What is Little Cup, and what makes it different than the other tiers?
Little Cup is a very unique and interesting tier. Unlike other tiers, which are based around level 100 Pokemon, Little Cup plays with Pokemon that are all level 5. Also, Little Cup further restricts the rules to include only Pokemon that can evolve and are the lowest evolution in their evolution chains. This creates a drastically different metagame in Little Cup than from other tiers, and Little Cup contains a lot of Pokemon that you simply would never see used anywhere else in competitive Pokemon. Because of its uniqueness, Little Cup exists in a state of its own-- it has its very own banlist, which means bans made in other tiers don't affect Little Cup at all (for example, in XY, Pawniard was considered NU, but was also legal in Little Cup). It's a ground for baby Pokemon to grit their teeth and show their evolved counterparts how powerful they can be as well.
What Pokemon are legal in Little Cup?
Pokemon only need to follow two rules in order to be eligible for Little Cup.
Pokemon: Scyther, Sneasel, Tangela, Yanma, Swirlix, Gligar, Murkrow, Meditite, Misdreavus, Drifloon, Porygon, Cutiefly, Gothita, Vulpix, Aipom, Trapinch, all single-staged or evolved Pokemon, and any unevolved multi-stage Pokemon that is unavailable at Level 5.
Moves: Dragon Rage, Sonic Boom, Swagger
Abilities: Moody
Items: Eevium Z
You can find explanations for each of the banned Pokemon here.
Where do I play Little Cup?
You can follow the link here to Pokemon Showdown's Little Cup room!
How do I get involved with Little Cup?
Great place to talk to fellow lovers of Little Cup is on the Little Cup room on Pokemon Showdown! Another place to talk to us is the Little Cup Discord which can be found here!
Finally, one of the best ways to contribute to Little Cup is by posting in the forums! I know that doing so can be intimidating if you aren't that interested in a discussion, or are unsure what to post. Rest assured, Little Cup is a judgment free zone. We recommend and even encourage posting from people of any experience level. Keep in mind that every "good" player started off as a "noob" once. We all get better via practice and via contributing, so please do so to your heart's content. If you have any questions about how to contribute, then please don't hesitate to talk to any of the more experienced members of the Little Cup community.
LC Forum Moderators:
Quote
Coconut
Corporal Levi
The LC Council:
Quote (Co-Leader)
Corporal Levi (Co-Leader)
Coconut
Star
Shrug
fatty
Kingler12345
Ninjadog13
tazz
If you have a question that can be answered in one post, please ask it here.
When posting in the thread, please follow these guidelines:
Little Cup is a very unique and interesting tier. Unlike other tiers, which are based around level 100 Pokemon, Little Cup plays with Pokemon that are all level 5. Also, Little Cup further restricts the rules to include only Pokemon that can evolve and are the lowest evolution in their evolution chains. This creates a drastically different metagame in Little Cup than from other tiers, and Little Cup contains a lot of Pokemon that you simply would never see used anywhere else in competitive Pokemon. Because of its uniqueness, Little Cup exists in a state of its own-- it has its very own banlist, which means bans made in other tiers don't affect Little Cup at all (for example, in XY, Pawniard was considered NU, but was also legal in Little Cup). It's a ground for baby Pokemon to grit their teeth and show their evolved counterparts how powerful they can be as well.
What Pokemon are legal in Little Cup?
Pokemon only need to follow two rules in order to be eligible for Little Cup.
- All Pokemon need to be level 5.
- The Pokemon must be able to evolve, but be in the lowest stage of evolution. For example Pichu is legal, but Pikachu is not.
Pokemon: Scyther, Sneasel, Tangela, Yanma, Swirlix, Gligar, Murkrow, Meditite, Misdreavus, Drifloon, Porygon, Cutiefly, Gothita, Vulpix, Aipom, Trapinch, all single-staged or evolved Pokemon, and any unevolved multi-stage Pokemon that is unavailable at Level 5.
Moves: Dragon Rage, Sonic Boom, Swagger
Abilities: Moody
Items: Eevium Z
You can find explanations for each of the banned Pokemon here.
Where do I play Little Cup?
You can follow the link here to Pokemon Showdown's Little Cup room!
How do I get involved with Little Cup?
Great place to talk to fellow lovers of Little Cup is on the Little Cup room on Pokemon Showdown! Another place to talk to us is the Little Cup Discord which can be found here!
Finally, one of the best ways to contribute to Little Cup is by posting in the forums! I know that doing so can be intimidating if you aren't that interested in a discussion, or are unsure what to post. Rest assured, Little Cup is a judgment free zone. We recommend and even encourage posting from people of any experience level. Keep in mind that every "good" player started off as a "noob" once. We all get better via practice and via contributing, so please do so to your heart's content. If you have any questions about how to contribute, then please don't hesitate to talk to any of the more experienced members of the Little Cup community.
LC Forum Moderators:
Quote
Coconut
Corporal Levi
The LC Council:
Quote (Co-Leader)
Corporal Levi (Co-Leader)
Coconut
Star
Shrug
fatty
Kingler12345
Ninjadog13
tazz
If you have a question that can be answered in one post, please ask it here.
When posting in the thread, please follow these guidelines:
- Make sure that your post is relevant to Sun and Moon Little Cup.
- Your answers should contain at least a brief explanation, even if it was the simplest of questions.
- Do NOT ask for anything that could be considered illegal. This includes anything related to hacking, Action Replay, ROMs, and 3ds hacking.
- Remember that in-game questions should be asked in Orange Islands. This subforum is for competitive discussion only. Asking about specific breeding moves and why a certain illegality exists is okay though.
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