He didn't let the momentum go all set.

Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Tweek loses a stock to a successful edgeguard at 1 minute down, nearly SDs beneath the stage but swaps to Charizard, recovers, and equalises the stock. Perhaps it was a mis-input or an attempt to get one of the most stylish KO’s of the tournament, but either way, that was a stock that was tossed out prematurely.

This moment, this tournament, it was his.

However, later that month, he would win Glitch 8, his first win at a PGRU major tournament since July 2019.

So what happened? 1:1 each.

Being at a deficit, with Arsene showing up quickly after some early combo strings from Squirtle, it took just a few up-airs and back-airs near the edge for Tweek’s final stock to disappear. He's the second Latin American player to earn the title of best in the generation of players who have competed in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Smash for Wii U and now Ultimate. Good edgeguarding by Samsora sees Leo lose a stock 1 min 20s in, taking an early lead, Samsora surviving a Leo chasedown before finally losing a stock of his own, waiting out Arsene and Joker. That's what I feel like right now. Smash. Ultimate trophy, and more importantly, without the one title that has eluded him for the past three years. I'm not a kid anymore. He was up two stocks, I changed tabs to choose a new song, and when I looked back he was losing. He was the Evo champion. Ultimate's online service suffers from noticeable input delay and lag, and many top players had poorer than normal performances in online tournaments. Glutonny 2: Tweek 2. Losers Semifinals: Samsora v MKLeo: As Coney notes on commentary, Japan has been eliminated, so it’s just USA Samsora (Peach) vs Mexico’s MKLeo (Joker) in a best of three set to face Glutonny in Loser’s finals. Leo ended up taking the first stock, but Tweek closed out Leo’s first stock after some minimal damage taken.

[33] Over the rest of the year, he took second and third at two other premier tournaments, 2GG: Kongo Saga and Super Smash Con 2019, respectively,[32] and won a minor tournament, Return to Yoshi's Island.

The game ends off-stage with Tweek going for it all on a Flare Blitz with sends him hurdling towards the right blast zone. "I just really want to show the people that I'm indeed the best player, so winning Evo is not just showing people that I'm the best player. And with that, thank you for joining our experimental coverage of this year’s exhausting, exhilarating, ridiculously fun video game tournament. Arsene’s out, lifts Ivysaur off-screen above, edgeguards effectively - MKLeo 2: Tweek 0. Here’s the climax of the insane Winner’s Finals that saw Tweek finally make it all the way to Grand Finals.

This turnabout! Now the 2019 Evolution Championship Series was his to lose.Editor's PicksPictures tell the story of Evo weekendMelee players carve out 100-person foothold at EvoTyler's Takes: Looking back at Evo 20192 Related, "I just lost the tournament," he thought. Game 4 was his, cant believe he lost it and allowed Leo to reset. "It's fine.

MKLeo’s lead would be short lived as Tweek managed to even things up after some well placed hits from Charizard and a near KO with Ivysaur’s Vine Whip near the right edge of the stage.

He was considered one of the game's top players by the end of the game's competitive run, and was 7th in the Panda Global Rankings 100, which ranked the top Wii U players of all time. After the tournament, he alleged on social media that one of his competitors was receiving coaching during his match against Tweek and that the tournament organizers witnessed it and allowed it to happen.

Let’s go, Tweek!! In some ways, MKLeo has followed in his footsteps. Smash just kills you.

By this time, he had transitioned to using Bayonetta increasingly in tournaments. Follow us on Social Media for updates! Samsora eliminated, MKLeo proceeds to Loser’s Finals. MKLeo started off this game fantastically by forcing Tweek off the ledge and racking up roughly 52% with some well-placed Eihas off-stage. Here we go folks - the very last match of Evo 2019, Tweek’s Pokemon Trainer vs MKLeo’s domineering Joker, Leo with disadvantage needing to reset the bracket first.

Genesis 6, which was held at the end of January, was Tweek's first major event after being signed by TSM, and was the first S-tier (supermajor) major Super Smash Bros. MKLeo is your Super Smash Brothers Ultimate Evo 2019 Champion! Tweek seemed to be running away with this game after quickly racking up over 100% on Leo, which led to yet another stock at the hands (or tail in this case) of Charizard.

TSM is one of the most popular esports organizations in the world, with teams in League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, Super Smash Bros. Melee & Ultimate, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Fortnite, Apex Legends, VALORANT, Magic: The Gathering, Chess and Rainbow Six: Siege.

Tweek's last chance to secure an invitation was by winning Ultimate Nimbus in March, but Tweek was unable to make even semifinals of that event. This game was all MKLeo. [4] In 2016 he had a number of strong showings at major tournaments, including taking third place at Glitch 2 and ninth at Genesis 4, and in February 2017 he was signed by esports organization Phoenix1. Losers Finals: Glutonny v MKLeo: Just two more matches remaining before we’re all freed from this torment of hype.

Grand Finals: MKLeo 0: Tweek 1: Leo tries to edguard and is spiked as punishment and loses a stock, but it’s evened right back in, 1 stock down each within a minute - pretty much the story of this whole match, I think it’s safe to say, at least to date.

The finals of Frostbite 2019 became the first time that the two had played against one another in Ultimate, and Tweek's victory gave him a strong claim at being Ultimate's top player. Close.

Parry lets Wario get significant damage in but they still remain roughly equal, Tweek rolls into a punt, ends up down 1 stock at 5 minutes remaining on the clock.

[19] He followed those wins with a win at Glitch 6 in January. LAS VEGAS -- Leonardo "MKLeo" Lopez Perez took a breath and stared intently at the screen in front of him.

In 2018, he wasn't able to attend after contracting chicken pox. Leo reads another Pokemon change and punishes immediately, taking the first stock at the minute mark. It took six straight wins and a handful of flashy plays, but MKLeo ended the grand finals. Cmooon!

Winner’s Finals: Glutonny 1: Tweek 2: We’re still on Pokemon Stadium 2.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s first ever EVO was one to be remembered, finishing off the tournament with one of the most unbelievable Grand Finals comebacks in competitive Smash Bros. history. Peach down a stock one minute in doing their best to zone with turnips but can’t quite catch MKLeo, who tries to chase down with Arsense out and eats a Peach back-air to lose a stock. [30], Throughout the second half of 2019, Tweek put on strong performances at several major tournaments, but won few of them.

Before him, there was Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios, a Chilean pro who used his dominant success to move permanently to the United States and make a regular living off of Super Smash Bros. Losers Finals: Glutonny 0: MKLeo 1: Leo takes Glutonny’s first stock down 1 minute in, but he returns the favour a few seconds later, so both players sitting on 2 stock and 0 damage for a hot second.

Dread it, run from it, destiny still arrives. Tournament point for both players, we’ve been going back and forth for 17 minutes now. Here we go folks - the very last match of Evo 2019, Tweek’s Pokemon Trainer vs MKLeo’s domineering Joker, Leo with disadvantage needing to reset the bracket first. Grand Finals (Reset): MKLeo 2: Tweek 0: We’re in a reverse of the earlier situation now without the benefit of a bracket reset filler, Tweek definitely on the backfoot and Leo still asserting his dominance until Tweek finally lands a heavy Charizard hit and takes the first stock.

Tweek's next tournament wins came in May, where he won both Saints Gaming Live and Get On My Level 2019.

Tweek had 2-0 lead vs Glutonny and then something happened... and Tweek won 3-2 (with a close last set / stock), MKLeo is going to be a very very hard out, but not matter what happens, I am so happy with how Tweek is representing TSM, Anyone else super nervous about Tweek facing MkLeo, its the final the people deserve, the real winner will be the viewers, The two always have intense matches, can't wait to see it.