Welcome to the 2025 SV UnderUsed Ladder Tournament! After spectacular wins by starbitstorm and ASKOV the last two years, we return with the for the ladder tournament! In this tournament, players will compete for a top spot on the ladder, and the top 8 from each cycle will then qualify for the playoffs phase. On top of that, qualifying will yield points for the official UnderUsed Circuit, in which players will compete at the end of the year for a chance to earn one of the coveted ribbons.
You can follow the tournament in the UULT room!
To further explain the tournament, let's take a look at the separate stages.
Qualifying Phase
During this stage, everyone wishing to participate will sign up with a fresh alt starting with the week's given tag. Similarly to previous editions, your rank will reset every week and you will be asked to sign up with a new alt. In this actual laddering portion of the tournament, players will fight on the Gen 9 UU ladder, trying to claim a spot in the top 8. Those who manage to claim one of the spots will be part of the playoffs phase. The #9 and #10 of each week will be used as potential substitutes, should they be needed, and the order of substitutes is also determined by ELO. Both qualifying players and substitutes may, of course, play again during the next week, as they can potentially directly qualify. However, players choosing to qualify multiple times in different cycles will not be counted as the playoffs phase is randomised and swiss-based.
If I find out you used an already registered alt, you will be disqualified from the tournament.
The Deadlines for the 4 cycles will be on a 6-hour cycle to allow people of different timezones to qualify for playoffs.
Cycle One Deadline - <t:1747623600:f>
Cycle Two Deadline - <t:1748250000:f>
Cycle Three Deadline - <t:1748876400:f>
Cycle Four Deadline - <t:1749502800:f>
Note: These times are automatically converted to your own timezone!
Playoffs Phase
This part is fairly straight-forward. During this stage, the top 32 will face off in a single elimination, Best-of-3 SV UU bracket. The first stage of the playoffs phase, where the 32 qualified players will battle each other in a swiss bracket to see who moves on to the top 16. Players continue playing in this swiss stage until they have won or lost two matches. In the second stage of playoffs, where only 16 remaining players remain, they will battle each other in a single elimination bracket to see who wins the whole thing.
Tour Specific Rules:
Standard Rules and Clauses:
Swiss Round 3
Megastar54 vs starbitstorm
dragonitenb vs Zephyri
chansey and lulu vs 1024 hello
zugubu royale vs Sirwings
Javi vs Nikebeamz
hi.naming is hard vs Lily
yiyueweiming vs nishikino kotori
seraphz vs 691
The deadline for this round is <t:1751255940:F>. Good luck everyone!
You can follow the tournament in the UULT room!
To further explain the tournament, let's take a look at the separate stages.
Qualifying Phase
During this stage, everyone wishing to participate will sign up with a fresh alt starting with the week's given tag. Similarly to previous editions, your rank will reset every week and you will be asked to sign up with a new alt. In this actual laddering portion of the tournament, players will fight on the Gen 9 UU ladder, trying to claim a spot in the top 8. Those who manage to claim one of the spots will be part of the playoffs phase. The #9 and #10 of each week will be used as potential substitutes, should they be needed, and the order of substitutes is also determined by ELO. Both qualifying players and substitutes may, of course, play again during the next week, as they can potentially directly qualify. However, players choosing to qualify multiple times in different cycles will not be counted as the playoffs phase is randomised and swiss-based.
If I find out you used an already registered alt, you will be disqualified from the tournament.
The Deadlines for the 4 cycles will be on a 6-hour cycle to allow people of different timezones to qualify for playoffs.
Cycle One Deadline - <t:1747623600:f>
Cycle Two Deadline - <t:1748250000:f>
Cycle Three Deadline - <t:1748876400:f>
Cycle Four Deadline - <t:1749502800:f>
Note: These times are automatically converted to your own timezone!
Playoffs Phase
This part is fairly straight-forward. During this stage, the top 32 will face off in a single elimination, Best-of-3 SV UU bracket. The first stage of the playoffs phase, where the 32 qualified players will battle each other in a swiss bracket to see who moves on to the top 16. Players continue playing in this swiss stage until they have won or lost two matches. In the second stage of playoffs, where only 16 remaining players remain, they will battle each other in a single elimination bracket to see who wins the whole thing.
Tour Specific Rules:
- This is a standard SV UU tournament.
- Best of three, swiss tournament.
- Matchups are based on seeds.
- Matches are to be played on Pokémon Showdown (main or smogtours).
- All matches are to be played in [Gen 9] UU. If a ban or unban to the tier occurs during a round, the change will take effect as of the following round.
- Replays are required, if you don't post them / if they aren't public, your games will not count.
Standard Rules and Clauses:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokémon with the same Pokédex number on his team.
- Sleep Clause: You cannot inflict sleep upon more than one member of the opposing team.
- Evasion Clause: The moves Double Team and Minimize 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.
Swiss Round 3
Megastar54 vs starbitstorm
dragonitenb vs Zephyri
chansey and lulu vs 1024 hello
zugubu royale vs Sirwings
Javi vs Nikebeamz
hi.naming is hard vs Lily
yiyueweiming vs nishikino kotori
seraphz vs 691
The deadline for this round is <t:1751255940:F>. Good luck everyone!
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