For the second straight year, MeleeItOnMe is ranking every SSBM Player and counting them down on Twitter (#SSBMRank2014 @Meleeitonme), from No. 100 to No. 1 .
We asked a panel of ~30 players/commentators/figureheads from all across the world to rate the overall level of play for each player in 2014 (From January 2014 –> The Big House 4). This includes evaluating perceived skill in tandem with the tournament results.
Don’t worry ranks 5,4,3 will also release today, but we will be giving each player in the top 10 their own dedicated page with highlight clips.
Leffen
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| Rank | William “Leffen” Hjelte | @l3ff3n | Score | |||||
| 6 |  (14) |
Main(s) | Fox | Region: | Sweden | 9.422 | |
| Tourney Results | |||||||
| Apex 2014 | MLG Anaheim | CEO 2014 | Evo 2014 | The Big House 4 | |||
| 4th | 5th | – | 9th | 3rd | |||
| Summary: | |||||||
| Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, Leffen had a fast meteoric rise to become one of the best players in Europe, and, eventually, the world. Being one of the top Fox mains, Leffen has proven to be a god slayer, taking multiple sets from Armada and Hungrybox, and a set from PPMD this year, sparking debate on whether Leffen is now a god himself. Whether you believe he’s a god or just a titan, there is no denying that Leffen’s incredible fundamentals, amazing tech skill, ridiculous smarts, and terrifying mental game make him one of the fiercest players out there. His 4th at Apex 2014, 5th at MLG Anaheim, and 3rd at The Big House 4 prove just that. | |||||||
| Other Notable Results | |||||||
| 1st B.E.A.S.T. 4 1st Republic of Fighters 3 1st hf.lan 8 2nd Beauty 9 2nd DrommeLAN 4.0 2nd COMEBACK I 2nd Beauty 8 |
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| 2014 W-L vs Big 6 | |||||||
| Armada | Hungrybox | Mango | Mew2King | PPMD | Overall | Win % | |
| Leffen | 5-10 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 8-17 | 32.0% |
*(Does not include Smash The Record)
Highlights
Leffen shows some dominating play against PPMD in MLG Pools
SSBMRank 2014: 100-91 | 90-81 | 80-71|70-61 |60-51 | 50-41 | 40-31 | 30-26 |25-21 | 20-16 |15-11
10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1
I really think that leffen below hbox is based off of previous years only. I also think that it is extremely unfair to include PAL results in a ranking clearly based off of NTSC results for everyone else. Leffen is 1-0 vs Armada, 2-0 vs the presumably 5th place hbox, basically made PPMD switch mains and took a set off of PPMD, a feat the gods only managed to do once this year. Head to head results speak for themselves, and leffen outplaced hbox at every single tournament besides EVO. When looking at NTSC only (you know, the version of the game that we ACTUALLY play,) leffen only dropped sets to silent wolf, hax, ppmd, mango and m2k. I know that this list is supposed to be fun and is really more of a popularity contest, but what evidence, really, is there for hbox over leffen?
probably the hbox vs leaden salty suite where Hbox won…
He’ll be a god when he stops getting 4-stocked by Mango.
I guess Mango isn’t a god…he got 4-stocked by M2K and Armada
The difference is he still beats them.
He doesn’t beat M2K.
Wait are you kidding me? He trashes on M2k…
Look at this years results, Leffen should be 5th. If this list is looking at 2014, then you guys are biased.
December 22, 2014 at 12:22 am
Look at this years results, Leffen should be 5th.
If this list is looking at 2014, then you guys are biased.
? you just contradicted your own statement