Welcome to the Draft League forum's LC Cup! This thread will contain the battle pool assignments for pools 1-32. The staff for this thread are Hacker, SparksBlade, Lady Salamence, GGTC, and Happygate. Please contact them before reaching out to other tournament staff members.
Below are the rules for the tournament. Please be mindful of the Activity Wins Rules section, as Battle Pools will not be granted extensions.
- You have up to 70 points with which to draft 8 Pokémon. Costs are listed on your pool’s tab on the drafting spreadsheet.
- If a Pokémon is picked by someone else, you may not pick it.
- For the first round, there is a 12 hour timer. After the first round ends, there will be a continuous 6 hour timer within which you must pick, or you will be skipped, and will be required to make-up your pick when you are next online. All timers are off between 10pm-7am local time (check your pools pinned message for local time).
- Your timer will halve every time you are skipped. It is recommended to leave picks (with backups) with your pool moderator to avoid this.
- The following complex bans are in place:
- - No Pokemon may use the move Grassy Glide
- - No Pokemon may use the move Hidden Power
- - No Pokemon may use the move Baton Pass
- - No Pokemon may use the move Dragon Rage
- - No Pokemon may use the move Sonic Boom
- The following Pokémon have access to all of their forms (although you may only bring up to 1 to each battle):
- Pumpkaboo
- Gimmighoul 
- If a Pokémon that is available in NatDex is untiered, please ask a host.
- Smogon’s Species Clause applies to your draft.
- All games must be played in the [Gen 9] NatDex LC 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.
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- SV cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
- Each set is a best-of-one set.
- The following clauses apply:
- 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 Pokémon may not have Baton Pass in its moveset. - All games will be played at level 5
- Quick claw and king's rock are banned.
- Z-Moves are banned.
- Terastalization is banned.
- Double Item Clause: Teams are limited to two of the same item.
- Rankings within pools may not be 100% accurate as the spreadsheet does not track head-to-head results. Players are ranked based on the following criteria: most wins, head-to-head, battle differential.
- Replays must be posted to the pool/round thread, please mention the result, your opponent's name and your pool number.
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. 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.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the 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. 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.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the rule.]
Battle Pool #1: Shaad Skyel (_shaad), Hecticashiin (._.sep._.), TTK (timman), sapphoclock (sapphoclock)
Battle Pool #2: Floette (.sjov), Kavchi (.kauchi), mimilimi (.mimilimi), QuaxLink (quaxlink)
Battle Pool #3: going_grebe (going_grebe), Snowflakes (curlehh), chimp (chimpmonkey.), Naga99 (nagatheoctopus)
Battle Pool #4: Feyy (feyette), P4bl00 (.therealpablo_), gali (galimow), E Man (e_man.)
Battle Pool #5: M4ikoOffThePerc (m4ikoofftheperc), SicariusSanctus (pleze), BigTimeBrownie (bigtimebrownie1), bs32 (bs32)
Battle Pool #6: GoldenCyber (goldencyber), Ehmcee (ehmcee), DirtyAndy69 (imissdad), Lady Salamence (afairy)
Battle Pool #7: MysticNyan (washermashin), Lialiabeast (lialiabeast), yellowfin (m1lflover69), Bibleman9 (_bibleman)
Battle Pool #8: seroo (acrumbofserotonin), reggg (_reggg), Apollo77 (firefin), Lord Da Spam (s2grin)
Battle Pool #9: empoleon9000 (empoleon9000), Trogba Trogba (artemisbumwhistle), SkillzBP (skillzbp), Happygate (happygate)
Battle Pool #10: sundays (sundays.n_sundaes), purple_011 (cheeseburger1146), EGAHydreigons (davey), platinumCheesecake (platinumcheesecake)
Battle Pool #11: banito13 (banigoat), Zorwasa (zorwasa), chimechoo (chimechoo), vmnunes (vmnunes)
Battle Pool #12: Plooka (plooka), FlygonFlygonFlygon (admiral_toad), aleaniled (Alea#0029), ayep (.ayep)
Battle Pool #13: GGTC (geo44241), ComputerWhiz (erichum), Concept Everything (concepteverything), imb1002 (ianb1002)
Battle Pool #14: Harrizard (mogleymoo), SirFish (sirfishwastaken), zeroouttathere (zeroouttathere), Delta4 (delta4_)
Battle Pool #15: LeoRegulus224 (leo_regulus), Kaboom (ottoeb), Zygarde12 (brooks_y), glowbrogang (glowbrogang)
Battle Pool #16: Joelesheesh (d0nge), giove97 (giove97), MissileRick (Missile Rick), sleid (sleid.)
Battle Pool #17: TwentyTwan (twentytwan), charmdi (hopeless5089), BeardedDrakon (beardeddrakon), ultraplayer (ultraplayer)
Battle Pool #18: Pranay (pranay1510), Davo2544 (davo2544), megatyler30 (megatyler30), 3.14dgeot-Mega (pidgeot_mega)
Battle Pool #19: Rasche (rasche.), SponsoredPost (ctwo08), Professor Shuckle (professorshuckle), l3ssth4n3 (l3ssth4n3)
Battle Pool #20: Lana99 (lanadesu), BeniSama (benisama), wesh papillon (papillon5747), Cureja (m00per)
Battle Pool #21: CyndaKill-SH (cyndakill_igt), crumpet (_crump), LightUpFox (lightupfox), JT__13 (jt_13)
Battle Pool #22: Arvid (arvid4), PieRomancer (trnm), Nox was taken (nox_was_taken), JhawkKing (seelmonster)
Battle Pool #23: BanetteBandit69 (banettebandit), yuramas (yuramas), MOHAMEDALL (mohamedall), Scimbo (milkncream)
Battle Pool #24: JuanSG (j.sg), Kerthwack (kerthwack), AdamAsh123456 (afrojewman), attcris (attcris#9715)
Battle Pool #25: Fleeting Memories (memoriesiceheart), Rysachi (rysachi), JerseyJared (jerseyjared), Rwbyred (rwbyred)
Battle Pool #26: RoiDadadou (roidadadou), Astico (astico), Hacker (doormoney), coltonx9 (coltonx9)
Battle Pool #27: Paxerion (paxerion), EzBakeOven (ezbakeovn), StarryH (ilstarrysk), GucciGangGoon69 (wakandanknuckles)
Battle Pool #28: Hallowed_Hazel (hallowed_hazel), Pave Low (pavelow_97), GBlaze (gblaze), paycech (paycech)
Battle Pool #29: tvr9 (tvr9), stampydog (stampydog#0522), ChilisGrillNBar (gamincgnb), PJB (pakojb)
Battle Pool #30: Hys (xhys), PrinceOfAllTacos (princeofalltacos), Finalcrusader15 (finalcrusader15), Lord Ninjax (cross_off77)
Battle Pool #31: thebeardydragon (thebeardydragon), Twitchs (_enoc), Valerie (macabre_plaza), Clod9CloudNine (clod9)
Battle Pool #32: FrosthammeL (frosthammer), Acehunter1 (acehunter1), DJS (djs3850), Greedy_eb (greedy_eb)
Battle Pool #2: Floette (.sjov), Kavchi (.kauchi), mimilimi (.mimilimi), QuaxLink (quaxlink)
Battle Pool #3: going_grebe (going_grebe), Snowflakes (curlehh), chimp (chimpmonkey.), Naga99 (nagatheoctopus)
Battle Pool #4: Feyy (feyette), P4bl00 (.therealpablo_), gali (galimow), E Man (e_man.)
Battle Pool #5: M4ikoOffThePerc (m4ikoofftheperc), SicariusSanctus (pleze), BigTimeBrownie (bigtimebrownie1), bs32 (bs32)
Battle Pool #6: GoldenCyber (goldencyber), Ehmcee (ehmcee), DirtyAndy69 (imissdad), Lady Salamence (afairy)
Battle Pool #7: MysticNyan (washermashin), Lialiabeast (lialiabeast), yellowfin (m1lflover69), Bibleman9 (_bibleman)
Battle Pool #8: seroo (acrumbofserotonin), reggg (_reggg), Apollo77 (firefin), Lord Da Spam (s2grin)
Battle Pool #9: empoleon9000 (empoleon9000), Trogba Trogba (artemisbumwhistle), SkillzBP (skillzbp), Happygate (happygate)
Battle Pool #10: sundays (sundays.n_sundaes), purple_011 (cheeseburger1146), EGAHydreigons (davey), platinumCheesecake (platinumcheesecake)
Battle Pool #11: banito13 (banigoat), Zorwasa (zorwasa), chimechoo (chimechoo), vmnunes (vmnunes)
Battle Pool #12: Plooka (plooka), FlygonFlygonFlygon (admiral_toad), aleaniled (Alea#0029), ayep (.ayep)
Battle Pool #13: GGTC (geo44241), ComputerWhiz (erichum), Concept Everything (concepteverything), imb1002 (ianb1002)
Battle Pool #14: Harrizard (mogleymoo), SirFish (sirfishwastaken), zeroouttathere (zeroouttathere), Delta4 (delta4_)
Battle Pool #15: LeoRegulus224 (leo_regulus), Kaboom (ottoeb), Zygarde12 (brooks_y), glowbrogang (glowbrogang)
Battle Pool #16: Joelesheesh (d0nge), giove97 (giove97), MissileRick (Missile Rick), sleid (sleid.)
Battle Pool #17: TwentyTwan (twentytwan), charmdi (hopeless5089), BeardedDrakon (beardeddrakon), ultraplayer (ultraplayer)
Battle Pool #18: Pranay (pranay1510), Davo2544 (davo2544), megatyler30 (megatyler30), 3.14dgeot-Mega (pidgeot_mega)
Battle Pool #19: Rasche (rasche.), SponsoredPost (ctwo08), Professor Shuckle (professorshuckle), l3ssth4n3 (l3ssth4n3)
Battle Pool #20: Lana99 (lanadesu), BeniSama (benisama), wesh papillon (papillon5747), Cureja (m00per)
Battle Pool #21: CyndaKill-SH (cyndakill_igt), crumpet (_crump), LightUpFox (lightupfox), JT__13 (jt_13)
Battle Pool #22: Arvid (arvid4), PieRomancer (trnm), Nox was taken (nox_was_taken), JhawkKing (seelmonster)
Battle Pool #23: BanetteBandit69 (banettebandit), yuramas (yuramas), MOHAMEDALL (mohamedall), Scimbo (milkncream)
Battle Pool #24: JuanSG (j.sg), Kerthwack (kerthwack), AdamAsh123456 (afrojewman), attcris (attcris#9715)
Battle Pool #25: Fleeting Memories (memoriesiceheart), Rysachi (rysachi), JerseyJared (jerseyjared), Rwbyred (rwbyred)
Battle Pool #26: RoiDadadou (roidadadou), Astico (astico), Hacker (doormoney), coltonx9 (coltonx9)
Battle Pool #27: Paxerion (paxerion), EzBakeOven (ezbakeovn), StarryH (ilstarrysk), GucciGangGoon69 (wakandanknuckles)
Battle Pool #28: Hallowed_Hazel (hallowed_hazel), Pave Low (pavelow_97), GBlaze (gblaze), paycech (paycech)
Battle Pool #29: tvr9 (tvr9), stampydog (stampydog#0522), ChilisGrillNBar (gamincgnb), PJB (pakojb)
Battle Pool #30: Hys (xhys), PrinceOfAllTacos (princeofalltacos), Finalcrusader15 (finalcrusader15), Lord Ninjax (cross_off77)
Battle Pool #31: thebeardydragon (thebeardydragon), Twitchs (_enoc), Valerie (macabre_plaza), Clod9CloudNine (clod9)
Battle Pool #32: FrosthammeL (frosthammer), Acehunter1 (acehunter1), DJS (djs3850), Greedy_eb (greedy_eb)
The drafts and scoring for this set of pools are in this link.
A few prep teambuilding sheets can be found in this link.
- Prioritize scheduling with your opponent. The chance of you advancing in the tournament by attempting to avoid your opponent is nonexistent compared to playing your matches.
- Do your best to make time for your matches, Activity Win requests may be rejected if the hosts believe that a valid attempt to play did not occur, such as if you only offer limited times to play.
Here's the challenge command that includes all the teambuilder bans to make it easier for validation. Just paste it in the PMs of your opponent on Smogtours:
/chall gen9natdexlcdraft @@@ -Baton Pass, -Grassy Glide, -Hidden Power
All games must be complete by 11:59PM GMT+0 on Sunday, 17 September 2023. No extensions will be granted for battle pool games. Incomplete games will be resolved by the hosts (TRowePrice667 and Hacker) following the Activity Win Rules above.
REPLAYS ARE MANDATORY. Please post the name of your opponent with it as well as the end score.
For example:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen6draft-1806537886-4kh0psde9rs0m9jk0ir7ekv753plw5zpw Lady Salamence VS SlickPanther (victory to SlickPanther 6-0)This thread and all other LC Cup 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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