The Draft League subforum is launching it's next tournament, BW II! This tournament will NOT award points for the 2026 Draft League Circuit and is ran by goldmason Aleksanteri and Monai. This tournament will take place in the [Gen 5] Draft tier on Pokémon Showdown! and battles will take place in pools followed by a single elimination bracket.
- All games must be played in the [Gen 5] Draft tier on smogtours.psim.us or psim.us. Be aware that each game on smogtours starts a timer automatically and cannot be turned off.
- BW cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
- Each set is a best-of-one set.
- The following clauses apply:
- Sand Veil is banned
- Sleep moves are banned
- Snow Cloak is banned
- Baton Pass can only be used for momentum, stats may not be passed (Dry Pass only)
- Excadrill may not have the ability Sand Rush
- Landorus-I may not have the ability Sheer Force
- The abilities Drizzle and Swift Swim may not appear on the same team
- The abilities Drought and Chlorophyll may not appear on the same team
- The abilities Sand Stream and Sand Rush may not appear on the same team
- ALL Gems are banned
- Quick Claw, King's Rock, Razor Fang and Bright Powder are banned
- Any items unreleased in BW are banned.
About Activity Decisions
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips:
In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent, or if hosts determine an activity win was earned based on public contact. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
Host discretion will be applied for all unplayed games. This means that an activity win will not be automatically granted if you post, and a lack of post does not automatically result in a coinflip.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the base form of this rule.]
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips:
In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent, or if hosts determine an activity win was earned based on public contact. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
Host discretion will be applied for all unplayed games. This means that an activity win will not be automatically granted if you post, and a lack of post does not automatically result in a coinflip.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the base form of this rule.]
Contact your opponent as soon as possible upon the round going up. Activity cases are going to be handled in a very strict manner.
When scheduling, offer as wide a swathe of time when you are available to play. 1 hour of activity on one or two weeknights is unlikely to be considered acceptable.
Schedule specifically - do not schedule for "Friday afternoon" or "Sunday morning", pick a date, a time and note the time zone, ideally as GMT offset.
If either host catches news of ghosting or some other sort of nefarious play, we reserve the right to investigate to the full limits of our ability.
When scheduling, offer as wide a swathe of time when you are available to play. 1 hour of activity on one or two weeknights is unlikely to be considered acceptable.
Schedule specifically - do not schedule for "Friday afternoon" or "Sunday morning", pick a date, a time and note the time zone, ideally as GMT offset.
If either host catches news of ghosting or some other sort of nefarious play, we reserve the right to investigate to the full limits of our ability.
Because we have
Prelim:
charlieum vs Cnidaria
HRCassetteTape vs 2playaLuffy
Nalaa vs Teriso179
Capitão General vs BadassFroslass
https://pastebin.com/8ivjzpV7
Round 1:
Crystal Methyd vs Mok3s
Quarante8 vs Mushroom-Flower
Phonytail vs Martiniman64
Stories vs Aleksanteri
EntryHazardous vs ZebstrikemDown
seraphz vs Sanskiller55
Clb7 vs RavenEyeKSR
kumiko vs Celeste
OrnLatios vs Charliezard7
benjaboynl vs Meta
Lux2821 vs Lizardu
Thomas18 vs Monai
thunderbug vs Puckbud
Lou2697 vs jscurf
laffon vs E Man
Sapphire_Eon vs Mysterious Player
Razorgliscor vs RaseC_
branden vs DiAlpen
doogalhh vs Marshy.
Portrait or Ruin vs MrSvancy
40kultra vs qsns
Azcelerator vs Tranquility
crow crumbs vs a fairy
Idyll vs Iride
powergo1 vs Mister McLovin
magialice vs Jamieon
Zetchupman vs DJS
gabriellov20ll vs impersonxtor
theuncultured vs (Winner of charlieum vs Cnidaria )
Dr. Geo vs (Winner of HRCassetteTape vs 2playaLuffy )
Bastien_YG vs (Winner of Nalaa vs Teriso179 )
Zong200 vs (Winner of Capitão General vs BadassFroslass )
You can find matchups here: https://spo.ink/bw_ii_matchups
Prelim Games are due <t:1771822740:F>.
Round 1 games are due <t:1772427540:F>.
This thread and all future BW II threads should be considered the final ruling in case of discrepancy between threads, Discord announcements, and Google spreadsheets. Contact a host if you have any questions or spot an error. We are human, after all.
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