GBVS Rising at Evo 2024: Swords of competition

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The Evo 2024 Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising tournament is quite important for the community. Not only is it proof that the game is thriving after being substantially enhanced, but it’s also a top-tier qualifier for the official global league, Arc World Tour 2024. The best players in the world gather in Las Vegas to demonstrate what the improved mechanics and new characters are capable of. The Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising tournament winner at Evo 2024 earns a direct invite to the Global Finals event.

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Where to watch Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Evo 2024

Like the other games in the main lineup of Evo 2024, GBVS Rising was streamed on the official channels, and the full streams are available onYouTube Evo Events.

The stream of the GBVS Rising Evo 2024 top 6 brackets matches is also embedded below.

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising results at Evo 2024

Aarondamac is the Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising champion. The American player defeated Vermillion in the semi and Tororo in the winners final and the grand final. Congratulations!

Evo 2024 GBVS Rising schedule

More than 1,380 players registered for the tournament. A total of 64 initial pools and five rounds will determine the winner.

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The full schedule of the Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising tournament at Evo 2024 is in the table below.

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GBVS Rising: Arc World Tour Platinum

While havingGuilty Gear Striveas the main title of the Arc World Tour is no surprise, as the game is an internal product of Arc System Works, the same status for GBVSR feels like a wonderful achievement. Arc System Works participates in the development of many other fighting games based on someone else’s franchise, like DNF Duel orDragon Ball FighterZ, but they don’t make it to the official league.

GBVS Rising is based on a mobile multiplayer RPG Granblue Fantasy. It’s super popular in Japan and was released for the West as Granblue Fantasy Relink in 2024 on PC and consoles.

The original fighting game is Granblue Fantasy Versus. The community considers it somewhat basic, without the usual Arc System Works depth. The developers rebooted the project and named the improved version Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising. It’s really good! The gameplay is as accessible as in the first release, featuring a simplified input scheme. But GBVS Rising also offers many new fighting options for advanced players, making it a great competitive title.

At Evo 2024, GBVSR has a Platinum Arc World Tour qualifier. This means more standing points for top placements and a direct invite to the Global Finals for the winner. There are only five such events in the Arc Word Tour 2024.

Unlike UNI2, GBVS Rising has Gold qualifiers as well. These tournaments bring points to the best players, so they can hope to reach the top 10 placements in the global leaderboard and also qualify for the Arc World Tour 2024 Global Finals. The Gold events may still be pretty big, likeCombo BreakerorCEO.

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New characters for Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising

Four DLC characters have been released for GBVS Rising in addition to the main roster:

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The new character has a variety of options, including a time-slowing mechanic.

Versusia in Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising

The first DLC character in the GBVS Rising Character Pass 2 isVersusia, which is playable at Evo.

Granblue Fantasy Versus at previous Evo events

It is the first Evo tournament for the Rising version, but the original game Granblue Fantasy Versus had its Evo champion: Gamera won Evo 2022.

In fact, Gamera won a GBVS Rising tournament at Evo as well. But that was a side event and for the beta version of the game in 2023.

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Competitors brought a great range of fighting archetypes to this tournament. An invite to the global league Finals is a decent reward.

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