SPECIFIC RULES
- This is a standard XY Doubles OU tournament. Here is the main XY DOU resource.
- This tournament will be Single Elimination.
- Rounds will be Best of Three. You may switch teams in between battles of the same set.
- Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown!
- To encourage the development of the metagame, and so that everyone is on an even playing field, all matches must have replays recorded. Only games shown in a replay will be counted.
- If you are found signing up under more than one alt, you will be banned from circuit events for life.
- Activity calls will be made by me, potentially with neutral assistance from a TD / the other Grand Prix hosts. Coin flips will be done on PS!
- In the event that something is added to or removed from the Doubles OU metagame in the middle of a round, that change will be in effect starting the next round. Doubles Ubers is available as a challenge option if something is banned mid-round.
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokemon with the same PokeDex number on his team.
- Evasion Clause: The moves Double Team and Minimize are banned. (No other evasion boosting things 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.
- Swagger Clause: Swagger is banned.
- Uber Clause: Anything that appears on Doubles OU's banlist is banned. This is the banlist for Doubles OU:
- Mewtwo
- Lugia
- Ho-oh
- Kyogre
- Groudon
- Rayquaza
- Jirachi
- Dialga
- Palkia
- Giratina
- Giratina-Origin
- Shaymin-Sky
- Arceus
- Reshiram
- Zekrom
- Kyurem-White
- Xerneas
- Yveltal
- Dark Void
- Gravity and sleep moves with below 100% accuracy
- Salamencite
- Soul Dew
Pairings:
Sasa vs Bdlc
Mint16 vs SoulWind
DaAwesomeDude1 vs Spurrific
Ninjadog13 vs Vaboh
txitxas vs GotCookies
Wamr vs talkingtree
stax vs marilli
qsns vs Marowak10
Lugia Proto vs Amaranth
MajorBowman vs EternalSnowman
umbreon098 vs n1n1
Mr.GX vs Kiichikos
London13 vs Nido-Rus
duckpond vs Tikkito
Stratos vs Frrf
DarkAngeallenq.q vs soTsoT
Memoric vs Yami
DugZa vs AuraRayquaza
eifo vs Mizuhime
Ezrael vs Paraplegic
AtmosphereVGC vs SMB
Qwello Lee vs voltix31
Tman vs IamJabberwocky
The Thunderbirds vs Haki
Sunrose vs zeMurray
LightScreener vs Mishimono
YoBuddy vs Demantoid
fespy vs Yoda2798
Human vs Pigeons
zugubu royale vs Croven
emforbes vs frisoeva
Byes:
Shadowmonstr4
For transparency, here is the bracket: https://challonge.com/rahguxk
The deadline for this round is June 17 at 9:59 PM Eastern time (GMT-4).
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