National Dex National Dex Summer Seasonal - Grand Finals

[Evilo42]

National Dex Summer Seasonal
Hosted by about15gals and Evilo42
Art by earthflax
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Tournament Rules:

• General tournament rules and regulations.
• 2026 National Dex Circuit information.
• Best of three, double elimination.
• This tournament will use the standard National Dex banlist, which can be found on Smogon's strategy dex.
• If metagame changes occur during the middle of a round, they will take effect in the subsequent round.
• Battles must take place on Pokemon Showdown! or the SmogTours server
• SV cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
• National Dex-specific mechanics.
• Replays are required starting from round 2.

Grand Finals

Bey is Back vs Dimension9

Because Dimension9 is coming from the losers bracket, they must win 2 sets to win the tournament, while Bey is Back only has to win 1.

Honourable Mention

Also congrats to 3rd place finisher Pixelbob on his impressive run!

The deadline for Grand Finals is <t:1794787140:F>.​

 

[slopcat]

but guys stall is bad and a fish

 

[reversoral]

bey is back

unc still got it

bey wins = esther comeback

 

[ElectraineHeart]

good luck to both! this grand finals is really cool and seeing the fresh new blood in natdex doing well is great to see. I think bey is back has higher probability of taking this because of the natural winners bracket advantage and his higher variety in teams? but if d9 expands his playstyle in the builder then i can definitely see him winning in an upset from losers bracket and he has looked pretty solid in game during all of seasonal tbh, he has something to prove too in the runback so that motivation is definitely a driving factor here and that can win the game in prep. both solid players regardless so this will be a fun one to watch :)

 

[might drago]

Mr bey is back has come a long way from getting farmed by prince to larping with kiddos to now being at the top of nd. Even though the analytics say bey will win, internal jkm kalshi reps say all in on d9
9 revenge game after losing his 6 game win streak
6 upside the 9 now