What are all the ways that two players playing SM can battle each other?

I mean Battle Spot (I think there are multiple variations of these), VGC, casual online battles (also possibly multiple variations), seasonal formats, and stuff like that. Please don’t question my curiosity.

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

I’m going to answer this question in terms of how I understand what you’re asking.

First of all you two players can play:

In regards to the styles/methods/tiers two players can battle against each other:

You have official formats, such as VGC.

There are Single Battles, Double Battles. (In the past Triple Battles, Rotation Battles and Launcher Battles existed as well.)

Also, on another note: I don’t know if Inverse Battle Multiplayer can be done.

There are also Smogon tiers, two players can battle each other with. The tiers aren’t officially supported by the game, but players can play using the tiers for fun or a new challenge. These tiers include the likes of:- OU- NU- Ubers- PU- LC-UU…and counting.There are also seasonal/monthly competitions with unique rules (at times) which can be entered through Battle Spot’s Live Competition function. (Live Competition battles are another type of battles- this may include Single Battles and Double Battles.) An example of a competition with unique rules is the Pikachu Cup.