[These rules are based off of California's Ultimate Recommended Ruleset, which is detailed here]

Rules

General Rules

• Stock and time are set to 3 stock and 7 minutes
• All tournament sets will be a best-of-3 games, until a Grand Finals where games are extended to best-of-5 games.
• Anyone who is not present for their set by 5 minutes past the scheduled start time is subject to a game loss. By 10 minutes, they will receive a set loss.

Game Settings

• Handicap: Off
• Team Attack: On
• Damage Ratio: 1.0x
• Items: Off and None
• Pause: Off
• Hazard Toggle: Off
• Mii: All moveset combinations are legal

Stage List

Starters

• Battlefield*
• Final Destination**
• Pokemon Stadium 2
• Smashville
• Town & City

Counterpicks

• Kalos Pokemon League
• Yoshi's Story

*Battlefield variations of the stages are allowed in place of Battlefield.
**Omega variations of the stages are allowed in place of Final Destination.

The following stages are not allowed for Battlefield and Omega variations due to the changing in the Z Axis:

• Dream Land GB
• Flatzone X
• Hanenbow
• Mario Maker
• Mute City SNES
• Pac-Land
• Duck Hunt

Additional Rules

Starter Stage Striking

Players may play "Rock Paper Scissors" to determine who bans first, or they may agree to let one to ban first. Players may strike from the legal stages (each person strikes stages in a 1-2-1 format) to determine the starting stage for the first game. If battlefield or final destination is chosen and both parties agree, a variant can be used.

Counterpick Stage Striking

After each game of the set, before counterpicking, the player who won the previous game may strike two stages from the starter list. This strike does not persist throughout the set. If final destination or battlefield is chosen as a counterpick, a variant may be chosen by the loser of the previous game.

Set Procedure

• Players select their characters.
• Use Starter Stage Striking to determine the first stage
• The players play the first game of the set
• Winning player of the preceding game strikes 2 stages (when applicable).The losing player of the preceding game picks a stage for the next game
• The winning player of the preceding game may choose to change characters.
• The losing player of the preceding game may choose to change characters.
• The next game is played.
• Repeat Steps 4 through 8 for all subsequent games until the set is complete.