Stat Specialization Tournament - Round 1

Approved by Kevin Garrett
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Overview:
The tournament is 'standard' OU, but the gimmick is that each round, a specific base stat is chosen and the only Pokemon allowed during that round are those whose highest base stat is the one chosen.

General Rules:
-These battles can take place on either Shoddy Battle or Pokemon Online, please be capable of downloading both programs if you only have one, to avoid incompatibility.
-64 man tournament (6 rounds, one for each stat)
-Teams can only consist of Pokemon whose highest base stat is the one chosen for that round (list is provided below).
-Pokemon on Smogon's Uber tier list are banned.
-Winners have to PM me a log of their match.

Clauses:
-OHKO Clause
-Sleep Clause
-Evasion Clause
-Freeze Clause
-Species Clause
-Timed Battle
-Self KO Clause

Notes:
-Pokemon don't necessarily have to focus EVs/movesets on the chosen stat, (ex: if Atk is the chosen stat, Arcanine can be used, but it is allowed to run a special set if desired). Mixed sets are also allowed.
-NFE Pokemon can be used, especially if their evolution is banned due to being uber or to stat conditions (ex: Shelgon in Def, Poliwhirl in Spe, etc)
-Pokemon with tied highest base stats are be allowed in all rounds in which the tied highest stats are chosen (ex: Celebi [allowed in all 6 rounds], Mismagius [allowed in SpA, SpD, and Spe]), however, there is a limit. Only one Pokemon whose base stats are all identical (ex. Celebi, Castform) can be used per team. This is to reduce the surprise factor. These Pokemon are denoted with a +.



Examples:

-A legal team could be this:



All Pokemon are from the provided list, and therefore all of their highest base stats are HP. Also only one Pokemon denoted with a + is used.

-An illegal team could be this:



Despite the fact that the above Pokemon have very high base HP, all of them have at least one base stat that is higher than their base HP, and therefore all six Pokemon are illegal.

Pairings for Round 1 are as follows:

Disposable Puppets vs. Raseri
Oblique vs. Somalia
legendary_07 vs. Iconic
Rediamond vs. JabbaTheGriffin
D0nut Eater vs. IronBullet93
Milenko vs. Eo Ut Mortus
San_Pellegrino vs. Bartman101
Private vs. drcossack
danmantincan vs. tophway
Sapientia vs. SlimMan
snorlax [sub for frosty] vs. DarkLucario
wilson46 vs. Cristal
purplefingers vs. Mercy
Athenodoros vs. Agammemnon
WhiteQueen vs. Alaka
GoldenKnight vs. lati0s
Precipice vs. G80
Lakers vs. smashlloyd20
B-Lulz vs. reyscarface
199 Lives vs. Erebyssial
KnightoftheWind vs. Accipender
apologies vs. StevenSnype
Dummy007 vs. little loven
undisputed vs. Alexa888
Kaxtar vs. Gil4
Daunting vs. Optimusje
Ranigad vs. Bad Ass [sub for kd24]
ENZO vs. Shace
ILoveLiza vs. zdrup15
Eternal vs. Yuu ~ HNA ~ Ace
shartruce2 vs. Ala
Maaf vs. Paradox

Subs:
1. snorlax
2. Eo Ut Mortus
3. legendary_07
4. purplefingers
5. Bad Ass
6. Megan_Fox
7. AlphaJolt
8. Adam Lambert
9. Lady Bug
10. Random Pizzaman
That should be plenty of subs. Thanks for volunteering.

Deadline is: November 14th
This is a long deadline due to it being the first round and there are a lot of matches, but please get your match done as early as possible so the tournament can move quickly.
If anyone notices any errors in the allowed Pokemon list, please point it out. I'm only human after all. Also if anyone has any questions or wants to make sure their team is legal, feel free to PM me.
Good luck, and have fun!

Will build team and contact wilson46 ASAP.

I would like to be a sub

Willing to sub as well.

contacted apologies on IRC and have set a time to play. will be building team as i get a chance.

on it

Crap. I'm up against a really good player (or so I've heard ;D).

Well, despite my bad luck, I'll build a team and contact Sapienta.

will contact bartman

I want to be a sub if possible.

Great, I was paired with one of my good friends here. I'll contact ILL immediatly. It should be easy to finish our battle.

Sent Maaf a pm.
Also wanted to point out that Poliwrath has a higher Def than HP.

I'd like to be a sub

Paradox said:

Sent Maaf a pm.
Also wanted to point out that Poliwrath has a higher Def than HP.

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Ah, thanks. Poliwrath is now banned.

will sub, stupid bullshit tournament randomization is bullshit.

Won.

Confirming

signing up as a sub

I'm getting the feeling teams will look incredibly similar this round. I was just looking at the list, and I only saw a few remotely usable Pokemon in the batch. anyway, good luck all.

I will build a team to die as soon as possible. Now, to see if I can find any volunteers for the coming slaughter...

in as a sub

Good luck to opponent.

Just as a small note, you denoted Nidorina as a Pokemon without a legal evolution, but put Nidoqueen as legal. I have no idea which is incorrect, but one is.

Could I be a sub, please?

Rediamond said:

Just as a small note, you denoted Nidorina as a Pokemon without a legal evolution, but put Nidoqueen as legal. I have no idea which is incorrect, but one is.

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Nidoqueen's highest stat is HP

Anyways I'll get into contact with Disposable Puppets soon

Great put up against a friend. Oh well I'll just have to crush him even harder then.