SonicFox

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[e][h] SonicFox  

Player Information

Name:

Dominique McLean

Birth:

March 2, 1998 (1998-03-02)

Country:

United States

Status:

Active

Team:

Evil Geniuses

Approx. Total Winnings:

$685,339

Alternate IDs:

SonicFox5000

Games:

Street Fighter
Tekken
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Mortal Kombat
Soulcalibur
Marvel vs. Capcom
Skullgirls
Injustice

Links

Achievements

History

2014-??-?? - 2015-??-??

Revolution Gaming

2015-??-?? - 2016-12-06

Critical Reaction

2017-01-04 - 2020-02-26

Echo Fox

2020-03-18 - Present

Evil Geniuses

Dominique "SonicFox" McLean (born March 2, 1998) is an American Fighting Games player currently representing Evil Geniuses.

SonicFox is a five-time EVO champion, having won Injustice: Gods Among Us in 2014, Mortal Kombat X in 2015 and 2016, Dragon Ball FighterZ in 2018 and Mortal Kombat 11 in 2019. They are also a two-time Injustice 2 Pro Series Champion in 2017 and 2018 as well as the first ever Final Kombat champion for MK11. They have also left their mark in other games like Dead or Alive, Skullgirls (winning the EVO 2015 side-tournament), Under Night In-Birth, Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite and Soulcalibur VI.

They are also currently ranked as the 2nd best Dragon Ball FighterZ player of all time on the PGRZ 50.

Biography

Early Career and EVO Debut (2014)

SonicFox first started attending Fighting Game Tournaments from the age of 13, with their first game being Mortal Kombat where they quickly garnered a reputation as an aggressive Mileena and Sonya player. However it wasn't until Final Round 17 in 2014 where they first gained major attention from the NRS community. At the event (now sponsored by Revolution Gaming) they beat both 16-Bit and Waffles in the Injustice: Gods Among Us and the Mortal Kombat finals respectively, winning both Tournaments and being one of the first players to win two Netherrealms Fighter Tournaments at a Major event.

At EVO 2014 SonicFox made their debut at the Mecca of the FGC and was touted as a potential contender for the Injustice: Gods Among Us crown. SonicFox managed to progress all the way to the Winners Finals where their Batgirl would lose to NRS veteran Pig of the Hut's Zod in 2-3 games. Despite this they carved past MIT 3-0 to setup a rematch against Pig of the Hut for the title. SonicFox dominated the proceedings, outmatching their opponent in nearly every game to reset the bracket, and eventually win the whole tournament without losing a single game in the final to Hut 3-0 in the first set and 3-0 in the second.

Mortal Kombat X (2015-2016)

After the release of Mortal Kombat X SonicFox sought to continue their form into the new game. With ESL announcing the new MKX Pro League and Netherrealms supporting the competitive scene monetarily, everyone was looking to gain a share of the new Prize Money on offer. With new sponsorship from Critical Reaction, they immediately followed off from their Injustice success winning the ESL Fatal 8 exhibition and would subsequently win the first Season of the new MKX Pro League, defeating MIT and REO in the finals respectively. Coming into EVO 2015 all eyes were on SonicFox to see if they would retain their NRS Crown, they would go on to win once again coming from the Losers Bracket, defeating A F0xy Grampa in another reset to claim their 2nd EVO Championship.

More major wins would follow including back-to-back ESL Pro League titles at the Season 2 and Season 3 finals, as well as CEO 2016. SonicFox had all the momentum going into EVO 2016 but Tekken Master, a relatively unknown player from Bahrain gave them a run for their money for the first time in an EVO final. Shortly after Tekken Master reset the bracket and took the lead in the following set, SonicFox famously took off their Fur-Hat (an iconic symbol for them) and proceeded to take the match to a deciding game, switching from their Erron Black to Alien they managed to win the game and the Tournament once again, gaining their 3rd straight EVO Championship and cementing their status as the best MKX player in the world.

Continued Success and Legendary Status (2017-2018)

With the release of Injustice 2 in 2017 also came the launch of the Injustice Pro Series circuit. With support from Major esports organisation Echo Fox, SonicFox continued to dominate, winning a total of five IPS Premier events which culminated to the Grand Finals in Los Angeles where they beat Semiij in the final to win a whopping $120,000 (their largest career win to date) while only losing a single game to their Final opponent in the Winners Finals.

There were moments of vulnerability though, earlier in the year they failed to make an NRS EVO Grand Final for the first time in their career, losing to Semiij in the Losers Bracket after being knocked out of Winners by eventual Runner-Up HoneyBee, finishing 5th-6th overall. A similar placement followed at the ELEAGUE World Championship, where they lost to ForeverKing in the Losers Bracket.

After these losses SonicFox set about finding success in other Fighting Games, eventually picking up Dragon Ball FighterZ and deciding to fully commit themself to the game in preparation for EVO 2018 while having Injustice 2 as their side game. They immediately started to get high placements for DBFZ, finishing 2nd at Final Round, 1st at Combo Breaker, 1st at DreamHack Austin and 2nd at the Summit of Power. They also set about competing in the Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour, winning the 2nd SAGA event at VSFighting 2018 which automatically qualified them for the World Finals (to be played in 2019). Coming into EVO 2018 DBFZ was the most signed up for tournament at the event. Despite focusing on Dragon Ball for most of the year, SonicFox still achieved 3rd place in the Injustice 2 tournament losing to Tweedy in the Losers Final. But their attention would fully shift to the next tournament in their attempt to win DBFZ in its debut year at EVO. They subsequently made it to the Winners Finals where they faced their rival GO1 in a highly anticipated game. SonicFox beat them 3-0 to secure a place in the Grand-Final, only to meet GO1 once again. After GO1 reset the bracket SonicFox requested to switch sides in compliance to the tournament rules. SonicFox then emphatically beat GO1 3-0 to win an unprecedented 4th EVO championship and become a FGC legend on arguably one of the biggest stages in EVO History.

After their newest EVO Crown, SonicFox picked up Soulcalibur VI where they took little time to make Finals at major tournaments, eventually winning Canada Cup 2018. At the same time they would manage to qualify for the 2018 IPS Finals and go on to retain their crown, beating Rewind in the Grand Final to scoop $40,000 in Prize Money.

Mortal Kombat 11 (2019-Present)

At the beginning of 2019, SonicFox had immediately set their sights on succeeding in Mortal Kombat 11, the newest game in the franchise announced in December 2018. At the first-ever Beyond the Summit event for a Mortal Kombat game (and the first major event for MK11) Summit of Time, SonicFox lost only one game in the Elimination Bracket to win the event. After winning MK11 at CEO 2019, SonicFox made two Main Stage EVO Grand Finals for the first time in their career at EVO 2019, finishing 2nd to GO1 in Dragon Ball FighterZ, and winning their fifth EVO title for Mortal Kombat 11 (their third consecutive title in the Mortal Kombat series). In early 2020, SonicFox won Final Kombat to continue their run of victories in NRS pro circuit Finals. On March 18th, they would sign with Evil Geniuses.

Results

Dragon Ball FighterZ

• Singles
• Team Events
• Recent VODs

Date	Place	Event	Result			Prize
2020
2020-02-09	MC13 - 16th	Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour Finals 2019-20		0/3	Grp. S.	$800
2019
2019-12-01	AA1st	Northeast Championship 20		3 : 2	LegendaryyPred	$315
2019-11-10	AA1st	Red Bull Spain 2019		3 : 1 3 : 1	GO1	$3,000
2019-10-20	AA1st	East Coast Throwdown 2019		3 : 0	Coach Steve	$684
2019-10-06	EA5 - 6th	Ultimate Fighting Arena 2019		1 : 2	Shanks	$70
2019-09-28	AA1st	CEOtaku 2019		3 : 1 3 : 2	Nakkiel	$580
2019-09-01	BA2nd	Celtic Throwdown 2019		1 : 3	GO1	$200
2019-08-03	BA2nd	Evolution Championship Series 2019		2 : 3	GO1	$4,100
2019-07-21	AA1st	Defend the North 2019		3 : 0	Supernoon	$700
2019-06-30	DA4th	Community Effort Orlando 2019		1 : 2	Fenritti	$335
2019-05-26	DA4th	Combo Breaker 2019		0 : 2	Shanks	$269
2019-03-17	EA5 - 6th	Final Round 2019		0 : 2	Dogura
All Results

Date	Place	Event	Partner	Result		Prize
This player has no results.

All Results

Northeast Championship 20

vs.  LegendaryyPred
vs.  LegendaryyPred
vs.  Randomfiend

Red Bull Spain 2019

vs.  GO1
vs.  dekillsage
vs.  Shanks
vs.  Wawa
vs.  dekillsage

East Coast Throwdown 2019

vs.  Coach Steve
vs.  Lord Knight
vs.  RED

Ultimate Fighting Arena 2019

vs.  Shanks
vs.  Wawa

CEOtaku 2019

vs.  Nakkiel
vs.  dekillsage
vs.  Secreas
vs.  A$AP R1CKY

Celtic Throwdown 2019

vs.  GO1
vs.  Wawa
vs.  GO1

Mortal Kombat 11

• Singles
• Team Events
• Recent VODs

Date	Place	Event	Result			Prize
2020
2020-03-08	AA1st	Final Kombat 2020		3 : 1 3 : 1	Ninjakilla_212	$40,000
2019
2019-12-01	BA2nd	Northeast Championship 20		0 : 3	NinjaKilla_212	$3,000
2019-10-20	AA1st	East Coast Throwdown 2019		3 : 1 3 : 1	Dragon	$5,965
2019-09-08	BA2nd	DreamHack Montreal 2019		0 : 3	Ninjakilla_212	$3,000
2019-09-01	BA2nd	Celtic Throwdown 2019		3 : 2 2 : 3	Rewind	$3,000
2019-08-03	AA1st	Evolution Championship Series 2019		3 : 0	Dragon	$14,450
2019-07-21	AA1st	Defend the North 2019		3 : 0 3 : 0	Splash
2019-06-30	AA1st	Community Effort Orlando 2019		3 : 1 3 : 1	Dragon	$7,665
2019-06-09	BA2nd	Mortal Kombat Pro Kompetition Online Cup 2019 - NA East		3 : 2 0 : 3	Kombat	$200
2019-05-26	BA2nd	Combo Breaker 2019		2 : 3	Scar	$4,614
2019-05-12	AA1st	Summit of Time 2019		3 : 0	Dragon	$9,405
All Results

Date	Place	Event	Partner	Result		Prize
This player has no results.

All Results

Final Kombat 2020

vs.  Ninjakilla_212
vs.  Dragon
vs.  Ninjakilla_212
vs.  Kombat
vs.  Rewind
vs.  Stabs

Northeast Championship 20

vs.  NinjaKilla_212
vs.  ArnKratos
vs.  Kombat
vs.  Semiij
vs.  ArnKratos
vs.  Scar

East Coast Throwdown 2019

vs.  Dragon
vs.  Ninjakilla_212
vs.  Dragon
vs.  SplashFGC
vs.  Ninjakilla_212
vs.  HeeyGe0rge

DreamHack Montreal 2019

vs.  Ninjakilla_212
vs.  Deoxys

Injustice 2

• Singles
• Team Events
• Recent VODs

Date	Place	Event	Result			Prize
2018
2018-11-13	AA1st	Injustice 2 Pro Series 2018 Grand Finals		3 : 1	Rewind	$40,000
2018-09-16	AA1st	SoCal Regionals 2018		3 : 2	Hayatei	$5,000
2018-08-04	CA3rd	Evolution Championship Series 2018		1 : 3	Tweedy	$1,661
2018-07-01	EA5 - 6th	Community Effort Orlando 2018		1 : 3	Biohazard	$348
2018-05-27	CA3rd	Combo Breaker 2018		1 : 3	DR Gross	$1,597
2018-03-16	AA1st	Final Round 2018		3 : 1	Forever King	$462
2018-02-25	AA1st	Winter Brawl 12		3 : 1	Theo	$700
2018-01-20	AA1st	Frosty Faustings X		3 : 0	Grr	$444
2018-01-06	AA1st	Kumite In Tennessee 2018		3 : 0	Semiij	$1,200
2017
2017-12-17	AA1st	Northeast Championship 18		3 : 0	Theo	$763
2017-09-17	AA1st	Injustice 2 Pro Series 2017 Grand Finals		3 : 0	Semiij	$120,000
2017-09-03	AA1st	East Coast Throwdown 2017		3 : 0 3 : 0	Biohazard	$8,610
All Results

Date	Place	Event	Partner	Result		Prize
This player has no results.

All Results

Injustice 2 Pro Series 2018 Grand Finals

vs.  Rewind
vs.  Rewind
vs.  Hayatei
vs.  DR_Gross
vs.  HeeyGe0rge

Evolution Championship Series 2018

vs.  Tweedy
vs.  Rewind
vs.  Big D

Community Effort Orlando 2018

vs.  HoneyBee

Combo Breaker 2018

vs.  DR Gross
vs.  GunShow
vs.  Biohazard
vs.  Rewind

Frosty Faustings X

vs.  Grr
vs.  GetReked

Injustice 2 Pro Series 2017 Grand Finals

vs.  Semiij
vs.  Semiij
vs.  Hayatei
vs.  Slayer
vs.  Scar

Mortal Kombat X

• Singles
• Team Events
• Recent VODs

Date	Place	Event	Result			Prize
2016
2016-07-17	AA1st	Evolution Championship Series 2016		1 : 3 3 : 2	Tekken Master	$34,278
2016-06-11	AA1st	ESL MKX Pro League Season 3 Finals		5 : 3	A F0xy Grampa	$75,000
2016-01-24	AA1st	ESL MKX Pro League Season 2 Finals		5 : 0	Scar	$60,000
2016-01-17	AA1st	Kumite In Tennessee 2016		2 : 3 3 : 1	Scar	$7,086
2015
2015-07-19	AA1st	Evolution Championship Series 2015		3 : 2 3 : 0	A F0xy Grampa	$36,972
2015-07-11	AA1st	ESL MKX Pro League Season 1 Finals		4 : 1	REO	$60,000
2015-05-24	BA2nd	Combo Breaker 2015		3 : 1 2 : 3	Dizzy	$2,524
2015-04-11	AA1st	ESL Mortal Kombat X Fatal 8		5 : 0	MIT	$7,500
All Results

Date	Place	Event	Partner	Result		Prize
This player has no results.

All Results

Evolution Championship Series 2016

vs.  Tekken Master
vs.  Tekken Master
vs.  Hayatei

ESL MKX Pro League Season 3 Finals

vs.  A F0xy Grampa
vs.  Dragon
vs.  A F0xy Grampa
vs.  BeyondToxin
vs.  Crathen

ESL MKX Pro League Season 2 Finals

vs.  Scar
vs.  Scar
vs.  Biohazard
vs.  UndeadJim

Evolution Championship Series 2015

vs.  A F0xy Grampa
vs.  HoneyBee
vs.  MIT
vs.  DJT
vs.  Zyphox

ESL MKX Pro League Season 1 Finals

vs.  REO
vs.  Pig of the Hut
vs.  Big D

Injustice: Gods Among Us

• Singles
• Team Events
• Recent VODs

Date	Place	Event	Result			Prize
2014
2014-07-12	AA1st	Evolution Championship Series 2014		3 : 0 3 : 0	Pig of the Hut	$1,866
2014-06-28	AA1st	Community Effort Orlando 2014		0 : 3 3 : 0	DEG	$612
2014-03-16	AA1st	Final Round XVII		3 : 0	16-Bit
2014-01-19	DA4th	Apex 2014		0 : 2	Rico Suave	$59
All Results

Date	Place	Event	Partner	Result		Prize
This player has no results.

All Results

No VODs on record

Mortal Kombat (2011)

• Singles
• Team Events
• Recent VODs

Date	Place	Event	Result			Prize
2018
2018-05-27	BA2nd	Combo Breaker 2018		1 : 3 1 : 3	Curbolicious	$652
2014
2014-03-16	AA1st	Final Round XVII		1 : 3 3 : 2	16-Bit
All Results

Date	Place	Event	Partner	Result		Prize
This player has no results.

All Results

No VODs on record

Skullgirls

• Singles
• Team Events
• Recent VODs

Date	Place	Event	Result			Prize
2019
2019-09-28	AA1st	CEOtaku 2019		3 : 0 3 : 2	Cloud	$315
2019-05-26	AA1st	Combo Breaker 2019		3 : 0 3 : 1	Rabbleflaggers	$2,410
2018
2018-09-23	AA1st	CEOtaku 2018		3 : 0	Cloud	$285
2018-05-27	BA2nd	Combo Breaker 2018		2 : 3 2 : 3	SwiftFox-Dash	$268
2018-01-20	AA1st	Frosty Faustings X		3 : 1	Liam	$594
2017
2017-09-22	AA1st	CEOtaku 2017		3 : 1 3 : 1	dekillsage	$340
2017-07-29	AA1st	Defend the North 2017		3 : 2	Cloud
2017-05-27	AA1st	Combo Breaker 2017		3 : 1	WingZero	$1,750
2016
2016-10-01	AA1st	CEOtaku 2016		3 : 2	dekillsage	$850
2016-05-29	AA1st	Combo Breaker 2016		3 : 1	dekillsage	$2,265
2015
2015-05-24	AA1st	Combo Breaker 2015		3 : 1	dekillsage	$1,525
All Results

Date	Place	Event	Partner	Result		Prize
This player has no results.

All Results

CEOtaku 2019

vs.  Cloud
vs.  dekillsage
vs.  Cloud
vs.  dekillsage

Combo Breaker 2019

vs.  Rabbleflaggers
vs.  Sev
vs.  Liam
vs.  Dango
vs.  Swiftfox-Dash

CEOtaku 2018

vs.  Cloud
vs.  Swiftfox-Dash
vs.  Rabbleflaggers

Combo Breaker 2018

vs.  SwiftFox-Dash
vs.  SwiftFox-Dash
vs.  Cloud

Frosty Faustings X

vs.  Liam
vs.  Elda Taluda
vs.  Adeveis

CEOtaku 2017

vs.  dekillsage
vs.  SwiftFox-Dash

Street Fighter V

• Singles
• Team Events
• Recent VODs

Date	Place	Event	Result			Prize
2016
2016-06-26	SO33 - 48th	Community Effort Orlando 2016		1 : 2	Filipino Champ
2016-05-29	RG25 - 32nd	Combo Breaker 2016		1 : 2	Màni
2016-03-20	GA7 - 8th	Final Round 19		0 : 3	Tokido	$500
2016-02-28	IC9 - 12th	Winter Brawl X		1 : 2	3K
All Results

Date	Place	Event	Partner	Result		Prize
This player has no results.

All Results

Final Round 19

vs.  Tokido

Soulcalibur VI

• Singles
• Team Events
• Recent VODs

Date	Place	Event	Result			Prize
2018
2018-12-16	RG25 - 32nd	Northeast Championship 19		1 : 2	Woahhzz
2018-11-18	EA5 - 6th	DreamHack Atlanta 2018		2 : 3	linkorz	$50
2018-10-28	AA1st	Canada Cup 2018		1 : 3 3 : 2	Reptile
2018-10-21	BA2nd	East Coast Throwdown 2018		1 : 3	Linkorz	$275
2018-09-16	BA2nd	SoCal Regionals 2018		2 : 3	Signia	$561
All Results

Date	Place	Event	Partner	Result		Prize
This player has no results.

All Results

DreamHack Atlanta 2018

vs.  linkorz
vs.  Party Wolf

Canada Cup 2018

vs.  Reptile
vs.  Reptile
vs.  Dinoz416

East Coast Throwdown 2018

vs.  Linkorz
vs.  KDZ
vs.  Linkorz
vs.  Saiyne

SoCal Regionals 2018

vs.  Signia
vs.  NoFaceKiller
vs.  Tomahawk
vs.  Rambro
vs.  NoFaceKiller

Tekken 7

• Singles
• Team Events
• Recent VODs

Date	Place	Event	Result			Prize
2019
2019-12-01	IC9 - 12th	Northeast Championship 20		0 : 2	PepperBeef2Spicy
2019-10-20	MC13 - 16th	East Coast Throwdown 2019		0 : 2	The (B.A.D) Exalted
2019-10-06	SO33 - 48th	Ultimate Fighting Arena 2019		1 : 2	G@$p@R
All Results

Date	Place	Event	Partner	Result		Prize
This player has no results.

All Results

No VODs on record

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite

• Singles
• Team Events
• Recent VODs

Date	Place	Event	Result			Prize
2018
2018-01-20	AA1st	Frosty Faustings X		3 : 1 3 : 2	Teemo	$1,140
2017
2017-10-21	BA2nd	Red Bull Proving Grounds 2017		3 : 0 2 : 3	Cloud805
2017-09-24	AA1st	CEOtaku 2017		3 : 0	LawKOF	$615
All Results

Date	Place	Event	Partner	Result		Prize
This player has no results.

All Results

Frosty Faustings X

vs.  Teemo
vs.  NYChrisG
vs.  Teemo
vs.  Punk

Red Bull Proving Grounds 2017

vs.  Cloud805
vs.  RayRay
vs.  Cloud805
vs.  Coach Steve

CEOtaku 2017

vs.  LawKOF
vs.  LawKOF
vs.  Shah

Trivia

• Is one of only two players to win consecutive EVO championships for Netherrealms titles (Injustice: Gods Among Us in 2014 and Mortal Kombat X in 2015 and 2016) , the other player being Perfect Legend.
• Had a rivalry with Perfect Legend which culminated to a first-to-ten grudge match on Mortal Kombat X, SonicFox then beat their rival at Summer Jam IX 13-0. .
• In Mortal Kombat X, there is an in-game achievement called "The Fox Finish" available for winning a match with Erron Black by using Caltrops, which is a reference to their EVO 2015 win against A F0xy Grampa.
• Their brother, Kwiggle, has played in several 'Dead or Alive' tournaments.
• Is a known Furry and regularly attends tournaments sporting their trademark Fox Cap and Tail as well as their full SonicFox fursuit.
• After winning the Injustice 2 Pro Series 2018 Grand Finals, they donated $10,000 of their winnings to Rewind to help fund their father's cancer treatment.
• Won the "Esports Player of the Year" award at The Game Awards 2018.
• Came out as nonbinary, and subsequently held a charity event to raise money for The Trevor Project.
• Appears in Skullgirls as a Non-Playable Character

Media

Videos

• 2019-10-26 | The Furry Who Beat Everyone - The Story of SonicFox  by theScore esports
• 2020-09-13 | The Brutal Legacy of Esports' Most Disrespectful Beatdown  by theScore esports

Gallery

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  SonicFox at EVO 2018

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  SonicFox in their full fursuit at EVO 2018