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[e][h]Sheik Fox Plup
Player Information
Name:
Justin McGrath
Nationality:
Born:
November 26, 1993 (age 31)
Years Active:
2009 - Present
Approx. Total Winnings:
$153,632
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Current Mains:
Sheik
Fox
Former Mains:
Samus
Project M
Current Mains:
Meta Knight
Secondaries:
Samus
Sheik
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Current Mains:
Pikachu
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Current Mains:
Megaman
Ridley
Links
Achievements
Melee:
DreamHack Atlanta 2017 GENESIS 5 Smash World Tour 2021 Riptide 2023
History
2015-06-30 — 2022-12-03
2018-05-02 — 2024-??-??
2024-09-04 — Present

Justin "Plup" McGrath is a Melee Sheik and Fox player originally from Central Florida, who now lives in Oregon. He was ranked 5th in SSBMRank 2023.

Biography[edit]

Plup originally rose to national fame as "Hungrybox's teammate"; their Samus/Jigglypuff team, "Plupbox", has placed consistently high at national tournaments since 2012. Within two years of his rise to doubles prominence, he proceeded to establish himself as the top American Samus player as well. His black Samus is notable for her smooth platform game and strong punishes.

Initially a Samus main, Plup showed particular skill in the matchups against Fox, Falco, and Marth, with tournament victories over Colbol, Zhu, Lucky, Hax, Fiction, Westballz, Leffen, Chillindude, Ken, Tai, The Moon and Arc. He is also one of the best Samus vs. Jigglypuff players in the world, having taken games off Hungrybox in tournament and defeating s0ft and Darc in bracket at Apex 2013. He soundly defeated HugS in Samus dittos at both the Apex Salty Suite and Super Smash Sundays 20, putting him among the best in the dittos as well.

On May 18, 2014, Plup was flown to Southern California as part of HugS' "Fraudulent Players Fund" to practice with the region's players and participate in Super Smash Sundays 20 and a special "Boss Rush". The Boss Rush was a "crew-battle" style tournament where Plup faced four teams of four SoCal players. Though he defeated HugS 2-0 in bracket, he placed just 7th in bracket with a 2-1 loss as Fox against S2J and a 2-0 loss to OkamiBW. In the Boss Rush, he and his team defeated the D, C, and B teams, and took the A team of Lucky, Fiction, S2J, and Westballz down to their final stock, exclusively playing Samus.

His strongest tournament performances in 2014 were finishes of 9th at both 2014 MLG Anaheim—where he lost to KDJ and his teammate Hungrybox but defeated Cactuar, Arc, Zhu, ZeRo, and familiar Florida rival Colbol—and at EVO 2014, where he defeated Lord and DEHF before falling to Armada, and took out Lucky and Hax before losing a close-fought match to Axe.

He began 2015 with an extremely strong 5th place performance at Paragon 2015, where he defeated Westballz and Leffen in winners before falling to Mew2King and losing a rematch with Westballz in losers. This performance made Plup a strong contender for top 8 at Apex 2015, which was two weeks later. However, Plup fell to Swedish Delight's Sheik in Winners Finals of his round 2 pool. He then played Sheik in losers against KJH, losing again; he finished at a dismal 49th, his lowest placing at major tournament.

After this result, Plup, who had been playing Sheik at locals since late 2014, began co-maining Sheik in earnest. His Sheik received her first regional exposure at Bad Moon Rising, where he placed 2nd using a combination of Samus and Sheik. Since then, he has become a solo Sheik main only using Samus against Ice Climbers players and players he thinks have a hard time against the Samus matchup.

At CEO 2015, Plup nearly defeated both Leffen and Mango with his Sheik, ending the tournament at 7-8th. However, he took his revenge at EVO 2015 three weeks later, defeating both of them, including using Samus against Leffen, on his way to finishing 4th, his then-best finish at a premier tournament.

On June 30, 2015, Plup announced that he was signed by Panda Global as their first Melee player.[1]

At EVO 2016, Plup had an impressive winners bracket performance, notably taking sets off of Mango and Hungrybox; he subsequently lost to Armada in winners finals and a rematch with Hungrybox in losers finals, placing 3rd overall.

At DreamHack Atlanta 2017, Plup took his first major win, defeating Axe, Mew2King, and double-eliminating Hungrybox. In doing so, he became the first non-God to win a tournament with multiple Gods since January 2015, where Leffen defeated Mango and double-eliminated Armada at B.E.A.S.T 5.

At The Big House 7, Plup miraculously defeated Armada in winners semis, making him the first non-God since Leffen to to take a set off of him. He then beat Leffen in winners finals to advance to grand finals, but lost 3-1 to Hungrybox twice en route to placing 2nd overall.

In January 2018, he earned a monumental win at GENESIS 5, defeating Mango, Armada, and double-eliminating Hungrybox. In doing so, he became the second non-God to win a premier tournament in the era of the Five Gods, the first being Leffen.

He joined Red Bull eSports on May 2, 2018.[2] Amid a community fallout with the organization following the cancellation of 2022 Smash World Tour, Plup severed ties with Panda on December 3, 2022.[3] He left Red Bull eSports sometime in 2024. He joined Lil Nouns on September 4, 2024.[4]

Results[edit]

Melee[edit]

  • Singles
  • Doubles
  • Recent VODs
DatePlaceEventResultPrize
2025
2025-02-16M313 - 16thGENESIS X2Sheik1 : 3United StatesPikachuAxe$80
2024
2024-12-08E15 - 6thNounsvitational 2024Sheik1 : 3United StatesFoxAklo$766
2024-11-24E15 - 6thLACS RivalsSheik1 : 3United StatesMarthKoDoRiN
2024-09-08E15 - 6thRiptide 2024Sheik0 : 3United StatesFoxCody Schwab$450
2024-08-11I39 - 12thSupernova 2024Samus0 : 3United StatesJigglypuffHungrybox$45
2024-06-16C13rdTipped Off 15Fox0 : 3United StatesFoxCody Schwab$1,154
2023
2023-10-22B12ndThe Big House 11Sheik2 : 3
0 : 3		United StatesFoxCody Schwab$2,022
2023-10-03G17 - 8th The Coinbox #780 : 3United StatesSpark$75
2023-09-10A11stRiptide 2023Sheik2 : 3
3 : 2		United StatesCaptain FalconWizzrobe
2023-07-25A11st The Coinbox #70Fox3 : 2
3 : 0		United StatesJigglypuffHungrybox$1,200
2023-06-25A11stCEO 2023Sheik3 : 2United StatesCaptain FalconWizzrobe$1,060
2023-04-02B12ndMAJOR UPSETSheik2 : 3United StatesFoxCody Schwab$950
2023-03-07I39 - 12th The Coinbox #52Samus0 : 3United StatesSheikSpark
2023-02-04I39 - 12thEugeneBoundDQUnited StatesYalli
2023-01-22D14thGENESIS 9Sheik1 : 3United StatesFoxiBDW$1,221
2022
2022-12-18I39 - 12thScuffed World TourSheikFox0 : 3United StatesSheikJmook
2022-11-06I39 - 12thSmash Summit 14SheikFox1 : 3United StatesFoxiBDW$1,062
2022-10-02B12ndLost Tech City 2022SheikFox2 : 3United StatesFoxFalcoMango
2022-09-11B12ndRiptide 2022Fox2 : 3
1 : 3		United StatesJigglypuffHungrybox
2022-06-26A11stCEO 2022Sheik3 : 0
3 : 0		United StatesFalcoMagi$1,120
All Results
DatePlaceEventPartnerResultPrize
2025
2025-02-16E15 - 6thGENESIS X2PlupUnited States
HungryboxUnited States		2 : 3United StatesSlowking
United StatesPreeminent		$98
2024
2024-09-08C13rdRiptide 2024PlupFoxUnited States
HungryboxJigglypuffUnited States		0 : 3PalestineSheikFoxFree Palestine
United StatesPeachPolish		$175
2024-08-11A11stSupernova 2024PlupFoxUnited States
Mang0FalcoUnited States		3 : 0United StatesFoxPanda
United StatesSheikKrudo		$700
2024-06-16C13rdTipped Off 15PlupUnited States
OatyUnited States		2 : 3JapanaMSa
United StatesAxe		$87
2023
2023-10-22B12ndThe Big House 11PlupFoxUnited States
JoshmanSheikFoxAustralia		2 : 3
0 : 3		CanadaFoxZuppy
United StatesFoxAzel		$442
2023-06-25A11stCEO 2023PlupUnited States
OatyUnited States		3 : 0United Statessimply in love
United StatesWevans		$123
2023-04-02A11stMAJOR UPSETPlupUnited States
HungryboxUnited States		3 : 1JapanaMSa
United StatesAxe
2023-01-22A11stGENESIS 9PlupFoxUnited States
HungryboxJigglypuffUnited States		3 : 0United StatesSheikJmook
United StatesFoxiBDW		$940
2022
2022-10-02A11stLost Tech City 2022PlupUnited States
HungryboxUnited States		3 : 1United StatesMango
United StatesSFAT
2022-09-11A11stRiptide 2022PlupFoxUnited States
HungryboxJigglypuffUnited States		3 : 0United StatesSheikDrephen
United StatesPikachuAxe
2022-04-17A11stGENESIS 8PlupFoxUnited States
aMSaYoshiJapan		3 : 2United StatesFoxRalph
United StatesPeachDarkatma		$912
2021
2021-12-20A11stSmash the Scene #12PlupUnited States
OatyUnited States		3 : 0Puerto RicoKata
Puerto RicoExcel Zero		$14
2021-09-12A11stRiptide 2021PlupFoxUnited States
HungryboxJigglypuffUnited States		3 : 0United StatesCaptain FalconWizzrobe
United StatesCaptain FalconGahtzu
2021-07-11B12nd Rollback Rumble: THE BIG ONE - NA EastPlupFoxUnited States
OatyPeachUnited States		3 : 2
1 : 3		CanadaFoxmoky
United StatesFoxiBDW
2020
2020-01-26A11stGENESIS 7PlupFoxUnited States
Mew2KingSheikUnited States		1 : 3
3 : 2		United StatesMarthPewPewU
United StatesFoxSFAT		$952
2019
2019-12-08A11stMango's Birthday BashPlupFoxUnited States
MangoFalcoUnited States		1 : 3
3 : 0		United StatesMarthZain
United StatesJigglypuffHungrybox		$474
2019-10-06A11stThe Big House 9PlupFoxUnited States
Mew2KingSheikUnited States		1 : 3
3 : 1		United StatesFoxFiction
United StatesFoxiBDW		$748
2019-08-25A11stShine 2019PlupFoxUnited States
Mew2KingSheikUnited States		3 : 1United StatesFoxFiction
United StatesFoxiBDW		$552
2019-08-11B12ndSuper Smash Con 2019PlupFoxUnited States
Mew2KingSheikUnited States		3 : 0
0 : 3		United StatesFoxSFAT
United StatesMarthPewPewU		$330
2019-06-29B12ndCEO 2019PlupUnited States
iBDWUnited States		0 : 3United StatesSFAT
United StatesPewPewU
All Results
vs. United States Axe  /
vs. Japan aMSa  /
vs. United States Wizzrobe  /
vs. United States Aklo  /
vs. United States Salt  /
vs. United States BING  /
vs. United States Zain  /
vs. United States Salt  /
vs. United States Bekvin  /
vs. United States Mang0  /
vs. Australia Joshman  /
vs. United States KoDoRiN  /
vs. United States Cody Schwab  /
vs. United States Mang0  /
vs. United States Cody Schwab  /
vs. United States SDJ  /
vs. United States Spark  /
vs. Australia Joshman  /
vs. Canada Faust  /
vs. United States Hungrybox  /

Recent Notable Wins

Wins over players ranked in SSBMRank 2024:

Rank 6 - aMSa
Rank 26 - Lucky
Rank 74 - Slowking

Ultimate[edit]

  • Singles
  • Doubles
  • Recent VODs
DatePlaceEventResultPrize
2022
2022-09-11S3197 - 128thRiptide 20220 : 2United StatesZen
2022-06-26S3165 - 96thCEO 20221 : 2United StatesWonderBread
2020
2020-04-30G17 - 8th BUK CAKES INVITATIONAL #1DQMexicoMkLeo
2020-04-26S1549 - 64th Pound OnlineMegaman1 : 2United StatesLuigiGamingHI9x9
2020-04-18R725 - 32nd The Quarantine Series: April MinorMegamanMii Brawler1 : 3BelgiumSonicSuperStriker
2020-03-29M313 - 16th The Quarantine Series: Opening InvitationalMegamanGreninjaRidley0 : 3United StatesMarioANTi$100
2020-02-23S3165 - 96thFrostbite 20200 : 2JapanRaito
2020-01-26S1549 - 64thGENESIS 7Ridley2 : 3United StatesSnakeMegamanScAtt
2019
2019-10-06Q717 - 24thThe Big House 9Megaman1 : 3United StatesPokémon TrainerTweek
2019-08-25S63129 - 192ndShine 2019DQUnited StatesAkito
2019-08-11S1549 - 64thSuper Smash Con 2019Ridley1 : 2United StatesWolfLarry Lurr
2019-08-04Q717 - 24thEVO 2019Megaman1 : 2JapanOlimarShuton
2019-06-30S3165 - 96thCEO 20190 : 2United StatesMr E
2019-06-02S1581 - 96thSmash 'N' Splash 50 : 2United StatesMudomo
2019-05-19Q717 - 24thGet On My Level 2019Megaman1 : 3United StatesPichuVoiD
2019-04-28S3197 - 128thCome To Papa 3DQUnited StatesNemesis
2019-04-21S3165 - 96thPound 20191 : 2United StatesTension
2019-03-10M313 - 16thSmash Ultimate SummitGreninja0 : 3SwedenPokémon TrainerLeffen$778
2019-02-24S1549 - 64thFrostbite 2019Greninja1 : 3United StatesWolffalse
2019-02-03S1549 - 64thGENESIS 6Megaman2 : 3United StatesMarioZenyou
DatePlaceEventPartnerResultPrize
2022
2022-10-02E15 - 6thLost Tech City 2022PlupUnited States
MarssUnited States		2 : 3MexicoMaister
MexicoSkyjay
2020
2020-02-23S1533 - 48thFrostbite 2020PlupUnited States
CometUnited States		1 : 2United StatesStroder Ame
United StatesRFang
2019
2019-12-08B12ndMango's Birthday BashPlupUnited States
ESAMUnited States		0 : 3
2 : 3		United StatesANTi
CanadaBlacktwins13		$237
2019-10-06Q717 - 24thThe Big House 9PlupUnited States
ArmadaSweden		0 : 2United StatesFatality
United StatesSonido
2019-02-24Q717 - 24thFrostbite 2019PlupMegamanUnited States
Mew2KingLucinaUnited States		0 : 2MexicoSamusJoker
MexicoYoshiMeme
vs. United States Nairo  /
vs. Belgium SuperStriker  /
vs. United States JustTheIce  /
vs. United States Samsora  /
vs. United States ANTi  /
vs. United States Larry Lurr  /
vs. United States Kola  /
vs. United States ScAtt  /
vs. Mexico Joker  /
vs. United States Salem  /
vs. Mexico Meme  /
vs. United States Larry Lurr  /
vs. United States Fatality  /
vs. Japan Shuton  /
vs. Japan Seven  /
vs. Japan ProtoBanham  /
vs. United States MVD  /
vs. United States ZD  /
vs. Japan Gackt  /
vs. United States VoiD  /

Recent Notable Wins

Wins over players ranked in PGRU Spring 2019:

Rank 17 - MVD
Rank 22 - Salem

Project M[edit]

  • Singles
  • Doubles
  • Recent VODs
DatePlaceEventResultPrize
2017
2017-05-21A11stRunback 2017Meta Knight3 : 2United StatesLinkBlue
2015
2015-09-06I39 - 12thParagon Los Angeles 2015Samus1 : 2United StatesLucarioiPunchKidsz
2015-06-14B12ndSmash 'N' SplashSamusMeta Knight0 : 3United StatesFoxMew2King$545
2014
2014-10-05Q717 - 24thThe Big House 41 : 2United StatesSeibrik
2014-09-21D14thTipped Off 10SamusIvysaur0 : 3United StatesMewtwoMaster Raven$100
2014-06-29I39 - 12thCEO 2014LUnited StatesDEHF
2014-04-26B12ndFear The Green Missile1 : 3
2 : 3		United StatesWizzrobe$120
2014-01-19M313 - 16thApex 2014LUnited StatesESAM
2013
2013-12-15D14thTipped Off 9LUnited StatesHungrybox$41
DatePlaceEventPartnerResultPrize
2019
2019-06-02G17 - 8thSmash 'N' Splash 5PlupUnited States
JunebugUnited States		1 : 3United StatesIvayne
FrancePoilu
2017
2017-06-04A11stSmash 'N' Splash 3PlupMeta KnightSamusUnited States
JunebugDiddy KongUnited States		1 : 3
3 : 1		United KingdomSnakeProfessor Pro
United StatesWolfSwitch		$304
2017-05-21A11stRunback 2017PlupUnited States
WestballzUnited States		3 : 0United StatesSilly Kyle
United StatesHF Neon
2015
2015-06-14B12ndSmash 'N' SplashPlupUnited States
WizzrobeUnited States		2 : 3CanadaAlly
United StatesMew2King		$106
2014
2014-10-05B12ndThe Big House 4PlupMeta KnightUnited States
WizzrobeSonicUnited States		0 : 3ChileFoxZeRo
United StatesMarioMew2King		$135
2014-09-21A11stTipped Off 10PlupUnited States
WizzrobeUnited States		0 : 1
1 : 0		United StatesESAM
United StatesMVD		$90
vs. United States iPunchKidsz  /
vs. United States Oracle  /
vs. United States Mew2King  /
vs. United States Junebug  /
vs. United States Mew2King  /
vs. United States Junebug  /
vs. United States Sago  /
vs. United States Master Raven  /
vs. United States ESAM  /
vs. United States Mew2King  /
vs. United States Hungrybox  /
vs. United States Internet Explorer  /

Recent Notable Wins

Wins over players ranked in PMRank 2016:

Rank 48 - Blue

Wii U[edit]

  • Singles
  • Doubles
  • Recent VODs
DatePlaceEventResultPrize
2016
2016-08-20S3165 - 96thUnrivaledDQUnited StatesSkopkin
2015
2015-02-01S1533 - 48thApex 2015LCanadaAlly
DatePlaceEventPartnerResultPrize
2015
2015-06-14C13rdSmash 'N' SplashPlupPikachuUnited States
WizzrobeSheikUnited States		1 : 3United StatesMarioPeachBoScotty
United StatesOlimarGreenBeast		$81
2015-02-01M313 - 16thApex 2015PlupUnited States
WizzrobeUnited States		LUnited StatesTyrant
United StatesNairo
No VODs on record

Rankings[edit]

Melee[edit]

Ultimate[edit]

OrionRank[edit]

Ranking SeriesRank
NA January 2019 - March 202066

Combo Videos[edit]

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Plup joins Panda Global
  2. ↑ Plup becomes a Red Bull athlete
  3. ↑ Plup cuts ties with Panda
  4. ↑ Plup joins Lil Nouns
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