The company announced the Video Game Championship 2019 season. For the very first time, the tournament will be played on Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon and will be excluding the new title, Let’s Go Pikachu & Pokemon. Also, the “year” is split into 3 different periods with 3 different rule sets. Check out the full details for Pokemon VGC 2019 Season below.
Pokemon VGC 2019 Season
The Pokemon VGC 2019 Season will follow some major changes in rules and regulations to ensure that the Video Game Championships will be more exciting than ever for the 2019 Championship Series season. Battles will be shifting to the GS Cup battling format starting on September 4, 2018. With this, the players will have to make brand new strategies as the VGC 2018 ends.
This popular format, in 2016 Video Game Championships allowed the players to use the legendary powerful Pokemon like Mewtwo, Groudon, and Necrozma.
Throughout the season the rules will be continuously changing resulting in this year’s championship fresh. The 2019 Video Game Championships will be split up into three series, each featuring a slightly different rule set. The season will start with Sun Series then it will be followed by Moon Series and then Ultra series.
In the Sun Series, not only will Rayquaza not be permitted to use Dragon Ascent, but also the Red Orb and Blue Orb items and all Z-Crystals and Mega Stones will be prohibited.
Pokemon VGC 2019 Season Rules
All of the tournaments that will be the part of VGC 2019 will have the following rules.
- All battles will be Double Battles played in Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon.
- All Pokemon from National Pokédex No. 001 through 807 are allowed, with the following restrictions:
- Mythical Pokemon and Ash-Greninja are not permitted.
- Players may only include two of the following Pokemon in their teams: Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde, Cosmog, Cosmoem, Solgaleo, Lunala, Necrozma.
- Pokemon must have the Alola symbol, showing they were caught in the Alola region.
- Duplicate Pokemon are not allowed.
- Duplicate held items are not allowed.
- All Pokemon are set to Lv. 50, including Pokemon below Lv. 50.
- Players will have 7 minutes of Your Time, up from 5 minutes in 2018.
The rules for the respective series are as follows
Sun Series
September 4, 2018–January 7, 2019
- Z-Crystals and Mega Stones are not permitted.
- Blue Orb and Red Orb items are not permitted.
- Rayquaza may not know the move Dragon Ascent.
Moon Series
January 8, 2019–April 1, 2019
- Ultranecrozium Z is not permitted, but other Z-Crystals are permitted.
- Mega Stones are not permitted.
- Blue Orb and Red Orb items are not permitted.
- Rayquaza may not know the move Dragon Ascent.
Ultra Series
April 2, 2019–Pokemon World Championships in August 2019
- All moves and items obtainable through normal gameplay are permitted.
Stay tuned for more information. You can also check the Pokemon official website for more details. Make sure to drop down a comment down below.