DreamHack San Diego Fighters Key Events and Big Moments

DreamHack San Diego Fighters has just wrapped up. This was a big event, with a wider roster of fighting games featuring big prize pools. There’s been quite a few key moments and events at the tournament. These are all the major happenings.

Brawlhalla at DreamHack San Diego Fighters

Alongside the Smash Bros Bros tournament, Brawlhalla also had some disruption from a concert. Although, the additional cash didn’t mean quite as much given the huge prize pool for DreamHack Brawlhalla.

One of the big triumphs of the weekend was Impala. He’s not been the most long-standing player but he’s already gotten to the high end of the game’s competitive. He climbed his way up the rankings before getting his spot at the Winner’s Final with a strong 3-0 win. There he faced Sandstorm.

Impala got off to a strong start going 2-0. Then, Sandstorm began to stage a comeback that nearly set things up for a huge underdog moment. It wasn’t quite to be though, as Impala finished things off and secured the win. Sandstorm had some strong performances and can be proud of his second place. It’s Imapla that was one of the key moments for DreamHack San Diego Fighters though.

Tekken at DreamHack San Diego Fighters

Another major part of the tournament was Tekken. The DH San Diego Tekken event wasn’t the biggest, but it has turned out to be the precursor to something larger. The event was part of the Tekken World Tour 2023, and the tournament is leading into the Tekken Gamers8 tournament, which has a huge $1 million prize pool on offer.

Tekken 7 at DreamHack San Diego Fighters saw Shadow 20x come out on top. He was the biggest name in the event heading in, a past winner of similar tournaments, so it isn’t a huge surprise. His performance was impressive though. He’s definitely one to watch at future Tekken tournaments.

Smash Bros

The Smash event proved to be an exciting tournament if one with a few technical hiccups. A concert taking place right next to the Smash finals made for an interesting finale. While a bit irritating, it did mean players got an extra bit of prize money to share out!

The sound issues at DreamHack San Diego Fighters mainly happened for Smash at Melee and Brawlhalla. Everyone who reached the final of melee managed to grab an extra $250! It’s a nice price, but a bit irritating for those who’d earnt their spot in the top 8 already. That cash likely had a bigger impact on players in Smash than Brawlhalla, which already had a huge prize pool.

Melee at DreamHack San Diego Fighters

Melee at DreamHack San Diego Fighters marks the continuation of a trend in the game recently. Namely, Yoshi domination.

aMSa claimed victory at Smash Bros Melee for DreamHack SD. He beat both Axe and KoDoRin in the final Singles bracket, for a run without losing a round.

Axe came in second place but had a few impressive moments himself throughout the event. In the Grand Finals though, Axe took the unusual move of switching his character after every round, Pikachu, Link, then Fox. It’s a different strategy that didn’t quite win out.

Ultimate at DreamHack

The other side of events for Smash was Ultimate, which thankfully wasn’t interrupted by a concert. It equally had some unexpected characters make the final rankings though.

MKBigBoss won the whole event with a fantastic performance as R.O.B In second place though, was a Mario player. With Incineroar already making a Major final Ultimate has had its expectations for character rankings blown open lately.

The Smash Bros DreamHack San Diego Fighters event was a bit of a mixed bag in terms of organizations, the biggest takeaway though might be that tournaments aren’t confined to a small group of characters anymore. In both Melee and Ultimate players are proving how different picks can be completely viable. It’s setting us up for an exciting year of Smash ahead.

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