Plup "Pluplue"
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Character info
Melee mains Sheik, Fox
Other Melee characters Samus, Luigi, Falco
Smash 4 mains Rosalina & Luma, Pikachu, Diddy Kong
Project M main Samus
Other Project M characters Meta Knight, Sheik
Team info
Crew(s) Panda Global
Former crews Versus
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. Melee Summer 2017 SSBMRank: 6th
Winnings Super Smash Bros. Melee ~$31,561.09
Project M ~$2,109.10
Personal and other info
Real name Justin McGrath
Birth date (age 31)
Location Apopka, Florida United States
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. Melee Top professional
Super Smash Bros. 4 Semi-professional
Project M Top professional

Plup is a smasher from Florida who is considered to be one of the best Melee players in the world, one of the best Sheik players (along with Mew2King), a top Fox player, and the best Samus player in the world. He has had strong placings in nationals, such as 3rd at EVO 2016, 4th at CEO 2016, and 5th at Smash Summit 2 and Smash Summit 3. He is also a strong doubles player, frequently teaming with Hungrybox to great success. He is currently ranked 3rd on the Central Florida Melee Power Rankings and 6th on the Summer 2017 SSBMRank.

After Apex 2015, Plup has officially made the switch from Samus to maining Sheik, while still using Samus as an occasional counterpick. Plup also has demonstrated his competence with other characters such as Luigi which he used exclusively at CEO Dreamland, defeating Nintendude and Druggedfox and placing 5th to give the character its best placing at a major. He also managed to place 3rd at CFL Smackdown 72 by playing exclusively Young Link. In addition, he won the tournament Frame One in 2016 using only Fox, defeating Wizzrobe, Axe, and Colbol in the process.

Plup is also a professional Project M Samus player, and also plays Meta Knight and Sheik occasionally in both singles and doubles. He took 1st place in CEO 2014 Project M doubles with fellow Florida smasher Wizzrobe.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
NOOB 1 February 20th, 2010 7th
NOOB 2 April 17th, 2010 5th 4th Nasty
CEO 2010 June 5th-6th, 2010 13th 9th Nasty
WATO 12 September 4th, 2010 5th 3rd Apollo
NOOB 3 January 15th, 2011 5th 4th Nicaboy
Advent II October 8th, 2011 2nd 1st Hungrybox
Advent IV December 10th, 2011 2nd 1st Hungrybox
Apex 2012 January 6th-8th, 2012 33rd 2nd Hungrybox
Apex 2013 January 11th-13th, 2013 17th 2nd Hungrybox
NOOB 4 March 30th, 2013 2nd
MICE August 17th, 2013 2nd 1st Hungrybox
Tipped Off 9 December 14th-15th, 2013 7th (DQ) 1st Hungrybox
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 13th 3rd Hungrybox
CEO 2014 Winterfest February 1st, 2014 3rd 1st Hungrybox
CEO 2014 Prologue March 28th-29th, 2014 2nd
Fear The Green Missile April 26th, 2014 2nd 1st Hungrybox
Super Smash Sundays 5-18-2014 May 18th, 2014 7th 4th HugS
VGC EVO Sponsorship Tournament June 14th-15th, 2014 1st
MLG Anaheim 2014 June 20th-22nd, 2014 9th 5th Hungrybox
CEO 2014 June 27th-29th, 2014 5th 2nd Hungrybox
EVO 2014 July 11th-13th, 2014 9th 1st Hungrybox
Smash the Record August 22nd-25th, 2014 7th 1st Hungrybox
Simply Smashing August 30th, 2014 2nd
Tipped Off 10 September 20th-21st, 2014 5th 1st Hungrybox
The Big House 4 October 4th-5th, 2014 9th 2nd Hungrybox
CFL Smackdown Weekly 6 October 14th, 2014 2nd
CFL Smackdown Weekly 8 November 11th, 2014 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 10 November 25th, 2014 2nd
CFL Smackdown Weekly 12 December 9th, 2014 2nd
CFL Smackdown Monthly 7 December 20th, 2014 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 13 January 13th, 2015 2nd
Paragon Orlando 2015 January 17th-18th, 2015 5th 1st Hungrybox
CFL Smackdown Weekly 14 January 27th, 2015 2nd
Apex 2015 January 30-February 1, 2015 49th 13th Colbol
CFL Smackdown Weekly 17 February 17th, 2015 2nd
CFL Smackdown Weekly 18 February 24th, 2015 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 19 March 3rd, 2015 2nd
CFL Smackdown Weekly 20 March 10th, 2015 2nd
Bad Moon Rising March 14th-15th, 2015 2nd 4th DruggedFox
CFL Smackdown Weekly 21 March 17th, 2015 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 22 March 24th, 2015 2nd
CFL Smackdown Weekly 23 March 31st, 2015 1st 1st Pi
CFL Smackdown Weekly 24 April 4th, 2015 1st
CFL Smackdown Monthly 9 April 12th, 2015 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 25 April 14th, 2015 2nd
CFL Smackdown Weekly 26 April 21st, 2015 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 27 April 28th, 2015 1st
2015 Versus EVO Qualifier May 2nd, 2015 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 30 May 26th, 2015 4th
CFL Smackdown Weekly 32 June 9th, 2015 1st
Smash 'N' Splash June 13th-14th, 2015 2nd 2nd Wizzrobe
CFL Smackdown Weekly 34 June 23rd, 2015 1st
CEO 2015 June 26th-28th, 2015 7th 7th DruggedFox
CFL Smackdown Weekly 36 July 7th, 2015 3rd
CFL Smackdown Weekly 37 July 14th, 2015 1st
EVO 2015 July 17th-19th, 2015 4th 3rd Hungrybox
CFL Smackdown Weekly 39 July 28th, 2015 2nd
CFL Smackdown Weekly 41 August 11th, 2015 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 42 August 18th, 2015 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 44 September 1st, 2015 2nd
Paragon Los Angeles 2015 September 5th-6th, 2015 9th
HTC Throwdown September 19th, 2015 25th 7th Wizzrobe
CFL Smackdown Weekly 47 September 21st, 2015 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 48 September 28th, 2015 2nd
The Big House 5 October 2nd-4th, 2015 13th 7th DruggedFox
CFL Smackdown Weekly 50 October 12th, 2015 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 51 October 19th, 2015 1st
Smash the Record 2015 October 23rd-25th, 2015 17th
CFL Smackdown Weekly 52 November 2nd, 2015 1st
Smash Summit November 7th-8th, 2015 4th 5th PPMD
Eclipse November 14th-15th, 2015 4th 1st Axe
Kickstart 4 November 22nd, 2015 1st 1st Westballz
DreamHack Winter 2015 November 26th-29th, 2015 3rd 7th Wizzrobe
CFL Smackdown Weekly 57 December 7th, 2015 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 58 December 14th, 2015 2nd
CFL Smackdown Weekly 59 January 4th, 2016 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 60 January 11th, 2016 1st
GENESIS 3 January 15th-17th, 2016 9th 25th M00NShoez
CFL Smackdown Weekly 62 January 25th, 2016 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 63 February 1st, 2016 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 64 February 8th, 2016 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 66 February 22nd, 2016 1st
Tampa Never Sleeps 6 February 27th-28th, 2016 3rd
CFL Smackdown Weekly 67 February 29th, 2016 ?
CFL Smackdown Weekly 68 March 7th, 2016 1st 2nd Pengie
CFL Smackdown Weekly 69 March 14th, 2016 1st
Battle of the Five Gods March 17th-19th, 2016 5th
CFL Smackdown Weekly 70 March 21st, 2016 1st 1st Pengie
CFL Smackdown Weekly 71 March 28th, 2016 1st
Pound 2016 April 2nd-3rd, 2016 5th 1st Hungrybox
CFL Smackdown Weekly 72 April 5th, 2016 3rd
Frame One April 9th-10th, 2016 1st 1st Wizzrobe
CFL Smackdown Weekly 74 April 18th, 2016 1st 1st
Smash Summit 2 April 21st-24th, 2016 5th 2nd Hungrybox
CFL Smackdown Weekly 76 May 2nd, 2016 1st 1st Pengie
CFL Smackdown Weekly 77 May 9th, 2016 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 78 May 16th, 2016 2nd 1st Pengie
CEO 2016 Prologue May 21st-22nd, 2016 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 79 May 23rd, 2016 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 80 May 30th, 2016 2nd 1st Oaty
CFL Smackdown Weekly 82 June 13th, 2016 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 83 June 20th, 2016 1st 7th Snowdrops
CEO 2016 June 24st-26th, 2016 4th 2nd Axe
CFL Smackdown Weekly 86 July 11th, 2016 1st
EVO 2016 July 15th-17th, 2016 3rd
CFL Smackdown Weekly 87 July 25th, 2016 1st 1st Oaty
CFL Smackdown Weekly 88 August 1st, 2016 2nd
CFL Smackdown Weekly 89 August 8th, 2016 9th (Forfeit)
Unrivaled August 20th, 2016 1st 1st Derdian
CFL Smackdown Weekly 91 August 22nd, 2016 2nd
Shine 2016 August 26th-28th, 2016 7th 1st Mew2King
CFL Smackdown Weekly 94 September 12th, 2016 1st 1st Pengie
Unrivaled II: Doubles Edition September 17th, 2016 1st 1st Gahtzu
CFL Smackdown Weekly 95 September 19th, 2016 1st 1st Pengie
The Smash House September 23rd-25th, 2016 1st 1st Gahtzu
CFL Smackdown Weekly 96 September 26th, 2016 1st 1st Colbol
CFL Smackdown Weekly 97 October 3rd, 2016 1st 1st Oaty
The Big House 6 October 7th-9th, 2016 17th 5th Westballz
CFL Smackdown Weekly 98 October 10th, 2016 2nd
Smash Conference LXVIII October 14th, 2016 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 99 October 17th, 2016 1st
Come To Papa 2 October 22nd-23rd, 2016 1st 1st Mew2King
CFL Smackdown Weekly 100 October 24th, 2016 1st 1st The Author
CFL Smackdown Weekly 101 October 31st, 2016 1st 1st Gahtzu
Smash Summit 3 November 3rd-6th, 2016 5th 5th Hungrybox
CFL Smackdown Weekly 104 November 28th, 2016 1st 2nd Oaty
CFL Smackdown Weekly 106 December 12th, 2016 2nd 1st Hungrybox
Norcal Validated January 14th, 2017 1st 9th Liz
Get Smashed at the Foundry 105 January 17th, 2017 1st
GENESIS 4 January 20th-22nd, 2017 5th 4th Axe
Smash Summit Spring 2017 March 2nd-5th, 2017 5th 5th Westballz
CEO Dreamland April 14th-16th, 2017 5th 5th Axe
DreamHack Austin 2017 April 28th-30th, 2017 5th 2nd Mew2King
CFL Smackdown Weekly 126 May 8th, 2017 2nd 2nd Derdian
Runback 2017 May 20th-21st, 2017 1st 1st Westballz
Smash 'N' Splash 3 June 2nd-4th, 2017 5th 4th Axe
CEO 2017 June 16th-18th, 2017 2nd
Bad Moon Rising 2 July 1st, 2017 13th 1st Druggedfox
EVO 2017 July 14-16th, 2017 5th
FUSE July 16th, 2017 3rd Axe

Project M

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Tipped Off 9 December 14th-15th, 2013 4th
Gaming Knights January Gamefest January 12th, 2014 2nd
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 13th
CEO 2014 Prologue March 28th-29th, 2014 1st
Fear The Green Missile April 26th, 2014 2nd
CEO 2014 June 27th-29th, 2014 9th 1st Wizzrobe
Simply Smashing August 30th, 2014 5th
Tipped Off 10 September 20th-21st, 2014 4th 1st Wizzrobe
The Big House 4 October 4th-5th, 2014 17th 2nd Wizzrobe
CFL Smackdown Weekly 11 December 2nd, 2015 1st
Paragon Orlando 2015 January 17th-18th, 2015 2nd
CFL Smackdown Weekly 24 April 4th, 2015 1st
Smash 'N' Splash June 13th-14th, 2015 2nd 2nd Wizzrobe
Paragon Los Angeles 2015 September 5th-6th, 2015 9th Top 6 MrLz
CFL Smackdown Weekly 48 September 28th, 2015 2nd
Project M in The Big House October 3rd, 2015 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 50 October 12th, 2015 2nd
CFL Smackdown Weekly 57 December 7th, 2015 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 63 February 1st, 2016 2nd
CFL Smackdown 71 March 28th, 2016 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 77 May 9th, 2016 2nd
CFL Smackdown Weekly 86 July 11th, 2016 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 88 August 1st, 2016 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 98 October 10th, 2016 1st
Runback 2017 May 20th-21st, 2017 1st 1st Westballz
Smash 'N' Splash 3 June 2nd-4th, 2017 33rd 1st Junebug

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
CFL Smackdown Weekly 10 November 25th, 2014 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 12 December 9th, 2014 1st Gahtzu
CFL Smackdown Monthly 7 December 20th, 2014 9th
Apex 2015 January 30th-February 1st, 2015 33rd 13th Wizzrobe
CFL Smackdown Weekly 19 March 3rd, 2015 9th
CFL Smackdown Weekly 22 March 24th, 2015 7th
CFL Smackdown Weekly 24 April 4th, 2015 5th
CFL Smackdown Weekly 26 April 21st, 2015 1st
CFL Smackdown Weekly 27 April 28th, 2015 7th
CFL Smackdown Weekly 30 May 26th, 2015 4th
CFL Smackdown Weekly 32 June 9th, 2015 7th
Smash 'N' Splash June 13th-14th, 2015 3rd Wizzrobe
CFL Smackdown Weekly 34 June 23rd, 2015 9th
CFL Smackdown Weekly 36 July 7th, 2015 5th
Frame One April 9th-10th, 2016 9th

Trivia

  • Plup has an even record against Leffen (3-3), ironically beating him preponderantly with his former main Samus, who is ranked five spots lower than his new main (Sheik) on the current SSBM tier list. He also 3-0'd Leffen at GENESIS 4, though he used Sheik rather than Samus.
  • Plup humorously forgot to receive his medal on stage with the other top 8 finishers at EVO 2015.
  • Plup has taken at least 1 set off of each of the members of the top 6 except for Armada. He first defeated Hungrybox at Advent II, Leffen at Paragon Orlando 2015, Mango at EVO 2015, PPMD at Smash Summit, and Mew2King at Battle of the Five Gods.
  • By placing 5th at CEO Dreamland while using only Luigi, Plup became the highest placing Luigi ever at a national Melee tournament, beating Abate's 7th place finish at The Big House 5.

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