Common rules of battling

[Varna]

True, but if I remember correctly, official tournament rules state that a Pokemon has to be exactly level 50 with no more experience. That limits you to doing EVs via the potions, which has a limit and is somewhat restrictive on EV spreads.

I'll have to PM a judge from last year's tournament and ask him to clarify.

Speaking of which, coming soon, official tournament stuff (rules followed, advice, etc...)

I highly doubt that's the case. It's next to impossible to level up to level 50 ON THE DOT, sans rare candy spam straight from 1.

[randomspot555]

I highly doubt that's the case. It's next to impossible to level up to level 50 ON THE DOT, sans rare candy spam straight from 1.

Or you level up to 49, THEN use one rare candy.

Again, I'll be checking with a judge from last year's tournament, who has shared a wealth of knowledge about the experience. The rules are pretty restrictive (including restrictions on nicknames, such as no nicknaming it another pokemon or nicknaming it after a glitch), so something like EXACTLY LEVEL 50 OR ELSE wouldn't surprise me at all.

For any interested, last year's tournament rules are here. Expect this year's to be much of the same with some minor modifications.

[LORD NIGHTMARE]

True, but if I remember correctly, official tournament rules state that a Pokemon has to be exactly level 50 with no more experience. That limits you to doing EVs via the potions, which has a limit and is somewhat restrictive on EV spreads.

I'll have to PM a judge from last year's tournament and ask him to clarify.

Speaking of which, coming soon, official tournament stuff (rules followed, advice, etc...)

they may have experience, they just may not be over level 50 allowing you to use the box trick, although only zapdos and cresselia would be the only pokemon that would use this (heatran isn't really the best showdown pokemon).

[Belum]

Legendary Pokemon above 50 can be ev'd because the slate is wiped clean in the PC.

[Greencat]

Moving to the section, "Competitive Battling".
BTW, I plan to add some Mark-Up to this.

[randomspot555]

Moving to the section, "Competitive Battling".
BTW, I plan to add some Mark-Up to this.

Feel free to add on to the OP, though I'd appreciate it if you added a part indicating what you wrote to differentiate from what I wrote.

What do you mean by "Mark-Up"?

[Greencat]

Mark-Up, as in, adding Color, Size, Italics, Bold, Underline, etc. You could call it "BBCode It" too. =/

[randomspot555]

Mark-Up, as in, adding Color, Size, Italics, Bold, Underline, etc. You could call it "BBCode It" too. =/

Oh yeah. Please feel free to make it more aesthetically pleasing.

[Zengetsu]

when you mean no legends do you just mean no ubers??

[Silent Storm]

No legendaries = No legendary Pokemon that are caught in game if you know what i mean.

Ubers - Pokemon too powerful for OU play, some of them are Pokemon that are not legendary (Wobbafett) while some Legendaries (like Jirachi, Celebi) are not Ubers and are thus allowed in standard play.

^ Normally no Ubers is a common rule used in the competitive evironment, no Legends are used mostly by people:
- Think the games should rsemble the anime. =/
- Think that all Legendaries are cheap/legendaries = Ubers. =/

[Zengetsu]

ya I know ubers dont consist of just legendary pokes but like you just metioned Celebi and Jirachi are considered legends and I didnt know if the rules say I couldnt use them even though they are OUs

[Destati]

Basically, only noobs play by "no legendaries."

[Vlad]

Articuno, Mind Reader + Sheer Cold pew pew!

[randomspot555]

Articuno, Mind Reader + Sheer Cold pew pew!

OHKO moves are banned in standard play anyway. And really, with Articuno's x4 rock weakness (meaning losing half of it's health due to Stealth rock) it really isn't all that great of a strategy anyway, even if OHKO moves became allowed in standard play.

(and Sturdy Magnezone basically is a perfect counter to it)

And the above poster is correct. "No legends" is a (stupid) clause usually used under the assumption that legendary Pokemon are inherently special and very powerful. Really, they aren't, and more than a few actually kind of suck.

However, I chose to list those alternate clauses because those are POPULAR/common additional clauses. I came up with that list by either:

• Observation at various Pokemon battling communities
• Official Nintendo tournament rules
• Optional clauses in Pokemon games such as PBR

I could write a book about every single stupid extra clauses that are out there, but those outlined in the OP are the most common,

[Silent Storm]

ya I know ubers dont consist of just legendary pokes but like you just metioned Celebi and Jirachi are considered legends and I didnt know if the rules say I couldnt use them even though they are OUs

Anything below uber is usable, if people get uppy about you using them tell them to stuff it.