DRAFT LEAGUE

Pixelmon Stadium Draft League is a competitive format that mixes the structure of fantasy sports with Pokémon battling. Instead of every player having access to the same pool of Pokémon, players build exclusive rosters through a structured draft. Once a Pokémon is selected, no other player can draft it, which makes every team unique and adds a layer of strategy to both the draft and the matches that follow.

The draft follows a snake order. That means the order reverses each round: if you pick early in round one, you’ll pick later in round two, while the player who picked last in round one will pick first in round two. This system keeps things balanced and fair, preventing any one player from always having first choice. Players draft until their roster are filled.

Once the draft is complete, the season begins. Each week, teams are matched against a scheduled opponent. Unlike standard formats where you build for an open metagame, in a draft league you know exactly which Pokémon your opponent could bring, because they’re limited to their drafted roster. This makes weekly team building and preparation a central part of the competition.

Standings are tracked based on wins. The top teams qualify for playoffs, typically a single-elimination bracket, where the winner team is crowned league champions..

Each team is allowed to have up to 4 members

Regular season: Weekly matchups vs all the other teams, 3 battles per match. 7 weeks schedule / 21 total battles per team. Each Win equals to 1 point.

Playoffs: The 4 teams with the most points during regular season will advance. #1 vs #4 and #2 vs #3. During playoffs, winner of the matchup will be the team wins 3 battles.

Team members are allowed to cooperate and discuss strategies before and after every fight, but cannot coach or help in any way during battle.

Each captain is responsible for decide who will fight each battle. For obtain rewards, players must fight at least 5 battles on the season (Including playoffs)

Players cannot transfer to another team during the active season, unless there’s solid reasons for a move and league commish approves the movement.

Players can join a team before the start of week 4 and league commish must approve the movement.

Teams have complete freedom to use any of their drafted pokemon for battles, the team, pokemon, items and abilities can be changed between battle and battle. Must respect the clauses and bans. Breaking it will result in lost battle.

Team captains are responsible to coordinate team members and schedule battles with opponent, at the start of every week, must post availability on the designated channel. If there’s schedule complications administration will try to help, if the battle doesn’t happen, intention and availibility will be judged for determine a winner.

Current format:

Custom BST 500 (Pokemon 500 or less base stat) with league members custom bans.

Banned items: Megastones, Kings Rock, Quick Claw, Razor Fang.

Banned pokemon: Annihilape, Espathra, Galarian Darmanitan, Palafin, Wishiwashi, Alomomola, Clodsire, Corviknight, Ferrothorn, Galarian Slowking, Toxapex, Chansey, Shedninja and Slowbro.

Banned abilities: Arena trap, Moody, Power Construct, Shadow Tag.

Banned moves: Baton Pass, Assist, Last Respects, Shed Tail

• Species Clause: Players cannot have more than one Pokémon with any National Pokédex number.
• Endless Battle Clause: Players cannot intentionally prevent their opponent’s Pokémon from fainting from PP depletion and Struggle recoil.
• Sleep Clause Mod: Players can not induce sleep on more than one of the opponent’s Pokémon at once.
• Evasion Clause: Moves that boost evasion like minimize are banned.
• OHKO Clause: Moves that OHKO the foe.
• Terastal Clause: Players may not Terastallize.