Sneedsler EditionPokémon 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 live, runs through the weekend and gives free GardevoirFree 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.>Do I need a Nintendo Online subscription?No.>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:>>59161582
>>59164308overrated, bro. kingambit MOGS her so hard
I managed to crawl my way up to Ultra 4 and finish the battle passAny touch ups or preening I can do for my homies here?
>>59164320Cut Scizor for a Trick Room setter.
>>59164320i shut down a team like that with gengar politeod ince perish trap. moonblast aint enough
>>59164324She's been my check for Sneasler, Frosslass, and AerodactylLead her with Whimsicott Helping Hand, and they always go for Whimsicott expecting TailwindThey never seem to expect Helping Hand + Body Press Torkoal either
>>59164310I wish I could play this team
I don't know how you compfags deal with getting the same three cookie cutter teams. It's so fucking boring. Monotype or weird formats fucking when.
Thoughts on Corviknight as a Tailwind setter?
>>59164320Needs more protect. Baiting attacks into it or stalling a turn for the mega evolution is huge. For reference, I'm eating charizard teams alive with ttar simply by protecting when the sun goes up and then mega evolving or switching in ttar.
Thoughts? I don’t know what coverage I’m missing
>finally get around to transfering all my mons into Home>grabbing a Whimsicott for support>notice its shiny>OT: /vp/Aww, you fuckers gave me this :3
>>59164366I bring Torkoal and Scizor for Tyranitar Brick Break and Body Press
>>59164308What is the origin of this meme? I've seen the original image but reverse image search didn't get anything.
>>59164383Just use Sneasler if you want to rape ttar. You have a horrible weakness vs ttar if you are desperate enough to run shit like Brick Break.
>opponent mega evolves>I take the switch out of the dock>game hangs at end of animationIs this a weird coincidence, or does taking it out of the dock mess up the connection? This didn't happen in previous games
>>59164403Brick Break is there for Frosslass as well
>give Sash to Sneasler for singles>never has a chance of getting it overkilled to proc UnburdenWhat's a better option or that's the best I can give it?
>>59164418Even with less intimidate running around in singles you can still use white herb with your own close combat to double your speed.
>>59164414Bro you are already running Charizard Y to counter snow. Running brick break on an extremely slow mon just for Aurora Veil is pointless, especially when you can't even HIT the damn Froslass with a fighting move in the first place.
>>59164418Just give it Poison Touch for singles
>>59164427Its doubles, I can hit Frosslass' partner with itSurprisingly, Y-Zard is probably the mon I bring the least of the 6
>>59164414>A Fighting move is there for a Ghost mon
>>59164320>torkoal>no eruption>no charcoal>no protect>no trick room setterYour misuse of the turtle is sickening
>>59164443I use it to set sun for Venusaur and to Body Press Incineroar and Tyranitar Helping Hand also helps Whimsicott clear dragons
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>>59164383I'm telling you, the sun isn't up as you try that because of protect. Torkoal isn't gonna do much without trick room as setup. It's just gonna eat a water attack by whatever partner ttar has.
>>59164467You would be shocked to know Torkoal is one of the ones I bring mostMaybe I've gotten as far as I have to bottom of Ultra because I play like a retard and nobody expects the incompetence
I’ve only ran into like one person using screens and I’m pretty sure it was a bot, meta feels very rocket tag atm
I tell you what my problem with Sneasler is?That Weavile gets left in the dumpster with worse stats/abilities/moves and typing. Give it fucking parting shot or something for the love of god.
>>59164493Screens are garbage without Light Clay, it feels like the intention of restricting so many good items was to ensure the meta revolves around megas.
>>59164400Basically a very angry crazy guy with glasses, a Demon Slayer shirt and a trench coat started going nuts in front of a house demanding the home owner's daughter to come out. He later got arrested
There's a japanese tour in progress. It seems like Charizard became a bit less popular between japanese players lately though it's ranked between the best megas in the format.
>>59164514Appreciate it.
>>59164496It's insane that they made a game just for competitive but didn't hand out buffs to anyone.
>>59164496I like sneasler it looks goofy and has close combat.
>>59164308Is there a list of some good teams I can make with the exact stats and stuff to do? Im new and just want a team to try out. Even better if its an annoying team.
>>59164550Charizard Y Heatwave Solarbeam protect OverheatVenasaur Sleep powder sludge bomb leaf storm protectWhimsicott focus sashTailwind encore protect moonblastIncineroar sitrus berry Fake out parting shot flare blitz snarlSneasler white herbClose combat fake out protect dire clawLast spot is like Kinggambit or Garchomp pick whatever
>>59164320>Got up to Master Ball after faltering for a few hours in Ultra Ball 1>Got to Ultra Ball 1 from a 12 game win streak (pic)>Finished the event for the night in 667th placeI fucking love Milotic and Mega Frosass anons.
>>59164583How do you deal with Mega Gengar? That thing + Whimsicott are fucking heinous and I can only win with my Froslass team if the Gengartard heavily missplays.
>>59164560>snarlNobody is running that on Incineroar
>>59164595I like my “go away Torkoal” button
>>59164589I encountered one combo and that was dealt with by leading with Scarfchomp getting Helping Handed by my Mental Herb Whimsicott and then Earthquaking. Didn’t kill their Whimsicott or my own but that Gengar dropped dead before it could move because their own one Encore’d my Whimsi (triggering the herb). They then tried Sneasler which successfully killed my Whimsi but Scarfchomp killed it in response and they forfeited
>>59164607parting shot accomplishes the same thing but better in every way.
>>59164609Also forgot to mention my Scarfchomp has Poison Jab as its 4th move to deal with Mega Meganium and Mega Floette.
>>59164496Now you know my beef with all these regional form bullshitJust create an alternate form that apes the original's appearance and if not a direct clone with a different typing, gets more optimized stats, better ability or even a fucking evolution exclusive to that version alone while the original gets absolutely nothing
>>59164610nta but Snarl will potentially get someone's Focus Sash out of the way as well
>>59164522As Mega Areodactyl and Glim start getting their flowers Charizard is gonna fall off harder and harder, without speed control superiority Sun teams get run over by Glim especially really badly,
>>59164609>>59164612>Poison Jab Garchomp>Mental Herb WhimCool techs. I might have to use that as well if I keep seeing Mega Gengar.
What happens if Home expires? Do your Home mons get removed from Champions?
>>59164621The finals were Zard vs Phox and Zard managed to win the tournament though in the second game the Venu managed to hit two sleep powders and get all three turns of sleep against the other team which I think would've won if they woke up just one turn before
>>59164632Your mons stay in Home when your sub expires but you can't move any of them until you resub. I imagine your visiting mons stay in Champions, not sure if anyone has had their sub run out exactly this week to confirm.
Can I drop from ultra back to great ball tier?
>>59164372Just made it to ultra
>>59164646
>>59164372I need to find aerodactyl for my team
>>59164646such is life in the gambling game
>lost a battle because I was going to tank a Pellipers Weather Ball with Bulletproof Kommo'o but accidentally left it on Soundproof
>opponent has Primarina/Hippowdon/Garchomp>literally cannot get through my Corviknight/Toxapex with that trioSingles is very funny.
>>59164623I cannot stress the former enough. There are a few times where I do miss having Fire Fang but EQuake does well enough into Kingambit, Rockslide into Flying types and both into Fire types. I’ve seen an insane amount of Mega Floette already in Master Ball tier so having a reliable way to deal a lot of damage to it (if not killing it outright) is a must. I also wonder if M Floette is the reason M Mawile got left behind given how it hard counters and walls it.
can anyone trade me a sinistcha, gengar, and mega floette pls? i don't have the games...
>>59164583The highest I got in the event is 1287 yesterday, but Milotic is serving me well. Just bring it into any initimidate user to have a nice sweeper. I'm just not sure if I should stick with light screen or switch to icy wind for some speed control.
>>59164654I think not being able to recall your Home mons visiting Champions from Home is going to suck for some people in the future (E.g. Switch gets stolen). I’m a bit surprised there isn’t an option in Champions/Home to permanently link the accounts in the event you do lose your Switch somehow as that’s how I’ve heard it works for Go.
>>59164713>into fire typesI meant into mons that traditionally hate taking a fire move like Scizor, Sinischa, etc. and that’s also what the rest of the team is for. I wish my chronic health problem would fuck off so I can go to bed. It’s almost midnight in Aussieland.
This is my wife, and we'll be making lots of babies together!
Rate my planned team for Mega Aggron. I want to use this shiny Aron I got in Pokemon GO.https://pastebin.com/yEZUAWTb
Apparently Aerodactyl is the perfect suicide lead to partner with Arizona's Mega-Floette. Is there any truth to this?
>>59164714I don’t have them either anon (still think it’s BS the Kalos starter stones are also locked behind ZA even though they themselves aren’t). Just tried logging into Home and am getting the stupid generic error code that I cannot be assed to deal with at the moment, but if the thread is still up in 8 hours I can trade you my spare 2013 Halloween Gengar if you’re still around. As for Cha, it will come up at some point on the recruitment roulette. It’s how I got Farigiraf and how I’ll eventually get Archaludon.>>59164719Icy Wind has served me well for speed control in matchups where I bring it, M Frossass, Rotom W and Scarfchomp but leave Mental Herb Whimsicott and Sitrus Berry Spiritomb behind. The tech I’m still debating on is whether I keep it with Recover or switch to Life Dew while there are no Storm Drain mons in the game.
>>59164735I’d replace Iron Defence with another coverage move anon. Its physical defence is sky-high as it is and anything frail enough is not living a body press from it. I’d also replace Low Kick on Tyranitar with something else given there aren’t a lot of heavy Pokemon currently in the game. Maybe Dragon Dance to really make opponent’s shit themselves? Alternatively, Drizzle Pelipper could be an option over TTar as you’re already got Lycanroc and gives you another form of speed control in Tailwind if you do not want to Trick Room with Cha. >>59164737Every single M Floette I’ve come across has Aerodactyl alongside it. Sets-up Tailwind and goes nuts with Rockslide or other coverage moves afterwards. But as I said here >>59164609, the Floette never lives long enough to enjoy it.
>>59164678Do not post Ilulu ITT. I'm trying not to jork it today, and she makes me feral.
>Pokemon from GO lose their nickname and OT when transferred into HOMEWhy are they like this...
>>59164746i appreciate the kind gesture but i will be at w*rk in 8 hours. ty though
>>59164765Pokemon GO players will always be bottom class citizens
>>59164758Solid options, thanks. I thought I'd use Low Kick on TTar for any Steel/Dark types that just wanna sit in front of it.
>>59164737I dont know if its perfect. I've had alot of trouble with kingambit leads
>>59164765Do they get the OT of the person you game you first gave them to?
How are they going to host physical events for a game that has 0 offline functionality? Holy shit this game is horrible.
>>59164766Fucking got it working but can feel the chronic pain meds doing their thing. Feel free to trade me whatever you feel like. Friend code in Home is MRXETMWSQKRU
>>59164780ty so much man, i just sent a request, my ign is Major. do you happen to have a kommo-o too by chance? if not the gengar is more than enough
>>59164771Not a bad idea for Kingambit but body press on Aggron and Incineroar’s Flare Blitz already deals with that and any steel types like Archaludon (moreso with Aggron). Sinischa can also luck a burn onto it so that’s also another round and Sneasler also has CC.
>>59164767It's annoying because my friend is this hardcore crack junkie GO player, and he gave me a couple of shinies that are relevant in Champions(Charmander, Bulbasaur, Gible)They're useless to him because they're not Shundos or whatever the fuck and are low CP etc (I don't play GO really, I just catch mons to transfer)Currently forming them into a team, and I was able to re-nickname them. But it's sad they don't have his OT anymore. Thought it was kinda cool to use mons that are worthless garbage to him, but I can turn into monsters.
I beat someone with a cosmic power/stored power clefable and I feel bad about it a little. He kind of kept frantically switching and trying anything he could to no avail.
>>59164786>”You cannot trade Pokemon with this account”IT’S A PAID ACCOUNT!!! Does anyone know why this would be the case? As for Kommo-o I believe I do. Again, don
>>59164780also i keep getting a bug that says "you can't trade with this account". should i just put up a pokemon on the gts or something?
Does anyone want to play a quick private battle to complete the starter mission?Room ID: 9040 9497
>>59164798i just put up a level 75 Gimmighoul with a japanese name for the Gengar on GTS
>>59164789Hm, yeah I'll try DDance out then. Could be fun to have TTar and Cha out and get a free DDance off with redirection actually. God I love how painless swapping moves is in this game.
>>59164799Just looked it up and it’s apparently a universal problem, and because the Gengar is an event / fateful encounter one it cannot be put up on the GTS. Pic very related at the moment. As for Kommo-O, that’s a go. Put any Pokemon onto the GTS and ask for a female level 100 Kommo-O.
>>59164803KEEP THE GHOUL UP! I FORGOT I HAD MY ALPHA GENGAR FROM LA!
>make it to master with mega venu>get hyped>theres actually champion rank now as the final rankfuck
>>59164815>>59164821uh i just got the gengar thanks man, i also put up a lvl 8 jigglypuff for the kommo-o
>>59164821I’m not seeing a Japanese Gimmighoul asking for Gengar on the GTS. Is there a delay between when it gets put up and when it actually gets advertised?
>>59164829oh i must have gotten the gengar naturally then lmao
>>59164828The Gengar wasn’t me anon, but the Kommo-O was. Hope you get good use out of Paddlepop.
>>59164837woah thanks for the shiny man!
>>59164824Tatora literally told you about that
>>59164839No worries. Originally bred it when I initially thought to continue VGC with high-school and uni friends in early 2017 but they were all getting out of it at that point and it rotted in Sun until I moved it to Bank which I got after the first Champions trailer l. Borrowed a friend’s copies of Sword for Rillaboom, Shiny Grimmsnarl and Shiny Dracopult (pulled their cards from the TCG back in 2021 and fell in love with their shiny variants). Chronic pain meds have fully kicked in now and I’m barely awake so night anon and enjoy Kommo-O and whoever else’s Gengar you got.
>>59164852ill take good care Paddlepop, have a good night anon
>Ultra Ball Singles is full of one-trick knowledge checks where you have to remember Espathra has baton passfuck
What's a good anti farigiraf pokemon to stop trick room going up?Armor tail is a bitch
>game disconnects during a match>try to re-enter the match like normal>my internet is fine>its just a black screen with the sounds of wings flapping>its been like this for 20 minutes
So uh what happens if I close the game?
>>59164873The future of competitive Pokemon folks.
Working out a team for singles and I'm starting to get walled in GB2 so I wonder if anyone can help me on this. After seeing it gets one-shot by M-Glim, I might drop ZardX for something else.
>>59164372Why quick claw over scarf 4 attacks or a type berry on rotom? Cool squad tho, fun fact you can run mold breaker on tink if you want to fake out Farigiraf
>>59164873Just restart the game, if the d/c wasn't your fault you should still get the win
>>59164877Tajiri sacrifices a new born child
>>59164873I had one game where the "Communicating..." icon just keeps spinning way past the 45 seconds. Closing the game nets me an error of the match ending incorrectly
>>59164870Tinkaton breaks through Armor Tail and can hit with Fake Out.
>sneasler out sped choice scarf infernapeWhat the fuck
>>59164908Unburden. Also, your team sounds cool.
>>59164852God i love pokemon with stories behind them. Soul
>>59164900I might have to start using Tinkaton just to guarantee my trick room goes up. If only it had U turn or something
Is the group of Pokemon you're gifted the start dependant on who you pick from the ranch? I went Ttar
>>59164923The TTar I use in my Mega Aggron team is the TTar you can snag at the end of Colo. God that thing has been with me trough a ton of battles.Love this fucker. All these years later REPTAR is still serving me well.
>Gliscor is in but Toxic Orb isn'tthe man with no soul
>>59164940I wish I still had all my old colo/xd pokemon. I've had to go through and catch them all again recently
>>59164932Yes
>>59164959Damn I should have went Gardevoir
Ganbatte anons
>>59164972The game should have a replay section. Maybe they can implement that in near future
>>59164308what is this meme? i have seen it 4 times this morning alone
I see him often in teams in singles, at least back in SV OU, but not often usedWhat's hydrapple good for? Regenerator shenanigans with decent bulk?
>>59164976crazy guy who looks like he was made out of AI knocking and breaking into some dude's house
>>59164981oh, do you have a pic of the original?
I just lost to Garchomp and Rotom wash spamming EQ and discharge. I feel like the noob I am.
>>59164972so glad there is finally female pattern balding representation in games
>>59164986Shit happens, focus on the next one
>>59164985
>>59165005>WHERE ARE YOUR FAVORITE MONS>t. Incineroar
>>59164976Some crazy fuck was recorded on a doorbell camera being a fucking weirdo. Kept banging on the door demanding to be let in (not his house), asking where their daughter is, and threatening the home owner. Took off insanely fucking hard because the guy looks like the literal definition of a reddit moderator because he's wearing a fucking trench coat, sandals with socks and a Demon Slayer t-shirt and would probably be a 1:1 perfect chudjak if not for his insanely fucking huge eyebrows. So he got memed into oblivion
>>59165017he also managed to actually make it inside the house nobody was home
>>59164959I should've unironically went Pikachu.
Anyone got a good delphox team? Just managed to get the mega and I wanna give it a whirl.
>>59164979dragon cheer on a rain team with sniper kingdra turns kingdra into a glass nuke
>>59164959>pick lucario expecting to use it for mega Z>no mega Z in this formatBoy I sure do love my Manectric and Victreebel
>>59165034Do you have Floette?
>>59164972They should just go full gacha game mode and let you have your character of choice as your main screen assistant>put Cynthia or any MC pokegirl in the battle pass>game is funded for the next year
>>59165025Owner was home and about to hit him over the head with a big metal shovel Looney Tunes style but talked him into calming down
>Just slap a scarf on H-Arcanine without thinking>Unknowingly create a Zard-Y checkThank you Komainu
>>59165034https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h_Sf9J9ZZI
>My girl Swampert's not in despite having a megaAt least the rest of my team is serving me well, Milotic's tearing up any incineroarshitters and Heracross deals with a suprising amount of threats...still wish I had the shiny Starmie I wanted. Been hunting in Let's go and Moon, but no luckAnd I ain't buying ZA just for one 'mon
>>59165039Sadly no! Been on a mission to trade my way to one.
>>59165058What item do you use on Milo? Leftovers? Not having Flame Orb for Marvel Scale procs feels kinda bad but Competitive's probably the better choice in this meta due to Arcanine and Incin running around anyhow.
>>59165066Yeah, leftovers and protectScald, Recover and Icy Wind deals with just about every other situation
>>59165066Nta, but competitive is amazing in this meta. Especially in lower ranks where people don't know how to play against it. You get incins using parting shot on you or icy wind/electroweb. Milotic has been my go to sweeper and lead so far.
>>59165066If we're talking about Doubles, Competitive is much much better than Marvel Scale and always has been.
>>59165034I am copying one of the m-floette comp teams that also uses m-delphox.I think the general logic in this meta is to default with floette but consider delphox when pressured with gengar or kingambit
>>59165055Thanks!
>>59165083i'm usinge of those teams. floette kills gambit with support, like follow me and a lot aren't even running ironhead right now. you need phox for stuff like poison and fire megas
Got to high Ultra Ball in Singles without breaking a sweat, but am stalled in Grwat Ball for Doubles. It's always one win, one lose times infinity. I just can't wrap my mind around Doubles, feels like there's always so many different strategies that it's impossible to account for everything and you inevitably get put up against some bullshit. I hate that Doubles is the official battle format.
Belly drum azumarill stopped working after day 2, this sucks. Is Orthworm shed tail into a switch out the best way to keep it alive?
>>59165034Does it have to be a special Delphox you need to transfer? or does any one do as long as it is from ZA?
>>59165096often the only way for me to learn is to just get my ass kicked and memorize the things that got me.Revenge is a good motivator
>>59165114as long as its a za origin delphox youre good
I think I might be bad at video games
>>59165114its probably similair to floettte. I'm using the fennekin you catch from a sidequest in z-a
>>59165126Kinda gay I have to transfer a worthless one in from ZA before I can use the Delphox I masuda'd in ORAS, but whatever. At least I get to use my shiny Phox in online battles.
>>59164976it's a Discord groomer attempting to break into a home, he's also a reddit mod
