Current Events > Best Pokemon Tournament: Preliminaries, Round 85

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Let's be honest: Things are looking pretty bleak for CE and GameFAQs as a whole right now, somebody's got to step up and be a hero. So against my better judgment/free time, it's time to start up the Best Pokemon Tournament.

Here's how this one is going to work. It's still going to be 128 Pokemon in the final bracket, but obviously with 1025 Pokedex entries, that's going to be a tight fit. So we're going to whittle that number down bit by bit, choosing one Pokemon out of each group of 10 to make it. The groups will be sorted in Pokedex order; this is to help keep things orderly and prevent a Pokemon from slipping through the cracks, but also to make sure that each generation is represented proportionally with how many of the little bastards were added in each set of games.

For Pokemon with alternate forms under the same Pokedex entry, such as Unown, Rotom, Wormadam, or Deoxys, all of those forms will be counted as one entry for the sake of keeping the proportional representation intact (and to make sure there aren't too many of a single species on the bracket). Megas, Gigantamax, and any other alternate forms that are only seen during battle are also considered as part of the base species. Regional forms, such as Alolan Exeggutor or Galarian Weezing, are considered as being separate, and will be part of their respective generation's set. Legends: Arceus is considered as "generation 8.5" for the purposes of this tournament.

That brings things to a grand total of 1080 Pokemon that qualify for bracket spots, which will break down to a nice even 108. The final twenty bracket spots are "Wild Card" positions, and each generation will have two more chances to get a representative on the bracket. The top 20 non-winners from each generation will be split into two further groups of ten, and those Pokemon will then compete for the remaining spots.

I know it might seem confusing when it's all written out like this, but trust me, it will work. I hope.

But, as I mentioned in the opening of this topic, these are dark times and the future is uncertain. I'm going to do my damndest to keep up on this so we all have something to look forward to, but I'm going to need everybody here to help out with that by voting. When I ran a temperature check the topic got up to about 50-60 votes, which I felt was fine, but since CE's numbers are only going to dwindle moving forward I will end this tournament early if I feel like the engagement isn't high enough for me to bother putting the time and effort into it anymore.

So, please, vote.

NOTE: Since it's been happening pretty often lately, I just wanted to add that although the official cutoff time for these polls are 24 hours, I'm not always able to update them right on time or even the day they're supposed to. Things get busy with me sometimes in my personal or work life and I'm not always around to post a poll on GameFAQs lol. But I do try my best to keep things rolling as consistently as possible, and when I'm able to I give advance notice if a round change will be happening early or late :)

Anyway, with that out of the way, here's round eighty-five of the preliminaries! Here's to a (hopefully) great fourth tournament, everyone!
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PREVIOUS WINNERS
Round 1: Charizard (25.64%)
Round 2: Pidgeot (28.36%)
Round 3: Sandslash (25.71%)
Round 4: Nidoking (30.99%)
Round 5: Diglett (19.7%)
Round 6: Arcanine (50%)
Round 7: Alakazam (46.75%)
Round 8: Victreebel (17.19%)
Round 9: Farfetch'd (29.03%)
Round 10: Gengar (51.39%)
Round 11: Cubone (20.55%)
Round 12: Rhydon (34.33%)
Round 13: Gyarados (29.41%)
Round 14: Lapras (23.53%)
Round 15: Mewtwo (33.33%)
Round 16: Mew (36.92%)
Wild Card: Blastoise (26.42%)
Wild Card: Scyther (31.91%)
Round 17: Crobat (45.1%)
Round 18: Mareep (28.21%)
Round 19: Ampharos (38.46%)
Round 20: Umbreon (39.39%)
Round 21: Steelix (39.66%)
Round 22: Scizor (39.68%)
Round 23: Houndoom (31.03%)
Round 24: Donphan (27.42%)
Round 25: Tyranitar (32.86%)
Wild Card: Skarmory (30.77%)
Wild Card: Feraligatr (32.2%)
Round 26: Mudkip (26.67%)
Round 27: Mightyena (30.19%)
Round 28: Ludicolo (41.18%)
Round 29: Gardevoir (45.76%)
Round 30: Shedinja (24.56%)
Round 31: Aggron (56%)
Round 32: Sharpedo (49.12%)
Round 33: Flygon (48.89%)
Round 34: Altaria (30.77%)
Round 35: Milotic (47.17%)
Round 36: Absol (43.64%)
Round 37: Spheal (26.79%)
Round 38: Metagross (54.17%)
Round 39: Rayquaza (34.78%)
Wild Card: Breloom (29.41%)
Wild Card: Blaziken (25%)
Round 40: Bidoof (23.91%)
Round 41: Luxray (45.45%)
Round 42: Pachirisu (20.69%)
Round 43: Mismagius (32%)
Round 44: Bronzong (35.9%)
Round 45: Lucario (34.29%)
Round 46: Toxicroak (36.73%)
Round 47: Leafeon (21.05%)
Round 48: Mamoswine (22.64%)
Round 49: Giratina (35.19%)
Round 50: Darkrai (23.21%)
Wild Card: Garchomp (31.67%)
Wild Card: Empoleon (22.22%)
Round 51: Samurott (35.42%)
Round 52: Musharna (30%)
Round 53: Excadrill (52.83%)
Round 54: Audino (29.27%)
Round 55: Scolipede (36.73%)
Round 56: Krookodile (45%)
Round 57: Archeops (27.66%)
Round 58: Zoroark (47.06%)
Round 59: Escavalier (39.22%)
Round 60: Galvantula (35.85%)
Round 61: Chandelure (66.67%)
Round 62: Haxorus (43.4%)
Round 63: Braviary (24.56%)
Round 64: Hydreigon (52.73%)
Round 65: Genesect (27.08%)
Wild Card: Volcarona (32.5%)
Wild Card: Reshiram (22.92%)
Round 66: Greninja (45.83%)
Round 67: Talonflame (42.11%)
Round 68: Pangoro (30.19%)
Round 69: Aegislash (56%)
Round 70: Tyrantrum (40.68%)
Round 71: Goodra (25%)
Round 72: Noivern (26%)
Wild Card: Sylveon (25%)
Wild Card: Yveltal (21.74%)
Round 73: Rowlet (25%)
Round 74: Vikavolt (40.43%)
Round 75: Lycanroc (23.64%)
Round 76: Salazzle (40.74%)
Round 77: Golisopod (36%)
Round 78

Corviknight

Wooloo is the culmination and apex of ten thousand years of human development.

I went with the terror that flaps in the night

Don't care for the edgy bird.

Wooloo has such a great shiny.

This is really just between Corviknight and Wooloo.

Orbeetle is kinda cool though I suppose.

Nickit and Wooloo are both pretty cute. Do I throw a pity vote or side with the one with a chance?

Tie between Corviknight and Orbeetle. I'll give it to Corviknight.

Blipbug is also probably the biggest loser in the series.

Solar_Crimson posted...

Blipbug is also probably the biggest loser in the series.

That is an extremely bullyable looking worm.

If you have not ever thought about Dottler, you have not lived.
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Corviknight is the only one of these I dont absolutely hate.

I guess the Wooloos are just boring, though. The rest of them are hideous.

DrizztLink posted...

That is an extremely bullyable looking worm.

Please don't bully Blipbug, he's just a little nerd ;-;

Morning bump

Reminder that Nickit's German name is "Kleptifux".

I wanted to say that I can't in good conscience vote from here on out because I haven't played past the Alola games. But I decided there's no way I'm skipping voting for Wooloo~

SydnieStarlight posted...

I wanted to say that I can't in good conscience vote from here on out because I haven't played past the Alola games.

Ill never understand this viewpoint. Designs are the most important aspect of Pokemon to me, as stats are just numbers on a spreadsheet and almost no Pokemon have story significance.

Voting based on how much you like a design is absolutely valid.

SydnieStarlight posted...

I wanted to say that I can't in good conscience vote from here on out because I haven't played past the Alola games. But I decided there's no way I'm skipping voting for Wooloo~

Voting based on looks alone is absolutely fine :)

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Corviknight is incredibly badass for an "early routes bird" Evo line.

Absolute beast, and one of SwSh's best new characters IMO.

Corviknight is both awesome looking and good to use

TMOG posted...

Please don't bully Blipbug, he's just a little nerd ;-;

Disagree. Bully him. Put that bug in a locker.

I voted Dubwool thinking it was Gogoat. Corviknight easy.

Hambo posted...

Disagree. Bully him. Put that bug in a locker.

I'm creating a Water/Poison type based on a toilet just to give him a swirly.

His name is Whirlpoo.

DrizztLink posted...

I'm creating a Water/Poison type based on a toilet just to give him a swirly.

His name is Whirlpoo.

XD Whirlpoo. Great name. I'll keep one on my team at all times in case I encounter any dweeby little bugs.