Smasher:ZeRo
For other uses, see Zero (disambiguation).
| Gonzalo Barrios "ZeRo" | |
|---|---|
| CT ZeRo.jpeg | |
| Character info | |
| Smash 64 main | Fox |
| Other Smash 64 character | Kirby, Pikachu |
| Melee main | Fox |
| Other Melee character | Marth, Falco |
| Brawl main | Meta Knight |
| Other Brawl character | Ice Climbers, Fox, Snake |
| Project M main | Pit |
| Other Project M characters | Falco, Marth |
| Project M doubles mains | Fox |
| Team info | |
| Crew(s) | CLASH Tournaments |
| Former crews | vVv Gaming |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Gonzalo Barrios |
| Birth date | |
| Location | Chillán 
|
| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill |  Top professional  |
Gonzalo Barrios, aka ZeRo is a smasher from Chile, South America who is currently sponsored by CLASH Tournaments. He has had "ZeRo" as his gamertag since 2005. He has been playing Smash since Smash 64 in 1999. He started to travel and play in tournaments in Chile in early 2007 during Melee. The best placing in Melee for him was at the Chilean national tournament of 2009. He is currently the top ranked online and offline Brawl player in Chile maining Meta Knight. He originally became famous in the United States by being one of the top players on All is Brawl. His first international tournament was at Apex 2012 where he got 17th in singles and 9th in teams (teaming with Kadaj).
Shortly before Apex 2013, he arrived to the United States for XSmash and shocked the world by winning the tournament, defeating top professionals such as Vinnie, Nairo, and Mew2King during his march to victory. At Apex 2013, he got 9th in singles and 13th in doubles, teaming with quiKsilver. He also participated in the United States vs. the World crew battle, taking the final two stocks off of his fellow crew member Mew2King before losing to ESAM. His last East Coast tournament was Rescue 2, where he defeated Nairo in 2 consecutive sets during Grand Finals. A week later in the Midwest, he attended Outrage, his last tournament in the United States before returning to Chile, defeating players such as Ally and Zinoto to win the tournament. Before leaving, he was honorably put on the Tristate Brawl Power Rankings in 2nd behind Mew2King.
ZeRo traveled to the United States in preparation for SKTAR 2, continuing to practice with the eventual goal of winning the international event. He convincingly won his first tournament, Crossfire: Shockwave, during his stay, defeating top professionals such as Vinnie and Anti. He also won doubles with Anti at the same event.
ZeRo continued his streak by winning Rescue 3, a tournament that provided a glimpse of the fierce competition that was expected to be seen at SKTAR 2, defeating Mr. R, Vinnie, and Nairo to take the event.
At SKTAR 2, ZeRo got 4th in Doubles teaming with Ally, losing to Nakat and False in Winners' Semis and Nairo and ADHD in Losers' Semis. In Singles, ZeRo got 1st seed in his bracket pool, defeating Atomsk in Winners' Finals, advancing to the Singles bracket. In Winners' Quarters, ZeRo lost to ADHD in a close set, getting timed out by losing the percent lead at the very last second Game 3. ZeRo took out SKTAR champion Nairo and ESAM in Losers' before losing to Nakat in Losers' Quarters, getting 5th out of 141 entrants.
At Apex 2014, ZeRo defeated Ally, Mew2King, ESAM and ADHD, managing to make it to Grand Finals from Losers Bracket after losing to ESAM in Winner Semis. His run through losers bracket has been one of the most amazing ones in history, and at the moment he is the only player in Brawl history to have defeated Ally, Mew2King and ADHD in a single bracket. In Grand Finals, he lost against Nairo and placed 2nd overall in Singles after some very close and exciting matches. He also teamed with Chibo in Doubles and placed 5th after defeating several teams and almost defeating Nairo & ADHD. They defeated Nakat & False for top 5.
ZeRo's next performance was at the MLG Sponsored Smash event, Shuffle V in Columbus, OH. ZeRo managed to defeat top professionals ADHD 2-0, Mew2King 2-1 and Vinnie in Winners Finals 3-2 to make it into Grand Finals. Vinnie defeated Mew2King 3-1 to have a rematch set with ZeRo, where he won the first set 3-2, and then ZeRo won the second set 3-1 and the tournament.
ZeRo's next tournament was DtJ's First Date, where he placed top 5 in Melee and Project M, and won both Brawl singles and doubles.
ZeRo was also the winner of the promotional SSB4 tournament held by Nintendo at E3 2014, playing as Zero Suit Samus against Hungrybox as Kirby in the Grand Final. While Hungrybox did had the upper hand when they had one stock left with a lower damage percentage, the timer ran out and the Sudden Death round would take place unlike competitive play where it didn't count and ZeRo was able to win against him.
Tournament placings
Brawl
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torneo Nacional 2 | January 8th-9th, 2011 | 1st | 1st | Iori |
| Torneo Hawaiano | February 19th, 2011 | 1st | — | — |
| Showdown II | July 23rd, 2011 | 1st | 1st | Nekokatsu |
| The Spirit of Smash Tournament | August 20th, 2011 | 1st | — | — |
| Tujo pasó Agosto 2011 iiiiesh! | August 27th, 2011 | 1st | — | — |
| The Hedgehog's Lair | September 10th, 2011 | 1st | — | — |
| Showdown III | October 29th, 2011 | 1st | 1st | Nekokatsu |
| PQDD | November 19th, 2011 | 1st | — | — |
| Tujo Express | November 26th, 2011 | 1st | — | — |
| Apex 2012 Practice Round Robin | December 31st, 2011 | 1st | — | — |
| Apex 2012 | January 6th-8th, 2012 | 17th | 9th | Kadaj |
| Winter Shore Smashing | January 14th, 2012 | 1st | — | — |
| Tujo Brawler | January 21st, 2012 | 1st | — | — |
| Ryuuko's Got Talent | April 21st, 2012 | 1st | — | — |
| Por eso la gente se va | May 19th, 2012 | 1st | — | — |
| Neko Empire 3 | June 16th, 2012 | 1st | — | — |
| Karma Invierno | August 4th, 2012 | 1st | — | — |
| FrikiGen Con 3 | August 25th, 2012 | 1st | — | — |
| Neko's Ranch or Empire? | August 31st, 2012 | 1st | — | — |
| Torneo Dominguero del Rollo | September 16th, 2012 | 1st | — | — |
| Neko's Fonda | September 21st, 2012 | 1st | — | — |
| Neko Strikes Back! | October 13th, 2012 | 1st | — | — |
| Forever [Censored] Slowpoke Turnament 2 | November 3rd, 2012 | 1st | — | — |
| Haru wa Yakusoku | November 10th, 2012 | 1st | — | — |
| My Waifu Asuna | November 17th, 2012 | 1st | — | — |
| XSmash | December 22nd, 2012 | 1st | 4th | Dabuz |
| Uprise 11 | December 29th, 2012 | 2nd | 2nd | Anti |
| Collision VI | January 5th, 2013 | 7th | 3rd | quiKsilver |
| United 1 | January 6th, 2013 | 2nd | 3rd | quiKsilver |
| Apex 2013 | January 11th-13th, 2013 | 9th | 13th | quiKsilver |
| Sa2vation | January 26th, 2013 | 1st | 2nd | Tantalus |
| KOTC | February 2nd, 2013 | 1st | — | — |
| E4U: Remix 3 | February 9th, 2013 | 1st | 1st | FOW |
| Xanadu Games Harlem Shake Edition | February 23rd, 2013 | 3rd | 1st | ESAM |
| Winter Brawl 7 | February 23rd-24th, 2013 | 3rd | — | — |
| Rescue 2 | March 2nd, 2013 | 1st | 3rd | Chibo |
| Outrage | March 9th, 2013 | 1st | 1st | Ally |
| René Descartes Tournament | March 16th, 2013 | 1st | 1st | Megu |
| Boku no Tournament | May 4th, 2013 | 1st | 1st | Kross |
| Erizo con Tuberculosis Tournament | May 25th, 2013 | — | 1st | Rody |
| La Pocilga de los Pikmins III | July 6th, 2013 | 1st | 1st | Rody |
| Shockwave | July 20th, 2013 | 1st | 1st | Anti |
| Rescue 3 | July 27th, 2013 | 1st | 3rd | Chibo |
| SKTAR 2 | August 3rd-4th, 2013 | 5th | 4th | Ally |
| El Torneo de la Fa | August 10th, 2013 | 1st | 4th | Megu |
| La Fonda del Warén Tournament | September 19th, 2013 | 1st | 1st | Nekokatsu |
| La Jefa Me Dio Permiso Tournament | September 21st, 2013 | 1st | 1st | Snake |
| Showdown IV | October 26th, 2013 | 1st | 1st | Snake |
| Smashacre Frostbite | December 7th-8th, 2013 | 5th | — | — |
| Thanks for Playing 4 | December 21st, 2013 | 1st | — | — |
| Seagull Joe's Bad Karma @ Xanadu Games | December 22nd, 2013 | 1st | — | — |
| KTAR 8 | December 28th, 2013 | 2nd | 3rd | Salem |
| Smash Factor 2 | January 3rd-5th, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Mew2King |
| Forest Temple | January 11th, 2014 | 1st | 1st | FOW |
| Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | 2nd | 5th | Chibo |
| Shuffle V | February 22nd-23rd, 2014 | 1st | 7th | Chibo |
| First Date | March 1st, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Izumi |
| Collision 9 | March 15th, 2014 | 1st | 2nd | Vex Kasrani |
| KTAR 9 | March 22nd, 2014 | 1st | 3rd | Seagull Joe |
| Smash Brothers University 2.5 | April 12th-13th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| WHOBO MLG | May 3rd-4th, 2014 | 1st | 2nd | Denti |
| Hitbox Arena Warm-Up Welcome | May 10th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 5/13 | May 13th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Super Smash Sundays East Coast # 4 | May 18th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| SKTAR 3 | May 31st-June 1st, 2014 | 4th | 4th | Vex Kasrani |
Melee
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanks for Playing 4 | December 21st, 2013 | 5th | — | — |
| Seagull Joe's Bad Karma @ Xanadu Games | December 22nd, 2013 | 7th | — | — |
| Shuffle V | February 22nd-23rd, 2014 | 13th | 3rd | Nintendude |
| Revival of Melee 7 | March 8th-9th, 2014 | 17th | 9th | Vex Kasrani |
| Game Over VII | March 18th, 2014 | 5th | — | — |
| KTAR 9 | March 22nd, 2014 | 7th | 1st | Mew2King |
| Xanadu Legends | April 5th, 2014 | 4th | 2nd | Bones |
| Smash Brothers University 2.5 | April 12th-13th, 2014 | 7th | — | — |
| Fighters' Edge | April 26th-27th, 2014 | 5th | — | — |
| WHOBO MLG | May 3rd-4th, 2014 | 4th | — | — |
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 5/13 | May 13th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| Super Smash Sundays East Coast # 4 | May 18th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 5/20 | May 20th, 2014 | 3rd | — | — |
| Pat's House 2 | May 24th-25th, 2014 | 17th | 7th | Westballz |
| SKTAR 3 | May 31st-June 1st, 2014 | 9th | 5th | s0ft |
Project M
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanks for Playing 4 | December 21st, 2013 | 1st | 1st | Salem |
| Seagull Joe's Bad Karma @ Xanadu Games | December 22nd, 2013 | 1st | — | — |
| KTAR 8 | December 28th, 2013 | 17th | — | — |
| Shuffle V | February 22nd-23rd, 2014 | 13th | 1st | Denti |
| Smashing Grounds 5 | March 20th, 2014 | 3rd | — | — |
| KTAR 9 | March 22nd, 2014 | 9th | 2nd | Seagull Joe |
| Xanadu Legends | April 5th, 2014 | 2nd | 2nd | Seagull Joe |
| Smash Brothers University 2.5 | April 12th-13th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| Fighters' Edge | April 26th-27th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| Infinity and Beyond 2 | May 1st, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Denti |
| WHOBO MLG | May 3rd-4th, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Denti |
| Hitbox Arena Warm-Up Welcome | May 10th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 5/13 | May 13th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Project M Showdown 3.02 | May 17th, 2014 | 1st | 1st | ChuDat |
| Super Smash Sundays East Coast # 4 | May 18th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 5/20 | May 20th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| SKTAR 3 | May 31st-June 1st, 2014 | 9th | 1st | Rolex |
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super Smash Bros. Invitational | June 10th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
Gameplay videos
- Super Smash Bros Brawl Top 8 CT ZeRo vs CT EMP Mew2King - Apex 2014 Tournament
- Forest Temple - CT LoF NAKAT vs CT ZeRo - Singles Grand Finals Set 2
- Shuffle V - CT | Zero (Metaknight) Vs. CT | Vinnie (Ice Climbers) SSBB Grand Finals - Brawl
