Approved by Oglemi
To call them weak is an insult; to label them unfortunate, an understatement. In the intricate and well-developed world of Smogon tiering, these Pokemon find themselves trapped in the cruel limbo known as Borderline. Scorned by their OU superiors and admired by their UU inferiors, their dreams of garnering respectable usage within their allowed metagames are almost always futile and foolish.
However, what if we break the rule imposed on these desperate monsters? What if we grant them freedom, however limited, to roam in the tier they were forbidden from in fear? This tournament allows these wishes to come to life. How will this affect your teambuilding? Are you prepared to fight along and against these behemoths?
However, what if we break the rule imposed on these desperate monsters? What if we grant them freedom, however limited, to roam in the tier they were forbidden from in fear? This tournament allows these wishes to come to life. How will this affect your teambuilding? Are you prepared to fight along and against these behemoths?
Tournament Specific Rules
- This is a single elimination tournament
- Any Pokemon that are currently Borderline or under (as of the most recent usage stats) are free to be used in this tour
- Each team can have a maximum of only one BL Pokemon. You are not required to use a BL Pokemon, and you are not restricted to the same BL Pokemon throughout later rounds (don't put yourself at a disadvantage - creating new teams for each round is the best way to halt counter-teaming!)
- All OU Pokemon are banned
- All games are to be played in the OU format, but the only Pokemon permitted are BL and below
- If a BL Pokemon becomes OU while the tournament is in progress, it will be allowed for the same round that encompasses the date it became BL
- If an OU Pokemon becomes BL or UU while the tournament is in progress, it will not be allowed in the round that encompasses the date it dropped
- Shadow Tag, Drought, and Drizzle are banned
- Please post replays (or private message them after posting in the thread). If no replay is given, or if both players cannot confirm who won, I will assume there was no game. Coin flips due to you and your opponent's negligence are not fun for anyone
- Worst comes to worst, send screenshots if you encounter cheating (like Shadow Tag)
Borderline Pokemon (as of November 2015 Tier Update)
Crawdaunt - Diggersby - Gallade-Mega - Hawlucha - Heracross-Mega
Pidgeot-Mega - Scolipede - Staraptor - Terrakion - Thundurus-Therian
Togekiss - Victini - Volcarona - Zygarde
General Tournament Rules
Crawdaunt - Diggersby - Gallade-Mega - Hawlucha - Heracross-Mega
Pidgeot-Mega - Scolipede - Staraptor - Terrakion - Thundurus-Therian
Togekiss - Victini - Volcarona - Zygarde
General Tournament Rules
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two of the same Pokémon on their team.
- Evasion Clause: A player cannot use the moves Double Team or Minimize in their Pokémon's movesets.
- OHKO Clause: Players cannot use Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, or Fissure in any of their Pokémon's movesets.
- Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, he/she loses.
- Moody Clause: Players cannot use a Pokémon with the Moody ability.
- Swagger Clause: Players cannot use the move Swagger.
- Baton Pass Clause: Players cannot have more than one Pokémon with the move Baton Pass.
Deadline: Monday, November 16th 4:00 GMT
(aka Sunday, November 15th 22:00 CST)
(aka Sunday, November 15th 22:00 CST)
- Megazard
- Reunite
- Laxuy
- DaSpoofy
- Confide.
- Mr.378
- Crestfall
- PK-Kaiser
- Yaksok
- Doctor Gucci
- Arifeen
- astroboy
- Shiba
- Nineage
- scald
- King UU
- Snowy.
- Euphonos
- Septicus
- majaspic22
- Obliviate
- wisc
- Rattled Snakes
- Sacri'
- Sam I Yam
- Tom0410
- Aquadext
- Dream Eater Gengar
- Legacy Raider
- teal6
- Lord Qwilfish
- iGlack
- Lord Ninjax
- Drake'sProdigy
- Haund
- DKFirelord
- Bouffalant
- Jack Boots
- Nightingales
- fran17
- [Automatic First 40 Cutoff]
- Shrug
- Hogg
- RyanX
- Twix
- TewMew
- TTFTW
- PikachuCandyツ
- Chamaeleon
- R0ady
- KSBK
- NotAGymLdr
- shadestep
- Criticality
- jacob
- Sabella
- NightFox
- WhiteQueen
- Kame2333
- acidphoenix
- Cancer On FLEEK
- Christo The Gr8
- Max Carvalho
- Time Stall
- Mysterious M
- Ruppy
- Chechen U Out
- PowerStyler
- naruto(sage)
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