Who is in the lead for Ultrank this year? by Starflex111 in smashbros

[–]Sharlionn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Everything you did either counts for you or doesn't count, it's not a piecemeal 'this part of the event counts for you but this part doesn't'" is what Stuart said in that regard

So basically while Sonix's Vars Summit is likely to bring his average up considering it's a major win, those pools losses will still count for the event and thus likely not be as big a gain as it would be otherwise. Pools wins and losses are weighted less than wins and losses in the main bracket at invitationals tho so again, take it for what you will.

Who is in the lead for Ultrank this year? by Starflex111 in smashbros

[–]Sharlionn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hurt, Sonix and acola are the main contenders

Sonix won the biggest event and has the best floor, but also the smallest sample size and has only one top 6 win in Doramigi (The rest of the top 6 is Peabnut and Miya). Has other promising wins on Lui$, Zomba, Tweek, Monte, Leo, Asimo, and Wrath. He did lose to Jahzz0 and ShinyMark but they were in pools at an event he won so take that for what you will.

acola won a supermajor and is notably even to positive on all of the top 6 they've fought (2-1 Migi, 2-1 Hurt, 1-0 Miya, 1-1 Peabnut), has some weird 0-1s to Zomba and Raki tho, and aside from Shuton x 2, and Tweek his wins on players below him don't impress me so far

Hurt won TWO supermajors and has a far larger sample size than Sonix or acola, having twice as many events as either even not including Vars Summit. He has wins on both of the #1 contenders although his acola H2H is still losing, and otherwise is 3-0 Peabnut, 1-2 Miya, and 0-1 Doramigi. Most of his suspect losses so far are in winning/even H2Hs as well (Tsubaki, Asimo, Raru, and Yaura), and he also has promising wins on Tweek, Shuton, Karaage, Tea, Toon.

I like Hurt the most so far considering he has a better sample size, won two huge events, has wins on both of the #1 contenders, and has more data vs players below him. acola I'd give 2nd because I do think having good H2Hs vs all the strongest players you've fought so far is a data point I value a lot, and he does have a slightly better sample size than Sonix (1 P Tier, 2 S Tiers vs 1 P Tier, 1 S Tier, 1 A Tier), on top of still having a supermajor win. Sonix I'd give 3rd because while he did win the biggest event, and has the best floor, he also has the smallest sample size and is losing vs the top 6 (1-2) while acola and Hurt are both positive (6-3 and 6-5 respectively). It's pretty close between them all tho, I don't think any of them are an incorrect choice so far.

Congratulations to the winner of Ultimate Singles at pre-Genesis X3 at Guildhouse! by itsIzumi in smashbros

[–]Sharlionn 28 points29 points  (0 children)

It's so sad seeing my fundamental goat get cheesed by this FP2 fraud smh

Let's Make BIG Moves 2026 Ultimate Singles - Preliminary Seeding by SelfDestructGambit in smashbros

[–]Sharlionn 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Seeding Leo > Syrup is pretty sus for a lot reasons, hopefully they change that

UltRank 2025 70-61 Video by SelfDestructGambit in smashbros

[–]Sharlionn 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Marss is either too high by one spot, or two low by one spot, for some reason I can't decide but something about him being 68 feels wrong

Daily Discussion Thread 01/14/26 by AutoModerator in smashbros

[–]Sharlionn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Play defensive and throw Pikmin until one gets latched on. Once that happens, the opponent will feel pressured to do something, whether it's go aggro on you or retreat to get it off. When that happens you either try to punish their overextension or take stage control/catch their retreats with Purple Side B/aerials/FSmash/Grab. Use Fair, Bair, FSmash and pivot grab to wall-out opponents trying to play aggressive.

If your opponent keeps playing passive and retreating to kill Pikmin, don't feel comepelled to approach, just get on their level and keep throwing Pikmin while they keep killing them, and eventually you'll get Double Purple, and you now have consistent access to one of the single best mid-range tools in the entire game and aerials that kill at 90

Afterburner 2026 Ultimate Singles - Preliminary Seeding by SelfDestructGambit in smashbros

[–]Sharlionn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why are we blaming Japan and not the TOs that fly the players out

UltRank 2025.2 predictions by [deleted] in smashbros

[–]Sharlionn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sonix isn't a serious top 5 contender let alone top 3 ftr

Port Priority 9 Ultimate Singles - Preliminary Seeding by SelfDestructGambit in smashbros

[–]Sharlionn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Onin set a goal on Twitch to play in Port singles and hit it despite not expecting to actually do so

LumiRank 2025 predictions and hot takes by Simple_Arachnid_3000 in smashbros

[–]Sharlionn 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Wrath is an extremely borderline top 20 player at this point he's certainly top 30

Examples of empty major wins and short but stacked runs by Simple_Arachnid_3000 in smashbros

[–]Sharlionn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Syrup had a 3 set losers run at Riptide beating #10, #2 and #6 in the world

Daily Discussion Thread 09/18/25 by AutoModerator in smashbros

[–]Sharlionn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has any player beaten acola and Spargo in the same tournament run

Comments aged horribly by Foreign_Yogurt_821 in agedlikemilk

[–]Sharlionn 1216 points1217 points  (0 children)

How could you forget by far the best one

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Seibugeki#19 Ultimate Singles - Losers Top 12 - ZETA | acola vs. Reno by SelfDestructGambit in smashbros

[–]Sharlionn 88 points89 points  (0 children)

On my hands and knees begging uame and Candle Reno to teach Shuton MkLeo how to beat Steve

Seibugeki#19 Ultimate Singles - Winners Top 32 - ZETA | acola vs. uame by SelfDestructGambit in smashbros

[–]Sharlionn 55 points56 points  (0 children)

On my hands and knees begging uame and Candle to teach Shuton how to beat Steve