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Axe
From Liquipedia Smash Wiki
Axe at The Big House 8.
Player Information
Name:
Jeffrey Williamson
Nationality:
Born:
April 7, 1991 (age 35)
Years Active:
2008 - Present
Team:
Alternate IDs:
Walgreens Drake
Approx. Total Winnings:
$83,895
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Current Mains:
Secondaries:
Project M
Current Mains:
Secondaries:
Links
Achievements
Melee:
History
| 2014-07-09 — 2015-04-09 | Mortality |
| 2015-04-18 — 2015-06-09 | Most Valuable Gaming |
| 2015-07-02 — Present | Tempo |
Jeffrey "Axe" Williamson is a top professional Melee player from Phoenix, Arizona, who is widely regarded as the best Pikachu player in the world. He was ranked 6th in SSBMRank 2025.
Biography
[edit]Axe has spent over 4 years as a top 10 player in the world, and he is credited with bringing Pikachu from a mid-tier character to a top 10 character. In addition to his Pikachu, he also has a Falco, Young Link, and a Marth. Falco is his main secondary, while Young Link is usually used against floaty characters such as the Ice Climbers.
He has finished top 8 at national tournaments many times since Apex 2010, with victories over PPMD, Hungrybox, Mango, and Mew2King on his resumé.
After an impressive 5th place finish at 2014 MLG Anaheim, coming from the open bracket, he was picked up by Mortality eSports as their second Smash player, joining ChuDat. He repeated his 5th place performance at EVO 2014, where he performed a now-legendary 56 second 4-stock against Silent Wolf.
Axe parted ways with Mortality on April 9, 2015.[1] He joined Most Valuable Gaming nine days later on April 18. He parted ways with Most Valuable Gaming on June 9, 2015. On July 2, 2015, Axe and Westballz joined Tempo Storm as their first ever Smash players.[2]
On June 16, 2019, he made history when he won Smash Summit 8 beating players such as moky, S2J, Zain, Mango, Leffen, and Wizzrobe (x2). This was his first ever major win in his 10+ year career, as well as the first ever major won by Pikachu in Melee's history.
Results
[edit]Melee
[edit]Recent Notable Wins
Wins over players ranked in SSBMRank 2024:
Rank 1 - Zain
- 2025-05-18 |
| 3 : 2 at Full House 2025
- 2025-05-18 |
| 3 : 2 at Full House 2025
- 2025-05-17 |
| 3 : 2 at Full House 2025
- 2025-09-07 |
| 3 : 1 at Riptide 2025
- 2025-03-30 |
| 3 : 2 at Battle of BC 7
- 2025-05-17 |
| 3 : 2 at Full House 2025
- 2025-12-07 |
| 3 : 2 at Nounsvitational Tokyo 2025
- 2025-08-24 | 3 : 2 at Collision 2025
- 2025-10-12 |
| 3 : 1 at Luminosity Makes Moves Miami 2025
- 2025-02-16 |
| 3 : 1 at GENESIS X2
- 2025-03-30 |
| 3 : 2 at Battle of BC 7
- 2025-03-30 |
| 3 : 1 at Battle of BC 7
- 2025-04-20 |
| 3 : 1 at Smash Camp 2025
- 2025-02-16 |
| 3 : 1 at GENESIS X2
- 2025-12-07 |
| 3 : 1 at Nounsvitational Tokyo 2025
- 2025-04-27 | 3 : 0 at Nouns Bowl 2025
- 2025-10-12 |
| 3 : 0 at Luminosity Makes Moves Miami 2025
- 2025-12-07 |
| 3 : 0 at Nounsvitational Tokyo 2025
Rank 20 - KoDoRiN
- 2025-06-08 | 3 : 1 at Tipped Off 16: Safari
- 2025-08-10 |
| 3 : 1 at Supernova 2025
- 2025-08-10 |
| 3 : 1 at Supernova 2025
- 2025-08-10 | 3 : 1 at Supernova 2025
- 2025-09-07 | 3 : 2 at Riptide 2025
- 2025-05-17 |
| 3 : 1 at Full House 2025
- 2025-08-10 | 3 : 0 at Supernova 2025
- 2025-09-07 | 3 : 2 at Riptide 2025
- 2025-02-16 |
| 3 : 0 at GENESIS X2
- 2025-04-20 | 3 : 2 at Smash Camp 2025
- 2025-09-07 |
| 3 : 0 at Riptide 2025
- 2025-04-27 | 3 : 0 at Nouns Bowl 2025
Project M
[edit]Ultimate
[edit]Broadcast Talent
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| 2017-06-04 | Premier | Smash 'N' Splash 3 | Commentator | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings
[edit]Melee
[edit]SSBMRank
[edit]All-Time
[edit]| Ranking Series | Rank |
|---|---|
| All-Time Top 100 | 12 |
SoCal
[edit]| Ranking Series | Rank |
|---|---|
| Winter-Spring 2025 | 2 |
Project M
[edit]All-Time
[edit]| Ranking Series | Rank |
|---|---|
| All-Time Top 100 | 57 |
Matches
[edit]Interviews
[edit]2015
[edit]- 2015-08-27 | Pikachu's last hope: TempoAxe | r/Smashbros AMA by Jared Wynne and Ian J. Barker of Daily Dot Esports
- 2015-02-06 | Apex 2015 - MOR | Axe Interview: "Do I look like Drake?" by Adam Baugh of Esports Heaven at Apex 2015
2014
[edit]- 2014-06-22 | Axe Interview at MLG Anaheim: "When I pick Pikachu it just feels right" by Hot_Bid of TL.net at 2014 MLG Anaheim
Gallery
[edit]- Axe at DreamHack Winter 2015
- Axe at MLG Anaheim 2014
- Axe at Apex 2015
References
[edit]Categories:
- 1991 births
- Players
- Active Players
- American Players
- Super Smash Bros. Melee Players
- Project M Players
- Pages with ExternalMediaLinks
- Pikachu Players (Melee)
- Young Link Players (Melee)
- Fox Players (Melee)
- Falco Players (Melee)
- Marth Players (Melee)
- Pikachu Players (Project M)
- Marth Players (Project M)
- Player results pages
- Commentators