LumiRank 2024.2 | 41 - 50
It’s that time of the year again. Welcome to LumiRank 2024.2, the definitive Super Smash Bros. Ultimate ranking for the second half of 2024. Join us in celebrating the 50 players who set themselves apart from the field as some of the strongest in the game right now.
For information on LumiRank 2024.1, check out the landing page here.
Toon Link is not a popular character by any stretch of the imagination, comfortably being in the bottom half of usage charts across high and top level competitions. So when the most prolific user of that character steps away from competition, just like Sigma did, it is often a huge blow to that character's playerbase.
And this would ring very true even in this case, if it wasn’t for one player: Lv.1. Proving that his top 50 ranking last season wasn’t a fluke, he once again reached that top echelon. While he had some solid performances all throughout the ranking season, there’s one quality about him that continues to impress me: his performances on the biggest stage, at the biggest tournaments.
Because while many people would crumble under the pressure, and perform worse when all the spotlight is on them, the same cannot be said for Lv.1. His best performance last season was at one of the biggest events of the year, and the same can be said for this season, where he finished 4th at Kowloon x Kagaribi, a P Tier.
Not only did he beat players like Fui, Rarikkusu, Taikei and Sin there, he also managed to defeat zackray in a close game 5 set, proving once again that he can hang with the best of the best. If Lv.1 could replicate these types of performances at a smaller major, I’d reckon him winning the whole thing wouldn’t be entirely out of the question… Toon Link winning a major in 2025, now wouldn’t that be a story.
— Jonas “Fortuna” Stritzinger
You might not know his name, but this Zombie main has risen, and he’s hungry for his next big win.
Fresh off the Smashmate presses, 33peranBOX has stormed onto the scene as another young Wi-Fi-born talent in the Kansai region, following in the footsteps of players like acola, Doramigi, and Raru.
Last season, he put his name on the map when he placed top 8 at his first major, but it’s in the past six months that he’s found his groove.
In August, he won his first superregional at Maesuma’LANDMARK #2 over the likes of Jogibu, Lv.1, and Yone_pi, but he didn’t stop there. Continuing the momentum, he’d win Kamisuma #25 over Jogibu, Raki, and more of Kansai’s best.
The middle of his season saw a bit of a slump, facing unfortunate bracket luck like Hurt and Raru losses for 9th at a superregional, but that didn’t stop him. He cleaned things up and built momentum in the last two months of the year. As his upward trajectory only continued in the past months, he took down players like Umeki, M0tsunabE, Karaage, MASA, Raki, even double eliminating Yoshidora at Sumabato SP 53 to end the year on a high note.
With every day and night that passes, one of the best Steve players in the world is only growing stronger. Adding name after name to an illustrious list of wins, he’s climbing to new heights with every tournament he enters. It’s just a matter of time before 33peranBOX reaches the peak, and can no longer be dismissed or ignored.
— Mira “Rosebloom” Kermode
Georgia has brought out a lengthy list of top 50 players over the years, so it would not be unusual for a new guy from the Peach State to pop in. Amongst those newheads is Jahzz0, a player who is now well known for his skill with Ken — and his parries. Jahzz0 would come into this season already having made a name for himself in the late 2024.1 season after making his first major top 8 and getting runner-up at his home state’s largest event of the year.
Coming into this season, his first opportunity to prove himself was at Supernova. Against all odds, and in matchups that seemed impossible for an FGC character, Jahzz0 was able to achieve a great upset on Neo, along with taking additional upsets to finish in the top 32 of the largest NA tournament of the season.
Something Jahzz0 was able to do consistently this season was proving himself capable at his three majors this season. On top of Supernova, Jahzz0 placed at or above his seed at Riptide and Luminosity Makes Moves Miami. On top of these placements, Jahzz0 was able to take wins on top talents in Riddles and Zomba, while taking even more over regional threats.
Despite some shortcomings at smaller tournaments, Jahzz0 was finally able to achieve top 50 after some years of effort, and there’s so much potential for this extremely charismatic player to continue to rise.
— Benny Schmid
Fui represents one of the most important kinds of players, the quiet consistent contenders that make the scene tick. We all have a Fui at our locals. He comes every week, plays his game, and at any moment could make an upset or a losers run and shake up a bracket. Fui performed to his seed, above it, or below it in about equal measure this season, with a few long runs to strong placements, almost always finding an impressive win while requiring some of Japan’s many noteworthy players to take him down.
Fui attended well this season, even without leaving Japan, taking names across the country. Because of this, he collected a diverse set of wins, both as far as characters and players are concerned, even winning matchups that someone like Yoshidora has found difficult, like Umeki and Doramigi.
On the days he does make a huge run to top 8, Fui can be a nightmare, navigating every top-tier monster and funny mid-tier matchup check you throw at him, as he showed at Kurobra 44 to end the season, taking down Daisy, Icies, Steve, Isabelle, DK, and Fox to finish 2nd place. Fui only started attending in 2022 and began his steady climb up the rankings with a breakout performance at WAVE Champions #6 in November 2023.
At this rate of improvement, we might see him much higher on these rankings before we know it.
— James “Doxazo” Rivers
It’s been years, but after being known as one of North America’s most formidable hidden bosses, AlanDiss has finally broken through and become a top 50 player. Years past he came up just short after having already been an underrated threat in the pre-quarantine era, but he served up a pile of grenades this last half year across both Mexico and El Salvador.
Hailing from Tijuana, AlanDiss has been in a hotbed for strong talent for years - but he demonstrated vast skill in multiple game 5 sets against Sparg0 at EL DOJO MASTERS #9, Buen morro series #2, and PSKSHOWDOWN #08. At the latest one, held in November, he managed a set over Mexico’s champion, likely sealing his top 50 ascendance.
In the meantime, he grinded events through Mexico and placed third at Legends 5 — one of Central America’s most significant and prestigious events of all time, and the crown jewel of the region year-to-year. While names like HaunterGV and Romeo Santos might not be familiar to Americans, they are some of the region’s strongest talent — with Haunter himself narrowly missing the top 50. Despite the challenge, AlanDiss defeated both, and only faltered in two lengthy sets against the region’s titan player ShinyMark.
With a massive win over Sparg0 and consistency held across Latin America, AlanDiss has sealed his status as a top 50 player and one of Mexico’s biggest threats.
— Joshua “Barnard’s Loop” Craig
As a flight between Tokyo Narita airport and San Jose International took off on a cold Wednesday morning in February 2024, a very excited Shirayuki was kicking the back of my seat for his own amusement, in sheer excitement of his first ever venture outside of Japan: a trip to Genesis X. This marked the beginning of a breakout year for Shirayuki, who not only finally placed himself into the LumiRank top 50 in the first half of the year, but also maintained his position in the second half as well despite having a relatively quieter half year.
Placing 17th at almost half the majors he went to this season (including P tier Umebura SP 11), Shirayuki proves himself to be a constant threat at any tournament he attends, continuously going back and forth in sets with some of the best of the best in Shuton, Asimo, Yoshidora and so on amongst the people he has fought this season.
He has the clear ability to beat anybody on a good day, no matter how bad the matchup (as he has proved before) — now, the story for Shirayuki is to figure out how he can stack those wins up consecutively and consistently reproduce some of the miracle runs we’ve seen him achieve before in previous seasons, until they become frequent enough that we don’t regard his runs to be a thing of miracles anymore.
— Sean from somewhere
The meta of Smash Ultimate hasn't been so kind to Samus lately. Bayo, Steve, Falco everywhere you look. Who's standing strong against it though? None other than Sisqui, making his return to the Top 50 this season.
During his tour from his home in Spain to America, France, and the UK, Sisqui built a strong resumé with wins on Tarik, AndresFn, Susu, Leon, and many more among Europe’s best of the best.
Showing shades of Japan, Europe has lately been a region with up-and-coming talent coming seemingly out of nowhere. Sisqui would fall victim to one of these players, an Inkling main named Shaneak, at major Regen 2024. In the midst of Shaneak’s breakout-run path, Sisqui fell to losers earlier than expected, but he wouldn’t bow out yet. Reminding the world that he never left, Sisqui would tear through new and old talent on the losers side, taking down Ascro, Oryon, and Supahsemmie.
Sisqui’s big major performance this season would come at major tournament Ultimate Fighting Arena 2024, where he would secure wins on the two best players in Europe. He double eliminated Glutonny, making a dent in their now competitive set record, and took a clean 3-0 set on crêpe salée in the seemingly difficult matchup versus Steve. While Sisqui fell short of taking it all by one game, his progress would not go unnoticed by Europe and the world as he continuously defies the odds and reclaims the title of the world’s best Samus. That major win is inching closer and closer, and may be on the horizon in the near future.
— Nathaniel
Slowly but surely developing consistency in results, M0tsunabE yet again cements himself as a top 50 player this season. However, at Umebura SP 11 this September, M0tsunabE managed to defeat Sin in the Falco Ice Climbers matchup, which makes him the first best greatest player of all time.
Ironically that was one of the few events where he placed under his seed, but all in all the “Fal-King” had yet another solid six months, thanks to a healthy attendance rate at most of the big ranked events this year across Japan and an impressive set of placements and wins at all of them. Deep runs at the likes of Kowloon x Kagaribi, DELTA #8.5 and #9, not to mention his first place finish at B tier event BAYBEE Cup over the likes of uame, Umeki and Akakikusu indeed show that M0tsunabE has began to find a comfortable spot for himself within the top echelon of Kanto Smash players.
The noticeable lack of complaining about other characters on the TL as of late is proof of just how far M0tsunabE has come — after his brief stint of looking for secondaries in Sora and Mii Brawler came to a close and he put his head down to work on Falco’s worst matchups by sticking to his main, he wrapped up this season with positive set records against characters he would have gotten obliterated by in previous years, showing further signs that only good things are to come for him at future events. And to do all this with a bottom 1 character… incredible.
— Sean from somewhere
Peabin’ season has been extended another 6 months, breathe. After a performance in the first half of 2024 that saw Peabnut enter the ranks of the world’s top 50 for the time, the back of the year saw him continue to stake his claim amongst the game’s very best. Peabnut started with an incredible victory at Chicago B tier Saturday Stadium 4: Golden, where the Carolinian invader vanquished some of the Midwest’s finest in Deathspade, loaf, ATATA, Onin, and Candle twice.
Peab fleshed out his win resume over the remainder of the season both through majors like Cirque 4, Litvitational 3, Riptide, Supernova, and LMMM and in southeast regionals such as cardd’s basement and the R&R Tournament Series. Throughout, he picked up additional top wins on players such as Hurt, Snow, Tarik, Apple Reviewer, Monte, GuyGuy, DJDon, Anarchy, and NoTag, despite attending 6 less ranked events than last season, and the season overall being significantly more difficult (for a more specific explanation, see this thread).
Though most students struggle to balance a workload and hobbies, Peabnut continues to excel whilst making his opponents’ gameplay look like a comedic 8-bit. As he continues to push both his academic and Smash studies forward, we’re left to ask only one question… as he continues his upward march through the rankings season after season, how high will he continue to climb?
— Ritual
While Japan is definitely the Ice Climbers’ natural habitat, the only Ice Climbers player that had managed to achieve a global ranking before used to be Big D from Canada. This year that finally ended up changing, as Sin managed to debut on the LumiRank at 41st.
After first showing up at offline competition in 2023, he managed to get ranked as an honorable mention due to his low attendance but impressive track record, including a win over Shuton. He followed this impressive debut year up with an even stronger 2024. While still not being a high attendance player, he did manage to meet the attendance requirements for this season, and 5 tournaments was all that was needed to make a statement that Sin is a player to look out for going forward.
Sin’s season is built off dual 9th place finishes. He started his season off incredibly, with a magnificent breakout run at premier event Kagaribi x Kowloon. His position as the 181st seed caused many to expect him to outperform his projected placement, but nobody was ready for what was about to happen, as Sin took down a staggering list of top players including Kameme, Karaage and none other than Shuton again on his way to Winner’s Quarterfinals. He would later follow this performance up with another Winner’s Quarterfinals run at Supermajor DELTA#9 where he defeated none other than invader Glutonny, proving that he can absolutely hang with the crème de la crème of Smash Ultimate.
Despite Sin’s impressive season that leads to his ranking here, he is still a very new player, having only attended 17 ranked events over the past 2 years. While his low attendance and some inconsistencies held him back from a higher ranking this season, these are both issues that will likely sort themselves out over time. Sin is already considered to be the best Ice Climbers player by many of his peers, and he will be looking to continue to prove this on a global scale in 2025!
— Alice “AliceLen” Len
