How does the tournament work?

[Big Daddy Matty]

I see all those people in the previews before hand and I don't want to throw away my character to see what it is. Some of the previews on the modes are a little misleading so I'm just being safe.

I assume it means you do several rounds of 1 v many then a final round of 1v1. But I feel like it could also be a pit match too.

[Jasta]

The main thing is your health is maintained from match to match with a small amount of healing in between.

The first two fights are generally not too hard... lots of opponents, but several allies as well. Winning them isn't the problem... it's winning without taking too much damage.

The last fight is the hard one as you won't have any allies and you'll be up against high level enemies who can easily strip 25% health off you even if you fight well and if that's all you have left it's gg.

[JordyL]

Tournaments show the 3 rounds and both teams composition (enemies and ally's)

So if it shows 6 characters then 3 then 1 it means:
Round 1, 6 vs 6
Round 2, 3 vs 3
Round 3 1 vs 1

Grand Tournaments are the same but it is more than 2 teams. The amount of teams is in the corner of the preview

[akaplan1]

It seems very strange to call that format a tournament. There doesn't seem to be any persistence from one round to the next. Like... in the 6-v-6, if my team wins with all 6 remaining, what happens to the other 5 guys? Where do they go for the following 3-v-3 battle? Do 2 of them join me, and the other 3 split off into the other team? What if we survive the first round with only 2 people? Where do the other 4 fighters (in the 3-v-3) come from? Did they have to win a round previously? I just don't understand how it's a tournament.

I would expect bracket-style rounds, where the winning combatants move on and face the other winners. Like it starts with 8 fighters, paired up into 1-v-1 matchups. The 4 winners move on and are paired into two more 1-v-1 matchups. Then the 2 remaining winners face each other in the championship.

[electricg1]

In my experience in two tournaments while entourage was purchased and active for the round, the final fight with the elite of the tournament, the elite locked onto me and completely ignored my two allies throughout the entire fight. That is different AI behavior than usual, where the enemies typically turn their backs to me if my allies get their attention. In both cases, I ended up dying, which was frustrating because I chose the tournament planning on having a slight edge with entourage.