Fight Club 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: >>59164308
My wife
>>59166524pov: you are a tauros
grinding the night time battles in ZA for this idiotsome japanese guy probably thought he was cooking but god this whole gameplay loop sucks
Hi anons I'm in the early stages of trying to brainstorm a team and would appreciate some input.As a starting point I want to run m-gengar and politoed perish trap with M-chesnaught in the 6 with the idea of being able to switch between perish trap and bulky rain offense. I acknowledge running mega-chesnaught is probably not optimal.In terms of the other 3 mons I was fairly settled on archaludon and incin but I'm not sure what I want to do with the last slot. I was thinking maybe sinistcha because it could help stall out perish turns and in the bulky rain mode it could help sustain naught or archaludon. The problem with that I think is then I'm not really running any form of speed control so maybe basculegion would be better as an overall faster motherfucker. Am I overlooking any better options?
What if future cosmetics let you replace Tatora as the front dedk clerk? Which character would you replace her with if you could?
>>59166609marnie in a microbikini
The worst part of Champ is people importing their teams and not having to deal with the shitty gacha
>>59166524Paldean Tauros...
>>59166603>I acknowledge running mega-chesnaught is probably not optimal.>0 SpA Pelipper Hurricane vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Chesnaught-Mega: 160-192 (82 - 98.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKOyou'd have to invest entirely in SpD to survive even a single hurricane
Let's just clear this up now, because I've seen multiple people who have no idea how this shit works:>Rage Powder and Follow Me only work until the end of the turn>if you want to keep redirecting attacks on the next turn, you have to use it again>Grass-types are immune to Rage Powder, because of their blanket powder immunity>the ability Overcoat grants protection to powder moves, and thus protection from Rage Powder (some Kommo-o run this ability)>the ability Stalwart grants immunity to ALL redirection (Archaludon will rarely have this ability)There should be no more questions now.
>>59166609Ghetsis
>>59166553If you don’t get one anon I’m happy to trade you my one from when I borrowed Legends Arceus from a friend. Why the fuck did they not copy over the basic Poke Ball patterns from LA into future titles and give them the shitty mint green coloured balls?
>>59166609
I gave Talonflame Kings rock for some wing beat fun but this shit hasn't procced once gay as fuck
>>59166613>a gacha game that lets you skip the gachaHow is that bad in any way?
Your Sinistcha is Masterpiece form, right? You aren't bringing some counterfeit, right?
>>59166592it doesZ-A has like a few hours of novel gameplay and the rest is total busywork to desperately pad hourcounts so you feel you got $70 worth
people are running meta strats in pokeball tier...i thought that wouldn't happen until great ball tieri don't enjoy facing tyranitar sand stream and charizard-y sun teams with my faves
>>59166644every player becomes OP whale tier and there are no fun games
>>59166644>chance to mess around with team building and work within your means>hmmmm nyo I will simply take the exact same VGC team I used for the last 15 years
>>59166645Yes, and it's shiny too.
>>59166656Sorry anon but I wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible specifically so I didn't just farm timmies and ruin their day with my sweaty Tailwind M-Glimmora Balance team.
>>59166656>>59166659>make an exclusively competition tier pvp game>players cry about others only wanting to competewhat kind of autism is this?
>>59166649I beat the main game and all side quests and I'm not sure what you're talking about. And if you need to know what type of person you're talking to... if someone asked me what the combat was like in this game I'd describe it as playing a regular pokemon game but also you're constantly holding left for no reason other then the game designers couldn't just let you control the pokemon themselves or just keep it a turn based game.Hold on, the mega hawlucha fight needs you to dodge roll when the screen shakes.... we're really going all out now! What will these crazy devs think of next!!!!!!!
>>59166524>>59166587Is Tauros even viable in doubles?
>>59166678the water and fire ones are decent.
>>59166678Paldean Tauros Blze and Aqua Breed were pretty good discount Incins with anti-Screen tech via Raging Bull way back in early SV, but with Incin actually here and Grimmsnarl not in they don't have much of a niche unfortunately.
>>59166609Ansha but she has no chair so only the top of her head is visible behind the counter.
>>59166678The Paldean elemental forms are pretty good
mega floette literally would be brain dead in a unrestricted format...why include it in this weaker format? (is anyone willing to give me one through pokemon home?)
>>59166656kek eat my rock slide, noob
>>59166673>OP complains about a boring gameplay loop>this guy types out a whole novel to say nothing at all>finishes the post by reinforcing that the gameplay loop is easy and boringthey're not sending their best folks
>>59166663I like putting Imprison on Gardevoir alongside Trick Room and Protect to shut down TRoom teams.
I already fucking despise this Metagame
Give us poryphone to replace rotomslop
Do you guys think the amount of free box space is a bit too small? Once the game adds more Pokémon 30-50 slots doesn't go very far. I feel like maybe it should've started with 50 or 60 by default, and maybe add 10 for every rank up. I get that they keep it low to encourage people to buy the box space.
>>59166725I'd really like to downgrade to a pokegear
>>59166731If this is anything like GO they're gonna monetize boxspace by putting extra slots on the battle pass
>>59166731assuming you can hit master ball tier, you get like 50 slots for free?then a one time $7 purchase gets another +50?seems fine, I don't think I've ever used more than 100 different pokemon in any given format
When you are selecting moves, you can filter by category, like Pulse/Punching/Wind etc.I don't recognise the Mental category though. What moves are Mental, and what influences Mental moves?
Cute title for my cute wife
>>59166695>mega floette literally would be brain dead in a unrestricted formatthat thing is going in the garbage the instant metagross gets in
>>59166757>premier ballbased
>>59166759It's already shut down by Sneasler, Corvinight and Kingambit. Gardevoir can also abuse the opponent's Fairy Aura to become Floette but better.
>>59166755>I don't recognise the Mental category though. What moves are Mental, and what influences Mental moves?presumably it's stuff negated by the mental herbso attract, taunt, encore, torment, disable and heal block
The prebattle screen should let you know if it's a sweaty fag who has protect on every mon
>>59166776>he's not running boosting moves to exploit protect spamming retards
>>59166776>we've already reached the point where little timmy is calling anyone using protect in doubles sweatlord
>>59166609That would be too much work and soul for this game.
I'm going to put so many babies inside Tatora!!!
>>59166788critical levels of no art it seems
>>59166687I still don’t understand why they didn’t just leave Incin and Prim behind. Just because two versions of Decidueye are in didn’t mean they needed to follow.
>>59166788This bitch is so fucking ugly
>>59166782It would help differentiate the VGC larpers from the timmies while everyone is in shitter rank.
>>59166794and the mother of my babies!
>>59166633this but he's shirtless and absolutely shredded. He has his gentle pre-BW finale personality by default/when you win battles, but drops the facade and calls you a freak without a human heart when you return to lobby post-loss
>>59166771I’m also convinced that M Mawile didn’t get added because it hard walls M Floette and GameFreak and ILCA cannot have that happen to their special snowflake.
A teacher called me ugly once and I haven't recovered. I bet the same happened to Tatora
>>59166788she's just like me!
>>59166804are you a cute girl (male)?
So what is there left after hitting Masterball Rank?
>>59166808Hitting Master Ball rank in the other mode.
>>59166808apparently champion rank but idk if its in the game yet
>>59166808spam battles for vp for... ???
>>59166792given that incineroar lost knock off and u-turn on top of the universal nerfs of assault vest and terastalization being missing from the game at launch, they probably figured it wasn't so overpowered that it'd have no counterplayit was always going to see use because of intimidate + parting shot but it's hardly unbeatable since you can actually kill it with fighting types now and there are plenty of good pokemon like milotic who want it to drop their stats for competitive boostsgiven that the only starter trios missing are hoenn (which has mega swampert for rain teams) and galar (rillaboom) i'm further inclined to believe that
>>59166808Play for the love of the game
>>59166800It's because M Mawhile is one of the top 3 megas full stop and would dictate the meta to some degree every season until restricted Pokemon
>>59166645Yeah, not a flex due to how the outbreak spawns
>>59166812ok "plenty" was kind of a stretch but like incineroar has counterplay is my pointif it could still terastalize or run an assault vest or had rillaboom as a teammate it would actually be as obnoxious as people say it is
im gonna say it. i think dexit is based. i think reduced rosters and weird item pools are fun puzzles to solve. (You)r favs are worth less than my fun.
You aren't supposed to make it out of Great Ball tier if you aren't a super ultra metafag, right?
>>59166821absolutely the correct opinionI'm glad that it wasn't like the pre-champions metas on showdown. no absolute cancer like dondozoIts fun having to use a different pool of relevant stuff
>>59166824you can if you know the meta and can read it like an open book. im not there yet but its getting more predictable by the hour
>Make it into masterball rank>Opponent leads with Sableeye and Ninetails>I lead with Firigiraf and Torkoal>Sableeye uses gravity, boosts hit rating across the board>Ninetails uses hypnosis on Firigiraf to cuck my trick room, he switches to Mega Gengar>Mega Gengar sleeps my Torkoal, Ninetails uses blizzard for some fucking reason, it barely scratches either of my guys>I don't really know what to do desu so I just leave my guys in since they barely got damaged>Gengar hits my giraffe with focus blast and somehow it still barely does any damage, blizzard still does nothing>My giraffe is a little under half health and Torkoal is still in the green, I leave them in>Next turn they both fucking protect, Farigiraf wakes up and trick rooms>Torkoal wakes up next tern and blows up Gengar, Ninetails has focus sash so it uses hypnosis again>On Farigiraf>I can only assume Gengar was gunning for that hypnosis on Torkoal>Sableeye comes back in and Sinistcha comes in to continue the trend of doing absolutely nothing>Sets up gravity again and uses Matcha Attack or whatever to do literally no damage (again)>They get fucked>I never needed to bring out Slowking or Crabominable>my two leads never died despite being asleep half the battle>I know it wasnt a bot because his name was epic timmy or some gay shit>masterball rankI'm genuienly bewildered
>>59166609the blue mom from sun moon
Packing a wide guard shits on so many people in ultra it's so funny
>>59166668It's actually the opposite of autism lol
I want to use my boi mega chesnaught broswhat's a good team for him?
>>59166731I think with starter pack its reasonable. I was ok with paying that much for a functional permanent boost to the account.
>>59166821dex cuts are based but the retarded decision to keep metashit weve been playing with for years at this point kinda ruins it
>>59166305>got stun spored and encored by a Whimsicott holding a focus sashMasuda was right to kick those degenerate singles freak out of the VGC.Its all gimmicks and absolutely despicable tactics.
>>59166831niggas do not know what to do about torkoal
>>59166553If you still need a Basc Male from the other thread put a mon up on the GTS I'll trade you one.
I'm slowly coming to the conclusion that Mega Ampharos might be the worst part of my Mega Ampharos team. I could certainly pick one that better covers my team's problems, but just when I think of removing her, she plays a fucking worldie of a match and dominates everything and I have to keep her.
>>59166731Depends on whether or not they start rotating pokemon OUT of the roster. Like suddenly next regulation the top 20 used pokemon won't be allowed or something
>>59166808qualify for worlds 2026 in august
>>59166829Very much this. Pic was from my weekend grind up to Master Ball tier once I swapped to Mega Frosass, Milotic, Scarfchomp with Poison Jab, Rotom W, Mental Herb Whimsicott and Spiritomb for Imprison and TR shenanigans
>>59166842bro this is why serious tourneys are bo3 and open list. you lost the dice roll once in a meme format. relax
>>59166821theres mons that are just a cut aboveand with the tiny roster 3/6 of every given team is just the same
>>59166845I had to learn that mega ampharos was shit back in 2016 doubles.I feel sorry for anyone who is desperately trying to make this sheep work in this modern hellscape of a meta
Any tips for a trick room sand team? I want it to center around Mega Tyranitar with Curse.
>>59166845The biggest issue with Mega Amph and Mega Sceptile is they don’t get access to Draco Meteor and have fairly niche but mostly useless abilities. Also why hasn’t Ampharos in general gotten Tail Glow yet?
>>59166860Probably sinistcha to redirect all the incoming fighting moves.Farigaraf and Mimikyu seem to be the best TR setters though I would not rely on Sini to set it up for you.
>kill timmy's charizard>immediately forfeits
BSS is so fucking dogshit kek
>>59166808Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I'm a millennial whose entire knowledge about Pokémon comes from playing Red and Crystal as a kid and watching the first few seasons of the anime.I recently got a Switch 2 and dowloaded Champions, meaning I'm back to Pokémon after over two decadesI somehow managed to make it to master with pic relatedI'm literally spamming Sneasler + Gengar + Dragonite every match, and the only strategy I employ is making some changes of Pokémon. For instance, if enemy has a Garchomp, I switch to Dragonite (immune to Earthquake)What adjustments can I make to this roster to make even stronger? How about strategy? Is there any resource on this?
>>59166858>>59166861I think she's fine into the majority of the meta, it just doesn't hit the heights most other options do. I love being able to not Mega evolve and bait Draco Meteors from Dragonites and peppering it down with Draco Pulses or zapping any rain cunt out of existence etc. But at the same time, my other Pokemon just work better against all of those. Arcanine-H has grown on me a lot. Mega Ampharos is just a bit too fair.
>>59166884Lucas is a stupid name, change it
>>59166884Lucas is a based name, name all of your Pokemon Lucas too.
>>59166888Never give up on your favoritesMatchup knowledge is a huge component of the game and niche mons leverage that
>>59166884>sneasler>poison touchYou want your ability to be Unburden. If out get intimidated or use your own Close Combat your speed doubles with your White Herb.
>>59166898That's the thing. It's not even a favourite. It's just one I'd never seen in the ladder and thought "Hm, that could be useful in some matchups." and it has been. The real fave I need to make work is Beedrill. Haven't even tried him yet.
>>59166875We’ve been warning you lol
>>59166884>singlesstopped reading there. Not sure if you know since you have been out of the loop for so long but we play doubles only now, it makes for way more interesting matches
trickroom vs trickroom teams is a special type of autism battle. I wish i could cast electroweb at my own team.
/vp/ tournament when
>>59166939These matches are hilarious I just bring all 4 of my sluggers and leave the trick room setters behind
>>59166884If you’ve gotten this far why do you need help? Seems like you got things locked down
>>59166951but then they can turn the trickroom on or off depending on whos slugger is slowest (fastest)
Tatora I love you but I'm not saying hi to your grandpa. I thought he was retiring. We can't have sex because he's still here
Reached Master Ball tier, now to never touch this shit until the res of the Megas come out
>>59166986Buy a membership on the way out
>>59166991>I'll play your game but I'll REFUSE to have any fun!
>>59166993Yeah it's like that nowadays
>>59166991Nah, I'm good
>3v3s>swap out my ditto>my opponent starts dragon dancing/swords dancingwhy does this happen everytime is masterball all bots as well?
>>59166609lusamine
Give me Delphoxite
You could draw a doujin of the trainer prostituting herself for the ZA stones
Just hit master ball in doubles with mega Blastoise.
It's over. Did you win anon?
>>59166945be the change you want to see
>>59167033I did see a fair amount of the turtle when in Ultra Ball 1. What’s your list and why has he suddenly spiked?
If i buy a second hand switch is it better to buy a hac-001 version or the patched hac-001(01) version? I heard it was easier to pirate with the hac-001 version but not sure if i even want to do that since im buying it to play champions. But what if i want legends to get a delphox or floette? I'm a pirate at heart and i sail the seven seas for all my pc games but i have no idea how the switch works.
>>59167043if you can find the unpatched one for cheap, do it. if you arent retarded and can read, its easy to hack
>>59167040Just a lot of the standard meta Pokémon with Blastoise added. With fake out and redirection it gets a good amount of opportunities to shell smash and do big damage with water spout.
>8-win streak to master ball tierI don't think I was up against bots, once I hit Ultra tier most of my opponents were playing the meta slop that youtubers have been pushing but this still felt too easy.
Any way to create a playlist in the game? I can only select Randomize or pick a specific song.
>Lots of trainer class titles>no Pokemon breeder titlehmm
>>59167085Bot encounters beyond early Pokeball Rank seem to be pretty predictable. Pokeball gives you one bot fight for every loss. Great Ball gives you one bot fight for every two consecutive losses. I don't think they come up otherwise.No idea how it's from Ultraball and up because I'm eternally stuck in Great Ball.
Fucking finally. Now to try and learn doubles.>>59166945The Monotype tournament will probably be starting in another week or two. Be there or be a fucking nerd, anon.
Man skipping SV is really biting me in the ass now. I hope the game is nice and gives me kingambit and sinistcha via recruitment. If the next format has paradoxes I might just have to bite the bullet and buy it.
>>59167123any news if the monotype tournament will be doubles or singles?I vote for doubles
>they limited the PP of moves like protect and wish to prevent stalling>you can still stall your opponent before you start struggling so that the battle ends in a draw, leading to both you and your opponents getting 0 pointsyeah they definitely didn't test this shit at all. one of the many reasons why showdown is better
>>59167137It's a toss-up, but my money is on doubles with how hard the game is pushing that format first and foremost.
>>59167137We don't know yet but I'm hoping it's doubles.
>at work with nothing to do>could play Champions but no internet for Switch 2When is the mobile version coming out?
>>59167176>Mobile release possibly leaked for JuneNobody really knows
When are we getting our free Gardevoir?
>>59167186when the results are out
Is there any better way to run Watchog than choice scarf super fang
When Home's sub runs out, do the pokemon sent to Champions stay there? I slent 3 bucks to transfer from Bank so would the best thing to do while I still can is to leave Box 1 empty and use the paid boxes to transfer to Champions?
>>59167200>frail>too fast for tr, too slow for everything else>bad attacking statsScarf super fang bot is his only niche
>>59166933Doubles fucking sucks. Play the real game.
>Everyone running fucking Sneasler and its roulette wheel of a signature moveWish they’d nerfed the proc chance from 30% to 10%
>just 3v1'd with FloetteThis thing is unfair, I'm sorry
>>59167235Sneasler is just a stupidly min maxxed pokemon, especially in singles
>>59167235Skill issue
>>59167235Sneasler laughs at you.
>>59167262Makes sense. Nicknamed the alpha one I got in LA Midna
>>59167265https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTQn3sRhdF4
Did you know that the odds of a 20% likely event happening 10 times in a row is 0.00001024%, or almost 1 in 98,000?FUCKING quick clawFUCKING quick claw
>>59167235>30%That shit only activated like 3 times for me ever, so it might as well be 10%
I am adding Whimsicott to my team
>>59167235I've genuinely been frozen by ice beam in this game more than statused by dire claw
>>59166603Vivillion gives you tailwind, u-turn, hurricane and rage powder, weather ball, and 100% accurate sleep powder.
>>59166884No offense but this post is proof of how unga-bunga 3v3 singles really are.
I tried, I really tried but I can't get passed ultra ball 2 no matter what I do. I've grown to genuinely hate this game and everyone that plays it.How do vgc players enjoy this? Competitive pokemon is fucking miserable
>>59166788but anon boys can't get pregnant
>>59167328post team
>>59167328Sometimes you simply have to kill parts of yourself to succeed in games like these, anon.
>>59167328Give up and play with your favorites until you build mental resilience
>>59167328use mega aggron. Everyone doesn't respect the mega aggron and then it rolls through their entire team.
>>59166788>Almost no artThis bitch failed so hard lol
>>59167328Ultra Ball 1 was a full day for me to get through after pic. The rust from a decade-long hiatus has definitely gone (stopped in early 2016 due to not liking a metagame with restricted Pokemon) but the best ways I can explain it are:>Either running meta or off-meta teams with one Pokemon in it that will make your opponent ask ‘wtf’.>Getting good and lucky with the mind games. E.g. opponent has a Whimsicott and Venasaur and I have a Milotic and a Froslass. Multiple scenarios to consider like delaying Mega Evo for a turn if their Whimsi has Sunny Day, if it doesn’t am I giving them a free turn to Tailwind/Helping Hand the Venasaur to potentially murder my Milotic, do I protect my Milotic or go on the offense, etc. >Getting into the zone to effectively do the above. There are times where I am most definitely not in the zone but persist and regret it.At the end of the day, Pokemon is effectively chess but with extra playing pieces and nice effects to look at. Would be lying if I said my grandfather’s marble and jade chess set isn’t damn nice to play with and handle.
>>59167343Post team plz. I want to murder TTar, Zard Y, Gengar and Floette with all my heart and Frosass isn’t quite cutting it in Master Ball
>error occurs in team selection, whatever>get booted to main menu>hit a button>it brings me back to that battle with 30 seconds to select my teamwhat the fuck
>>59167268Wait, I'm sorry, I can't do math correctly because I'm so tilted. It's actually 100 times smaller than that, or 1 in 9.76 million.An Aurorus froze my Steel-type switch in, gummed it to death with Blizzards, set up Aurora Veil when I Flip Turned out expecting a switch, and proceeded to slowly rape the rest of my team through it.Quick Claw activated on every single turn of this fight. I will remember this shit until the day I die.
>>59167362>TTar, Zard Y, Gengar and FloetteSneasler with Close Combat, Dire Claw, and Rock tomb wrecks 3/4 of those.
>>59167310This, I get frozen by Ice Beam and Ice Punch all the time in this game even though I’ve never even encountered a Mega Frosslass or Alolan Ninetales.
>battle girl title>male trainerwhat a fag
The results are up! Go get your wife (Gardevoir)
>>59167303
>>59167385I have Punk Guy title with a female trainer
>>59167385I play in moon runes and got ビキニおねえさん (bikini onee-san) from 10 water mon wins I thinkCan't imagine what the english title would be besides bikini girl, if they even allow that
>>59167432"Swimmer", which is what it's usually localized to
Wow I just realized how annoying Home must be if you use cartridges
>>59167442You don't have to insert the cartridge to access your save file
>>59167436Important to remember when playing against a JP player then; yuge distinction
>mamoswine dodged my 100 move 3 times in a rowI thought it was 20% not +100% evasion wtf is my luck
>>59167391Mine came out as male why cant I spend vp to correct its gender
>>59167453It's a wife (male), just like Tatora
>>59167442home reads the savefile on the console, you don't need the game
>positioned to win>fire blast crit on meganium by a dragonite that was down 2 from draco meteorFUCK YOU NIGGER KILL YOURSELF NOW
>>59167446>>59167472live and die by rng. it's the way of pokemon and you'd best learn not to get tilted by it sooner than later
>>59166613bullshit, nintendo sold the idea that this shit was a stadium-like to connect the games i already have to send the pokemon i already have. i only learned it was a shitty gacha when it released
>>59167445While you're there, can you check the ones you get for winning with Rock-types?It's Mountaineer and Hiker in English, but I assume those are やまガール and やまおとこ in Japanese, so that might also be one to be careful of.
Miss us yet?
Yeah
I would like to not get raped by sleep powder
>>59167506aero outspeeds even during sun
>>59167510Thank you
Managed to trade up from wonder trade trash to an ursaluna blood moon, should I hold onto it until it gets added to champions or just try to trade it for something else
>>59167514Dual Wingbeat gets around sash too ;)Just gotta hit, and its the fastest non-prioritytailwinder in the format.
>>59166592I actually kinda liked it, but definitely felt burned out afterwards Is the DLC in any way worth it?
>>59167522It'll get added eventually. Datamine already has it's signature move in the game.
>>59167385Legit a lot are using Becca's body but short hair. Guess they are into tomboys
>>59167362https://pastebin.com/yEZUAWTb
>>59167527The story and character moments are nice, but the hyperspace disortions are probably the worst method to catch mons a Pokemon game has had in over a decade.
>>59167527The DLC is the best way to get alpha shinies and finishes AZ's story in a way that feels like it should have been done in the base game with a nice scene. The rogue battles are fun. The rest is really monotonous.
>>59167535lol how on earth does this game not have a name censor but they added one to fucking FRLG???
>>59167527every mechanic the DLC introduces is even more tedious than the main game
>>59167484You are correct for both of them
>>59167535BASED NIGGA GANG
>>59167535If only that Charizard was shiny
>>59167544He wouldn't be OrangeNigger then.
>>59167535white boy afraid of a little culture
>>59167535what's his problem, does he think they both should be named OrangeNigger? I don't think you're allowed to double up nicknames...
>>59166613This is the best part, you ultra faggot.I finally get to use some of my ancient mons I've been holding onto fo years.I actually do like Incineroar.The one I use now is the one from my first Sun playtrough.
I have no attachment to my playthrough mons. Tools will be tools.
What's a good team for THE WALL?
https://x.com/mihono_suica/status/2043539167699992987
INCIN SNEASLER INCIN SNEASLER INCIN SNEA-AIIIEEIEIEIIEIEIE
>>59167560Lol you suck if you cant even win with incineroar
>>59167556>t. Paul
>>59167572>launch first season with the two best fake out users in vgc>don't include covert cloak in the game
>>59167570MDB got cucked, mostly because he couldn't get matches towards the end but still he choked as usual
What's a good rating in master ranked? At what point can I start bragging?
>>59167584You're in a thread with ultra balls
>>59167584>get masterball>stop playing until something new happens
>>59167590*great balls
>>59167596this. that's me. I play 2-3 games per day and am currently greatballz 2. I don't know how to play and just copy the meta.
>>59167535>FRLG re-releases add a profanity filter>Champions doesn’t KEK! I just assumed there was one but never bothered checking. Got some great ones to check and do tonight.
>>59167597>2-3 gamesI play like 10 and I'm still great ball 2. I'm not copying meta though.
What are the slowest bulkiest pokemon right now
>>59167362I change my team around and meme too much to give you a solid lineup. I can tell you TTar, Floette snow, and the mega hawlucha meme team die to aggron and a fake out user. In rain he can OTK arch after an iron defense. Trick room teams basically buff him. Gengar you can beat with practically any dark type with knock off but Aggron himself can hit it hard with heavy slam and will win a 1v1. Perish song variants you just have to outplay but just having some ghosts or a good pivot is usually enough, or an imprison user with protect if you're feeling spicy. Zard is probably your hardest matchup since it's one of the few things that can outright kill mega aggron even with the standard max spDef setup and filter so you need a fast rock guy to help. That or the secret anti-weather tech that is cloud nine drampa.Like the other guy said sneasler meets most of those criteria, though I don't have it so I can't tell you firsthand. Sinistcha is another i don't have that probably could work well to keep him from being worn down through the match. Other than that just set up your team to handle hard hitting special attackers and close combat users. Everything else doesn't really threaten him. The standard set is Body press, iron defense, heavy slam, and a flex spot. People usually stick protect there but I've screwed around with stuff like payback and avalanche to decent results since he basically always takes a hit before attacking so you can surprise kill non-yache garchomps and stuff. Feel free to experiment but don't bother with rock slide, you aren't outspeeding shit to flinch with it and you have better stuff to click when under trick room.
>>59167599I'd like to make my own team but I'd just end up in pokeball 4 because I have no clue what I'm doing. copying a team makes it a lot easier for me to learn nothing while I play
what teams did you guys use to get master in singles?
>>59167597respect the grind
>>59167600slowbro probably
>could have won against a garchomp with M-dragonite>got hit by dragon rush and flinched>20%Oh well, I have seen worse off Battle Maison
>>59167570Don’t know whether to be impressed or not by this. On the one hand this person must have played 24/7 to keep the top spot given the event times meant similar time zones got cucked by losing a lot of slots overnight (t. Aussie who went from 667 to 2,231 overnight and could have maybe only gotten one match in before the event ended). On the other hand, did they get anything other than the participation Gardevoir that everyone gets?
Which Pokemon do I use to spam Hyper Voice? Primarina or Sylveon?
>>59167612Nips can grind games for 12 hours on daily basis so it doesn't surprise me
>>59167600mega slowbro
How do you handle Farigiraf + sun? I'm getting absolutely demolished by a turtle.
>>59167619It's rare as fuck, but I heard people suggesting Throat Chop
Battle Track wishlist? Post them here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qasW5CAzhsBy far my favoruite rendition of the Kanto Gym leader theme. BW/B2W2 soundfont was so goated.
>>59167621We already got the ones I like, swsh, sm, and hg
>>59167614Drampa
>>59167619
>>59167627Kinda slept on. Cloud Nine messes with Weather Wars.
>>59167621never happening but god I wishhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnftUcsWDGEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zvYErWWvechttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TR8wC59Y1whttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bggY8FOkZUk
>>59167584>>59167595Just do missions to keep your VP topped up and stockpile items, then put the game down til the new week
>>59167641Game Freak HATES Genius Sonority. Never gonna happen.
>>59167654Thats why I said never happening
>>59167652I'm already dripped out with ~10k in the bank and all the berries and shit
>>59167630The options with Wide Guard seem honestly pretty bad. Maybe it's time to bring out Mega Chesnaught?
When the perish team gets outsped and one shot by psychic and all you get back is that shadow tag stare
>>59167659Pelipper still gets it, right? I know no one is running it, but it's there
>>59167667I'd have to rebuild my entire team around rain at that point, and if rain is my only out I'll be extremely disappointed.
>>59167657KEEP SPENDING There's achievements to farm out if youre looking for something to do
>>59167641>>59167654I’m still 100% convinced that when Colo and GoD released and sold well enough for GC games that GameFreak screeched like retards at Nintendo and TPC to never let them do another Pokemon game. Because GS proved they could make good games while every non-Pokemon game GF has made has flopped and they know they’re nothing without Pokemon
>>59167680Did they sell that well? I didn't play gale of darkness as a kid and after playing a little bit of it on NSO what the fuck did they do with the music the generic trainer battle sucks so much compared to Colo
>>59167659armarouge and gallade aren't bad since they can also kill Sneasler
Can't wait for the Frieren collab
>still in great ball 1>my opponent as 3 badgeshow
>>59167692honestly with champions being a mobile game there is full opportunity for pokemon to just branch out with whatever the fuck it wantsnow if only they had the common sense to even be like pokemon go and let you use pokemon cosmetics
>>59167688Is double coaching a viable strategy? Might run double coaching Gallade/Chesnaught. Seems pretty fun.
>>59167692It's gotta be the Miku collab for me
I wanna try this team, what kinda EV spread do you use on Aegislash? I have no idea how it works with the stance change. Don't mind the rest of the EVs too much.Also need to find the 4th move for aegislash and aerodactyl.
>>59167697I do wonder if we would be getting more cosmetics even from their cancelled games
>>59167720Won't wide guard fail if you use kings shield?
>>59167720>I have no idea how it works with the stance changeBy default, Aegislash will assume the defensive mode but it will switch to offense when it uses an attack move and only during its turn to attack. Which allows you to tank a hit and attack back, then king's shield to go back to shield form and repeat. Used to be a terror in XY until they actually nerfed its stats in SM
>>59167720Wack spread on that aero, what are you outspeeding/ohkoing?
>>59167727isn't it the reverse? wide guard -> kings shield fails, but kings shield -> wide guard works
My wish list for this games future:>cosmetics to replace the generic battle room>cosmetics to replace Tatora>cosmetics to replace rotomslop>slutty cosmetics for the player character>cosmetics for decorating your pokemon (like in GO)>female Gallade given to all players>more unique titles (like landing 500 Fissures give the OHKO Master title, shit like that)>titles you can earn for your pokemon>the ability to wear your badges on your trainer
>>59167732Well damn. More you know.
>>59167734Honestly, you should look it up. I'm just going off memory, but I remember one works and one doesn't.
>>59167694Probably grind like crazy in casual battles. It counts toward achievements though you don't get any VPs for winning.
>>59167720Tbh it just feels like a waste to do full speed investment on it when it's much faster than the rest anyway. So I just put the sliders somewhere.>>59167727Oh yeah, makes sense, didn't think about it. Apparently the reduction in success rate goes both ways too. Then I might need two more moves.>>59167728So I guess you just go full on HP and atk/spatk or something like that. Maybe some speed.
>>59167733one more:>gender change
>>59167737I double checked and there's no special interaction listed on bulba. Bulba isn't always right but I'm going to assume it's right in this case.
>>59167744Yeah, you stack HP and ATK of your choice for Aegislash
>>59167748https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Protection#Failure_chancesfound the section with the info
>>59167733I just want more QoL on the actual battles if anything. Why the fuck are the animations and the text not playing at the same time? Seriously that's all I want
I was going to run a team with Mega Chesnaught but realized I can't because it's paywalled behind Legends Z-A. I hate Nintendo so much.
>>59166305What’s the best starting mon/team thing? Just downloaded this thing
I have come to the conclusion that mega-'nium sucks amd that I'm better off running a different mega in my rain team.
>>59167763Trade for a ZA Chesnaught in Home
>>59167659>>59167667>>59167672>>59167688Machamp gets it, doesn't he? How viable is he in doubles? I can't find anything in recent years using him.
>>59167777Does that work on wifi or only locally? I have never used HOME until Champions.
How do you even get the ZA mega stones?Do you get one when the game detects you brought one over from ZA or do you have to bring a mon with a megastone to home?
>>59167788It detects where they are from. You can't bring items to home.
I have a hacked switch, but I do have a legit copy of scarlet.Anyway transfer za mons from my hacked switch to home or do I need to buy a legit copy of za?
Do you guys think I should purchase SV's DLC? Is there any good meta pokemon I can get from there?
>>59167787Home is online only. You don't need NSO for it, just trading through the phone app with someone or the GTS.
>>59167795Bloodmoon ursaluna and ogerpon are meta staples from what I've heard and seen.But I only now starting getting into comp myself.
>>59167795I think the DLC is worth even without meta mons. You should play it.
>>59167797I can install it on the phone. Can you breed in Z-A? I'm wondering because then I can feel free begging for a Chesnaught in Z-A. Otherwise I'll have to prove I'm trustworthy or something.
Flinched 3 goddamn times in a row by rockslide ttar probably using kings rock.
>>59167802There's no breading but the Kalos starters are all catchable in the wild zones
>>59167805Alright. I'll try to see if I can find someone willing to trade at least Mega Chesnaught if not the whole starter trio. Thank you.
>>59167806Good luck anon
>accidentaly send the wrong unfinished solo team in ranked double while I'm on a 5 wins streak>win anywayBelieve in your dreams, I almost conceided right at the start, the team had a fucking TTar with moveset and spread unmodified from recruitement and the Palafin, Beedril and Hydreigon of my starting team.
>just got Ultra Ballwill i see less incineroar now
>>59167793You need to buy a legit copy of Z-A to send your mons to Home. You can inject the save file from your pirated Z-A to a legit bought Z-A so they can enter Home.Alternatively you could find someone with a legit copy of Z-A and do local trading between your pirated Z-A and their legit Z-A then they can then enter their Home then trade them to you.
>>59167812To be fair, it's not like the recruited pokemon has EV spread all over the stats. It usually has one or two stats properly boosted
>>59167817No, exactly the opposite
>>59167820The TTar in question is full attack full Sp.Def. and One of his move slots is taken by Mud Shot and one by Body Press, thankfully he does have Rock Slide.
>>59166613If the game had released alongside mobile, I'd understand this take. I have never in my life met a person who didn't own a single Pokemon game on the Switch that's affected whatever the hell it is you're babbling about. Why would someone who's never played Pokemon decide to try competitive Pokemon on the fly like this? Yeah it's free but it's free to Switch users who've had 8 years to play Pokemon on the Switch, decades more to import them from their 3DS to the Switch too. The gacha is to help supplement the people who've only ever played Pokemon super casually or like Pokemon Go or Let's Go Pikachu and never touched the series again.
>>59166613I don't know about you, but I enjoy waiting to go back home to check what I am getting out of 10 possible choices later. Each to his own
>>59167803Nope. I checked the stats, it was using a choice scarf so the flinch rate was actually less. I was wondering how it was so fast. Who puts choice scarf on ttar....
They could massively speed up the games if protected attacks, missed attacks, and immune attacks just didn't have text boxesProtected attacks should just show the protect animation during the attack, with no reaction from the receiving mon, missed I dunno, and immune just no reaction from the receiving mon I guessAnd then add a text log that's easy to see to figure out what happened, if you need to
>>59167817>will i see less [tryhard metamon for several gens] nowlol
Is there any pokemon at all that can even partially replace Incineror and Sinistcha?Why are their kits so unbelievably overloaded?
>>59167843You don't even need a text log, the battle info screen should literally just show the moves used in a battle and how much PP they have like Pokemon Showdown but these developers are too incompetent to do anything functional.
>>59167817Go play singles if you don't want to see bara cat
>>59167863Amoonguss is solid but he's not in the game for the latter. Incineroar is a stupid Pokemon and the only Pokemon more pushed that I can possibly think of is Sneasler. Pokemon is retarded when it comes to balancing.
>>59167863rilla does a lot they both do, healing with terrain, fake out, even has priority if it has terrain control. indeedee will share its spot as a trick room redirector with giraffe and sinistcha for a bit but doesnt do the healing. nothing is going to one-to-one fill their roles but you end up spreading them out between other options that offer other things, except for something like amoongus vs brute bonnet where they do the same thing with one being more defensive and one doing more damage.
>>59167784he works as a trick room attacker. Nothing spectacular but he hits hard. You could maybe do a bulky support setup with some variation of wide guard, quick guard, coaching, dynamicpunch, stone edge, knock off and tickle.
>>59167877Now is basically the only time you can ever get him to work.
>>59167877Apparently it's the pokemon that can make use of Lens Scope (+1 Crit rate) so you have 50% chance to score crit on both Stone Edge and Cross Chop. That does sound like a good way to build it
>>59167819Well damn.I'll just make do with sv mons
Is floette the first vgc legal mythical?Are mythicals going to be legal in vgc tourneys?
>>59167889There are mythicals with megas, it would be retarded even by game freak standards to not let them in
>>59167889Probably? They've been adding way more Mythicals into the base games instead of locking them behind events.
>>59167889not a mythical
I want cosmetics for my Glaceon.
>>59167889https://scarletviolet.pokemon.com/en-gb/events/regulation-j/
>>59167889Wasn't there a reg in S/V for mythicals though?
>>59167900There was also one for sword and shield
>opponent hard switches in his Pelliper on the turn you pressed mega-evolution on your Zard>Also locks his Archaludon into Electro-shotFeels good man.
Did I fuck up? I only registered for the event Saturday night and I dont have a garde in my mailbox
>>59167912You had to complete three battles. I was going to do it tonight after taxes but by then it was closed. Oh well
I got free gardevoir from online competition... and of course it's a dude.>>59167912Did you played at least three matches? If yes, just go to online competition again and you will get gift in mailbox.
>>59167912Go to the competition page and look at the results.
>>59167686As a kid, other kids I knew (school, family friends, cousins) were hyped as hell for GoD purely because Shadow Lugia looked cool as hell. Most people I did know had GameCubes and got GoD as soon as it came out or on their B-Days. I agree the GoD trainer battle theme sucks to hear after a while but at least most of the Colosseum music returned. We also got Miror B’s theme which a lot of people like.
>>59167929Mirror B got a new theme in gale yeah, I just think the base trainer battle theme is so dogshit it genuinely ruins the game for me, the base trainer battle theme in colo is just so much better and all the music in PBR blows it out of the water I don't understand how they fucked it up so bad
>>59167921lmfao didnt think I had to do that, thanks anon. I was on that screen earlier and never clicked next, thought it was more ranking # stuff I didnt care about. Garde secured
>>59167935>best battle theme is barely in the gameIt's not fairhttps://youtu.be/ZiwYGZJ2vg4VBwwn7VFIv3NlyLB
>>59167946>lure you into the game with this banger off the rip>think oh shit yeah its gonna be a good time if the music is like this all the way through like how colosseum had great music>next and every battle after that is this dogshit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZC59iN9Zt0how evil of them, they kind of deserve to be put in the mobile slop mines after that
>throw together random team>no idea how to ev spread>vague idea what moves are good>no idea what 4 I should even bring in any given match.Maybe I should just netdeck a team.
>>59167989Fortunately the game literally has a database you can check in-game.
I'm a retard what how does Rating in Master Ball Rank work? Is a higher or lower number better?
>>59167989You really should if you're a beginner, in terms of priorities you have a lot of fundamental knowledge to acquire to get better and adding the effort of making a ton of damage calculations and balancing acts to tune your spreads for the current meta is like requiring people to know how to build a car before getting their license.
I hope they add a feature that let's us transfer pokemon out of Champions. I'd love to add that Cherish Ball Gardevoir to my real collection.
>Switch about to die, less than 5% and it's been a few minutes>scrambling to move to the other room and plug it into the dock>opponent is hitting successful double protects in a battle he can't win almost like he knows his only wincon is for my switch to diefuck this opponent in particular for making me relive "end the battle and save before your gameboy dies" memories.
>>59167998That's your elo. If you have less than 1800 then you are a certified scrub.
waitIncineroar has intimidate AND parting shot? It's a pivot AND a payoff for pivoting? I thought galarian slowking was impressive for setting up weather and healing itself when it pivoted, but this shit existed all along
>>59168052Intimidate and Parting Shot and Fake Out.
>male cherish ball gardeneat, it'll look nice next to my shiny master ball female one.
>>59168042Made me queue for another win cause I was at 1798. I graduated from being a scrub.
>strong jaw>1.5 boost to bit moves>sharpness>1.5 boost to slash moves>tough claws>1.3 boost to contact moves in general>iron fist>1.2 boostWhat gives?
>>59168078There a tons of abilities that are strictly worse versions of other abilities.
>>59167889Floette is a mythical? You catch it in-game, I don’t think it counts as one. I know Legends has made Darkrai and Arceus catchable as well but those were primarily event-only mons, the only game Eternal Floette has ever been in, it was a catchable legendary.VGC usually disallows event-only mythicals.
>>59167899Reg J has never been used for any official tournament.
If you use Incineror you are an npc
>>59168252You can catch a LOT of mythicals in ZA. Darkrai, Keldeo, Diancie, Meloetta, Genesect, Hoopa, Volcanion, Magearna, Melmetal, and Zeraora.I feel like moving forward with Champions they'll have all the mythicals in the regular restricted legendary pool. With being able to catch most ingame and Champions having a rental system there isn't much of a point to ban them anymore.
>>59168338The NPCs are the only ones NOT using Incineroar lol
>>59168349Technically true but not spiritually true
How do you stop Shell Smash Mega Asstoise?
This is not bad at allhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GhSgB-wlKY
>>59168369Shoot it till it dies
>>59167337Was really liking this image until I saw the bulge. I'll save it anyway
>>59168343I just wish it had come a lot sooner. Just over 7 years between from when Deoxys was obtainable in ORAS to when the Sinnoh mythicals became available in LA is a long time to start normalising this trend, and even then Deoxys was never taken off the mythical list.
can anyone gen me a shiny charizard pls lol. i want one so bad
>take Taunt Whimsicott off my team>next battle get double Sleep Powdered by Zard Y + Venusaur combo
>>59168393>Sleep PowderIf they nerfed Para chance, why not just nerf those retarded moves... why does everything have to be a coinflip
>>59168391If you have SV or ZA just use one of the twitch trade bots.
>>59168396https://serebii.net/pokemonchampions/statusconditions.shtmlSleep did get nerfed
>>59168398i don't have any of the switch games unfortunately, otherwise i'd just try to farm one myself
>>59168369priority
>>59168042>>591680711800 is pussy tier and that dude only said it cause thats his rankthats like 5 wins in masterball max
Brainstorming moment: What do you guys think about a Garchomp+Sandaconda lead? The idea is to use Scarfchomp to proc Sand Spit by spamming Earthquake, while Sandaconda runs a supportive tank set. That way sand always wins, and Chomp is always under veil.Alternatively maybe Sandaconda could hand out Glare or Bulldoze first turn while Garchomp protects. Then I can run stuff like White Herb.
>>59168501seems interesting but very weak to MegaCharY and MegaFroslass which are popularin particular MegaCharY, you're scarfed but you're not going to hit MegaCharY with an Earthquake
>>59168515I think against Char-Y I would click Rock Slide and then let my opponent hit my Sandaconda with Venusaur or whatever ScarfChomp. Scarfchomp can outspeed Froslass and setup sand before she uses Blizzard/Aurora Veil. But if Blizzard still hits regardless that's obviously really bad Hmm...
>>59167337not for lack of trying
Fake Out can miss? I've lost two straight games because of it.
please drop me a doubles team without floette that i could use
>>59168564Bright powder goes brrr
>>59168565The same thing but mega gard
>>59168566Bright Powder Talonflame seems very unlikely, but it's all I can think of that would do it I guess.
>>59168338This
>>59167795No
I got to master in doubles before touching single, but damn even in 3v3 I think I like singles more
is there an actual strategy in singles or is it all luck based?
Mega Floette needs removed from the format entirely. It was a mistake and removal is the only fix.
>>59168615SameI had one match yesterday where I got into a U-Turn/Volt Switch war with a guy and it was some of the most fun I've had so far, even though I still think doubles is pretty fun.>>59168624Once you're in the battle there's still a lot of strategy, and positioning matters a lot. But I think the 3 you pick matters much more than in doubles. If you pick the wrong 3 you can just get fuckedLike if the opponent brings Arch and you didn't bring a way to out it you just lose.
What's the best counter for Basculegion?
>>59168629This is so we all understand why AZ spent 3000 years looking for his floette. He wanted to reach master rank before he died
>>59168645Dry skin heliolisk
>>59168645Anything with sucker punch
>>59168649Doesn't it just get obliterated by the thousand Pokémon running Close Combat?
>>59168645kingambit
>>59168629Do you think they will nerf abilities/Pokémons every Season?
>>59168651I don't think that anons response was serious
>>59168655I'd much rather they buff all the shitmons instead of nerfing whats good now.
>>59168667>buffing everyoneAlways results in garbage in every single videogame every time, but maybe here it could work considering how many shitmons there are
Is it advisable to run double protect on Aegislash (King's Shield and Wide Gaurd)? It gives it more defensive flexibility but I'm really not sure if the passivity is worth it alongside the fact that I'd have to give up either Poltergeist or Shadow Sneak and both suck to lose
>>59168687Wait, Aegi can do that? Damn. I forgot.Thanks for the Perish team member suggestion anon
been in ultra ball hell since friday night, but haven't played much because it just isn't very interesting anymore. rarely run into unique teams so it's just grinding and getting slightly better at countering the same few meta teams. winning slightly more than 50% of the time.it just feels so soulless, especially considering I have more VP than i would ever know what to do with. there is nothing tangible to work towards other than the rank itself. really wish this game had single player content with team restrictions or unique missions like "beat this team using M Beedrill and you get a unique event Beedrill" or something
>>59168698It's just a PvP game for PvPfags, so might not be your thing.Also stomping on metafags by running anti-meta feels good.
>>59168694Before you get the wrong idea you CANNOT cycle between multiple Protect-type moves without consequence-the slashed chance of success with consecutive uses is saved between them even if you click a different one each turn. I was just floating the idea because both personal protection and protection against all the Rock Slide and Heat Wave spam in one slot sounds nice.
>>59168700Oooohhh... Makes sense now.
>>59168687Wide Guard was a game winner for me with Aegislash. Punishes so many play patterns.
>>59168700You can spam wide guard though, right?I recall doing that early SV
>>59168698Make new teams, try fun stuff, think of ways to beat the teams you see al the time. If you're focusing on just grinding for rank with the same team it's obviously going to get stale and frustrating.
It's really impressive seeing hippowdowns stealth rock into my espeon, watch it get bounced back, and then yawn the next turn
>>59168711Uh you're actually right, I went to check and apparently it only compounded with the other Protect moves in Gen 5. My bad lol, guess my gap in experience is showing>>59168703Listen to that guy not me
>>59167733Add the Pokemon Stadium announcer, or I guess since there's more moves someone similar with the same energy
>>59168699yeah it has been very fun to put out empoleon to counter inciniroar. but still, I don't think pvp has to be inherently boring. there can at least be rewards that make it worthwhile to grind. and so far there has been literally nothing that makes it worthwhile.
>>59168721I'm not sure if you can wide guard -> king's shield thoughJust that wide guard should be spammable by itselfDon't know the exact interaction between the two
If I delete my save data while I have Home pokemon in it, will they also be deleted or will they be "sent back" automatically to Home?
>>59168728It's simple. Quick Guard and Wide Guard affect the chance for following protection moves to fail, but do not use it themselves.For example, if you used two Wide Guards, then King's Shield, both Wide Guards would be guaranteed, but King's Shield would only be 1 in 9.
>>59168718Dude I had a Glimmora stealth rock into my Mega Clef the same turn that *I* clicked Stealth rock, I was so tilted lmao
>>59168746you can't delete your save data, it lives on some server somewhere
I've been using TTar, Rotom-W, Excadrill in singles, but then if a gay green cat appears it will push my shit in. How do I counter the gay cat?
>>59168841the gay red cat
>>59168841You bring a faster counter
>>59168833wait, so does that mean if you picked the wrong gender you're stuck with that forever...?
>>59168854You will never be a woman in Pokemon Champions, you'll have to do it in real life.
>>59168854yes, unless they add some kind of gender change service at some point.pretty annoying honestly. usually it doesn't matter all that much because the player characters are kind of androgynous, but in this game the male avatars have broad shoulders, the female avatars have wide hips, etc.the result is that all of the cosmetics look great on female avatars but only half look good on male avatars. annoying.
>>59168841Dont run Rotom-Wash if you see green cat, play another defensive mon like CorviAs long as sand is up Drill should be able to push Meowscarada's shit in
Once you've hit master rank, you can't fall down to ultra ball rank?
>>59168903If you demote of Master you fall down to Poke Ball.
>>59168898alright, guess I'll transfer a Corvi from my Sword later, what moveset do I give it? Also, my drill has Rock Slide, Iron Head, Earth Quake, and Swords dance, any suggestions for changes?
I hope they don’t make mobile release require wifi..
>>59168913Pretty much all the Corvis are Iron Head, Roost, Body Press and then one of Bulk Up, U-Turn, or something else. Just pick what you preferFor Drill I think the move set is fine but maybe drop SD for something else, the opponent running Focus Sash will be a pretty consistent out to drill so I think SD wont be super high value. Something to give Drill for variety like Rapid Spin or Stealth Rock would be more valuable imo. Rock Tomb could also be helpful
>>59168940alright ty, will check it out
>>59166613Based.Using Pokemon from Home and other games is literally pay2win. Also a good way to show you're a filthy paypig consoomer.I'm going back to Showdown!Only retards till play this game, lmao
Does this spicy shitmon have any use in singles or doubles? Only thing of note I saw was Rage Powder Spicy Spray in doubles.
>>59168966>unironically playing showdownkek, good one
>>59168975rage powder while your partner sets up trick roomwith luck, you'll end up with two burns on the opposing team and a free switch into your TR sweeper
>>59168980Showdown is actually free.This isn't, you need like $240 to legitimately compete in this dogshit game with mons being from all these different games like ZA for Floette or SV+DLC for Sinistcha, etc.Actual garbage.
What's a good answer to the rain teams that doesn't get bodied by Earthquake?
>>59169000Mega MeGAYnium
>>59168997Showdown is not a real pokemon game
>>59168997Lots of people are bringing F2P, Home-less accounts to Master Ball rank and it's not a particularly long and painful process.
>Keep switching mons trying to cover the weaknesses in my sand team>Suddenly half or more of my pokemon are taking damage from sandstorm>Circle back to the start>Repeat processfug
>>59168997>he doesn't know about GTS
>>59168997nigga u dum
3v3 isn't as bad as I was expecting honestlyI still prefer 6v6, feels more fair, but I'm enjoying 3v3 too
>>59168997i have no switch games, i have 50 of the most meta pokemon already between recruiting ingame, random anons just giving me some, and downloading pokemon go to catch random pokemon and putting them up on the GTS to get what i want. $0 spent and i can build all the meta teams right now
mega frosslass being so fast is really fucking stupid.
>>59166812They nerfed Incin by taking away two moves, but then took out Covert Cloak and Clear Amulet, which is overall a buff to it.
Is there a way to make mixed Mega Dragonite work?
Do the type berries protect against every hit of a multihit move, or just the first one?
>>59169108Just the first hit
>>59169108Just the first one.
remove floette. remove floette. remove floette. remove floette.
>hmm that's probably zoroark>well at least I can get some chip damage in while he kills me>OHKO itHas happened multiple times now, poor bastard
>>59169102DD, ESpeed, Hurricane, Protect maybe?
>>59169102Just go Physical. They expect the Mega, they never expect you to DDance turn one after Cha redirects.
If they dont bring 6v6 singles online or at all then this will be a drop in the bucket. Gamefreak being Gamefreak, Nintendo being nintendo, they will NEVER outshine Smogon or Pokemonshowdowns sheer longevity and fan backing. Plus, options. Fans are all ABOUT options and customization. When were GF or Nintendo EVER about that? This is a lazy cash grab. It'll die off much like Pokken.
>>59169203*farts*
the japanese can't gamble much legally so they need to do it in bss
>>59169254Wait until you see a pachinko parlor on Sunday morningBetween that, gachas games, and capsule machines, must be some genetic predisposition
i wish mega fatass was good
>>59169267Pachinko parlors work entirely on technicality with the gambling lawThe main building is only a game center that gives you metal balls. You have to carry all those pachinko balls to a separate nearby "unaffiliated" building that exchanges them for money
>>59169319Oh I know, but I unironically think pachinko parlors fuck up more Japanese people on average than American casinos do to AmericansCasinos are at least pretty limited in where you can find them, but pachinko is unbelievably everywhere here
>>59169254>>59169267>>59169319I work in a Casino. Chinese everywhere.I think it's just asians in general who really fucking love gambling. Like, when I did my introduction course they literally said Every Casino has its house chinese
>>59169342>I think it's just asians in general who really fucking love gamblingEveryone loves gambling. It's incredibly addicting and ruins lives all over the planet. It's got such a pull on the human mind that the rewards dont even need to be monetary for people to fall into its trap.
Competitive Pokemon is worse for you than smoking
>>59169304I like that shiny. I'm gonna keep my VC Crystal shiny Weepinbell there forever, but I could always send up a clone
>found a Ultra Sun Save file filled to the brim with comp mons>Even has a fuckload built specifically for doubles>But they're all shiny, which is tacky as fuckUgh, I have powersaves so I could easily slap this on my Ultra Sun. Wish they weren't shiny, because I would have done it.I also don't want to be perma banned since I heared they sometimes secretly inspect people's accounts and permaban you if you have too many sus shinies
>>59169342They're the only cultures I know who have a god(dess) of luck.Norse, Egypt, Greek, Irish, Aztec, Australian, Polynesian, no luck god or if there is one they're incredibly obscure.Asia, primary pantheon member. Pretty much every time.
>>59169391All my 5IV EV trained Pokemon from a decade ago are in my 3DS games but I'm not gonna pay for Bank just to transfer them over, especially since it's a one way transfer with no way to return them to 3DS
>>59169406this. I regret ever transferring out of the DS games I could have a complete living dex in Black 2 right now but sent up my Celebi/etc. like a retard, not gonna make the same mistake sending them up from the 3DS games just to lose access to things like Hidden Power
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