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Username: darkman64
PS! Username: darkman64
Signup Format: adv, dpp
Your timezone: gmt -3
Usual Hours of Availability: in the nigth at night between 10pm and 2am every day
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): disappointment, failure and failures
Are you able to use Discord?: yes
 
Username: Blaze
PS! Username: Wildfiree
Signup Format: ORAS OU
Your timezone: -4 soon to be -5
Usual Hours of Availability: 5 pm to 10 pm on weekdays and free on weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):pretty experienced with tiers like ss ou and sv ou I’m a tutor for natdex ou played several tournaments decent showing. However as of late ORAS OU has been very interesting to me especially after playing a couple sets of it in Smogon masters. I would love to learn about it more in depth.
Are you able to use Discord?: yep voice chat is preferred though I feel it helps me learn easier.
 
Username: magma_man
PS! Username: magma_man85
Signup Format: oras ou, sm ou, rby ou, gsc ou, adv ou, dpp ou, bw ou
Your timezone: gmt-4
Usual Hours of Availability: after 5pm on most days
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been playing for 1 year and have played in tours such as the Smogon Classics, in which I finished with 12 points. I've also played in SMLT and have peaked at 1712 elo, which sadly just barely doesn't qualify me for playoffs. I feel like I'm inconsistent when it comes to battling. In some games, I play extremely well, and in others I play extremely badly. My goal is to consistently perform well in tournaments such as the Smogon Classics in which I want to make playoffs as well as SM and ORAS tours, which I thoroughly enjoy playing as well.
I'm also active on showdown and am willing to put in the time and effort with my potential tutor.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, magma.man12
 
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Username: WraxiusGaming
PS! Username: WraxiusGaming
Signup Format: GSC OU
Your timezone: -6 after daylight this weekend
Usual Hours of Availability: Weekday Evenings, Weekends should be mostly free
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Pretty okay at ADV, I've played for somewhere around 2 or 3 years straight and I've made enough progress to make reasonable runs in ADV Tours, both on smogon and offsite. I've played a bit of GSC ladder but nothing in tour worth noting.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, my discord is WraxiusGaming
 
Username: Yuukimura
PS! Username: Yuukimura1
Signup Format: BW OU, XY OU, SM OU, SS OU
Your timezone: PERU GMT -5
Usual Hours of Availability: Morning and night
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I used to play PokeNexus competitively, and I use hyper-offensive teams. In Showdown, I usually play OU in the formats mentioned above, and sometimes I play Gen8 Nat Dex.
BTW I'm not good at speaking English ): I have trouble understanding it ,srry. Can you match me with someone who also speaks Spanish.
Are you able to use Discord?:
Yes, of course. Yuukimura#7062
 
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Username: Platanazo
PS! Username: lmena
Signup Format: ADV OU
Your timezone: GMT -4
Usual Hours of Availability: From my 18:00 and onwards on weekdays. Weekends all day after my 10:00
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I'm relatively new to Pokémon. I've been playing since the middle of last year, but I already know the basic mechanics. I mainly play SV Doubles OU and SV Monotype on tours like EPL and osdt but I'd like to learn how to play ADV OU because I want to learn more about metagame, common core and teambuildin from adv ou
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
 
Username: hxmo
PS! Username: hxmo
Signup Format: SS OU,SM OU
Your timezone: -3
Usual Hours of Availability: 4pm -3 to 10:30pm -3.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Hi, I'm hxmo, I'm constantly on the ladder for singles over used, I was bought from OUFL but haven't been selected to play yet, I'm relatively experienced in singles and sm ou,and i constantly are building for ss ou
Are you able to use Discord?: b.hxmo on dc
 
Username: jimboss
PS! Username: Gilberito
Signup Format: RBY OU, ADV OU, DPP OU
Your timezone: GMT -5
Usual Hours of Availability: 12AM-3PM on Tuesday to Saturday, 12AM-10PM on Sundays and Mondays
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I was a casual observer of the competitive singles scene for a few months last year, before I began playing seriously on Smogon in various formats and tiers (Ubers is my most played and best understood format, followed by Gen 4 OU). I applied for a Gen 4 Smogon tournament several months ago and was lined up to face them, but several issues (including my misunderstanding of GMT and using SmogTours instead of main) stopped us and they took an activity win. I was demoralized and I no longer felt the interest to play in tours.
However, after a break, my interest has been revitalized, and I've been slowly trying to climb the Gen 4 ladder while trying to learn the format more intimately. I'm also interested in the ADV format and RBY, who have not just interesting metagames but passionate communities.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes.
 
Username: IncredibleKing
PS! Username: Jusfordlolz
Signup Format: XY OU, BW OU
Your timezone: GMT -5
Usual Hours of Availability: 12AM-2PM & 8 PM to 10 PM on Monday to Friday, 9 PM-12AM on Saturdays and Sundays
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started pokemon in Gen 8 OU. Got to around 1800 ELO at peak. I then started becoming a casual towards SV, but then became a community member at Ubers UU and the UM scene(ended up getting my first tournament win there as well as CAva from there).

However, my involvement in the higher powerlevel tiers resulted in me becoming somewhat ass in the OU scene as I failed to keep up with the metagame and started expecting too much breaking from my breakers/sweepers in the regular powered tiers(this is a result of focusing on high powerlevel tiers like UUbers and AG lol).This is kind of why I want to focus on an old gen. Primarily because it is less evolving at the moment. I would like to focus on XY and BW because XY was the first tour with mega evolutions, and it feels like an interesting tier to try out. BW also appears interesting bc of the perma weather situation.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes.
 
Username: Garpachi
PS! Username: Garpachi
Signup Format: ADV OU
Your timezone: GMT-7 (US Mountain Time)
Usual Hours of Availability: After 4pm most Weekends, after 5pm Monday thru Wednesday
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Recently got back into competitive mons after initially playing Gen 4 back in the Shoddy/Pokemon Online days. Have had wildly inconsistent results in ADV tours: had decent runs in Rev 2 (5-3 with 2 act wins), and Old Money Open 2 (Revcord tour, 6-2 with 2 act wins), while losing quickly in other tours, most recently Rev3. Recently hit my ladder peak in the 1600s, looking to get better at teambuilding and making more consistent plays.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
 
Username: takingnoteskinda
PS! Username: takingnoteskinda
Signup Format: gsc our/ adv ou
Your timezone: -5
Usual Hours of Availability: wide range
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Looking to pick up classic gen been playing mons for quite sometime and feel pretty competent in the newer gens
Are you able to use Discord?: aejmnnu
 
Username: Stella_R
PS! Username: MedusaSN
Signup Format: ADV OU
Your timezone: EST (GMT-5)
Usual Hours of Availability: Nights
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I have been playing ADV OU for a year and a half and I have some experience in DPP OU. I understand the mechanics of the format pretty well, but I struggle to understand effective team building. My goals are to improve as a player and teambuilder so that I may begin to play tournaments
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
 
Username: Regiboob
PS! Username: Regiboob
Signup Format: ORAS OU, SM OU, SS OU
Your timezone: GMT +0
Usual Hours of Availability: Unemployed (until further notice LOL) so I'm pretty free
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Recently retired from my sport and mons has filled that competitive void. I didn't get to play any of these gens when they were current gen, but I've found them really fun to learn from scratch, especially during the ORAS and SM ladder tours. I think I got as high as top 10 on the LT ladders but didn't qualify for either. Elsewhere, I've also racked up a couple of neat wins against some players I really respect (and would love to work with), including Baddy in Masters and Always! in SS OU. I haven't plateaued by any means, and am only improving as I get more reps in, but I think having a mentor would be invaluable not just to my gameplay, but also to how I can navigate this competitive space and make a real name for myself. I have yet to "main" a tier, playing every chance I get in all the fairy gens from OU to PU, but Masters was my favourite tour experience by far, and I'd love to go further than 4-3 (from a 1-2 start with 0 experience and sample teams LOL) in future iterations.

22nd Feb 2026 Update:
I have decided that it would be best for me to focus on a single gen, so I'm changing my signup from all 3 masters gens to just ORAS OU. I got off to a great start in the gen this year, but have since been in a real slump. This has, unfortunately, coincided with my first official team tour on Smogon, the Chinese Premier League. I have been grinding and reviewing all that, but it would be really nice to have a single mentor that I can go to for coaching and general advice.

Are you able to use Discord?: Yepp
 
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Username: Leroipolux
PS! Username: Leroipolux
Signup Format: Ss Ou/ Oras Ou
Your timezone: -5
Usual Hours of Availability: usually 2-11pm -5 avail is different atm bc holidays
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I've been playing mostly sv this year and a bit of sm and feel competent enough in them. My weakest fairy gen is probably oras and I'd like to try having a good masters record next year. Also kinda rusty in ss but play it every now and then and would like more in-depth help.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yea (Leroipolux)
 
Username: Blaab
PS! Username: Blaab
Signup Format: SS SM ORAS
Your timezone: GMT+1
Usual Hours of Availability: wide range. im usually online all the time.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I haven't had much experience in competitive Pokemon beyond laddering for the past years. i want to take my game to the next lvl.
are you able to use discord?: Yes it's blaaby
 
Username: t.t
PS! Username: ticktackplayz
Signup Format: ssou, smou
Your timezone: gmt+5
Usual Hours of Availability: usually 1pm-5pm, 8pm-11pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I’ve played a lot of SV over the past two years, both on ladder and in tournaments, and I’m pretty confident in that gen. My SS and SM are weaker, though, and since I want to have the best possible Stour record, I figured I might as well start practicing early.
are you able to use discord?: Yeah - tick_tack.
 
Username: Rainer24
PS: Rainer2424
Formats: GSC OU, SM OU
Timezone: -5
Availability: 10am-10pm for the next few weeks before i go back to uni.
Experience: Been playing mons for 6ish years. Played a decent amount of SS OU when it was current then SV. The last 2 years I've been playing a lot of ADV and I've really enjoyed it and grown as a player. I'm looking to develop in some other past gens (primarily GSC and SM).
Discord: yeppers, Rainer7849
 
Username: Zpanther
PS: Zpanther
Formats: BW OU
Timezone: -8
Availability: free pretty much every weekend and after 4pm my time weekdays
Experience: I main ADV but I’ve been dipping my toes in BW. Went 7-0 in bw league on discord with no prior experience and made it to 1400 on ladder pretty easily before it started taking ages to Que up a game. I mostly want help with the building side of things im missing metagame context to flesh out my builds and ladder doesn’t feel challenging enough + I can’t get as many practice games in as I’d like.
Discord: yes : Zpanther
 
Username: Allen "Bottles" Graham
PS! Username: Allen Bottles
Signup Format: RBY, ADV
Your timezone: GMT -5
Usual Hours of Availability: most afternoons any time after around 4:30PM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started out playing VGC casually in S/V and quickly fell in love with team building, which brought me here to utilize the teambuilder. Since then I've been playing RBY OU and ADV OU on ladder, as I grew up with both gens, and entered an event for each (neither were OU). I'd still consider myself more of a modern VGC player but I really want to git gud in old gen and start entering tours. I'm also interested in learning more about old gen to improve my fundamentals, as yall are just built different with the superior construction. Some of the smartest people I've played against since I started comp Pokemon.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, username just "bottles."
 
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Username: Wesleyy
PS! Username: wesleyfv
Signup Format: ADV OU
Your timezone: +1
Usual Hours of Availability: Afternoons / Evenings +1
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Played other gens in world cup / generational circuits.
Wanna improve at ADV, i did go 4-0 in ADV world cup but dont have much knowledge of the meta. turn me into thanos.
Are you able to use Discord?: w3sleyy
 
Username: Vaictador
PS! Username: vaictador
Signup Format: SS OU/ORAS OU
Your timezone: +1
Usual Hours of Availability: Evenings +1
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I'm experienced at SM OU but still I'd like to improve my skills in other fairy gens. Although I know the basics of the metagame, I still have plenty of room for improvement in these two tiers that interest me, especially SS OU. I’ve also been away from playing Showdown for several months, and I would really appreciate playing with someone experienced in these tiers who could help me get back into it. Best regards, and thanks!
Are you able to use Discord?: vaictador
 
Username: Maarck
PS! Username: Maarck
Signup Format: ADV OU
Your timezone: +1
Usual Hours of Availability: Everyday from 4pm to 11pm +1
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I'm experienced in many ubers gen but I want to learn any Ou, ADV was my favourite on theory, I've played some tours and I know a bit about this, but I'd like to improve and learn with someone experienced in the tier.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, maarck.07
 
Username: Sanos
PS! Username: Sanos
Signup Format: SM OU, ORAS OU, SS OU
Your timezone: GMT +1
Usual Hours of Availability: most evenings and weekends, thursday afternoon, some fridays
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I have been playing ladder on and off for a while in sm ou, and recently started doing tournaments.I try to build teams but it rarely goes well, so I want to improve there. I mainly play offence and wish to understand how to use more defensive playstyles. Recently discovered SS and oras during masters wich are very fun, but mostly intrested in sm.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes
 
Username: Runo
PS! Username: Runo
Signup Format: SS OU
Your timezone: -5
Usual Hours of Availability: 10am - 9pm Anyday (Although this could drastically change, conservative guess weekends only or after 8pm)
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Late 2025: Participated in and won SS League Bo3 with a 5-0 record. Played Smogon Discord PL SS slot with a 4-3 Record. Participated in Smogon Masters with a 6-3 Record. Prior accommodations include: 3rd in a 64 man double elim & 1st in a 128+ man double elim in lesser sections. Two team tour wins in lesser sections. I started Smogon playing SS tiers and now I would like to seriously learn to build and play SS OU instead of leeching off team dumps. I have been competent enough to catch and beat more respected players but I feel my understanding of the game or least this tier could use work to avoid being streaky.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
 
Username: Zelph
PS! Username: -
Signup Format: Dpp Ou
Your timezone: gmt-4
Usual Hours of Availability: weekdays: 1pm to 3pm, 9pm to 11pm but I can be more flexible, weekend 1pm to 3pm.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I reached finals of adv ribbon, played adv invitational, multiple mushi leagues. But I want to learn this gen as i got some chances on the past and want to be more important on it
Are you able to use Discord?: cristianj1588
 
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