Leffen

Leffen
William Hjelte
Leffen facing off against Joseph "Mang0" Marquez in winners semi's of Apex 2015
Status	Active
Born	(1994-10-16) 16 October 1994 (age 22)
Hometown
Nationality	Swedish
Current team	Team SoloMid, Red Bull
Games	Super Smash Bros. Melee Project M Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Career prize money	$79,488.55
Championships	B.E.A.S.T 5 Get On My Level 2016, HTC Throwdown CEO 2015 FC Smash 15XR: Return WTFox Super Smash Con Don't Park on the Grass
Nickname(s)	L3ff3n Leffen
2016-present	Red Bull
2015-present	Team SoloMid

William Hjelte (born 16 October 1994), better known as Leffen, is a Swedish gamer who primarily plays Super Smash Bros. Melee, in which he is a Fox main. In the Melee scene he is considered one of the dominant "Top 6" players, the others being Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma, Joseph "Mango" Marquez, Adam "Armada" Lindgren, Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, and Kevin "PPMD" Nanney. After beating Mew2King at Apex 2015, Leffen became the only player to have beaten each of the five aforementioned players in a tournament set. Melee It On Me ranked Hjelte 5th best in the world at the end of 2016, a substantial improvement from 14th in the world in 2013 and 6th in 2014.

Hjelte started playing Super Smash Bros. in 2009, when he was introduced to Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He initially started as a Yoshi and Falco player before switching to Fox. Leffen feels that he made the gradual switch from Falco to Fox because he views Falco as requiring more discipline and Fox being more suited to his play style.

He placed 9th in the Swedish national tournament B.E.A.S.T 2 within his first year of playing Melee. Throughout 2014 Leffen began placing highly in tournaments and defeating the top five Melee players regularly. Prior to EVO 2014, Joe Cribari of Nintendo Enthusiast listed Leffen among the three "underdogs" with the greatest chance to win the tournament. He finished 9-12th at EVO 2014.

In VGBootCamp's Apex 2015 Salty Suite, Hjelte defeated Kashan "Chillin" Khan in a first-to-five set without dropping a single game. Because of this, Hjelte has the "rights" to use Fox's default color.Joseph "Mango" Marquez subsequently challenged Hjelte to a US$1,000 money match if they were to face-off in the Apex Singles bracket. Hjelte would in turn beat Mango when they played in Winners' Semifinals. After defeating Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman at Apex 2015 in singles bracket, Hjelte has taken at least one set off each of the "five gods" of Melee. Hjelte ultimately finished third in Apex 2015 Melee singles.