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Rate the ability choices.

>>59143010
Meganium made out like a fucking bandit

LET'S DO A PRIVATE BATTLE
ROOM ID 9623 5279

Why did that faggot incineroar have to be in this at launch

This game is getting shat on from all directions not even shills can stomach to defend it, what a fucking train wreck

>>59142988
Is there a moveset list somewhere

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All this drama just to get oneshotted by this nigga next season.

>>59143010
mostly boring and shit. i really thought there'd be more unique / thematically relevant abilities, Meganium, Froslass, and Starmie are the only winners here

This game looks so bad on Switch 2

>>59143077
Good battles. Managed to pull a win in the third one but I kinda suck lmao

>>59143010
Mega Clefable: Magic Bounce
It’s whatever.
Mega Victreebel: Innards Out
The Mega Victreebel humiliation ritual continues.
Mega Starmie: Huge Power
As expected. Way too strong imo.
Mega Dragonite: Multiscale
Missed opportunity.
Mega Meganium: Mega Sol
A cool, unique ability??? In this economy???
Mega Feraligatr: Dragonize
Can’t wait to thud into a Fairy for 0 damage
Mega Skarmory: Stalwart
Big F to Skarmorybros everywhere
Mega Chimecho: Levitate
Solid, but so fucking boring. Huge missed opportunity.
Mega Froslass: Snow Warning
Really good.
Mega Emboar: Mold Breaker
Pffffft
Mega Excadrill: Piercing Drill
Solid. It’ll be funny to see people knock out their own pokemon in doubles using EQ.
Mega Chandelure: Infiltrator
Rip the Shadow Tag dream
Mega Golurk: Unseen Fist
Good even with the nerf.
Mega Chesnaught: Bulletproof
Mediocre.
Mega Delphox: Levitate
Ok in doubles at least.
Mega Greninja: Protean
Even nerfed this ability is good, isn’t it?
Mega Floette: Fairy Aura
Seems good
Mega Meowstic: Trace
Ouch
Mega Hawlucha: No Guard
Does it even get any inaccurate moves?
Mega Crabominable: Iron Fist
See Chimecho
Mega Drampa: Berserk
lol
Mega Scovillain: Spicy Spray
Probably the best ability out of the new megas somehow. Shame it’s on Mega Scovillain.
Mega Glimmora: Adaptability
Meh. Not worth the mega slot considering what base Glimmora does

>>59143217
If only Arcanine was a little faster, I could have gotten my extreme speed in first. Good games.

Game is shit

Can you change your name later or is the name you choose at the start permanent?

You can't click Fake Out if it isn't the first turn, it doesn't just fail, it forces you to pick another move.

>>59143245
wait.
is this why they fucking removed the choice items lmao

>>59143010
>Meganium
Based.
>The rest
FUCKING SHIT KYS KIKIFREAK.
And I already know Mega Pikac- I mean Mega Raichu Y will get a good ability while X will get fucked over

>>59143256
Choice scarf is already in.

>>59143243
You can change your name based on what little I saw during work break and fucking around in menus after doing the 30 mins tutorial.

>>59143243
You can

>currency is called vp
Lmao

Had this game finally exposed the fanfic meta?

Champions having less Pokemon than Pokemon Stadium 2 is fucking hilarious

>>59143300
There’s no full 6v6 if that’s what you’re asking

I went from cautious optimism, to apathy, to actively hating that this game even exists. It’s bad in every way, ways I didn’t even think it could be bad.

>>59143308
Which is very weird given they show 6 Pokeball slots during both singles (3v3) and doubles (4v4)

>>59143317
That’s just how those work, it’s always bring 6 pick 3 or 4

So tired of incineroar

>>59143226
Had to go. Got work tomorrow and is like 3am in here.
Why did you drop the garchomp btw? It was pushing my shit in.

>>59142988
>each pokemon has its own achievement for winning 100 battles with it
Rev up that autism, bros.

>>59143334
Where's the fun if most of your team is weak to chomp? :(

>lose 1 game
>instantly paired with a bot
so youre just forced up?

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>>59143341
Thats on me tho.
Next time i'll bring proper counters instead of my favs

>>59143341
>>59143359
Almost forgot add me if you want play again in tomorrow.

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>>59143256
Nah, I imagine they wanna save items for future regulations to give people something to anticipate. I’m interested to see who wins Worlds the year, since Incineroar lost a lot of build potential so he’ll be easier to “solve”.

>>59143317
They're probably stalling on adding a ruleset that allows it, or stalling on just allowing you to directly edit your own rulesets.

>>59143199
Need to run on switch and phones...

>>59143314
Thanks ur brown tho so no one cares bout ur opinion LOL

>>59143199
Where's the Switch 2 update?

"Pokémon Champions is a brand-new, free-to-start game that focuses on all the strategy and fun of Pokémon battles!
Made for both new and experienced Trainers alike, the game features familiar mechanics such as Pokémon types, Abilities, and moves. You also won't need to wait long to play: Pokémon Champions comes out 8 April.

Additionally, a free update for Nintendo Switch 2 owners will provide even clearer graphics."

Or are you telling me this IS the Switch 2 version.

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I'm trapped in Great Ball 4 anons...
I hope the ELO system gets an update, cuz you lose just as many points as you gain on a loss

Been a minute since Ive seen a launch this bad

>>59143010
Most are lame and underpowered

>>59143302

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Post boxes. I fought some guy with a red gyarados and a shiny hatterene somehow

https://x.com/i/status/2041751313827164480

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got shiny aurorus

>Incineroar loses u-turn and knock off
>but everyone else loses clear amulet and covert cloak
The big cat is gonna get his 4th crown this year if those items don’t get added back in

>>59143520
Yea i just realized my team depends on cc and ca lol

>>59143450
Pokemon Home transfers, obviously.

>>59143428
>Supreme

>>59143358
Its kinda like Unite, though Unite is 2 loses.

>>59143199
It's SV levels of ugly what the fuck is this bullshit

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100BP First Impression

>>59143539
Its premier ball, actually
Clothing options are tight right now, gotta make due

What's the purpose of the paid battle pass?
>Z-A starters you can get without
>three profile icons
>Z-A outfit
>mega stones that will be available later anyway
Seems kinda worthless.

>mega Starmie double Minimize into Alolan Ninetales Psych-up
Nice meme. I won.

>>59143556
FOMO for the outfits, if you don't care about that just ignore it.

do westerners even play BSS singles?
6v6 has been so dominant that BSS somehow became for asians only

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What's a hard counter against Excadrill Tyranitar

>>59143556
>>mega stones that will be available later anyway
the mega stones are available right now in the VP store, the paid pass upgrade has no worth unless you absolutely need the outfit/hairstyle

lost my first match against a uh
dude copying a regional winner's team
but he got really lucky because his mega kang lived at 2 on a fucking low roll and didn't hit itself from hurricane
My last slot is just kind of random, not sure what to put there, I just have a snorlax but none of the good trick room mons are really hanging around right now from what I can tell. I think I need a decent fairy in that slot? Not sure what to run.

>>59143620
P-Tauros, Corviknight, Hippo, Mudsdale?

>>59143464
Mud Shot's new.
And congrats on the shiny.

>>59143620
Different weather with a slower weather setter or switching one in/using a move after the fact.

>tfw hyped about official way to play competitive will be focused on battle and will have all the battle modes
>it's on the Switch 2 so they would definitely make a Switch 2 version
>release day
>it runs and looks like ass because for some reason it's locked at 30fps 720p whole docked
>anemic competitive options
>limited roster
>Pokémon you recruit have shitty stat spread
>When you import a Pokemon you can't send it back to the original game it came from to change shit forcing you to use in game currency to do so

What a shitty game.

>>59143656
You can send it back, but sending it back again just keeps the stats you originally put on it, it's pretty lame.

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post trainers

how do i play this? do i need a switch? is there anyway to play on pc?

>>59143687
only switch right now, no planned pc release, but its also getting a mobile port eventually

how do I change my gender

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how do you fumble this hard? Like you can't even use power as an excuse anymore when the switch 2 is far fucking stronger than switch 1 and phones

>>59143695
you can't

>>59143695
Cross dress like blatant homosexual you are

>>59143700
can I reset my save data then? I tried deleting from local and cloud and it still picked up my save

>>59143704
you sound upset

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>>59143684
Now to wait for actual clothes instead of that sport shit.

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Mega Chandelure just needed fucking Levitate.

>>59143010
If you told someone from any time period between gen 6 and SV that Meganium would have a mega evolution that would also have a new unique ability which the Pokemon its own personal Harsh Sun solely for offense purposes people would say you're full of shit and that Meganium is unsalvageable.

>>59143707
>I tried deleting from local and cloud and it still picked up my save
no shit, it's tied to your account and stored on their servers not your save data

>>59143010
there's a whopping three good picks here and the rest are so awful that I genuinely question the logic

The Receptionist is so fuckibg uggggly

so is there no singleplayer campaign like pbr?

>>59143548
What the fuck even learns First Impression in this starting roster? They didn't even include Golisopod.

Did you guys liked the game?

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>trying to find good answers to rain teams or incineroar with this tiny roster

can you demote in this game

>>59143752
Yes

>>59143748
Prankster weather setting meta...

What should I put my age as? I'm guessing it doesn't matter what age you are if youre born before 2005?

>>59143758
it says there's gonna be age based competitions, who knows if it will actually matter beyond if you're a child or adult

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>>59143766
>"Why yes, I am indeed applying for the Juniors Cup"

>less than 20% of the dex is in
>pelipper is in
can they stop shoving this ugly piece of shit in every game?

actually a really fun game

>>59143010
thank you, this is all I came into thread for and it's upfront
i guess I should also ask, are Hidden Power and other keked moves back? Or are we missing a chunk of iconic moves just because, still

>>59143778
well who else is gonna be the dedicated rain setter? politoed?

>>59143783
Well he's much cuter.

>>59143748
>rain
fast Thunder user

>>59143783
Autoweather shouldn't exist in the first place.

>>59143758
if you put anything below 2010s, you're put on a watchlist

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Ora ora ora ora

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Any recommendations for an Ariados oriented team? I guess making a team around a support isnt a great idea but I wanna make it work somehow while its still somewhat viable

>>59143799
This is unfortunately true, autoweather always caused a lot of trouble in competitive since it was introduced.

Is there a datamine google doc of the abilities/move changes yet?

I picked Palafin as my starter

>>59143736
ariados

I dont think this meta had enough thought put into it

torkoal in?

>>59143828
ye

Before I download this shit what's the tldr on mon accessibility. If I just wanna play with my favorite, Meganium, how much hell am I gonna endure to get one, is it all pay to win

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>>59143828
yeah

This shit definitely has AI matches, right? Every time I lose a match my next match has an opponent that leads with their worst matchup and they spam ineffective moves.

>>59143831
Meganium is available, and unlike Emboar and Feraligatr, you can obtain its Mega Stone through ranks without buying any premium shit

First Impression 100BP
Toxic Thread drops speed by two
Crabhammer 95 Accuracy
Trop Kick 85BP(?)
Iron Head Flinch chance 20%
Moonblast 10% SpAtk Drop

>>59143825
They heard people enjoyed the early scarlet and violet vgc regulations so they did another limited regulation mode for Champions... except the megas are stronger than some legendaries and somehow the mon choice is even more limited so uhh this meta fucking sucks

>>59143831
you get one for free towards the end of the pass, just transfer one in if you want to use it sooner

>>59143814
Same because I never bought SV and only recently borrowed friend’s copies of Sword and LA

>>59143833
torkoal talonflame lets goo

>>59143843
>just transfer
I haven't touched this bloated corpse of a franchise since base SM, can that even port directly into home and then this

>>59143814
I did too, simply because compared to the others it would be slightly more annoying to bring one over without taking the one from my living dex.

>>59143839
streamers are complaining about bots. Probably, yeah.

>>59143652
It’s had Mud Shot since SwSh

>wanna build Aerodactyl with Rock Head
>has access to literally 0 recoil moves
are you FUCKING kidding me right now game freak

>>59143858
>can that even port directly into home and then this
yes but to transfer from bank to HOME you need the premium sub for HOME

>>59143833
>Hatenna
???

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>>59143840
>unlike Emboar and Feraligatr, you can obtain its Mega Stone through ranks without buying any premium shit
why do people keep spouting this bullshit, you buy the emboar and feraligatr stones just like any other through the regular store with VP, this was one of the first things I checked

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Wolfe got softlocked

>>59143892
Nice they banned him for being gay

Go to Mystery gift in Champions and type CHAMP10N for a free Machamp

>>59143892
IP banned for being gay

The store clothes fucking suck wtf

>>59143895
my cheap town bicycle slut pokehusband...

When you recruit Pokemon, is the gender randomized?

>>59143464
What's even the point of shinies in this game if you can't take them out of Champions?

might as well ask here, how does the linking with Home work in terms of compatibility? What I mean by that is how they added a disclaimer saying that any pokemon from Gen 8/SV that gets sent to Z-A isn't able to go back to their game of origin again, is that the same case here, or can a pokemon caught in SV go back to that game after connecting with Champions?

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rental pokemon can also come with marks it seems

>>59143912
>>59143906

>>59143825
The only thing game freak put thought into is making their shillmons broken and raping kids

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>>59143833
>the TOED but they forgot the WRATH
disappointing. Who else is rain-core here, I wanna make that kind of team

>>59143911
theyre not actually sent to champions, theyre just "visiting". you can still find them in Home, but they won't be able to be transfered out or anything while theyre visiting champions

>>59143556
It's always outfits of some kind. Include something that won't be obtainable ever again and people will always buy the pass.

>>59143833
>No Grimmsnarl
Fuck’s sake.

>>59143911
They dont "go" into Champions they stay in HOME box and get a champion logo on top of them

>>59143620
Froslass or Charizard paired with a fighting move user, and pray the Tyranitar doesn’t mega to overwrite your own weather.

>>59143922
sorry had to save room for hatenna and patrat :^)

>>59143783
That's what mega drampa was SUPPOSED to be

>>59143833
>Ariados got in
>No magnezone
>Castform got in
>No cinderace
>Emolga got in
>No kingdra
>Stunfisk got in
>No flygon

What the fuck is this game man. It makes smogons meme formats look legit, with how much is cut...

>>59143932
i was looking forward to it too, i love my grandpa dragon

>>59143874
It's always been like that. Did it keep Double-Edge at least?

>make a cool team
>get countered
>switch up team
>get countered again
fuck off

How's the monetization?

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Reminder that once you send Mega Meganium onto the field, Mega Sol isn’t saving it from getting outsped and OHKO'd

Please tell me we can remove this rotom headset

>>59143833
They're obviously trying to imitate a regional dex format but these idiots didn't bother explaining any of that

>185 mons
>only pre-evo is the mascot (and patrat but im assuming centro forgot watchog and just used the wrong model for the leak sheet)
>can't little cup
>can't larp like it's an older gen with their mechanics
>no singleplayer/story
>no minigames(?)
it would take so little effort to make an everyone is here modern day Stadium/Colosseum with internet and they can't even do that much

>>59143949
haha

Is anybody in here getting higher than Great Ball 4

>>59143944
Salamance is not in

Are megas still a waste of your held item slot? And how do EVs and IVs work in Champions?

>>59143922
yea im mad

>>59143956
im great ball 3 heh get on my level

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>>59143939
nope, here's his full movelist. tell me if you spot a recoil move, cuz I didnt see shit

>>59143953
But if they don't make it a bi-monthly seasonal wannabe esportslop game, how will they make any money? Please think of the small indie studio, The Pokémon Company.

Did items get truly cut? Are the common vgc ones available at least?

Is there a list of what battle music is available in the game?

>>59143944
Can you stop being a schmuck about Mega Meganium being OHKO'd by stronger mega evolved Pokemon for once?

>>59143964
Kinda wish they made Rock Head affect Life Orb at this point

>>59143977
No, its all shit items except like one sash and one scarf and sitrus berry lol

>>59143986
They could do that and it wouldn't matter because Life Orb doesn't exist

>>59143942
Limited cosmetics behind the battle pass. Gameplay-wise anyone who wants to play a little bit seriously will want to buy the 7 bucks starter pack for the storage space. If you still end up needing more storage space that's where it starts stinging because the only way is the 50 dollars a year membership.

>>59143960
not for now since gf deleted almost all competitive held items worth a shit from this regulation. no band/specs, no boots, no life orb etc. maybe in the later regs when they add those items back

https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-champions
Kantomon moves only so far
I think the Megas have placeholder abilities
Pinsir has just Lunge for Bug
Aerodactyl lost its busted Double Edge

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>>59143977
People are going to be running quick claw unironically

>>59144004
What other good items are missing?

>>59143717
Imagine telling someone from even last year that Meganium would legitimately outclass Typhlosion at the one thing Typhlosion does (firespam).

Is the game giving me disguised bots or are people really this bad

>>59144013
And bright powder. Look forward to it.

>>59144023
if they click their move instantly theyre a bot

>>59144023
It's bots.

>>59144014
Clear amulet, covert cloak, room service, safety goggles

>>59144023
they need pity bots for the kids that get raped by some smogonshitters meta team

>>59144014
light clay

>>59144014
just look at this shit >>59144013, anything you can’t find here is gone.

Are quick tickets used for anything other than speeding up the recruitment timer?

>>59144029
>>59144032
>>59144039
Man, they already did this shit in Unite. So fucking retarded in a game with ranked ladders

>>59144042
>back to gen 3 level of item options
holy kino

>>59143047
...and weather ball fire is 150 BP after all.

So from what I can understand
>you can recruit a pokemon per day or spend tix to make the bar go faster
>you can get VP from winning/losing in ranked
>you can also gain VP from doing dailies/achievements
>no content locked behind a paywall, so far
So what are players whining about?

>>59144062
>no content locked behind a paywall
Storage space and some cosmetics are paywalled.

>>59144062
>no content locked behind a paywall, so far
Aside from some minor cosmetic items anyway.

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>>59143450
rate my team :3

>>59144062
>held items held back for no real reason
>clothes options limited
>game has not released S2 upgrade
>”but I want to use mega Salamence now”
That’s about it really

>>59144072
>>59144074
>cosmetics
What's the point if they don't allow you to wear the skin of Cynthia and whatnot or bikinis?

What's the requirement for letting my pokemon from Home in? Have valid species and moveset, is it level 100 or something else?

>>59144013
holygen3 lvl of items

>>59143689
how do i emulate a switch and pirate the game then

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>>59143450
I have everything ready in HOME

>>59144085
Its retarded. Goodra can’t go if it has the Hisui ribbon, but H-Goodra can with the ribbon. https://x.com/sirtoastytoes/status/2041767950777008270

>>59144082
>>held items held back for no real reason
Having a rotating limited selection of items is unironically better with smaller pokemon pools.
IF EXECUTED CORRECTLY.

Am I dumb or how do you use tickets?

>>59144094
This is a normal Pokemon pool and not being able to use throat spray Kommo/Sylveon is giga gay

>>59144013
>All the -type berries and +type buffs
>None of the good items
Why... are they so incompetent? You have choice scarf coded RIGHT THERE. Where is choice specs and band??

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>>59143450

>>59144092
probably weird legality checks, should just go off what's allowed in HOME but I guess since it's the competitive game they want to triple down

so how do i hack pokemon into home

What are Type Affinity Tickets for?

>>59144105
it’s a conscious choice to create a low-power metagame. gf has been doing weird shit with their competitive regulations in sv, although nothing as weird as this

>>59144110
you don't, you hack mons into one of the games then send it to HOME

Can you change your character name or are you stuck with it

is my boy terapagos in?

>>59144120
No legendaries atm

>>59142988
>no 6v6 even in custom battle
No need to waste my time with this shit.
They don't even respect the in game lore.

>>59144120
no, it's a restricted pokemon so it wouldn't be in the first format

>>59144105
>NOOO I want to ONLY USE the BROKEN ITEMS I don't want to have to THINK or MAKE CONCESSIONS

>no ass vest
>but you have meme claw

>>59144094
I also just view it as a very low powered regulation. Question is whether this works well.

>>59144111
Never mind. Found out they're used to influence what types show up when recruiting.

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>the victory animations where you're posing with a pokeball don't spawn the pokeball

Some questions:
Can you upgrade a 7-day recruit into a full recruit, or do you have to roll for that Pokemon again?

Is there a list somewhere for what all these different fucking tickets do and how many of each I even have

Is there anywhere where I can actually see what the battle pass and subscription get me

>>59144017
>a shillmon outclasses a pokemon that was explicitly made out of spite
Any retard would know that.

>>59144141
>people want good items. Not shit
Yes, cunt.

>>59143892
banned for being gay btw

How did that guy I fought already have delphoxite?

>>59144183
Connect to home, move a delphox from za in

>>59144183
because you can just buy it?

are the available items obtainable again or are they all locked to 1 of each

>>59143823
What dumb nigger is using that shitter?

i fought someone with two mega feraligatr's that didnt need to transform at all

>>59144202
no proof? not even a screenshot???

>>59143895
>Click on mystery gift
>Get an error and back to the title with another error
>Repeat
>Restart game
>Now it works, enter code
>"Code has already been used."
Okay, guess not.

>>59144200
Me, fuck you.

>>59142988
>30fps on switch 2

>>59144218
with frame drops on draco meteor

>4 mega stones locked behind Z-A
Shit game. I expected more being locked

>>59144231
if it doesnt kill your poke it will kill your switch so peak

>every game in pokeball tier is just bots

>>59144126
It's a meta-gaming faggot central app of course it doesn't care about the lore.

>>59144240
That's the usual in gacha games. Gonna make sure you feel at home before giving you a reality check

Are genders for Pokemon randomized, or does everyone Pokemon have a locked gender?
I'm trying very hard to get a female Weavile but they keep coming up male

They had a whole ass year and more to come up with this shit.

>>59143933
>no Nidoking/queen
>no Magmortar
>no Electivire
>no Staraptor(which just got a mega)
>no Baxcalibur

where's among us

>>59144259
No idea. The funny at the moment is that female Gallade is totally possible which caused these fanarts. >>59143803

Are the trainers in fully white outfits bots? Faced a few of them and they always have the most nonsensical teams and moves on their Pokemon

>start to think my opponent isn't a bot
>it's doing competent whimsicott bullshit, tailwind, screens, etc.
>goes into archaludon or w/e its called
>spams metal burst until death
bot ladder

>>59144293
>>59144253

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>>59143010
>Adaptability
WHY DID WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY

all the orange outfits are clearly more red than orange and it bothers me

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>>59144312
So you can hit your adaptability special poison mov- oh wait it's best poison move is sludge wave
So you can hit your adaptability special rock mov- oh wait it's best rock move is power gem

Do they instantly max your mon IV if you let it visit from HOME? Or they keep their original IV?

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>Sneedler Dire Claw spam in singles

>>59144253
>usual in gacha games
Which ones?
Not a single gacha in the top 10 has any PVP

>>59144328
IVs are removed so you're not keeping any. I've not heard any info what happens to your IVs if you return them back from champions into home/game..

>>59144336
they never leave HOME to go to champions

>>59144335
The ones that do.

>>59144325
Both those moves are good

>>59144335
A majority of Nintendo gachas, as well as the entire TCG genre, is PvP-focused.

>1HP left on my whimsicott vs azumarill
>this bot isn't gonna click aqua jet lol
>giga drain it to death
kekaroo!

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>First battle against an actual person
>Leads Hisuian Arcanine and Gyarados into my Whimsicott and Competitive Milotic
>KO Gyarados with Ice Beam
>They instantly forfeit

>>59144348
>A majority of Nintendo gachas
Literally all of those aren't even in the top 50
No one plays them

VERY cool how all the anti incineroar items and mons are out of the game

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>>59144357
?
Pokemon's literally a Top 5
You didn't know?

I thought the game would be responsive and fast since its 30fps locked but the performance is absolutely horrible, the input lag is insane even on Switch 2. I beat the first bot for 10K points and bought a cool jacket and closed the game.

>>59144378
Because it's an android game ported over. They made it with phones in mind.
You see the same problem with all the other mobile ports on switch. Unite, Master Duel, etc.

>>59144378
Weren’t the promo vids and stuff running at 60? The fps stuff makes the game feel cheap

>>59144379
Mobile "gaming" was a mistake.

>>59144200
Ariados has quite a few speed control moves. It lacked offensive options but 100 BP First Impression kind of helps with it.

>>59144362
Based

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>this ILCAslop is supposed to be the future of comp

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>>59144354
just got my first real person as well but he team built/played like an NPC
>fell for H-Zoroark's illusion and tried to belly drum up
>got hit below 50% right away and wasted the whole mon
>keeps trying to synthesis war with mega meganium because he ran protect in singles instead of a fairy move
>dies to mega dragonite just throwing out STABs w/o threatening me at all
dude's team was 2/3rds shiny also

Mausbros, I keep getting 2 hit population bombs

How the fuck do you get toxic/flame orb?

>>59144396
They're continue forcing it to be the game they play competitive on lol..
Even once gen10 is out you'll have to go back to champions to play

>>59144402
Can't, they aren't in the game yet.
See >>59144013 for all the currently obtainable items and weep at how most of them are worthless shit berries.

>>59144402
Anon there's like no items in the game >>59144013

>>59144384
>The fps stuff makes the game feel cheap
I've got bad news for you.

>>59144384
anon we haven't had a technologically sound game since BW2, and now they make more money than ever

>>59144402
Not available... yet.
Obviously as it is with most live service games, content will be slowly drip fed to the players.
Your favorite Pokemon and favorite item will eventually be there... in few months or so.
Like, I'm not sure why people are so upset about it when it's something that should be expected literally the moment they announced Pokemon Champions and that it will be Freemium PVP thing.

>>59144420
You're thinking of Game Freak, not Pokemon on a whole.
The spinoffs have almost all unanimously been good. Pokopia, Snap, and Pokken were all technically excellent games.

>>59144405
Eh, we'll see about that.

>>59144366
Wait, masters is actually doing pretty decently

>>59144422
>Your favorite Pokemon and favorite item will eventually be there... in few months or so.
I bet there'll be a rotation, so some of the ones that are currently available won't be available for a while later, except the obvious ones like the starters.
>>59144423
Too bad Pokken was a dogshit game.

>>59144396
Uh oh, showdown brownie melty

>>59144422
>months
Extremely unlikely a lot of items will even make it by then, they're gonna prioritize letting Megas debut and stay powerful by preventing common mons from reaching the powerlevel of Megas through Choice Band/Specs, Life Orb, Power Herb strats, etc.
Only when Gen 10 swings by and Megas get phased out for Gen 10's gimmick will they actually start adding and rotating common items.

>>59144384
It's a glorified mobile game port made by ex-mobile game company. I'm kinda glad that it looks kind of good on old Switch. There are fps dips, but to be frank it's not really relevant for turn-based games anyway. At least it did not exploded on me like SV.

>>59144397
To be fair, shinies aren’t that hard to get nowadays. The thing I wonder is if opponents see your Pokémon’s titles

>>59144429
>The husbando/waifu game doing well
Not surprising at all

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>>59143956
prolly gonna end here today
people suck balls rn tho

>Only one song from each game at the moment
>They’re all just the Trainer Battle themes
I know it’s a fool’s hope but I hope they add Miror B’s GoD theme eventually.

>>59144440
>and Megas get phased out for Gen 10's gimmick
Based

>>59143223
>Mega Hawlucha: No Guard
>Does it even get any inaccurate moves?
Rock Slide, Stone Miss and HJK I guess.

>>59144446
You can

>>59143944
dragonite also on the list

>>59144457
I will tomorrow, I’m lazy
Jim is on his stream and he’s doing it f2p

>>59144088
pelliper and ttar exa
wut

Singles player learning vgc here, can use some help teambuilding. I wanted to make a Mega Slowbro team cuz that's my favorite mon. Was thinking maybe trick room calm mind with veil Abomasnow since its another one of my favorites.

>>59144468
>focusmiss
also
>ENTRAINMENT

>>59144472
the game seems pretty friendly for f2p so far
i did it without paying or transfers myself

>2 Draco misses in a row so I can get stalled out for 20 minutes to perish song
Cool game

>>59144485
Use alolan ninetails if you want veil

>>59144501
But I like Abomasnow. Also it would benefit from the trick room.

>>59144169
>Can you upgrade a 7-day recruit into a full recruit, or do you have to roll for that Pokemon again?
You can upgrade.

Quick coupons lower the time needed to refresh the gacha by one hour. Friend tickets can be used instead of VP to permanently recruit a pokemon. Training tickets are used instead of VP to train pokemon. I can't find a screen that leys you see all your coupons and tickets ahead of time.

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>first forfeit
BW was 15 years ago and kids still don't know what to do vs a Whimsicott

>passed up on recruiting Snorlax w/ a title because I needed an actual viable mon
am i soulless

Meganium is good

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No nicknames?

>>59144525
What's special or soulful about titles?

>>59144518
Three questions
>can you choose to spend VP if you have tickets available?
>how much can VP be earned daily/indefinitely without winning battles online?
>do HOME mons eat up your 30 mon box limit?

>>59143912
They can come with marks titles different balls or be shiny

Can you get rid of the slop mons you're given at the start for more box room? I can't believe you only have one fucking box.

>>59144530
Nicknames are in

So what's the rate of shinies from recruit?

>>59144543
You only have one box until you buy more goy

>>59144548
Yeah, cool, can't give back the shitters the ugly old man gave me at the start.

>>59144538
>can you choose to spend VP if you have tickets available?
Yes but don't do that.
>how much can VP be earned daily/indefinitely without winning battles online?
Daily missions alone are 500VP and you get around 200VP per battle, more if you perform well.
>do HOME mons eat up your 30 mon box limit?
No.

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>>59142988
>start the game
>first battle
>"hey the lighting is neat, this doesn't look too bad for a Pokemon game'
>they give me a charizard and FORCE my first move to be Body Slam
>that attack animation (that they forced me to see by making me pick that move)
Big oof. They have no self-awareness at all.

>>59144562
>Daily missions alone are 500VP and you get around 200VP per battle, more if you perform well.
He's asking if there's a cap to how much VP you can earn from battles.
Almost all gachas don't let you farm currency indefinitely, they cut you off eventually.

>>59144544
Then why is no one using them...

>>59144572
I've played against exactly one person using them.

>zen headbutts my focus sash mon that wouldve one shot the starmie
yeah I forgot why i dont play pokemon ever

>>59144572
There's a fair amount of bots running around

>>59144420
>anon we haven't had a technologically sound game since BW2
Z-A's technologically sound

>>59144562
>Yes but don't do that.
You SURE you wanna waste a training ticket incrementing SpDef by a single point?
>Daily missions alone are 500VP and you get around 200VP per battle, more if you perform well.
But you get some for losing? I’m trying to figure out how passively I can play to amass a pile of VP before beginning any real training investment.
>do HOME mons eat up your 30 mon box limit?
>No.
Seriously? That’s actually based. Is it true that you can only have one of each mon though (no duplicates with different sets)? It’s sounding like “bring a living dex” is the optimal strat for Champions.

>>59144568
Unless you're talking about some stamina system, I don't remember one that does that. But it's not like Champions is even a gacha really, so I don't know why that's relevant. It's a battle sim, simple as that.

>>59144442
>It's a glorified mobile game port made by ex-mobile game company
And that’s what competitive pokemon is meant to be on from now on.
Embarrassing.

>>59144589
you do gets points for losing yes
the amount is varied, determined by stuff that happens in the battle
you dont get any for forfeiting though

>>59144590
It requires you to use VP to do anything. I want to know what it looks like to hoard massive amounts of it so you never have to worry about it again. I want to know what “9 million Splice credits” looks like. I want the VP number to be so absurdly high that I never have to penny-pinch a moveset tweak.

I’m trying to figure out the economy from the sidelines as a future phone player.

>>59144599
>you dont get any for forfeiting though
Damn my FF strat. Well, this is probably a good thing overall, though I do still wonder how much “income” you could earn by just blindly clicking attacks without looking at the screen.

>>59144604
The economics will play out soon enough. But considering how much you get and how little things cost plus how relatively few mons there are in game, I think it's pretty generous.

>>59144611
with how the requeue feature works it seems like you can set up an autoclicker to mash A and just afk farm like that
dunno if they have anti bot measures or anything tho

>>59144604
>It requires you to use VP to do anything.
Just build the pokemon you want in SV, or what ever game you fancy, and send it to Champions. No VP required.

>>59144619
>owning SV
>paying for home
>having an nso subscription
unironically grim that you willingly admit to any of that, anonymous or not

Opinions on Gliscor without Toxic Orb?

>>59144519
The ones I’ve played against have figured out they just have to Fake Out + another move to get rid of it. Still haven’t figured out how to deal with Charcoal Hisuian Typhlosion’s Eruptions though.

>>59144635
>Playing pokemon go
>transfer into Home

>>59144645
dogshit

Give me a froslass/snow team please

>>59144674
Run her with Snow Cloak Glaceon /w Bright Powder and Double Team to make smoggies seethe

>>59144674
froslass
weavile
incineroar
filler sweeper like mamoswine
meganium
slowbro because he's cool

>>59144674
Team it up with Whimsicott so you can set up tailwind + aurora veil turn 1 or blast shit with fake tears + blizzard

>>59144635
I have Shield, actually. That was the last pokemon game I played. And Home is free.

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>Reach Masterball
>Your EV spread and team comp got exposed.

>>59144696
>And Home is free.
Your mons still take up space in Home when you have them visit Champions. So unfortunately you need a Home subscription if you want more than 30 slots.

>You get titles for using certain mons multiple times
oh my. Same with types and such.

>>59144701
Okay

>>59144572
I am…

>>59144705
Not really. You can send pokemon back to Home and then move them back to whatever game they came from. You only need to pay if you want the convenience.

>>59144013
Yup, already use it and won thanks to it

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I didn't know protean resets when you mega, fuck!

The bot games will kill my interest faster than any shit metas.
Having to blitz through boring AI for 30-60% of the ladder just isn't fun and I despise how this is standard practice for mobile/f2p games
Instead of just making the climb 1/3rd as long and giving 3x rewards for matches they pad MM with fucking BOTS

archaludon is so fucking gay why does everyone have one

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>>59144787
Welcome to "official" pokemon gamemodes. Where everyone uses the same exact metashit

>>59144776
What game is responsible for popularizing this shit anyway?