Experimental Ruleset

This is a ruleset developed by L4st, TO for The Box series, featuring Hollow Bastion.

Starter Stages

• Battlefield
• Final Destination
• Small Battlefield
• Smashville
• Town & City

Counterpick Stages

• Pokémon Stadium 2
• Kalos Pokémon League
• Hollow Bastion
• Yoshi's Story

Stage Selection Clauses

• Winner of the previous game will ban 3 stages in a Best of 3, and 2 stages in a Best of 5
• Players are not allowed to counter pick to ANY stage that they previously won on

Game 1

• Higher seed 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 in a Best of 3, and 2 stages in a Best of 5
• Players are not allowed to counter pick to ANY stage they previously won on
• Repeat steps from Game 2 onward until set is complete

Starter Stages

• BF
• FD
• SBF
• SV
• Town

Counterpick Stages

• PS2
• Kalos
• HB
• Yoshi's

Smash Ultimate Game Rules

• Stock: 3
• Time: 7 min (8 min in Doubles)
• 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 Starters 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.