Hungrybox reveals the \u201cbest play of his entire life\u201d in Smash Melee In part four of Dexerto\u2019s documentary about the rise of Smash Bros God Juan \u2018Hungrybox\u2019 Debiedma and his tournament run at Super Smash Con 2019, the Jigglypuff legend discussed one of his craziest victories and defining moments as a Melee competitor. Evo is the biggest tournament of the year for fighting games with the biggest prize pool, the biggest entry numbers and the stiffest competition. For Hungrybox, winning Evo was the result of years of hard work and determination. \u201cIt\u2019s the biggest moment, it\u2019s the Evo format. You\u2019re in Vegas. It was 2,400 entrants,\u201d Hungrybox explained. \u201cStill to this day the biggest Melee tournament at the peak of Melee\u2019s popularity because Smash 4 was kinda faltering off, but Melee had a huge resurgence and I was one of the favorites to win.\u201d Debiedma explained how he ran through winners\u2019 bracket and played really well the whole tournament, but on the Sunday stage when facing off against Justin \u2018Plup\u2019 McGrath, he was 2-0\u2019d with Shiek sending the favorite into losers\u2019. \u201cAll of my drive, all of the things that I could have done, all of my buildup kind of shattered apart there because when you\u2019re coming from losers\u2019\u2026 I was never a losers\u2019 player. In fact, I was known, notorious, for two things: winning close, close situations in sets and never being able to do a losers\u2019 run.\u201d According to Debiedma, he had already given up there and may not have come back with a vengeance had it not been for his coach, Luis \u2018Crunch\u2019 Rosias who still had faith in the Clutch Puff. \u201cHe told me to get my ass to Starbucks, or whatever, get a coffee and he told to do jumping jacks to get yourself back in it. Take it one at a time. One game at a time,\u201d the Team Liquid star said. After taking out Johnny \u2018S2J\u2019 Kim in his next match, someone he had never lost to, Hungrybox\u2019s head was back in the tournament heading into the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, Hbox faced off against a fellow Smash God, Joseph \u2018Mango\u2019 Marquez and pulled off one of the most incredible plays of his career. \u201cGame three happens and we go to Pokemon Stadium and I remember I get this ridiculous roll Rest or something like that. He bounces off the rock so he missed the tech and then he dies,\u201d HBox explained. \u201cWhen that happened, I was like \u2018crap, now I have to win\u2019.\u201d This now set Debiedma up for a rematch against Plup in the losers\u2019 finals. After zoning everything out and thinking back to all the teams he competed against Plup in locals, he took the match by outplaying the Shiek player. In a dire situation, the Puff God assessed what a Shiek player would do in his situation and in the blink of an eye was able to calculate how Plup would act and determined he would go for a F-air. With that, Hbox landed an up-tilt into Rest to secure the victory. \u201cCrazy, crazy win for that set too,\u201d Debiedma said. \u201cSo I had a crazy win against Mango, another crazy win against Plup and next thing I know I\u2019m in Grand Finals.\u201d \u201cWhen I got to Grand Finals and I proved I could beat Mango and Plup, going on a losers\u2019 run, I was ready to admit defeat. I\u2019m going to be so happy with second place because I played to my standard. I was ranked 2 in the world,\u201d he added. \u201cSo I was already in a really, really good mood going against Armada. I was ready to have fun, let it loose, play as well as I could, take some risks and the craziest thing is that\u2019s exactly what I needed to happen.\u201d Against the legendary Adam \u2018Armada\u2019 Lindgren, Hungrybox played out of his mind, pulling out moves he hasn\u2019t used in awhile and throwing the Swedish superstar off his game. \u201cHe couldn\u2019t read what I was doing. Hell, I couldn\u2019t read what I was doing.\u201d After an unbelievable comeback in game 5 by surviving an Up-throw into Up-air followed reading Armada\u2019s air dodge to take his last stock, Hungrybox secured the bracket reset. \u201cTo this day that will be the best play of my entire life,\u201d he explained. In the next set, the match yet again went to a game 5. With both Smash Gods on their last stocks and nerves running high, they both had missed inputs, but Armada\u2019s was far more costly. \u201cThe stars were aligned in the craziest ways possible and it all worked out for me in the same day,\u201d Hungrybox said. \u201cIf I needed any validation that I was doing the right thing, it was that. And that was Evo.\u201d The God Slayer Jumping forward three years later and now the number one ranked player in the world, Hungrybox had his eyes set on one prize that alluded him throughout his career: a first-place finish at Super Smash Con. However, standing in his way was William \u2018Leffen\u2019 Hjelte, the first Smash Melee player who ever defeat the five Gods. \u201cHe was the newest up-and-coming player before Plup came onto the scene. The first player to beat the five Gods of Melee if you will. His was just a whole new style to deal with,\u201d Hbox admitted. \u201cIt was a much more optimized Fox, a lot more things are tighter like the windows \u2013 the stuff he did was a lot more unexpected and you had to really respect his style a lot more.\u201d With the two players don\u2019t see eye-to-eye on a lot of things nowadays, primarily because of Leffen\u2019s views on Jigglypuff, Hungrybox insisted that whenever the two play, it\u2019s really crazy. Unfortunately for Hungrybox, Leffen played out of his mind winning Winners\u2019 Finals 3-0 sending Debiedma into losers to face Zain. After climbing back to to reach Grand Finals and face Leffen again, history repeated itself and the God Slayer once more 3-0\u2019d Hbox and his Jigglypuff. The run for his first-ever Super Smash Con title would be put on hold. \u201cThat one hurts a lot,\u201d Debiedma revealed. \u201cI need to work harder. I think he was just a better player today. I just need to do better.\u201d When asked where he would go from there, Hbox\u2019s answer was simple: \u201cBack to work\u201d. Hungrybox would go on to win Shine 2019, Mainstage 2019 and remain the #1 ranked Smash Bros Melee player in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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