VR September Challenge

EventVictory Road September Challenge
LocationOnline
Date2–3 September 2023
Attendance323 players
VideogamePokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet
Season2024 Season – VGC Regulation Set D
Format9 Swiss rounds + X-2 top cut single elimination
Open team lists
OrganizerVictory Road

Table of Contents

Teams and results

Top cut

#SwissFlagPlayerPrizeTeamListExp.
17-2JPNTomoyuki Yoshimura
(SNOW)
$1100
Flutter ManeUrshifu RapidRillaboomArcanine HisuiChien PaoTornadus Incarnate
28-1JPNKazuki Ogushi
(ミオリア)
$550
Flutter ManeUrshifu RapidAmoongussIron HandsChien PaoLandorus Therian
38-1ESPElías León
(Elías)
$275
GholdengoUrshifu RapidRillaboomFarigirafRegidragoTornadus Incarnate
 
47-2FINOliver Eskolin
(Owe)
$275
GholdengoUrshifu RapidAmoongussTornadus IncarnateChien PaoLandorus Therian
 
58-1POLBartosz Kuskowski
(Bartek)
$137
Flutter ManeUrshifu RapidAmoongussIron HandsHeatranTornadus Incarnate
68-1SGPJude Lee
(OZASHI1)
$137
Flutter ManeGyaradosAmoongussIron HandsChi YuRoaring Moon
 
77-2ITAMattia Cognetta
(Magic_Rana)
$137
GholdengoUrshifu RapidRillaboomMimikyuRegidragoTornadus Incarnate
 
87-2ESPRaúl Campoy
(Rayko)
$137
Flutter ManeUrshifu RapidAmoongussIron HandsChien PaoLandorus Therian
 
97-2ITAFrancesco Iozzia
(Young Nova)
Flutter ManeKingambitGastrodon EastHeatranChien PaoLandorus Therian
 
107-2ITAChristian De Nicolo
(Dot1Q)
Flutter ManeChi YuTatsugiri StretchyDondozoChien PaoDragonite
 
117-2USASudoz Zen
(sudoz)
GholdengoUrshifu SingleTornadus IncarnateIron HandsChi YuLandorus Therian
 
127-2ESPVíctor Medina
(Torviv)
GholdengoUrshifu RapidRillaboomTornadus IncarnateChien PaoLandorus Therian
 
137-2THANarawitch Naenna
(MyStars)
Flutter ManeKlefkiAmoongussIron HandsChi YuLandorus Therian
 
147-2USAJunxi Zhu
(zgr)
Flutter ManeUrshifu RapidRillaboomTornadus IncarnateHeatranLandorus Therian
 
157-2ITAGabriele K. Lopez
(Gab)
Flutter ManeUrshifu RapidAmoongussIron HandsChien PaoLandorus Therian
 
167-2SWEDaniel Daertni
(Coconut)
ArmarougeUrshifu RapidTornadus IncarnateIron HandsIndeedee FemaleLandorus Therian
 
178-1FRARayan Guezi
(Rayan)
Flutter ManeUrsalunaAmoongussIron HandsChi YuTornadus Incarnate
 
188-1USAHector Fley
(Hectorious)
Flutter ManeUrshifu RapidRillaboomGholdengoKingambitTornadus Incarnate
 
197-2ESPAdrián Ortega
(adrigame)
GholdengoUrshifu RapidToxicroakPelipperChien PaoLandorus Therian
 
207-2ITAAlessandro Finotto
(VE)
GholdengoUrshifu RapidAmoongussIron HandsChien PaoPelipper
 
217-2GBRTaran Birdee
(AuraRayquaza)
Flutter ManeTornadus IncarnateAmoongussIron HandsChi YuLandorus Therian
 
227-2IRLBrian Collins
(Angelo)
Enamorus TherianUrshifu SingleMaushold FourBruxishOranguruUrsaluna
 
237-2ITAFrancesco Raga
(Lil Darkrider)
Flutter ManeKingambitGastrodon EastHeatranChien PaoLandorus Therian
 
247-2ESPGonzalo Estrada
(GonesTR)
HattereneTorkoalLilligant HisuiIron HandsIndeedee FemaleArmarouge
 
257-2ITAGaetano Di Trapani
(gae)
Flutter ManeUrshifu SingleAmoongussIron HandsHeatranGyarados
 
267-2DEUTano Rosenkranz
(Tano)
Flutter ManeUrshifu RapidRillaboomArcanine HisuiChien PaoTornadus Incarnate
 
277-2ESPAlbert Bañeres
(Deku)
Flutter ManeHeatranTornadus IncarnateIron HandsChien PaoLandorus Therian
 
287-2GRCIoannis Berikakis
(Romeru)
Flutter ManeUrshifu RapidTornadus IncarnateChi YuChien PaoDragonite
 
297-2FRAAnthony-Christopher Manolache
(Astora)
Flutter ManeUrshifu RapidRillaboomArcanine HisuiChien PaoTornadus Incarnate
 
307-2NZLAlex Donaldson
(alex)
Flutter ManeUrshifu RapidAmoongussHeatranThundurus IncarnateLandorus Therian
 

Seeding

The bracket is seeded according to the Swiss rounds results:

Usage stats

#PokémonD1 UsageD2 Usage
1Flutter Mane65.2%
(210)
67%
(20)
2Iron Hands53.1%
(171)
47%
(14)
3Urshifu Rapid46.0%
(148)
60%
(18)
4Amoonguss40.4%
(130)
40%
(12)
5Chien Pao38.5%
(124)
50%
(15)
6Tornadus Incarnate34.8%
(112)
53%
(16)
7Landorus Therian33.5%
(108)
50%
(15)
8Rillaboom24.8%
(80)
27%
(8)
9Heatran23.6%
(76)
23%
(7)
10Chi Yu21.4%
(69)
23%
(7)
11Gholdengo18.9%
(61)
27%
(8)
12Urshifu Single15.5%
(50)
10%
(3)
13Arcanine Hisui14.3%
(46)
10%
(3)
14Ursaluna14.3%
(46)
7%
(2)
15Cresselia12.4%
(40)
0%
(0)
#PokémonD1 UsageD2 Usage
16Gyarados10.2%
(33)
7%
(2)
17Farigiraf7.8%
(25)
3%
(1)
18Dragonite6.5%
(21)
7%
(2)
19Pelipper5.9%
(19)
7%
(2)
20Dondozo5.3%
(17)
3%
(1)
21Iron Bundle5.0%
(16)
0%
(0)
22Tatsugiri (all)4.7%
(15)
1%
(1)
23Thundurus Incarnate4.7%
(15)
1%
(1)
24Basculegion Male4.3%
(14)
0%
(0)
25Torkoal4.0%
(13)
3%
(1)
26Grimmsnarl4.0%
(13)
0%
(0)
27
Gastrodon WestGastrodon East
3.7%
(12)
7%
(2)
28Roaring Moon3.7%
(12)
3%
(1)
29Indeedee Female3.4%
(11)
7%
(2)
30Armarouge3.4%
(11)
7%
(2)

The number of Day 2 players divided by Day 1 players was 9.3%, 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 Incarnate Tornadus (14%).
  • The highest conversion rates amongst the 30 most used Pokémon were Female Indeedee (18%), Armarouge (18%) and Gastrodon (17%).

Bad performances:

  • The lowest conversion rate amongst the 10 most used Pokémon was Iron Hands (8%).
  • 4 out of the 30 most used Pokémon did not make a single appearance in Day 2. The most notorious were Cresselia, Iron Bundle and Male Basculegion.

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 2 September 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 3 September at the same time.

Prizes

This event is a grassroots tournament and is not a part of any 2024 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:

PlacementPrize money
Winner$1100
Runner-up$550
Semifinalists$275 each
5th to 8th$137 each

Streaming

Unfortunately, there is no stream for this tournament due to team constraints. Players that stream their run are promoted by Victory Road during the tournament.

Overview

The Victory Road September Challenge 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.

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 Victory Road to Yokohama, played with the VGC Regulation Set D in July 2023. The finals saw Brazilian Thiago Lattanzi defeat 2019 Senior World Champion Ko Tsukide to win a VR tournament for the second time this season, after an earlier victory in February!

Sign-up instructions

Sign-ups for the event are done through Battlefy platform. Sign-ups are $10 (+ $1 Battlefy tax) and open on 28 August. 85% of the total entry fee money is directed towards the prizes ($8.5 per player), and 15% is 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.

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