VL's Official Normal Type Gym! [3v3 Triple Battle LC Rules]

[VL]

VL's Official Normal Type Gym

Welcome to my Gym, Challenger!
In this gym we fight 3v3 Triple Battles with Little Cup rules!
Do you dare to accept my challenge!


Rules: (Based on Smogon XY Tier rules)

• Your Pokémon must be able to evolve.
• Your Pokémon must be the earliest evolution stage obtainable.
• Your Pokémon must be at Level 5.
• The moves Dragon Rage, Sonicboom and Swagger are banned.
• The Pokémon: Gligar, Meditite, Murkrow, Scyther, Sneasel, Swirlix, Tangela and Yanma are banned.

Play Restrictions:

• Endless Battle Clause: Any moveset on any Pokémon that is capable of intentionally causing an endless battle is banned from competitive play. Thus:
  
  • A Pokémon may not carry Recycle and hold a Leppa Berry in conjunction with Heal Pulse and Milk Drink, Moonlight, Morning Sun, Recover, Roost, Slack Off, Soft-Boiled, or Wish.
  • A Pokémon may not hold a Leppa Berry and carry Recycle and Pain Split on its moveset.
  • A Pokémon may not hold a Leppa Berry and carry Recycle and Fling on its moveset.
• Evasion Clause: The moves Double Team and Minimize, in addition to the abilities Sand Veil and Snow Cloak, are not permitted in play.
• Moody Clause: Pokémon with the ability Moody are not permitted.
• OHKO Clause: A Pokémon may not have the moves Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, or Sheer Cold in its moveset.
• Sleep Clause: Only one Pokémon may be put to sleep on the opposing team at a time, if not induced by a move such as Rest.
• Species Clause: Players cannot have two Pokémon with the same Pokédex number on the same team.

Click the spoiler below to get a Handicap (See my team):

SPOILER: Click to show

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Normal type... Interesting... Be fun seeing what you'll choose to use in your battles.

[VL]

Now open!

[Frostbyte]

Just looking over your rules and was wondering why those certain few pokemon far banned?

[VL]

Jun 8, 2014 11:08:43 GMT -8 Frostbyte said:

Just looking over your rules and was wondering why those certain few pokemon far banned?

I haven't actually read up on the details for the reasons so I don't really know either, most likely they are considered overpowered or some such.
The rules are directly from Smogons XY Tier rules for LC. If it's good enough for their community it'll do for ours.

Also with me enforcing these rules challengers will be forced to plan ahead and breed/catch the correct Pokémon and find good TMs to use with them.
Most players aren't familiar with this style of play which makes it more interesting.
And with the work required just to put a team together, should they win against me the badge would (or at least should) feel worth more to them. (#BragRights)

I've also included a handicap at the end of my opening post.
If they click on the spoiler link it'll show my team and all it's moves, weaknesses and strengths.
Makes planning an attack easier, but hopefully not everyone goes straight for the spoiler...

[Frostbyte]

Ok I was just wondering why they were banned. Seems somewhat random, but probably not. I'll research that though.

-- Edit --

I checked it out and saw that it was because of high stats (at least in the case of Scyther and Weasel).