The World Champion 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.>NewsEnter HAJ1MAR1G1FT for a free 100 Quick Coupons and CHAMP10N for a free Machamp.26 new Pokemon will be released in Reg-C, which comes out September 9th. >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)Anon made guide for brand new players to make a viable team with the starting pokemon: https://teamsheet.gg/t/sample-beginner-reg-b-vl3698Quick 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/d2FJZdPh Previous: >>59541158
Fraudizard is the KWAB of the year lmao.
role categorization of pokemon that have won a worlds at least once(some fit in more than just the one they're listed)amusingly despite its 90+% use rate kingambit is actually relatively honest in this regard
>>59557366What year/game was Gardevoir used in?
>>595573802014, same team as the le funny pachirisu timid choice scarf gleam/psychic/moonblast/swagger
>>59557366Wasn't ludicolo a weather setter rather than a pump spammer? Like I thought it was a sun team or something
>>59557396swift swim both times
https://x.com/natsumewato/status/2094420685565350397i told you fatsos that the feint was a mistake
>>59557402Yeah, it's swift swim to set up the sun in rain, no?
What are the odds that Heatran and other legendaries will be locked out from the ranch?
>>59557482I think very likely? I can see them being in the Battle Pass and maybe in a special ranch like this world's.
>>59557482>>59557488I bet it's a special ticket, like you earn a legendary tix, one for free
>>59557491Surely they put it in the battle pass? It'd be very easy to make themed clothing off them too
>>59557366Gothitelle didn't have shadow tag when it won
i will kill kinggambit myself
>>59557501Wait nvm it won twice
>>59557493Why not both? Allows free users to get one with luck from the farm or paid users get one with no work.
Thinking about how my mono-Ground team will respond to all the Rillabooms running around. I think Steelix is the best possible option. Steel Roller will hit it hard or force it out, and end the Terrain in the process. Choice Band Wood Hammer hits hard but won't be able to nab the 2HKO without grass, and will enable a 1HKO from Steel Roller thanks to recoil.G-Stunfisk can switch in easier, but doesn't have much it can threaten a cautious Rillaboom with. It'll just click U-Turn if it has the option or switch.
>>59557507I can see it but how often do they run special ranches? Is this world's one the first?
And yet AZ's whore is locked behind $5400
>>5955746832 Atk Sneasler Feint vs. 2 HP / 0 Def Whimsicott: 20-24 (14.5 - 17.5%) -- possible 5HKO32 SpA Whimsicott Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Sneasler: 69-82 (44.5 - 52.9%) -- 24.2% chance to 2HKOIt'd come down to damage rolls.Turn 1, Encore, FeintTurn 2, Feint, MoonblastTurn 3, Feint, Moonblast <- If this KOs he losesTurn 4, Encore, FeintTurn 5, Feint, Moonblast <- MB is a guarantee this turn, but it's still a damage roll with Feint.It's in the Whimsicott's favor.
>>59557518Just ask whimsbrah for one
>>59557512They've had a couple, like there was another 'tournament' one before, and I think one other. Imo just makes sense to have a dedicated legendary/sublegendary ranch, but what do I know
>>59557468does moonblast even KO basc
>>5955757532 SpA Whimsicott Moonblast vs. 4 HP / 15 SpD Basculegion: 64-76 (32.1 - 38.1%) -- 94.9% chance to 3HKOBasc was at 41% so it guaranteed lives, so Feint + Aqua Jet was always a safe play even against 32 SpA Whim, which it might not have been.
WHERE ARE THE BOXES? I HAVE 100 AND IM CLOSE TO FULL.
How good would the weezings be actually?
>>59557349They need to make Dragonite Meteor an actual move
>>59557615Shutting down Contrary and No Guard on M Staraptor and M Raichu Y could be good, and there’s others that would hate it being on the field. But without Regigigas it’s not going to be anywhere near as good.
So how dead would Swampert be post-Rillaboom? I might try to climb with it one more time before the next season comes
are we getting indeedee
>>59557778maybe he'll stick around to beat the shit out of heatran and lucario and just have his mate peli deal with it but terrain will be a bitch
Mega Tatsugiri feels like the ability is make or break because its stats are only okay but its moveset is dogshit. This thing learns fucking nothing.
Terrain Pulse Lucario Z, thoughts?
>>59557666There are quite a few mons that live or die by their abilities, while wheezing has little team synergy, it disrupts the opponent a lot.>>59557778Maybe Skill Swapping Sap Sipper on it will get more popular.
I hope they add some way to get permanent more team/box slots with the passage of the time, even if it's through the bought battle pass..
>mega mawile lead, opponent is ttar and starmie so I assume mega and attack with liquidation or something>he skill swaps my huge power and gives it to ttar next turn insteadstill won but that caught me off guard lol
I heard GameFreak is already reworking Sun to weaken Rock and Electric moves out of pure spite. I've also heard they're planning on the next Worlds being a Dynamax format but only Charizard is permitted to G-Max.
>>59558036People would still design teams to beat it, and then they'd have to send their ninjas to participate with teams that counter that metabreaker team specifically.
>>59557482i'm curious to see if heatran will even be playable? it's not mentioned in the news posting as a confirmed addition like the others in the trailer + garchomp zand in the trailer heatran is outside the arena and without a trainermaybe it'll be some kinda weird event or part of pve that has been teased by the npcs
>>59558109>i'm curious to see if heatran will even be playable? It would be weird to just tease heatrans outside of the stadium just for it to not be useable
>>59558114maybe, yeahi suppose i'm just not looking forward to legendaries being added yet, lolhopefully there will at least be a 1 per team limit or something
Any wishlists? For me, it's Lilligant + Assault Vest.
>>59558126Hisui Lilligant
>>59558126a different ability for mega meowsticwonder if they'll ever do balancing/adjustments for pokemon already in the game
>>59558126magnezone even though he would be shit I want my boy to be playable
>>59558126Abilities and stat changes
>>59558126do they even have competitive use?
>>59558185Clorophyl after you + sleep powder, frailer more offensive ( and cuter ) venusaur basically
>>59558144I hope they do. Sceptile getting Earth Power as a move was alright but it really felt like it was too little and too late. They should have also redone both Decidueye’s stats given how terrible both forms have been since their inceptions.
>>59558197Plus stab Close Combat and you can carry upper hand for gambits trying to be cheeky.
is dragapult better special? also what are alternatives to the top four? entire team looks like it would fold to kingambit and ice types
Is Sneasler really that good?
>>59557349Crossgen evochads I kneel...
>>59558312You looking forward to pelipper's next gen?
>>59558308No its better as utility/phys
>>59558126bibarel seems like he would be really fun to usei've come to like diggersby a lot too since i've started playing champions>+4 swords dance>use him under TR or aqua jet spam>walls basculegion and has access to crunch
How do we buff CHARIZARD from KANTOOOOOO so it can win at worlds?
>>59558355Its next best chance is the DMax/GMax Meta
>>59558355
>>59558355I think it will still see play outside of restricted metas.Zard Y enables its partners like no other, does anyone here really think a meta with ChiYu and Fluttermane isn't going to see heavy Zard usage?It hasn't even begun to dominate.
>>59558360>Most likely in the same meta as watershifu i seriously doubt it
>>59558126Pokémon: GastrodonItem: Assault VestQuagsire/Clodsire and Room Service would probably be my number 2 picks.
>>59558374Watch they leave out the Water Bear for that Meta, they'll find a way kek
>>59558355signature Z-Move
>>59558374Already happened.It took 2nd in 22.
>>59558387It's not as impactful as you believe and the unseen fist nerf will hurt.The bulky sets that Zard Y has been running since MA survive surging strikes in the sun handily.
Can I get a politoed plssss
>>59558374shifu got nerfed
Please please please give me the fish of healthy meta please
>mega garchomp Z has base 151 speed and 141 spatkwhat the fuck
I am going to gamble and predict Aura Break for Mega Zygarde. My reasons:1. Aura Break is one of it's signature abilities which it never uses. Neither 10% or 50% is really strong enough to take on Xerneas, even with AB.2. Obviously important for it's lore.3. We even have a new Fairy Aura user, increasing it's use cases 50%.4. M-Zygarde has great stats and moves. An ability that does nothing most of the time keeps that power in check while also still being more useful than having no ability (Power Construct).
are we getting eviolite and some middle stages?
I'm down to just 30 missing entries in my HOME natdex. I still have mythicals to transfer over from GO, and aside from the ones I don't, I'm missing a couple UB trades and just shitmons that nobody's trading for, like a Delcatty or Archeops.Form dex is way worse because of Gmax and all the weird pikachu hats, but maybe one day.
>>59558442pure dragon is pretty shit offensive typing though
>>59558456but isn't it good defensively since it has shit defense stats?it's not mega salamence but draco meteor and other coverage moves should still be good
>>59558434Please I will blow you dry
>>59558126mega arbok
>>59558351Swords Dance Quick Attack Diggersby is a lot of fun, I concur.
>>59558474yeah, that's trueif you like garchomp z a lot go for it ice coverage might be pretty common with mega salamence around though
Do you only get the box expansion once for reaching Masterball? The way someone on here last month described it made it sound like you got +10 every month.
>>59558581only once, sadly
what's the post-worlds meta like? I wanna get back to the grind with my Froslass team
>>59558586Damn. The box limit is the most crushing limitation for me. I've got VP and Quick Tickets (the latter of which I rarely even use) coming out of my ears. Maybe they'll finally release the Starter Pack for mobile users. Grasping at every little strand of cope...
Please gimme Frogger
>>59558609They really push for the membership for more box spaceIt is very strange they don’t have a mobile starter pack, seems like a no brainer
don't think thrilla rilla will even survive zardslop and heatran feat. bridge + ice and flying everywhere
>>59558606Really depends what ELO you're at, if you're down here bouncing between 1300-1600 like me it's super hostile to just about anything established because it's all off meta shit (but obviously not simultaneously to every team hostile you will run into matchups you steamroll running the same team) designed to pray on various meta teams.I don't know how the higher elo's are but I hear they are better.
>>59557366I thought Ogerpon used Follow Me
>>59558606Many copies of the World winning Dragonite team
>>59557847Dondozo is already a mega. It's very much going to be "you break through the one mega and get to fight another mega."
>>59558395>>59558434>>59558615sent!
>>59558642Rilla is just going to be Zard's buddy.
>>59558713Zard can't abuse grassy terrain
>>59558665good, can't wait for most of them to pilot the team like shit and give me free wins
>>59558715Zard doesn't need to abuse it at all. Rillaboom is fakeout support, priority pressure, and pivoting all in a package that doesn't threaten Zard on the recieving end.
>>59558715I would say the bigger issue is that grassy terrain actively hinders Garchomp. But, you can just replace it with Ursaluna-BM, if it's added. OTOH, Rilla is going to be on almost every team anyways, so there's no avoiding the grassy terrain problem, really.If they do add both Ursaluna variants, most teams are going to be some variant of Incin Rilla Kingambit Sneasler Ursaluna + Flex mega.
No way they add rilla without the other terrain setters right? If we don't get indeedee at least then rain and sand are fucked forever
>>59558820it would be far too unbalanced if they didn't, i expect indeedee, pinurchin, and weezing will be included
>>59558839Weezing is for sure in as I understand it.
How crazy is support Aerodactyl in doubles? Fastest non gimmick Tailwind, helps with wide guard, and can prevent berries from activatingSlap a sash on it and it’s a counter to whims
>>59558857literally what it does most of the time
is there someone here actually trading this dude in HOME or is he just some schizo
>>59558661you're right, I missed that one
>>59558609How are you on /vp/ 10 years into the Switch's life and still not have a Switch?
Let's assume Pokémon shoe-ins:>Mega Absol ZMega Lucario Z>Mega Garchomp ZMega Tatsugiri>Mega GolisopodMega Baxcalibur>Mega SalamenceTatsugiri>GolisopodBaxcalibur>SalamenceDondozo>CinderaceInteleon>RillaboomPinchurchin>Weezing/G.WeezingIndeedee M/FWho are the final eight(8)?
>>59559011Why did you green text half of these
>>59559011Sandslash/ANidokingBronzongLilligantGothitelleEscavalierAccelgorComfeyLokix
i hope my favorite pokemon doesn't become irrelevant i use him to set psychic terrain i guess at least he can guaranteed set after rillaboom
>>59559073I don't know what you're talking about. Indeedee enables Alakazam and Meowstic to actually be used.
just when you thought kingambit stocks were at an all time high - the introduction of psyspam
I amBegging you
>>59559131ah yeah, mega f meowstic will be good with indeedee but not support m meowstic that's what i was getting at
>>59559149Why do you need so many of those?
>>59559027newfaggery
>>59559000nta but I don't have a Switch either because I quit the franchise for years because of Dexit and only came back now because of Bank shutting down.
Was glancing at https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/World_Championships#World_Champions_VGC_Teams and it seems like the Senior and Junior winning teams aren’t counted in general winner stats. Is it just because those are less competitive than the Masters division?
What are rilla's best potential teammates? Some nip aniki just traded my vileplume for 1
>>59559491Incineroar and urshifu (When they add it)
>>59559494Incin stocks going up again i see. Potential urshifu alt? I dont think we're getting him this december
How long before we leave mega for the next gimmick?
>>59559515We are most likely gonna get tera after 2 or 3 regs then possibly the rumored weather gimmick in or after nov 2027. Max and z moves most likely saved till their legends games come out.
>>59559494>>59559505To be fair when does Incin not fit into a team
>guess what to bring>bring entirely wrong thing>loseyou can't possibly take this game seriously as a competitive game...
>>59559491At this point we're approaching Reg H, so you could just run something like Rillaboom, Incin, Basc, Farig, Sneasler + a mega. Fire/Water/Grass core, terrain control, speed control, defensive answers into every weather, double or even triple Fake Out. VGC is healing.
>>59559574It’s like playing poker and jui jistu at the same time while getting attacked by a slot machine
>32 Atk Adaptability Basculegion Last Respects vs. 0 HP / 12 Def Fur Coat Lucario-Mega: 122-144 (84.1 - 99.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO3 fainted btwSeems mega absol z, rillaboom and mega lucario z are just excuses not to nerf last respects on TPC's favorite forced fish
Fire types should be immune to freeze, fuck off with this dumb ass mechanic and give us frostbite instead
>>59559620A bunch of fire moves thaw them out at least.
>>59559620Freeze chance isnt even that bad. I've seen games where incin thaws out with a blitz and saves the match
>>59559631Anon is right though. Was surprised Gen 9 didn’t scrap freeze entirely and make Frostbite a permanent thing after Legends Arceus.
>>59559571It didnt make it to top seed this year so obviously top tier sweats think it has vulnerabilities in this meta
>>59559671I can see freeze and frostbite coexisting. It gives ice types more offensive potential, which balances out their generally poor defensive typing. Fire types should also be immune to frostbite so TPC gets another shot at a Zard worlds (highly unlikely)
>>59559591Last Respects isn't a contact move, Aura Gaurd specified contact moves. Fur Coat flatly boosts Defense, so it blocks against ALL physical moves.
game
Is Garchomp Z stocks going to go up once Icy Terrain is introduced? Will Rest Talk be viable?
why wouldnt i just run dragapult over noam chomp z
>>59559148At least Delphox doesn't benefit from it
I just ran terrain scenarios in my head and... yea gambit is here to stay yall
Recently realised that arcanine regular has Justified, beat up + extremespeed is a powerful combo, flare blitz recoil sucks though but it pretty much OHKO's all resists not named toxapex at +4 and other physical fire moves suck except the raely distributed Sacred Fire which means sinistcha is essential for this sort of meme strat, maybe a future mega arcanine could be a given sacred fire i hope
>>59559687I didn't know that, what research chemicals are they experimenting with at game freak with making Last Respects and Ivy Cudgel non contact when they clearly look like they do in the animations
>>59559731At least Garchomp EQ spam will be down with rillas inclusion
>>59559759>Last Respects>ghosts popping up to hit the opponent>Ivy Cudgel>hitting the opponent with a stickWhy would either of those make contact
Feeling like the only 2000s player who uses Protect
It probably wouldn't benefit that much from it but they should have given Emboar fire lash
>>59559784high ladder players get lost in the sauce overthinking that all of their opponents are going to predict their protects so they have to make some kind of harebrained 5 layer deep hard read
>>59559882Seems that way, i had a match where I accidentally bought my singles team with no protect and annihilated my opponent with SD Lum Berry Garchomp who woke up from a venusaur sleep powder
>>59559699What does icy terrain do? I havent seen the leaks
Only way i see mega absol working is protect the king with SD, Close Combat, Protect and Shadow Claw as it's moveset or as a dedicated basc destroyer, it's a low percentage roll to OHKO bulky farig with a Jolly nature, would only get to use one move before fainting with those pathetic defenses
>>59559699>>59559913pretty sure this guy mistyped and meant a different terrain there would be no reason for an ice type terrain to exist when it already has a weather
All that nigga had to do was select mega floette and mega dragonite is a useless pokemon, basc in the back could handle sneasler with ease
>>59559913I think he meant misty???
how are we feeling about bax in this format seems grim not gonna lie
Would Dondozo be a better No Guard/Fissure user than Snorlax? Not that I care much for the gimmick, but I think that people who do run it deserve a bit of a break.
>>59559959definitely would feel better on it than on lax since snorlax hates fighting the infinite staraptors on ladder.
>>59559959Wouldn't it just get instantly Rilla'd without tera
After switching from singles to doubles i can easily see why they'll never go back to gen 1 hyper beam, won't give aerodactyl brave bird + head smash and why there's no trick room or gravity extend item
>>59559974Sheer Cold Abomasnow as your second option
>>59559977I still want a trick room + switch move though like snowscape. Trick room in singles is kind of copey, and i cant make it feel good
>>59560013It would be completely broken even on a really bad pokemon.
Mega Raichu "misclicked" Zap Cannon moment
>>59559991I fucking love Sash Abomasnow. No one ever expects it and it always puts in work whether it's a Veil or a Blizzard
Odd request but any anons who have a Switch and SV willing to evolve my Girigaraf and/or Bisharp? Already have both Farig and Gambit in Champions but I’d like to have their respective titles from their ribbons.
Times where you were certain you're not going to have fun?
>>59560056geg what a funny team
>>59560056Well atleast you know you can fire off a dark/ ghost attack into almost anything for good damage and that there's nothing they could cover the zoro for that isn't atleast neutral to those.
>>59560056damn where is his kingambit, charizard, sneasler?if you play like this you should just uninstall the game holy shit disgusting this is a serious game
>>59560066kill yourself
>>59560076She was obviously being sarcastic
>>59560079*xhe
>>59560056Given all my teams recently have had Hisui Samurott on them and the one I’m currently using has Mega Metagross, I think I’d be fine.
Champions is the first time I've taken comp seriously since gen 7, how true are the horror stories of the gorilla?
>>59560076exposed
>>59560054I can do it later for you but be careful about poasting them on gts and shit, clone them before if you can etc
>26 (twenty-six) (counting new mega forms for existing Pokemon) Pokemon after 3 monthsI hope that the next update comes with some serious overhauls and some other extra shit because this game won't survive at this rate. Most gacha on life support have more care put in them than this.
This game will be literal cancer when they the legendaries come. They should add not-fully evolved pokemon before legends
>>59560066A team can be unique and fucking gay to look at and fight against Anyone using Milotic deserves gas chamber
>>59560098Cheers anon. Have a few other Garigiraf and Bisharps with similar ribbons so no biggie if they get sniped, but might be easier if you post shitmons with the specific details of my ones (E.g. levels, genders) so the chance of them getting sniped is lower.
>>59560100>>59560109I’d really like it if Pokemon started being rotated out or cannot be used in Ranked modes. E.g. Kingambit being banned in Doubles with how prevalent it was at Worlds.
Baxcalibur balances out rillaboom being added, doesn't look so grim for my azumarill team afterall unless they add geezing and indeedee
>>59560128>Hasn’t been using Azu since Day 1Setting-up trick room with Farig and outspending almost everything not named Torkoal and Mega Camerupt has been a blast.
>>59560121That's obviously how it's going to work. If you look in the box there's a filter for allowed Pokémon. Most likely if you want to use any Pokémon at any time that's what casual will be for.
>>59560121>I’d really like it if Pokemon started being rotated outas much as id support that, we already sort of guessed they are never doing that.Remember that they give out mons as mystery gifts, and the box spaces are limited.These specific two points lead to rotating out mons is a most likely no
>>59560142What about restricted formats? Are we just going to have to permanently have them in the slots? They're surelly not making restricted formats permanent so I think its more likely that they let you freeze rotated out pokemon or something along those lines.
>>59560150frankly we still dont know.Im not joking when i say this game STILL feels like it is in beta. We only have the one banner to roll. There is nothing to spend money on. Event mons are just in red balls instead of the usual balls. Worst case scenario, gen 10 shitmons will have to contend with mega rayquaza in champions. The only saving grace we have is that Floette is not rollable, which might suggest restricted mons in general are not going to be in the banners, but then you split the playerbase between haves and havenotes which is deadly for a game trying to pander to a wide audience.Its just impossible to know at this moment
>>59560142Explain this then. They're obviously going to rotate Pokémon in and out of regulations like how mainline titles work with regional dexes. Things that aren't in winds and waves very likely will get the boot when they do a winds waves regulation.
I miss Zapdos. I want another 2014 type meta with random specific sublegends.
>>59560205As shit as GF were in the transition to 3D, the XY meta was genuinely great.>Only legendaries were the Kanto birds>Mega Kang was dominant but there were enough people trying new and different things. E.g. my main team revolved around Mega Manectric using Volt Switch and Snarl to support the heavy hitters of my team in Sylveon (Hyper Beam and Moonblast got the job done), Salamence, Chandelure, and Gyarados >LGS had weekly meet-ups where people could play and test VGC stuff with each other. Streetpass on 3DS was also a bonus>Was the year Pachirisu fucking won Worlds which no one had on their bingo cards
its up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR7hWM49wy4
>>59560229thats not wolfe though
>>59560234Gotta wait 7 months for that brah
Wanted to go to a local VGC regional in a few months but I just found out that you /have/ to use your legal name. It doesn't seem like a rule in Go (and maybe Unite), so what's the deal with VGC?
>>59560248It's kind of like 'is it considered a real pokemon game? Use your real name.' TCG uses real names too.
>>59559620Reminds me of the old Battle Tree days. I'd run Magma Armor on Camerupt because it was up against Ice types so often and when you're trying to win fifty battles in a row, freeze hacks will happen.Gastrodon always had Scald for the same reason.
>>59560013Teleport will be brought back for Singles TR teams, trust.
>>59560248Why do you care about hiding your name so much? Also you use your ID to check in.
>>59560334Same reason why I don't blast my legal name on social media like Reddit or Twitter.
>use Swagger and Misty Terrain to give my partner +2 attack every turn til he gets KO'd>people always expect Screens from the goblin so they dont see this coming right away and i can usually get +4 atk on my MegaYeah how about goblin deez nuts
>>59560425Berserk Gene-iuses we are so back
>>59560425If they see you setting up Misty Terrain when it's not overwriting another terrain, that should probably be their clue that something stupid like that's gonna happen
been on a tremendous loss streak in singles. went from 1550 to 1400. the variety in teams makes it so difficult to push past and i just keep falling. this game is incredibly muzukashii. and are people still using the discord cheat? they keep predicting the right leads
>>59560491>Discord cheatis it like that calc overlay that was going around on mobile or waht?
>>59560494yea
how is the overlay cheating as compared to playing with champions with the showdown calcs open?
>>59560567It's automatic and it also tells you which ones your opponent is likely to lead with
The one time i run volcarona in singles, i get matched with a vaporeon (aqua ring, acid armor, baton pass) + clefable lead. Fuck. Taunt/roar would have been so good here
>had a shiny GO Greninja and Delphox to use as rare trade fodder>just remembered that GO released a shiny boosted event for Kalos startersfuuuuuuuuuuck
>>59560593Im not feeling the shiny boost. It's a scam
>>59560597it's level 1 or 2 of the premium pass :^)
>>59560600I know, i bought it and its fcking nothing
Full odds and community days shiny rates are better for whatever reason
>Dragonite wins its first Worlds over CHAAARIZAAAARD>Rilla gets announced same day>3 days later TPC posts the Leon-Ash fight where Rilla tanks a hurricane with his drums and proceeds to stomp Dragonite>minutes later they delete itYou can't make this shit up. They're SEEEEETHIIIIIINGGGGG
>>59560762Someone in gamefreak is obsessed with that ugly gorilla.
>>59560762more likely TPC doesn't give a fuck and it's the social media intern chasing the trends
>>59560782t. Charizard
>>59560762>>3 days later TPC posts the Leon-Ash fight where Rilla tanks a hurricane with his drums and proceeds to stomp DragoniteNo way they actually did it
>>59560762>They actually did it LMAOROFL
>>59560858So they kept it there lmaooooo
>>59560858Kek
>>59560799damn, you got mejohn nintendo himself uploaded the video seeped in pure anger
>>59560858Ash is such a shitter
>>59560571ugh i don't see why you would care unless you are low elo. play enough and you will instantly recognize the most likely leads anyway
https://www.youtube.com/live/dvWx9yGucD8?si=bYZkzARtYn-6ihxNGET IN HERE
I still don't get how Dragonite is better than Mega Charizard Y
>>59560919Bunba chan vs Takuma san clone
>>59560100September1 Mega Absol Z2 Mega Lucario Z3 Mega Garchomp Z4 Mega Salamence5 Mega Golisopod6 Mega Tatsugiri7 Mega Baxcalibur8 Salamence9 Golisopod10 Tatsugiri11 Baxcalibur12 Rillaboom13 (Cinderace?)14 (Inteleon?)15 (Dondozo?)16 -17 -18 -19 -20 -21 -22 -23 -24 -25 -26 -December1 Mega Heatran2 Heatran3 (Mega Latias?)4 (Mega Latios?)5 (Latias?)6 (Latios?)What 11 Pokemon would you like to see round out the September list? (Presume there is one random shitmon and regional forms count as seperate Pokemon)
>>59560968>one random shitmonInteleon is already on the list LOL
>>59560970Rillaboom* Get it right the next time buddy
>>59560968december is likely the rest of the sub legends like urshifiu, zapdos etc
>>59560968>What 11 Pokemon would you like to see round out the September list?i would say the rest of the terrain setters but i dont think they would add weezing in a mega format, so likely wont get access to that ability. i want to see ursaluna(s) return, along with ammonguss for some defensive counterplay that MB desperately needed
>>59560926It's not, but this meta is matchup dependent.Dragonite isn't threatened by Zard.
>>59560968why are people counting regular and mega as two separate pokemon?
>>59560968Gastrodon please.
>>59561052because the tweet that says "26 new pokemon" includes the z megas as 3 of the 26 new pokemon (lucario, absol & garchomp are already in the game)
Fun end to a match yesterday:Opponent has Mega Gengar and Sneasler, I have a Rhyperior and fresh Mega Golurk. Trick Room ended a turn ago. Gengar Shadow Balls my Golurk, it lives on 7% health. Sneasler finishes off my Rhyperior with Close Combat. Golurk fains Gengar with Shadow Punch.Last turn: Sneasler and Golurk stare eachother down. Sneasler uses Dire Claw, it does something like 2-3%. Golurk uses Zen Headbutt and I win the match.I never realized how hard Golurk mogs Sneasler in a matchup.
>>59560968Ideally at least one of Pincurchin, Indeedee or Weezing will be added to give you counterplay to Rillaboom terrain. Having to run Raichu X to do it would be a big hassle.
>>59561076well that's not exactly how they wrote it though, it lists a bunch of things and "26 new pokemon" is one of the things in the listlucario z is not exactly a new pokemon, and I can see it as them just listing what's already confirmed
Genuinely might be the worst possible timing to put this bugger back inEeven with some Eelevate style ability what can he really do besides mildy threaten Rilla and some psychics
>>59561165WRONG.
>>59561176>shadow claw updated to benefit from sharpness>first impression updated to have 100 BP instead of 90Ah, I see, I see. This matchup has long been written in the stars.
>>59561165just don't mega-evolve when staring down anything that threatens it with fire
