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**Harsha** · Nov 1st, 2012, 9:29:36 PM

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NO-Weather Ubers Tournament

Artwork by Juicy Fruit from the Artwork for Tournaments Thread!

Introduction:
Weather is a dominating factor in the Ubers metagame—that's a given. With forces such as Groudon and Kyogre controlling the match, and even Tyranitar's ability to set up Garchomp, Excadrill, and similar offensive threats, there's no denying that statement. It's hard to imagine what a metagame without weather would be like, and questions such as "Would people still run Thunder on Palkia?" or "Would Reshiram still be a major offensive threat without sun?" would be pulled out; however, in this tournament, we aim to explore how influential weather is in the metagame.

Tournament Rules:
-BW2 Ubers (Smogon's tiering list reigns supreme)
-6v6 Singles
-Best of Three
-Weather is BANNED (More on this later)

Clauses:
-Wifi Battle
-Species Clause
-Sleep Clause
-Timer Clause
-Evasion Clause
-OHKO Clause

Weather:
You cannot use any Pokemon with a weather-inducing ability or any weather-inducing moves. This means you cannot use Groudon or Kyogre, and Ninetales with Drought, Politoed with Drizzle, Tyranitar with Sand Stream, Hippowdon with Sand Stream, Abomasnow with Snow Warning, etc. However, you may use a Pokemon that has another ability available (e.g. Ninetales with Flash Fire, Politoed with Damp).

Battles are to be played on Pokemon Showdown!, but if both players agree, battles can occur on Pokemon Online. However, Smogon's tiering rules apply no matter where the battle is held.

Signups

Previous rounds

Activity wins and coinflips

Round 2:
Poppy vs WDFAMatt
Steven Snype vs Pedrock
Hantsuki vs ZoroDark
dragonuser vs Pocket
nightcore vs Mr.lol
Furry vs Rydro
shartruce2 vs Living Things
soviet vs Brap
T-Dogg vs Turnip123
Sujiro Kifuja vs Cristal
Pkrs vs SoulWind
Princess Bri vs LuckOverSkill
DarkLoïc vs FelixMinamimoto
davidness vs bro fist
AuraRayquaza vs Lavos Spawn
Myzozoa vs Iconic

Lots of activity wins / coinflips... Please get your matches done within 10 days of this post! Also if you can, please save logs and PM them to me! Analyzing a weatherless metagame will be fun!

Nov 1st, 2012, 9:29:36 PM	#1
Harsha Moderator Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 936 Houston, TX Mentor	NO-Weather Ubers Tournament - Round 2 Approved by Earthworm and Iconic \| Signups \| Round 1 NO-Weather Ubers Tournament Artwork by Juicy Fruit from the Artwork for Tournaments Thread! Introduction: Weather is a dominating factor in the Ubers metagame—that's a given. With forces such as Groudon and Kyogre controlling the match, and even Tyranitar's ability to set up Garchomp, Excadrill, and similar offensive threats, there's no denying that statement. It's hard to imagine what a metagame without weather would be like, and questions such as "Would people still run Thunder on Palkia?" or "Would Reshiram still be a major offensive threat without sun?" would be pulled out; however, in this tournament, we aim to explore how influential weather is in the metagame. Tournament Rules: -BW2 Ubers (Smogon's tiering list reigns supreme) -6v6 Singles -Best of Three -Weather is BANNED (More on this later) Clauses: -Wifi Battle -Species Clause -Sleep Clause -Timer Clause -Evasion Clause -OHKO Clause Weather: You cannot use any Pokemon with a weather-inducing ability or any weather-inducing moves. This means you cannot use Groudon or Kyogre, and Ninetales with Drought, Politoed with Drizzle, Tyranitar with Sand Stream, Hippowdon with Sand Stream, Abomasnow with Snow Warning, etc. However, you may use a Pokemon that has another ability available (e.g. Ninetales with Flash Fire, Politoed with Damp). Battles are to be played on Pokemon Showdown!, but if both players agree, battles can occur on Pokemon Online. However, Smogon's tiering rules apply no matter where the battle is held. Signups Signups: Pocket Hantsuki Sujiro Kifuja .Robert Pedrock Pkrs Focus MikeDecIsHere Mr.lol Kennen Xx Coren37 Yehom dragonboy52 A l e x a n d e r davidness Living Things Seco453 lijero13ss Rydro Furry SoulWind Anno nyme Kojes LuckOverSkill Cristal nightcore blarajan Zaker WDFAmatt Brap T-Dogg pokebasket Metal Bagon Myzozoa bro fist Metroid78 PDC Hawkstar shartruce2 Steven Snype ThisMysteriousGuy dragonuser Iconic Dr Ciel TheStarRapper Emix DarkLoïc Melee Mewtwo SilentRevolver Lavos Spawn Sayonara ZoroDark Princess Bri V0x -PkmTrainerBlue- Jimbon Turnip123 alexwolf HSA relaunched Rosario AuraRayquaza Hyperbeem Afonso97 King Alice FelixMinamimoto Brotom Orichalcos Owl SehtZiBritannia Dude24 Previous rounds Round 1: Kennen vs soviet DarkLoïc vs Dr Ciel Xx Coren37 vs shartruce2 Lavos Spawn vs King T-Dogg vs lijero13ss Yehom vs Living Things Poppy vs V0x Pkrs vs .Robert Mr.lol vs Alice Myzozoa vs Jimbon dragonuser vs Dude24 Metal Bagon vs Turnip123 ThisMysteriousGuy vs FelixMinamimoto Brotom vs Princess Bri Orichalcos Owl vs Pedrock ZoroDark vs TheStarRapper blarajan vs SoulWind Hyperbeem vs Sujiro Kifuja Hantsuki vs SehtZiBritannia bro fist vs Sayonara dragonboy52 vs Rydro Seco453 vs AuraRayquaza SilentRevolver vs WDFAmatt LuckOverSkill vs -PkmTrainerBlue- Iconic vs MikeDecIsHere pokebasket vs Steven Snype A l e x a n d e r vs Cristal davidness vs Melee Mewtwo Brap vs Kojes Pocket vs relaunched nightcore vs Anno nyme Focus vs Furry Activity wins and coinflips Activity: Poppy vs V0x Hyperbeem vs Sujiro Kifuja Hantsuki vs SethZiBritannia pokebasket vs Steven Snype Orichalcos Owl vs Pedrock Coinflips: ThisMysteriousGuy vs FelixMinamimoto Brotom vs Princess Bri dragonboy52 vs Rydro Seco453 vs AuraRayquaza LuckOverSkill vs -PkmTrainerBlue- Iconic vs MikeDecIsHere nightcore vs Anno nyme Round 2: Poppy vs WDFAMatt Steven Snype vs Pedrock Hantsuki vs ZoroDark dragonuser vs Pocket nightcore vs Mr.lol Furry vs Rydro shartruce2 vs Living Things soviet vs Brap T-Dogg vs Turnip123 Sujiro Kifuja vs Cristal Pkrs vs SoulWind Princess Bri vs LuckOverSkill DarkLoïc vs FelixMinamimoto davidness vs bro fist AuraRayquaza vs Lavos Spawn Myzozoa vs Iconic Lots of activity wins / coinflips... Please get your matches done within 10 days of this post! Also if you can, please save logs and PM them to me! Analyzing a weatherless metagame will be fun! Last edited by Harsha; Nov 18th, 2012 at 6:12:30 PM.