SSBMRank 2017

SSBMRank 2017
Period active	December 10th, 2016 - December 10th, 2017 (December 17th, 2017 for last edits to Top 30)
Region	Global
Game(s) supported	Super Smash Bros. Melee
Producer(s)	Melee It On Me

The SSBMRank 2017 lists the world's top 100 Super Smash Bros. Melee smashers, as compiled by Melee It On Me. They are being announced in a series of Red Bull eSports articles that are published from January 3rd, 2018 to January 16th, 2018.

Methodology[edit]

Roughly 60 people, such as top players, community leaders, tournament seeders, and regional power rankers, were chosen to be panelists for this edition of SSBMRank. The panelists were asked to rate players based on the following criterion:
Based on quality and quantity of results in 2017, rate each player on a scale of 1-10. Imagine if everyone entered a tournament, one hundred times. Who would perform the best?
The tournaments were from Eden to (only top 30 could be edited at this point) The Holiday Bash Smash Invitational. They voted on a 1-10 scale with the best player receiving a "10" and the worst player receiving a "1". Ballots that were not scaled properly were rescaled using an algorithm. The three lowest and three highest ratings before taking the average were removed in order to reduce the variance.

Panelists[edit]

Canada (4) - Nate$, TO Joe, Mosh, PracticalTAS
Europe (6) - King Funk, Mobiusman, Flippy, Reverb, solariiii, Mahie
South Korea (1) - KayB
Maryland/Virginia (4) - Redd, Chillin, Rishi, Fendrick Lamar
Midwest (5) - Juggleguy, Duck, Vro, Redd, Gamero
Mountain Area (2) - Appel, MattDotZeb
New England (3) - EdwinBudding, Gtown Tom, Crush
Northern California (5) - Reno, DestinyFan21, Nintendude, dizzkidboogie, Algebra123230/Dingus (dual ballot)
Pacific Northwest (3) - Aiden, Rustin, FatGoku
Southern California (4) - Captain Faceroll, Chroma, HugS, S2J
South (5) - Gimme, Tuesday, SleepyK, Zhea, Jake13
Arizona (1) - Tai
Tristate (6) - Pikachu942/Ambisinister (dual ballot), Swedish Delight, Ryobeat, Slox, GimmeDatWheat, SaveAsUntitled

Rankings[edit]

Hungrybox's player card

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character(s)	Rating
1	Hungrybox	2	▲ 1		100
2	Armada	1	▼ 1		99.2
3	Mango	3	0		97.4
4	Mew2King	4	0		96.3
5	Plup	6	▲ 1		95.3
6	Leffen	5	▼ 1		94.9
7	Axe	9	▲ 2		92.6
8	Wizzrobe	12	▲ 4		91.8
9	SFAT	7	▼ 2		91.7
10	S2J	16	▲ 6		89.4
11	ChuDat	22	▲ 11		88.8
12	Druggedfox	23	▲ 11		87.8
13	Shroomed	10	▼ 3		87.7
14	Duck	15	▲ 1		85.2
15	Crush	49	▲ 34		85
16	Swedish Delight	11	▼ 5		84.8
17	Lucky	19	▲ 2		84.8
18	Westballz	8	▼ 10		84.1
19	La Luna	21	▲ 2		84
20	n0ne	18	▼ 2		82.6
21	PewPewU	14	▼ 7		81.6
22	Zain	66	▲ 44		80.3
23	HugS	38	▲ 15		79.1
24	aMSa	32	▲ 8		78.3
25	Mike Haze	28	▲ 3		76.9
26	lloD	54	▲ 28		76.1
27	dizzkidboogie	27	0		75.8
28	Ice	13	▼ 15		75.6
29	KirbyKaze	29	0		74.0
30	Colbol	25	▼ 5		73.6
31	Trif	44	▲ 13		73.5
32	Ryan Ford	48	▲ 16		73.1
33	Syrox	67	▲ 34		72.4
34	KJH	34	0		71.2
35	Nintendude	17	▼ 18		70.7
36	Rishi	62	▲ 26		68.4
37	Bladewise	39	▲ 2		67.2
38	Prince Abu	42	▲ 4		66.4
39	Amsah	58	▲ 19		66.0
40	Santiago	43	▲ 3		65.9
41	Professor Pro	24	▼ 17		65.5
42	Slox	51	▲ 9		65.5
43	Gahtzu	35	▼ 8		63.4
44	Android	63	▲ 19		62.2
45	Hax	—	—		62.1
46	Kage	70	▲ 24		61.1
47	Captain Smuckers	64	▲ 17		61.1
48	MacD	26	▼ 22		59.8
49	Ginger	—	—		58.5
50	Laudandus	33	▼ 17		57.7
51	Kels	55	▲ 4		57.6
52	Captain Faceroll	45	▼ 7		57.4
53	ARMY	—	—		57.3
54	Junebug	—	—		55.3
55	Medz	89	▲ 34		55.1
56	Abate	40	▼ 16		53.8
57	Chillin	36	▼ 21		50.9
58	Squid	69	▲ 11		50.8
59	Azusa	57	▼ 2		50.3
60	Overtriforce	53	▼ 7		49.7
61	Spark	—	—		48.9
62	Ka-Master	76	▲ 14		48.5
63	Trulliam	77	▲ 14		48.0
64	Cactuar	60	▼ 4		47.9
65	Redd	59	▼ 6		47.2
66	Zhu	31	▼ 35		46.6
67	Darkatma	72	▲ 5		46.5
68	Drephen	75	▲ 7		46.3
69	FatGoku	—	—		45.9
70	Kalamazhu	71	▲ 1		45.8
71	Eddy Mexico	56	▼ 15		45.0
72	drunksloth	100	▲ 28		44.9
73	Cal	—	—		44.9
74	AbsentPage	—	—		44.2
75	King Momo	—	—		43.7
76	DJ Nintendo	65	▼ 11		43.6
77	HomeMadeWaffles	80	▲ 3		43.6
78	Lovage	73	▼ 5		42.6
79	MilkMan	81	▲ 2		41.9
80	Tai	74	▼ 6		41.7
81	Rik	—	—		41.6
82	Rocky	—	—		41.4
83	Jerry	—	—		41.3
84	iBDW	—	—		41.2
85	KPAN	—	—		41.1
86	Mojo	88	▲ 2		40.7
87	$mike	97	▲ 10		38.1
88	Darktooth	—	—		37.4
89	Zgetto	61	▼ 28		36.8
90	Blea Gelo	—	—		36.6
91	Kaeon	—	—		36.1
92	Bobby Frizz	—	—		35.9
93	Iceman	—	—		35.3
94	L	—	—		35.3
95	NMW	93	▼ 2		33.2
96	Moky	—	—		32.9
97	Legend	—	—		32.6
98	Zealous5000	—	—		32.3
99	Ralph	—	—		31.8
100	2Saint	—	—		31.4

101-104 (Just Barely Missed The Cut)[edit]

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character(s)	Rating
101	Reeve	—	—		31.2
102	Bananas	—	—		31.0
103	Nightmare	98	▼ 5		30.4
104	Vro	—	—		30.3

Hidden Bosses[edit]

The Hidden Bosses were divided into two lists. The first list includes players that made it into the final ballot for SSBMRank and the second list includes the list of players who made it to the first nomination list, but were removed due to a lack of activity or a low likelihood of making the top 100 cut.

List of Final Nominees[edit]

• mayb
• Sharkz
• Ryobeat
• vortex
• A Rookie
• Reno
• EastCoastJeff
• R2DLiu
• Bizzarro Flame
• Stango
• Rustin
• HAT
• Mahie
• Coffeeblack
• Daydee
• Qerb
• Eikelmann
• Cob
• Plank
• Zorc
• Michael

Initial Nominee List (Players that were noted, but were not on the final ballots)[edit]

• 4%
• 42nd
• Adam
• Alan
• Albert
• Alex19
• ALP
• Animal
• Aperture
• Ashtrei
• Atomsk
• Avalancer
• Azzu
• Baphomet
• Barraca
• Baxon
• Belia
• Bizzarro Flame
• Blue Jay
• Bones
• Boulevard
• Boyd
• CDK
• Chandy
• Chango
• Chef Rach
• Chris Best
• CIZ
• Cloud
• Conman
• Cool Lime
• Crim
• Crunch
• Dai
• Darrell
• DaShizWiz
• Däumling
• Derdian
• DjaGoF
• DoH
• DonB
• Dr. Z
• dudutsai
• Eagle
• eBay
• Eliott
• Envy
• ESAM
• FA0
• Fauxhebro
• Faxx
• Fiction
• Fizz
• Flipsy
• Fluid
• Frenzy
• Frootloop
• Fuzzyness
• gaR
• Ginta
• Glitch
• Goomy
• Gravy
• Heartstrings
• Hex
• HiFi
• HT
• Humpe
• Hungry Pigeon
• i4n
• Isdsar
• Jah Ridin'
• Jake13
• Jamrun
• Jeapie
• Jeff Foxworthy
• JKJ
• JohnnyFight
• Josh
• Juanpi
• K-12
• Kalvar
• Keenan
• Ken
• Lad
• Lanceinthepants
• Levingy
• LK
• LLDL
• Lunar Dusk
• Makenshi
• MattDotZeb
• MegaChristmas
• Messenger
• MojoMonkey
• Monib
• Morsecode762
• Mr. F
• MrLz
• MT
• Nakamaman
• Nerin
• NY Joey
• Oaty
• OkayP.
• ORLY
• Padre
• Pengie
• Plum
• Porkchops
• Prinz
• prof
• PRZ
• Quang
• Reaper
• Reason
• Rick
• RK
• RockCrock
• s0ft
• Scar
• SchlimmShady
• SDJ
• SFOP
• Shamunt
• Shinobi
• Silent Wolf
• SilentSpectre
• Silly Kyle
• Sinbad
• SluG
• SmashBob SquarePants
• Sol
• Sverre
• Swiftbass
• Taj
• Tempo
• TheSWOOPER
• Thumbs
• Trademark
• Tran
• Tranimal
• Tuesday
• Twitch
• UUAA
• Valdo
• Vanitas
• Vickram
• Vino
• Vinodh
• Vish
• Vist
• Voo
• voorhese
• Wavebringer
• Webwipe
• Wenbobular
• Weon-X
• XIF
• Yabasta
• yoshiCR
• Zasa
• Zeo
• Zoler
• ZoSo
• Zuppy

Trivia[edit]

• Rather than filling out his ballot using his own personal opinions, PracticalTAS instead used the algorithm from the PGR v4 to fill out his ballot.^[1]

External links[edit]

• The MIOM 2017 TTS
• SSBMRank 2017 Returns to Red Bull
• SSBMRank 2017: The Process
• SSBMRank 2017: Hidden Bosses
• SSBMRank 2017: The List of Panelists
• SSBMRank 2017: FAQ
• SSBMRank 2017: Just Barely Missed The Cut (104-101)
• SSBMRank 2017 on Red Bull eSports: 100-91, 90-81, 80-71, 70-61, 60-51, 50-41, 40-31, 30-21, 20-11, 10-1

References[edit]