The Pokémon D/P Gaming Guild and The Trainer Academy are celebrating Halloween the Pokémon way. This tournament is dedicated to all the creepy crawlies of the Pokémon universe. So grab some candy and begin to have some fun matches.
Pokémon Allowed: Only Dark, Ghost, and Poison types are allowed in this tournament.
With the exception of: Hoothoot, Noctowl, Cubone, Marowak, Gligar, Gliscor, Lunatone, Rattata, Raticate, Glameow, Purugly, Snorunt, Glalie, Baltoy, and Claydol.
Pokémon Banned: All Ubers, Legendaries, and Big 5 are prohibited from this tournament. That list includes: Arceus, Giratina, Darkrai and Tyranitar.
Clauses in Effect:
Species Clause: All of your Pokémon must be different.
Sleep Clause: You can only put 1 of your opponent's Pokémon to sleep at a single time.
Self-KO Clause: Your Pokémon cannot use moves like Explosion or Self-Destruct to win if it's the only Pokémon remaining on your team. The same applies for Perish Song and Destiny Bond.
Evasion Clause: Moves like Double Team and Minimize are banned from being used.
Luck "Hax" Item Clause: When this clause is in effect, that means the following items are banned from use: Brightpowder, Quick Claw, Focus Band and King's Rock.
OHKO Clause: Moves like Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill and Sheer Cold are banned from use.
Preliminaries: To move on to the main tour, each trainer must obtain 3 victories. The battles must follow the rules and clauses, and must be Singles set to either level 50 or level 100. Trainers may challenge anyone at any time as long as they obtain 3 victories form 3 different trainers. Loses do NOT count against you. Preliminaries will last until Oct 18th then the qualifying Trainers will proceed.
Main Event: The Main Event will be a simple Bracket style Tournament with all matches being Best 2/3. Each Round will have 1 week before each unfinished matches get cut and the rest move on.
Update 11/5: Main Event Final Round Posted!
Update 10/29: Main Event Round 2 Posted!
Update 10/19: Preliminaries and Registration are Closed! Main Event Round 1 Posted!
Update 10/04: Prize Pool updated with more Shiny Pokemon
