While the 2018 Tekken World Tour was concluding in the Netherlands, the Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour was making its next stop in Jönköping, Sweden, for DreamHack Winter 2018. This event would serve as the final offline Dragon Radar Event of the Tour, meaning this was the absolute final chance for some of these competitors in the European region to secure a ticket to either the 7th Saga Event, CouchWarriors Crossup in Australia, to compete for the Seven-Star Ball, or to the 8th Saga Event, the Last Chance Qualifier, where they can try their luck in potentially up to three single-elimination brackets to fill out the final field of eight competitors. With this also being the first event since last week’s balance patch, it will be interesting to see how the meta may be shifting towards the tail end of the Tour.
In total, 20 mighty warriors gathered to do battle in DBFZ, in addition to singles and doubles tournaments in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Brawlhalla.
Results
Dragon Ball FighterZ
1. TSM|Leffen (Gotenks/Vegeta/Yamcha) – Will be flown to the Last Chance Qualifier in January
2. Oplon|Skyll (Vegeta/Android 16/Super Saiyan Goku)
3. WrNx|Noka (Adult Gohan/Kid Buu/Goku Black)
4. VSF|Rudi (Trunks/Kid Buu/Super Saiyan Goku)
5. MegaX (SSGSS Vegito/Goku/Yamcha)
5. RMZ (Hit/Bardock/Yamcha)
7. Stimoro (Gotenks/Nappa/Android 16)
7. JuicyJoe (Cell/Adult Gohan/Super Saiyan Vegeta)
Super Smash Bros. Melee
1. TSM|Leffen (Falco)
2. Demise|Triff (Peach)
3. BZG|Overtriforce (Sheik)
4. Poppmaister6000 (Jigglypuff)
5. SUN|Daydee (Samus)
5. Humpe (Falco)
7. Jadde (Sheik)
7. RedBlaze (Fox)
Brawlhalla
1. SSG|noeL (Asuri, Koji)
2. FlashPoint|Isidroo (Brynn, Ragnir)
3. simpLe (Hattori)
4. Addymestic (Val)
5. VipR3 (Diana, Ragnir)
5. Trium|Stikieuh (Bodvar)
7. Cake
7. Blew
The next stop on the DBFZ World Tour is the 7th Saga Event, CouchWarriors Crossup, taking place December 15th and 16th, in Coburg North, VIC, Australia, with the customary $5,000 Saga pot bonus also up for grabs. Registration is live at smash.gg.
Beyond that, the penultimate Online Dragon Radar Event will be for East Asia, with eligible countries including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea, January 6th-8th, with 2 entrants currently registered at smash.gg, and the final Online Dragon Radar event for Europe East, January 13th-16th, which will include Latvia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Romania, Lithuania, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Estonia, Ukraine, and Greece, also at smash.gg.
Sources: DreamHack Fighters; DreamHack Smash; Brawlhalla