Approved by MrAldo
Idea stolen and OP adapted from here
Due to the RU Circuit, RUPL and Fire-types burning our funds, you will have a limited budget for teambuilding. You're given $50, and the price of a Pokemon is based on their placement in the Viability Rankings. So for example, Shaymin will take a large amount of your budget, 15$, while the cheap alternative Dhelmise will only cost you a dollar. This tournament tests your teambuilding skills on a whole new level, forcing you to build your team around the budget you're given.
Tour-specific Rules
Idea stolen and OP adapted from here
Budget too low for an art
The RU Low-Budget Tournament!
The RU Low-Budget Tournament!
Due to the RU Circuit, RUPL and Fire-types burning our funds, you will have a limited budget for teambuilding. You're given $50, and the price of a Pokemon is based on their placement in the Viability Rankings. So for example, Shaymin will take a large amount of your budget, 15$, while the cheap alternative Dhelmise will only cost you a dollar. This tournament tests your teambuilding skills on a whole new level, forcing you to build your team around the budget you're given.
S | A+ = 15$
A | A- = 12$
B+ | B = 10$
B- | C+= 7$
C | C- = 5$
D | Unranked = 1$
A | A- = 12$
B+ | B = 10$
B- | C+= 7$
C | C- = 5$
D | Unranked = 1$
Tour-specific Rules
- This tournament is single-elimination.
- Players will play a best of one series of USM RU each round.
- Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown!--- main server or smogtours should work.
- If you don't post replays, you have to redo the match or I will coinflip.
- If Pokemon are banned after a round is posted, they remain unbanned for the rest of the round.
- You can use less than 6 Pokemon and you can spend less than 50$ if you want.
- The list of Pokemon will be affected by VR changes for the remainder of the tournament.
- Be mindful that prices might be subjected to variations during the tournament, depending on the economic situation of the tier.
- Sleep Clause: A player cannot put two or more different opposing Pokémon to sleep using attacks that induce sleep to opposing Pokémon.
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two of the same Pokémon on their team. For example, a player cannot have two Cherrim on his or her team.
- Evasion Clause: A player cannot use the moves Double Team or Minimize in their Pokémon's movesets.
- OHKO Clause: Players cannot use Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, or Fissure in any of their Pokémon's movesets.
- Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, he/she loses.
- Endless Battle Clause: Any moveset on any pokemon that is capable of intentionally causing an endless battle is banned from competitive play.
none, for the first round