Format

• Double Elimination
• Grand Finals will be Bo5 with a bracket reset if required with another Bo5 (First-to-3)

Game Rules

• 3 Stocks | 7 Minutes

• Starting stage may either be agreed upon or decided by playing RPS and banning.

(Winner bans 1, loser bans 2, winner picks)

• Bo3: You may not return to a stage you won on.

• Bo5: You may not return to a stage you counter picked to and won on.

Legal Stages

Starter (Hazards Off)

• Battlefield

• Small Battlefield (SBF)

• Pokémon Stadium 2

• Smashville

• Town & City

Counter pick (Hazards Off)

• Final Destination

• Kalos Pokémon League

• Hollow Bastion

Legal Miscellaneous

Self-Destruct Moves

If a game ends with a self-destruct move, the results screen will determine the winner. If a sudden death occurs, standard sudden death rules apply (see below).

Sudden Death

If a game goes to Sudden Death, the winner is determined by stocks and percentage at the time the game ends. If both players are tied in stocks the player with the lower percentage is the winner. In the event of a percentage tie, or a game in which both players lose their last stock simultaneously, a 1 stock tiebreaker will be played with a 3 minute time limit. The results of an in-game 300% Sudden Death do not count. If Sudden Death occurs in a Sudden Death game, this process is repeated.

Stalling

Stalling, or intentionally making the game unplayable, is banned and at the discretion of tournament staff. Stalling includes but is not limited to becoming invisible, continuing infinites past 300%, and reaching a position that your opponent can never reach you. Stalling will result in a forfeit of the game for the player that initiated the action. The Chicago Stalling Rule will be enforced (B-moves that can infinitely stall may only be used a maximum of five times before returning to stage).