Sign-Up Apprentice Program Signups: Natdex OU

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Welcome to Battling 101! If you're seeking a tutor for National Dex OU, you are in the right place. Please read all the rules carefully and fill out every part of the application.

RULES​

• You must be able to access Discord, or whatever your tutor wants as the primary form of communication.
• You must be willing to use Pokemon Showdown! even if you are being tutored in a cartridge format such as Battle Spot or VGC.
• You, the tutee, should have at least 15 posts before signing up AND your account's age should be a minimum of at least 1 month old before signing up.
  • This is not a strict requirement meaning you may still be paired without satisfying it, so no matter what, DO NOT spam post elsewhere in the forum. That is an infractable offense and we do not encourage such behavior from potential Tutees.
• You must have battled competitively for a decent amount in at least ONE of the Smogon tiers or Battle Spot / VGC to sign up. Playing 10 or so matches on the PS! ladder is not substantial enough, ~70 or so is more reasonable. This experience does not need to be for the format you sign-up for; this is just to weed out people who have never played competitively that can improve themselves simply by using resources already available to them without needing a tutor to hold their hand.
• You, the tutee, are responsible for setting up times with your tutor. When you receive the Smogon notification informing you of the pairing, please take the initiative and post on their VM wall first. Continued scheduling and communication is key to a successful pairing!
• Use the Tutee Talk forum to complain about your tutor (or praise them if they're doing a good job). These are no longer mandatory, but if your tutor is ridiculously inactive or is a complete jackass, COMPLAIN HERE. Nobody can see your tutee talk posts except for you and the Battling 101 Staff; everything is confidential.
• Signups older than 4 months or 1 month since last login will be considered inactive. These will be moved to the Inactive Posts thread, and can be returned back to this thread by request.
• Tutors can and will drop you if sessions go badly, and significant violations may result in a ban from B101. Be active, be enthusiastic, be respectful. Make the best of your time together!

Here is the signup template, and an example sign-up post.

Username:
PS! Username:
Signup Format:
Your timezone:
Usual Hours of Availability:
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
Are you able to use Discord?:

Username: Shiba
PS! Username: Big Sean
Signup Format: Natdex OU
Your timezone: EST (GMT -5)
Usual Hours of Availability: weekdays 8 PM - 12 AM, weekends 12 PM - 12 AM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing competitively in early XY and spammed Baton Pass on the ladder. I was pretty skilled I guess. I then got more involved with Smogon and started to play in various tournaments like UUPL and later on Snake and SPL. I could use a bit more practice in this tier though, so I'm looking to get help
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes

Signup template for Chinese language tutoring:

你的Smogon ID：
你的PSID：
想报名学习的分级：
你的时区：
通常空闲的时间：
简单介绍你的宝可梦对战经历(至少三句话)：

 

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Signups for Chinese language tutoring is now available for this tier!

Use this template to sign up for it:

你的Smogon ID：
你的PSID：
想报名学习的分级：
你的时区：
通常空闲的时间：
简单介绍你的宝可梦对战经历(至少三句话)：

 

[pokegod70419]

Username: pokegod70419
PS! Username: pokegod70419
Signup Format: [Gen 9] National Dex OU
Your timezone: CST/GMT -6
Usual Hours of Availability: 16:00-6:00 (4pm-6am) can be flexible depending on the coach, just give me info beforehand
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started off originally in VGC during around the start of Regulation F, then eventually gave up officially around halfway through Regulation H. I migrated to ND partly through Regulation G, being coached on my building and play by the now banned (which I don't agree on) AK/Red, though I was still peaking around the mid 1400s. I kinda forgot about ND and moved to SV AG where I stayed until I heard the news of the tera suspect through a pokeaim or blunder video and immediately jumped on the train, though I still wasn't that great of a player and wasn't able to reach the suspect requirements. From then on I've been flipping between SV AG and ND slowly growing my skill, though recently my motivation to play mons has been lowering because of my struggles playing. I have the teambuilding aspect down almost entirely and find cooking up new structures really fun, but testing them is where the issue comes in because I feel like I'm misplaying in every game I play in recently and it's eating away at my mental.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes

 

[BEASTADARSH]

PS! Username: BEASTADARSH
Signup Format: [Gen 9] National Dex OU
Your timezone: GMT+5:30 / IST (Indian Standard Time)
Usual Hours of Availability: 3 pm to 8 pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been playing since the mid of Gen 8 NDOU, bad player as of now but I'm here to change it and make a name for myself in the community that is worth remembering. I have always been a fan of pokemon since my childhood and am going to be the very best that no one ever was.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes

 

[Calmmind75]

Username: Calmmind75
PS! Username: Calmmind75
Signup Format: Nat dex OU
Your timezone: GMT +1
Usual Hours of Availability: between 16:00/18:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays and at mostly any time during the weekend
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Started playing a bit ago, been going through different formats to test them out. Have hit top 500 multiple times and I have just started to join tournaments
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, calmmind75

 

[MajorHurricane]

PS! Username: MajorHurricane
Signup Format: [Gen 9] National Dex OU
Your timezone: EST (GMT -5)
Usual Hours of Availability: ~10pm to 2am typically, depends on the day, my schedule varies but I'm guaranteed to be available those times.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I started out playing Gen 7 PU but then switched over to National Dex OU next gen after dexit became a thing. Been consistently hardstuck on mid ladder with occasional wild tilts that bring me very low (embarrassed to say I am now in the 1100s after reaching 1700s just a couple months ago), I have thousands of matches of experience (recently reset my W/L so it doesn't appear so but I do have screenshots) on ladder but I've failed to improve. Despite my ample ladder time I have not picked up on how to build to defeat cores or even recognize cores in the meta aside from the really obvious common ones (I feel like I probably struggle with how big the meta is). My battling probably needs work too. Therefore, my lack of confidence prevents me from participating in anything other than ladder. I would like to get good enough to participate enough to feel like a member of the community. I am eager to learn and determined to get better but will need assistance doing so.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes (username is major_hurricane)

 

[liquidrelief]

Username: Surmen6781
PS! Username: Surmen6781
Signup: SV NatDex
Timezone: GMT +3
Hours: unavailable on Saturdays, otherwise im really flexible
Experience: started playing gsc ou at the start of 2025. it wasnt good so i branched out to other formats and thats how i got here. ive participated on certain tournaments but i havent made any other major breakthroughs. my battle tips are good but not the best meanwhile my teambuilding sucks.
Discord: surminader (thats my discord name which means i have it)

 

[piuy]

Username: piuy
PS! Username: piuy
Signup Format: ND OU
Your timezone: CDT -5
Usual Hours of Availability: Anytime
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon: I started playing a lot during Gen 8 but only peaked at about 1400 and I got significantly better during Gen 9 peaking at 1700 on the nat dex ladder, but recently felt stagnant. I still cannot team build and I want to participate in tournaments, but I feel like I'd get my ass beat so bad I wouldn't even have fun losing. I know I don't have even close to 15 posts but I'd rather try now and if it fails try again later once I'm more active on the forums.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes (in the B101 discord too)

 

[Faintful]

Username: Faintful
PS! Username: Faintfulness
Signup Format: NDOU
Your timezone: GMT+2
Usual Hours of Availability: Monday-Friday 18:00-21:00, Saturday-Sunday 06:00-21:00
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I was introduced to competitive Pokémon a year ago through "Cobblemon", a Minecraft mod that uses Pokémon Showdown's engine internally to simulate battles inside of the game. I have several top 5 and top 3 placements in various tournaments for the unique server metagames that I played in, including a first place placement in Roanoke Network's "Diamond Premiere League". I started to pick up that I won't continue to get strong from battling in Cobblemon because the skill level of the players is much lower compared to the players in Smogon and in my belief the only way to get strong at something is to get your ass kicked repeatedly. And so I am here. I have been playing NDOU and SSOU for the past couple of weeks, peaking in the 1600's in both formats and am currently participating in the NDOU Summer Seasonal hoping to encounter strong players and learn from them.
Are you able to use Discord?: Of course, and I am also open to VC or to use any other communication platform.

 

[sn00syw00sy]

Username: sn00syw00sy
PS! Username: sn00syw00sy
Signup Format: ndou
Your timezone: 10+
Usual Hours of Availability: after 4pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): im kinda knew to comp pokemon i started like 6 months ago peaked at 1800s n then took a 4 month break now im rusty again i wna understand team compositions and how to teambuild while also learning how to make smarter plays and what i needa do to break down my opps teams n stuff
Are you able to use Discord?: yes