Evidence and updates

Claim	Primary source	Current pin
named-format rules and banlist	local Pokémon Showdown config/formats.ts	guide source hash
species tiers and Manectric RUBL status	local Gen 3 formats-data.ts	guide source hash
Manectric vote	ADV RU council post	June 3, 2026
published rank bands	ADV RU VR update	December 22, 2025
public samples	sample update and Poképastes	January 8, 2026
pre-ban high-level usage	ADVPL VI cumulative table	May 24, 2026
post-source observations with no revealed current conflict	public replay protocol	July 4–26, 2026
post-ban building recommendations	dated samples, July replay ledger, and matchup analysis in this guide	July 26, 2026
exact stats and damage	validator plus repository calculator	per receipt

The research memo behind this revision lives at docs/research/adv-ru-metagame-2026-07-26.md.

Rebuild the evidence

From the repository root:

node tier-guides/adv-ru-guide/tools/snapshot-format.mjs
node tier-guides/adv-ru-guide/tools/snapshot-benchmarks.mjs
node tier-guides/adv-ru-guide/tools/snapshot-replays.mjs
node tier-guides/adv-ru-guide/tools/audit-guide.mjs

Then check the site:

cd tier-guides/adv-ru-guide/site
npm ci
npm run check
npm run build

The snapshot scripts pin source hashes and explicit replay IDs. A changed source should stop the refresh until the difference is read and the guide claims are audited.

Update triggers

Run a new revision after any of these events:

• an ADV RU council vote or tier shift;
• a new community viability ranking;
• a new sample-team slate;
• a change to the gen3ru rules or Gen 3 tier data;
• enough ADV RU Cup games to support a separate tournament table;
• a public set resource that changes a benchmark used here;
• repeated post-ban tournament evidence that confirms or rejects these recommendations.

Do not pool battles across a ban. Keep the Manectric ADVPL table as its own historical stratum and start a separate exact-format ledger after the source-change boundary. Label hidden legality unproven unless a complete validated paste is public.

Labels that must move with the source

If the council publishes a new VR, replace the carried-forward December table and move Hypno out of New only if the source does.

If the sample slate changes, revalidate every full paste and update the lead order, sample denominator, species appearances, and team-page copy together.

If source tier data changes, regenerate the entire legal manifest. Editing one banned-species label by hand can leave roster pages, counts, and filters in disagreement.

If a replay reveals only four Pokémon, keep the remaining two unknown. More games do not make hidden information public.

The ADV RU Cup was scheduled to open on July 27, one day after this guide’s cutoff. Its first completed round is the next useful evidence checkpoint.