27 Facts About MkLeo

MkLeo is widely considered to be the best Super Smash Bros.

MkLeo began competing internationally in 2016, culminating with a win at 2GGT: ZeRo Saga in December.

MkLeo, who was not able to obtain a travel visa to attend Genesis 3 at the start of 2016, announced after his win at 2GGT that he would go on to win Genesis 4, which was to be held the next month.

MkLeo was the youngest player to make the top 8 in the tournament series' history.

MkLeo had mixed results throughout the rest of 2017, with disappointing results including taking 13th place at Frostbite 2017 in February, and 65th place at Evo 2017 in July.

MkLeo put together a string of impressive performances over the year, including wins at Genesis 5, Evo Japan 2018, CEO 2018, Get On My Level 2018, and SwitchFest 2018.

MkLeo was unable to attend Evo 2018 due to chickenpox, but was able to attend Super Smash Con 2018 shortly thereafter, where he claimed another 1st-place finish.

Smash Ultimate was released in December 2018, and MkLeo had strong showings at several tournaments held shortly after the game's launch.

MkLeo opened the second half of 2019 with a second-place finish at Smash Factor 8, held in Mexico, falling to Tyler "Marss" Martins.

Shortly after, MkLeo won Evo 2019, the largest tournament by number of entrants in the Smash Bros.

In January 2020, MkLeo placed second at Genesis 7, again falling to Marss, who deprived MkLeo of a fourth straight Genesis title.

The organization had dissolved in late 2019, and MkLeo and fighting game player SonicFox were the last two players on their roster.

At Frostbite, after falling to Pedro "Prodigy" Alonso in the round of 96, MkLeo won the next 11 straight sets, defeating the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 12th, 22nd, and 30th best players in the Panda Global rankings during his run to win the tournament.

In May 2020, MkLeo tied for 33rd out of 8,192 participants at the Hungrybox-organized The Box tournament.

MkLeo was ranked 11th out of 75 players in Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v5.

MkLeo won the major online tournament Ultimate 32, placing first out of 1,277 players.

MkLeo won the set with three straight wins and won the Grand Finals Reset with another three.

MkLeo attended his first offline tournament since Frostbite 2020 at the SWT: Central America Ultimate Regional Finals, where he won the event without dropping a set.

MkLeo continued to place top 2 at every major event he attended, winning Riptide, Low Tide City 2021, Port Priority 6, and Mainstage 2021.

In December 2021, MkLeo became the first World Champion by winning the Smash World Tour 2021 Championships.

MkLeo didn't attend any major tournaments for the first few months of 2022.

MkLeo used Corrin for the first time at RETA 2022, using it to beat fellow Mexican player Edgar "Sparg0" Valdez, who was by now considered the second best player in the world, in Grand Finals.

MkLeo placed 5th, losing to Tweek and Shuto "Shuton" Moriya.

In January 2023, MkLeo played in the tournament Lets Make Big Moves 2023, where he placed 4th place losing to Tweek and Carlos "Sonix" Perez.

In February 2023, MkLeo left T1, and a month later, he signed with Luminosity Gaming.

On October 12,2022, MkLeo revealed via Twitter that he had been experiencing lifelong ear-related health problems, but it had worsened to the point that it began to affect his hearing and ability to travel.

MkLeo subsequently dropped out of the upcoming Canadian tournament Battle of Z and took a break from competing that November, intending to prepare for the Smash World Tour 2022 Championships.