DOU 2025 Doubles Invitationals - Top 16

[Yoda2798]

Art by GenOne​

SPECIFIC RULES

• This is a standard SV Doubles OU tournament
• 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! (Main or SmogTours)
• To encourage the development of the metagame, and so that everyone is on an even playing field, replays are required for all matches.
• Activity calls will be made by me, potentially with neutral assistance from a Doubles OU Forum Moderator. Coin flips will be done publicly 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.
• Do not cheat. Cheating will result in a disqualification. Additional punishments may be applied as necessary. Cheating includes, but is not limited to:
  • Signing up with more than one account
  • Ghosting or being ghosted by another player (e.g. while playing a set, asking for advice about what team to bring or what plays to make)
  • Manipulating match outcomes (e.g. throwing a match in exchange for Smogon likes)
• Do not harass or insult your opponents. I reserve the right to disqualify anyone breaking this rule. Additional punishments may be applied as necessary.

Standard Rules and Clauses

• Endless Battle Clause: Players cannot use any moveset on any Pokémon capable of intentionally causing an endless battle. Thus:
  • A Pokémon may not carry Recycle and hold a Leppa Berry in conjunction with Heal Pulse and Milk Drink, Moonlight, Morning Sun, Recover, Roost, Slack Off, Soft-Boiled, or Wish.
  • A Pokémon may not hold a Leppa Berry while carrying Recycle and Pain Split.
  • A Pokémon may not hold a Leppa Berry while carrying Recycle and Fling
• Evasion Clause: Players cannot use the moves Double Team or Minimize.
• OHKO Clause: Players cannot use the moves Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, or Sheer Cold.
• Species Clause: Players cannot have two Pokémon with the same Pokédex number on the same team.
• Gravity Sleep Clause: Sleep moves with below one hundred percent accuracy may not be used in conjunction with Gravity.

Pokémon Restrictions
Players can only use Pokemon that are currently either obtainable in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet or transferable to Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.

Banlist

Players cannot use the following Pokémon:

• Annihilape
• Arceus (all formes)
• Archaludon
• Basculegion
• Calyrex-Ice
• Calyrex-Shadow
• Darkrai
• Deoxys-Attack
• Dialga
• Dialga-Origin
• Eternatus
• Flutter Mane
• Giratina
• Giratina-Origin
• Groudon
• Ho-Oh
• Koraidon
• Kyogre
• Kyurem-Black
• Kyurem-White
• Lugia
• Lunala
• Magearna
• Mewtwo
• Miraidon
• Necrozma-Dawn Wings
• Necrozma-Dusk Mane
• Palkia
• Palkia-Origin
• Rayquaza
• Reshiram
• Solgaleo
• Terapagos
• Urshifu
• Urshifu-Rapid-Strike
• Zacian
• Zacian-Crowned
• Zamazenta
• Zamazenta-Crowned
• Zekrom

Players cannot use the following abilities:

• Commander
• Sand Veil
• Shadow Tag
• Snow Cloak

Top 16
(Playercards by myself)

(1) bagel vs Actuarily (16)

(8) Schister vs Xrn (9)

(4) zee vs qrChar (13)

(5) SeaLife vs DaAwesomeDude1 (12)

(2) SMB vs Code (15)

(7) Yellow Paint vs Terekusai (10)

(3) MADARAAAA vs Hugo (14)

(6) breakfast enjoyer vs Yoda2798 (11)​

The deadline for Top 16 is <t:1766365140:F>. Please post match times on Discord, and good luck!

 

[pannu]

Go sealife go hugo

 

[Amaranth]

bagel vs Actuarily - feel like Actuarily tends to perform better in big moments + bagel probably has some winner hangover post osdt
Schister vs Xrn - xrn flipflops between best player youve ever seen and guy who learned the type chart last week but i think hes on an upswing lately
zee vs qrChar - zee is Popping Off lately you can see that theyre enjoying themselves and everything's clicking. auto bold vs anyone and my favorite to win this tournament based on form (though much like bagel winner hangover could hit any time)
SeaLife vs DaAwesomeDude1 - DAD1 is just so solid. SeaLife is really in tune with the meta and could find some automatic win MU magic, but I think in an even game DAD1 is going to be outplaying more often than not
SMB vs Code - it's SMB, dont need to justify bolding him in DOU ever
Yellow Paint vs Terekusai - pretty close playing ability in my mind between these two, but terekusai feels a bit hungrier and a bit more on the upswing. gives vibes of someone who will be sweating for the chance at a ribbon vs. painter who has been around for ages and probably isn't going to go the extra mile here
MADARAAAA vs Hugo - two brothers. i think Mada's got to be favored if he preps well, but Hugo can always unload some fuckass new demonic build that 6-0s you out of nowhere
breakfast enjoyer vs Yoda2798 - the enjoyer has been fun to watch but I think Yoda has been on a real tear in overall DOU 2025, moreso oldgens than SV but I think he's just generally locked in and leveled up overall. i rate him highly

copy for ur own predictions

bagel vs Actuarily
Schister vs Xrn
zee vs qrChar
SeaLife vs DaAwesomeDude1
SMB vs Code
Yellow Paint vs Terekusai
MADARAAAA vs Hugo
breakfast enjoyer vs Yoda2798

 

[Tyler Joseph]

Predicts time
(1) bagel vs Actuarily (16)

(8) Schister vs Xrn (9)

(4) zee vs qrChar (13)

(5) SeaLife vs DaAwesomeDude1 (12)

(2) SMB vs Code (15)

(7) Yellow Paint vs Terekusai (10)

(3) MADARAAAA vs Hugo (14)

(6) breakfast enjoyer vs Yoda2798 (11)
obviously all very strong players that are very deserving of being here, all of the mus are very close if not straight up coinflips for me. Rooting for my goats SeaLife, Code and Tere to take it home tho!!

 

[Viperino+1997]

GO HUGO!!!

 

[RoyalReloaded]

goooo sealife

 

[volcaronavgc]

sealife :furretwow: