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Wi-Fi Warrior Rank

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The Wi-Fi Warrior Rank (WWR) is a biannual list ranking the top 50 best players in online Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournaments. Created by Tacos and Cloudhead, the WWR initially served the same purpose for online Super Smash Bros. for Wii U tournaments, doing so in its first two seasons, before making the transition to Ultimate for its third season onward. The first iteration of the WWR used data from January - June 2018, and was released fully in July 22nd, 2018. The second iteration of the WWR featured tournaments from July - November 2018, and released fully in December 5th, 2018. The third and current iteration counted tournaments from December 2018 - June 2019, and released fully on July 26, 2019.


Methods

WWRv1

The WWR was not open-entry when it came to which events could qualify, and it instead pulled from a semi-predetermined list of weekly series. However, once a series grew in size and their tournaments regularly met the WWR's qualifying standards, they may have been added mid-season. No tournaments were included that restricted which players could enter on a large scale, such as sub-only or region-locked tournaments.

The first WWR was compiled using the results of ten of the largest open-entry Wi-fi series:

Series Evaluated

Series Day(s) TOs
Smashurai Dojo Tuesday (Mini), Saturday (Circuit/Summit) Freedom, RyanDCB, MikeyNyce, GME, Jay, Pengu, Ravenking
Eclipse Series Monday (Flamewave Neo), Friday (Eclipse Smash), Sunday (Smash Bash) Tacos, Cloudhead, Erik, Nibodax, Zaxel
Smashing Legends Wednesday, Saturday Powergeorge5, Eragon, Dual, KenryckYT, TRexLordSW
Breaking Point Thursday RyanDCB, Copper, Frunk
King's Court Wednesday Ergka, King
Smash Station Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday SlickJ, Mother/EB, Illusion, KenryckYT, TRexLordSW, Abraxas
Sunday Smash Attack Sunday Illusion, KenryckYT
TVSeries Friday Conway, MagZ, VaR, 200X, Gravy
Wary Fighter Wednesdays Formerly Friday (currently defunct) N/A

WWRv2

The core structure of the WWRv2 remains the same as last season, with some minor changes. The value of individual wins has been reduced, as have the tournament values of standard weekly tournaments. As was the case in the previous season, no tournaments are included that restrict their playerbase by subs or location; and no players are included who have attended less than four tournaments, are banned in multiple series, or have requested to be left off.

In addition, an X-factor ranking will be presented alongside the regular ranking. Much like that of the Panda Global Rankings, this is a separate, panel-based ranking, with TOs and top Wi-fi players participating in a survey to rank the WWR candidates.

Series Evaluated

The WWRv2 includes tournaments from six active, open-entry series, as well as three inactive series that were active at some point during the season.

Series Day(s) Status
Smashing Legends Wednesday, Saturday Active
Eclipse Smash Monday, Friday Active
Smash Station Thursday, Saturday Active
TVSeries Friday, Sunday Active
Sunday Smash Attack Sunday Active
Take the L Tuesdays Tuesday Active
Dragonborn Thursday Hiatus
Smashurai Dojo Tuesday, Saturday Defunct
King's Court Wednesday Defunct

Major Tournaments

These tournaments are the only ones whose tournament values are not reduced. They generally feature increased prize pots and separate branding in comparison to their associated weeklies, and if they are recurring, must do so no more than once per month.

Tournament Series
Eclipse Smash #50: RobinGG Edition EC
The Smash Bash #100: Mushroom Kingdom Edition EC
Smashing Legends Monthly 11 SL
Smashing Legends Monthly 13 SL
Smashing Legends Monthly 14 SL
Smash Station 100: Zenkai Saga SS
Smash Station 119 SS
TVSeries: Elite Saga TVS
Sunday Smash Attack Anniversary Tournament SSA
One More Game Various
Smashurai Summit: EVA^ Monthly SD
Smashurai Dojo Finale SD
Dragonborn Season 2 Finale DB

WWRv3

The WWRv3's presentation remains the same as the WWRv2, maintaining the Area 51 and X-Factor ratings. However, the structure of the WWRv3 had some major changes. Firstly, weeklies were no longer counted for the rankings. Only "majors", which were tournaments that occurred on at least a monthly basis, would be counted. Secondly, the WWR was made open-entry, and any tournament could be eligible for the rankings, not just the ones hosted by the major series. The only criteria for being included were that the WWR team must have been notified two weeks before the tournament started, and the tournament must have reached C-tier status at least one week before it started. Lastly, Naifu Wars was once again included in the ranking, with the stipulation that only the first Naifu Wars of each month would be counted, as long as it was open-entry.

Tournament Tier System

The WWRv3's Tournament Tier System (TTS) was made public this time, with each tournament receiving a tier rating based on either its total entrant count or the amount of WWR-ranked players who attended the tournament. For the first half of the season, the amount of players on the WWRv2 was counted, but in the second half, this was switched to the in-progress WWRv3 top 50 to keep up with the new meta of Smash Ultimate as best as possible.

The full TTS spreadsheet can be found here.

Tournament Series Date Tier
SL Christmas Special SL December 26th A
Ultimate Naifu Wars #2 Naifu Nation January 4th S
SCSC: Stage 1 - The Beginning Other January 19th A
TLT: Blank Saga TLT January 22nd A
JMSF #1 JWT January 25th B
SL Monthly #16 SL January 26th B
ECLIPSE: Ultimate Edition ECLIPSE February 9th A
TVS: Kenryck Series TVSeries February 10th A
Ultimate Naifu Wars #4 Naifu Nation February 15th A
SCSC: Stage 2 - Pipe Dreams Other February 23rd C
JMSF #2 JWT March 1st S
SL Monthly #17 SL March 2nd B
Tainted Renegades: Civil War Other March 9th B
Nh Raven's Smash For Cash #1 Other March 15th A
ECLIPSE: Pokémon Edition ECLIPSE March 16th A
Naifu Wars: Trek to Prime Saga Naifu Nation March 23rd A
SL Monthly #18 SL March 23rd C
JMSF #3 JWT March 30th C
Naifu Wars: Sandy Road to CEO #1 Naifu Nation April 26th A
The Rising Star SL April 27th B
SCSC: Stage 4 - Sparg0 Saga Other April 28th C
Naifu Wars: Sandy Road to CEO #2 Naifu Nation May 3rd A
Smash Legends #2 Other May 4th B
JMSF #4 JWT May 5th C
Naifu Wars: Sandy Road to CEO #3 Naifu Nation May 10th B
Flamewave Anniversary 2 ECLIPSE May 11th A
TVS Season 7 Finale TVSeries May 12th B
Revival Of Smash Station #4 Smash Station June 1st B
JMSF #5 JWT June 1st C
Ultimate Naifu Wars #5 Naifu Nation June 21st A
SCSC: Stage 6 - SL Saga SL/Other June 22nd B
Gates of Gehenna Open #1 Other June 27th B
TR x ECLIPSE: World of Light ECLIPSE/Other June 28th B

Rankings

WWRv3

Ranking Smasher Previous Rank Movement Character(s)
1   king_chris    
2   Sparg0 31 ▲ 29    
3   Middy 9 ▲ 6  
4   Pokelam 12 ▲ 8  
5   Benny&TheJets 16 ▲ 11  
6   Dusty_Carpet  
7   Salty   
8   Sharp 11 ▲ 3  
9   Joxon 6 ▼ 3  
10   Vendetta  
11   Riley  
12   enhancedpv  
13   RobinGG 3 ▼ 10  
14   Chemdev 2 ▼ 12    
15   IcyMist 19 ▲ 4  
16   Svpifd  
17   Smabros  
18   MiLe  
19   Riddles   
20   Ouch!?    
21   Sumgai  
22   Epic_Gabriel  
23   Atticus  
24   SKITTLES!!  
25   BeJay  
26   MarkTheSDking  
27   Kenryck 8 ▼ 19    
28   SpaceMiner 30 ▲ 2   
29   Rax 37 ▲ 8   
30   Kusa  
31   Beastly 51 ▲ 20    
32   Slay   
33   S0N1C3167  
34   Rinku  
35   SZB  
36   Slainey  
37   Lalo  
38   Taoudi  
39   chase    
40   ZeroTwoNone  
41   BattlePuP   
42   Jade   
43   Poison  
44   PenguinFluff  
45   LNIM  
46   Jakamu  
47   Xsage93  
48   Best Taco  
49   Sylver  
50   Carvia 42 ▼ 8  

Area 51

Ranking Smasher Previous rank Movement Character(s)
51 Iran Kiki  
51   NotOffTempo  
51   RichMrFork  
51   Soki 28 ▼ 23  
51   Zomba 26 ▼ 25   

WWRv2

Ranking Smasher Previous Rank Movement Character(s) Score
1   Urameshi 9 ▲ 8     100
2   Chemdev 18 ▲ 16    95.4
3   RobinGG 6 ▲ 3    94.9
4   Loading... 2 ▼ 2    86.3
5   Blank 17 ▲ 12    75.9
6   Joxon   72.6
7   ShinyMark 43 ▲ 36       70.4
8   KenryckYT   66.0
9   Copper 5 ▼ 4   63.8
10   Naoto 10 0    61.3
11   Sharp 24 ▲ 13     60.3
12   Pokelam    58.3
13   Mikerowave 25 ▲ 12    58.0
14   ZekeTRP 13 ▼ 1   56.9
15   Burst     56.2
16   Bennyandthejets 16 0   55.0
17   Zenkai 23 ▲ 6     54.4
18   Frawg 49 ▲ 31   54.0
19   IcyMist 1 ▼ 18   52.9
20   Horse 20 0    52.2
21   Chusam 4 ▼ 17    50.4
22   Lem0nade    47.8
23   Kirb 31 ▲ 8   44.2
24   Pelca   42.4
25   Justin     41.4
26   Zomba 29 ▲ 3    40.5
27   Le Elinndur 14 ▼ 13     40.1
28   Soki    39.8
29   Zane 34 ▲ 5     39.8
30   SpaceMiner   38.3
31   Sparg0   36.5
32   Ij   36.1
33   Bernihetero 46 ▲ 13   34.0
34   RosaGetsFit   31.9
35   Spirit 36 ▲ 1   31.3
36   Simon 3 ▼ 33   30.6
37   Rax 7 ▼ 30   27.9
38   Ez   27.3
39   Glug     27.2
40   Raza   26.5
41   pokeout   26.1
42   Carvia   24.0
43   Lumbre   24.0
44   Sword   23.1
45   Derek9742   26.1
46   Karuyaka   21.9
47   iTheta 40 ▼ 7      20.0
48   nalexander94    18.8
49   Zixvy 47 ▼ 2   18.8
50   TRexLordSW    18.7

Area 51

Ranking Smasher Previous rank Movement Character(s)
51   AGenericName  
51   Beastly  
51   ChrisBCream   
51   SlingShot  
51   TheMightyDialga  

WWR

Ranking Smasher Previous Rank Movement Character(s)
1   IcyMist   
2   Loading...  
3   Simon  
4   Chusam   
5   Copper  
6   RobinGG  
7   Rax  
8   Zaxel  
9   Urameshi  
10   Naoto   
11   Grayclash  
12   SdN   
13   ZekeTRP  
14   Le Elin    
15   Luisfer  
16   Bennyandthejets  
17   Blank   
18   Chemdev  
19   Naranja  
20   Horse   
21   Lalo  
22   Kury17  
23   Zenkai   
24   Sharp   
25   Mikerowave   
26   Freckles  
27   Jade  
28   Otakuni  
29   Zomba   
30   Ravenking  
31   Kirb  
32   ForbiddenOne   
33   Jaxson    
34   Aejin    
35   Catalyst  
36   Mai  
37   FuerzaDON  
38   YoseFu  
39   Cloudy    
40   iTheta    
41   Kamii    
42   Kite  
43   ShinyMark    
44   Black_Screen  
45   MASTER PUFFY  
46   Bernihetero  
47   Zixvy    
48   Jhon   
49   Frawg  
50   Noku   

Honorable mentions

Ranking Smasher Previous rank Movement Character(s)
HM   Dark  
HM   Ij  
HM   BrutalHips  
HM   Joxon  
HM   KenryckYT   
HM   BluStriker  
HM   Derek9742  
HM   Karuyaka  
HM   MariyoTree  
HM   Pokelam  

Gallery

External links

WWRv1

WWRv2

References