Smasher:Dabuz

Dabuz
Character info
Melee main	Marth
Brawl main	Olimar
Other Brawl character	Pit
Smash 4 main	Rosalina & Luma
Other Smash 4 character	Olimar
Retired Smash 4 character	Mewtwo
Ultimate main	Rosalina & Luma
Other Ultimate characters	Olimar, Min Min
Retired Ultimate character	Palutena
Project M main	Lucas
Other Project M character	Marth
Team info
Sponsor(s)	Team Liquid
Former sponsor(s)	Gravity Gaming, Renegades, Dream Team, Pastime Legends
Former crews	CROSSFIRE Smash Tournaments, Vanquish Gaming, Team iQHQ
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking	2023 SSBBRank: 19th ; Panda Global Rankings 100: 4th ; LumiRank 2024.1: 38th ;
Best historical ranking	SSBBRank 2014: 20th ; PGR v5: 3rd ; Spring 2019 PGRU: 7th;
Best tournament result	7th / 338 at Apex 2013 ; 1st / 753 at 2GGC: Civil War ; 2nd / 2,607 at Super Smash Con 2023 ;
Winnings	~$1,091.57 ; ~$73,348.67 ; ~$53,575.35 ;
Personal and other info
Real name	Samuel Robert Buzby
Birth date	August 7, 1993 (age 31)
Location	New Jersey

Wikipedia has an article on Dabuz.

Dabuz is a top Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player from Nesconset, New York who is currently residing in New Jersey. He is a Rosalina & Luma main with Olimar and Min Min secondaries who is considered the best Rosalina & Luma player of all-time, the second-best Olimar player of all-time behind Shuton, and the best Min Min player in the United States when he actively used her, as well as a top 10 player in the world from 2019 to 2021 and currently one of the best Ultimate players in the United States. Dabuz is also known to be one of the oldest active top-level smashers, having competed at the top level in every smash game since Brawl. Dabuz is currently ranked 8th on OrionRank 2022 North America and 38th on the LumiRank 2024.1; he was also ranked 20th on the Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v7, and was formerly ranked 1st on the New York City Ultimate Power Rankings.

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Dabuz was a Rosalina & Luma main with Olimar and Mewtwo secondaries. He was considered the best Rosalina player in the world, one of the best Olimar players in the world along with Shuton, and one of the best Mewtwo players in the world at the end of the game's lifespan. Dabuz ranked 1st on the New York Smash 4 Power Rankings and 4th on the Panda Global Rankings 100. He was the 10th player to take a set off of ZeRo, doing so at WTFox 2.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Dabuz was an Olimar player, and was considered the best Olimar player in the United States. Dabuz was formerly ranked 20th on the 2014 SSBBRank, and 6th on the Tristate Brawl Power Rankings. A noted threat offline, despite sparse tournament attendance, he gained fame as a prominent online player, winning many online tournaments, All is Brawl playoffs, and GameBattles playoffs. He still enters Brawl occasionally and is currently ranked 5th on the 2020-2022 SSBBRank.

Dabuz has signed with several teams, the first of which was Dream Team on June 22nd, 2016,^[1] which he left amidst allegations of mispayment.^[2]^[3] He is currently signed with Team Liquid.^[4]

Playstyle[edit]

Dabuz uses a creative approach and damage output with Rosalina and Luma and Olimar. With Rosalina, he can choose to play the long game and stuff out opponent's approaches by whiff punishing them with up smash or neutral air out of shield. He also has above average edgeguarding because he knows of Rosalina's floatiness and her amazing recovery, allowing him to travel deep. When Dabuz utilizes Luma, his innovative techniques allow him to rack up tons of damage and combo into hard hits to secure himself a KO. When Dabuz is at a disadvantage, he uses Luma to prevent his opponent from trying to extend the combo on Rosalina since she is a tall lightweight. Since his trip to Japan in 2023, he has made more use of detethered Luma to exercise more stage control.^[5]

On the other hand, Dabuz uses Olimar as a bait-and-punish playstyle. He has a wide knowledge of all the Pikmins' strengths and weaknesses and the memorization of the order Olimar plucks them. He knows all the status effects each Pikmin contains. As an example, he utilizes Blue Pikmin's up throw to score easy KOs as it is the strongest among other Pikmin. Dabuz is notorious for repeatedly using Olimar's strong and safe up smash because it is a highly damaging combo tool. He also camps with Pikmin to gain any lead and just like Rosalina, he chooses to play the long game.

Rankings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

SSBBRank[edit]

Ranking	Time period	Rank
SSBBRank 2014	January 11th, 2013-June 1st, 2014	20th
SSBBRank 2020-2022	March 7th, 2020-November 20th, 2022	5th
2023 SSBBRank	March 4th-November 25th, 2023	19th

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Panda Global Rankings[edit]

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Notes
PGR v1	January 30th, 2015-May 7th, 2016	3rd	X-Factor: +1
PGR v2	May 13th-December 18th, 2016	4th	X-Factor: -2
PGR v3	January 7th-June 18th, 2017	4th	X-Factor: 0
PGR v4	June 24th-December 3rd, 2017	6th	X-Factor: +1
PGR v5	December 23rd, 2017-July 1st, 2018	3rd	X-Factor: -1
PGR 100	January 20th, 2015-November 18th, 2018	4th

OrionRank[edit]

Ranking	Time period	Rank
OrionRank 2016	March 15th-December 18th, 2016	10th
OrionRank 2017	December 24th, 2016-December 24th, 2017	5th
OrionRank Mid-Spring 2018	January 1st-May 1st, 2018	3rd
OrionRank 2018	January 1st-December 2nd, 2018	3rd

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Panda Global Rankings Ultimate[edit]

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Notes
Spring 2019 PGRU	February 1st-July 7th, 2019	7th	X-Factor: +3
Fall 2019 PGRU	July 13th-December 15th, 2019	9th
PGRUContenders NA	2021	S (Top 7)
PGRU v3 NA	March 1st-June 13th, 2022	7th

LumiRank[edit]

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Notes
UltRank 2022	June 18th-December 18th, 2022	12th
LumiRank Mid-Year 2023	December 19th, 2022-July 23rd, 2023	24th
LumiRank 2023	December 19th, 2022-December 17th, 2023	14th
LumiRank 2024.1	December 18th, 2023 - July 15th, 2024	38th	Min Min was only listed on the full top 50 graphic.

OrionRank Ultimate[edit]

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Notes
OrionRank Ultimate: Six Months In	January 5th-June 30th, 2019	10th
OrionRank 2019	January 5th-December 15th, 2019	7th	X-Factor: +1
OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse	April 2020-December 19th, 2021	10th
OrionRank Mid-Year 2022	December 22nd, 2021-June 26th, 2022	7th
OrionRank 2022	December 22nd, 2021-December 18th, 2022	13th

Wi-Fi Warrior Rank[edit]

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Notes
Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v5	January 11th-June 29th, 2020	9th	X-Factor: +1
Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v6	July 5th-December 27th, 2020	16th
Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v7	January 2nd-June 30th, 2021	20th	X-Factor: +8
Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v8	January 1st - June 30th, 2024	26th

OrionRank North America[edit]

Ranking	Time period	Rank
OrionRank North America Top 200	January 2019-March 2020	5th
OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse North America	June 2020-December 19th, 2021	5th
OrionRank 2022 North America	December 22nd, 2021-December 18th, 2022	8th

LumiRank North America[edit]

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
LumiRank 2023 North America	December 19th, 2022-December 17th, 2023	7th