E4 Pokémon VGC Tournament - Pokémon Champions: Postponed until January 2027

[ddk]

After half a decade of E4 tournaments, we have finally caught up to the current regulation of official competitive Pokémon! Now that Pokémon Champions has released, we’re going to need to crown our very own E4 champion.

Regulation M-C brackets for both VGC and 3v3 Battle Stadium Singles (BSS) will be held. Both tournaments are open to anyone on E4 with either 50 posts, previous participation in an E4 tournament or a referral from another veteran competitor.

VGC Regulation M-C

Rules

Tournament matches will be played on Pokémon Showdown (not Pokemon Champions) using the current Regulation M-C ruleset.

We will be following the official VGC tournament format and using Swiss bracket rules. Players will compete in a number of preliminary rounds and matched against opponents with a similar record. All VGC matches will be played in a “best of 3” format where players will need to win 2 games to win their set. The players with the best win-loss records will advance to a final, single elimination bracket, while everyone else will be placed in a “Little Cup” amateurs single elimination bracket.

For more information on the Swiss bracket format, please check out this post.

Players are only allowed to bring one team of 6 for the entire bracket and are required to post their full team in this thread before their first match. These restrictions are keeping in line with how official VGC tournaments operate now. If you are entering VGC please submit your teams to me via DM before the tournament start date.

Battle Stadium Singles Regulation M-C

Rules

Tournament matches will be played on Pokémon Showdown (not Pokemon Champions) using the current Regulation M-C ruleset.

All BSS matches will be played in a “best of 3” format where players will need to win 2 games to win their set.

I am still deciding what the best bracket format for this will be, but it will either be Swiss or Round Robin.

Unlike the Smogon OU formats, players are only allowed to bring one team of 6 for the entire bracket and are required to post their full team in this thread before their first match. If you are entering BSS please submit your teams to me via DM before the tournament start date.

Saving Replays
Participants are required to report the results of their sets here and post replays of all their games. Refer to this post if you aren’t sure how to save replays on Pokémon Showdown.

Previous E4 Tournaments

Generation 1: DDK cosrob candle/G1TLandon

Generation 2: DDK caughtatpoint cosrob

Generation 3: DDK mossdeep silversnorlax204

Generation 4 Singles: DDK caughtatpoint Tryson21
Generation 4 VGC 2009: DDK caughtatpoint SeasidePokemon

Generation 5 Singles: wisewailmer DarthEevee DDK
Generation 5 VGC 2013: silversnorlax204 Tryson21 wisewailmer

Generation 6 Singles: DDK bule DarthEevee
Generation 6 VGC 2015: Tryson21 Caterqu DDK

Generation 7 Singles: DDK Caterqu DarthEevee
Generation 7 VGC 2018: bule wisewailmer DarthEevee

Generation 8 Singles: bule DDK festa
Generation 8 VGC 2021: DDK Banks Caterqu

Generation 9 Singles: bule Tryson21 DDK
Generation 9 VGC 2024 Reg F: Tryson21 Caterqu DDK

Little Cup

Generation 6 Little Cup Singles: Swinub
Generation 6 Little Cup VGC 2015: SeasidePokemon

Generation 7 Little Cup Singles: wisewailmer
Generation 7 Little Cup VGC 2018: SeasidePokemon

Generation 8 Little Cup Singles: cosrob
Generation 8 Little Cup VGC 2021: cosrob

Generation 9 Little Cup Singles: Swinub
Generation 9 Little Cup VGC 2024 Reg F: DarthEevee

Resources

General VGC Resources
VGC M-C Baltimore Regionals Teams
VGC M-C Brisbane Regionals Teams
VGC M-C Frankfurt Regionals Teams
VGC M-B Sample Teams < solid teams that still work for M-C

BSS Sample Teams < should be updated for M-C eventually

[ddk]

Please post in this thread if you would like to sign up. Indicate whether you’d like to participate in VGC (Doubles), BSS (Singles), or both brackets.

Both tournaments are open to anyone on E4 with either 50 posts, previous participation in an E4 tournament or a referral from another veteran competitor.

Registration has been postponed until January, 2027.

Please keep in mind you will need to build and submit a team for both VGC and BSS before the tournament begins. This will be the team you will use for the entire tournament bracket. If you cannot come up with your own team, feel free to use an existing competitive team linked in the opening post.

Reminders

All matches will take place on Pokémon Showdown, not Pokémon Champions. This is so we can save replays and verify all match results.

Since we are playing the current regulation, you can practice and test out teams on both Pokémon Showdown and Pokémon Champions before team submissions are due.

[ddk]

Please note that 3v3 BSS is different from the 6v6 Smogon formats we have been playing up until now.

BSS Differences from Smogon Singles:

• Tournament is Open Team Sheet (OTS) like VGC
• You can only use 1 team the entire tournament and all players must submit that team to me before the tournament can begin
• BSS is “bring 6, pick 3” (like in Pokémon Stadium), similar to how VGC is “bring 6, pick 4”
• If a Pokémon is legal in Champions, it can be put on your team (no bans)
• Similar to VGC, no duplicate items are allowed on a BSS team

I am still deciding on what the best tournament format for BSS will be. It will either be Swiss > top 8/LC (like VGC) or Round Robin > top 8/LC (if we get fewer entrants).

[SeasidePokemon]

I know I’m likely in the minority here, but I would love for this to be played on the actual game as opposed to showdown. It’s plenty accessible now with the mobile release.

Showdown has always felt janky to me so I don’t like using it if I can help it. But I know logistically showdown is easier for this type of thing so, I get it.

[ddk]

I’m with you and I’d love for this to be played on Pokémon Champions instead.

My biggest issue is the lack of replays. Not only are they important for verifying match results, but they also help keep players engaged by watching their fellow competitor’s matches.

Honestly, if people want to play their match on Champions hardware but agree to provide a full recording of their match, I would allow it.

[lyleberr]

I dont know what any of those regulations mean and im still a little salty i havent won any unique badges for my use of classic strategies, but im in for both.

One request, can there be a “Complete wipeout” badge for when i get destroyed before turn 5?

[DarthEevee]

I’m in for both

[wisewailmer]

True way to be a wizard #hvac #theovon #wizard #construction

ill do both too

[cosrob]

In for both

[JimTrainer]

Mega KSA? I’m in.

I’ll do just doubles for now!

[Littu]

Bulba is up for both too. Third time is the charm, I must get some unique badge apart from participation

[Caterqu]

here both

[DarthEevee]

Just gotta take down a king

[festa]

In for a penny, in for a pound

[ddk]

@Tryson21 @bule @Swinub @mrbubbles @caughtatpoint @garret_phung @tstark20 @silversnorlax204

Pinging users who participated in the last e4 tourney who haven’t signed up for this one. Feel free to ignore if you aren’t interested.

Tournament is free and is open to anyone else on the forum (if you don’t have 50 posts just message me and I’ll probably let you enter).

[garret_phung]

Count me in!

[bule]

Those Pokemon Champions formats should be very exciting!

I’ll circle back here before end of September – planning to enter at least one format (depending on RL stuffs)

[mrbubbles]

Sorry, I missed replying. Count me in for both. Thank you very much for organizing as always.

Cheers!

[ddk]

Assuming you’re just entering VGC again?

[garret_phung]

Yes, sorry for not making that clear