Tournament National Dex UU 2025 Circuit Playoffs - Round of 8

[Runo]

National Dex UU 2025 Circuit Playoffs
Host: Runo

Round of 8
[1] Mollymiltoast vs Sputnik [8]
[2] R1C3M4N vs sealoo [7]
[3] Danbear02 vs salmonelephant [6]
[4] mrfraud vs Rafadude [5]

Deadline for Round of 8 will be <t:1765169940:f>

Seeding

1 Mollymiltoast 586
2 R1C3M4N 583
3 Danbear02 567
4 mrfraud 565
5 Rafadude 538
6 salmonelephant 516
7 Iride 500
8 sealoo 333
9 Sputnik 308

#7 Iride declined the invitation to playoffs, moving #8 Sealoo to #7 and #9 Sputnik to #8

Tour Guidelines:

• General tournament rules and regulations.​
• This tournament will use the standard National Dex UU banlist, which can be found on Smogon's strategy dex or here.​
• If metagame changes occur during the middle of a round, they will take effect in the subsequent round.​
• Battles must take place on Pokemon Showdown! or the SmogTours server​
• SV cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.​
• National Dex-specific mechanics.​
• Replays are required.​
• Bo3 Seeded Elimination
  • Round of 8
    • Pair 1 ( 1 vs 8 )
    • Pair 2 ( 2 vs 7 )
    • Pair 3 ( 3 vs 6 )
    • Pair 4 ( 4 vs 5 )
  • Semi-Finals
    • Semis 1 ( Winner of Pair 1 vs Winner of Pair 4 )
    • Semis 2 ( Winner of Pair 2 vs Winner of Pair 3 )
  • Finals
    • Winner of Semis 1 vs Winner of Semis 2
• Extensions are allowed and will be encouraged over act calls.
• Winner of playoffs will receive a red forum banner with the title "NDUU Circuit Champion".

Prediction Format

Mollymiltoast vs Sputnik
R1C3M4N vs Sealoo
Danbear02 vs Salmonelephant
mrfraud vs Rafadude

 

[Ineros]

GO Sputnik

 

[Velcroc]

Strong R8 and some pretty good match-ups. Gonna side with the favourites here, but the dogs could have an upset (looking at salmon vs danbear)