General Rules

• Ruleset: 3 Stock
• Time Limit: 8 minutes
• Items: Off
• Stage Selection: Anyone
• Stage Hazard Toggle: Off
• Final Smash Meter: Off
• Spirits: Off
• Damage Handicap: Off
• First to: 1 Win
• Launch Rate: 1.0x
• Underdog Boost: Off
• Score Display: Off
• % Show Damage: Yes
• Custom Balance: Off
• Echo Fighters: Separate
• Radar: Big
• Pausing: Off
• Mii Fighters and their respective custom moves are allowed. Movesets will be shown in their name with each individual special move numbered from 1 to 3, based on the order shown on the move selection screen (ex. 1111, 2223, 3121).
• Similar to previous Smash titles, if time runs out, the winner is first determined by how many stocks remain, and then by the percentage after time is up.
  • If both stock and percentage are the same, or a game ends in both players losing their last stock at the same time, then a tiebreaker is played, which consists of a 1 stock and 3 minute match with the same characters and the same stage.

Stage Striking // Stage List Rules

Info for newcomers:

Stage striking is a common procedure in Super Smash Bros. tournaments, used to ensure the stage of a set's first match is fairly selected. Though the exact process varies depending on the number of available stages, stage striking involves starting with a list of neutral stages, then having all players in the match take turns removing one or more stages from the list until only one stage is left. The procedure can be skipped entirely by invoking the Gentleman's Clause, skipping the stage striking process by way of mutual agreement.

Stage Striking Instructions:

For game 1, players play a best-of-1 Rock-Paper-Scissors and the winner bans 1 of the starting stages. The loser then bans 2 starting stages and the winner picks from the remaining two starting stages. For game 2 onward, the winner of the previous game will ban 2 stages, then the loser of the previous game will select from the remaining stages. Players are NOT ALLOWED to counterpick to ANY stage that they previously won on.

PGX 2023 Stage List:

Starter Stages:

• Battlefield
• Final Destination
• Town & City
• Pokémon Stadium 2
• Smashville

Counterpick Stages

• Kalos Pokémon League
• Small Battlefield