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Adam Lindgren, known by his handle Armada, is a Swedish professional Super Smash Bros. player from Gothenburg. He is widely considered one of the greatest Super Smash Bros. Melee players of all time and the greatest Melee Peach player of all time. Lindgren has won several major tournaments: he is a three-time champion of GENESIS, two-time champion of EVO, two-time champion of Apex and one-time champion of The Big House. Considered one of the "Five Gods" of Melee, alongside Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, Joseph "Mango" Marquez, Juan "Hungrybox" DeBiedma, and Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, Lindgren was ranked one of the top two Melee players in the world every year from the beginning of formal rankings in 2013 until his retirement from singles tournaments in 2018, with Lindgren ranked as the number one Melee player in the world in 2015 and 2016. Lindgren retired from professional Melee singles tournaments in September 2018, citing declining interest in the game, although he still occasionally enters doubles tournaments teaming with his brother Andreas "Android" Lindgren. He also runs a YouTube channel with over 100,000 subscribers.

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Jeffrey Williamson, also known as Axe, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player. As of 2020, he is ranked as the fourth best Melee player in the world, and has finished in the top ten of formal rankings presented by Red Bull every year since 2016. His highest placements at major Melee tournaments include first place at Smash Summit 8, second place at Genesis 6, and fourth place at Evo 2014.

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Taylor Reuben Hicks is an American singer who won the fifth season of American Idol. Hicks got his start as a professional musician in his late teens and performed around the Southeastern United States for well over the span of a decade, during which he also released two independent albums. Upon winning Idol, he was signed to Arista Records, under which his self-titled major label debut was released on December 12, 2006.

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Ken Hoang, usually known simply as Kenny, SephirothKen or Liquid`Ken, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player and television personality. Ken plays Marth in Melee and is known for his comparatively aggressive style of play. His dominance with the character has led to his becoming the namesake of the "Ken Combo", an effective combo used in gameplay. He also largely brought about the implementation and popularization of "dashdancing", a movement technique involving rapid side-to-side dashing that has since become integral to all levels of competitive Melee. Ken is also known by the nickname "King of Smash".

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Juan Manuel DeBiedma, better known by his gamer tag Hungrybox, is an American and Argentinian professional Super Smash Bros. player, streamer, YouTuber, and esports commentator. Recognized as one of the best and most successful Super Smash Bros. Melee players in history, he is considered one of the "Five Gods of Melee" along with Adam "Armada" Lindgren, Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, Joseph "Mango" Marquez, and Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, and is regarded as the best Jigglypuff player in Melee history. Active since 2007 and ranked as the best Melee player in the world since 2017, he is a member of Team Liquid since 2015, and is currently also active on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

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William Peter Hjelte, better known as Leffen, is a Swedish professional gamer who competes in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Dragon Ball FighterZ and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In Melee, Hjelte plays the character Fox, and is considered one of the best players in the world, having been ranked as one of the top six Melee players in the world every year since 2014. Hjelte is the first of two players to have beaten each of the "Five Gods" of Melee—Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma, Joseph "Mango" Marquez, Adam "Armada" Lindgren, Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, and Kevin "PPMD" Nanney—in a tournament set and was also the first person outside the "Five Gods" to win a major tournament since 2010 when he did so in 2015. Hjelte has won several major Melee tournaments, including EVO 2018, Super Smash Con 2015 and 2019 and Community Effort Orlando 2015. He is sponsored by Team SoloMid.

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Joseph Manuel Marquez, known by his gamertag Mango, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player from Norwalk, California. Marquez is considered one of the dominant "Five Gods" of Melee, along with Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma, Adam "Armada" Lindgren, Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, and Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, and is known for his aggressive, high-risk playstyle. Marquez began his career playing Jigglypuff, however he has primarily played Falco and Fox since 2011. He has been part of the Cloud9 eSports team since 2014.

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Jason Sheldon Zimmerman, known by his gamertag Mew2King, commonly shortened to M2K, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. player from Cinnaminson, New Jersey. He has won more than 70 tournaments during his career, primarily in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Zimmerman is considered one of the "Five Gods" of Melee, along with Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma, Adam "Armada" Lindgren, Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, and Joseph "Mang0" Marquez and is also considered one of the best Super Smash Bros. Brawl players of all time. He has also competed at a top-level in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Project M.

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Justin McGrath, better known as Plup, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. player from Orlando, Florida. McGrath is considered to be one of the best Super Smash Bros. Melee players in the world, having been ranked as one of the top 10 Melee players every year since 2015. McGrath is only the second player in the game's history to have defeated each of the players considered the "Five Gods" of Melee — Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma, Joseph "Mang0" Marquez, Adam "Armada" Lindgren, Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, and Kevin "PPMD" Nanney in tournament competition.

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Kevin Nanney, also known by his gamer tag of PPMD and formerly known as Dr. PeePee, is an inactive American professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player who plays for Evil Geniuses. Nanney has been historically considered one of the dominant "Five Gods" of Melee, alongside Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, Joseph "Mango" Marquez, Adam "Armada" Lindgren, and Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma. He is a two-time champion of the Apex tournament series and was ranked as one of the top six players in the world from 2013-2015, after which he was removed from rankings due to inactivity. Nanney uses Falco and Marth and is known for his intelligent and patient playstyle.

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Weston Dennis, better known as Westballz, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player from Burbank, California. He is currently ranked 2nd and 7th on the SoCal Melee and Project M Power Rankings, respectively, and 31st on the 2019 MPGR. Westballz notably caused an upset at MLG Anaheim 2014, where he defeated Mango 3-0 in pool play, and defeated him again 3-1 in losers' quarters at MVG Sandstorm, where he also defeated Hungrybox in losers' semis 3-2. Additionally, he has beaten Leffen 3-1 at Dreamhack Winter 2015 and PPMD 3-1 at Battle of the 5 Gods. He is widely renowned as the most technical Melee Falco player in the world. Westballz is considered to be among the best Falco players in the world along with PPMD and Mango. On July 2, 2015, Westballz was picked up by Tempo Storm alongside Axe. On July 11, 2016 Westballz joined G2 Esports. On March 31, 2019 Westballz left G2 Esports, and became a free agent.