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 August 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
REPLAYS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL GAMES
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