Tournament:Smash Ultimate Summit 5

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 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  and any of the qualifiers for  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: The highest-placing non-qualified player at qualified: The highest-placing non-qualified player at qualified:
 * (who finished 2nd)
 * (who finished 1st)

Players voted in
The following players were voted in during The Summit Countdown on August 23rd:
 * (Round 1)
 * (Round 2)
 * (Round 3)
 * (Round 4)

Players eliminated
These players were eliminated in voting during The Summit Countdown on August 23rd:
 * ,, , , , , (Round 1)
 * ,, , (Round 2)
 * ,, , (Round 3)
 * (Round 4)

These players were eliminated in the nomination phase:

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, , , , and
 * Placed top 32 at, , , , , and
 * Placed top 16 at and
 * Participated in
 * Participated in any of the previous Ultimate Summits

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles
(16 entrants) Final Bracket

Squad Strike
(16 entrants) Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles
(8 entrants) Bracket

2v2v2v2
8-Player Smash, Best of 9 (4 teams)

The Alpharad Zone
(8 entrants) Bracket
 * 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
 * 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.

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.
 * 's placement of 9th marks the first time he has missed Top 8 at an offline tournament since (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.
 * became the first player from Japan to win a Smash Summit in any game.