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art by doom Welcome to the first NFE Classic! Players will compete in separate tournaments for the ADV, DPP, and BW generations, culminating in a final where players will have to put their knowledge of all 3 generations to the test to have a chance of taking home the glory! The format consists...

Hey folks! Welcome to the UMPL NFE Discussion and Replays thread! I thought it would be a cool idea to make a discussion thread for NFE in UMPL, especially since we finally have 2 slots! I will start off by listing each teams starters and support in this post, then use a following post to upload...

Art by doom Standings Welcome to the first NFE Classic! Players will compete in separate tournaments for the ADV, DPP, and BW generations, culminating in a finals where players will have to put their knowledge of all 3 generations to the test to have a chance to win take home the glory! The...

Snorlax @ Leftovers Ability: Thick Fat Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD Careful Nature - Curse - Body Slam - Heat Crash - Rest Snorlax has fallen from grace since its glory days, but it has been thriving in ZU this generation as a specially defensive wall and setup threat! Curse...

Koffing @ Eviolite Ability: Neutralizing Gas EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD Bold Nature - Sludge Bomb - Toxic Spikes - Pain Split - Thief / Will-O-Wisp Smogon's mascot, Koffing, has been spreading noxious gas around the NFE battlefield! Poison-types are a rare commodity, aside from Ivysaur...

Artwork by Albi Welcome to the seventh iteration of ZU Classic, a tournament celebrates ZU's history throughout the years. Players will compete in separate tournaments for the RBY, GSC, ADV, DPP, and BW generations, culminating in a final where players will have to put their ZU Old Gens...

Art and OP by Aaronboyer - Inspiration Taken from The Smogon Classic Standings Welcome to the seventh ZU Classic, a tournament celebrates ZU's history throughout the years. Players will compete in separate tournaments for the RBY, GSC, ADV, DPP, and BW generations, culminating in a finals...

artwork by Clem Hello everyone! This thread is expected to be open until manager signups. The intent of this thread is to determine the format of UMPL IV. Confirmed hosts for this tournament are goldmason, July and Dead by Daylight. Manager signups will go up August 31st with player signups...

:sv/porygon2: Porygon2 finds itself back in ZU after rising out of the tier in the last shifts. Following a quick ban vote, we have decided to suspect test it! It was originally ranked A on the VR, but would have without a doubt risen to a higher rank if it had not been taken out of the tier...

NFEPL VIII signups begin a week from today. The NFE Staff have been discussing the format for the upcoming tournament and wanted to hear some feedback from the community. The format used last year was 3 SV, 1 SS, 1 SM, and 1 ND between 6 different teams. Recently, ORAS was brought back into the...

Welcome to the SV NFE No Johns Tournament! As promised, post Misdreavus ban NFE leadership wanted a quick tournament to gauge the new metagame before going into NFEPL. This is a good way to get a lot of games in a short period of time! Specific Rules: This is a standard SV NFE (Gen 9)...

:light clay::huntail: After seeing some metagame development in recent tournaments, and with ORAS Underground and ZUPL team tours coming up, the council has decided to look to do something about these issues. We are looking to discuss some problematic elements in the tier, Light Clay and...

NFE Triathlon is a tournament that celebrates the most recent older generations of NFE. Players have competed in separate tournaments for the ORAS, SM, and SS generations and we are down to the final 8 players to see who will take home the gold. Thank you to Mirbro and DoomBre1oom for helping...

Art by 5Dots NFE Role Compendium This is the Role Compendium for the NFE tier. Each Pokemon that is here is viable in the NFE metagame, and as such, it will change as the viability rankings get updated. Entry Hazard Setters Stealth Rock...

Art by 5Dots NFE Speed Tiers This resource aims to provide a Speed benchmark for all viable Pokemon within the NFE metagame. To be concise, EV spreads that are neither 252 nor 0 Speed shall not be listed. :Drakloak: SpeedPokemonBase SpeedNatureEVSBoost 512 :Fraxure:Fraxure67+Spe252+2...

NFE Viability Rankings Art by 5Dots! Welcome to the SV NFE Viability Rankings! You know the drill; every Pokemon deemed viable by the NFE Council will be listed below and separated into rankings from S to C-. All sets will be taken under consideration when a Pokemon is ranked, be they...

NFE Sample Teams Last updated: March 8th, 2025 Frogadier + Monferno Offense:Frogadier: :Monferno: :Piloswine: :Thwackey: :Tinkatuff: :Wartortle:by PandaDoux

[SET] Offensive Pivot (Raboot) @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Libero EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Flare Blitz - High Jump Kick - U-turn - Sucker Punch [SET COMMENTS] Raboot makes for a threatening offensive pivot with its great Speed and powerful ability accompanied with strong...

Defensive Pivot (Lanturn) @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Volt Absorb / Water Absorb EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD Tera Type: Dragon Calm Nature - Volt Switch / Flip Turn - Scald / Discharge - Rest - Sleep Talk Lanturn has been making a splash in ZU as a specially defensive pivot with great...

[SET] Defensive (Quaxwell) @ Eviolite Ability: Torrent EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD Impish / Bold Nature - Rapid Spin - Flip Turn - Roost - Encore / Surf [SET COMMENTS] Quaxwell is a staple for NFE, being a crucial backbone to many teams for its ability to remove entry hazards, check top...