Planned paid competition
Six weeks.
One champion.
Season Zero turns Last Squad Standing into a complete league: four weeks of cumulative regular-season play, a high-pressure Play-in, and a fully reset Championship.
Competition pathway
Every stage has a purpose
Regular-season performance determines the route forward. Scores reset before both postseason stages so advancement is earned without creating an unbeatable points advantage.
Weeks 1–4 · Regular season
All 25 teams play four matches per week. Scores accumulate across all 16 matches, and every match carries equal scoring weight.
Qualification
Places 1–8 advance directly to the Championship. Places 9–24 enter the Play-in. The team in 25th is eliminated.
Week 5 · Play-in
Sixteen teams reset to zero and compete across five matches. The top eight advance; the bottom eight are eliminated.
Week 6 · Championship
Eight direct qualifiers and eight Play-in qualifiers reset to zero. Five cumulative matches determine the champion and final prize placements.
Reset rule
Regular-season points do not carry into the Play-in or Championship. Play-in points do not carry into the Championship. Only results within the active stage determine that stage’s standings.
Team operations
Roster and scoring rules
Four active players
Only four players from a team’s registered roster may compete in an individual match.
Up to two alternates
A team may register up to six total players. Alternates occupy a lobby position only when substituted into the active four-player lineup.
Placement plus eliminations
All stages use the published Last Squad Standing placement table plus one point per elimination, with penalties subtracted from the total.
Published tiebreakers
Ties use total eliminations, best single-match total, eliminations in that best match, then the most recent match’s eliminations and placement.
Coming soon
What is—and is not—open
Planned pricing
$10 per player for a Season Competitor Pass, plus a $10 team fee for each of the four regular-season weeks.
Postseason entry
No additional Play-in or Championship entry fee is planned for qualifying teams.
Championship prize
The funded prize pool and exact 1st–3rd-place distribution will be announced before paid registration opens.
Registration status
Paid Season Zero registration remains closed until the Preseason Exhibition review and the final calendar, policies, pricing terms, and prize pool are approved and published.