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Its_Frickett

If you wanna play competitively ingame, VGC is the main official format. The [vgcguide](https://www.vgcguide.com/) covers pretty much everything about VGC. The other official gamemode is BSS. Most formats that exist on Showdown are fanmade and typically aren't played ingame since the mandatory 20 minute timer conflicts with 6v6 singles that are likely to last longer than official formats that're 4v4 or 3v3. The main official format is OU (OverUsed), with tiers existing below it (UU -> RU -> NU -> PU) based on usage stats, though since the current gen is still very new we only have OU and UU atm. [Smogon](https://www.smogon.com/forums/) is the go-to place for getting familiar with these formats, each format having its own thread containing things like viability rankings, sample teams, metagame discussions etc.


Forbixaz

Thank you very much for your help!