Triple Battles Never EditionPokémon Champions is a free to play online battle simulator available on Switch and mobile. It features ranked, casual and private battles for both singles and doubles, and will be used for VGC tournaments in 2026.>NewsPokemon Champions is out on mobile devices.Monthly Challenge for June starts on 26th, ends on 29th. Single Battles. Participants gets a Tyranitar.Enter HAJ1MAR1G1FT for a free 100 Quick Coupons and CHAMP10N for a free Machamp.>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. Only available on Switch for now.>Is anything locked behind a paywall?So far everything gameplay relevant is also purchasable with VP. Only E-Floette require ZA transfer.>/pcg/ OP pastebin (use this if making new thread):https://pastebin.com/d2FJZdPhPrevious: >>59393340
Fraudganium
What's the best way to learn how to play a team?Sometimes I copied a team but then I don't know what the fuck do I bring to this or that matchup.
I got a shiny Hippowdon from my pulls today! Not really a fan of the gray color though.
some chud used a Beartic with 100% accurate Sheer Cold on me. His ally was non-mega Metagross. I wasn’t paying attention at the start, so I’d don’t see the setup. How did he do this?I did have mega Halwucha (with No Guard), but the Beartic’s first attack was Sheer Cold.
>>59396150Best way is to play the game and learn from your battles
>>59396155He probably just predicted you would mega
>still havent matched with a chub from Philly with a big ol dick for my boyholePoke champs needs in game chat
>>59396175But Beartic doesn’t have any ability copying moves, right? So how did it get No Guard from my Hawlucha.
>>59396198no guard works both ways bro
>>59396142Just started playing Champions on the Android release, and it's my first time playing against actual humans and in doubles so I don't really know what I'm doing yet.Do you guys have any recs or changes for this team? It's probably ass, but I'm trying not to copy paste a random internet team just yet. I'd like to learn at least a few things on my own first.My biggest gripe with the team right now is that Whimsicott feels kind of boring to use since it doesn't have any attacking moves. Also the m-staraptor and m-swampert matchups are especially difficult. I'm not sure if that's because my team sucks or if I'm just piloting it badly.Basculegion is also pretty hard, but that's probably just me not using Kingambit correctly.
>>59396252>I'd like to learn at least a few things on my own first.Yes usually you'd do that by taking a finetuned team and seeing how it works. That being said you can climb easily to Ultra Ball with eyes closed so it's good to do that until there.
>>59396150If it has a team report/video, view that and try to remember what the person who made or showcased the team has to say. Other than that, practice. Keep mental or physical notes about what kinds of teams you win or lose against and adjust how you play the team accordingly.
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fuck this NIGGER game. haxed 2 matches in a row and dropped from masterball 1. no point in ruining my day to get champion tier, in fact I might uninstall it
>>59396288This but garchomp its legit on 70% of teams
>>59396150By playing the game. I'm still running the same team from M-A and still learning the team, and I make it to MB every season. I have no idea how people determine their teams are bad just from losing 10 games or less.
>>59396252>supreme overlord and white herbI don't really see the point of this. Defiant fucks over intimidate and then you can use literally any other item on it.
Im so tired of this thing.Is there any mons that one shot it?
>>59396351they're always with a faker so even if you do have kingambit or smth like that it won't do shit
>>59396359Thats true, whats the best play? Taunt and sleep & hope they dont run mental herb or lum?
>>59396351Either taunt or something overkill like healping hand sun booster weather ball pyroar, funny enough heat wave under the same conditions doesnt 1HKO unless the pyroar is modestPersonally I run imprison
>>59396252Whimsicott needs an attacking move, you'll get in too many situations where it just sits there doing nothing. Giving it Sunny Day and/or Energy Ball is an option for Swampert teams, I don't see how Staraptor is a bad matchup though with Whims, Sylveon and both megas hitting it super effectively.
>>59396252>Do you guys have any recs or changes for this team?Yeah as the other Anon said defiant is the better ability to use on kingambit.>My biggest gripe with the team right now is that Whimsicott feels kind of boring to use since it doesn't have any attacking moves.Then you can give it moonblast. With max spa EV, max HP is useless because most moves will 2hko with focus sash anyway.>Also the m-staraptor and m-swampert matchups are especially difficult. I'm not sure if that's because my team sucks or if I'm just piloting it badly.I think this team as enough tools against staraptor, but indeed m-swampert will give you troubles. Both of your mega are weak to m-swampert, will get outspeed and die if it's under rain (and it will as you don't have any weather setter). Both mega have the same role of fast frail special attacker, maybe you could switch one of them for something else? Or if you want a fire mega, maybe charizardY will be prefered over delphox to have a better matchup against rain team.Or if you want to keep delphox, to go back to whimsicott, maybe you could give it energy ball as a answer to m-swampert. Maybe give it sunny day and have delphox learn solar beam?
Yeah I am putting ancient power on torkoal, too useful against inci and other torkoals>>59396303>>59396288This is why you should take the absol starting team, whimsi chomp goes on every team. Then you get sneasler from Arceus, and you have a core that goes on every team.
>>59396351OHKOing it works only at low level, good teams and players will avoid its death in 99% of the cases. Proper counterplay is:>bring your own TR and reset it>have TR abusers >Imprison>a lot of Protect on the teamother options:>Taunt and pray no mental herb>Kingambit and pray no Colbur>mold breaker fake out(?)there is no way to prevent TR by KO
>>59396252They should have a rental mode against a dungeon of bots for players to learn how battling actually works
I'm 10 gatcha pulls in trying for alolan ninetales. Pray for me anoncitos
>compound eyes scarf vivillon spamming sleep powdernew cancer just dropped lmfao just forfeit if your team doesnt have taunt users or redirection
>>59396392picking up bad habits by playing against bots is retarded
>>59396413The in game lottery system is cancer. Even woth its f2p friendliness, it still trains and primes minors playing Pokémon to surprise mechanics and gambling that other games will reassociate to their addictive games
>>59396416That's not new, that was developed in Season 1.
>>59396416Sleep is nerfed and you can easily take advantage of them being locked into a status move
>>59396450Gay reaction to a gay strategy just means you have 2 homosecuals ruining the straight and narrow non faggotry play styles
>>59396351Sharpness Kleavor does but it’s Kleavor
>>59396351Charizard Y, you have to run Overheat though.
>>59396390>OHKO only works at low levellolIt has only not worked one time, it had a sash.
dragapult dominance, dragapult supremacy. suck on my life orb.
>>59396501I put my dick in the dargapult but it made a new hole rather than sliding down its body like a sleeve
After the season ends in 10 days, does the ladder reset, or is that only once a new regulation comes out?
>>59396509It resets.
>>59396364Yea you could run taunt / sleep / reverse TR / imprison / roar to switch it out / mold break fake out, but what most people do is they just deal with it and stall it out with protect
If Farig TR is so good it would've won the international
https://x.com/michaelderbeste/status/2070899752091136398
Shoutouts to this guy for being the first person to ever use sash on garchomp gg
>Instruct Oranguru Rock Slide Mawille under trick RoomHoly cancer Batman. I got lucky the rocks missed when he needed them most.
>>59396528Hooooly based
>>59396517TR is legitimately just a bad strategy in this meta. Did we have a single TR team win a 200+ person tournament yet?Farig is used on the best teams not to set up TR, but to threaten reversal and prevent priority which can be very disruptive.
>>59396553TR is better on ladder than it will ever be with open team sheet.
>>59396558Hard TR works on ladder because if you're a good player, you can have some kind of surprise in your back pocket to ensure you get it up at least once. In a tournament environment where the opponent gets to see your moves and can observe you utilize that surprise in the first game, you've got a loss less of a chance to be able to pull off that second win. Hard TR teams also have to put all their eggs in the basket of getting TR up and maximizing those TR turns, so they don't have the flexibility to go into game two after a loss and try something different.
>Scarf Chomp flinches 2 of my mons>Followed by Zard Y flinching me twice with Air CutterGo eat a grilled dick sandwich
>>59396566I wouldn't even say it's a surprise, but you're just forcing a guessing game. Is farig mental herb, a resist berry? Just a normal sitrus? Only one way to find out since you aren't running frisk. Hope you didn't guess wrong!
>>59396509the season ends in 10 days? bruhhh
wolfe's meme tournament is on
Shit I forgot to update my moveset for the event noooooo so many battles I could've won
>>59396517it's not OP but in a game where you don't choose your team it's not so easy to beat
I cancelled another subscription so I have some budget. Is the subscription worth it? it's mostly for the rewards from extra missions, since I am starting out with basically nothing since my last pokemon game was usum and I haven't touched go since 2020
>>59396673Not really. The game is extremely generous. The starter pack is worth it for slots, but I'd skip the pass and premium sub.
>>59396676I don't have the starter pack, no switch.
I'm having much more fun in champions than I thought I would. I guess I like the battling in pokemon more than I thought. I never tried it before because having to train up proper competitive pokemon was so annoying and tedious.
>>59396676The starter pack is not worth anythingAll it does is solve problems created by Nintendo because they dont value free players as the ones who validate the paypigs
>mimikyu is popular now>no grafaiai to eat it alive
>>59396682You're just missing out on 10 or 20 slots and not having to manage stuff going through Home as often or releasing things. More important when you start as you get more slots once you rank up.
>>59396694Oh ok, I'll just hope I don't get fomo when the pass is close to running out
>>59396699The paid pass really is just for clothing and a little extra VP at the end, I think. You'll already get more than enough to build 1-2 teams playing normally with missions and rewards and things.
>le generic rain team has arrivde>for the fifth time this hour
>>59396705Yeah it's the clothing that tempts me.Team wise I have a staraptor team I like and I am working on a Froslass one, should be doable this sunday where I do a bunch of the starter missions.
>>59396699Just get the pass if you want the clothes
I forfeit every time I see Sinistcha come out.
>>59396654I don't give an inch of shit about that, I wish he hosted one with actual players like he did some time ago
>>59396709>Yeah it's the clothing that tempts me.Ok, we have a very different set of values
I love metaslave champions
My retarded opponent quits every time I send out sinistcha
>>59396725You mean the one aaron traylor flopped in with an AI genned team? Honestly funny tournament
>>59396484as I said, it works at low level
>charizard team>swampert team>staraptor team
>>59396732No, you just never lead correctly to stop their fake out support.
Wolfey's cringe compilation is live, are /we/ watching?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_3Th4j7E6k
>>59396745brother you are very low elo and should stop posting
>>59396694>You're just missing out on 10 or 20 slots50.
>>59396730Do we have mobile agents that play Pokémon champs for you?Id love something like this with openclaw
If you use any gen 9 pokemon you are playing on easy mode
>>59396769>your moms branbleghast
>>59396745the only way to OHKO Farig either involves a retarded opponent or attacker + weather setter lead + priority stopping mon in the back. You lead something that can OHKO Farig and then you switch in your own or tsareena. No other way unless you are playing a drooling retard
>>59396750I'm rooting for anyone running anti meta
>>59396769>Maushold>Bellibolt>Espathra>Tinkaton>Palafin>Orthworm>Glimmora>Annihilape>Farigiraf>Kingambit>Gholdengo>Sinistcha>Archaludon>HydrappleYour power ambush has arrived, sir.
>>59396383>>59396382>>59396335Thx anons, gonna change to defiant. Thought sumpreme overlord was a must + went white herb cause nothing else felt that useful.I'm avoiding mega zard for now cause it feels kinda generic and the fox is new but some weather control seems nice so I will keep that in mind.Trying energy ball on whimsy instead of taunt and maybe sunny day instead of protect. Encore and tailwind are a must have I think. Also just realized im maxing speed with prankster and all non damaging moves rn.
>no rewards at all for playing>worst battle pass in existance>teams are locied behind mmorpg subscription grabageDude....only pokemon company would fet away with garbage like this.
If anyone's up for it
>Run into the same lead so many times you now have the MU counterplay burned into your headFor the Love of God STOP LEADING WHIMSICOTT/STARAPTOR
>>59396763No, the one I'm thinking of was in SV and he had claude or something build his team. Great little cup team btw
>>59396792I lead whimsicott/basculegion
Requesting the sexo catNon-shinyEVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe Jolly Nature - Flower Trick - Triple Axel - U-turn - Knock Off
>>59396752Says the retards who can't solve Farig.
>>59396288I hate it....I hate it so much
>>59396821never said that I just pointed out that the OHKO approach is the least consistent you absolute low ladder tard
Shit Game
>wolfe with no scriptOh this nigga actually has autism, he just pretends to be a normalfag
>>59396836KEK
>first couple seasons>no problem getting to masters in the first couple days>phonefag update >first couple days are ok >having fun trying out some of the new megas like star, rai y, swampert>quickly end up stuck in perpetual hyper ball hell>decide to switch back to ol reliable team 1>charizard y, glimmora, gambit, etc >straight back to masters I can see clearly that I have been ratio'd.
>>59396841>here's our sponsor, now let me tell you about an unrelated game I like#beenthere
>>59396844so phonefags are better than switchfags?
>hyper ball
Why is THIS guy the trainer class for the steel type 10 wins?
Funny battle
i need some advice to complete my singles team. I got to MB rank with just spammingMimikyuGarchompMega Raichubut i feel like i should utilize the other three slots. Perhaps another good mega, other than raichu, and perhaps another reliable opener, other than Mimikyu, even though I had games where i won just with him. Thank you.
>missing 3 sleep powders in a rowwhat do you do in this situation?
>>59396926not run inconsistent slop
>>59396922There are no good Pokémon games ___________________________________________ / \ | "There are two things in this world: | | Things you can eat, and things you | | cannot eat. Master tell me world is | | very big place. Must be lots of yummy | | things to eat!" | | | | -- Quina Quen | \___________________________________________/ v (\_/) / (o.o) / (___)//
>>59396792Haven’t seen a Staraptor in a while, I thought people realised the gimmick was overplayed
The only staraptor I encounter now are scarf gambit.
>>59396539ran into one during one of my first Doubles battles too, very rare form of faggotry
>skarmory
Good News: I stopped using WhimsicottBad News: I replaced it with Sinistcha
taking a break until single player content
>Wolfe's eceleb tournament is IRL to make it seem importantVery cringe indeed
>>59397002Every content is single-player content as long as you see other humans as NPCs.
>>59397010All actual eceleb tournaments are. They're free vacations for the players and talent. Same reason adam sandler keeps making movies.
>>59397013I can only see others as potential romance candidates
>>59397010They're all rich and have no proper jobs. It's the least they can do.
>fucking around in casual battle>in the end is just his damaged Giraffe vs my full health pikachu>he misses the ko cause it was twin beam instead of psychic/hyper voiceGuy probably ran into one too many sash sneasler, but I haven't seen that since season 1
goated names on screen right now
>hamaschu got censoredkek
>>59396351My M-Ttar is one shotting it with Knock Off as long as its not holding the -Dark Type Berry
>Masterball 2>Gambit uses Sucker Punch on my TsareenaOk man
>Whimiscott>Raichu-Y>Arcanine>Sylveon>Basculegion>M-TyranitarShould I change anything
>>59397087>>Arcanine
Threadly reminder that if you dislike meta-maxing and complain about the ladder, you have no reason not to join the Monotype tournament. >>59377245
>raichu zap cannons to para>suddenly cant sleepcalling it
>>59397103?
>>59397021Stop consuming eceleb trash?
>>59397106wasian fish outplayed my predict
I fucking despise adef with all of my heart body mind and soul
>>59397182GDQtrannies are the worst even if they aren't trannies yet
>>59397090yeah it's working pretty well
I have 67,292 VPhow much VP do you have, /vp/
>>59397212Used to have 57k but I blew it all on mega stones and clothing.
>>59397212200k because i just used pokemon from home.
>>59397212I only keep about 10k for training because I am trying to clean the shops
>>59397212130k or something.
>>59396922It's weird, I always thought GF made the decision to make Poke Maniac Steel-type trainers in gen 3 because they almost exclusively use the Aron line. They actually didn't appear in any gen 4-8 before they return in SV, excluding remakes of gen 1 and 2 where they use the same kind of Pokemon they always had. What a weird class.
>farigiraf>incineroar>i need easy mode or i cant win wahhhh
>>59397002You're probably going to be waiting a looooooooooooong time for that with these devs
>>59397294Mid July direct trust the plan
>garchomp>garchomp>garchomp>garchomp
>>59397302>whimsicott>whimsicott>whimsicott>whimsicott
>>59397308blow on it and it goes away
>>59397302>>59397308>gengar used icy wind!ez
>>59397311Blow on this*whips out Diglet*
>>59397302Correction >garchomp/charizard y>garchomp/charizard y>garchomp/charizard y>garchomp/charizard y
>>59397302>>59397308>basculegion>basculegion>basculegion>basculegion
What is the point of having a cutscene for Champion rank when 99.99% of players will never make it there? Feels a bit harsh to tease that when you hit Master rank
>>59397344honest question, what's the point of any of these cutscenes this shit doesn't have a concrete single player mode with these trainers
FUCK RAIN TEAMS
>final gambit staraptor>trick room farigiraf
>>59397347It's to bait people like me who do care about completion into sticking with it by presenting the illusion of a story. Preying on the very specifically mentally ill
>>59397350My Mega Pyroar team has got pretty good at handling them. Only shitty rain setter for me is Sableye but even then I tend to cover him well except for the one time he tricked me as a screen setter instead. Take Torkoal in as the passive sun setter and if they have a rain setter (It will be Pelipper, Politoed or Sableye I haven't seen any others) take Whimsicott instead to manually set sun. Feels like most of the Master Ball players are worse than the Ultra Ball ones.
>>59397350I fucking despise them
HELP ME WITH THIS DUMB DOUBLES GIMMICK IDEA:Step 1: Lead with Supersweet Syrup Hydrapple holding Scope Lens and ArchaludonStep 2: Archaludon uses Dragon CheerStep 3: Hydrapple can now proceed to spam 100% accurate Draco Meteors AND Leaf Storms with 100% critical hit chance - the stat drops are always ignored.Step 4: I die because Hydrapple is slow and has a shit load of weaknesses.Or, I can do the same thing with a mixed attacked Kommo-o running Draco Meteor and Super Power. 100% crit rate means Kommo-o doesn't care about Intimidate or self induced Atk/S.Atk drops.
What the fuck is a Goldenge, why is it so fucking ugly and how does it outspeed everything?Disgusting piece of shit.
>>59397388Use Salazzle for Dragon Cheer since it can also handle fairy and steel types that Hydrapple can't hurt. Also comes with Helping Hand. Include Sinistcha for healing and redirection to keep Hydrapple around longer.
>>59397398Say hello to the 1000th Pokemon, it's all downhill from here
>>59397398The 1000th Pokeyman
>>59397432>>59397434>literally a "you are 1000th visitor!!" scam message but in pokemon formbravo
>>59397442>"heavy rains you"
Just downloaded the game, should I start with Tyranitar or Absol?
>>59397458Absol is better overall imo, especially for doubles.
>disconnect during pick phase>ai picks team for me>ai plays first 2 turns>i win with 1 hplol
>>59397388Some gimmicks are really good on paper, but take too long to execute.
I wish we can change the Gender of our mons.Im willing to pay 500vp for that.everyone will be happy the trannies and the biological purist.I keep getting male sylveon and just keep skipping that tranny abomination
>>59397475It's literally just Dragon Cheer - there's no other setup here.
>>59397509>I keep getting male sylveon and just keep skipping that tranny abomination>I wish we could change the gender of our monsWouldn't that make them trannies
>>59397301along with the champions movie featuring jack black
>ditto's transform fails on a disguised ZoroarkDidn't even know that
Anyone else seeing a lot more overlord gambits? Defiant still seems like the best option, but I guess its weak to most intimidate users, specially the meta birb
>>59397545Nobody's running Incin anymore so Defiant is losing value.
>>59397398>how does it outspeed everything>84 speedOh my god, it's faster than Basulegion, that's impossible
>>59397546Incins fucking everywhere at high elo
>>59396926Coil miotic with maushold/sinistcha redirection if you want your opponent to want to come through the screen and kill you
Game is more play to win than pay to win desu
>>59397398If only you knew how bad it was before the make it rain nerf
>>59397458Absol gives you a very strong team and is a long term investment for when Mega-Z drops.See if you can join the monthly challenge to get a participation Tyranitar, but if not Absol is still the better choice IMO.
>>59397107You know, I was wondering the other day why there's zoomer or gen alpha characters who are humanoids with screens for faces.Mildly freaky.
>>59397545Mobile playersthe free default starter team you get has a that kingambit
>>59397518Speed control nigga, lot of good it does you if Hydrapple doesn't get to do anything.
Give me more slots for fun/meme teams. What the fuck Pokemon Com.
>everyone complaining about metahen there's monsters like this
>>59397643>Big Root Vileplume>Focus Sash Houndoom>Magnet Meowstic for what I assume is Fling shenanigans
>Mega Zard Y sets up sun>Mega T Tar sets up sand>Mega Froslass sets up snow>Rain only has fucking PelipperHow is this fair
>>59397388Dragon Cheer exists for chomp/gyarados meme sets and nothing more m'fraid
>>59397649Pelipper is arguably better than Mega T and Froslass.
i have a switch but didnt play any of the mainline pokemon games because the shit plays too slowly without emulator speedup how are you guys transferring pokemon from home to champions
>>59397654Not really. Since it sets Rain on entry, it will always be overwritten by mega
>>59397649>No Mega Stone needed, can hold Damp Rock to extend Rain>That fucking bridge that I hatePerfectly fair if you ask me
>>59397647It doesn't have Fling, and the magnet would only be low damage, it must be to get a particular kill with Thunderbolt.
>there's damage calculator app for mobileHoly shit. They sure work fast
>>59397649>Sun only has Venusaur>Sand only has Excadrill or Lycanroc>Snow has fucking Beartic and some other shitass ice types>Rain gets 32+ Atk Swampert-Mega Wave Crash vs. 2 HP / 0 Def Garchomp in Rain: 195-231 (105.4 - 124.8%) -- guaranteed OHKOHow is this remotely fair?
>>59397662>Having to use your mega just to reset the weather during a weather war>Froslass has paper skin and misses dozens of crucial KO's>T-Tar is just as slow as base, lacks potential longevity with items like Sitrus>Meanwhile Pelipper has insane role compression being a Grass check, TW support, weather setter, and even pivoting potential with U-Turn. >Not to mention it's the only one of the four that can have an eight-turn weatherPelipper is fucking amazing, only held back by it being a route 2 shitmon with stats to match. Charizard is the only one that beats it because of raw power that every team in the meta must respect at a solid speed tier. That's not even going into the fact Rain as a whole is probably the strongest weather in terms of effects and abusers like Bridge and Basc.
>>59397673Oh I won't deny the fact that Rain is good right now especially with Megapert. Many dunked on it being a basculegion side but you don't want to fight one under Rain
Come to think of it, why haven't they made a move that just clears all weather? It didn't take much time at all for them to make Terrain cleaning moves.
>>59396791sent>>59396805sending... next time put something about the gender in the post i had to go back to regen it
>>59397679It would fit better as an ability, and even then it's upgraded Cloud Nine so it'd have to be like a shill legendary
>>59397679Setting up your own weather is basically "clearing" your opponent's weather so there's no point running that move over sunny day/rain dance/etc
>>59397681sorry, the screenshot had the symbol though and thanks
>>59397684I could see a pokemon having a signature move that deals damage and then clears the weather
>>59397466i have noticed the higher you climb the ranks the more frequent disconnect happens
>hatterne trick roomi might hate it more than farig
hardstuck at 1.7
>>59397715What's your team? You probably just need to adjust a mon or two and some moves.
>>59397715nvm it's sending me careening towards 1.6>>59397719>Raichu Y>Whimsicott>Gallade>Basculegion>M Tyranitar>SylveonCurrently running Whim-Raichu-Gallade-Basc in most games
>>59397727What do Gallade and T-Tar do for you? T-Tar especially doesn't seem to have any synergy at all with the rest of your team beyond stopping an opponent's weather.
>>59397728I haven't used Tyranitar in a while.Gallade just provides strong coverage with sharpness. Triple Axel, Sacred Sword, Psycho Cutter, Will-o-Wisp.
Did it. Notes:>It's almost impossible to build weather teams in this, it's too slow and certain meta pokemon resist it >Ironically there's a bunch of stealth rock/stall teams that work (Hippodown, Umbreon, Corbiknight)>Ice sucks>Floette kinda sucks, half the core pokemon either outspeed or resist it (metagross)>Actually I hate metagross in general because even if you wanna punish him with focus sash he can just bullet punch>I lost to all Alcremie once
>Struggled in ultra ball with a team I liked>Tried Zard Y team>7 win streak got me into master ball
Just remembered they gave mega Sceptile lighting rod. pfffff still funny even after all this time
I had a dream where if you had a speed tie, both moves happened at the same time and the shorter animation did damage first. It was my first pokemon dream
I will never understand the logic of players who use tailwind against priority users, middling speed mons and trick room teams
whats a good sand team ttar is my favorite
>>59397779You can pair it with a pokemon spamming Discharge or Parabolic Charge. Sceptile will only absorb one instance if it's a multi-target move
>>59397816Tyranitar/Excadrill (sand rush focus sash or sand force choice scarf)/garchompYou can also try mega steelix for body press memes but you're giving up a potential resand from tyranitar vs other weather teams
Got humbled from 1880 (8600th best) to 1650 yesterday, back at 1701s
>>59397816>>59397816Tyranitar + Excadrill + Garchomp + Sinistcha is always a solid core. Everything else is based on what you need/struggle with the most.
Kept forgetting that umbreon is a garchomp check thanks to Foul Play and feels like a ground resist with max HP and Def on my team with no ground resists
>choice scarf Ditto>opponent's unboosted mon still goes firstI guess it was running choice scarf too and I lost the speed tie, but goddamn.Ultra Ball 1 is some bullshit.
Does placing high in the weekend tournament (top 1000) have any merit or is the whole thing Mickey Mouse? Im assuming most entrants just forget it or play enough for rewards.
Everyone who runs Gholdengo is lesser than me
>>59397649>>59397669Yeah, Ice is still fucked weather wise because only it cares about snow. Meanwhile sun is liked by water weak pokemons + a bunch of grass mons have clorophyll, Rain is liked by fire weak mons and power up a couple of electric moves + hurricane. Sand isn't in a much better position but it has much better abusers.
>>59397874>run into the Hobgoblin for the first time>nearly OHKOs my Incin >OHKOs my Chomp>"Ew, maybe that's why it's annoying">both hits were critsThankfully since then that hasn't happened, but it really pissed me off that first time.
>>59397779Don't underestimate it, if packed with rotom heat you better wish you had mamoswine
>>59397874Good thing based ceruledge cucks it by 1 base speed point
>>59397875Sandstorm and Ice should at least do something more than just enhance defenses.
Thinking of something diabolical involving hatterene and machamp if you catch my drift. Preferred set with Bold nature + Fissure and Stockpile with Thick Fat thanks but not too necessary if you can't
>lost because i tried to mirror coat a dark pokemon>again
>lightscreen>should've taunted>taunt>should've light screened
If megameganium got earth power for the bridgimon how much more viable would it be?
>>59397779They gave M-Sceptile a lick of coverage and now him and Scarfed Heat Rotom are the Blowjob brothers. Being fast as fuck without the need for weather or waiting a turn has its benefits.
>>59397874It's not even that good after the nerf and without Tera
So we’re inevitably going to get a mythical meta at some point right? Given that Zeraora and Darkrai got megas.
>>59397941Meganium DOES get Earth Power. It just doesn't run it most of the time because it means giving up on Solar Beam/Weather Ball/Dazzling Gleam.
>>59397949Oh, maybe it could do something next to something that can destroy pelliper and tailwind support but if you roll a zard y team + venusaur team you are screwed
>>59396326Sometimes you lose and take a step back and see your team had no answer for you opponent's team. Like actually no answer beyond "hope I crit." If that happens you then need to ask "what are the chances I encounter this in a tournament?" If it's zero, then whatever. If it's "this was a real team and I very likely will need to fight it," then at that point you need to change your team.
How do these assholes with dual fire teams i keep rolling with a team using scizor not get destroyed by rain everytime
I know you can't change moves after putting something in champions then taking it out and have it reflected in champions, but if I put in a pokemon, take it out, get a new ribbon on it, will that show up?
>>59397546>>59397556Right, but only a retard will lead Incin into a team with Kingambit at high elo. In fact you might even be deterred from bringing it. It's closed team sheet tech. You get the Intimidate deterrence of Defiant, alongside the power boost of Supreme Overlord. You'll never see it in open team sheet, obviously.
>>59397999what is the dual fire in question?
>>59397649It's not. Pelipper didn't need the BST buff along side Drizzle. With the buff it's too good.
wonder if we'll ever see a return of the forbidden u-turn tech on pelipper to be even more annoying
Anyone got a matcha in home they can donate to a new guy?
>>59398015put something up I can send one to you
>>59398018Ign GeorgeLLTEUBXEDXZM
>>59398022sent
>>59398024Absolutely based. Luv ya anon
[Awful news] I am considering running mega skarmory (as a second mega)I want a sand/ttar counter, fills the slot mega aero would be, and seems like it would work well with charizard. I don't like having both megas be water and rock weak and it's at least neutral to that. Bonus is it's still flying so chomperkins can still spam EQ safely
>>59398035Isnt skarmory ass cheeks in doubles? It is ok in singles though. A bridge in the rain can kill you. Also mzardy and mphox
>>59398038Well I want something specifically that can work against ttar and at worst is neutral to water, bonus for being in the air and having tailwind so I don't overly rely on Whimsicott as this would be replacing mega aero. I am ok with a fire mega mirror as that's my other with zard. I feel like my other stuff is ok dealing with rain. Maybe Eel, but then I'm sacrificing tailwind and relying on drain punch for a lot of damage (questionable imo)
Some help to counter Basculegion please?
I wish there was more for fun community presence in the game. After reaching masterball my opponent variety fell off the face of the earth. I've been using different mons and off meta stuff but I've only seen 9 leads in my last 20 games its just kind of boring.Unranked games can be fun but seem to just be forfeit bait when their team concept dont work.
>>59398076Showdown time for you
Got my first shiny but it's a pokemon I don't like (decidueye)
>>59398001I don't think anyone tried that. It shouldn't be that hard for you to test it yourself with some crap you don't care about though. Just put some junk in Champions then beat the elite four with it and put it back.
Why in the ever living fuck doesn't Wide Guard protect from Persish Song!?
I have a froslass/inci/sneasler/whismi/chomp team. I replaced metagross with archaludon and it seems to be going well but I am still not fully convinced
>>59398123nvm archaludon is the goat
Mega meowstic looks cool when it mega evolves and that's about it, wish it got psychic surge
Is mega floette overrated? I just one shot it. Does it need TR to work? I feel like Sylveon is the better all around fairy member.
So what happens now that I'm close to 50 Pokemon and I don't wanna let any of em go? They all seem pretty decent with the right comps. Yeah even Metagross and Lucario (she'll be busted with the Z mega soon anyway)
>>59398187Pay 50 bucks a year
>>59398094These are the best because now, should you accept the challenge, you’ll get to build a team completely out of your comfort zone. Great way to learn. Pulling a shiny and not using it because it’s not “le meta” is the complete opposite of whimsy. You gotta be whimsical bro
>>59398116>wtf I’m putting my arms up and physically blocking, why can I still hear??
>>59398194You know any grandmas and grandpas that would like some feet pics from a young looking 30 something boy
>>59398187buy a switch and then buy the microtransaction on it for 50 more slots for just 7 bucks!
>>59398195I just don't like its design
>>59398202The starter pack is so insulting. It's just delaying the inevitable
>>59398215I do hope they release a "year one pack" that adds another 50 or something
>>59398216Press x to doubt. There's just more money in subs that will never get a discount because Nintendo
>>59397566Not till you run out of box slots it aint
White herb scale shot or da life orb d claw fo' today?
>don't want a CC drop>use after you on my +2 scizor to bug bite opposing ychu with mega lopunnyThat was amusing
Honeypot event teamlist, check em outhttps://play.limitlesstcg.com/tournament/69c7cead36f5b5c303dbfa0c/standings
How many matches do I need to play to finish the event? The game really isn't clear about it.
>>593982513 games
>>59398244Staraptor sisters...
>>59398264everyone says delphox murdered they/them
>>59397679closest we have is cloud nine and air lock
Insane how bad electric pokemon are right now.
losing to perish trap is the only thing in this game that makes me legitimately angry
>>59396145>t. buck who will never be able to unbreak itself even through babylonian magickSucks to be a Flygonfag, smoe.
Got to BSS Master Ball with Sand Veil Brightpowder Garchomp lmao Fuck 'em
There needs to be a script or program that plugs into bluestacks to play this game automatically based on statistics and damage calcs. Everyone is metaslaving anyway.>>59398276But then Charizard Y would be nerfed.
>>59398276Game Freak won't take the hint.
>>59398276I'm gonna try to make solar power life orb heliolisk paired with sunny day whim work damnit
>>59398276Wait until we get restricted format
>>59398276Try bugs. We have scizor and...
>>59398291I used to have so much fun leading booster icy wind flutter and tera ground csr against this kid. yeah bro we all know you're gonna lock in volt switch on the horse :^)
when is sinistcha getting removed
>>59398292Yeah but no one thinks bug should be good.>>59398290Can't you be normal
>>59398287>I need my wife's bot to play the videogame for me
Archaludon is a honorary electric type
>unawared game shot me from greatball 1 to ultra 1 before, few 50-50 then 4 winstreak, made it to 1750 masterPick me up, I'm scared.
milotic be like>recover>recover>recover>recover
>>59398300Wish my wife could make that bot
>>59398276Imagine how absolutely ass mad Yawnfag would be if Luxray and Zebstrika had good stats and movepools...
Need help
Why does Toxapex even learn recover? Fucking bullshit.
>>59398283Shitmon even with a mega form lol
>>59398327But enough about Malamar.
>>59398244kek MDB can't really pull through when it matters, not even top 8
I refuse to play this shit because I am not a goy.(symbolic statement)
>Best team is just putting every good mon with no synergy
>>59398187get home and pokemon go, if you can get any of your 50 mons from elsewhere, you can store them in home instead and release them from champions to free up space
why is everyone playing the same team, why is pokecuck company not balancing and nerfing stats
>hit earthquake>both opposing pokemon had levitatewell I look retarded
>>59398370Because it would make Isreal very upset.
>>59398373bro don't eq rotom
I miss her
>>59398321To the anon that provided, thank you
>>59398373Time to run mold breaker excadrill
>>59398370Because they’re insecure metaslaves. Very boring to watch as a spectator too - the same 12 Pokémon in every match and switch outs every second move. This is why VGC will never take off and can’t even beat the corresponding card game in participation, despite Pokémon being a video game franchise first and foremost. Hell, it barely beats out PoGo in viewership.Play singles if you want to see unique teams.
>>59398440>Play singles if you want to see unique teams.Lmao
Well Seymour, I made itNow I can stop being a metaslave and start using my favorites
>>59398376For me, it’s hydregion. Surprised it had such a mid ability.
The power is hilarious with helping hand on solar power heliolisk but the devs saw my idea was too powerful and threatening so they matched me with players using venasuar :(
VGC is like chess, you don't complain that the queen is too strong.
>>59398373Had to make a personal note to never use priority moves when a farigaraf is on the field or when the opponent expects me to try and use priority and switches it in, also tried sap sipping my kingambit once, play and learn, people keep trying to use Fake Out on my Umbreon which is funny
I wish anybody running the overqwil team to literally get killed in the most painful, brutal and humiliating way possible. I hope you get actual cancer alongside your loved ones
>>59398471Pack roar or ww
>>59398471I haven’t played in a few days are people using accupuncture/minimize?
Ive played 5 games today and had shit luck in all them I lost 3 because I missed 90%s and got burned in the endgame against kingambit
Going to work. Someone make a new thread later today.
>>59398472nope. I cannot have 200 techs for every single meme strat that relies on luck. I got a favourable matchup against it as long as I don't miss and that should be enough. also I don't have a pokemon on my team able to run these moves.To be fair I didn't think it was that set so I didn't bring neither froslass whose blizzard is guaranteed hit not gambit which has kowtow>>59398475minimize stockpile + side psych up
VGC unironically needs rotation
Do any of the sites that list teams (Limitless, Pokebase, Poke Zone, etc.) list what the actual EVs of the mons are? Interested in trying out a few of the teams from some of the sites mentioned but without knowing what EVs the Pokemon are running some of them don’t seem to make sense.
>>59398515Pikalytics does
>>59398511It has rotation already
Hello friends, any good soul wanna trade ?
How am I supposed to stop grimmsnarl? Who tf am I able to run psychic fangs on?
>>59398516Maybe I’m blind but I don’t see any options to see EVs. E.g. cannot view any EVs from any teams from this event: https://www.pikalytics.com/tournaments/limitless/maddo-s-cup-9-100-for-the-winner-reg-m-b-94c886/Avalugg-Hisui
>>59398527You need to do fake out and kill him first. Mons like him and Whimsi are a threat
>>59398530iirc open team sheet doesn't require you to specify EVs so they are kept hidden for calc purposes when uploading the teams (i.e: having X amount to survive Y attack with 1 hp) buuuuut if you click a specific mon to see it's details, you can see the most commonly used EV spreads for said mon and go from there (minmaxing to your specific needs, like guaranteeing to kill or survive something)
I am getting rekt in ultra ball by rain teams
>>59398444>Now I can stop being a metaslaveYou are weak.I'm determined to make it to Master Ball without using meta at all.
>>59398547Manual sun
>>59398527Grimmsnarl is dark-type. Psychic Fangs will do nothing unless the opponent switches him out.
>>59398552But I want to go blizzard brrr with Froslass
Why is vivillion allowed to spam 95% accuracy sleep powders with a scarf
>>59398559Because it can literally still miss. I just had a thunder wave with wide scope (which is supposed to be 99% accuracy) miss on a guy without bright powder.I swear when that happened I felt like the game was stacked against me
>>59398554You still can bite other non-dark opponent pokemon.Barrier breaks if it lands a hit.
>>59398567But why psychic fangs? Just run brick break on someone like Gambit
>>59398568Don't know.Maybe his team needs Metagross
>>59398568Fangs hit harder, if you can run it (eg metagross) it's worth it also as stab.
Im stuck on UB3/4 in Doubles. Keep getting a win then losing, then a win streak, then a loss streak. Everyone is running meta teams and for some reason conveniently have the Pokemon to counter mine. Is this how Ash felt???
>opponent sends out farigiraf and staraptor>target farigiraf>it's mega staraptor>lose
>>59398543Maybe it’s because I’m on phone but the Natures / EV spreads part doesn’t appear at all.
>>59398602thats why anything that's not open teamsheet bo3 is a joke
>mega Staraptor tries to get into a boost-off with mega Aggron
>I lost to quick claw rng againI'm going to kill myself
>>59398527You need to mega mawile iron head through the reflect
>>59398618This game hates us bro. But then again there are hundreds of thousands of players so we're just part of that statistic
How would Ash Greninja fair if he gets reintroduced in Champions?
>>59398604try opening the site as desktop maybe?
Anyone know if I can get masterpiece/antique tea/matcha via the recruiter or do I need to import from home somehow?
>Guy with Elo of 1.4k hasn't touched singles in days>Opens the game and sees he's suddenly in Champion tierThis game is rigged beyond belief...
>>59398655just get an outbreak of that type. outbreaks are type specific
When are they gonna add more cosmetics? I want to play dress up.
Why are there so many priority moves now
Just missed a double heatwave
>>59398697>me pwess swped move me gud at gaem
Mega Aggron really sucks. Do I just release him? Along with this Hydrapple I got on trial
You actual fucking niggerThis cunt knocks out one of my mons, then does some bullshit that causes me to be stuck "connecting" for 5 mins straight before the game tells ME that I was the one idling and makes me LOSE the battleKill yourself
Why does Kingambit exist? Who woke up one morning and thought "you know what? Bisharp really needs an evolution".
When is ally switch being removed?
>>59398700I missed a double heatwave so a rotom can paralyze me on a thunderbolt and then a sinistcha can burn me on a martcha gotcha and the hit 4 more to win the game
WHY DOES PELIPPER HAVE WIDE GUARDWHY DO YOU GET TO HAVE DRIZZLE. 100% HURRICANESBULK OUT THE ASSAND THEN YOU CAN SPAM WIDE GUARD NEXT TO YOUR BULLSHIT META PARTNER WHAT IS YOUR LACK OF UTILITY THAT SAYS OH MAYBE I WONT USE PELIPPER ON MY RAIN TEAM
>>59398701>Mega Aggron really sucksHe's great. He can't handle special attacks, but there are no physical attackers who can break him.Get a few Iron Defenses off and he can sweep with Body Press.
>>59398731thunderbolt one shots
>me and opponent both have max speed choice scarf basculegion>winner is a coin flipfun game
i have taught some random mon on my team a grass move now.
HOW DO I MISS HEATWAVE ON A 1% TTAR FUCKING STOP
I love my Armarouge
>gholdengo
>>59398740Outsped by the bird... Staraptor literally killed him in 2 shots
I just replaced moonblast with energy ball on whimsi and I hate myself
>>59398638He could smokescreen as mega gren, and be pretty decent in singles. Because its a skill, you could slap a life orb on it, and pick up some nasty kills as a sweeper, particularly on singles.
>>59398755This isnt gen 4 bolt beam isnt on every special attacker nothing has thunderbolt
Just had mega mawile clutch up a 1 v 3 and win the battle with 4 hp at 2k elo
>>59398778>Outsped by the birdWell yes.>Staraptor literally killed him in 2 shotsBro, your Iron Defense?He does half your HP the first turn, then 1/4, then 1/8, then you Rest and he can't do anything about it.If he crits you on the second turn, you just got unlucky.
Man there needs to be like one more meaningful hard TR carry, that isn't a mega. basculegion is almost there but between sp and incin underspeeding it you can't run it. Most of the other options are just too shitty.
Finally made it to Master Ball Singles using just these teams.Also there was a Substitute Reversal Blaziken in there for a while, but I put Aggron in because I had no way to deal with fairies.
>charizard>venusaur>garchomp>incineroar
>>59398271sent :)
>tr farigiraf with fake out partner
>>59398833Love to see the Liepard
>>59398826Torkoal?
...does Mega Floette's Fairy Aura work with boosting Pixilate Sylveon?
>>59398866Yes.
>>59398862He put in a lot of work. No one expects him to outspeed everything by using Copycat on his own Dark Pulse.
>>59398853The biggest faggot team is tr giraffe kangaskhan blastoise vivillion. You have to gamble at if its kangaskhan or blastoise tr or get fucked when youre wrong and its vivillion blastoise sleep powdering you. Its the gayest team ive had to play just because of the 33% gamble
>>59398868Oh that's evil.I might try that out.
>gholdengoLE MAKE IT RAINLE 120 SPREAD NUKELE GHOST STEELLE NO HIT ME WITH STATUS OR I'LL CRY TO MY MOMMYI hate gen 9
>>59398824Are you forgetting that there's a Prankster Whimsicott clicking Charm?
PROTECT PROTECT PROTECT PROTECT PROTECT
i think in gen 10 gamefreak should add a pokemon that can use protect every turn and also attack using a 200 damage spread move with perfect accuracy and a 90% chance to apply multiple status conditions to each target
>>59398899Neither of us ever mentioned Doubles.
Just dropped 1k to a relentless wave of metaslop ama
>>59398919nigga nobody plays singles here
>>59398925I do.
>>59398919You don't need to mention doubles, it's the default.
>>59398920what...?
>>59398933errrrm what the heckin wholesome chungus did you say chuddy? i like cant even with you rn...
>>59398920What did u learn
>>59398936that the only way to win is to stop playing
>>59398936learning implies that you were the problem and not the evil meta
>>59398940yes the gen 9 power creep meta is indeed the problem
>>59398833Mind sharing the spreads?>CitizenTsars>not CitizenKicks
>>59398864Yea, there needs to be ANOTHER, right now its torkoal and your choice of slow mega.
>>59398946Conk.
>>59398944I just copied the name from the old Showderp set, but you're right, that is better.>spreadsFor all of them, or some in particular?
5 defeats in a row in ultra ball, including one against earthquake torkoal
>>59398950All of them
>>59398949He just doesn't do enough work compared to the other current reg threats. His usage is shit for a reason.
>>59398952Lucky you, you're under no pressure, I'm on a 14 wins streak in Master Ball, woe is me.
>>59398946Not a spread attacker but Clawitzer hits very fucking hard
>>59398953
I fear I am not good enough for a froslass team. I just get outplayed on every level.I'll give staraptor a try, but if I lose I am calling it for today.
>can only have 3 teams without buying the membership
>>59398988Just got my giraffe one shot by Sylveon with round. Where are the bots that let you win like in mega ball
>>59399010You just lost to one.
>>59399010Round is a legit strategy but it gets floored real quick if the Pokemon resist it or have good spdef. I tried it a few times but only ever won like twice?
Fuck it. I'm just gonna Toxapex my way to Masters again this time in dubs. Still need Corviknight though. Good luck to me.
>>59399020there are far better mons and combos to use, why choose the bitch faggot unfun ones?
It's easy to get to masterball, but i've never made it out of m4
Pokemon lied to me... they said I was a Champion of many regions...
>>59399026Im out of vp
>>59398962this is pretty interesting, but the lack of spread and weather/stab is kinda rough. It runs water pulse, aura sphere, and dark pulse. TR teams don't need dark pulse as they generally have a sucker puncher, a water move isn't very useful, and fighting is nice but not stab.Good suggestion but hes not really a carry.
>>59399032I bet you have still better options available in your boxalso how the fuck do you run out? you must've shopped every gay outfit possible
>>59399033>fighting is nice but not stabIt effectively is, because of Mega Launcher
>>59399033I tried it out and he just wasnt very good. Too many things walling him to be any good in a TR team
>>59399036Recruitment and retraining mons. And some items. A lot of experimentation that never worked out. I never bought outfits. And im a mobilefag so my account is only 11 days old
>>59399020I've caught six corviknights this week in pogo
>>59399033There is araquanid, it's niche but it handles both fire and water pokemon, even if it struggles under sun because it has no coverage.
watching (((wolfe glick))) tourney replay.>these "people" have coaches lmao>said coaches talk like this is the major leagues, as in their trainees have "performed and dedicated themselves really hard for this">these are "people" who make a living off pokemon, but somehow are clueless about vgc, i am talking even about the most basic shit>there’s several broads, the good looking amongst them is shilled pretty hard hard by her coach like he wants to suck her toes (he does, guy is pathetic) apparently they live together but hes not fucking her, go figure.>all the boys are there, cybertroon providing is ever insightful gameplay commentary, (((glick))) without a script is a confirmed retard who somehow LARPs around pretending to be normalfag, left me quite flabbergasted>some guy dressed in some gold outfit, whole team are yellow pokemon, shiny sneed/gholdengoofhealthymeta etc etc you get the point. we are talking about a "male" you painted his nails gold as well. all a joke im sure.>highlight of the tournament? some chink woman using snorlax and rawdogging fissure, all misses. still interesting watch.i recommend watching for the meme builds they came up with, just mute and put something else playing on the background, like a good audiobook/music.
>>59399045>said coaches talk like this is the major leagueyes my autistic friend, it's called sarcasm and they're having "fun"
>>59399042How long would it take me to get to that point if I've never had a pogo account
>>59399042I tried to play pogo to catch up a bit, since the last time I played was in 2020. It bombarded me with a lot of events and all I saw around me were shitmons so I quit.
>>59399052>>59399054honestly I dunno but if we're talking specifically Corviknight it'd probably take a decent while because>there was an event that spawned a shitload of Flying mons, and it's ending tomorrow>part of that event also doubled candy gain (resource required to evolve)>spawns are region-based too so you might not even have rookidees (although I think I've seen majority of early route birds)
>>59399057oh and I also started a week ago
>>59399045>watching ecelebsonly got yourself to blame
What is the general consensus on Hisuian pokemon?
What is blaze kick used for? just to handle Gholdengo and Metagross or does it have broader uses
>>59399075Very good mons. Just a huge improvement over the originals
>>59399081Nothing. Run Protect and Roost instead
Seriously if you suck at this game just run vivillon and trick room
>>59399045I don't touch anything involving ecelebs I like watching Wolfe's rare gameplay videos but I couldn't give less of a fuck about eclowns, etroons and ewhores
Champions need much better customization, us grown ass adult heterosexual males have a physical need to play dress up.
>>59399094at least the characters look good, unlike the pogo abominations
>>59399087But I can hit Froslass as well...
hey guys i use incineroar does that mean im good at the game :))
>>59399111It means you're smart enough to use Inci, that's a good start.
>>59399109You're supposed to run something else to counter Froslass
>>59399111Don't forget to name him "Wolfe's Incineroar" too for extra reddit points
>>59399114By something else you mean incineroar, who counters everything Staraptor struggles against + can boost it with parting shot. We are never escaping the bara tiger of balanced meta.
Why is Greninja so slow compared to the other mons in his tier? Why is the fagcat even better than him? Why do they hate him so much?
I have put a dragonite on the gts, I am looking for a sinistcha if you can help me.
Anyone else having trouble with Pokemon Bank today? My 3DS won't connect to it even though its Internet connection tests are fine.I did manage to connect to it once earlier today, but mostly it's been failing.
looking for fox lady (male ok)Timid with SpA/Spe EVs would be nice but not a big deal
>>59399144Gimme a min
>>59399149if you're brewing it the moveset would beHeat WaveNasty PlotProtectPsyshock
>>59399151No, I had one sitting around I was gonna give a friend but he never downloaded because he's 'bad at battling'
>>59399154understandable, thank you anyway!
>>59399151Also as a Delphox player, -plot +scorching sands will go a long way online
>>59399144>>59399135stop begging, holy shit you fucking fags are unreal.
Lost on another double protect status
>Pure Power Medicham and max attack Rampardos>turn 1, Swords Dance + Trick Room>if the enemy didn't OHKO either of them, Medicham Skill Swaps his Pure Power onto Rampardos for x4 attack and Rampardos sweeps everything with Rock Slide>give Medicham Helping Hand as well for good measureSeems to be working out well so far.
>>59399171>great ball tier set upcrazy anon, you on to something!
>>59399171I sure love 2 turn setup teams that die the moment the opponent does literally anything.
>>59399188It's only a 1-turn setup.Rampardos is attacking with quadruple-ATK Rock Slide on turn 2.
>>59399191its 2 turn to give him pure power desu. also wide guard hard walls you it seems since i'm guessing you use rock slide and EQ as your two attacks
Can you really bring over entire teams with pokemon home? Is there no limit
>>59399196yesthere is a box limit in champions but the pokemon you send back to home will retain any changes when you import them again
>>59399194>its 2 turn to give him pure power desuRampardos gets Pure Power at the beginning of Turn 2, before he attacks.I gave Medicham Iron Ball so that it moves before Rampardos in Trick Room.>wide guard hard walls you it seems since i'm guessing you use rock slide and EQ as your two attacksAll of Rampardos's other coverage attacks are single-target.
>>59399196almost. you'll be missing that 1 final stat point, but otherwise yeah. the limit is 30 or whatever the box size is in champions and home
>>59399201That's called 2 turns ese
All the faggot rain teams somehow know volcaronas running giga drain now because its so popular they must know its moveset
>>59399225It's not 2 turns of setup, though. It's 1 turn of setup, and then attacking.What's your idea of 1-turn setup?
>>593992331 turn set up doesn't require a move to set up on turn 2. are you retarded?
>>59399231You need a grass move to handle swampert and it's easy to guess where the move is on a team
>>59399043I get what you're saying and I've tried him too, but my whole point is we need a tr CARRY, as in someone like torkoal that makes tr worth playing. Not just someone that can operate under tr. There isn't an option realistically beyond torkoal + mega of choice.
>>59399235I don't consider a turn to be setup unless both pokemon are doing the setup.Barring a Prankster Taunt or something, both of the opponent's pokemon are dying that turn, so it doesn't really matter that the Medicham didn't attack, does it?
>>59399242Hatterene? Just throwing it out there, never saw someone play it, I assume because it's too risky with parting shot mons
>>59399253It's not worth bringing over torkoal or a mega + farig is a requirement to play tr. it's not bad at all though, neither is slyveon
The next regulation should introduce regieleki, tapu koko, zapdos, miraidon, ragingo bolt, and iron hands. I want to never see another shillzard again.
>>59399238thats why you bring grass knot zoroarc
>>59399137might be your connection, mine is working fine
Is it possible that some people are actually cheating? Idk how they do it. Like I don't understand how an Alolan Ninetales managed to outspeed my Brave Mega Garchomp in a TRICK ROOM.
I keep forgetting Grimm is immune to any prankster type shenanigans including encore
>M-Floette>Char-Y>Whimsi>Garchomp>Basc>GambitI have found the king of the meta-slaves
>>59399242Is there more to your team then just "TR and torkoal" as you keep mentioning?We don't even know who your TR setter is, its hard to really blindly suggest 1TR mon without knowing your other 4 assuming tork is one of them. We have no idea what your coverage currently looks like nor do we know what your team needs.
>my anti-weather mons 5 & 6 feel so good that I'm considering dropping my gimmicky mons 1 & 2 and building a normal team
>>59399350Until the AI matchup magically matches you with someone who completely floors you and walls your team.
>>59399340I run farig, like every other tr user does as setter. I run twin beam + tbolt for coverage. My carries are torkoal with earthpower, and mawile without ironhead, and instead rockslide. 4th slot flexes, sometimes final gambit bird, but that is a risk because if they protect turn 1 its a flop and wasted slot. Incin is another easy inclusion but against so much defiant its not as strong.
Anyone up for a private battle? I wanna test out my newfag team
someone needs to tell joe ugarte and mcb about streaming with a delay instead of hiding their screen every single turn.
>>59399356sure, I need one for a newfag quest stillmake a room
>>59399362gimme me 5 minutes i just got in a casual
The algorithm cherrypicking counters to your team is bizarre. How do all the sinistcha switch berries from dark to flying the moment I try staraptor
>>59399371probably because of all the other staraptors on ladder
>>59399355Again, its hard to really suggest anything when your team is>farig>torkoal>mawile>lol flex spot>lmao sometimes incineroar?You only have half a team is what you're saying. Its still very difficult to suggest something that helps when you're sorta going loosey-goosey like that.Feels like you might struggle with water so maybe try the bellibolt meme? He's a bit of a slept on 'mon though granted, he's stronger in singles.
>>59399315i lost 2 games in a row because the first dude ran max speed sinistcha and the 2nd one running max speed dragalge both out speeding my base speed chandelure
>>59399375It's really strange. Either it's a bug or they're really cheating. Or these are actually rigged AI bots (using player profiles) we're playing against.
>>59399362>>593993660754 3511
>>59399375>>59399379You guys may be underestimating retards just using raw gacha pull mons.
>>59399334The team is good.The "ANTIMETA DOMINATES X" and other retards can bitch and moan about it, but if you're a decent player then it's very difficult to lose since it's very flexible into most teams.
>>59399384i mean, thats what im saying. You cant predict people playing retarded sets that make no sense
New bread. >>59399389>>59399389>>59399389
>>59399374I appreciate you offering help, but I feel like you're missing the point that I don't understand who the additional members should be. I'm not beholden to any specific comp, just was saying it's hard to fill those spots - so of course I don't have great info to tell you. I gave you the team I run, and told you that I don't like final gambit raptor or incin. For example, one thought I had was vileplume for after you torkoal stuff, but it just never seems worth it.
>>59399386I don't think it's fun to use or play against the same generic team every game.
>>59399391And I think you're missing the point that coming in asking "what should my TRmon be?" when you only have a 3 man team makes it difficult since we have no idea what your team is lacking because its lacking half the team.I dunno man, just say your other two mons an incinroar and maybe something like Sinistcha as a support/backup TR setter. Easier to look at your team from that stand point and see what you need, even if you change your mind on those two later.
