Welcome to Smogon VGC’s Last Chance Qualifier! This tournament will award points towards the 2025-2026 VGC Circuit, which awards a ribbon and custom avatar to the winner of the entire circuit. If you win the qualifier itself, you will also get the "Hall of Fame" role in the official Smogon VGC Discord and temporary "Prize Winner" role in the VGC chatroom on Pokemon Showdown.
SPECIFIC RULES
Standard VGC Rules and Clauses
Smogon VGC Circuit Information (includes circuit standings)
Pairings:
Chromate vs Jawnzu
Elias PSY vs ScribbleScribble
aseqq vs thacrow
IsaiahMeep vs lcalvexx
mli392 vs MichaelderBeste2
Code vs Comedier
SlycedBread vs christianfinity
Amaske vs pat_con5
THE DEADLINE FOR THIS ROUND IS <t:1787540400:F>. Please let me know if any extensions are needed, and PLEASE don't forget to actually ask for extensions and to post activity wins.
SPECIFIC RULES
- This tournament will be played in VGC 2026 Regulation M-B
- This tournament will be in Single Elimination
- Every match will be in Best of Three, please use the built-in bo3 available when challenging.
- We suggest playing your matches on Pokémon Showdown!, but playing on cartridge is allowed as long as both players agree and replays are provided.
- Replays are required for all matches. If neither player posts replays of the match, both players will suffer an automatic loss.
- Do not sign up with more than one account, as it is not only considered cheating but also because it goes against Smogon’s rules to create more than one account.
- Do not cheat. Cheating will result in a disqualification, and additional punishments may be applied if deemed necessary.
- Cheating includes, but is not limited to:
- Ghosting or being ghosted by another player
- Forcing deadgames and activity wins
Standard VGC Rules and Clauses
- Team Lock Clause: Players must use the same team for all battles of a given round. You can switch teams in between rounds, however.
- Item Clause: Players cannot have two of the same item on the same team.
- Species Clause: Players cannot have two Pokémon with the same Pokédex number on the same team.
- Matches will be played at level 50.
Smogon VGC Circuit Information (includes circuit standings)
Pairings:
Chromate vs Jawnzu
Elias PSY vs ScribbleScribble
aseqq vs thacrow
IsaiahMeep vs lcalvexx
mli392 vs MichaelderBeste2
Code vs Comedier
SlycedBread vs christianfinity
Amaske vs pat_con5
THE DEADLINE FOR THIS ROUND IS <t:1787540400:F>. Please let me know if any extensions are needed, and PLEASE don't forget to actually ask for extensions and to post activity wins.
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