The Walkthrough Tournament - Sun & Moon Edition [Round 2]

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The Walkthrough Tournament
Sun & Moon Edition


Hello everyone, and welcome to another edition of the Walkthrough Tournament! In this tournament, you will play an edited version of Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon. You will start as a new trainer in the Alola region, trying to beat the Island Challenge and proving to everyone that you are the very best.

Each round of the tournament will take place at a different time in your journey. For example, the first round will take place in Verdant Cave during Melemele's Challenge, which means that your pool of available Pokémon and items will be limited by what is available in the games.

This tournament is Best of one, based on Smogon's SM OU ruleset. The General tournament rules and regulation are in effect.

SM OU clauses:
  • Sleep Clause. A player cannot put two or more different opposing Pokémon to sleep using attacks that induce sleep to opposing Pokémon.

  • Evasion Clause. A player cannot increase their pokémon's evasion stat with a move that specifically increases evasion. Items or indirect boosts do not break this clause.

  • OHKO Clause. Players cannot use moves that have a chance of instantly KO opposing Pokémon. For example, Horn Drill is an illegal move to have on a Pokémon's move set.

  • Species Clause. You cannot use the same Pokemon twice on the same team. For example, you cannot use two Snorlax.

  • And of course, you are not allowed to play any Pokémon in the Ubers tier.
Walkthrough Tournament specific rules:
  • Each round will be placed at a different part of the games Pokemon Sun & Moon. There will be restrictions in level, Pokemon availability, TM availability and item availability. These will be dependent on where you are in the game. As the rounds go on, more things will obviously open up.

  • You are not required to send teams to me for approval, but if you have questions on whether your team is legal, feel free to ask me.

  • Choices in the game: being either picking the version, picking the starter, or any other choice I don't have in mind right now, you are allowed to change between each rounds. You can only play one starter at the same round, but playing Rowlet round one won't prevent you from bringing Primarina in finals. In the same vein, you cannot bring two Pokémon exclusive to the opposite versions in the same round, but you are allowed to use Oranguru (Moon Exclusive), then Whimsicott (Sun Exclusive) the following round.

  • Allowed moves: you can use any move as long as the Pokémon (or any pre-evolution) learns it earlier than the current level limit OR the Pokémon can learn the move from an available TM. For the sake of simplicity: every egg move is banned, moves that would be unavailable without heart scale but that the Pokémon learns at a lower level are allowed. Also Smeargle is banned.

  • Early overpowered stuff: just like in any other game, Sun & Moon gives us its share of broken early stuff. For this reason, Pokémon exclusive to SOS calls will be banned in the earliest rounds (no lvl 5 Snorlax and lvl 10 Salamence, sorry). Evolutions by happiness and trading are also delayed to a future round.

  • Some HA are available through the SOS calls. I will tell precisely which HA is available, to avoid any confusion. They won't be available before the releasing of SOS battles though.
I know there are a lot of rules, but be sure that I will do everything I can in order to make the list of available stuff as clear as possible. If there is any argument wether a team is legal or not, this list will be the only judge (even if I make a mistake and the list doesn't reflect the game, sorry).
Round 2 (courtesy of Esteemed SPL Host Ginku):
Heysup vs Vanillish Wafer
GOAO vs Nouvelle Vague
Marrano vs MiyoKa
Snowy. vs HotSkittyOnWailord
Arifeen vs Celysi
-herO- vs HC
Tony vs Eternal Spirit
antemortem vs haru.
BIAF vs groudon518
Temperarious vs Baton Mash
Bushtush vs Empo
MetalGro$$ vs Agammemnon
Aramonia vs Vinc2612
fatty vs acidphoenix
Quite Quiet vs Quint_
MikeDecIsHere vs Megazard

The deadline for the second round is Sunday, Januar 29th, 11:00 PM GMT+1.
 
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Round 2: Spotlight on Royal Avenue

Location: Battle Royal Dome
Continuing on your journey, you arrive at the Royal Avenue. Everything around you tickles your battler instincts. What else could you expect from a location made for battling? Not like it is of a big deal either because, guess what, the perfect opponent is waiting for you.


Level limit: 25

Pokémon listing:

Rowlet / Dartrix, Litten / Torracat, Popplio / Brionne - max one
Caterpie / Metapod / Butterfree
Alolan Rattata / Raticate
Pikipek / Trumbeak
Ledyba / Ledian
Spinarak / Ariados
Yungoos / Gumshoos
Pichu / Pikachu
Grubbin / Charjabug
Slowpoke
Wingull / Pelipper
Alolan Meowth / Persian
Magnemite
Alolan Grimer
Abra / Kadabra
Drowzee
Spearow / Fearow
Growlithe
Cutiefly / Ribombee
Makuhita / Hariyama
Crabrawler
Machop
Bonzly / Sudowoodoo
Munchlax / Snorlax
Tentacool
Finneon
Zubat / Golbat / Crobat
Alolan Diglett
Roggenrola / Boldore
Carbink
Psyduck
Spinda
Magikarp / Gyarados
Corsola
Luvdisc
Wishiwashi
Gastly / Haunter
Misdreavus
Drifloon
Mankey
Delibird
Bagon
Shellder
Oricorio (Pom-pom Style / Pa’u Style)
Barboach
Eevee / Espeon / Umbreon / Sylveon
Igglybuff / Jigglypuff
Lillipup / Herdier
Mudbray
Tauros
Miltank
Fomantis
Bounsweet / Steenee
Paras / Parasect
Poliwag / Poliwhirl
Surskit / Masquerain
Dewpider / Araquanid
Morelull / Shiinotic
Feebas
Alomomola
Rockruff
Sun Exclusive: Midday Form Lycanroc, Rufflet, Cottonee
Moon Exclusive: Midnight Form Lycanroc, Vullaby, Petilil


Item listing:

Quick Claw
Silver Powder
Sharp Beak
TwistedSpoon
Lagging Tail
Metal Coat
Black Sludge
Black Belt
Wide Lens (one)
Hard Stone
Soft Sand
Silk Scarf (one)
Shell Bell (one)
Red Card (one)
Poison Barb
Expert Belt (one)
Never-Melt Ice (one)
Adrenalin Orb (one)
Scope Lens (one)
Mystic Water
Bright Powder (one)
Focus Band
Luminous Moss
Dragon Fang
Leftovers
Absorb Bulb
Light Clay
Miracle Seed
Oran Berry
Sitrus Berry
Chesto Berry
Cheri Berry
Leppa Berry
Persim Berry
Pecha Berry
Aspear Berry
Lum Berry
Figy Berry
Wiki Berry
Mago Berry
Aguav Berry
Iapapa Berry


TM listing:

TM 01 (Work Up)
TM 05 (Roar)
TM 07 (Hail)
TM 10 (Hidden Power)
TM 11 (Sunny Day)
TM 16 (Light Screen)
TM 17 (Protect)
TM 18 (Rain Dance)
TM 20 (Safeguard)
TM 21 (Brick Break)
TM 37 (Sandstorm)
TM 41 (Torment)
TM 44 (Rest)
TM 46 (Thief)
TM 48 (Round)
TM 49 (Echoed Voice)
TM 54 (False Swipe)
TM 55 (Scald)
TM 56 (Fling)
TM 57 (Charge Beam)
TM 62 (Acrobatics)
TM 70 (Aurora Veil)
TM 83 (Infestation)
TM 87 (Swagger)
TM 88 (Sleep Talk)
TM 96 (Nature Power)
TM 100 (Confide)


Tutors:

Grass Pledge
Fire Pledge
Water Pledge


Z-Crystals:

Normalium Z
Fightinium Z
Waterium Z
 
I lost in round 1 Vinc2612
unless there's a reason I don't know about why I should still be in Round 2?
Sorry if I miss anything.

My bad, thank you for correcting me

Temperarious vs Baton Mash

I won vs tjdaas in r1 :|

From the replay:
★Arifeen: x
★tjdaas: I will sack this thing or do you want to take the win?
★Arifeen: Uh
+Kushalos: why do you even play
+Kushalos: in these random ass tours
★Arifeen: its fun to build
★Arifeen: / steal teams
★Arifeen: and uh
★Arifeen: just sack this

So yeah, since you said you were cool with him just throwing the illegal Pokémon, I assumed you didn't take the win out of that. So, do you?
 
My bad, thank you for correcting me

Temperarious vs Baton Mash



From the replay:
★Arifeen: x
★tjdaas: I will sack this thing or do you want to take the win?
★Arifeen: Uh
+Kushalos: why do you even play
+Kushalos: in these random ass tours
★Arifeen: its fun to build
★Arifeen: / steal teams
★Arifeen: and uh
★Arifeen: just sack this

So yeah, since you said you were cool with him just throwing the illegal Pokémon, I assumed you didn't take the win out of that. So, do you?
I talked to him after the battle, and he told me to take the win. You can see his support in that as he liked my post. Tagging tjdaas to confirm if necessary.
 
Oh I forgot to talk about events

No event at all thourough the tournament. No Magearna either. It's only what the game provide.
 
So, are we allowed to use illegal moves? For instance, Snorlax cannot use Rest before level 28, unless I am mistaken.
 
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