Are you a VGC veteran looking to hone your skills before heading to a regional or a newcomer looking to dip their toes into competitive Pokémon for the first time? Whatever your skill level, Shuckle Smack Down! is open to you!

Rules and Tournament Structure

All battles will be played in Pokémon Champions.

Shuckle Smack Down! tournaments are Open Team Sheet (OTS), and each round is Best of Three (BO3).

All games will be played using the Regulation M-C ruleset.

When you submit your team sheet, make sure everything is correct before Round 1 begins. You will NOT be able to make any changes to your team sheet after the tournament begins. Pokémon on your team sheet should appear as they would in team preview. This means Pokémon holding a mega stone should still be listed in their base form with their base ability prior to mega-evolving.

Some matches may be streamed! If your match is selected to be on stream, I will reach out to join the battle room as a spectator. If you would prefer not to have your match featured on stream or in any other video content, please just let me know! Tune into the action live on Twitch or watch previous finals matches on YouTube!

If any other issues (disconnect, team sheet errors, opponent no shows, etc.) come up during the tournament, please request a judge. For now, that will probably be me, Mollusk.

This tournament is single day. The number of rounds will be determined by the number of participants: