Weekly Recap 12/3/25
by Mario Macchiarulo (supermario)
Welcome back to Long Island Smash Network’s Weekly Recap! Here, we provide a wrap-up of all the highlights and headlines from the week of tournaments around Long Island. This week was an interesting one. Let’s get into it!
Blackout Wednesday? More like Smash Bros Wednesday. Really solid turnout for Ult Rare this week with some returning faces rounding out a solid top 8. Zach67671 played five sets on the day, with FOUR of them going to game 5. Talk about a stressful day at the local. Skeet also made a rare appearance- beating Ajred 3-2 in WR2. DTP edged out the battle of Soras in grands to secure another Ult Rare win. Solid day overall! Top 8 Graphic and bracket link below.
Arcadians are awesome! You know what else is? Shieldbreaker is not closing! That’s right, Vallahan eSports is under new ownership (clutch buyer!)) and Shieldbreaker shall continue! Shieldbreaker’s 2nd ever Arcadian occurred and plenty of talent came out to reap rewards. Yufine took it all in game 10 grands against Taiyo, with solid runs from Rawk, SMT, SirDunk, MomHunter9009, Bluespark, and T-sizzle rounding out top 8. Nice to see everyone coming out for an arcadian. The hidden bosses have been revealed! Graphic and bracket link below.
https://www.start.gg/tournament/shield-breaker-arcadian-2-valhallan-esports/details
And now for the hugest event of the week! Originally going to be a sendoff, the ‘final’ Shieldbreaker was appropriately re-named as a rebirth, but it kept all the awesomeness! A bracket so loaded that tons and tons of talent were left even out of top 16. SMT notably got an upset win over Hikarizard, building off positive momentum from the arcadian. Finn had an awesome run beating Rawk, Baren, and Slade to make top 8. All 6, But No 7 and Wheezer played TWO game 5 Kazuya ditto sets (Kazuya Mishima). PkChris took it all again. Great stuff all around, and most importantly, Shieldbreaker shall continue! Top 8 Graphic and bracket link below.
https://www.start.gg/tournament/shield-breaker-rebirth-valhallan-esports/details
Another awesome week for Long Island’s locals with lots of great runs from some great players! Summit is approaching… stay tuned for another week of locals!
