The PokeSTEEM Battle League is challenging the 
All players are welcome to make posts about their battles and take part in spreading the word of the PokeSTEEM community by using the hashtags #pokesteem #pokesteembattleleague or the current weeks hashtag example #week5pokesteem. Spreading the word of the community helps bring more rewards to the pool and will hopefully encourage the Pokemon community to want to use this platform.
This tournament will end on Sunday at 11:59 PM and all battles marked in the battle verification log will be used for the earnings leaderboard and distributed according to the following brackets.
This Week's Tournament will be
OverUsed Format Tournament
Smogon is one of the top Pokemon communities online that has created a comprehensive and accurate online resource for competitive Pokémon battling. Within it's main site smogon.com they offer a huge amount of articles and advice from their community to help fans of the game compete at every level, while honing their skills in every aspect of competitive Pokémon from team building to battling tactics.
OU (Overused) is Smogon's fundamental usage-based tier. Pokemon that are listed underneath the Overused tier are more than 50% likely to be used by professional players. Any Pokémon from theUU, RU, NU, and PU tiers may be used. While all non-Uber Pokémon can be used in OU, only those Pokémon that make up at least ~3.41% of total weighted usage in the tier are designated 'OU.'
To view the Pokemon that can be used from the compatible tiers please check the links below.
http://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/formats/ou/
http://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/formats/uu/
http://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/formats/ru/
http://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/formats/pu/
In order for Players to participate in the tournament you must create teams using the Teambuilder found on Pokemon Showdown.
If you need a tutorial on how to build teams on the website feel free to message 
Or you can google it. ;) !
| Elite Four Member | Current Ranking | Win - Loss (Growth) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 - 0 (0) |
 | 2 | 0 - 0 (0) |
 | 3 | 0 - 0 (0) |
| unidentifiededgyteenager | 4 | 0 - 0 (0) |
| Trial Captain | Current Ranking | Win - Loss (Growth) |
|---|---|---|
| Empty Chair | 9 | 0 - 0 (0) |
| Empty Chair | 10 | 0 - 0 (0) |
| Empty Chair | 11 | 0 - 0 (0) |
| Empty Chair | 12 | 0 - 0 (0) |
| Empty Chair | 13 | 0 - 0 (0) |
| Empty Chair | 14 | 0 - 0 (0) |
| Empty Chair | 15 | 0 - 0 (0) |
| Empty Chair | 16 | 0 - 0 (0) |
We here at the PokeSTEEM Battle League would like to thank you all for reading.