Tournament:SMFN Invitational

SMFN Invitational
Dates	August 8th, 2024
Address/City	Virginia
Attendance	20
Results
winners	acola

SMFN Invitational was a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate invitational held in Virginia on August 8th, 2024, as the second of two invitationals that took place prior to Supernova 2024.

Tournament summary

This invitational notably saw most of the Japanese players in attendance underperform: Tea lost to Atreus 1-2 and crêpe salée 1-2 in his Round Robin before being eliminated by Susu 2-3 in the final bracket for 13th; Gackt lost to Peabnut 0-2 and Wildz 0-2 in his Round Robin before being eliminated by crêpe salée 1-3 in the final bracket for 13th as well; and Neo lost to IcyMist 0-2 in his Round Robin before losing to acola 0-3 and crêpe salée 1-3 in the main bracket to place 9th (crêpe salée notably using his secondary R.O.B. instead of his main). Even acola, who ultimately won the event, saw a rough performance: he initially lost to Tarik 1-2 in his Round Robin before being knocked into the loser's bracket by Candle 3-2. acola eventually won the runback against Tarik in loser's finals and met Candle once again in Grand Finals, where after playing 10 games acola was able to claim victory. The 15 games between acola and Candle was notable for the large number of shieldbreaks, especially from Candle onto acola; in fact, acola ultimately won the tournament with a shieldbreak on Candle in the final game.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(20 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	acola
2nd	Candle
3rd	Tarik
4th	Peabnut
5th	Monte
5th	crêpe salée
7th	ApolloKage
7th*	Wildz
9th	Neo
9th*	Onin
9th	Lucky
9th	Susu
13th	Lemmon
13th	Gackt
13th	IcyMist
13th	Tea
17th	Jahzz0
17th	Oolong
17th	Atreus
17th	Dany2theny