Smasher:Umbreon

Umbreon "UmbreonMow"
Character info
Melee main	Zelda
Other Melee character	Roy
Project M mains	Sheik, Marth
Personal and other info
Real name	Maxwell Theron Vantablack
Birth date	November 9, 1986
Location	Pennsylvania

Umbreon, also known as UmbreonMow, is a retired professional Melee and Project M player from Pennsylvania. Prior to his retirement from Melee, he was one of the game's early top players for low tiers. Umbreon returned to tournament play for Project M as a notable Sheik and Marth player.

He was the leader of the governing body of the Melee community, the Melee Back Room (MBR), from 2007 through 2011. Umbreon is known to have developed heuristics for high-level play optimization and coaching work with other known community members such as Cactuar, Kirbykaze, druggedfox, Mew2King, and PPMD. Umbreon is also known for extensive writing with regards to top-level Marth play and as the author to Drastic Improvement. Finally, he was a member of the Project M Development Team until its completion in 2015, and later a member of the Project+ Development Team.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
SmashCorts #10	January 19th, 2019	9th	—	—

Project M

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
Aftershock	March 28th-29th, 2015	—	4th	DrinkingFood
Low Tier City 3	August 1st-2nd, 2015	—	5th	Machiavelli
Paragon Los Angeles 2015	September 5th-6th, 2015	—	13th	DrinkingFood
Super Bit Wars 4	February 20th-21st, 2016	—	4th	Luck
Low Tier City 4	June 18th-19th, 2016	—	7th	Hero of Time
Clutch City Clash	August 6th-7th, 2016	—	5th	Luck
Alaska Smash Bash 2017	July 29th, 2017	—	1st	ChuDat
We Tech Those 3	January 13th-14th, 2018	—	13th	Luck
Smash 'N' Splash 4	June 1st-3rd, 2018	—	9th	Malachi
SmashCorts #10	January 19th, 2019	1st	—	—
Project Plusle	January 20th, 2019	3rd (DQ)	1st	Linkeiro