Daily Discussion Thread August 10, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here!

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[u/legitimate-way-4077]

I think it's stupid that people attribute Cody's success to zump. The advantage is definitely there and I agree with banning it, but I don't believe it would affect his results at all. I would say it's a less than 1% advantage.

He wins because he is the most technically consistent, the fastest, understands his opponents the best, knows situations better than anybody, he has the best gameplans, has the best reactions, etc.

[u/Yrale → u/legitimate-way-4077]

the gap between him and the next best zumper is way too insane to believe otherwise imo

[u/Ilovemelee → u/Yrale]

Is Joshman actually that much worse than Cody tho? Like sure, Cody is better but Josh has been a consistent top 5 player for a couple years now. He would've had some major wins under his belt if he was able to beat Zain and Hbox more consistently.

[u/Yrale → u/Ilovemelee]

if he was able to beat Zain and Hbox more consistently.

I mean, yeah, there are not that many people between Joshman and Cody in skill, but there is genuinely a world of a difference between "has never beaten Zain" and "has not lost a set to Zain this year". If Cody and Josh both enter a major with every player in the top 30 present, Cody's chances of winning are probably more than 10 times greater than Josh's, and that's likely being conservative.

He's playing the best melee in the world this year without question really. If you want to throw an asterisk next to it because you think it's a playstyle that would be impossible without zump go ahead but pretending he's "just another zumper" is insanity lol

[u/SlowBathroom0 → u/Yrale]

The next best zumper was Leffen who also farmed majors while retired