2024 Tournament Rules
Registration:
We allow for a one hour window at the beginning of every tournament event for you to register your team and pay your entry fee. This consists of writing out your entire team, their moves, and items to insure no changes happen during the event. These teams must then be entered as a Battle team which will then be entered into the event.
You may pre-register your team ahead of time by email to: Contact@phillypokemon.com. The deadline for this is 12pm on the day of the event. If you do so please put the name of the tournament, such as SPRING FLING, in the subject line. Although, you will still be required to pay the entry fee to finalize your spot.
All tournament fees are used as prize support and to fund future league events.
Tournament Points:
Each Season each tournament will allow you to gain tournament points. These points are cumulative and can be viewed in the Rankings section along with your current win/loss record. At the end of the 2021 Season we will crown the 2021 Champion to whomever has the highest point total.
Rules for all tournaments unless otherwise stated under the respective individual tournament rules:
Endless Battle Clause: There are some combos that can cause endless loops such as Leppa Berry + Recycle +Heal Pulse. ALL FORMS OF ENDLESS LOOPS ARE BANNED.
Species Clause: You may not have two of the same Pokèmon on your team. Pokèmon such as Rotom have several variants although they share the same National Dex number you may use more than one of Pokèmon such as this if they are not the same variant. This variant exception will also apply to Aloha Forms in Sun and Moon.
Item Clause: You may not have two or more Pokèmon with the same item on your team.
Evasion Clause: A player cannot increase their Pokémon's evasion stat with a move that specifically increases evasion. Items or indirect boosts do not break this clause.
One Hit KO Clause: You may not use any move that may result in a one hit KO such as: Fissure, Horn Drill, Sheer Cold, and Guillotine.
Sleep Clause: You may only willingly put two enemy Pokèmon to sleep at any one time. This amount is not effected by secondary effects such as certain Gmax moves.
Legendary Pokèmon Clause: You may not use any Legendary Pokèmon, or Mythics such as: Arceus, Articuno, Azelf, Calyrex, Chien-Po, Chi-Yu, Cresselia, Darkrai, Dialga, Diancie, Enamorus, Eternatus, Fezandipiti, Giratina, Glastrier, Groudon, Heatran, Hoopa, Iron Leaves, Koraidon, Kyogre, Landorus, Magearna, Manaphy, Meloetta, Mew, Mewtwo, Miraidon, Moltres, Munkidori, Ogerpon, Okidogi, Palkia, Phione, Rayquaza, Regidrago, Regieleki, Shaymin, Spectrier, Terapagos, Thundurus, Ting-Lu, Tornadus, Uxie, Urshifu, Volcanion, Walking Wake, Wo-Chien, Zacian, Zamezenta, Zapdos, Zarude, and Zeraroa.
Fair Fight Clause: You may not use the internet or receive aid from another player during or before any match, however you may use a blank sheet of paper and a writing utensil. It is polite to not have your phone out during matches to curtail impressions of such bad behavior.
Timer Clause: Due to the restrictive 20 minute time in link battles all Gym battles will be hosted as local tournaments by a member of the league. Our official settings for Tournament matches are a 7 minute personal or chess timer coupled with an unlimited match timer.
Note - As of now there is no way to remove the timer in Scarlet/Violet, although we hope that this functionality is added at a later date.
2024 Tournament Season Events:
tournament one: blueberry Biome blitz
Format: Bring 6 play 6, Double Battle Event
Team Construction: Choose one Biome from the Blueberry Academy map. All of your Pokémon must be available to be caught (in one of its evolutions) within this Biome. Pokémon with regional variants are only allowed to use the variant available within that biome.
For Example: You choose Polar and thus each Pokémon on your team is available to be caught from the Polar Biome.
List of Biomes: You can click on any of these to see available Pokémon to this biome.
Coastal, Canyon, Savanna, and Polar.
Double Check your lists on HERE (As this is more accurate) though doesn’t have maps.
Clauses: All Standard Clauses will be in effect for this event. (Sorry, no legends from these biomes)
Terastalization is allowed for this event.
This event has a $5 Dollar entrance fee which is payable via cash or Venmo.
Season Points Awarded for this Event:
1st: 10pts, 2nd: 8pts, Top 4: 6pts, Top 8: 4pts, Any wins: 2pts, No wins: 1pt
Best Sportsman: 3 additional pts.
Tournament Two: Rain or Shine
Format: Bring 6 Play 6. Singles. Double Elimination Bracket within your associated team. Followed by a Top 4 Finals Cut to determine which team will come out on top!
Team Construction: Your team must pick either Team Rain or Shine by including: Pelipper/Politoed for Team Rain or Torkoal/Ninetales for Team Shine and they must have the appropriate ability that sets your team’s weather. You may not include the other team’s two Pokémon during construction.
Clauses: All Standard Clauses Apply for this Event.
Terastalization is allowed for this event.
This event will have a $5 dollar entrance fee payable by cash or Venmo.
Season Points Awarded by this Event:
1st 15pts, 2nd: 12pts, Top 4: 8pts, Top 8: 6pts, Top 12: 4pts, Below 12th: 2pts
Best Sportsman: 3 additional pts.
Tournament 3: Halloween Season Finale!
Format: 6 vs 6 Singles Normal Battle
Rules: Singles Normal Battle.
Clauses: All Clauses will be in effect for this tournament which can be found at the top of this page.
Banned Pokémon: All Legendary and Mythic Pokémon as per the Legendary Clause.
Paradox Pokémon - Iron Treads, Iron Bundle, Iron Hands, Iron Jugulis, Iron Moth, Iron Thorns, Iron Valiant, Great Tusk, Scream Tail, Brute Bonnet, Flutter Mane, Silther Wing, Roaring Moon, Walking Wake, Iron Leaves, and Sandy Shocks. In addition to these Palafin will also NOT be allowed.
Banned Move: Last Respects.
Terastalization is allowed for this event.
This Event will have a $10 dollar admission fee payable either by cash or Venmo.
Season Points Awarded by this Event:
1st 20pts, 2nd: 16pts, Top 4: 12pts, Top 8: 8pts, Top 12: 6pts, Below 12th: 3pts
Best Sportsman: 3 additional pts.
At the end of this tournament we will also announce the Tournament Champion of the 2023 Season to whomever has the highest point total. If there is a tie it will be decided by win/loss ratio.