Alliance Tournament XXI Wrap-Up
Competitive capsuleers,
Alliance Tournament XXI has concluded. Last year's returning champions, The Tuskers Co., once again entered the arena. This time, they faced a new opponent, Meta Reloaded, in a best-of-five series.
The Tuskers Co. seemed set for victory after winning two matches in a row. Meta Reloaded came back to win the third match.
The Tuskers Co. kept their flagship throughout the tournament, surviving until the fourth match, where it fell (at a Zkill estimated 170b ISK kill).
Ultimately, The Tuskers Co. pulled through and were crowned champions of Alliance Tournament XXI!
Warlock Industries joined us over in Reykjavik for the broadcast and put together a recap video for the broadcast, which you can check out:
If you missed any of the action, you will find the Tournament broadcast on YouTube. Every match and participating alliance is listed in the description for each day, so you can easily find a particular match or team.
Prize Delivery
This year’s prizes are being delivered directly to the hangars of the winning teams’ alliance executors. The IGC handles delivery in Jita 4-4. Victorious teams receive stunning Caldari Victory SKINs as well as the tournament prize ships, the Skua and the Anhinga.
Ten Caldari Victory SKINs, for nine different ships, are awarded for each victory in both the “best of” series and the feeder tournament. The SKINs in the victory set are:
Kestrel Caldari Victory SKIN
Kitsune Caldari Victory SKIN
Stork Caldari Victory SKIN
Basilisk Caldari Victory SKIN
Cerberus Caldari Victory SKIN
Ferox Navy Issue Caldari Victory SKIN
Nighthawk Caldari Victory SKIN
Rokh Caldari Victory SKIN
Scorpion Navy Issue Caldari Victory SKIN
This year's prize hulls are based on classic Caldari ships:
The Skua is based on the Jackdaw hull, expanding its capabilities into Command Destroyer roles while gaining range for its missile and rocket launching capabilities.
The Anhinga, based on the Naga hull, resembles a Tech III Destroyer with unique mode switching capabilities.
The Anhinga replaces the traditional turret hardpoints with missile hardpoints as well, gaining extra bonuses depending on the active mode.
In the system of Manarq, the Alliance Tournament Monument stands as a beacon. The Tuskers Co. alliance logo has now been added to commemorate their victory in ATXXI!
Prize Distribution
Here’s a look at how the ship prizes are distributed across the teams that qualified for Alliance Tournament XXI:
Team | Number of Skua + Anhinga | Number of Victory SKINs (Feeder tournament in brackets) |
|---|---|---|
The Tuskers Co. | 40+40 | 90 (Bypassed Feeders) |
Meta Reloaded | 20+20 | 90 (+20) |
Evasive Maneuvering. | 16+16 | 40 (+20) |
Psychokids. | 12+12 | 60 (+20) |
Paper Numbers | 8+8 | 30 (+20) |
Seker Matar | 8+8 | 40 (+20) |
Odin’s Call | 6+6 | 30 (+20) |
Ragequit Cancel Sub | 6+6 | 30 (Bypassed Feeders) |
D-Sync. | 4+4 | 30 (+20) |
Deepwater Hooligans | 4+4 | 20 (+20) |
Doro Sweetpunch | 4+4 | 30 (+20) |
Fraternity. | 4+4 | 30 (+20) |
Deteriorated | 2+2 | 20 (+30) |
NERV. | 2+2 | 20 (+20) |
Punishing Gray Raven | 2+2 | 20 (+30) |
Rusty Hyenas Clan | 2+2 | 20 (+20) |
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII | 0 | 10 (+20) |
L A Z E R H A W K S | 0 | 10 (+20) |
Neon Nightmares | 0 | 10 (+20) |
Platinum Sensitivity. | 0 | 10 (Bypassed Feeders) |
Rote Kapelle | 0 | 10 (+20) |
Standard Protocol | 0 | 10 (+20) |
Test Alliance Please Ignore | 0 | 10 (+20) |
TRUTH. HONOUR. LIGHT. | 0 | 10 (Bypassed Feeders) |
Bright Side of Death | 0 | 0 (+20) |
Goonswarm Federation | 0 | 0 (+20) |
It Worked In Testing | 0 | 0 (+20) |
Minmatar Fleet Alliance | 0 | 0 (+30) |
Of Essence | 0 | 0 (+20) |
Polaris Mercenary Alliance | 0 | 0 (+20) |
Sedition. | 0 | 0 (+20) |
SONS of BANE | 0 | 0 (+20) |
Teams that won matches in the feeders but didn’t qualify: | 80 Total | |
Totals: | 140+140 | 1350 |
A slight change in the feeder tournament format increased the number of SKINs awarded: Alliance Tournament XX awarded 1341 SKINs, Alliance Tournament XXI awarded 1350 SKINs!
Note: In our final Gridlocked podcast episode, CCP Bee and CCP Jötunn tried out the Anhinga and Skua. The stats have changed since then, since they were still being tested at that time. After the recording, we found skills weren’t applied correctly and were set to weaker/rank 1 variations. We had to adjust one Skua bonus. The 66.6% shield recharge time in defensive mode has been reduced back to 33.3%.
Medals
Two types of medals are being distributed for Alliance Tournament XXI: tradeable medals and decoration medals (shown on character info). Based on feedback, the IGC adjusted decoration medal distribution to include the top twelve placements. Medals are awarded to the first, second, third, top eight, top twelve, top sixteen, and top thirty-two finishers, and are sent to all registered pilots on the respective teams' rosters.
Tradeable medals go to rostered members of the top three teams.
Trophy
The physical trophy displayed at Fanfest in 2025 will be updated with this year’s winners and displayed at Fanfest 2026.
Tournament Statistics
Tournaments are all about statistics, and here is a collection of some of the juiciest ones:
54 alliances participated in this year’s tournament
Approximately 500 new Thunderdome accounts were created
Approximately 1,400 existing Thunderdome accounts were reactivated
Approximately 4,200 Thunderdome accounts have now been made
Approximately 1,250 players made team rosters
140 total matches
71 matches in the feeder tournament
69 matches in the main Alliance Tournament
636 match predictions were made
Out of 93 potential correct predictions, the closest anyone got was 50!
53 hours of streamed tournament content
Across 7 broadcast days
Peaked at 7,029 viewers
Average of 5,335 viewers
On Tranquility specifically, Alliance Tournament XXI resulted in:
711 kills worth an estimated total of 1.52 trillion ISK
The most valuable flagship loss (at Zkill rates) was Nix Wittros’ Apocalypse Navy Issue at 210.94b (Every single mod dropped)
Ship appearing on the most killmails, survived and fielded the most: Pontifex (on 183 killmails, fielded 123 times and survived 70 matches)
Ship that died the most throughout the tournament: Inquisitor (92)
Ship banned the most: Cenotaph (110)
3 Ships were tied with the most solo kills: Jackdaw, Cenotaph, Barghest
Pilot appearing on the most killmails: Mira Chieve (78)
There were over 100 people on the Tournament Crew this year!
IGC’s favourite graph:
So, what's next?
If the Alliance Tournament also got you interested in competitive tournament play, the Anger Games will be returning for the 7th time early next year!
They’ve just announced their updated format and are actively in discussions with the rest of the community about what they might find fun and challenging to play around with. They’re aiming to host a two-stage 7v7 tournament with up to 60 teams, starting with a round-robin format before transitioning into a second-stage double-elimination tournament with 24 teams. While it shares similarities with the Alliance Tournament, in that it's structured PvP, community tournaments are typically run entirely on Thunderdome, where the rules and constraints can be looser, allowing creativity to flow. If you’re interested in staying up to date, consider joining a team, volunteering, or contributing ideas; their Discord is open to all. Drop in and see what’s up!
Final Thanks
With all of that, we would like to thank all who contributed or tuned in during this year’s Alliance Tournament. Extra special thanks go out to the amazing guest talent who joined us in Iceland, helping us keep you all entertained, as well as to all the fantastic volunteers. You were more than just icing on the AT XXI cake - it simply wouldn’t have been possible without you.
Thank you again for being part of Alliance Tournament XXI. Keep an eye out early next year for more details on the next tournament and opportunities to get involved. Until then, fly safe, and we hope to see you in the arena soon!