The next iteration of the Pokémon Sword and Shield Ranked Battle Series is taking the expanded format from the last update and changing things again by implementing multiple bans that shakeup the top of the leaderboards.
Ranked Battle Series Six will be played without top picks like Incineroar, Porygon2, Tyranitar, and the two biggest hits, Rillaboom and Cinderace. This will force a lot of the top VGC rosters to swap out core pieces and try new things when the season begins on Sept. 1.
The pool of Pokémon that can be used is still significantly larger than some earlier iterations thanks to the introduction of the “Battle Ready Mark” in the Isle of Armor DLC.
Other than the new bans, things have remained relatively the same. This includes carrying over all of the banned Legendary and Mythical Pokémon, which has remained consistent in almost every version of these rulesets.
Rules
- Region: International
- Battle Format: Single and Double Battles
- Battle Limits: No Battle Limits per day
- Battle Time: 20 minutes
- Your Time: Seven minutes
- Team Preview: 90 Seconds
- Turn Time: 45 Seconds
- Banned Pokémon: Venusaur, Gyarados, Porygon2, Tyranitar, Torkoal, Hippowdon, Magnezone, Togekiss, Excadrill, Whimsicott, Incineroar, Mimikyu, Rillaboom, Cinderace, Indeedee, Dragapult
- Allowed Gigantamax: Charizard, Blastoise, Butterfree, Pikachu, Meowth, Machamp, Gengar, Kingler, Lapras, Eevee, Snorlax, Garbodor, Inteleon, Corviknight, Orbeetle, Drednaw, Coalossal, Flapple, Appletun, Sandaconda, Toxtricity, Centiskorch, Hatterene, Grimmsnarl, Alcremie, Copperajah, Duraludon, Urshifu
- Pokémon Limits:
- For Singles: Team of three to six Pokémon from Level one to Level 100. All Pokémon then set to Level 50.
- For Doubles: Team of four to six Pokémon from Level one to Level 100. All Pokémon then set to Level 50.
Published: Aug 20, 2020 08:23 pm