We are down to the final 10. To celebrate each of the players, we have given them their own page to celebrate 2015. Rest assured, we will release #7-9 today as well. Share your thoughts about today with the hashtag #SSBMRank2015.


Photo Credits to Old Abbot (@oldAbbot)

Rank
Rating
SSBMRank 2014
10
8.819
14
Tournament Results
Apex2015 ceo2015 evo2015 bh5
7
5
25
5
7
Other Results
7th at Paragon 2015
3rd at NorCal Regionals 2015
9th at I’m Not Yelling!
7th at Press Start
13th at Paragon LA
7th at HTC Throwdown
5th at Smash Summit
Summary
2015 has seen the rise of many new Sheiks — but it wasn’t long ago that Shroomed, not Plup, was the mid tier hero who picked up Sheik in pursuit of something higher. In his second year among the ranks of the high tiers, Shroomed seems to have found his own unique footing: while other Sheiks have pushed the character through expanding her punish game and movement options, he continues to find success through his incredible fundamentals and reads. DruggedFox may advocate for perfection in tech chasing, but Shroomed is proof that getting inside your opponent’s head can be even more devastating. 
It’s rare that Shroomed doesn’t make top 8 these days, and he’s proven that he has the skill to get even further, having taken out Mew2King and Mango at Apex and CEO, respectively. An uneven middle of the year can perhaps be attributed to nerves from signing with his new sponsor, Winterfox, but even after taking a few shots, Shroomed always seems to bounce back. He’s proven so with a string of four top 8 performances in a row at HTC Throwdown, The Big House 5, Smash Summit, and Dreamhack Winter, even managing to eliminate the infamous Team UGS at the latter alongside MacD – on European soil, no less. The question now is whether Shroomed can turn the highs we’ve seen glimpses of into a constant threat; if so, expect him to have a lot to yell about in 2016.
-Zane Bhansali (@epengu), edited by Andrew Nestico (@PracticalTAS)
Top 10 H2H Stats
Player
2015 Sets
Set Wins
Set Losses
%
vs. Mango
4
1
3
25
vs. Leffen
1
0
1
0
vs. Mew2King
4
1
3
25
vs. PPMD
0
0
0
0
vs. Armada
2
0
2
0
vs. Hungrybox
2
0
2
0
vs. Top 1-6
13
2
11
15
vs. Axe
5
3
2
60
vs. Plup
4
2
2
50
vs. Shroomed
0
0
0
0
vs. Westballz
6
2
4
33
vs. Top 7-10
15
7
8
47
Total
28
9
19
32

Panelists

42 Panelists

(More Panelists were asked from each region, but did not turn in a ballot in a timely manner)

Socal (6)
– HugS
– s2j
– MacD
– MikeHaze
– Kira
– Reno

Norcal (4)
– TarheelJKS
– Laudandus
– Toph
– Shroomed

Midwest (5)
– Juggleguy
– FendrickLamar
– Duck
– Webs
– DarkAtma

New England (3)
– Mafia
– MattDotZeb
– Gtown Tom

Maryland/Virginia (4)
– Nintendude
– Redd
– Chillindude
– Wife

Pacific Northwest (5)
– Silent Wolf
– Bladewise
– Vish
– eBay
– Fat Goku

Arizona (3)
– Axe
– Tai
– DarkDragoon

South (5)
– s0ft
– Flow
– Chi Wong
– Gahtzu
– Hungrybox

Tri-State (2)
– Zhu
– Swedish Delight

Canada (2)
– Idea
– n0ne

Europe (3)
– MikeHaggar (w/ Armada)
– Imperfect
– Mahie

Rest Of The List

12/21/2015 – SSBMRank #100-91
12/22/2015 – SSBMRank #90-81
12/23/2015 – SSBMRank #80-71
12/24/2015 – SSBMRank #70-61
12/25/2015 – SSBMRank #60-51

12/28/2015 – SSBMRank #50-41
12/29/2015 – SSBMRank #40-31
12/30/2015 – SSBMRank #30-26
12/31/2015 – SSBMRank #25-21
1/1/2016 – SSBMRank #20-16

1/4/2016 – SSBMRank #15-11
1/5/2016 – SSBMRank #10, #9, #8, #7
1/6/2016 – SSBMRank #6, #5, #4
1/7/2016 – SSBMRank #3, #2, #1
1/8/2016 – SSBMRank Recap

Other Information

Acknowledgements

SSBMRank is a big undertaking every year. We could have not done this without the help of HTC, who generously helped us out with this year’s production values. Nick, Darkdragoon, was a workhorse with the formatting and the graphics this year as well. We also had countless volunteers that helped out with numerous tasks.

Photographers
Robert Paul (@tempusrob)
Michael Hathaway (@tl_peanuts)
Thomas Tischio
Old Abbot (@oldAbbot)
Itsjustatank (@itsjustatank)
Ludwig Ahgren
/u/BirdUPSSBM
Big Blue eSports (@BigBlueES)
SleepyK (@sleepike)
Alex Baldwin
Meowth

Blurb Writers
Eli Schoop
Bradley Stafford (@bradcobra)
Louis Torracinta
Sawyer Frey (@ssbm_tm)
Derek Zhang (@DZhang4)
Matt Deslatte (@pantsnameguy)
Matthew Reed (@Matthew__Reed)
Jack McDonald (@KezzupReviews)
Luke Geldart (@Haksause)
Andrew Blessington (@AJawesome07)
Nick Gow (@ssbm_Song)
Anthony Bruno (@slime_machine)
Bryan Rapp (@Mithrintia)
David Tyler (@flossy_tas)
Josh Kassell (@roboticphish)
Solomon McMurphy (@HFMSmash)

Fact Finders
Eli Schoop
Bradley Stafford (@bradcobra)
Louis Torracinta
Derek Zhang (@DZhang4)
Matt Deslatte (@pantsnameguy)
Matthew Reed (@Matthew__Reed)
Jack McDonald (@KezzupReviews)
Luke Geldart (@Haksause)
Andrew Blessington (@AJawesome07)
Bryan Rapp (@Mithrintia)
David Tyler (@flossy_tas)
Solomon McMurphy  (@HFMSmash)

Editors
Sheridan Zalewski (@sheridactyls)
Louis Torracinta
Scott Zeng
Andrew Blessington (@AJawesome07)
Nick Gow (@ssbm_Song)
Andrew Nestico (@PracticalTAS)
Anthony Bruno (@slime_machine)
Bryan Rapp (@Mithrintia)
David Tyler (@flossy_tas)
Josh Kassel (@roboticphish)

Picture Finders
Bradley Stafford (@bradcobra)
Louis Torracinta
Scott Zeng
Sawyer Frey
Derek Zhang (@DZhang4)
Matthew Reed (@Matthew__Reed)
Luke Geldart (@Haksause)
Nick Buckman