Smasher:Druggedfox
Druggedfox | |
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Character info | |
Melee main | Fox |
Other Melee characters | Falco, Sheik, Marth, Captain Falcon |
Project M main | Marth |
Team info | |
Former sponsor(s) | Trail Gaming League, Balance Gaming |
Rankings and results info | |
Winnings | ~$5,790.55 |
Personal and other info | |
Real name | Sami Muhanna |
Location | Atlanta, Georgia |
Miscellaneous info | |
Skill | Top professional (retired) |
Druggedfox is a Fox main from Atlanta, Georgia, formerly maining Falco and Sheik. For his secondaries, he has a strong Marth and Captain Falcon. On August 5th, 2015 he was picked up as a Melee player by Trail Gaming League. He has beaten top players such as Mango, Leffen, Axe, SFAT, ChuDat, S2J, Westballz, La Luna, and Lucky. Druggedfox was formerly ranked 0th on the Georgia Melee Power Rankings and 12th on the 2017 SSBMRank.
Druggedfox was picked up by esports organization Balance Gaming on June 17th, 2017.[1]
Playing style
Druggedfox is a very punish- and reaction-based player, focusing on optimizing his characters' punish games by almost always going for guaranteed strings or options where the risk/reward is skewed in his favor. As Sheik, he is infamous for his reaction tech chase punishes on Fox and Falco which exceed those of even renowned Sheik players such as Mew2King or KirbyKaze. He also uses Sheik's down aerial more frequently than most other players, and focuses on needle zoning and platform movement in the neutral game. As Marth, he is very proficient at chaingrabbing, especially on Final Destination, and plays evasively in the neutral game with heavy wavedash down tilt usage until he can find an opportunity to grab the opponent.
Druggedfox's weaknesses stem from his greater inconsistency in tournament compared to most others of his caliber due to his tournament nerves, which have led to a sizable variance in his placements even in short spans of time. Additionally, while he can combo and lock down opponents very efficiently after creating an opening, he sometimes struggles to finish stocks if the opponent survives his initial punish. This is more prevalent in his Marth play, as his edgeguarding is lackluster compared to his Sheik, allowing opponents to survive up to extremely high percentages where other Marth players would have secured the stock. An example of this can be seen in his HTC Throwdown set against Silent Wolf in Losers' Semis, where he brought Silent Wolf down to his last stock at 165% but failed to finish him off, allowing him to stage a 2-stock comeback that ended Druggedfox's tournament.
Breakout at EVO 2015
Outside of his area, he is mostly known for his placing at EVO 2015 where he unexpectedly made top 32 winners side, beating Lucky 2-1 in R2 pools. He then lost to Leffen 1-2. He then progressed in the losers bracket, winning 2-1 vs. S2J, 2-0 vs Duck, and finally losing to Mango 0-2 (with both games going to last stock), placing 9th at the largest Melee event at the time. He played Sheik throughout the tournament, as well as using Marth against Leffen.
Tournament placings
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
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CEO 2010 | June 5th-6th, 2010 | — | 17th | Articanus |
Tipped Off 6 | October 16th-17th, 2010 | 17th | 9th | Articanus |
Revival of Melee 3 | November 20th-21st, 2010 | 33rd | — | — |
CEO 2011 | June 10th-13th, 2011 | 5th | 3rd | Articanus |
Tipped Off 7 | December 3rd-4th, 2011 | 5th | 4th | XIF |
Fuck Your Johns | January 5th, 2012 | 4th | — | — |
Apex 2012 | January 6th-8th, 2012 | 33rd | 33rd | Tai |
Tipped Off 9 | December 14th-15th, 2013 | 3rd | 2nd | PPMD |
CEO 2014 | June 27th-29th, 2014 | 25th | 9th | RockCrock |
EVO 2014 | July 11th-13th, 2014 | 97th | — | — |
Tipped Off 10 | September 20th-21st, 2014 | 17th | 13th | Wenbobular |
Paragon Orlando 2015 | January 17th-18th, 2015 | 17th | 13th | Articanus |
Bad Moon Rising | March 14th-15th, 2015 | 5th | 4th | Plup |
Final Round 18 | March 20th-22nd, 2015 | 3rd | — | — |
I'm Not Yelling! | April 11th-12th, 2015 | 33rd | 17th | Winston |
CEO 2015 | June 26th-28th, 2015 | 17th | 7th | Plup |
EVO 2015 | July 17th-19th, 2015 | 9th | 33rd | KPan |
Rubicon 1 | August 15th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
Paragon Los Angeles 2015 | September 5th-6th, 2015 | 17th | — | — |
HTC Throwdown | September 19th, 2015 | 4th | 5th | Colbol |
The Big House 5 | October 2nd-4th, 2015 | 17th | 7th | Plup |
MLG World Finals 2015 | October 16th-18th, 2015 | 5th | 3rd | Nintendude |
Smash the Record 2015 | October 23rd-26th, 2015 | — | 7th | Pengie |
Tipped Off 11 | November 7th-8th, 2015 | 1st | 3rd | Pengie |
Northwest Majors: Drop Zone | November 21st-22nd, 2015 | 2nd | 2nd | Chip |
GENESIS 3 | January 15th-17th, 2016 | 13th | 7th | Baka4moe |
Battle of the Five Gods | March 17th-19th, 2016 | 11th | — | — |
Pound 2016 | April 2nd-3rd, 2016 | 25th | 9th | Wizzrobe |
TGL Monthly 4 | April 16th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Blea Gelo |
Get On My Level 2016 | May 20th-22nd, 2016 | 25th | 9th | Professor Pro |
CFL Smackdown 83 | June 20th, 2016 | 5th | 2nd | dizzkidboogie |
CEO 2016 | June 24th-26th, 2016 | 9th | 9th | Frootloop |
WTFox 2 | July 1st-3rd, 2016 | 9th | 5th | The Moon |
EVO 2016 | July 15th-17th, 2016 | 13th | 7th | SleepyK |
NaCl Monthly July 2016 | July 30th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | fueg0 |
Super Smash Con 2016 | August 11th-14th, 2016 | 17th | 4th | MacD |
The Smashing Illini Weekly 9/2 | September 2nd, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
Show Me Your Moves 17 | September 3rd, 2016 | 4th | 2nd | Professor Pro |
Gwinnett Brawl September 2016 | September 17th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Fuego |
The Smash House | September 23rd-25th, 2016 | 4th | 3rd | Pengie |
Gwinnett Brawl October 2016 | October 1st, 2016 | 1st | 1st | DAB |
The Big House 6 | October 7th-9th, 2016 | 25th | 13th | Swedish Delight |
Olympus | October 28th-30th, 2016 | 5th | 1st | Slox |
Kill Roy: Volume 2 | November 5th, 2016 | 1st | 2nd | Vro |
Smash the Record 2016 | November 11th-14th, 2016 | 9th | 13th | fueg0 |
Super FamiCon 2016 | November 19th-20th, 2016 | 2nd | 1st | n0ne |
UGC Smash Open | December 2nd-4th, 2016 | 9th | 9th | MacD |
Eden | December 10th-11th, 2016 | 1st | 5th | MacD |
Don't Park on the Grass | December 17th-18th, 2016 | 13th | 13th | Reno |
Friday Night Turnip 35 | January 13th, 2017 | 1st | — | — |
The Road to GENESIS | January 14th, 2017 | 4th | — | — |
GENESIS 4 | January 20th-22nd, 2017 | 17th | 7th | MacD |
SoCal Colosseum 7 | January 28th, 2017 | 2nd | 1st | MacD |
Super Smash Sundays 55 | January 29th, 2017 | 1st | — | — |
SmashBox 2 | February 11th, 2017 | 1st | — | — |
B.E.A.S.T 7 | February 17th-19th, 2017 | 5th | 7th | Slox |
Full Bloom 3 | March 25th, 2017 | 5th | 4th | MacD |
Function(1) | April 1st, 2017 | 2nd | 5th | jarrod |
Smash Rivalries | April 8th-9th, 2017 | 3rd | 7th | Duck |
CEO Dreamland | April 14th-16th, 2017 | 9th | 3rd | MacD |
Function(2) | May 6th, 2017 | 1st | 5th | DanDan |
Royal Flush | May 12th-14th, 2017 | 4th | 7th | MacD |
Downfall | May 20th, 2017 | 1st | 1st | KJH |
MomoCon 2017 | May 26th-28th, 2017 | — | 3rd | jarrod |
Bad Moon Rising 2 | July 1st, 2017 | 2nd | 1st | Plup |
EVO 2017 | July 14th-16th, 2017 | 33rd | — | — |
FUSE | July 16th, 2017 | — | 5th | MacD |
DreamHack Atlanta 2017 | July 21st-23rd, 2017 | 5th | 9th | Pengie |
Super Smash Con 2017 | August 10th-13th, 2017 | 17th | 13th | dizzkidboogie |
GameTyrant Expo 2017 | September 29th-October 1st, 2017 | 7th | 9th | dizzkidboogie |
The Big House 7 | October 6th-8th, 2017 | 25th | 13th | dizzkidboogie |
Too Hot to Handle | October 28th-29th, 2017 | 4th | 5th | dizzkidboogie |
Tipped Off 12 | November 11th-12th, 2017 | 9th | 4th | dizzkidboogie |
Super FamiCon 2017 | November 17th-19th, 2017 | — | 7th | dizzkidboogie |
Pat's House 3 | December 2nd-3rd, 2017 | — | 5th | dizzkidboogie |
CEO 2018 | June 29th-July 1st, 2018 | — | 13th | Luckey |
The Big House 8 | October 5th-7th, 2018 | — | 13th | Wenbobular |
DreamHack Atlanta 2018 | November 16th-18th, 2018 | — | 9th | jarrod |
Nerd Corner Knockout #4 | February 16th, 2019 | — | 2nd | Wenbobular |
NChi Ultra | March 16th-17th, 2019 | — | 7th | Rasen |
Pound 2019 | April 19th-21st, 2019 | 49th | 17th | Pengie |
King | May 5th, 2019 | — | 2nd | Colbol |
4o4 Melee Weekly 4.3 | October 15th, 2019 | — | 1st | Wenbobular |
DreamHack Atlanta 2019 | November 15th-17th, 2019 | — | 7th | jarrod |
GENESIS 7 | January 24th-26th, 2020 | — | 25th | jarrod |