Axe







Jeffrey "Axe" Williamson is a top professional Melee player from Phoenix, Arizona, who is widely regarded as the best Pikachu player in the world. He was ranked 17th in SSBMRank Summer 2023.
Biography[edit]
Axe is considered a top 10 player in the world, and he is credited with bringing Pikachu from a mid-tier character to a top 10 character. In addition to his Pikachu, he also has a Falco, Young Link, and a Marth. Falco is his main secondary, while Young Link is usually used against floaty characters such as the Ice Climbers.
He has finished top 8 at national tournaments many times since Apex 2010, with victories over PPMD, Hungrybox, Mango, and Mew2King on his resumé.
After an impressive 5th place finish at 2014 MLG Anaheim, coming from the open bracket, he was picked up by Mortality eSports as their second Smash player, joining ChuDat. He repeated his 5th place performance at EVO 2014, where he performed a now-legendary 56 second 4-stock against Silent Wolf.
Axe parted ways with Mortality on April 9, 2015.[1] He joined Most Valuable Gaming nine days later on April 18. He parted ways with Most Valuable Gaming on June 9, 2015. On July 2, 2015, Axe and Westballz joined Tempo Storm as their first ever Smash players.[2]
On June 16, 2019, he made history when he won Smash Summit 8 beating players such as moky, S2J, Zain, Mango, Leffen, and Wizzrobe (x2). This was his first ever major win in his 10+ year career, as well as the first ever major won by Pikachu in Melee's history.
Results[edit]
Melee[edit]
Recent Notable Wins
Wins over players ranked in SSBMRank 2022:
- 2023-04-09 |
| 3 : 2 at DreamHack San Diego 2023
- 2023-06-04 |
| 3 : 2 at Tipped Off 14
- 2023-08-27 |
| 3 : 1 at Shine 2023
- 2023-04-09 |
| 3 : 1 at DreamHack San Diego 2023
- 2023-04-16 | 3 : 2 at Smash Camp 2023
- 2023-04-16 | 3 : 2 at Smash Camp 2023
- 2023-08-27 | 3 : 2 at Shine 2023
- 2023-07-23 | 3 : 0 at Get On My Level 2023
- 2023-08-27 | 3 : 2 at Shine 2023
- 2023-08-27 | 3 : 1 at Shine 2023
Rank 28 - Lucky
- 2023-07-23 | 3 : 2 at Get On My Level 2023
- 2023-04-02 | 3 : 0 at MAJOR UPSET
- 2023-04-09 |
| 3 : 0 at DreamHack San Diego 2023
- 2023-04-16 | 3 : 1 at Smash Camp 2023
- 2023-08-27 |
| 3 : 1 at Shine 2023
- 2023-03-12 | 3 : 2 at Collision 2023
- 2023-07-09 |
| 3 : 1 at Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 5
- 2023-06-04 | 3 : 1 at Tipped Off 14
- 2023-04-09 | 3 : 2 at DreamHack San Diego 2023
- 2023-07-23 | 3 : 2 at Get On My Level 2023
- 2023-09-10 |
| 3 : 2 at Riptide 2023
- 2023-04-16 | 3 : 0 at Smash Camp 2023
- 2023-08-13 | 3 : 2 at Super Smash Con 2023
- 2023-09-10 | 3 : 0 at Riptide 2023
- 2023-03-12 |
| 3 : 0 at Collision 2023
- 2023-09-10 |
| 3 : 1 at Riptide 2023
- 2023-05-14 |
| 3 : 1 at Low Tide City 2023
Rank 81 - JJM
Rank 85 - Wevans
- 2023-05-14 | 3 : 2 at Low Tide City 2023
- 2023-04-02 | 3 : 1 at MAJOR UPSET
- 2023-05-21 | 3 : 2 at Battle of BC 5
Project M[edit]
Ultimate[edit]
Broadcast talent[edit]
Date | Tier | Tournament | Position | Partner List | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017-06-04 | Premier | Smash 'N' Splash 3 | Commentator |
Rankings[edit]
Melee[edit]
SSBMRank[edit]
All-Time[edit]
Ranking Series | Rank |
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All-Time Top 100 | 12 |
Matches[edit]
Interviews[edit]
2015[edit]
- 2015-08-27 | Pikachu's last hope: TempoAxe | r/Smashbros AMA by Jared Wynne and Ian J. Barker of Daily Dot Esports
- 2015-02-06 | Apex 2015 - MOR | Axe Interview: "Do I look like Drake?" by Adam Baugh of Esports Heaven at Apex 2015
2014[edit]
- 2014-06-22 | Axe Interview at MLG Anaheim: "When I pick Pikachu it just feels right" by Hot_Bid of TL.net at 2014 MLG Anaheim
Gallery[edit]
Axe at DreamHack Winter 2015
Axe at MLG Anaheim 2014
Axe at Apex 2015
References[edit]
- Super Smash Bros. Melee Players
- Project M Players
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Players
- Pages with ExternalMediaLinks
- American Players
- 1991 births
- Pikachu Players (Melee)
- Fox Players (Melee)
- Falco Players (Melee)
- Young Link Players (Melee)
- Pikachu Players (Project M)
- Young Link Players (Ultimate)
- Player results pages
- Commentators