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 Mint16) vs Spurrific
txitxas vs stax
MajorBowman vs Kiichikos
duckpond vs Stratos
Memoric vs Ezrael
SMB vs Tman
(Shadowmonstr4 vs Sunrose) vs YoBuddy
Yoda2798 vs emforbes
For transparency, here is the bracket: https://challonge.com/rahguxk
Extension deadline is June 27 at 9:59 PM Eastern Time (GMT-4)
The deadline for this round is July 1 at 9:59 PM Eastern time (GMT-4).
