Format breakdown
King of the Hill
Two entrants begin. The winner stays to face every challenger in seed order; the final survivor is champion.
- Entrant range
- 4–32
- Battles at 8
- 7
- If tiebreak needed
- +0
- Total rounds
- 2
Counts recalculate live for the entrant count selected below — 8 entrants play 7 battles.
The rules
- 1The winner stays in the next match.
- 2One loss eliminates an entrant.
- 3The winner of the last defense is champion.
Stages
The hill
Defend or be dethroned.
Final defense
The last challenger enters.
Live diagram
How the bracket runs
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The hill
Defend or be dethroned. 6 battles
Start
Defending
Entrant 1
Winner stays on top
Battle 1
Entrant 1
vs
Entrant 2
Loser is eliminated
Winner stays on top
Battle 2
Winner G1
vs
Entrant 3
Loser is eliminated
Winner stays on top
Battle 3
Winner G2
vs
Entrant 4
Loser is eliminated
Winner stays on top
Battle 4
Winner G3
vs
Entrant 5
Loser is eliminated
Winner stays on top
Battle 5
Winner G4
vs
Entrant 6
Loser is eliminated
Winner stays on top
Battle 6
Winner G5
vs
Entrant 7
Loser is eliminated
Last entrant standing after battle 6
Champion
Final defense
The last challenger enters. 1 battle
Final defense
Winner G6
vs
Entrant 8
Winner = champion
How it works, step by step
- 1
Seed 1 starts on top
Seed 1 is the defending champion. Seeds 2 through 8 line up as challengers in seed order.
- 2
7 gauntlet battles
Each challenger steps up once. Win and you stay on top; lose and you are eliminated. Every entrant gets exactly one shot at the throne.
- 3
The final
The last battle standing crowns the champion outright.
Key rules
- Win = stay on top for the next challenger.
- Lose = eliminated immediately.
- One entrant stands tall as champion after 7 battles.
- Every entrant plays at least 1 battle — no phantom or bye-only entrants.