Summer 2026 National Dex OU Tournament [Round 6]

Question

Welcome once again to the National Dex OU tour hosted by me, Anchor9. Who will take the crown from Saber?

Rules

• This tournament will run using the current National Dex OU ruleset, which can be found here.
• This tournament will play in National Dex OU on the usual showdown server
• Save Your Replays! Post them on this thread here.
• Conduct your battle and post the replay by the deadline. If not, a random player will be chosen to win( there will be flexibility in this depending on the situation).
• This tournament will be Bo3.

Something to vote on

In your signup post, please vote if you want the tour to be:
1. Single Elimination bo3
2. Double Elimination bo3

Sign-ups

Please read sumwun's guidelines for tournament participation before signing up.

For those interested in signing up, please post an answer below. Your answer should include your Pokemon Showdown username, your time zone, and what hours and days you will be available to battle normally. As an example of how to sign up:

Showdown Username: Anchor9
Time Zone: GMT -5 (Central Standard Time)
Availability: Generally on Thursdays and Fridays 5-9 P.M. or all Saturday

Sign-ups will close on Sunday, July 5 around 10 P.M. -5 and the first round will be posted within 24-hours of signups closing.

Use a time zone converter to help you decide battle times.

Good luck to all participants and I can’t wait to see who wins!

Comments

you should use a bracket maker like https://brackethq.com/ or https://challonge.com/tournament/bracket_generator or https://bracketmaker.app/ or https://www.score7.io/en

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Oh yeah, I almost forgot, I'm going to be using a team I posted on RMT, would I be able to play open teamsheet against everyone else
And thank you Zyles for your encouragement

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i wanna do this but im gonna be in Malaysia soon :(

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Thanks, but I have run dozens of tours. I’m well accustomed to how these things work Froggyfrogsock. Ax109, if you use a known team that’s up to you, but it will just make it easier to beat you. No one else is obligated to use open teamsheets to accustom you.

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Alright, I'll just rely on the honor system that people won't make decisions based on my team

Answer 1

Sixth round is up now! Giving Ax109 activity. glhf! Remember replays are required!

Deadline is August 16 at 11:59pm -5!

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Sixth Round

Winner's Bracket

Amethyst vs. Hexahedron

Loser's Bracket

Saber vs Ax109

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Fifth Round

Winner's Bracket

Amethyst vs Bye 1
Hexahedron vs Bye 2

Loser's Bracket

Saber  vs  Anchor9
Saber  vs  Anchor9 Game 1

Saber  vs  Anchor9 Game 2

Ax109 vs  Froggyfrogsock ACT

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Fourth Round

Winner's Bracket

Anchor9  vs  Hexahedron
Anchor9  vs  Hexahedron Game 1

Anchor9  vs  Hexahedron Game 2

Anchor9  vs  Hexahedron Game 3

Ax109  vs  Amethyst
Ax109  vs  Amethyst Game 1

Ax109  vs  Amethyst Game 2

Loser's Bracket

Saber  vs  R-The-Great
Saber  vs  R-The-Great Game 1

Saber  vs  R-The-Great Game 2

L'chonk  vs  Froggyfrogsock

L'chonk  vs  Froggyfrogsock Game 1

L'chonk  vs  Froggyfrogsock Game 2

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Third Round

Winner's Bracket

Ax109 vs. Bye 1
Anchor9 vs. Bye 2
Amethyst vs Bye 3
Hexahedron vs. Bye 4

Loser's Bracket

R-The-Great  vs  JustATypicalPerson
R-The-Great  vs  JustATypicalPerson Game 1

R-The-Great  vs  JustATypicalPerson Game 2

L'chonk vs  Bye 1
Froggyfrogsock vs Bye 2
Saber  vs  Bye 3

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Second Round

Winner's Bracket

Ax109  vs  L'chonk
Ax109  vs  L'chonk Game 1

Ax109  vs  L'chonk Game 2

Ax109  vs  L'chonk Game 3

Anchor9  vs  JustATypicalPerson
Anchor9  vs  JustATypicalPerson Game 1

Anchor9  vs  JustATypicalPerson Game 2

Amethyst vs  Froggyfrogsock ACT

Hexahedron  vs  R-The-Great
Hexahedron  vs  R-The-Great Game 1

Hexahedron  vs  R-The-Great Game 2

Hexahedron  vs  R-The-Great Game 3

Loser's Bracket

Fernsong vs Saber ACT

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First Round

Fernsong  vs  JustATypicalPerson
Fernsong  vs  JustATypicalPerson Game 1

Fernsong  vs  JustATypicalPerson Game 2

Anchor9 vs Bye 1
Hexahedron vs  Bye 2
Froggyfrogsock  vs  Bye 3
Amethyst  vs  Bye 4
R-The-Great  vs  Bye 5
L'chonk vs  Bye 6
Ax109 vs  Bye 7

Comments

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2658288105

I beat L'Chonk in losers round 1 game 1

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2658291018

I beat L'Chonk in losers round 1 game 2 to win the round and move on to losers finals

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https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2659183529-rxan5laafpvt35pekkh9yor8bf9jhdqpw?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2659187104-p3k74rjsaxqjwx5bt1yu80rd2ltvkfypw?p2

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https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2659187104-p3k74rjsaxqjwx5bt1yu80rd2ltvkfypw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2659183529-rxan5laafpvt35pekkh9yor8bf9jhdqpw
I lost both times. Gg saber

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Won gg
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2661848142-2sef86i9fqcgpswawchss41iihlvmr1pw?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2661851575-hw1905f6ryhht9r6tbjpjp5ppsfv45xpw

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The deadline for extensions has passed and Ax109 vs Froggyfrogsock has not happened. Giving Ax109 actively as Froggyfrogsock missed original time.
New Matchup:
Saber vs. Ax109

Answer 2

Oi!
> Showdown Username: Anchor9
Time Zone: GMT -5 (Central Standard Time)
Availability: Generally all Fridays and Saturdays when I’m awake 11 A.M. to 10 P.M.

Voting: Double Elimination

Comments

I'm pretty flexible most evenings this week, is there any time that you'd prefer?

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I'm on the server whenever you're ready

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As what?

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Never mind found it.

Answer 3

Showdown Username: EeroyeTheCamerupt
Time Zone: GMT -4 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Availability: Most if not all day Sunday & Wednesday, on all other days before 1PM or after 11PM
Voting: Double Elimination

Comments

Bit late, I apologize, does this still work for you?

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Yup, I'll be on in a second

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Wanna play Saturday 10 AM -4

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Sure, that should be fine

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Oops are you still around for today? Otherwise we can take extension

Answer 4

Showdown Username: TripleHexahedron
Time Zone: GMT -4 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Availability: Most evenings on Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday are pretty safe, but I'm flexible, just suggest a time that works for you
Voting: Double

Comments

I should be available from 1-5 oclock AMC time tomorrow. Also sry for not reaching out sooner I was gone this last week and didn’t see your other post.

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Let's try for about 2 PM your time I can probably make that work

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I should be on then

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Actually sry I won’t be able to make it
Can we try again some time tomorrow?

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we can try for the same time tomorrow if they give us an extension

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That will work for me.

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I’m on now

Answer 5

I'll try...

• Showdown Username: Bob the L bozo
• Time Zone: GMT -8 (Pacific Standard Time)
• Availability: Usually on Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings; possibly on undetermined time from July 4 to the 7 ^th or 8 ^th
• Tournament Type Vote: Double Elim

Comments

Proof of attempted scheduling:
I'm meeting up with some other DB members this Monday at 3pm my time or 6am yours. I can stay on for an hour or two if you're OK with battling early in the morning (like 7 or 8am) or a bit later like 12am for you

Answer 6

Showdown username: Ax109
Time Zone: British Summer Time (GMT +1)
Availability: Tuesdays-Thursdays 4pm, Fridays (at a stretch) 5pm, 12pm-8pm Saturdays, 2pm-8pm Sundays.
Voting: Double Elimination

Comments

Saturday 12 pm +1?

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Sorry, I've got something on then, could you do 4pm?

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Sunday? Got a game at that time on sat

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Sure, as long as it's midafternoon or later

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Fine if I tell you exact timing later? Got a lot of games tomorrow

Answer 7

Why doesn't anyone want to play the gimmick tournaments anymore :(

Showdown Username: XScipio
Time Zone: GMT -4 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Availability: Pretty much all evenings
Voting: Double

Comments

You should look at my latest idea in the tournament suggestions thread

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Lol I tried that a few days ago and rolled Gen 1 Bug types. Luck is not on my side.

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Did you get Attack as your highest stat? Mega Beedrill and Eviolite Scyther would be pretty good. And you could have parasect for electric coverage.

Edit: If you got Special defense you get to reroll.

Also none of this counts for you if the tourney ever actually happens btw but you probably already know that

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Would you be free in the evening on Friday or Saturday? Let me know what time works best for you

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Saturday evening would be best for me. Does 6:00 pm work?

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6 PM sounds good

Answer 8

Im going to get so cooked I turn into char and then the char is going to get so cooked it turns into dust and the dust will get so cooked the air turns black. Anyway

Showdown Username: R-the-greater
Time Zone: AMC (American central time)
Availability: most days between 10am-5pm
Voting: Double

Comments

Will the air then get cooked so much that it expands to the point of being the size of the universe, destroying the universe and ripping its boundaries, thus tearing all matter previously within the universe into infinitesimal particles due to the expansion of all matter and therefore all gravity outwards into nonexistence?

And the the particles themselves will burn and nothing in the material plane will exist.

And then the nonexistence will catch on fire...

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Yeah im that bad

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says the one who got 1000 points in their first week thanks to their skill at competitive.

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I got 1k in a week cause I know VGC. I’ve barely ever touched singles

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oh. well I play singles but I play Ubers and AG so I have no idea what I'm doing.

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Would you be available sometime on Wednesday or around 4 PM your time on Friday? Or let me know if there's a better time for you
Edit: I should also be free on Saturday

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On as Aoi Seiba on main

Answer 9

Showdown Username: JustATypicalPerson
Time Zone: GMT -4 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Availability: Evenings on Weekdays and Weekends at a reasonable time. If you suggest a time around these, it'll probably suffice for me.
Voting: Double Elimination

Comments

I’m available from 10am-5pm AMC time this Saturday. Does a time in there work for you.

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Yup, 4pm AMC should suffice for me.

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Great (filler)

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Hey sorry I’m 10 minutes late. I don’t see you online so can we reschedule for another time?

Answer 10

My second interaction on this site this year? Checks out.

Showdown Username: Big L'chonkus
Time zone: British Summer Time (GMT+1)
Availability: Monday and Tuesday, 10AM-7PM, then 9PM-1AM. Saturdays 10AM-12PM. No Wednesdays to Fridays. Ask me about Sundays closer to the date.
Voting: Double Elimination

Comments

I can do six or sev- (that number) pm today if you can