HYPER BEAM editionPrevious: >>59208083Pokémon 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.>NewsNewest Patch Notes:https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/71525/2026 Global Challenge I Online Competition happening now. Double Battles. Participants gets a Venusaur: https://news.pokemon-home.com/en/page/743.htmlGlobal Challenge 2026 Special Roster Released: https://serebii.net/pokemonchampions/recruit/globalchallenge2026specialroster.shtmlChampion Tier & Master ranks 1-3 unlocked for current seasonFree Machamp mystery gift code: CHAMP10NMobile release possibly leaked for June: https://xcancel.com/CentroLeaks/status/2041378934739108104>Resources and useful linkshttps://champions.pokemon.com/en-us/Community Tournaments usage data: https://pikalytics.com/Ladder usage data: https://pokechamdb.com/enNew Player Guide(NEW PEOPLE READ THIS):https://rentry.org/pcg-guide (now taking suggestions and feedback)Quick 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.>/pcg/ OP pastebin (use this if making new thread):https://pastebin.com/d2FJZdPh
guys you need to make and link a new thread before the old one gets archived...
Lets just pretend that didnt happen.I forgot the subject line, and i dont want people to get confused
Shit Game
DOUBLES GREAT 1 SHITTER
Got to Masters 3 thanks to a 12 win streak. Not playing anymore because I get destroyed in normals now. I guess people got to build better teams. But at the very least they don't expect my drip.
>>59211807What in the beta bullshit is this game even?>no Pokédex to plan moves or mega abilities>only way to test a mega ability is to bring it to a live match>no training mode or bot matches, unlike 99% of all competitive games>no way to rewatch matches and can’t even see your opponents team sheet after a matchMobile phone levels of laziness
>>59211810probably, but if you see the amount of the thread gets before dying, its kind of all over the place. Though at around 400 posts, its probably safe to make a new thread before it dies
>>59211807>He needs to post fetish bait in OP to get replies because nobody seriously cares about Pokémon Champions anymore.
>>59211807That Hyper Beam animation looks like SwSh's Hyper Beamhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEqEoJARlaE
>https://rentry.org/pcg-guideThe new player guide has been updated with a section addressing team preview, as per request.Can I get anons here to at least just go through it and make sure im not spouting misleading bullshit which might confuse new players.
anyone playing in the skraw tournament?
So how do you deal with prankster gravity sableye and protect espathra with hypnosis?
>>59211863You click "Heat Wave" a second time
>>59211844If I need a web browser plugin to enjoy Champions, why not just play Showdown. At least Showdown isn’t made by a complete joke of a gaming company
>>59211863Seems really passive, just have patience
>>59211831The only reason PLA, SV, and PLZA hyper beam didn’t look like that was because of the free camera.
>>59211869>sableye died due to first heat wave>basculegion in>espathra outspeeds and near guarantee hits your zard with hypnosis.What now fuckboy?
>>59211831Kino
PSA that if you are using Basculegion, make sure you are using Basculegion-M, not Basculegion-F. There IS a difference
Could someone help me get the 1000 vp for a private battle?8718 2749
Livestream for Champions tournament with over 10k playershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZpK-pcykQA
>>59211995The male one is uglier though
>>59212005Sure
>>59212005Thank you so much, anon. Youre great!
>>59212014Thanks again! Nice win. I hate aegislash so much.
>>59211995i can't imagine how retarded you'd have to be to make this mistake by now
Who's the best snow settler that's not Mega Froslass? Gonna try out one of Wolfey's team.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asQEyQLDyl4
>>59212047Ninetales with aurora veil is always good
>>59211844isn't vgcguide.com also a good resource for the newest of players?
>>59212037That wasn't me.Someone helped you out before I could.
>>59211807The jump really makes this
Just got approved for an early pay day and found out the game is actually free LOL waited all that time for nothing but happy to be here!
>>59212094It's probably too late, but just in case you might want to check up the pokemons that come with your starter, you got a fixed team depending on which one you chose as your first recruit.
>lose one>win one>stop playingyeah this competing shit not for me back to shiny hunting
>get absolutely dusted by meta teams>game makes me play 2 bots back to backGetting tired of these green clothes wearing faggot bots spamming shit like Night Shade with Gengar. It feels so fucking insulting.
>>59212094You may as well buy the 7$ starter pack. It ups your box space by a good margin.
Does the game have separate ranks for singles/doubles?
>>59212219yes
>>59212140Yeah I just play until I get 1 win a day, maybe more if I got into a losing streak since 1 win after all that isn't enough to make me satisfied
>>59212154Just get to master ball and it'll stop.
>flinched a dragonite twice with upper hand>conditioned it to stop using extremespeed>ko with dire clawI LOVE BEING A DICKBAG HOLY SHIT
so how do I get good at competitive pokemon? what's the secret
>>59212241just like in chess, think 4 moves ahead
>>59212241a lot of studying to know who does what, and playing to know how to read your opponent
>>59212241Throw out any plans on using your favorite pokemon.This is the wall that you need to get over if you truly want to get good at competitive. You WILL use the bara cat.You WILL use the gay sneasal evo.
>>59212241step 1: understand basic team buildingyou need killers, and you need supports, too much of either and you won't succeedstep 2: understand your pokemongo to the battle data menu and read up on popular mons, and their common moves so you know what to expectstep 3: understand yourselfput yourself in your opponent's shoes, thinking about what you would do in their situation, thinking about the absolute best play they can do and how to mitigate it with what you have
Been holding on to them for a while now since they were free permanent units but maybe it's finally time to let go of the Mystery Gift Cherish Ball Machamp and starter Drampa that I doubt I'll ever use
I wish I had chosen the female character instead of the male one. It's either crop top or tracksuit and at least the girl looks decent in either one.
>>592122411. Have a cohesive team2. Evaluate what is an acceptable winning state (aka determine your win con) and work towards that while trying to deny your opponent from theirs.
when are mega aggron players gonna learn that their heavy slams are weak as fuck and you're not going to do like, any damage to a mega meganium?mudsdale mogs mega aggron at it's own playstyle
>didn't bring my own setup mon and got walled by Acid Armor + Calm Mind + Recover + 1 fairy move Alcremie in singlesWell that was embarrassing
>>59212291The higher up the ladder you get, the better having a taunt user is
>>59212286I use iron head with trick room and just pray for flinches in bad matchups
Anyone else in the Grand Champions Festival? I'm 2-1 so far.
>>59212305glgl
>>59212256This bullshit game doesn’t even make team building easy or fun. Oh thanks for showing the percentage of players that choose moves with no context or replays, useless information. Also can’t plan out mega abilities without a fucking web browser. The most half assed “competitive” release possible
>>59212321Name 1 competitive video game that gives you ALL the information ingame.
>>59212286most mega aggron players are people who fell for "THE WALL" meme
>>59212301Yeah I remember how stall-ish XY's Battle Spot Singles was with Gliscor, Clefable and Sableye that I had to slot in Taunt/Encore. Champions so far has been very hyper offense, but I'm still on the lower ranks so maybe it gets worse later
You faggots will complain about literally anything. Meanwhile I'm in Master Ball tier and never recruited the Bara Cat or the Gay Sneasel.
>>59212330Every single fighting game. Fucking chess.Emerald had replay matches 20 years ago. There is zero reason I shouldn’t be able to see my opponents team after the match.
>>59212345Same, but I am pretty sick of having to deal with them every game
>>59212340you could be a pussy and use taunt or encore to get around defensive set-up, or you can pick sheer cold or guillotine to do it instead
How many coupons do I need to dump to get Milotic?
>>59212351Oh yeah I used to run a Fissure Bastiodon on BSS when I tried to make a dino team. Maybe I should try that dino team again since Bastiodon also gets Body Press now and Meganium's pretty good
>>59212241You need to talk to minors
>>59212374Just trade for one in Home and use that instead of rolling the ranch gacha
They're both so stilted and reading off their monitors badly. The last guys were like Regular Show, these two are like Fox News.
Male or female?The clothing choices seem very barebones but I'm sure they did it to add better stuff down the line. Getting real tired of this androgynous unisex clothing meme.
I thought I was good but after watching Poketubers play I'm wondering how many games I've won because I didn't see the optimal play and my opponent planned around me not clicking attack.
>>59212398Female, the non fruity stuff is insanely limited
DOUBLES ULTRA 4...JUST ONE MORE TIER AND I'LL HAVE MASTER IN BOTH CATEGORIES FOR THE SEASON...
You can at least make a cute girl. The boy options are all zoomer haircuts and gay coded style. (Why the fuck does the boy wear black leggings under their shorts)
>>59212397>tune in to stream>Passimian
>>59212415>putting yourself in the No Fun Allowed TierNah man as soon as I'm about to hit Masterball I just forfeit and rank down.
>>59212286It's because they think Mega Aggron is a multi-ton steel beast when in reality it's under 1,000 lbs.
>>59212094Really wanted to show off your shark jammies huh anon
>>59212416It's actually a wetsuit but yeah I'm not a fan of the leggings on boys trend happening on Insta. It started as a joke to make fun of closet gays and now Gen Alpha is trying to make wearing girl shit counter culture.
>>59212378>Meganium's pretty goodTop 10 things that couldn't be said more before Legends ZA (outside of ROM hacks and fan games that buffed Meganium).
>>59212397those plushies in the back probably cost several thousand dollars in totoal
>>59212426>putting yourself in the No Fun Allowed TierBut anon, Ultra is the No Fun Allowed tier
>>59212441Owning a bunch of perfectly preserved merch doesn't make you a fan, just shows you were born to a rich family.
>>59212443Nah Ultra is the perfect tier for people using the mons they like best and gimmicky original sets.
>>59212426I have not noticed any difference between pre master ranks and master so far. After a week, everyone was spamming the same cores no matter the rank.
>>59212426Based, master ball tier sucks with the less than barebones state of this game
My mega golurk team blitzed to masters so easy I love my giant orb of doom
>>59212427yeah, heavy slam has 40BP against meganium
Where can I see what starter gives what pokemon to appear? People say Pikachu is the best choice but no other info.
>>59212452Tbh the metas better than just playing sv again but this time with megas
Asians play like such fags lol one just afkd halfway through the match cause he couldn't handle the lurk squad
>>59212416Don't they both share the same outfit and hairstyle pool anyway? The female character does seem to have noticeable tits so there's at least body type difference instead of being completely interchangeable. But yeah the bottom half selection of hairstyles look like Brazil
Every fucking Wolfey (confirmed cheater btw) video:>GUYS THIS TEAM IS INSANE>I LEAD WRONG>I LOSE>HE MIGHT GO FOR X BUT HE KNOWS I HAVE Y SO HE'S PROBABLY GOING Z>I GUESSED WRONG>IT'S OVER, THAT WAS SO BAD>*rubs hair aggressively*>I CAN'T BELIEVE I MADE SO MANY MISTAKES>WE LOSE WE'RE LIKE SO DEAD>*wins the game*Look up Wolfey Raichu on youtube and click the first video.
>>59212468What is the point of each player having individual timers if they can wind it to 0 and force a draw somehow?
>>59212473Retards complained for years that eastern games don't do black hair properly only to finally get them and realize nobody likes nappy heads and smelly dreads.
>>59212494Player time is shorter than game time
>>59212461
>>59212480Look up the actual replay of his Worlds win. The ball is legal.
>Match down to the wire>My T-tar against mega frosslass in snow>Get outsped and hit with blizzard>T-tar lives on 6 hp>T-tar freezes!>T-tar thawed out>T-tar used Rock slide>Big dick KOTyrannitar is the GOAT
>>59212494If your time hits zero, you lose. If the round goes to time, it's a draw.
>>59212505Damn so it really isn't random. Thought T-Tar was the obvious choice but will go Pikachu for Light Ball shenanigans in early ranks. Thanks, anon.
THE WALL just went 4-0
>>59212505Does this mean those 5 show up in the next recruit together or that they have a higher chance of showing up in future searches?
>>59212519I ended up going with T-Tar but I also just had enough random Garchomps, Excadrills and whatnot in my boxes to make it work. >>59212531You just get them so you have a full team.
>>59212094>shark pjsI know what you are
>>59212534>You just get them so you have a full team.Oh shit. You get all 6 at once? Pikachu it is.
>>59212426Ultra is way less fun than Master.
>>59212505Is Armarouge's team the worst one here?
Mega Victreebel and Mega Scovilain players please kill yourselves
>>59212564Yeah basically only Hydreigon is good
>>59211844>Q. What is a good team to make?>Check tournament listings, pick whatever looks cool for youA minor note worth considering. While tournament teams themselves are often good, the tournaments themselves tend to be open teamsheet. Which can lead to significantly different EV spreads, move selections and natures. Open ladder is a very different environment. The best example I can think of is a tournament Trick Room team running Adamant Kingambit because in a tournament setting you have the information to know that most Kingambits aren't going to be Brave, whereas on ladder you don't have that certainty so it's safer to run Brave Kingambit so you don't get btfo by a random slow Kingambit. So I'd consider them a good baseline but I wouldn't copy them beat for beat, at least not without knowing the reasoning behind the EV spreads, move selections, etc etc.>Add subsection "Examples of easy teams and how to pilot them to victory"Best place to start for that is weather teams. The weather wars has been a fan favorite and staple in competitive battling for years. Team building for those teams also tends to be more straightforward, and having a central gameplan of weather is easier to wrap your head around for new players.
>oh boy I sure am excited to start my first game in Great Ball rank>Garchomp Rotom leadAre you fucking serious?
>>59212564That or the snorlax team imo.
>>59212508And the Beast Ball Porygon? Yeah, thought so.
Haven't played yet. How many days are left on the BP?
>>59212581People use meta teams the whole way down. If you can win in great ball you can win in master, you're just more likely to find people in master doing meme shit that are actually good.
>>5921259517
>>59212480>>59212480>>59212480>>59212480>>59212480Address it.
>>59212581Meanwhile, I'm dealing with Round shenanigans in Master Ball. Funny how that works.
>>59212614Talk about the game, not jewtubers
>>59212594What? There was no porygon on his Worlds team.
Picking heads or tails in a coin flip is more rewarding than master ball tier.
>>59212614Nobody cares, nobody will ever care. Get some help.
>>59212427>>59212286can you blame them? they haven't met the TRUE walking brick that finally got to learn heavy slam in gen 9 ;)
>>59212637Wolfe used an illegal Beast Ball Porygon2 in a SuMo tournament. It was a big controversy at the time.
I paid 10bucks for the "exposed shoulders" sweater. this is also a fetish of mine
>>59212686I was expecting full shoulders and instead I got barely a sliver. I feel fucking scammed.
>>59212686>totally normal thread discussing game>trans enters thread>"hey i play this game too and this is what i jack off to"
>less features than a free web plugin game>models and animation ripped from SwSh>no QOL for a “competitive” game like match replays or a basic training roomThis game is actually shit, what a way to celebrate Pokémon’s anniversary with a lesser game than fucking Pokemon Emerald
>>59212696You're the one who saved that image on your PC nigger
>>59212702funniest fucking thing, i looked at it, uploaded it, realized exactly that and deleted it
>>59212696Kek look it's the image that got the Britbong arrested lmao
Building around Focus Punch + After You
>>59212709
>>59212659>the mega form metal type super computer that is absolutely massive, is only a little big heavier than a horse
I have won all 5 games I've played at master ball and am now ranked 1856. It's beginning to make me nervous.
>>59212715Very based
>>59212666Which tournament? I can't find any record of that.
>>59212760Quit while you're ahead and just play one or two games a day.
I'm still at Greatball only doing dailies. I'm too lazy to battle more than once.I want to finish the BP so should I wait until the end of the season to finish it?
>>59212845Same. Should be hitting UB in a day or two if I don't fall into a losing streak but not sure if I can bother to hit MB. That +10 Pokemon space does sound nice though
>>59212241It's unironically all just luck + picking the pokemon that are mathematically broken
THUNDERSTRUCKSHINYINCINEROAR RAAAA
Do you guys not have fun battling? Making a team and slowly tweaking it over time as you battle is really engaging to me.
>>59212768He’s confusing two things. The Beast Ball Porygon2 did get someone DQ’d for injecting. Wolfe was also disallowed from using his Porygon2, not DQ’d, due to team sheet error (he submitted the team sheet as Porygon, not Porygon2). At least from what I can find.
how stupid of an idea is it to lead toxipex and gliscor and have pex poison gliscor to activate poison heal for the rest of the battle? its a gimmick for sure but maybe it could work
>lose 5 in a row>put Sneasler in>14 win streakkek
>>59212895lol has Verlisfy dedicated his whole life to hating Wolfe over a team sheet error?
I haven't played Pokemon since Sun/Moon. What are these titles some Pokemon have when they're sent out? Like sometimes I see shit like "Garchomp the Shining One" wtf is that?
>>59212696>>59212709>File deletedAw rip
I kind of like mega Drampa. Anyone running it?
>>59212934They're titles from Marks and Ribbons
>>59212919I'm 100% convinced at this point that Verlis has an actual fag crush on him.
>>59212948>Named "wolf">Actually good at pokemonHe could look like Wings of Redemption and verlis would still have it down bad for him
>>59212460The saddest super effective hit ever.
>>59212917sounds like it could be funny, try giving gliscor leftovers for the double heal
>>59212967was thinking either lefties or a passho berry for the damage reduction. my main concern is that it takes too long to get going or getting disrupted before i can set up
I feel like the game will straight up die the moment they add Gigantimax and Terra. Also who are the mons you guys are waiting for? I need Mega Mawile to be in ASAP.
>>59212974Since this is closed team sheet and best of 1, I think you can get away with it if you send them both out on turn 1. You'll probably want to double protect on turn 1 if you see Fake Out users and give Toxapex a mental herb to prevent taunt. Granted I'm not sure how you plan to win games after you get it off
>timerstalling in great ball with a starter teamc'mon man, you're just spamming games for VP anyways, why do you have to do that
>>59212998gliscor just seems like a solid answer to a lot of bullshit currently in the game. (EQ immune, fighting resist, rock neutral, good bulk to soak spread hits, status immunity) i guarantee he would be top tier if he had his fucking item available, but in its absence i want to try and trigger it manually. was thinking either a simple SD set or possibly tailwind alongside another sweeper like ttar or some mega. i have been sucking ass at doubles so at this point i'm just kinda looking for something fun whether it works or not
I can't make Froslass work, I'm about to give up and just play Sun like everyone else. She has so many weaknesses that I can't cover them all. I'm just going to wait until they add Baxcalibur to the game.
>>59213027the best way to cover froslass' weaknesses are to run a second mega and pick one or the other
>>59212917At that point, wouldn't it be better to run a faster/prankster pokemon for poison? Toxapex is slow. Sure its tanky but you don't want to run the risk of a flinch killing your whole strategy.Like, why not just run gengar. Immune to fake out. Learns toxic. 110 speed. Whimiscott learns poison powder though 75% accuracy is shaky.Or just run sneasler, it learns toxic.
>>59212975Z-Conversion Porygon-Z
mdb letting it waaaay too close damn lmao
>>59213030What megas synergize with her? I'm running a pretty generic Froslass/Kingambit/Sneasler/Garchomp core but I can't figure out what my last two slots could be. As it stands, I simultaneously would like to have Intimidate, a pivot, a tailwind user, a Fire attacker so I can do something against M-Scizor teams, electric moves, and redirection, but I can't fit all of that, really. Closest I could get is H-arcanine or Incin and Rotom-wash but give up on having a Tailwind.
>>59213033i was also considering gengar. the idea behind pex:1: his bulk and typing seem good2: healing with regenerator and recover3: can hit opposing zard/aero with liquidation or smack down4: wide guardgengar does have the speed and fake out immunity, but seems like it would be too frail for a more support focused set. i haven't written it off yet, still brewing the comp
>>59213062Also need something to use against hard trick room, too.
>>59213062could run zard or delphox. they both share weaknesses but cover what she has trouble hitting, mostly.
>>59213025Alright, to make Gliscor even more unstoppable, how about using toxicroak or sneasler with a focus sash? After getting Toxic off, they can keep supporting with Coaching
>Zoroak tricks a scarf onto my sableye>Encore it next turn and it tricks the scarf back to itselfPrankster encore is the greatest shit ever
>>59213075don't have a sneedler, how is toxicroak? everything about him just seems like a worse sneeze. water immunity seems neat but overall it feels like you're just throwing him out to his death
>>59212286Why use heavy slam when you could just run payback? Ghostcvcks are guaranteed to seethe from it. Everyone else is pretty much guaranteed to not survive body press more than once
>>59212917Better to just wait for Toxic Orb to arrive
>>59213096It's as you say, a bad sneedler and basically a meme pick, but it does have EQ and sucker punch and helping hand unlike sneedler
>>59213120Toxicroak is a world champion at least.
>>59211831SwSh had some really good animations
>>59213126Yeah, in a restricted meta where Kyogre was the number one Pokemon, team preview wasn't a thing, and only a few Pokemon learned Fake Out.
>>59212975>translation: I can't adapt and relied heavily on megas to be good.
>>59213145Imagine gigantimax mega floette tera'd into fairy type...
>>59213142More world championships than you have won.Show the frog some respect.
>>59212975Terasharting is cancer on ladder. Dynasharting will just be weather wars 2.0
>support gambit with quick guardInsane tech
>Second battle lost in an hour to scarf Garchomp flinching me right before it would otherwise be koed by blizzardOkay I'm done with this VGC thing.
>>59213231Outskilled.
>>59213238That's fair, obviously a skilled player would know that scarfchomp flinch and pray is a viable strategy, but this is not a game I want to become skilled in. See ya
>>59213243Hey, if you can't cook, get out of the kitchenI get it, its not for everyone. Its ok to be weak.
>>59211807Unburden is still broken
>>59213253I know
>>59213253i'm pretty sure my mega ttar under tailwind outspeeds unburden sneasler
>>59213269I mean that the Speed boost is never triggered at all. In SV and Showdown, the stat is literally raised by a stage. It isn't in Champions
>>59213245It's a bad game. I've benefited from it too, I won a game earlier today off of a double heat wave miss when the other player was already in a very strong position, and have won a few games spamming blizzard into sun or only due to lucky rock slide flinching, that doesn't make me better than my opponent.
>>59213269physically impossible if the sneasler is max speed
>>59213283There are no bad games, just bad players.
>>59213231>go play smogon instead >same thing happens except it's a scarfed landorus instead of garchompOwari da.
>>59213280>In SV and Showdown, the stat is literally raised by a stageUnburden doubles speed so it should be two stages, but I'm pretty sure it's a separate boost anyways.
I think I finally landed on my tryhard team.I already had pelipper, archaludon, basculegion and sneedler as my sweat core, but the last two mons just never really clicked however mega-'nium with aerodactyl for tailwind support is really clicking with me.
>>59213269A zero EV, neutral nature Unburden Sneasler is 280. 32 Sp with plus nature tailwind M-Ttar is 270.
>>59212938I used it both in TR and with Round shenanigans. Mixed results, but I'm ass so...
>>59213298They are.
>>59213283>that doesn't make me better than my opponentYou can't decide that with a single match anyways, RNG or not, that's not what a ladder tests.
>>59213301idg what people see in archaludon. it relies on electro shot way too much and it's soo easy to shut down
>>59213298Maybe, I just remember the games triggering a stat boost. Never paid attention to whether it said sharply or not.
>>59213321Tanky as fuck and nothing feels better than boosting while putting out a 130 bp move in one turn.
I wanna try a Aggron team
>>59213321The bridge is kind of like corv and Milotic, if you don't have an answer for it he puts the team on his back and carries.
There are no good grass attackers fucking give me Rillaboom NOW
Is there a way to turn off the music, but still keep the sound effects and such?
>>59213401Yes
Thoughts? I think Sneasler should be emergency banned for the health of the game.
>>59213413Covert Cloak and more Fake Out options will solve the issue quickly.
I HATE PRANKSTERI HATE FAKE OUTI HATE WEATHER AUTISMI HATE SASH SNEASLERI HATE WOLFEYVGC CHEATING AHHI HATE TRICK ROOMI HATE CHOPLE BERRYI HATE QUICK CLAWI HATE METAFAGS IN FUCKING GREAT BALL
>>59211807How does the ladder in Master Rank even work? It feels like trying to climb it requires me to devote 60+ games of straight wins to inch close to Champion?
>Lando becomes legal in VGC >entire game state warps around it because of how degenerate it is
>>59213413That would make MegaFloette run rampant
Someone was unable to outstall my The Wall and I'm honestly giddy about it
>>59213424I HATE TOMI HATE DICKAND I HATE LARRY
>>59213430You gain elo if you win and lose elo if you lose it’s just a normal elo system
>>59213413just bring the terrains back
>>59213413Get Sneasler and Incineroar tf out of this game, should have gotten cut along with the other unnecessary 400 cuts.
>brand new switch 2 joysticks are so sensitive it flicked itself to hit my own pokemon and lose the gameLmao
>>59213413Jesus Christ.............
>>59213413Bring back the string cheese
>>59213464do you lose rating if you don't play? is it better to grind the last days?
>>59213496Advanced Drifting
>>59213297no one runs rock slide on lando t
>>59213504Your rating doesn’t drop if you don’t play, but since the top elos will keep winning your ranking will probably drop?
Is there seriously no way to report these Chinese losers AFKing for a draw?
>>59212975Yeah, the game is going to feel like absolute randomness at that point.>>59213062I've thought the same thing as you for wanting a fire move, electric move, and tailwind, and I landed on mega dragonite. It has great role compression, stupid bulk, and completely shits on rain by running thunder to take advantage of their own weather.
I made day 2 in The Grand Champions Festival. It's a shame I can't do this well in actual Regionals.
>>59213413I have never seen several of these pokemon in ~50 matches. Also I have only seen 1 floette and it was in great ball.
I want to put together a bug-only meme team for doubles and this is what I came up with. Any suggestions?
>>59213292ILCA made this with Gamefreak, so you’re just wrong. This game is bugged to shit. They had to shut down the game for emergency service because they didn’t code fucking Sitrus Berry correctly
>>59213608>Any suggestions?Yes, pick one of the other types for a mono type team.
>>59213504Yes, if you don’t play the game the next time you sign in will be a lower rank
>>59213608Why is hera max spdef max def with no hp? Why so many hazards? Toxic in particular is practically unusable with 50 of teams having sneasler. Sticky web not much better with milo and gambit also very common.
what time do dailies reset?
>>592136395pst I think so nowish
>>59213639right fuckin now
>>59213626>Why is hera max spdef max def with no hp?I wasn't paying attention, he's supposed to be 32hp/11def/21spd/2spd.>Why so many hazards?I couldn't find much else for Ariados to do, but I thought better of Araquanid having Sticky Web and gave it Giga Drain instead.
>>59213413>thoughtsThe king is dead, long live the king
Prague Regional is this weekend.Still SV, still Regulation I. Someone brought Giratina Origin form and has made day 2. Stream will start here at 12:45am EST. https://www.youtube.com/live/UypLX2g63w4Serious whiplash going from Champions to Reg I. Tera makes it like you're playing a totally different game.
Wolfey glaze on stream is obnoxious and of course he chokes. When was the last time he won a tourney without his friends "hatching" for him?
Uh oh, looks like Pokemon Champions is already inferior >https://youtube.com/shorts/BKogkH-wb9s?si=8Wh9oxgiTPpQZrKD
>>59213669Idk but a 35 year old should probably not be playing pokemon anymore
>>59213658we all watching the skraw tournament cuh
>>59213669>Verlisify attempting to go 10 seconds without thinking about Wolfe
>>59213669>references a stream no one has any idea about>brings up wolfes as if anyone cares>ctrl F "wolfe">it's some faggot screaching for 9 other postsGo away you fucking furry.
>>59212374I got it in my first couple of spins, yours must be broken?
I do not care about ecelebs.
>>59213687Someone does because they'll fucking mention one in particular completely unprompted.
>>59213485Pikachu-Y has Electric Terrain
>>59212374Zero, just transfer one
>>59213672I will be playing in Pokemon tournaments when I’m 74 I don’t give a fuck
>>59213693Does any mega get Psychic Terrain? RIP mega Meowstic
>>59213608Honestly i already hate you because of random brightpowder. I hope you lose alot>>59213616You need to shut the fuck up with your idiotic outrages
>want Shiny Maushold in Luxury Ball>don't want to buy SVFml
>>59213672I'm 33 and I will drop this game once Megas aren't the main focus again.
>>59213716Not being able to spend VP on what ball we want our mons in is a strange decision.
>>59213724Fuck off verlis
>>59213728Yeah. I just hate how there's not a lot of the Shinies I want on the GTS either, or at least a Shiny Filter?
>>59213724Nobody gives a fuck except 1 specific furry.
https://play.limitlesstcg.com/tournament/69c30ae236f5b5c303dbce1c/standingstag urself
Would it have killed them to at least make 3 or 4 different stadiums so I didn't have to see the same battlefield for 100+ hours?
Funny how nearly all competitive players "cheat" because building teams ingame prior to Champions was a huge timesink yet Verlisfy only cares about Wolfe.
>>59213760He's just crashing out because his faggot anti meta team with Absol got instantly deleted live on stream and he's forced to spectate Wolfe, Shofu and Pokeaimmd compete for his 40 viewers while he seethes eternally.
>>59213759They are 100% gonna sell us more later.
>on a losing streak until I battle a botThis fucking sucks
>>59213749Anyone got the Spreads for the Mega Gardevoir Team?
>>59212251This is the worst part. There is no such thing as using your favorites and no such thing as coming up with your own teams. You will use one of the top 5 ranked teams entirely composed of top 20 mons and you will have to study and get lucky. VGC is boring and broken. Unless you’re willing to make it your full time job and become a streamer + competitor like Wolfey, you will never enter the top 300 and there’s no reward or fun to be found. If you really want to enjoy “competitive” Pokemon, join a draft league and use Showdown.
>>59213768lmao did he really get destroyed on stream? If someone has a clip I'd love to see that.
Why am I seeing so many BodyPress players?
>>59213783The pussy ended the stream after he was knocked out and then went live so nobody could rewind. He was so proud of his unique strategy, too.
>>59213781My favorite Pokemon is Sneasler. He eats white herbs and doesn't afraid of anything.
Do Alpha increase the power of heavy slam?
>>59212345You can get to Master Ball tier with practically anything, it’s not hard. The real problem is that there’s no point. Just grind against randos until you hit master ball and then wait until the next season. Meh. The lack of any other content makes it feel pretty pointless unless you’re a streamer + top 300 player.
>>59213787Because it's always been a strong move and we just got several megas that utilize it well.
>>59213787Kingambit and Tyranitar exist.
>>59213795The content is having a place to play VGC in.
>>59213793No. Each mon has a set weight that doesn't change with size. Size is just a cosmetic thing in Champions.
It's been funny watching new people discover how hard Pokemon is at higher levels. I understand why Game Freak makes the story easy to complete.
>>59213795Nah the point is to get to Masterball and then play nothing but meme teams and gimmicks. You've already proved you can play well, now I get to have fun confusing people with dumb shit.
>only had archuladon outside the rain and sneedler on the field.>opponent only has aegisslash on the field.>sneasler can't do shit against it except taunt it>opponent king's shield while I charge electro shot.>he forfeits.???Surely Close combat + shadow sneak could have ko'd me.
>>59213759Small Indie Company Please Understanduuu
>>59213805The real normies haven't even witnessed it yet. Just wait til the mobile release.
>>59213671Lmao the comment section is hilarious, Game Freak's dick is far up their ass
>>59213833I can't wait for retards to reviewbomb it for not even attempting to learn the meta.>Game is shit. You either play meta or lose endlessly. Why can't I win with Pikachu and Furfrou? And before you call me a casual, just know I've beaten every Dark Souls-
>>59213413This Meta sucks ass lmfao
>>59213597good job anon. I expect you to lead /pcg/ to victory
Do I need to change my team if I'm on a losing streak?
>>59213845No, it is the meta that is wrong.
>>59213845Nah it just happens. I constantly fluctuate between mid 1600s and low 1800s with my Kangaskhan Trick Room team. Main issue once I hit 1800s are the moonruners who perfectly predict what I lead with and every move I make. Being in Oceania fucking sucks dick
>>59213795The point is pokemon battling is>funA strange concept to be sure
>>59213842I lose game 3 of set 9 to a double Hydro Pump miss. You live by the Hydro Miss, you die by the Hydro Miss. Still, all I need to do is win all six rounds of swiss tomorrow, then win four or five top cut rounds, all against players that did as well as or better than me in day one. Nice and easy.
>>59213845Sure why not? Then if it's bad you can change it to something else.
>>59213845You do if you keep losing to a specific thing that your team doesn't have an answer for.
>>59212666||Who fucking cares||
I just did discord spoilers I'm so embarrassed fucking kill me
>>592138621 autist cares. a LOT.
>>59213856you got this anon. don't sweat it. you made it to day 2. I'm rooting for you
>>59213864Death would be too easy, your punishment is to get the ultimate achievement for using Watchog.
>>59213714Pikalytics has more advanced mechanics than Champions :)
hope they release the single player campaing with mobile release
>>59213893The single player campaign is in any of the switch games.
>>59213855not fun when all anybody is master ball does is run boring meta shit
>>59213893I highly doubt it, maybe if it was anyone but ILCA making this game
Is PerishTrap still meta?
I'm so sick of fighting Archalunigger it's not even funny.
>>59213962What rank? I haven't seen him in days and figured he was phased out from anything but rain teams after the lack of AV and BP started to really set in.
second time I get a stupid fucking error when am about to win
>>59212065>isn't vgcguide.com also a good resource for the newest of players?Is it? do you swear by this statement or is this a question? im going through this and it is very wordy, Granted it is written by good players, but again for the >newest of playersi dont see them trudging through articles upon articles to understand why protect is good. Though im willing to change my mind if we can find an actual newfag who is willing to read through this and tell me their thoughts on it.>>59212579>the tournaments themselves tend to be open teamsheet. Which can lead to significantly different EV spreads, move selections and naturesTrue, but the nature of the guide is new players centric. If you noticed, the tournament lists themselves never share natures nor spreads. So its kind of a moot point since at best, a newfag can only get EV spreads relevent to the in game ladder,>having a central gameplan of weather is easier to wrap your head around for new playerstrue, but I am trying to design this document so it doesnt get invalidated in a few months, instead of going in depth on the current weather war. Say Groudon and Kyogre meta is upon us, then the whole section is useless. Maybe im thinking too much into this and could just write a shorter easier section, idk. I just havent decided yet nor have found a resource to copy.Thanks for the feedback anyways. Gives me things to mull over in the document
>>59213608Honestly I think your best bet at winning with a bug team is gonna be quiver dance volcarona and swords dance scizor. I'd say just open ariados/one of them, click rage powder and pray its not turn 1 rock slide spam. If you do think its gonna be turn 1 rockslide spam just go aquanid instead and click wide guardGive ariados sucker punch or shadow sneak or first impression to try and break sash/kill weak things. Or honestly just drop ariados and take vivillon since it also gets rage powder but it can use sleep powder to actually contribute to the team. Vivillon is also a tailwind setter so volcarona doesn't have to do it.Your scizor also seems to have an attack decreasing nature on this with I assume is wrong.You have protect on a choice scarf pokemon.In general your EVs are very strange on this image and I assume its largely wrong? Why does aquanid have speed? What are you trying to outspeed at 42 base.I'm so mixed on mega hera. It feels like mega beedrill or pinsir might fit the same roll but not need the tailwind support. I get you want a fighting type for rock but you're also running circle throw for some reason which is certainly a choice. Mega Pinsir does get close combat though he makes your rock weakness worse but you're on mono bug I think you have to accept that rock slide spam just kills you if you don't click wide guard. I like the idea of scarf hera more then scarf kleavor and mega hera and try and meme from wins off moxie boosts.
>>59213940Not until Wolfey uses it.
>>59213962Just click a neutral special move on him, he folds like paper
>about to rank up and get out of Ultra Ball 1>straight games of nothing but asswipes that completely wall my team>back down to Ultra 3 again>all this while all my other friends just gave upYup, I hear ya, game, I know my place. Going on sabatical. Gonna stick to Fatal Fury and Sonic Racing for the rest of spring.
>>59214010try this team, I was suffering until I changed to ithttps://x.com/SPY_Anya11/status/2046149975999193195?s=20
>>59214010is this your first time playing pokemon competitively or something? May i ask you elaborate on what exactly is difficult in playing the ladder? Do you just not have counters to the things that wall your team?
does triple axel still have a chance to miss on each hit? I've only ever seen it hit all three
>>59214024I've had weavile stop at 1 hit a couple of times
>>59214024Yeah it has a chance to miss completely or hit once, twice, or three times
>>59214024Getting all 3 hits of Triple Axel is only slightly more likely than hitting Focus Blast.
I just beat someone who haxed me every turn by outplaying him to hell with wide guard. Crit me twice, burned me on heat wave, double protected and still got fucked. Wide guard is so good.
redpill me on Corviknight
>>59214091Eh irons the defense and doesnt afraid of anything.
>>59214091Makes physical attackers piss and poop their pants
>>59214024As far as I am aware it should work like any of the chain moves (fury swipes, rock blast and etc.) so as long as you land the first hit every consecutive hit should land afterwards. The only real issue you run into is if you land 1, 2, or 3 hits which unlike every other chain move you are guaranteed to hit at least twice.
>32+ Atk Black Belt Sharpness Gallade Sacred Sword vs. 32 HP / 0 Def Rotom-Wash: 139-165 (88.5 - 105%) -- 31.3% chance to OHKOThat is obscene damage
>>59213705>Proud of being a manchild
>>59214104That's not how triple axel works. Every individual hit is checked at 90% accuracy, doubling in power and capping at three hits.
>>59214109You're on a manchild website with an increasingly older userbase
>>59214112Nah its only you. Most of us are under 30, unc. Its over for you, manchild
>>59214110Well not doubling, it goes 20 40 60, but it's the same idea as population bomb
>Corviknight user forgets Roost removes their flying type and gets KO'd from full HP by Close Combat.Shoulda clicked that Iron Defense first, silly.
Did you know weavile is 5 points faster than sneasler and gets fake out and psycho cut? I just found that interesting.
>making a team on showdown for the venusaur tournament thing>current idea is running a mega delphox and corviknight which i don't have and is working well so far>hopefully it turns out to be trash or i might have to beg the ZA anon for a delphox after he already gave me an eternal floette for free, the corviknight i can probably replace with something else its not that important and might not even be good on this team. maybe i should just run a floette team
ded game
>>59213962>is typically Scarfed>prep Trick Room>isn't Scarfed>is slower than my Sinistcha>kills my Mega Garde>try to revenge kill with my Mole by undoing the Trick Room>hit it with Earthquake>has SturdyLegit going to kill myself.
>lost because opponent hits a crit at a critical moment.>next match>win, because I got a crit at a critical moment.All things perfectly balanced I guess.
>>59214206Best Spread on Maushold?
>is overpowered for 5 gens in a row
Does anyone here have a .NSP?I wish to extract the music.
>>59214209Max speed and HP according to the commonfolk
timid or modest for scarf hydreigon? I've been using timid but it seems like it just doesn't get the job done sometimes, but I don't know if making it modest means it gets outsped by anything relevant
>close to losing>my Mega Greninja uses Ice Beam on opponent's Archaludon>it freezes and then thaws on the same turn>Archaludon uses Flash Cannon>lose
Knock Off should bypass Focus Sash Y/N?
>>59214239Knock Off should cause the user's balls to get knocked off since he's clearly not using them
What's the cutoff for Master Ball 2? I'm in the high 1800s right now
In 2 weeks Dire Claw has given me a status effect once
>>59214227225 speed Modest vs 247 speed TimidFind out what common threats fall between thereModest should still outspeed scarfed Timid Basculegion foe example
>>59212241https://www.pikalytics.com/Look at the most used mons and look at the moves they use. Build a well rounded team with wincons and supports that enable them. Speed is the most important stat in the game so make sure to have some form of speed control like Tailwind or a choice scarfer
>>59213107please never teambuild again
>>59214268Sorry your Ceruledge couldn't handle it bro
>>59214238>oh no I didn't win, because of rng
>>59214021The in game resources are shit. Can’t even read up on mega abilities, because they didn’t bother to include it.They didn’t bother to include anything in this game that helps understand team building or competitive. Dota 2 at least tells you what’s a support or a carry, this game just gives you a gacha Whimsicott and calls it a day.
>>59214266>do your own researchFuck you, there should be a tool in the game to lay this all out.
>>59214283Holy zoomie cuckie
Is Tsareena actually good in this current meta or is it just a meme? I've been seeing a lot more Tsareena propaganda lately.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3GTHsIXuos
>>59214283I don't think you're the requester, but what he gave was thoughtful advice you nigger
okay i am officially begging for a mega delphox from HOME trading anon. I put a flaffy up on GTS under Sneed. Hopefully he sees this or i will have to trade my floette for one and that's probably dumb
>>59214286Go suck a dick you aggro ADHD social media brained retard. There's literally in-game stats that show you what the most used Pokemon are. You should pick up on what the most popular 15-20 Pokemon are and what they do by the time you're in Ultra
>>59214277mobile isnt out yet so we are still playing beta test version
>>59214277>The in game resources are shit. Can’t even read up on mega abilities, because they didn’t bother to include it.Valid points. Im trying to figure out what my Mega Scizor ability is (I know its adaptability, i just wanna see if the game tells me this), but there is literally nothing in game which tells me what it becomes.>They didn’t bother to include anything in this game that helps understand team building or competitive>this game just gives you a gacha Whimsicott and calls it a dayAlso valid points. Best we have so far is the battle tutorials but that is woefully lacking.Im writing >>59211844 right now, and while I understand its basically a band aid external resource to understand comp, I really am trying to figure out what topics people actually want to get better at a basic level at the game.Only problem is that pokemon team building and competitive is legitimately a hard topic to tackle, so i really have trouble writing an easy to read guide. The most similar style that I have found which tries to explain these topic are>https://www.pokemon.com/uk/strategy/how-to-build-a-team-and-battle-in-pokemon-scarlet-and-pokemon-violet-regulation-set-h>https://www.pokemon.com/us/strategy/the-top-threats-of-pokemon-scarlet-and-pokemon-violets-regulation-set-hbut im still worried if I go too in depth in the current meta, then by june its useless. Maybe I need another anon here to be my cowriter
>>59211807diaper beam lol
>>59214314> Mega Scizor ability is (I know its adaptability,Can't tell if this is a whoosh for me, but both base and Mega Scizor's abilities are Technician, not Adaptability.
>>59214321my bad, i was thinking of beedrill, idk why i typed scizor there
>>59214249Champion is top 300Master Ball 1 is about top 1000Master Ball 2 is about top 10,000Master Ball 3 is about top 50,000Master Ball 4 is everyone else
>>59214252Don't jynx it. But yes, I've noticed that too.
>>59214301sent :)
>>59214346holy fuck your a legend, now to get run over with it on champions by something i didn't consider and didn't show up on showdown testing
>>59214273>ceruledgewhat kinda trenches are we in where you bring a bad move specifically against one very niche, non-common mon, who you specifically have to not be in trick room for to be useful?
>>59214314continuing on my rant a little.The reason why i am such at wits end for writing this team building guide is that its trying to satisfy everyone all at once>it needs to be easily digestible, else you are writing shit like https://www.vgcguide.com/utility-moves, which wastes time explaining Ally Switch to lil timmies (I like wolfe, but this is getting high of your own farts tier delusional)>it needs to be long enough and directable enough that you can actually act upon it instead of telling people to click 'Auto Team Build' which explains nothingI legitimately just want to make an argument of "dont even bother making your own teams, just follow someone else's" instead like what >>59214266>>59214017is doing, but that runs into the last wall>it needs to cast a wide enough net, so that people wont bitch that their favourite 'Furfrou' is unusable because of the 'meta'Like literally how am i supposed to do a writeup for this?As stated beforehttps://www.pokemon.com/uk/strategy/how-to-build-a-team-and-battle-in-pokemon-scarlet-and-pokemon-violet-regulation-set-hthis is the closest style that i can think of, but then it goes into the slippery slope of>ahh its too meta centric, i should explain it more generally>shit now its too long, i should trim it down>fuck its too short, now Timmy will complain his favourite Mega Alakazam team loses to literally anyone with fake out
>>59214373I have it specifically for the annoying Ghost types that think they'll be able to survive the match, everything else just gets +6 body pressed. And yeah, I'm not trying to go first that's why payback seemed ideal
>>59214414the best way to do it is by example, any wall of text explaining the nuances of teambuilding isn't going to stick, humans learn by digestible examples. Don't worry too much about it being meta specific because the example should get the main points across
>>59214414IMO the starter guide should just focus on what a new player should do when they begin. Stuff like the starter teams and which to recommend, how to transfer from HOME and what gets transferred, using the training facilities, instructions to do all the tutorials to unlock stuff, what stuff to buy from the shops, beginner traps to avoid when spending VP, etc.You can neatly arrange all the external competitive guides and useful links as needed but I don't think you want to include all that information directly. Trying to write up a competitive guide yourself on the same page is just going to make it look overly complex
i need a mon that1) has tailwind2) can pressure dark types3) is immune to earthquakeprobably in that order, is bodypress corviknight the only answer?
>>59214470BRAVEST BIRD
>>59214470https://www.serebii.net/attackdex-champions/tailwind.shtmlYour other options are Hydreigon and M-Altaria
>>59214474Oh wait Altaria loses Flying-type kek
Archaludon should have toxic
>You have XX hours and 02 mins until your next free Lineup!>Would you like to pay XX(+1) quick cards to see it now? :>
THUNDERSTRUCKINCINROAR
Stacking up buffs is extremely underrated right now. No one runs haze and only some incins seem to have Lariat
>>59214508I wish they gave us less quick tickets and more training tickets
>opponent has a mega tyranitar with 13% hp left>i have a pelipper (rain is up) with 1 hp, and a farig with 49 total hp left>he protects to stall out my last turn of tailwind>uses knock off on the pelipper instead of rock slide>dies to farig hyper voicewas he just hoping to dear god that my farig couldn't touch it or something?
>>59213496It's a problem with Champions specifically. It's a very common complaint that ILCA likely accidentally put a zero in the wrong place on the sensitivity or the dead-zone, so it's advised to just use the d-pad. I honestly have no clue how you people move through menus with the stick, even in games that use the stick, the moment I get to a menu I use the d-pad.
>>59214576probably banked on a low roll hyper voice or that your farig only knew psychic
>>59213608>one of the most devastating physical attackers that bug has ever had and likely will ever have, delegated to pressing ice beamIf there is no intimidate or the Charizard has zero bulk, Araquanid can literally just OHKO with Liquidation in the sun on Charizard.
>send out Faralex>opponent predicts with a Star Sear>survive by eating my Tasty Apricot>I get his Tominigi with Zapping Touch (it crit)Damn, close match
>>59214580>It's a problem with Champions specificallyNo it's not just Champions. The Switch 2 joysticks are way too sensitive on any screen that acks like a dpad. Go to any password enter screen and it's impossible to be precise with analog.
okay but what ifbulky charizardlike just normal ass zardto counter scizor and lucario?
>>59213496why the fuck are you using a stick for a menu game?
>>59214595May as well just use something like Volcarona or Ceruledge
>>59214595Only reason to ever run regular zard is to use scarf and solar power next to torkoal.
hot take: incineroar is trash in the current meta and more of a liability than not
>>59214334I became mb3 at 55000>>59214227Modest still outspeeds everything in the game that doesn't have a boost.>>59214576Pelipper commonly carries wide guard so he might have been trying to predict that>>59214584He obviously wants to kill the garchomps that now take up 40% of the meta
>>59212505>tfw you chose Tyranitar like a retard instead of Pikachu
>>59214605>current metaUntil it changes again tomorrow
>>59214610tyranitar is the best team, you get 6 good usable mons instead of 4 maybe 5. you also get a ready made trick room team you can take to the ladder right away without relying on recruits instead of a mixed bag of mons that dont fit
>>59212505Absol team is actually pretty good too
>>59214605More like the meta has adapted to make teams that don't get fucked my Intimidate. Kingambit, Milotic, Corviknight, and White Herb Sneasler are everywhere to hard punish bringing out an Intimidate mon.
>>59214610Ttar team is pretty good. The worst one is probably Armarouge.
>>59214619>6 good usable monsArcanine is barely seeing use and Drampa and Aggron are niche megas. Pikachu team has 5 solid mons and simply having Garchomp/Kingambit is enough to make it the best one.
>Keep getting perfectly read by moonrunes who are always 100-ish rating points above meHow do you anons deal with them?
Encore whimsicott is bullshit, just delays and destroys any strategy that isn't attacking turn 1
>>59214527Like coaching and agility or something?
>>59214641have a number generator next to you and roll a number to choose between 2 different options. become unexploitable
>>59214641Equip the quick claw and bright powder
>>59214289It's a Pokémon that fits a pretty specific niche. If you want anti-priority you're better off running Farigiraf most of the time
>>59214470I mean, Whimsicott could maybe fit?
>>59214636>Arcanine is barely seeing use Because it's outclassed by Inceleroar. Arcanine is still good, there's just no reason to use it anymore.
>>59214586That's why you run Faralex with Impricinate not Croager, retard
>>59214641I don't. Every game I've played in Master Ball has been me punching down at someone 100 points below me.
>>59214696too supporty, i need it to be more of a threat generally also. I already have a sinistcha.
>>59214711Hydreigon learns focus miss I guess? I'm pretty sure only Skar and Corvi with body press are gonna be reliable however
>>59214265>Timid BasculegionNo one is running the female version.
>be up 3-1 at time against stalling Milotic>match drawnSuch a retarded change
I just don't get some plays, maybe is a misclick or an overprediction, but I'm scared is a bot, there's none in master ball right?
>>59214283there is.
>they could've given mega-heracross icicle spear to have good coverage against flyingit's not like the fucker's doing good anyways, just give shit to the trash megas already. like, we shouldn't have to centralize the mega distribution to the top 3% of megas, especially when a lot of more modern pokemon are straight up just stronger than a lot of megas.
>>59214856Just rock blast
>>59214862icicle spear also helps with garchomp. the only ice moves that any of the current bug types learn is araquanid with ice beam and forretress with ice spinner, and that's it.
I would really like if mega ampharos got 1 or 2 more coverage moves or 1 or 2 actual setup moves.Right now the only coverage it has is gleam, which isn't that helpful when it has stab dragon, and the only setup moves it has are cotton guard which is niche useage for it and electric terrain with rising voltage which is just... ehh.
i can't seem to find the tweet anymore, butSUPPOSEDLY, according to some data miners going through some of the stuff in Champions, the Scope Lens is incorrectly built because ILCA seemingly made it so that crit rolls happen regardless if you were to miss or not, not a roll on a hit. so Scope Lens functions as a Wide Lens as well increasing your crit chance.
>>59214943Feel like this could easily be tested with population bomb
>>59214947Easiest way to test would probably be Draco meteor dragon cheer with scope lens since it should always crit and therefore always hit?
>>59214943>ILCA and Gamefreak make a competitive game with no in game information, that’s buggy as shit, with item interactions broken that have worked for 20 years.I had misguided faith in this project, after master ball tier this game is a massive disappointment.And there’s no way to test this shit without doing a live match! How there is no Training Room mode like every other single competitive game is so stupid it makes me irrationally angry.
>>59214610>>59212505>>59214619>>59214636>>59214629The best teams are easily Absol and Pikachu, with Charizard and T-Tar probably being a further third and fourth. Everything else is pretty shit tier imo.
>>59212505I picked Charizard. How far can I go with it?
What does a non-Trick Room Farigiraf look like? I want to run it in an otherwise fast team just to punish priority moves.
>>59215097Charizard and Whimsicott are very good, Gengar is good. Replace the other 3 as soon as you can and get the charizardite Y.
>>59215104Trick Room is kinda mandatory on it. Even if you aren't using a team centered around Trick Room it's still so useful to counter opponents tailwind.
to whichever one of you cringe retards named "ihatewomen" here you're not funny
>>59215104Make it more offensive and run Hyper Voice + Psychic. Helping Hand can still be a good support move.
>>59215128That is funny, the only cringe was you countersignaling faggot.
to whichever one of you chads named "ihatewomen" here you're funny
>>59215163The fact that it hurt you enough to complain about it on 4chan is pretty funny though
>>59212480I don't watch a lot of his videosI thought he was just overly cautious untill I actually watched some of his videos.>OH NO BROS THIS IS GOING TO BE SO CLOSE I MIGHT NOT MAKE IT OUT OF THIS ONE!>meanwhile has full hp incineroar and full hp reunicless on the field with 4 turns of trick room left while his opponent only has a single -1 garchomp on the field with fake out chip.the nigger really is playing this shit up.
>>59212480>>59215179Which is honestly so annoying, because the guy is genuinely a nice guy. I've met him a few times at a regional, to the point where he even remembered my previous team he faced at another regional. He's calm as can be when playing in person, just quietly taking notes and then have a conversation afterwards which is nice considering how many will just dip the second you shake hands. I've said it before and I will say it until it changes. I respect and like him as a player, but his persona can thoroughly go fuck itself. He is borderline insufferable as a content creator, and it went into overdrive after he became friends with Jacob Alpharad who "taught" him how to be more interesting on camera.
>>59214414>people wont bitch that their favourite 'Furfrou' is unusablethat can just be a section in the FAQ
Begun, the Smeargle Wars, have
>>59215104Next to mega aero
H zoroark is either absolute dogshit or amazing with no in between
>>59215209Leech seed wins again
>>59215104You run max bulk, Trick Room + Imprison + Protect + an attacking move depending on what coverage your team needs or just Foul Play. You use it to prevent opposing TR, as well as opposing Protects so it lets your team keep up pressure. It's probably not that good in a low power format, but in a Restricted format it's huge because its partner can 1v2 the other team, and Foul Play is actually good damage when you're staring down strong physical attackers.
I was trapped in Ultra 2 hell all week. I changed up my team, tried out a meme team where I trap the opponent with Mega Gengar, use Whimsicott to Switcheroo a Choice Scarf onto the slot that's using either Fake Out, Trick Room, Tailwind, whatever seems obvious. Use Encore on the other slot if you read them wrong or they also use a status move. 2 mons in the back are whoever you want for coverage. I've had 3 ragequits in a row now lol. One more and im in MB
>made a Mega Glimmora team like 2 weeks ago>sounded good into the sun/Floette meta>couldn't be bothered finishing it properly>now the meta is rain/sand spam every game and it's shit
>>59215273good luck
I'm sick of Archaludon lad. The problem isn't just that he's overpowered no, it's that on top of that it's an ugly piece of shit. This is no one's favorite Pokémon. At least when I get wiped by a Tyranitard or a Garchomp they look cool doing it. Archaludon looks like a dumbass backward stapler crossed with an inhaler. It feels like they gave it all this broken shit to make up for how ugly it is
>>59215289Staplermon is cool as fuck however
>everyone in master ball 4 figured out how to beat my trick room teamWell, what the heck do I build now? Rain slop?
>>59215341Convert the team into bulky setup instead
>>59215341Make a better trick room team.
>>59215341If it's just a knowledge check, it wasn't a real team to begin with. Convert whatever gimmick you're using to a balanced trick room team instead.
What are some meta ways in which you could fuck with your opponents in this game?For example:>Trainer name: "ileadwithx">Naming Pokémon after how they're trained... or pretending for example: "HpSpd" or "MaxBulk">Putting Zoroark in your team but never using it
>>59215416Give all your pokemon the same nickname
>>59215416>Putting Zoroark in your team but never using itPutting specific megas on your team but never bringing them is far more effective.
Help me understand what happened.>doubles. >down to our last three pokemon. >No weather. >have a Timid Garchomp and Lucario. >He has a Garchomp. >Mine is speed boosted by Scale Shot and his first turn was Protect. >Next turn he outspeeds both my mons with an Earthquake and knocks both my guys out. How did he outspeed me?
>>59213870Just lost in round 12. My scarf Basculegion was outsped by Aerodactyl. I probably should have invested in enough speed to outspeed that benchmark instead of just "outspeed Adamant Basculegions." Welp, can't win them all.
>>59215483Scarf.
>>59215483tailwind? also why the fuck are you using a timid garchomp?
>>59215487Nevermind, I can't read.
Is it not possible to reorder your teams in the teams menu
>>59215488Tailwind petered out.
>>59215510you should be using a jolly garchomp by the way. timid is -attack nature
>>59215416This is why there are settings to turn off nicknames and trainer names, assholes can never be trusted
>>59215416just now new would you have to be to be fooled by nicknames in 2026
I fucking love facade snorlax, I put it for the matcha gatcha burns, but every heat wave is burning me too
have Pokémon ever received significant stat adjustments over the series history? I know that some got one of their already decent stats boosted before, like how raichu used to have 100 speed but got buffed to 110, but I mean like significant changestldr why did they do this to my bro mega scovillain
>>59215538My apologies. It was Jolly. I had a retard moment and forgot my natures.
>>59215570A bunch of mons received between 10 to 20 BST in gen 6 and 7. But it's usually just like 10 points here and there, or reallocation of points.
>>59215570No they've never done extreme stat overhauls before. We will sometimes get a -10 or +10 in a new generation.
>>59215570>tldr why did they do this to my bro mega scovillainM-Scovillain is fine. It's focus lies in it's ability, which is busted as fuck.
>>59215570I wish when they do these kind of convenient stat optimization on the regional forms they could throw a bone at the original too
>>59215619yea but since it has zero bulk that makes its ability significantly worse than it is on paper
>>59215570>tldr why did they do this to my bro mega scovillainThey had to give mega scovillain bad stats because they gave it the most busted new ability imaginable for a mon that learns a redirection move.
Leave mega bell peppers to me
>>59215629If it was bulky it would haveRage powder, spicy spray, and drain/healing moves combined and would be extremely hard to counter.You can't have fucking everything man. Maybe give it a partner that can make it bulkier if you cant keep yours alive.
>>59215629You invest fully into bulk. Bro has higher base SpA than Miraidon, with access to STAB Overheat, you'd be surprised how much shit just folds to Overheat with zero investment.
>>59215570Nah. But they should definitely rebalance some starters and megas. This moveset dripfeed shit just isn’t enough.
What meme shit can I do with Gravity apart from Pop Bomb?
>>59215723Hypnosis
hahahahaha gengar perish trap losing to floette lmaooo
>>59215723100% accurate mega kicks on feraligatrI have no idea what the ideal partner for gravity is though. I tried clefable and it was meh.
>>59215723Expanding force Delphox with HypnosisMuddy water Milotic with HypnosisGrav Apple Flapple with Dragon Rush
>>59215770sableye probably
>>59215723Grav Apple?
