Shiny Tapu Lele will be distributed to participants of the November 2018 International Challenge

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  • Tuesday, November 6, 2018

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Shiny Tapu Lele will be distributed to participants of the 2018 International Challenge - November tournament. All participants need to complete at least three battles in order to recieve the Shiny Tapu Lele after the tournament has ended. Participants may register between midnight UTC on November 20 and 11:59 p.m. UTC on November 29. The competition will run from midnight UTC on November 30 until 11:59 p.m. UTC on December 2. Participants born in 2004 or later will be in the Junior/Senior Division. Players born in 2003 or earlier will be in the Master Division.

This competition will use the official VGC 2019 Sun Series rules where teams may include no more than two of the Legendary Pokémon Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde, Cosmog, Cosmoem, Solgaleo, Lunala and Necrozma and Mega Stones, Z-Crystals, the Blue Orb and the Reb Orb are banned and Rayquaza must not know the move Dragon Ascent. Only Pokémon in the National Pokédex that have the black clover on the summary screen can be used, meaning that Pokémon transferred from previous generation games cannot be used. Mythical Pokémon, Phione and Ash-Greninja cannot be used. Pokémon in the player's party cannot have the same held item as each other and Pokémon in the player's party cannot share the same National Pokédex number. All Pokémon will be automatically set to level 50.

Four Pokémon will be used each match. Each battle will last a maximum of seven minutes. Players will have 90 seconds to pick which four Pokémon they will battle with and 45 seconds to select a move or switch Pokémon. Participants may battle 15 times a day for a maximum of 45 battles.