Welcome to the Halloween Pokémon Tournament! 

This tournament will consist of Pokémon that is either deemed scary, creepy, Halloween appropriate surrounding popular scary fanfiction, visually, and cannon information. Also it's the perfect time to use dirty tricks against your opponents!

 

You will be using this site to create your team, and battle other competitors in this tournament in "Custom Match".

 

http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/

 

The Tournament has ended already! The winner is Joku760! Congratulations to Joku760 and thank you for participating and/or spectating the tournament! Hope to see you next month. 

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~Rule and Restrictions~ 

- MUST be a Pokémon surrounding the list of Pokémon given below. You can suggest a Pokémon and I will determine if I shall allow it. Giving a reason would give me a reason to put the Pokémon. 

- If the opponent doesn't show up and doesn't battle till a certain Round deadline, then you will be promoted to the next round.

- You can use only 2 legendaries per team. If you pick Arceus, you have to have the plate that represents its type. For example, if your Arceus is a Water type, then your Arceus better be holding a Splash Plate. Trust me, I know if your Arceus isn't having its respective plate.

- We will use "Custom Match" when we battle in the tournament due to the restrictions in "OU", but you can use "OU" or "Ubers" to practice against other strangers on the site.

- Be sure to tell me whether you can't battle ASAP and don't wait it out till the very end to tell me, if you do we then have to disqualify you and promote your opponent. If you are able to battle a bit after the deadline, and depending on how the tournament is going, then I will allow you to still battle.

- If you are in the final round and you cannot battle with your opponent, you can hire a proxy to battle for you. This goes for the opponent as well, as both of you should have a substitute for both of you. For example, imagine Person A can't battle Person B due to work/time zones/etc., he/she AND his/her opponent must choose someone else to battle for them. 

- You must fill out the sign out sheet if you are new.

 

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~Sign up Sheet~

 

Username (Your account on Pokémon Showdown):

Time Zone: 

Days Available in October (The date when to start and end the tournament is undecided until we get enough people for the tournament):

Your favourite Scary Pokémon! (Optional):

 

Questions (Optional):

 

Only 16 participants are allowed.

We have 16 so far, so we need 0 more.

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~Pokémon Mono Type Competitors (KH13 Account/Pkmn Showdown Account/Time Zone/Days Available)~

 

 

1) Shana09 (Amelia Pond) (EST) (Any day) 

  2) Metal Snake (Metal Snake KH13) (AST) (Any day)

3) AlphArt (AlphArt) (UTC: 10:00) (Any day)

4) Isaix (Isaix) (EST) (Any day) 

5) Newa (Newa) (UTC+3) (Any day)

6) Kuriboh (BITTRIPNANO) (Central) (Any day 4 PM - 7 PM)

7) Black Star (VIIIAxel) (Mountain) (Any day) 

8) OmegaForte (OmegaForte) (EST) (Any day but XY break)

9) Ajexmi (Ajexmi) (GMT) (Any day)

10) OthersiderME (OthersiderME) (PST) (Any day)

11) Vexoria (Vexoria) (EST) (Any day) 

12) teppo223 (teppo223) (UTC+3) (Any day)

13) Megaman X (Xaon) (Central) (Any day)

14) Joku760 (joku760) (UTC+3) (15:00 AND probably even earlier on the weekends) 

15) AT-LOW Kihara (Jude-kun) (CST) (Any day)

16) Hei (HeiTheChamp) (EST) (Any day)

 

 Time Zone Legend:

 

AST = Arabian Standard Time (The person in this tournament are Arabian or East African) 

UTC = Universal Standard Time (The time in any part of the world. Like UTC+3 would be in some region in the globe) 

GMT = Greenwich Mean Time (The person in this tournament are possibly European or African) 

Central/CST = Central Standard Time (The person in this tournament are American or Canadian)

PST = Pacific Standard Time (This person is on the west coast of North America)

EST = Eastern Standard Time (This person is on the east coast of North America and the north west coast of South America)

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Brackets:

This will be updated once we have a full set of participants and a few days before the tournament starts. Once it does, please talk to your opponent about when to battle. If you don't battle for the a lot of days and the round's due date is coming, I have to intervene.

 

Tournament Schedule:

 

First Round: October 2nd - October 7th.

Second Round: October 8th - October 12th. *

XY Break: October 12th - October 19th. **

Semifinals: October 20th - October 22th

Finals: October 23th - October 24th.***

 

* = This round will overlap with the XY break. Same goes for any round at all, you can battle during the XY break.

** = XY break is for those who want to spend a week just to play Pokémon X and Y when it is released. I understand this your hype, so have fun!

*** = This battle can be on October 31st if you want it to be more suitable since it's Halloween.

 

NOTE: If you finish your First Round match and your next opponent who you are going to battle in the Second Round has too and the deadline hasn't passed, you can battle him/her early on. This applies to ALL rounds, so if you finish early you can battle early. There are going to be due dates, you can start whenever you want.

 

 

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List of Pokémon to be Used:

 

All = All Forms

Family = All evolutionary stages

 

Beedrill 

Arbok (family)

Crobat (family)

Muk (family)

Gengar (family)

Victreebel (family)

Hypno (family)

Vileplume 

Marowak (family)

Weezing (family)

Ditto 

Parasect (family)

Umbreon

Mismagius (family)

Weavile (family)

Houndoom (family)

Mightyena (family)

Shiftry (family)

Sableye 

Cacturne

Seviper

Banette (family)

Dusknoir (family)

Absol 

Shedinja

Deoxys (all)

Luxray 

Bastiodon 

Drifblim (family)

Glalie 

Honchkrow (family)

Skuntank (family)

Bronzong (family)

Spiritomb 

Froslass 

Drapion (family)

Toxicroak (family)

Giratina (all)

Darkrai

Liepard (family)

Krookodile (family)

Scrafty (family)

Sigilyph 

Frillish

Jellicent

Cofriendrigus (family)

Zoroark (family)

Chandelure (family)

Hydreigon (family)

Mandibuzz (family)

Zekrom 

Kyurem (all)

 

XY Pokémon

NOTE: These Pokémon have a lot of information missing such as moves and they are pretty buggy in battle. So I advise you not use them, but if you want to use it since they have enough information to be able to put up some kind of a fight then you can use them. 

Meowstic (Family)

Aegislash (Family)

Trevenant (Family)

Gourgeist (Family)

Yveltal

 

 

 

NOTE: Due to XY being released this month, if Pokémon Showdown updates with the new Pokémon you can be able to use them. The Tournament, due to XY release date, will go into the first week of November unless we finish earlier. There will be a one week break after XY so we all can enjoy it but you can always battle during that week if you want to. 

 

NOTE 2: You can suggest Pokémon but that doesn't mean they can just enter. Give me a reason why it should enter and I'll think about it. Also if you have a question why a certain Pokémon is there then ask me. 

 

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Pokémon Showdown Battle Recordings: 

 

Round One:

 

Isaix vs. Megaman X

 

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/customgame-54274094

 

Shana09 vs. Hei

 

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/customgame-54615454

 

OmegaForte vs. Ajexmi

 

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/customgame-55315570

 

Newa vs. teppo223

 

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/customgame-54963302

 

Metal Snake vs. AT-LOW Kihara

 

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/customgamenoteampreview-54459595

 

Black Star vs. OthersiderME 

 

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/customgame-55497058

 

AlphArt vs. Joku760

 

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/customgame-54584091

 

Kuriboh vs. Vexoria

 

Disqualification - No match

 

Round Two: 

 

Shana09 vs. OmegaForte

 

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/customgame-55325276

 

Isaix vs. teppo223

 

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/customgame-56278514

 

Metal Snake vs. Black Star

 

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/customgame-56143307

 

Joku760 vs. Vexoria

 

Disqualification - No Match

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Semifinals: 

 

OmegaForte vs. teppo223

 

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/gen5customgame-58921480

 

Black Star vs. Joku760

 

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/gen5customgame-58682180

 

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Finals:

 

teppo223 vs. Joku760

 

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/gen5customgame-59098660

 

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~Personal Tips~

 

- Stuck on the fact that your team might be good or downright terrible? You can go down two routes! Ask a friend who is participating in the tournament or someone you know who is good at Pokémon and battle him under "Custom Match"! You should battle different teams rather than just the same one to conclude whether your team is good or not. The other route is to challenge strangers, but this could not work at all since there might be a time where OU/Ubers/etc. might not allow your Pokémon team to battle because one Pokémon has an ability unreleased or is not allowed in that tier. You do NOT have to change your Pokémon, you can just follow Route A, but just know that you could probably give your team away to your possible future opponent. Also if your team beats a good amount of opponents with different teams but lose to some others, its up to you to decide whether the team needs some tweaking or not. Remember, not every team is perfect, there are going to be walls so have some Pokémon that can take down those walls while the other Pokémon use whatever strategy you are using.

 

 

- Strategy has a good chance at winning. Sometimes it can even triumph over people who just put a team together for no reason. But also know that your Pokémon must be qualified for the Pokémon listed above and make sure they are strong and resilient. Strategy can come from parahaxers (Toxic/Paralysis/Flinching/Etc.), walls (People who can take many hits), Speedy Sweepers (People who are born to kill). Even Pokémon with Item-Ability combos (Toxic Orb + Poison Heal = Large amount of healing per turn), Move-Ability combos (Fire Punch + Iron Fist = Boosted Fire Punch), or even Surroundings-Ability combos (Rain + Swift Swim = Doubled Speed).

 

- If you want to go for boosting your stats but your Pokémon can't take any hits, apply Focus Sash with it. Focus Sash, if your Pokémon has full health, makes the opponents attack make your health go to 1 instead of 0. Imagine you use Shell Smash and then the opponent attacks and makes your health go to 1. You will get so much Speed, Attack, and Special Attack from that move than you'll be to sweep and attack every Pokémon. But it is all up to you! 

 

- Type disadvantage and advantage is very useful, it will work. 

 

- PRACTICE! It works like a charm! Sometimes you can get ahead with luck, but practice has a more of a chance of actually letting you win! I didn't get much practice last tournament due to some difficulties but I can assure you it will work. Sometimes luck has its ways, but if you want to win rather than getting past the first round, then practice.

 

- You can have up to 4 teams, due to we have 4 rounds. First Round, Second Round, Semifinals and Finals. 

- Switch out and make smart predictions!

 

- Don't get angry that you lose, sure you can be like "Dammit I lost" but don't take it personal and ruin it for everyone else. You can joke around, but if you are serious about it then you can't join future tournaments. 

 

- Unlike last tournament, you have a wider choice of types to use. But it's still not that spread out, a lot of the Pokémon are Poison, Dark or Ghost types. Only a few others are other types. So be wary of easy threats like Sucker Punch, Mach Punch and more. 

 

Hope you enjoy the tournament! Any questions and tips and I will happily help you through this thread OR PM! And Happy Halloween! 

 

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Edited October 28, 201311 yr by Shana09

 

I wonder if I should switch off Darkrai for something else to give players a chance...

I'm not upset,but it looks like I'm the only one not using a Darkrai which makes me fear that I'm gonna lose to the next Darkrai spams

 

Btw,thanks for taking my advice of naming your Pokemon after Soul Eater characters ^_^....even though I only said Tsubaki ^_^

Oh... Sorry if I overreacted, I've been dealing with a ton of crap recently and it's tough for me to deal with it...

 

Also, no problem. I was just going to go Tsubaki at first, then thought I should add in Black Star too, then cracked and added them all in.

 

I wonder if I should switch off Darkrai for something else to give players a chance...

Dude Arceus is a total pushover compared to Darkrai

 

Gotta find a Pokemon in the list that might have the ability insomnia

Dude Arceus is a total pushover compared to Darkrai

 

Gotta find a Pokemon in the list that might have the ability insomnia

there's Hypno, but he's pretty pointless, since Darkrai can just use Dark Pulse and kill it in one hit.

Dude Arceus is a total pushover compared to Darkrai

 

Gotta find a Pokemon in the list that might have the ability insomnia

If only I was able to use the Ghost or Normal variations last tournament... Those are the threatening ones. 

Edited October 9, 201312 yr by OmegaForte

If only I was able to use the Ghost or Normal variations last tournament... Those are the threatening ones. 

 

Fake out

switch

Fake out

switch

Fake out

switch 

Fake Out

 

or my favourite

 

Fake Out

kill

kill

kill

kill

kill

there's Hypno, but he's pretty pointless, since Darkrai can just use Dark Pulse and kill it in one hit.

If Hypno is bulky enough then I might figure something out by increasing his defense and Sp.Def

 

Until then I'll stick to my Bronzong

TOURNAMENT NEWS AND REMINDERS:

 

1) Jilly Shears has been replaced by Vexoria due to his inactivity. Vexoria will battle Kuriboh in the First Round, which should've been done a long time ago.

 

2) TODAY is the last day for the 2nd Round. Sadly, we haven't even had Vexoria or Kuriboh finish the First Round. Plus 2 more battles have still yet to go. Metal Snake and Black Star needs to battle. Same goes for Isaix and teppo223. Please battle throughout this week when you have the chance. 

 

3) Tomorrow is the release of Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. I understand you want to play this game, which is why I give you all a one week break. It's also a perfect time to catch up with the tournament schedule if you are falling behind. I suggest you enjoy the game but when you have the chance, just return back to battle with your opponent. 

 

4) The Tournament will officially resume back on October 20th. You can still battle while on the XY break if you happen to finish early or you do not care about XY. Remember have to have fun and keep this information in mind! 

Hey Black Star,I'm ready to battle you,unless you're hanging around with Soul ^_^

I'm gonna get some sleep after two hours from now.

 

So in case you're ready to Battle Black Star,PM me and we'll start once I wake up

I had my match with Metal Snake.

 

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/customgame-56143307

 

I got really lucky with that confusion. Good match!

I had my match with Metal Snake.

 

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/customgame-56143307

 

I got really lucky with that confusion. Good match!

Man I was a real dumpass

 

That Swagger came to bite me in the ass and I should've brought back my Bronzong instead of freakin Zekrom

 

Good game though

Edited October 12, 201312 yr by Metal Snake

I had my match with Metal Snake.

 

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/customgame-56143307

 

I got really lucky with that confusion. Good match!

 

 

Well that backfired terribly. Good game though!

Well that backfired terribly. Good game though!

That was the fastest loss I ever had in showdown.

 

While Black Star did really great,I'm frustrated that I could've adjust my team and Strategy better,but I just choose to stupidly remove my Bronzong.......

That was the fastest loss I ever had in showdown.

 

While Black Star did really great,I'm frustrated that I could've adjust my team and Strategy better,but I just choose to stupidly remove my Bronzong.......

Don't get too upset over it, use it as a lesson in future tournaments. We all make mistakes, but we can use them to improve, too.

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/customgame-56278514

 

uuh...

Don't get too upset over it, use it as a lesson in future tournaments. We all make mistakes, but we can use them to improve, too.

I know but this is my worst mistake in Showdown by far....which means I have to be careful the next time I use Swagger

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/customgame-56278514

 

uuh...

 

 

I really cant believe that Focus Blast hit Umbreon twice. Evasion times 3? 70% hit on Focus Blast? What? 

Good game teppo, that was really close. 

What's the status on Vexoria and Kuriboh? I'm not in that much of a rush but still would be nice to have the battle soon.

So the XY break is over and now we should get back to the tournament! I hope you all enjoyed your game and now lets see whats going to happen:

 

• BOTH Kuriboh and Vexoria hasn't replied. I will send a PM to notify them and if I get a response until I come home tomorrow then they will stay. If not, BOTH will be disqualified and Joku would advance to the Semifinals and battle Black Star.
• OmegaForte and teppo223 have to battle in the Semifinals.
• I will update the Pokémon list to include many of the Generation 6 Pokémon in an hour! I will put it in spoiler tags for those who don't want to get spoiled. 

 

So the XY break is over and now we should get back to the tournament! I hope you all enjoyed your game and now lets see whats going to happen:

 

• BOTH Kuriboh and Vexoria hasn't replied. I will send a PM to notify them and if I get a response until I come home tomorrow then they will stay. If not, BOTH will be disqualified and Joku would advance to the Semifinals and battle Black Star.
• OmegaForte and teppo223 have to battle in the Semifinals.
• I will update the Pokémon list to include many of the Generation 6 Pokémon in an hour! I will put it in spoiler tags for those who don't want to get spoiled. 

 

Well I'm not going to try focusing on that battle much because

 

a: hax

b: distractions

c: moar distractions

 

but yeah whatever I'll check from time to time if he shows up.

 

EDIT: Shana, that's not a good idea to go straight to gen 6. Not everything has been 100% confirmed, and that's where part of my distraction is. Too many people are figuring out how x move work, if y factors what x move works or not, etc. Not to mention the tiering doesn't exist, mega broken stuff (lol nah... besides the chicken), oh the list goes on. Way too early to get into it imo.

 

Although for this tourney, those on the list don't have much confirmation to do+barley a change. Then again no more shadow tag Chandelure, remember? EDIT: On the other hand, it would kinda help on testing what's OP and whatnot... *cough*megaevolution*cough*

 

Btw the spoiler is still showing. lol

Edited October 22, 201312 yr by OmegaForte

speaking of tiers,the X&Y Pokemon are still in the Limbo tier(which means they haven't decided their tier distribution yet) 

 

So I think we should  wait a little bit for the X&Y Pokemon....at least until the next tournament begin

speaking of tiers,the X&Y Pokemon are still in the Limbo tier(which means they haven't decided their tier distribution yet) 

 

So I think we should  wait a little bit for the X&Y Pokemon....at least until the next tournament begin

 

The tournament isn't and was never in a specific tier, so that means XY Pokémon could stay in this tournament.

 

 

Well I'm not going to try focusing on that battle much because

 

a: hax

b: distractions

c: moar distractions

 

but yeah whatever I'll check from time to time if he shows up.

 

EDIT: Shana, that's not a good idea to go straight to gen 6. Not everything has been 100% confirmed, and that's where part of my distraction is. Too many people are figuring out how x move work, if y factors what x move works or not, etc. Not to mention the tiering doesn't exist, mega broken stuff (lol nah... besides the chicken), oh the list goes on. Way too early to get into it imo.

 

Although for this tourney, those on the list don't have much confirmation to do+barley a change. Then again no more shadow tag Chandelure, remember? EDIT: On the other hand, it would kinda help on testing what's OP and whatnot... *cough*megaevolution*cough*

 

Btw the spoiler is still showing. lol

 

We kind of need to get this tournament over with quickly.

 

Mega Evolutions aren't really put into the tournament because they were really broken on Pokémon Showdown. Not game-breaking, but literally they are not working well. I tried the other Pokémon and they work well. 

 

Chandelure doesn't have Shadow Tag anymore? Aww, oh well we got someone else that does now.

 

I'll be testing all of them, the Pokémon aren't really OP they can kill but be taken down fast. The Pokémon I listed are the ones I tested and they are still doing kind of well. I have those Pokémon in the game too, and they have very similar moves. 

 

Aaah and thanks I'll fix it. 

Speaking of Shadow Tag

 

Isn't Wobbuffet better at Shadow Tagging than Chandelure??

 

As mostly everyone I fought using a Shadow Tag strategy has a Wobbuffet on their team

The tournament isn't and was never in a specific tier, so that means XY Pokémon could stay in this tournament.

 

 

 

We kind of need to get this tournament over with quickly.

 

Mega Evolutions aren't really put into the tournament because they were really broken on Pokémon Showdown. Not game-breaking, but literally they are not working well. I tried the other Pokémon and they work well. 

 

Chandelure doesn't have Shadow Tag anymore? Aww, oh well we got someone else that does now.

 

I'll be testing all of them, the Pokémon aren't really OP they can kill but be taken down fast. The Pokémon I listed are the ones I tested and they are still doing kind of well. I have those Pokémon in the game too, and they have very similar moves. 

 

Aaah and thanks I'll fix it. 

I'd suggest we wait till they at least get the game mechanics done. If only the 3DS carts were hackable, then PS would grabbed the info, slap it on PS, do testing, and maybe a few outside confirmations. (Which is tiny stuff)

 

<- has been on Smogon, a lot of investigations.