• Follow our Instagram!
  • Curious about what we're currently doing about bots? Check out the latest updates from staff in this thread.

Ruins of Alph

Competitive discussion for Generations 1-8. Join the Ruins of Alph room on PS! for live discussion.

RBY

Your forum for all things from the first generation of Pokemon! Join the RBY Discord Server for live discussion!
Threads
440
Messages
23.4K
Sub-forums:
  1. Rate My Team (RBY)
  2. RBY Circuit Tournaments
  3. RBY Archive
Mikon
Tournaments RBYPL VII - Week 5

GSC

Your forum for all things from the second generation of Pokemon! Join the GSC Discord Server for live discussion!
Threads
314
Messages
12.2K
Sub-forums:
  1. Rate My Team (GSC)
  2. GSC Circuit Tournaments
  3. GSC Archive
Zpice
Tournaments GSCPL VII - Week Six

ADV

Your forum for all things from the third generation of Pokemon! Join the ADV Smogon Discord!
Threads
618
Messages
20.6K
Sub-forums:
  1. ADV Circuit Tournaments
  2. ADV Rate My Team
    1. ADV Teambuilding Contest Archive
  3. ADV Replay Review
  4. ADV Lower Tiers
  5. ADV Archive
    1. ADV Tournament Archive
Long Spirit
Tournaments ADV UU Open IV - Round 1

DPP

Your forum for all things from the fourth generation of Pokemon! Join the DPP Discord Server for live discussion!
Threads
215
Messages
13.4K
Sub-forums:
  1. Rate My Team (DPP)
  2. DPP Circuit Tournaments
  3. DPP Lower Tiers
  4. DPP Archive
Tournaments DPP UU Open III - Signups

BW

Your forum for all things from the fifth generation of Pokemon! Join the BW Discord Server for live discussion!
Threads
369
Messages
21.9K
Sub-forums:
  1. BW Circuit Tournaments
  2. BW Lower Tiers
  3. BW Rate My Team
  4. BW Archive
Posho
Tournaments BW Mastermind Open Discussion Thread
  • Posho

ORAS

Your forum for all things from the sixth generation of Pokemon! Join the ORAS Discord Server for live discussion!
Threads
426
Messages
17.6K
Sub-forums:
  1. ORAS Circuit Tournaments
  2. ORAS Rate My Team
  3. ORAS Archive
    1. ORAS Tournament Archive
Ruffles
Tournaments ORAS Invitational V Main Event - Round 2 (Post #17)

SM

Your forum for all things from the seventh generation of Pokemon! Join the SM Discord Server for live discussion!
Threads
399
Messages
13.3K
Sub-forums:
  1. Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
  2. SM Circuit Tournaments
  3. SM Rate My Team
  4. SM Lower Tiers
  5. SM Archive
mipc
SM Grand Slam III - SM UU Round 4
  • mipc

SS

Your forum for all things from the eighth generation of Pokemon! Join our Discord!
Threads
363
Messages
16.7K
Sub-forums:
  1. BDSP Metagames
    1. BDSP Circuit Tournaments
  2. Rate My Team (SS)
  3. SS Circuit Tournaments
  4. SS Archive
Glurakaiser
Tournament BDSP DOU Revival Tournament - Signups

RoA Tournaments

Spotlight, room and other past gen tournaments for Ruins of Alph.
Threads
672
Messages
54.7K
Sub-forums:
  1. RoA Spotlight Tournaments
A$AP CLOCKY
Gen 4 Ruins of Alph Spotlight Tournament: DPP UU - Signups

Past-Gen Analyses

Smogon Classic

Smogon Masters

Jellicent
  • Sticky
All Gens Past Gens Research Thread
12 13 14 15
Replies
355
Views
248K
spacesonata
spacesonata
Tbolt
  • Sticky
Gen 5 RoA Community Choice Ladder November 2026: BW Format Vote
Replies
11
Views
358
Tbolt
Tbolt
dhelmise
  • Sticky
All Gens Mechanics Differences Between Generations
Replies
11
Views
35K
Ruffles
Ruffles
Jellicent
  • Sticky
All Gens Ask a Simple Question, Get a Simple Answer Mark II (RoA edition)
63 64 65 66
Replies
2K
Views
523K
sumwun
sumwun
Hiro'
  • Locked
  • Sticky
  • Redirect
Ruins of Alph 2026 Tournament Schedule
Replies
–
Views
–
N/A
Excal
  • Locked
  • Sticky
  • Redirect
Old Generation Councils
Replies
–
Views
–
N/A
Tbolt
All Gens Reforming How We Advertise Spotlight Voting
Replies
21
Views
938
Decidueye409
Decidueye409
Tbolt
All Gens RoA Community Choice Ladder November 2026: Generation Vote
Replies
6
Views
329
Tbolt
Tbolt
bdt2002
The “Eras” of Past Gens OU (read the OP for clarification)
Replies
2
Views
509
bdt2002
bdt2002
Rage
All Gens RoA Slam IV won by Vioz
2 3 4
Replies
79
Views
16K
betathunder
betathunder
bdt2002
All Gens Pokémon that are better in a higher tier than the one they're actually in
Replies
9
Views
9K
Jhall99
Jhall99
VGC in Ruins of Alph - Statistics
Replies
7
Views
3K
Rage
Rage
asbdsp
  • Poll Poll
Iron Head Intuition Poll (Don't calc, just guess unless you already know the answer)
Replies
15
Views
5K
Piere
-Tsunami-
All Gens The Top 10 Players of All Time
2 3
Replies
71
Views
98K
Typical_bastard
Typical_bastard
phoopes
  • Locked
Announcement phoopes I did it for the last time
Replies
7
Views
4K
jam
jam
Jellicent
All Gens Find a Niche: Kabutops
4 5 6 7
Replies
160
Views
99K
NotVeryCake
NotVeryCake
Wilhelm
All Gens This Generation's UU Resembles the Previous Generations OU
Replies
3
Views
8K
ninth
ninth
-Tsunami-
All Gens The Top 10 Managers of All Time
Replies
0
Views
6K
-Tsunami-
-Tsunami-
vapicuno
All Gens Quantitative Analysis of Viability Rankings, Metagame Changes, and Camps of Thought
Replies
6
Views
19K
vapicuno
vapicuno
Wild Eep
  • Redirect
RBY and GSC Illegal Movesets
Replies
–
Views
–
N/A
PDC
All Gens What are your favorite teams of all time?
2
Replies
48
Views
47K
Prof_J
Prof_J
FNH
All Gens Eevee: An Introduction to Ev's
Replies
6
Views
12K
vapicuno
vapicuno
Arai
  • Locked
All Gens RoA Resources
2
Replies
25
Views
74K
FNH
FNH
Beelzemon 2003
  • Redirect
Gen 1 and Gen 2: how Sleep Clause works in the Pokémon Stadium games.
Replies
–
Views
–
N/A
dhelmise
  • Locked
All Gens RoA Spotlight Community Choice: Rules and Cooldown
Replies
0
Views
13K
dhelmise
dhelmise
-Tsunami-
All Gens The Top 10 SPL Performances of All Time
Replies
7
Views
11K
asbdsp
asbdsp
BKC
  • Locked
All Gens Little Synergies
Replies
24
Views
18K
Cowboy Dan
Cowboy Dan
-Tsunami-
All Gens The Top 10 SPL Teams of All Time
Replies
12
Views
16K
Smurf.
Smurf.
  • Locked
All Gens Ruins of Alph Player of the Week: Fear
5 6 7 8
Replies
187
Views
134K
EeveeTrainer
EeveeTrainer
Lutra
  • Locked
All Gens RoA Interviews
2
Replies
46
Views
26K
phosphor
phosphor
BKC
All Gens Underrated Sets
5 6 7 8
Replies
186
Views
143K
Excal
Excal
Moosical
  • Redirect
Monotype BW Ladder Mini-Tour
Replies
–
Views
–
N/A
Stellar
  • Locked
Ask a simple question, get a simple answer. (RoA Version + resource links)
35 36 37 38
Replies
937
Views
240K
Crystal_
Crystal_
You must log in or register to post here.
Back
Top