Sign-Up Apprentice Program Signups: Old Gens OU

[Thor]

Welcome to Battling 101! If you're seeking a tutor for Old Gens OU, you are in the right place. Please read all the rules carefully and fill out every part of the application.

Available Formats:
SS OU, SM OU, XY OU, BW OU, DPP OU, ADV OU, GSC OU, RBY OU

THE RULES

• You must be able to access Discord, or whatever your tutor wants as the primary form of communication.
• You must be willing to use Pokemon Showdown! even if you are being tutored in a cartridge format such as Battle Spot or VGC.
• You, the tutee, should have at least 15 posts before signing up AND your account's age should be a minimum of at least 1 month old before signing up.
  • This is not a strict requirement meaning you may still be paired without satisfying it, so no matter what, DO NOT spam post elsewhere in the forum. That is an infractable offense and we do not encourage such behavior from potential Tutees.
• You must have battled competitively for a decent amount in at least ONE of the Smogon tiers or Battle Spot / VGC to sign up. Playing 10 or so matches on the PS! ladder is not substantial enough, ~70 or so is more reasonable. This experience does not need to be for the format you sign-up for; this is just to weed out people who have never played competitively that can improve themselves simply by using resources already available to them without needing a tutor to hold their hand.
• You, the tutee, are responsible for setting up times with your tutor. When you receive the Smogon notification informing you of the pairing, please take the initiative and post on their VM wall first. Continued scheduling and communication is key to a successful pairing!
• Use the Tutee Talk forum to complain about your tutor (or praise them if they're doing a good job). These are no longer mandatory, but if your tutor is ridiculously inactive or is a complete jackass, COMPLAIN HERE. Nobody can see your tutee talk posts except for you and the Battling 101 Staff; everything is confidential.
• Signups older than 4 months or 1 month since last login will be considered inactive. These will be moved to the Inactive Posts thread, and can be returned back to this thread by request.
• Tutors can and will drop you if sessions go badly, and significant violations may result in a ban from B101. Be active, be enthusiastic, be respectful. Make the best of your time together!

Here is the signup template, and an example sign-up post.

Username:
PS! Username:
Signup Format:
Your timezone:
Usual Hours of Availability:
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
Are you able to use Discord?:

Username: Shiba
PS! Username: Big Sean
Signup Format: SV OU
Your timezone: EST (GMT -5)
Usual Hours of Availability: weekdays 8 PM - 12 AM, weekends 12 PM - 12 AM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing competitively in early XY and spammed Baton Pass on the ladder. I was pretty skilled I guess. I then got more involved with Smogon and started to play in various tournaments like UUPL and later on Snake and SPL. I could use a bit more practice in this tier though, so I'm looking to get help
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes

Signup template for Chinese language tutoring:

你的Smogon ID：
你的PSID：
想报名学习的分级：
你的时区：
通常空闲的时间：
简单介绍你的宝可梦对战经历(至少三句话)：

 

[phosphor]

Signups for Chinese language tutoring are now available for the following tiers: RBY OU, GSC OU, DPP OU, BW OU, ORAS OU, SM OU, SS OU

Use this template to sign up for it:

你的Smogon ID：
你的PSID：
想报名学习的分级：
你的时区：
通常空闲的时间：
简单介绍你的宝可梦对战经历(至少三句话)：

 

[Ineros]

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

 

[tsukinomiko]

Username: tsukinomiko
PS! Username: tsukinomiko
Signup Format: ADV OU, DPP OU, BW OU
Your timezone: GMT -5 (CDT)
Usual Hours of Availability: Available in the afternoon/evening on most days after about 4 PM.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I got onroaded to ADV about six months ago, have a bit of tour experience but not really satisfied with my skill level and looking to improve. I've played some of and been interested in DPP and BW for a while and really want to improve at those as well. I play almost every OU every now and then but I'm particularly focused on improving at these three oldgens. I really enjoy teambuilding in all three, and would like to reach a skill level where I can do it more comfortably.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, my disc is tsukinomiko_

 

[venesha]

Username: averagetoxapexlover

PS! Username: Pex Universe

Signup Format: BW OU

Your timezone: GMT-4

Usual Hours of Availability: 4pm - 12 am

Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Been playing on the site for 3 years, mainly been playing SS OU, SSND, and SVND. I haven’t had much tournament prevalence but i have always been attending/signing up for
them before i was banned and currently.

Are you able to use Discord?: Yes

 

[Gochan]

Username: Gochan
PS! Username: Gochan
Signup Format: BW OU,ORAS OU, SM OU, SS OU
Your timezone: GMT -4
Usual Hours of Availability: Mostly I'm available on nights after 8 pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been playing since Gen 5, when I started it was usually for fun and not getting so serious I played mostly in a hispanic server so that's where I came with some builds little crazy but it worked. Time has passed and I wanted to improve those tiers that I played before, I'm getting better playing SS to be honest making to the quarterfinals of the SSLT that was made recently I hope that can counts lol, making 5-2 masters league and a 6-3 on OUFL, also last year I was close to make it to the top cut on Smogon masters doing a 6-3. I don't wanna be only a SS player I want to be helpful with other tiers and even with buildings so I can fit for any team.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, Gochan_n

 

[ManbaStrike15]

Username: ManbaStrike15
PS! Username: Famus123
Signup Format: dpp ou
Your timezone: gmt -4
Usual Hours of Availability: I can every day except Wednesday and Thursday from 9:00 PM - 1:00 AM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing the tier around 2021 on a Latin American platform, I found it fun but that was it. Then I started playing it again starting in 2023 when I wanted to improve but due to studies I put it aside and now starting in 2024 I started playing more actively, I reached round 3 in DPP CUP X, now I tried to play championship but I left round 1 and I wanted to play outside of smog in other places and it didn't go very well either. I would like to become more competent in this tier.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes

 

[Nichalho]

Username: Nichalho
PS! Username: Nichalho
Signup Format: SM OU and/or SS OU
Your timezone: GMT -4
Usual Hours of Availability: Evenings on weekdays, more open on weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I played gen 7 and 8 when they were current gen, but not at any competitive level. Recently I've been playing them in tours like Masters, STour and Seasonals and not only have I found I've improved, but I've been enjoying playing these gens a lot more. I'd love the chance to refresh my memory a bit and learn the intricacies of either of these metas in the hopes to continue growing and playing them more competitively.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes

 

[mangoose49]

Username: mangoose49
PS! Username: mangoose49
Signup Format: ADV OU
Your timezone: GMT +10
Usual Hours of Availability: Just finishing up uni exams so I'll have near full availability outside of weekend afternoon/evenings. This is discounting random, one off commitments.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): A couple of years ago I started playing occasionally and in the last year or so I've played more regularly. Started with Pure Hackmons but I have more experience in ADV. Recently I've started feeling like my understanding of pokemon is flawed. For instance, I can't quite work out the essential components of a particular game are, or what needs to be done for me to win exactly.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, (djohnson7965)

 

[Dastardlydwarf]

Username: Dastardlydwarf
PS! Username: Dastardlydwarf
Signup Format: ORAS OU/DPP OU/GSC OU
Your timezone: GMT+1
Usual Hours of Availability: im free most days in the evening or afternoon apart from Thursday and Saturday evening.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I have been playing in mainly adv tours for about a year and a half now and playing diffrent ladders on and off over that period of time. I have never really done amazing in any of the tours I have joined. I Mainly play ADV OU and have a middling understanding of the tier, I would like to learn a new tier.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes Dastardlydwarf on discord

 

[RedEllipse]

Username: Ellipse
PS! Username: ellipsettv
Signup Format: ADV OU
Your timezone: GMT+1
Usual Hours of Availability: any time during the weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Ive been playing since gen 4 and im still bad
Are you able to use Discord?: redellipse_

 

[GOATED im_m0rtal.]

Username: GOATED im_m0rtal.
PS! Username: GOAT im_m0rtal.
Signup Format: BW OU, SM OU, ORAS OU
Your timezone: +5.5
Usual Hours of Availability: pretty free besides exam, very flexible
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): started around 7/8 months ago. Used to play SV then transitioned into ORAS and SM where ive had some success. I find BW very fun, and want to increase my knowledge of that tier. I have decentish knowledge in SM and ORAS but i wish to achieve mastery of these tiers to some extent. I can build decently, but want to click better and reach a ladder peak. Been drafted for 2 PLs till now but i want to increase that.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes

 

[Toryyy]

Username: Toryyy
PS! Username: Tory4
Signup Format: RBY OU, GSC OU, DPP OU, XY OU, SM OU, SS OU
Your timezone: GMT-3
Usual Hours Of Availability: 2PM to 11PM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I frequently play ladder, mainly SV OU and SV ND. I have minimal experience in gens 1, 2, 4, 6 OU, a little more in SM and quite a bit in SS. I'm currently looking to improve in the ones I already have some experience in and learn in the ones I don't.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes

 

[HeyYa!_Forte]

Username: HeyYa!_Forte
PS! Username: HeyYa!_Forte
Signup Format: ADV OU
Your timezone: Gmt-5

Usual Hours of Availability: Most evenings after 4:30 (-5 gmt), or all day most weekends

Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I have been playing ADV OU for about 2 years, and have been competing in tours for 1.5 years. I have been fortunate enough to have a relatively fast come up that I am very proud of, placing top 32 in many tours (ADV Winter Seasonal 2024, Old Money Open 2024, Mugulis Cup 2024, Winter Classic 2025), going 6-3 in ADVR 2, and making it to Finals of Jimvitational 2 Playins. I am mostly self taught, but I feel like I am reaching the limits of what I can learn on my own and have started to plateau as a result.

I still struggle with a few things that I think have really been holding me back:

- I am able to understand how I lose games after the fact, but struggle to identify less obvious lose cons mid game.
- I am not able to maintain consistency with how well I am playing. I feel that this is due to struggling with some smaller scale decision making, as well as being slow to adapt to the cadence my opponent is playing at.
- I am really terrible at identifying structures (both in scouts and mid game) and effectively counter teaming on my own.
- Similar to the above point, I struggle to identify weaknesses when team building. The number of times I have tried team building, only to create something that gets destroyed by more than one common OU threat is ridiculous.

I am sure there are more flaws that I am unaware of, but this is what I have been able to identify on my own.

Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, my Discord is Forte_French

 

[Genhui]

Username: genhui
PS! Username: genhui
Signup Format: ORAS OU
Your timezone: gmt+7
Usual Hours of Availability: usually my nighttime
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): i have been playing competitive oras ou for a while. I have been getting a decent amount of tier knowledge. i probably know how to deal with certain playstyles and matchups. however, i often make questionable plays and ended up losing my games. I want to get more knowledge on the tier, as well as learning how to pilot teams and make winning plays
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, my username is genhui

 

[Josh Fleszar]

Username: Josh Fleszar
PS! Username: JoshSketch
Signup Format: GSC OU
Your timezone: GMT -4
Usual Hours of Availability: Anytime.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I'm pretty good in the Old Gens except this one. No matter what I seem to not be able to really excel in the generation and I want to fix that, especially since it's my 2nd favorite Old Gen.
Are you able to use Discord? Yes, JoshSketch is my discord.

Li

 

[Career Ended]

Username: career ended
PS! Username: career ended
Signup Format: rby ou, gsc ou
Your timezone: gmt-7
Usual Hours of Availability: late night, mornings
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): i've played since oras was cg and have a lot of experience in a lot of gens and different tiers in tournaments. I havent played much old gens and would really like to pickup gens 1 and 2 since they're quite mechanically basic, which emphasizes play more. Im looking for more of an experienced sparring tutor who can run some and let me know when i've made some innaccuracies.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes its chillingtilnoon

 

[Azure_Crystal]

Username: Azure_Crystal
PS! Username: Crowned Crystals ♔
Signup Format: BW OU
Your timezone: GMT -4
Usual Hours of Availability: Late nights and Weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokémon (min. 3 sentences): BW OU is one of my favorite generations that I've been playing since mid-late 2019. During this time, I did mess around with other metagames, but BW OU stuck with me like glue because of how fun the 5th Generation of competitive is, and the high-level tour games like SPL, Smogtours during that time, and other circuits with strong players further encouraged me to improve at BW. From then to now, I still try to learn and invest myself into tours as much as I can, and there were admittedly moments of self-improvement in how far I can go, there were still a lot of errors that held me back from being consistent in games. Thus, I wish to find someone fortunate to polish my way of battling and generally learn new things to get better.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, 00_crystal

 

[ADV Andy]

Username: ADV Andy/Seradess
PS! Username: Seradess
Signup Format: ADV ou
Your timezone: EST
Usual Hours of Availability: I work nights but like 3 times a week, soon starting school but I can set aside an hour very consistently every week or whenever we can work it out.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've played in several tours, and have gotten some respectable wins, but I'm too inconsistent to make any "deep" runs. I went 6-3 in ADVR2 and crushed newer players until I ran into anyone with real consistent skill and got owned. I believe there are likely many obvious flaws that hold me back, but I struggle at coming up with plans to improve my mons play (if I'm being honest, I want a tutor who is very eager to point out my flaws so I can quit coping and overcome them). If you're a potential tutor worried about hurting my feelings, don't. My feelings are my own problem.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes if you're interested in tutoring DM me -> whomstvedst

 

[IcyPenguin2]

Username: IcyPenguin2
PS! Username: icypenguin604
Signup Format: oras ou, bw ou, sm ou
Your timezone: gmt -5
Usual Hours of Availability: mornings/evenings tend to work well
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing tour w/ rands in January last year, made top 16 of that circuit and went 5-1 in rbtt, went 2-1 in uuwc beating empo, voted #3 best new player on the site in smog awards, picked up doubles and went 7-3 in osdt, got drafted in dpl, and I'm currently 3-3 in smpl and 1-0 in bsspl. I also won an individual cavy tour in roa slam, taking down a few spl players along the way. Despite all this, I've never really played ou before, which is something i'd like to get into, and I'm not the best at building outside of doubles, which is something im hoping to work on. I'd also like to learn how to path and position better long term.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, at icypenguin2

 

[HeartsMap]

Username: HeartsMap
PS! Username: Jakuho Raikobenn
Signup Format: DPP OU
Your timezone: GMT-4
Usual Hours of Availability: Usually available from 11am to 7pm on Monday-Friday. Same for Saturday and Sunday but I am more likely to be busy.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been on Pokemon Showdown since Black/White, I missed out on DPP when it was the current gen. I got into DPP OU at the end of last year and am currently Top 500 and peaked at 1500 on one of my accounts. I not only want to hit Rank 1, but I want to be good enough at DPP to consistently stay 1600+ and also participate in tournaments. I tried applying for tutoring in other generations but I learned that DPP is the only generation that interests me. Around 2009 I discovered DPP Wi-Fi Battles and that got me into Competitive Pokemon to begin with so I've always wanted to be good at DPP ever since I was a kid/
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, username is "heartsmap"

 

[199 Lives]

Username: 199 Lives
PS! Username: 199 Lives
Signup Format: ORAS OU
Your timezone: GMT +10
Usual Hours of Availability: 11 am - 1pm and from 7pm onwards Mon - Fri. Can be available anytime on weekends as long as it's scheduled in advanced.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing in 2008 and was involved in the tournament scene from approx 2010 - 2015. During that time I competed at a relatively high level, playing several spl's in DPP OU. I've recently started playing again and would like to play another tier competitively. I always enjoyed laddering ORAS when it was cg, hence my interest in learning it.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, user is 199_lives

 

[liquidrelief]

Username: surmen
PS! Username: Surmen6781
Signup Format: GSC OU, DPP OU, ORAS OU
Your timezone: GMT 3.5
Usual Hours of Availability: available except saturday, available hours change from day to day
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing competitive Pokemon from GSC. I started enjoying it but also getting piss mad for my mistakes. I jumped to other metagames to atleast try to get better in someway, but it failed. I'm tired of being the sore loser. That might sound corny, but it's true. Please help me.
Are you able to use Discord?: surminader (im still waiting for a respond from one of the tutors)

 

[Incognition]

Username: Incognition
PS! Username: Incognition
Signup Format: ORAS OU
Your timezone: GMT+1
Usual Hours of Availability: Most weeknights, most Sunday and sometimes Saturday's
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been playing a range of different tours with mixed results, to get to know different metas with the aim of being an 'all rounder player' and know the community much better.

I've recently been tutored by Gypsy in BW OU who helped me cover a range of things, however, I want to continue this momentum, improving the fundamentals and teambuilding process, and fairy gens have been my weaker/weakest gens.

I am very active on showdown and will be willing to put the time, effort, and enthusiasm in with my potential tutor.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes (VC & Message) - Incognition

 

[natooo0]

Username: natooo0
PS! Username: no0name
Signup Format: oras ou,sm ou,ss ou
Your timezone: GMT +5.30
Usual Hours of Availability: afternoons 1-4pm or 9-11pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): im new to smogon i have some experience in pokemon and i just hit 1400 on sm ou ladder
Are you able to use Discord?: yes