Otakon Portable Kaiju Super Battle League

Located in the Otakon Gaming Hall

Portable Kaiju Super Battle League Rules

Do you wanna be the very best? Dare we even say, like no one ever was? Well come and face your real test at the Portable Kaiju Super Battle League. All our battles will be held in Pokémon Champions; where challengers will assemble a squad of ten Pokémon to take on our Gym Leaders in thrilling 4v4 double battles. After obtaining eight or more badges you can try your best against our grueling Elite Four to earn your rightful place in our Champions’ Tournament. Finally, on Sunday of the Convention all qualifying champions will face off with their 6 strongest Pokémon in a winner take all fight to see who truly is the Very Best. Participation is free with an Otakon Badge and open to anyone with a copy of Pokémon Champions (Switch or Mobile) and the fighting spirit of true Pokémon Master.

Presented by: DC Pokémon League

League Structure:

There will be 10 Gym Leaders for you to challenge to earn button badges. 

Each Gym will have a theme (not type dependent) such as “Snakes” “Summer” “Relics” etc. 

Earn 8 of the 10 offered gym badges. Gyms will be open all day Friday and Saturday following Gaming Hall Hours. 

Those who earn 8 Gym Badges will then earn the privilege to fight our Elite 4. The Elite 4 will be available for Challenge starting Saturday Afternoon and Sunday Morning before the Champions Tournament. 

Those that earn all 4 Elite 4 Badges will get to fight each other in the Champions Tournament to determine the Otakon Champion for 2026. 

Guidebook Times (All battles will take place at our booth in the gaming hall):

Gym Battles Open:

Friday 10AM to 1AM

Saturday 10AM to 1AM

Sunday 10AM to 11:59AM

Elite 4 Battles Open:

Saturday 2PM to 1AM

Sunday 10AM to 11AM

Championship Tournament: 

Sunday 11AM to Close. 

*Looking for a specific Gym Leader? We will update our gym leader's schedules at our booth. We will always have multiple gym leaders at the booth accepting challenges.

Team building Rules:

Declare 10 Pokémon to use for the challenge, Pick 6 to bring to the team selection, Bring 4 for the battle.

When you sign up, you will fill out a paper detailing the 10 pokemon you will be using for the challenge. You may switch up your teams in any combination of these 10 pokemon for the Gym Battles & Elite 4 Battles. For the Final Tournament, you will declare 6 of these 10 pokemon that you will use for the whole tournament. 

Need help building a team? We have "Replica Teams" available below!

Scroll to the bottom of this page below the schedule. 

Enter the code into Pokemon Champions and it will help you build a team you can use to fight the league!

In Game Rules:

We'll be using the POKEMON CHAMPIONS Regulation Set M-B for double battles with Team Building rules above and the two Additional Clauses below. 

The general format of Regulation Set M-B is as follows:

• Doubles Format (Bring 6 Pick 4)

• Level Scaling (All Pokemon are auto leveled to lv 50 in battle)

• Species Clause (No 2 Pokemon with the same national Pokedex Number)

• Timers (90 second team preview, 45 second move time limit, 7 minutes of total player time, and 20 minutes overall game time limit)

Additional Clauses: 

Legendary Pokèmon Clause: You may not use any Legendary Pokèmon,  or Mythics such as: Mega Floette

Fair Fight Clause: You may not use the internet or receive aid from another player during or before any match, however you may use a blank sheet of paper and a writing utensil. It is polite to not have your phone out during matches to curtail impressions of such bad behavior.

We will have paper for you to use if needed. 

Questions

If you have any questions, please contact event organizers at dcpokemonleague@gmail.com and we will do our best to respond in a timely manner. 

Replica Teams

Since the theme for Otakon this year is “Swords & Sorcery”, I put together replica teams to represent various elements of magic sorcery. Even though there is supposed to be a team devoted to one of the aforementioned elements of magic sorcery, some of the Pokemon in these teams are in the top 20 in terms of usage (not necessarily related to the aforementioned elements), according to Pikalytics, for the current regulation set. There are a few things to note.

1. You need to have the Pokemon in the box to “recreate” the team.

2. The Pokemon in these teams are the starting six Pokemon. You will need to find four additional Pokemon in order to make a total of ten Pokemon for the gym challenge. 

3. To avoid spoiling it for everybody, only the replica code is included. If you would like to know what it is, you will need to enter the replica code in Pokemon Champions to find out. There are also clues under each replica team.

4. Any replica teams that have been used by challengers will be deleted from the Pokemon Champions server within three days after Otakon is over.

Clues for Replica Teams

Water team 

In some RPG games, ice and water are considered the same magic sorcery. In Pokemon, ice and water are different magic sorceries.

• This team has one of the common 3-Pokemon cores according to Pikalytics.

• This team includes two first partner Pokemon from different regions

• One of the starter Pokemon on this team is owned by Ash Ketchum in the anime series.

Replica team code: 9S92BDU3FM

Electric team

• Includes the evolved form of Pikachu.

• There is also an eeveelution on the team.

• Features Drayton’s ace Pokemon from Pokemon Scarlet & Violet

Replica team code: Y12S1SEHRT

Poison team

• Includes a female only Pokemon that can poison steel types.

• Two of the Pokemon on this team are aces of two different Pokemon League champions in the main series games.

• Includes Lebanne’s ace Pokemon from Pokemon Legends: Z-A.

• Three of the Pokemon on this team all have mega evolutions that debut in Pokemon Legends: Z-A.

Replica team code: 49DP1D6DBW

Earth/Sand team

• Includes two pseudo-legendary Pokemon.

• Two of the Pokemon on this team are owned by Ash Ketchum and his friends (Iris and Clian) in the Black & White anime series.

• There are four Pokemon capable of mega evolution (not necessarily equipped with mega stones for some of these Pokemon).

Replica team code: 17GDLA865N

Darkness team

• Features Gwynn’s ace Pokemon from Pokemon Legends: Z-A, which is coincidentally the ace Pokemon of Subway Boss Ingo from the Unova Pokemon games (except the capability to mega evolve).

• Comes with four Pokemon capable of mega evolution (not necessarily equipped with mega stones for some of these Pokemon).

• Also features Carmine’s ace Pokemon from Scarlet & Violet

Replica team code: 6P9YUNC3PT

Radiance/Light team 

Even though the “Light” type does not exist in Pokemon, the “Light” magic exists in some other RPG games.

• Features Canari’s ace Pokemon from Pokemon Legends: Z-A, which is coincidentally the ace Pokemon of Subway Boss Emmet from the Unova Pokemon games (except the capability to mega evolve).

• In order to showcase the radiance/light theme, this team consists of a combination of Fairy-types and non Fairy-types associated with light.

• Also features Diantha’s ace Pokemon from Pokemon XY and Jacinthe’s ace Pokemon from Pokemon Legends: Z-A

Replica team code: NACV002B2N

The Historical and Cultural aspects of America 

(Source: type “America 250 inspired team in Pokemon Champions” in Google search)

• This team includes the final evolution of an “early route” bird Pokemon, a Pokemon that is fat and sleeps all the time, and the most commonly used fully evolved first partner Pokemon in competitive play.

• The bald eagle, American professional wrestling, American live-stock, American-made military fighter jets, corporate power, and fast food culture are the American aspects being represented.

• Replica team code: GX9DRFFBTM

The Geographical aspects of America 

(Source: type “Pokemon Champions teams based on geographical regions of America” in Google search)

• This team includes two pseudo-legendary Pokemon and a fully evolved first partner Pokemon (it is one of the three first partner Pokemon players can choose in Legends: Z-A).

• The geographic regions of America being represented are the Pacific coastline, the Southwest, the Great Plains, and the Deep South.

Replica team code: JEJ10QLEM8