Melee Stats celebrates April Fools with a real fool of the Smash Community: Jim Jam Flim Flam himself. He joins Wheat to outline 10 tips for tourney-goers to follow to get the most out of their Smash experience.

Deep Dives Episode 47 (The Wannabes)

Apr 1st, 2020 1h 17m

What is this, a crossover episode? JD and Wassabi from The Wannabes Podcast join Wheat to discuss the thing on everyone's mind: Netplay. Together they discuss it is a means of improvement, its competitive legitimacy, and touch on some of the sc

Deep Dives Episode 46 (Toph, Ambisinister)

Mar 25th, 2020 1h 13m

TOPH!! THE UPSETS!! Toph joins Wheat and Ambisinister to discuss the best and most memorable upsets in Melee history as they break down the bracket for Melee Stats' March Madness.

Deep Dives Episode 45 (EdwinBudding)

Mar 25th, 2020 1h 14m

We live in interesting times now due to the outbreak of COVID-19, and that means we need an interesting guest to join the show to chat. And when you can't find an interesting guest, you ask EdwinBudding to be on. Wheat and Edwin talk about Mele

Deep Dives Episode 43 (EdwinBudding)

Mar 3rd, 2020 1h 15m

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Deep Dives Episode 42 (Webs)

Feb 20th, 2020 1h 39m

It's the vacation special! While on vacation, Wheat is joined by webs, fresh from leaving Smash Summit 9, to discuss the invitational event and the current landscape of Melee players. Come for the high level Melee talk, stay for live raccoon up

Deep Dives Episode 41 (Chroma)

Feb 13th, 2020 1h 37m

Love is in the air, and there's nothing to not love about Smash Summit 9. Wheat is joined by Chroma to discuss the weekend's stacked invitational, including the pools structure, bracket predictions and...the Swag Bracket??

Deep Dives Episode 40 (Aiden)

Feb 7th, 2020 1h 26m

Who could ask for a more qualified guest? Saving Mr. Lombardi 2 TO and Beyond the Summit team member Aiden joins the podcast on the second of this week's two episodes. He and Wheat discuss how the players fared at Saving Mr. Lombardi 2, experim

Deep Dives Episode 39 (EdwinBudding)

Feb 4th, 2020 1h 25m

Fresh off of their Genesis flus, Wheat and Edwin are back to discuss Genesis 7, the start to a new year of Melee. The boys go the year's first supermajor, a tournament full of incredible upsets, Cinderella losers runs and an electrifying top ei

Deep Dives Episode 38 (EdwinBudding)

Jan 16th, 2020

As we see new faces in the top 100, an old face pops up! EdwinBudding joins the podcast yet again to chat about reactions to the top 100, predictions on what’s to come and recapping Valhalla III, Europe’s latest major.https://meleestats.co/wp-

Deep Dives Episode 37 (BillyBoPeep)

Jan 9th, 2020

Tis the season! No, not the holiday season, the ranking season! After a brief holiday break, Wheat is joined by up-and-coming Fox player and Top 50 hopeful BillyBoPeep to discuss the upcoming Top 100. In addition to talking about new members to

Deep Dives Episode 36 (EdwinBudding, Ambisinister)

Dec 18th, 2019

With Wheat out for the week, Edwin takes the reins of the show with his good friend Ambisinister to recap a strange year for Melee, as well as clear up some misconceptions about SSBMRank, make predictions for the next year, and answer questions

Deep Dives Episode 35 (webs, Edwin Budding)

Dec 12th, 2019

If Mango’s Birthday Bash was the party, then this must be the after party! Wheat is joined by good friends webs and EdwinBudding to talk about Melee’s last major of the season, Hax’s breakout performance, and Melee in 2020.https://meleestats.c

Deep Dives Episode 34 (FatGoku)

Dec 5th, 2019

New blood in the Melee podcasting game means new rivalries! Coming from his new podcast The Delinquent Trio (with Magi and KJH), top 50 player FatGoku joins Wheat to talk Mango’s Birthday Bash…or maybe they talk about everything but Mango’s Bir

Deep Dives Episode 33 (Captain Faceroll)

Nov 19th, 2019

Fresh off his decisive victory at DreamHack Atlanta 2019, Captain Faceroll joins the show to talk about his first place over the likes of Mew2King, n0ne, Spark and more. He and Wheat go through his bracket, his 6-0 of Mew2King and other good pe

Deep Dives Episode 32 (Ambisinister, Wills)

Nov 13th, 2019

Talking about some HOT Melee in HOTlanta! Wheat is joined by Melee Stats quip-master Ambisinister and Georgia’s Wills to go over the Southeastern regional with a ton of top talent.Follow Ambi and Wills on Twitter.https://meleestats.co/wp-cont

Deep Dives Episode 31 (EdwinBudding)

Nov 7th, 2019

Newly married, Edwin Budding is back on the podcast to talk about his first true love: Melee! He joins Wheat to talk about the big weekend coming up, with three events coming up from across the United States and beyond.Want to read up on the h

Deep Dives Episode 30

Nov 7th, 2019

A spooky episode for the spookiest time of the year. GimmeDatTreat and spiderwebs talk about top player opinions, ranking philosophies and the best weather to go trick-or-treating in.Follow webs on Twitter.https://meleestats.co/wp-content/upl

Deep Dives Episode 29

Nov 7th, 2019

Five events in one weekend? To talk about such a big weekend, we had to bust out the big boys! Wheat is joined by Texas player/commentator Studebacher Hoch to talk EGLX 2019, DreamHack Rotterdam, and The Good, the Bad and the Melee, the Summit-

Deep Dives Episode 28

Oct 10th, 2019

Magi, one of Melee’s most electrifying rising stars, joins Wheat to talk about 2019’s most entertaining major, The Big House 9. They talk about the action-packed bracket at 2019’s final supermajor, then dive into Magi’s thoughts on players, mat

Deep Dives Episode 27

Oct 3rd, 2019

A big episode for The Big House! Midwest commentator and friend of the show webs joins Wheat for a Deep Dive of Michigan’s annual supermajor, The Big House 9. On a jammed pack episode, the two go over what may be the most stacked tournament of

Deep Dives Episode 26

Sep 28th, 2019

An old Melee Stats Podcast favorite makes his first dive! In recapping Mainstage, Wheat and Aiden talk about the bracket and their experiences at the event, as an attendee and a TO, respectively. They also talk about the future of Melee on a na

Deep Dives Episode 25

Sep 18th, 2019

A Melee podcast crossover! Epengu, the commentator, interviewer, and host of analog, joins Wheat to both discuss the wild results of Smash Camp: End of Summer and preview SoCal’s biggest major of 2019: Mainstage.Head over to analog’s YouTube c

Deep Dives Episode 24

Sep 18th, 2019

Grab your sleeping bag, your pillow and your…controller?!? Wheat is joined by Melee Stats member KayB to talk about Melee’s most unique tournament of the year: Arizona’s Smash Camp: End of Summer.Yes, this was outdated upon release. We apologi