Pokémon Sword & Shield

Ultra Sword and Shield

• • Location: Red Hallway (Nintendo Room 1-128)

• • Time: 2:30 PM

• Tournament Organizers: Sydney Schwarz

Tournament Format:

• All battles are Single, best two out of three.
• Finals will be best 3 out of 5.
• Matches will be set to Normal Rules
• All pokemon set to LV.50 and moves will have a set time of 30 seconds to decide for time.

Banned Pokémon:

Normal Pokémon Bans

Kecleon, Ash Pikachu, Aegislash, Smeargle, Greninja, Mimikyu, Blaziken, Shedninja

Legendary & Mythical Pokémon Bans

(Sorted By Group, not Dex Number)

Arceus
Mewtwo/Mew
Lugia/Ho-Oh
Regirock/Registeel /Regice/Regigigas
Kyogre/Groudon/Rayquaza
Deoxys
Dialga/Palkia/Giratina
Shaymin (Land/Sky form)
Darkrai
Manaphy/Phione
Reshiram/Zekrom
Keldeo
Landorus/Thundurus/Tornadus Victini
Genesect Kyurem (B&W and Normal)
Xerneas/Yveltal/Zygarde (All forms)
Diancie
Hoopa (Both forms)
Volcanion
Magearna
Marshadow
Solgaleo/Lunala/Necrozma (All forms)/Silvally
Celebi/Jirachi/Rotom (All forms)

ALL ULTRA BEASTS
ALL TAPUS
ALL TOTEM POKEMON

Banned items:

Kangaskhanite, Lucarionite, Mawilite, Slowbroite, Latiosite, Latiasite, Soul Dew, Life Orb, Gengarite, Sableite, Diancite, Audinite, Toxic orb. NO POKEMON EXCLUIVE Z-MOVES

Banned Abilities:

Shadow Tag, Moody, Cursed body, and Arena trap

Banned Moves:

Swagger, Trick Room, Pain Split, Draco Meteor, Foul Play, Mean look, Block, Spirit Shackle, Sticky web, One hit KO moves (eg: Horn Drill, Fissure, Guillotine, Sheer Cold) Curse, Destiny bond, Spite, Nature’s madness, Explosion, Return, Perish Song ,Sand attack/Mud slap/Flash, kinesis, Leaf tornado, Mirror shot, Sucker punch, Switcheroo, Smokescreen, Hidden Power/Secret power, Octozooka, Acupressure, Disable, and Toxic Spikes

Clauses:

• Species clause: Each Pokémon on a player’s team must be of different species or National Pokédex number.
• Item clause: Each Pokémon on a player’s team must be holding different items.
• Self-KO clause: The player automatically loses if his last Pokémon uses Selfdestruct or Explosion. Destiny Bond and Perish Song also fail when used by the last Pokémon.
• Sleep clause: Each player can only have one Pokémon asleep at a time (Pokémon that are put to sleep due to Rest do not count)
• Evasion clause: Double Team, Minimize, BrightPowder, and Lax Incenseare banned. So are Acupressure, Moody, Sand Veil, and Snow Cloak.
• One-hit KO clause: Fissure, Horn Drill, Guillotine, and Sheer Cold, are banned.
• Sleep trapping clause: Sleep-inducing moves cannot be used in conjunction with moves that trap the opposing Pokémon, such as Mean Look.
• Name clause: All pokemon must have a name that is not the same as another pokemon on the team, and pokemon may not be named other pokemon that are not their own: Ex: a pikachu with the name Tyranitar is not allowed, or two pokemon with the name Fuzzy.
• Event Clause: No pokemon distributed through events are allowed including tournaments, movies, or online nintendo distribution including event pokemon that were traded to you, normal traded pokemon however are fine.