BONK!
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Character info
Smash 4 main Meta Knight
Ultimate main Meta Knight
Team info
Sponsor(s) IlluZion Gaming
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. 4 Philadelphia Power Rankings: 6th
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Philadelphia Ultimate Power Rankings: 3rd
Personal and other info
Real name Aaron Markovitz
Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. 4 Professional
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Top professional

BONK! is a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Meta Knight main from Philadelphia and is considered one of the best Meta Knight players in the world. He is currently ranked 3rd on the Philadelphia Ultimate Power Rankings and 143rd on the OrionRank Mid-Year 2022. He has taken sets off players such as Zomba, LeoN, WaDi, Ned, Gen, Raffi-X, Venia, and LingLing.

He was also a Meta Knight main In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and was ranked 6th on the Philadelphia Power Rankings. He notably took a set off of Ally at Smash 'N' Splash 4.

He was signed by IlluZion Gaming on April 8, 2018 as their first Smash player.

Playstyle

BONK! is known for having a strong punish game with Meta Knight, being highly proficient in both ladders and bridges, often with the use of multiple ladder resets. He has an aggressive neutral, creating openings to combo and finish off his opponent, sometimes carrying his opponents across the entire stage to do so.

He is also known for creating and popularizing the "Condor Dive", a technique in which a drill rush is performed (usually off or around a platform) and then angled down and toward the ledge, spiking recovering opponents.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Olympus October 28th-30th, 2016 25th 9th Bryce
KTAR XIX November 19th, 2016 257th 17th Bryce
Super WBB #88 June 15th, 2017 1st 1st Bryce
Super Smash Con 2017 August 10th-13th, 2017 193rd 129th Bryce
SmashQuest III November 11th, 2017 13th
Smash 'N' Splash 4 June 1st-3rd, 2018 33rd 17th Bryce
Radiance July 14th, 2018 17th

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
CN:B-Airs 167 December 21st, 2018 4th
CN:B-Airs 172 January 25th, 2019 4th 7th Nana
Clump Charity #1 January 26th, 2019 2nd
Collision 2019 March 16th-17th, 2019 65th 25th Bryce
The Scarlet Classic V April 14th, 2019 17th
Smash 'N' Splash 5 May 31st-June 2nd, 2019 97th 49th Bryce
CN:B-Airs 195 July 5th, 2019 1st 7th KingKamina
Smashadelphia 2019 June 21st-23rd, 2019 17th
PSS S3:E1 July 6th, 2019 17th
Defend the North 2019 July 19th-21st, 2019 33rd
Shine 2019 August 23rd-25th, 2019 65th 49th SAUCE
Spectrum #108 September 2nd, 2019 2nd 4th Beast
Recharged #35 September 22nd, 2019 4th 5th Abs
Battle For The East October 4th-6th, 2019 7th 2nd Enzo
PSS S4:E1 October 12th, 2019 9th
2GG: Nightmare on Smashville October 20th, 2019 49th
CN:B-Airs 213 November 8th, 2019 2nd 1st Enzo
Smash Out 2019 November 16th, 2019 17th
Get Off Your Friendlies 2 November 24th, 2019 5th 2nd Enzo
Fireside Open 2019 December 7th, 2019 25th
Smashadelphia @ Gifts for Gamers 2019 December 15th, 2019 7th 5th Luck
Let's Make Big Moves January 3rd-5th, 2020 33rd 9th Enzo
The Grind 110 January 17th, 2020 25th
Glitch 8 - Missingno January 18th-19th, 2020 97th
HAT 100 February 11th, 2020 3rd
Ursa Minor 4 February 20th, 2020 33rd
Save Point: The PA State Championship March 7th, 2020 49th 2nd Enzo
DNA Online: Ultimate Season 5 Week 12  March 19th, 2020 2nd
Pound Online  April 24th-26th, 2020 257th
The Line #8: Unlocked  May 22nd, 2020 3rd
Collision Online  May 23rd, 2020 65th
Spartan Smash #2  May 31st, 2020 2nd
CN:B-Airs #233  June 12th, 2020 2nd
Baecation: Online #2  June 16th, 2020 3rd
CN:B-Airs #234  June 19th, 2020 4th
CN:B-Airs #235  June 26th, 2020 4th
Mega Smash Mondays 26  October 26th, 2020 33rd
The Best of Series: Kirby!  November 3rd, 2020 1st
Frame Perfect Series 3: ONLINE  November 8th, 2020 65th
Baecation: Online  December 15th, 2020 25th
Star Rod Summit 2020  December 28th, 2020 3rd —;
Frame Perfect Series 4: ONLINE  January 17th, 2021 49th
Stop AAPI Hate April 3rd, 2021 9th
CROSSxUP July 25th, 2021 13th 9th JDL
The Comeback July 31st, 2021 9th
Riptide September 10th-12th, 2021 129th
Glitch 8.5 - Konami Code September 24th-26th, 2021 17th
Port Priority 6 October 30th-31st, 2021 65th
Let's Make Big Moves 2022 January 7th-9th, 2022 17th
Glitch - Infinite February 18th-20th, 2022 17th
bae100 April 2nd, 2022 13th 5th JDL
Clip It II April 10th, 2022 17th
Pound 2022 April 22nd-24th, 2022 65th
Platinum Star Smash S14:E1 April 30th, 2022 9th
Save Point 2: Save State July 30th, 2022 9th
Super Smash Con 2022 August 11th-14th, 2022 129th

Trivia

  • BONK! had all of his controllers stolen at Frostbite 2020[1], which has spawned multiple jokes inside the Smash community about giving him a replacement controller.
  • BONK! has called himself the "overly enthusiastic" voice of many of ProGuides' Smash Ultimate videos[2], which has given him the nickname of "ProGuy".

Gameplay videos

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

External links

References