Tournament:Ludwig Smash Invitational Last Chance Qualifier

The Ludwig Smash Invitational Last Chance Qualifier was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate qualifier tournament for on October 21st, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada, hosted by commentator and YouTube streamer. The Last Chance Qualifiers were double-elimination brackets capped at 64 players for each game, with all sets best of 5. The Top 8 players of each game qualified for the Ludwig Smash Invitational main singles event, bringing the total to 32 players for each game. The Last Chance Qualifiers were played up until Top 8, and did not play out the Top 8 bracket. The players that qualified through the Last Chance Qualifier received full reimbursement for their flight and accommodations, and were provided food on Saturday and Sunday.

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles
(60 entrants) Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles
(61 entrants) Bracket

Trivia

 * took shots with in the middle of his Melee singles qualifying set against . Despite getting tipsy, he would also end up winning the set. This continues the running joke that Shroomed gets powered up when there's a qualifying spot on the line. (For example,  to qualify for  and  to qualify for .)
 * Third-party GameCube controller adapters caused numerous issues during the Last Chance Qualifier, as opposed to first-party adapters, which are more reliable. They caused controller disconnects (for example, causing to lose a winning game in the last stocks of Game 2 vs. ) and broke 's controller in his qualifying set vs., forcing him to borrow 's controller to narrowly win in a reverse 3-0 fashion, last game, last stocks.
 * Both Melee and Ultimate singles featured a Canadian Ice Climbers player qualifying for the main event ( and, respectively).