Angel Cortes, formerly known asiKon, is an American professionalsmasher from New Jersey who mainsDiddy Kong inSmash 4 andIce Climbers inBrawl. He is regarded as one of the best Diddy Kong mains in the Tri-state area, and one of the best solo Diddy Kong mains in the world during the earlymetagame. Angel Cortes is currently ranked 4th on theNew Jersey Smash 4 Power Rankings and was formerly ranked 38th on thePanda Global Rankings v1. InSmash 4, he has beaten top players such asNairo,Dabuz,Tweek,WaDi,Vinnie,Pink Fresh,9B, andNietono.
Tournament placings[edit]
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|
| KTAR 8 | December 28th, 2013 | 13th | — | — |
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|
| Collision XI | January 3rd, 2015 | 25th | — | — |
| Apex 2015 | January 30th-February 1st, 2015 | 33rd | — | — |
| S@X 100 | June 2nd, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| Collision XII | June 6th, 2015 | 5th | — | — |
| EVO 2015 | July 17th-19th, 2015 | 17th | 33rd | Rich Brown |
| Super Smash Con 2015 | August 6th-9th, 2015 | 5th | — | — |
| Nebulous Prime 1 | August 14th-16th, 2015 | 5th | — | — |
| S@X 112 | August 25th, 2015 | 3rd | — | — |
| SKTAR 4 | August 22nd-23rd, 2015 | 9th | 2nd | Nairo |
| KTAR XIV | November 7th, 2015 | 7th | 3rd | ANTi |
| KTAR XV | December 5th, 2015 | 5th | 33rd | Max Ketchum |
| KTAR XVI | January 9th, 2016 | 5th | 5th | Max Ketchum |
| GENESIS 3 | January 15th-17th, 2016 | 33rd | 49th | Max Ketchum |
| Do or DI | March 11th-13th, 2016 | 5th | 5th | Pugwest |
| Pound 2016 | April 2nd-3rd, 2016 | 17th | 25th | Max Ketchum |
| Collision XIII | April 16th, 2016 | 7th | 5th | Max Ketchum |
| S@X 151 | May 24th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| S@X 152 | May 31st, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| Midwest Mayhem 3 | June 4th, 2016 | 3rd | 5th | Ksev |
| KTAR XVIII | June 11th, 2016 | 17th | 3rd | Tweek |
| S@X 155 | June 21st, 2016 | 2nd | — | — |
| 2GGT: KTAR Saga | July 23rd, 2016 | 49th | 13th | TLTC |
| S@X 156 | June 28th, 2016 | 7th | — | — |
| Invasion 6 | July 2nd, 2016 | 3rd | 5th | Fabled |
| S@X 157 | July 5th, 2016 | 5th | — | — |
| S@X 158 | July 12th, 2016 | 17th | — | — |
| EVO 2016 | July 15th-17th, 2016 | 65th | — | — |
| Smash @ The Cave #34 | August 11th, 2016 | 17th | — | — |
| Super Smash Con 2016 | August 11th-14th, 2016 | 65th | — | — |
| Mid-South Championships | September 10th-11th, 2016 | 1st | ? | Nico |
| Invasion 9 | October 22nd, 2016 | 9th | — | — |
| Olympus | October 28th-30th, 2016 | 9th | 7th | Nurse Debby |
| KTAR XIX | November 19th, 2016 | 17th | 13th | Max Ketchum |
| XenoSaga IV | November 26th, 2016 | 5th | — | — |
| The True King | January 28th, 2017 | 1st | 2nd | Max Ketchum |
| Smash With BAE 14 | January 29th, 2017 | 2nd | ? | ? |
| 2GGC: Civil War | March 24th-26th, 2017 | 65th | 33rd | Das |
| XenoSaga VIII | April 22nd, 2017 | 9th | — | — |
| Anomaly 2 | May 20th, 2017 | 2nd | 2nd | Gen |
| Super Smash Frenzzy #11 | June 22nd, 2017 | 2nd | 3rd | Max Ketchum |
| ALPHA | July 1st, 2017 | 5th | 5th | Max Ketchum |
| Suburban Showdown | July 8th, 2017 | 1st | — | — |
| Get On My Level 2017 | July 28th-30th, 2017 | 7th | 7th | Max Ketchum |
| The Forge Weekly #4 | August 17th, 2017 | 7th | — | — |
| The Legend of Glentendo | December 30th, 2017 | 7th | — | — |
| Invasion 21 | January 6th, 2018 | 2nd | 3rd | Max Ketchum |
| ORION | January 13th, 2018 | 13th | 7th | John Numbers |
| Xanadu - End of an Era | February 24th-25th, 2018 | 33rd | — | — |
| Anomaly Winter 2018 | March 10th, 2018 | 5th | — | — |
| XenoOneHundred | March 14th, 2018 | 65th (DQ) | 5th | Max Ketchum |
| Collision XV | March 31st, 2018 | 17th | 9th | Max Ketchum |
| S@X 244 | April 3rd, 2018 | 4th | 3rd | Max Ketchum |
| The Scarlet Classic IV | April 15th-16th, 2018 | 7th | 5th | Max Ketchum |
| Final Smash Attack: Player's Ball | July 29th, 2018 | 13th | — | — |
- In May 2015, Angel called several players out in aTwitLonger post, which led to the creation of the "exposed" meme that is closely associated with him.
External links[edit]
New Jersey Smash 4 Power Rankings: 4th
