Approved by the ZU Moderation Team
Some parts parts of OP adapted from here
Art by yours truly
Welcome to ZU Unchained!
Ever wanted to click Flare Blitz with Emboar repeatedly into a tier whose most frequent fire resists get blown up by Close Combat? Want to spam quiver dance with four setup sweepers in a row? How about use some of ZU's historically most broken walls? Or... maybe you just miss Charizard. Now with the entire ZU Banlist freed, you can do all of the above! In this tournament, players are allowed to use any Pokemon currently tiered ZUBL in addition to all Pokemon currently tiered ZU.
Tour-specific Rules
https://www.smogon.com/forums/forums/zeroused.830/
(Keep in mind not all resources are up to date with the ever changing metagame, but this forum is still a nice resource nonetheless).
Here are some Smogon tournament resources:
- Tournament Rules
- Scheduling Guidance
- Smogtours and Smogtours server information
Standard Rules and Clauses:
Some parts parts of OP adapted from here
Art by yours truly
Welcome to ZU Unchained!
Ever wanted to click Flare Blitz with Emboar repeatedly into a tier whose most frequent fire resists get blown up by Close Combat? Want to spam quiver dance with four setup sweepers in a row? How about use some of ZU's historically most broken walls? Or... maybe you just miss Charizard. Now with the entire ZU Banlist freed, you can do all of the above! In this tournament, players are allowed to use any Pokemon currently tiered ZUBL in addition to all Pokemon currently tiered ZU.
:alcremie: Alcremie
:bellossom: Bellossom
:charizard: Charizard
:electrode-hisui: Electrode-Hisui
:emboar: Emboar
:floatzel: Floatzel
:frosmoth: Frosmoth
:glastrier: Glastrier
:kingdra: Kingdra
:oricorio: Oricorio
:porygon2: Porygon2
:venomoth: Venomoth
:bellossom: Bellossom
:charizard: Charizard
:electrode-hisui: Electrode-Hisui
:emboar: Emboar
:floatzel: Floatzel
:frosmoth: Frosmoth
:glastrier: Glastrier
:kingdra: Kingdra
:oricorio: Oricorio
:porygon2: Porygon2
:venomoth: Venomoth
Tour-specific Rules
- THIS TOURNAMENT IS NOT PART OF THE 2026 ZU CIRCUIT
- This tournament is single-elimination.
- Players will play a best of one series of SV ZU each round, but they can both agree to play a best of three instead if they so wish.
- Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown!--- main server or smogtours should work.
- If you don't post the replay or send it to me in a PM, you'll have to redo the match or I will coinflip.
- If Pokemon drop from a higher tier into ZUBL during the tournament, they will remain banned for the duration of the tournament.
- You must use the following challenge code: Code:
/challenge zu @@@ +zubl
https://www.smogon.com/forums/forums/zeroused.830/
(Keep in mind not all resources are up to date with the ever changing metagame, but this forum is still a nice resource nonetheless).
Here are some Smogon tournament resources:
- Tournament Rules
- Scheduling Guidance
- Smogtours and Smogtours server information
Standard Rules and Clauses:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokémon with the same Pokédex number on his team.
- Sleep Clause: You cannot inflict sleep upon more than one member of the opposing team.
- Evasion Clause: The moves Double Team and Minimize are banned.
- OHKO Clause: The moves Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, and Fissure are banned.
- Endless Battle Clause: Anything capable of intentionally creating an endless battle is banned.
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