BATTLE ROYAL RULES
 

GENERAL RULES

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Applicable Games: Sun and Moon

Banned Pokémon: None
Banned Moves: None
Banned Abilities: None
Banned Held Items: None
 

These rules apply to every battle unless stated otherwise. The Battle Royal will take place under the 3DS "Normal Rules". You can use any Pokemon you wish; any ability you wish; any movepool you wish and any item you wish - as long as they are legally obtainable. There are no "Smogon"-like restrictions or clauses. You can use "banned" moves like Double Team and duplicate Pokemon/items if you wish. Try to be original in your choices! These battles also take place under the official Sun and Moon Battle Royal format. These rules apply to all Battle Royals unless stated. 

 

METRONOME RULES

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Applicable Games: Sun and Moon

Banned Pokémon: All
(Except: Clefairy, Clefable, Chansey, Snorlax, Cleffa, Togepi, Togetic, Snubbull, Granbull, Smeargle, Blissey, Happiny, Munchlax & Togekiss) [Pre-Bank]
(Except: Metronome-learning Pokemon) [Post-Bank]
Banned Moves: All
(Except: Metronome)
Banned Abilities: None
Banned Held Items: None
 

The 'Metronome Battle Royal' rules are nothing but a game of chance. Only Pokemon that can legally have the move Metronome are allowed to participate, and this is their only allowed move. All other General Rules apply here. 

 

TAUNT RULES

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Applicable Games: Sun and Moon

Banned Pokémon: None
Banned Moves: All 'Status' Moves
(Except: Pokemon with the Abilities: Magic Bounce, Oblivious, Aroma Veil & Pokemon with the Held Item: Mental Herb)
Banned Abilities: None
Banned Held Items: None
 

The 'Taunt Battle Royal' rules are a special set of Battle Royal rules where Pokemon are only allowed to attack. There will be no Protect, no Toxic, no Destiny Bond, no Recover or any other form of 'Status' move. A 'Status' move is a move that is not classed as 'Physical' or 'Special'. However, there are some exceptions. Pokemon with abilities that negate taunt (Magic Bounce, Oblivious, Aroma Veil) and those that hold a Mental Herb do not have to follow these rules. Think wisely. 

'FIGHT ME FAT' & 'I'M SPECIAL' RULES

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Applicable Games: Sun and Moon

Banned Pokémon: None
Banned Moves: All Special Moves [Fight Me Fat] or All Physical Moves [I'm Special]
Banned Abilities: None
Banned Held Items: None
 

The 'Fight Me Fat' and 'I'm Special' Battle Royals are a dual set. One set focuses on the strategies of having only Physical Pokemon. The other focuses on having only Special Pokemon. However, unlike the Taunt Battle Royals, Status moves are freely allowed. Therefore, the only restrictions are the types of damaging moves you can bring. You should focus on which walls work best for each category. Also, take note that some moves specifically do damage using the opposite stat but are perfectly usable (i.e. Physhock is a Special move that does Physical damage). Remember that OHKO moves and fixed-damage moves generally are still categorised to either Physical or Special. Make sure you check this beforehand. 

STABMONS RULES

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Applicable Games: Sun and Moon

Banned Pokémon: Sceptile (Mega Evolution), Shedinja, Zebstrika, Thundurus (Therian Form) & Volcanion
Banned Moves: All Non-STAB Moves & Burn Up
(Except: Hidden Power)
Banned Abilities: Dry Skin, Flash Fire, Levitate, Lightningrod, Motor Drive, Sap Sipper, Storm Drain, Volt Absorb, Water Absorb & Wonder Guard
(Except: Pokemon with the Ability: Levitate & with the Held Item: Iron Ball)
Banned Held Items: Sceptilite 
 

The 'STABmons Rules' are one of the more exciting sets we've been dying to try out. After some discussion we've come up with a concrete set of rules. In addition to the regular General Rules, the above rules also apply. In short, Pokemon are only allowed to use STAB moves; moves of the same-type. This applies to ALL moves; Physical, Special and Status. The only non-STAB move that Pokemon are allowed to have is 'Hidden Power'. The type of the Hidden Power is free and changeable. The move 'Burn Up' is banned because the Pokemon then becomes typeless after its use. While obvious, it's important to note that dual-typed Pokemon can use BOTH of their STAB moves simultaneously. Also note that if a Pokemon gains a new-type through a form change in battle (i.e. like through mega evolution), it is permitted to use moves of that type before and after mega evolving as well as its one or two original types.

Levitate, Wonder Guard, Water Absorb and all equivalent counterparts are banned because they give an unfair immunity to some moves; as well as a stat-boost or HP recovery in most cases. Unfortunately, as Mega-Sceptile, Shedinja, Zebstrika, Thundurus' Therian Form and Volcanion only have access to these abilities; they are banned in this format. Do note that Levitate-users are permitted if they choose to hold an Iron Ball. Otherwise, they are not accepted in the format.

It is not required to use Hidden Power, but it's advisable. Outside of that, think carefully about the type of your Pokemon and how to build an effective strategy around it. Come, See, then Conquer. 

PKHEX

As previously revealed, there are NO rules when it comes to the Battle Royal; except for any 'themed matches' we do which will be listed above. However, for general matches, there are no restrictions. You will be able to use any Pokemon you like, with any moveset, item and stats as long as these are all legally available. This doesn't mean that you have to catch and breed them yourself; it just means that they need to be possible so I can inject them to get through online hack-checks. Before a Battle Royal session, you will need to message me in advance with the Pokemon you would like.

To do this, you should use PokemonShowdown. Use the 'teambuilder' there to create your teams with everything attached. After that, use the 'Import/Export' command and copy the text in there to me in a message and send me it. I will generate your mons for you whenever convenient! It is important to use this format as it reduces the time to create them in PKHeX. An example of this format - copied directly from the Import/Export command - is as follows:

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Thundurus-Therian @ Focus Sash  
Ability: Volt Absorb  
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe  
Timid Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk  
- Volt Switch  
- Sludge Wave  
- Discharge  
- Protect

As I've said previously. The only rules are; there really are no rules. As long as everything is legally obtainable you're good to go. Please note that until January, Pokemon Bank is not available and therefore Pokemon not in the Alolan Regional Dex or available through the QR Code feature will be illegal until the release of the application. Therefore create your teams in 'Gen 7 OU' - not 'Pokebank OU' - and validate them (do not worry about 'banned Pokemon', such as Lunala). You can request any particular number of Pokemon that you like. Just bear in mind that you will need to catch Pokemon to trade me to get these Pokemon into your game (i.e., if you requested six mons, you would need to catch six Pokemon to trade). Participants usually request 12 'mons but you're welcome to request more or less, if you desire. In Sun and Moon, you can have up to six registered battle teams - and then your party on top too! No more switching between parties at the PC anymore! That's all! Sign up below and have some fun! #JoinUs. 

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k. mentioned everyone who has posted on my blog  If I forgot someone then Oops (feat. Charlie Puth). Anyway, the time has come to actually focus on this now that we've had time to enjoy the games. So if you have a 3ds and sun/moon, then sign up so we can have some Battle Royals. I'm about to edit the 2nd post too with some more ideas for other forms of rulesets we can employ too  

I JUST got the game last week,  so I would need more time.

Just now, Kyoteki said:

I JUST got the game last week,  so I would need more time.

we have plenty time  remind urself for later. not gonna start these till january comes anyway. 

currently updating rulesets for different types of BRs for fun. 

6 minutes ago, RihannaRTT said:

we have plenty time  remind urself for later. not gonna start these till january comes anyway. 

currently updating rulesets for different types of BRs for fun. 

I rather do regular matches, tho tbh. once I get my team up and running

1 minute ago, Kyoteki said:

I rather do regular matches, tho tbh. once I get my team up and running

thats fine  theyre more to stop things getting boring  

Updated with all the current rulesets we've thought of. If anyone has any suggestions, come up with a small plan and discuss with us and we'll implement them too. I'd like to thank Demi for her inspiration in the name of Fight Me Fat Battle Royals. A lot of these are taken from DuncanKneeDeep, GameBoyLuke and HoodlumScrafty's Battle Royals and FFA Roulette series' so go watch those! I'm particularly looking forward to STABmons. 

i'll look for my ds code still my pokemons are level 35 (i like to take my time training my pokemons and catching them all) but still it will be nice to have friends lol 

we should make a whats your current team thread or something 

Now that the new year's here we should start thinking about this  join fams

Ummmmmmm I'm sooo down for this!! Let me go finish the game real quick.... 

10 hours ago, SWINΞ said:

Ummmmmmm I'm sooo down for this!! Let me go finish the game real quick.... 

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