Melee Rule Set
General Rules
- Items off, 8 Minutes, 4 Stocks
- Singles: All sets are best-of-3 besides winners finals, losers finals, and grand finals, which are best-of-5.
- All sets are best-of-3 for weekly tournaments
- Doubles: All sets are best-of-3 besides winners finals, losers finals, and grand finals, which are best-of-5.
- No excessive stalling (Rising Pound, Luigi ladder, etc.)
- Wobbling is legal, stalling past 300% is illegal
- Double Blind and Neutral Start is offered at request
- You cannot counter pick to any stage you have already won on
- Gentleman’s Clause: Any stage may be played on if both players agree to it
- If a match times out, the winner is determined by remaining stocks, then lowest percentage on the same stock
- Pausing Results in a stock loss, at the discretion of the opponent
- Winning player is not locked into the same character for the next match, but has to pick before loser selects character
Starters/Neutral Stages
- Yoshi’s Story
- Fountain of Dreams
- Battlefield
- Final Destination
- Dream Land
Counterpick Stages:
- Pokemon Stadium
Selecting Stages
- The first stage is decided by banning from the Starter Stages in P1-P2-P2-P1 order
- Following stages decided by winner banning 1 stage and then loser choosing
- Best-of-5 sets have no bans