Welcome to the Vandergrift City Gym!
***GYM IS CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE> APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVIENCE***
This was the first city to ever go live with an electrical grid, and this will be the city that tests your limits. Trust in your team, as they are your only hope to move on to the next Gym.
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General Rules & Mechanics
A challenger must not reveal information about a gym leader's team to anyone.
All challenges will take place on Pokemon Showdown.
My Gym Schedule Is: Saturday & Sunday from 4PM EST to 6PM EST
You may only challenge my gym once a week.
If you lose a challenge, you'll be placed on the blacklist until a week after your challenge.
The winner will receive the Shock Badge.
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Battle Rules
All Pokémon to be used in battles must be within the allowed level margin: Lv80 - Lv100.
All battles are conducted as 6 vs 6 single battles.
Battlers are not allowed to change the order of their teams, as previewed in the Team Preview feature of the WiFi Club.
The use of Wonder Launcher is not permitted.
Hacked Pokémon cannot be used. Hacked Pokémon are those created through a cheat device, or Pokémon obtained using a hacked item.
Uber-only Pokémon are banned.
Hax Items are banned. (- Brightpowder,Quick Claw, Focus Band,King's Rock)
The ability, Moody, and move, Acupressure, are banned.
Having both the abilities, Drizzle and Swift Swim, in the same team is forbidden.
Sleep Clause: None of the players can put two of their foe's Pokémon to sleep. The player should wait until the sleeping Pokémon wakes up or faints in order for him/her to induce sleep upon another Pokémon. If a player has induced one of his/her foe's Pokémon to sleep, then he/she cannot use Yawn to force switches. He/She can still use Relic Song; if the target Pokémon falls asleep due to its secondary effect, the user does not lose the battle. If his/her foe has used Rest, he/she can still induce one of the foe's Pokémon to sleep. If the foe's Pokémon is put to sleep due to Effect Spore, the player can still induce one of the foe's Pokémon to sleep.
Species Clause: Two Pokémon of the same species are not allowed in the same team.
Evasion Clause: Any move or item that increases the evasion of your Pokémon is forbidden.
OHKO Clause: All One-hit Knock-out Moves are banned.
Self KO Clause: Using a move the knocks out both Pokémon, and these two are the only ones left, would cause the user of the move to lose. Recoil damage is not included in this clause, as the attacking Pokémon is considered the victor.
Shock Badge Owners:
Current Blacklist:
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