Laws of the League

[DashingStorm]

Welcome one, welcome all!

These are essentially copied off the official Redemption League thread, but only to make sure the rules don't get flushed out (even though they should be pretty straight-forward), I've decided to seperate them from the official thread as well.

1) Challengers may only issue 1 challenge per day. If you want to face a Gym Leader, you'd best make sure you know who you want to battle in advance.

This also means you have a maximum of 3 challenges per League week, possibly netting you up to 3 badges a week if you do extremely well.

2) You can only use the team you have registered with us throughout the entire League. We will have Trainer Cards where your Pokémon will be listed, along with their moves and the slots for your badges.

We will be creating these badges and cards manually, meaning that you will (most likely) not immediately receive your card right after you have registered with us.

3) We have Pokémon restrictions. What I mean by this is that the following Pokémon/Ability combinations are not allowed to be used.
This is a long list, so bear with me here;

Generation 1 banlist:

Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Mewtwo, Mew

Generation 2 banlist:

Raikou, Suicune, Entei, Ho-Oh, Lugia, Celebi

Generation 3 banlist:

Regirock, Registeel, Regice, Latios, Latias, Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Jirachi, Deoxys

Generation 4 banlist:

Mespirit, Azelf, Uxie, Heatran, Cresselia, Palkia, Dialga,Giratina/Giratina-O, Regigigas, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin/Shaymin-S, Arceus

Generation 5 banlist:

Victini, Cobalion, Verizion, Terrakion, Tornadus/Landorus/Thundurus and their Therian formes, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Keldeo/Keldeo-R, Meloetta, Genesect,

Generation 6 banlist:

Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde, Diancie, Hoopa & Hoopa-U, Volcanion

Along these banned legendary Pokémon, you are also NOT allowed to have a Mega Pokémon on your team.

The following Pokémon are also banned: Speed Boost Blaziken (list is subject to change accordingly.)

4) If you get caught cheating by having an illegal move (that is not registered with us), or by using a Pokémon that isn't allowed, you will automatically be disqualified for that battle. Leaders will get your team preview as listed when you register your team with us, so they will always be aware of the situation. If you get disqualified for a battle, the leader will make note of this and forward this to us, meaning you will be forced to make changes and you will be able to challenge that leader again next time they're scheduled.

5) You must meet certain badge expectations before you're able to issue a challenge to a leader from a higher-ranked bracket.

6) If you battle a Leader and lose, you can request to be their first opponent next time they show up on the server. This has to be a mutual agreement from both sides. Please refrain from posting a battle challenge if you're uncertain you will be able to attend that day, as queues tend to get long sometimes.

As for the Leaders, these rules will be applied to them;

- They all use teams according to their specialized type, but are also excluded from using legendary Pokémon.

However. Gym Leaders from the 5th bracket and onwards have access to 1 Mega Pokémon. So leaders 13-18 will each have a Mega Pokémon.

On top of that, the Champion has free access to one legendary Pokémon AND a Mega Pokémon. So be prepared for a challenge.

- Gym Leaders rotate and have schedules applied to them, League runs for 2 to 3 hours a day, depending on how busy/crowded the queues get.

- Gym Leaders may or may not have more than 1 qualified battling team. That's up to the challengers to find out or not.

Additional rules:

- Speed Boost Blaziken is banned from use.

- We will uphold the Species Clause, meaning you can only have one Pokémon of a certain species in your team.

- The following battle clauses will be in effect for Gym Leader/Champion battles:

Freeze Clause, Battle Timeout, Sleep Clause, Species Clause, Swagger Clause, Evasion Clause, Moody Clause.

To clarify these rules and clauses;

Freeze Clause - Only 1 Pokémon per team can be Frozen.

Battle Timeout - Battle Timeout has to be on at the start of the battle and may not be turned off. Stalling out the timer repeatedly will lead to you getting disqualified for that battle. If you disconnect, the Leader you will be battling (and vice versa, in terms of the gentleman's clause), will wait for their respective opponent to return while the timer is running. If they do not return, they are disqualified for that battle.

Sleep Clause - Only one Pokémon can be asleep per team, however when a Pokémon uses Rest, it does not add up to the one Pokémon limit.

Species Clause - You are only allowed to have one Pokémon of the same species (Evolution line) in your team. So you’re not allowed to have Eviolite Doublade and Aegislash or Porygon2 and Porygon-Z on the same team, for instance.

Swagger Clause - Using the move Swagger is not allowed and when team registration takes place, we will notify whoever is trying to register Swagger on a Pokémon that this is not allowed.

Evasion Clause - Moves that boost Evasion, like Double Team or Minimize are banned from usage. Abilities that boost Evasion under certain conditions, such as Snow Cloak, are allowed. Items that lower accuracy, like BrightPowder and Lax Incense are also forbidden.

Moody Clause - Pokémon with the Ability Moody are not allowed.

- To limit, but not have items be abused, you can have up to 3 of the same item on a Pokémon, meaning 3 Pokémon with Leftovers is a viable option. However, the use of Gems is prohibited. (Even though the Normal Gem is viable and legal, we’ve decided to ban every single Gem instead of allowing just one.)

- EV spreads and Items can be changed, as long as the maximum restriction of 3-of-the-same item rule is followed.

- Abiding Smogon rules, we have also decided to limit the use of Baton Pass to 1 Pokémon.

This also means that the following Pokémon are not allowed to have a combination of Baton Pass & Swords Dance & Speed Boost: Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken, Ninjask, Scolipede. Agility & Swords Dance however, is allowed.

On request, we have come to the conclusion that you may have one Pokémon in rotation only after you have defeated all 18 Gym Leaders. If you want to earn that 7th Pokémon, you have to prove to us, and yourself, that you're worthy of having a 7th Pokémon to face the Champion.