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
- Neutral stages (different from singles):
- 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