ORAS art credits to IMakeNoSense.
The Draft League subforum is launching its next tournament, ORAS IV! Each tournament ran this year will be a part of the 2026 Draft League Circuit and will provide points toward this year's Draft League Championship. This tournament is a Type B tournament and will be hosted by a fairy and Khaz. This tournament will take place in the [Gen 6] Draft tier on Pokémon Showdown! and battles will take place in pools followed by a single elimination bracket.
The following spoilers will cover signup information and rules for the tournament.
Tournament sizes are dependent on number of total valid signups (individuals who sign up, join the Discord server and are verified in the Discord #verification channel). The first 62.5% of competitors that sign up are guaranteed entry, while the remaining 37.5% are randomly chosen from the remaining player pool.
Example: 350 players sign up, leading to a 320 person tour. The first 219 signups are guaranteed to be in the tour and the remaining 101 spots are randomly picked from the 131 remaining signups. Substitutes are picked on a first-come, first-served basis from the remaining signups. Once signups are sorted, the tour will follow the structure.
Example: 350 players sign up, leading to a 320 person tour. The first 219 signups are guaranteed to be in the tour and the remaining 101 spots are randomly picked from the 131 remaining signups. Substitutes are picked on a first-come, first-served basis from the remaining signups. Once signups are sorted, the tour will follow the structure.
- Players will be placed in draft pools sorted by their time zones. They will be tagged in announcements when the draft begins, along with the sheet for their draft pool. It's advised to read the pinned message in your pool chat to further understand rules specific to the draft (as well as the Draft Rules section of this post for bans).
- Once the draft ends, the hosts will release the round 1 matchups via Smogon. These will be posted to the Discord in announcements. Each round, with the exception of battle pools, will always last one week. Battle pools (if applicable) will last two.
- You have up to 90 points with which to draft 8 Pokémon. Costs are listed on your pool’s tab on the drafting spreadsheet.
- You may only draft 1 Mega Evolution and the non-Mega variants of Pokémon may not Mega Evolve.
- 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:
- 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 - Smogon’s Species Clause applies to your draft.
- All games must be played in the [Gen 6] 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.
- ORAS 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.
- Swagger Clause: A Pokémon may not have Swagger in its moveset. - Quick Claw and King's Rock are banned.
- Baton Pass is banned.
- Any items unreleased in ORAS are banned.
- Rankings within pools may not be 100% accurate as the spreadsheet does not track head-to-head results. Players will advance based on scoring, where a 3-0 and 2-1 record will advance.
- Replays must be posted to the pool/round thread, please mention the result, your opponent's name and your pool number.
About Activity Decisions
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, it is recommended that you open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold and provide a link to the evidence of an activity win.
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.
Please note that all extension requests and activity claims must be posted to the thread, and that all of these will be judged on a case by case basis.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the base form of this rule.]
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, it is recommended that you open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold and provide a link to the evidence of an activity win.
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.
Please note that all extension requests and activity claims must be posted to the thread, and that all of these will be judged on a case by case basis.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the base form of this rule.]
Contact your opponent as soon as possible upon the round going up. Activity cases are going to be handled in a very strict manner.
When scheduling, offer as wide a swathe of time when you are available to play. 1 hour of activity on one or two weeknights is unlikely to be considered acceptable.
Schedule specifically - do not schedule for "Friday afternoon" or "Sunday morning", pick a date, a time and note the time zone, ideally as GMT offset.
If either host catches news of ghosting or some other sort of nefarious play, we reserve the right to investigate to the full limits of our ability.
When scheduling, offer as wide a swathe of time when you are available to play. 1 hour of activity on one or two weeknights is unlikely to be considered acceptable.
Schedule specifically - do not schedule for "Friday afternoon" or "Sunday morning", pick a date, a time and note the time zone, ideally as GMT offset.
If either host catches news of ghosting or some other sort of nefarious play, we reserve the right to investigate to the full limits of our ability.
DISCORD HERE: https://discord.gg/TcNr8jgpnR
Matchup Doc.
Round 2
ETJX vs LimonPokefan
Lightniong vs JRoberts
Minotaur5555 vs Capitão General
Fraolain vs Lux2821
kKimi vs mia asf
Mr.Bold vs profchipboard
Rex Slayer vs Furyy
Pyronox vs EntryHazardous
Dustbin Lexi vs purbaj
Zylvani vs 0glaceon0
CanuckChum vs powergo1
Heinny vs Tails72
babble vs Braga S2
a12qsd too vs wughead
Babyhuey vs Neil445
jecotto03 vs thebeardydragon
Mok3s vs laffon
LeftoverHotdish vs CoolEvan1098
FogHorn vs bronzo
EmperorAry vs Moron5
Clb7 vs Iride
simpleton vs softlock
Sqrtlboi vs mclagno
hex vs Jamieon
HSK7 vs Fc
Nozzermat vs divine.lathe
Thomas18 vs lavaskull100
Lupsss vs SIrKill
ZDen vs RamzaB
OhioGengar vs chaIk
chimp vs toastrgophr
DonMarto vs Khaz
tobyga vs Celeste
Fardin vs CoffeeBeanz2
mbf vs pinkes
Quarante8 vs The K Tank
xGinesect vs benson98
64 Squares vs steinbaum
robjr vs seraphz
MrSvancy vs doogalhh
OrnLatios vs martin mad
Dr. Geo vs GBlade
TheHelixFossil1 vs Azery
ALG Spies vs olivia
Puckbud vs Gengar_Mask
Martiniman64 vs choptch
antheartt vs Firechicken1
kerbecs vs DJS
Charcoal13 vs impersonxtor
dgrgrnd vs Azcelerator
gengariza vs Big Pharma
Offset Product vs Elevated
Tech Froakies vs hunpoko
Lyra vs Teriso179
jadeskarlettdragon vs naviii 1
NHLKA vs Ghoul in PJs
Haildras vs Delta4
UselessUmbreon vs Ryu u Sirox
OdinRM vs Mister McLovin
Figgy7 vs Covle
Hys vs KirbyLunchBox
GabrieLopez vs sylvea
Professor Shuckle vs. burstslinky
Luxanse vs Sibwind
huuh
Zygarde12
StarMaiden ;W;
churrojr
God Kohl
ogalbina
HJ5ean
Hadesofender
King Choco
Andrew M
Idyll
Mushroom-Flower
jscurf
Razorgliscor
ThinkingSceptile
Paying Attenton
VALCON
Asamuni
lighthouses
Stefaan
yfy
Treestain
ZeroNo
Hycrox
An Agent of Chaos
sablolol
dawnmidst
Mada
DyeItTight
Ryueen
Steven Stone 007
kumiko
GamerOfTheYear2020
Roller K
himynameisbobert
trace
Crysite
samuelthestrong
JackRG
VoidOfDarknesss
Nalaa
Thanos
Elite4Elwin
TWiTT
Almighty Rye
PaperRuby
Mysterious Player
Babydragonzard
Donnel
DiamondScyther
Bastien_YG
Bowas
Treyunt
EviGaro
IMCOOKiNG
Ultrxviolet
SinOfWrath
AgencyIsOwn
@[K-12] The Madchine
thunderbug
AlephSubZero
jeronis
GoldenCyber
JeoZ
Zygarde12
StarMaiden ;W;
churrojr
God Kohl
ogalbina
HJ5ean
Hadesofender
King Choco
Andrew M
Idyll
Mushroom-Flower
jscurf
Razorgliscor
ThinkingSceptile
Paying Attenton
VALCON
Asamuni
lighthouses
Stefaan
yfy
Treestain
ZeroNo
Hycrox
An Agent of Chaos
sablolol
dawnmidst
Mada
DyeItTight
Ryueen
Steven Stone 007
kumiko
GamerOfTheYear2020
Roller K
himynameisbobert
trace
Crysite
samuelthestrong
JackRG
VoidOfDarknesss
Nalaa
Thanos
Elite4Elwin
TWiTT
Almighty Rye
PaperRuby
Mysterious Player
Babydragonzard
Donnel
DiamondScyther
Bastien_YG
Bowas
Treyunt
EviGaro
IMCOOKiNG
Ultrxviolet
SinOfWrath
AgencyIsOwn
@[K-12] The Madchine
thunderbug
AlephSubZero
jeronis
GoldenCyber
JeoZ
Pools will end 11:59PM GMT+/-0 on Sunday, February 8th
This thread and all future ORAS 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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