Kongo Jungle (64) in doubles

[TacoLord9000]

Kongo Jungle is an official counterpick in doubles, so how come I never seem to see it picked in any competitive match? Do most players just not like this stage? Does anyone have a link to a tournament match played on this stage?

 

[Jackson Cantin]

Most people think it's dumb mainly because of how you can recover through the floor so they don't pick it.

 

[NFreak]

To add to that, some tourneys are starting to ban it from their stagelists.

 

[Walbytamer11]

I think the main reasons are silly platforms, the silly barrel and universal unfamiliarity.

 

[Nokturnith]

This is horrible.

 

[TheTrueHer0]

I mean seeing this stage would be a nice change of pace but its pretty janky

 

[jedimeister007]

In AZ it's banned for the most part, but me and my partner used to counterpick here. I for one feel it should be banned all around, but most people don't pick here since the stage feels weird, the edgeguarding is basically non existent, and everyone lives stupid long

 

[iAmMatt]

At both Shine events so far, Kongo has been banned outright. It seems that most TO's are going off of this recommended ruleset by MIOM

 

[Modesty]

Yeah it's pretty much universally banned at this point. The fact that you can recover through the stages is problematic and leads to sharking. The stage also allows absurd levels of camping. This video pretty much tells you all you need to know: