Welcome to the 2025 PU Classic Playoffs!
- Standard SS PU / USUM PU / ORAS PU / BW PU / DPP PU / ADV PU / GSC PU / RBY PU
- Best of five, single elimination
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!
- Replays are mandatory!
- Do not make baseless activity posts, get in contact with your opponent and report missed times / scheduling issues only.
- Standard clauses apply.
- All the usual Smogon rules regarding activity, timer, disconnection, and ghosting rules apply.
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokemon with the same Pokedex number on his team.
- Sleep Clause: You cannot inflict sleep upon more than one member of the opposing team.
- Evasion Clause: The moves Double Team and Minimize are banned.
- OHKO Clause: The moves Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, and Fissure are banned.
- Endless Battle Clause: Anything capable of intentionally creating an endless battle is banned.
Choosing Metagames
- Lower seed locks one tier, higher seed drops two tiers, then the lower seed drops one tier, leaving five metagames remaining for the bo5
- The most recent remaining metagame will be the first played (e.g. default to SS PU unless dropped then default to SM PU etc.)
- After that, the loser of the previous game may choose the next generation as long as it was not dropped or already played
- In order to facilitate the metagame decision process, I will be starting private conversations on Smogon with each pair of players where you can give you decisions
The deadline is we’ll just get it done
REPLAYS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL GAMES
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