Welcome to the NFE Last Chance Qualifiers! This tournament will be a single elimination, best-of-3 tournament capped at 64 participants. All signups after the first 64 will be entered as substitutes. This Type B tournament is the last tournament of the 2026 NFE circuit, with the current standings available here.
ALL REPLAYS MUST BE POSTED!!!!!
All battles must be played under the "[Gen 9] NFE" format and adhere to the standard battle clauses and banlist:
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokemon with the same National Pokédex number on a team.
- OHKO Clause: A Pokemon may not have the moves Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, or Sheer Cold in its moveset.
- Evasion Clause: A Pokemon may not have either Double Team or Minimize in its moveset.
- Sleep Moves Clause: Bans all moves that induce sleep, such as Hypnosis. (also bans Yawn)
- Endless Battle Clause: Players cannot intentionally prevent an opponent from being able to end the game without forfeiting.
- Terastal Clause: Players may not Terastallize.
Pokémon Restrictions
- All Fully Evolved Pokemon
- All Pokemon without an evolution line
- The following Pokemon:
- Basculin-White-Striped
- Bisharp
- Chansey
- Combusken
- Dipplin
- Duraludon
- Electabuzz
- Gligar
- Gurdurr
- Haunter
- Magmar
- Magneton
- Porygon2
- Primeape
- Qwilfish-Hisui
- Rhydon
- Scraggy
- Scyther
- Sneasel
- Sneasel-Hisui
- Ursaring
- Vulpix
- Arena Trap
- Magnet Pull
- Shadow Tag
- Toxic Debris
- Baton Pass
- Toxic Spikes
Make sure you are familiar with the general tournament rules and have reviewed the scheduling guide.
This is not a complete list of all tournament rules, the full list is available here: https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/tournament-rules-and-general-guidelines.3642760/
General Tournament Rules
Timer: The timer is always on during tournament games. The rules for what happens in case of a disconnection can be found here.
Disconnections and Timer Clause: In live tournaments with short time constraints such as the Smogon Tour, if a player disconnects or times out, the opponent will be given the win, unless the player that timed out was in a position where they couldn't possibly lose. In other tournaments, if a player disconnects and contends that they could still win, the battle will be recreated by the Tournament Directors from the point of interruption if possible, pending TD review and availability. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment.
Cheating: Cheating in it's various forms is entirely prohibited. Players found to be cheating will suffer Tournament Bans and be infracted accordingly. Some forms of cheating may lead to the match that the cheating happened in being replayed, while others don't. What consists of cheating can be found later on in this thread, though it is always up to TD discretion. Repeated offenders are always treated more harshly, as are people in positions of power such as Tournament Directors and Managers. Admitting to cheating might get your punishment reduced by up to 25% of it's length. We reserve the right to offer immunity to a cheater in exchange for information regarding cheating. Utilizing abilities granted by sim or forum positions to gain an advantage over opponents is also considered cheating, and will result in a Tournament Ban and at minimum a recommendation that those positions be removed.
[NEW] Attempted Cheating: Attempting to cheat is tantamount to cheating and will be punished just as severely, even if no actual cheating materializes from the attempt.
Identity: You are the person who signed up, so you are expected to be the one playing and not someone else. Additionally, pretending to be another player in relation to a tournament battle is strictly prohibited. Do not try to impersonate or play as another player. You may request that your opponent log on to their main account to confirm that they are who they claim they are, and they must comply.
Host / Tournament Director Decisions: The host may make a judgment call on the outcome of a battle with a disputed result, even if one player has broken the rules. If you believe the host has made an unjust decision, you may inform the Tournament Director responsible for the tournament of the situation and request that they make a final call on it.
Server: All tournament battles should be played on the Smogtours server. If a valid reason is provided and both players agree, playing on the Main server is acceptable, though know that you risk a recreate not being possible should either player time out. Playing anywhere else is unacceptable.
Forum Bans: Users banned from the forums will be disqualified from any tournaments they are in, except under exceptional circumstances. More information can be found here.
General Tournament Rules
Timer: The timer is always on during tournament games. The rules for what happens in case of a disconnection can be found here.
Disconnections and Timer Clause: In live tournaments with short time constraints such as the Smogon Tour, if a player disconnects or times out, the opponent will be given the win, unless the player that timed out was in a position where they couldn't possibly lose. In other tournaments, if a player disconnects and contends that they could still win, the battle will be recreated by the Tournament Directors from the point of interruption if possible, pending TD review and availability. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment.
Cheating: Cheating in it's various forms is entirely prohibited. Players found to be cheating will suffer Tournament Bans and be infracted accordingly. Some forms of cheating may lead to the match that the cheating happened in being replayed, while others don't. What consists of cheating can be found later on in this thread, though it is always up to TD discretion. Repeated offenders are always treated more harshly, as are people in positions of power such as Tournament Directors and Managers. Admitting to cheating might get your punishment reduced by up to 25% of it's length. We reserve the right to offer immunity to a cheater in exchange for information regarding cheating. Utilizing abilities granted by sim or forum positions to gain an advantage over opponents is also considered cheating, and will result in a Tournament Ban and at minimum a recommendation that those positions be removed.
[NEW] Attempted Cheating: Attempting to cheat is tantamount to cheating and will be punished just as severely, even if no actual cheating materializes from the attempt.
Identity: You are the person who signed up, so you are expected to be the one playing and not someone else. Additionally, pretending to be another player in relation to a tournament battle is strictly prohibited. Do not try to impersonate or play as another player. You may request that your opponent log on to their main account to confirm that they are who they claim they are, and they must comply.
Host / Tournament Director Decisions: The host may make a judgment call on the outcome of a battle with a disputed result, even if one player has broken the rules. If you believe the host has made an unjust decision, you may inform the Tournament Director responsible for the tournament of the situation and request that they make a final call on it.
Server: All tournament battles should be played on the Smogtours server. If a valid reason is provided and both players agree, playing on the Main server is acceptable, though know that you risk a recreate not being possible should either player time out. Playing anywhere else is unacceptable.
Forum Bans: Users banned from the forums will be disqualified from any tournaments they are in, except under exceptional circumstances. More information can be found here.
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.
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.
NFE Resources:
Tier Info | Sample Teams | Viability Rankings | Role Compendium | Speed Tiers
Round 3
rainq vs Akotelette
Regiboob vs Wernher_1
Proszz vs Celeste
BlackCore vs doom
Horii vs Lyna
Tanorasa vs lcalvexx
lettuce vs L Lawliet
Yttoshirib vs Hairoll
ALL REPLAYS ARE REQUIRED
Extension Deadline: <t:1792040400:F>
Round Deadline: <t:1792386000:F>
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