Clauses and banlist

The following rules, that govern the ADV Overused tier, have been established by Smogon.

Clauses

• Species Clause : each Pokémon in the team must have a unique Pokedex number. Thus, playing the same Pokémon twice is forbidden.
• Sleep Clause : it is impossible to put more than one opposing Pokémon to sleep at a time (Pokémon that used Rest do not count).
• Evasion Clause : moves (Double Team and Minimize), ability (Sand Veil) and items (Bright Powder and Lax Incense) that boost evasion are forbidden.
• OHKO Clause : Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill and Sheer Cold are forbidden.
• Endless Battle Clause : if players find themselves in an infinite battle situation, the match ends on a tie.
• Baton Pass Clause : there can only be one form of stats boosting (whether it comes from a move, an item or an ability) in combination with Baton Pass in the team. Also, Block / Mean Look / Spider Web can't be combined with Baton Pass.

Banlist

Forbidden Pokémon

• Deoxys
• Deoxys Attaque
• Deoxys Defense
• Deoxys Speed
• Groudon
• Ho-Oh
• Kyogre
• Latias
• Latios
• Lugia
• Mew
• Mewtwo
• Rayquaza
• Wobbuffet
• Wynaut

Forbidden abilities

• Soundproof - the Pokémon is immune to sound-based moves like Roar.

Forbidden moves

• Assist - randomnly uses a move known by a teammate.
• Swagger - boosts the target's Attack stat by 2 stages and confuses it.

Forbidden combination

• Smeargle + Ingrain

Banlist history

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