For the Battle of Hoenn, it says you have to play 3 matches and get a ranking to get a ha tyrunt. Does that mean you get a ranking after you play 3 matches, or do you get ranked after a certain win/loss ratio? I've never participated in any of Nintendo's competitions so the wording confuses me a bit. Also, I didn't see anything about items in their rules/regulations page. Does that mean you can use any item on your pokemon during the competition? Is soul dew usable on the lati twins? I'd appreciate it if anyone could clear these things up for me.
Yes you only have to play 3 games to earn a ranking (some people have been confused as to want ranking means, like does it mean top 100 or something). 3 is the minimum number of games to be put onto the global leaderboard, meaning you could come 20,000th and get a Tyrunt.
As for your item question, there is an item clause so one of each allowed. I haven't been able to find any mention of Soul Dew myself but it is banned in regular Battle Spot (and the Maison) so it is safe to assume it is banned here. You could always test it by trying to enter your battle box with it, if it's not allowed they will tell you.
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WTF HA Tyrunt?! If you get it CMT for a breed, I'm willing to pay (very) high prizes for it
Not to ruin potential business for zapzap29 but the Tyrunt will be readily available so don't go paying too much for it. You could always just enter the comp with a trash team, play 3 games and get the code for it yourself. It won't be released until the 30th this month though..