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Welcome all to the 4th edition of the Draft League subforum's premier team tour, Draft Champions League! This tour will consist of 8 teams which will play 8 games per week in a round robin style tour. The top 4 teams will then battle it out in a playoffs bracket to crown our DCL champions and win a custom avatar for themselves. This year's hosts are scionicle, goldmason, and Aleksanteri.
The budget for the auction will be 110k and a minimum of 11 players must be drafted. All managers will be allowed the choice to self-buy themselves for 18k each prior to the start of the auction.
The 8 slots for this tour will be as follows:
Champions Draft (Reg M-B 6v6 Singles) 
SV Draft
SV Draft
SV Draft
SS Draft 
USUM Draft 
ORAS Draft 
VGC Draft (Reg M-B) 
Boards for each tier can be found here.
Your teams and managers this year are:
Zero Fox Given - GeniusX + KCric + jscurf
The Judgment Day - Almighty Rye + Addison + LogIce
Ancient Tacticians - LOQP + Habaduh + soup1316
Trick Of Eye - Eye Aye + LeJon Flames + sablolol
Nymble Nightclub - PZZ + ALG Spies + Hacker
Punk N' Roll - Tjb145 + profchipboard + OdinRM
Claw & Order - Tidal + Nick6564 + SlickPanther
Primal Ascension - King L5 + Khaz + dra15
The 8 slots for this tour will be as follows:
Champions Draft (Reg M-B 6v6 Singles) SV Draft SV Draft SV Draft SS Draft USUM Draft ORAS Draft VGC Draft (Reg M-B) Boards for each tier can be found here.
Your teams and managers this year are:
Zero Fox Given - GeniusX + KCric + jscurf The Judgment Day - Almighty Rye + Addison + LogIce Ancient Tacticians - LOQP + Habaduh + soup1316 Trick Of Eye - Eye Aye + LeJon Flames + sablolol Nymble Nightclub - PZZ + ALG Spies + Hacker Punk N' Roll - Tjb145 + profchipboard + OdinRM Claw & Order - Tidal + Nick6564 + SlickPanther Primal Ascension - King L5 + Khaz + dra15- Teams will draft the following teams: 2x Champions, 4x SV, 2x SS, 2x USUM, 2x ORAS, 2x VGC.
- Each team will have up to 90 points with which to draft 8 Pokémon per draft. Costs are listed on each pool’s tab on the drafting spreadsheet.
- Pokémon drafted as a Mega must always hold their Mega Stone. The non-Mega variants of Pokémon may not Mega Evolve.
- In ORAS/USUM, teams may only draft 1 Mega Evolution.
- In Champions (Singles), teams may draft up to 2 Mega Evolutions that cost up to 22 points total.
- In VGC, there is no limit on the number of Mega Evolutions per draft.
- If a Pokémon is picked by another team, it may not be picked.
- The timer will be 8h long for all rounds and active non-stop once it begins at 12pm GMT-4 on Monday. A team's timer will halve every time they are skipped. This halving will only apply to the pool they were skipped in.
- If a legal Pokémon is untiered, please contact a host and they will determine the Pokémon’s cost.
- Smogon’s Species Clause applies to all drafts.
- Played in the [Champions] Draft tier on smogtours.psim.us or play.pokemonshowdown.com.
- The following complex bans are in place:
- No Pokémon may use the move Last Respects.
- No Pokémon may use the move Shed Tail.
- No Pokémon may use directly sleep-inducing moves. This includes Yawn, Hypnosis, Sing, and Sleep Powder. - The following Pokémon have access to all of their non-Mega forms (although you may only bring up to 1 to each battle):
- Meowstic
- Gourgeist
- Basculegion
- Maushold - The Pokémon/item ban list will follow that of Regulation Set M-B. Anything added to Champions after the initial drafting week is illegal.
- Played in the [Gen 9] Draft tier with Tera Preview enabled on smogtours.psim.us or play.pokemonshowdown.com.
- Once the draft is over, you must declare 2 to 3 Tera Captains. They must total no more than 28 points and they are the only Pokémon on your draft that may Terastallize.
- The following complex bans are in place:
- No Pokémon may use the ability Shadow Tag.
- No Pokémon may use the move Last Respects.
- No Pokémon may use the move Shed Tail.
- No Pokémon may use directly sleep-inducing moves EXCEPT for Yawn. This includes Dark Void, Hypnosis, Sing, Sleep Powder, and Spore. - The following Pokémon may not be Tera Captains:
- Baxcalibur
- Darkrai
- Deoxys-Speed
- Dragonite
- Garchomp
- Gouging Fire
- Iron Bundle
- Iron Valiant
- Kyurem
- Latias
- Latios
- Ogerpon-Hearthflame
- Palafin
- Regieleki
- Roaring Moon
- Sneasler
- Terapagos
- Ursaluna-Bloodmoon
- Volcarona
- Zarude - The following Pokémon have access to all of their forms (although you may only bring up to 1 to each battle):
- Pikachu
- Basculin
- Oricorio
- Toxtricity
- Indeedee
- Basculegion
- Oinkologne
- Maushold
- Squawkabilly
- Tatsugiri
- Dudunsparce
- Played in the [Gen 8] Galar Dex Draft tier on smogtours.psim.us or play.pokemonshowdown.com.
- The following complex bans are in place:
- Zygarde-50% and Zygarde-10% may not have the ability Power Construct.
- Cinderace may not have the ability Libero. - The following Pokémon have access to all of their forms (although you may only bring up to 1 to each battle):
- Pikachu
- Basculin
- Meowstic
- Pumpkaboo
- Gourgeist
- Silvally
- Toxtricity
- Indeedee - Dynamax and Gigantamax are banned.
- At the end of the draft, teams must declare 2 Z-Captains for each draft, these are the only Pokémon that will be able to use Z-Moves on that draft.
- Played in the [Gen 7] Draft tier on smogtours.psim.us or play.pokemonshowdown.com.
- The following complex bans are in place:
- Mega Kangaskhan may not use the move Seismic Toss.
- Blaziken may not have the ability Speed Boost.
- Greninja may not have the abilitiy Protean nor Battle Bond.
- Zygarde-50% and Zygarde-10% may not have the ability Power Construct. - The following Pokémon have access to all of their forms (although you may only bring up to 1 to each battle):
- Pikachu
- Wormadam
- Basculin
- Meowstic
- Pumpkaboo
- Gourgeist
- Oricorio
- Silvally - All omniboosting Z-moves are banned. This includes the Kommonium Z and subsequently, Clangorous Soulblaze.
- Played in the [Gen 6] Draft tier on smogtours.psim.us or play.pokemonshowdown.com.
- The following complex bans are in place:
- Blaziken may not have the ability Speed Boost.
- Greninja may not have the ability Protean.
- No Pokémon may hold the item Soul Dew. - The following Pokémon have access to all of their forms (although you may only bring up to 1 to each battle):
- Pikachu
- Wormadam
- Basculin
- Meowstic
- Pumpkaboo
- Gourgeist - Swagger Clause: A Pokémon may not have Swagger in its moveset.
- Played in the [Champions] 4v4 Doubles Draft tier with Best-of-3 enabled on play.pokemonshowdown.com. If both players agree, the Bo3 match can instead be played in-game in Pokémon Champions.
- If a game is played on Pokémon Champions, the match MUST be recorded and a recording must be uploaded by the week deadline. If there is no recording, the match will be considered unplayed. Players are encouraged to have multiple people recording games played this way (using spectator mode if necessary)
- Recordings of matches MUST remain available and viewable for the full duration of this DCL season. Teams that do not follow this rule will be penalized.
- In the event of a server-side disconnect, the host team may determine that a game must be replayed. If only one player disconnects, they will be considered the loser of that game.
- Of the clauses listed under Battle Rules, only Species and Endless Battle Clause apply.
- Team Lock Clause: Players must use the same team for all games of a given week. To prevent the changing of teams between games in a single week, all games must be challenged before the first game begins. This is automatically accomplished via the Best-of-3 checkbox.
- Item Clause: Players cannot have two of the same item on the same team.
- The following Pokémon have access to all of their non-Mega forms (although you may only bring up to 1 to each battle):
- Gourgeist
- Basculegion
- Maushold - The Pokémon/item ban list will follow that of Regulation Set M-B. Anything added to Champions after the initial drafting week is illegal.
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- The following clauses apply for non-VGC games:
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokémon with the same National Pokédex number on a team.
- Sleep Clause: If a player has already put a Pokémon on their opponent's side to sleep and it is still sleeping, another one can't be put to sleep.
- Evasion Clause: A Pokémon may not hold an item, use a move or possess an ability that can increase their evasion stat.
- OHKO Clause: A Pokémon may not have the moves Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, or Sheer Cold in its moveset.
- Moody Clause: A team cannot have a Pokémon with the ability Moody.
- Endless Battle Clause: Players cannot intentionally prevent an opponent from being able to end the game without forfeiting.
- Baton Pass Clause: A Pokemon may not have Baton Pass in its moveset. - Quick Claw, King's Rock and Razor Fang are banned in non-VGC games.
- Any items unreleased in the format's game are banned.
- Replays must be posted to the week's thread.
- This tour will operate on a points based standings. Teams will gain 2 points for a week win, 1 for a tie and 0 for a loss. The more points a team has, the higher they are on the standings. The secondary metric will be battle differential (number of battles won/lost).
- Tiebreakers will only occur at the end of the regular season, if two or more teams are tied in both points and battle differential. Ties that do not affect playoff qualification but do impact playoffs seeding will be decided via the two teams' h2h results.
- Between weeks 3 and 4, teams will be given a week off to make changes to their drafts. This is the only point in the season during which transactions are legal.
- Teams will be allowed the following number of transactions:
- 6x Champions
- 12x SV
- 6x SS
- 6x USUM
- 6x ORAS
- 6x VGC
These transactions are shared across all of a team’s drafts within a format. - Trades between teams will not cost transactions.
- Tera Captains and Z-Captains can be reassigned for free as part of a transaction to a specific draft. They can also be reassigned without adding/removing Pokemon, but it will cost 1 transaction per new Captain.
- A draft can have less than 8 Pokemon while trades are being made, but it must otherwise abide by the original rules at all times. When the midseason ends, any illegal drafts will be fixed with randomly selected picks.
- No players may be dropped, barring players removed from the tour by the hosts. These may be replaced immediately.
Feel free to use this thread for tour discussion or anything DCL-related that doesn't fit elsewhere.
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