![]() ![]() He then made a losers run, defeating Wizzrobe, moky, Kalamazhu, and S2J twice to win the event. ![]() Zain started off 2021 by winning Four Loko Fight Night, defeating Hungrybox but dropping a set to S2J in Winners Semis. While he got 5th at Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 3, dropping sets to S2J and Axe, many people still considered Zain to be the best player of 2020. He then won Smash Summit 10, defeating Spark, S2J, Ginger, iBDW, and Mang0 twice. He then won three weeks of Slippi Champions League, taking sets off of Wizzrobe, iBDW, Mang0, n0ne, Captain Faceroll, and Spark. Zain began by winning Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 2, defeating S2J, Plup, and Mang0 twice. In the summer of 2020, Rollback Netocde was released for Melee, and soon enough, online tournaments soon began once again, this time being much more valid than delay based netcode. With Roy, he took sets off of Ginger, KJH, 2saint, Magi, and even took Hungrybox to Game 5. Zain dominantly won the online iteration of Pound 2020 with delay based netcode, defeating Plup and 6-0'ing Hungrybox in Winners Finals and Grand Finals.ĭespite this, Zain still wanted more from competition, and so Zain began to enter tournaments with Roy, under the name "DontTestMe". He took the tournament through the winners side by taking sets off of players such as Boyd, Jakenshaken, S2J, Shroomed, Mang0, and Hungrybox (x2).ĭespite placing 4th at Smash Summit 9, things were looking up for Zain, but soon after, the COVID-19 pandemic caused the world to go into lockdown, and thus making in person events impossible to hold. Zain won his first premier tournament, and the first premier of 2020, at GENESIS 7. He would gain even better results than the year prior, getting 2nd at The Big House 9 and Low Tier City 7, 3rd at Super Smash Con 2019 and Mainstage, 4th at Pound 2019, and winning Come To Papa 3 by double eliminating Hungrybox.ĭespite showing more consistent results, he failed to win a major in 2019 and was ranked 6th on the 2019 MPGR. Zain would show a new form of consistency throughout 2019, only missing Top 8 at one tournament throughout the year. He would end the year being ranked 7th on the 2018 MPGR. The only other players to do so are Leffen, Plup, Wizzrobe, Axe, and iBDW. This tournament win made him one of the only players to take a major tournament in the era of the gods. He would end up being ranked 9th on the 2018 Summer MPGR.Īfter back to back 9th place finishes at EVO 2018 and Super Smash Con 2018, Zain had a historic win at Shine 2018 when he took the tournament beating players such as Drunksloth, Lucky, n0ne, Mang0 for the 3rd time in a row, and Hungrybox (x2). At Smash 'N' Splash 4, he lost to Hungrybox and Armada but once again defeated Mang0. He started off with a 13th place finish at GENESIS 5, where he was eliminated from losers by Wizzrobe in a nailbiter Game 5.Īt Smash Summit 6 Zain went on a tear through the event, where he beat Ginger, SFAT, Mang0, and Plup while only losing to Mew2King twice (once in pools) and Armada to finish 3rd. Similar to the year before, Zain's trajectory went even further in 2018, reaching heights no one thought possible. He would finish at 22nd on the SSBMRank 2017. At Smash 'N' Splash 3, he made a reverse 3-0 upset on Leffen, and ended up placing 13th by losing to S2J and Plup.Īt Super Smash Con 2017, Zain pulled off an incredible 5th place performance, defeating ChuDat, lloD, Rishi, and SFAT while only losing to Hungrybox and Mew2King. He then made his debut on the SSBMRank 2016, finishing at 66th.Ģ017 became a breakout year for Zain, even moreso than late 2016. The Big House 6 is considered Zain's breakout tournament, as he defeated a number of notable players including Tafokints, Plup, and KJH, ultimately finishing in 17th place. He only went up from there, soon becoming a Top 5 player in his region by the end of the year. He made his debut on the MDVA Power Rankings in Spring of 2016, where he was ranked 12th. Zain began entering Melee tournaments in 2014, and became a well known player in MDVA.
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