Status Active Name Nairoby Quezada Hometown Passaic, New Jersey Date of birth November 7, 1996 | Current team Team Liquid Home town Passaic Nickname(s) Nairo
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Championships MLG World Finals 2015 (Wii U)
Apex 2014 (Brawl) Games Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, Super Smash Bros. Brawl | ||
Nairoby Quezada (born November 7, 1996), known by his gamertag Nairo, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. player from Passaic, New Jersey. He is regarded as a top Super Smash Bros. for Wii U player and a top Super Smash Bros. Brawl player. He mains Zero Suit Samus in Wii U and Meta Knight in Brawl.
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Career
Quezada gained national recognition in Brawl at Apex 2012, defeating top players such as Nietono, before losing to Otori in Winners' Finals and Nietono in Losers' Finals, finishing 3rd out of 400 entrants. He won his first national Brawl tournament at SKTAR, defeating ESAM in winners' and grand finals. At Apex 2013, Quezada suffered an early defeat in winners' bracket, before making his way through losers' bracket finishing 4th. Quezada would later win Apex 2014 concluding with a Meta Knight ditto against ZeRo. Quezada is also known for frequently teaming up with Wyatt "ADHD" Beekman, being the strongest Brawl doubles team in the world, having won both Apex 2013 and Apex 2014. Quezada is known to play the opposite of his brother being very offensive and almost never camping. Quezada was the Meta Knight with the most approach options.
Quezada signed with Team Liquid in August 2015 and later ended Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios 53 tournament winning streak at the 2015 MLG World Finals. Quezada has won many nationals in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, including Paragon Los Angeles 2015, Umebura FAT, and MLG 2015.
Quezada was one of the eight players competing in the Pokkén Tournament Early Access Competition Invitational by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo.
On August 16, 2016 Quezada left Team Liquid. It was announced on August 23, 2016 that Quezada would be joining NRG eSports as their first Super Smash Bros. player.
Personal life
Quezada has a brother, Kelvin "Ksizzle" Quezada, who also plays Super Smash Bros..