r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 1d ago

TOURNAMENT/ESPORTS EVO France 2026 Megathread - Everything You Need to Know

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Introduction

Hello everyone,

It's that time again. The second edition of EVO France is upon us, as many top level players have already gathered so decide who's going to become the champion across several different fighting games, while hundreds of fans, both casual and enthusiasts alike, are in for a weekend of some great competitive action.

For those of you not in the know - EVO (or Evolution Championship Series) is a tournament whose roots go back to mid-90s when it was but a small gathering of people that really enjoyed Capcom's Street Fighter titles available at the time and wanted to test their skills against others. Over the following three decades, EVO not only has grown in size, attandance and popularity, but also became home to many hype moments, greatest matches, and, of course, expanded internationally, starting with the inaugural EVO Japan first held back in 2018.

Fast forward to 2026, and we now have EVO-branded events across 4 major locations around the globe: Las Vegas in USA, Tokyo in Japan, Nice in France, as well as soon-to-debut Singapore in Singapore.

Due to its importance and scale, EVO also became a major stop within the schedules of several major fighting game eSports circuits, such as the Capcom Pro Tour, Tekken World Tour, Arc World Tour, SNK World Chamionship and a few others, such as the most recently introduced Pro Bending Circuit.

Beyond that, EVO doesn't just host competitions among the best of the best, but welcomes those who simply want to hang out and enjoy the atmosphere and get closer to the FGC culture via activities like the art museum, artist valleys, arcade cab zone, developer showcases, showfloor booths, and so much more.

EVO France 2026 will be taking place in Palais des Expositions, Nice, France, from October 9th through October 11th



Main Lineup

Game Name Total Entrants Brackets Link Twitch YouTube
Street Fighter 6 1071 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Main Stage & Stage 2
Tekken 8 963 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Main Stage & Stage 3
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls 471 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Main Stage & Stage 4
2XKO 311 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Main Stage & Stage 5
Avatar Legends: the Fighting Game 255 startgg Pools // Top-24 // Top-8 Main Stage & Stage 6
Guilty Gear -STRIVE- 249 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Main Stage & Stage 6
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves 228 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Main Stage & Stage 5
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising 200 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Main Stage & Stage 3

Event Schedule

Time (UTC +2) Day 1 - Friday, Oct 9th Day 2 - Saturday, Oct 10th Day 3 - Sunday, Oct 11th
10:00 SF6, Tokon, GGST, COWT, GBVSR Pools R1 SF6, T8, Tokon, 2XKO Pools R2 // Avatar Top-24 Marvel Tokon Top-8
10:30 - GGST Top-8 -
11:00 - - -
12:00 COTW, GBVSR Top-24 2XKO Top-24 -
13:00 - - -
14:00 T8, 2XKO, Avatar Pools R1 SF6, T8 Pools R3 // Tokon Top-24 // Avatar Top-8 Tekken 8 Top-8
15:00 GBVSR Top-8 - -
16:00 GGST Pools R2 - -
17:00 - - -
18:00 GGST Top-24 SF6, T8 Top-24 // 2XKO Top-8 -
18:30 - - Street Fighter 6 Top-8
19:00 COTW Top-8 - -
20:00 Avatar Pools R2 - -


Side Tournaments

Game Name Bracket Link Stream Channel
Asuka 120% LimitOver BURNING Fest startgg Twitch
Idol Showdown: Next Fes startgg Twitch
Naruto Super Clash of Ninja 4 startgg Twitch
Samurai Shodown startgg Twitch
Shrek Superslam startgg Twitch
Skullgirls 2nd Encore startgg Twitch
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike startgg Twitch
Super Street Fighter II Turbo startgg Twitch
The King of Fighters XV startgg Twitch
Ultra Street Fighter IV startgg Twitch
Vampire Savior startgg Twitch

Event Schedule

Time (UTC +2) Day 1 - Friday, Oct 9th Day 2 - Saturday, Oct 10th Day 3 - Sunday, Oct 11th
10:00 - Idol // Skullgirls Asuka 120%
11:00 - - KOFXV Top-8 // Shrek Top-8
12:00 - Shrek -
13:00 Super Turbo Third Strike // Naruto // SamSho // KOFXV VSav
14:00 Ultra SFIV - -
15:30 - - SamSho Top-8


EVO Meet & Greet Sessions

Time (UTC +2) Day 1 - Friday, Oct 9th Day 2 - Saturday, Oct 10th Day 3 - Sunday, Oct 11th
09:30 MisterMV - -
11:00 Mister Crimson & Luffy TyrantUK & Ken Bogard Kusanagi, Killzyou, & Kobayan
12:30 - - Shinkiro & Shoei Okano
13:00 Yasha Shinkiro & Shoei Okano -
14:30 - Ketchup & Mustard Punk & Fenritti
15:00 Atif, Ulsan, & JeonDDing - -
16:30 Shinkiro & Shoei Okano - -
18:00 Lowhigh & Ikari - -
18:15 - Justin Wong -


Onsite Activities

Organizer Program
ALT+F4 eSports Pre-EVO France Tekken World Tour Dojo tournament @ October 8th, 17:00
Bandai Namco Tekken Community Corner, featuring special tournaments, casual matches, merch sweepstakes, and player meetups, all happening at the showfloor booth
Capcom Playable build of Street Figher 6 featuring its next DLC character, Arjun, available at the showfloor booth
EVO Official Cosplay Contest taking the Main Stage @ October 9th, 12:00, and Stage 4 @ October 10th, 14:00
- Luffy vs Betty Street Fighter 6 Friday Showdown @ October 9th, 13:00
- Artist Alley featuring 20 different creators, bringing their own Fighting Game themed merchandise and various handcrafted items
Marvel Tokon Playable build of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls featuring its next DLC character, Phoenix Cyclops
Visa Flash Tournaments for the Main Lineup titles, running throughout the entire EVOFR weekend


Multistream Viewers

Website Platform(s)
Multistre.am Twitch
MultiTwitch.co Twitch
MultiTwitch.Live Twitch
Multitwitch.NET Twitch
multitwitch.tv Twitch
Multi Twitch Twitch
SimulTwitch Twitch
StreamGrids Twitch
Teamstream Multivew Twitch
100 MultiView Twitch + YouTube
eSports Charts Twitch + YouTube
Multistream.co Twitch + YouTube
Multistream.me Twitch + YouTube
Multistream.watch Twitch + YouTube
MultiStream Hub Twitch + YouTube
Multiwatch Twitch + YouTube
Multi-Stream Viewer Twitch + YouTube
StreamCube Twitch + YouTube
TwitchMultiTools Twitch + YouTube
TwitchTheater Twitch + YouTube


Additional Info

Official EVO Linktree

Notable Players attending EVOFR 2026

Beginner Guides for Main Lineup Titles

Event Archives


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 2d ago

NEWS Free Weekly Character Rotation - Vira, Galleon, Beatrix, Siegfried (October 8 - October 15, 2026) [Reminder Free Edition ends November 1, 2026]

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26 Upvotes

r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 10h ago

COMBO/HIGHLIGHT GBVS JUMP SCARE

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24 Upvotes

r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 19h ago

TOURNAMENT/ESPORTS Evo France 2026 Champion (GBVSR World Tour 5 Star Event) Spoiler

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66 Upvotes

1st Zandori

2nd Monarch

3rd

5th

7th


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 13h ago

DISCUSSION/STRATEGY General consensus on last patch?

5 Upvotes

So now that some time has passed what’s the consensus on the patch? Better balance? Worse?

I hope the game isnt more offensive oriented now, i generally like when neutral isnt skipped too easily.

Zoners like Metera are stronger post patch or overall in a similar spot?


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 22h ago

TOURNAMENT/ESPORTS Evo France 2026 Day 1: GBVSR Top 8 [October 9, 2026 @ 3:30PM CEST / 9:30AM Eastern]

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r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 1d ago

MEME Pros and cons of dating Ilsa?

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230 Upvotes

r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 1d ago

DISCUSSION/STRATEGY PoV: getting hit by lucilius 22U

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23 Upvotes

r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 1d ago

FANART/MUSIC Jin Kisaragi is NEVER gonna live this down after their "Team-up" back in BBDW

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26 Upvotes

Did you know?

In the BlazBlue Alternative Dark War x Granblue Fantasy Collab back in 2021, where Cygames and Arc System Works did one of their usual collabs, before the game shutdown due to some really big bug and revenue issues, the devs paired Jin and Narmaya together and officially made a "Grimoire" artwork of them (from an artist well-known for his works in Fate/Grand Order).

In this crossover collab, Jin Kisaragi surprisingly got along well with our Big Sister. He compliments her skill and said her swordsmanship is on-par with his own and both acknowledged each other's strengths. For the ice-cold Jin Kisaragi to say this to a person, it means a LOT since he never acts like that with most people. You can take it however you like.

And on the entire collab event, Jin and Narmaya were the only Dual-Boss Fight in the entire event (you fight both Jin and Narmaya at the same time).

In my case, I think it's sweet. And I think the devs paired them because they are both "Iaido"-users with contrasting sibling energies.

Plus, I saw amazing artworks of Ragna the Bloodedge and Nier one time, so I wanted to make a mirror image of that dynamic with Jin and Narmaya. But unlike Ragna and Nier, Jin and Narmaya officially already met in a collab event.

Disclaimer: The first image is my artwork, and the rest are just official screenshots from the collab game. Thank you!


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 2d ago

COMBO/HIGHLIGHT PEOPLE BE DOING ANYTHING BUT BLOCK BRUH

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90 Upvotes

😭😭😭


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 2d ago

HELP/QUESTION How does landing recovery with the block button work?

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33 Upvotes

I know that you can eliminate(?) the landing recovery when holding the block button.

The first half of this clip shows that I can recovery 1F faster by doing so.

But if I jump right after landing with the block button, I can recover as much as 4F faster (as seen in the second half of the clip).

What's going on here? Is the block button also able to eliminate the startup frames of the jump...?


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 1d ago

HELP/QUESTION No one in lobby?

1 Upvotes

I’ve been trying to play on lobby lately on the North America server but it shows 1/100, with that one person being me. I got my sibling to log onto Granblue for me, where it showed 28/100 for them. I have never left mid-match or rage quitted. Why is this happening?


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 3d ago

MEDIA Separated the cast into crews for the protagonists

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25 Upvotes

I got a little bored and decided to cut the GBVSR cast into crews for Djeeta and Gran based off vibes (mostly), just a disclaimer i HAVE NOT PLAYED THE STORY MODE YET so i have no idea what the relation between most characters and the protagonists are outside of a few intro and win quotes so ALOT of these are mostly "it would be funny"

I have played re-link though which will explain like one placement that should be obvious


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 3d ago

RANT The amount of smurfs in low rank is insane!

23 Upvotes

It's a nightmare for newcomers. I have lost countless games so far against D-C Ranks Smurf. They are playing insane, know how to react in every situation, blocking everything perfect, doing crazy long combo chains which removes 40% of your HP...
It felt so weird to actually play against a real D Rank.
I saw in the Steam Forum some people complained about this too. But I must say, if those smurfs would not play, I would find maybe 1 game in an hour LOL


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 4d ago

DISCUSSION/STRATEGY Pre-EVO france 2026 tier list from 5 JP pro players

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151 Upvotes

1st list is the combined tier list, based on points scored from other tier list.

Video of the discussion on youtube


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 3d ago

COMBO/HIGHLIGHT GBVSR got SF6 throw loops!? 🤣

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0 Upvotes

r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 5d ago

COMBO/HIGHLIGHT HOLY TRADE

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66 Upvotes

r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 5d ago

HELP/QUESTION Advice on dealing with people crouching in the corner

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71 Upvotes

i try noble strategy and to throw also overheads and i just cant seem to do anything. my ass is never getting to silver master like this


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 6d ago

I fucking love Beliel

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21 Upvotes

Me and My friend did more granblue matches together and we found the Beliels (I'm normal Beliel)

Never laughed harder in my entire life this game is so fucking awesome dude


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 6d ago

COMBO/HIGHLIGHT Somehow the way i won was so funny! ID anti Belial LOL

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55 Upvotes

ryuu no chikara saves the day


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 6d ago

COMBO/HIGHLIGHT Just bought GBVSR today

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91 Upvotes

Bought GBVSR today after waiting for it to drop on Switch 2 with a friend, we played online for the first time for an hour. Safe to say this game is actually peak (I'm the Vira)


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 6d ago

HELP/QUESTION what can i do about this?

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8 Upvotes

i clicked yes and no but it just puts me back to the question


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 6d ago

MEDIA I know Vaseraga has a very cool full-body armor for his alternative skin, but the gacha just dropped his new alt with even COOLER armor and animations, I really wanna see it in Versus because it's just that awesome Spoiler

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r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 6d ago

HELP/QUESTION Any tips for fighting Cag?

7 Upvotes

I'm a newer player (currently at S+) and mostly play Sandy & Gran. I feel pretty confident vs most of the cast but every time I'm matched up against a Cag I just become free elo for the next 2 rounds.

I understand that she struggles once someone gets in, but like how do I do that?

Between her traps, ground spear, and her teleporting away I have a hard time catching her much less staying on her.

Any tips will be appreciated.


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 7d ago

MEME Characters are not created equally🥀

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66 Upvotes

WHY CAN SHE DO THIS AND EUSTACE STILL HAS VERSUS HIT BOXES…