World Coronation Series
The Pokémon World Coronation Series (Japanese: ポケモンワールドチャンピオンシップス Pokémon World Championships) is an animated series-exclusive tournament. It is a competition held to determine the strongest Trainer in the world. It first appeared in Flash of the Titans!, where the previous annual championship season ended. The latest season started in Destination: Coronation! and concluded in Partners in Time!.
Registration
To compete in the tournament, participants must register themselves online first. The latest season received more than 10,000 entrants.
Each entrant generates a profile and a score according to the registration position.
Rules
Trainers are divided into four classes based on their win/loss ratio. Each class is represented by a different type of Poké Ball:
- Normal Class (ノーマルクラス Normal Class)
- Great Class (スーパークラス Super Class)
- Ultra Class (ハイパークラス Hyper Class)
- Master Class (マスタークラス Master Class)
The battles are all judged by the Drone Rotom, which updates the rankings after each battle. In the event of a draw, no change happens, regardless of the difference between the contestants' rankings.
Trainers can usually only battle against other Trainers in the same class. However, the top-ranked Trainer of the Ultra Class can only advance to the Master Class by defeating the lowest-ranked member of the Masters Eight for their position in a special entrance battle (Japanese: 入れ替え戦 Promotion Match).
On occasion, one-day events called Battle Festival Challenges (Japanese: バトルフェス Battle Festivals) are held where many participants can gather to compete with each other at will. These events are held at stadiums and other such venues, and are open for the public to watch.
Normal Class
All first-time participants are automatically put into this class, regardless of any previous championships or statuses. The challenger must seek out opposing Trainers in nearby areas, and both must agree to battle.
Battles in Normal Class follow the following rules.
- Both challengers must be of the same class.
- Both challengers must send out their first Pokémon at the same time.
- It consists of battles with one or two Pokémon for each Trainer.
- Both challengers can switch their Pokémon at any time.
The class is represented by a normal Poké Ball.
Great Class
Trainers reach this class after Normal Class. They must be between 999th and 100th place to advance to Great Class. The battle rules remain the same as in the Normal Class.
The class is represented by a Great Ball.
Ultra Class
Trainers reach this class after Great Class. They must be between 99th and ninth place to advance to Ultra Class. Unlike in the two previous classes, battles in Ultra Class are pre-scheduled, and each participant's opponent is decided for them. Battles in Ultra Class are usually broadcast worldwide, held in stadiums and other such venues, and have commentators apart from the evaluation of the Drone Rotom.
Battles in Ultra Class follow the following rules:
- Both challengers must be of the same class.
- Both challengers must send out their first Pokémon at the same time.
- It consists of battles with one to three Pokémon for each Trainer.
- Both challengers can switch their Pokémon at any time.
- Each challenger can only use one of the following techniques per match: Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, or Dynamax.
The class is represented by an Ultra Ball.
The highest ranked Trainer of this class must defeat the lowest ranked member of the Masters Eight for their position in the Master Class.
Master Class
The Master Class consists of the eight Trainers who are at the top of the world ranking. They are called the Masters Eight (Japanese: マスターズエイト Masters Eight) and are certified by the Pokémon Battle Commission (Japanese: ポケモン・バトル・コミッション Pokémon Battle Commission). Commission members are responsible for evaluating and accepting any temporary changes to the rules of an official battle that is agreed between both Trainers.
They battle each other at the end of the season in a single-elimination tournament called the Masters Eight Tournament, where the winner becomes the Monarch (Japanese: 王者 Monarch). The tournament is held at the Wyndon Stadium. During the tournament, battles are refereed by Dan as opposed to Drone Rotom.
Outside the Masters Eight Tournament, a member of the Masters Eight may request a battle against other members in the same class. The battle rules remain the same as in the Ultra Class.
The class is represented by a Master Ball.
Ranking
The following is a list of named participants in the latest season of the World Coronation Series by ranking as of Partners in Time!. The Master Class is ordered by the results of the Masters Eight Tournament:
↓ - Indicates an unspecified rank drop due to a loss.
| Trainer | Class | Ranking | Additional note | |
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| Ash | Master | 8* | Monarch. | |
| Leon | Master | 1* | Runner-Up - Lost against Ash. | |
| Cynthia | Master | 2* | Top 4 - Lost against Ash. | |
| Diantha | Master | 5* | Top 4 - Lost against Leon. | |
| Steven Stone | Master | 3* | Top 8 - Lost against Ash. | |
| Lance | Master | 4* | Top 8 - Lost against Diantha. | |
| Alain | Master | 6* | Top 8 - Lost against Leon. | |
| Iris | Master | 7* | Top 8 - Lost against Cynthia. | |
| Raihan | Ultra | 9 | Rank swapped with Ash after losing an entrance battle. | |
| Drasna | Ultra | 12↓ | ||
| Volkner | Ultra | 27↓ | ||
| Marnie | Ultra | 29↓ | ||
| Bea | Ultra | 30↓ | ||
| Flint | Ultra | Unknown↓ | Knocked out of the Masters Eight off-screen. | |
| Kricketina | Great | 895↓ | ||
| Rinto | Great | Unknown↓ | ||
| Dozer | Great | Unknown↓ | ||
| Tony | Great | Unknown↓ | ||
| Korrina | Normal | 1,001↓ | ||
| Hayden | Normal | 1,024↓ | ||
| Visquez | Normal | 2,109↓ | ||
| Lob | Normal | Unknown↓ | ||
| Oliver | Normal | Unknown↓ | ||
Masters Eight
- Main article: Masters Eight Tournament
This group consists of the eight best Pokémon Trainers in the world. It consists of Elite Trainers who have won other championships and competitions around the world.
The previous season's Masters Eight Tournament ended in Flash of the Titans!; the latest season's tournament began in Curtain Up! Fight the Fights! and ended in Partners in Time!.
Gallery
Leon being crowned the Monarch of the World Coronation Series in Flash of the Titans!
Ash being crowned the Monarch of the World Coronation Series in Partners in Time!
Trivia
- In Japanese, the World Coronation Series shares its name with a real life event.
- The ranking and progression system of the competition is similar to the operation of the Battle Tower and Battle Stadium in Pokémon Sword and Shield, as well as in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
- The Trainers' profiles follow a visual pattern similar to that of Pokémon GO.
- Ash's first battles in the Normal, Great, and Ultra Classes were all against Electric-type users.
- Hoenn and Alola are the only regions to not have featured any World Coronation Series battles onscreen.
- While Ash represents the Alola region as its regional Champion, no Trainers actually native to said region are known to have participated in the World Coronation Series.
- Ash is the only known competitor in the World Coronation Series shown to use Z-Moves.
- In regard to the members of the current Masters Eight:
- Alain is the only one who is not a Champion.
- Iris is the only one who is not known to utilize Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, or Dynamax, while Ash is the only one to use all three.
- Steven is the only member to not use a Flying- or Dragon-type Pokémon, including type changes via Mega Evolution.
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Related articles
- World Championships
- Episodes with World Coronation Series matches
- World Coronation Series participants
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