Smasher:Onin

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Onin "Pocket"
Onin PGR.png
Character info
UltimatemainSteve
OtherUltimatecharactersR.O.B.,Ike,Joker
RetiredUltimatecharacterRobin
Team info
Sponsor(s)Calamity Esports, Michigan State University
Former sponsor(s)Itani Esports,26 Rising
Rankings and results info
Most recent rankingSuper Smash Bros. UltimateLumiRank Half Year 2025: 9th
Best historical rankingSuper Smash Bros. UltimateUltRank 2022: 6th
Best tournament resultSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate 1st / 2,388 atSuper Smash Con 2022
Personal and other info
Real nameAngel Mireles
Birth date(age 20)
LocationMichigan United States

Onin, also known asPocket, is aSuper Smash Bros. UltimateSteve player fromMichigan. Though active during the online metagame, they first found great success in the post-pandemic metagame as one of the first notable Steve players in competitive play. They eventually rose meteorically to top-level competitive play around the summer of 2022, where they wonGet On My Level 2022 and, most notably,Super Smash Con 2022, becoming one of the two Steve players that spearheaded the rise in Steve's representation that summer. Onin eventually ranked in the top 10 in 2022, becoming one of the best North American players that year. Though many other Steve players have since rose to Onin's level, they are still considered one of the best Steve players in North America, remaining the only North American Steve major winner for several years after 2022. Due to their long-term success with Steve throughout competitiveUltimate, they are also considered one of the greatest Steve players of all time alongsideacola.

Playstyle[edit]

Onin has a slow and patient playstyle. With Steve, they focus on building walls with blocks in order to gain materials and use these blocks to force their opponent to approach, which allows them to get an explosive punish. This playstyle is more apparent when playing on a stage with platforms like Battlefield, where the blocks help make approaching Onin even harder for the opponent. Onin makes use of Steve's combos and strings, then returns back to their gameplan of using blocks to gain materials and punish any failed approaches from their opponent. While this playstyle has proven to be quite successful for Onin, it has also received negative scrutiny from the community, especially from spectators.

Tournament history[edit]

Online beginnings[edit]

For the first few years of their career, Onin was a Wi-Fi Warrior who attended several online events per month and played a mix of several characters, most notablyJoker andR.O.B., as well asRobin starting in 2021. They established themselves as a Wi-Fi Warrior during this time, placing highly at several events such as 2nd at the 256-entrants eventDDee's Dreamland Brawl, where they defeated several Wi-Fi Warriors such asBr1 AV,JW, andvarun; and 1st at the 294-entrants eventFLAT COMBATS #3, where they took the tournament over players such ascolinies andCapitancito. However, most of their tournament appearances during this time were either at online weeklies or at events that were not tiered highly on theWi-Fi Warrior Rank, and as such they did not appear on a single Wi-Fi Warrior Rank iteration.

Picking up Steve[edit]

As offline began returning in 2021, Onin began shifting their attention to offline events. However, instead of sticking to any of their online characters, Onin began usingSteve, which became their main by the end of Summer 2021. During the summer, Onin saw success at tournaments and placed top 8 at several weeklies, allowing them to debut at 14th on theMichigan Ultimate Power Rankings's Summer 2021 ranking.

Despite this success, Onin was still a relatively unknown name when they attendedRiptide, their first offline supermajor, where they weren't seeded to make it out of pools at #862. Onin not only outplaced this seed by a lot -- ultimately placing 49th -- but they defeated several players who was seeded above them, including #99 seedKazma 2-1 and #94 seedMata-Door 2-0. Although they did not go far in the main bracket, Onin established themselves as a player capable of competing at a national level. This was reflected in Onin's next two major events in the following year,Let's Make Big Moves 2022 in January andGlitch - Infinite in February, where they placed in the top 64 at both.

The meteoric rise[edit]

Despite high placements at majors and in-region, Onin still lacked any globally-ranked wins. This began to change following Glitch - Infinite, as Onin began to win almost every event they attended. These strings of wins included the superregionalsCombo Breaker 2022 andCOST 2022, where Onin not only won without dropping a set, but saw them defeat several notable names includingNed,MVD, andWaDi in the former andDark Wizzy,IcyMist, andElegant in the latter. Their dominance at a regional level, including wins over several top 50 players, helped Onin debut at 65th on theOrionRank Mid-Year 2022.

This victory streak culminated in Onin's performances in the summer, specifically at the majorGet On My Level 2022 and the supermajorSuper Smash Con 2022. In the former tournament, they defeated top playersKola,Riddles, andBig D twice to win the event, making them one of the youngest players to win anUltimate major at just 16 years old, as well as the first North American Steve player to win a major, and the only one to do so for the next few years. In the latter tournament, they notoriously dominatedMkLeo 3-0, which included a three-stock in the final game, and tore through the rest of the bracket, including Riddles,Glutonny, andMaister twice to win the event. These two victories established Onin as not just the best player from the Midwest region, but one of the best players from the United States as a whole. In addition, some players believed that, at the pace they were going, Onin could potentially become one of the best players in the world by the end of the year.

Unfortunately, Onin would ultimately fail to win another major for the rest of the year. Their best major wins during this time still saw them reach the top 3: they cruised through their bracket atThe Big House 10 but were reverse 3-0d by Riddles before ultimately losing toLight to place 3rd. They saw another chance at winning a major event after making it to Grand Finals on Winner's side atLet's Make Moves Miami. However, they were seamlessly dispatched by fellowSteve playeracola 6-0, which also notably saw Onin play other characters for three of the games. On the other hand, Onin also saw some lows, most notably at the supermajorMainstage, where they lost to Maister andKurama to place 9th; and at the invitational majorScuffed World Tour, where they went 2-2 after falling toMiya and Light. The lows, as well as their weak start of the season, held them back from coming close to the #1 position. However, they were ultimately still ranked top 10, ranking 6th at the half-year rankingUltRank 2022 and 10th on theOrionRank 2022.

Decline[edit]

After an explosive year, the following year saw Onin's results slowly begin to mellow out. Although they continued to dominate the Midwest region, their major results suffered a noticeable drop overall as they failed to place top 16 at most of them. This includedLet's Make Big Moves 2023, where they were upset bySHADIC andenhancedpv to place 25th; andBattle of BC 5, where they lost their runback toMiya and were eliminated byKameme at 17th. They did see a strong performance at the supermajorCrown the Third, where they defeated players such asMaister,Gackt, andTweek but were double-eliminated byJakal to place 4th. However, this single strong event wasn't enough to save the rest of Onin's first half of the year, and they saw a noticeable drop to 30th on theLumiRank Mid-Year 2023.

Following continued harassment and death threats due to their choice of character, which previously had led to Onin deactivating theirTwitter account, Onin decided to take a step back from competition,[1] which saw them appear at less events. As it stands, Onin remains as the best player in the Midwest due to their dominance at the Midwest events they attended, which included a victory at the superregionalThe Big House 11. However, their resume at larger events outside their region was not as impressive, including their mediocre 33rd at the supermajorSuper Smash Con 2023 losing toMarss andLui$ and 13th at the superregionalSanta Paws losing toomega andJakal. Due to this, Onin's slipped to 43rd on theLumiRank 2023.

Resurgence and return to the top 10[edit]

2024.1 was a better season for Onin, as they started to play in more events. After their 17th place finish atGENESIS X, they placed no lower than 5th in every event they entered, including two top 4 finishes at supermajors, placing 3rd atCollision 2024 and 4th atGet On My Level X, resulting in a rise in ranking to 21st in the world onLumiRank 2024.1. However, their results were slightly weaker in the second half of the year, where they failed to finish top 8 at both supermajor events they attended, while attending less events overall. Conversely, they still placed well at every ranked event they attended; a notable performance took place atCoinbox IRL 2, where they became the first Steve player to defeatSonix in over two years. Due to their good performances and the season being shorter than normal, Onin only fell one spot to 22nd on theLumiRank 2024.2.

2025 initially seemed like a repeat of 2023, with Onin struggling to place well in the first few months of the season. This included underwhelming finishes at their first two supermajors as well as a 7th-place finish at the B+ tierAfterburner 2025. Though they were able to claim some good wins, they were unable to take any wins on the top 20 during this time, while their sole top 50 win wasWrath. However, Onin's season changed for the better atBattle of BC 7, where despite falling into Losers early after being reverse 3-0'd byRaki, they were able to finish the event at 7th, taking out bothTweek andShuton along the way. Their rest of the season were reminiscent of their performances in mid-2022: they notably were able to defeatShinyMark twice to win the superregionalDiamond Dust 2 before finishing 2nd at the P tier eventLVL UP EXPO 2025, being shut out of the winning position byDoramigi, the player who ended up 1st in the first half of the year. Onin's crowning achievement, however, were their performances at the Golden Week events. Though they finished respectably atKagaribi 13, losing toReno and Doramigi for 13th, they found their best performance in years atKOWLOON 16, where they defeatedMkLeo,Miya, Tweek,Glutonny, and Sonix to take the entire event, winning their third major of their competitive career, and becoming only the third international player to win a major in Japan. Though their rest of the season was someone uneventful, either winning events over players they were better than or placing well at events with no notable wins, their performances and consistency in the latter half of the season allowed them to return to the top 10, ranking 9th on theLumiRank Half Year 2025.

Hiatus[edit]

Onin's hot streak, however, was cut short early into the second half of the year. They first finished 9th atS Factor 12, a respectable performance but came with their first-ever loss to MkLeo, who was finally able to get revenge for his loss at Super Smash Con 2022. Onin's next supermajor,Supernova 2025, eventually became their last notable supermajor for some time. Following their set againstJahzz0, where they were actively booed against, they forfeited from the event at 5th, with some reporting that they could not be found at the venue. Onin privated their Twitter account for a few hours, and upon returning, revealed that they were unhappy with how the community was treating them, and chose to go on a hiatus for the foreseeable future, only attending events as a spectator or for doubles and only registering forCitadel asks: What's the Daily Advice? to defend their home turf.[2][3] They eventually registered forPort Priority 9, but eventually dropped outdue to then-ongoing investigations regarding their conduct.

Rankings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

UltRank/LumiRank[edit]

RankingTime periodRankCharacter(s)Notes
UltRank 2022June 18th - December 18th, 20226thSteve (SSBU)
LumiRank Mid-Year 2023December 19th, 2022 - July 23rd, 202330thSteve (SSBU)
LumiRank 2023December 19th, 2022 - December 17th, 202343rdSteve (SSBU)
LumiRank 2024.1December 18th, 2023 - July 15th, 202421stSteve (SSBU)
LumiRank 2024.2July 16th - December 16th, 202422ndSteve (SSBU)ROB (SSBU)
LumiRank Half Year 2025December 17th, 2024 - July 7th, 20259thSteve (SSBU)ROB (SSBU)Joker (SSBU)

Wi-Fi Warrior Rank[edit]

RankingTime periodRankCharacter(s)Notes
Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v8OnlineJanuary 1st - June 30th, 20248thSteve (SSBU)Cloud (SSBU)
Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v10OnlineDecember 16th, 2024 - July 6th, 20259thSteve (SSBU)Primarily competed under the alternate account "Trunks".

OrionRank Ultimate[edit]

RankingTime periodRankCharacter(s)Notes
OrionRank Mid-Year 2022December 22nd, 2021 - June 26th, 202265thSteve (SSBU)
OrionRank 2022December 22nd, 2021 - December 18th, 202210thSteve (SSBU)

OrionRank/LumiRank North America[edit]

RankingTime periodRankCharacter(s)Notes
OrionRank 2022 North AmericaDecember 22nd, 2021 - December 18th, 20225thSteve (SSBU)
LumiRank 2023 North AmericaDecember 19th, 2022 - December 17th, 202319thSteve (SSBU)
LumiRank 2024 North AmericaDecember 18th, 2023 - December 16th, 202411thSteve (SSBU)

Tournament placings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

TournamentDate1v1 placement2v2 placementPartner
The Online Olympus IIOnlineJanuray 30th-31st, 2021257th / 6437th / 95Midnight
Frame Perfect Series 5: ONLINEOnlineApril 18th, 202165th / 391——
Collision Online 2021OnlineApril 24th, 202125th / 549——
Back To SmashSeptember 4th, 202113th / 147——
RiptideSeptember 10th-12th, 202149th / 1,024——
Spartan Weeklies 69: The MonthlySeptember 18th, 20214th / 1282nd / 32Eden
MIRAGEOctober 2nd, 20213rd / 1832nd / 35Eden
Get Clipped 17 A Holiday SpecialOnlineDecember 26th, 202117th / 330——
Let's Make Big Moves 2022January 7th-9th, 202225th / 687——
Glitch - InfiniteFebruary 18th-20th, 202233rd / 616——
Spartan SendoffApril 23rd, 20221st / 1161st / 36BooBear
MIRAGE IIMay 7th, 20222nd / 1221st / 27Blueboo
Bamboo Battles: Smash Ultimate 67OnlineMay 9th, 20227th / 553——
Wolvarena 4May 21st, 20225th / 1032nd / 27BooBear
Combo Breaker 2022May 27th-29th, 20221st / 392——
EMUSC Summer of LoveJune 11th, 20222nd / 1403rd / 24Kople
COST 2022June 18th-19th, 20221st / 3042nd / 55BooBear
Warp ZoneJune 25th, 20222nd / 328——
Get On My Level 2022July 1st-3rd, 20221st / 7532nd / 126Demon
STAMPEDE IIJuly 23rd, 20221st / 132——
Black DiamondAugust 6th, 20222nd / 891st / 14BooBear
Super Smash Con 2022August 11th-14th, 20221st / 2,38813th / 488Demon
Rise 'N GrindAugust 19th-21st, 20227th / 466——
BahamutSeptember 3rd, 20221st / 1331st / 17BooBear
The Arcadian Online Qualifier 2 East CoastOnlineSeptember 4th, 20223rd / 631——
The Big House 10October 7th-9th, 20223rd / 6364th / 111BooBear
Ludwig Smash InvitationalOctober 21st-23rd, 20225th / 32——
Let's Make Moves MiamiOctober 28th-30th, 20222nd / 4671st / 75acola
Mainstage 2022December 2nd-4th, 20229th / 512——
Scuffed World TourDecember 18th, 20227th / 13——
Let's Make Big Moves 2023January 6th-8th, 202325th / 7743rd / 132Riddles
Sweet Spot 7March 4th-5th, 20231st / 2231st / 59BooBear
SOS 8March 18th, 20231st / 1581st / 30AnthonyIsntCool
Phoenix DownMarch 25th, 20231st / 2131st / 37Lunges
Spartan CircusApril 22nd, 20231st / 1242nd / 21Wilf
26 Rising's Show Stopper InvitationalMay 13th, 20231st / 32——
Battle of BC 5May 19th-21st, 202317th / 6525th / 124Luugi
Crown the ThirdJune 3rd-4th, 20234th / 4187th / 99ApolloKage
Super Smash Con 2023August 10th-13th, 202333rd / 2,6072nd / 567lolyoshi
Back to Smash 2023August 26th, 20231st / 214——
ECLIPSESeptember 16th-17th, 20231st / 1542nd / 35Eki
The Big House 11October 20th-22nd, 20231st / 5071st / 80Soar
Octobair 2023October 28th, 20232nd / 1431st / 30Ludo
Lucid 2023November 4th, 20232nd / 173——
Port Priority 8November 11th-12th, 20239th / 710——
Santa PawsDecember 8th-10th, 202313th / 181——
GENESIS XFebruary 16th-18th, 202417th / 1,5061st / 302Ouch!?
Afterburner 2024March 9th, 20245th / 249——
Collision 2024March 15th-17th, 20243rd / 7143rd / 108Atomic
Diamond DustApril 6th-7th, 20242nd / 2842nd / 48Riddles
Stride Stadium 1OnlineApril 22nd, 20249th / 160——
Get On My Level XMay 17th-19th, 20244th / 6881st / 122Soar
COMBO BREAKER 2024May 24th-26th, 20241st / 412——
COST 2024June 21st-23rd, 20242nd / 2371st / 45Chase
Out of PocketJune 30th, 20245th / 1411st / 30Demon
Aloha Beaches 2: Beach OffJuly 7th, 20241st / 170——
Saturday Stadium 4 GoldenJuly 20th, 20243rd / 256——
SMFN InvitationalAugust 8th, 20249th / 20——
Supernova 2024August 8th-11th, 20249th / 2,2814th / 497lolyoshi
Riptide 2024September 6th-8th, 202417th / 1,0249th / 145rydra
PANTHEON 2024November 16th-17th, 20241st / 150——
Coinbox IRL 2December 7th-8th, 20244th / 16——
Luminosity Makes BIG Moves 2025January 3rd-5th, 202513th / 832——
Afterburner 2025January 11th-12th, 20257th / 304——
Pitt Smash Presents: The Return of Nathaniel_SheikFebruary 1st, 20251st / 103——
GENESIS X2February 14th-16th, 202525th / 924——
OlympusFebruary 22nd, 20251st / 124——
Cavalier Clash 6March 1st-2nd, 20259th / 2971st / 43lolyoshi
Counter Hit: A Critical Strike TournamentMarch 22nd, 20251st / 1911st / 47Candle
Battle of BC 7March 28th-30th, 20257th / 4332nd / 89Syrup
Diamond Dust 2April 12th-13th, 20251st / 129——
LVL UP EXPO 2025April 25th-27th, 20252nd / 6651st / 80acola
Kagaribi 13May 4th-5th, 202513th / 2,548——
KOWLOON 16May 11th, 20251st / 393——
CEO 2025June 13th-15th, 20251st / 3721st / 50Toon
Comicpalooza Fight Club 2025June 21st-22nd, 20259th / 1883rd / 36MuteAce
Get On My Level: ForeverJuly 4th-6th, 20255th / 7511st / 127Soar
S Factor 12July 26th-27th, 20259th / 1,051——
Supernova 2025August 7th-10th, 20255th / 2,4322nd / 434lolyoshi
Riptide 2025September 5th-7th, 2025—3rd / 169lolyoshi

Ban[edit]

On November 1st, 2025, a document was submitted to the Michigan State University panel regarding three cases against Onin. One of these cases was later revealed in a document posted byzawg on November 17th.[4] In the allegation, a player by the name of Moka stated that she had previously dated Onin. The night after the first day ofCavalier Clash 6, Onin and Moka had edibles and eventually ended up alone in their room. While trying to sleep, Onin repeatedly groped Moka despite her not consenting, and only stopped after she cried. Moka then avoided Onin for the rest of the event and stated that Onin had tried to guilt trip her afterwards, and attached theirDiscord conversations after the incident took place to support her claims.

This investigation initially remained private, thoughGyromight was notified of investigations, leading him to ban Onin fromPort Priority 9; Onin subsequently threatened to sue Gyromight for the ban.[5] On the day zawg's document was released, Onin was banned from Michigan events for 8 months following a panel vote. However, 2/5 panelists notably voted against a ban, and alongside the knowledge that the panelists allegedly leaked the document to Onin, zawg accused the panelists for malicious intent, leading her to publish the document publicly, alongside Moka's statement. Onin was also later removed from theUltRank TTS following the publication of the document.[6]

Following the release of the document,maeve revealed herself as one of the two cases that were not in the document, and shared part of her statement. The statement mentioned that, when she dated Onin from September-October 2020, Onin had sent suggestive photos of her to a different friend without her consent. Following their breakup, Onin then lied about their relationship toAtreus, especially telling Atreus that maeve was 18 and had groomed Onin, despite maeve only being a single day older than Onin. Atreus then went public with Onin's allegation, which maeve believed was to kick her out of the community, and although she made a TwitLonger disproving Onin's claims, they went largely unnoticed, leading her to delete her Twitter. Both Onin and Atreus have not apologized to her as of that statement. Alongside the revealed statement, maeve also mentioned how her statement also included instances where Onin was emotionally abusive to her without remorse.[7]

Onin responded to Moka's allegations a few weeks later, on November 29th, where they disputed several of her claims. Specifically, they mentioned how Moka had initially performed oral sex on them in the room without their consent, which prompted Onin to touch her in a way they believed a couple would be doing; they only stopped when they realized Moka was reacting negatively. They also disputed Moka avoiding them for the rest of the event, claiming that they had watched Grand Finals together. Onin included screenshots of their conversations in the following months to counter or give more context to the screenshots Moka had posted previously. In regards to the MSU panel, Onin said that the panel gave them an opportunity to explain themselves; they also mentioned they received a recommendation for a permanent ban with no chance of appeal from the Midwest panel without the panel hearing their side.[8]

In response to Onin's accusations, Moka released another response on December 2nd, denying both the oral sex and that she had been with Onin on the final day. In addition, she accused Onin for misconstruing their private messages and claimed that the Midwest panel did in fact reach out to Onin, but Onin did not respond. She provided additional screenshots to back up her claims and to refute Onin's, and also included an audio message that she used to support her claims that she did not initiate the sexual contact that night.[9]

Michigan'sSmash community eventually banned Onin from their events for a year, effective January 16th, 2026, with a chance to appeal their ban afterwards.[10]

Trivia[edit]

  • Onin is the second player, behindLarry Lurr, to double eliminate MkLeo and not win the same tournament, with their run atLVL UP EXPO 2025, where they placed 2nd.

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