Smasher:Samsora

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Samsora
SamsoraSBR3.jpg
Character info
Melee main Peach
Brawl main Peach
Smash 4 main Peach
Other Smash 4 characters Rosalina & Luma, Zero Suit Samus, Bayonetta
Ultimate main Peach
Other Ultimate characters Bayonetta, Daisy, Zelda, Zero Suit Samus, Palutena, Wii Fit Trainer, Snake, Hero, Min Min, Mr. Game & Watch, Yoshi, Byleth
Team info
Sponsor(s) eUnited
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. 4 Panda Global Rankings 100: 22nd
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fall 2019 PGRU: 2nd
Winnings Super Smash Bros. 4 ~$12,995.18
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate ~$44,377.14
Personal and other info
Real name Ezra Samsora Morris
Birth date (age 26)
Location South Florida USA
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. Brawl Professional
Super Smash Bros. 4 Top professional (retired)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Top professional

Samsora is a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Peach main from Slidell, Louisiana, who is currently living in Florida. He is considered to be the best Peach main in the world and currently the second best player in the world after MkLeo, being ranked 2nd on the Fall 2019 PGRU. He is also ranked 49th on the Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v5.

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Samsora was also a Peach player with strong Rosalina & Luma and Zero Suit Samus secondaries. He was also considered the best Peach player in the world, being ranked 1st on the Louisiana Smash 4 Power Rankings and 22nd on the Panda Global Rankings 100. He had taken sets off of top players such as ZeRo, Tweek, Dabuz, Nairo, Salem, CaptainZack, VoiD, Abadango, WaDi, Ally, and MkLeo.

Samsora joined eUnited on January 3rd, 2019.[2]

Playstyle

Samsora is known for his defensive bait and punish playstyle. Samsora mains Peach and is known for his quick movement with Peach.

In Smash 4

For Peach, Samsora overshoots defensive options to bait his opponent into hitting Peach, allowing Samsora to access his aggressive punish game. Samsora mixups his movement, allowing him to consistently escape the corner. Samsora utilises jump cancel fast fall to create mind games. Samsora rarely uses Peach's counter, Toad; but he utilises Toad for edgeguarding and anti-edgeguarding.

In Ultimate

Samsora's playstyle remains the same in Ultimate. Samsora continues to use Peach and utilise her heavy combo game and potent edgeguarding.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Golden Chariot June 14th, 2014 3rd
BAG3 November 29th, 2015 2nd
CEO Dreamland April 14th-16th, 2017 7th
Get On My Level 2018 May 18th-20th, 2018 7th
Come to Papa 3 April 27th-28th, 2019 7th

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
MLG World Finals 2015 October 16th-18th, 2015 13th 7th CaptainZack
Smash @ Xanadu Tuesdays 7/19 July 19th, 2016 2nd
TGC 7 April 9th, 2016 9th 5th CaptainZack
TGC 8 June 4th, 2016 9th 5th CaptainZack
Smash Fight Club 47 June 5th, 2016 4th
CEO 2016 June 24th-26th, 2016 49th 25th CaptainZack
Clutch City Clash August 6th-7th, 2016 2nd 4th Abadango
Key to The PG House September 8th-18th, 2016 17th
2GGT: Abadango Saga September 24th, 2016 65th 2nd SlayerZ
The Big House 6 October 7th-9th, 2016 25th 13th Saj
Aftershock 2016 November 5th-6th, 2016 4th 1st CaptainZack
KTAR XIX November 19th, 2016 5th 7th Ryuga
UGC Smash Open December 2nd-4th, 2016 17th 13th Xzax
2GGT: ZeRo Saga December 16th-18th, 2016 17th 17th BrawlerG31
Smash Conference LXIX January 7th, 2017 2nd 7th Saj
GENESIS 4 January 20th-22nd, 2017 49th 13th Dabuz
King of the Springs 2 February 4th, 2017 1st 4th MJG
2GGC: Midwest Mayhem Saga February 11th, 2017 9th 3rd SlayerZ
2GGC: Civil War March 24th-26th, 2017 17th 13th Dabuz
South Louisiana Major 2017 April 1st, 2017 1st
Midwest Mayhem 8: North American Tour April 8th, 2017 7th 2nd Locus
CEO Dreamland April 14th-16th, 2017 5th 5th Dabuz
DreamHack Austin 2017 April 28th-30th, 2017 25th 4th CaptainZack
2GGC: Greninja Saga May 20th, 2017 25th
2GGC: Nairo Saga June 10th-11th, 2017 9th 4th Tweek
Mega Smash Mondays 100 June 12th, 2017 17th
UNLOCKED July 1st, 2017 5th 2nd MuteAce
EVO 2017 July 14th-16th, 2017 33rd
DreamHack Atlanta 2017 July 21st-23rd, 2017 9th 9th ANTi
Super Smash Con 2017 August 10th-13th, 2017 49th 5th Tweek
2GGC: SCR Saga August 19th-20th, 2017 17th 5th Tweek
Friday Night Smash Delight #58: A Mini Showdown September 22nd-23rd, 2017 9th
Showdown: Battle Royale 2 September 23rd-24th, 2017 7th 2nd CaptainZack
GameTyrant Expo 2017 September 29th-October 1st, 2017 7th 3rd Tweek
Too Hot to Handle October 28th-29th, 2017 9th 7th MuteAce
2GG Championship December 1st-3rd, 2017 11th
Super Smash Fight Club December 30th, 2017 1st 5th Lima
League of Shadows Season 10 Weekly 2 January 11th, 2018 1st 1st Alxxne
PAX Arena at PAX South 2018 January 12th-14th, 2018 3rd
Frostbite 2018 February 9th-11th, 2018 9th 2nd Mistake
Smash Valley: Lucky 7 February 17th, 2018 1st
King of the Springs 3 February 24th, 2018 5th 2nd Dabuz
South Mississippi Smash : Krewe Revival at The Kraken March 3rd, 2018 1st 4th Fat_Aime
EGLX 2018 March 9th-11th, 2018 7th 1st Mistake
Overclocked II March 17th, 2018 4th 13th HazMatt
Full Bloom 4 March 24th-25th, 2018 2nd
SLAM 2018 April 14th, 2018 1st 2nd Zie
SwitchFest April 21st-22nd, 2018 7th 2nd Cosmos
Denti's Bizarre Adventure 8 May 12th, 2018 1st 2nd Lima
Get On My Level 2018 May 18th-20th, 2018 9th 3rd ANTi
MomoCon 2018 May 24th-27th, 2018 7th 2nd CaptainZack
DreamHack Austin 2018 June 1st-3rd, 2018 5th 1st Larry Lurr
Saints Gaming Live 2018 June 9th-10th, 2018 1st 1st ANTi
2GG: Hyrule Saga June 23rd-24th, 2018 9th 2nd Cosmos
CEO 2018 June 29th-July 1st, 2018 17th 2nd Mistake
Friday Night Smash Delight : A Mini Showdown 3 July 13th, 2018 3rd
Showdown: Battle Royale 3 July 14th-15th, 2018 4th 1st Mistake
Low Tier City 6 July 27th-29th, 2018 7th 1st Elegant
Super Smash Con 2018 August 9th-12th, 2018 2nd 2nd Mistake
DreamHack Atlanta 2018 November 16th-18th, 2018 5th 2nd CaptainZack

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Let's Make Moves December 29th, 2018 5th
Smash Conference United January 5th-6th, 2019 2nd 5th Dabuz
GENESIS 6 February 1st-3rd, 2019 3rd 5th SlayerZ
Leffen's Polar Plunge February 17th, 2019 1st
Frostbite 2019 February 22nd-24th, 2019 13th 13th MuteAce
Smash Ultimate Summit March 8th-10th, 2019 4th
Kawaii Kon 2019 April 5th-7th, 2019 1st 2nd VoiD
2GG: Prime Saga April 13th-14th, 2019 9th 4th Tweek
Pound 2019 April 19th-21st, 2019 4th 2nd Nairo
Come to Papa 3 April 27th-28th, 2019 7th 1st MuteAce
Get On My Level 2019 May 17th-19th, 2019 5th 97th (DQ) ANTi
MomoCon 2019 May 23rd-26th, 2019 4th 1st Ally
Smash 'N' Splash 5 May 31st-June 2nd, 2019 2nd 5th CaptainZack
Smash at The Paramount June 15th, 2019 5th
Ultimate Naifu Wars 5 June 21st, 2019 1st
CEO 2019 June 28th-30th, 2019 9th
Low Tier City 7 July 12th-14th, 2019 5th 5th MuteAce
Defend the North 2019 July 19th-21st, 2019 1st 9th Ice
EVO 2019 August 2-4, 2019 4th
Super Smash Con 2019 August 8th-11th, 2019 2nd 5th Tweek
Shine 2019 August 23rd-25th, 2019 1st 3rd Nairo
Glitch 7 - Minus World September 14-15th, 2019 5th 4th MuteAce
Mainstage September 20th-22nd, 2019 13th 2nd Nairo
The Big House 9 October 4th-6th, 2019 5th 9th Dark Wizzy
Smash Ultimate Summit 2 October 24th-27th, 2019 2nd
DreamHack Atlanta 2019 November 15th-17th, 2019 2nd
Fight For 95 November 23rd, 2019 1st
2GG: Kickoff - Kongo Saga December 6th, 2019 7th
2GG: Kongo Saga December 7th-8th, 2019 7th 13th Elegant
Ultimate Naifu Wars 7 December 20th, 2019 49th
Let's Make Big Moves January 3rd-5th, 2020 9th 2nd Marss
Tampa Never Sleeps 8 January 18th-19th, 2020 1st 1st MuteAce
GENESIS 7 January 24th-26th, 2020 3rd 5th Tweek
Frostbite 2020 February 21st-23rd, 2020 13th 7th Tweek
Soaked Series Invitational February 29th-March 1st, 2020 9th
CEO Dreamland 2020 March 13th-15th, 2020 1st 9th MuteAce
The Quarantine Series Opening Invitational March 29th, 2020 7th
Ultimate Naifu Wars 9 April 17th, 2020 5th
The Quarantine Series: Minor Tournament 1 April 18th-19th, 2020 17th
The Quarantine Series: Major Tournament 1 May 2nd, 2020 17th
The Box May 8th-10th, 2020 65th
Ultimate Naifu Wars 11 May 15th, 2020 25th
Collision Online May 23rd, 2020 33rd
King of WiFi Random Characters May 30th, 2020 17th
Ultimate Naifu Wars 12 June 12th, 2020 33rd
The Cosmic Kerfuffle August 8th, 2020 17th
Juice Box #9 August 12th, 2020 17th
The Box: SmolBox August 14th, 2020 7th
Elympics 1 August 15th, 2020 9th
Zinc Tank 3 August 16th, 2020 25th
Juice Box 10 August 19th, 2020 13th

Controversy

On September 14th, 2020, tamim released a TwitLonger explaining that Zack's TwitLonger on Nairo was full of manipulations and lies. In the TwitLonger, he also included a section on Samsora, accusing him of knowing about Zack's relationships with Ally and Nairo but doing nothing about it. tamim then stated that he believed Samsora used Nairo to gain more attention, and when Nairo became useless to him he decided to get rid of them; as a result, he collaborated with Zack on his TwitLonger in order to "reap the benefits of Nairo’s downfall"[3].

Trivia

  • His tag, Samsora, is inspired by a character from the game Grand Chase named Samsara. He subsequently legally changed his name to Ezra Samsora Morris.
  • Samsora shares his ranking on the Panda Global Rankings v2, 29th, with fellow Peach player SlayerZ, who was ranked 29th on the first edition of the Panda Global Rankings.
  • On April 19th, 2019, Samsora defeated ESAM 10-1 in a $500 money match at Pound 2019 that was later joked about on Twitter by both competitors.
  • During the talent show for Smash Ultimate Summit 2, Samsora cosplayed as his main, Peach, while performing a catwalk. Viewers gave this new persona the name "Samantha."
  • Samsora is known for speaking poor English, leading some fans to dub his English errors as "Samsoranese."
  • Samsora has several different catchphrases. Some of them include "Owow," "I'm not dead...", and "omnipotent."
  • Samsora is very expressive and hyperactive while playing. His most well-known habit is his "head bopping" movement, when Samsora suddenly does a headbutt towards the screen, sometimes several times in a row.
    • His sponsor eUnited notably released several studio Samsora gifs, including one where he's bopping several times in a row.
  • Samsora is notorious for struggling in the Peach vs. Mr. Game & Watch matchup, having an 0-4 record against Maister in Ultimate with his only game wins against him being with Zero Suit Samus; he has openly expressed his dislike for the matchup on Twitter.
  • Samsora is also known for playing worse online. This is due to Peach's complex inputs being harder to play online due to lag.
    • Because of this, Samsora notably has been upset by wi-fi players such as DDee in a first to 10 set.
    • He also lost several games against Blucas before 3-stocking him at the end.
    • At The Quarantine Series, Samsora got sent to the losers bracket at Winners Round 1 after losing to the Ganondorf main WhiteNova 3-1.
  • Samsora is known to underrate his main Peach, despite the character widely considered to be a top-tier, by discussing controversial matchups, considering characters such as Little Mac to go even.

References

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Gameplay videos

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate