EVO 2016
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Dates July 15th-17th, 2016
Venue Las Vegas Convention Center &
Mandalay Bay Events Center
Address/City 3150 Paradise Rd
3950 S Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Attendance 4,497+
Entry fees Melee singles: $10
Smash Wii U singles: $10
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Hungrybox 1v1
USA SFAT & USA PewPewU 2v2
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U winners Canada Ally
Staff
Organizer(s) Mr. Wizard

Evolution 2016, or simply EVO 2016, was the 15th edition of the Evolution Championship Series, a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. It took place in July on Friday the 15th to Sunday the 17th at the Las Vegas Convention Center, then at the Mandalay Bay Events Center to host finals.

It was announced on January 26th, 2016 by EVO's tournament director, Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar, that both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U would be featured as official games on the EVO 2016 game lineup.[1][2]

EVO 2016 is the largest ever tournament for both Melee and Smash 4, with over 2,000 entrants in both games, surpassing the records set by its predecessor.[3]

Summary of eventsEdit

MeleeEdit

PPMD and Leffen were registered to enter Melee, but the former dropped out due to health problems, while the latter was forced to drop out due to his persistent visa issues. Despite the absence of two of the 2015 SSBMRank Top 6, however, the competition still proved to be fierce. Hungrybox, after losing to Plup in winners' semis, defeated S2J in losers' quarters, Mango in losers' semis, Plup again in losers' finals, and Armada in two extremely close 3-2 sets in grand finals to win his first EVO championship. While down a full stock in game 5 of set one, on the brink of elimination, Hungrybox landed a successful edgeguard on Armada, followed by a zero-to-death Rest combo to reset the bracket.[4] The set (along with Hungrybox's popoff following his victory) has become one of the most well-known moments in competitive Melee history, and helped cement his "Clutchbox" reputation for pulling off immense comebacks in bracket.

Plup also performed exceptionally well at the tournament, defeating Mango in winners' quarters and Hungrybox in winners' semis before finally falling to Armada in winners' finals and Hungrybox in losers' finals, placing 3rd. S2J had an impressive losers' bracket run, defeating JAVI, DruggedFox, Duck, and Westballz, placing 5th with a character often considered below the threshold for a top-tier character.

Smash 4Edit

Many top players from Japan flew out to compete in Smash 4, most notably Kamemushi, who's made his first major appearance in North America. Ally won his first EVO after defeating Dabuz in winners' quarters, Abadango in winners' semis and Kamemushi twice, 3-0 in winners' finals and 3-1 in grand finals. Kamemushi, who claimed he would win EVO at Umebura 23 two months prior, defeated Mr. R, Earth and VoiD on his path to winners finals. After losing to Ally, he notably put an end to EVO 2015 champion ZeRo's long losers bracket run with a 3-0 victory and finished the tournament with a strong 2nd place. This was Mega Man's highest placing at a Smash 4 major, and changed many players' opinions on Mega Man's presence in the metagame and the potential of Japan's top talent in general (Abadango and Ranai were also present in top 8). After taking an early loss to Mr.E in round 2 pools and narrowly defeating Salem in a last-hit situation, ZeRo made it all the way to losers finals, taking down Hyuga, Komorikiri, KEN, Earth, Larry Lurr, Abadango and VoiD on the way, but his road to the back-to-back championship was cut short after facing off against Kamemushi in a very anticipated set.

Official game lineupEdit

Finals Game Entrants Pot Size
Sunday Street Fighter V 5,107 $101,070
Sunday Super Smash Bros. Melee 2,372 $23,720
Sunday Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator 910 $19,100
Sunday Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 782 $7,820
Sunday Mortal Kombat XL 713 $57,130
Saturday Killer Instinct 546 $55,460
Saturday Pokkén Tournament 1,180 $21,800
Saturday Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 2,662 $26,620
Saturday Tekken 7: Fated Retribution 549 $5,490

RulesetEdit

Super Smash Bros. MeleeEdit

  • Items are set to off and none. Pause disabled
  • 4 stocks and 8 minute time limit.
  • 2/3 games; 3/5 for Winner's, Loser's, and Grand Finals
  • Wobbling is allowed. The freeze glitch and infinite stalling are banned however.
  • First stage is decided by banning from the Starter Stages in P1-P2-P2-P1 order.
  • Winning player is not locked into the same character for the next match, but has to pick before loser selects character.
  • In a Best of 3 match, a player can ban 1 stage upon winning a game. In a Best of 5 match however, there are no stage bans.
  • Maximum allowed time between games is 60 seconds. Any player violating this rule will be issued a loss.
  • Dave's Stupid Rule: A player cannot counterpick the last stage they won on unless mutually agreed to by both players.

Stage listEdit

Starter Counterpick
Battlefield Pokémon Stadium
Dream Land
Final Destination
Fountain of Dreams
Yoshi's Story

Super Smash Bros. for Wii UEdit

  • Items are set to off and none. Pause and handicap are disabled. Launch rate is 1.0.
  • 2 stocks and 6 minute time limit.
  • 2/3 games; 3/5 for Winner's, Loser's, and Grand Finals
  • Customs and Equipment are turned off.
  • Mii Fighters are legal (1-1-1-1 Default Miis only). Amiibo however are banned.
  • All Ω form of stages are banned.
  • First stage is decided by (Rock-Paper-Scissors) best of 1. Winner strikes, then loser strikes twice, then winner. (P1-P2-P2-P1)
  • Following stages decided by winner banning one stage from all stages and then loser choosing.
  • Winning player is not locked into the same character for the next match, but has to pick before loser selects character.
  • Maximum allowed time between games is 60 seconds. Any player violating this rule will be issued a loss.
  • Dave's Stupid Rule: A player cannot counterpick the last stage they won on unless mutually agreed to by both players.
  • You may not play on a stage that is not on the available stages list. This will result in a double disqualification.
  • Sudden Death with a tied percentage/stock count will NOT determine the outcome of a tied game. A playoff match with 1 stock/2 minutes will determine the winner.
  • There will be no loading anything on to the tournament consoles.

Stage listEdit

Starter Counterpick
Battlefield (Miiverse) Dream Land 64
Final Destination Duck Hunt
Lylat Cruise
Smashville
Town and City

ResultsEdit

Super Smash Bros. Melee singlesEdit

(2,372 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Hungrybox   $14,232
2nd   Armada   $4,744
3rd   Plup   $2,372
4th   Mango    $948.80
5th   Mew2King     $474.40
5th   S2J   $474.40
7th   PewPewU   $237.20
7th   Westballz    $237.20
9th   Duck  
9th   Swedish Delight  
9th   Zhu  
9th   Shroomed  
13th   Nintendude  
13th   Colbol   
13th   Lucky  
13th   Druggedfox  
17th   The Moon  
17th   Wizzrobe  
17th   Chillin  
17th   ChuDat  
17th   JAVI  
17th   Ice  
17th   Gravy  
17th   Axe  
25th   Mike Haze  
25th   Cactuar   
25th   n0ne  
25th   Laudandus  
25th   SFAT  
25th   Wobbles  
25th   Frootloop  
25th   SmashG0D  
33rd   Lovage  
33rd   Bobby Frizz  
33rd   Drunksloth  
33rd   Slox  
33rd   Kels  
33rd   Bladewise  
33rd   Captain Faceroll  
33rd   Squid  
33rd   Fiction  
33rd   Darkatma   
33rd   Azusa  
33rd   InfiniteNumbers  
33rd   lloD  
33rd   KJH  
33rd   Kounotori  
33rd   DJ Nintendo  
49th   Darkrain  
49th   dizzkidboogie  
49th   Ken  
49th   Tafokints  
49th   Tai  
49th   Fly Amanita  
49th   Crush  
49th   Wenbobular   
49th   Fat Goku  
49th   Zain  
49th   KillaforChicken   
49th   J666  
49th   Kata  
49th   Dudutsai  
49th   Connor  
49th   Alan  

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singlesEdit

(2,662 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Ally   $15,972
2nd   Kamemushi   $5,324
3rd   ZeRo   $2,662
4th   VoiD   $1,064.80
5th   Ranai   $532.40
5th   Abadango   $532.40
7th   Dabuz    $266.20
7th   Larry Lurr   $266.20
9th   Trela  
9th   Marss  
9th   Earth  
9th   Vinnie  
13th   Day  
13th   Mr.E  
13th   KEN  
13th   Nairo  
17th   Mr. R  
17th   Rich Brown  
17th   Xaltis  
17th   Komorikiri   
17th   dyr  
17th   Ito  
17th   Regi  
17th   Pugwest  
25th   Ned  
25th   6WX  
25th   Tyrant   
25th   Hyuga  
25th   K9sbruce  
25th   ESAM   
25th   SS   
25th   Dath  
33rd   HIKARU   
33rd   Kirihara  
33rd   3xA  
33rd   Stroder   
33rd   Angbad  
33rd   RAIN  
33rd   Shaky  
33rd   Wrath  
33rd   Seagull Joe  
33rd   Tweek  
33rd   Salem  
33rd   ANTi   
33rd   DOOM  
33rd   NAKAT  
33rd   FOW  
33rd   TLTC  
49th   Charliedaking  
49th   TonySherbert  
49th   NiTe  
49th   DKwill  
49th   Logic  
49th   Phoenix  
49th   Pink Fresh  
49th   Saj  
49th   The Wall  
49th   DJ Jack  
49th   Zenyou  
49th   Zinoto  
49th   ApologyMan  
49th   cyve  
49th   Tyroy   
49th   Raito  

Side eventsEdit

Super Smash Bros. Melee doublesEdit

(96 teams)
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   PewPewU     SFAT  
2nd   Hungrybox     Mew2King  
3rd   Alan     Shroomed  
4th   Reno     Lucky  
5th   Darkatma     Frootloop  
5th   Chillin     ChuDat  
7th   Bladewise     JAVI  
7th   Druggedfox     SleepyK  
9th   The Moon     DJ Nintendo  
9th   Slox     Swedish Delight  
9th   SmashG0D     lloD  
9th   Colbol     dizzkidboogie  
13th   Nintendude     Azen  
13th   Prince Abu     Duck  
13th   Axe     Medz  
13th   EastCoastJeff     OkamiBW  

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 2Scoops vs. GSM crew battleEdit

2Scoops Player Character Stocks Taken GSM Player Character Stocks Taken
Zan   3 WAR   2
SM   2 Kennypu   5
BAM   1 VoiD   8
Larry Lurr   1 Aerow   1
Zenyou   1 Lethal Trilogy   2
Jonny Westside   6 K0rean   4
Scizor   3 Rush   1
Akito   4 Dren   1
Total 21 Total 24

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 2Scoops vs. GSM exhibitionsEdit

Winner Character(s) Loser Character(s) Score Amount
K0rean   Pluto   3-2 $5
K0rean   Larry Lurr   3-1 $5
Scizor   Click   3-0 $5
Akito   WAR   2-0 $1

Project M singlesEdit

The Project M side event was the seventh stop on the Project M Championship Circuit.
(142 entrants)
Top 24 bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings PMCC Points
1st   Sosa   300
2nd   Junebug    180
3rd   lloD   120
4th   Hyperflame   80
5th   iPunchKidsz   60
5th   Jose V   60
7th   ThundeRzReiGN    40
7th   Marshall   40
9th   Hungrybox   20
9th   Reslived   20
9th   Filthy Casual   20
9th   Chief   20
13th   Spark   10
13th   Tealz   10
13th   Bladewise   10
13th   Chard   10
17th   Ilovebagelz  
17th   Mavis Beacon  
17th   SK92  
17th   Neon  
17th   Mr. Brandandorf  
17th   Cloudburst  
17th   Cuda  
17th   Tip  

TriviaEdit

  • Ken, who won the first Melee tournament at EVO World 2007, was invited as a guest during the EVO 2016 lineup announcement to comment on Melee's history at EVO.
  • This is the first EVO ever where a Canadian (namely, Ally) has won in any of the games played at EVO.
  • This is the first EVO with Melee as part of the game lineup where an Ice Climbers player did not make Top 8. (ChuDat made Top 8 at EVO World 2007 and EVO 2015, Wobbles made Top 8 at EVO 2013, and Fly Amanita made Top 8 at EVO 2014.)
    • Similarly, this is the first EVO with Melee as part of the game lineup where a Captain Falcon player has gotten in Top 8.

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