Smasher:Zhu
Zhu "Poor Zhu" | |
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Character info | |
Melee main | Falco |
Other Melee characters | Sheik, Fox, Pikachu, Ice Climbers |
Team info | |
Crew(s) | BOXR |
Former crews | Baysians, Team Gamecenter, Smash Practice |
Rankings and results info | |
Most recent ranking | 2016 SSBMRank: 31st |
Winnings | ~$5,104.02 |
Personal and other info | |
Real name | Julian (Yue) Zhu |
Birth date | |
Location | Berkeley, California |
Miscellaneous info | |
Skill | Top professional |
Zhu is a Melee Falco player from Northern California who is considered to be one of the best Falco players in the world. He was initially known most for self-destructing at crucial moments, dubbed "zhuiciding," and being the recipient of the original Wombo Combo. Zhu has made a series of combo videos named "Happy Feet," which showcase his Falco. At GENESIS, he defeated renowned smasher Mew2King in losers' quarters for his placement. At EVO 2016, Zhu has a remarkable performance, defeating players such as Lucky, ChuDat, Laudandus, and Darkrain to get 9th place.
He is currently helping to run SmashPractice along with Cactuar.
Zhu is currently ranked 31st on the 2016 SSBMRank and 1st on the Philadelphia Melee Power Rankings, and was formerly ranked 4th on the NorCal Melee Power Rankings.
Tournament placings
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
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Zero Challenge 3 | July 20th-22nd, 2007 | 49th | 9th | Falcomist |
Super Champ Combo | September 29th-30th, 2007 | 33rd | 17th | Falcomist |
SoCal Best of 2007 | December 29th, 2007 | 7th | 2nd | DieSuperFly |
UCSD Winter Smash II | January 12th-13th, 2008 | 3rd | 3rd | ? |
UCLA V: Melee Strikes Back | March 1st, 2008 | 3rd | 4th | Falcomist |
UCLA VII: Avalanche | November 9th, 2008 | 2nd | 3rd | DEHF |
SCSA West Coast Circuit 1 | December 6th, 2008 | 4th | 4th | Lucky |
UCLA Revival | February 15th, 2009 | 2nd | 1st | Lucky |
Revival of Melee | March 7th-8th, 2009 | 13th | 7th | Drephen |
Mango Juice | March 21st, 2009 | 2nd | 3rd | Forward |
GENESIS | July 10th-12th, 2009 | 4th | 9th | MacD |
Active Gamers | September 26th-27th, 2009 | 4th | 2nd | Mew2King |
Pat's House | November 14th-15th, 2009 | 2nd | 2nd | MacD |
R3 | December 19th-20th, 2009 | 3rd | — | — |
Pound 4 | January 16th-18th, 2010 | 7th | 33rd | MacD |
SCSA West Coast Circuit 5 | January 30th, 2010 | 5th | — | — |
Tourney Play 5 | May 8th, 2010 | 5th | 4th | MacD |
Good Shit German | July 24th-25th, 2010 | 9th | 1st | Mew2King |
Apex 2010 | August 6th-8th, 2010 | 7th | 13th | VaNz |
Don't Go Down There Jeff | December 18th, 2010 | 3rd | 2nd | Hungrybox |
Winter Game Fest VI | January 22nd-23rd, 2011 | 4th | 3rd | MacD |
Pound V | February 19th-21st, 2011 | 13th | 9th | MacD |
No Johns 7/2/11 | July 2nd, 2011 | 3rd | 2nd | Hax |
No Johns 8/6/11 | August 6th, 2011 | 1st | 1st | Mew2King |
KTAR 6 | August 14th, 2011 | 2nd | 1st | Mew2King |
Apex 2012 | January 6th-8th, 2012 | 13th | 33rd | Hack |
Winter Game Fest VII | January 15th, 2012 | 4th | 2nd | Fly Amanita |
Rule 6: NorCal Regional | July 29th, 2012 | 9th | 9th | Fly Amanita |
Kings of Cali | November 10th, 2012 | 17th | 5th | Shroomed |
Apex 2013 | January 11th-13th, 2013 | 13th | 33rd | Silent Wolf |
NorCal Regionals 2013 | April 26th-28th, 2013 | 7th | — | — |
EVO 2013 | July 12th-14th, 2013 | 17th | — | — |
LanHammer 2013 | August 17th-18th, 2013 | 5th | — | — |
Kings of Cali 3 | December 14th-15th, 2013 | 17th | 13th | Toph |
Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | 17th | 13th | Darc |
Revival of Melee 7 | March 8th-9th, 2014 | 9th | 9th | Cactuar |
SKTAR 3 | May 31st-June 1st, 2014 | 7th | 13th | Cactuar |
MLG Anaheim 2014 | June 20th-22nd, 2014 | 21st | — | — |
EVO 2014 | July 11th-13th, 2014 | 49th | 17th | Cactuar |
Zenith 2014 | August 2nd-3rd, 2014 | 3rd | 3rd | Cactuar |
The Big House 4 | October 4th-5th, 2014 | 25th | 9th | Cactuar |
Justice 4 | October 11th, 2014 | 3rd | 9th | Animal |
Do You Fox Wit It? | November 15th-16th, 2014 | 9th | 9th | Flash |
Paragon Orlando 2015 | January 17th-18th, 2015 | 13th | 9th | Cactuar |
Apex 2015 | January 30th-February 1st, 2015 | 17th | Cactuar | |
Shots Fired | February 28th-March 1st, 2015 | 3rd | 3rd | Velocity |
NeoNebulous 7 | March 28th, 2015 | 3rd | 3rd | Cactuar |
Super Nebulous 3 | April 25th-26th, 2015 | 17th | 5th | Cactuar |
HFLAN Melee Edition | May 9th-10th, 2015 | 5th | 1st | Armada |
CEO 2015 | June 26th-28th, 2015 | 9th | 5th | Cactuar |
EVO 2015 | July 17th-19th, 2015 | 33rd | — | — |
Super Smash Con | August 6th-9th, 2015 | 9th | 17th | Cactuar |
PAX Prime 2015 | August 28th-30th, 2015 | 9th | 4th | Cactuar |
HTC Throwdown | September 19th, 2015 | 17th | 17th | Cactuar |
The Big House 5 | October 2nd-4th 2015 | 17th | 9th | Cactuar |
Smash the Record 2015 | October 23rd-26th, 2015 | — | 4th | Cactuar |
Smash Summit | November 7th-8th, 2015 | 13th | 7th | Westballz |
GENESIS 3 | January 15th-17th 2016 | 33rd | 17th | Cactuar |
Shots Fired 2 | March 5th-6th, 2016 | 5th | 2nd | Mew2King |
Pound 2016 | April 2nd-3rd, 2016 | 25th | — | — |
Emerald City III | June 18th, 2016 | 5th | 4th | Silent Wolf |
CEO 2016 | June 24th-26th, 2016 | 25th | 7th | MacD |
EVO 2016 | July 15th-17th, 2016 | 9th | — | — |
Super Smash Con 2016 | August 11th-14th, 2016 | 17th | — | — |
DI Another Day 2 | September 8-11th, 2016 | 2nd | 1st | Spud |
The Big House 6 | October 7th-9th, 2016 | 33rd | 25th | Nintendude |
Canada Cup 2016 | October 28th-30th, 2016 | 5th | 4th | MacD |
Smash the Record 2016 | November 11th-14th, 2016 | 17th | 9th | MacD |
GENESIS 4 | January 20th-22nd, 2017 | 33rd | 17th | Cactuar |
The NorCal Classic | February 25th, 2017 | 9th | — | — |
Royal Flush | May 12th-14th, 2017 | 25th | 5th | Hungrybox |
Project M
Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
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Shots Fired | February 28th-March 1st, 2015 | 49th | — | — |
Trivia
- Several tournament streams, and even the 2014 SSBMRank, jokingly list "Poor" as a sponsor of Zhu as a reference to the Wombo Combo.
- Zhu is also known to have held a 2-year winning streak over Hax, not losing to him in bracket even once until No Johns 7/2/11, and defeating him in every encounter afterward until Revival of Melee 7.
- Zhu used the tag CG for some of his sets at EVO 2016, which is a reference to this Silvagunner video
External links
- Northern California smashers
- Southern California smashers
- Pennsylvania smashers
- Falco professionals (SSBM)
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- VIP players
- 2013 SSBMRank ranked players
- 2014 SSBMRank ranked players
- 2015 SSBMRank ranked players
- 2016 SSBMRank ranked players
- 2013 SSBMRank top 25
- 2014 SSBMRank top 25
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