Art by Blazenix
Hosted by Hiro' and GraveBee
Round 5 Entering this seasonal earns you points in qualifying for the ADV OU Championship. Winning this tournament will allow you to display
Tournament Rules
- General tournament rules and regulations are in effect and can be found here.
- This is a standard Gen 3 OU Tournament.
- This tournament will be double elimination, all rounds will be Bo3. You may switch teams in between battles of the same set.
- Replays will not be required until Top 16, but it is mandatory to save them regardless in case of disputes.
- Matches are to be played on smogtours, unless both parties agree to play on Pokemon Showdown! main server.
- Do not make baseless activity posts -- get in contact with your opponent and report missed times / scheduling issues only. Activity calls will be made by Hiro' and GraveBee, potentially with neutral assistance from a RoA Forum Moderator or Tournament Director. Coinflips will be done publicly on PS!
- Do not cheat. Cheating will result in a disqualification. Additional punishments may be applied as necessary. Cheating includes, but is not limited to:
- Signing up with more than one account
- Ghosting or being ghosted by another player
- Manipulating match outcomes
- Do not harass or insult your opponents. I reserve the right to disqualify anyone breaking this rule. Additional punishments may be applied as necessary.
This is just a small snippet of the full rules, which one can find here!
- Identity: 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.
- Scouting: Going through your opponents replays of tournament and ladder games is entirely allowed, as long as a game is public there is nothing preventing you from watching it. Abusing powers granted to you by being staff on Smogon or PS! to gain access to information a normal user wouldn't have access to is strictly forbidden. Divulging private information about someone's planned team to their opponent is never allowed, and will be heavily sanctioned. Requesting that such information be divulged is also grounds for punishment. Keep your scouting to publicly available information and you'll be fine.
- Timer Clause: As for taking long between moves, if your opponent asks you to hurry up, please oblige. If you are doing a damage calc for a key turn that is one thing, but prolonging every move is suspicious and annoying. Don't do it. Furthermore, Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason. If you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time.
- Disconnections: Finally, in the case of a disconnect, the decision is in the hands of the player who did not disconnect. The options are: redo the battle move for move, redo the battle with the same teams but different moves, or redo the battle with completely different teams. If the battle was without a doubt over, they may also take the win. Any suspicion that a disconnect was committed on purpose to redo a match may be appealed to me, and if I feel this happened there will be severe consequences, don't do it.
Banned Pokemon
Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Latias, Latios, Lugia, Mew, Mewtwo, Rayquaza, Wobbuffet, Wynaut
Banned Moves
Assist, Baton Pass + Block, Baton Pass + Mean Look, Baton Pass + Spider Web, Smeargle + Ingrain, Swagger
Banned Abilities
Sand Veil, Soundproof
Banned Items
Bright Powder, Lax Incense
Clauses
Evasion Clause, OHKO Clause, Sleep Clause, Species Clause, Freeze Clause, Timer Clause
Baton Pass Clause: Teams are limited to 1 form of stat-boosting alongside Baton Pass across the whole team.
Tie Rules
Battle ties do not progress either player towards winning the match.
Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Latias, Latios, Lugia, Mew, Mewtwo, Rayquaza, Wobbuffet, Wynaut
Banned Moves
Assist, Baton Pass + Block, Baton Pass + Mean Look, Baton Pass + Spider Web, Smeargle + Ingrain, Swagger
Banned Abilities
Sand Veil, Soundproof
Banned Items
Bright Powder, Lax Incense
Clauses
Evasion Clause, OHKO Clause, Sleep Clause, Species Clause, Freeze Clause, Timer Clause
Baton Pass Clause: Teams are limited to 1 form of stat-boosting alongside Baton Pass across the whole team.
Tie Rules
Battle ties do not progress either player towards winning the match.
ADV OU Resources can be found here.
Pairings
Kristyl vs UDM 31
Elian vs Onraider
THE918th vs BluesEnergy00
feen vs Blox
MTB vs goldmason
Vermillion Gangsta vs AC7
Void vs Arcanis Prime
zaydapoketrainer vs Celdanami
Shitrock enjoyer vs Figull400
leo568 vs bydy
TyCarter vs Mister McLovin
lele3 vs Shruzz
Siglut vs Mix
BratmaxeXL vs Nugget O Silver
Mendeez vs Alice Kazumi
Beraldo vs Yoink 0
Voyager vs JabbaTheGriffin
CyberOdin✝ vs SuckyLucky
Deezcastforms vs Kollin7
RichardMillePlain vs Magician
etern vs Hiro'
NeverX vs Quinn
Robert vs temp
ojr vs lubloom
Marshall.Law vs ImposterOCE
Cristal vs The Warthog
PabloERS vs Blackmambafan
ACII vs BobChess
knexhawk vs Leftwingbo
Leru vs xtinaxendrix
Colteor vs Lord Ninjax
Christos vs Cbass97
Extended matches are due by Wednesday, February 28th at 11:59 PM GMT-5.
Matches are due by Sunday, March 3rd at 11:59 PM GMT-5.
Matches are due by Sunday, March 3rd at 11:59 PM GMT-5.
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