27 Facts About Dabuz

Dabuz's parents were initially reluctant to let him leave Long Island to compete, and Dabuz would occasionally lie to them about his whereabouts to attend tournaments.

Dabuz took second at APEX 2015 in February, third in Community Effort Orlando 2015 in June, and 5th at Evo 2015 in July.

Dabuz would go on to take 2nd at Paragon Los Angeles 2015 in September, then 3rd at The Big House 5 in October.

Dabuz continued placing highly in 2016, taking 2nd at Genesis 3 in January, and tying for 9th at Pound 2016 in April.

In June 2016, Dabuz won his first major Smash tournament when he took the title at Apex 2016.

Dabuz had a slow start to 2017, tying for 13th place at 2GGC: Genesis Saga, the first major tournament of the year.

Dabuz took 4th at Frostbite 2017 in February and 2nd at a minor tournament, PAX Arena, which was held at PAX East 2017 in early March.

Dabuz took 4th at CEO Dreamland in April, then tied for 9th at CEO 2017 in June.

Dabuz retained his 4th best position in the Panda Global Rankings for the first half of 2017.

Dabuz started the second half of 2017 off strong by winning 2GGC: ARMS Saga and tying for 7th at Evo 2017 and DreamHack Atlanta 2017, all in July.

Dabuz took 4th at DreamHack Montreal in October, then tied for 9th at GameTyrant Expo 2017 and won The Big House 7, both in early October.

Dabuz finished out the year placing 5th at 2GGC: MKLeo Saga and 4th at the 2GG Championship.

Dabuz had a resurgence in early 2018, winning five tournaments in three months; PAX Arena at PAX South 2018 in January, Frostbite 2018 and XenoSaga XIII in February, and Midwest Mayhem 11 and Overclocked II in March.

Dabuz tied for 5th at a number of other major tournaments over the first half of the year; Genesis 5 in January, Get On My Level 2018 and MomoCon 2018 in May, and Smash 'N' Splash 4 in June.

Dabuz went on to finish 3rd at 2GG: Hyrule Saga in late June, 5th at CEO 2018 in July, and won Smash Sounds and Low Tier City 6 later the same month.

Dabuz finished 2nd at DreamHack Atlanta 2018 in November, the last Smash for Wii U tournament he contested in 2018.

Dabuz rose back to 3rd in the final Panda Global Rankings for Smash for Wii U, which covered much of 2018, behind Leonardo "MkLeo" Lopez Perez and Gavin "Tweek" Dempsey.

Dabuz would continue to utilize this duo throughout Smash for Wii Us competitive run.

Ultimate released at the end of 2018, and while Dabuz remained an elite competitor in the new game, he failed to reach the same heights in Ultimate as he did in Smash for Wii U In the first half of 2019, the highest finish he achieved in a major tournament was 4th, at both Genesis 6 in February and CEO 2019 in June.

Dabuz took 5th in two other major events, Smash N' Splash 5 and Pound 2019, and tied for 9th in MomoCon 2019,2GG: Prime Saga, and Get On My Level 2019.

Dabuz's lowest showing at a major tournament was tied for 17th at Frostbite 2019, held in February.

Dabuz finished 2nd at Albion 4, held in London, then finished 2nd at Low Tier City 7, held in Texas a week later.

Dabuz rounded out the month with 3rd-place finishes at Defend the North 2019 and Thunder Smash 2.

Dabuz fell to 9th place in the Panda Global Rankings Ultimate for the latter half of the year.

Dabuz started 2020 by taking 2nd at Lets Make Big Moves, held in New York in early January.

Dabuz tied for 5th at Glitch 8, then 9th at Genesis 7, both held later that month.

Dabuz responded on Twitter that while one of Olimar's moves "got destroyed for no good reason" and the character was no longer elite, he knew the adjustments he needed to make and that he felt the character was still competitive.