Tournament Rules (Dissidia 012)

Tournaments hosted by the Dissidia Community involve a curated set of rules to ensure the integrity of competitive play.

The following rules are a template and can be deviated from at the tournament organiser's discretion. For example, in some 2022 tournaments, assist depletion was banned or group battle jobs were allowed.

Standard (2017)

• In-game rules set to "Official"
• Dave's Stupid Rule

A player cannot pick a stage they have won on during the set in question. Therefore, the losing player would be free to pick the same stage they lost on for the second game, having previously lost on such a stage. Should that player win that time, however, they can no longer pick the stage for future matches in the set.

• Feral Chaos BANNED
• Rebellious Soul (Bonecrusher) BANNED
• Omega Stages BANNED
• The Rift & Phantom Train BANNED
• Infinites BANNED (Beat Fang → landing lag → BF → landing lag → BF for example)
• Jobs in Group Battle BANNED
• Hacked Items BANNED
• Breakable Items BANNED
• 1-hit Chase ONLY

If a player continues chase after a chase BRV, it must be an empty chase, meaning the player does not perform any additional chase attacks.

• Counter Summons ONLY (mandatory equip, Barbariccia, Scarmiglione, Cagnazzo and Rubicante)
• Artifacts BANNED (Official ruleset prohibits them anyway)
• Using Hex Editing to equip Exclusive Equipment or illegal combinations of accessories

Notes

The in-game ruleset "Official" disables calendar bonuses, artifacts, breakable accessories and a select few booster accessories. This inherently levels much of the playing field in customisation.

The available list of stages can vary depending on tournament organiser(s). It's common to have a smaller selection of stages.

Blind pick is a common procedure in tournament matches, as are counter picks which are all announced and handled by tournament staff.

All Breakable Accessories are banned by the official ruleset. Sometimes Chocobo Items+Great Ribbon is allowed, but it's on a case by case basis.

The Equip-less multipliers and Level Gap are banned by the official ruleset in-game, the equip-less multipliers are usually allowed in any non-official format or casuals.