Smasher:La Luna
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| The Moon | |
|---|---|
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| Character info | |
| Melee main | Marth |
| Other Melee character | Fox |
| Project M main | Toon Link |
| Team info | |
| Crew(s) | CLASH Tournaments |
| Former crews | Control (CTRL) |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Ryan Coker-Welch |
| Birth date | |
| Location | New York City, NY 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill |  Top professional  Professional
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The Moon is a Marth main from New York. He is considered one of the rising stars in the region; he had only started playing around 2011 under DJ Nintendo, but has climbed the ranks quickly. His breakout performance came at Revival of Melee 6, where he beat very strong players such as DJ Nintendo and Chillindude829 in Losers' bracket to secure 3rd place. The Moon is currently ranked 1st on the NYC Metropolitan Area Melee Power Rankings.
Notable tournament placings
Super Smash Bros. Melee
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apex 2013 | January 11th-13th, 2013 | 65th | 17th | G$ |
| Zenith 2013 | June 1st-2nd, 2013 | 9th | 13th | G$ |
| Revival of Melee 6 | November 16th-17th, 2013 | 3rd | 9th | Slox |
| Northeastern Smash Attack | November 22nd, 2013 | 2nd | — | — |
| No Johns 1/4 | January 4th, 2014 | 2nd | 2nd | DJ Nintendo |
| Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | 25th | 17th | DJ Nintendo |
| Shuffle V | February 22nd-23rd, 2014 | 3rd | 4th | Tian |
| Revival of Melee 7 | March 8th-9th, 2014 | 13th | 3rd | DJ Nintendo |
| KTAR 9 | March 22nd, 2014 | 3rd | 2nd | DJ Nintendo |
| Northeastern Smash Attack 2 | March 29th, 2014 | 5th | 1st | DJ Nintendo |
| Justice 3 | May 24th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| SKTAR 3 | May 31st-June 1st, 2014 | 17th | 7th | DJ Nintendo |
| CEO 2014 | June 27th-29th, 2014 | 9th | 7th | DJ Nintendo |
| EVO 2014 | July 11th-13th, 2014 | 25th | 25th | DJ Nintendo |
| Zenith 2014 | August 2nd-3rd, 2014 | 7th | 5th | DJ Nintendo |
| Nebulous 9 | August 9th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| Nebulous 10 | August 16th, 2014 | 4th | — | — |
| GUTS 3 | September 19th-21st, 2014 | 3rd | 2nd | DJ Nintendo |
| CROSSFIRE 4 | September 27th, 2014 | 2nd | 1st | DJ Nintendo |
| The Big House 4 | October 4th-5th, 2014 | 13th | 9th | DJ Nintendo |
| Justice 4 | October 11th, 2014 | 4th | 2nd | DJ Nintendo |
| SmashLeague: New York | October 25th, 2014 | 2nd | 1st | DJ Nintendo |
| Super Nebulous | November 29th, 2014 | 9th | 1st | DJ Nintendo |
| Super Nebulous 2 | January 24th, 2015 | 1st | 1st | DJ Nintendo |
| Apex 2015 | January 30th-February 1st, 2015 | 13th | 25th | DJ Nintendo |
| NeoNebulous 7 | March 28th, 2015 | 2nd | 2nd | DJ Nintendo |
| Super Nebulous 3 | April 25th-26th, 2015 | 9th | 3rd | DJ Nintendo |
| BLUE FISH | May 2nd, 2015 | 1st | 1st | DJ Nintendo |
| Get On My Level 2015 | May 30th-31st, 2015 | 17th | 5th | DJ Nintendo |
| CEO 2015 | June 26th-28th, 2015 | 7th | 9th | DJ Nintendo |
| EVO 2015 | July 17th-19th, 2015 | 33rd | 17th | DJ Nintendo |
| Super Smash Con | August 6th-9th, 2015 | 9th | 3rd | DJ Nintendo |
| Smash the Record 2015 | October 23rd-25th, 2015 | 7th |
Project M
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUTS 3 | September 19th-21st, 2014 | 25th | 5th | DJ Nintendo |
Trivia
- The Moon is one of four Marth players who has been able to take a set off of Fly Amanita's Ice Climbers (the others being PewPewU, Ken, and Azen).
- He has been notably upset by a few lower-tier character mains. At Get On My Level 2015 he was beaten by Saus a Link main. He has also been beaten by Mr. Game and Watch main Qerb. At Zenith 2012, he was beaten by Phish-it, a Donkey Kong main in round 2 of winners. Most recently at The Big House 5, he was beaten by Kage's [[1]]
- The Moon almost always plays white Marth but switches to black Marth when in grand finals of a tournament. He refers to this as "the dark side of the moon".
