What moves are banned in certain tiers?

I’ve never been in an official competition or smogon so I’ve don’t know what is allowed at each tier, but are there some moves banned at certain tires (even signature moves sketched by Smeargle) and if so what are they and at what tier?

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There are seven moves banned in all Smogon tiers, including Uber: Double Team, Minimize, Fissure, Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, and Baton Pass (plus a few moves like Light of Ruin, Plasma Fists, and Struggle that you could consider to be technically “banned” since it’s not legally possible for any Pokemon to have them in a moveset).

No lower tiers have any actual moves on their banlist in addition to those, although UU does essentially ban Clangorous Soulblaze by virtue of banning Kommonium Z.

VGC doesn’t currently ban any moves, though it has in the past for causing glitches (like Sky Drop) or for being Dark Void (before they hit upon the current implementation of simply making the move fail if Smeargle tries to use it).

The moves banned in Smogon Tiers (excluding AG formats) are Double Team, Minimize, Guillotine, Baton Pass, Sheer Cold, Horn Drill, and Fissure.

There’s one more move I’m adding, which is the reason I’m updating this. Most of you probably don’t know about this move being banned unless you play the lower tiers:

Aurora Veil

Earlier in December, Aurora Veil has been banned from Gen 8 NU. You can read about why it was bannedhere.Also, since Aurorus, Vanilluxe, and Abomasmow has dropped from NU to PU during the mid-December drops (which happened a few days ago), Aurora Veil is banned in PU as well because Gen 8 NU banned it.