Editing Twelve character battle

{{ArticleIcons|ssb=y|competitive=y}}
[[File:SmashRemix_Twelvecharacterbattle.png|thumb|The character select screen seen in ''[[Smash Remix]]{{'}}s'' twelve character battle mode.]]
A '''twelve character battle''', often abbreviated as '''12cb''', is an alternative gameplay method in tournaments for the original ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' In these battles, players fight with all twelve characters in the game until one player runs out of characters to use. Matches of this sort can take a long time to complete; the shortest matches can last around 50 minutes, while the longest have lasted over 90 minutes. In recent years, the twelve character battle is usually done through mods, mainly with the mod ''[[Smash Remix]]'', which has a separate mode for the ruleset itself, which also contains tallies for remaining stock counts and blocks out characters after their stock counts are depleted.

Initially a niche idea, the twelve character battle has since become more and more accepted by professional ''Smash 64'' players, with proponents of the battle claiming it does a better job of analysing one's skillset at the game compared to standard tournament play. The use of many characters reinforces the idea that the player is aware of multiple strategies involving [[tech skill]], and the use of counterpicking also causes players to demonstrate knowledge of [[matchups]]. 

Due to the significantly larger number of characters available in later games, equivalent events for the other games in the series are rare. However, two twenty-six character battles for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' were performed at [[Smash the Record]] as part of an exhibition; {{Sm|Mew2King}} defeated {{Sm|Mango}} in both, only having to use five characters in the first one, and 15 characters in the second one.

==Ruleset==
While no official ruleset exists for twelve-character battles, these battles generally follow a ruleset that was popularized by {{Sm|Isai}}:
*The first character is blind-picked for both players to prevent counterpicking.
*Each character has 4 stocks. After each battle, the losing player must switch to their next character.

An alternative ruleset dictates that when a player wins a match, they lose the character they were playing and whoever loses all their characters first wins the twelve-character battle.  This ruleset's proponents state that it forces people to use every character, preventing players from easily sweeping the entire event with one character.

==External links==
*[http://youtube.com/watch?v=Izjdx9QT2Eg Isai vs. SuPeRbOoMfAn 12cb]
*[http://youtube.com/watch?v=Mv4L5oVPG-Y Tatsuman vs. Jousuke 12cb]

[[Category:Competitive play]]
	You aren't logged in. While it's not a requirement to create an account, doing so makes it a lot easier to keep track of your edits and a lot harder to confuse you with someone else. If you edit without being logged in, your IP address will be recorded in the page's edit history.
	Log in	Create account
@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
 An alternative ruleset dictates that when a player wins a match, they lose the character they were playing and whoever loses all their characters first wins the twelve-character battle.  This ruleset's proponents state that it forces people to use every character, preventing players from easily sweeping the entire event with one character.
-==See also==
-* [[Ironman]]
 ==External links==
Insert common text
Signature	~~~~
Symbols	£ ¥ ° ± × ÷ € ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥
Diacritics	À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Œ Ù Ú Û Ü Ý Þ ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö ø œ ù ú û ü ý þ ÿ
Wikitext	[] [[]] \| [[Category:]] [[File:]] #REDIRECT: [[]] {\| \|- \|\| \|}
Templates	{{cleanup}} {{image}} {{reflist}} {{stub}} {{d}} {{delete}}
Formatting	<!----> <br> <code></code> <gallery></gallery> <nowiki></nowiki> <ref></ref> <references/> {{#widget:YouTube\|id=}}
Substitution	<includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude>