- Not to be confused withKrazyKirbyKid.
Lukewarm, formerly known asKirbyKid, is anUltimateKing K. Rool player from Louisiana who is considered to be the best King K. Rool player of all time. He was first known for defeatingkept at2GG: Kongo Saga before becoming a notable threat in the online metagame, where he ranked as high as 17th on theWi-Fi Warrior Rank v7 and defeated players such asSonix,MKLeo,Sparg0,Dabuz, andScend online. In the post-online metagame, he remains one of the few King K. Rool players with any notable impact at a national level, having defeated players such asGoblin atCyPhaCon Mini Esports,SHADIC atCEO 2021,MVD atLost Tech City 2022, and bothLima andLui$ atComicpalooza Fight Club 2024. He is currently ranked first on theLouisiana Power Rankings and was formerly ranked 78th on theOrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse, being the first and highest ranking King K. Rool player to be ranked on anUltimate global ranking.
Rankings[edit]
| Ranking | Time period | Rank | Character(s) | Notes |
|---|
| LumiRank 2024.1 | December 18th, 2023 - July 15th, 2024 | 134th |  | |
Tournament placings[edit]
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|
Ultimate Naifu Wars 3 | January 25th, 2019 | 49th | — | — |
| TR x ECLIPSE: World of Light | June 28th-29th, 2019 | 17th | — | — |
| Low Tier City 7 | July 12th-14th, 2019 | 49th | 25th | Mysticxstar |
| Super Smash Con 2019 | August 8th-11th, 2019 | 257th | 49th | Keegan |
| DreamHack Atlanta 2019 | November 15th-17th, 2019 | 129th | 25th | Keegan |
| 2GG: Kickoff - Kongo Saga | December 6th, 2019 | 13th | — | — |
| 2GG: Kongo Saga | December 7th-8th, 2019 | 65th | 33rd | Shred |
| ECLIPSE: Dusty_Carpet Edition | January 25th-26th, 2020 | 7th | — | — |
| bunker down (3) | April 4th, 2020 | 3rd | — | — |
| Zinc Tank 3 | August 16th, 2020 | 3rd | — | — |
| Flat Realm 8 | August 28th, 2020 | 13th | — | — |
| The Collective 3 | September 13th, 2020 | 2nd | — | — |
| Frame Perfect Series 2: ONLINE | September 18th, 2020 | 5th | — | — |
| Mashfest 2 | September 26th, 2020 | 5th | — | — |
| The Box: Lunch Box 4 | September 30th, 2020 | 2nd | — | — |
| Galaxy Gambit 2 | October 8th, 2020 | 4th | — | — |
| Juice Box 17 | October 21st, 2020 | 3rd | — | — |
| $2000 Legion Smash Ultimate Cup | October 24th-25th, 2020 | 9th | — | — |
| Juice Box 18 | November 4th, 2020 | 13th | — | — |
| Frame Perfect Series 3: ONLINE | November 8th, 2020 | 33rd | — | — |
| Ultimate 32 | November 14th-15th, 2020 | 17th | — | — |
| The Box: Lunch Box 6 | November 25th, 2020 | 49th | — | — |
| Juice Box 21 | December 2nd, 2020 | 3rd | — | — |
| Juice Box 23 | December 16th, 2020 | 5th | — | — |
| The Box: Lunch Box 7 | December 23rd, 2020 | 25th | — | — |
| The Box: Lunch Box 8 | January 27th, 2021 | 5th | — | — |
| The Host Up Invitational | Januray 30th, 2021 | 5th | — | — |
| Cure Rare Disease Charity Invitational | February 27th-28th, 2021 | 7th | — | — |
| Juice Box #32 | March 17th, 2021 | 3rd | — | — |
| Zinc Tank 4 | March 21st, 2021 | 13th / 306 | — | — |
| Frame Perfect Series 5: ONLINE | April 18th, 2021 | 13th | — | — |
| NOLA Smash Friday Weekly #83 | April 23rd, 2021 | 1st | — | — |
| The Laffy Invitational | May 1st, 2021 | 2nd | — | — |
| SWT: NA Southeast Ultimate Online Qualifier | May 15th-16th, 2021 | 5th | — | — |
| InfinityCON Tally 2021 | June 5th-6th, 2021 | 13th | 2nd | RJ |
| MechaCon Omega | July 23rd-25th, 2021 | 5th | 1st | Mystic |
| Anime Houston 2021 | August 6th-8th, 2021 | 1st | — | — |
| Low Tide City 2021 | October 1st-3rd, 2021 | 33rd | 13th | RJ |
| Super Smash Con: Fall Fest | October 15th-17th, 2021 | 65th | — | — |
| CyPhaCon Mini Esports | October 30th-31st, 2021 | 5th | 3rd | Mystic |
| SWT: NA East Ultimate Regional Finals | November 6th-7th, 2021 | 9th | — | — |
| CEO 2021 | December 3rd-5th, 2021 | 17th | — | — |
| Taipan Smash Singles #42 | January 28th, 2022 | 3rd | — | — |
| The Box: Lunch Box 18 | January 26th, 2022 | 9th | — | — |
| GENESIS 8 | April 15th-17th, 2022 | 193rd | — | — |
| Low Tide City 2022 | April 29th-May 1st, 2022 | 33rd | 9th | Mystic |
| MomoCon 2022 | May 26th-29th, 2022 | 25th | 33rd | STiCK |
| Just Roll With It! 2022 | July 16th-17th, 2022 | 9th | 5th | Jordan |
| Super Smash Con 2022 | August 11th-14th, 2022 | 129th | 33rd | Mystic |
| Rise 'N Grind | August 19th-21st, 2022 | 25th | — | — |
| Lost Tech City 2022 | September 30th-October 2nd, 2022 | 7th | 9th | RJ |
| Luminosity Makes BIG Moves 2024 | January 5th-7th, 2024 | 49th / 891 | — | — |
| Comicpalooza Fight Club 2024 | May 25th, 2024 | 3rd / 117 | 5th / 25 | Naomi |
| Wrath 2025 | February 1st-2nd, 2025 | 7th / 85 | 5th / 10 | seauxl |
- Lukewarm is known for making his own vlogs on hisTwitter account andYouTube channel, dubbed as “K. Rool vlogs”.[1]
- Lukewarm was one of the players nominated for travel to2GG: Kongo Saga and came 2nd in the voting phase, losing to King Kila.
- Lukewarm's father, KirbyDad, is a widely respected figure in Louisiana Smash, with more than 2500 twitter followers as of July 2023.[2]
Gameplay videos[edit]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
LumiRank 2024.1: 134th
