Welcome to the Draft forum's first Low Tier tournament! This thread will contain the bracket assignments for this round of the tournament. Please be aware that the bracket section of the tournament is single elimination, best of one.
Below are the rules for the tournament. Please be mindful of the Activity Wins Rules section, as extensions will only be granted in very unique circumstances. If you believe your match deserves or needs an extension, please post in this thread to contact the hosts. A bracket scheduling channel will not be provided in Discord. Smogon VMs are the expected way to schedule, as it allows the hosts to confirm scheduling should an activity win be requested.
- You have up to 90 points with which to draft 8 Pokémon. Costs are listed on your pool's tab on the drafting spreadsheet.
- If a Pokémon is picked by someone else, you may not pick it.
- For the first round, there is a 12 hour timer. After the first round ends, there will be a continuous 6 hour timer within which you must pick, or you will be skipped, and will be required to make-up your pick when you are next online. All timers are off between 10pm-7am local time (check your pools pinned message for local time).
- Your timer will halve every time you are skipped. It is recommended to leave picks (with backups) with your pool moderator to avoid this.
- Once the draft is over, you must declare one Tera Captain. This is the only Pokémon on your draft that may terastallize.
- The following complex bans are in place:
- No Pokémon may use the move Last Respects.
- No Pokémon may use the move Shed Tail.
- No Pokémon may hold the Leppa Berry.
- No Pokémon may hold the Quick Claw.
- No Pokémon may have the ability Drizzle.
- No Pokémon may have the ability Drought. - The following Pokémon may not be Tera-Captains:
- Cloyster
- Cresselia
- Drednaw
- Polteageist
- Noivern
- Regidrago
- Regieleki
- Sandy Shocks
- Tornadus-Incarnate
- Toxtricity
- All games must be played in the [Gen 9] (Pre-DLC) Tera Preview Paldea Dex Draft tier on smogtours.psim.us or psim.us.
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- SV cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
- Each set is a best-of-one set.
- The following clauses apply:
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokémon with the same National Pokédex number on a team.
- Sleep Clause: If a player has already put a Pokémon on their opponent's side to sleep and it is still sleeping, another one can't be put to sleep.
- Evasion Clause: A Pokémon may not hold an item, use a move or possess an ability that can increase their evasion stat
- OHKO Clause: A Pokémon may not have the moves Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, or Sheer Cold in its moveset.
- Moody Clause: A team cannot have a Pokémon with the ability Moody.
- Endless Battle Clause: Players cannot intentionally prevent an opponent from being able to end the game without forfeiting.
- Baton Pass Clause: A Pokémon may not have Baton Pass in its moveset. - Any items unreleased in SV are banned.
- Replays must be posted to the pool/round thread, please mention the result, your opponent's name and your pool number.
About Activity Decisions
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the rule.]
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the rule.]
The drafts and matchups for the bracket are in this link.
A few prep teambuilding sheets can be found in this link.
The matchups with Smogon usernames are in the spoiler below:
Matchups
Extensions
RoiDadadou vs JimmyG
CG12 vs 7ayakum
[6,0]
100percentpureheat vs Masskeau
Axel The Flygon vs GypsyKing
[6,0] vs [5,1]
PikachuZappyZap vs GoldenCyber
[5,1]
Xand vs termnal
SoggyDoggySage vs pkcc
OdinRM vs Almighty Rye
JimmyG vs TTK
Meta vs Babyhuey
enoelr vs ThinkingSceptile
Lennart vs vinithewini
HarmonyHatterene37 vs 6Roggenrolas
Stefaan vs chi yu later
3.14dgeot-Mega vs Feyy
Daddy Dark Aura vs JCMShadow
[5,1] vs [4,2]
Gelbel3c vs Your_Shinigami
[4,2] Bracket
Soulblaze vs l3ssth4n3
vmnunes vs Chairman Rose
ITZWhateva vs zappire
s1lveryo vs Lucas2543
Bowas vs Exostomp
gorex vs ShyGuySerpent
RoiDadadou vs Sir.dee
GGTC vs catast
Astico vs HarrisIsAwesome
Cureja vs Thomas18
Kingstonia vs Mister McLovin
Kewta vs GamerOfTheYear2020
sablolol vs CG12
Lady Salamence vs wughead
SeithKheldon vs Zaqwe51
YukiNekoSE vs Galactic Greninja
Joelesheesh vs GBlaze
hjj no vs not mishmesh
Professor Shuckle vs TMM
M4ikoOffThePerc vs Aberforth
Luxanse vs Kinetic1000
antheartt vs SHMITE
Fabio_59 vs MonkeBoi215
JRoberts vs TwentyTwan
Hamish150 vs JD Twigs
hourglassflipper vs Shade1x
ComputerWhiz vs Rysachi
JT__13 vs Razorgliscor
pannu vs SouthernCavern
ogalbina vs zomb™
[4,2] vs [3,3]
Rasche vs hedja
[3,3]
paycech vs P2gyorg
LollWith2Ls vs WombatBaby
bronzo vs dot the dot
BigTimeBrownie vs ChilisGrillNBar
Zygarde12 vs rogueRotom
bottomsley vs Elgino
Uta The Clown vs Iranupagoat
Silver64 (Real) vs Pachequitos
55Miniben vs Manofwoof1
Deranged_Lime vs sundays
Noah Aloha vs jscurf2
CocaKoala vs scionicle
Pollitoshark vs Meowscarada!
E Man vs Concept Everything
Frablz vs Giothebeast67
Arkaes vs FakeFan0
Diamond1996 vs Arvid
Meowerdoom vs thunderbug
crumpet vs yokoisop
olivia7 vs Axelraid2828
thekweenofbasic vs FSF Iceik
softlock vs Marshy.
JubioHDX vs Fenrir Rune
7ayakum vs Shultze1134
demedichi vs ultraplayer
SOM/05 vs EviGaro
Mr. Onetake vs empoleon9000
LightUpFox vs MadYonko
Rissoux vs VigilanteVigoroth
robjr vs CeeLo Green
DJS vs IRazvannN
AbhiSinha08 vs bicmouth
choptch vs Xiphactin
TengokuLight vs KhaBanh
Jamezy_166 vs Gilmoney02
Lightniong vs Hallowed_Hazel
Reuben_Thomas05 vs Rotom Supporter
prismatic_lazar vs Rwbyred
Venoo vs StormWitch
SponsoredPost vs Shaad Skyel
[3,3] vs [2,4]
SlickPanther vs illegal in galar
[2,4] Bracket
Pickedman vs Bullet From The XO
Delta4 vs Hi its me kesha
alienx3 vs EzBakeOven
Ciege vs a12qsd too
Vholtninja vs DamnDaTa
thekid189 vs Pave Low
austinerzs vs Twitchs
Paxerion vs Tapu trevy
Chronalga vs IcyHallsz
Glacier48 vs legonene
r1icard vs kesta
Dackt vs Live1sh
memedose46 vs Humdawg
Peregrine_ST vs lrodher
giove97 vs Ilyes25
Palkia62 vs Blui
AdamAsh123456 vs nel4576
geniusturtle vs Maric28
Swagata Mitra vs charzard14
TheHelixFossil1 vs Don Bork
Garden Sage vs HisuAvalugg
Kerthwack vs TDK
Valerie vs P4bl00
SkillzBP vs bs32
Funny_Pickle42 vs Derfbez
Psycho782 vs TeeZwo
BigBlueRock vs MightyThunderball
Chosenonew vs Xion5128
kaminjaw vs attcris
q2w3e4r5 vs JhawkKing
Nox was taken vs Soccerpies
[1,5] Bracket
TheMiniGamer88 vs Sabran IX
zxgzxg vs mcgrits
It's classified vs Kaneki-san
PA vs Davo2544
PotatoZ vs Mushtoast
UizGT vs AmishDrip
PrinceOfAllTacos vs Eve
Cliffb7 vs Maansibmac
faygoes vs EndlessGadgets
Temple475 vs aces3232
pigsuit vs Ehmcee
Pranay vs Arcaninebr 2.0
[0,6] Bracket
BaitWiz vs Rukt
AstilCodex vs Radical1233
Extensions
RoiDadadou vs JimmyG
CG12 vs 7ayakum
[6,0]
100percentpureheat vs Masskeau
Axel The Flygon vs GypsyKing
[6,0] vs [5,1]
PikachuZappyZap vs GoldenCyber
[5,1]
Xand vs termnal
SoggyDoggySage vs pkcc
OdinRM vs Almighty Rye
JimmyG vs TTK
Meta vs Babyhuey
enoelr vs ThinkingSceptile
Lennart vs vinithewini
HarmonyHatterene37 vs 6Roggenrolas
Stefaan vs chi yu later
3.14dgeot-Mega vs Feyy
Daddy Dark Aura vs JCMShadow
[5,1] vs [4,2]
Gelbel3c vs Your_Shinigami
[4,2] Bracket
Soulblaze vs l3ssth4n3
vmnunes vs Chairman Rose
ITZWhateva vs zappire
s1lveryo vs Lucas2543
Bowas vs Exostomp
gorex vs ShyGuySerpent
RoiDadadou vs Sir.dee
GGTC vs catast
Astico vs HarrisIsAwesome
Cureja vs Thomas18
Kingstonia vs Mister McLovin
Kewta vs GamerOfTheYear2020
sablolol vs CG12
Lady Salamence vs wughead
SeithKheldon vs Zaqwe51
YukiNekoSE vs Galactic Greninja
Joelesheesh vs GBlaze
hjj no vs not mishmesh
Professor Shuckle vs TMM
M4ikoOffThePerc vs Aberforth
Luxanse vs Kinetic1000
antheartt vs SHMITE
Fabio_59 vs MonkeBoi215
JRoberts vs TwentyTwan
Hamish150 vs JD Twigs
hourglassflipper vs Shade1x
ComputerWhiz vs Rysachi
JT__13 vs Razorgliscor
pannu vs SouthernCavern
ogalbina vs zomb™
[4,2] vs [3,3]
Rasche vs hedja
[3,3]
paycech vs P2gyorg
LollWith2Ls vs WombatBaby
bronzo vs dot the dot
BigTimeBrownie vs ChilisGrillNBar
Zygarde12 vs rogueRotom
bottomsley vs Elgino
Uta The Clown vs Iranupagoat
Silver64 (Real) vs Pachequitos
55Miniben vs Manofwoof1
Deranged_Lime vs sundays
Noah Aloha vs jscurf2
CocaKoala vs scionicle
Pollitoshark vs Meowscarada!
E Man vs Concept Everything
Frablz vs Giothebeast67
Arkaes vs FakeFan0
Diamond1996 vs Arvid
Meowerdoom vs thunderbug
crumpet vs yokoisop
olivia7 vs Axelraid2828
thekweenofbasic vs FSF Iceik
softlock vs Marshy.
JubioHDX vs Fenrir Rune
7ayakum vs Shultze1134
demedichi vs ultraplayer
SOM/05 vs EviGaro
Mr. Onetake vs empoleon9000
LightUpFox vs MadYonko
Rissoux vs VigilanteVigoroth
robjr vs CeeLo Green
DJS vs IRazvannN
AbhiSinha08 vs bicmouth
choptch vs Xiphactin
TengokuLight vs KhaBanh
Jamezy_166 vs Gilmoney02
Lightniong vs Hallowed_Hazel
Reuben_Thomas05 vs Rotom Supporter
prismatic_lazar vs Rwbyred
Venoo vs StormWitch
SponsoredPost vs Shaad Skyel
[3,3] vs [2,4]
SlickPanther vs illegal in galar
[2,4] Bracket
Pickedman vs Bullet From The XO
Delta4 vs Hi its me kesha
alienx3 vs EzBakeOven
Ciege vs a12qsd too
Vholtninja vs DamnDaTa
thekid189 vs Pave Low
austinerzs vs Twitchs
Paxerion vs Tapu trevy
Chronalga vs IcyHallsz
Glacier48 vs legonene
r1icard vs kesta
Dackt vs Live1sh
memedose46 vs Humdawg
Peregrine_ST vs lrodher
giove97 vs Ilyes25
Palkia62 vs Blui
AdamAsh123456 vs nel4576
geniusturtle vs Maric28
Swagata Mitra vs charzard14
TheHelixFossil1 vs Don Bork
Garden Sage vs HisuAvalugg
Kerthwack vs TDK
Valerie vs P4bl00
SkillzBP vs bs32
Funny_Pickle42 vs Derfbez
Psycho782 vs TeeZwo
BigBlueRock vs MightyThunderball
Chosenonew vs Xion5128
kaminjaw vs attcris
q2w3e4r5 vs JhawkKing
Nox was taken vs Soccerpies
[1,5] Bracket
TheMiniGamer88 vs Sabran IX
zxgzxg vs mcgrits
It's classified vs Kaneki-san
PA vs Davo2544
PotatoZ vs Mushtoast
UizGT vs AmishDrip
PrinceOfAllTacos vs Eve
Cliffb7 vs Maansibmac
faygoes vs EndlessGadgets
Temple475 vs aces3232
pigsuit vs Ehmcee
Pranay vs Arcaninebr 2.0
[0,6] Bracket
BaitWiz vs Rukt
AstilCodex vs Radical1233
Scheduling Advice:
- Prioritize scheduling with your opponent. The chance of you advancing in the tournament by attempting to avoid your opponent is nonexistent compared to playing your matches.
- Do your best to make time for your matches, Activity Win requests may be rejected if the hosts believe that a valid attempt to play did not occur, such as if you only offer limited times to play, or if scheduling did not take place on Smogon VMs and provided logs appear incomplete or forged.
The tier does not innately catch a handful of bans, which must be adhered to in play. Here's the challenge command that includes all the teambuilder bans to make it easier for validation. Just paste it in the PMs of your opponent on Smogtours:
/challenge predlcgen9terapreviewpaldeadexdraft@@@ -Last Respects, -Shed Tail, -Drizzle, -Drought, -Leppa Berry, -Baton Pass, -Quick Claw
All games must be complete by 11:59PM GMT-0 on Sunday, October 1st, 2023. Incomplete games will be resolved by the hosts (Lady Salamence, SparksBlade, and ultraplayer) following the Activity Win Rules above.
POSTING REPLAYS IN THIS THREAD IS MANDATORY.
Please post the name of your opponent with it as well as the end score.
POSTING REPLAYS IN THIS THREAD IS MANDATORY.
Please post the name of your opponent with it as well as the end score.
For example: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9paldeadexdraft-1806537886-4kh0psde9rs0m9jk0ir7ekv753plw5zpw ultraplayer vs Concept Everything (victory to ultraplayer 6-0)
This thread and all other Low Tier Draft threads should be considered the final ruling in case of discrepancy between threads, Discord announcements, and Google spreadsheets. Contact a host if you have any questions or spot an error. We are human, after all.
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