Elite Four Rules

Elite Four Challengers,

Please read the following rules. They do not differ from your gym battles much, but these rules will be enforced more severely. You WILL be punished if any rules are broken.

Keep in Mind: The use of any hacked Pokemon is strictly forbidden. This means Pokemon created by Pokesav or any other cheating devices even with legit stats are not allowed. If you are caught with any hacked Pokemon, your team is subjected to being banned for a certain period of time. If you refuse, an inspection of your team by an admin or moderator to check for hacked Pokemon will ensue. Or, if you are caught lying to an admin or moderator, a strict punishment will be enforced upon you.

Make sure your Pokemon are legitimately obtained before using them. If you got your Pokémon in the GTS, check them using IV calculators. Or, if you don’t completely trust yourself, ask an admin or moderator to engage in a trade – not for Pokémon, but to check the stats of your Pokémon to see if they are legitimate. Having no “legit” Pokemon available is no excuse.

Please note: Any team participating on this elite four level is subject to inspection of their Pokémon by CHIMCHAR staff at any time. If you cuss, or treat any member of the forum badly, you are subject to a ban for an appropriate amount of time.

The following are settings that are to be used in all Elite Four Pokémon matches:

Match Type: Level 100 Standard Play Only.
Best of: 1 match (6 Pokemon each)

In addition, the following rules apply to all Elite Four matches:


Species Clause: You may not have more than one of the same exact Pokemon on your team.

Sleep Clause: No two Pokemon on either team may be put to sleep by their opponent at the same time. This does not include self-induced sleep techniques such as rest.

One Hit KO Clause: Any techniques that produces a One Hit KO on the opponent are banned from use. No horn drill, sheer cold, or fissure.

Self KO Clause: If both players are on their last Pokemon, and one player performs a Self-KO move such as Explosion, and both players' Pokemon faint as a result, the player that initiated the move will be the loser of the battle. This does not include moves or items induce recoil as an effect.

Evasion Clause: Any moves that increase your Pokemon's evasion skills are banned from use. This is due to the simple reason that it brings the battles to a gamble, a luck draw, if you will.

Item Clause/Restriction is OFF: That means you may use more than one of the same item. Just try to refrain from six focus sashes, and luck items don't actually help much anyway -- they are based in luck, after all.

Of course, the final and most important rule to keep battles strictly OU: NO UBER POKEMON MAY BE USED. Please check the list of Tiers on the main forum for more information. SOME legendaries are permitted, but UBER legendaries may not be used. (Ie. Zapdos is permitted, but the use of Darkrai is FORBIDDEN).

A champion actually needs to be a good battler. For instance, the elite four has to be finished, as well as the gyms. The champion will be required to get all eight badges and beat all of the (so far near unbeatable) Elite Four members [Tom is particularly difficult]. We have three elite four people because we haven't found someone that is good enough to be the fourth member and accepts.

This is why we have try outs (for gym leaders).

i wish i could try ut but i need a Wifi usb thingy since i dont want to go look for connetion any more

No, the try outs are for gym leaders. I'm sure if chimchar or Tom saw some great skill within one of these battles, they'd tell me and we'd consider the person.

I think these rules should apply to Gym Leaders as well.

I suggested it, but it's up to The Known Unknown and Chimchar to decide on the leaders in the end.

I think the gym leaders may choose their own rules OR Gym leaders are also allowed 2 fillers because it's different for the 2 am I right?

Lennard, the reason the argument over structured rules has sparked is simply because some of the leaders have tried to take advantage of their status and ability to choose their rules. They took their pokemon type, chose the moves/types/legends that were to their disadvantage and chose to ban them. The point of being a leader is being a good sport and a good battler.

I think it's best to keep the leaders with one type. It keeps things structured, and similar to the games/anime.

i agree with u cate
but i dot get wat u mean by "chose the moves/types/legends that were to their disadvantage and chose to ban them"

im with cait on this 2

as toms bug gym had a weak typin yet he remained unbeaten
so its just a proof of skill if that makes sense hehe

Can there be 2 or more of the same type?

yes that is fine, but keep in mind, you have to beat us all with the same team.