Spring 2025 Online VGC Professor Cup Top 8

Описание: Vs Otulissa. This was voted by the Top 8 as a SEEK round. (I voted Hide and lost.)

Sarah's team: https://rk9.gg/teamlist/public/PC02sp...

My team: https://rk9.gg/teamlist/public/PC02sp...

Rules for this Professor Cup were as follows:

Regulation H, Open Team Sheet, Best of 3, Magikarp must be brought to every game.

All teams must have exactly 1 Magikarp.

Banned Pokémon:

● Cat Pokémon that would eat Magikarp:
○ Incineroar
○ Sneasler
○ Meowscarada
○ Meowstic
○ Persian
○ Indeedee

● Bird Pokémon that would eat Magikarp:
○ Pidgeotto (not in SV, but listed due to Magikarp's Pokedex entry)
○ Talonflame
○ Pelipper
○ Corviknight
○ Honchkrow
○ Staraptor
○ Skarmory
○ Noivern

● Other Magikarp predators:
○ Dondozo
○ Ursaluna (All Forms)
○ Smeargle
○ Archaludon
○ Drednaw
○ Krookodile
○ Skeledirge

Banned Moves:
● Roar
● Whirlwind
● Dragon Tail
● Circle Throw

Banned Items:
● Red Card

Every round is either Hide or Seek with a special rule:

Hide Round Rule:
● Player must have Magikarp in their teams

● A player loses if their Magikarp is knocked out. (This is checked when the battle menu is shown, just like in sudden death.)

● If both players’ Magikarp are knocked out in the same turn, the game continues as normal. The winner of the game is then the winner as decided by normal gameplay.

Seek Round Rule:
● A player’s Magikarp must be seen during each game. If a player wins through normal gameplay without their Magikarp being sent out at any point during the game, they instead lose the game.

● Magikarp does not need to do anything - it can even be switched into and immediately knocked out before being able to select a move, as long as the game displays the “Go, Magikarp!” message it counts.

● Running from the match still counts as forfeiting; you cannot win by simply selecting Run before your opponent shows their Magikarp!