FaZe Sparg0 Chomps Past Sonix to Win Blink Respawn Smash Ultimate Tournament

Edgar “Sparg0” Valdez has beaten Carlos “Sonix” Pérez once more in a grand final of a big Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament. This time, Sparg0 used one of his favorite characters, Piranha Plant, which is considered one of the game’s low-tier characters.

While the tournament is not considered a “major,” many players in attendance were highly rated. Leonardo “MkLeo” López Pérez, Markus “ShinyMark” Florido and Sonix showed up to the tournament, only to lose to Sparg0’s Piranha Plant.

Sparg0 met Sonix in the grand final of the event, and it was yet another grand final in which Sonix was not able to win because of Sparg0’s unconventional pick. Most of the time Sonix and Sparg0 have played, Sparg0 has always pulled out a character that he doesn’t usually use in tournaments to throw Sonix off his game.

This time, it was the low-tier character Piranha Plant. It’s not just Sonix who suffered the wrath of the plant, though. MkLeo’s Byleth also lost to Sparg0 using Plant. This whole top 8 was just Sparg0 playing one of his favorite characters and showing what one can do with it.

After the loss, Sonix took to X and asked players to give him a rundown on how to beat Piranha Plant. He added that it was his first time playing the matchup in a bracket and “idk what the f**k was going on.”

Sonix’s loss this tournament continues his first-place drought in offline tournaments. The last time he won a big tournament was in 2023 at The Coinbox IRL. He beat Sparg0 in the grand final of that tournament, but since then, he’s struggled to replicate his results whenever he faces off against him.