National Dex National Dex Doubles - Round 11 (Losers Finals)

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National Dex Double Spring Seasonal
Hosted by Smudge and skippergamez
OP from DOU Seasonal​

SPECIFIC RULES

• This is a standard National Dex Doubles tournament
• This tournament will be Double Elimination
• Rounds will be Best of Three. You may switch teams in between battles of the same set.
• Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown! (Main or SmogTours)
• To encourage the development of the metagame, and so that everyone is on an even playing field, replays are required for all matches.
• Activity calls will be made by me, potentially with neutral assistance from a National Dex Forum Moderator. Coin flips will be done publicly on PS!
• In the event that something is added to or removed from the National Dex Doubles metagame in the middle of a round, that change will be in effect starting the next round.
• Do not cheat. Cheating will result in a disqualification. Additional punishments may be applied as necessary. Cheating includes, but is not limited to:
  • Signing up with more than one account
  • Ghosting or being ghosted by another player (e.g. while playing a set, asking for advice about what team to bring or what plays to make)
  • Manipulating match outcomes (e.g. throwing a match in exchange for Smogon likes)
• Do not harass or insult your opponents. I reserve the right to disqualify anyone breaking this rule. Additional punishments may be applied as necessary.

Standard Rules and Clauses

• Endless Battle Clause: Anything capable of intentionally creating an endless battle is banned.
• Evasion Abilities Clause: Evasion abilities (Sand Veil, Snow Cloak) are banned
• OHKO Clause: Players cannot use the moves Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, or Sheer Cold.
• Species Clause: Players cannot have two Pokémon with the same Pokédex number on the same team.
• Gravity Sleep Clause: Sleep moves with below one hundred percent accuracy may not be used in conjunction with Gravity.

Format Restrictions

Restrictions

POKEMON RESTRICTIONS
Players can use all the Pokemon in the National Dex except the following Pokemon:

Annihilape
Arceus (all formes)
Calyrex-Ice
Calyrex-Shadow
Dialga
Eternatus
Genesect
Giratina
Giratina-Origin
Groudon
Ho-Oh
Koraidon
Kyogre
Kyurem-White
Lugia
Lunala
Magearna
Melmetal
Mewtwo
Miraidon
Necrozma-Dawn Wings
Necrozma-Dusk Mane
Palkia
Rayquaza
Reshiram
Shedinja
Solgaleo
Stakataka
Urshifu-Single-Strike
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike
Xerneas
Yveltal
Zacian
Zacian-Crowned
Zamazenta-Crowned
Zekrom
Zygarde-50%

Players cannot use the following abilities:

• Commander
• Power Construct
• Snow Cloak
• Sand Veil

Players cannot use the following items:

• Gengarite
• Metagrossite
• Eevium Z

Players cannot use the following moves:

• Coaching
• Dark Void
• Swagger

What are we playing for?
This tournament will award points towards the 2025 National Dex Doubles Circuit. The circuit championship awards a Forum Banner, like the one you see below!

Round 11
Losers
CodeVG vs Nido-Rus
Deadline is <t:1748833140:R>

 

[Code]

Unfortunately, I have to fly out of town next week (gone from June 1st-19th), and I'm unsure whether or not I'll have time to play during that time. This does mean that I will be dropping. Thank you everyone! I had a lot of fun trying out this tier and haxing some friends along the way.

Edit: Shoutouts to Gephicka for helping me out and shoutouts to Daepiquejt for this amazing team that carried me every single round https://pokepast.es/ecb52cf30348a88d as well as EatFoods whom I stole a couple teams from. I really hope I get a lot of other chances to play this tier at a high level; I'm a bit newer to Smogon Doubles formats, but they're all so much fun. Best of luck Nido and ARTYMASION, I'm sure the runback will be an exciting one to watch.