rd-24th, 2015	1st	2nd	Amsah
Avalon IX	June 13th, 2015	1st	1st	Nintendude
EVO 2015	July 17th-19th, 2015	9th	2nd	Armada
Heir II the Throne	August 14th-16th, 2015	7th	2nd	Leffen
DreamHack London 2015	September 19th-20th, 2015	3rd	—	—
Helix	September 26th-27th, 2015	3rd	1st	Armada
The Big House 5	October 2nd-4th, 2015	9th	—	—
Tipped Off 11	November 7th-8th, 2015	13th	1st	Nintendude
Eclipse	November 14th-15th, 2015	5th	2nd	Leffen
DreamHack Winter 2015	November 26th-29th, 2015	9th	5th	Leffen
DG Winter	December 5th-6th, 2015	1st	1st	SchlimmShady
GENESIS 3	January 15th-17th, 2016	7th	—	—
Kickstart 6	February 14th, 2016	2nd	4th	SchlimmShady
B.E.A.S.T 6	February 19th-21st, 2016	4th	1st	Leffen
Battle of the Five Gods	March 17th-19th, 2016	18th	—	—
Smash Summit 2	April 21st-24th, 2016	9th	7th	ESAM
Get On My Level 2016	May 20th-22nd, 2016	9th	—	—
DreamHack Summer 2016	June 18th-19th, 2016	2nd	—	—
Super Smash Sundays 48	July 10th, 2016	1st	3rd	HugS
EVO 2016	July 15th-17th, 2016	17th	—	—
Clutch City Clash	August 6th-7th, 2016	5th	—	—
Smash @ Xanadu 8/10	August 10th, 2016	1st	—	—
Super Smash Con 2016	August 11th-14th, 2016	13th	1st	Mew2King
Heir 3	August 19th-21st, 2016	17th	2nd	Professor Pro
Syndicate 2016	September 10th-11th, 2016	3rd	3rd	reaper
Kickstart 11	September 17th, 2016	1st	3rd	Professor Pro
The Big House 6	October 7th-9th, 2016	3rd	3rd	MacD
Kickstart 12	October 15th-16th, 2016	1st	1st	Mahie
Eclipse 2	October 21st-23rd, 2016	2nd	2nd	Leffen
The Den #1	November 12th-13th, 2016	1st	1st	Kellner
DreamHack Winter 2016	November 24th-27th, 2016	7th	—	—
UGC Smash Open	December 2nd-4th, 2016	9th	2nd	Leffen
Eden	December 10th-11th, 2016	2nd	1st	Professor Pro
Don't Park on the Grass	December 17th-18th, 2016	7th	2nd	Leffen
SWEET XXV	January 14th, 2017	1st	1st	Duck
GENESIS 4	January 20th-22nd, 2017	25th	2nd	Leffen
B.E.A.S.T 7	February 17th-19th, 2017	3rd	2nd	Leffen
Smash Summit Spring 2017	March 2nd-5th, 2017	9th	2nd	Leffen
Full Bloom 3	March 25th, 2017	9th	5th	Leffen

Project M

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
B.E.A.S.T 4	February 12th-16th, 2014	7th	—	—
Smash Ain't Dead 3	March 15th, 2014	4th	—	—
OSmash#4	April 18th-20th, 2014	3rd	—	—
SUPER Brawl in Berlin	August 15th-17th, 2014	2nd	—	—
OMD#3	August 30th-31st, 2014	1st	—	—
Hit & Stun Tournament 2	September 6th-7th, 2014	3rd	—	—
No Birds Allowed	October 3rd-5th, 2014	1st	—	—

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