Marss
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Character info
Brawl main Zero Suit Samus
Smash 4 main Zero Suit Samus
Smash 4 doubles mains Lucario
Other Smash 4 characters Captain Falcon, Lucario
Ultimate main Zero Suit Samus
Other Ultimate character Joker
Retired Ultimate characters Ike, Mega Man
Project M main Ivysaur
Team info
Former sponsor(s) Denial Esports, Panda
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. 4 Panda Global Rankings 100: 16th
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate LumiRank Mid-Year 2023: 34th
Winnings Super Smash Bros. 4 ~$23,189.45
Personal and other info
Real name Tyler Martins
Birth date (age 25)
Location Massachusetts United States
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. 4 Top level
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Top level

Marss is a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Zero Suit Samus player from Cranston, Rhode Island who currently resides in Massachusetts. He is considered the best Zero Suit Samus player in the world, and was one of the best players in the world prior to the pandemic. Marss is currently ranked 23rd on the OrionRank 2022 North America and 34th on the LumiRank Mid-Year 2023, and formerly ranked 1st on the Massachusetts Ultimate Power Rankings and 2nd on the New England Ultimate Power Rankings.

In Smash 4, he is considered the second best Zero Suit Samus player in the world, after Nairo. He is currently ranked 1st on NER 2017-2018 and 16th on the Panda Global Rankings 100.

Marss is also a very talented doubles player and usually teams with Light; with the pair being formerly considered the best Ultimate doubles teams in the world, notably placing 1st at majors such as Super Smash Con 2019, GENESIS 7, and Frostbite 2020. However, he also has lot of success with other partners, such as placing 1st at Frostbite 2019 with Tweek and 2nd at MomoCon 2019 with MkLeo. As a result, he is considered one of the best doubles players in the world.

On March 22nd, 2019, Marss was signed by Panda along with Coney.[1] Marss would announce his departure from the organization on January 16th, 2023.[2]

Playstyle

Marss is known for his self-described "read heavy" playstyle, tricky movement, and unorthodox setups, which offensively creates immense pressure in neutral or advantage state, and defensively makes him difficult to hit or follow up on. He is also known for his incredible SDI, which helps him escape combos or guaranteed death.

In Smash 4

Marss has a quick and aggressive approach and punish game, using Zero Suit Samus' strong movement and KO options to net early stocks or create 50/50 situations. He is well known for utilizing Flip Kick to kill in unique setups, such as a ladder airdodge read or a zair ledgegrab dropdown flip kick.[3] Due to Zero Suit's strong recovery, he would often go very deep for an edgeguard. He is also known for his suicide down airs, usually to gain a favorable stock trade or close a game out in style, which many have dubbed the "Marss special". He also played in a way some would consider "disrespectful", such as sandbagging[4] or purposely missing large punishes.

In Ultimate

Marss retains his signature aggression and movement, but due to her changes from the previous game, has adapted a more conditioning and callout-based playstyle. While he mostly uses ZSS' usual neutral options, such as zair, nair and up-air, to poke around, he is also known for his unorthodox options, such as his heavy usage of forward-tilt, considered one of Zero Suit's weaker moves, to tech chase and call out dash-ins; and using the first two hits of jab on shield to then grab, or delaying the third hit of her jab to punish parry attempts. Marss rarely resorts to the "timeout ZSS", preferring to overwhelm his opponent with pressure and momentum, and only opting to camp when given no other option. Marss is also well-known for using movement to download and condition an opponent, often dash-dancing at burst range, empty tomahawking, and running into shields to intimidate opponents to stay in shield or jump out.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Mega Mass Madness 5 April 2nd, 2013 9th
PCG Smash Monthly Brawl 1-29-16 January 29th, 2016 3rd

Project M

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
GUTS 4 November 11th-13th, 2016 44th

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Smash 4 GU Weekly 5/19 May 19th, 2015 1st 1st Pugwest
S@X 100 June 2nd, 2015 5th
Smash 4 GU Weekly 6/9 June 9th, 2015 1st
KTAR XIII July 12th, 2015 4th 2nd CaptAwesum
Smash 4 GU Weekly 8/18 August 18th, 2015 1st
GUMS 2 August 22nd, 2015 1st 1st DJ Delta
Smash 4 GU Weekly 8/25 August 25th, 2015 1st
Smash 4 GU Weekly 9/1 September 1st, 2015 1st
Smash 4 GU Weekly 9/8 September 8th, 2015 1st
Smash 4 GU Weekly 9/29 September 29th, 2015 1st
GUMS 3 October 2nd, 2015 1st 1st Pugwest
Smash 4 GU Weekly 10/20 October 20th, 2015 1st
Smash 4 GU Weekly 10/27 October 27th, 2015 1st
GUMS 4 November 7th, 2015 1st 1st Pugwest
Church of Smash 11 November 7th, 2015 1st
Smash 4 GU Weekly 11/24 November 24th, 2015 1st
Smash 4 GU Weekly 12/1 December 1st, 2015 1st 1st Pugwest
KTAR XV December 5th, 2015 2nd 5th Pugwest
Smash 4 GU Weekly 12/8 December 8th, 2015 1st
Smash 4 GU Weekly 12/15 December 15th, 2015 1st
Church of Smash XVII December 17th, 2015 1st 1st Pugwest
Final Smashua December 20th, 2015 1st 1st Pugwest
Smash 4 GU Weekly 12/29 December 29th, 2015 1st
GUMS 5 January 2nd, 2016 1st 1st Pugwest
Smash 4 GU Weekly 1/5 January 5th, 2016 1st
GENESIS 3 January 15th-17th, 2016 7th 5th Pugwest
Smash 4 GU Weekly 1/26 January 27th, 2016 1st
Smash 4 GU Weekly 2/2 February 2nd, 2016 1st
Smash 4 GU Weekly 2/9 February 9th, 2016 1st
KTAR XVII February 13th, 2016 1st 2nd Pugwest
Smash 4 GU Weekly 2/16 February 16th, 2016 1st
Smash on the Hill IX February 20th, 2016 1st 2nd Maverick
Smash 4 GU Weekly 2/23 February 23rd, 2016 4th
GUMS 6 February 27th, 2016 1st 1st Pugwest
Pound 2016 April 2nd-3rd, 2016 3rd 9th Pugwest
GUMS 7 April 9th, 2016 1st 1st Waldo
Super Smash on the Hill April 16th, 2016 3rd 1st Pugwest
NEW FISH May 7th, 2016 4th 4th Craftis
Invasion 5 May 21st, 2016 2nd 1st LingLing
GUMS 8 June 4th-5th, 2016 1st 1st Pugwest
Apex 2016 June 17th-19th, 2016 5th 4th Pugwest
CEO 2016 June 24th-26th, 2016 25th 5th Pugwest
EVO 2016 July 15th-17th, 2016 9th
FAD: ChamionShop Series July 21st, 2016 1st 3rd Pink Fresh
2GGT: KTAR Saga July 23rd, 2016 2nd 2nd Sol
GUMS 9 August 6th, 2016 4th 3rd Maverick
Super Smash Con 2016 August 11th-14th, 2016 9th 17th Pink Fresh
Shine 2016 August 26th-28th, 2016 7th 9th Larry Lurr
Invasion 8 September 10th, 2016 2nd
GUMS X September 24th, 2016 1st 1st Pugwest
Gamer's Gauntlet Weekly 1 October 4th, 2016 1st
Westland Warzone Wednesday Smash 10/5 October 5th, 2016 1st
Little Big House 2 October 6th, 2016 17th
The Big House 6 October 7th-9th, 2016 7th 3rd Pugwest
Invasion 9 October 22nd, 2016 1st 5th Maverick
GUTS 4 November 11th-13th, 2016 1st 1st Pugwest
KTAR XIX November 19th, 2016 9th 5th Pugwest
UGC Smash Open December 2nd-4th, 2016 9th 4th Pugwest
Smashfield Weeklies #67 December 8th, 2016 1st
FNSD 26 December 9th, 2016 2nd
Showdown: Battle Royale December 10th-11th, 2016 5th 3rd Pugwest
GUMS 12 January 7th, 2017 1st 4th Wave
2GGC: GENESIS Saga January 14th, 2017 13th 4th Mr.E
Mega Smash Mondays 81 January 16th, 2017 9th
GENESIS 4 January 20th-22nd, 2017 17th 9th Pugwest
NES4 Invitational February 18th, 2017 1st 1st Pugwest
MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Pro Exhibition March 3rd-4th, 2017 1st
PAX Arena at PAX East 2017 March 12th, 2017 5th
GUMS 14 March 18th, 2017 1st 1st Pugwest
2GGC: Civil War March 24th-26th, 2017 5th 3rd Zinoto
Dubai X VGBootcamp March 31st-April 1st, 2017 3rd 2nd Pugwest
CEO Dreamland April 14th-16th, 2017 7th 9th Day
Sea Crest Smash April 22nd, 2017 1st
GUMS 15 May 6th, 2017 1st 3rd Okami
Royal Flush May 12th-14th, 2017 25th
The Establishment 2 May 20th, 2017 1st 1st Pugwest
Invasion 15 May 21st, 2017 1st 1st Pugwest
2GGC: Nairo Saga June 10th-11th, 2017 25th 17th Zan
CEO 2017 June 16th-18th, 2017 7th
GUMS 16 July 8th, 2017 1st 1st Craftis
MIUS: Curtain Call August 19th, 2017 2nd
Shine 2017 August 25th-27th, 2017 13th 4th Zinoto
GUMS 17 September 9th, 2017 1st 1st Pelca
GameTyrant Expo 2017 September 29th-October 1st, 2017 17th 4th Zinoto
The Big House 7 October 6th-8th, 2017 2nd 13th Zinoto
2GGC: MkLeo Saga November 4th, 2017 25th 5th Zinoto
GUMS 19 December 2nd, 2017 1st 1st Light
Smash 4 Boot Camp December 7th-10th, 2017 9th 4th Light
Overclocked December 16th, 2017 2nd 2nd Light
TMPR: Frosbite Invitational January 6th, 2018 1st
PAX Arena at PAX South 2018 January 12th-14th, 2018 7th
Frostbite 2018 February 9th-11th, 2018 17th 7th Zinoto
New England Arcadian II February 24th, 2018 9th Okami
Overclocked II March 17th, 2018 2nd 2nd Mr.E
Collision XV March 31st, 2018 3rd 2nd Koolaid
Immortal Tech April 28th, 2018 1st
GUMS 20: Resurrection of GUMS May 12th, 2018 1st 1st Light
Saints Gaming Live 2018 June 9th-10th, 2018 5th 2nd Mistake
2GG: Hyrule Saga June 23rd-24th, 2018 49th 3rd Light
Master Sword Monday June 25th, 2018 1st
CEO 2018 June 29th-July 1st, 2018 9th
Smash Sounds July 7th-8th, 2018 9th
Overclocked III July 14th, 2018 2nd 1st Dark Wizzy
GUMS 21 July 21st, 2018 2nd 1st Koolaid
Final Smash Attack: Player's Ball July 29th, 2018 7th
Super Smash Con 2018 August 9th-12th, 2018 33rd
Shine 2018 August 24th-26th, 2018 13th 3rd Koolaid
Midwest Mayhem 12 November 3rd, 2018 1st 1st Lima
Super Smash Fight Club 5 November 10th, 2018 17th 1st Light
Overclocked IV November 17th, 2018 2nd 1st Light
CEO Dreamland 2020 March 13th-15th, 2020 9th
Super Smash Con 2022 August 11th-14th, 2022 9th

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Push The Limit December 15th, 2018 2nd 4th Wave
Let's Make Moves December 29th, 2018 9th 4th Dark Wizzy
Final Warning: Omen January 12th, 2019 1st 1st Laid
GENESIS 6 February 1st-3rd, 2019 25th 2nd Light
Heart of Battle February 9th, 2019 2nd 2nd Zinoto
MSM 176 February 11th, 2019 1st
Overclocked Ultimate February 17th, 2019 2nd 3rd DM
Frostbite 2019 February 22nd-24th, 2019 17th 1st Tweek
Return to Subspace 2 March 9th, 2019 1st 1st Dark Wizzy
Collision 2019 March 16th-17th, 2019 1st 2nd Light
Full Bloom 5 March 23rd-24th, 2019 1st 1st Cosmos
Suplex City Smash April 6th, 2019 7th 2nd Light
Fandom Legends: Smash Ultimate  April 9th, 2019 11th
2GG: Prime Saga April 13th-14th, 2019 25th 3rd Light
Pound 2019 April 19th-21st, 2019 3rd 1st Light
Goodwill of Orange County's Charity Invitational April 27th-28th, 2019 4th
UltiMania May 4th, 2019 1st 3rd Dark Wizzy
Saints Gaming Live 2019 May 11th, 2019 3rd 1st Tweek
Get On My Level 2019 May 17th-19th, 2019 2nd 5th Tweek
MomoCon 2019 May 23rd-26th, 2019 3rd 2nd MkLeo
Smash 'N' Splash 5 May 31st-June 2nd, 2019 4th 13th Tweek
Overclocked Ultimate II June 8th, 2019 1st 1st Light
CEO 2019 June 28th-30th, 2019 2nd
Low Tier City 7 July 12th-14th, 2019 3rd 1st Light
Defend the North 2019 July 19th-21st, 2019 5th 1st Mr E
Smash Factor 8 July 26th-28th, 2019 1st 3rd Mr E
EVO 2019 August 2nd-4th, 2019 13th
Super Smash Con 2019 August 8th-11th, 2019 4th 1st Light
MONZA Ignition Speed Festival August 18th, 2019 1st 7th Okami
Shine 2019 August 23rd-25th, 2019 4th 2nd Light
2GG: SwitchFest 2019 August 31st-September 1st, 2019 7th 3rd Light
DreamHack Montreal 2019 September 6th-8th, 2019 1st 1st ESAM
Mainstage September 20th-22nd, 2019 3rd
The Big House 9 October 4th-6th, 2019 9th 2nd Light
Thunder Smash 3: Clash of the Pandas October 12th-13th, 2019 2nd
Smash Ultimate Summit 2 October 24th-27th, 2019 9th
Rhode Island Comic Con 2019 November 1st-3rd, 2019 1st
New England Three Houses Invitational November 8th-10th, 2019 1st 1st Light
DreamHack Atlanta 2019 November 15th-17th, 2019 1st 2nd ScAtt
Let's Make Big Moves January 3rd-5th, 2020 5th 2nd Samsora
Overclocked Ultimate IV January 11th, 2020 1st 1st Light
GENESIS 7 January 24th-26th, 2020 1st 1st Light
Frostbite 2020 February 21st-23rd, 2020 17th 1st Light
Soaked Series Invitational  February 29th-March 1st, 2020 9th
Return to Subspace 3 - A New Era March 7th-8th, 2020 1st 1st Laid
CEO Dreamland 2020 March 13th-15th, 2020 4th 1st Kuro
The Quarantine Series Opening Invitational  March 29th, 2020 25th
OS x Redbull Invitational 3  May 28th, 2020 5th
King of WiFi Random Characters  May 30th, 2020 17th
OS NYC x Redbull Invitational 4  June 18th, 2020 7th
THE 8.0 GIMVITATIONAL  August 23rd, 2020 5th
GOML North American Open: Northeast USA  October 17th-18th, 2020 1st
GOML North American Open: Finale  November 7th, 2020 1st
SWT: NA Northeast Ultimate Online Qualifier Last Chance Qualifier  May 23rd, 2021 13th
Game Underground Ultimate Weekly Test Invitational June 15th, 2021 1st
Push the Limit 12 July 24th, 2021 3rd 1st Light
Smash Ultimate Summit 3 August 26th-29th, 2021 4th
Riptide September 10th-12th, 2021 33rd
Glitch 8.5 - Konami Code September 24th-26th, 2021 7th 1st Light
Low Tide City 2021 October 1st-3rd, 2021 3rd
Super Smash Con: Fall Fest October 15th-17th, 2021 7th
Mainstage 2021 November 12th-14th, 2021 17th 2nd Light
Nairo's Birthday Bash Invitational November 28th, 2021 3rd
Smash World Tour 2021 Last Chance Qualifier December 17th, 2021 Top 8
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships December 17th-19th, 2021 17th
Smash Ultimate Summit 4 VIP Bracket March 3rd-6th, 2022 5th
CT Gamercon 5 March 19th-20th, 2022 5th
GENESIS 8 April 15th-17th, 2022 7th 9th Light
Kawaii Kon 2022 April 22nd-24th, 2022 2nd
The New York Smashdown May 22nd, 2022 3rd
The Gimvitational June 16th-19th, 2022 9th
CEO 2022 June 24th-26th, 2022 5th
Double Down 2022 July 8th-10th, 2022 33rd
Super Smash Con 2022 August 11th-14th, 2022 65th 2nd Light
Shine 2022 August 26th-28th, 2022 9th 1st Light
Lost Tech City 2022 September 30th-October 2nd, 2022 1st 5th Plup
The Big House 10 October 7th-9th, 2022 9th 2nd Light
Ludwig Smash Invitational October 21st-23rd, 2022 29th
GENESIS 9 January 20th-22nd, 2023 9th 3rd Light
LVL UP EXPO 2023 Feburary 17th-19th, 2023 7th 2nd Tweek
Kawaii Kon 2023 March 31st-April 2nd, 2023 3rd 1st Glutonny
New England Smash Invitational July 30th, 2023 1st / 16
Super Smash Con 2023 August 10th-14th, 2023 7th / 2,607 7th / 567 Light
ReWired Fest 2023 October 6th-7th, 2023 9th / 352

Trivia

  • Marss's habit of rolling his controller's joystick and mashing buttons between matches has led him to be dubbed "The Clacker" by his friends.
  • Marss is known to wear pajama pants at tournaments.
    • During CEO 2017, Marss notably tweeted that if he were to make top 8 at the tournament, he would wear jeans instead of his signature pajama pants. He was able to do so from losers' side, and as promised, he wore jeans, which were highlighted during his entrance.
  • Marss is known for the phrase "ZSS sux" on his Twitter, despite being the best Zero Suit Samus player and one of the best Ultimate players in 2019-20.
  • Marss has stated himself that his reaction time is abysmal and he compensates it by guessing what his opponent is going to do.
    • His former in-game tags "tendō" and "satori" are references to that and to the Haikyuu!! character Satori Tendō, who suffers the same problem as Marss.[5]
  • Marss keeps a whiteboard, colloquially referred to as "The Board", where he tallies every single time he JV four-stocks an opponent.
  • Marss is infamous for his flashy playstyle, frequently making risky plays to style on his opponents. Most notably, he often uses Zero Suit Samus's down aerial to meteor smash opponents offstage for a sacrificial KO, despite it being arguably one of her worst moves.
  • Marss's YouTube videos are edited to censor or blur out any mention of Shulk; this is mainly due to Marss jokingly saying that the character "cheats" and is not "family-friendly content".
  • Marss, in his streaming career, has developed many catchphrases based on Smash.
    • Marss sometimes says the phrase "True Combo" when he gets a combo that isn't true.
    • He has two catchphrases exclusive to his Donkey Kong, humorously named "Konkey Dong";
      • His cargo down throw is known as the "Skill Check" if used to stage spike opponents below the stage; if the opponent does not tech, they fail the skill check.
      • Marss's Donkey Kong's up special is referred to as "Big Monkey Swing", most prominently seen to KO opponents on the ground at high percentages.
    • Marss's Incineroar is infamous for its usage of forward tilt, dubbed "Cheeto Fingers".
    • In a situation where Marss wants to attempt to embarrass his opponent or if he is anticipating someone's shield being broken, he often says, "Don't let it be you!"
    • Marss coined the term "Marss Gambit" to describe running up to an opponent and raw up-smashing with Zero Suit Samus, famously using it to take the final stock at GENESIS 7.
  • One of Marss's favorite video game series is Fire Emblem, with Path of Radiance being among his favorites in the series.
  • Marss is also skilled in tabletop games such as Pandemic.
  • Since Marss's 33rd placement at Riptide, several pictures of him posing in result graphics released by Panda have become memes on Twitter.[6]
    • The meme was extended to Panda tweeting an edit of WaDi's head on Marss's body for placing 33rd at Mainstage 2021.[7]
  • Marss has jokingly called himself the "best smash player in the world" on his YouTube channel and often makes jokes about how he plays the game as a content creator.
  • During Smash Ultimate Summit 4, a side-event was held that was a series of board games. As a joke, Marss threw the toy Penguin from Don't Break the Ice! across the venue and ended up breaking a large TV.

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