| Event | Victory Road to Yokohama |
|---|---|
| Location | Online |
| Date | 8–9 July 2023 |
| Attendance | 382 players |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2023 Season – VGC Regulation Set D |
| Format | 9 Swiss rounds + X-2 top cut single elimination Open team lists |
| Organizer | Victory Road |
Table of Contents
Teams and results
Top cut
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | List | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7-2 |  | Thiago Lattanzi (Pereréricles) | $1300 |       |  | |
| 2 | 7-2 |  | Ko Tsukide (Zero) | $650 |    |  | |
| 3 | 9-0 |  | Sergio Ramírez (Sergio) | $320 |  | | |
| 4 | 7-2 | | Yuya Hashiba (みさお) | $320 |  | | |
| 5 | 8-1 |  | Michael Kelsch (Michi) | $160 |   | | |
| 6 | 8-1 |  | Matteo Turbessi (TurboMatt) | $160 | | | |
| 7 | 7-2 |  | Carson Confer (Carson) | $160 |      | | |
| 8 | 7-2 |  | Frederik H. Nielsen (Hoej) | $160 |    | | |
| 9 | 7-2 |  | Xie Yantong (Darko) | – | |  | |
| 10 | 7-2 | | Taro Okada (さなみ) | – | | | |
| 11 | 7-2 | | Adrien Hurley (ColdingLight) | – |      |  | |
| 12 | 7-2 | | Shuji Endo (えげ) | – | | | |
| 13 | 7-2 | | Francesco P. Pero (GAPARADOX95) | – | | | |
| 14 | 7-2 | | Roberto Parente (Roberto) | – | | | |
| 15 | 7-2 | | Wolfe Glick (Wolfey) | – | | | |
| 16 | 7-2 | | Lin Guli (古力鸭) | – | |  | |
| 17 | 8-1 |  | Devon Singh (Teenspirit) | – |     |  | |
| 18 | 8-1 | | Jorge Tabuyo (Tabu) | – | | | |
| 19 | 8-1 | | Kohei Sakurai (クララ) | – | |  | |
| 20 | 8-1 | | Iván Amate (Arknor) | – |   |  | |
| 21 | 8-1 |  | Zach Scott (Beluga) | – |    | | |
| 22 | 7-2 |  | Mattie Morgan (Mattie) | – | | | |
| 23 | 7-2 | | Lukas Kiefl (Sildurah) | – |  | | |
| 24 | 7-2 | | Masahiro Ito (がはく) | – |  | | |
| 25 | 7-2 |  | Hippolyte Bernard (★AllySwitch★) | – |   |  | |
| 26 | 7-2 |  | Bas van der Heijden (Violet) | – | | | |
| 27 | 7-2 |  | Andrew Sonza (amazingMANdrew) | – |  | | |
| 28 | 7-2 | | Joseph Ugarte (JoeUX9) | – |  | | |
| 29 | 7-2 | | Dylan Salvanera (Dylan) | – |  | | |
| 30 | 7-2 | | Yuta Takahashi (バイオレット) | – |  | | |
| 31 | 7-2 |  | Oliver Eskolin (Owe) | – |  | | |
| 32 | 7-2 | | Tomoyuki Yoshimura (SNOW) | – | |  | |
Seeding
The bracket is seeded according to the Swiss rounds results:
Streaming
Some matches from Day 2 of the tournament are streamed live on Victory Road’s Twitch channel, with Ben Kyriakou, Shonali Kenn and Charlie Merriman as casters!
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 16 | Adrien Hurley | vs | Ko Tsukide |
| Top 8 | Sergio Ramírez | vs | Matteo Turbessi |
| Top 4 | Sergio Ramírez | vs | Ko Tsukide |
Usage stats
| # | Pokémon | D1 Usage | D2 Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 56.8% (217) | 81% (26) |
| 2 |  | 47.6% (182) | 41% (13) |
| 3 | | 38.7% (148) | 38% (12) |
| 4 | | 35.6% (136) | 34% (11) |
| 5 | | 28.3% (108) | 38% (12) |
| 6 | | 28.0% (107) | 34% (11) |
| 7 | | 27.0% (103) | 25% (8) |
| 8 | | 22.8% (87) | 13% (4) |
| 9 | | 22.0% (84) | 25% (8) |
| 10 | | 21.2% (81) | 16% (5) |
| 11 | | 19.6% (75) | 22% (7) |
| 12 | | 16.0% (61) | 25% (8) |
| 13 | | 15.2% (58) | 22% (7) |
| 14 | | 12.6% (48) | 6% (2) |
| 15 | | 12.3% (47) | 13% (4) |
| # | Pokémon | D1 Usage | D2 Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | | 10.7% (41) | 3% (1) |
| 17 | | 10.7% (41) | 3% (1) |
| 18 |  | 9.7% (37) | 13% (4) |
| 19 | | 8.9% (34) | 16% (5) |
| 20 | | 7.9% (30) | 13% (4) |
| 21 | | 6.3% (24) | 9% (3) |
| 22 |  | 6.0% (23) | 0% (0) |
| 23 | | 5.8% (22) | 6% (2) |
| 24 |  | 5.8% (22) | 0% (0) |
| 25 | | 5.0% (19) | 3% (1) |
| 26 |   | 4.7% (18) | 0% (0) |
| 27 |  | 4.7% (18) | 0% (0) |
| 28 | | 4.5% (17) | 9% (3) |
| 29 |  (all) | 4.5% (17) | 9% (3) |
| 30 |  | 4.5% (17) | 0% (0) |
The number of Day 2 players divided by Day 1 players was 8.4%, which can be used as reference for the conversion rate (i.e. the Day 2 / Day 1 appearance ratio).
Good performances:
- The highest conversion rate amongst the 10 most used Pokémon was Flutter Mane (12%).
- The highest conversion rates amongst the 30 most used Pokémon were Tatsugiri (18%), Torkoal (18%) and Female Indeedee (15%).
Bad performances:
- The lowest conversion rate amongst the 10 most used Pokémon was Rillaboom (5%).
- 5 out of the 30 most used Pokémon did not make a single appearance in Day 2. The most notorious were Iron Bundle, Gyarados and Gastrodon.
Platform and schedule
The tournament is held online through Battlefy. All communication between the players must be done through the Battlefy chat enabled in each round.
Official communication from the organizer staff is performed through Discord, in the Victory Road Discord server.
The tournament starts on 8 July 2023 at 13:00 UTC with the Swiss rounds. The top cut, to which all players with 2 or fewer losses (X-2) advance, is played on 9 July at the same time.
Prizes
This event is a grassroots tournament and is not a part of any 2023 official circuit. This means that it does not reward any Championship Points (CPs).
The best-placed players receive the following prizes depending on attendance. Final prizepool is confirmed upon closure of registrations:
| Placement | Prize money |
|---|---|
| Winner | $1300 |
| Runner-up | $650 |
| Semifinalists | $320 each |
| 5th to 8th | $160 each |
| Placement | Prize money |
|---|---|
| Winner | Around 30~35% of the prizepool |
| Runner-up | Around 15~20% of the prizepool |
| Semifinalists | Around 8~10% of the prizepool |
| 5th to 8th | Around 4~5% of the prizepool |
| Placement | Prize money |
|---|---|
| Winner | Around 30~35% of the prizepool |
| Runner-up | Around 15~20% of the prizepool |
| Semifinalists | Around 8~10% of the prizepool |
| 5th to 8th | Around 4~5% of the prizepool |
| 9th to 16th | Around 0.5~1% of the prizepool |
| Placement | Prize money |
|---|---|
| Winner | Around 30~35% of the prizepool |
| Runner-up | Around 15~20% of the prizepool |
| Semifinalists | Around 8~10% of the prizepool |
| 5th to 8th | Around 4~5% of the prizepool |
| 9th to 16th | Around 0.5~1% of the prizepool |
| 17th to 32nd | Around 0.5% of the prizepool |
| Placement | Prize money |
|---|---|
| Winner | Around 30~35% of the prizepool |
| Runner-up | Around 15~20% of the prizepool |
| Semifinalists | Around 8~10% of the prizepool |
| 5th to 8th | Around 4~5% of the prizepool |
| 9th to 16th | Around 0.5~1% of the prizepool |
| 17th to 32nd | Around 0.5% of the prizepool |
| 33rd to 64th | Around 0.2% of the prizepool |
Overview
The Victory Road to Yokohama tournament is an online event hosted by Victory Road, with the purpose of serving as practice for the upcoming live tournaments.
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set D, with open team lists. It is the first VR tournament to feature this ruleset!
All detailed tournament procedures, including rules and penalties, can be found here.
A little bit of history
Victory Road has been consistently holding online grassroots tournaments for years, including standalone events, online invitationals featuring qualifier events, and the yearly biggest online team competition in the World Cup of Pokémon VGC. Victory Road has also provided streams to several official Regional Championships in Europe since 2019.
Our most recent tournament was the VR April Challenge, played with the VGC Regulation Set C in April 2023. The finals saw American Joseph Ugarte defeat Italian Francesco Pero just one week before winning the Portland Regional with the same team of six!
Sign-up instructions
Sign-ups for the event are done through Battlefy platform. Sign-ups are $10 (+ $1 Battlefy tax) and open on 4 July. 85% of the total entry fee money was directed towards the prizes ($8.5 per player), and 15% was used to compensate the staff members, tournament organizers, judges and casters ($1.5 per player).
All players need to provide a team list in PokéPaste format with all open team list data about the team’s Pokémon (including form, Tera Type, ability, held item and moves).
Additionally, all players need to provide another closed team list (only for TOs) with all previous information and either stat values or minted Nature + IVs + EVs. This list may be password-protected.
Please ask any staff member if you need help registering the team lists!
Sign-ups close 15 min before the event starts. Players that do not show up for the first three rounds are dropped from the tournament before round 4.
