Smasher:Swedish Delight

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Swedish Delight
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Character info
Melee main Sheik
Other Melee characters Peach, Luigi, Fox, Falco
Project M mains Mario, Mr. Game & Watch
Team info
Sponsor(s) Renegades
Former crews Rutgers Maylay, MGFC, BERT Gaming
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. Melee 2017 SSBMRank: 16th
Winnings Super Smash Bros. Melee ~$7,401.44
Personal and other info
Real name James Liu
Location New York City United States
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. Melee Top professional

Swedish Delight is a top Melee Sheik main from New Jersey who is currently residing in New York City. He is one of the best players in the Tristate Area and considered among the strongest smashers in the United States.

He solidified his top professional status by placing 25th at EVO 2014, where he defeated s0ft and Lucien in the losers' quarterfinals pool after losing to Javi, before being knocked out by aMSa. From late 2015 to 2016, he emerged as a strong contender, placing high at numerous majors and taking wins over many top players. By late 2016, he was placing consistently in the top 12 at major tournaments including CEO 2016, EVO 2016, Shine 2016, and The Big House 6.

Swedish Delight is currently ranked 2nd on the NYC Metropolitan Area Melee Power Rankings, 16th on the 2017 SSBMRank, and was formerly ranked at the 0 position on the New Jersey Melee Power Rankings.

Tournament history

Swedish Delight placed 13th at the second largest Melee tournament at the time, The Big House 5, beating Westballz in top 64 winners before losing to SFAT. He then won vs Zhu before losing to Duck. Along with his partner, Nintendude, this was also the highest placing of any Atlantic North smasher at this event outside of Abate.

Swedish Delight and doubles partner Slox emerged as a formidable duo in 2016. At GENESIS 3, they took two sets, 2-0 and 3-2, off of Hungrybox and Axe, placing 3rd. They followed this with 4th and 5th place finishes at Pound 2016 and CEO 2016 respectively.

One of his most impressive performances was at Pound 2016, where he made Top 32 in winners' side. His first set in the bracket was against Laudandus, where he defeated him 2-0. Next came his set against Professor Pro, where the latter lost 3-2. Entering winners' semis, he was pitted against Hungrybox, where he was defeated 3-0, knocking him into losers' bracket. After being knocked out, he was pitted against Laudandus again, this time defeating him 3-0. In losers' semis, Mango clutched it out in a nailbiter set 3-2, ending his run at 4th place.

Smash 'N' Splash 2 was one of his best performances at a national, defeating S2J and Westballz, as well as winning two sets against Mew2King, only losing twice to Hungrybox to earn a strong 2nd place finish. He interestingly opted to use Luigi against Hungrybox in grand finals.

At CEO 2016, he displayed consistency by placing 9th, with wins over Nintendude and DJ Nintendo, and followed this with a strong 9th place finish at the largest tournament of all time, EVO 2016.

At Shine 2016, he again impressed with a 5th place finish, with wins over Nintendude, Westballz, and HugS. He was sent to losers by Mew2King and eliminated by Mango.

He placed 9th at The Big House 6, falling to Armada 0-3 in winners, then eliminating Leffen 3-0 and Shroomed 3-0 before being eliminated by Hungrybox 2-3 in losers.

Tournament placings

 

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Apex 2012 January 6th-8th, 2012 65th
Zenith 2012 May 26th-27th, 2012 25th
Zenith 2013 June 1st-2nd, 2013 9th 13th Mr. F
EVO 2013 July 12th-14th, 2013 49th
COA IV December 20th, 2013 3rd
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 49th
Shuffle V February 22nd-23rd, 2014 5th 13th ADHD
KTAR 9 March 22nd, 2014 2nd 3rd ADHD
EVO 2014 July 11th-13th, 2014 25th 17th Duck
Zenith 2014 August 2nd-3rd, 2014 9th 5th Nintendude
KTAR XI November 22nd, 2014 5th 3rd Jsex
KING OF GARDEN STATE January 17th, 2015 1st
Super Nebulous 2 January 24th, 2015 9th
Apex 2015 January 30th-February 1st, 2015 17th
Bad Moon Rising March 14th-15th, 2015 9th 2nd Nintendude
Super Nebulous 3 April 25th-26th, 2015 9th 4th Nintendude
FC Smash 15XR: Return July 4th-5th, 2015 9th 5th Nintendude
EVO 2015 July 17th-19th, 2015 33rd 7th Nintendude
Nebulous Prime 1 August 14th-16th, 2015 1st 1st Slox
SKTAR 4 August 22nd-23rd, 2015 2nd 2nd C!Z
The Big House 5 October 2nd-4th, 2015 13th 9th Nintendude
Smash Summit November 7th-8th, 2015 13th 7th Alex19
BUST3 November 21, 2015 1st 2nd Jsex
KTAR XV December 5th, 2015 1st 1st Jsex
Kings of Garden State 2 December 27th, 2015 1st
KTAR XVI January 9th, 2016 2nd
GENESIS 3 January 15th-17th, 2016 33rd 3rd Slox
SWEET XXIII March 12th, 2016 3rd 3rd Yoyo
Midwest Mayhem March 19th, 2016 2nd 1st Captain Faceroll
Super Nebulous 4 March 26th, 2016 2nd 1st Hungrybox
Pound 2016 April 2nd-3rd, 2016 4th 4th Slox
Get On My Level 2016 May 20th-22nd, 2016 13th 9th Prince Abu
Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays 6/1 June 1st, 2016 1st
Rise of the Empire June 4th, 2016 2nd 1st Prince Abu
Smash 'N' Splash 2 June 11th-12th, 2016 2nd 5th N0ne
CEO 2016 June 24th-26th, 2016 9th 5th Slox
EVO 2016 July 15th-17th, 2016 9th
New Jersey Quarterly Rapport 2 August 7th, 2016 1st 1st Slox
Shine 2016 August 26-28, 2016 5th
The Big House 6 October 7th-9th, 2016 9th 13th Druggedfox
Nebulous Prime Melee #64 November 5th, 2016 1st 1st Slox
Smash the Record 2016 November 11th-14th, 2016 5th
UGC Smash Open December 2nd-4th, 2016 7th 5th Axe
Eden December 10th-11th, 2016 13th 3rd Slox
Don't Park on the Grass December 17th-18th, 2016 9th 3rd Hungrybox
Apollo (tournament) January 7th-8th, 2017 2nd 3rd Duck
GENESIS 4 January 20th-22nd, 2017 13th
Apollo 2 February 11th, 2017 3rd 1st Slox
Smash Valley V February 18th, 2017 3rd 4th Colbol
Apollo III March 11th, 2017 1st 1st Slox
Full Bloom 3 March 25th, 2017 9th 2nd The Moon
Smash Rivalries April 8th-9th, 2017 7th 5th The Moon
CEO Dreamland April 15th-16th, 2017 4th 4th Slox
Flatiron 2 April 22nd, 2017 1st 1st Bladewise
CEO 2017 June 16th-18th, 2017 5th
Bad Moon Rising 2 July 1st, 2017 3rd 2nd Slox
EVO 2017 July 14th-16th, 2017 13th
FUSE July 16th, 2017 9th Slox
Super Smash Con 2017 August 10th-13th, 2017 13th 4th MikeHaze
Shine 2017 August 25th-27th, 2017 33rd 4th Plup
Super Smash Sundays 62 September 10th, 2017 5th 1st Westballz
Smash the Record 2017 September 14th-17th, 2017 3rd 2nd MikeHaze
GameTyrant Expo 2017 September 29th-October 1st, 2017 17th 9th MikeHaze
The Big House 7 October 6th-8th, 2017 9th 33rd MikeHaze
Too Hot to Handle October 28th-29th, 2017 9th 7th MikeHaze
Tipped Off 12 November 11th-12th, 2017 4th 1st Mew2King
RISE Melee Regional November 25th, 2017 1st Ryan Ford
DreamHack Winter 2017 December 2nd-3rd, 2017 4th 2nd Wizzrobe
SWEET 29 January 13th, 2018 1st

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Smash the Record 2016 November 11th-14th, 2016 129th

Affiliations

He was a founding officer of Scarlet Smash, a Smash club at Rutgers University. He is affiliated with BERTGaming, a crew of primarily Rutgers smashers along with Qerb and a few others.

On October 6th 2016, he was picked up by the eSports team Renegades, along with Dabuz.

Trivia

  • Swedish Delight is the younger brother of Mr. F.

External links

Gameplay videos

Super Smash Bros. Melee