I promised we’d be back with details and today I’m here to deliver – with lots of tables. Don’t worry though, they’re the kind of tables with good stuff inside instead of boring things like annual report data. Alternatively, you can always keep up to date on the RCS over at our circuit page on smash.gg. Let’s kick it off with our summer schedule!
Summer Schedule
These offline events are all big tournaments or cons that are a ton of fun. If you can only make it to one this summer and want to meet some of the devs, we’d recommend Super Smash Con as we’ll be able to attend that one personally. As Rivals registration for events open, we’ll be adding them to our RCS season 2 circuit schedule.
| Date | Offline Majors |
|---|---|
| 5/12 – 14 | BAM 9 |
| 5/27 – 28 | Bigger Balc |
| 8/5 – 6 | LTC5* |
| 8/10 – 13 | Super Smash Con* |
| 8/25 – 27 | Shine |
*Rivals bracket registration is not available on smash.gg yet for these two events. We figured even though registration wasn’t available yet it’s better to know these are coming up so you can make plans.
Here’s the schedule for our online monthlies for all 3 regions. Part of our reason for moving to monthlies (instead of the weeklies from season 1) was to put less emphasis on grinding. These should make it easier for players to plan ahead and attend as well as still allowing community run events to flourish without the RCS dominating every weekend.
You definitely won’t want to miss these since they’ll be our biggest streams of the month, get you rewards, and just be a general good time for the community to come together.
| Date | NA Monthlies |
|---|---|
| 5/20 | Road to Shine NA RCS May Monthly |
| 6/10 | Road to Shine NA RCS June Monthly |
| 7/22 | NA RCS July Monthly |
| 8/19 | NA RCS August Monthly |
| Date | EU Monthly |
|---|---|
| 5/28 | EU RCS May Monthly |
| Date | AU Monthly |
|---|---|
| 5/24 | AU RCS May Monthly |
Prizes
Now on to the extra good stuff. We’ve got a bunch of new skins and other rewards planned for this season, starting off with Champion Wrastor and Champion Kragg. Champion Etalus will also be making a return, but this time he’s stepping off of his pedestal and letting other Rivals take the limelight.
To get Champion Etalus
- Simply sign up for the first time for any RCS Season 2 event that you’re eligible for (i.e. stick with your region).
For Champion Wrastor
- Champion Wrastor will be awarded to the top 8 of each online monthly.
For Champion Kragg
How to get Champion Kragg differs for each region, but the idea is the same across the board. For each monthly event that hits a certain amount of registrants, every player in the tournament will receive a Champion Kragg skin! This applies for players making good efforts to attend, so tell your friends to give a tournament a try so we can break these numbers!
- NA Monthly must hit 250+ participants
- EU Monthly must hit 125+ participants
- AU Monthly must hit 75+ participants
Points structure
Last but not least, here are the exact amounts of circuit points players can earn from participating in RCS events. Standings will be tracked on our circuit page on smash.gg. Our point structure last season worked well so we’ll be keeping it similar this year.
Circuit point standings award travel vouchers at the end of the season to our finals event as well as other perks. For example, players higher in circuit points may be selected for invitationals as well as being a good pickup for upcoming Rivals fantasy drafts.
Online Monthlies
| Standing | RCS Points Awarded |
|---|---|
| 1st | 100 |
| 2nd | 60 |
| 3rd | 30 |
| 4th | 20 |
| 5ths | 10 |
| 7ths | 7 |
| 9ths | 5 |
| 13ths | 3 |
| 17ths | 2 |
| 25ths | 1 |
Offline Majors
| Standing | RCS Points Awarded |
|---|---|
| 1st | 150 |
| 2nd | 90 |
| 3rd | 45 |
| 4th | 30 |
| 5ths | 16 |
| 7ths | 12 |
| 9ths | 8 |
| 13ths | 5 |
| 17ths | 3 |
| 25ths | 2 |
Hopefully this sheds some light on what to expect in season 2. Feel free to ask any questions you have in the comments and let us know your thoughts. And don’t forget to sign up for our first monthlies!
