MkLeo
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2016 - Present



















Leonardo "MkLeo" Lopez Perez (or "Leo") is an Ultimate Joker, Pyra & Mythra, and Byleth player from Mexico, who is widely considered to be one of the best players in the world. In Wii U, he was a Cloud and Marth main, and was ranked the 3rd best player of all-time on the PGR100. In Ultimate, he was ranked 7th in LumiRank Summer 2023.
Biography[edit]
MkLeo was one of the most skilled players in Wii U. He was ranked 1st on the PGR v5, which was the first time a player other than ZeRo was considered the best player in the world. After the release of Ultimate, he was ranked 1st in the Spring 2019 PGRU, maintaining his top ranking between the two games.
One of his best performances in Ultimate was at EVO 2019, the largest Smash tournament of all time, where he made a monstrous losers run to win the tournament. After losing to Kameme's Mega Man in winners round 1 of top 32, Leo went on to beat Maister, ScAtt, Abadango, Zackray, Raito, Samsora, Glutonny, and Tweek (x2) on his path to first place.
MkLeo reached the grand finals of 37 consecutive offline Ultimate tournaments, starting with his 1st place finish at MomoCon 2019 in May 2019 and ending at Smash Ultimate Summit 4 in March 2022, where he placed 4th after being eliminated by ProtoBanham.
He was signed by Echo Fox and Most Valuable Gaming on January 4, 2017.[1] Echo Fox disbanded on November 8, 2019,[2] while he left Most Valuable Gaming sometime in 2020.
He joined T1 on February 26, 2020.[3] He parted ways with T1 February 23, 2023.[4] He joined Luminosity Gaming, alongside Tweek, on March 23, 2023.[5]
Results[edit]
Ultimate[edit]
Recent Notable Wins
Wins over players ranked in UltRank 2022:
- 2023-04-02 |
| 3 : 2 at MAJOR UPSET
- 2023-06-04 |
| 3 : 2 at Crown the Third
- 2023-01-08 |
| 3 : 1 at Let's Make Big Moves 2023
- 2023-01-22 |
| 3 : 2 at GENESIS 9
Rank 11 - Kurama
- 2023-04-02 |
| 3 : 1 at MAJOR UPSET
- 2023-06-04 |
| 3 : 1 at Crown the Third
- 2023-01-22 |
| 3 : 2 at GENESIS 9
- 2023-06-18 |
| 3 : 2 at Wavedash 2023
- 2023-06-18 |
| 3 : 1 at Wavedash 2023
- 2023-01-08 |
| 3 : 1 at Let's Make Big Moves 2023
- 2023-01-08 |
| 3 : 1 at Let's Make Big Moves 2023
- 2023-01-22 | 3 : 1 at GENESIS 9
- 2023-07-30 |
| 3 : 0 at Smash Factor X
- 2023-03-26 |
| 3 : 0 at Smash Ultimate Summit 6
- 2023-06-18 |
| 3 : 0 at Wavedash 2023
Rank 41 - Gackt
- 2023-06-04 |
| 3 : 2 at Crown the Third
- 2023-05-21 |
| 3 : 2 at Battle of BC 5
- 2023-05-21 |
| 3 : 0 at Battle of BC 5
- 2023-07-30 |
| 3 : 0 at Smash Factor X
- 2023-06-18 |
| 3 : 1 at Wavedash 2023
- 2023-04-02 |
| 3 : 0 at MAJOR UPSET
- 2023-01-08 |
| 3 : 1 at Let's Make Big Moves 2023
- 2023-01-22 |
| 3 : 1 at GENESIS 9
- 2023-08-20 |
| 3 : 1 at Delfino Maza 2023
- 2023-03-26 |
| 3 : 0 at Smash Ultimate Summit 6
Wii U[edit]
Recent Notable Wins
Wins over players ranked in PGR v5:
- 2018-08-26 | 3 : 0 at Shine 2018
- 2018-08-12 |
| 3 : 1 at Super Smash Con 2018
- 2018-08-12 |
| 3 : 0 at Super Smash Con 2018
- 2018-08-26 |
| 3 : 2 at Shine 2018
- 2018-08-12 |
| 3 : 0 at Super Smash Con 2018
- 2018-08-12 |
| 3 : 1 at Super Smash Con 2018
- 2018-08-12 |
| 3 : 1 at Super Smash Con 2018
Rankings[edit]
Ultimate[edit]
PGRU/UltRank[edit]
Ranking Series | Rank |
---|---|
LumiRank Summer 2023 | 7 |
UltRank 2022 | 1 |
PGRUv3 NA | 1 |
PGRU Fall 2019 | 1 |
PGRU Spring 2019 | 1 |
OrionRank[edit]
Ranking Series | Rank |
---|---|
2022 (North America) | 1 |
2022 | 1 |
Mid-Year 2022 | 1 |
Eclipse (North America) | 1 |
Eclipse | 1 |
NA January 2019 - March 2020 | 1 |
2020 | 1 |
2019 | 1 |
Six Months In | 1 |
Mexico[edit]
Ranking Series | Rank |
---|---|
January-June 2022 | 1 |
2020/2021 | 1 |
Wii U[edit]
Mexico City[edit]
Ranking Series | Rank |
---|---|
Fall 2017 | 0 |
Summer 2017 | 0 |
Spring 2017 | 0 |
2016 | 1 |
Interviews[edit]
2020[edit]
- 2020-04-25 | The New King of Smash: The Story of MKLeo by theScore esports
2019[edit]
- 2019-10-18 | Introducing Hot Juans - Where MKLeo Gets Asked If He's Boosted by Joker | Team Liquid Hungrybox by Hungrybox of Team Liquid
Gallery[edit]
MkLeo entering the stage at EVO 2019
References[edit]
- ↑ Echo Fox signs MKLeo
- ↑ Olivia R. (2019-11-08). "Echo Fox investors confirm Echo Fox is 100 percent dissolved". win.gg. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
- ↑ MkLeo joins T1
- ↑ MkLeo parts ways with T1
- ↑ MkLeo and Tweek join Luminosity Gaming
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