★ SV OU Ladder Achievements [$200 USD Prize]

JustFranco · Oct 28, 2026

i like doing these

raffe · Oct 28, 2026

All look good! JustFranco you attached this for the screens/safeguard/tailwind one but you only got veil? Mind redoing this one please? All other ones will be updated

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2700267327-81glj7qti4p8e040brxpdv3mi8yucvgpw

JustFranco · Oct 28, 2026

raffe said:
All look good! JustFranco you attached this for the screens/safeguard/tailwind one but you only got veil? Mind redoing this one please? All other ones will be updated

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2700267327-81glj7qti4p8e040brxpdv3mi8yucvgpw

posted wrong replay, fixed

Pabloam2006 · Oct 28, 2026

vk · Oct 29, 2026

Platinum Underdog

Replays are saved and public

Platinum specialist

All replays are public

Platinum prismatic

Platinum indomitable

John Kritter · Oct 29, 2026

Is my account new enough (Oct 12) to claim some bronze?

Pabloam2006 · Oct 29, 2026

John Kritter · Oct 29, 2026

John Kritter said:
Is my account new enough (Oct 12) to claim some bronze?

Can I also claim bronze champion with #79?

pikachu_he · Oct 30, 2026

raffe said:
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beautiful art by skype!!
Welcome to SV OU
Ladder Achievements!
With a $200 prize pool, split across 4 winners
Hosted by raffe and kd458
Inspired by RoA Ladder Achievements by Teclis and the RU thread

What are Ladder Achievements?
Ladder achievements are a timeless tradition that current-gen SV OU has never hosted. The idea is that this is a set of challenges completable by anyone, with different ranks per achievement.
How do I qualify for part of the $200?
Since we don't have access to a CA prize, we are running it a bit differently. Earning each badge will reward you with points based on the badge you achieved. The 4 people with the most points at the end of 4 months will each get part of the split.
Can I add to the prize pool?
If you really want to help out, feel free to dm me on discord at raffebs or just on Smogon and we can talk about it.
Why is there not a CA prize?
OU's multiple CA-prize tournaments (OUPL, OU Circuit, and OU Room) limit what we can do elsewhere in the section, so we've decided to go with a cash prize instead.
Why are we having this now?
The goal of this is to give people something to work towards and play ladder for. It'll give everyone a reason to play again and hopefully increase the amount of games on ladder, or at the very least be a small prize to those who never quit on SV OU ladder.
How do I participate?
After meeting the requirements for any badge, simply drop the proof in a message saying what badge you are claiming! Make sure you

Platinum: 40
Gold: 20
Silver: 10
Bronze: 5

You have until 12:00 AM February 6th -5 GMT to get points for the first season.

Rules:

All battles must take place on the SV OU ladder on Showdown.

All achievements must be completed on an alt made after this season started/when this post was made (except for tactician)

Please give proof that you completed the challenge to validate your achievement (mostly screenshots of the rating reached/you owning the account a la Suspect Test and replays).

You can get several achievements from the same battle/account, and you are generally encouraged to post them by batch to avoid flooding the thread if you are chaining them up. I'll like your post once I've taken it into account.

Achievements can be submitted in PM to me if you want the account you used to remain inconspicuous; I will be posting them in the thread (giving your Smogon username) myself. Please only do it as little as possible though; it's less fun.

Past performances will not be counted; any submission needs to be verifiable on the server (by checking at the rank, WL, and such) at the moment they are posted.

Any Platinum achiever in Strategy, Grandmaster, and Indomitable can submit a new record beyond the Platinum standard that will be displayed in the table's first line. Please send me a private message on Smogon or Discord (raffebs) for more specifics regarding how to submit the proofs as you go further and further.

Naturally, don't try to cheat, for instance by submitting an achievement with an account that's not yours and yours alone. If caught doing so, you might get exposed and made fun of (but also infracted of course).

Achievement levels may be subject to change at the mod team's and host's discretion.

In case of a tie at the end of a 4-month cycle, prizes will be evenly split between tied players.

All achievements outside of the tactician badge must be completed on a new account with all replays saved.

All games must be played with playing against bots turned off.

Global Achievements:

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Champion Badge
View attachment 870418Strategy Badge
View attachment 870415Grandmaster Badge
View attachment 870416Indomitable Badge
Obtain a certain Rank! Earn a certain GXE! Hit a certain ELO! Reach a certain Win Streak!
Platinum: 1
Gold: 10
Silver: 25
Bronze: 100 Platinum: 88.5
Gold: 85
Silver: 82
Bronze: 80 Platinum: 2000
Gold: 1900
Silver: 1800
Bronze: 1700 Platinum: 30
Gold: 25
Silver: 20
Bronze: 15

* your Glicko's confidence interval (i.e 1886 ± 43) must be below 60 to ensure your GXE is representative enough of your skill.
** We're only taking X-0 WL records on screenshots, so if you are aiming for this you should reset your count after every loss. Do not relaunch a game before I've liked your post (= validated the achievement). or, if you do, don't lose :)

Special Achievements:

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Nostalgia Badge
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Underdog Badge
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Specialist Badge
Hit a certain ELO without using Pokemon from Generation 9! Obtain a certain win streak with at least 5 UUBL or below Pokemon on your team! Hit a certain rank with a Monotype team!
Platinum: 1925
Gold: 1850
Silver: 1750
Bronze: 1650 Platinum: 20
Gold: 17
Silver: 14
Bronze: 10 Platinum: 25
Gold: 50
Silver: 100
Bronze: 250

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Prismatic Badge
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Tactician Badge
Use Only Tera Stellar to achieve a certain win streak! Complete a certain amount of Challenges!
Platinum: 20
Gold: 16
Silver: 14
Bronze: 10 Platinum: 10
Gold: 8
Silver: 6
Bronze: 4

All of these must be completed with your ELO above 1500!
Win with a mon from each tier (one OU, UU, RU, NU, PU, and ZU mon).
Win without items.
Win after setting up all four types of Terrain.
Win with a team that has no type immunities.
Win with only mons below or equal to 475 BST.
Win with 6 Choice Scarf mons.
Win a game where all your Pokemon start with the same letter (monoletter).
Win with 5 Booster Energy, one for each stat boost.
Win after setting up Gravity, both Screens/Veil, Tailwind, and Safeguard.
Win without any EVs and only neutral natures on any mon (use !showteam at the end to prove it, you need at least 1 EV on every mon).

Ah yes, my favorite word: elo

Pabloam2006 · Nov 1, 2026

raffe · Nov 2, 2026

Pabloam2006 said:
Claiming tactician badge:
Monoletter+5boosters: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2705942106-ir1e5dyu8b5tu371tw0d6dsyydlutympw
Scarf team: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2706115120-liy8ljr8eks6bj4edw3hv6gkveypf1xpw
No evs: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2706134595-b2f3oxresh798f5u1nymedh7iuubp7opw
1 mon per tier : https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2707636029-s6xhnc65gg68w6coq2sqw34e537jq6fpw
<475: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2707639413-eb1ejgwl0uuap1tlifgg8ujb4ew2ki9pw
No inmunities: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2707646630-x7l0cjblple4vbi6kb4nw0216w3e57xpw
No items: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2707687063-cgjrougb0u3cnn8dj40yjifitfcbieqpw
4 terrains: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2707692374-ahanuptu941qr2c31mrxip45g6ghreqpw
Screens: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2707701307-p8cb74m9jd5o5ms0y6xox8eeoka7nn9pw

Didn't set safeguard pls redo the last one then I'll update tysm

Pabloam2006 · Nov 2, 2026

fixed, sry

raffe said:
Didn't set safeguard pls redo the last one then I'll update tysm

OatIsHere · Nov 2, 2026

claiming bronze strategy

Suhayb · Nov 2, 2026

claiming silver champion and grandmaster badges

ps I updated my previous post on this thread for the underdog badge

Pabloam2006 · Nov 3, 2026

Bronze grandmaster+ Strategy bronze (same acc of prismatic badge)

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2708589499-8ahtrabsv7jdhh0ul6xpncnqt265ky4pw

View attachment 870408 Nostalgia Badge	View attachment 870413 Underdog Badge	View attachment 870414 Specialist Badge
Hit a certain ELO without using Pokemon from Generation 9!	Obtain a certain win streak with at least 5 UUBL or below Pokemon on your team!	Hit a certain rank with a Monotype team!
Platinum: 1925 Gold: 1850 Silver: 1750 Bronze: 1650	Platinum: 20 Gold: 17 Silver: 14 Bronze: 10	Platinum: 25 Gold: 50 Silver: 100 Bronze: 250

View attachment 870424 Prismatic Badge	View attachment 870423 Tactician Badge
Use Only Tera Stellar to achieve a certain win streak!	Complete a certain amount of Challenges!
Platinum: 20 Gold: 16 Silver: 14 Bronze: 10	Platinum: 10 Gold: 8 Silver: 6 Bronze: 4

★ SV OU Ladder Achievements [$200 USD Prize]

JustFranco

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View attachment 870399 Champion Badge	View attachment 870418Strategy Badge	View attachment 870415Grandmaster Badge	View attachment 870416Indomitable Badge
Obtain a certain Rank!	Earn a certain GXE!	Hit a certain ELO!	Reach a certain Win Streak!
Platinum: 1 Gold: 10 Silver: 25 Bronze: 100	Platinum: 88.5 Gold: 85 Silver: 82 Bronze: 80	Platinum: 2000 Gold: 1900 Silver: 1800 Bronze: 1700	Platinum: 30 Gold: 25 Silver: 20 Bronze: 15