FACEOFF OG
Indicacaryophyllene/limonene

Face Off OG

Genetics

Parentage not documented yet

Bred by Archive Seed Bank Β· parent of 75 strains

πŸ”₯ 21%THC Β· 68 tests🌿 2.2%terpenes

Effects & uses

People most often describe Face Off OG as relaxing and sleepy, with a euphoric, happy lift that settles into a heavy, calming body feel. Users tend to reach for it in the evening or before bed, and many mention it when they want to unwind from stress, ease into sleep or bring on an appetite. It is less often chosen for focus or for tasks that need energy.

The flavor is mostly described as earthy. Lab results show myrcene as the leading terpene, followed by limonene, caryophyllene and a smaller amount of linalool, with THC typically around 21%.

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Genetics

Family tree

No sourced parentage yet. Unknown beats invented.

Offspring

Bred from Face Off OG

+63 more strains list Face Off OG as a parent.

Lab data

Cannabinoids

Cannabinoid medians for Face Off OG
  • THC21.4%n=68
  • CBG0.96%n=34
  • CBD0.10%n=61
  • CBC0.01%n=22
  • CBN0.00%n=21
  • THCV0.00%n=19

Bar = median; line = lowest to highest test. Values vary by grower and lab.

Lab data

Terpenes

Terpene medians for Face Off OG
  • Myrcene0.57%n=25
  • Limonene0.48%n=25
  • Ξ²-Caryophyllene0.33%n=25
  • Linalool0.16%n=25
  • Humulene0.11%n=25
  • Ξ²-Pinene0.10%n=25
  • Bisabolol0.05%n=19
  • Ξ±-Pinene0.04%n=25

Good for

Use cases

Use-case percentiles for Face Off OG
  • Appetite92th
  • Sleep85th
  • Stress75th
  • Relaxation73th
  • Social53th
  • Clear-headed39th
  • Pain38th
  • Creativity22th
  • Focus14th
  • Energy7th

Ranked against other strains from user reports and lab terpenes.

All reported crosses & sources (0 crosses)

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    Type (Indica-leaning) is a reported label, not chemistry.

    Full history

    1. Summary

    Face Off OG is the signature OG line of Archive Seed Bank (Oregon; breeder Fletcher, "ThaDocta"). High Times calls it "his infamous Face Off OG".1 Archive's own description is relayed only through dispensary and Weedmaps copy, all of which repeat one text. It says the strain is an OG Kush phenotype selected from seeds of a hermaphrodite OG Kush that "originated in Southern California in the late '90s". Archive "received a half-dozen Face Off OG seeds from California" and selected #4 "for its distinct flavor and intense head-high".2 This is reported: it is the breeder's account seen secondhand, and Archive's live pages could not be fetched (HTTP 429).

    The seed lines are verified from Archive's own catalog:

    • Face Off OG BX1.
    • Face Off OG BX2 = Face Off OG #4 Γ— Face Off OG BX1, 7.9–9 weeks.
    • Face Off IX (inbred BX2).
    • Dozens of crosses using the BX1 male.3

    Its most famous offspring is Do-Si-Dos = Girl Scout Cookies (OGKB cut) Γ— Face Off OG BX1. It was one of HT's Top 10 Strains of 2016, and its packs originally sold for $900.43

    2. Identity

    • Names/aliases: Face Off OG, Face Off OG #4, Faceoff OG, "Face Off".3
    • Type as reported: indica-dominant OG.
    • Era: seeds from late-1990s SoCal; Archive lines in the 2010s.2
    • Breeder: Archive Seed Bank (Fletcher/ThaDocta), selector and line-breeder.13
    • Propagation: both (the #4 clone plus BX lines).

    3. Genetics & lineage claims

    • 3a. A selection (#4) from seeds of a hermaphrodite OG Kush, Southern California, late 1990s β€” reported (Archive's account via retail copy).2
    • 3b. Seed lines: BX1, BX2 (#4 Γ— BX1), IX β€” verified (Archive catalog).3

    4. Notable crosses (Archive catalog / High Times)

    Do-Si-Dos (OGKB Γ— Face Off OG BX1); Hellraiser OG (Fire OG Γ— Face Off OG BX1); Hazmat OG (Chem 91 Γ— Face Off OG); Face On Fire (White Fire #43 Γ— Face Off OG BX1); Larry Faced; Samoas (Forum Cookies Γ— Face Off OG #4); Glue Face; Sour Face (Sour Diesel Γ— Face Off OG BX1); Cake Face; Junior Mints; and many more.341

    5. Cannabinoid & terpene profile

    Caveat: strain names are not reliable chemotype identifiers.

    DatasetNameTHC avgnTerpenes
    Smith 20225Face Off OG / Faceoff OG20.4%27myrcene 0.64, limonene 0.48, caryophyllene 0.35, linalool 0.17 (n=25; total 2.33)
    WA I-5026Face Off OG namessee fragment30β€”
    Current records7"Face Off OG"21.3%68 (58 WA)β€”

    6. Community sentiment

    • Intense head high, distinct OG flavour β€” the breeder's selection rationale.2
    • Prolific, celebrated parent (Do-Si-Dos hype) β€” common.4

    Overall score: not estimated (insufficient direct reviews). Reddit not sampled.

    7. Open questions

    • Archive's own product page text (HTTP 429); who in California made and sent the seeds.
    • What the hermaphrodite OG Kush parent was.

    8. Sources

    Footnotes

    1. High Times #467, Dec 2014, seed review "Hellraiser OG (Archive Seeds)" ("his infamous Face Off OG"). Internet Archive OCR, item hightimes1974-2018 (Public Domain Mark). https://archive.org/details/hightimes1974-2018 β€” news. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

    2. Weedmaps dispensary menu copy attributing the origin to Archive Seed Bank (search snippet). https://weedmaps.com/dispensaries/higher-level-of-care-greenfield/menu/microbar-all-in-one-face-off-live-resin-1g β€” secondary_database β€” unverified_url: true (link-only source). ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

    3. Archive Seed Bank Shopify catalog (research/dataset/catalogs/archive-seed-bank.json), e.g. https://archiveseedbank.com/products/face-off-og-bx2 β€” seed_catalog (breeder). ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

    4. High Times #491, Dec 2016, "Top 10 Strains of 2016" (Do-Si-Dos = GSC (OGKB cut) Γ— Faceoff OG BX1; $900 packs). archive.org hightimes1974-2018 β€” news. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

    5. Smith et al. 2022 (src-chem-smith2022-data). ↩

    6. WA I-502 (src-chem-wa-i502-jikomes2018). ↩

    7. Cannlytics + CT DCP, _computed_current_lab_stats.json β€” lab_dataset. ↩