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2GGC: Greninja Saga Recap



No Greninjas in top 8 while the 2GG curse continues!? This past weekend 2GGC: Greninja Saga, a Super Smash Bros. for Wii U national tournament, was held in Santa Ana, California on May 20, 2017. Being the 4th event of 2GGamings Championship Series.

Coming up with the theme of this event was pretty unique itself! The tournament's theme was decided during 2GGC: Civil War, in a round robin in which fans first nominated players, then voted for the character they would use; Ranai, using Greninja, won every set he played.

The event was dedicated to Greninja, and featured several of the world's top Greninja players including Some, iStudying, Venia, and Oisiitofu, as well as other top players, such as ZeRo, Ally, Nairo, VoiD, Larry Lurr, komorikiri, and Ranai.

2GGC: Greninja Saga Trailer
That Combo Can't Be True?!

True combos & combo strings have become such a norm in the Smash Wii U to the point where you can look up well thought out & creative combo videos for every character in the roster on YouTube.

Combos are an important part of every Greninja's gameplay. Implementing footstools and stalling water shurikens seems a bit tricky, but the end product is stylish and satisfying. In honor of its first dedicated event, a special competition called the Greninja Combo Contest has been set.

Greninja Combo Contest

The winner of the Greninja Combo Contenst went to DMG | PHaZeX3R0, known for this innovative Greninja combo clips on Twitter, where he demonstrated his talent for the art. While fan favorites iStudying came in 2nd, and France's top player Elexiao in 3rd.

Top 8

2GGC: Greninja Saga Top 8 Trailer
As the night went on, we found ourselves with an interesting top 8. In winners’ bracket: falln, C9 | Ally, P1 | Tweek, and MSF | Larry Lurr were in good shape to take the event. In losers’ bracket: Mr. R, IMT | ANTi, Locus, and 2GG Komorikiri hung on to their tournament lives.

falln vs Ally - Winners Semis
Falln’s Greninja Saga performance definitely made an impact on people to remind them how relevant this SoCal Rosalina player. His opening match in bracket would see him defeating ZeRo 3-2, to the shock of everyone. Taking game 1 and 2 against his Diddy, falln forced ZeRo to pull Cloud out of his pocket to get past his Rosalina. Despite the pressure and the bad matchup, falln was able to hold his nerve and win the final game with a 2-stock. As he advances to winners top 6 by beating Locus, he ran into Ally where he was sent to the losers bracket to deal with ANTi knocking him out of the tournament with a clean 3-0.

Ally vs Larry Lurr - Winners Finals
After defeating such big names as Komorikiri, falln, ANTi, and Tweek, these two players meet again to see are no stranger to each others character & play-style. But after a convincing 3-0 victory from Ally, Larry Lurr falls into losers bracket for the opportunity of a run back at Ally.

Komorikiri vs Larry Lurr - Losers Finals

Meanwhile in losers bracket, Komorikiri ran through players such as Captain Zack, Locus, Tweek and ANTi, for the opportunity to square off with Ally in Grand Finals. As Komorikiri reached Losers Finals, he debut his Lucina in bracket and was stopped in his tracks by Larry Lurr with a clutch 3-2 victory over Komorikiri.

Larry Lurr vs Ally - Grand Finals

Ally and Larry Lurr have met each other numerous times in bracket throughout several tournaments. Most times, Ally has always come out on top. In yet another assertion of his dominance, Ally closed out his match with Larry Lurr with a dominant 3-1 victory. Ally managed to gain the 2GGC: Greninja Saga victory, and gains a 2 set lead over Larry Lurr this current PGR season.

2GGC: Greninja Saga Top 12 Standings

Placing | Player & Character | Losses
1 | Ally :4mario: |
2 | Larry Lurr :4fox: | Ally
3 | Komorikiri :4cloud2::4sonic: | Ally & Larry Lurr
4 | ANTi :4cloud::4mario::4zss: | Larry Lurr & Komorikiri
5 | Tweek :4cloud::4dk: | Larry Lurr & Komorikiri
5 | falln :rosalina::4miigun: | Ally & ANTi
7 | Mr. R :4cloud2::4sheik: | Larry Lurr & Komorikiri
7 | Locus :4ryu: | falln & Komorikiri
9 | ZeRo :4diddy::4cloud2::4lucina: | falln & ANTi
9 | Captain Zack :4bayonetta2: | Tweek & Komorikiri
9 | Abadango :4mewtwo: | Larry Lurr & Locus
9 | NAKAT :4fox::4lucina: | Abadango & Mr.R
 
Josh Olalde

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