Pokémon Showdown - Smogon University
Pokémon Showdown is a Pokémon battle simulator that you can play immediately in your browser with no downloads! Try it out! Playable in your browser Open source Alternative client …
Introduction To Competitive Pokemon - Smogon University
Every Pokemon, ability, and item is allowed in this tier. OU OverUsed is the main metagame and used for most competitive battles and tournaments. It is the balanced tier that bans as few …
Smogon University - Competitive Pokémon Community
Welcome! Smogon is a Pokémon website and community specializing in the art of competitive battling.
PKMN 101 - Smogon University
Where can I play? The majority of Smogon University's battles occur on simulators, applications that mimic the conditions of Pokémon battles found in Game Freak's handheld games. …
The Beginner's Guide to Pokémon Showdown - Smogon University
Replays contains all uploaded videos of Pokémon Showdown battles which have been saved to the server. One can search for specific battles here. News contains an archive of the Pokémon …
Getting Started with Competitive Battling - Smogon University
Jan 12, 2021 · Intro to Battling Battling in competitive Pokémon is significantly different than playing in-game. For starters, your opponent, much like you, is thinking about the moves they …
Double Battle Primer - Smogon University
A lot of serious Pokémon players consider Double Battles to be a sort of afterthought or add-on to the 3rd and 4th generations of the Pokémon games: a pleasant diversion, but nothing …
Resource - The Beginner's Guide to Pokémon Showdown
Jan 9, 2021 · The process of choosing your moves and switching Pokemon is rather straightforward. If you wish to Mega Evolve, Dynamax or Terastallize a Pokemon, click the …
Programming - Pokémon Showdown Randbats Tooltip | Smogon …
Jun 17, 2021 · Pokémon Showdown Randbats Tooltip Enhanced tooltip functionality for Pokémon Showdown Random Battle formats. This extension relies on data from …
(Re-)Introducing Foul Play: A Competitive Pokemon Battle Bot
Jul 5, 2025 · 1) Yes. For random battles the unrevealed pokemon are sampled from the pool of Pokemon PS would put on the team. For formats like Gen3OU I do a very non-scientific …