The Draft League Winter Seasonal is part of the 2024 Draft League Circuit and will provide points toward this year's Draft League Championship. This tournament is a Type A tournament and will be hosted by Theia and olivia. This tournament will take place in the [Gen 9] Tera Preview Draft tier on Pokémon Showdown! and battles will take place in a swiss style bracket.
The following spoilers will cover the rules for the tournament.
- 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 two Tera Captains totalling equal to or less than 25 points. These are the only Pokémon on your draft that may terastalise.
- The following complex ban is in place:
- No Pokémon may use the move Last Respects - The following Pokémon may not be Tera-Captains:
- Baxcalibur
- Blaziken
- Chi-Yu
- Darkrai
- Dragonite
- Enamorus-Incarnate
- Garchomp
- Gouging Fire
- Iron Boulder
- Iron Bundle
- Iron Valiant
- Kyurem
- Latios
- Necrozma
- Ogerpon-Hearthflame
- Palafin 
- Roaring Moon
- Sneasler
- Terapagos
- Ursaluna-Bloodmoon
- Urshifu-Single-Strike
- The following Pokémon have access to all of their forms (although you may only bring up to 1 to each battle):
- Pikachu
- Basculin 
- Oricorio 
- Toxtricity 
- Indeedee 
- Basculegion 
- Oinkologne 
- Squawkabilly 
- Tatsugiri 
- Meowstic 
- 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 and king's rock are banned.
- Any items unreleased in SV are banned.
- Rankings within swiss may not be 100% accurate as the spreadsheet does not track head-to-head results. Players are ranked based on the following criteria: most wins, resistance, head-to-head, battle differential.
- Replays must be posted to the 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, 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.
The deadline for all extension requests is Thursday, 15th February, at 23:59, GMT-5. Any requests submitted after this deadline will not be considered.
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.
The deadline for all extension requests is Thursday, 15th February, at 23:59, GMT-5. Any requests submitted after this deadline will not be considered.
Draft matchups can be found at: https://spo.ink/winter_seasonal_2024_matchups
Round 5
4-0
Baws381 vs gorex
Battlestorm vs GoldenCyber
crow crumbs vs a12qsd too
Gryoine vs ultraplayer
Harv vs Sylveon used calm mind
P is For Penguin vs vinithewini
PaperRuby vs nelluc
TanyaTK vs chi yu later
thatsprison vs blittius
twig___ vs velvet
enoelr vs Batzi
Stefaan vs ComputerWhiz
Baddy vs not mishmesh
3-1
CyndaKill-SH vs LeoRegulus224
corvere vs Elgino
Azcelerator vs Nayjar
Baghiba vs One Take or Die
BidoofGangsta vs rray
EviGaro vs attcris
Gengar_Mask vs kaminjaw
robjr vs Shadow of Roserade
SkyhorseTamer vs Bowas
thunderbug vs Arkaes
AgencyIsOwn vs Jadinobambino
aleyx2 vs sablolol
amyayayy vs olivia
Deranged_Lime vs Lupla
ElevatedGodlynessOfficial vs Babyhuey
Estarossa vs kurse
GeniusX vs USN
hedja vs Zygarde12
Kaneki-san vs Nalaa
kirby6728 vs Big Pharma
l3ssth4n3 vs MysticNyan
Ryan&Ditto vs doogalhh
TheFallenShooriken vs HarmonyHatterene37
ThinkingSceptile vs IMCOOKiNG
TMM vs Vish_1806
Trogba Trogba vs Swagata Mitra
elfowls vs ExtremeHD
grookeygaang vs The Hitman
henguinie vs VoltyPichu
jscurf2 vs powergo1
Kaveh's Hoe vs Mana
Lostmemories vs P2gyorg
M4ikoOffThePerc vs Nox was taken
PrinceofUnderworld vs Spcplayzz
scionicle vs Star
SlickPanther vs Vholtninja
SwordMain vs LatiGOD
Taye101 vs HisuAvalugg
technoTS vs pkcc
Xiphactin vs vmnunes
empoleon9000 vs legonene
HyperTM vs sundays
MCX vs sufys
nunogomes21 vs Soulblaze
random_goodness vs vengabenga
t_zard06 vs Msousagamer
aagarocks vs GammaGoGamma
Detective Rope vs GamerOfTheYear2020
Lucas2543 vs Sir.dee
Nuxl vs SoggyDoggySage
Roller K vs ~Undead~
Ace98121212 vs tommy1066
2-2
bronzo vs VigilanteVigoroth
Shade1x vs DaMMu
termnal vs darkster
DJS vs Breshnek
entrocefalo vs Aberforth
Gensuzu vs Delta4
Luxanse vs Hacker
Mihowk vs TheHoleyCheese
tvr9 vs chimp
Yezy vs Lime
apologies vs WombatBaby
Black117 vs TRowePrice667
Concept Everything vs Shiritu
DiamondScyther vs Shortie
Enzonana. vs Kinetic
Gwanian vs goofy luffy
Ilyes25 vs WelcomeWinters
Juicyjaguar vs Rajeev_Konopatari
KingofKrook vs Amstan
Pampey vs BetelNutCEO
Paxerion vs stopduckabuse
Spwert vs BigTimeBrownie
ThunderOBolt vs ZDen
Vaami vs srvoltmike
zaydapoketrainer vs Lizardu''
BigBlueRock vs MachJacob
feen vs KhaBanh
Flapple1 vs Thomas18
Flying Beagle vs Vertigo
hjj no vs Diviniya
JeoZ vs SolarBeam
Jordy004 vs Mqgnetic
JRoberts vs UnviaSai
Lord Da Spam vs Chlora
majaco vs adyu
Marshy. vs Bovine Ghoti
MegaMW7 vs Almighty Rye
nolanb13 vs 1800saber
ontario oshawott vs FaultierChunk60
PokeFan4125 vs mayoouran2
Shruzz vs Rasche
TeeZwo vs pratik2007
TheHelixFossil1 vs s1lveryo
Thootjuh vs Aselz04
AdamAsh123456 vs Hamish150
Axel The Flygon vs SpouseOwner69
CM_Metro vs Pla
CraftyPuddle vs Knight Sky
Demostert vs Valerie
Dracogon vs TheMutantSpaceDancer
DustyEskimo vs Joshtendo
E Man vs ToasterBoi420
Fauxtrot vs ItzaDelta
Fierce Flamethrower vs Techno6377
Finnn#0460 vs Tjb145
Garden Sage vs Frozoid
gary buster holmes vs zomb™
Golden Warrior vs Rudya
Kinzo Ketchum vs TwentyTwan
Lennart vs tr1x
Mister McLovin vs Zaqwe51
PokeDestined99 vs autumn
SatisfactorySeal vs Ac130gaming
skimmythegod vs VanillaSnorlax
TrashMonkey vs BeniSama
7_0_7 vs SparksBlade
Astroo Silver vs ogalbina
Colue vs VoidOfDarknesss
Cureja vs LemonJuice
Exeggutor8787 vs Steven_Stone_007
Fabio_59 vs psy246
GGTC vs FlygonFlygonFlygon
Jacataca370 vs potato_enigma
Razorgliscor vs Palkia62
Real GLaDOS vs pattek
thebeardydragon vs ksavage91
Aryan3003 vs Neil445
Nyx vs FlutterFliss
Sandanlp vs Bye
REPLAYS ARE MANDATORY. POST THEM AS REPLIES TO THIS POST. All tournaments require competitors to submit the Pokepaste used for each battle to Theia via Smogon Forums or Discord DM (Discord ID: neomeris). These teams will be uploaded for use in the Draft Factory tier (not to be uploaded until after the tournament concludes). Failure to send each team you make and battle with may impact your ability to compete in future tournaments.
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:/chall gen9terapreviewdraft @@@ -Last Respects, -Baton Pass This thread and all future Winter Seasonal 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.
Activity claims must be posted in this thread.
Replays are mandatory and must be posted in this thread!
The deadline for this round is Sunday, February 18th at 11:59 PM GMT -5.
Replays are mandatory and must be posted in this thread!
The deadline for this round is Sunday, February 18th at 11:59 PM GMT -5.
NEW: The deadline for all extension requests is now Thursday, 15th, February at 23:59, GMT-5. Any requests submitted after this deadline will not be considered.[/USER]
