Draft Spring Seasonal 2025 - Round 8

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Welcome to the Draft League Spring Seasonal! This tournament is a Type A tournament and will be hosted by Happygate and Thomas18. This tournament will take place in the [Gen 9] Draft tier on Pokémon Showdown! The battles will take place in a swiss followed by a single elimination bracket


  • 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).
  • In order to help speed up the first few rounds of the draft for everybody, tournament staff will impose a 24 hour check in. What that means is this:
    • From the commencement of the draft until 24 hours after, every single competitor will need to reach out to their pool mod (either in drafting channel discussion thread, or Discord DM)
    • This message can be simple "I'm here for pool X and ready to draft", no need to be elaborate
    • Any competitor who has already made a pick does not need to check in.
    • Any competitor who has not checked in with their pool mod by the time check-in is over in 24 hours will be replaced.
  • Your timer will halve every time you are skipped. It is recommended to leave picks (with backups) with your pool moderator to avoid this.
    • It is the responsibility of the player to inform the other members of the pool if they have left a pick with the pool mod so the players can properly notify the pool mod it is your turn to pick. The pool mods are not responsible for watching every pick at every hour of the day waiting to input your pick.
    • If you are skipped by the other players when you left a pick but did not inform them that you did, the skip is justified.
    • If the pool mod does not respond in a timely manner, notify 1 online Moderator for further assistance.
  • Once the draft is over, you must declare 2 to 3 tera captains worth 28 points total. They are 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.
  • The following Pokémon may not be Tera-Captains:
    :baxcalibur:
    - Baxcalibur
    :baxcalibur:

    :darkrai:
    - Darkrai
    :darkrai:

    :deoxys-speed:
    - Deoxys-Speed
    :deoxys-speed:

    :dragonite:
    - Dragonite
    :dragonite:

    :garchomp:
    - Garchomp
    :garchomp:

    :gouging-fire:
    - Gouging Fire
    :gouging-fire:

    :iron-bundle:
    - Iron Bundle
    :iron-bundle:

    :iron-valiant:
    - Iron Valiant
    :iron-valiant:

    :kyurem:
    - Kyurem
    :kyurem:

    :latios:
    - Latios
    :latios:

    :latias:
    - Latias
    :latias:

    :ogerpon-hearthflame:
    - Ogerpon-Hearthflame
    :ogerpon-hearthflame:

    :palafin:
    - Palafin
    :palafin-hero:

    :regieleki:
    - Regieleki
    :regieleki:

    :roaring-moon:
    - Roaring Moon
    :roaring-moon:

    :sneasler:
    - Sneasler
    :sneasler:

    :terapagos:
    - Terapagos
    :terapagos:

    :ursaluna-bloodmoon:
    - Ursaluna-Bloodmoon
    :ursaluna-bloodmoon:

    :volcarona:
    - Volcarona
    :Volcarona:

  • The following Pokémon have access to all of their forms (although you may only bring up to 1 to each battle):
    :Pikachu:
    - Pikachu
    :Pikachu:

    :Basculin-Blue-Striped:
    - Basculin
    :Basculin:

    :Oricorio:
    - Oricorio
    :Oricorio-Sensu:

    :Toxtricity:
    - Toxtricity
    :Toxtricity-Low-Key:

    :Indeedee-F:
    - Indeedee
    :Indeedee:

    :basculegion:
    - Basculegion
    :basculegion-f:

    :oinkologne:
    - Oinkologne
    :oinkologne-f:

    :maushold:
    - Maushold
    :maushold-four:

    :squawkabilly:
    - Squawkabilly
    :squawkabilly-blue:

    :tatsugiri:
    - Tatsugiri
    :tatsugiri-droopy:

    :dudunsparce:
    - Dudunsparce
    :dudunsparce-three-segment:
  • If a Pokémon that is available in SV is untiered, please ask a host.
  • Smogon’s Species Clause applies to your draft.
  • All games must be played in the [Gen 9] Tera Preview Draft tier on smogtours.psim.us or psim.us. Be aware that each game on smogtours starts a timer automatically and cannot be turned off.
  • 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.
  • Quick Claw, King's Rock and Razor Fang are banned.
  • Any items unreleased in SV are banned.
  • Replays must be posted to the round thread.
About Activity Decisions

Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, and an extension has not been requested, 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.

Please note that all extension requests and activity claims must be posted to the thread, and that all of these will be judged on a case by case basis.

[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the base form of this rule.]
Contact your opponent as soon as possible upon the round going up. Activity cases are going to be handled in a very strict manner.

When scheduling, offer as wide a swathe of time when you are available to play. 1 hour of activity on one or two weeknights is unlikely to be considered acceptable.

Schedule specifically - do not schedule for "Friday afternoon" or "Sunday morning", pick a date, a time and note the time zone, ideally as GMT offset.

If either host catches news of ghosting or some other sort of nefarious play, we reserve the right to investigate to the full limits of our ability.

Round Eight
REMINDER! AT 7 WINS YOU ADVANCE TO TOP CUT! : )

6-1

subzero_slammer vs Hurtadoo
slayerholfen vs Lin
ducky75 vs paysa
agentflane vs Colin
huuh vs IMCOOKiNG
Gensuzu vs Arc_Atoika
RamzaB vs Wildcat Formation
antheartt vs ButterCHOKE
BionicLettuce vs Fierce Flamethrower
faygoes vs SammyCe123
Skyhops vs s1lveryo
E Man vs Hydra_Y21
PTKmoekyuun vs Lizardu
Shade1x vs Lucas2543

5-2

dawnmidst vs drizzle
LionFear vs Hamish150
Ball_diddleman vs Spoontech
impersonxtor vs Big Pharma
ChronosXZ vs OdinRM
Jackylechicken vs ThinkingSceptile
Samebrrbrr vs vengabenga
sp00kyHost vs Bowas
Teriso179 vs ogalbina
Abocado24 vs Professor Shuckle
TheRageSmogon vs pkcc
dgrgrnd vs HANTSUKI
streganona8 vs Lord Ninjax
Jamieon vs Obviously_JBOB
Heinny vs toastrgophr
mclagno vs EntryHazardous
Xev vs Armo
berna- vs Edgar
Gengar_Mask vs KingofKrook
SouthernCavern vs MG
lavaskull100 vs DJS
Azcelerator vs King L5
wughead vs ScissoryGwen
Coconut | 椰果 vs xdRudi.exe
Ghostke vs Elgino
TwentyTwan vs urban
someone random vs JCMShadow
Ryan&Ditto vs thebeardydragon
Juicyjaguar vs Shiif
bricknermon vs Maansibmac
Tamamo vs Fish and Chips
AgencyIsOwn vs TPH
a12qsd too vs Neil445
OOz!? vs Babyhuey
Furyy vs crying
Kingsous vs Battlestorm
Wolf14 vs himynameisbobert
choptch vs datoneman
Puckbud vs ayep
64 Squares vs cardinals29
MoneyGuy9559 vs Isa
Nozzermat vs thunderbug

You can find all matchups with drafts here: https://spo.ink/spring_seasonal_2025_matchups
The challenge code for this event is: /chall gen9draft @@@ +TeraTypePreview, -Last Respects, -Baton Pass, -King's Rock, - Quick Claw, -Razor Fang, -Shed Tail
When challenging your opponent please use this code.

Given the Swiss nature of this tour, there are NO EXTENSIONS. Anyone who is dropping will be phased out at 3 losses, they will still be given matchups.
Games are due at 10pm GMT-4 on Sunday, 27th April
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This thread and all future Spring Seasonal 2025 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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