2017 Capcom Pro Tour

The 2017 Capcom Pro Tour is the fourth edition of the Capcom Pro Tour and the current season of Street Fighter V tournaments that are officially sponsored by Capcom. The 2017 Capcom Pro Tour followed several months after the "Season 2" update of Street Fighter V and started off with Final Round 20 on March 10. Much like the 2016 season, this season features eleven Premier Events, a few dozen smaller tournaments, several online tournaments, and the Evolution Championship. In these tournaments, competitors can gain points needed to qualify for the 2017 Capcom Cup, to be held in December.

Shortly after Capcom Cup 2016 was played, Capcom rolled out a major update for Street Fighter V titled "Season 2". Various characters were buffed or nerfed in the update: R. Mika and Chun Li were made weaker in the update, while Dhalsim got numerous buffs. Notably, "Dragon Punch" moves and light anti-air attacks were also made less useful.Infiltration criticized the update, saying that various characters were too harshly nerfed or too strongly buffed. In an interview with Core-A Gaming, Infiltration said that "It might be time to swallow your pride and just go with a top-tier [character]." In the months following the Season 2 update, the Street Fighter V metagame evolved strongly and characters such as Guile, Urien, Balrog, Laura, and Zangief rose in tier lists, despite not having been as viable in the 2016 Tour.

In February 2017, Capcom announced that the prize pool of the Capcom Pro Tour would total $600,000 USD, $100,000 more than the year before.

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