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William "Leffen" Hjelte is a professional Fox player from Sweden, ranked 2nd in MPGR 2019.
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Biography[edit]
Leffen is considered the second best Melee player in Europe, with the best being fellow countryman Armada, and one of if not the best solo Fox main. Many people consider him to be the biggest threat to the "Five Gods", and after defeating Mew2King at Apex 2015, Leffen became the first player to take a set off of every "god". He had previously defeated Hungrybox at Apex 2014, Armada at B.E.A.S.T 4, PPMD at 2014 MLG Anaheim, and Mango at B.E.A.S.T 5.
After a 9th place finish at EVO 2013, he broke out in 2014, with top 8 finishes at every major he went to with the exception of EVO 2014. His best result in America was at The Big House 4, where he knocked Hungrybox and Armada into loser's bracket before falling to Mew2King in winner's finals, then Mango in loser's finals, finishing 3rd. In Europe, he twice defeated Armada in grand finals coming from losers side.
He started off 2015 by winning B.E.A.S.T 5, beating Armada, Mango, and Armada again to win the tournament without dropping a set. At Apex 2015 he finished 3rd, losing to PPMD and Armada.
On March 9, 2015, Leffen joined Team SoloMid, becoming their first Super Smash Bros. player.
After struggling in the tournaments following Apex, including a 9-12th place finish at Press Start, Leffen took CEO 2015, marking his first victory at an American major. Afterwards, he took two more tournaments at FC Smash 15XR: Return and WTFox, marking three consecutive major victories and making him a strong favorite going into EVO 2015, the largest tournament of all time. However, Leffen performed worse than expected at EVO, losing to Hungrybox in winners and Plup's Samus in losers for a 5-6th place finish.
The second half of 2015 and most of 2016 had Leffen experiencing visa problems, preventing him from attending The Big House 5, Smash Summit, GENESIS 3, Battle of the Five Gods, Smash Summit 2, CEO 2016, EVO 2016, Super Smash Con 2016, and Shine 2016.
On February 16th, 2016, Leffen became a Red Bull athlete.[1]
On May 4th, 2016, it was announced that Leffen's visa situation was temporarily fixed and he can compete within the US once again, until and throughout July.[2] Sadly Leffen throughout this time was still not able to travel and compete in the US.
On October 3rd, 2016, Leffen finally got his visa approved and became able to travel to the US once again.[3]
Controversial Behavior[edit]
Leffen is often seen as the villain of the Smash community. An example of this was in 2013, when he was banned by Swedish community representatives and tournament organizers from all Swedish tournaments for poor behaviour in tournaments.[4] The evidence for his ban was compiled into a zip file titled evidence.zip. The ban lasted from February 9, 2013 to January 24, 2014. During the ban, Leffen made several appearances in tournaments outside Sweden, including EVO 2013.
Since the ban, Leffen has made references to evidence.zip, including calling his Twitch subscribers the "Z I P B O Y S".
Results[edit]
Melee[edit]
Date | Place | Event | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021-02-28 | 1st | The Upset | ![]() | 3 : 1 | ![]() ![]() | $133 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021-02-06 | 3rd | Eurat.gg Melee Series #1 | ![]() | 2 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | $119 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021-01-31 | 2nd | Valhalla Online | ![]() | 3 : 0 0 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020-12-29 | 3rd | PXB Nordic Winter Bash Melee | ![]() | 1 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | $85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020-11-22 | 1st | Smash Summit 10 - Europe | ![]() | 3 : 1 | ![]() ![]() | $1,200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020-11-12 | 1st | Poilon Arena #3 | ![]() | 3 : 0 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020-08-15 | 1st | Battle of the Armada - Melee Edition 2 | ![]() | 3 : 1 | ![]() ![]() | $354 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020-02-16 | 9 - 12th | Smash Summit 9 | ![]() | 2 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | $1,387 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020-01-26 | 5 - 6th | GENESIS 7 | ![]() | 1 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | $451 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020-01-12 | 1st | Valhalla III | ![]() | 3 : 0 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-10-06 | 3rd | The Big House 9 | ![]() | 2 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | $1,090 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-08-25 | 5 - 6th | Shine 2019 | ![]() | 2 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | $330 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-08-11 | 1st | Super Smash Con 2019 | ![]() | 3 : 0 | ![]() ![]() | $3,838 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-06-16 | 3rd | Smash Summit 8 | ![]() | 0 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | $3,472 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-06-02 | 3rd | Smash 'N' Splash 5 | ![]() | 2 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-05-19 | 3rd | Get On My Level 2019 | ![]() | 1 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | $700 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-02-03 | 129 - 192nd | GENESIS 6 | DQ | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018-12-02 | 1st | DreamHack Winter 2018 | ![]() | 0 : 3 3 : 1 | ![]() ![]() | $2,700 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018-11-18 | 2nd | Smash Summit 7 | ![]() | 1 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | $8,927 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018-11-11 | 1st | The Mango: Homecoming | ![]() | 3 : 1 | ![]() ![]() | $1,750 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All Results |
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2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-06-16 | 4th | Smash Summit 8 | Leffen![]() ![]() Trif ![]() ![]() | 1 : 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018-11-18 | 5 - 6th | Smash Summit 7 | Leffen![]() ![]() Mango ![]() ![]() | 2 : 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018-05-06 | 1st | Smash Summit 6 | Leffen![]() ![]() Armada ![]() ![]() | 3 : 2 3 : 0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | $1,611 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018-04-14 | 1st | Ventus | Leffen![]() Beat ![]() | 3 : 0 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-11-05 | 1st | Smash Summit 5 | Leffen![]() ![]() Armada ![]() ![]() | 3 : 0 3 : 1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | $3,125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-10-29 | 1st | Canada Cup 2017 | Leffen![]() Mew2King ![]() | 0 : 3 3 : 2 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-09-16 | 1st | Stockholm Monthly 8 | Leffen![]() Yabasta ![]() | 3 : 2 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-08-27 | 3rd | Shine 2017 | Leffen![]() ![]() Ice ![]() ![]() | 1 : 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-07-30 | 1st | Get On My Level 2017 | Leffen![]() ![]() Ice ![]() ![]() | 3 : 1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | $353 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-07-16 | 7 - 8th | Genesis FUSE Doubles Circuit Finals | Leffen![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ice ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 0 : 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | $100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-07-09 | 1st | GENESIS: RED | Leffen![]() ![]() Ice ![]() ![]() | 3 : 2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | $300 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-05-14 | 2nd | Royal Flush | Leffen![]() ![]() Ice ![]() ![]() | 1 : 3 2 : 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | $217 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-03-25 | 5 - 6th | Full Bloom 3 | Leffen![]() Ice ![]() | 2 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | $31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-03-05 | 2nd | Smash Summit - Spring 2017 | Leffen![]() ![]() Ice ![]() ![]() | 1 : 3 2 : 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | $2,187 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-02-19 | 2nd | B.E.A.S.T 7 | Leffen![]() ![]() Ice ![]() ![]() | 3 : 1 0 : 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | $325 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-02-12 | 1st | LAN ETS 2017 | Leffen![]() KirbyKaze ![]() | 3 : 0 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-01-22 | 2nd | GENESIS 4 | Leffen![]() ![]() Ice ![]() ![]() | 1 : 3 2 : 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | $762 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016-12-18 | 2nd | Don't Park on the Grass | Leffen![]() ![]() Ice ![]() ![]() | 2 : 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016-12-04 | 2nd | UGC Smash Open | Leffen![]() ![]() Ice ![]() ![]() | 3 : 2 1 : 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | $760 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016-11-06 | 3rd | Smash Summit 3 | Leffen![]() ![]() Mafia ![]() ![]() | 1 : 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | $438 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All Results |
Recent Notable Wins
Wins over players ranked in MPGR 2019:
- 2020-02-16 |
| 3 : 1 at Smash Summit 9
- 2020-02-16 |
| 3 : 1 at Smash Summit 9
Rank 15 - n0ne
- 2020-02-16 |
| 3 : 2 at Smash Summit 9
- 2020-11-22 |
| 3 : 0 at Smash Summit 10 - Europe
- 2021-02-28 | 3 : 1 at The Upset
- 2021-02-28 | 3 : 1 at The Upset
Rank 22 - Spark
- 2020-02-16 |
| 3 : 0 at Smash Summit 9
- 2020-01-12 |
| 3 : 1 at Valhalla III
- 2020-01-12 |
| 3 : 0 at Valhalla III
- 2020-11-22 |
| 3 : 1 at Smash Summit 10 - Europe
- 2020-01-12 |
| 3 : 1 at Valhalla III
- 2020-11-22 |
| 3 : 1 at Smash Summit 10 - Europe
- 2021-01-31 | 3 : 0 at Valhalla Online
- 2021-02-28 | 3 : 0 at The Upset
- 2020-02-16 |
| 3 : 0 at Smash Summit 9
Rank 96 - Schythed
Ultimate[edit]
Date | Place | Event | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-11-30 | 1st | DreamHack Winter 2019 | ![]() ![]() | 3 : 1 3 : 2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | $2,971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-10-27 | 9 - 12th | Smash Ultimate Summit 2 | ![]() | 1 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | $1,084 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-09-22 | 17 - 24th | Mainstage | 1 : 3 | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-08-25 | 33 - 48th | Shine 2019 | 1 : 3 | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-08-11 | 17 - 24th | Super Smash Con 2019 | ![]() | 0 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-04-21 | 13 - 16th | Pound 2019 | ![]() | 0 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-04-14 | 49 - 64th | 2GG: Prime Saga | ![]() | 1 : 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-03-10 | 9 - 12th | Smash Ultimate Summit | ![]() | 1 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | $1,238 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-03-03 | 9 - 12th | Ultimate Nimbus | ![]() | 1 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-02-03 | 17 - 24th | GENESIS 6 | ![]() | 2 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-01-07 | 7 - 8th | Valhalla II | ![]() | 2 : 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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This player has no results. |
Recent Notable Wins
Wins over players ranked in PGRU Spring 2019:
Rank 2 - Tweek- 2019-10-27 |
| 3 : 2 at Smash Ultimate Summit 2
- 2019-08-11 |
| 2 : 1 at Super Smash Con 2019
Project M[edit]
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2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015-09-06 | 49 - 64th | Paragon Los Angeles 2015 | DQ | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015-01-11 | 4th | B.E.A.S.T 5 | ![]() | 1 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | $46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014-02-16 | 3rd | B.E.A.S.T 4 | ![]() | 2 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014-01-19 | 9 - 12th | Apex 2014 | ![]() | 1 : 2 | ![]() ![]() |
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2015-09-06 | 17 - 24th | Paragon Los Angeles 2015 | Leffen![]() Professor Pro ![]() | L | ![]() ![]() |
Wii U[edit]
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2015-01-11 | 3rd | B.E.A.S.T 5 | ![]() | 2 : 3 | ![]() ![]() | $161 |
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Rankings[edit]
Melee[edit]
SSBMRank[edit]
Phoenix Blue Rankings[edit]
Ranking Series | Rank |
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Phoenix Blue Rankings 2019 | 1 |
H.E.I.R Rankings Spring 2018 | 2 |
SmashRanking.EU[edit]
Ranking Series | Rank |
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January 2017 | 2 |
July 2016 | 1 |
June 2016 | 2 |
May 2016 | 2 |
April 2016 | 2 |
February 2016 | 2 |
January 2016 | 2 |
December 2015 | 2 |
November 2015 | 2 |
October 2015 | 2 |
September 2015 | 2 |
Stockholm[edit]
Ranking Series | Rank |
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Fall 2017 | 1 |
Summer 2017 | 1 |
Spring 2017 | 1 |
Winter 2016 | 1 |
Fall-Winter 2015 | 1 |
June 2015 | 1 |
Ultimate[edit]
OrionRank[edit]
Ranking Series | Rank |
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Europe January 2019 - March 2020 | 5 |
2019 | 83 |
Six Months In | 79 |
Matches[edit]
Interviews[edit]
2019[edit]
- 2019-08-11 | TSM's Leffen: 'I try to use [critics' comments] as fuel' by Arda Ocal of ESPN Esports at Super Smash Con 2019
2018[edit]
- 2018-08-05 | William “Leffen” Hjelte talks winning Super Smash Bros. Melee at Evo 2018' by Jacob Wolf of ESPN Esports at EVO 2018
2017[edit]
- 2017-10-08 | TBH 7 - HMW Interviews Leffen by [[HomeMadeWaffles]] of [[VGBootCamp]] at The Big House 7
- 2017-06-07 | Smash 'N' Splash 3 - Post game interview: Leffen by [[Wobbles]] of [[Panda Global]] at Smash 'N' Splash 3
2016[edit]
- 2016-11-27 | DHW16 - Interview: Team SoloMid / Red Bull | William "Leffen" Hjelte by [[MISTRRLOVE]] at DreamHack Winter 2016
- 2016-06-19 | Leffen Winner's Interview at Dreamhack Summer 2016 by Isyan at DreamHack Summer 2016
- 2016-05-23 | Leffen Interview at GOML 2016 by [[Prog]] of [[Even Matchup Gaming]] at GOML 2016
- 2016-05-19 | Leffen on his comeback, coping with visa issues and EU's problems by Daniel Rosen of theScore esports
2015[edit]
- 2015-12-19 | GoS - Interview: Leffen by [[Liva]] of [[Geeky Goon Squad]] at Guild of Stichface
- 2015-07-09 | FC Return - Interview with TSM | Leffen by [[Webs]] of [[VGBootCamp]] at FC Smash 15XR: Return
- 2015-04-30 | DL4.5 - Interview Leffen by [[MISTRRLOVE]] of [[Geeky Goon Squad]] at DrømmeLAN 4.5
- 2015-04-23 | Meet TSM Leffen by Solomid.net
- 2015-04-08 | Beauty10 - Interview: TSM | Leffen by [[Liva]] of [[Geeky Goon Squad]] at Beauty 10
- 2015-02-05 | Apex 2015 - Leffen Interview by [[Toph]] of [[Melee It On Me]] at Apex 2015
- 2015-01-29 | Paragon 2015 - Interview with Leffen by [[D1]] of [[VGBootCamp]] at Paragon 2015
2014[edit]
- 2014-12-09 | DL4.0 - Interview: Leffen by [[MikeHaggar]] of [[Salty Playground]] at DrømmeLAN 4.0
- 2014-11-25 | hf.lan 8 - Interview / Talk with Leffen by [[Mahie]] of [[Salty Playground]] at hf.lan 8
- 2014-10-10 | TBH4 - Interview with Leffen by [[Scar]] of [[VGBootCamp]] at The Big House 4
- 2014-07-17 | Leffen - "Being nice won't make people get better." by [[Toronto Joe]] of [[Even Matchup Gaming]] at EVO 2014
- 2014-02-17 | BEAST#4 -- Interview with Leffen at B.E.A.S.T 4
Combo Videos[edit]
- 2017-06-07 | Leffen: Chillin [2017] by Steven Eugene
- 2016-04-11 | Leffen: The Money Match King by Steven Eugene
Gallery[edit]
Leffen playing at GENESIS 6.
Leffen at Get On My Level 2016.
References[edit]
- ↑ How Leffen Will Take Over The World
- ↑ Leffen Visa Update.
- ↑ Leffen's visa is approved
- ↑ Leffen is banned! Retrieved 2015-01-12.
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