It’s Your Turn to Choose the Format for an Upcoming Online Competition!
We’re letting you select which format you want to compete in for an Online Competition coming in November! There are five competitive formats to choose from. Which one would you like to play in later this year? Let us know!
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So over on the PGL / Pokemon's Official Twitter, they're making us vote for what November's Online Competition will be! This must mean that October's is either already locked in, or for some reason there will be a gap between the Primal Battle and the next.
As for the options, we have:
- No Megas: as the title suggests there will obviously be no Mega Evolutions allowed in this competition. No idea whether this is Singles or something else, but since no format was specified whereas others had doubles or triples in their names, I'd hazard a guess with singles. This format would be really cool, seeing which Pokemon would thrive without the likes of Mega Kangskhan, Mega Salamence, Mega Blaziken etc. running around (kinda like a throwback to gen V GBU).
- Inverse Doubles: Now this would be interesting. We saw how crazy Inverse Singles was the two times we had it as a Special Season, and I always wondered what it would be like in Doubles
- Anything Goes Triples: as well as ripping the name of Smogon's own Anything Goes format, it appears to have the exact same ruleset, except for one massive difference; it will be Triple battles! I have no clue what this would be like, but I'm picturing multiple lead Darkrai all spamming Dark Void on you while they try to set up a Geomancy Xerneas...
- No Evolutions: only Pokemon that can't evolve and haven't evolved are allowed. Much the same as No Megas, no format has been specified so I'm guessing Singles. One thing to note is that apparently Mega Evolution doesn't count as evolution, so single-stage Megas like Kangaskhan, Pinsir, Aerodactyl, Heracross, Sableye, Mawile, Absol, Lati@s, and Audino are allowed.
- Underdogs Doubles: we've already had this as a Special Season so I'm surprised they want to revisit it again so soon... Anything that finished in the top 12 in a Doubles season is banned.