Ghosts and Fairies 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.>/vp/ Champions TournamentThe first of hopefully many /vp/ Champions tournaments will be held soon in early June. All anons are invited to participate in a no-banlist, single elimination, BO3 bracket following standard rules, where the winner will be declared the reigning Champion.Anons interested in joining are advised to list their time zones to determine the best possible tournament time for everyone involved. Registration will be performed with Challonge.>NewsEnter the code DRAG0NDANCEPTC26 for a free Gyarados.>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: >>59305210
>>59309987Green is my pokemon champion.
DIEDIE MOTHERFUCKERDIIIIIIIEEEEEE
>Tsareena stops priority movesOhhhhhhhh. I'm new to comp and never paid attention to what Queenly Majesty does, I thought y'all were just coomers. I reckon I owe y'all an apology. Sorry, I hate Fake Out too.
I was playing Ceruledge against the opponent's Charizard Y, 1v1 with Drought. He attacked me with Ancient Power TWICE and my Weak Armor ability didn't activate either time. WHY? WHAT AM I MISSING? WHAT HAPPENED?
>>59310264Physical moves only, anon.
>>59310267ah, it says Physical attack in game, but on Serebii it reads:>"When hit by an attack, the Pokémon's Defense is lowered by one stage but Speed is increased by two stages."I was going by Serebii. That wording there implies any attack will activate it.
>>59310276Funny that Serebii's in-depth description is less in-depth than the in-game one
>lose>win>lose>lose>win>win>lose>win>lose>win>lose>lose>lose>win>win>winI gues this is the best I can do
>>59305352>>59305414If you are still open to suggestions:>Blastoise, Hisuian TyphlosionWater Spout/ Eruption is better than follow meBlastoise can also learn fake out too>ConkeldurrFire/Ice/Thunder + Drain Punch, pick two against the types you hate the most
>>59310220Tsareena was my MVP, think about how many teams use priority moves as a staple of their game plan. My team is basic meta otherwise, but Tsareena was instrumental.It stops gremlins, it stops face claps, it dishes out damage, calc it to survive dire claw and respond with Zen Headbutt.
First Champions VGC event happens this weekend. You think there's going to be any silver bullet teams that'll make it far out there?https://www.youtube.com/live/Uy7N6io_tqs?si=fhKDu1-jo6JHpoCn
>>59310747I doubt we'll see any major cooking, but it's possible one or two good players made a team, they make it to the finals or win, and suddenly that team is everywhere.
>>59310747I’m hoping we get some off-meta team that goes far.
>>59310747This format is pretty fuckin solved. I doubt we'll see many surprised make the top cut.
I haven't kept up with pokemon since gen 6 and have just recently been getting back into it. There are a lot of 'mons, forms, moves, and abilities that are entirely unknown to me. Aside from brute forcing it by playing hundreds of matches what's the best way to catch up to the meta?
>>59310289For me it's Win all the way to Ultra Ball 3 then never win again
>>59310809Watch people play on Youtube I guess to get a feel on what are the meta Pokemon, how they are used, what attacks and abilities to look out for. This game is also many peoples' first foray into competitive battling so there's plenty of material for beginners
>>59310810For me it's win until I'm about to rank up, then lose due to a horrible maych up that leaves me with few options
How to improve? Keep getting hardwalled as I'm about to rank up then my rank progress resets. My team struggles the most with Steel types, mainly stuff like Aegislash and Kingambit. I also struggle with Basculegion. How to deal with those. I'd prefer to keep Meow, Viv and Gard.
>>59310823That's literally me. Glad I'm not the only one.>>59310847Here's the stats
>>59310847Vivillon? People actually use that?
>>59310855Yes, but usually with better team mates. The insistence on Meowstic is holding the team back.
>>59309987This game is more luck than skill, convince me otherwise.
>>59310885What other Pokémon can set up both Psychic Terrain and use Fake Out?
>>59310894Not him, but none atm. That's the issue, though, it's just kind of a bad gimmick that takes too long to set up. I tried the same thing with a Mega-Alakazam team and it's just very middling and leaves itself weak to TR and Tailwind.
>>59310855I've been using it since Champions came out. I've experimented with so many things. What >>59310847 is using their Vivillon for, has the right idea. Compound Eyes + Sleep Powder. It's also a decent Tailwind setter and able to pivot out. Also surprisingly not bad at redirection with Rage Powder and Friend Guard. It's become more popular somewhat recently but I'm not entirely sure why it suddenly became popular, but I know it wasn't me. I didn't tell very many people.
>>59310904I mean it works really well. It helps keep my Vivillon alive long enough to spam Sleep Powder.
BLASTOISE HAS FAKE OUT?I QUIT
>>59310924Much more common with the rise of scarf Vivillion.
>>59310928Scarf? I use Sash
>>59310934Because I usually get oneshotted so Sash guarantees I fire something off. Usually Sleep Powder
>>59310934I don't care what you use.
>>59310950I don't care that you don't care.
There should be a pity system for people who can't win. I keep matching up with opponents who counter me perfectly. Like their team counters me and there's very little I can do.
>>59310967Find a more flexible team or find your win conditions.
>>59310967that pity system is being matched up with bots
>>59310803>the meta is solvedevery week a new shitmon wins a tourney, the meta never changed faster than it is now
>>59310976My team is flexible. I've designed it to have matchups into pretty much every meta team and most off meta teams. It's the few teams that I'm unable to build counters for that keep showing up.
>>59310847Someone please help me. How the actual fuck do I counter Basculegion and Kingambit with this?
>>59310978do bots exist in Ultra Ball?
>>59310993You're not matching up into exclusively niche teams, it's either a piloting problem or the team has serious problems.
>>59311004Don't think soI've encountered what seemed to play like a dumb bot after consecutive losses but they'd suddenly forfeit when I was winning
>>59311006It can't be. My friend copied my team exactly and he plays like a complete retard. He's already in Master Ball. We're using the same team, same strategies etc, but he consistently matches up well, while I get terrible match ups. I don't think I'm anything special, but I managed to get to Master Ball relatively easily last format with an almost identical team.
>>59311020I know that feeling. You're most likely just frustrated. Maybe you misplayed or misread the situation.
>>59311020When I'm tilted after getting consecutive losses the game loves to throw weird shit that specifically fuck me over like Special Gyarados with Taunt when I was using Garchomp and Scizor and Quick Claw Poison Touch Sneaslers with Fire Punch and Rock Slide to kill my Scizor and Volcarona
>>59311027I do wonder if there's some sort of matchup algorithm
My opponent just played me a tragicomedy in 3 acts:Act 1: Turn 1, Oranguru/Tsareena lead, Oranguru sets the trick roomAct 2: Turn 2, Oranguru sets GravityAct 3: "Tsareena can't use High Jump Kick because of gravity"Hopefully he didn't spend too much VP building this 300IQ team but at least it made my day.
I think 10 turns ahead and that prevents me from seeing what's going on this turn.
>>59311049Idk why that was my username
kleavor feels so good, bros. too bad its gonna be phased out by next week.
>>59311002I run Tyranitar and Lycanroc on mine.Used to run Excadrill, but he was getting outsped by Jolly ScarfChomps left and right.Although desu Sinistcha is deadweight often.
>>59311119I'm running Ttar, though mine is Chople Berry because Gardevoir is almost always locked in and Expanding Force or Hyper Voice spam usually wins my matches.
Is there a discord or separate forum? Me asking for team building help gets no response or people simply calling me retarded
>>59311145Maybe because the kind of help you're asking for only reveals that you're not at the "team-building" level yet.
>>59311145Team building help requires specific prompts for people to help you. Who is giving you trouble?Which mon in your team is not pulling their weight/you feel doesnt do enough?Etc etc. Just saying you need help without further elaboration of your experience will get you the same answers, whether discord or twitter/reddit.
>>59311145Reddit is down the hall and to the left, go be a newfag over there. retard.
>>59311147Well I've already made plenty of teams that win. I just, don't lime using the same squad every battle, so I rotate between teams. One of my teams wins 80% of matches, the others rarely win at all because they aren't meta.
>>59311145Nobody is gonna be able to magically fix your team of 6 shitmons.
>>59311169>One of my teams wins 80% of matchesWoah, cool, how does it feel being number 1 on the ladder?
>>59311158I add that to my posts. I say what gives me trouble, what I've tried and what I'm trying to do with the team. I never get any responses.>>59311163I'm not a newfag. I've been playing VGC since 2016. I'm just having trouble with my team building in this instance
>>59311170It's a mix of meta and non meta stuff that support one another.>>59311171I'd say closer to 70%. And no, I'm nowhere near the top of the ladder. I'm in Ultra 2 right now. Every battle up until this point was a win, but as soon as I got here, I constantly match up with bullshit that I can't seem to beat.
>>59311172newfags begone
>>59311174>I'm in Ultra 2 right now
>>59311177'I disagree with you. Therefore you're new'I probably have more hours doing online battles than most of you.
>>59311174Okay so maybe the first step is to admit that you do not in fact make teams "that win".
>>59311180>I probably have more hours doing online battles than most of you.and yet you are hardstuck ultra ball lmao
any underhanded tricks for easy rank ups? like, if I battle at a certain time of the day when only drunk people are online?
>>59311178What's the problem?
>>59311187Yes you play the game after mobile releases for easy battles.
>>59311182But I made teams and they consistently win.>>59311186So? Even experienced players can have trouble. Just because I've had some success doesn't mean I always will win
>>59311141What exactly do you do v. Wide Guard spam?
>>59311192haha, I was thinking that. June will be the month to haul ass to Masters in both doubles and singles
>>59311197I don't really run into it much, but when I encounter a Pokémon that often runs Wide Guard, I start attacking with single target moves whenever possible until the Pokémon spamming it is dealt with. Alternatively, if I have Taunt, I'll use that to force them to attack. If I'm spamming statuses like sleep or paralysis, I'll try to apply that. Wide Guard has a lot of counters.
How the fuck are you supposed to use Zard Y teams? Trying one with the usual suspects of Whimsicott, Garchomp, Incineroar, and Sneasler with a Rotom-W as the sole outlier and I keep getting dumpstered by opponents. My speed control team with Mega Kang, Farig, Chandelure, Azumarill, Corviknight and Kommo-o are the only ones that can get my ass out of 1400s and back to mid 1600s to low 1700s
>>59311212Incineroar and Sneasler don't go that well with a Tailwind Whimsicott team. Incin is too slow to take advantage of Tailwind and Sneasler can already become the fastest fuck in the game with Unburden.
>>59311204FUCK I NEVER THOUGHT OF TAUNT
>>59311220Sneasler feels like a bigger scam than Incin has as I have only gotten 1 Close Combat off successfully for the unburden boost.
>>59310809I mean we deliberately have a smaller roster of mons and items so people like you have an easier time to catchup.Game even has a built in analytics feature which rank all the mons by how prominent they are and what the most common stat spreads, item and moveset for each and every mon.Look up a team that looks decent/fun to you on youtube and use that to familiarize yourself with the ladder and meta and once you have a good idea what the meta and all the mons are like you can try to get creative with team building yourself.Also take a look at the starter guide for some less than obvious interactions like dark mons being immune to debuffs of mons that have the ability prankster.
>>59310847>>59311002Thoughts on trading Lycanroc for Conkeldurr?
>>59311254Never considered that. Never even knew it was in the game. Might just consider it.
>>59310850Farig would be better than Meowstic desu. Lead with Viv + Farig, Sleep Powder, Farig Psychic Terrain, U-Turn with Viv, if it lives, and then go Garde.
>>59311254Why Conkledurr?
>>59311276I see. I just kinda wanna make Meowstic work. It's been mostly successful. Could I take TR off Gardevoir (and swap with a coverage move) and putbit onto Farig?>>59311278I assume for Trick Room synergy seeing as it's a pretty strong and slow Pokémon.
I'm on rank 2 under 10 k in the rankings, now I'm scared to lose my win streak
Is Mega Froslass still worth using?
>>59311307Yesn't.
Can I fight only bots in Poke Ball now?I've been waiting for a while for everyone to get to Ultra and Masters so I can only fight bots in Poke Ball and Great Ball.
>>59311371Why do you wanna fight bots?
>>59311401Because I'm lazy
>>59311401Theoretically to farm vp maybe
>>59309987Well, it's certainly a surprise randomly seeing Nia on this catalog of all places..
Any Tsareena users here? I slapped it onto my hard TR team because I didn't want to use the giraffe and wanted the anti-priority, but I feel like I could be using it more effectively. It seems like it hits like a wet noodle at 32 Jolly. Any tips?
>>59311644Don't run jolly. Adamant with 18Atk KOs univested Basc, Give it 9 points in speed so it outspeeds Aero under TW.22HP + 17 Def survives adamant 32Atk dire claw, which means it survives a bunch of other things.
>>59311665Thanks. I don't have a source of Tailwind on my team, so I'll look to see what else is in that speed tier to see if any investment is worthwhile. I'm currently running Sash on it, but if I'm investing in bulk I'll switch that to Sitrus or maybe Scarf instead.
>>59311672I ran scarf originally, gotten more value out of sitrus. Scarfed meant I had to run a lot of speed to outrun aero.The attack set is trop kick(don't want to miss), triple axel, zen headbutt, and protect. Protect is valuable because sometimes you want that anti-priority to have longevity.
>>59311686You may consider running low kick or something over zen headbutt, since fighting is useful into Gambit/others where psychic is only useful for sneasler.
>>59311665What's the best item to run shawty with?
>>59311623We're EVERYWHERE, anon.
Have you take the primarina pill yet?
>>59311180no, I can tell you're new around these parts because of the way you post>I probably have more hours doing online battles than most of you.damn nigga and you still suck this bad?
>>59311721Nope.
>>59311721it's so horrendously ugly that I can't bring I'm myself to do it.
>>59311686I'm running Trop Kick/Triple Axel/Helping Hand/Protect. I have Psychic coverage already and am using Mega Crabominable and Camerupt so I don't find the Fighting coverage to be as important.
>>59311769I dig it, everytime I look at my team I wish I had helping hand somewhere, but it's tough to fit and then requires particular board states to extract value.
>>59311307I used Froslass in the previous season with some success but I found that I was just using my backup mega more often. It's probably even worse now since Froslass has absolutely awful matchups into a lot of the most used pokemon
>>59311779To be fair to Froslass, it did just win a tournament against a ZardY team that mirrored the other 5 mons.Neither team had a second mega.
holy fuck, there are people out there who still run perish trap gengar? your strat isn't even good, you're just an annoying cunt.
>>59311811Sounds like you lost.
>>59311816I don't think I've ever lost to it, tbdesu. I kust happened to run into one after what felt like forever and it made me audibly groan.
>>59311769What item tho
>>59311828Sitrus anon.
Any tips for single battles?
>>59311862play doubles
>>59311862Wait until Z-Moves are a thing.l
>>59311887Dynamax will save singles.
>>59311862I'm still climbing myself but IMO more than the other formats the team preview screen is the most crucial part since you have to put aside 3 Pokemon and there's no partner Pokemon to cover for the other like in doubles>identify the opponent's most likely leads like hazard setter/Intimidate/U-Turn user and pick your own safest lead>identify the specific threats on the opponent team that you have to bring a specific check/counter for otherwise that Unaware Clefable is going to set up and steamroll you>identify the Pokemon your opponent should be bringing in to exploit the weaknesses on your own team like SR setter if you are using Volcarona
>>59311212>tard y team>no venusaurcmon bruhsolar beam, sludge bomb and earth power kills or threatens 90% of common picks, and sleep powder induces ragequits
>>59311862Focus sash and set up
>>59311900Venu Zard hasn't been good since week 1.Never worth it.
>>59311900I can count on one hand how many venusaurs I've seen on zard y teams since like, week 2 or 3 of this game.
The challenge to not have any Pokémon faint in a match is fucking idiotic. Seriously it's gay. I'm getting so sick of seeing that unfinished in my weekly challenges... Did they just make it for people playing the AI in Pokéball?
>>59311968It's easier to 3-0 in singles than it is to 4-0 in doubles
>>59311968I go out of my way to knock at least one of my opponent's Pokemon out before forfeiting just so they don't earn any progress towards the challenge
>>59311972They need to just accept nobody wants to play singles. It's shit. I wouldn't even play the game at all literally ever if it was singles.
Currently walled in Ultra 2, using Zheng team (Sableye, Arch, Sinistcha, Basc, Peli, M-Dragonite). Considering maybe swapping up the team to something more "meta" since I keep getting hard cucked to Sneasler, especially if they lead with a Special Attacker like Froslass or Charizard. Though I would wanna try and keep Sableye on if its viable, any suggestions? I like the team but IDK if I can make it to Masters or Champion rank with it, or maybe I'm just playing retarded.
>>59312015The rain arch strat indexes really heavily on Sableye and frankly that's what I double into when I see that lead. What are you going to do, protect?
>>59312000>its shitTerrible trips are terrible, double battles are cancer. just say you like being able to make mistakes and use shitmons nobody cares about. Singles is tougher. You cannot disprove this.
>>59311968Do you really need 24 Quick Coupons so badly?
>>59312028Yeah, I've noticed that as a weakness. I've tried alternative leads like Sableye/Dragonite or Basc/Dragonite, but it doesn't feel as good. I think it's just kind of a problem of being a popular team that's recognized which is why I'm wondering if I should swap up mons.
Klutz Golurk and Lopunny should be unable to Mega Evolve
>>59311890Dynamax will only make singles more degenerate.
>>59312029Singles is boring, it's awful. It is literally only tolerated because someone made a battle simulator with all the animations removed.>>59312033I don't I just don't like seeing it incomplete.
>>59312077Singles would be better if it was 6v6 imo. The biggest problem I can see people complain about is the length of battles, but it'd be significantly better than the current 3v3 that doesn't feel fulfilling to play.
>lead with kleavor and whimsicott >opponent leads h-arcanine and w-rotom>he's running rock head over intimidate>doesn't know i'm scarfed>stoneaxe.exe>arcanine fainted!>rotom misses hydro pump>opponent switches in whimsicott>set up my tailwind>they opt for encore instead of their own tailwind>stone axe rotom>rotom miss will o wisp>switch whim for sneedler>they switch whim for gallade>stone axe>rotom miss the will o wisp>stone axe>rotom fainted!>critical hit on dire claw>gallade fainted!>forfeitI'm sure all of that tilted the hell out of them, but that was the funniest game I've had all day
>>59312088It would be worse lol. The main reason it's shit is time. It's just not acceptable to watch 100 slowass switch animations and toxic/leftovers stuff in a game.
Feel like I should swap off Choice Scarf from Basculegion to something like Focus Sash or maybe even Band. Scarf is great for late game cleanup but it's kind of fucked me over a few times when I have Trick Room up, or if I can just have tailwind set then it'd be a non-issue.
>>59312112you could always try sash or mystic water
>>59312088It will never be good. It's inherently boring at its core. The only thought in my head playing singles is just "I'm BORED" over and over and over and over.
>>59312112If you know there's gambit lurking then you need to play ahead of it, before it hits the field, or play it after you've already removed it.There are frequent times where games are won based on your leads being able to threaten/KO the only mon that can threaten your win con in the back.
>>59312112The one reason I opted Low Kick over Dragon Dance on Ttar is solely because of King Gambit.
>>59312102>gets filtered by umbreonAnon just bring a fighting type its not that hard. Gallade is right there.>>59312148Whats with doubles players and their continued outspoken insecurity with singles format? Its arguably much quicker than doubles matches, if anything the opposite is true, doubles is slow, prodding and boring as fuck to watch every other turn be some setup move/protect/wide guard sinisitcha switch in to extend games and cover up mistakes, every single detractor of singles matches blames stall but never understands thats literally the ONLY way to make singles matches slower, and is predictable with plenty of counters. Just say that you suck at making reads. Doubles players need a support mon to make sure they dont completely shit their pants turn 1 at a bad lead.
>>59312237You're delusional, that's a big wall of incorrect text to type.
>>59312237I don't care about this, the game is shit, it's boring, it's 99% watching animations (particularly switching animations), it goes to timer, I will never play it. I am usually bored by turn 3 max.
>>59312249Sucks to be so insecure, but hey youll get through that phase when you get older. You have less room for mistakes in singles therefore arguably a harder format.
>>59312256post another wall or text pls
>>59312252The mind of a basculegion player is fascinating
>>59312170I think it's because I don't have a good Gambit counter - Dragonite maybe with Flamethrower, but it doesn't synergize well with Arch in rain I've noticed. I've elected to just not bring Basc in any game I see Gambit in, but that might not be viable.>>59312121I'll give it a shot, I'm still low enough rank to where it's probably fine to experiment a bit.
>>59312256People are so bored beyond belief by playing in singles that they don't really lock in and pay attention, so just get into a rhythm of pressing A on the same thing. People just don't care about singles, it's lame and undeniably it is autistic for what that's worth.What people use Singles for is just farming VP because they don't want to lose ELO in the real game. That's why you keep seeing doubles teams like Sableye and Archaludon in team preview for singles, people simply just don't care and use sets with protect and wide guard because they aren't training anything to play in singles.Unfortunately, you will still get into Ultra Ball at minimum when using a doubles team in singles, so you start having to play against people who actually somehow want to play singles instead of fellow farmers.
>>59309987Why are 70% of player characters black/African????
>>59312434Most of the time I see blue-eyed blondes with girly poses and the sluttiest outfits from chink/gook/jap players
I feel like Archaludon is going to be a much larger threat if they add Assault Vest, unless they add things like Lando-T or whatnot
>>59312452Yes, it's either whores or Africans. What the fuck
Do you guys feel like % of things like Paralysis proc, critical rates, flinch and frozen feel somewhat odd?
>>59312467Paralysis has been nerfed to occur 1/8 times in Champions while Sleep/Freeze are guaranteed to end on the 3rd turn
>>59311727Well I wouldn't say I'm bad. I had no trouble getting to Master Ball during the last season, and I consistently did well in SV online battles. It's just this one I'm struggling with for some reason. I'm stuck in Ultra because of a mix of bad rng, bad matchups, and overthinking leading to misplays. Mostly the latter.
>>59312493So I'm not getting unlucky. They just straight up nerfed sleep. That fucking sucks.
>>59312496https://www.serebii.net/pokemonchampions/statusconditions.shtml
Why does the game lie about Quick Claw proc rate? It's about 30%. In fact even the official game odds are higher than the claim, which says 20% (it's apparently officially 23.5 or something, so nearly ¼).
>>59312496>That fucking sucks.Begone vivilon
>>59312497NTA but I swear I'm getting frozen so much more and its really fucking annoying
>>59312497So is turn 1 the turn sleep is inflicted?
>>59312506Assuming it is, a slower sleep is basically a wasted 1st turn
>>59312501Who tf uses Vivillon?
>>59312513People who run that annoying infestation/toxic strategy
>>59312513Lol.
fucking colbur berry bass ended my 7 streak
>>59312512No I'm pretty sure it's based on individual pokemon turns, not player turns, if that makes sense. "Turn 1" of sleep is the first time a pokemon tries to attack while asleep.
>>59312434Cause Pokemon is hype moments and aura and that appeals to brown people such as myself.
>>59312462Those are men.
>>59312493I know lol but in play looks like they happens more times than before the nerf. Played again on violet today, and at least on critical hits, they seems to happen a lot more in champions.
>>59312256>rock paper scissors has less room for mistakes therefore its harder
>>59312256Singles is retarded. The Pokémon company had to invent a whole new mode because of how dumb it is.There's a reason the NPC trainers almost never switch in the games. It's just retarded as hell.
>>59312520Never seen that strat on Champions. Vivillon is quite rare but typically either runs Compound Eyes + Sleep Powder (100% accurate. I thought the 30% boost was +30% of the accuracy, not literally adding 30) with either Choice Scarf or Focus Sash. Or it runs redirection with Rage Powder + Friend Guard and a bulky investment.
>>59312576They almost never swap in the animé either. Imagine it was a realistic singles match where it was Ash saying "come back!" And "go ___!" Over and over in a row.
>>59312527That makes a lot of sense actually. My Floette was sleeping for three turns if we include the turn of application.Also Switching out seems to reset the turn counter. I've used sleep a few times myself and my opponent's Basculegion was sleeping for like 5 turns if you add up both times it was out.
You know Sableye can use prankster in trick room against Farigiraf? You have to mega evolve and be min speed. You only speed tie Torkoal.
>>59312581>(100% accurate. I thought the 30% boost was +30% of the accuracy, not literally adding 30)75 * 1.3 = 97.5
>>59312643Oh so it is 30% of 75?I thought it added 30% of 100 to 75.Explains why I missed it once
>>59312650Though I was fighting an Illuminate Starmie so.....
>>59312029>just say you like being able to make mistakes and use shitmons nobody cares aboutI literally just got into Master Ball with Morpeko in Singles... Which is actually bad for me because I'm trying to get the 100 wins medal and now I have to face the people who actually built teams for singles.
>>59312679Yeah I threw a few matches on purpose to get my 100 with Banette and Ariados
>>59312685Banette is so cool. Morpeko is my personal favorite mon though and it works well with the badges because you can put the dark and electric move badges either side of it to represent its Aura Wheel and type change.
Dragapult is my favorite Pokémon. Any idea how to use it in Doubles? Good teammates for it? Weaknesses to look out for? Etc.
>>59312710Beat up Archaludon. And Will o Wisp.
>>59312713Beat Up my own Archaludon?Didn't know Dragapult could learn that
>>59312720Or running Beat Up and having an Archaludon and occasionally targeting Archaludon to proc Stamina?
>>59312720Yes exactly. You get +4. Keep in mind of course no gimmick is really viable apart from Prankster mon partners because Prankster is just so good. You generally have to find things that work immediately like how Vivillon doesn't need gravity to land sleep.
>>59310847Change Lycanroc to Focus Sash, Endure, Endeavor, Close Combat, Rock Slide. Give TTar the mega stone. Give Viv the choice scarf and drop Protect for Hurricane, U-Turn for Rage Powder. Drop Meowstic for Chople Kinggambit with four attacks. Change Expanding Force to Psychic. Make sure your Maus outspeeds Jolly Ttar.
How can I "de-rank" from Masters? I accidentally entered Master Ball in singles while farming and now I'm playing all the losers with Umbreons when I just want to spam A and win maybe 20% of the matches to farm VP and medals.
>>59312330Whats this? An insecure wall of text that means nothing? Implying both formats dont have bots and retards, you can get to ultra ball in doubles with a decent singles team too. >>59312555>game designed around psychological manipulation and 1 turn reads shunned by doublesbabbyHmm where have I heard this before lol>>59312576GF made Triple and Rotation Battles too but you dont mention them. Triple Battles arguably are better than doubles by a large margin, and only slighty more fun than 6v6 singles.
>>59312813You wait for the season reset.
>>59312816I got into master ball with a doubles team. It's shit.>>59312837I know but I am wondering if I throw enough matches and get down to like 900 ELO will I get AI again?I forfeit as soon as I see Umbreon or anything like this because I know it's some beta male with autism who is gonna sit there for 30 minutes watching healing animations and stimming.
>>59312587>Imagine it was a realistic singles match where it was Ash saying "come back!" And "go ___!" Over and over in a row.Wasn't there an Episode where Ash went against someone who constantly swapped mons?
>>59312856Yeah they were mocking Smogon players lol. It was hilarious.
Did they nerf Sitrus Berry?
>>59312852And I just got to masters with a singles team. Its shit over there too.
High level trolling on display here, pretty good stuff
Yeah, I give up on using Meowstic. I'm sure I can get it to work, It's just too much rn.
>>59312971It's terrible. If Prankster went before Fake Out you could set Psychic Terrain and fuck them with it but yeah.
>>59312976I might use it later on, but most likely for something else
Made some changes. I wanna make this more 'off meta' and I also now have trouble with Hisuian Typhlosion, which is strangly very common all of a sudden.
>>59312987And Aerodactyl can't seem to outspeed Typhlosion.
>>59312971Pokémon who only exist to let you down repeatedly:SharpedoAggronSteelixMedichamGyaradosHoundoom (worst Mega in game?)AltariaUnderrated:DragoniteBanetteCharizard-X (KIND of... You can run Sneasler with Coaching and when opponents double protect turn one, coaching and dragon dance. Gets Breaking Swipe)
>>59312991Sharpedo is annoying, but I've figured out how to stop it
>>59312991>Banettespoonfeed me forbidden loreI'm a special snowflake so I can't use gengar I've been having decent fun with mega feralgatr. The dragon type being a hindrance 4 times for every 1 time it ends up helpful is pretty funny.
>>59313017All Prankster mons are good, this one has Destiny Bond and sky high attack.
What does Alcremie do?
I hope every single Vivillon player gets cancer.
>>59313102All 12 of them?
>>59312976Prankster Quick Guard goes before Fake Out, but I don't suppose you're putting that and Psychic Terrain on the same set.
At least they proacitively nerfed Status as a whole so Sleep doesn't hurt me as much>turn 1, vivilion put Pokemon A (can oneshot it) to sleep >turn 2, it attempted to put Pokemon B to sleep. I used Protect>turn 3, Pokemon A woke up and ate it alive
How do you guys build your kelfkis?I was trying prankster dual screens, switcheroo with choice scarf and draining kissThe scarf is doing less work than the rest of the kit, at ultra ball rank I rarely see anyone trying to setup anything, at best I just lock it into a move and then set up according screen and then start drainingat worst I can't swap items at allWas thinking of swapping switcheroo to thief so I can hit dark types and either having it start with no item or using a berry
Can you guys post your trainers pls (female only)Looking for inspiration for outfits
>>59313090Be Chestnaught's wife.
>>59313090Passively blocks sleep or taunt/encoreClicks Dazzling Gleam for decent damageClicks Decorate to try and let its ally sweep (do not do this in front of a redirector!!)It has a few options for a fourth move, Psyshock or Mystic Fire for coverage, Encore is always good, you might even consider Helping Hand because it's situationally better than Decorate. Problems? It's slow and physically frail. Sneasler in particular can splatter it before it moves. It's tempting to use it in Trick Room, but it's a bit faster than a lot of good TR mons, so Decorate will fire after its ally's attack unless you build around it.Overall? Meme tier, but reasonably usable and very funny when it works.
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>>59313167Playing with or against Vivillon is just a game of luck. Also they could outspeed you, you can't really know until it's too late.If you set Gravity, after one turn of protect, Espathra can put it to sleep with Hypnosis. But then you're running Espathra and another support mon.
>>59312816Triple battles suck. The official format has been picked due to the fact it's the best one. There's not some other hidden reason, it's just that it's the best in every way.
>>59312905I didn't mean skill, I meant bad as in it's just switching and animations. It feels like a mode people who have text speed set to Medium and who actually watch cutscenes would play.Got my Morpeko Professor title and medal though yay.
>made it into the top 5kI finally did it.
>>59313596>not champion You still have work to do
>>59313618I tried and I immediately got kicked out in the next match
>Defeat a guy with a 12-win streak and Champion title>Next Match lose to a guy with a Pikachu Rain Dance team
>>59313689Ngl it's more stressful fighting niche pokemon since it's hard to anticipate what shenanigans they will pull out
>lose my promotion match to Master>then I face two shitters and make it anywaysCouldn't give me the shitters first could you? Had to toy with my feelings.
>>59313357Hope they add more options
>>59313535Yeah imo Triples have too much going on.
>>59313557What does Morpeko do? Just curious
>>59313848It's either the best Pokémon ever or the worst Pokémon ever without anything in between really.As a certified "Morpeko Professor", the best thing about it is that Aura Wheel one shots the vast majority of megas in the game. You need to have a sash on it because you need to Aura Wheel to get the +1 speed before you start to snowball.It has fake out, thunder wave, electroweb (does almost zero damage but will break sashes and reduce speed), fake tears, parting shot.A good partner is something with Encore because opponents may protect when you're in the form that knocks them out, and that way you can trap them into a protect.It will die extremely easily.
Floette go to hell!
>>59313942chadgross cant come soon enough
>>59313878Interesting. Sounds fun honestly.>>59313942>>59313950I think it'll be in the next batch, alongside Salamence and the remaining non-legendary Megas
I should be arrested for how badly I raped that Indian guy I fought in Ultra 2
>>59313689Got a screenshot of their team?
Recommendations for a team to use Sableye on? I've tried pairing it with Arch but I either just get doubled into or just die to any mixed lead, and Sinistcha just starts to feel like dead weight. Alternate leads on the team haven't worked well either.
>>59314599I feel like it almost doesn't matter who you put sableye next to as long as it can do damage.I like mine with screens and willowisp so I put it next to bulky mons, but you could put it next to a squishy sweeper and support it with fake out and encore etc.
>>59313342what's the 3rd move?
>Got fucked over by rock slide last time I played, 100% flinch rate over the course of 3 games>Take a break for a week>Get frozen by the first ice type move I get hit by>Get burned by the first fire type move I get hit by
>>59314739rng feels so fucking bad in this game, i think its just the state of the meta atm with so many mons running rng procing moves
>>59314689Protect
>sableye with gravity, light screen, hypnosis, foul play>paired with milotic with coil, recover, hypnosis, scaldthoughts?
>>59314967Do you really need gravity when you have coil?Could have encore/willowisp/disable/reflect/fake out instead
