Pokémon Champions is a free to play online battle simulator available on Switch with a mobile release later. It features ranked, casual and private battles for both singles and doubles, and will be used for VGC tournaments in 2026.SWITCH 2 UPDATE: Launch the game in handheld mode to get the performance boost (can still play docked after). Still 30FPS, however.>NewsSmall bug fix patch: https://news.pokemon-home.com/ja/page/758.htmlWarm Up Challenge online competition registration open, battles this weekend, Gardevoir giftFree Machamp mystery gift code: CHAMP10NSeason 1 runs until May 13Mobile release possibly leaked for June>Linkshttps://champions.pokemon.com/en-us/https://x.com/Pokemon_Champs (EN) https://x.com/Poke_Champ_jp (JP)Pokémon data: https://serebii.net/pokedex-champions/Available mons: https://www.serebii.net/pokemonchampions/pokemon.shtmlMega abilities: https://serebii.net/pokemonchampions/megaabilities.shtmlQuick FAQ>Do I need my own Pokémon to play?No, the game features a recruitment system, but transferring from Home is recommended to save time and resources.>What makes the game so much more accessible than before?All aspects of a Pokémon are customizable with VP, a currency earned simply by playing the game. IVs are also removed.>Is there single player content?No.>What battle gimmicks are in?Only megas for now.>What's the starter pack?US$6.99 one time purchase for 50 training tickets (fully train for free), 30 quick coupons, 50 extra box space and the LGPE trainer music.>Is anything locked behind a paywall?So far everything gameplay relevant is also purchasable with VP. Mega Kalos starters and E-Floette require ZA transfer.Previous: >>59152534
>>59154417Why should I not just play Showdown?
Shit game
Beautiful children with my employee Tatora
>>59154426Player base + fresh
My wife
IT'S UP
>>59154426Does Showdown have a Reg M-A format yet? Have they implemented the updated moves, abilities, item changes, and alterations to PP and EV systems?
>>59154426uhhhhhhhhh.....I'll get back to you on that one
>>59154439looks like a tranny
>>59154439Too pretty
>leech seed is actually 1/8 and it is a typoAt least this gets addressed fast
>>59154417>patch notes>Leech Seed un-nerfedWait, based?
They Removed all of the Starters except Gen 1!!
No one's running protect. I am returning to my home planet.
>Gallade still female
>>59154461Protect is mostly a doubles thing now that stall got widely gutted. Do you even play hazards in 3v3?
>>59154439Fugly
>Opponent thinks they're free to switch into my Mega Starmie with their Milotic>Thunderbolt starts vaporising it anywayThis fucker is so entertaining to use.
>>59154456It was never nerfed in the first place. They gave wrong move description.
I kind of want to use Whismicott even though I don't really like it. But I don't want the cool kids to make fun of me for meta team-building.
Anyone want to set up a VGC room?
>>59154472To be honest, it could mean both things>they made a typo>they intended to nerf it, but didn't tweak the effectTurns out it's the first one
Playing singles
hey we got nothing for the maint
>>59154463hazards are surprisingly good in singlesworst case scenario it breaks sash which is guaranteed to be on every team with how shitty the items are
>>59154475Use it to do silly shit instead of setting Tailwind.
>>59154481yeah, its one of those games...
>Garbodor admirerBased
the meta is already so stale oooh brother come on
i use zard + venusaur and i'm proud
>>59154475I pioneered specs whimsicott on showderp and smogon later added it as an official set.It's fun.
Dammit I'm actually having fun throwing my own dogshit teams together and playing comp for the first timeAnyone have any advice for running farig?
>>59154518You want to open with it or switch it in if you see a fake outer. Not a great end gamer
>>59154500Aren't you happy we took out 400+ mons and items
>>59154525>400Try 800+
I need cosmetics to remove this stupid rotom headset fucker
>>59154530This. Can we at least change the color
Anyone knows if it's possible to start anew? I tried deleting the save data but it still persists. There doesn't seem to be a wipe clean button just like Masters
>>59154445yes its on the custom server
So there are no levels in this game?
>>59154518My favorite Farig set is a meme but it can’t be run (throat spray hyper voice). Just run Foul Play and use it to negate priority attacks.
Does anyone have a spare Meowstic Male (has to be a male) on Scarlet / Violet? I would like to trade for one to bring into Champions. I do not want to gamble for one. I got a shiny Delphox last night, and would like to try a psychic surge + skill swap combo. I have a plethora of OT shinies and Master Balls to trade.I got bored of Scarlet and Violet, and really, really don't want to complete the mask DLC to unlock the indigo disk to catch one. I hate the stupid DLC kids. FUCK THEM.
Here's a rough comparison for sizes. XS and Alpha Delphoxes.
>>59154550Im running at as my main threat alongside an alola raichu that sets up psychic terrain for the expanding force and cofag in the back for trick roomActually made someone forfeit was pretty proud of that one
>>59154542Settings > Data Management > Delete Save Data should've worked.
>>59154551Sure, I can go catch one for you since I have nothing better to do. Do you have a preferred ball?
Any good sets of teams I can just pkhex into a game and transfer to home so I don't need to spend any vp at all?
Why shouldn’t I go bright powder + sand veil?
>>59154439Nobody is drawing her
>>59154567You are the absolute goat. Any ball will do. Thank you so much : ) Trade on S/V work?
Lol someone just used Rage Powder on my Whimsi, to protect her Dragonite, but my Moonblast still hit her Dragonite. lmao, I won.
so sick of gay ass nigga incin
>>59154561At the switch settings, right? I tried that but I am still back on my previous account when I boot into the game
>>59154585I haven't renewed my switch online sub in a minute. We can always trade on home mobile?
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>>59154602When I did it, it prompted me when I booted up the game about overwriting. Maybe + on the game itself and check the backup status?
>>59154615>singlesbuddy
>train a mega chesnaught for the sand matchup (you also get a free mega stone when you transfer him in!) >get flinched three times and win anywaysfucking bitch ass ttar
>>59154604Absolutely, just need to log in on my phone real quick.
>everyones just playing the same ass shit even in low ranksvgc is like that..? that's boring.
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>>59154624Finally got it. You can deposit it whatever on GTS and I'll snipe it
>>59154618Guess I need to try it later when I get back home
>>59154640And just tell me what to look for lol
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>>59154640Thank you again, put a timburr up on GTS for it.
Whoever you pick as your starter will determine whatever sides you get. Pretty helpful for those who don't want to import from Home
>>59154649Just sent over, have fun!
Based team, A, I may as well say I lost
Fuck it, might as well. I have Violet (+DLC) and Legends Arceus. Does anyone want anything? I'll do some catching for the next hour or so
Are you using Modest or Timid Gardevoir? Mega or non-mega? I'm going through my old gen 6 and 7 games to look for stuff to transfer over. My Charizard Y is modest too...
>>59154662Do you have the 7-star Primarina?I have an extra 7-star Blaziken I think.
>>59154666You mean when they did the mightiest mark stuff? I haven't touched the game in a while so I missed out on a good number of those
>>59154670Yeah Primarina is the only one I am missing out of all of them and I traded to have some duplicates because I never thought they'd be re-running the events at all. I think I'd be waiting until June to get it.
>>59154554Yeah, it's nice that they at least bothered with showing sizes in this game. Here's a comparison between my XS vs Alpha (Mega) Froslass.
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>>59154683Froslass has a big ass head
Any reason to choose female basculegion?
>log in>win with Scarf Chomp sweep>get promoted>log outit's just that easy
>>59154683I can't decide if I should use an Alpha or an M size. I kinda got used to her towering over me in ZA but she kinda looks goofy being this gigantic.
>>59154623Can I put a Chesnaught from my XY into Bank, transfer to Home, then put it in Champions and get the megastone? Or does it have to come from Legends Z-A?
People will send out mega evolvable pokemon and just never activate them, what gives. They're not even bots, I see them lock in their teams before me during team selection. Like did you really have something planned for your regular Absol before I outsped it and mowed it down in one hit
>>59154664Modest for Mega, Timid for Scarf.
>>59154706Normalfags and little timmies trying out free new pokemon.
>>59154662id like kingambit and palafin but i dont really have anything to offer back...
Faggot grass cat got a paralyze off his thunder punch and it procced instantly the one turn after, giving him the win at 1 hp. I've paralyzed and it's never procced for me once in over 50 battles.
>>59154426You should to remember why it looks like dogshit next to Champions and come back to fork out the cash
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>>59154714yeah I haven't gotten a freeze off yet. that's just how it goes.
I just wanted one win with Pikachu, that was it
>>59154706I got btfo'd today when a guy suddenly mega evolved his Tyranitar that had been on the field for a few turns after I had just gotten rid of the Sandstorm with my own weather. The mega reset the Sand without switching out and fucked me in the ass.
>>59154717Uhhh yeah I might join again later, I'll transfer some more mons in the meantime
i want to use mega raichu already goyfreak
>>59154714I lost an entire match because Faggotatr body slam paralyzed and instantly broke my mon's back that was about to kill it. That's the luck of the draw.
my game is fucking up
The more I play this, the less fun it is. The higher up you go the more meta sweat there is. >Just play casualLMAO
>>59154714and didnt they reduce the fully paralyzed chance to like 12.5% lmao
>>59154712I have those just sitting my box. Just put whatever in Home's mobile GTS and let me know what it is for the trade
Would M-Meganium do alright in a Snow team? It's got the means to swing at all of Ice's weaknesses.
>>59154706Sometimes I forget to press R.
thx for playing but I have work tomorrow so I need to get going to bedI really need to stop using Meteor Beam Aerodactyl primarily because I have to rely on Hurricane so much, not even the two-turn charge move.
>>59154706The game is genuinely full of 70IQ people who have never touched competitive mons before. It might even have been Mega Absol and they were just using their bro
>>59154518I’m just using it as my Trick Room setterdecently tanky and Armor Tail shuts down all the Incineshitters
>>59154530what’s it even forthey acted like he’d be popping up with matchup tips and shit, but as far as I can tell it never does anything
>>59154739holy tysmjust put up a darumaka ice for kingambit
>get frozen>thaw my next turnUh what?
>>59154752Sent over, have fun!
>>59154756its a 25% chance to thaw each turn you try and use a move now
>>59154756Frozen is just Ice Sleep now.
HOWDO PEOPLELAND FREEZESO OFTEN
Fuck hisuian arcanine is so cool. It makes me want to get pokemon legends arceus
>>59154706I have a nephew who saves up mega before the last moments. Think of it as a shonen move
incineroar
>>59154738Considering they admitted the number of Leech Seed is a typo, there's probably more than meets the eyes
INCELROAAAAAAAAAR
Fuck, I just realized I'm going to have to shiny hunt a lopunny in arceus since they're not SV.
>>59154760got it thanks a million bro!
>>59154780good luck, I've had mine since platinum
>>59154780They are in ZA, dingo. You can easily farm an alpha too.
>>59154703I don't fucking know
>>59154785I should have hunted one a lot earlier>>59154786I don't have ZA. Only SV + Acrecus.
>>59154794Then get ZA you need it for Mega Floette anyways.
FUCK Ceaseless Miss and it's 50% accuracy
>>59154780I have some extras in ZA but I don't know how to trade if you don't have ZA
>get pissed off at every team running Incin so I decide to make a rain team>suddenly every team i’m ranked against is running archaludon and mega meganium and milotic and sinistcha>switch back to original team>incin>incin>incinFuck you. I demand you cease this at once.
Anyone run into people named "Trainer" with all shiny pokemon?
is this game any good?? i hear it’s 30 fps in the big 2026
>opponent hasn’t mega’d yet>sends out Gengar>use Poltergeist on it>fails because its not holding anythingwhat the fuck
>>59154817>30fps 720p>doesn't give you a lot of mons to play with>lots of mons aren't allowed in the gameKusoge. Wait for WW.
What are some good mons to run alongside Glimmora and Milotic?I've been relying on ceruledge but getting his sash broke or dealing with shit that doesn't trigger weak armor can suck. Also poltergeist missing causes me physical pain. First 3 times I used it were all misses.
>>59154798Eh, don't feel like doing all that just for a floette>>59154801I've just been using Home's GTS on mobile to trade with people. You don't need to get it set up though - not sure I have anything worthwhile to give in return
if you run perish trap i genuinely hope you get the worst type of cancer
the game looks like dogshit
>>59154811Post team
>>59154811why aren't you a cute girl
>>59154818>complaining about the meta being stale>complaining about players not using metaThere's no pleasing you people lmao
>>59154823Run them on a sand team with TTar and Excadrill. Use Milotic as an answer to rain and sun. Throw in a Mega Meganium and whatever 6th fucker you want to tech in. Maybe Sneasler to punch Incineroar and spread status with Dire Claw. That’s what I would do anyways
>>59154818was it an actual player? I've noticed npc's dont usually hold items
>>59154417A former VGC world champ ranked the mega choices for this season. How does it stack up with your observations, anons?
>>59154817No but it is free and if you're newer to the comp scene like I am everything is a lot less complicated at the moment because there's barely any mons or held items
>>59154818Bamboozled
What battle music is everyone using? It’s the RSE trainer theme for me.
>>59154833Do I keep mega stones on all 4? I love using MGlimmora but I've been having better success waiting to evolve it until toxic debris get proc'd.
>hardstuck Ultra 3-4It’s like i’m playing MOBA’s all over again
>>59154837>scovillain in Bburning almost anything that even looks in your direction is great, wtf. granted, it would be better if it could burn other fire types
>>59154818speaking of unorthodox sets...Whenever Ursaluna comes to the game, it'll be fun to run Choice Band Guts Ursaluna just to have the occasional opponent burning you to blunt your offenses only to be pulverized into atoms by your next attack
>>59154733>The higher up you go the more meta sweat there isThat's how ranked works.
>>59154837Is this image for ants on fucking phones from 2005?
>>59154837Don't see TTar and Glimmora in A. They don't seem that good.
>>59154826Man I've got so many of these. I don't care what you give me as long as they go to a home. If you want some other shinies too if you like. You want me to fully evolve them first or you want them as is?
>>59154853Mega Scovillain is not that good. It gets destroyed Talonflame.
Is regular Starmie just fucking slower than everyone? I've got max speed and I still lose priority to everything.
>>59154837That is the highest I've seen mega beedrill in any tierlist.
>>59154865by Talonflame*
>>59154849If you’re using Mega Glim then you probably don’t need Mega stones on any of the others. TTar can do fine without a stone, he’s a Pseudo. Excadrill is fine megaless too. Sand Rush + Iron Head and Ground STAB will deal with most things, and it can always just click Rock Slide and fish for flinch. Maybe instead of Mega Meganium you can run something like Tailwind Whimsicott or a Redirector like Sinistcha. It’s best to build a team around a Mega.
>>59154866Its slow to take advantage of Analytic
Well, turns out Delphoxite is locked behind transferring a Delphox from Legends Z-A into home, and then into Pokemon Champions. I don't own a switch 2. Fuck my life. I spent the past 2 hours cooking up this team only to just find this out.
>>59154650Which one’s the best?
>>59154861Damn, then I'd be willing to take one of your hands. Appreciate evolving one can be a pain in the ass so I can do it. I have a shiny klefki or fletichnder if you want
>>59154417Trash, unironically worst showdown LMAO
>>59154792no prob bro i'll try it myself later and report back in the thread to let y'all know
>>59154853It's actually higher than what most people would say.I think that for VGC that it's a fair rating since you're giving up a more offensive Mega to spread burns. In Singles, it's a bit too high since Scovillain doesn't get Synthesis and can only really burn things like 1 or 2 times.If it did learn Synthesis, it should be way higher.
I have sex with Primarina every time she whistles
arCHUDbridge dies
>>59154880TRUVKE
>>59154748Then why the fuck are they even here in the first place? You don’t know how to play, play something you do
>>59154703Z-A yes
>>59154875I'm giving shiny fennekins if you want one or I can evolve it to a Delphox.>>59154878I'll take a Klefki. Two trades so the second can be whatever. I'm assuming levels don't matter in Champions so I didn't bring it up to Lv50.>trading room is locked behind premiumCan you make a room?
>>59154900oh dang, that's odd, is there a specific thing it checks? or like what's the difference between a Z-A one and an XY one?
>scammed 4 wins in a row with critsI love this game
>>59154896It's Pokemon and it's free. That's all some people need
>>59154817it's pretty meh
>>59154896I'm learning and I like the gacha
>>59154902Yeah, levels don't matter in champions. Trade Room ID is 7922 8851 6689 Appreciate it!
>>59154837Blastoise is just wrong and I guarantee it'll be more popular as people catch onShell Smash+Water Spout alongside Follow Me/Fake Out feels extremely strong
>>59154748that's me. I'm a fat chud who never played vgc before
>>59154870I've never used megas online before, just did a little SV pvp.When you mega evolve the speed boost factor only starts counting on the next turn, right? That's how it's felt so far
I could legit use a guide or two to get back to VGC. 3v3 and 4v4 are two different beasts altogether to learn
>>59154913> Learning they auto close trade roomsThe fuck? The new one is 2660 8772 1546
>>59154724Could have been me lol
>>59154903Origin mark. Every Pokémon since I want to say Gen 6 has a little symbol representing the generation or game it came from.
>>59154921>joined>closed for some reasonGive me about 15 minutes. I need to get a quick bite.
>>59154924oh dang, well thanks for letting me know before I waste my time leveling them in XY
incineroar is so fraudulent I should have completely lost a match but the opponent's prankster whimsicott tried to encore my fake out and got blocked by dark type. I didn't even know dark type shits on prankster
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>>59154929It has some small ass timer for no reason so probably kicked you since there was like 2 seconds on the clock left. Just let me know when you're free and I'll make a new one
>>59154896half the point of this game existing is to keep the interest in vgc growing, new blood is a good thing, some will quit, some will stay and ideally the overall playerbase will keep expanding
>>59154932Yeah it's a very stupid specific immunity that I hate because it's so unelegant.>immune to one abilityOkay. Everything else is immunity to a status condition or category of move.
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>>59154918I’m not sure because apparently the way Mega Evolving works is different in Champions and the order the mega animations play in is apparently random. I’d assume it follows the modern rules of Dynamic speed the same as anything else but fuck if I know for sure.
>>59154943>I’m not sure because apparently the way Mega Evolving works is different in Champions and the order the mega animations play in is apparently randomThat got fixed. It's in speed order.
>>59154932>>59154940You have Sableye to blame for the nerf to Prankster. Still I guess it's proper for Dark type to call out your bluffs
I wonder how doable the game will be completely isolated from Home.>start game>get initially showered with vp and tickets>have to deal with the gacha until you get what you want>that's just your team now>play thatI've seen people complain how the game keeps sending pity sandbag bots but the devs clearly wants you to get vp somehow to patch your team up.
>>59154937Back.
>>59154948Last maintenance fixed that? That's cool, but is Switch still happening before Mega?
I wonder if I can get Bellydrum/Snorlax to work. Or if he’s relegated to be a Entrainment gmmick runner without the other items.
>>59154960Cool, new room ID is 5287 9641 9905
>>59154955Depending on who you pick as the starter, you can have a good start. I'd say they are pretty reasonable with the teams instead of giving you real janks like Watchog >>59154650
>>59154896>Anon discovers the concept of "learning"
>>59154955it could be fun. The problem with home is that I definitely have choice paralysis on what to try
>>59154965Am I supposed to tap something after I enter? I tapped your icon and mine but nothing happened.
>>59154955I played the game and somehow reached ultra ball rank without a single Home transfer pokemon.It works well when you got lucky with recruitment plus they gave you enough VPs or tickets to train pokemon.
>>59154942ggs thanks for the mission.
>>59154973I just searched what a trade room is and it's not what we thought... It's just localized wonder trade
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>>59154955>I've seen people complain how the game keeps sending pity sandbag bots but the devs clearly wants you to get vp somehow to patch your team up.It's not an uncommon thing for bots to populate the early ranks. Those fucks are definitely PvP virgins
>lost every single speed tieyeah gg just kill me I guess
>>59154979So put them in the wonder box and it'll auto trade?
>>59154979 (Me)Unrelated but I found a fucking shiny abra. Lmao I hate ArceusI'm pretty sure wonder box will just trade it automatically. If you just do GTS, I'll come in quickly with the klefki
>>59154989>>59154992Meant for second half
>>59154955if you aren’t buying cosmetics the game absolutely showers you in VPyour team comps will obviously be limited at the start but after a bit you should have everything you need
>>59154986>use Focus Blast >misses>lose gameSkill based game btw
>>59154837Another tier list from @FedeCampoVGC>2023 Worlds Top 4 | 2025 NAIC Champion | 2025 Gdansk Regional Champion | 2x GC ChampionSome players are on the fence over Froslass standing but Floette, Zard Y, Gengar meta seems to the current understanding.
>>59154992Deposited Lopunny. I didn't put a range for gender or level.
You guys keep saying the game showers you in VP but keep in mind this is the beginning and you're getting a lot of VP for achievements that won't be there later or will be a lot harder later on. The game shits out VP for winning 10 matches with a Pokemon or type but then those will change to 100 matches.
>>59155002Tournament results from a 173 player private Spanish tour. Mega Golurk took the prize. Earlier we saw a 500-player tour where Mega Delphox got first place and a japanese tour where Zard Y got the first place.
>>59154974Yeah I only bring it up because of I assume the huge influx of normalfags that try out the mobile version. I don't think anyone with any intent to play the game will care about the doomposting and e-celebs trashing the game. I assume all the jank will be patched out by then and they'd add in more Pokémon and items when the mobile version arrives.
So champions roster just further confirms that GF loves weather wars above all else right?
Fuck playing this after a long day of workCan't even chill and zone out with this, I keep making bot plays like forgetting my opponent has a 4th guy cuz he keeps switching and I already killed 2I didn't Mega my Zard Y against T-Tar/Drill when he led with Rotom/Drill and switched T-Tar in afterI both Tar & Drill down to red HP, he switched in IncineroarI get ready to double down on Roar, expecting T-Tar to switch in, so I don't mega as not to waste the Sun, but he switches Roar for Rotom and I lose all momentum and just forfeit thereHad I remembered he had Rotom I could've Megad into Solar Beam and had my Venusaur finish off Drill, then polished off the weakened T-Tar and Roar with Earthpower and Weather Ball, but fuck me I guess
>>59155006Damn, I must have gotten sniped. I don't see it
Does health or defense/sp defense matter more for survivability?
>>59154439she ugly
>>59154979Give me a gender and lvl range. Someone else took it.
behead whimsicott users
>>59154986literally kept missing moves while the other opponent landed all the paralyzes in the world. I'm just so whatever man.
>>59155020this but sneasler and archaludon users
>>5915501940-50 (43), female
I got ultra ball singles in 43 wins
I'm playing singles. The only cats here are cute and green. It's peaceful.
>>59155024GO GO GO
>>59154981Half the complainers are just live service virgins. Or they have experienced live service doing live service things and it's only bad when Pokémon does it. Drip feeding is just how it works. If they told me every new mega evolution ability I would have stopped paying attention yesterday. And the limited pool is obviously supposed to mimic a regional dex or a season. Watch the crying when they do a season where suddenly Incineroar or Mega Floette or Archaludon aren't allowed in ranked matches.
>>59155028Tysm anon! I was refreshing it just to make sure I got it in time lmao. I now need to catch this god damn shiny abra that I wasn't expecting.
>>59154986>Dire Claw puts me to sleep at the worst possible timeVGC entry ritual
>>59154417>Launch the game in handheld mode to get the performance boost (can still play docked after).are you dumb, whether you start it in portable then dock it or just start it docked makes no difference, the only thing boost mode does is use the switch 1 docked mode in handheld
>they nerfed focus sash Mimikyu
>>59155031Np anon. It's such a convoluted trading system. That was more stressful than it needed to be. Thanks for Klefki.
Aerodactyl or glimmora as my antisun?
>>59155036It's got nothing to do with boost mode, it's an error with the game applying the Switch 2 patch
>be too lazy to EV train in the main games and pass my team to champions>use the scout mons> I'm gettin steamrolled by kids with megaluke
>>59155009>only golurk across 16 timeswhat a chad, I kneel
>>59155050I thought the switch 2 patch just isn't out, and games with switch 2 patches are outright unaffected by boost mode
>>59155009I think a big problem with lists like this is the same as VGC vs online doubles, you're fighting different people who prioritize differently vs the ladder and there's a different level of preparedness. No one is bringing entrainment hawlucha to this but you 100% should be able to deal with it on the ladder
If you use Floette just know that no one loves you, and everyone will celebrate your death.
>>59155002When Z-A was new I was daydreaming how awesome mega clefable was going to beoh well..
>>59155009Is this singles or doubles? I can't tell
Why does Haze fully heal me?
>>59155068It's really really good in BSS, especially when yawn + rocks hippo is the current meme, however BSS is awful
>>59155066my floette is proof I do hate myself, for doing all those battle royales
>>59155073They thought it needed a buff.
>>59154417You know what's some bullshit?Everyone is looking for any little thing to shit on showdown. 30fps, not a full roster, held items missing, etc.But you haven't heard a SINGLE person complain about the number one thing people bitched about the VGC since 2001Disqualification/removal of generated Pokémon. That's because champions doesn't do any checks cause it essentially makes a copy of your Pokémon and makes them legitimate for use in champions. You can literally generate a level 1 Charizard on the 3ds and transfer them to bank, home then to champions.Funny how the people who would be on their soapbox if there was any outright denial of suspected mons are completely silent.I fucking hate the western Pokémon vgc community.
>>59155045>XLDamn, this is one big bunny. I hope you'll find some out of Klefki. Reminds me of the good old gen 6 days
>>59155087>But you haven't heard a SINGLE person complain about the number one thing people bitched about the VGC since 2001>Disqualification/removal of generated Pokémon.nigga this is like the number one thing vgc players cry about
>>59155054I could hop on ZA or SV but I want to do the gacha instead
>>59155087>pokemon genned with uber stats>moved to Champions>get screened to meet the standardsI don't see the issues unless it keeps the moves for shenanigans like Fissure Machamp
>>59155087Champions not showdown lol. I did gen alot of that flower from ZA. Mostly because I was tilted that gamefreak still allows retards on the GTS to request the Pokémon they put up for trade. So it's nothing but a bunch of fags showing off. At least the GO dog haircuts could backfire if that one dude that had that specific varient decided to trade you.
>>59155044That was in gen 8 iirc
>>59154527Come on bro you weren't going to use fucking swadloon in ranked
>Incineroar>Incineroar>Incineroar>Incineroar>IncineroarAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESTOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOPFUCKING RETARDED CAT
>>59155088Technically it's an alpha but yeah big Loppy.
>>59154955I have been enjoying it this way. I have never played competitive pokemon before, and I haven't got locked into anything terrible, so I'm happy with what I got. It's been fun to develop my team as I recruit more and learn.I also have more tickets than I know what to do with. I have only done a handful of recruitments and I'm pretty happy with my team. Might start building a new one.
>>59155108Aren't you glad this faggot cat wasn't cut ;)
>check Z-A pokedex by accident>140 Atk 130 SpA>is actually a 100 Atk 130 SpA special attacker in championsWow you need to be careful about this stuff
>>59155090I know that's what I'm saying. champions doesn't check for legality whatsoever. Which no one has pointed out yet.This is a good change.>>59155098Exactly. They clearly made it so your Pokémon is fitted within the parameters of champions. They could have easily added some bullshit flag to have a mon that failed the check not be allowed into the app and push players towards relying on the VP system to get more mons.The Pokémon company essentially has an open door policy for letting mons in.
>>59155108Just use Mirokaros
>>59155099Autism here: the requested dog was impossible. You could only have a furfrou with a cut at level 50 and below since that’s what go maxes out at and the ones from 3ds lost their cut in the transfer. The requests were for ones 91-100. People also would request regional variants that could go to BDSP, but since BDSP has no regionals, again it’s impossible.
>>59155108I didn't play an incin all day. But I swear there was a Charizard on every single team, even teams not running mega Charizard.
>>59155108join us
>>59155119It's one of the starters so that's not surprising at all
>>59155108>hey guys wouldn’t it be fun to have a limited roster so you don’t see the same thing you always do?>lmao jk here’s Incineroar I genuinely believe Japan should be carpet bombed
>>59155108>Incineroar’s counter was Urshifu>instead of countering they just became best buds each other and RillaboomWith Unseen Fist getting such a nerf, I wonder if Urshifu is gonna get any more nerfs.
>>59155114>champions doesn't check for legality whatsoever.it does in weird ways, like apparently hisuian goodra in non-hisuian balls/non-PLA origin isn't allowed in, and that's ontop of HOME's legality checks you have to go through
The GTS should be shutdown already. There's literally value in it. Just a bunch of shit post like pic related.At least people asking for legendaries could be trifiled with.
>>59155119I have a Y Zard, but I like to save my Mega while they setup theirs and use their sun to use Solar Power and my weather saved if theirs runs out
how come dire claw always lands
>>59155113Anon your yuge power….
>>59155131a cc. is what I meant to finish typing out.
>>59155092Unironically I want to replay PLA because I want a shiny sneasler
>>59155113Its 200 Attack you mook
>>59155137?
>>59155117Oh shit that's right. I think I was thinking of a GO variant with the Egyptian style or some shit.Though now I just keep a couple dozen legendaries in home just for the retards who ask for them in exchange for basic yet high in demand Pokémon like that fuck ass green teacup.
>haha mega Floette is stupid strong in champs>me never having finished ZA though
>>59155087So that's how people were getting female Gallades.This game is a joke.
Are pelipper fags using a -speed nature for terrain setting since they're counting on sash to let it trade anyways?
>>59155129I don't get what I'm looking at
anyone got a good floette team?
>>59155143People like you, not really saying you do this though, are why I’m happy I decided to wait in line for my shiny Koraidon/Miraidon. I know it’s legit, I got the code myself and never had to deal with people handing out or trading “legit” ones on the gts or where ever. Surprised no ones been dq’d by that at a tournament since it’s happened with terapagos and zacian or zamazenta, I forget which
>>59155127Yea home's checks are strange. I think part of it stems from bank not being as robust with checks. So in home your illegal mon can make it in but you'll get this message if you attempt to trade them.But they can still get into champions I believe. On top of that all of the pk.gg shinies I got from SV wonder trade work as well.Its just funny that they're allowing level 1 stage 3 mons in without even a pop up notification. Surely some retard on X tried to get it to block a move to champions so they can bitch about how greedy the Pokémon company is.
>>59155117I miss the days of classic gts with people putting in their shinies, asking for impossible shit like level 1-10 legendaries. you could cheat those in no problem and swipe their precious shinies from them easy
>>59155157Just mouse + someone who can tailwind
>>59155164Same but I paid $30 for both on ebay
>>59154847GSC trainer theme for me. I don't get tired of it but I do wish they had put in as much music as possible, it feels much too barebones. Maybe they'll add more later?
>>59155169You can/could get those in Go, funnily enough. Bad example because you can get a level one refi in platinum, but here’s my level one go regi. Got a few other legendaries around level 10 lol
>>59155129>>59155156In the global trade system you put up a Pokémon up for trade and you specify what you're wanting in return.However you're able to ask for the exact mon you're putting up for trade. So it's essentially a fake offer for the Pokémon because why would someone looking for that mon have it to offer to you as a trade? It's extremely gay and retarded.I'd rather deal with pic related because at least it's feasible to generate the requested mons.
Who are the common fake out users so far? I want to add upper hand.
>>59155167>On top of that all of the pk.gg shinies I got from SV wonder trade work as well.I mean they are technically legal/possible but honestly I wish they'd just do something about those, I fucking hate seeing those shitty nicknames online
im starting to think competitive pokemon might be bad
>>59155154I think most of them go for a neutral or even plus speed so it can do threaten in Tailwind if your opponent tries to ignore it.
>>59155189Pokemon is bad.
>>59155187Incin and sneed (formerly rilla’s)
>>59155187>incin>sneasler sometimesThat's basically it
>>59155187who gets upper hand in this?
I forgot to fake out
>>59155189I just don't think we needed mega floette, incin and sneasler (forma de lanky retard) this early in the rotation. there's some clear power differences.
>>59155129He got a chinese Floette and would wish for a japanese Floette, nothing wrong here.
>>59155188But what about that one shiny Aipom whose nickname is a porn link?
>>59155198>>59155187>>59155195Raichu and Blastoise are more rare, but if you see Raichu its definitely got it
I wish beedrill got upper hand...
>>59155199Samurott
Do I really need fake out in my teams?
>>59155072>VGC
Where the FUCK is my Scope LensWhere the FUCK is my Scovillite
>>59155187I use Weavile because it outspeeds Sneedlers.
>>59155199Of the mons that don't suck, Raichu, Gallade, Conkeldurr, Talonflame, Kommo-o, Sneasler
>>59155215THEY'RE IN THE SHOP GOD DAMN ARE YOU FUCKING BLIND STOP SHOUTING
>>59154817human eyes can't see more than 30 fps. I'm convinced im being psyoped when people complain about fps
>>59155187incin and sneedlerI've not seen people in ladder willing to use the other options much
>>59155164>I decided to wait in line for my shiny Koraidon/MiraidonI'm from the States. They let gamestop hand out the limited codes to fucking Pokémon tcg fags who camped outside the store for a tcg product that morning. I went to multiple gamestops all the codes were gone because there were a limited quantity given to gamestop by Nintendo or whatever. Other places had a code generated on a receipt with no limit on how many different codes could be generated.We literally had printed fucking paper with a code on it. Only so many were made and that was that.I genned those shiny variants because as a fan who tried to do things the right way. I got fuck all and wasted my time. The fact it wasn't a mystery gift, that way you know the only people who can get it are FANS WHO OWN THE GAME. also drive me to become this generation mad man.Case in point, them locking 4 mega evolutions behind a 70 dollar game is absurd. Made some duplicates to try and help people get the requirements done
>>59154706there are some niche cases where you would want to delay your own mega evolution until a specific time, like tyranitar/abomasnow for weather wars or venusaur/victreebel to use chlorophyll sleep powder before their ability changes on teams without zard y (admittedly more of a hypothetical than anything at the moment)could just be noobs forgetting to hit r>>59154750the implication is that it's why you can see how effective your moves are while you're picking them and why you can check battle info
>>59155222It's also fps on a turn-based game. Like what the fuck would you need that? It's not like you need to perform 0.5 seconds maneuver
Man I was really considering getting the starter pack but locking shit behind ZA transfers is gay shit i don't want to support and if they're doing this now then theres going to be more later when wawawiwa releases
>>59154724I pulled this on someone today to shut down sun. without assault vest I love using mega ttar guilt-free.
>>59155189Its all sweaty tryhards. The showdown degenerates are flooding champions.The best thing the VGC team can try is have fundamental changes to systems like weather or outright remove/limit some of the bullshit the sweats abuse.Or say fuck em and make more shit random so people like pic related can finally take the stick out their ass.
>>59155073that was a display errorapparently it didn't functionally restore hp and was fixed during maintenance earlier
>>59155073Haze restores lowered statsHP is a stathope this clears things up
>>59155235For me it was just annoying to get used to after playing SV, ZA and Pokopia at 60
I never played Doubles before, what's a good team comp.
>>59155087>it essentially makes a copy of your Pokémon and makes them legitimate for use in champions.this makes them being illegal completely irrelevant btw
>>59155267Just b urself :)
>>59155151no one got female gallades, the one being passed around as a meme was from one of the tutorials
>>59155222Not even that. Smash Bros is locked to 60 FPS but I use a 180hz monitor to see between frames. You can perceive a frame faster this way
I miss wide guardIt’s there, but like not really…
>>59155268That's my point retard. The Pokémon company famously known for shooting people caught with genned mons within 50 miles of any official vgc event.Literally doesn't stop genned mons from joining champions. In fact they give your Mon a green card so they're not illegal and allow them to be added.People aren't bringing that up which is strange. You'd never think they'd do something like that. It's awesome they are but strange no one is talking about it
Holy fucking shit I hate mega dragonite so much.
He won
>>59155245no matter what they remove, the sweats will always find something to abuse
What battle music is your favorite so far? For me, it's Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald.
as someone who never played showdown, I will say its amazing how fast you can go through team ideas here. The VP economy feels generous for f2p as well.
I really like the static jpeg also known as the title screenVery nice
Communicating...
>>59154750it's the lore reason for why you see "super effective" when you look at your moves
>>59155284>The Pokémon company famously known for shooting people caught with genned mons within 50 miles of any official vgc event.this almost never happensthe closest thing that ever comes of that is that dataminer guy on twitter pointing out errors made in the genning process, which (to my knowledge) has never resulted in any disqualifications or shootings>Literally doesn't stop genned mons from joining champions.a genned pokemon wouldn't even be allowed into home unless it was consistent with a pokemon that could be caught in the wild, so of course genned pokemon are allowed>People aren't bringing that up which is strange.what is there to bring upthe only way a genned pokemon can get in is by being functionally identical to a non-genned pokemon, at which point only retards like verlis care about it being genned
>>59155293XY for me, though I wish they will import some tracks from Pomahttps://youtu.be/HSltQv-HLhE
>>59155303The fact VP cannot be purchased and there's no shop section selling 13000 VP for $50 bucks or anything. Clearly shows this was made as a place for VGC battles to happen in an environment the vgc team actually has say over first and foremost. And a mobile app second.The battle data shit is amazing as well. It's like they don't want you to make mistakes training your Pokémon and waste VP, along with the 7 day trial of Pokémon from the ranch so you can try them out.The only thing they have is that season pass and membership. You can be completely free 2 play and still rank up and Build a team.
>>59155303>The VP economy feels generous for f2p as well.So long as you don't care about cosmetics. You can build multiple teams for the cost of a single outfit.
Mega Clefable is so funny they have him swinging by a stage wire
>miss >miss>paralyzed >miss >crit This is reminding me why I stopped playing showdown
>>59155316>this almost never happensNTA but it happened with Pokemon World 2023
>>59155316>has never resulted in any disqualifications or shootingsMy apologies my ESL friend. I'm an American so we use figure of speech.People can bring up the fact that the Pokémon company is allowing clearly impossible mons (level 1 stage 3) access to champions. The western Pokémon community finds every reason to bitch and moan but actual good changes they don't fucking bother talking about.
>sends out his shiny alpha garchomp against my regular recruited one>one shot it
>>59155324Pokemon has always been a gambling game, but I can't blame you.>land 10% freeze chance on blizzard out of snow>they insta thaw and slam me anyways because champions just has a 25% chance of thawing and apparently that can happen mid fucking turn>proceed to land a scald burn on that fuckass sneasler which would have won the game if I hadn't 2 turns laterit is what it is
>>59155327you'll notice i said almost never and not just never>>59155329>People can bring up the fact that the Pokémon company is allowing clearly impossible mons (level 1 stage 3) access to champions.those have been possible through go for the better part of a decade
>>59155129>>59155186I hate to use this fucking App. Why does everyone want a Floette for a Floette? Is this a language thing? I just traded a couple of my genned mons for presumably legit shiny ZA mons.
>>59155336>they insta thaw and slam me anyways because champions just has a 25% chance of thawing and apparently that can happen mid fucking turnYou could always thaw mid-turn, but it used to be 20%
>>59155068Clef was never going to be good in doubles. It's whole stat spread only really works in singles where it can pick and choose the mon it faces down
>>59155321My only issue so far is the ZA exclusive bullshit, floett should be recruitable and floetts and the kalos starter mega stones should be purchasable I also worry about box space in the future, how generous are they going to be with giving more space without paying for the membership
>>59155347It's not good in singles either.
The trainer's tits are a good size
>>59155354It is in BSS, not 6v6
>>59155346fair enough, it was more about sequential lower % chances all happening in a row deciding how matches play out, and that isn't even a particularly egregious example of that kind of rng just deciding fuck you.
>>59155354It's going to end up being fine. Not the best mega but it can't be understated that Magic Bounce is one of the best abilities ever and will let Clef get up to some bullshit if you want it to
>>59155357I'd like them bigger, but at least they're actually there
>>59155293I play on mute and blast dark ambient music while playing
What's the difference in meta between 3v3 and 6v6?
do i actually need to pay vp to change a single move if i already restatted that same mon?
>>59155141This is not how it works, niggerfaggot.Huge Power doubles up final, calculated ATK. It doubles up base stat, IVs and EVs.It's way fucking above just having base 200 ATK.
>>59155372Yes. You'll always need VP or a training ticket whenever you make any change.
>>59155370the capabilities of the pokemon are basically the same, but prediction during team selection for 3v3 is extremely importantif you want to scare people, consider running a hisuian zoroarkhaving 3 immunities means it can blank a lot of shit, which is especially helpful when it pretends to be something else that isn't blanked by any of that shiteven if you don't actually bring it to any battles you can spook people into bringing a counter for it that doesn't do anything against whatever you're actually bringinng with you>>59155372yes? why would you not have to spend vp on something that costs vp
>bring mgolurk>nobody protects anywayTime to shelve this until I hit higher ranks I guess
>>59155313same as other games, rotom hacking for you
>>59155357
>>59155222that is BS and you know it, i can’t atleast see 144 fps
Are there bots across all ranks?
>>59155367Thankfully fanart can enhance anything we desire
>>59155222you have some audacity to lie so boldly
What moveset and nature do I give to rotom-w
>>59155400>budding breastsdelicious
>>59155419I wouldn't be surprised.
>>59155382sucks>>59155387because i edited moves once its dumb needing to change a move depending on ladder encounters and pay each time
>>59155226>>59155099>>59155143not to be a mega autistino fag but if I'm reading this right you got a bunch of genned pokemon to spare and I would like to ask if you have any raging bolt, gouging fire and shiny koraidon and moriadon to spare, I got fucked over pretty bad trying to get a code and kind of want to get the dex of the blue berry academy if it's not too much of a bother>>59155144same here
Thread themehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kJ9wp-mog8
>face trainer using seemingly random pokemon>thought it was a bot at first but all the pokemon are nicknamed and there's time between moves>using only attacking moves and never switching>realized I just shitstomped an actual child using his favoritesThat didn't feel good..
>>59155464Children should not be playing adult games you did good
>>59155464sounds like a great feeling to me
aaaaa my pokemon HOME is StUCK...
>>59155476For how long? I had it churning for multiple minutes the other day and it eventually moved along.
>Opponent uses memento against my Milotic>Charizard-Y heat waves>H-Typhlosian and Charizard-Y against my super boosted Milotic and Whimsicott>Mfw I can encore the CharizardThis shit is gold
>>59155464Little kids about to learn real fast why Incineroar got that spot in Smash.
>>59155483gotten error 2-ALZTA-0006 multiple times now after waiting a while
Do I dare torture myself playing 15 fucking royales in ZA for Eternal Floette?
>>59155509Only if you want the best Mega in the game.
>make a rain team with mega aggron, milotic, thunder rotom-W>alright now to give whimsicott rain dance>mfw he doesn't learn itI don't want to use pelipper man
>>59155509Just use a twitch tradebot to get it. The OT is always AZ so it doesn't matter.
>locked to only 3 teamsPlease tell me the number of teams you can make increases as you rank up or something.
Is bright powder fucked right now? Just missed three shots on a ninetails without snow up
>>59155512Aggron learns rain dance :)
>>59155387If you really want to spook people bring gothithele, people are terrified of it in team preview.
>>59155017That’s a very complicated question that requires super autism to answer.
Fuck it, I'm tired of this. If you can't beat em, join em. Give me the loadout for the most cancerous Archaludon team ever. I know it starts with Pelipepper with Tailwind and Focus Sash, and Archaludon, what are the other parts.
>>59155536Yeah I'm sure the zard Y will let me do it :)
>>59155539Gothitelle isn't in Champions yet.
>>59155547I mainly play mega Aggron but I also have a mega Ttar mode to shut down zard y teams. It's not as easy as hitting tailwind, iron defense, and body press to win but it gets the job done.Keep in mind I am a noob though.
>>59155512klefki gets prankster rain dance if you're really dead set on not using a switch-in setter.
>>59155550Really? Could have sworn I transfered mine yesterday.I always find it funny how many bad decisions a single goth causes by just standing there menacingly.
>>59155017>>59155540Rule of thumb is, if your Pokémon already has a large HP pool, invest in defenses. If not HP is superior.Mathematically speaking, think of each as a multipliers. If the pokemon has 100 healt but 10 defense and you can give it 10 extra points, those 10 points would give it a 10% more bulk in HP, but a 20% more (physical) bulk in defense.
FUARKI'm hard stuck in U2 right now. Hopefully this big overhaul to my team works out.
>>59155541You can check Archaludon's usage in the battle menus to see its spreads, moves, items and usual teammates.
>only 3 or so of my rank masters can get in and all of them have titles I like more:( now timmy will never know I don’t want to be slumming it, I’m just on my way up. Sorry bud
>>59155574It's definitely interesting how they have their own usage data in-game
>>59155419Yes but once you get to higher ranks you only see pity bots after a lose streak
>rock slide misses both targets
lmao I love this shit. Is there a better way to support my Anger Point Tauros? I have no backup plan. I have Meowiainttypingherwholename with Flower Trick to proc my Anger Point and I just want to Earthquake and Rock Slide everything. I don't care about winning or losing I just wanna use my favorite pokemon
>>59155553Not a bad idea, thanks, probably gonna go with this despite earthquake also being everywhere
>>59155574>>59155578Wait, where do you access that info? Can you find it out of battle too?
>>59155587magnet rise :^)
so whats the charizard counter? i was thinking chucking a choice scarf h-arcanine into the lineup or a lycanroc with accelerock maybe incase of tailwind. Or is there some other counter thats better since he just switches to a rock resist or something.
>>59155601I like how Basculegion just kills things when you give it a scarf
>>59155601I picked up both Scarf Garchomp and Mega Glimmora to deal with Zard and it's been going great. ScarfChomp outspeeds a ton of useful stuff and M-Glimmora is exactly 1 point speed higher than both M-Zard and M-Dragonite. Considering Mega Aerodactyl as well.
As a total noob really wanted to avoid using tailwind/trickroom but its inevitable... so I am settling for trick room because fat pokemons are funny.What mega would you guys recommend? Haven't bought the first one and haven't use a mega pokemon since X/Y
I beat my first real person in the event that’s going on. I feel like putting together a trick room/sun team before entering into match making feels a little unfair. Torkoal can really brute force match ups if they can’t take it down quick.
>>59155321Well all things considered, there's no reason for them to go all in on monetization when I'm sure they know that they're gonna make more money on Home subscriptions and Pokemon game sales.
Here's my question, what do you do about Tailwind? I can deal with Pelipper but prankster Whimsicott is giving me hell, is there any viable taunt user?
>>59155585An alternative is mega froslass with Frostbreath, Aurora veil, Blizzard and Destiny bond.It's immune to fake out, can use aurora veil if you mega evolve it and can increase its bulk and speed tier if it does but it also hurts tauros too much with frost breath to a point you may consider water or fire tauros just because they resist the hit better.
>>59155608Mega Golurk seems like a pretty decent mon for trick room, even with the Unseen Fist nerf the fact you can hit through protect can help avoid dud turns.
>>59155613They removed snatch, but the whole deal about it was stealing your opponent tailwind, screens or substitutes.
>>59155613Also Whimsicott lmao. Due to Prankster and a naturally decent speed stat, most people don’t pump points in speed so the anti Whimsicott Whimsicott play would be to put some investment in speed to out-speed the other Whimsicott.
>>59155616Nice. I do have him, was thinking Crabominable but the typing looks really bad. Will give it a shot. Thanks
I'm sick of fake out shufflingsomeone talk me out of using my shiny love ball Tsareena, i'll give her a white herb or something just to remove that fucking cat
>>59155614Ah that's a good idea with Aurora Veil. I chose Meowscarada because I thought I'd be able to Skill Swap Protean for STAB Earthquake/Close Combat to break through walls but playing it safer with Aurora Veil might be a good idea too. Thank you
>>59155633You will use the cat and you will like it
>>59155633give her the fire berry, helping hand, and some other retarded support moves + trop kick to lower attack
Is this game unplayable as f2p? I havent played a mainline since pokemon sun and moon. I tried and as soon as i won two games (i think they were bots) i went up against a fuck spamming tailwind with whimsicott and Incineroar, what the fuck am i supposed to do my pokemon are dogshit. I barely got any vp or tickets to roll for new stuff either. I dont even know how to get mega stones
>>59155651I also haven't played any mainline games since sun and moon. I've been enjoying f2p. What starter did you go with?You can get mega stones in the shop. Make sure you do the tutorials, it gives you vp.
>>59155651>I barely got any vp or tickets to roll for new stuff eitherYou should get a good amount of tickets with just the typical early gacha hand-outs, after my first day of playing I had enough to do miore than 15 ranch refreshes, add to that the free Dragonite, the first tournament giving a Gardevoir just for participation and the starting team and you should have enough to quickly get a more than decent team, you'll be bottlenecked by knowledge more than money. It would help if you picked Pikachu for starter because the pokemon he comes with are great.
>>59155658Not sure what you mean by starter, is there more that i haven’t done?
>>59155665The first pokemon you picked in the ranch, the team the old man gives you to go with it depends on it.
>>59155665What pokemon did you pick when you got a free one at the start of the game?
>>59155665See here >>59154650
>>59155669>>59155670Oh wow i guess i should have paid more attention. I picked the snorlax
oh fucking fuck i bricked my game by picking snorlax, jesus christ
>>59155676Hawlucha, Hydreigon, and Kingambit are all good. You will have enough tickets to do more recruitments after you do all the tutorials too (you don't have to use VP). Should have enough to build a decent team.
>bought Charcoal for Torkoal>cam’t find it anywhere when I go to the held item menu>get annoyed cause the VP is definitely gone>there’s actually a menu cycle for items sorted by type/role that I somehow missedI feel like a list of everything together should have been the default option lmao.
>>59155651You get VP from beating bots and losing. Eventually if you slam your head hard enough you can probably get enough for gacha rolls.
>>59155688This menu in particular is just very bad, there's no visual indication that you can go left or right.
>>59155691Can you theoretically quit on turn 1 to grab 100 each time?
>>59155684No you didn't, recruiting will get you plenty of good mons
>>59155684It's not the end of the world, but if you just got started and you want to make the most of the Home-less playstyle then you can consider starting over.
>>59155694I don't think quitting right away gets you anything
>>59155698Figures. Most PvP games actually punish you for early concedes
Anyone else here playing singles instead of doubles?
>>59155589Battle>battle data, choose the format, switch to the pokémon tab, then look for the mon.
>>59155707I'm almost master ball in doubles then I'm gonna build a singles team.
>>59155707i do but i suck
I got a mega stone for transferring my chestnaught from HOME does that apply to all megas in ZA or only the starters?
>>59155717The gen 6 starters.
>>59155717Only Gen 6 starters and Eternal Floette get free stones for transfering. The starters MUST originate from ZA to get the stones.
does a fire type attacker get burned when attacking m-scovillain?
Mega starmie is insane in 3v3 singles, this thing having flip turn is stupid as fuck,
needs a single player mode badly
>>59155707I only play singles
>>59155750what for?
>>59155129They've had this issue since Gen 4 and refuse to do anything with it for some retarded reason, even worse with people putting up trades that shouldn't be possible without hacking like level 10 legendaries.Either way, I put up a random trash Wooloo for an Eternal Floette and got one instantly, so I think there are people (bots, probably) trading genned mons for whatever.
>>59155750It's a game to play VGC, why does it need single player?
bros... is cloud nine on altaria broken??? why dont the animations stop
>>59155774It doesn't get rid of weather. It just negates weather effects while it's out.
What’s the warm up tournament thing? Just play 3 games?
>>59155778that is literally what it says, im very intelligent. thanks, anon
>>59155774cloud nine doesn't remove the weather, it just removes the effects. so if it dies the weather returns to what it would have been anyways. would be confusing for the weather to disappear then reappear for lil bro who just discovered this mad crazy tech and wants to run it
>>59155707Just hit masterball on a massive winstreak using a mega starmie + bellibolt + scarf ditto core, very fun, nobody respects the bolt, hes won every single 1v1 against garchomp where I soaked the switch in and the fast flip turn from starmie into slow volt switch from belli is so good. Mega zard Y lead has been very common for me so far and people do not respect starmie at all yet, adamant liquidation is guaranteed ohko on zard Y even in the sun
>>59155694theoretically. once someone starts afk vp loss farming, this will change. trust
>>59154837He’s correct and I agree 100%
>>59155785>belliboltWhat the hell set do you run on that thing? I have never once seen it used.
>>59154837floette isnt that good. primarina bodies that freak. and i rate starmie high a or s. yall sleeping on starmie
>>59154837>Hawlucha You guys said he was shit
>>59155807hes bugged rn
>>59155804Prim set?
>>59155785post builds bro
>>59155827Whats the bug?
>>59155843Probably talking about no guard entrainment into horn drill fissure memes
>>59155850They gave it entrainment + no guard on purpose
Any point to grinding the warm-up tournament after 3 games?
>>59155856Showing that you are the very best.
>>59155856Don't think so. Seems to be a test run for their online tournament thing.
I've never understood pokemon pvp. It's nothing but who can just one-shot first. What's the point of all these debuffs/buffs when the match is over in a few moves and you never get any chance to see the benefit of them? Why increase my attack slightly when I can just attack twice?
>>59155613talonflame, flying moves get priority and dual wingbeat one shots it through focus sash no?
>>59155885what if my move that does 85% of your HP will now do 100%+ after my boost, and I am a very fast Pokemon, and the rest of your team will also fall victim to my hard hitting STAB coverage? Think, anon!
>>59155885>Why increase my attack slightly when I can just attack twice?Because for exemple if the opponent protects or switch to something that resists your move you'd have been better off increasing your attack, also the set up moves that make it in competitive raise your stat by two stages or raise multiple stats, there's nothing slight about them.
>>59155885sorry you need to be at least 160cm tall or at least 80iq to post in this thread
>>59155651>I barely got any vp or tickets to roll for new stuff eitheryou get it pretty fast through the missions>I dont even know how to get mega stonesfrontier store, or whatever the VP store's called
>>59155707yes, singles is a lot simpler than doubles, doubles was stressing me out
>play against a fucking Korean>they leave it to the very last second every single time before moving Really epic strategy, Kim Gook Dogsoup, you fucking RAT
I am a femlala who is unstoppable in doubles
I like doubles because I feel like I have a little more agency in what's going on. I was either turbo sweeping or feeding in singles.
What's some pokemon to keep an eye out for on the Snorlax team? I burnt through all my tickets and the best I got was Starmie and Blastoise, and the Machamp from the code.
>>59155945Are you doing doubles or singles?
when mobile, also is it F2P friendly? I see lot of people complaining but I think that if you know what you are doing you should not have any problem right?
>>59155955extremely f2p friendly
>>59155945The Snorlax starter team is probably one of the worst ones. If you got Starmie and Blastoise you have some good megas for singles at least.
>>59155955That's pretty much it yes, if you have experience you can easily do well in F2P and even Home-less, but for newbies I'd say the absence of rental makes it harder and there's really no buying their way out of that.
>>59155955Yes if you go into it with prior knowledge of competitive pokemon then you should be good. It's the retards picking every kanto mon they see and not using their vp wisely that are struggling.If you do want to spend a bit of money the starter pack and battle pass are really cheap and get you a ton of stuff to start out with. The 50$ subscription thing is a total scam.
>>59155955It’s weird. Gacha is the main way of fleecing people but you can’t pay for it but there’s also mons you can only get if you have Z-A so it feels more like it’s pushing you to buy the main games instead of spending it here
>>59155971>Gacha is the main way of fleecing people but you can’t pay for it100% they will have way more shit to purchase in the store by the time we get mobile release, likely ways to buy gacha tickets too. This game completely hinges on milking retarded mobile normies to make money.
My Pikachu with Light Ball owns...
>>59155970the battle pass really isn't worth it either, the starter pack is good though
For the retarded meme tournament it counts if I just scoop three times, right?
>>59155992What tournament?
>>59155995There's a "warm up tournament" that started today.
What stops me from sweeping with 3 garchomps...
>>59156012You can't have three garchomps, or two garchomps.
>>59156014...
>heat wave missed 3 times in a rowI can never get married now......
so what am spose to do here just grind to masterball?
>>59156024If you don't enjoy stomping or being stomped then there's no point in playing this game. Ranked is a meme.
What do you think of replacing whimsicott as tailwind setter with regular aerodactyl to check sun teams?
Is Farigaraf not really as valuable since there’s no E speed Dragonite to worry about? Not sure who the best TR setter is atm
>>59156065The giraffe is good because it can't be hit with fakeout and its tanky. If it isn't knocked out or slept (all the sleep mons are fucking slow or only have hypnosis) on turn 1 you are getting trick room off with it. Who cares about extreme speed?
>>59156070>(all the sleep mons are fucking slow or only have hypnosis)Venu?
>>59156072You can still just give the giraffe a berry to cover that and its not 100% accurate too
>>59156065Fake Out is the main thing you want to block with priority negators like Farigaraf.
>>59155850That's not a bug.
>>59156070>>59156078I suppose but Oranguru, Spiritomb, poltcheageist, and Mimikyu are also fake out immune
>>59156101They don't also protect your partner from fakeout at the same time
Wife
>>59156101Yes which is why ghost types or mons with flinch/priority immune abilities are typically the best trick roomers. Unfortunately we don't have Covert Cloak yet.
Would they buff some underdogs or Watchog is doomed to be jank that dillutes your daily recruit?
Why is Klefki so hot...
>>59156108needs more porn
>>59156110*flings greninjaorb*
>people are using Claude to develop optimal teams alreadyI hate this era...
>>59156110You'll never even see him in your daily recruit, I can hardly understand the purpose of the shitmons except to be rare. The only "bad" pokemon I've seen in the gacha are Arbok, Ariados, the less good Tauros forms and Furfrou, and all of those have potential in one way or another.
>there's a tier above master ballSounds like giga cancer
>>59156108bro just shave it off
>>59156114>Claude
>>59156117I hope it's Love Ball...
>>59156120It's champion rank
FEMALE GALLADE REAL
>>59156144A true trans icon...
>>59155919Sis...? Wrong general...
Compound Eyes or Friend Guard Vivillon? Scarf Powder for Compound Eyes?
i cant believe i spent 7.20 on this shit game
>nobody plays singles;_;
>been out of competetive for a while>re-learning everything is a lot harder than i remember find it beforeaaaa how do i git gud again anons
>>59156227Play Mega Heracross in Singles :^)
>>59154724I keep doing this to people. I love Tyranitar and hate weather teams, so getting the double reset is just splendid.
>>59156227At least it's a pretty simple meta to grasp, not a bad place to get back on track.
>>59156231singles is easy shit i've not lost my jam thereit's doubles that's fucking my brain
>>59156240The fastest way to learn is just look at what kills you and do it back until it loses.
Sweet Scent Tsareena to guarantee hits...
>Mega Abomasnow sets snow>4x weak to fire>Mega Charizard sets sun>4x weak to rock>Mega Tyranitar sets sand>>can't be 4x weak to water>being part fighting means it's only 2x weak to grass>water resists ice anywaysRuined by Gamefreak's water favoritism
Man, my specific brand of poke-autism is finally paying off. I mean, am I meta whoring by using Whimsicott? Yes.Does it feel different to me that its Fluffee? Hell yes! Same with Gaspar the Gengar.You get bonus points if you know what I am specifically talking about
