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Doubles refers to the 2 versus 2 part of a Tournament, also referred to as "Teams". Doubles requires a different strategy, namely teamwork, to defeat your opponents. Although there are as many ways to play as there are players, several things remain constant: those who work together to attack and destroy their enemies stand a greater chance of winning, while those who separate to take on their opponents alone are easier to defeat as individuals by attacking them two-on-one. Strength in singles playing style does not necessarily translate into strength in doubles; the strongest team is the winner, not the pair of strongest individuals.

Doubles Tournament Rules[]

These are the standard rules for doubles matches in each game of the Super Smash Bros. series.

Super Smash Bros.[]

  • 5 stock (sometimes 4 or 6 stock)
  • No items
  • Team Attack set to on
  • Damage Ratio normal
  • No handicap
  • Life-stealing allowed
  • No stage can be picked twice in a row by the same person, but they can be chosen again by another person (see: Dave's Stupid Rule)
  • A stage can be reset after being chosen randomly, but if randomly selected again or is picked, it can be chosen
  • If a Ness is picked, Saffron City can be banned for random picks, but may be counter-picked
  • Camping/edge-stalling not allowed
  • Congo Jungle cargo-stalling is normally allowed (though BIG argument)

Super Smash Bros. Melee[]

  • Rules that apply to 1-on-1 apply to team tournaments as well
    • Neutral stages (different from singles):
      • Yoshi's Story
      • Pokémon Stadium
      • Battlefield
      • Dream Land (N64)
      • Final Destination
  • And sometimes:
    • Rainbow Cruise
    • Kongo Jungle 64
  • Banned stages (different from singles):
    • Brinstar Depths
    • Flat Zone
    • Great Bay
    • Icicle Mountain
    • Hyrule Temple
    • Yoshi's Island N64
    • Yoshi's Island (pipes)
    • Venom
    • Fourside
    • Mushroom Kingdom I
    • Big Blue
    • Fountain of Dreams
    • Mute City
  • Friendly Fire (also called "team attack") is on.
  • Usually, players are allowed to steal lives from their teammates by pressing start after they are knocked out.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[]

To be added

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U[]

To be added

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