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Event Rules

Small Battlefield Ruleset (plus Yoshi's Island)

Game 1
  • Higher seeded player bans first, or players can gentleman to a starting stage
  • Game 1 banning goes: P1-P2-P2-P1 from starters
  • Remaining starter is the stage Game 1 is played
Game 2-5
  • Winner bans 3 stages from all
  • Yoshi's Island will count as Smashville in banning and selection
  • Loser picks from remaining stages
  • Players are not allowed to counter-pick to the most recent stage that they won on during the set.
Starter Stages
  • Battlefield (BF)
  • Final Destination (FD)
  • Pokémon Stadium 2 (PS2)
  • Smashville (SV)
  • Small Battlefield (SBF)
Counterpick Stages
  • Town & City (T&C)
  • Kalos Pokémon League (Kalos)
  • Lylat Cruise (Lylat)
  • Yoshi's Story (YS)
  • Yoshi's Island (YI)

Match Rules

Banning Process
  1. Gentleman to a starter, or the higher seeded player (on left) can ban first
  2. GAME 1 Striking: P1-P2-P2-P1
  3. Winner of the previous game will ban 3 stages
  4. Loser picks from remaining stages
  5. Players are not allowed to counter-pick to the most recent stage that they won on during the set.
Stage List
Starters
  • BF, FD, PS2, SV, SBF
Counterpicks
  • Town, Kalos, Lylat, YS (Story), and YI (Island)

Tournament Rules

Smash Ultimate Small Battlefield Ruleset

  • Stock: 3
  • Time: 7 min
  • Hazards: Off
  • Miis: Any Moveset, but must remain with same set once chosen
  • Dave's Stupid Rule (DSR): On; winner can't go back to stage they last won on

How to stage strike/choose a stage:
At the start of the set, your opponent and yourself will strike stages from the Neutral/Starting stage list. Whoever is seeded highest will strike first.

Stage Striking:
  1. Both participants can agree to "gentleman", or immediately go, to a starter stage as long as it is a mutual decision
  2. If not, the higher seeded person strikes one (1) starting stage as usual
  3. Second person strikes two (2) stages
  4. First person strikes two (2) stages
  5. The remaining stage is the one where the first match will be played.
Counter-picking (after Game 1):
  1. The winning player strikes three (3) stages from starters and counter picks
  2. The losing player chooses whichever stage they like from the remaining ones.
  3. You can not counterpick to a stage you last won on.
Stage List:
(xx)= shorthand
Starter Stages
  • Battlefield (BF)
  • Final Destination (FD)
  • Pokémon Stadium 2 (PS2)
  • Smashville (SV)
  • Small Battlefield (SBF)
Counterpick Stages
  • Town & City (T&C)
  • Kalos Pokémon League (Kalos)
  • Lylat Cruise (Lylat)
  • Yoshi's Story (YS)
  • Yoshi's Island (YI)