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Amongst all the hype and reveals for Sun & Moon that's been flying out nearly every week, the TPCi has also been releasing information for Gen 7 Battle Spot that you may have missed as it's on their website instead of in the youtube videos. I'll (try to) keep this OP updated with info as it comes out!
What we know so far:
That's it I think. Feel free to post what you think about these changes or speculate on how the metagames will be affected by them or new Pokemon etc
What we know so far:
- Triples and Rotations are gone!
- The site states: The three existing sets of battle rules for Rating Battles (Single, Double, Special), will be increased to four with the addition of a new set of battle rules for the Championships Battle format. This also means;
- VGC will have its own dedicated ladder, which means the Special ladder will not be used and therefore always have its own format!
- The Season 1 Special is going to be 3v3 Singles with Ubers including Solgaleo, Lunaala, Magearna, and Ash-Greninja
- Due to the wording of this announcement on the site, it seems as though Ash-Greninja will be banned from regular Rating Battles like the box / mythical legends.
- The battle timer is being changed to be more similar to that of a chess clock.
- It's still 60 seconds per turn, but the 30 minute game limit is being changed so that each player has 10 minutes total. Time from selecting a move is subtracted from this 10 minutes, and if your 10 minutes runs out you lose. This means no more timerstalling, and potentially the end of Stall strategies altogether.
- Pokemon from Gen 6 games (ie: ones with the Pentagon) will be eligible for Rating Battle for a "set time" after Pokemon Bank updates in January.
- So similar to XY Battle Spot allowing transfers. It will probably be for a season or two.
- It seems as though Pokemon brought from the Virtual Console games will be banned, however it's stated that there will be Special rules and Online Competitions that allow them
- *Fissure Machamp memes*
- Rental Teams via QR code!
- You don't even have to breed and use your own teams, you can scan QR codes that people share which contain a team they've saved and allows you to use that in Battle Spot! This will be amazing for posting RMTs and Community Create-a-Team projects!
- Host your own Competitions!
- We are going to be able to set up our own Online Competitions with customised rules / regulations. I'm sure we will be making full use of this around here
- Mega Evolutions are back!
- No new megas have been announced, but mega stones have been confirmed and are purchasable with BP rather than having to adventure around for them. They're banned in VGC17, no word on Rating Battles.
That's it I think. Feel free to post what you think about these changes or speculate on how the metagames will be affected by them or new Pokemon etc