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Event Rules

Small Battlefield Ruleset (+ Yoshi's Island Brawl)

Starter Stages
  • Battlefield
  • Final Destination
  • Pokémon Stadium 2
  • Smashville
  • Small Battlefield
Counterpick Stages
  • Town & City
  • Kalos Pokémon League
  • Lylat Cruise (or Yoshi's Island Brawl)
  • Yoshi's Story
Stage Selection Clauses
  • Winner of the previous game will ban 3 stages
  • Yoshi's Island (Brawl) and Lylat Cruise will act as the same ban for a stage. Players can choose one or the other to fight on.
  • Players are not allowed to counter-pick to the most recent stage that they won on

Match Rules

Game 1
  • First person/team bans 1 stage from starters
  • Second person/team bans 2 stages
  • First person/team bans 1 stage
  • Game 1 is played on remaining starting stage
Game 2 and onward
  • Winner of previous game will ban 3 stages
  • Yoshi's Island (Brawl) and Lylat Cruise will act as the same ban for a stage. Players can choose one or the other to fight on
  • Players are not allowed to pick the last stage they won on

Tournament Rules

Smash Ultimate Game Rules

  • Stock: 3
  • Time: 7 min
  • Hazards: Off
  • Team Attack: On
  • Launch Ratio: 1.0x
  • Underdog Boost: Off
  • Miis: Any Moveset, but must remain with same set once chosen

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.

Stage Striking:
  1. Both participants/teams can agree to "gentleman", or immediately go, to a starter stage as long as it is a mutual decision
  2. If not, smash.gg chooses who bans a stage first
  3. Second person/team strikes x stages
  4. First person/team strikes x stages
  5. The remaining stage is the one where the first match will be played.
Counter-picking (after Game 1):
  1. The winning player/team strikes x stages from starters and counter picks
  2. The losing player/team chooses whichever stage they like from the remaining ones.