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Leaderboards are updated. One more week of qualifiers left, and we've got 188 qualified for the finals so far.

You're welcome to participate in this event if you wish, and if you win it you'll win the prize for this event - but you would not be able to qualify for the finale of the event at this point if you have not participated in the other weeks. It's also mandatory to speak English on these forums. Please include an english translation in future! Thanks 如果你愿意，欢迎你参加这个活动，如果你赢了，你将赢得这个活动的奖品--但如果你没有参加其他周的活动，此时你将无法获得活动决赛的资格。 在论坛上必须说英语。今后请提供英文翻译！谢谢

Leaderboards are updated now too & we've got a bunch of new people that are qualified now too 🙂 congrats guys!

Valid, but it helps to at least know it's possible to just name it what you want in the meantime

Not sure if you're aware - but you can just edit the strings and change the name of it to be whatever you want it to be.

I can imagine that'd be quite a bit in the future anyways but as much as I love Lando T- I think the Therian formes would all be really strong in this meta. Time will tell haha.

Jirachi will most likely be permanent - the Pokemon released via the summons/orbs are ones that are often seen as being too strong to be used in PVP etc. So it's pretty safe to say Jirachi will be fine.

Leaderboards have been updated 🙂

The reason this change was made was because it was discussed with the people organizing the event and we decided as a whole it was too easy to qualify for the finale (I still believe now too easy). We do want people to make the finals, but it has to be considered this is not a regular casual catch event - it's a seasonal event thus should be treated like one. I hope this clears things up, thanks for your input.

Giving stuff to your friends is perfectly fine. They will not get in trouble for this 🙂

If your points have been registered on the event sheet already then it's fine. But if not, if 4 days since the last event have elapsed, we wont look at/fix this for you like Elizn said. So basically, look after we update the score and let us know ASAP if there's any issues so we can fix this.

Overview: Staraptor has started causing some major havoc in the newly established UU tier. Staraptor is most notorious for its Reckless ability which can be used with Brave Bird and Double-Edge in combination for enormous damage. Combined with a very respectable 100 speed stat, Staraptor has become one of the fiercest forces of the current UU tier. The most defining aspect of Staraptor is its sheer power. Reckless-boosted 120 base power moves do enormous damage to pretty much anything. When you add to the equation, that Staraptor may boost its power even further with Choice Band - it becomes quite clear countering this bird becomes quite of an issue. Some may prefer using Choice Scarf instead, due to the fact now Staraptor exerts major pressure over the whole tier and by using Choice Scarf doesn't allow even other sweepers to outspeed it. Effect to the metagame: The most notable effect to the metagame by Staraptor is that it way too often just tears opposing teams into pieces - no questions asked. Choice Band Staraptor serves as insanely strong wallbreaker, to the point of just maybe being a bit too good at its job. Meanwhile Choice Scarf Staraptor serves as one of the most threatening late game cleaners in the entire tier. The viability of both sets also creates very awkward kind of certainty from opposing point of view. The main problem with Choice Band Staraptor is giving its user effectively way too easily a chance to say to its opponent "You are going to sacrifice a Pokemon to me, right now". Choice Band Staraptor simply 2HKOs basically everything in the tier. Bronzong being the main Steel-type of UU also takes an uncomfortable amount of damage from Close Combat, which could be set up to KO relatively easily with the use of U-Turns. Choice Scarf Staraptor basically is saying "I am so good at dishing damage, so I can sacrifice my wallbreaking potential by being the fastest Pokemon in the tier". Considering many Pokemon weren't counting on countering Staraptor in the first place, this is rather acceptable price. All of this results Staraptor in a battle having the fear of Choice Band and Choice Scarf at the same time, leaving opposing side often helpless when they cannot find a way to fix the situation. Calcs, checks and counters: What comes to Choice Band Staraptor, there's simply a clear lack of counters to it in general. This is demonstrated with calcs below: 252 Atk Choice Band Staraptor Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Bronzong: 64-76 (36.7 - 43.6%) -- 99.9% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery 252 Atk Choice Band Reckless Staraptor Brave Bird vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Hippowdon: 112-133 (52 - 61.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO 252 Atk Choice Band Reckless Staraptor Brave Bird vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Sableye: 151-178 (96.1 - 113.3%) -- 75% chance to OHKO 252 Atk Choice Band Reckless Staraptor Brave Bird vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Forretress: 100-118 (54.9 - 64.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery 252 Atk Choice Band Reckless Staraptor Brave Bird vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Umbreon: 118-139 (58.4 - 68.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery 252 Atk Choice Band Staraptor Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Steelix: 86-102 (47.2 - 56%) -- 17.2% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery 252 Atk Choice Band Staraptor Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Solid Rock Rhyperior: 117-138 (52.7 - 62.1%) -- 99.6% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery Suggestion for ban criterion: Staraptor appears to be a Pokemon, that in tiering is defined as "Offensive Uber Characteristics". It has a good speed and effectively no switch-ins due to its insane raw power. This is why Staraptor could be easily defined as "A Pokemon that sweeps with little to no effort". While it is true Staraptor takes uncomfortable amount of recoil for its efforts, being able to take down multiple Pokemon often completely uncontested just pins opponents into extremely uncomfortable positions. The Tier Council feels that Staraptor, given its capability by being both an unstoppable wallbreaker and with Choice Scarf arguably one of the best sweepers in the game, falls into "Offensive Uber Characteristics" within UU tier. Prompt for discussion: - Do you think Staraptor is Offensive Uber Characteristics? Why so or why not? Please discuss!

Leaderboards have been updated