THE SCOUTING HANDBOOK

A good first play changes everything.

Find a game, learn your controls, and make your club your own. Keep this guide close for the next step.

From the clubhouse to kickoff.

Your club starts with a complete lineup. You can play right away, or change a few favorites before the first whistle.

  1. Open Team builder and choose football or baseball.
  2. Tap a position to choose a Pokémon. Fill every position before starting a game.
  3. Try Pocket Rush, Diamond Club or The Playbook for a short solo game. Choose Full matches for drives, innings and a full box score.
Choose your first game
An actual Pocket League football match with the field, players and scoreboard
PRO football in Pocket League. The on-screen prompts change with possession and the current phase.

A favorite. A place on the team.

Football has 22 positions and an optional kicker. Baseball has nine bats, including a designated hitter, and five arms. Each sport keeps its own lineup.

Read the position FIT

FIT is our 0–99 position rating, calculated from Pokémon base stats. Speed matters for receivers and outfielders; defense, HP and weight help anchor the line; special attack helps quarterbacks and pitchers. A player’s best position may surprise you.

Make a change

Tap an occupied or empty position to open the player picker. Search by name or Pokédex number, filter the pool, and compare FIT. Drag players to swap their positions. Generation and Legendary filters apply to new picks and randomization.

Formation changes keep your players. Check the extra position when you enable a kicker. Original, Club ink and Artwork change the presentation of your team.

Open Team builder

Know the next button.

Each game shows its controls before starting. Pause before changing tabs or stepping away; keyboard shortcuts stay out of form fields and dialogs.

Pocket Rush
WASD / arrows Move. Space Speed burst. On phones, use the direction pad and BURST.
Diamond Club
Space Swing when the ball reaches the timing zone. On phones, tap SWING. You get nine pitches.
The Playbook
Read the defense, then choose Run, Pass or Trick. Run challenges coverage, passing challenges a stacked box, and tricks can punish a blitz.
Full football
WASD / arrows Move. Space Snap. 1–5 Throw to an eligible receiver. Shift Sprint. Touch controls and play calls appear on screen.
Full baseball
Pitching: start the meter, set speed, then set accuracy. Batting: choose contact, power or bunt, then Space or SWING. Follow the on-screen phase prompts.

Football gives you four downs to gain ten yards. Baseball gives each side three outs before changing over. Full matches include the sport’s own clock, innings, substitutions and overtime or extra innings.

Set up a full match

Think beyond the next fixture.

Bring your builder lineup into a 32-club league, or take over one of the existing clubs. Football uses a 53-player roster; baseball uses 40.

The Pocket League franchise roster showing positions, player development and contracts
Use the roster and depth chart to choose who plays. A full organization is larger than the starting lineup.
  • Your team: review injuries, set the depth chart, train players and manage your coaches.
  • Player market: check contracts and cap space before signing, trading or drafting.
  • The season: play your fixture manually or simulate the round. Manual results settle the reserved fixture once; the other league matches settle when you advance.
  • Club archive: follow news, past seasons and league rules. Export a backup from Settings.
Build a franchise

Every pick changes the next one.

Snake draft

Choose 2–6 teams, a player pool, and CPU or pass-and-play. The pick order reverses after each round. All teams draft 22 unique players; a Pokémon already selected is no longer available. At the end, compare the simulated standings and move a drafted team into your builder.

Perfect season & Original 151

Build 22 players under region and type rolls, with three rerolls and at most three Legendaries. The completed lineup plays a simulated 17-game season. Score = wins × 100 + team OVR. Original 151 uses the Kanto pool and a separate save and record history.

Eight-club badge circuit

Lock a football lineup, then win a full match against each rival. A loss keeps your badges and lets you rematch. Collected rival mascots stay in your local trophy cabinet when you start another run.

Choose a challenge

Make room for another coach.

Local pass-and-play shares one screen. League online uses accounts and a shared room: invite 2–6 coaches to a timed draft, or two coaches to a tactical football or baseball duel.

In tactical duels, both sides lock a choice before the server resolves the play. These are turn-based matches. Finished room matches contribute to the online standings; solo scores remain in your device record book.

Enter League online

Keep the team. Keep the story.

This browser
Your working lineup, game progress, challenges, franchises and personal records save locally. Clearing site data removes them.
My club
Keep named copies of your teams, import a team JSON file, or export a backup. A share link opens a copy of the lineup; it does not sync later edits.
Account saves
Sign in to upload or download supported team and franchise saves. Check the revision before replacing a save from another device. Signing in alone does not upload everything.
Recovery code
Keep the code shown when you create an account. Use Recover account in League online if you lose your password.
Manage account saves

Before you make the next play.

Do I need an account?

Solo play, the builder, local drafts and challenges work without one. An account is used for shared rooms and account saves.

Why are my local scores separate from the online standings?

Solo games have different scoring systems. Your record book ranks each mode separately on this device. The online table only includes finished tactical room matches resolved by the server.

Can I change a team after starting a campaign?

The builder remains yours to edit. A circuit run locks its starting team, while a franchise has its own roster and management rules. Changes in one place do not silently replace another campaign.

Where do the Pokémon and ratings come from?

Creature data and artwork come through PokéAPI. Position FIT, rival clubs and adapted game rules are independently implemented for Pocket League. FIT is not an official Pokémon stat.

Read the story & credits