Pokemon X/Y - VGC 2014 tournament rules
- standard VGC format: Double Battles, 4 Pokemon picked
- Pokemon only within the Kalos Pokedex are allowed
- Pokémon which have been transferred from Generation V using Pokemon Bank are not allowed
- Mega Evolutions & Hidden Abilities are allowed
- Illegally modified Pokemon are banned
- Pokemon only within the Kalos Pokedex are allowed
- Pokémon which have been transferred from Generation V using Pokemon Bank are not allowed
- Mega Evolutions & Hidden Abilities are allowed
- Illegally modified Pokemon are banned
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I find it funny that the main new feature of Pokemon X/Y will be the mega evolutions, and they are banned from the 2014 VGC's.
So...basically it's the 2013 VGC's but you can only use the Kalos Dex.
Yeah pretty much. Mega evolution stats are pretty much Legendary tier.
But I felt that with the loss of a held item and the limit to one per team kept it balanced.
Im probably not parttaking in VGC's this year due to time constraints, but if I was I wouldnt be too mad about the mega evo's and hidden abilities ban. But it does feel a little annoying. We wouldnt be allowed to use anything brought from outside the KalosDex, and the new hidden ablilities and mega evo's are mostly what Gen 6 brought to the Metagame table. So stripping new mechanics essentially makes it last year's VGC's but with a few pokemon missing and a few pokemon added.
As for not wanting to deal with new things, there is a lot of time between now and the 2014 VGC's. That is enough leeway to do suspect testing (The VGC tier in Pokemon Showdown exists for a reason) to get a better feel of what is OP and what is not.
tl;dr:
I feel it's lazy and foolish to just ban everything new, and that is how real OP things fall through the cracks and end up sweeping the tournaments.