New Season, New Teams 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.>NewsFirst Season ends on May 12th.Mobile release possibly leaked for June: https://xcancel.com/CentroLeaks/status/2041378934739108104>Resources and useful linksCommunity 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.Ask in the thread if you want any specific Pokémon, and someone will respond.>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 Teammate Tickets (recruit Pokemon without using VP), 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 https://pastebin.com/d2FJZdPh Previous: >>59261759
>got to MB>all battles start ending on whether side win with just one pokemon standing at a silver of HPMan, I am both having fun and frustration at the same time
free 2 players, are you guys switching teams around or just sticking with one? I'm using just one team against everything
>>59264231Switching to pilot whatever I find looks fun
>>59264220It's too stressful. I'm improving in casual instead. I start getting mad even if I lose in casual though, because it makes me feel STUPID and HUMILIATED. I autistically smacked myself in the head for a bad play that lost me a ranked battle yelling "YOU FUCKING MONGOLOID".But I also enjoy it...
>>59264231I made constant iterations of my one doubles team until I finally got my bros Hydreigon and Scizor into Master Ball. Now I’m totally fuckin around with Mega Chimecho and Ditto and shit
>>59264255>I'm improving in casual insteadThat seems like a waste of VP, what do you have to lose playing in MB? It's not like you're going to make it to Champion.
>>59263968The fuck are you talking about? I’d post a timestamp of my MB rank, but it sounds like you’re just trying to shit on me for knowing both mono- and dual-type Pokémon exist so I don’t even know how to feel
Anyone fuck with Mega Pinsir in singles? Back in the XY days this was my absolute dawg. I know he lost Double-Edge (absolutely fuck you GF) but maybe I can still Thrash around with an old friend…
i keep losing to pelipper archaludon
>>59264264>what do you have to lose playing in MB?My composure. I'm also calmer in Casual so I can learn easier. No adrenaline clouding my memory.
when reset
>>592643121 day
>>59264285Prankster mon. Protect M-Vensaur, Disable Pelipper hurricane (or Encore non hurricane). Fake Tears the Archaludon and Earth Power into it.
I can't wait to play with my bro piplup
threads moving speedily, anything i missed? was busy playing twilight princess>>59264283im not even gonna bother, loved him in XY too, but losing double edge just to shill Feraligatr is so dumb
Tick tock. You have 3 more hours to get to Master Ball.
>>59264418I hover around 1800. I went down to 1750... I'm not risking dropping more, it's over. I'm leaving it locked in now before I full tilt down to 1600.
>>59263842when?we have been saying soon™ for weeks now
>>59264429Soon(tm)[for real this time]{hopefully}
>>59264354little cup soon
i just got master bawl rank
FUCK! I almost got out of Pokéball and lost the last match. Then lost the next one too. I don't know if I can make it into Great Ball before it resets.
Are we getting new items or anything else added to the game tomorrow? Or is it just a ladder reset?
>>59264490you get a new battle pass to spend your pesos
>>59264490We have zero clue. I would ASSUME we will get a few new mons each season since they are still shilling megas and we don't even have them all in the game yet.
when
>>59264499>I would ASSUME we will get a few new mons each seasonNah, that will wait for the new regulation, I'm expecting nothing gameplay-wise.
>>59264180Green and I defend our Master rank every afternoon
>>59264482Guys I can't get into Great Ball. I've been playing for hours. Damn I tried so hard! Oh well, next season, I'm aiming for ultra ball!
>>59264414tatora is still ugly
>>59264519>Damn I tried so hard!No you didn't, unless you have legit cognitive issues.
>>59264519>you will never be a pokemon master
>>59264519
>>59264532heh
>>59264499The current M-A recruit lineup lasts until June 16 and the official site shows season 3 as adding more mons. So we likely won't get anything new tomorrow.
>>59264555The current lineup is good. There's very few human Pokémon. Incineroar isn't played as much due to Gambit and Milotic everywhere, and the humans on clouds AKA "genies" aren't in either.
>>59264315it said that yesterday,
give me funny events, and you can keep the ranked ladder the same for one more season.
>>59264554I would appreciate some decent profile icons in the future
>>59264581I see ZERO reason why they can't make a Pika Cup division for baby mons etc like they had in Stadium.There's no reason not to totally felt Smogon into oblivion by just creating less autistic restricted cups where it's just like, water mons only, baby mons only, Pikachu or Pikaclones only, etc.
>>59264583I'd pay VP for cool icons... Pokémon FRLG main character sprite, Marnie and Morpeko, the truck by SS Anne with a little Mew poking out from under it.
>>59264586they get the same money for doing the bare minimum
>>59264581>>59264586Doubt we will get wacky formats anytime soon. Games gotta run it's course for a while before they need to start busting out weird regulations to keep people interested.
My limit is 2k elo.I can get a fluke win or two to get like maybe 2020 something elo, but I will immediately get put back into my place into the 1900s after that.
They're going to do an ubers-only format
>>59264499Chances that we'll get some patch notes?Like mons getting new moves available to them or buffing moves like zen beadbutt to not be 90% accurate.
>>59264587When are we getting some funny clothes?
>>59264603sorry, all you're getting is more feminine clothes
>>59264180>start game>immediately get a shiny Florges from my first banner pull>can transfer it to home and the mainline gamesShiny hunter bros...
>>59264624Is Champions the best way to shiny hunt in this gen? I got this shiny Florges at the start of the game.
>>59264588Nah not necessarily. Other games rotate weird formats around so people get excited to play and have FOMO about missing out on partaking.E.g. imagine the Pikaclone cup gave your Pokémon a special title and ribbon and icons etc if you finished it in MB tier? Plus people who really love Dedenne or Morpeko or some shit might see that there's a contest involving a Mon they adore and download the game specifically to compete in it, whereas maybe normally they play SV.
>>59264629>Is Champions the best way to shiny hunt in this gen?Fuck no. You can farm shinies in SV or ZA stupid easy.
>>59264635How so?
>>59264640>SV>make a sandwich and enjoy the easy shiny spawns>or catch them through shiny raid channels on twitch>ZA>get the dlc>dlc basically gives you shiny charm for free>use hyper berries to create donuts that 100% guarantee shiny spawnsZA especially is laughably easy to fill boxes with shinies once you've beaten the dlc campaign
been seeing a lot of people start challenging farigiraf's armor tail to try and scout for people who fake it with cud chew or whatever. which usually means they just get swept when it actually is armor tail.
>>59264659No I think those people are just stupid and forgot about the ability.
>>59264283he's good honestly, not a lot of people are prepared for him.
Next season I'll try to climb the ladder without being carried by basc/sneedler/pelipper/arch.
>>59264526What do you mean?
everyone gets a free ho-oh tomorrow
>Just barely made into Master Ball 2>Want to play a bit more to cement my position before season's end but also worried about going on a 5 game losing streak>Chance it anyway, get paired with some jap who forfeits the second their turn 1 doesn't go according to planWell that was lucky
I hope this isn't the only thing we get tomorrow because holy shit that's so bland
>>59264851Hey anonit’s the only thing we are getting tomorrow
>>59264851lol
>>59264586>>59264590Eh, they had some silly events in the past. They'll start cycling through doing those and doing normal mini tournaments
If someone wants to help me evolve my shiny Kadabra on ZA I'll trade you an Eternal Floette.
>>59264874at work rnif you are still free in 7 hours, and if noone else helped out, im fine to trade though
>>59264555Bet the mobile version comes out at the start of the next regulation.
>>59264851The faggots at ILCA are going to drip feed the hell out of this game, I have zero expectations
>>59264888Maybe. I wonder how much things'll change or if they'll want to keep the training wheels on for one more season, to not scare off the smartphone users.
>>59264652Is ZA worth getting? I just want a shiny solgaleo but it seems to be shiny locked in almost every appearance
>>59264907Can't get Solgaleo in ZA anyway.
>>59264907>Is ZA worth getting?I actually got the game recently and I'm pleasantly surprised by how much I'm enjoying it. I bought it just for the exclusives but turned out to actually enjoy the game. I'm Rank D in the story
>>59264922If you like it now you'll probably like it to the end. My largest complaint for ZA was the grinding beinf fucking obnoxious to deal with.
>>59264907Solg is only able to be shiny in swsh
>try out doubles for the first time>make a strategy for the 4 pokemon I'll be using>don't know what the fuck to do with the last two mons or when I'd ever use themMy brain is too small
>>59264907Base ZA is a solid 8/10 with most of it's flaws falling to how mediocre some of the Rogue Megas are (Hawlucha, Starmie, all the Ghosts, Zygarde are fucking amazing though) and the lack of voice acting.The DLC is pretty mediocre, with the only saving grace being the Rogue Mega Fights.
>>59264950You use them to round out your team against what's meta. Honestly, the fact you preplanned 4 members instead of just one or two makes me think you might be in for a bad time.
>>59264942How do we shiny hunt it in swsh? I heard something about dynamx lairs?
>>59264950Think about what the other player can do to disrupt your plan, or if there's types or playstyles you'll have trouble with, and pick a couple pokemon to help shore up the gap
>>59264950Maybe you can put in H-Zoroark just to give them unnecessary mindgames
>>59264964It's a little roguelike mini game. You do 4 raids against dynamax mons with AI or people (you want to do AI since you can turn animations off, but you REALLY need to learn how to manage which pokemon they have available to them since they will tank any run they can). Catch every one, and the last will be a legendary. 4 deaths throughout the whole run or any single battle taking 10+ turns is a loss. With the charm, it's 1/100 for every pokemon you catch to be shiny, without charm is 1/300. You can literally do it 30 minutes into the game and is used in the speedrun to get a level 65/70 that obeys you to sweep the game. You can reset runs to keep the same exact mon spawns (items and npcs on the map will change), which allows you to rerun the same line over and over but will cost exponentially more currency each reset up to 10 ore (max you can have is 999), so only do it if you have a perfect route. Solgaleo is pretty easy as far as the legendaries go. The hard ones are Kyogre, Groudon, anything with some bulk and stab spread moves, especially Zygarde. Some raids are only in one or the other version natively, but can be shared and saved from the other version. You only use rental pokemon to battle, so again perfect to speedrun lolAlso of course requires buying the DLC
>got a cloud watcher shiny basculin >ITS FEMALEFUCK
>>59264668Damn, I asked this and then realized I don't even have a Pinsir yet. Guess I'll finish this season fucking around with Araquanid and try him next time.>>59264950You're in a great spot, just listen to this anon >>59264972, slap an H-Zoroark on your team and then whatever meta guy you hate the most (Incineroar, Sneasler, Sinistcha, Archaludon) and totally ignore them.Bring your 4 guys you thought of, learn how to use them against whatever comes up, and watch your opponents trip all over themselves trying to outpredict a meta you aren't even aware of. It's the perfect crime.
>get crit and lose>bot match afterwardsThis is the most humiliation I've ever felt playing Pokemon
>>59264994Is it still possible to shiny hunt solgaleo in it? Im reading some bs about seasons and i have bank + usum + my nebby.
>>59265032Yes you can still get them but shiny hunting in swsh dynamax adventures is literal hell. Just use a tradebot to give you legendary shinies instead of torturing yourself.
>>59264414>shill Feraligatrremember, Lopunny lost it too while things like Venusaur and Meganium kept it
>>59265012>>59264283>>59264668What do you guys run on the beetle?
>>59265036unless you do it with a friend, which is still an option
>>59265051max speed, moxieclose combat, body slam, quick attack, guillotineif you want something a less memey run earthquake or swords dance instead
Oh is that person with the sodden charizard around sorry life has been shitty
>check battle stats out of curiosity>feraligatr has more usage in doubles than singles>in doubles it has more usage than Camerupt, Empoleon, Chandelure, and Araquanidgranted it’s not by much (73rd relative to 74th, 76th, and 83rd) but I can’t fathom why except for maybe Chandelure being somehow even worse
>>59265051All I remember is Swords Dance, Double-Edge, Quick Attack. I'm 90% sure the last slot was X-Scissor, but maybe I switched it around with something else?Whatever the case, I haven't had the chance to try him yet in Champions, hopefully I'll roll my bro soon
>>59265099you know you can just trade for the guy right?
>>59265099>Double-EdgeI don't know how to tell you this, Anon...
>Pinsir lost double edgeI wonder if this is a sign that Salamence will lose it too.
>>59265099Stat spread and nature?
>>59265148I have not seen a single person using emboar so far in champions
>>59265148what exactly is the most relevant function of mold breaker emboar anyways? to get around disguise?
>>59265153Disguise, hitting Rotoms if you're running E-Quake, perhaps getting around Armor Tail Farig and hitting it with Sucker Punch. There's really just not a lot of super important mons Mold Breaker would be extremely useful against in the current Pokemon pool atm.
>>59265153It only has some minor niche uses on Emboar. It was a genuinely horribly pick for it's ability.
>>59265156which is why i was wondering why even did it get it.Reckless is a legitimately good ability, they should have just let it keep it
>>59265102Yeah, I have a lot more ideas I'm trying out in the meantime. If I don't roll one and get desperate enough, I'll be back to beg.>>59265109>>59264283>>59265139Back in XY I went 31/31 Atk/Spd and Adamant, or at least something close to it. I don't remember anything else except slaughtering everything with him and maybe Close Combat instead of X-Scissor
>>59265152I fought one while using M-Aggron. Pretty sad day for me
>>59265072Status your own Gatr for Facade hehe
>>59265190i mean, it is a strat people are doing to cope right now.paralyz is basically useless you might as well waste a turn prankster thunder wave for that facade
>>59264950what do your 4 lose to? what mons can fix it?
>>59265238like 15 hours
>>59264555>new pokemon may be addedWe get a fucking "maybe"?
>>59264519>>59264532KEK
>>59264665look man it's already weird that Queenly Majesty protects both mons from priority moves, and then they go and call it something confusingly individual as "Armor Tail". Does Battle Armor protect your ally from crits? no? why tf does this?
>>59265072Water/dragon is a really good typing and you can use it in mixed room, it’s just that teams that aren’t >tailwind and then attack>trick room and then attackAre a lot harder to build
Let's build our own patch notes. One addition per anon.>Added the genie trio
It's crazy that ilca coded in a hidden focus band mechanic. All these mons surviving on 1 hp when they shouldn't is just dumb
I was 2 wins to Master Ball, dropped to UB3, then climbed back up to 2 wins to MB, dropped back to UB2, and now finally reached MB. Had to beat cancer with cancer, collected all the meta mons in the past few days on free daily roll but didn't wanna use them, today I just spent 10k ish VP to build them to climb back up. Thanks for reading my blog.
>>59265284I'm surprised they don't have more anti crit support honestly.Removing Lucky Chant seems silly in hindsight.
>>59264874I'm free if you want to make a room.
>>59265413What was your team ultimately?
kyururu
Are we getting any new Pokemon tomorrow?
>>59265443I almost never have to bring Kingambit and Sneasler.
>>59265118Salamence always had Double-edge as a level up move, Pinsir hasn't had it since tutors from gen 3
>>59264490We don't fucking knowWhat we are definitely getting:A battle pass with Kangaskhan, Gengar and Skarmory and some exclusive clothing.What we may possibly get:New items (I don't think the game would even need to be updated for most missing items, they're probably already programmed in), the current rules have stipulations about usable Pokemon but they do not have stipulations about usable itemsWhat we most likely are not getting:New Pokemon, additional Megas (in a scenario where Megas were added they would only be for currently available Pokemon, so Raichu X and Y, Garchomp Z, Lucario Z)I'd also say it'd be incredibly foolish of them not to add new music, clothes, etc. to buy in the shop. A lot of people have already cleared out the current shop except for clothing recolors.
>>59265379>Focus Band activation rate increased to 15%
>>59265509fake out now have 50% to flinch
>>59264283There are nearly 0 normal moves in this game despite having like 10 mons with -ate abilities and it's absolute horseshit. Lopunny as well gets shafted by this.
>>59265554You will use Pixilate Weather Ball and be happy.
I have successfully choked the life out of 5 people in a row with my mega venusaur leech seed cancer. Things started going much better when I decided I needed a rotom heat to beat zard and gambit, which also let me drop flate blitz on incineroar for snarl which has been seriously fucking people over. There's nothing quite like sitting with a mega venusaur and milotic on the field for 10 turns, slowly leech seed + giga draining and scald + life dewing your way through your opponents.
>>59265554Hyper VoiceHyper BeamFake OutProtect
>>59265554Double EdgeQuick AttackHowever, i think some -late abilities should turn other moves, like Pinsir's should turn Fighting moves into Flying or something.
>>59265554Lopunny is absolutely shit lol.
>>59265569Got a team code? I'd love to give this a spin
>>59265655https://youtu.be/_Tv7mlEo49sNot that bad really
>>59265655So is Houndoom and Medicham. Sablenite is kind of a joke too lmao, Magic Bounce gimmick for the two status moves (taunt/encore) that will ever come at it and is only on some teams.
>>59265661It is, brother. Because you're failing to move an entire Pokémon for a turn. If they set trick room you're fucked PLUS if you set trick room yourself, the slow mons will go first and you don't have an ally doing nothing but leaving itself open to attacks (and it goes down in one shot to everything)... I wish it wasn't total shit because it's cute but yeah.Also if you misread one protect you're just going down with megas that lack spread moves and are as frail as Weedle and can't hold sash because you're holding a stone.
>>59265569Glaceon uses Ice beam + calm mind
>>59265148>solgaleo tazes you with thunderbolt
There really is only like 11-15 pokemon seeing any real play, isnt there?
>>59265688Depends on the context, you're mister average going to a tournament and you want to give yourself the best chances then yes your options are somewhat limited, if all you want to do is get a decent position on the online ladder then the range of viable pokemon is actually pretty large.
>>59264874>>59264887aight back home now, you up for some trading?
>>59265688Look at recent tourney results. Every team is Char-Y, Sneed+Gambit+Basc (to counter opposing Sneed+Gambit+Basc), Aero, and some 6th mon, or Peli+Arch+Basc. Many of these mons' counters aren't in the game, like Ursaluna, Gholdengo, psyspam as a whole, Rilla, etc.
>>59265708Arent those counters you listed basically the staple for the formats that did have them? Seems to me like Pokemon inherently doesnt offer opportunities for competitive variety.
>>59265711In no competitive game all the characters are balanced.
>>59265711Some mons are better than others, sure, but the lack of many good grass and electric types in the format (outside of Rotom-W I guess) is a big part of why things feel so centralized. You can have a decent number of staple mons without it feeling like every team is running the same balance trio to counter opposing balance trios who happen to counter one another. More diversity would bring these mons down to just being format staples as opposed to being on what feels like every team.
>>59265660I can later today>>59265681>incineroar used taunt!>venusaur used leech seed!
>>59265731It’s because of megas not because of lack of type diversity but people will make excuses till they’re blue in the face for Charizard heatwave doing similar damage to a sashed Calyrex lol
>>59265704Are you the floette giver or receiver?
>>59265729I dont need all characters to be balanced. I just don't need the options limited to like 3% of the pool.
>>59265754>swaps out Glaceon with mega charizard
>>59265760That's the pool of usable options in most competitive game though.And i'd say there are 40 mons of of 213 that are always useful, so that's more than 3%.
>>59265771It absolutely is not.
>>59265688Let's see, there's the top 5 core Kingambit GarchompIncineroar SneaslerBasculegion The weather settersCharizardPelipperTyranitar FrosslassThe supportSinischaWhimsicottSableyeAerodactyl Farigiraf The less common but equally hard hitters (1 every 2 or 3 games)Archaludon Dragonite MiloticRotom WashRotom HeatSylveonFloetteVenusaur
Do you miss him?
>>59265782There's a few more i'd say are staples working in dedicated but strong teams, like Meganium, Gengar, Torkoal, Blastoise, Maushold and Aegislash.
>>59265782I think all the kanto starters have a place in the meta. M-Blastoise can be a terror once it gets its shell smashed.
Do you think any of the remaining Z-A megas like the Raichu ones will require you to import from Z-A to get the stone?
>lead with Heliolisk>suspect scarf Grachomp to use Earthquake>swap into Gyarados, it misses>he swaps into G. Slowbro, right into Crunch>i swap into Lucario, his Sludgebomb misses>he sits on the screen idling and disconnects, giving me the winWow are Singles players this bad? Give up after a few mistakes? I already made Masters in Doubles so I thought I'd check out Singles. Hit Masters easy this morning.
>>59265688Going exclusively by Doubles usage, and making the arbitrary cutoff point "a pokemon I see all the fucking time despite its placement":Primarina is #33, and I would consider Primarina to be very common. The next couple of Pokemon are Kangaskhan, Delphox, Scovillain, Alolan Ninetales, Kommo-o and Politoed, who I see often. 40 is where there's finally a Pokemon I rarely see, Dragapult. But there's still some Pokemon I see a lot after that (Gyarados, Heat |Rotom) so I'm confident in saying "there are around 40-50 mainstays in the current meta" which is pretty good.
>>59265829>I would consider Primarina to be very commonYou're kidding, surely.
>>59264180Idk why they havent decided to let people have a companion trainer from the games. Who cheers you on in single battles and is the second trainer on your team for double battles. Its nice that we can now play an official version of pokemon showdown but I really want Green in the game.
>>59265807I hope not, but if they're cunt they will do it.If they're gigacunt, they'll make them paid battlepass exclusives (but to be honest the current pass rewards are complete garbage >>59264851).
Had a Mega Scovillain team idea hit me right before I fell asleep and now I cant remember it and I'm annoyed. I know it was a Leech Seed type thing though.
>>59265831Play the game.
>>59265845I do, that's how I know you aren't being honest.
>>59265849>"I'm not wrong, everyone else is lying."
>>59265871Just you.
Is there literally any opposing opening that Sableye SHOULDN'T be played into? Because this little fucker wins me games constantly just by having access to Fake Out, Encore and Disable.
>>59265876Farigiraf TR, maybe teams with multiple dark types
>>59265876Sylveon+Tsareena
>>59264851oh boy I can't wait to spend $10 for a white shirt, tight pants and 6000+ VP!
>>59265876I'll let you know when they add priority fairy moves in to the game. Comfey will save us.
>>59265802Even without Shell Smash it's very good, lots of meta mons don't like the Water/Dark/Fighting coverage if it runs it.
>>59264851>THAT WILL BE $50 ANNUAL GOYJIN
>>59265190I see you also were using that klefki gatr team with conkeldurr
>>59264851I'm assuming the free one here is Gengar
>>59265793I still want these guys deleted from the series.
>>59265838You were gonna burn sneasler, pop a leech seed, then swap in Archaludon to absorb the leech seed on top of leftovers, after popping Mean Look with an ally tank.
>>59265949I think Archaludon genuinely was part of the plan.
>>59265876Definitely. I'd say even don't bring Sableye if they have Farigiraf, and possibly even Tsareena.Farigiraf has lost me the game when it's not even on the field, because you just encored something planning to disable it next turn, then they switch it IN and you lose a turn and are forced to swap and you just fucking lose.
>Mental Herb ArchaludonHow am I supposed to take any of this community seriously?
>>59265688Lack of items does that. Without AV only naturally bulky mons can be used as special walls. Without LO only naturally strong Pokemon can be used as sweepers. Without Covert Cloak Fake Out becomes very strong so the two good Pokemon with FO get high usage, and then the Pokemon that counter those get high usage.
>>59265837Paid battle pass exclusive is better than completely different game exclusive.
>>59265984Probably meant to be White Herb for Draco Meteor
>>59266008as someone who hasn't touched competitive since gen 6, I'm glad they held back on the items so I can focus in learning the new mons first
>>59265984How did you know it has mental herb?
>>59266022Because it shook off a Disable (and then lost anyway because Mental Herb on Archaludon is retarded)
>>59266030Did you disable on the "hitting" turn of electro shot outside of rain?
>>59266038On his second Dragon Pulse.
do you like frumpy 5-out-of-10 girls in the pokemon world? the kind of forgettable NPC girls that will just blend into the background.
>>59266141Yes. I keep saying it but Tatora is super cute in a homely, down-to-earth way.
>>59266141Her art is just meh, but good lord is her 3d model god fucking awful
>>59266141her 3D model is super uncanny
>WWE Pokemon Champions
>>59266141Tatora is a well meaning grandma.
>>59266189I log on and do Hogan Pulls every day.
>>59266046Disable is such a boss move lol
>>59266019And I guess that's fair, given that M-A is a two month regulation so I can put up with it, but I really hope they add all the items back for M-B since it's going to be the Worlds format.
>Archaluon doesnt get Body Press*sad Population Bomb/Stamina noises*
Installed the game today and the season is ending. Made it to Great Ball with my rush team of Dragonite, Tyranitar and Scizor. Any recommendations on rising the ranks as fast as possible?
>>59266344Sneasler.
>>59266344Singles or doubles?
>>59266350Singles>>59266346Don't have him
>>59265876Farig Tsareena are the worst 2Kingambit ttar and incin are a pretty bad timeFairy mons will gib him too.If your sableye is just there to put up screens then eh whatever
I can't get out of Pokéball. I keep getting close to promotion then someone breaks me down.
I like how Mega Zard Y is to the new megas everything megamence shitposter said MegaMence was going to be.
>>59266373>someone breaks me down.>In pokeballI got some bad news for you buddy, those aren't real people
I went weeks without playing so still in Ultra 4. Can I still make it to masters?
>>59266393Probably not, no. You have, what, like four hours max to win at minimum 13 games in a row?
I just killed someone with a Sableye that has no offensive moves by making them suicide via Struggle after Encores and Disables kek. I love this lil nigga like you wouldnt believe.
What's a good elo on Showdown to know if a team is worth using for high tier play? I've been hovering around 1350-1400 but haven't been really able to break past that, so not sure if it's worth investing in for Champions or if I still need to do some edits.
Its fun to play eeveelution teams. I got way more mileage out of Flareon than I thought I would.
>>59266312It used to, and then it got nerfed.
>Encore an opponent into Protect>it works every single timeWhat are the odds on that? Gotta be 1/1000 or something right?
>>59266477Why are you attacking into something you know is going to use protect?
>>59266480Because it's 2v1 and Protect has an ever-increasing odds of failure with successive uses, you fucking idiot
>>59265660The team's gone through some revisions as I've gone, so feel free to tweak things too if you play it. Rotom is a catch all if you don't know what to lead. It's magnet to kill bulkier zards with tbolt and having something that can hit hard is good in some matchups. Ninetails is to fight non-sun weathers, especially rain mega dnite. Incin to disrupt while venu or milo sit out, or lead against trick room. Chomp could probably go back to slide over tomb now, he's there to soften things down or clean up.
I lost my promo match into masterball. I still have time, but I'm kinda sitting here in disbelief. Game opened with a Sneasler on the enemy team. Gotcha bitch, I think, as I have been using a Jolly Raichu and upper hand to deal with enemy fake out users. Enemy Arucaladon, I'm crossing my fingers its dumb enough to go into an electric move so I can encore it to juice my Lightningrod Raichu. Sneasler was faster, and apparently they didn't code Upperhand to always counter priority moves, so it goes first, fakeouts my Pelliper to stop tailwind, Raichu doesnt do anything since upperhand just fails since I was slower. Arucaladon does use an electric move, like an idiot. But Sneasler is faster than my Raichu. If I dont swap out, Sneasler is going to kill Raichu. If I do swap out, Arucaladon is going to kill my Pelliper. I made the mistake here of letting the Upperhand fail rattle me, so I stayed in hoping they would make a mistake again. Sneasler Closecombat killed Raichu, white herb to unburden, I got a tailwind off, but Arucaladon gambled on Raichu being off the field and blew my Pelliper out of the sky. It's super over. But I played it out. Liquidation from m feraligatr brought sneasler low, but it just ohko'd my alolan ninetails and then arucaladon brought my gator low. Then sneasler killed on turn 4. I got outplayed pretty hard. I might have still lost, I'm not sure if a Thunder from a +1 Raichu w/ magnet would have killed Sneasler. But I am kind of deflated that a move that seems tailor made to stop priority moves, only works if youre faster than the one using the priority move.
>>59266477I'm able to get it off a lot because of Sableye. I run the Zheng team so a lot of people automatically assume I run Quash, so they never expect the Encore. It's been very useful for Protect/Tailwind trapping, so I'm considering going a bit more off-set and swapping Reflect to Disable for even more memes.
>>59266501Fake Out and Upper Hand have the same priority tier of +3. Fake Out would be a lot fucking worse as a move if Upper Hand countered it outright.
>>59266510I just realised how poorly worded my post was. I'm saying that I Encore'd an opponent who had Protected, forcing them to Protect repeatedly and every turn their shield went up without failing once.
>>59266480Lol while something is encored into protect you can just double target their ally over and over. And probably attack them every other turn also (double protect USUALLY fails).
>>59266516KEK, that's unlucky as fuck I'm sorry
I think that WWE pokemon champions has been one of the better comp experiences so far. No randomly letting the other team go fist when you have like x3 speed boost + extremespeed because of some random move priority fuckery that doesnt need to exist and isnt in the older games
>>59266386I thought the bots stopped appearing after Tier 3? I'm in Pokéball 1, are they still bots? I'm out of time to reach Great Ball I think.
>Lead two fake out users like Blastoise and Sneedler>Opponent would probably want to double protect>Setup with shell Smash/Swords Dance while they're protectingHow often would this work?
>>59266512Yeah I looked it up to see why it failed after the game, which I have to do that a lot since I've never played competitive before AND I haven't even played the game since X/Y so there are a lot of mon and moves to look up. I just kind of assumed the entire point of upperhand was to counter fakeout and other priority moves, since there really isn't any counter to them afaik. I learned my lesson. I just assumed wrongly that upperhand was a counter move. It rattled the hell out of me lol. Im dropping the move since I also run fakeout on Raichu, and if its not going to help me stop other fakeouts, I might as well just use fakeout to stop Inceneroar and other fakeout users since Raichu is faster than most mon. Now I can slot protect in it's place. Going to try getting my 2 wins to creep into masterball now.
>>59266541A lot of people lead a ghost if they know you're a fake out cuck.
>>59264231I have two main teams and I was working on piecing together trick room sun.
>>59266541It works until they lead girafarig and their own fake out user, fake out your blastoise and set up trick room.
>>59266541Nah, in situations like that I always do the play that forces the opponent to stay "honest" even if I have to pay a small HP fee.
>>59266585Yeah I'd probably double into the blastoise if it's not a blastoise + trick room user lead just in case they are water spouting
>running archa and bascu as last mons against mega aero and giraffe>flash cannon brings aero to 3%, get the free swap in of basc>go for aqua jet for a guaranteed kill, choice scarfed>forgot about armor tail>locked into a prio aqua tail but cannot do jack shitthey elected to rock slide twice instead of dual wingbeat which is the only way i managed to win even though i locked myself into only archa being able to attack. fuck this giraffe though
>>59266642>fuck this giraffe thoughAnon says after admitting to running Arch and Bascu, two of the absolute most used broken mons. Okay retard.
>>59264508Soon. She'll have an OP ability too. I can't see Hoshino letting down his waifu for a third time.
>>59266491Sweet thanks, gonna use this next season for climbing atleast and see how it goes.
>>59266665its kinda funny that the way they're fixing mega absol is to just ditch the shitty mixed attacker idea and just put all those extra stats into attack and speed instead, and drop the random magic bounce. its pretty much the same otherwise.
Is SV worth getting or should i just wait until the next games come out?
>>59266678Do you want to play SV or do you just an easier time getting Pokemon for Champions?
>>59266682>Do you want to play SV or do you just an easier time getting Pokemon for Champions?Not really. I hate the ugly trainer outfits in SV and just want pokemon for champions. Though I guess I could just transfer some of my 3DS pokemon into home via bank and save my money.
>>59266642>tryhard is retardedIn other news, water is wet
>>59266693Yeah, just do that instead.
>>59266693Yes it's worth getting if you only want the mons for Champions. If you don't feel like playing through the trash campaign you can just use the berichan tradebot on twitch to get whatever you want.
>>59266674That’s how you fix a lot of Pokemon desu
>>59264508I have my shiny Absol, Lucario, and Garchomp ready for then they release the Z Megas
>>59266662This is a game with No Guard OHKO moves. Which yeah you can beat but it's idiotic and really nothing you can do if you bait them wrong etc.Prankster taunt is needed like 5% of the time in this game.Arch you need to keep your special attackers alive, but it's not TOO bad so long as you do have that. Unless they have Sinistchea then it's not okay anymore. I actually think it might be better than the giraffe lol.
>>59266726>what if every pokemon was a min-maxed sweeper
>>59266693Thankfully, 13 year old me when playing Y had a box full of all the megas, so I downloaded home and used that as a starting point. I ended up using sand because tar and chomp are two of the only mons with megas that are good in base.
>Spiral out of Rank 2>Slowly claw my way back in>~900 people below meLet's see if it sticks
>>59266785maintenance should start 3 and a half hours from now.
>>59266752>13>x/yHoly shit I am old.
>1802 elo>rank 92kI am okay with this
>>59266737>get swept! get swept!
>>59266890I'm leaving it 1742 due to fear. It's about 3 to 4 wins from 1800 but also 3 from 1600s.
So we are hours to reset. What do you think about Champions as a whole? Personally, it's been a fun experience getting to MB on both modes. I don't have Home so I pretty much have to build my teams using whatever Kitt gives me, but it's an enjoyable challenge. Outside of some severe rng or just skill issues from my end, every games feels winnable. Will definitely continue playing
>>59266947we are now just one step removed from mainline games becoming gachaslop.
>>59266947I started a second file so one of the Switches could run as spectator mode on the tv when I play matches with friends over, and it was fun to make a team from the random stuff and make it as far as Ultra Ball before the season ended.
>>59266943I don't know how far away I am from Master Ball 2 so I'm gonna accept 3 before the season ends and not risk it. Will try and get high earlier next season.
They should do a Blitz Mode where you only get 5 seconds to make a move per turn.
>>59266961mb2 is ~2000 elo
>>592669431837 for me, I had a sudden urge to do at least a few matches before the end but my very first opponent was an Archa/Sableye, I still won but it instantly made me feel tired.
>>59266947I've put a lot of time into brainstorming team builds. Probably as much as actually playing the game. I just wish they would add some more game modes, or some biweekly event ladders
>>59264418I managed to fluke my way back into masterball 2 last night in after a 9 game winstreak.I am currently 9400 something and I don't think I can go beyond that.
This fruit has won me so many games, but not without missing at least three power whips. Does this count as edging?
>>59266947It's been fun, but man, I fucking hate Archaludon. However thanks to the stupid bridge, I've developed a newfound admiration for Camerupt.
>>59266947Ranked Pokemon is fun so the game is fun but how barebones customization is really irks me and I can’t see them making it better because they’re stubborn
>>59266947>So we are hours to reset. What do you think about Champions as a whole?It' a big pile of shit. Played it for 2 weeks, hit master ball and got sick of micromanaging the limited box space and flip-flop my mons sets between VGC and BSS. Like is it so hard to not drip-feed stuff (mons, itens, etc.), not lock like over 90% of the box space on a yearly fee and let people make their type of battles like 6x6 and multi battles instead of it being only BSS3x3 and VGC. Good Lord, I really miss Gen 6, online at that time was at it's best.
>>59267018> Like is it so hard to not drip-feed stuff (mons, itens, etc.)You're genuinely really fucking dumb if you think dumping anything close to a full dex or item list would've been a smart move.
>>59266947I hope they keep Landorus out, this is the most fun I've had in years.
>>59267024With all the milotics running around, it'll probably be manageable
>>59267024The reason I didn't play Pokémon as seriously before was that I was repulsed by the mons. All the genies are humans on clouds and it disgusts me. Idgaf about the monster forms when I know the human forms, I can't unsee them.
>>59267027I think its fun because most people arent bringing in their perfect stat hackedmons like you'd normally get in mainline competitive games. It really does play like an official version of pokemon showdown.
>>59267022>You're genuinely really fucking dumb if you think dumping anything close to a full dex or item list would've been a smart move.And you're genuinely really fucking retarded if you actually believe that.
>>59266947It's definitely a better experience than the main games when you want to quickly boot it up and do one or two matches, there's at least that. I'm not sure about the new player experience though, what we have now is very convenient to build a team you can bring to a tournament but for experimenting and learning the game the rental system was clearly more convenient. Needs more cosmetic fluff to spend my VP on.
>>59266947I cant help but feel irritated with the game desu. There are demonstrably worse players than me that made it to MB while I've been stuck in Ultra. Thats just the nature of the game, I suppose. Had more fun and found more team variety in Casual mode and since there isnt really anything to play for in ranked, thats suited me just fine once i hit the tryhard wall. Oh well, Horizon 6 will be out next week and that sounds more relaxing.
>>59267043>There are demonstrably worse players than me that made it to MB while I've been stuck in Ultra.
I just want Green to be added to the game.
>>59267043Show your team anon, folks here can help you see whatever was keeping you from MBRank.
>>59266947Barebones as shit BUT it scratches a BSS itch I forgot I had and made me look at VGC Doubles so kudos there.
>>592669476.5/10
I fear large updates are going to be incredibly slow and this will just be destined to become another filler spot for each Pokemon Presents: "Here's some more seasonal shit to buy".
>>59267115The only large update Champions will ever get is when a new mainline game comes out.
>>59267115>I fear large updates are going to be incredibly slow and this will just be destined to become another filler spot for each Pokemon Presents: "Here's some more seasonal shit to buy".>The Mega Zygarde X Ultra Necrozma project has started, battle now for getting the cosmetics, no Mega Stone or Necrozma Z-Stone though, you gotta transfer then for those and the free cosmetics are just pallet-swaps, the cool and unique ones you need to buy the membership. Have fun.
little cup in 1 hour
Eviolite will now function on Pokémon who can mega evolve, such as Skarmory and Clefable.
>>59267175>the mere concept of Eviolite Rayquaza
>>59266947I hate it, I'll just keep logging in to get free tickets and call it a day. Everyone's a metahead by now, and I don't feel like getting my ass kicked in fucking Pokéball rank.
>>59266541I lead scarf Rotom Heat just to spam Electro Web on shit like that.
>>59266947>What do you think about Champions as a whole?as someone who is on/off playing showdown, its pretty fun. Its been a while since i had an output for writing, and champions really let me think and boil down my thoughts for new players. To be fair mainly my writing is ai smut with my waifu travelling around the world, but you know, a change of pace.I think some of the mon choices is rather questionable, but for season 1, i think they nailed it with what is the meta (sans the current cybertron team because fuck that team). Overall im tentatively giving it a pass, but knowing ILCA theyll fuck it up soon
i actually hope they swap the current roster and keep the pool of available pokemon small
>>59267222we can go even smaller.Fuck it, lets knock down everyone with 4% usage or higher and make a UU season
>>59267232That honestly sounds interesting and based.
>>59267232They did this before btw
>>59267222They should remove all weather setters. Fuck pelipperOh and Farigiraf too
>>59267222Given the permanent recruitment thing I doubt they'll do thatSpeaking of which I just got my first shiny in the lineupsAmpharos :,)
>>59267331I wouldn't hate trick room teams so much if Farigiraf wasn't such a fucking crutch for them.
>>59266947It's pretty fucking meh
>>59267331It's still crazy how a literal shit pokemon became meta just because it learned a weather ability but here we are
>>59267397Some abilities are just that overpowered. Fucking CLEFAIRY is viable because of friend guard.
>>59267397Cope. Pelipper counters weather teams on two fronts because it bodies Venusaur with Hurricane.
Oh brother... I knew they were doing maintenance but you'd think they'd let all ongoing matches finish. I got booted mid match with a maintenance message.I think I was losing but I think I had Primarina in range of Gengar, and Meganium the other side with poison to decimate it with...
Is there anyway to reset an account with Champions? I kinda want to do it for the next season.
so what are we doing during maint? Im at work
so it's fucking nothing?
>>59267422do your job man
was hardstuck 2100 elo mark in singles all season and I genuinely didnt see this dude one time, is he really that shit?
>>59267433Mega Drill is really bad. It loses out on 3 amazing ability choices for a shit one.
>>59267433If you want a Sand Sweeper you use base form with Sand Rush, if you want an attacker sporting a form of negation you use base form with Mold Breaker. It just doesn't have a niche, it unironically would've been better if they just let it keep Sand Rush rather than giving it a reskinned, newly-nerfed Unseen Fist
>>59267434Mega drill and unseen fist might as well be no ability lmao. Total garbage!
>>59267433its speed is just high enough to outspeed things like floette and garchomp and has crazy high attack, but the ability is shit (especially since it doesn't even work with earthquake to at least smack aegislash in king shield) and honestly regular excadrill gets the job done just fine and doesn't use a mega. Even scarf drill is better.
>>59267436They'd be okay if they worked on all moves. Limited to only contact attacks sucks on mons that want to use earthquake.
Thinking about sending all my imported mons back to home and just using whatever I get from Champions itself for this next season.Does anyone know if Champions retains the training and move sets if you re import the mons you send back?
>>59267397Lots of "shitmon" are usable in VGC thanks to their abilities alone.
>>59267232This would be very good desu.
>>59267468Yes as long as its the exact pokemon you previously sent to champions
>>59267407I can never understand why rain can make Thunder and Hurricane 100%, Snow can make Blizzard 100%, but Sand doesn't make Rock Slide 100%, and Sun doesn't do that to anything.
>>59267497Because Sun gets Solar Beam/Blade instead. Electro Shot is the only exception since it's Arch's signature move and he's a nepobaby.
>>59267497Water and fire get boost in their weathers and sand does damage + spded boost
>>59267497The type matchups are what stood out to me.Water empowering weather also empowers a move from it's counterFire power weather gives a massive boon to moves from a type it countersIce just says fuck youand rock weather just refuses to interact
>>59267497sun already weakens water movesTo be fair sand is the worst weather just because it doesnt do much. yeah some bulk is nice, but elsewise it might as well do nothing and even hinder your own team. maybe if it also extended that spdef increase to ground types also or something it would be neat.
>>59265800>>59265802Yeah i just listed those off the top of my head since you see them every game or every 2-3 games, there's definitely more, but also much rarer, the other weather setters do come out every 1 in 5-10 games, i even saw a Vanilluxe once and was surprised it had snow warning too, like how many snow warning do we need to have? Or the guy who all in on sand and brought Hippowdon on the same team with Ttar.
Says a lot about TPC and ILCA that everyone thought the official twitter account was a fan account for two weeks and it still isn't verified in any way
>>59267540I mean, it's Twitter. Do people actually respect that site still considering everything?
>>59265954That's what you get for playing degenerate strats instead of pressing super effective delete buttons.>>59265922We already have Quick Attack Sylveon.
Do we know when maintenance is over?
Are we finally getting new items and pokemon?
technically baby doll eyes is the priority move for fairies :)
>>59266541I always play as if I'm not getting hit by fake out in the event greedy fucks like you appear. If fake out lands, so be it, not like I'm sashed.
>>59267544put your trip back on, acerolafag. There's a reason they don't have w Bluesky
>>59267574This is the second time in these threads I've been accused of being one of /vp/s resident schizo's.
>>59267540You mean Pokemon_Champs?I know Poke_Champ_jp is the only for real official twitter account, since all they do is post about maintenance
>>59266642Can't be worse than me.>Leads Zard and Aero into opponent Exca and Ttar>I mega, he megas too, lost the weather war, double Rock Slide, Zard dies, Aero lives>Swaps in scarfed Chomp to EQ>Chomp kills both Exca and Ttar while Aero dies in the process>Opponent shows their Corviknight and Dragonite I WAS FORCED TO EQ MY LAST MON WHILE THEY LAUGH IN MY FACE, THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE DECENCY TO KILL MY CHOMP. FUCKERS JUST SAT THERE AND KEPT FAILING PROTECT TO TORTURE ME.
>>59267582Says a lot about how awful of a poster you are more than anything else. This would be an excellent chance for you to reflect on why you are so unlikable.
>>59267588Oh, you're one of them.
>>59267497It's because it does residual damage and can break sash. The best you can get is pokemon with Sand Rush or Sand Veil.Honestly I would like it if it made Rock Slide function like Ceaseless Edge in a Sandstorm.
>>59267594I guess you won't be taking that chance
>>59267601Were you the one also malding over Jacinthe?
>>59267586It's legit, I'm afraid. Twitch was even promoting it for that tournament they ran.
>>59267608I don't care about OP images in the least
>>59267506Yeah those are the basic but the moves buffs are very inconsistent. Rain buffs something it's weak to making it a double edged sword if your opponent runs Thunder but sun buffs something it's strong to. Who the fuck is gonna switch in a Grass mon in the sun? And then there's Chlorophyll vs Swift Swim vs Sand Rush. Yes, let's swap in a Grass to die.
>>592675501 hour and 30 mins from now
>>59267551no, i expect a new BP and that's literally it
>>59267622>Who the fuck is gonna switch in a Grass mon in the sun?Yeah it's pretty crazy. Chlorophyll would save some slow grass types, except they'll still eat a flamethrower and die.
>new blunder/pokeaim video
>>59267697why would you bother with those losers they never amounted to anythingyou might as well still be watching mtgxerxes at least he had a personality
>>59267697qrd?
>>59267721It's a good video but pokeaim just keeps going "I'm NOTICING" every 3 minutes
Pokemon Champions interview https://www.gamerbraves.com/exclusive-pokemon-champions-producer-masaaki-hoshino-on-breaking-away-from-the-main-series-mobile-expansion-and-whats-next/>no plans for replay for the time being because hard to implement>there won't be customization for the pokemon like Unite
>>59267433Such is the case for ZA Megas
>>59267738>there won't be customization for the pokemon like Unitethank god. I don't need to see garchomp in a dress every game.
>>59267738>>no plans for replay for the time being because hard to implement
>>59267738>>there won't be customization for the pokemon like UniteExpected, too much for a small indie developer like ILCA, I don't even expect stadium customization
>>59267752>Since battle logic and data structures are continuously updated, keeping old replays compatible with newer versions of the game is a significant challenge.Honestly they can just invalidate the old replays when the game gets updated. That's a common thing for most games
>>59267738Doesn't every other game with replay just save the inputs and play them back? How would that be hard to implement in a turn based game like pokemon? Why are these fuckers so incompetent?
>>59267738Maybe they should have given this game to someone other than ILCA..............................
I might sit out next Season to play Arceus for a Shiny Alpha Zoroark and anything else that might catch my fancy.
>>59267754Apparently there will be more variety in arenas, so at least there's that to look forward to
>>59267759It depends on how random the game truly is. If it only has 1 RNG seed, battles would he a whole lot more easily manipulated. If it's hundreds of RNG seeds in a single match it would be hard to track all those. Even keeping track of the state of every turn on every battle is asking a lot.
>>59267766I was doing that this season to get pokemon with titles and marks. Say what you will but champions really does incentive playing the mainline games if you're autistic enough
>>59267738They really should do a Battle Factory Mode in both Casual and Ranked.
>>59267738>no plans for replay for the time being because hard to implementSmarr indie company. Prease understando.
>>59267775I wanted to play through SV for some Shinies, since I can borrow my brother's copy, but holy shit does it run like molasses on Switch 1. So that immediately turned me off.I have SM with an O3DS that has Bank so I can move stuff forward, but I work a lot.
>>59267774That genuinely doesn't make any sense. MOBA, competitive shooters, and fighting games all always come with replays and they have a lot more computation going on and inputs per second to save. Stop excusing them being completely fucking lazy
>>59267776That is such a slam dunk of an idea for a game like this, that's why they wont do it
>>59267738Wish someone other than fuck ILCA was given reigns to the future of competitive Pokémon hub jfc
>>59267774They fucking had a replay feature in gen 4.How the fuck is it impossible now?
yeah, its just a new battlepass, no new items or anything
>>59267791drip drip drip feed content wew lad
>>59267791What a fucking joke
>>59267791We knew this. They’ll add new pokemon in the next season.
>>59267791Is this based on datamining? I expected at least the BP for next season
>>59267791Exactly what I expected, but I at least hoped for an event announcement or some balance changes.
New online competitions at the end of the month. It's going to be Singles and the prize for 3 battles is Gallade (probably male)https://news.pokemon-home.com/en/page/762.html
>>59267815Does it come in a cherish ball at least?
>>59267816It's been a thing for the last few gift pokemon so yeah
What happens if you get a mega stone you already own in the battle pass?
>>59267826You get vp refunded
>>59267815>Time LimitIf the total time allocated for a battle runs out, the battle will end, and its result will be determined by the number of remaining Pokémon and their HP.Is this only for the competition or this is getting applied in Ranked as well?
>another month of the same ladderBye.
>>59267791>>59267815Yeaaaaaaah, I'm taking a break from this game
3 month intervals for new pokemon/items is crazy, this game is gonna die. I hope at least when they add new shit they don’t take away old stuff.
>>59267861>3 monthsAt this rate it will take two years until we know what the fuck the abilities of every remaining Z-A Mega is what the fuck are they thinking
>>59267867I think this time frame of regulation changes is pretty standard for VGC but having a super limited Pokemon/item selection is normally not an issue
Fuck ILCASmall indie company pls understand.Well whatever. I wanna try other teams anyways. Maybe ill finally figure out how to make psychic terrain good using what we have
>ranked battles will result in Draw on time-out, while sanctioned events will be judged based on the number of remaining pokemonOdd change but I will take it
>>59267861We are already on the 5th week. 7 more weeks to go
>>59267861Strange. The pic from the champions site >>59264555 implied new changes every 2 months.
Is skarmory the only new mon we're getting this season?
>>59267987no because skarmory has been in the game since the beginning.
STOP GIVING ME BOT GAMESI DON'T WANT A FREE WINTHIS SHIT IS SO FUCKING ANNOYING
>>59268002Stop losing
>new season>the only thing that's new is the battle passDead gaem.
>scrolling youtube shorts>Get one about some guy telling the story of how he matched up against Wolfe in a tourney>he lost purely because his Icy Wind missed and he got slept for the maximum 3 turns where 2 or less guarantees a win>This means Wolfe is the better player somehow
>>59268037Champions will never really die. Being alive is not its mission.
>>592678613 months is way too long.>>59267933Nah we're assured new Pokemon at the end of the current season when the rules change. However, after that it's safe to expect the 3 month interval.
>>59267861So probably something like>August: new megas>November: sub legendaries>February: more sub legendaries>May: restricted format>August: dual gimmick format>november: continued dual gimmick format and WW release>February 2027: WW release format
>>59266141Theyre inoffensive but she's in the same game as Kitt the Walking Sex.
>>59268141>legendaries addedand that's my cue to exit
Shit game
>>59267738>We certainly plan to introduce a wider variety of battle arenas in the future. We will be providing environments that are even more visually engaging, so please look forward to it.Well that's good news at least
>>59268218Make the new
im already masterball
>>59267754Pokemon in clothes is fucking stupid no shit it wasn’t going to be a thing
>>59267763Someone up there is giving very good head.
>>59268119Should have played around it
>>59267738WHERE IS ABSOL Z, HOSHINO?
>>59267738Man wtf? How am I meant to learn if I don't remember how I got into the losing spot?
>>59267763BDSP won awards.
>>59268267it would also mean adding a fuckton more models and textures to a phone game
>>59268177You can immediately spot people who never played VGC prior to champions by how they feel about double restricted formats.They're consistently good.
>>59268453i take it people just remember the meme posts about the genies and think every format is that
>>59268453I don't want to build my team as whatever broken legendaries are legal + prankster fuckers and fake out, simple as. Legendaries are lame.
>>59268453I'm just worried about another exclusive Mega Floette situation
>>59268453They've never been good and are arguably getting worse with the power creep of gen 8/9, just say you like using overpowered mons
>>59268475Yeah just build it around whichever non-legendaries are broken + pranksters instead
>>59267738>because things change from patch to patch replays would be hardThis is literally, not figuratively, but actually literally the same as Smash Bros Ultimate. You know what Smash does? It saves replays for the current patch and you can then convert them to video files if you want to share or preserve them for later patches. This is a solved problem. How do you mess this up?
>>59267774Pokemon battles are given one seed at the start of battle. That's how it syncs between both players. Like, technically your game and your opponent's game are both doing the same calcs; you're just being told his inputs and he's being told your inputs and because you were both given a seed from the server at the start of battle, the calcs always happen the same way.
