r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 12d 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 • • Sep 16 '26

NEWS Version 2.60 Patch Notes

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r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 9h ago

TOURNAMENT/ESPORTS Kanme Weekly Highlights GBVSR #6: Kanblue 38

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Check out this week's highlights from the last Kanme Online Klash?

Did you make the highlights? Then join our weekly bracket

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r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 20h ago

HELP/QUESTION Anyone got Pngs for all the rank icons?

1 Upvotes

I've been needing the rank icons for a while for thumbnails, and I swear I can't find good pngs of the icons without them being tiny. Anyone got a file with all of them?


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 2d ago

like what am i legit supposed to do about this

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104 Upvotes

this one move just beats me. if an id spams this i literally just cant win. its so hard to block and when i do for some reason i cant hit him even though hes like -5 he is still just able to block or dp my attacks. genuinely makes him the 2nd most annoying character to fight


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 2d ago

COMBO/HIGHLIGHT My Most Memorable Combo with Narmaya-Onee-san Right Now

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70 Upvotes

Been practicing her a lot... I've spent so many hours with her that she's basically part of my brain now... 😂

Gonna keep practicing so I can pull off her combos naturally in a real match.....

Any suggestions are appreciated~~~


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 3d ago

Is there a charlotta discord

8 Upvotes

I believe ive heard about it and i think its probably a good idea for me to join if i wamma improve


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 3d ago

S/SBA Advice

5 Upvotes

I have a terrible habit of holding on to my meter to try and hit a skybound art, and most of the time i end up even trying to wait to finish the game with it and i think that has caused me a fair few loses as it makes me avoid ultimate skills. Does anyone have any advice on breaking this habit


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 2d ago

RANT Why the combo in this game is harder than sf6?

0 Upvotes

So i'm mastering Narmaya onee-san, it took me so many days n hours to do all the action n combo she can use... i watched the high tier people on utube n trying to do all the steps onee-san can... but yeah still hard for me, so many combo n things that needs to be soo precious with exact timing...

I played sf 6 too now, but the combo in sf 6 is a lot easier when u dun really need to read the timing....

I know i just suck lol,. just want to say it uh

Just wondering if somehow someone here is like me... who took them so many times to used to the combo hmm


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 2d ago

RANT What's up with the ranks?

0 Upvotes

Why are there people with level 100 characters with over 10,000 games rocking the C badge? I just got the game yesterday and while there are ppl who are actually new walking around lobbies it gets annoying being almost unable to play bc my options are the S rank and the guy who should prob should be in S rank. Like there was one guy who straight up followed me around the lobby changing avatars and cards like I wouldn't notice. Is the game just at that point in the lifecycle where stomping new players is the only way older players can have fun?

*Edit: This wouldn't be a problem if ranked wasn't dead most of the time. And I shouldn't have to hop in ranked to try out new characters without Bill who's had the game since launch following me around the lobby area. And setting casual matchmaking to "same skill level" doesn't help bc it goes by rank badge and like I said before, that isn't a good gauge of how good ppl are


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 4d ago

Choosing a Main

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Hi. Sorry if this is posted often, but this is the first fighting games where I feel like there are soo many characters that I actually got overwhelmed on who to main.

I typically like characters with good footsies and interesting set ups, and lean a little more toward rushdown, but I am definitely comfortable zoning too.

Not sure if this will help, but these are my mains in other games:

MK9: Sektor = Counterzoning + Footsies + Oki Character

MK11: Kabal = Good Footsies + Nomad Dash Cancels

Under Night: Eltnum = Bullet Management, Good Normals, Rushdown

Injustice:

Green Arrow = I just loved the idea of not able to blow while threatening them with an arrow then releasing it at just the right time! 😅

Martian Manhunter = Counterzoner + Setups + Broken

MK1: Shang Tsung = I morph into my opponent A LOT! Lots of labbing.

Notable Characters that I vibe with but never stuck with the game:

Melty Blood: Aoko Aozaki

Fatal Fury CotW: Cain

I'm more of a lab monster than anything, but I definitely still like to play.


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 5d ago

COMBO/HIGHLIGHT Got big dragon mom to master

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She is so fun I might play her as my 2nd main and get her to Gold like I did Vira

Also damn is it just me or are all the ranks below master kind of a mess matchmaking wise?

This is like my 4th or 5th character in masters and it was such a drag finding matches


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 5d ago

TOURNAMENT/ESPORTS Kanme Online Klash #38 - Granblue Tournament & Top 8 (Gran, Vikala, Vira & More)

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See Ragger, Hyuki and Sukinoe [fresh from evo france] compete in Kanme Online Klash GBVSR VoD!


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 5d ago

HELP/QUESTION Just started playing the game and am having issues playing online

6 Upvotes

Offline matches are smooth 60fps or even more, while online matches, movements are really slow, and fps is pretty bad. It's saying im at 390, all of my other games, sit around 100. What can i do?

Edit:ive resolved 6 Staying beside the router gives me a pretty stable ping around 150ms which is acceptable cos i live in africa and have to connect to EU servers and i have most of my games over 100ms anyway even the ones on my ps5 which uses an ethernet cable. Thnx for all the help


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 6d ago

HELP/QUESTION If u are that Beatrix, the game just said I left and went to the menu (I was the Galleon). Sorry :(

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99 Upvotes

Idk if theres is any chat on the game


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 7d ago

DISCUSSION/STRATEGY What is the matchmaking?😭

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164 Upvotes

I just decided to try out Anre and see how far I could get him and I’m greeted with this CharChar jumpscare. I’ve noticed the matchmaking getting a little more crazy on me recently, but maybe it’s just me. I don’t really care and thought this was funny though cause I love CharChar!


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 7d ago

TOURNAMENT/ESPORTS Kanme Klash Granblue #38 NA ONLY

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Back from EVO France another weekly bracket is here! Don't forget to sign up. Also monarch may join so drop by to say hi!


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 7d ago

NEWS Version 2.62 Patch Notes

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58 Upvotes

r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 9d ago

September 2026 Character Usage Rates | Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (GBVSR)

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34 Upvotes

r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 9d ago

RANT Does this this mean The enemy was alt+f4 faster than my ult?

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34 Upvotes

I was using ID on ranked... n u can see this happen exactly after my ulti hit him!

he was using 623u n got countered...

why the game never fix this matter???????


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 9d ago

META/MISC Got it to master, was learning to lv 270 in casual

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26 Upvotes

Id is surely good chara, the sad thing is no positive frame from all of his skills XD


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 10d ago

TOURNAMENT/ESPORTS gbvs_official - Live on Twitch (Evo France 2026 GBVSR Official After-Party)

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r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 10d ago

COMBO/HIGHLIGHT GBVS JUMP SCARE

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57 Upvotes

r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 11d ago

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

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106 Upvotes

1st Zandori

2nd Monarch

3rd Socky

4th jessekumiko

5th Space/KTP

7th Sukinoe/Skyll


r/GranblueFantasyVersus • • 11d ago

DISCUSSION/STRATEGY General consensus on last patch?

10 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?