Hey everyone!

Sad news today. Unfortunately after 3 years and a handful of months of awesomeness, the current mods have decided to close PRL for the forseeable future. Part of it was our busy schedules, part of it the lack of interest in Wifi battles this generation, but the truth is, we're sad to see this end.

Maybe we'll come back in gen 8 or a later time. It really depends if Wifi Battling ever reaches the popularity it once saw again. For now though, this is goodbye. Thanks to all our mods and challengers over the years, this has been an amazing community thanks to all of you.

Something Something Something Dark Side: A Guide to Using Dark-Type Pokemon by u/eco_politiq

Mind Over Matter: A Guide to Using Psychic-Type Pokemon by u/zdeb93

From the Shadows: A Guide to Using Ghost-Type Pokemon by u/valenwower

It's a Long Way to the Top if You Wanna Rock and Roll: A Guide to Using Rock-Type Pokemon by u/Teenelmo26

Power of the Land, Strength From the Earth's Core: A Guide to Using Ground-Type Pokemon by u/RightWingErika

Slippery Slope; or, Ice Types Aren't That Bad: A Guide to Using Ice-Type Pokemon by u/2180161

The Reason Team Rocket Insists on Using Zubat: A Guide to Using Poison-Type Pokemon by u/CleverMiltank

A Bug's Life: A Guide to Using Bug-Type Pokemon by u/locoghoul

Macho 'Mons: A Guide to Using Fighting-Type Pokemon by u/Chrispy294

We're Soaring, Flying: A Guide to Using Flying-Type Pokemon by u/eco_politiq

Average Joe: A Guide to Using Normal-Type Pokemon by u/locoghoul

Shockingly Positive: A Guide to Using Electric-Type Pokemon by u/zdeb93

Congratulations to all challengers who have defeated the Champion and have made it onto this list. Please post your Friend Code, IGN, and team here so that your accomplishment may be immortalized, and so you can receive your prize for conquering the League.

Please update your post here once you have received your prize.

To see older Champions, please head to our Hall of Fame Wiki

Wherever Life Plants You, Bloom with Grace: A Guide to Using Grass Type Pokemon By u/teenelmo26

How to be a Fire Bender: A Guide to Using Fire Type Pokemon By u/tbuck48

"Water" You Waiting For: A Guide to Using Water Type Pokemon By u/UndeadBan

Hey everybody, the mods here at /r/PKMNRedditLeague have been in spirited discussion about how best to structure our league to keep with the times in generation 7. And after much talk we have reached a new format that will take over once Pokemon Bank is available (January 2017)

All 12 of our leaders will now be equals on the same level running "trials". You as a challenger will go through 3 phases of your "Island Challenge" on the way to a matchup with the Champion by battling each "trial", some of them more than once.

You will select your team of 6 based on the current Smogon OU set up same as usual but now your challenge will look like this, with all battles being 6v6 singles.

Phase one is the Trial Captain Phase.

Of our 12 leaders you will fight 7 of them as "Trial Captains" Trial Captains are limited to 3 OU Pokemon on their team including a Wild Card. Your team does not have any restrictions other than Smogon OU and other things listed on our rules/banlist pages (Species Clause for example)

After you beat 7 leaders as Trial Captains you move on to the Kahuna phase.

In the Kahuna phase you battle four of the remaining five leaders you have yet to defeat as "Grand Trial battles" These battles are the same as Gym Leader battles in ORAS for us. Kahunas have a full OU monotype team with one wild card. You are not allowed a team change between Trial Captain and Kahuna phase.

With 11 wins under your belt you move on to the Elite 4 Phase.

MINOR SPOILER ALERT AHEAD

As there are Kahunas in game that become Elite 4 we are mimicking this in our league format as best we can.

END SPOILERS

The remaining leader you have yet to fight is an Elite 4 member, you will pick one of the TC's or Kahunas your previously fought as an Elite 4 and the Leadership Council will be picking the remaining two in the name of balance so the Elite 4 is not a cakewalk typing wise. You get one team member change from the Kahuna Phase to the Elite 4 Phase

Should you defeat all 3 phases you will showdown with the champion. The format remains the same in that you are granted a full team change and the battle rules are 2 Ubers with the rest being OU.

Our prize chart has been updated to reflect these changes as well

1st, 3rd, 5th Trials- A shiny starter (any generation)

7th Trial- Shiny NU of choice

2nd Grand Trial- Shiny RU of choice

4th Grand Trial- Shiny UU of choice

E4- Shiny OU of choice

Champion- Uber of choice (shiny if legal)

We hope you are as excited for this format shift as we are! We will be happy to answer any concerns you may have in the comments, please keep in mind there are still kinks to work out but the meat and potatoes of our league in 2017 has been decided on. Good luck and happy challenging!

If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding the new format please feel free to ask away in the comments here or in our brand new Discord server.

P.S. ORAS challenges will still be accepted up until Bank is released for Sun/Moon. Any badges you have earned will carry over into the new format, meaning it is possible (if you keep the same team) that you could start in the Kahuna phase when Gen 7 fully takes over.

Hey everyone Water Elite Four UndeadBan here with exciting news! We've opened a new Discord channel up to the public and we hope to see you there to help our league be more efficient. We've got a lot of exciting things coming up as we are in the early phase of Gen 7. In the discord you can schedule league and casual battles quicker and discuss a wide range of topics pokemon or not with us and fellow challengers. Show courtesy to fellow community members. See you there :D

https://discord.gg/6aQksFF