EVO 2018
Dates	August 3rd-5th, 2018
Venue	Mandalay Bay Events Center
Address/City	3950 S Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas, Nevada
Results
winners	Leffen
winners	Lima
Staff
Organizer(s)	Mr. Wizard,Bear,Ponder,inkblot, MarkMan

Evolution 2018, or simplyEVO 2018, was the 17th edition of theEvolution Championship Series, a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. EVO 2018 took place from August 3rd to 5th, 2018, at theMandalay Bay Events Center. It was announced on February 6th, by EVO's tournament director Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar, that bothSuper Smash Bros. Melee andSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U would be featured as official games on the EVO 2018 game lineup. The event saw the return ofMelee on the Sunday finals, asSmash 4 was on the main stage in the previous year.^[1][2] EVO 2018 featured a playable demo ofSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, courtesy ofNintendo, and aSuper Smash Bros. UltimateNintendo Direct was announced for August 8th, 2018 prior to theSuper Smash Bros. Melee finals.

Official Game Lineup[edit]

Results[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles[edit]

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

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Leffen		$8,118
2nd	Armada		$2,706
3rd	Plup		$1,353
4th	Hungrybox		$541.20
5th	Wizzrobe		$270.60
5th	Mango		$270.60
7th	Swedish Delight		$135.30
7th	S2J		$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	OkamiBW
49th	Android
49th	Squid
49th	Reno
49th	Kalamazhu
49th	Azel
49th	Bladewise
49th	Franz
49th	CDK
49th	Chillindude
49th	MegaXmas
49th	Zeo
49th	Smashdaddy
49th	Russell
49th	Cesar
49th	Not Doug
65th	Luigi Ka-Master
65th	Jah Ridin'
65th	Crunch
65th	dunk
65th	Kalvar
65th	J666
65th	Yu
65th	FireflyHI
65th	Bizzarro Flame
65th	Crunch
65th	Kounotori
65th	Wavebringer
65th	Kira
65th	HMW
65th	KoopaTroopa895
65th	Bimbo
65th	Fizz
65th	Coyote
65th	Iceman
65th	Zhu
65th	Vinodh
65th	Jawanga
65th	CrazyDude
65th	Edge
65th	Pancakes
65th	SuperBoobFan
65th	John Wick
65th	Roochi
65th	BlueBuddy
65th	Enderdxg
65th	Cohenski
65th	Umarth

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles[edit]

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

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Lima		$8,148
2nd	CaptainZack		$2,716
3rd	Nietono		$1,358
4th	Mistake		$543.20
5th	MVD		$271.60
5th	Mr E		$271.60
7th	Raito		$135.80
7th	Choco		$135.80
9th	Cosmos
9th	Elegant
9th	Dabuz
9th	falln
13th	Ally
13th	yuzu
13th	Shuton
13th	ESAM
17th	Zenyou
17th	Salem
17th	tyroy
17th	takera
17th	komorikiri
17th	Diablo
17th	VoiD
17th	crow
25th	Charlie
25th	Abadango
25th	shky
25th	Eon
25th	Larry Lurr
25th	Kameme
25th	JK
25th	ANTi
33rd	VaLoR
33rd	Lea
33rd	Captain L
33rd	Bedgar
33rd	Suinoko
33rd	KiraFlax
33rd	Strike
33rd	Nairo
33rd	Z
33rd	Tyrant
33rd	Lui$
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	Dio
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[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles[edit]

(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.

Project M singles[edit]

(46 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Fuzz		$5
2nd	Nyx
3rd	Dank
4th	Goode
5th	Catosat
5th	Gibbles
7th	Edge
7th	DBSammy

*Project M was a side event organized by the community and not an "official" part of EVO.

Controversy[edit]

The event came under controversy during the grand finals match of theSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U event betweenLima andCaptainZack. Neither player seemed to take the match seriously, as evidenced by their lack of staidness throughout the set and by Lima granting CaptainZack a "homiestock" during game 5 of the first set. Additionally, during game 1 of the second set, both players heldBullet Climax in place for nearly two minutes, which causedtournament organizerBear tocome on stage and issue both players ayellow card. Many top players asserted that this set tarnished the competitive integrity of the event,^[3][4] and most of the audience members attending EVO hadleft the venue^{(dead link)} before or during grand finals. 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 aself-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] play[s] to have fun".^[6] Many view the Grand Finals incident, timed with the arrival ofUltimate shortly after, as the death of competitiveSmash 4.

Trivia[edit]

• 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 replaceSuper 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 was released four months after EVO 2018.
  • After being a demo at EVO 2018, on February 26th, 2019,Ultimate was revealed to debut in the main lineup atEVO 2019.
• This is the first timeArmada has lost to a player outside theSummer 2018 MPGR top 6 or PPMD sinceAmsah in 2010 (excluding sandbagging), asSwedish Delight defeated Armada in winners top 24.
  • Armada embarked on an impressive losers run after his loss to Swedish Delight, defeatingGahtzu,Mew2King,Zain,S2J,Mango,Hungrybox, andPlup before losing to Leffen 0-3 in grand finals.
• This is the first time where none of theFive Gods wonMelee singles at EVO post-EVO 2013, withLeffen defeating Armada in grand finals.
  • This is also the first EVO to have no American players inMelee grand finals.
• This is the first time sinceCEO Dreamland whereSalem placed outside of the top 12, where he got 17th place.
• There was a poll for which gameArc System Works president Minoru Kidooka should enter.Melee ended up taking 1st place in the poll and Kidooka entered said game.^[8] He placed 721st out of 1,353 entrants.^[9]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• EVO's website
• EVO's twitter
• EVO's Tournament Director twitter
• start.gg page

• 2018 tournaments
• Supermajor tournaments (SSBM)
• Supermajor tournaments (SSB4)
• Nevada tournaments