Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Official Tournament Rules

This will be a bracketed, double elimination tournament played on the Nintendo Switch. Controllers will be provided; however, it is highly encouraged for participants to bring their own controllers and joysticks.

1. Best 2 out of 3 set to determine winner; Grand Finals will be a best 3 out of 5 set
2. 3 Stock
3. First to 1
4. 7 Minutes
5. Final Smash Meter: Off, Spirits: Off
6. Damage Handicap: Off
7. Stage Selection: Anyone
8. tems: Off and None
9. Stage Morph: Off
10. Stage Hazards: Off
11. Team Attack: On
12. Launch Rate: 1.0x
13. Underdog Boost: Off
14. Pausing: Off
15. Score Display: Off
16. % Show Damage: Yes
17. Custom Balance: Off
18. Echo Fighters: Separate
19. Radar: Big
20. All Macro/turbo controllers are banned; otherwise all controllers are legal.
21. Amiibo’s are banned.
22. No coaching allowed
23. No DSR (players are allowed to counterpick to a stage they won on earlier in the set if the stage is not banned by their opponent)
24. If a game ends with a self-destruct move, the results screen will determine the winner.
25. Sudden Death will be ignored in all instances.
26. If a game ends in a time over or with both players losing their last stocks simultaneously, the game’s winner is determined by the following criteria, in order:
    1. Player with more stocks remaining
    2. Player with less percent damage
    3. New game with 1 stock and 2-minute timer
27. Starter Stages:
    1. Battlefield
    2. Final Destination
    3. Pokemon Stadium 2
    4. Small Battlefield
    5. Smashville
28. Counterpick Stages:
    1. Hollow Bastion
    2. Kalos Pokémon League
    3. Town & City
    4. Yoshi’s Story
29. First stage is decided by (Rock Paper Scissors) best of 1. Winner may choose to either strike a stage first or select a port first. Stages are struck in a P1-P2-P2-P1 order.
30. Between Games in the Set:
    1. Winner of prior game bans 3 stages from the full list of legal stages including both starters and counterpicks, these bans are effective for the next game only and do not persist throughout the set
    2. Loser of the prior game selects the stage for the next game from the remaining unbanned legal stages, they are allowed to select a stage they won on earlier in the set if it is unbanned (no DSR)
    3. Winner of the prior game selects a character for the next game, they are allowed to switch characters
    4. Loser of the prior game selects a character for the next game, they are allowed to switch characters
31. There will be no loading anything on to the tournament consoles.