Tournament:Frostbite 2020

Frostbite 2020
Dates	February 21st-23rd, 2020
Venue	Crowne Plaza Detroit Downtown Riverfront
Address/City	2 Washington Boulevard Detroit, Michigan
Attendance	1,303
Results
winners	MkLeo 1v1  Marss &  Light 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s)	Ori, Vayseth

Frostbite 2020 was a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate supermajor tournament held in Detroit, Michigan, from February 21st-23rd, 2020.

Tournament summary

At 1,280 entrants for singles, the Ultimate event is the largest singles event at Frostbite, as well as the second-largest Ultimate event in the Midwest after Smash 'N' Splash 5. In-line with the large entrants count, the tournament featured a slew of talent, including every North American player ranked on the Fall 2019 PGRU sans ESAM and Nicko as well as many of Japan's best players. This tournament most notably marked Paseriman's first major international event in Ultimate, and remained only one of two major international events Paseriman attended in his Ultimate career. With many top players in attendance, Frostbite 2020 is widely considered one of the most difficult tournaments of the early metagame, as well as one of the most difficult Midwest events.

The event is most famous for MkLeo's extensive Losers' run. Leo was first sent into Losers by Prodigy, who surprised audiences by 3-0ing MkLeo in Winner's Round 1 of Top 96, becoming the fourth player to 3-0 MkLeo and only the second player to do so on his Joker. Despite the upset, MkLeo clawed through the Losers' bracket, eliminating Salem 3-1, Dark Wizzy 3-0, Samsora 3-0, Nairo 3-1, Zackray 3-2, Dabuz 3-0, Tea 3-2, and Tweek 3-2 to meet Maister in Grand Finals, the first "all-Mexican" Grand Finals at a major. MkLeo then swiftly defeated Maister 6-0 to win the event. Many players have since considered MkLeo's run as the best Loser's run to victory in Ultimate, as he eliminated 6 of the Fall 2019 PGRU's top 10; the closest player to eliminate MkLeo was Tea, who was only frames away from hitting his forward smash in their final game. In addition, this tournament also had the first appearance of MkLeo's Byleth, as MkLeo used Byleth in the final game of the event.

Outside of MkLeo, this event is also known for Toast's run to 7th. Although he had been gaining traction since the last season, Toast was finally able to achieve his major breakout event at Frostbite 2020, defeating Kameme 3-1 and Samsora 3-1 to make it into top 24, where after losing to Maister 3-1 he defeated Light 3-2 to enter top 8, the first and only solo-Young Link player to place top 8 at a major/supermajor. Toast's performance at Frostbite 2020 remains the best performance for a Young Link player at a supermajor and is often considered one of Young Link's best overall major performances, alongside Toast's run at CEO 2022.

Conversely, several players greatly underperformed at the event. Both Marss and Shuton, the winners' of the same-weekend supermajors GENESIS 7 and EVO Japan 2020, were out at 17th, losing to players from the other's respective countries, with Marss losing to Paseriman and Zackray and Shuton losing to Elegant and Light. In addition, this tournament tied Frostbite 2019 and Mainstage as Samsora's worst performance at a major and ended Dark Wizzy's streak of top 8 finishes (that did not include full DQs) that began with Shine 2019. Finally, following Cosmos's disappointing finish at the event, he began to slowly shift away from Inkling, opting to initially focus on his Pikachu instead.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(1,280 entrants)
Top 24 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	MkLeo
2nd	Maister
3rd	Tweek
4th	Tea
5th	Dabuz
5th	Wrath
7th	Zackray
7th	Toast
9th	Nietono
9th	Light
9th	Nairo
9th	Paseriman
13th	VoiD
13th	Elegant
13th	MattyG
13th	Samsora
17th	Marss
17th	Raffi-X
17th	Shuton
17th	Kola
17th	Glutonny
17th	Kameme
17th	Dark Wizzy
17th	Prodigy
25th	Cosmos
25th	Stroder
25th	Mystearica
25th	Salem
25th	Grayson
25th	Charliedaking
25th	MuteAce
25th	LeoN
33rd	NAKAT
33rd	Ravenking
33rd	BestNess
33rd	varun
33rd	Riddles
33rd	ven
33rd	Kome
33rd	king_chris
33rd	Jw
33rd	ScAtt
33rd	Vinny G
33rd	Raito
33rd	WaDi
33rd	Ned
33rd	Roxas
33rd	Fatality
49th	????
49th	Comet
49th	Sonido
49th	Slime
49th	Zinoto
49th	Ksev
49th	Puppeh
49th	Zenkai
49th	Pandarian
49th	Gackt
49th	Epic_Gabriel
49th	LingLing
49th	Aaron
49th	Suinoko
49th	Ryuga
49th	MastaMario
65th	RFang
65th	Lui$
65th	San
65th	BANG!
65th	EKING
65th	Katakiri
65th	Pelca
65th	Goblin*
65th	IcyMist
65th	Kyros
65th	Perkinips
65th	Myran
65th	Magister
65th	Suarez
65th	Gomakenpi
65th	Blacktwins13
65th	Ninja
65th	White Girl 6 9
65th	Snatcher
65th	Rickles
65th	kept
65th	blanc
65th	AceStarThe3rd
65th	Regulating_Mofo
65th	DM
65th	TonyZTank
65th	Ralphie
65th	Plup
65th	MVD
65th	Panda Bair
65th	Axiom XL
65th	8BitMan

*Goblin was DQed in losers.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles

(251 teams)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 6 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Marss		Light
2nd	Maister		Zackray
3rd	Kameme		Etsuji
4th	Nairo		Blacktwins
5th	MVD		Puppeh
5th	Prodigy		varun
7th	Samsora		Tweek
7th	Lui$		BestNess
9th	MuteAce		Ryuga
9th	Mew2King		Epic_Gabriel
9th	Uncivil_ninja		Myran
9th	Manzoku		Tea
13th	Dark Wizzy		MkLeo
13th	Pelca		Jayy
13th	Fatality		Sonido
13th	Juice		Beast
17th	Hawk		Linus
17th	Raffi-X		king_chris
17th	ben		Cannon Red
17th	Stroder		RFang
17th	Kwaz		WhiteFang
17th	YellowRello		The Wall
17th	NAKAT		VoiD
17th	Elegant		SuperGirlKels
25th	WaDi		MattyG
25th	Tachyon		Vinny G
25th	TheRed		DM
25th	Deluxemenu		colinies
25th	Kola		Goblin
25th	Loaf		Lucky
25th	8BitMan		yeti
25th	Regulating_Mofo		Cookietic
33rd	Bruh-Man		ChocoTaco
33rd	LunickTMM		Mac Attk
33rd	Strife		Bonren
33rd	Comet		Plup
33rd	Zie		C.Falcon
33rd	Dojo		AvoiD
33rd	Seth		ATATA
33rd	Rickles		Yoomoo
33rd	DeatUnBeat		Blaze
33rd	Kazma		Brr
33rd	Pig		Voltz
33rd	Ksev		Zagoo
33rd	Kome		Shuton
33rd	Van Jones		Bobbles
33rd	Paseriman		Gackt
33rd	LightningCam		AndrewT

Side events

Squad Strike

(128 entrants)
Top 24 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Laid
2nd	Aikota
3rd	Epic_Gabriel
4th	Mew2King
5th	Blade
5th	Dark Wizzy*
7th	PsyKoD
7th	D-Money
9th	Jackie Peanuts
9th	LunickTMM
9th	8BitMan
9th	Daybreak
13th	Slaps
13th	Adorable Knight
13th	WinterShorts
13th	Regulating_Mofo

*Dark Wizzy forfeited in Losers.

Alpharad's Casual Invitational

(8 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)
1st	Nairo
2nd	VoiD
3rd	Marss
4th	Shoe
5th	Naga
5th	MVD
7th	Plup
7th	Mew2King

Esports Team Crew Battle

(8 Crews)
Full VOD of the event

Place	Team Name	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)
1st	Armada	BestNess		Prodigy		Elegant
2nd	Most Valuable Gaming	ScAtt		Salem		Dark Wizzy
3rd	Thunder Gaming	MVD		Raito		K9sbruce
3rd	Team Frostbite*	Zinoto		Rivers		Maister
5th	Nevermore	Dingus Joe		MastaMario		Stroder
5th	Rivals of Aether**	Windows		Lucius		CakeAssault
5th	RayRoad Gaming	kameme		Gackt		Etsuji
5th	Panda Global	Plup		Fullstream		Marss

*Team Frostbite is a selection of free agents (at the time of the vote) voted by the players already registered. The top three players with the most votes were flown out to the event.

**Team SoloMid was initially selected to compete but were eventually unable to participate due to their lack of players. They were replaced by a team formed of Rivals of Aether pro players.

Trivia

• The tournament's ruleset mentioned "The only acceptable alternative forms of Battlefield and Final Destination (chosen through the Ω/Battlefield form option on stage select) is Summit with 'Megalovania' as the selected song."

External links

• Start.gg page