I'm planning on developing a Pokemon Draft League for around 5-10 people, I have 3 right now. If anyone isn't busy and has some free days after the holidays that would be interested in joining, I would really appreciate your entering this league.
A Pokemon Draft League, for those who don't watch the happenings of Poketubers (Pokemon YouTubers) is a round robin style Pokemon tournament with teams being built through a draft system, similar to that of fantasy football, baseball, basketball, etc.
Typically, the Pokemon are split into different groups. For the United Championship League, they split their Pokemon up based on the usage in Pokemon Showdown (an online simulation site that I would like to use to stage all of the battles for this league). For this league, we would be using the PS tiers of Ubers (typically legendary Pokemon who are too broken to be used in a regular tier), OU (or OverUsed Pokemon), UU (or UnderUsed Pokemon), RU (or RarelyUsed Pokemon) and Monotype (which refers to Pokemon of a single type). In the UCL, which is a well-known draft league, they use OU, UU, RU, and NU (NeverUsed). However, Ubers contains more well-known and flexibly used Pokemon which I thought would make battling more fun. I was worried about the power and coverage that these Pokemon provide, but a fellow participant in the league told me that they would balance out the experience that we might provide to the league. The Pokemon themselves would be balanced out by the draft format. I apologize for getting so technical with the set-up of the whole thing, but I am trying to clarify the system so that people can feel more comfortable with a game like this.
I hand-picked Pokemon from each tier, making sure it was only up to a certain number and ranking within their tier to try to balance the gameplay and to limit the number of people this system would support. Ideally, 5 or 10 people join because the tiers have 10, 20, 50, 20, and then 10 Pokemon in them. 10 people means that 2 people are in a team, while if there's more than 5 but less than 10, the teams will have 1 person in most of them and 2 people in some of them.
I digress, I need people to join this league, but I think that asking on a platform like this can reach more people faster than trying to individually Facebook message everyone I know.
Here's the list of Pokemon that will be in this draft, split into the tiers I picked them from. (Beforehand, I should mention that Monotype is less of a tier than a format. Monotype Pokemon can be found from OU down to RU, but since it's split by type, I thought it would be appropriate to use this round as a chance for people to pick up a certain type that they had missed in a previous round.)
A Pokemon Draft League, for those who don't watch the happenings of Poketubers (Pokemon YouTubers) is a round robin style Pokemon tournament with teams being built through a draft system, similar to that of fantasy football, baseball, basketball, etc.
Typically, the Pokemon are split into different groups. For the United Championship League, they split their Pokemon up based on the usage in Pokemon Showdown (an online simulation site that I would like to use to stage all of the battles for this league). For this league, we would be using the PS tiers of Ubers (typically legendary Pokemon who are too broken to be used in a regular tier), OU (or OverUsed Pokemon), UU (or UnderUsed Pokemon), RU (or RarelyUsed Pokemon) and Monotype (which refers to Pokemon of a single type). In the UCL, which is a well-known draft league, they use OU, UU, RU, and NU (NeverUsed). However, Ubers contains more well-known and flexibly used Pokemon which I thought would make battling more fun. I was worried about the power and coverage that these Pokemon provide, but a fellow participant in the league told me that they would balance out the experience that we might provide to the league. The Pokemon themselves would be balanced out by the draft format. I apologize for getting so technical with the set-up of the whole thing, but I am trying to clarify the system so that people can feel more comfortable with a game like this.
I hand-picked Pokemon from each tier, making sure it was only up to a certain number and ranking within their tier to try to balance the gameplay and to limit the number of people this system would support. Ideally, 5 or 10 people join because the tiers have 10, 20, 50, 20, and then 10 Pokemon in them. 10 people means that 2 people are in a team, while if there's more than 5 but less than 10, the teams will have 1 person in most of them and 2 people in some of them.
I digress, I need people to join this league, but I think that asking on a platform like this can reach more people faster than trying to individually Facebook message everyone I know.
Here's the list of Pokemon that will be in this draft, split into the tiers I picked them from. (Beforehand, I should mention that Monotype is less of a tier than a format. Monotype Pokemon can be found from OU down to RU, but since it's split by type, I thought it would be appropriate to use this round as a chance for people to pick up a certain type that they had missed in a previous round.)
UBERS-10
- Blaziken
- Mega Metagross
- Deoxys-D
- Buzzwole
- Pheromosa
- Aegislash
- Shaymin-S
- Mega Lucario
- Skarmory
- Gothitelle
OU-20
- Uxie
- Scolipede
- Mega Garchomp
- Thundurus-T
- Volcanion
- Mega Charizard Y
- Manaphy
- Tapu Fini
- Suicune
- Kingdra
- Mega Gyarados
- Serperior
- Mega Pinsir
- Pelipper
- Mega Lopunny
- Hoopa-U
- Hawlucha
- Tapu Lele
- Mega Tyranitar
- Reuniclus
MONOTYPE-50
- Armaldo
- Volcarona
- Galvantula
- Mega Sableye
- Alolan Muk
- Dragonite
- Latios
- Kommo-o
- Rotom-Wash
- Zapdos
- Azumarill
- Tapu Koko
- Clefable
- Mega Gallade
- Terrakion
- Heracross
- Mega Charizard X
- Infernape
- Celesteela
- Mantine
- Gliscor
- Mimikyu
- Blacephalon
- Gengar
- Ferrothorn
- Tapu Bulu
- Breloom
- Excadrill
- Hippowdon
- Landorus
- Mamoswine
- Alolan Ninetales
- Staraptor
- Diggersby
- Toxapex
- Mega Venusaur
- Crobat
- Mew
- Victini
- Alakazam
- Mega Diancie
- Tyranitar
- Shuckle
- Cradily
- Heatran
- Mega Scizor
- Jirachi
- Greninja
- Mega Swampert
- Keldeo
UU-20
- Hydreigon
- Latias
- Scizor
- Mega Aerodactyl
- Empoleon
- Krookodile
- Togekiss
- Mega Altaria
- Bisharp
- Cobalion
- Mega Sharpedo
- Slowbro/Mega Slowbro
- Celebi
- Mega Manectric
- Moltres
- Primarina
- Nihilego
- Tentacruel
- Zeraora
- Mega Aggron
RU-10
- Nidoqueen
- Salazzle
- Mega Abomasnow
- Chesnaught
- Doublade
- Feraligatr
- Flygon
- Snorlax
- Bewear
- Dragalge
If anyone thinks that the Pokemon should be split up differently (like by Starters, Pseudo-Legendaries, Legendaries, Mythicals, and Ultra Beasts) or you have an idea to get more people, or just if you've got a better idea on how to create a Pokemon draft league, feel free to comment down below.
If you have never heard of some of these Pokemon, or are interested to see how deep the Pokemon Showdown rabbit hole goes, click here
Last but not least, if you want to join the league ASAP, please comment down below with your email address, your experience with Pokemon, your expectations of the league experience, and what times would work best with your schedule to get to a computer and join Pokemon Showdown.
Many thanks from me, and until next time, see ya later space cowboy.
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