Welcome, Smogon, to the second UU Classic! This is the first in our official UU Tour Circuit where you can test your mettle against the top players in the community. The UnderUsed Classic is a chance to celebrate the history of the UnderUsed tier through the generations. Participants will compete in separate, single elimination UU tournaments for the ADV, BW, DPP and ORAS generations, culminating in playoffs and finals where players must compete in three generations, higher seed strikes one, for the chance at winning a UU Tour Winner banner. Additionally, players who make playoffs will be awarded points that will count towards the UU Tour circuit of 2018.
This tournament format should be familiar to anyone who has participated in Smogon's Grand Slam or Classic tournaments. The format consists of four separate tournaments: the ORAS UU Cup, BW UU Cup, the DPP UU Cup and the ADV UU Cup. Each participant will earn points for how far they advance in each Cup, following the same point system used in Grand Slam and other tours (see here for more details). When all four cups have been completed, the top eight players with the most points will advance to the play-offs. There they will compete in a best-of-three series consisting of three out of four generations until we have an undisputed Smogon UnderUsed Classic Champion.
Signups for the first Cup go up on January 1, 2018, with each Cup staggered by a week:
ORAS UU Cup, hosted by EYAN - January 1, 2018
BW UU Cup, hosted by Hikari - January 8, 2018
DPP UU Cup, hosted by DrReuniclus - January 15, 2018
ADV UU Cup, hosted by Cynde-chan ❤ - January 22, 2018
If you have any questions or concerns about the format, or predictions about the tour, please post them here. Initially, playoff will be top 8 players, but that's subject to changes depending on the number of signups.
