Art by Finchely, Graphics Overlay by KineSquared
Welcome to the UUbers Swiss 2! This will be a swiss tournament with a final knockout bracketin the Ubers UU format, to celebrate the format's 1-year anniversary since it was created on reddit! This is a sequel of UUbers Swiss, which was discord-only tournament from before we were smogon recognized. From experienced players from its roots to Smogon folk curious about the format and everybody in between, this tournament is for you! The games will be a best of three held in the Ubers UU format on Pokemon Showdown. All replays must be posted to the round's thread for a win to count, and each round will take one week.
About Swiss Format
This tournament uses a Swiss format, where everyone plays as long as they can make knockout bracket. The knockout bracket will be single elimination, with size depending on playercount. All matches will be a Best of 3 in SV Ubers UU.
Once Round 7 concludes, there will be 66 qualified players who went 5-2 or better. There will be a break weak in which the four lowest resistance players within 5-2 will play, bringing the total to a neat 64. Seeding will prioritize ranking, with players who achieved a qualifying record being seeded higher the earlier they qualified. Within ranks, these players will be ranked by Resistance, which is the cumulative win percentage all of their opponents throughout the Swiss phase.
Once Round 7 concludes, there will be 66 qualified players who went 5-2 or better. There will be a break weak in which the four lowest resistance players within 5-2 will play, bringing the total to a neat 64. Seeding will prioritize ranking, with players who achieved a qualifying record being seeded higher the earlier they qualified. Within ranks, these players will be ranked by Resistance, which is the cumulative win percentage all of their opponents throughout the Swiss phase.
Here are some useful Ubers UU resources:
- Sample Teams
- Viability Rankings
- Speed Tiers
Here are some Smogon tournament resources:
- Tournament Rules
- Scheduling Guidance
- Smogtours [will automatically save your replays!] and Smogtours server information
- SV Ubers UU Banlist: Found here, Pokémon in the "Banned by Usage" and "Banned by the community" categories are not allowed to be used. Any change in tiering will not take effect until the following round.
- Sleep Clause: A player cannot put two or more different opposing Pokémon to sleep using attacks that induce sleep to opposing Pokémon.
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two of the same Pokémon on their team. For example, a player cannot have two Koffing on his or her team.
- Evasion Clause: A player cannot use the moves Double Team or Minimize in their Pokémon's movesets.
- OHKO Clause: Players cannot use Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, or Fissure in any of their Pokémon's movesets.
- Team Preview: Players must turn on the Team Preview feature where players can view the opposing team's Pokémon and choose their lead Pokémon.
- Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, he/she loses.
- Endless Battle Clause: Any moveset on any Pokémon that is capable of intentionally causing an endless battle is banned from competitive play. Check this thread for more information.
- Baton Pass Clause: The move Baton Pass is banned outright.
About Activity Decisions
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
Host discretion will be applied for all unplayed games. This means that an activity win will not be automatically granted if you post, and a lack of post does not automatically result in a coinflip.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
Host discretion will be applied for all unplayed games. This means that an activity win will not be automatically granted if you post, and a lack of post does not automatically result in a coinflip.
Prize Pool
This tournament is eligible for a community-funded prize pool, and will be listed here if/when a prize pool is contributed. Contact KineSquared on Smogon (or Discord at KineSquared) if you wish to contribute to a prize pool.
$50 - KineSquared
$100 - Finchely
$600 - Jusfordlolz
Prize pool will be distributed as such to the knockout rbacket finishers:
Out at 9th (top 16) - $10
Out at 5th (top 8) - $25
Out at 3rd (Top 4) - $45
2nd place finisher - $100
1st Place Finisher - $380, more than half the entire prize pot!
In addition, the first place winner will feature in a youtube video on the Ubers UU Channel that covers the tour!
Deadline for Week 1 Matches is Sunday, October 20th, at 23:59 EST (GMT -4).
Matchups (Bracketmaker Link):
Beemo666 vs AKhant
Medeia vs Senkusu
Arbysleep vs Reje
Frito vs RTM
Bouff vs DripLegend
Noah Aloha vs BoingK
austinerzs vs Cam
cherif18 vs Slikkles
Jojen vs Akashi
Portobello vs Suzuya
Sagdiyev vs swinubfan44
Draxolotl vs doso749
Fragments vs Corporate Donkey
feen vs Ewin
azogue vs Adriyun
Volty vs Staraptor
xander073 vs ButterGod
Zoda123! vs Duke Sux
IcyScream vs Fusion Flare
CW1999 vs Scizornite
the13thguy vs Tanny89k
Mimikyu Stardust vs Exotic64
Tmuniz vs ErroDeDigitacao
yomaalt vs AmericanPi
Drud vs Magiblaziken69
Kizaco vs Stampi
GeneralGalaxyGamer vs v4tex
Saadhak vs shreyashhy
jyusaan vs soxlz
OceanicGamer vs Go make a sandwitch
JustCallMeFish vs TubeKnight
8142e33 vs The_AG
Ampha vs eninlol4
zaydapoketrainer vs xdRudi.exe
Hrishioo7 vs Vertigo
MAVERICK SHOOTERS vs spell
The8thSamurai vs tier
KineSquared vs Finchely
ontario oshawott vs KeshBa54
FalseFighter vs Dorron
Dragon24 vs teal6
thajester vs db
sluGGy vs Lacks
Arpitraj0 vs Peum
Rowlet69420 vs Kingsous
giove97 vs sinnabyss
Leo Justice vs Call me PK
Imperial vs Blazing
Jhonx~ vs Vholtninja
Squeeby vs Yelou
ExguardiaN vs Iride
Nebula6442 vs Yveltyyy
Samoth vs Beanslinger2
Mozonite vs Flames Of Elixir
Lightniong vs Maia
Charger1744 vs SwordIsBored
VigilanteVigoroth vs Calmmind75
Jusfordlolz vs horriii
BigDaddyAddy vs Kabilapok
Banbadoro vs Terracotta
Piyu vs Antonitaly
halaman95 vs mkap
termnal vs Poosh_i
BigFatMantis vs dracopull
ronald777 vs Tizio Potente Ao
Oomaestro1234 vs IJatioss
Sir Tetris vs One Last Kiss
LovelyLuna vs kn1ght#6969
Lime vs Hovercat2475
Binacle Pinnacle vs memedose46
Shucklegigas vs avaluggsimp
vesp vs PociekMociek
Lily vs Nitro524
kimerCat vs hikznat
Shivam_Z vs Remake
DinoTheGoat vs keji
Fc vs Baddy
Mik3ymon vs Stareal
Aloysius Sycamore vs Mwoonn
GGwebas vs Bye 1
BloodAce vs Bye 2
StreetBoom vs Bye 3
mestreoscar vs frankjosh
LimonPokefan vs Bye 5
Career Ended vs Bye 6
Rasche vs Bye 7
powergo1 vs Bye 8
Martianonice vs Bye 9
GBD777 vs Bye 10
SBAP vs avarice
marsmallo vs Bye 12
Shadow079 vs Bye 13
polt vs Bye 14
PTKmoekyuun vs Bye 15
violet river vs Bye 16
FlamPoke vs Mom Lover
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