S2J (an abbreviation for Smoke2Jointz) is a Melee Captain Falcon professional who is considered to be the one of the three best Falcon players in the world, along with Wizzrobe and n0ne. He is currently ranked 5th on the SoCal Melee Power Rankings and 11th on the 2019 MPGR.

On July 14, 2016, he was picked up by Tempo Storm,[1] but parted ways on January 3rd, 2019.[2] On January 18th, 2019 he joined Halocline Gaming,[3] but left later that year on November 25th.[4] On March 13th, 2020, he joined beastcoast.[5]

Playing style [ edit ]

Even for a player of his caliber, S2J has an excellent neutral game, using a combination of precise wave-dashing and dash-dancing to perfectly space his attacks. He is also one of the best defensive Falcons with good smash DI and mix-ups with Falcon's otherwise poor recovery. His punish game is notorious among smashers for being able to 0-death with just one combo (usually beginning with a grab), which is known as a Johnny Stock. He is also a read-heavy player.

A major weakness of S2J's game is his poor edgeguarding. While it has been recently getting better, he is still known to make poor decisions and sometimes even self-destructing by just attempting to edgeguard like at Apex 2015 against PPMD and at The Big House 5 against Abate. He also admitted that his mental game could get better if not for having a mindblock against Westballz, Lucky, and SFAT, 3 players who he frequently plays against and loses to for the most part. He said that this is the main reason that he hasn't reached the top 10 spots on the yearly SSBMRank, particularly the 6th-10th spots. Due to his read-heavy playstyle, he also relies on the player's habits, meaning he does better against other players he has played before.

Tournament placings [ edit ]

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner Battle Arena Melbourne 7 May 22nd-24th, 2015 5th — —

Trivia [ edit ]

According to his ask.fm, S2J quit his job to play Melee near-full time, but also plays online poker for income.

near-full time, but also plays online poker for income. Despite being one of the best Captain Falcon players, he hates Falcon dittos.

He used to reside at Mango's house and streamed there as well, providing in-depth analysis of professional Captain Falcon matches, including his own.

He used to enter some locals with the tag "Captain Blowjob".

He was the first Captain Falcon main to reach top 8 at EVO, doing so at EVO 2016. He repeated this alongside Wizzrobe at EVO 2018.

In his interview with Tempo Storm, S2J said he attended UCLA, and that's where he became seriously interested in Melee.