Pokémon Showdown

Pokémon Showdown
Language	English
Status	Active
Run	2011 - Present
Date opened	October 2011
Creator	Zarel
Current owner	{{{owner}}}
Forum	PS Forums
Mascot	Meloetta
Website	Main Page

Pokémon Showdown, also often formatted as Pokémon Showdown!, is a web-based Pokémon battle simulator. It is free open source software and written in JavaScript and Node.js. It was adopted by Smogon on July 2, 2012.

In addition to standard modes of play, Pokémon Showdown! includes unique features such as "Pure Hackmons" and "Balanced Hackmons," which encompass Pokémon of normally illegal movesets and Abilities. Some people also have custom servers in which they can create their own rulesets, battle formats, and even "pet mods" where they can change the entire way the game is played.

Features

Pokémon Showdown has move animations in battle. It supports one-click replay sharing and reconnecting to disconnected battles.

Pokémon Showdown supports Single and Double Battles in Generation V, Generation VI, Generation VII, and Generation VIII and also has support for Single Battles in all other generations. They also have Triple Battles though it is only in beta phase as with Multi Battles and Battle Royals. There are also custom battle styles, such as the Almost Any Ability or Monotype ruleset.

This website also features alternative servers which people can join through the main website. Examples include Sports, Dragon Heaven, and Pokémon Insurgence.

Team format

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: packed format description: field names; export format description: field descriptions

Pokémon Showdown has pioneered a de facto standard for Pokémon team notation.

In syntax definitions below, <...> just denote a named field. [ ] denote an optional field. { } indicates a field that may appear 0 or more times. A backslash \ indicates that any of the < > [ ] { } is literal.

Export format

The export format is usually the only one the user will see.

Articuno @ Leftovers  
Ability: Pressure  
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD  
Modest Nature  
IVs: 30 SpA / 30 SpD  
- Ice Beam  
- Hurricane  
- Substitute  
- Roost  

Ludicolo @ Life Orb  
Ability: Swift Swim  
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe  
Modest Nature  
- Surf  
- Giga Drain  
- Ice Beam  
- Rain Dance  

Volbeat (M) @ Damp Rock  
Ability: Prankster  
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD  
Bold Nature  
- Tail Glow  
- Baton Pass  
- Encore  
- Rain Dance  

Seismitoad @ Life Orb  
Ability: Swift Swim  
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe  
Modest Nature  
- Hydro Pump  
- Earth Power  
- Stealth Rock  
- Rain Dance  

Alomomola @ Damp Rock  
Ability: Regenerator  
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD  
Bold Nature  
- Wish  
- Protect  
- Toxic  
- Rain Dance  

Armaldo @ Leftovers  
Ability: Swift Swim  
EVs: 128 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def / 124 Spe  
Adamant Nature  
- X-Scissor  
- Stone Edge  
- Aqua Tail  
- Rapid Spin  

This consists of three sections:

1. Declaration
   • Species name and form
   • Nickname
   • Gender
   • Held item
2. Attributes
   • Ability
   • Level
   • Happiness
   • EVs, IVs, and nature
   • Shininess
   • Dynamax level, Gigantamax factor
3. Moves

Declaration

This section has one of the two following syntaxes:

<nickname> (<species-name>) [(<m-or-f>)] [@ <item>]
<species-name> [(<m-or-f>)] [@ <item>]

Attributes

Each attribute in this section is formatted like this:

<name>: <value>

The Nature field is formatted like this instead:

<nature-name> Nature

Some attributes are optional:

• Level: assumed to be 100 by default (50 for World Championships)
• Shiny, Gigantamax: default is No
• EVs, IVs: EVs for stats not listed are assumed as 0, IVs as 31.
• Happiness: assumed to be 255
• Nature: Serious by default

The EVs and IVs fields are formatted like this:

EVs: <number> <stat> { / <number> <stat> }

The <stat> field may be any of HP, Atk, Def, Spe, SpA, SpD.

Moves

This section is formatted like this:

- <move> [\[<type>\]] { / <move> [\[<type>\]] }

The <type> field is only for moves that can have variable types that can be applied or seen outside of battle, e.g. Hidden Power or Techno Blast.

More than one move can be specified for each slot, but the moves after the first slash are usually ignored.

Development

Pokémon Showdown was created by Zarel. Because this project is collaborative, it has many other developers and graphical contributors as well.

Administrators

• Alex (Policy)
• Alpha (Policy)
• Annika (Technical)
• Bidoof Princess (Policy)
• chaos (Technical, Smogon Owner)
• DaWoblefet (Technical)
• Hoeen Hero (Technical & Policy)
• Ironwater (Policy)
• Kennedy (Policy)
• Marty (Technical)
• Teclis (Policy)
• Theia (Policy)
• Yuki (Policy)
• Zarel (Technical, Owner)

See also

• Smogon

External links

• Main Page
• Replays
• Ladder
• Pokédex
• Teambuilder

References

This article is a part of Project Fandom, a Bulbapedia Project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every aspect of the Pokémon Fandom.