Tournament:Smash Ultimate Summit 5

Smash Ultimate Summit 5
Dates	September 15th-18th, 2022
Venue	Summit Gaming House
Address/City	unknown Los Angeles, California
Attendance	16
Entry fees	N/A
Pot size(s)	$18,254
Results
winners	ProtoBanham
Staff
Organizer(s)	Beyond the Summit

Smash Ultimate Summit 5 was a major Super Smash Bros. Ultimate invitational tournament. It was the fifth installment of the Smash Summit series for Ultimate, and was held from September 15th-18th, 2022 at the Summit Gaming House, a private residence house in Los Angeles, California, which is closed to the general public.

Due to complaints that took place during Smash Ultimate Summit 4 as well as a perceived "Summit fatigue," a vote cap was added to the voting stage: a maximum of 100 votes could be earned in the shop, while registering for Mainstage 2022 and any of the qualifiers for The Arcadian gave an additional 100 votes and 5 votes per qualifier, respectively. The voting process itself also received changes: instead of having eliminations and invitations throughout the week, the entire process took place on August 23rd across 4 hours at The Summit Countdown show, with each hour featuring one invitational and a certain amount of eliminations. The total number of votes each player received was also hidden until The Summit Countdown.

Players invited/qualified

The following ten players were invited:

•  acola
•  Dabuz
•  Glutonny
•  Kola
•  Light
•  MkLeo
•  ProtoBanham
•  Riddles
•  Sparg0
•  Tweek

The highest-placing non-qualified player at Rise 'N Grind qualified:

•  Anathema (who finished 2nd)

The highest-placing non-qualified player at Shine 2022 qualified:

•  Cosmos (who finished 1st)

Players voted in

The following players were voted in during The Summit Countdown on August 23rd:

•  Myran (Round 1)
•  Ouch!? (Round 2)
•  T3 DOM (Round 3)
•  Jahzz0 (Round 4)

Players eliminated

These players were eliminated in voting during The Summit Countdown on August 23rd:

•  Onin,  Bloom4Eva,  Zomba,  BassMage,  yonni,  Luugi,  Ferps (Round 1)
•  Nicko,  Gogeta,  Toast,  WaDi (Round 2)
•  Kiwi,  Sisqui,  Tea,  Maister (Round 3)
•  ApolloKage (Round 4)

These players were eliminated in the nomination phase:

BobbyWasabi	Burst	constructinator1	Ed^	JeJaJeJa	Jonhy	Jordan	LeoN	Lopp567	maisie
Panther	Pies	Rocke	RockMan	Soar	Stocktaker69	U

Eligible players

Players were eligible if they met the following requirements:

• Ranked in the top 150 on the OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse
• Ranked in the top 50 on the OrionRank Eclipse Japan or OrionRank Eclipse Europe
• Placed top 64 at GENESIS 8, Pound 2022, CEO 2022, Get On My Level 2022, and Double Down 2022
• Placed top 32 at Collision 2022, Low Tide City 2022, Battle of BC 4, Kagaribi 7, Maesuma TOP 8, and Smash Factor 9
• Placed top 16 at Phantom 2022 and Ultra Hard
• Participated in e-Caribana
• Participated in any of the previous Ultimate Summits

Results

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(16 entrants)
Final Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	ProtoBanham
2nd	Light
3rd	Kola
4th	acola
5th	Glutonny
5th	Riddles
7th	Tweek
7th	Sparg0
9th	MkLeo
9th	Anathema
9th	Ouch!?
9th	Dabuz
13th	Myran
13th	T3 DOM
13th	Cosmos
13th	Jahzz0

Side events

Squad Strike

(16 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Jahzz0
2nd	acola
3rd	MkLeo
3rd	Glutonny
5th	Riddles
5th	Tweek
5th	Dabuz
5th	Sparg0
9th	Myran
9th	Cosmos
9th	Light
9th	ProtoBanham
9th	T3 DOM
9th	Kola
9th	Ouch!?
9th	Anathema

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(8 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Sparg0
2nd	Tweek
3rd	Kola
3rd	Watch
5th	Anathema
5th	Riddles
5th	Jahzz0
5th	Myran

2v2v2v2

8-Player Smash, Best of 9
(4 teams)

Place	Name	Character	Name	Character	Games Won	Earnings
1st	MkLeo		Glutonny		3
2nd	Anathema		Myran		2
2nd	Jahzz0		T3 DOM		2
4th	Riddles		Kola		0

The Alpharad Zone

(8 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Dabuz
2nd	Tweek
3rd	Anathema
3rd	Cosmos
5th	T3 DOM
5th	Ouch!?
5th	Myran
5th	Jahzz0

• After each character was used, it was not usable for the rest of the bracket.
• After the first set between Cosmos and Myran, it was decided that choosing Random was not allowed.

JoyCon doubles

(5 teams)
Bracket

Place	Name	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Dabuz	T3 DOM
2nd	Tweek	HazMatt
3rd	Cosmos	Light
3rd	Riddles	Jahzz0
5th	Myran	Anathema

• Both players on each team controlled the same character with one Joy-Con each.
• Each set was Best of 1 until Finals which was Best of 3.

Red Bull Gauntlet ft. MkLeo

MkLeo	Character	Stocks Taken	Commentators	Character	Stocks Taken
MkLeo		21	EE		1
—	—	—	Coney		0
—	—	—	Charles Thoren		0
—	—	—	VikkiKitty		1
—	—	—	TKbreezy		0
—	—	—	BAM		0
—	—	—	HazMatt		1
Total	—	21	Total	—	3

Trivia

• Due to the implementation of a new voting system that limited the number of votes that could be bought per start.gg user, this Summit had the lowest prize pool out of any Ultimate Summit.
• MkLeo's placement of 9th marks the first time he has missed Top 8 at an offline tournament since Umebura Japan Major 2019 (where he placed 33rd). It is also the first time he has ever missed Top 8 at an offline tournament in North America for Ultimate.
• ProtoBanham became the first player from Japan to win a Smash Summit in any game.

External links

• Start.gg page