Jade Gym Rules

General Rules

• Players must adhere to the following clauses: Bag, Evasion, OHKO, Sleep, Species
• Players cannot use pokemon with the following abilities: Arena Trap, Moody, and Shadow Tag
• Players cannot use the following moves: Baton Pass, Assist, Last Respects, and Shed Tail
• During battles the rules should always have raise to cap on
• During battles the gyms level cap should always be set to the correct level For example, if the level cap for the gym is 15, then set the level cap to 15
• Challengers use the Nat Dex OU Format to build their teams.
• Pokemon that are unbanned in our gyms: Kingambit, Annihilape, Dragapult, Espathra, Shedinja and Regieleki.

Challenger Rules

• Players must always throw out their pokemon first
• Players must lead with the pokemon that they have thrown out
• Players may not borrow pokemon or strategies from other players to challenge gyms
• Players may not leak the pokemon, moves, or strategies a gym leader is using

Leader Rules

• Leaders may only use pokemon that are in their current typing Exemption in T3
• Leaders must be active while they are online
• Leaders must accept all battles, unless there is a valid reason to deny it Leaders discretion

Tier I

• This is meant to be the easiest tier
• Players may skip these battles and move on to Tier 2 instantly
• Players must only use pokemon under or at the level cap
• Level cap gyms 15 Bug, 20 Normal, 25 Flying, 30 Electric, 35 Fire, 40 Ghost, 45 Fairy, 50 Steel, 55 Dragon, 60 Rock - Water, 65 Ice - Psychic, 70 Grass - Fire, 75 Ground - Bug, 80 Psychic - Fairy, 85 Poison - Dark, 90 Fighting - Ghost, 95 Dark - Flying, and 100 Water-Electric

Tier II

• This is meant to be the medium difficulty tier
• Level cap is always set to 100
• Gym leaders will be using the same typings, individual teams will differ Bug, Normal, Flying, Electric, Fire, Ghost, Fairy, Steel, Dragon, Rock - Water, Ice - Psychic, Grass - Fire, Ground - Bug, Psychic - Fairy, Poison - Dark, Fighting - Ghost, Dark - Flying, and Water-Electric

Tier III

• This is meant to be the hardest tier
• Gym leaders may now bring 1 uber pokemon
• Gym leaders may now bring 1 alternate typing pokemon
• Gym leaders may not use the same pokemon for their alternate and uber pokemon
• Gym leaders will be using the same typings, individual teams will differ Bug, Normal, Flying, Electric, Fire, Ghost, Fairy, Steel, Dragon, Rock - Water, Ice - Psychic, Grass - Fire, Ground - Bug, Psychic - Fairy, Poison - Dark, Fighting - Ghost, Dark - Flying, and Water-Electric