Rivals VS Smash

Settle it in... Rivals?

Over the course of this last week we had another fantastic super major take place, SuperNova (formally known as SuperSmashCon). Thousands of attendees made there way to Chantilly, Virginia to watch and compete in various games from Super Smash Bros. series, but with one notable exception.
An upcoming title from Aether Studios.

Rivals competitors showed up in full force with over 250 players signing up to compete in singles. While singles was the main event for Rivals 2 (and had an amazing top 3 on Sunday, watch here ); Saturday's event was arguably equally as entertaining, a Five versus 5 Smash vs Rivals 2 Crew Battle.

The Format

Crew battle, teams are allotted a certain number of stocks (in this case 15), equally divided between the players. When a player loses all of their stocks they are eliminated, and a player's stocks do not reset when the next opponent steps in to play. Both teams of 5 in this event had 3 stocks between each player.

The Teams

Team Smash

• SkyJay
• Stengo
• Plup
• LG | MkLeo
• Switch

Team Rivals

• Vibe | Elpe
• NE | ZeeBee
• SNT | Lucius
• CakeAssault
• Vibe SDD | CheesyPotato

Before the event everyone knew that this would be easy work for Team Rivals, even they suggesting that Team Smash may need an extra player to keep things competitive. Does the smack hold weight, or is this a whole new game?

Watch the event here:

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