On February 11, Coby "Dizzy" Meadows, 18, signed to the NRG esports team but was relatively unknown before, but right after, Dizzy broke the Solo kills record and won the first official tournament of Apex Legends alongside high profile Twitch streamer Ninja and fellow NRG player KingRichard. Although Dizzy seems like the prodigal son, it's worth mentioning his time as a competitive player goes back to 2016.
Dizzy first began as a rifler for CS:GO, playing from 2016 to 2017 on various teams such as Mythic, Enigma6 Group, Selfessless Gaming, and the Foundation. Afterward, he began streaming games like Fortnite and eventually found his place in Apex Legends, with Wraith serving as his main of the 8 available characters. At the time of this writing, Dizzy holds the Solo vs. Trio kill record of 33. This means that Dizzy alone took out over half of the game's squads.
Alongside Ninja and KingRichard, Dizzy has won the first two Apex Legends tournaments, with Ninja referring to Dizzy as the "young prodigy." When the next Twitch tournament takes place on February 19, it seems likely that many will be gunning for Dizzy's title, as the young prodigy is quickly making a name for himself. It's also worth mentioning that Ninja's name will almost always be synonymous with Fortnite, so Dizzy could eventually become the Ninja of Apex Legends.
This doesn't seem to be a stretch of the imagination either, as the most recent pinned post on Dizzy's Twitter is his player card, revealing that he has 5,314 kills, 3,764 headshots, and has dealt over 1 MILLION damage in Apex Legends. Considering all that he has accomplished in a short time span, it's clear why Dizzy is Apex Legends' first big pro player.
All things considered, the incredible growth of Apex Legends has it set to outpace Fortnite if the momentum doesn't slow down. And with the way its growing and the way Dizzy is dominating, it could very well be that Dizzy finds himself at the fore of one of gaming's next biggest hits, but only time will tell.
Apex Legends is out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.