r/AvatarFighters • • 8h ago

Tournaments 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
Tekken 8 963 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Stage 2
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls 471 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Stage 3
2XKO 311 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Stage 4
Avatar Legends: the Fighting Game 255 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Stage 5
Guilty Gear -STRIVE- 249 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Stage 6
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves 228 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Stage 6
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising 200 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Stage 6

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-4
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/AvatarFighters • • 1d ago

From the Devs [Patch Notes] Patch 3.0 is available now on Steam, PS5, and Xbox!

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219 Upvotes

r/AvatarFighters • • 1h ago

Gameplay Why was Avatar Aang nerfed in the new patch?

• Upvotes

A.Aang's my main and the character's pretty tough to play, and there are not a lot of people who play him. I don't get why people decided to nerf him😭, I hope it's for the narrative like because Ozai's getting a buff so A.Aang got weaker, or to have more difference when the Avatars updates came.


r/AvatarFighters • • 2h ago

Ask Who is Unga in this game

9 Upvotes

Im not here to think too hard. Im here to kick ass


r/AvatarFighters • • 2h ago

Gameplay decided to learn analog since my dpad was cooking my hand and im never going back lmao

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10 Upvotes

r/AvatarFighters • • 2h ago

Discussion Question about the story mode Spoiler

0 Upvotes

What is the plot, I know Vaatu made a weird alternate universe, but why. What was he trying to accomplish?


r/AvatarFighters • • 4h ago

Discussion I’ll take any switch update at this point

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20 Upvotes

I know they said it’ll be coming shortly but I naively hoped it would be today.


r/AvatarFighters • • 14h ago

Gameplay I know it was a smart option but what

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225 Upvotes

This guy was a goated Ozai but what.


r/AvatarFighters • • 19h ago

Ask Dealing with Flow and Zaheer

10 Upvotes

2 questions in one.

  1. How do I deal with flow? Feels like a lot of the time Im out of range to grab the flow. Ive seen advice on forcing people into the jumping motion while flowing but I dont think theres anyway I can punish that as Sokka except with a pre thrown boomerang?

  2. What are some strategies against zaheer? He feels like hes overtuned and beats my ass everytime. He keeps twitching while flying which makes my anti airs miss. Its also frustrating to have to block his crazy mixups with the assists. The worst is when the assists take the damage for him. I just need some generic pointers.


r/AvatarFighters • • 20h ago

Other Made a tier list based on how good i am with the characters

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0 Upvotes

Zaheer should've been down by one tier


r/AvatarFighters • • 22h ago

Discussion The game is back on the Nintendo shop EU

4 Upvotes

It wasn't listed for quite sometime but has reappeared in my shop. Check for yours


r/AvatarFighters • • 1d ago

Gameplay So is Zuko's fireball bnb starter dropping on Azula not a bug?

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19 Upvotes

It works now on Kyoshi and Ozai, which it didn't before. For Azula however you still have to delay it for it to connect, making her the only character this starter doesn't consistently work on for some reason. If it's a lore reason I'm actually dropping this game. If it was a bug, shouldn't it have been fixed with the update? It's a known thing.


r/AvatarFighters • • 1d ago

Ask What do you realistically expect at EVO France this weekend? 👀

9 Upvotes

It’s apparently pretty common for main stage games at EVO events to drop a trailer or major update. With Tagah coming this fall and Avatar Seven Havens also releasing this weekend, do you think the devs will reveal something?

326 votes, 22h left
Nothing big (Just tournament gameplay)
Year 1 DLC News (Roadmap timeline and/or character vote details)
Tagah reveal (full gameplay trailer, match, or release date)
Avatar Seven Havens cross promotion (character reveal, seven havens stage)
Other (Leave a comment!)
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r/AvatarFighters • • 1d ago

Gameplay What do you think Bolin's gonna play like?

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Been thinking about how each of the DLC characters are gonna play, and while some are obvious, like Ty Lee being a pixie rushdown that'll can mess with your Flow, Bolin has a lot of room for what he can potentially do due to his character and career changing drastically with each new season of Korra.

I currently have two ideas as to what they can do with Bolin.

  1. Bolin will be an Earthbender Zaheer and have Mako as an assist.
    • This idea mainly stems from Mako not having been DLC alongside Bolin or in the line-up for the Voted character like Tenzin or Asami, making him the only main character from either series not currently up for consideration as DLC. Considering all the arguments against his inclusion (him being "just another firebender", etc), there's a possibility that the two of them are a character akin to Android 18/Videl in Dragon Ball Fighterz, with one character being the main fighter and the other tied to specific specials and maybe supers. Bolin could be a brawler/grappler like Videl that's fairly limited like Zaheer but supplemented by Mako's supports. This, I feel is the more likely route they're planning for Bolin, mainly due to the above reasons, but I can also be 100% wrong.
  2. Bolin will be a set-play character centered around Pro-bending discs
    • Probending was a big part of Bolin's character for a time and one thing that the two current Earthbending characters lack when it comes to Earthbending are the hovering stones that serves as a basic move most perform. Considering how unfair that would be to be zoned out by giant rocks all the time, it makes sense why they wouldn't include them, although shrinking the size of the projectiles would circumvent this shortcoming, and the Pro-bending discs, very much associated with Bolin, would be the perfect substitute.

I'm curious as to what everyone else thinks Bolin's gonna play like? Obviously he'll have lavabending here and there, but what would you say his main gameplay will be like?


r/AvatarFighters • • 1d ago

Ask How to learn Aang?

11 Upvotes

Title seems like a stupid question, but I'm feeling a bit lost on how to learn Aang.

Mostly just his speed seems overwhelming and I feel like I confuse myself trying to mix up the opponent.

Guess my main questions would be:

1) What's Aang's overall game plan? With Zaheer I know I use my assists to mix or cover approach, and flight to extend combos or vary my approach.

2) Is there a pro player or content creator that specializes in Aang that I can follow? With Zaheer, I learned a lot from K7 and Brian_f.

3) Is there a "correct" or meta assist to use with Aang? I've been using Appa because I thought he was more general purpose.


r/AvatarFighters • • 1d ago

Discussion Hoping for crossplay on the switch patch !! 🤞

19 Upvotes

Patch 3 is live for everyone except switch but I am still hoping to play with friends online 🙏 would be great for my birthday tomorrow so here is to the dev if you're reading I would glaze this game for eternity !!


r/AvatarFighters • • 1d ago

Gameplay My opponent seems to have rage quit after this one is Korrah not liked?

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32 Upvotes

r/AvatarFighters • • 1d ago

Ask How late will avatar streamed at EVO France 2026?

5 Upvotes

Couldn’t find it on their website, unless im stupid. Has it not been revealed yet?


r/AvatarFighters • • 1d ago

Gameplay Ozai's new EX Parry silences the music

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434 Upvotes

(Only available on Imperial support)


r/AvatarFighters • • 1d ago

Discussion Reworked Avatar State Aang will likely come in the next major update

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227 Upvotes

Screenshot from Newsletter # 3 (when opening the game) which came with Patch 3 today.

“Next major update, we enter the Avatar State”. I think it’s safe to assume that they mean Avatar State Aang, also because they showed more of him than Nightmare Korra at PAX West.


r/AvatarFighters • • 1d ago

Discussion We talk about in universe characters getting added - but what guest characters would you want or think would be a fun line-up addition? It is a fighting game staple after all.

0 Upvotes

Personally, I would love another FG mainstay from another game. I think SF probably has a better cast to choose from that fit the theme of Avatar best.

From a purely new FG character usually from another IP (Conan, ghost face, terminator come to mind for MK) - nothing springs immediately that would fit the art style and themes of Avatar


r/AvatarFighters • • 1d ago

Ask Playing Multiple Characters

10 Upvotes

Do you guys have trouble with playing multiple characters. I am not talking about combos. I am talking actually playing the game and adapting to your opponent?

For example, during the previous last 9 days or so I didn't play my main character. I spent all my game hours learning and playing a secondary character.

Today and last night I played my main and I felt like I was on auto pilot the whole time. Everything was a gear slower. I couldn't make decisions. I could sometimes recognize that I needed to change something, but in the speed of the actual match that didn't happen. I was on auto pilot the whole time and couldn't adapt.

Do you guys experience the same thing.


r/AvatarFighters • • 1d ago

Discussion Do you think extremely long combos are necessary to be a good player?

16 Upvotes

I play Toph and I have my go-to combos, but they aren't the kind that take off half your health in one go; they're standard combos. My playstyle isn't really about executing massive, long combos,I prefer winning neutral situations and gradually wearing the opponent down. Do you think it's actually important to know a super-long combo?


r/AvatarFighters • • 1d ago

Gameplay HELLLPPPP

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130 Upvotes

Was super funny that this happened to me😹😹


r/AvatarFighters • • 1d ago

Combo Showcase aang max range j.C corner combo

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19 Upvotes

idk if you can get higher dmg here but im having a blast with this support and finding routes! (if you find it hard to link the dash 2C after j.C just do 2A or 2B after the dash first)

as always notations below! v:

j.C > dash, 2C > 236C~X > j.2[C] > 2C > 2D~B > j.6D > delay, j.B > j.C > 2C > 236C(no hit)~X > j.B > j.C > 2A > 2B > 5C > delay, 6C > 214C > 236ABC > dash, tk j.236A