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.
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.
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
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.
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
1 | Ally |
2 | Larry Lurr | Ally
3 | Komorikiri | Ally & Larry Lurr
4 | ANTi | Larry Lurr & Komorikiri
5 | Tweek | Larry Lurr & Komorikiri
5 | falln | Ally & ANTi
7 | Mr. R | Larry Lurr & Komorikiri
7 | Locus | falln & Komorikiri
9 | ZeRo | falln & ANTi
9 | Captain Zack | Tweek & Komorikiri
9 | Abadango | Larry Lurr & Locus
9 | NAKAT | Abadango & Mr.R