Smasher:ChuDat
| ChuDat | |
|---|---|
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| Character info | |
| Smash 64 main | Kirby |
| Melee main | Ice Climbers |
| Other Melee characters | Young Link, Fox, Pikachu, Jigglypuff |
| Brawl main | Kirby |
| Other Brawl character | Ice Climbers |
| Smash 4 main | Cloud |
| Other Smash 4 character | Sheik |
| Project M main | Kirby |
| Other Project M character | Ice Climbers |
| Team info | |
| Crew(s) | VGBootCamp |
| Former crews | H2YL, Power Underwhelming, Mortality eSports, Melee Hell, ROOT Gaming |
| Rankings and results info | |
| Most recent ranking |  2016 SSBMRank: 22nd  2014 SSBBRank: 49th |
| Winnings | ~$24,570.25 ~$1,106.11  ~$1,308.70 |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Daniel Rodriguez |
| Birth date | |
| Location | Falls Church, Virginia 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill |  Professional (retired) Top professional Top professional (semi-active)  Professional Top professional (retired)
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ChuDat, also known as simply Chu, is an American professional smasher from Falls Church, Virginia who mains the Ice Climbers in Melee. He is widely regarded as the primary influential driving force for competitive Ice Climbers play in the community, and is currently considered to be the best Ice Climbers player in the world. His name originates from the phrase, 'true that,' as he stated in the Smash Brothers Documentary due to his obsession of the phrase. In the early times of the Melee scene, Chu joined the legendary crew H2YL, and regularly attended tournaments with them. He notably defeated top professional Jigglypuff main Hungrybox at Zenith 2012 to take 3rd place at the tournament. He is currently ranked 1st on the MD/VA Melee Power Rankings and 22nd on the 2016 SSBMRank, and was ranked 32nd on the 2014 SSBMRank and 35th on the 2015 SSBMRank.
In Brawl, he is considered to be the best Kirby player, and also mains Kirby in Project M, but has since then dropped the game, though he was also still considered one of the best Kirby players in said mod. ChuDat was formerly ranked 5th on both the MD/VA Brawl Power Rankings and the MD/VA Project M, respectively, and 49th on the 2014 SSBBRank.
He also plays Smash 4 competitively, albeit not to the same extent as Melee, maining Cloud, and primarily enters doubles. He previously mained Sheik. He was formerly ranked 9th on the MD/VA Smash 4 Power Rankings. His best performance in Smash 4 was 13th in The Big House 6 doubles where he teamed with Puppeh, notably defeating komorikiri and SuperGirlKels.
Tournament history
Earlier history
In addition to piquing the interests of the community at large about the Ice Climbers' metagame, Chu has also spearheaded the local community in Northern Virginia by hosting "NoVa Bi-weekliez !" at his parents' home. The tournaments have attracted a wide variety of top level competition including Mew2King, Chillin and Azen. His biggest original tournament placing in early smash was OC2 where he made an incredible loser's run.
He had been known to frequently visit Southern California to spend time with the Hoang family, which includes Ken and Manacloud. For several years ChuDat preferred to represent the West Coast due to his friendships and close ties to California but this put stress on his relationship with the other members of H2YL.
Recent history, sponsorships, and EVO
After a few years on the West Coast, (around when Brawl came out,) he moved back to MD/VA where he once again became one of the top smashers in the area and reestablished ties with the rest of the MD/VA scene. Chu Dat won a large number of the weekly S@X tournaments in Brawl, Project M, and Melee. In Brawl and Project M specifically, he became the top Kirby main. Due to his frequent results, he was sponsored by Mortality eSports along with Axe. However, Mortality dropped both sponsorships shortly before CEO 2015 which left Chu with little cash. For EVO specifically, a crowd fund was sponsored by Melee Hell (or MH) which sponsored enough cash for Chu Dat to be able to attend EVO 2015. He lost eventually in winners to Ice's Fox in round 2 pools. He then made an impressive loser's run, beating players including Silent Wolf and Westballz and winning a nail-biting set vs HugS to get top 8 before finally losing to Mango in losers, netting 7th at then the largest tournament in history.
He was voted as one of the players to make it to the Smash Summit series of private tournaments, achieving the feat at Smash Summit Spring 2017, and was the third Ice Climbers player to get voted in, after Wobbles and Infinite Numbers. He achieved 7th at the tournament, notably upsetting Mango and 4-stocking him on their last game.
He had an impressive run at DreamHack Austin 2017, notably beating Mango for the 3rd time in 2017, along with 4 stocking Mew2King's Peach with Ice Climbers and winning the set 3-1, and took Hungrybox to Game 5, placing 2nd.
Tournament placings
Super Smash Bros.
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apex 2010 | August 6th-8th, 2010 | 13th | — | — |
| Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | 25th | — | — |
| Apex 2015 | January 31st-February 1st, 2015 | — | 17th | Valoem |
Super Smash Bros. Melee
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCSS#1 | July 12th, 2003 | 2nd | — | — |
| DCSS#2 | September 20th, 2003 | 4th | 2nd | JTanic |
| Game Over | January 10th, 2004 | 9th | 4th | JTanic |
| Tournament Go 6 | August 21st-22nd, 2004 | 3rd | — | — |
| DCSS#3 | September 25th, 2004 | 5th | — | — |
| Gettin' Schooled | October 14th, 2004 | 1st(tie) | — | — |
| MLG DC 2005 | January 29th-30th, 2005 | 3rd | 5th | Manacloud |
| BOMB 3 | March 9th, 2005 | 1st | — | — |
| Gettin' Schooled 2 | June 25th-26th, 2005 | 2nd | 9th | sheikssbm |
| MELEE-FC3 | July 10th-12th, 2005 | 3rd | 10th | Manacloud |
| MLG Nashville 2005 | August 27th-28th, 2005 | 1st | 4th | Oro |
| MLG Seattle 2005 | September 10th-11th, 2005 | 3rd | — | — |
| SMYM 4 | September 24th, 2005 | 2nd | — | — |
| MLG Los Angeles 2005 | October 14th-16th, 2005 | 4th | 2nd | Azen |
| BOMB 4 | November 12th, 2005 | 1st | 7th | Chillin |
| MLG Atlanta 2005 | November 25th-27th, 2005 | 3rd | 5th | Mike G |
| MLG Chicago 2005 | December 16th-18th, 2005 | 9th | — | — |
| Pound | January 28th, 2006 | 1st | 1st | Chillin |
| MLG New York 2005 | February 25th-26th, 2006 | 2nd | 3rd | Manacloud |
| Champ Combo: Yayuhzzz Edition | March 25th, 2006 | 2nd | 2nd | Manacloud |
| MLG New York Opener 2006 | April 21st-23rd, 2006 | 3rd | 9th | Manacloud |
| MLG Dallas 2006 | May 19th-21st, 2006 | 2nd | 4th | Manacloud |
| MLG Anaheim 2006 | June 23rd-25th, 2006 | 3rd | 4th | Manacloud |
| MELEE-FC6 | July 13th-15th, 2006 | 4th | — | — |
| MLG Chicago 2006 | July 21st-23rd, 2006 | 2nd | 9th | Manacloud |
| Zero Challenge 2 | August 15th-17th, 2006 | 2nd | 2nd | Manacloud |
| MLG Orlando 2006 | August 25th-27th, 2006 | 2nd | 9th | Manacloud |
| MLG New York Playoffs 2006 | October 13th-15th, 2006 | 3rd | 7th | Manacloud |
| SMASHTALITY 2 | October 21st, 2006 | 1st | 2nd | Mew2King |
| MLG Las Vegas 2006 | November 17th-19th, 2006 | 7th | 2nd | Manacloud |
| CAOTIC's Farewell Biweekly | December 9th, 2006 | 2nd | 1st | Manacloud |
| EGL DC | January 20th, 2007 | 3rd | 2nd | KM |
| C3 February | February 3rd, 2007 | 7th | 1st | Azen |
| Cataclysm 3 | March 3rd-4th, 2007 | 3rd | 3rd | Forward |
| San Diego Triweekly XII | March 10th, 2007 | 2nd | 2nd | Manacloud |
| MLG Long Island 2007 | May 5th-6th, 2007 | 5th | 2nd | Chillin |
| EVO East | May 25th-27th, 2007 | 5th | — | — |
| Smashtality III | June 2nd-3rd, 2007 | 1st (split) | 1st | Chillin |
| Pound 2 | June 16th-17th, 2007 | 1st | 13th | Chillin |
| MELEE-FC Diamond | July 12th-14th, 2007 | 3rd | 2nd | Chillin |
| Zero Challenge 3 | July 20th-22nd, 2007 | 3rd | 4th | Mew2King |
| EVO West | July 27th-29th, 2007 | 3rd | — | — |
| C3 August | August 18th, 2007 | 3rd | 2nd | Tope |
| EVO World 2007 | August 24th-26th, 2007 | 5th | — | — |
| C3 September | September 22nd, 2007 | 9th | 1st | Azen |
| Super Champ Combo | September 29th-30th, 2007 | 5th | 7th | Manacloud |
| C3 October | October 20th, 2007 | 4th | 1st | Azen |
| Viva La Smashtaclysm | November 10th-11th, 2007 | 2nd | 3rd | KoreanDJ |
| Pound 3 | February 2nd-3rd, 2008 | 5th | 4th | Chillin |
| TGMTSBCO | June 7th-8th, 2008 | 1st (split) | 5th | Hat |
| Revival of Melee | March 7th-8th, 2009 | 5th | 7th | Azen |
| Apex 2009 | May 9th-10th, 2009 | 3rd | 4th | Plank |
| HERB2 | July 25th-26th, 2009 | 5th | 1st | Mew2King |
| Pound 4 | January 16th-18th, 2010 | 25th | 5th | Vidjogamer |
| CEO 2010 | June 5th-6th, 2010 | 4th | 1st | Hungrybox |
| Apex 2010 | August 6th-8th, 2010 | 13th | 17th | Chillin |
| Shell Shocked X | November 6th, 2010 | 2nd | 1st | Chillin |
| Pound V | February 19th-21st, 2011 | 17th | 5th | Redd |
| Zenith 2011 | May 28th-29th, 2011 | 7th | 9th | Nando |
| Shell Shocked XI | October 28th, 2011 | 1st | — | — |
| Apex 2012 | January 6th-8th, 2012 | 33rd | 5th | Kage |
| Shell Shocked XII | February 11th, 2012 | 2nd | 1st | Boss |
| Shell Shocked XIII | May 18th, 2012 | 1st | 3rd | Boss |
| Zenith 2012 | May 26th-27th, 2012 | 3rd | 9th | Teczero |
| Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | 33rd | 9th | Chillin |
| Shell Shocked XIV | March 8th, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Chillin |
| eSmashLANd | March 22nd, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Chillin |
| Smash @ Clarendon 4/25/14 | April 25th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Squabbles | May 3rd, 2014 | 5th | — | — |
| Smash @ Clarendon 5/23/14 | May 23rd, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 5/27 | May 27th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| SKTAR 3 | May 31st-June 1st, 2014 | 9th | 9th | ZoSo |
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 6/3 | June 3rd, 2014 | 3rd | — | — |
| Smash @ Clarendon 6/6/14 | June 6th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Thanks For Playing 7 | June 7th, 2014 | 5th | 2nd | DP |
| MLG Anaheim 2014 | June 20th-22nd, 2014 | 29th | 4th | Chillin |
| CEO 2014 | June 27th-29th, 2014 | 9th | 3rd | Chillin |
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 6/17 | June 17th, 2014 | 3rd | — | — |
| EVO 2014 | July 11th-13th, 2014 | 17th | 13th | Chillin |
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 7/22 | July 22nd, 2014 | 4th | — | — |
| Smash @ Clarendon 8/1/2014 | August 1st, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Mortality eSports Tournament | August 2nd, 2014 | 1st | 2nd | Level 9 Luigi |
| Smash @ Clarendon 8/29/2014 | August 29th, 2014 | 7th | — | — |
| Shell Shocked XVI | October 11th, 2014 | 2nd | 2nd | Chillin |
| Apex 2015 | January 30th-February 1st, 2015 | 25th | 4th | Chillin |
| CEO 2015 | June 26th-28th, 2015 | 25th | 7th | Ken |
| EVO 2015 | July 17th-19th, 2015 | 7th | — | — |
| Super Smash Con | August 6th-9th, 2015 | 17th | — | — |
| Paragon Los Angeles 2015 | September 5th-6th, 2015 | 25th | — | — |
| Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays 1/20 | January 20th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays 2/17 | February 17th, 2016 | 3rd | — | — |
| Pound 2016 | April 2nd-3rd, 2016 | 17th | 7th | Chillin |
| CEO 2016 | June 24th-26th, 2016 | 7th | 9th | Chillin |
| EVO 2016 | July 15th-17th, 2016 | 17th | 5th | Chillin |
| Super Smash Con 2016 | August 11th-14th, 2016 | 17th | 5th | Chillin |
| Heir 3 | August 19th-21st, 2016 | 3rd | 4th | Reaper |
| The Big House 6 | October 7th-9th, 2016 | 17th | 4th | Chillin |
| UGC Smash Open | December 2nd-4th, 2016 | 17th | 9th | Professor Pro |
| GENESIS 4 | January 20th-22nd, 2017 | 9th | 13th | Chillin |
| Smash Summit Spring 2017 | March 2nd-5th, 2017 | 7th | 7th | HugS |
| Smash Rivalries | April 8th-9th, 2017 | 5th | 7th | Wizzrobe |
| HFLAN Melee Edition 2017 | April 15th-16th, 2017 | 2nd | 2nd | Chillin |
| Inheritance | April 22nd, 2017 | 1st | 2nd | r0cket_wizard |
| DreamHack Austin 2017 | April 28th-30th, 2017 | 2nd | 13th | Chillin |
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critical Hit 3 | July 5th, 2008 | 17th | 3rd | Forte |
| Clash of the Titans IV | February 7th-8th, 2009 | 7th | 4th | Azen |
| Apex 2009 | May 9th-10th, 2009 | 33rd | 13th | Plank |
| C3 August Assault | August 15th, 2009 | 5th | 1st | Azen |
| Pound 4 | January 16th-18th, 2010 | 13th | 5th | Candy |
| MLG Orlando 2010 | April 16th-18th, 2010 | 17th | 17th | Candy |
| CEO 2010 | June 5th-6th, 2010 | 1st (split) | 1st | Candy |
| Apex 2010 | August 6th-8th, 2010 | 17th | 2nd | Junebug |
| MLG DC 2010 | October 15th-17th, 2010 | 33rd | 17th | Junebug |
| Pound V | February 19th-21st, 2011 | 13th | 7th | Atomsk |
| Apex 2012 | January 6th-8th, 2012 | 65th | 5th | Fatal |
| IMPULSE | June 30th-July 1st, 2012 | 7th | 3rd | Tin Man |
| Apex 2013 | January 11th-13th, 2013 | 33rd | 17th | Anti |
| Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | 33rd | 17th | Will |
| SKTAR 3 | May 31st-June 1st, 2014 | 33rd | 5th | DEHF |
| Apex 2015 | January 30th-February 1st, 2015 | — | 5th | Chibo |
| Glitch 2 | September 24th-25th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 10/7 | October 7th, 2014 | 9th | — | — |
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apex 2015 | January 30th-February 1st, 2015 | 25th | 25th | DEHF |
| Paragon Los Angeles 2015 | September 5th-6th, 2015 | 49th | — | — |
| Midwest Mayhem 1 | March 19th, 2016 | 25th | — | — |
| CEO 2016 | June 24th-26th, 2016 | 129th | 49th | DewDaDash |
| EVO 2016 | July 15th-17th, 2016 | 385th | — | — |
| The Big House 6 | October 7th-9th, 2016 | 257th | 13th | Puppeh |
| UGC Smash Open | December 2nd-4th, 2016 | 49th | — | — |
Project M
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenith 2012 | May 26th-27th, 2012 | 2nd | — | — |
| Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | 33rd | — | — |
| Squabbles | May 3rd, 2014 | 3rd | 1st | Cactuar |
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 5/13 | May 13th, 2014 | 3rd | — | — |
| Project M Showdown 3.02 | May 17th, 2014 | 7th | 1st | ZeRo |
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 5/27 | May 27th, 2014 | 5th | — | — |
| SKTAR 3 | May 31st-June 1st, 2014 | 7th | 17th | Chillin |
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 6/3 | June 3rd, 2014 | 5th | — | — |
| Thanks For Playing 7 | June 7th, 2014 | 3rd | 1st | Chillin |
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 6/17 | June 17th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 6/24 | June 24th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| CEO 2014 | June 27th-29th, 2014 | 4th | 3rd | Chillin |
| EVO 2014 | July 12th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 8/26 | August 26th, 2014 | 3rd | — | — |
| Smash @ Xanadu Monthly 8/30 | August 30th, 2014 | 4th | 1st | Boss |
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 9/9 | September 9th, 2014 | 3rd | — | — |
| Shell Shocked XVI | October 11th, 2014 | 7th | — | — |
| Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays 1/20 | January 20th, 2016 | 2nd | — | — |
| Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays 2/17 | February 17th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
Trivia
- ChuDat is the only Melee Ice Climbers player to make it to Top 8 at EVO twice, EVO World 2007 and EVO 2015, showing that he has stood the test of time. The other Ice Climbers to make it to Top 8 are Fly Amanita and Wobbles.
- ChuDat is the first and only Ice Climbers player in Melee to ever take a game over Armada's Peach in tournament, doing so at Heir 3. He would take another game off of him at HFLAN Melee Edition 2017.
- ChuDat is the second voted-in player to make it to Top 8 at Smash Summit, doing so at Smash Summit Spring 2017, and the only voted-in player to start in winners bracket.
External links
- Twitter account
- YouTube account
- SSBWorld profile
- Frostbite - An Ice Climbers combo video (gameplay featuring ChuDat)
- OC-Chu (gameplay featuring ChuDat at OC2, presented by Nealdt)
- ChuDat's SmashBoards public profile ChuDat talking about his Smash name's origins in the Smash Brothers Documentary Episode 2
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