A special weekly event!
Greetings, PMU!
We are pleased to announce a specially held weekly event - A Little Cup Arena Tournament, hosted by the staff team and one of our fellow community members: Poochy!
This will be held this weekend, Saturday the 17th of September - 5PM GMT/12PM EST. This will be the event for this weekend, so there will be NO event on Sunday.
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Tournament Rules:
- Like the title says, this tournament is Little Cup only, meaning you may only bring Pokemon at its LOWEST STAGE.
- The tournament takes place at the Winden Arena. No items, set level 50. (A warp going to the Winden Arena may be placed to enable newer players to participate as well.)
- 2 Pokemon only.
- Banned moves are as follows:
*Any AoEs that have a range greater than two tiles
*Status inflicting moves (Unless said move only gives statuses as a secondary effect, such as the move Ice Beam) - Burn (Will-o-wisp), Sleep (Spore), Paralysis (Thunder Wave), Infatuation (Attract), Immobilization (Mean Look), Curse, Confusion (Confuse Ray), etc.
*Present
*Healing moves such as Roost, Softboiled, Recover, etc. (Draining moves such as Giga Drain, Drain Punch, and Draining Kiss are acceptable.)
*Protecting moves - Protect, Detect, King"s Shield, Quick Guard, Wide Guard, etc.
*Moves with temporary invincibility - Fly, Bounce, Dig, Substitute, etc.
*Stat-boosting moves (With exception to those with a secondary effect, such as Metal Claw or Charge Beam) - Swords Dance, Hone Claws, Belly Drum, Reflect, Light Screen etc.
*Trapping moves such as Bind, Fire Spin, Sand Tomb…
*OHKO Moves - Fissure, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, etc.
*Rebound Attacks - Counter, Metal Burst, Destiny Bond, Mirror Coat, etc.
*Perish Song
*Terrain Moves - Grassy, Misty, and Electric Terrain.
*PP Reduction Moves - Spite, Grudge
*Stat Switch moves - Guard Split/Swap, Power Split/Swap, Trick Room, etc.
- Banned abilities are as follows:
*Weather-based abilities (Drizzle, Drought, Snow Warning, etc.) This can technically be allowed, as one of the hosts may use Cloud Nine to remove said weather effects before battle.
*Trapping abilities such as Arena Trap, Shadow Tag, Magnet Pull, Cute Charm, etc.
*Pure Power
*Speed Boost and Quick Feet
- Not necessarily a rule, but you are highly encouraged to train before the tournament takes place to be able to utilize desired movesets.
- Pokemon that do not evolve are unallowed. This includes Pokemon such as Heracross, Delibird, Durant, etc.
- Some Pokemon are banned. This includes Pokemon with abilities listed above, as well as Scyther and Meditite
- Should any of these rules be breached, you shall be disqualified from the tournament.
Mechanics:
- No timer, but could be changed if the pacing is slow.
- 25 pairs of battlers, split into two halves, single elimination.
- Set level 50.
- Stat Boosts are disabled, so they automatically fail.
- Two tournaments will be taking place at the same time. One at the Winden Arena, and another Arena (both with warps).
Prizes:
[spoilerFirst Place:1cdvdrir]1 Million Poke
6 Slates of Choice
4 Fossils of Choice
5 Heart Scales
Gold Silk
Sentiment Ribbon
Heat Rock
Exp.All
Miracle Chest
Golden Mask
Tm Earthquake
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[spoilerSecond Place:1cdvdrir]700k Poke
5 Slates of Choice
3 Fossils of choice
Icy Rock
Miracle Chest
Golden Mask
Tm Earthquake
3 Heart Scales
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[spoilerThird Place:1cdvdrir]500k poke
remaining 3 Slates
remaining 2 fossils
Miracle Chest
Smooth Rock
Friend bow
Tm Flamethrower
Tm Ice Beam
Tm Thunderbolt
2 heart Scales
A hug from Procyoon <3
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Event Token distribution:
First Place: 10 Event Tokens
Second Place: 7 Event Tokens
Third Place: 5 Event Tokens
Participation Tokens: 2 Event Tokens
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Should you be interested in participating, do fill out this simple form:
What is your in-game name?:
Are you participating or spectating? (Spectators will also be given participation tokens):
Comments/Questions:
u Participants:[/u]
- AkariHora/Akarihora
- Venturia/Capim
- Bulbs/NaturisticLeafy
- MilkDank/Mr Moo
- HakiuOokami/Kiu
- IloveWater/ILoveWater
- JarkoNeymar/Raga
- Darkguy23/Vivu
- LostGhost/Mizael
- lucario750/Kendel
- DarkAngelX/DarkAngelX
- Luminosity/Luminosity
- mukou/mukou
- lollering1/Axer
- Drakon/Arkan
- Alicirno/Alice Krom
- Aragoth/Aragoth
- Micozzi56/Mico
- Makuta Drahk
- Kecleon
- Juguito
- Anjell
- TheDefeater
- GoomyZ
- medo
- Humza
- Ace0
- Swampeh
- Tough
- Raibolt
- LeonDraceus
- Bad_luck
- exskitt01
- fun and games
- Whimsy
- Translucent
- danl
- Lunala
- Pixl
- Shinx164
- Tkay
- Tansy
- Misery
- Zappeh
- bigbal
- Monic
- hellomelody
- Ludichat
- Clairen
- Endurr
Matchups:
ARENA A (Winden):
Match 1 - Capim vs Leondraceus
Match 2 - Raibolt vs Raga
Match 3 - Danl vs bigbal
Match 4 - Arkan vs Tough
Match 5 - Aragoth vs Bad_Luck
Match 6 - DarkAngelX vs Kiu
Match 7 - NaturisticLeafy vs Mico
Match 8 - Kecleon vs Clairen
Match 9 - Misery vs Swampeh
Match 10 - Shinx164 vs Vivu
Match 11 - Axer vs Anjell
Match 12 - Alice Krom vs GoomyZ
Match 13 - Luminosity vs Whimsy
Match 14 - mukou vs Ace0
ARENA B (Undecided):
Match 15 - Juguito vs Translucent
Match 16 - Makuta Drahk vs Monic
Match 17 - Tkay vs Akarihora
Match 18 - Ludichat vs Mizael
Match 19 - Mr Moo vs TheDefeater
Match 20 - fun and games vs Kendel
Match 21 - medo vs endurr
Match 22 - exskitt01 vs Humza
Match 23 - Pixl vs hellomelody
Match 24 - Lunala vs Zappeh
Match 25 - ILoveWater vs Tansy
Match 26 - RichardG vs Therin
Useful Resources:
Smogon’s list of Pokemon eligible for the Little Cup tier (Only Scyther and Meditite are banned from this list, however.)
Learnsets and (kind of) competitive strategies:
Bulbapedia
Pokemon Database
Thanks for reading! If you have any questions or concerns, do approach or pm either Procyoon or Poochy for details.
~Procyoon
Render credits: http://tamarinfrog.deviantart.com/