{"id":26130,"date":"2021-12-20T04:49:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T04:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/plup-dominates-smash-world-tour-sweeps-wizzrobe-in-grand-finals"},"modified":"2024-07-19T10:04:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T10:04:17","slug":"plup-dominates-smash-world-tour-sweeps-wizzrobe-in-grand-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/super-smash-bros-melee\/plup-dominates-smash-world-tour-sweeps-wizzrobe-in-grand-finals","title":{"rendered":"Plup dominates Smash World Tour, beats Wizzrobe in the Grand Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite arguably missing the top 3 players in the world (Joseph “Mang0” Marquez, Cody “iBDW” Schwab, and Zain Naghmi), the Melee Smash World Tour finals<\/a> delivered the goods in terms of gameplay, with Panda’s Justin “Plup” McGrath taking home $20k of the $150k prize pool after beating Envy’s Justin “Wizzrobe” Hallett.<\/p>\n

Plup dominates Smash World Tour, beats Wizzrobe in the Grand Finals<\/h2>\n

Plup, who opted not to attend Mainstage, missed out on Summit 12 and proved that he’s in the conversation for being considered one of the most consistent Melee players in 2021. <\/p>\n

Placing 4th at Summit 11, 2nd at Riptide, and winning the SWT West Regional Finals, the Sheik\/Fox main came with enough momentum to be considered the fan-favourite for this event, which promised to bring together talent from across the world, as no other tournament has before.<\/p>\n

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Plup tore through the bracket. (Picture: SWT)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Plup had very few complications throughout the event from the group stage onwards, apart from going to a game 5 against Mustafa “Ice” Akçakaya, although he managed to clutch it out in the end.<\/p>\n

Once the Winners Quarters rolled around, Plup was unstoppable and demonstrated his in-depth matchup knowledge across the board paired with clean, almost perfect-like execution were no match for the rest of the competitors.<\/p>\n