Tournaments

Tournaments are held daily at 02:00, 12:00 and 20:00 UTC in the Vermilion City PvP Arena. To join a tournament, simply enter the PvP Arena with a valid team no more than 30 minutes before the tournament start time. When the tournament starts, you will be matched with another random player to battle, where the winner proceeds to the next round.

Tip: use the /time command to check the current time in UTC.

Players must have the Lunar Ticket (reward from beating Sinnoh E4) in their inventory to be able to queue up for Ranked Battles or participate in Tournaments and Clan Wars.

See the official ruleset for full information on bans and clauses for each format here:

Official Ruleset

Little Cup

When: Monday.

LC (Little Cup) is a format where players may only use Pokémon that have not yet evolved and are capable of evolution. During tournament battles, Pokemon are set to level 5.

Self-Caught

When: Tuesday.

Self-Caught is a format in which you are only allowed to use Pokemon which were originally obtained by you. This means any Pokemon you received via a trade cannot be used. During tournament battles, Pokemon are set to level 100.

Ubers

When: Wednesday.

Ubers is the format with the least amount of bans/clauses. During tournament battles, Pokemon are set to level 100.

Set Level 100

When: Thursday.

Set Level 100 is the standard battling format. During tournament battles, Pokemon are set to level 100.

Monotype

When: Friday.

All Pokemon on your team must share a common type. Both single and dual-type Pokemon are allowed. During tournament battles, Pokemon are set to level 100.

Under Used

When: Saturday.

Restricted to Pokemon in the Under Used tier or below.

Clauses

Rarely Used

When: Sunday.

Restricted to Pokemon in the Rarely Used tier or below.

Clauses

1st: 250 PvP Tokens, 400 credits and 1 random item
2nd: 100 PvP Tokens and 100 credits

The 1st place random item can be one of the following:

• A mega stone: one of Blazikenite, Blastoisinite, Charizardite Y, Charizardite X, Sceptilite, Swampertite, Venusaurite
• 3x Ability Capsule
• 3x IV Reset
• 10x Mystery Box
• 10x TM Box

Each day players will be eligible to receive participation tokens once (25 PVP Tokens) for losing the first round of a tournament and having the battle last at least 10 turns. If the player loses the first round before turn 10 they will not receive participation tokens however it will not use up their participation for the day. If a player wins the first round of a tournament this will also not use their participation for the day either. If the player gets a pass on the first round of the tournament then loses in the second round they will still get participation tokens.

Winning the first round will reward the player with 35 PvP Tokens and every successful round after that will reward 15 Tokens (not including the tokens you get from the final). If the player gets a free pass in the first round they will receive 25 tokens, any free passes after the first round will reward 10 tokens.

See the PvP Prize Exchanger for a full list of purchasable rewards.