Legacy tournament suggestions thread [closed]

Question

This thread has been retired in favour of a new one. Please use that instead!

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Thread Information

On this thread, you can post suggestions as to what tournaments should be hosted on the site! When you post suggestions, please make sure that you include all rules that will apply to your tournament and the amount of members in it. The most popular tournaments, determined by those with the most votes, will be hosted next. Old and not-so-popular suggestions will be hidden over time to prevent clutter.

Please check through the existing answers and the tournament winners pages linked above to make sure your suggestion hasn't already been made.

Take note that these tournaments will not be hosted on the 3DS (or a Switch or whatever fancy gadget you're using nowadays), but on a Pokemon simulator called Pokemon Showdown. Also if you have a new suggestion that has not been suggested, post it and see if it gets support!

Please read the selected answer (the first answer you'll see) for additional information.

List of Tournament Winners
Showdown/Online username thread
Guidelines for playing in tournaments
Hosting guide

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Format

Tournament Name

Brief description of tournament, eg. "All pokemon have to be the same type" (as much as people like to post long and fun descriptions, short ones are better)

List of rules and clauses, e.g
"OU/Monotype Banlist
Standard Smogon Clauses Apply
Heatran is banned from Fire Teams
No Stealth Rock" etc

Add any extra details or more complicated rules at the end. These rules will be default in case you forget to add those complicated rules.

Smogon (latest generation) OU clauses
Changes to bans (OU bans or bans in the tournament) start applying when a new round starts.
Single elimination best of one brackets
Battles are to be held on the Pokemon DB Showdown! server.
Save replays and show them to the host. You can make them private if you don't want anyone else to see them.
Players can change teams between battles.
If someone disconnects during a battle, then the opponent can take the win or redo the battle.

Comments

yes PX is a she

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It says female on her profile, no?

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please update current tour.

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i can host

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You're supposed to sign up by commenting on the answer, not the question. Also the next tournament already has a host.

Answer 1

This was an Other Metagame of the Month, so it wasn't my original idea. However, I like it.

Mono-stat (originally Highest Stat Meta)
It's a single elimination latest generation OU singles tournament, but with a teambuilding restriction that's kind of complex.
All Pokemon on a team must share at least one highest base stat. For example, Greninja is allowed on speed teams even if it was somehow invested to have special attack be its highest stat.
This is only checked when the battle starts. For example, Lopunny is allowed on speed teams even if it mega evolves.
If a Pokemon has multiple stats tied for highest, it's allowed on multiple kinds of teams. For example, Sableye is allowed on both physical attack and physical defense teams, and Jirachi is allowed on any team.

Comments

I really like this idea

Answer 2

Mono-Move Championships

The rules are:

• Every Pokemon must have one of the same moves
• Standard OU clauses/bans
• Mega Evolutions are banned (Debatable)
• You can change your team between rounds (debatable)

The way it works is that your team must all have a common move. If you win the battle, you can change your team if you want, as long as it fits the rules. Example: I have a team consisted of a Dodrio, a Raichu, a Ratticate, a Swellow, a Rattata, and a Doduo. They all know Quick Attack, having that be their common move.

The setups are going to be either 8 or 16, randomly paired up. The winner plays the winners, and it is optional, but we can find out who is also 4-16th place.

Comments

FEAR and Shedinja are actually very easy to counter.

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Should be Lv100 so we can use whatever, there's no reason not to. And if this tour happens it'll most likely be via Showdown! anyway

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I don't see the fun in this kind of tournament.

Answer 3

Color Clash Tourney

This tourney can either be played in whatever format the host wishes, as long as it fits, the format can be decided by round (which format which round is also chosen by host), or it can be an agreement between battlers (caution, may lead to arguments), and note: this is not meant for OM's (only the formats that I've listed a banlist for thus far can be used).

The premise of this tourney is that the pokemon's Pokédex Color has to be the same for all of your pokemon. If the color changes with form change (mega, Pokemon like Castform), the base Pokédex color counts. If the Pokemon is shiny, however, the new color of said pokemon is counted as their base color. You are not limited to any specific color team when you sign up, the color team you want to use can be anyone you wish. You can change teams.

Ex 1: Porygon 2 and Delibird can be on a red team.

Ex 2: Mega Charizard X and Porygon 2 can be on the same team; Even though Mega Charizard X has a Black Pokédex color, it's base form is Red, so it must be used on a Red team and Not a Black team.

Ex 3: Scyther and Shiny Scizor can be on the same team, because Shiny Scizor is technically Green. Scizor cannot be Shiny on a Red Team, However.

To avoid arguing, the host has the final say in what color a shiny counts as.

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Rules:

• Whatever format it is played in, Smogon Rules apply (obviously)
• It is a bracket tournament, so the player amount should be 4,8,16,32 and so on (although preferably 8/16, so it isn't too long, and that's how many people usually sign-up :P

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Banlist Will be here, in case if anything would be too OP and should be banned.

Ubers None

OU None

UU None

RU None

NU None

PU None

Little Cup None

AG None

CAP None - Although, X-Scizor will suggest Tomohawk and Mega Crucibelle, I disagree.

CAP LC None

Doubles None

Doubles Ubers None

Doubles UU None

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If you want another format allowed (not mono-type, it kinda defeats the purpose) Ask. :P

Comments

I'm pretty sure the shiny counts as a variation of the base form, so it doesn't count as a separate color.

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Well, sumwun, I decided I wanted to count it as a separate color in my tourney Because:

A) The point of the tourney (color vs color)

B) Cause I both can and want to; it is my tournament idea :P

C) Increase the amount of Pokemon in each group.

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nice i uprooted

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"upROOTed"?

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Why does this have only have two uproots?

Answer 4

OU Restricted Tournament

The tournament follows normal OU rules and bans but you aren’t allowed to use the most powerful Pokemon in the tier. The new bans will be decided based on requirements determined right before the tourney starts, but some examples are:
- At least A on viability rankings
- At least 10% on usage statistics
- At least top 15 on usage statistics at 1500 Elo

The meta will change significantly, so any Pokemon or items that would be deemed too overpowered can be banned either by the host or participants via vote.

Complications*
- Double elimination, after round 1 winners and losers matches happen simultaneously and the “loser” must win twice in a row in grind finals
- Alternatively (or additionally), matches can be best of 3; in this case the winner must use the same team as previously after winning (or not)
- Non-bracket, even if there’s a seeding process as it reduces the issue of people planning against opponents’ teams ahead of time (though it could still happen)
- In an event where the # of participants doesn’t equal 2^x where x is a whole number (2, 4, 8, 16...), either the first 2^x users get byes, or the other users play two opponents round one. If it’s like 24 or something then byes can be split between round 1 and 2

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*These are all debatable, and may be changed by the host or even a mod but I would love to see them applied to this, and maybe tourneys in general. Especislly double elimination, it doesn’t increase length all that much but lets people have a chance to continue after one bad day while there’s still a consequence

Comments

Thank you! I honestly don't know why Lando hasn't gotten a nerf yet. Sure, it has its checks and counters, but it's *so boring* seeing it on almost 50% of all teams. Please, GF, nerf this thing just a little bit. I'm not saying to nerf it down to RU or something like that; I wouldn't mind at all if it stays in OU, just make it a tiny, slight bit less perfect so that it's not practically a requirement on every team.

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Yay, I'm not the only one who dislikes this thing!

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@KRLW It's a children's game. Children aren't going to care if it's the most viable Pokemon in every format. You're better off trying to get Smogon to ban it somewhere.

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There should be a OUBL.

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And yeah, they nerfed tons of things in Gen7. For example, Pixilate, Dark Void, Gale Wings, etc. were nerfed, so maybe they can do something about Lando. And @sumwun, I am a child and clearly from the description, I would very much care about the viability of a Pokémon in a specific format.

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@sumwun The thing is, Smogon has brought up whether Lando is banworthy in the past, and it's always been deemed not game-breaking. And just because Pokémon is marketed towards kids doesn't mean GF doesn't care about the competitive scene, which is very obvious in Gen 7. Nerfs to Mega-Kangaskhan, Talonflame, Prankster, and Confusion (although I don't quite get why they nerfed the last one), along with the plethora of new, really experimental abilities this gen. Over the past few years, GF *has* shown that they are interested in creating a balanced and dynamic competitive scene, which is why I don't get why they haven't nerfed Landorus even just a little bit yet. I'm not going to lie, it would be sad for it to go down the route of Talonflame and get a nerf that makes it completely unviable. Just something like -10 attack or something, which would still give it a very powerful 135 atk, but make it lose out on just enough KOs so that it isn't seen on literally every other team.

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They hate lowering Pokemons' stats for some reason. They've pretty much only ever nerfed moves and abilities.

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While that is true, they have buffed several Pokémon by modifying their base stats in the past, so I see no reason why they wouldn't nerf base stats in the future. They experiment with doing new things quite often.

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2 things; OUBL is Ubers, eXcess, and Lando forms the metagame, there will always be a pokemon like that. Game freak won't nerf lando. Also, Lando isn't top tier (ubers), so why should we nerf it? S rank is defined by a pokemon that the metagame is built around. If we ban Lando, a new S rank will rise. Do we have to ban that too? Lando can be nerfed indirectly by Game Freak adding a strong, popular Ice type that lands in OU. Hope for that if you hate Lando, but then you wish for a new Lando to take the S rank Throne...

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That's not always true. Sometimes, the S rank contains multiple Pokemon, and they compete for a spot on teams. There's not always one single Pokemon that dominates each format.

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Sorry for sorta necroposting, but I want to disclose my part of this comment section. I am not trying to say anyone is wrong or make anyone mad, I just want to present why I don't agree. Of course, this is an opinion, but there is a bit of reasoning in there, too. (and sumwun said the comments on a thread could never get too long) :P

OUBL would ban the pokemon to Ubers. Ubers isn't a usage based Tier, and is a banlist, therefore, Ubers is the exact same thing as OUBL would be (a non usage based banlist). If you wanted a tier in between, You would have to create a new tier (like ZU, SU, MU, etc) not a borderline, because that bans it to an above tier even if it doesn't have much usage.

And, sumwun (and eXcess), I understand that there usually are 2-3 S ranks, but If you ban all current S ranks, some other Pokemon will become S rank. There will always be S rank Pokemon, whether anyone likes it or not. If we ban lando, Kartana, and Heatran; what if a worse S rank is developed in the meta? Do we unban them? Do we ban the new ones? Where do we draw the line?

If we keep doing senseless banning, the meta will be erratic and become way less popular (as it will be hard to keep up with). We'd effectively break the tiering system. (Of course Smogon won't ban Lando without good reason besides "it is S rank", they don't want to ruin the tiers, so they think and discuss these things).

Finally, consider this: Will banning Lando make the meta more enjoyable, or make it worse?

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OUBL is an acceptable term, you don't need to create a new tier for it. You're just making it more complicated than it needs to be.

Banning the S-Rank best Pokemon would make the next best Pokemon the de facto best? That's the whole point. To see how good Pokemon are without others in the tier. I don't agree or disagree particularly with actual specific bans, but you're kind of just not making any sense here. What is your actual point?

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Guys, this is just one tournament. It's not like we're permanently changing the OU format or anything. If you think this idea is bad, then just scroll down (or even up; our weird ideas get lots of up-votes).

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I originally came up with this tournament idea because I was salty after figuring out my team is countered by Landorus-T lol. I thought maybe there should be an OU tournament, but Lando is banned.

"Will banning Lando make the meta more enjoyable, or make it worse?" You have a point when you say banning one Pokémon will make another better. But the way I see it, it will be better. Will Heatran become the best Pokémon, since Landorus is no longer in the tier? Maybe so. Well it be as overpowered as Landous-T is? Maybe so. Zygarde, Ash-Greninja, and even Tapu Koko can counter it. Will Zygarde rise in usage a ground type attacker? Maybe so.

In away, that is what this tournament tests. As PX said, removing Lando will let us see how good *other* Pokémon are in the tier. It may be a bit farfetched, but as sumwun said, it is just one tournament. Sorry about all the pointless blabber. :P

Answer 5

If the B button was your childhood friend, and you kept pressing it no matter how many times they told you to stop, then this tournament is for you.

NFE Tournament
Players can't use anything that's fully evolved or not allowed in OU.

Additional bans: light ball, Eviolite

Comments

Great idea. The poor non-LC NFEs get no attention. :(

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In that case, you don't need to wait for my tournament to start. Try playing some of this: https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/nfe-metagame-discussion.3656332/
(note that Smogon bans the broken eviolite abusers instead of eviolite)

Answer 6

“Purist” - All pokemon must have only one type. They also cannot have any EVs. In addition, they all have to have moves they can learn before the highest level you can possibly find them in the wild at. For example, you can find Mandibuzz at level 57, so you could teach it any level up moves it learns from Whirlwind and under. TMs, Move Tutor, and Egg Moves are banned. Your Pokémon cannot hold any items unless they can be found in the wild holding them. (Example: Kommo-o can be found in the wild holding a Razor Claw.) In other words, no megas or Z-Users.

ALL legendaries are banned. Even Articuno. The reason for this is that legendaries tend to have actually usable movesets, and we don’t want that.

Comments

Nice idea.

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Honestly, just get rid of the only one type part, and I would find this fun

Answer 7

Dancing Tourney (a.k.a The Miror B. Tourney)

This tourney is pretty simple. You must have pick a Pokemon that has at least one of these moves in their movesets:

Dragon Dance
Feather Dance
Fiery Dance
Lunar Dance
Petal Dance
Quiver Dance
Rain Dance
Revelation Dance
Swords Dance
Teeter Dance

Rules:

Standard OU rules.
Showdown clauses.
16 participants.
Save replays of the match.

Pokemon Banlist:
Oricorio

Comments

Lmao Oricorio = OP plz nerf

Also, Ludicolo can’t learn any dancing moves. Are you making an exception just for Ludicolo?

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Ludicolo can learn Rain Dance and Swords Dance by TM.

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Oh yeah nvm

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ETN’s right. Oricorio should be banned (I could be wrong).

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Is it because of it's ability? Because if so, I understand.

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Yeah. Wait, do the Pokémon need to actually have the move or just be able to learn it?

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They have to have the move in one of their moveslots.

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Ok thx. I thought so.

Answer 8

Pokemon + Smash Tournament

As you may know, Super Smash Bros. is an action game about smashing beloved game characters off the screen. Many Pokémon have appeared in this series, whether as fighters or from PokéBalls. I'm sure you are all eager to find out who will be joining this tournament. So I made a list to showcase some Pokémon appearing in the tournament. Please, take a look!

Eligible Pokémon

Fighters: Charizard, Greninja, Incineroar, Ivysaur, Jigglypuff, Lucario, Pichu, Pikachu, Squirtle

PokéBalls: Abra, Articuno, Beedrill, Bellossom, Bewear, Blastoise, Bonsly, Celebi, Chansey, Charizard, Chespin, Chikorita, Clefairy, Cyndaquil, Dedenne, Ditto, Eevee, Electrode, Entei, Alolan Exeggutor, Fennekin, Gardevoir, Gogoat, Goldeen, Gulpin, Hitmonlee, Inkay, Jirachi, Keldeo, Koffing, Kyurem, Latias, Latios, Manaphy, Marill, Marshadow, Melloetta, Meowth, Metagross, Mew, Mimikyu, Moltres, Munchlax, Onix, Oshawatt, Piplup, Porygon2, Pyukumuku, Raikou, Scizor, Snivy, Snorlax, Spewpa, Starmie, Staryu, Suicune, Swirlix, Togepi, Torchic, Unown, Venusaur, Victini, Vulpix, Alolan Vulpix, Weavile, Weezing, Wobbuffet, Zapdos, Zoroark

Banlist: Mewtwo, Arceus, Darkrai, Dialga, Deoxys, Genesect, Giratina, Groudon, Ho-oh, Kyogre, Lugia, Lunala, Palkia, Solgaleo, Xearneas

Note: This list is currently inaccurate but once/if this tournament happens this list will change depending on the latest smash title.

Note: Evolutions may participate

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That's right! Every Pokémon in Super Smash Bros. history is joining the battle. Indeed, absolutely every Super Smash Bros. Pokémon ever is in this tournament, whether they are fighters or Pokémon that appear in PokéBalls. I believe this is what DB users want, so I made the impossible possible. Anyway you slice it, this has the most Smash for your signup post. Simply put, this is the biggest tournament in DB history. Once again, DB users will collide.

Jokes aside...

Other Info

To make this feel like an actual Super Smash Bros. tournament, this tournament will be double-elimination. Basically, Round 1 winners proceed to the winners bracket, and losers will proceed to the losers bracket. That way, if you slip up or have an unlucky game, you won't be knocked out of the tournament completely. For more information, go here. That being said, a participant total of 8, 16, or 32 is preferred.

To put actual fighters into the spotlight more, there will have to be at least two main fighters. Since there are limited options, the goal of the teambuilding will be finding the best PokeBall mons to support your main ones.

As of now, this tournament will use the NatDex format, and uber-level Pokemon will be banned to make it more interesting and competitive.

Summary

Aka what actually matters

Here is a summary of the rules for your viewing pleasure:

• You can only use Pokemon that have appeared in a Super Smash Bros. game (trophies don't count)
• At least two of them must be main fighters from any of the main Smash games (64, Melee, Brawl, 3DS-WiiU, Ultimate)
• If an eligible Pokemon is NFE, that Pokémon's evolution(s) is allowed (debatable)
• Double-elimination bracket tournament with bo3 sets
• This is inevitably gonna changed by the host but the participant number should be 2^x and the host should close signups when applicable to avoid RNG byes
• Will take place in the NatDex format with Uber Pokemon banned
• Normal Smogon bans and clauses apply

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Before I go...

I hope you are excited as I am. I will continue working hard updating this post until the tournament starts. I really appreciate your upvotes. I made including every single Super Smash Bros. Pokémon ever my number one goal, so I was kind of hoping you weren't excepting too many eligible Pokemon. However, due to the upcoming release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, new Pokemon will join the battle!

Comments

Corrected a minor error.

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Ahh, how could I forget Ice Climbers?

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Did you know Solgaleo and Lunala will join the game?!

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Yeah, as well as some others like Alolan Exeggutor (however you spell it), Abra, and Bewear. I should probably skim the Direct and add those Pokemon. I also forgot Genesect ;-;

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I have a question, do with evolutions everything similar to that count? Like mega-evolutions and alolan/non alolan Pokémon?

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You can mega evolve anyone you want, but I’ve decided to seperate Alolan and normal forms because in SSBU, some Pokemon appear in only their Alolan forms and vice versa.

Answer 9

Metronome only

We did a metronome only tournament years ago and it was super fun. It's based purely on luck with no team building or strategy required, so naturally it shouldn't take as long as other tournaments to set up and schedule.

Gen 8 AG, use a team of 6 Mew knowing only Metronome.

Comments

I think you should allow other Pokemon that can legally learn metronome, but ban leftovers.

Answer 10

Useless Pokemon Tournament

Number of players: 16
Tier: PU
Here are the rules:
1. The Pokemon are from the tiers PU and "ZU", and NFE only
2. You can only use the moves from the "Usually Useless Moves" section
3. You cannot use two of the same item(example: you can't use 2 leftovers)
4. The following items are banned:
Heat Rock
Smooth Rock
Icy Rock
Damp Rock
Eviolite
Assault Vest
Choice Items
5. The following abilities are banned:
Arena Trap
Shadow Tag
Moody
Guts
6. The following moves are banned:
OHKO moves
Block
Focus Energy

So, what do you think?

Answer 11

Gender Tourney

• All Pokémon used must be Pokémon species that are exclusively Male or Female.
• You have to use an All Female or All Male team.
• Different forms of the same Pokémon (Like Unfezant) are not allowed.
• Attract is banned, but abilities that cause infatuation (Such as Cute Charm) or abilities like Rivalry are not.
• Genderless Pokémon are also banned.
• Gen 8 NatDex.

Here are the lists. I'm only including the fully evolved forms, but the pre-evos are allowed as well, as long as they're not something like Kirlia. (Becasue Gallade is exclusively male, obviously.)

Females:

• Blissey
• Miltank
• Kangaskhan
• Salazzle
• Tsareena
• Lilligant
• Wormadam
• Froslass
• Jynx
• Nidoqueen
• Mandibuzz
• Hatterene
• Illumise
• Vespiquen
• Alcremie
• Florges
• Latias
• Cresselia

Males:

• Nidoking
• Braviary
• Hitmonlee
• Hitmonchan
• Hitmontop
• Gallade
• Sawk
• Throh
• Thunderus (Therian and regular)
• Tornadus (Therian and regular)
• Landorus (no Therian)
• Grimmsnarl
• Mothim
• Volbeat
• Latios
• Tauros

This is my first Tourney post. Please tell me any suggestions.

Comments

Just wanted to point out that Glalie is not exclusively male.

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Ah right, Froslass is a stone evolution. Thanks

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Sexist tour.

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Interesting take on it

Answer 12

Okay the only problem with tournaments is sometimes their a little too short, as after one match it can be over in a heartbeat :/

Which is why I suggest this:

Best of three matches tourney

Okay so this will be a 16 participant tourney with the usually Smogon clauses. However I'm going to add a twist; each round their will be a different tier. For example 1st Round will be a Random Battle, 2nd Round will be OU, 3rd Round UU etc.

Tiers for each round can be changed by public vote, if nobody votes then it will be chosen at random.

The idea of this is to get people more involved in a tourney. We could either do it where you have to stick with the same team for all 3 matches, or do it where you are allowed to use a different team after every match.

Answer 13

The Mega Showdown Tourney

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This tournament is a battle between Megas and Semi-Megas.

Rules Are...
-Have a maximum of 3 Pokemon in your team.
-Have 1 Mega Pokemon in your team.
-Have 2 Pokemon in your team that can Mega Evolve.
-Any Megas allowed in your team, as long as if it has been officially revealed by Game Freak (No Megas Latis allowed in the tourney).
-Any moves and items allowed, as long as if they are NOT hacked.
-If your Mega Pokemon is eliminated from a battle, you lose, and get disqualified from the tournament.
-16 Participants

Anyways, this is all I could thing of. Hope you guys like it!

Comments

These Touneys are in Showdown, not WiFi.

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I know that. Did I include something Wifi T-T?

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"The Mega Pokemon you will be using must be exclusive to your game." what do you mean by your game? does each contestant choose a version?

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I edited it. I guess it makes it sound confusing.

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I say we do Custom format and able to use 3 mega forms, but all must hold their respective Mega Stones.

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mewtwo,locaro and gengar... my team ;)

Answer 14

Mono mon tourney. Basically OU except you can only use 1 type of pokemon.
E.g. if you chose Gengar to be your pokemon you have to have 6! Gengar.

Bans

• OU rules (except the "has to be different pokemon" rule)
• Different pokemon
• You can use different forms of pokemon and mega evolve
• no legendary pokemon
• no ditto
  16 Participants

Comments

MeW2011, any thoughts?

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^^ Wasn't that Mewderator's previous name?

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duh.....

Answer 15

Pokken Tourney:

Overview:

This tournament will incorporate fighters and support Pokémon from Pokken Tournament DX on the Nintendo Switch. There are many great Pokémon available for this tournament, such as Latios, Mewtwo, Scizor, and much more. But as for your legendaries, choose wisely! Only 3 legendary or mythical Pokémon can participate. In order to mix things up, 3 of your Pokémon will be Battle Pokémon, and the other three will be Support Pokemon. Here is a list of battle and support Pokémon that are in the game, and so, can participate in the tourney. DLC Pokémon Aegislash and Blastiose, as well as their respective support Pokémon, may also participate! Ready... fight!

Rules:

• Battles in the tourney will take place in the Ubers format on Showdown!
• There will be 16 participants
• It will be a single elimination tournament
• The battles will be Single Battles
• You can use 3 Battle Pokémon and 3 Support Pokémon
• You are limited to 3 legendary or mythical Pokémon
• All Mega Stones are allowed
• Z-Crystals are banned
• Mega Rayquaza is banned
• Smogon bans and clauses will apply

Sample Team:

Mewtwo, Blaziken, Scizor, Yveltal, Mimikyu, Victini

Comments

we need this

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Yasss an upvote!

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Given these Pokemon, I'd have to say I'd probably not want this because: It is a very limiting tournament with very complex rules, and limits Pokemon too much. Only having 2 legendary/mythical doesn't makes sense because: most of the viable support Pokemon are legendary/mythical,  making Dragonite, Lapras, and Togekiss insanely common, especially if you have no support legendaries. That, and many other strange meta-game stuff that sumwun would explain better than me :P

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Okay, let's agree to disagree. "It is a very limiting tournament with very complex rules" How are the rules complex? You use Pokémon from Pokken Tournament DX. 3 battle Pokémon. 3 support Pokémon. It's certainly not simple, but doesn't that make teambuilding less boring? I can understand how it may be limiting, but I think this is not a big deal. First of all, have you seen the roster? Pokken Tournament DX has many good Pokémon to choose from: Scizor, Blaziken, Mewtwo, Dragonite, Mimikyu, Mew, Aegislash, etc. are all good Pokémon. But I see what you mean when you say having only 2 legends doesn't make sense. I don't play the game very often, so I forgot about how many legendaries. I can always edit it to 3/3 instead 2/4. I also will admit that many support non-legendaries suck. Remember. This is your tournament, so I'm open to suggestions. We could even enforce a limit of 3 Uber Pokémon rather than a limit of 3 legendaries. I simply wanted to have things mixed up, so every team wouldn't be filled with box-art legends. But seriously, if you compare this to the Mono Arceus Tournament, it isn't that limiting, especially because of the release of new Pokémon in the DX version that will add more variety to the mix. But sure, I'll change the rules to 3 legendaries/mythical Pokémon for now. Also, since the Battle Pokémon are actually good, I could make it so you can use 3-4 Battle Pokémon and 2-3 Support Pokémon. If this for some reason isn't good enough, than please tell me.

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well, the point of mono-arceus was to be limiting to arceus. Limiting to 3 ubers is better, and if we really wanted to, we could do the random teams format levels instead (Lower tiers are slightly higher levels), but we could do either or. :P

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Oh, thank you for the suggestion.

Answer 16

Bonus Type Tourney :3

This will probably need a custom format (or 2) on the Pokemon Database Showdown! server :P

Thought this up when I was bored.

• Every pokemon gets an additional type of your choice. (can be a type the Pokemon you choose already is, because then you A) stay the same type, and B) get a Slightly wider movepool)

• The Pokemon can learn moves of that type you chose from the list below VVV

• If a Pokemon is dual typed and gets a type other than it's own picked, it is a tri-type (has 3 types).

• Will have 2 formats (depending on what the host chooses) OU Bonus Type (uses OU Pokemon, has banlist)/Ubers Bonus Type (uses Ubers Pokemon)

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Type Learn List:

Normal:
Physical
Extreme Speed
Last Resort
Flail
Special:
Trump Card
Hyper Voice
Wring Out
Status
Entrainment
Encore
Heal Bell
Splash
Fire:
Physical
Fire Lash
Heat Crash
Flare Blitz
Special
Fire Blast
Flamethrower
Eruption
Fire Spin
Status
Will-o-Wisp
Sunny Day
Water:
Physical
Aqua Jet
Liquidation
Aqua Tail
Special
Hydro Pump
Scald
Brine
Status
Soak
Aqua Ring
Rain Dance
Electric:
Physical
Zing Zap
Nuzzle
Thunder Punch
Special
Charge Beam
Thunderbolt
Electro Ball
Volt Switch
Status
Charge
Thunder Wave
Grass:
Physical
Bullet Seed
Horn Leech
Leaf Blade
Power Whip
Special
Energy Ball
Giga Drain
Grass Knot
Status
Aromatherapy
Leech Seed
Ingrain
Ice
Physical
Ice Shard
Icicle Crash
Icicle Spear
Special
Ice Beam
Frost Breath
Freeze Dry
Blizzard
Status
Haze
Mist
Fighting:
Power-Up Punch
Circle Throw
Mach Punch
Drain Punch
Cross Chop
Reversal
Special
Vacuum Wave
Aura Sphere
Focus Miss :3
Status
Detect
Poison:
Physical
Cross Poison
Gunk Shot
Poison Jab
Special
Belch
Clear Smog
Sludge Wave
Status
Gastro Acid
Purify
Toxic Spikes
Ground:
Physical
Earthquake
Drill Run
Thousand Waves
Special
Earth Power
Status
Shore Up
Spikes
Flying:
Physical
Brave Bird
Sky Attack
Drill Peck
Sky Drop
Special
Hurricane
Chatter
Air Slash
Status
Defog
Roost
Tailwind
Psychic:
Physical
Psychic Fangs
Zen Headbutt
Psycho Cut
Special
Psychic
Psyshock
Stored Power
Status
Heal Block
Heart Swap
Healing Wish
Bug:
Physical
Fell Stinger
Pin Missile
Lunge
Mega Horn
U-Turn
Special
Silver Wind
Bug Buzz
Infestation
Status
Spider Web
Rock:
Physical
Accelrock
Stone Edge
Head Smash
Rock Blast
Special
Ancient Power
Power Gem
Status
Stealth Rock
Sandstorm
Ghost:
Physical
Shadow Force
Shadow Claw
Shadow Sneak
Special
Hex
Ominous Wind
Shadow Ball
Status
Confuse Ray
Curse
Destiny Bond
Spite
Nightmare
Grudge
Dragon:
Physical
Dragon Hammer
Dragon Rush
Dragon Tail
Special
Dragon Pulse
Dragon Breath
Draco Meteor
Status
None :P
Dark:
Physical
Crunch
Foul Play
Knock Off
Payback
Power Trip
Pursuit
Throat Chop
Special
Dark pulse
Snarl
Status
Switcheroo
Taunt
Memento
Parting Shot
Steel
Physical
Bullet Punch
Heavy Slam
Iron Head
Iron Tail
Steel Wing
Meteor Mash
Special
Flash Cannon
Status
Metal Sound
Fairy
Physical
Play Rough
Special
Draining Kiss
MoonBlast
Status
Floral Healing
Misty Terrain
Moonlight
Sweet Kiss

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Standard Bracket tournament, Smogon rules apply, yahta yahta.

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Banlist

The banlist is for the OU like format; all of these can be used in the Ubers one, however.

Mega Pinsir + Extreme Speed

Dark Type Gengar

That's all I can think of, comment any more that could be banned, and why
You can also suggest changes to the movelist

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Hope you like this...

Comments

In that case, can you please ban sticky web and trick-or-treat? They are too OP.

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Done :P

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What happens if Ditto/Smeargle participates?

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exactly what the answer says will happen

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Actually, Gengar doesn't have levitate anymore, so it could be legal.

Answer 17

This is sort of like PX's I'll Follow You tournament, but with a twist.

So, you start out with any Pokemon that you want that at least has one weakness. Then, you have to use a Pokemon that is a type super-effective against the previous Pokemon you chose.

For example, let's say I start with Swampert. Now, I have to use a Grass Pokemon. I could add in Whimsicott. Then, it goes on and on until the last pokemon.

Rules:

Standard OU Rules.
All Pokemon must have a weakness.
Showdown clauses.
16 participants.
Save replays of the match.

Answer 18

The Pokemon Trainer Tourney

So, you pick a trainer from Generation 1-7, and use the Trainer's Pokemon on your team. Battle Tree Pokemon are allowed on your team too, if it's a trainer from the Battle Tree. For example, if you picked Cynthia, you could use the following:
Milotic
Spiritomb
Garchomp
Lucario
Togekiss
Roserade
Gastrodon
Eelektross
Braviary

Yes, you can use the same trainer that is from a different generation. That's why Eelektross and Braviary would be allowed. Anime characters are also allowed, like Sawyer from the X&Y anime.

Rules and Bans:
OU Standards
Showdown clauses.
16 participants.
Save replays of the matches.

Comments

Love the idea! And no one could ever come up with this, but you did! Still everyone is gonna use Cynthia :/
You probably **need** to ban Mega Garchomp, and maybe not even change the Pokémon's items at all.

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Mega Garchomp is pretty easy to deal with because it's so slow. But is there anything that's banned? If not, then we might all pick Lysandre because he used Xerneas and Yveltal.

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Does someone use a Salamence?
I think the Uber Pokémon need to be banned, sounds pretty much that everyone is gonna use people like Maxie and Archie

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Uber pokemon are banned, didn't have the time to edit this before.

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Many trainers have less than 6 Pokémon.

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Then don't pick one of those trainers.

Answer 19

A Random Draft League

Ok so how this works is that I (or whoever is hosting) will insert every Pokemon in OU, UUBL, UU, and RUBL into this Wheel Spinner. They will then spin once for every participant in the tournament, removing the Pokemon as they go. This process is repeated over and over until there are no pokemon left. The host then messages people to tell them what Pokemon they have. This could also be done with Z-Crystals, but I think making it Free Z is better as it encourages diversity.

Bans: None so far

Answer 20

The Nuzlocke Tourney, Natdex OU

In this tournament players pick 12 pokemon(only 6 go to battle, obviously). The twist is that once a pokemon dies, it permanately can never be used again, and will have to be replaced in the next battle with one of the twelve picked. No repeat pokemon or pokemon from the same evolutionary line.

To limit how many pokemon die, only 8 people can join.

Hope you enjoy!