Sign-Up Apprentice Program Signups: Old Gens OU

Username: Parmesan Cheese
PS! Username: PARMESSANCE
Signup Format: SS, SM, ORAS, BW, DPP, ADV, GSC, RBY
Timezone: EST (GMT -5)
Availability: Varries heavily. Usually on the weekends i’m free from 5 pm after and on weekdays it’s likely that one of the days i won’t be available at all and the others I’ll be available from 5 after.
Experience: I started playing all the way in 2020 and have been mainly on and off. I played a lot of gen 8 AG and got into the top 20 ranges and from there I was playing a lot of Nat dex with not much notable success. I recently took a very long break
Discord?: Yes, parmesancheese809
 
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Username: VZR
PS! Username: VZR
Signup Format: ADV OU
Your timezone: GMT-5
Usual Hours of Availability: After 7pm Weekdays, All Day Weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
ADV Mushi Leaguer who's been playing the format seriously since 2022 though I probably first touched the ADV OU ladder sometime around 2020 when I was still in high school. I've played in several tournaments and have experience in a few other formats though I am probably the most experienced in ADV at this point. My ladder peak is around 1650 and that happened a couple months ago, I currently have an alt sitting at around 1600 so I could probably get back there with some effort. The main reason I'm asking for help is because I feel like I have trouble going back and reviewing replays as well as building teams that cover important metagame threats.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yep (you can add me there as venomshoc)
 
Username:JoaF
PS! Username:JoaF
Signup Format:GSC OU
Your timezone:-5
Usual Hours of Availability:after 3pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): more experienced in adv, bw, and low tiers
Are you able to use Discord?:y
 
Username: Sagdiyev
PS! Username: veyidgas
Signup Format: BW OU, SS OU
Your timezone: EST (-5)
Usual Hours of Availability: Afternoons, usually from 3PM on
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Started playing competitive c. 2020 or so, made my account in 2021. A little bit of tour experience but never anything major. I've done analyses before. Took a long ass break for most of 2023-24 and am back now.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
 
Username: Stafepattern
PS! Username: Strafepattern
Signup Format: SMOU
Your timezone: Gmt-5 Central time
Usual Hours of Availability: I'm fairly flexible
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Hello there,
I have been playing competitive pokemon now for almost 8months, I have gained some experience through showdown tournaments and pixel mon minecraft, I feel I want to improve more and so here I am looking for a coach I usually hang around the SMOU discord server so you can find me there.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, My discord Name is: Strafepattern
 
Username: CringeLord!
PS! Username: Cringlord!
Signup Format: BW/SM/ORAS (pref bw)
Your timezone: GMT -5
Usual Hours of Availability: After 3:30 on weekdays and free most weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Started playing showdown a couple years back, didnt really take it super seriously until about 6 months ago? Played a lot of old gen ubers and Oras would consider myself to be competent Oras (peak 1670 yes ik ladder points dont matter). Looking to gain a deeper understanding of the tiers i play and get help with some tours im in right now ( Oras trios Bw ssnl Sm ssnl).
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes jadecrystals11
 
Username: Charmriah
PS! Username: FadedCharm
Signup Format: GSC OU
Your timezone: gmt-6
Usual Hours of Availability: I'm usually free after 12pm gmt-6
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been playing tournaments for about a little over a year now and I've played in a bunch of different tiers. I really wanted to learn an OU tier and gsc seemed to stick out to me the most. Hoping to learn a lot and be able to advance myself into the tier.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
 
Username:Supaslasher

PS! Username:Supaslasher

Signup Format: SS OU

Your timezone: EST

Usual Hours of Availability: Most times in between 6 AM and 6 PM EST.

Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):I love pokemon, have been a fan for the longest time. I played a little bit of gen 7, but Gen 8 is by far my favorite generation. I love Kartana, Aggron, and Toxepex.

Are you able to use Discord?: Yeah I am Oldtoaster
 
Username: Skyfall_
PS! Username: Sky High Fall
Signup Format: BW OU, XY OU, RBY OU
Your timezone: GMT +1
Usual Hours of Availability: I'm free most of days after 6pm gmt+1, in weekend i can only do in morning and night
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing PS for closed tours with friends where we played old gens ou tours only 4fun, now, I am starting in smogon and I want to know how to play these tiers competitively.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes
 
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Username: Poor_Gerald
PS! Username: Poor_Gerald
Signup Format: ORAS OU
Your timezone: GMT - 5
Usual Hours of Availability: Free most weeknights after 5PM GMT-5
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Used to play Gen 4 ou back when it was current--Was decent, mid ladder or so. Didn't really play any pokemon for over 10 years and just getting back into it now. Want to learn how to get past 12-1300 on showdown.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, it's Poor_Gerald

By the way, i totally understand that my account is too new, per the general rules. I've been a lifelong lurker! I figured it was best to come here and ask rather than post just for the sake of it.
 
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Username: tahatahat
PS! Username: tahat squared
Signup Format: RBY, GSC, ADV
Timezone: -5
Availability: Vy spotty during weekdays free af most weekends. Weird hours working until 7pm GMT -6 this summer so rip but I can make it happen
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): My last tutor got banished to the shadow realm but I'm less of a newgen (preview era) fan anyway I've found. Went 0-3 in GSCPL bringing immense shame to my manager and glorious french king OmBrArch and have been since coping by going even in random discord side pls for rby/gsc and sucking at adv. I'm semi-experienced in all 3 I'd say and have a basic amt of tier knowledge but am not an expert and my general mons fundamentals could use shoring up
Discord: yes
 
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Username: Incognition
PS! Username: Incognition
Signup Format: ORAS/ADV > SS/SM > DPP/BW
Your timezone: +0
Usual Hours of Availability: 6pm onwards weeknights, some Saturday's, Sunday afternoon onwards (GMT+0)
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): It's been a year since I joined the Smogon community and I've learnt a lot, where I've met amazing people and made friends along the way.

During this time I've entered several tours to learn different metas and get to know the wider community better, making decent runs. In 2024 I made the Last 16 of DPP Global Championships, finished 4-3 in the first Unova League (reached finals), 3-3 in LPL and making decent runs in other tours (several r4/5 etc)

I was tutored in BW by Cow but I'm looking for another tutor to help me continue my development in any of these tiers. So far in 2025 I've noticed my improvement:
  • SV RU Winter Seasonal Round 6 (Last 32)
  • SV ZU Open Round 4 (Last 12)
  • BW Trio Winner (5-1)
  • BW OU Winter Seasonal (Round 6)
  • ADV OU Winter Seasonal (Round 6)
  • DPP OU Winter Seasonal (Round 5)
  • SS OU Winter Seasonal (Round 5)
  • SM OU Winter Seasonal (Round 5)
  • LC Winter Seasonal (Round 5)
  • SmogCord Winter Seasonal (Round 7 / Last 16)
  • OST Round 4
I would like to focus more on particular gens and make further runs so my aim of being picked in DPPPL, BWPL, RCOP etc can be a reality. Ideally I'm looking for an active tutor who is willing to give their time and effort in helping me, and I'll repay them by making the same effort in practising and playing tours.

My weaknesses are teambuilding, identifying win-cons and midground plays, but with the number of tours and metas I've entered I feel I can adapt really quickly - I also like to pilot teams with short notice.

Despite work and other commitments in real, I'll always make the time to work on improvement and I strive for perfection, so I hope whoever picks me in the future will find me easy and fun to work with.

Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, prefer message but can voice chat if needed (Incognition)
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Username: gephicka
PS! Username: FIVE BIG BOOMS (among many other alts)
Signup Format: SS, SM, ADV
Your timezone: -6
Usual Hours of Availability: 2:30p-12p, diff hours within that window depending on the day
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Trying to get better at singles as a whole, have been playing on and off since Gen 8 but haven't really gotten involved on the smogon side of things until earlier this year. I'm trying to improve enough to win a tournament and just generally diversify my palette when it comes to OU.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yup.
 
Username: zRyan74
PS! Username: zRyan74
Signup Format: SSOU
Your timezone: GMT + 0
Usual Hours of Availability: pretty much everyday however weekdays i have college from 1pm-4pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I Started playing Competitively on smogon back in about september last year, i taught myself gen 7 to a fairly decent level then made friends and improved, now i want to branch off into other tiers and learn from new friends and new people how to play the tier. I want to learn ssou, because i feel it is my weakest fairy gen and i didnt win a single ssou game in masters (lol) and havent had much joy of recent, if youre an experienced SSOU player with decentish placements hmu

Are you able to use discord?: yes - my discord is zryan74
 
Username: Ali Gnome
PS! Username: ali.gnome
Signup Format: ADV OU
Your timezone: CET (GMT+1)
Usual Hours of Availability: 17:30 to 23:00, weekends all day til 20:00
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Played singles on and off since BW2 released, took a very large hiatus after gen 7 and got back into it in December of last year, fallen completely in love with ADV since and played in ADV revival 2 (very positive experience), want to sign up to more stuff and really get good at the tier

As for what ive already done to better myself, ive been watching a ton of content and laddering a bunch (mostly alts to try and get X-0 big streaks), feel like ive got the basics mostly down and know the common team structures/sets/mechanics, getting games with people who can do analysis afterwards and signed up to some tournaments.

Main teamstyles i enjoy using are:
- Special offense
- Italian/blue offense
- Stall
- Superman
- Anything i get off of ABR, like his teams a lot

Thanks a bunch for anyone reading so far! :)

Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, username is .alig.
 
Username: NDK
PS! Username: NDK
Signup Format: BW OU
Your timezone: GMT-4
Usual Hours of Availability: Weekends free whenever, Mondays after 7pm, Tuesday from 11 AM to 3pm. Wednesday after 5 PM. Thursday 11 AM-3pm, after 5pm, Fridays free whenever
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I have been seriously using Smogon for about 3 years now, starting in early 2022. Most of my experience has been in UU, as I have been playing that tier for 3 years and got drafted for UUFPL 3 times and UUBD once. I got drafted for BWPL, which made me interested in learning BW OU. I would like to learn more about the tier, and improve at mons in general.
Are you able to use Discord? Yes
 
你的Smogon ID：Corvikafka
你的PSID：Corvi01
想报名学习的分级：BW
你的时区：GMT+8
通常空闲的时间：除了睡觉都很空闲
简单介绍你的宝可梦对战经历(至少三句话)：20年g7ou末期g8ou初期入坑Pokemonshowdown一小段时间，后来退坑三年近期刚回坑，略懂5-9OU，想要精进自身实力。
 
Username: betathunder
PS! Username: betathunder
Signup Format: GSC OU
Your timezone: gmt -5
Usual Hours of Availability: 6-10 pm M-F, 3-10 pm Sat, 10 am - 5pm Sund
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been playing competitive mons on PS! for over a decade now, having been active in the OMs scene from 2015-2020 and rands scene from 2019-present. I'd like to get back into building and more mainstream tiers and i've been having fun playing GSC rands so I figured this would be a good tier to start in. mainly looking for building support & identifying common archetypes/strategies based off leads

Are you able to use Discord?: yes, my account name is betathunder
 
Username: Kokona Aoba
PS! Username: Varies, currently using anki grinder
Signup Format: SM OU
Your timezone: +5.5
Usual Hours of Availability: Evening I'm always free, also the weekend.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been laddering for around a year now, but got into seriously trying to learn metas around 6 months ago. I'm mostly experienced in ORAS OU (top 500 ladder peak, in Discord tours), and have been hoping to learn SM for a while. Since there might be an SM Mushi League soon, I thought it would be a good idea to get seriously into it now.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, krystallion1396
 
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Username: Ineros
PS! Username: Ineros
Signup Format: ORAS OU, SM OU, SS OU
Your timezone: gmt -5
Usual Hours of Availability: 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM my time on weekdays, free pretty much all day on weekends (my time)
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Started comp mons playing ndou and that has been my main format for a year and a half now, but I’ve been getting interested in fairy gens as well because of the games I’ve seen / played being really fun to watch and I want to be able to perform well in old gen individuals at some point. I have a baseline knowledge of these gens as I’ve played them in the past in certain tours but I want to become proficient in building because the team structures in these tiers catch my attention. I also want to improve my set recognition in these tiers / general in-game so I can perform better in future tours with them.
Are you able to use Discord?: ineros0135
 
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Username: Bahamut
PS! Username: Bahamut (usually find me in old shark room)
Signup Format: ORAS
Your timezone: EST
Usual Hours of Availability: Almost Any. I have a lot of free time during the day currently.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon: Well I can't say when i started playing mons but its been quite a few years now. I played gen 7 anything goes for a while off and on. eventually topped the ladder in that. I played a bit of gen 6 PH in the old shark room back when it was private a few years back and people such as Dramlamb and AVcosmoem were around. I eventually took a big break came back and saw there was a ladder for gen 6 PH. From there well my progression just kept going. I felt really happy the first time topping that ladder. After a long period of time now between building more teams topping the ladder a few more times and helping in a lot of the resources between analysis VR and being RO of Oldshark (with great help from NtoTheN and Mbouchon) I can't say my job is done with Gen 6 PH nor will it be entirely be but the meta has become bit more stale for myself personally. I have fooled around with a few other metas like gen 1 ou or played a random game of this or that from time to time but ORAS ou seems to be what I set my eyes on. There are so many metas to pick from but I just went with my gut and said hey Gen 6 seems more in my direction of style. I seriously want to get gud at this metagame and I actually want to develop skills a lot of the matchups and long-term positioning seem extremely hard for me.
DIscord: UmbralBahamut
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Username: JTChilly
PS! Username: JTChilly
Signup Format: ADV
Your timezone: CDT
Usual Hours of Availability: Generally free anytime between 5pm and midnight most days
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I’ve been playing Pokémon showdown since I first discovered competitive in gen 6, and as such I’ve played to obtain a skill level to give my favorite YouTubers a run for their money— despite how unrealistic of a dream that’s been. My goals, however, shifted after scraping into top 500 in randomized formats like gens 3, 5, 6, and 9, to achieving it in gen 3 OU, peaking at around top 50 (albeit it with a premade kingdra para spam team). Now that I see just how large the gap truly is, I’m hoping to take my journey far more seriously by actually understand the complexities of the game like proper team building, exploring any additional formats as directed, and play at a level showing considerably decent tournament participation that shows I hold my own in a pinch.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yup! My username is james4444041
 
Username: e-create
PS! Username: depends on which account im using to ladder but main account is arsen18=
Signup Format: ORAS ADV
Your timezone: gmt-5
Usual Hours of Availability: generally Saturday and Sunday
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
one of my first of matches was playing a game of ADV AND ORAS. out of all meta games I have played I realized that I enjoyed adv whether it be from the intricacies and details from before the physical special split and unique sets and niches can have.As for ORAS it was the best tier I ever laddered in reaching a 1500elo once. I realized I not only want to have fun in playing these old metagames I actually want to be better at it.

Are you able to use Discord?: yes the user name is e-create
 
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Username: LogOffNow

PS! Username: skylink42

Signup Format: ORAS OU, ADV OU

Your timezone: GMT +7

Usual Hours of Availability: after 2pm and before 10pm everyday

Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Started playing mon competitively few years ago and i'm interested on getting better on my favorite gen.

Are you able to use Discord?: yes
 
Username: Corvinus
PS! Username: corvinus II
Signup Format: RBY OU, GSC OU, DPP OU
Your timezone: GMT -4 (EDT)
Usual Hours of Availability: 4pm to Midnight is preferred
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've played showdown very casually since 2021, but didn't try to improve until about 8-12 months ago, courtesy of Jimothy Cool and BKC on youtube. I feel good about my skill, but I want to go from just pushing buttons well and mostly stealing teams to being a skilled teambuilder and having better vision and planning in battle. I've signed up for these tiers because I want to play in the Smogon Classic eventually, and I want to pick up another tier besides ADV.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, discord: corvinusii (voice is good)
 
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