| IlluZion Gaming | |
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| Location | North Carolina, United States 
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| Owners | Mihir Khadri Davis Britt |
| Sponsors/Partners | Aporia Customs JerkyPro |
| Other games | ARMS Tekken 7 DragonBall FighterZ Soul Calibur 6 Brawlhalla Pokkén Tournament Rivals of Aether |
IlluZion Gaming (IluZ or IZ) is a professional esports organization based in North Carolina, USA. The team was founded on May 1st, 2011 by Mihir Khadri and Davis Britt. IlluZion Gaming previously had teams in more mainstream esports such as Fortnite, Counter Strike: Global Offensive and Overwatch, but are now exclusively supporting fighting games and their communities.
In 2018, they started sponsoring players from the Super Smash Bros. community, with BONK! being their first sponsor. They further extended their roster in 2019 by signing many top smashers from the East Coast and the Washington State (Ismon being the exception, living in Texas). By the end of 2020, IlluZion Gaming also entered the Melee scene, by signing the Sheik player Spark on Halloween[1] and the Marth player LSD on January 6th, 2021. They also created an academy team.
Current smashers
Professional smashers
| ID | Name | Game | Main(s) | Join Date | |
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BONK! | Aaron Marokivitz | Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |
 
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2018-04-08 |
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Bryce | Bryce Becker | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2019-02-03 |
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Tra$h Koopa God | Katu Lindsay-Garvey | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2019-03-24 |
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Juice | Zamir Johnson | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2019-06-20 |
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Enzo | Aneudy Melendez | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2019-07-18 |
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Ismon | Noah Gray | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2020-01-28 |
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Sonido | Leon Green | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2020-03-05 |
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Nicko | Nicko Bonilla | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2020-09-02 |
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Spark | Zaid Ali | Super Smash Bros. Melee | 
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2020-10-31 |
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LSD | Logan Dunn | Super Smash Bros. Melee | 
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2021-01-06 |
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KnucklesUp | Michael Vassos | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2021-03-09 |
Other smashers
ChocoTaco 
(Academy player, joined January 3rd, 2020)- Bankai
(Academy player, joined 2020) - Luna*//
(Academy player, joined 2020) - D.O.M.
(Academy player, joined 2020) - XLR8
(Academy player, joined 2020) - JoJoDaHoBo
(Academy player, joined 2020) - skuniar
(Academy player, joined 2020) - pigeonish_
(Academy player, joined 2020) - PreeM!
(Academy player, joined 2020) - Kirumi (Video editor and graphic designer, joined 2020)
- Primid
(Graphic designer, joined 2020) - Galactigal
(Promotional artist, joined 2020) - ICON~
(Graphic designer, joined 2021)
Former smashers
Professional smashers
| ID | Name | Game | Main(s) | Join Date | Leave Date | |
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Jakal | Jude Harris | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2019-09-18 | 2020-02-17 |
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Pandarian | Eric Lund | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2020-03-20 | 2020-08-31 |
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Epic_Gabriel | Gabriel Romero | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2020-06-13 | 2020-10-26 |
Other smashers
- Trident
(Video editor and photographer)
Other famous players
- Adrian Aguiler (AstroNinja) ARMS top player and winner of two Nintendo ARMS North American Open back-to-back (2020)
- Collin Jones (Ashgreninja1) Pokkén Tournament top player and senior world champion (2019)
- Alex Strobel (CakeAssault
) Rivals of Aether top player, #1 in the world in spring 2020.