Smogon Info Hub

Check out the Smogon Help Form!

Hello, and welcome to Smogon Info Hub! For many years, Smogon has been accused of being a closed off community that is difficult to understand by outsiders. It's understandable why this is: like the sciences, we have developed our own sort of vocabulary as a competitive community. While we will continue to be the number one source for competitive Pokémon information on the Internet, we're interested in making ourselves more accessible to the public. That desire brought us to the creation of the help form and the Smogon Info / Intro Hub.

What we have set up is a direct system for you, the reader, to communicate with Smogon veterans. A large group of us have joined together to work towards teaching the Internet about Smogon and its many facets. We're the writers, the battlers, and the contributors on the front of the competitive Pokémon scene, and we're dying to share with you what we know. This system is the Smogon Help Form. Whatever question you have about the community will be automatically sent to one of our Smogon experts. They can help you fit into a certain community, and a few can even help you improve as a battler! If you're interested in learning more about Smogon's communities, we've compiled a quick description of each of our communities; you can read about all of them here.

Here's a tip right off the bat: Smogon's forums only make up a small fraction of who we are. We utilize IRC (Internet Relay Chat) to communicate, set up battles, and just have a good time on a daily basis. To start, you can learn how to download mIRC here. Most people head to #smogon, so check it out.

If you're looking to get involved in our forums, register an account and start posting! We don't really care how many posts you have, and we'd prefer that you jump into our conversations. However, if you'd like to introduce yourself, check out our Introduction Thread to get yourself started. Welcome to Smogon—we hope that you enjoy your stay!