SPECIFIC RULES
- This is a standard National Dex Doubles tournament
- This tournament will be Double Elimination
- Rounds will be Best of Three. You may switch teams in between battles of the same set.
- Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown! (Main or SmogTours)
- To encourage the development of the metagame, and so that everyone is on an even playing field, replays are required for all matches.
- Activity calls will be made by me, potentially with neutral assistance from a National Dex Forum Moderator. Coin flips will be done publicly on PS!
- In the event that something is added to or removed from the National Dex Doubles metagame in the middle of a round, that change will be in effect starting the next round.
- Do not cheat. Cheating will result in a disqualification. Additional punishments may be applied as necessary. Cheating includes, but is not limited to:
- Signing up with more than one account
- Ghosting or being ghosted by another player (e.g. while playing a set, asking for advice about what team to bring or what plays to make)
- Manipulating match outcomes (e.g. throwing a match in exchange for Smogon likes)
- Do not harass or insult your opponents. I reserve the right to disqualify anyone breaking this rule. Additional punishments may be applied as necessary.
- Endless Battle Clause: Anything capable of intentionally creating an endless battle is banned.
- Evasion Abilities Clause: Evasion abilities (Sand Veil, Snow Cloak) are banned
- OHKO Clause: Players cannot use the moves Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, or Sheer Cold.
- Species Clause: Players cannot have two Pokémon with the same Pokédex number on the same team.
- Gravity Sleep Clause: Sleep moves with below one hundred percent accuracy may not be used in conjunction with Gravity.
Pokémon Restrictions
Players cannot use the following Pokémon:
Players cannot use the following abilities:
Item Restrictions
Players cannot use the following items:
Move Restrictions
Players cannot use the following moves:
Players cannot use the following Pokémon:
- Annihilape
- Arceus (all formes)
- Calyrex-Ice
- Calyrex-Shadow
- Dialga
- Eternatus
- Genesect
- Giratina
- Giratina-Origin
- Groudon
- Ho-Oh
- Koraidon
- Kyogre
- Kyurem-White
- Lugia
- Lunala
- Magearna
- Melmetal
- Metagross-Mega
- Mewtwo
- Miraidon
- Necrozma-Dawn Wings
- Necrozma-Dusk Mane
- Palkia
- Rayquaza
- Reshiram
- Shedinja
- Solgaleo
- Urshifu (Single Strike forme)
- Xerneas
- Yveltal
- Zacian
- Zacian-Crowned
- Zamazenta-Crowned
- Zekrom
Players cannot use the following abilities:
Item Restrictions
Players cannot use the following items:
Move Restrictions
Players cannot use the following moves:
What are we playing for?
This tournament will award points towards the 2025 National Dex Doubles Circuit. The circuit championship awards a Forum Banner, like the one you see below!
Round 3 - Losers:
Marss Barss vs Nephtyrix
crow crumbs vs Beemo666
Alecris vs waffle2O2O
Comett7778 vs Bye 1
evakiyama! vs Bye 2
EatFoods vs Bye 3
Voltix vs Bye 4
Pengu vs Bye 5
Test Bots vs Bye 6
LogIce vs Bye 7
Steam Buns vs Bye 8
volcaronavgc vs Bye 9
darkman64 vs Bye 10
IsaiahMeep vs Bye 11
Calmmind75 vs Bye 12
veti vs Bye 13
PAIN2007 vs Bye 14
Rose Mountain vs Bye 15
McBruh vs Bye 16
Farfromani vs Bye 17
LugiaJP vs Bye 18
pwnin vs Bye 19
Razachu vs Bye 20
Tricknology vs Bye 21
ChainlessJoe vs Bye 22
bagel vs Bye 23
Smudge vs Bye 24
forkuser vs Bye 25
SeaLife vs Bye 26
iPetBigfoot vs Bye 27
Deathbang vs Bye 28
anelton :3 vs Bye 29
***This round is losers only. A mistake has resulted in this round having an erroneous number of byes. However, I just wanted to clarify everything is still on track.
Deadline for Round 3 is <t:1757908740:F>. GLHF!
