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EVO 2018
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Dates August 3rd-5th, 2018
Venue Mandalay Bay Events Center
Address/City 3950 S Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Results
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U winners USA Lima

Evolution 2018, or simply EVO 2018, is the 17th edition of the Evolution Championship Series, a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. EVO 2018 is scheduled to take place on August 3rd to 5th, 2018, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. It was announced on February 6th, 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 2018 game lineup. The event will see the return of Melee on the Sunday finals, as Smash 4 was on the main stage in the previous year.[1][2] EVO 2018 featured a playable demo of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, courtesy of Nintendo.

Official Game Lineup

Finals Game Entrants Pot Size
Sunday Street Fighter V 2,494 TBA
Sunday Dragon Ball FighterZ 2,575 TBA
Sunday Tekken 7 1,543 TBA
Sunday Super Smash Bros. Melee 1,353 $13,530
Sunday Guilty Gear Xrd REV2 623 TBA
Saturday Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 1,358 $13,580
Saturday BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle 1,181 TBA
Saturday Injustice 2 361 TBA

Results

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(1,353 entrants)
Top 48 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st $8,118
2nd $2,706
3rd $1,353
4th $541.20
5th $270.60
5th $270.60
7th $135.30
7th $135.30
9th   Duck  
9th   Zain  
9th   PewPewU  
9th   n0ne  
13th   Mew2King   
13th   Westballz  
13th   Lucky  
13th   Colbol  
17th   Gahtzu  
17th   Drephen  
17th   Nintendude  
17th   SFAT  
17th   MikeHaze  
17th   Rishi  
17th   Axe  
17th   HugS  
25th   Cactuar  
25th   Mojo  
25th   ChuDat  
25th   AbsentPage  
25th   Overtriforce  
25th   Darktooth  
25th   Shroomed  
25th   KJH  
33rd   A Rookie  
33rd   Heartstrings  
33rd   Spark  
33rd   Darkatma  
33rd   SacaSuMoto  
33rd   Eddy Mexico  
33rd   Rocky  
33rd   Slox  
33rd   Levingy  
33rd   Ice  
33rd   Wobbles  
33rd   Amsah  
33rd   Mr. F  
33rd   FatGoku  
33rd   La Luna  
33rd   aMSa  
49th   MegaXMas  
49th   Zeo  
49th   OkamiBW  
49th   Android  
49th   Smashdaddy  
49th   Squid  
49th   Russell
49th   Reno  
49th   Kalamazhu  
49th   Cesar  
49th   Not Doug
49th   Azel  
49th   Bladewise  
49th   Franz  
49th   CDK  
49th   Chillindude  
65th   Luigi Ka-Master  
65th   Jah Ridin'  
65th   Vinodh  
65th   Pancakes  
65th   Crunch  
65th   dunk  
65th   Kalvar  
65th   SuperBoobFan
65th   John Wick  
65th   J666  
65th   Yu  
65th   FireFlyHI  
65th   Bizzarro Flame  
65th   Roochi
65th   Crunch  
65th   Kounotori  
65th   BlueBuddy  
65th   Wavebringer  
65th   Enderdxg  
65th   Kira  
65th   HMW  
65th   KoopaTroopa895  
65th   Bimbo  
65th   Fizz  
65th   Cohenski  
65th   Coyote  
65th   Umarth  
65th   Iceman  
65th   Zhu  
65th   Jawanga  
65th   CrazyDude
65th   Edge  

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles

(1,358 entrants)
Top 48 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Lima   $8,130
2nd   CaptainZack   $2,710
3rd   Nietono    $1,355
4th   Mistake   $542
5th   MVD   $271
5th   Mr E   $271
7th   Raito   $135.50
7th   Choco   $135.50
9th   Cosmos  
9th   Elegant  
9th   Dabuz  
9th   falln  
13th   Ally  
13th   yuzu  
13th   Shuton  
13th   ESAM   
17th   Zenyou  
17th   Salem  
17th   tyroy  
17th   takera  
17th   komorikiri   
17th   Diablo  
17th   VoiD  
17th   crow  
25th   Charlie     
25th   Abadango   
25th   shky  
25th   Eon  
25th   Larry Lurr  
25th   Kameme   
25th   JK  
25th   ANTi   
33rd   VaLoR  
33rd   Lea  
33rd   Captain L  
33rd   Bedgar  
33rd   Suinoko  
33rd   KiraFlax  
33rd   Strike  
33rd   Nairo  
33rd   Z  
33rd   Tyrant  
33rd   Lui$  
33rd   Vinnie  
33rd   NAKAT   
33rd   Ki  
33rd   BestNess  
33rd   PiXL  
49th   Konga  
49th   Dynamo  
49th   3xA  
49th   S2H  
49th   ImHip   
49th   Ty  
49th   AC   
49th   Brosinex  
49th   Vermillion   
49th   Nanchan  
49th   Extra  
49th   Snoop  
49th   Kiki  
49th   Ozone  
49th   Stroder    
49th   Phoenix  
65th   Globo  
65th   Karna  
65th   R1HKami  
65th   Gohan  
65th   Dragon  
65th   Adorable Knight  
65th   ThatOneRider   
65th   _SEBA_  
65th   Twan  
65th   Drystan  
65th   kept  
65th   KY   
65th   Kyle Young  
65th   Razo  
65th   Manny  
65th   Widget  
65th   RAIN   
65th   Nicko  
65th   Captain Andrew  
65th   Meteor  
65th   Tetsuyalol  
65th   Pow  
65th   Mago_FFF  
65th   FredFredBurger  
65th   MageOfSymphonia  
65th   Moonshine  
65th   MastaMario  
65th   Harlonga  
65th   Dreagune   
65th   Zean  
65th   Raw  
65th   K9sbruce   

Side events

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(64 teams)
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   PewPewU     SFAT  
2nd   AbsentPage     Amsah  
3rd   DarkAtma     Wavebringer  
4th   aMSa     Sanne  
5th   Azel     Umarth  
5th   Spark     Rocky  
7th   Gravy     Gahtzu  
7th   Reno   Alan
  • Melee doubles was a side event organized by the community and not an "official" part of EVO.

Controversy

The event came under controversy during the grand finals set of the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U event between Lima and CaptainZack. Both players didn't seem to take the set seriously, as evidenced by both players' seemingly lack of staidness throughout the set and by Lima granting CaptainZack a homie stock. Additionally, during game 6 of the set, both players continuously charged their Neutral special attack for nearly two minutes, which caused tournament organizer Bear to come on stage and issue both players a yellow card. Many top players asserted that this set tarnished the competitive integrity of the event.[3][4] CaptainZack apologized after the match for his "disrespectful showing", but stated that he was "truly trying his best" throughout the set. [5] Lima also apologized for giving a homie stock to CaptainZack, saying that he did it because he was playing one of his best friends and didn't want the match to end with a self-destruct. Moreover, he explained that it wasn't his intention to "make grand finals look like collusion or childish", but that he simply "play[s] better when [he] plays to have fun".[6]

Trivia

  • This is the first year where the lineup announcement stream was not co-hosted by Mike Ross. Instead, Tekken Project and EVO staff member Mark "MarkMan" Julio was the co-host.
  • This is the first EVO since 2014 that doesn't feature a total of nine games in the main EVO lineup.
  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was confirmed to replace Super Smash Bros. for Wii U in the event if it was released in time for EVO 2018.[7] However, this did not take effect as it will release four months after EVO 2018.
  • This is the first time Armada has lost to a non-top 6 player since Amsah in 2010 (excluding sandbagging), as Swedish Delight defeated Armada in winners top 24.

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