Ranked PvP

Ranked PvP pits you against other players on a ladder. Ranked battles move your rating, earn Ranked Battle Tokens and fill a monthly reward track. The best players each day, week and month win extra prizes.

The Search tab lists the chosen tier's clauses; its Banned Pokemon entry only names the rule, and the banned Pokémon themselves are on the Bans tab.

At a glance

• Open it: the ranked battle button in the top-left panel
• Ranked tiers: OU, UU and Random. Doubles OU and Doubles Random are casual only.
• You earn: rating, Ranked Battle Token, R.P. on the Ranked Reward Ladder, and ladder prizes
• Starting rating: 1,000 in each tier
• Ladders reset: daily at midnight UTC, weekly on Monday, monthly on the 1st

Open the PvP window

The ranked battle button sits in the top-left panel, with your bag, friends and crew buttons. The window has these tabs:

Tab	What it is for
Search	Pick a tier, see its clauses, and queue for a Ranked or Casual battle. Tick Use PVP Team to battle with a saved team instead of your party.
Ratings	Ladder standings for a tier and period (daily, weekly, monthly or all time).
Usage Data	The most used Pokémon in a tier, with their items, abilities, natures, usage and win rates.
Rewards	The prizes for each period and the Ranked Reward Ladder.
Battle History	Your past battles, teams and results.
PVP Teams	Build six-Pokémon teams from your PC boxes.
Bans	Every banned Pokémon, move, item and ability for each tier. Always the most current list.
Replays, Gallery, Spectate	Save and share replays, browse public ones, and watch live battles.

Formats

Tier	Ranked	Levels	Clauses
OU (OverUsed)	Yes	Every Pokémon is scaled to level 100	Species, OHKO, Evasion, Moody, Shadow Tag, Arena Trap, Power Construct, Party Size, banned moves, Baton Pass, Sleep
UU (UnderUsed)	Yes	Scaled to level 100	As OU
Random	Yes	Set by the game for each Pokémon	Species, OHKO, Evasion, Sleep
Doubles OU	Casual only	Scaled to level 100	As OU
Doubles Random	Casual only	Set by the game	As Random

Because OU and UU scale everything to level 100, you do not need to level your PvP Pokémon. Random battles hand you a random team; Terastallization and Z-Moves only appear there. For what each tier bans, see Bans and clauses. Ranked and Casual battles are both timed; see turn timer.

You cannot queue while you are on the active Crew Wars base, and Random battles cannot be queued from the Elite Four maps.

Heal with a quick Random battle

To queue for OU or UU with your own party, your party must be fully healed. A saved PvP Team skips that check. After every ranked win your party is healed, which makes a quick Random battle a handy way to top up during the story.

Bans and clauses

The game’s OverUsed description sends you here for the ban list. Below is the game’s default list as of October 2026. Bans can change at any time, and the in-game Bans tab always shows the current list, so check it before you build.

Clauses

Clause	What it blocks	Tiers
Species	Two Pokémon of the same species. Forms of one species count as the same species.	OU, UU, Random
OHKO	Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill and Sheer Cold.	OU, UU, Random
Evasion	Double Team and Minimize.	OU, UU, Random
Sleep Clause	Putting more than one of the opponent’s Pokémon to sleep at a time.	OU, UU, Random
Moody	Pokémon with the Moody ability.	OU, UU
Shadow Tag	Pokémon with the Shadow Tag ability.	OU, UU
Arena Trap	Pokémon with the Arena Trap ability.	OU, UU
Power Construct	Pokémon with the Power Construct ability.	OU, UU
Party Size	Teams of fewer than 6 Pokémon.	OU, UU
Banned Moves	Rage Fist, Last Respects, Shed Tail and Baton Pass.	OU, UU
Banned Pokemon and Banned Item	The Pokémon and held items listed below.	OU, UU

Doubles OU follows the OU rules and Doubles Random the Random rules. In Random battles the game builds your team for you.

Banned in OU

• Pokémon (51): Arceus, Armored Mewtwo, Calyrex-Shadow, Chi-Yu, Chien-Pao, Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Dialga, Dracovish, Eternatus, Flutter Mane, Galarian Darmanitan, Genesect, Giratina, Giratina-Origin, Groudon, Hisuian Decidueye, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Kyurem-Black, Kyurem-White, Landorus, Lugia, Lunala, Magearna, Magearna-Original, Marshadow, Mewtwo, Miraidon, Naganadel, Necrozma-Dawn-Wings, Necrozma-Dusk-Mane, Ogerpon-Hearthflame, Palafin, Palkia, Palkia-Origin, Pheromosa, Rayquaza, Reshiram, Shaymin-Sky, Shedinja, Solgaleo, Terapagos, Urshifu, Xerneas, Yveltal, Zacian, Zacian-Crowned, Zamazenta-Crowned, Zekrom and Zygarde.
• Held items: Blastoisinite, Blazikenite, Gengarite, Lucarionite, Salamencite and the Hearthflame Mask.

Banned in UU

• Pokémon (104): Alomomola, Archaludon, Armored Mewtwo, Barraskewda, Baxcalibur, Blacephalon, Blaziken, Blissey, Calyrex-Ice, Calyrex-Shadow, Celesteela, Ceruledge, Chansey, Chi-Yu, Cinderace, Clodsire, Corviknight, Darkrai, Deoxys, Deoxys-Speed, Dondozo, Dracovish, Dracozolt, Dragapult, Dragonite, Enamorus, Espathra, Ferrothorn, Galarian Darmanitan, Galarian Moltres, Galarian Slowking, Garchomp, Garganacl, Genesect, Gholdengo, Glimmora, Gliscor, Gouging Fire, Great Tusk, Greninja, Greninja-Bond, Hatterene, Hawlucha, Heatran, Hisuian Decidueye, Hisuian Goodra, Hisuian Samurott, Iron Bundle, Iron Hands, Iron Moth, Iron Treads, Iron Valiant, Kartana, Kingambit, Kingdra, Kommo-o, Kyogre, Kyurem, Kyurem-Black, Landorus-Therian, Lunala, Magearna, Magearna-Original, Manaphy, Marshadow, Melmetal, Meowscarada, Mewtwo, Naganadel, Ogerpon-Wellspring, Pecharunt, Pelipper, Raging Bolt, Reshiram, Ribombee, Rillaboom, Roaring Moon, Shaymin-Sky, Shedinja, Sneasler, Solgaleo, Spectrier, Tapu Bulu, Tapu Fini, Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Ting-Lu, Torkoal, Tornadus-Therian, Toxapex, Ursaluna, Ursaluna-Bloodmoon, Urshifu, Urshifu-Rapid-Strike, Volcanion, Volcarona, Walking Wake, Weavile, Xerneas, Yveltal, Zamazenta, Zapdos, Zekrom and Zygarde.
• Mega Stones (24): Alakazite, Blastoisinite, Blazikenite, Charizardite X, Charizardite Y, Diancite, Gengarite, Gyaradosite, Kangaskhanite, Latiasite, Latiosite, Lopunnite, Lucarionite, Mawilite, Medichamite, Metagrossite, Pinsirite, Sablenite, Salamencite, Scizorite, Slowbronite, Swampertite, Tyranitarite and Venusaurite.
• Other held items: King's Rock, Quick Claw, Razor Fang, and the Cornerstone Mask, Hearthflame Mask and Wellspring Mask.

Event forms of a banned Pokémon, such as seasonal forms, are banned too.

Build a PvP team

1. Add a team. Open the PVP Teams tab and choose Add Team.
2. Name it. Name the team (up to 25 characters) and pick its tier.
3. Pick 6 Pokémon. Click Pokémon in your PC boxes to add them. A team needs exactly six, with no repeated species. The window marks it Legal Team or Illegal Team for that tier.
4. Confirm and use it. Choose Confirm. On the Search tab, tick Use PVP Team and pick it.

A full team of six that passes the tier's rules is marked Legal Team.

• Held items: each team member battles with the item it is holding, so sort out held items before you queue.
• How many teams: you can keep up to 8 OU teams and 4 teams for each other tier.
• Traded Pokémon: if a team member is no longer in your PC or your party (for example after you trade it away), it drops out of the team.

Ratings

• You start at 1,000 rating points in each tier, and the game matches you with players close to your rating when it can.
• Ratings use an Elo system: beating a higher-rated player gains more than beating a lower-rated one, and a win or loss against an equal opponent moves you by 9 points.
• Your rating cannot drop below 750.

The daily, weekly and monthly ladders each reset on their own: daily at midnight UTC, weekly on Monday and monthly on the 1st. You appear in the standings after your first battle, but to win a ladder’s prizes you need a minimum number of battles in that period:

Ladder	Battles needed for prizes
Daily	10
Weekly	40
Monthly	100 (UU: 50)

Rating decay

If your monthly rating in a tier is 1,200 or more and you play no ranked battle in that tier for more than 7 days, it drops a little every day until it is back under 1,200. Higher ratings drop faster.

Fair play

• A battle that ends within 20 seconds gives the winner no rating or tokens. The loser still loses rating and gets a short queue cooldown that grows with each repeat that day.
• Disconnecting from a ranked battle also gives you a cooldown. If you disconnect within the first 20 seconds, your opponent gets a few rating points and a token instead.
• Battles between players on the same IP address or device give no rating, tokens or reward points.
• Feeding wins or trading results breaks the game rules and can get you banned from the ladder.

Ranked Battle Tokens

Ranked Battle Tokens are the ladder currency.

You…	Tokens
Win an OU battle	3
Win a UU battle	2
Win a Random battle	1
Lose 2 OU or UU battles in a row	1

Spend them at a Ranked Battle Token trader:

Region	Trader
Sinnoh	Oreburgh City and the Veilstone Super Mart
Kanto	The Celadon City SuperMarket
Jvaloh	The Glassmoor City SuperMart and Stancius’ House
Hoenn	The Lilycove City Supermarket

The stock includes:

• Seasonal legendary chests and the Swords of Justice chests
• Absolite
• Held items for competitive play
• A Dark Metagross mount (Dark Metagross Mount)

Oreburgh City

Veilstone Super Mart

Celadon City SuperMarket

Glassmoor City SuperMart

Stancius' House 1F

Lilycove City Supermarket

Ranked Reward Ladder

Every ranked battle also earns R.P. (reward points) on the Ranked Reward Ladder, shown on the Rewards tab: 10 R.P. for a win and 1 R.P. for a loss, in any ranked tier.

• Steps: reaching each step pays out once, from Great Balls and Donator Gems at the bottom to IV Randomizers, a Master Ball and Gold Blaze Chests further up.
• Final step: at 2,500 R.P. you get a legendary chest that changes each quarter (from October to December 2026 it is a Hoopa Chest).
• Reset: the ladder resets on the 1st of every month.

Note

The in-game help text says a win gives 10–20 R.P.; the game currently awards 10 per win.

Ladder prizes

Prizes are paid when each ladder resets, by rank, to players who played enough battles. Everyone who qualifies but finishes below the ranked places gets the participation prize. Pick your tier in the tabs below; the choice carries over between the weekly and monthly tables.

Daily (Ranked Battle Tokens)

Rank	OU	UU
1	50	30
2	40	25
3	30	20
4–10	25	15
11–50	20	10
51–100	15	5
101 and lower	10	10

Random has no daily prizes.

Weekly

OU

Rank	Prize
1	10,000 F, 25 Blaze Coins, Gold Blaze Chest
2–3	5,000 F, 20 Blaze Coins, Silver Blaze Chest
4–10	3,000 F, 15 Blaze Coins, Bronze Blaze Chest
11–20	2,000 F, 10 Blaze Coins, Full EV Reset
21–50	1,500 F, 5 Blaze Coins, Unallocated EV Reset
Participation	1,000 F, 3 Blaze Coins

UU

Rank	Prize
1	8,000 F, 20 Blaze Coins, Gold Blaze Chest
2–3	5,000 F, 15 Blaze Coins, Silver Blaze Chest
4–10	3,000 F, 10 Blaze Coins, Bronze Blaze Chest
11–20	2,000 F, 7 Blaze Coins, Full EV Reset
21–50	1,500 F, 5 Blaze Coins, Unallocated EV Reset
Participation	1,000 F, 3 Blaze Coins

Random

Rank	Prize
1	10,000 F, 25 Blaze Coins
2–3	8,000 F, 20 Blaze Coins
4–10	6,000 F, 15 Blaze Coins
11–20	4,000 F, 10 Blaze Coins
21–50	3,000 F, 5 Blaze Coins
Participation	2,000 F, 3 Blaze Coins

Monthly

OU

Rank	Prize
1	50,000 F, OU champion chest, 500 Donator Gems, 75 Blaze Coins, 3 Gold Blaze Chests
2	30,000 F, OU chest, 250 Donator Gems, 60 Blaze Coins, 2 Gold Blaze Chests
3	20,000 F, OU chest, 125 Donator Gems, 40 Blaze Coins, Gold Blaze Chest
4–10	15,000 F, OU chest, 15 Blaze Coins, 3 Silver Blaze Chests
11–20	10,000 F, 10 Blaze Coins, Full EV Reset, 2 Silver Blaze Chests
21–50	6,000 F, 5 Blaze Coins, Unallocated EV Reset, Silver Blaze Chest
Participation	4,000 F, 3 Blaze Coins, Bronze Blaze Chest

UU

Rank	Prize
1	45,000 F, UU chest, 500 Donator Gems, 75 Blaze Coins, 3 Gold Blaze Chests
2	25,000 F, UU chest, 250 Donator Gems, 60 Blaze Coins, 2 Gold Blaze Chests
3	20,000 F, UU chest, 125 Donator Gems, 40 Blaze Coins, Gold Blaze Chest
4–10	15,000 F, UU chest, 15 Blaze Coins, 3 Silver Blaze Chests
11–20	10,000 F, 10 Blaze Coins, Full EV Reset, 2 Silver Blaze Chests (same as OU)
21–50	6,000 F, 5 Blaze Coins, Unallocated EV Reset, Silver Blaze Chest (same as OU)
Participation	4,000 F, 3 Blaze Coins, Bronze Blaze Chest (same as OU)

Random

Rank	Prize
1	50,000 F, 75 Blaze Coins, 3 Gold Blaze Chests
2	40,000 F, 60 Blaze Coins, 2 Gold Blaze Chests
3	30,000 F, 50 Blaze Coins, Gold Blaze Chest
4–10	25,000 F, 40 Blaze Coins, 3 Silver Blaze Chests
11–20	20,000 F, 30 Blaze Coins, 2 Silver Blaze Chests
21–50	15,000 F, 20 Blaze Coins, Silver Blaze Chest
Participation	10,000 F, 10 Blaze Coins, Bronze Blaze Chest

The monthly chests hold a legendary that changes every quarter. For the October to December 2026 season:

Prize	Pokémon
OU rank 1	Keldeo-Resolute
OU ranks 2–10	Keldeo
UU ranks 1–10	Magearna
Reward Ladder final step	Hoopa

In this season, OU ranks 1–10 also get a Particle Snap Card Style Ticket at each monthly reset. It unlocks the Particle Snap card style.

The Rewards tab always shows the current season’s prizes.

The Rewards tab shows your progress on the Ranked Reward Ladder; the Rewards Summary sub-tab lists the rank prizes.

Replays and spectating

• Recent battles: your last 5 battles, PvE included, stay under Recent Battles on the Replays tab for 48 hours; save one to keep it.
• Save slots: everyone gets 10 save slots, and each extra 5 slots costs 500 Donator Gems, up to 50 in total.
• Sharing: saved replays can be shared in chat, copied as a code, or made public in the Gallery, where players sort them by recent, most viewed or most liked.
• Spectating: the Spectate tab lists live battles, and its settings let you choose which of your own battles others may watch.

The Replays tab lists your recent battles above your saved replay slots.

Related pages

Crews and Crew WarsCrew Wars use the same OU and UU rules.

Battle Frontier and Battle Tower3v3 PvE streaks for Battle Tokens.

Ranked Battle Token Store stockThe full list of what Ranked Battle Tokens buy.

Credits

Based on Ranked PVP Guide on the PBO forums. Rewritten and checked against the game on 1 October 2026.