Rillaboom SOON 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.24 new Pokemon(and megas) 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/d2FJZdPhPrevious: >>59557349
rock slide sash sand rush excadrill is such a little bastardthing wins endgames that should be lost all by itself
>Confirmed Reg M-C new mons AbZol Lucario ZGarchomp ZSalamence & MegaGolisopod & MegaBaxcalibur & MegaRilla + other startersThat makes it 12 out of the coming 26 mons, any wishlists/predictions? I want Lilligant personally.
justin tang's video for worlds is good. he comes off as an innocent child at the beginning, in a cute way. I hope he's gay because women would ruin him.
I just found hiroshi onishi's channel. Cool dude even tho i understand nothing.Anywho, pls follow bunba chan everyone!
>>59563228Nidoking to wall the most common megas from M-B. Earthquake, Poison Jab, Ice Punch with Sheer Force.
>>59563238Nidoking would be grand as another sheer force + life orb abuser
Nidoking would be super cool
Please give us more box space. 50 free, 50 paid, or 100 paid. I dont care i just need to increase this to 200 permanently!!!
>>59563267id pay 5 bucks for another 100 perma if they would just sell it to me
>>59563273The sub is so scummy. And yea i know i can sub Home as the cheaper alt but you'd still have to keep going back and forth which isnt good for anyone's mental health
>>59563214Only reason I run Special Chomp btw. I could do Special Tyranitar, but Knock Off is just too good, especially on bitch ass Sinistcha.
Guys... how do I make Mega Lopunny team work?
Is it possible to change the gender of your character now? I stopped playing because the male looked to ugly,
>>59563310I used this in late reg-A to great affect>https://youtu.be/y1XIulSqPqo?si=TBTe9cOFwbpZhBqeproblem with lopunny is that your niche of faking out ghosts is fine, but it kinda sucks against rain and staraptor which you dont have moves to take down efficiently.
>>59563313thanks anon, will try it out
had to return the alolan raichu it's shit even with pincurchin
Finner run a sand team with golisoGOAT
>>59563356Pincurchin isn't in though.
>>59563361*embers you at -6 spa for 5000 damage*
Literally 1 slot left in my Home box. I got a shiny pinsir in it i could trade for something like raging bolt or urshifu but i'll wait till they're legal. So far i've got all i need till reg m-d.
too many dudes in high MB switching fairy into dragon darts
>>59563446Why would you run dragon darts in dubs?
>>59563492why not, LO 'pult has been putting in the work for me with the occasional sanic speeds BTFO when somebody does that or protects against a fake out buddy
https://www.youtube.com/live/-yIa3vRMehY?si=LSt7lnhTDiQYVxvELet's all support bunba chan bros
>>59563554>Annihilape in this economy I respect her so much.
>>59563555Trips of truth she is a gem
>>59563134>They changed Golisopod's CHAD Bug/Water typing for its Mega into Extra Virgin Bug/Steel#37468 for the SOLE purpose of being a Rillashitter counterI want to fucking die
What mmr system does champions even use? Glicko or what?
>>59563228https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVm9o4R4UIsLooks like Heatran's joining too, so legendaries are finally in?
>>59563572Heatran seems like a M-D tease more than anything, he's looking at the stadium from outside and they'd certainly have said SOMETHING as the first new leggo mega in the game.
I'm building a team for a friend of mine using some of his favorite pokemon (ampharos and sylveon). he's currently ranking with whimsicott, staraptor, gholdengo so I figured he'd know how to use them. any suggestion on the team/comp?I tried it myself and fast offensive leads and spread moves kinda kick my ass.mega ampharos is built to tank anything life orb garchomp throws at it and oneshot it with dragon pulse. speed is minmaxed to move (under tailwind) before garchomp and mega charizard
>>59563575Zero Ampharos speed and add Faggirafe to have a trick room mode that can deal with fast teams you're having trouble with? A lot of fast lineups abuse prio too so even if you're not pressing tr giraffe is good in place of swamp I think? you can ev both sylveon and gholdengo to work in tailroom I'm pretty sure.
>>59563575probably replace the swampman with farigpower gem seems redundant maybe cotton guard with sinistcha would be good to tank all the metagolem phys attackers and KO back
>>59563566If they keep the shitty pivot ability, it's probably for the best. That way it can actually take multiple hits before being forced out.
Can someone give me the run down on the game's main monetization method? I see the starter pack. And I guess it probably sells you trainer tickets. Anything else egregious?
>>59563602pass exclusive hatsmaking you buy ZA for Floette and probably Heatran soon
>>59563602The awful subscription and the battle passes basically, they really sell you nothing.
>>59563554is that hard trick room?
>>59563640Ye
post them
>>59563602>battle pass for cosmetics>monthly pass for box space>one time pack for box space (eshop exclusive lmao)That's it. Thank god the farm system isn't some retarded paid gacha.
>>59563574Reg M-D is probably our Reg F equivalent, just no paradox mons.So birds, beasts, regis, jet dragons, etc
>>59563588>>59563594I could replace swampert even though it performs pretty well with yawn>power gemit is for charizard Y, I should calc if thunderbolt kills bulkzard because before I was running dischargeI'll try farigiraf with helping hand and maybe put encore on whimsicott
>>59563228Most likely all the other terrain setters too. That would mean Pincurchin, Indeeded (male and female) and G-Wezzing (and regular Wezzing too then).
>>59563690I think whims, venu, and chomp would be a bigger hurdle vs zardslop, and like 4 of that team already gets mogged by zard anyway, zardy himself can't really kill amphy on his own (unless you fuck up and give him ice weather ball)
Lycanroc is coming to GO event in two weeks together with 2x candy, if anyone needs them (not usually spawning in the wild).Also reminder that there's wild event this weekend for some other rare catches like Meowstic.
FREE HIM
>>59563713if they are relasing powerhouses like mega mence and mega bax, i think he comes as well. i could see why they wouldnt add him this reg, he is a sub legend in everything but name (this especially applies to blood moon) so they right relase him with the rest of the sub legends
>>59563713since theres no tera ghost, hed have to always be paried with fig right? mega chimeco has good synergy with it with levitate + trick room. like budget cress
>>59563721nah man we're gonna live through the horrors of lefties ursaluna earthquaking megavillain
>>59563730>opponent has to resolve mega scovillain or it dies from guts boosted ursalunalmao
Let's play a game:What popular mon is this invested to survive?
>>59563713Leave his screaming retarded cousin+both SHIT EATING FAGGOT BEARS to rot in prison & I will do so personally
>>59563743Gambit iron head
what are the chances they introduce a new pokemon in champions first? like if they dropped the gen 10 starters six months in advance?
>>59563748Good guess but nope! Earthquake will miss the kill, and then it'd die to Sucker Punch the turn after.
>>595637580
i saw its name in a pastebin 'leak'i am hopeful i can use my boy again
>>59563758more likely we'd get some whos like meltan or zarude
>>59563763go on, share with the class
>>59563766The truth: https://pastebin.com/pte6Bhb2
>sumo released on november 18th 2016>meaning golisopod was a month away from reaching the 10 year anniversary of its cucking ritual>finally freed by the mega if the ability isn't emergency exit 2any other pokemon that deserve freedom from their cucking rituals? im thinking ledian, poor guy needs an evo or mega.
>>59563768>august 31st>number doesn't match with what we've been told alreadyfake and gay
megapod's ability will be emergency exit but for opponents
>>59563743maybe mega staraptor or mega mawile?
>>59563648I realized that despite reaching masterball every season I don't play muchhopefully next regulation brings some interesting sauce
Does anyone want anything? I'm currently messing with my DS and might as well gen something.
>>59563770at this point getting a mega is a cucking ritual because most of the time the mon won't be able to use it. if it's not a 3 stage mon it feels even worse cause they got cucked for nothingspeaking in defense of shitmons anyways
>>59563796Nope. Hint: It commonly runs Scarf.
>>59563825the three time champ?!
>>59563238>physical nidokingshiggy diggy
>>59563830they're roughly equal in power and the things he's supposed to hit have higher SpDef
If I wanna make a fire water grass core in the next regulation is Basc basically my only option to go with rilla and incin? Azumarill seems too frail and his aqua jet too weak to put in there and I have no idea which other waters can really fit there
>>59563873The pertPrimarinaBastoise
>>59563877Primarina might actually be a good fit for what I want but I feel like the big pert and blastoise non mega are a weird fit, swampert's been winning some stuff here and there doe so it's legit
>>59563827I don't think they've ever been a champion.
>>59563830I tried prepping a Nidoking a while back and compared the numbers and man all of its Sheer Force buffed special moves just outdamage its physical options. All this after they buffed its physical attack around SM too
>>59563648The long ass seasons have been killing me the past two months. I want my niggas Poliwrath and Porygon-Z NOW.
>>59563895>>59563802I wish in a future update they would let us select a partner pokemon for the profile and start/end of battles
No more Mega Floette and Mega Charizard Y when M-C comes around?
>>59563943Mega Floette prob still exists even doe Mence should obliterate it with double edge, grassy terrain + draining kiss is gonna be old quick, zard might be more resilient than in gen 6-7 gotta also see if baxcalibur is gonna be a meta mainstay but seeing the two peuso dragon megas coming I think floette should still be a top pick
>>59563895What's the best P-Z build if Conversion-Z isn't in the game? Trick Scarf?
>>59563743Flower Trick Meoswscarada
>>59563949Choice Trick usually, yeah.
>>59563228bronzong would be cool
>>59563228>Zapdos>G-Moltres>Entei>Suicine I guessAll of these would be perfectly healthy for the meta without being dominating.They have the perfect opportunity to just add the shit and okayish legendaries without being forced to add the overpowered ones too. They're not constrained by the region's dex anymore and can make whatever they want legal/illegal.They won't, or if they do, they won't do it for years, but it's a nice thought at least.
How do you guys think they're gonna do mythicals? Are they finally going to allow the Z-A ones in normal regulations since they can be got outside of events permanently and have Megas? Or are we going to have to wait 2-3 years for another "mythical regulation" like S/V had close to end of life? I hope I don't have to wait 3 years to find out what the fuck Darkrai's ability is
>>59564034Nigga u rarted
>>59563228Do they count new Megas as "new mons"? Like surely the brand new additions don't act as two slots, and I'm wondering if the Z-Megas count as slots since they're already in. But for my predictions>galar starters>pincurchin/indeedee/weezing + g-weezing>grapploct (golisopods rival in lore)>the nidos>slaking and archeops to combo with g-weezing>among us>the hitmons>ludicoloprobably some heavy hitters too if this is a mega mence reg but cant think of much
>>59564034I'd love to have Zapdos around, but with the new megas we might see a format that's closer to restricted ones than anything else. Mega Salamence is insane.
>>59564094Oh Ursaluna probably, duh. Though I could see them saving that for M-D with Heatran and Dozo
>>59564034no legends (and dondozo/tatsugiri) till december update
>>59563228Serebii says 24 new Pokémon and 6 Mega Evolutions, I believe his wording more.
>>59564113hi joe
teams for this feel
>tfw this is the only good place to discuss vgc, somehowI can't stand these discords, man.
>>59564250Double weather?
>>59563602It's not greedy at all. The one thing the game sells you is box space. Which of course some people circumvent with the much cheaper Home subscription. There's a lot of things people practically beg to be sold to them like moveset slots, gacha influencing tickets, more permanent box space, more clothes, more music, even more team slots, etc but it barely sells you anything.
>>59563946Zard did very, very well in VGC 2018. that was a meta with LandorusT and less counterplay. I wouldn't count it out in the slightest, it will probably still remain a top 3 team.
>>59563743>>59563968Yes! Correct answer.
snow bax will put down mence for good trust the plan
>>59564254Come on, you can't just leave it at that without some good horror stories.Tell us more, anon.
>>59563572Seems like M-D since according to JP stuff he's coming in December, so I'm guessing that that's gonna be a Sub-Legendary format?By that logic ig that means December-March for M-D, M-E is March-June, and M-F is June-September and the Worlds format? Mainlines always release in the fall so ig it has to still be Mega formats, so idk what, M-D is sublegendaries, M-E is more Sub-Legendaries or Single Restricted, and M-F is Double Restricted bringing the Primals back as a 2016 callback?
>>59564282Oh, it's nothing special, but it's annoying to deal with trans people who think they know it all, and think they have the moral high ground because I offered to gen shinies and that's the most terrible thing I could do I guess.
>>59564094>probably some heavy hitters toothey specifically mention that there's gonna be multiple VGC staples "like Rillaboom" on the official website, so considering what hard staples on Rillaboom's level that're left thats HARD staples are basically just>Amoonguss>Ursalunas>Indeedee>Dondozo+Tatsu>Smearglewith no Mega Tatsu Dondozo is probably a no and Smeargle is probably a "still too early too varied options" kinda deal, but I can absolutely see Amoonguss + Indeedee + The BearsIdk maybe we get some Eviolite mons, Togekiss, the Nidos, or Gastrodon too
>>59564318he's in
>>59563401>water bubbles your emberNO ESCAPING ME
>>59564298the pokemon fanbase is unfortunately full of people like this
Do we have any news on if they’re going to rebalance Pokemon?
>>59564354I don't think Jesus played VGC
>>59564372Jesus would NEVER gen his shinies
I still think they'll add Tera back sooner than people think. Closer to now is basically the only opportunity to. Next year is a free year. The year after has to be the Winds Waves regulation. Then after that it's Dynamax with Legends Galar.
>>59564401
>>59564408on twitter, they got rid of most of the pokemon GIFs and these are the only ones left for most of them.
>>59563134Saw a nigger with a raichu y called Xhamster nigga almost killed my weed at but decided to use encore instead
>>59564412Google killed Tenor API
>>59564371so far, no sadly
>>59564372Jesus plays the most degen teams so the vatican erases any trace of his matches to avoid a PR disaster
>>59564413did you start cumeing
>>59564413>raichu y called XhamsterI lol'd
with the conclusion of worlds 2026, we see that some pokemon are underperformingMega Charizard YDrought -> Desolate LandNow learns Eruption
>>59564429Zard managed 50% of top 8.It started the tournament at 42% usage. I'm not seeing the underperformance.
>>59564250>check serebii>it's realDamn brazil and germany must have like zero mobile games if something as lax as champions need to water itself down to be playable there.
>>59564408Lmao
>>59564446it's just champions free edition apparently
>>59563713>they add Ursaluna back>they don't add back Flame or Toxic Orb
>>59564453So this is the entirely superior version?
>>59564429it's not enough.
>>59564466>no in app purchasesnah those little guys can't even get the extra box space
>>59563569Glicko is ELO but it tracks uncertainty ratings of players. If there is no rating decay it's safe to assume it's not using glicko.
>>59564466it does sound like the only way to get pokemon is through Home, so it's objectively worse
>>59564401Brother. Jesus fed over 5000 people with just 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish.He would most certainly gen those shinies and spread the love.
>>59564551He was in the Emerald Battle Frontier, he was doing it legit.
Scarfed hydregion is so much fun
>>59563569>>59564533Has anyone calculated the K they are using?
>>59563134>6 Mega Evolutions>Salamence, Golisopod, Baxcalibur and the three Z MegasEither the number's wrong or that Heatran tease was bull.
>>59564594reg m-d
>>59564594heatran is reg MD
i just learned about the cybertron will o wisp incident for the first time the fact that this man experienced that and still enjoys competitive pokemon then nothing can ever dissuade him
>>59564407i hope when that happens we get more Paradox/Paldean mons.
>>59564701Everyone who played competitive SV is still sick of paradox mons. They will probably be one of the last things to get added to Champions.
>>59564710shut up, 2027 yearns for the Zard Y + cavemons team
>>59564551For what it's worth the 5000 people thing was probably a mistranslation. It was very common for people to carry snacks with them during the day at that time. You'd wake up, eat a small breakfast, load a few snacks into your pockets, work the whole day, then your one big meal would be dinner. Jesus shared his own bread and fish as a way of telling His followers to share their own with those around them. Like I'm not doubting His ability to dupe bread and fish, rather that one specific incident probably wasn't a miracle.
How fucking overpowered is Mega Tatsugiri
>>59564819unchanged dondozo that can then be followed up by a mega evolving tatsugiri is the most busted bulllshit imaginable
I'm trying speed swap mega alakazam with stuff and it's going well, but fucking trace keeps fucking me over>against whimscott, predict tailwind and click encore>trace prankster and waste the turn>another battle, after setting up psychic terrain to expanding force spam>trace the enemy rotom's levitate and lose all effectsFucking
I want a street in my city where you can go and battle other trainers for money
>>59564728>still loses worlds
>boot up champions>ERROR RETURNING TO TITLE SCREENwhat the fucking fuck is wrong with my game? I tried >deleting cache>reinstalling>reseting switchi'm actually pissed off it won't let me fucking play.
>>59564872People used to just play cards or dice in the street while betting $5. Whatever happened to that?
>>59564861i want to get paid to sit around all day and talk to cute Lass.
>>59564942Claude...
>>59564861My dude, why are you clicking the mega button if trace is the problemInner focus making you immune to fake out flinch is the only reason alakazam can function.Why are you wasting your mega slot on a meme support mon?
>>59564946wanna join Team Rocket?
number 1 in rank is streaming rn, cant even find an opponent, nice game
>>59564933i've only had this happen to my once and shutting down my switch fixed it idk what's up
>>59564958It's called fun retard kun
>Champions Juniorkek imagine being stuck with junior
>>59564978
>>59564963fixed it, my switch clock was out of sync
>>59560054Decided to say fuck it and genned a Level 90 shiny Bisharp in Sun instead of rebreeding for it in OR. If anyone who has a Switch and SV wants to help evolve my Girafarig and/or Bisharp that’d be great.Also genned a box of shiny Golisopods in Lure and Premier Balls with the Alola Champion ribbon so just chuck something on the GTS if you want one. I need more Wonder Trade fodder.
>>59564978pffffffftahhahahaahhahahahaaaaa
I love being a Ultra Ball shitter
>>59564992I'd like one in a Lure Ball, please.
>>59565014Done and thanks for the reminder that I need to ribbon master my shiny and non-shiny Emerald Spindas before Bank closes.
>>59565020That's dedication. I don't think I'd have the patience for anything besides the contests...
Why is it so hard to reach Champions? I'd have to become a vtuber if I wanted to.
>>59565027How would having an avatar with huge sloshing breasts prevent you from getting flinched?
>>59565034I think it's a numbers game at this point. I can make it if I keep playing, but I don't have enough free time. Being a vtuber would keep me entertained by having massive tits on my screen at all times, forcing me to keep grinding.
>>59565021I’ve done it with a few mons already and I wouldn’t have bothered with Spinda normally, but given the fuckery that occurs with it and Home I might as well go all-out for them.
2-0 vs the world champ team, wbu?
>love mega blaziken>he's my fucking guy>not good at vgc but peaked at 283 using him and the gambit combo>mega salamence is coming next updatewell old friend, it was fun while it lasted. That fat strong faggot is just gonna ohko you after tanking literally anything, oh well. Is there a more no fun allowed pokemon than mega mence?
>>59565069The guy who was in Top 16 at Worlds with Mega Blaziken ran Rock Slide on theirs, and I’m convinced Mence is losing one of either Double Edge or Hyper Voice (my money is on the latter).
>>59565069Give her triple axel
How hard is it to find a shiny Scovillain? I think it looks cute.
>>59565069i mean, mega metagross was supposedly gonna be a monster and was just kinda mediocre. They'll probably nerf mence, lots of returning megas aren't what they used to be.>>59565074i 100% think they're getting rid of double edge but leaving in hyper voice. I don't recall, that was a set back then?
>>59565084Mixed attacker Mence was the most common one. Both DE + HV, Protect and then the fourth move could be anything from Tailwind, Hydro Pump, Dragon Claw, Draco Meteor, Fire Blast, etc.
>>59565069Add Oblivious Mamoswine to your team if you can fit him
>>59565069He easily counters mega z lucario
>>59565090Now that I think about it, mega blaziken and mamoswine also fill the same role as raichu y + ninetales-a/mamo as a big 6 anti lead, possibly even better cause mega blaziken resists sucker punch from gambit, Rock Slide misses would be tragic however
>>59565009do you play with your favorites?
I keep forgetting there's a mega zeraora who even asked for that shitanyway the real cancer of MD will be magearna and darkrai it's gonna be 3ds restricted all over again
>>59565196MD is sublegendaries not full legendaries/mythicals
>>59565169Some of them yes
>5 wins out of like 30 games>knocked from top 1000 with 2100 points to barely top 5000 with 1940 pointsAnnoying but oh well, still fairly new and got a lot to learn and I could've won pretty much every game if I didn't make some dented darksydephil tier plays and team selection choices
>>59565062You werent playing against Takuma bro. World champ difference
Pretty crazy how golisopod is so dependent on its ability. It needs water bubble or mold breaker
>>59565385Why would it get Water Bubble other than being Water type pre-Mega? I keep seeing people say this, but it makes zero sense thematically.
>>59565420It's clearly a meme. Golisopod doesn't even have a bubble on it anywhere. At worst if it doesn't just keep its ability it's going to get some shit like battle armor let's be real.
>>59565420>>59565425People believe the meme that Gamefreak is going to reference the droidekas in Star Wars, while also letting Golisopod "keep" its lost Water-type.
just saw someone use swagger on an opp staraptor with grimmsnarl. smart...
I brought it up before but if they bring back Pincurchin how do they save it? It never got volt switch. They took rising voltage and scald away from it. It already has abysmal stats.
>>59565538I know the mega banette memelords have been employing that tech.
Any anons with a Switch and SV willing to help evolve my Girafarig and Bisharp? If there are any Pokemon from SM or before you want I can gen them if I don’t already have them myself.
>>59565591I am free rn put them up for lvl 30 harcanine
>>59565596Would it be easier if you put the Arcanine up for a Lvl 60 to 70 male Girafarig and Lvl 90 to 100 male Bisharp? They’re both shiny and I’ve got a gut feeling they’ll get sniped if I put them up
>>59565599I put them up, just lmk what ur gonna put up for their return
>>59565603Anything if particular you want or are looking for? E.g. old event legends, certain shinies, regular run-of-the-mill mons, etc.
>>59565604I'm good I got a modded 3ds myself, if you're the one genning the whimsicotts send me one geg
>>59565603Just sent the Girafarig. Can see the other Arcanine but cannot trade for it because my Bisharp is Lvl 90 and the request is for Lvl 91 to 100 lul.
>>59565606Not the one genning the Whimsicotts but have a spare shiny female one with some ribbons on it. Want that one?
>>59565608let me change that geg, sorry mb
>>59565610Sure just throw in whatever shiny garbage you have lying around, getting legit ones is pretty easy in SV, put it up btw
>>59565613Just traded it.
>>59565615perfect I'll get them back to u in a sec, I think the bisharp event isn't over yet so it should be pretty easy
>>59565620All good and cheers anon. Once ready, I’ll put up two Level 100 shiny Whimsicotts for trade. In the event those get sniped, I’ve also got some spare shiny Golisopods I can put up too.
>>59565626Got them done, moving them to home, go ahead and list something put a stupid name on them if you can geg & post the listing while at it
>>59565641First one should be up in a min (notice there’s a delay of about a minute between when they go up and when the listing appears).
>>59565642Sent
>>59565642And here’s the second. Wouldn’t let me deposit either of the shiny Kyogres and this was the next thing next to them.
>>59565651Sent brah
>>59565651Got an error and it booted me back to the start of the app. Should be up now.
I wasn't around for this so I don't understand what makes Indeedee so good for setting up trick room vs something like Farigiraf. It doesn't seem that bulky and looks like things that don't kill Farigiraf would easy trash it. Is psychic terrain alone really that powerful?
>>59565656Treat my dogs well goddamnit
>>59565654Cheers for both anon! You’re a fuckin’ legend
>>59565663NP brah I saw you posted for help the other day but I got busy so I had to getchu here
>>59565658You're looking at the male indeedee stats or forgetting it always used to have psy seed to give it an immediate boost to spdef. Also it gets follow me which is great if you have its partner set up
>>59565659Given they’re in regular pokeballs rather than the stupid mint green ones from LA, I will. Taking my stupid ones out and putting your ones in Champions right now
>last pokemon standing is arch against 1 hp sneasler and 2% m-delphox>sableye had set up both screens and rain was fizzling out soon>determine even with stamina boosts sneedler scares me more so i ko it first>critical error, as with rain ending the m-delphox protect stalls out the last of my light screen turns>at 77 hp after a protect stall, think i lost due to a critical misjudgement on my end>heat wave misses, i ko fox and wini imagine the japanese dude i played against was malding
>>59565666The strange balls are nasty, funny they dont let you customize their balls in champions still. Guess the legacy flex stays
>>59565665I'm talking about its physical stats. Seems like it would easily get destroyed by the king of healthy meta.
>>59564978duo to their laws it is just Champions without microtransactions
>>59565671I think the only Pokemon I have that I like the strange ball for is the random shiny Hisuian Liligant I caught when I borrowed a friend’s switch and LA earlier in the year. But even then I’d still prefer it in something like a Nest or Friend Ball.
>>59565674Gambit was not as popular when indeedee was big. Also terrain sticks around after its dead/switched out, which is good (then gets replaced by the boomer that switches in turn one
>>59565676I like having them all in the default feels more fitting idk I respect the balltism doe, I got a shiny kyogre and groudon from the ultra wormholes and I was shitting bricks when those cunts refused to get in the shitty normal ball
>>59565683I usually like default balls (namely Poke, Great or Ultra) but sometimes the balltism gets to me for some reason. Sounds like they did in the end which is great. Meanwhile a regular ass Ho-Oh I shiny-hunted for in HG back in 2019 just refused to get in any Level Balls or Fast Balls. Once it used struggle once and barely survived I had to Master Ball the bugger.
>found my shiny golisopod in my sun copy, getting ribbons for it before transfer>its in a quick ballteenage me played smart to get this thing but the aesthetic autist nerd i am now hates it
man, i hate how people just stopped complaining about floette getting gatekept. I don't have any plans on competing in person any time soon, can i just fucking hack one in and be done with it?
>>59565716u can literally install Home, do the wonder trades with 10 shitmons you got from Go, eventually get a random shiny and then get a Floette from that
>>59565716Whims brah is sitting on hundreds and I got 20 from just chucking shit I got from ZA, just beg for one or chuck some shit in the gts man
>>59565738Is ZA not the only way to get it? I wasn't aware.
>>59565785It is but this mon has been cloned to smitherins and theres a lot of them circulating gts without a hitch
free my beautiful boy
>>59565708Got many shiny Golispods if you want one >>59564992
>>59565844I'll take one anon
>>59565909There you go anon. Enjoy!
>>59565797As much as I dislike the UBs and Paradoxes, I cannot completely hate the dino ones because dinos are cool and fun. But GF were really lazy with the robot ones.
>>59565547buff electric terrain because it just sucks in general
>>59565975Thanks!
>>59565708Quick Ball Golisopod sounds kino, are you kidding me? Quick Ball First Impression?
>>59565992Blocking sleep is so specific and misty terrain already does that too. It wouldn't make any sense but maybe have it block flinch.
>tfw i'm going to run Rest Talk Garchomp Z in Electric Terrain and no one can stop me
>>59565983I agree, another favorite of mine is magneton with legsthey at least look like pokemon, while the future ones look more like ultra beasts
>>59565983I like Ultra Beasts, they feel pokemon enough.Future mons are lazy though, agreed. Iron Valiant and Bundle are the coolest ones of the bunch, but could've very well been Present forms.
>>59566037I don't think it works like that. You might as well do rain hydration rest strats.
>>59565670he beat his delphox bloody afterwards because of you
can raging bolt make zard da world champ
I find it so funny that people running Zoroark ALWAYS lead with it. It's incredibly easy to predict.
>>59566037>tfw I'm going to run Mega Garchomp Z on Icy Terrain so it becomes immune to Ice
Is this shit just Pokémon showdown but not free and full of micro transactions/limited rooster?
>>59566100it's free but you knew that already didn't you
>>59566100A prompt asking for a 0.99 deposit pops up when you try to mega evolve When you miss heat wave you can pay 1.99 to have it hit, an extra dollar for a crit
>Played against a chinese. > Kick his ass and he has a single charizard Y with 1%hp remaining because somehow my crit head rush didn't kill> Somehow the game stuck in waiting after selecting my moves for 4 minutes..> Lost because I forfeit the game without never selecting this option and my internet working perfect before and afterI honestly can't hate those cheaters more. No matter the game, those fuckers always manage to cheat.
>>59563575update on the team. swapped swampert for the giraffe. rain teams still kick my ass but at least sneasler gets fucked now.thinking about giving farigiraf energy ball to deal with swampert until it phases into nothingness thanks to rillaboom coming soon
>>59566085I figured out that the true purpose of Zoroark on a team is to make your opponent think you're bringing it, so you get an extra advantage if you lead with your actual good Pokemon. I never bring my H-Zoroark, it sits on the bench like it deserves.
>>59566053Valiant is alright I guess and Bundle with its tubes it can use to elongate its neck, arms and tails is pretty funny but even then they share the same shiny variants as the others (aka SpongeBob-style “everything is chrome in the future”)
>>59566215I was thinking of Bundle more in terms of being a cool potential evo for Delibird, a big sack to fire out things from.
>>59566103Let's just say you don't pay with money
>>59566244same can be said when playing showderp
>>59566188Wasn't there a team with Aromatisse, Raichu X and regular Ampharos that had a gimmick to it?
>>59566286no idea, I'm building a team for a friend that just started playing the game and does not have many pokemon besides the free staraptor he got from the tickets and the starting rentals.I assume the gimmick was terrain spam and discharge?
>>59566298>I'm building a team for a friend that just started playing the gamedid you read the op?>https://teamsheet.gg/t/sample-beginner-reg-b-vl3698Wait shit my bad, i just checked serebii and dragonite/machamp/raichu are all not given for free anymore.Once the new season starts and new mons drop, ill probably have to cook another team writeup
i think this guy and his mega are so fucking cool but i never bother both in the actual games and in comp. tried doing some calcs and he gets his ass mostly handed to him even with a bulky setup (EV spread, sableeye prankster w/ reflect and screen). anyone have any suggestions or teams they are running?
>>59566354he has those anyway since he got them through recruits>Once the new season starts and new mons drophopefully they give us something good like raichu and dragonite
>>59566354If your friend wants, I can trade a bunch of staples through Home.
>>59566354I hope you are getting some feet pics from your friend at least
>>59566188100% give farig energy ball, you're running ampharos energy ball literally gives you a free win vs swampert rain teams
found my MC team
>>59566405why do you have to be weird about it?
>>59566405do us a favor, kill yourself
>>59566363tried using it and it's too easy to ignore, doesn't really kill on its own and steel ghost ground are everywhere and gets manhandled by chomp
Kinda wanna start grinding again but idk what to play.I dont like gimmick shit like mega hawlucha snorlax, perish trap or trick room shit.
>>59566519Those are gimmicks. The best teams now are all balance or offense. Pick a mega you like and there's likely a team you can use to get to master ball with.
>5 wins in a row>1 win from promotingtime for a break, I know a death flag when I see it
>>59566519search youtube for a ‘big 6” team, it’s pretty good
>>59566463Is the arcanine meant to be a Zard ccheck? I absolutely love running it but it's unfortuantly fallen off as the various Zards started running speed natures.
>>59566687no the team needs fire coverage. it doesnt matter since zardy cant OHKO arcanine (sash) and it dies to head smash
im reading yuya wagasugis (worlds top 8) team report, he did not know how the top cut or day 2 system worked when he played round 1. he said he didnt really process going 8-0 day 1 until alcana and kinugawa congratulated him and after checking twitter and that he just "walked absentmindly" back to the hotel
>>59566705Or rockslide
>>59566705I'm more worried for damage that happens to your partner or the obvious tell that your partner is protecting while you deal with it with Arcanine.
>>59565084Metagross was a monster because the strongest mega in Gen 6 was normal, and one of the best restricted was a fairy. Then in Gen 7 it was all about the tapus that were all part fairy. The fact it's "okay" in a meta where the top Pokemon are Kinggambit, Basculegion, Incin, Garchomp, and Mega Charizard speaks of how good it is.
>>59566750Ye, Metagross's biggest issue is that you can have STAB/STAB/COVERAGE or STAB/COVERAGE/COVERAGE, not both in the meta. Add the fact that your coverage is only hitting half of your biggest threats at most, it's hard fit him into teams over something like Floette which just spams STAB nukes. Something very similar to what M-Salamence will do, assuming it doesn't lose Hyper Voice or Double Edge.
>>59566750yea metagross would be a monster in another metagame, but its just super hard to use because of the pokemon you just mentioned
>>59565674That's what it wants>Lead Indeedee + Hatterene/Aramrouge>Follow Me + Trick Room>if Indeedee is KO'd you get a free switch to Torkoal and win the game>if it isn't you Follow Me again and press Expanding ForceIt's a very linear strategy with plenty of counterplay, but it does work at lower levels.
>>59566758Oh absolutely. You could give Metagross six moveslots and it would still feel like a hard choice.>Psychic Fangs>Iron Head>Bullet Punch>Body Press>Stomping Tantrum>Ice Punch>ProtectIt really comes down to what the rest of the team needs. It does make a very solid alternate Mega pick, though,
>>59566363i use it with mega aggron in trick room and spammig sludge wave, thunderbolt also does well against super effective targets even without adaptability boost. resisting all of sneaslers common moves is noteworthy.
Why aren't you mass trading Golisopod for Floette RIGHT NOW?
>>59566983Because I already have both ?
>>59566993>not easily stockpiling floette (which you can trade for whatever you want whenever you want) before people come to their senses about golisopod's value
>>59567025Who cares about pokemon without their ot?
>>59567025I have every game so i can already get whatever i want.
Eternal Floette should have been a mythicsl mon.
>>59567034
>>59567263Charmander was released and ash caught it, thus it had his OT
>>59567025oh is $GLSP mooning already?
>>59567034I wish I could get all the vivillon variants with my ot
This turn, I will not click Sucker Punch.
this hard read will win me the game
>>59567314You can aside from Pokeball
>>59567270Abandoned and released aren’t the same thing. By your game logic, releasing would have to be done at a PC.
>>59566983Already have a shitton of Golisopods that I’ve been trading to anons here and don’t really care for Floette. Also don’t have a Switch or ZA so the latter is out of the question. What I am curious about is which Pokemon and ribbons / titles are going to become valuable once Bank shuts down.
>Rainig tries to revenge kill raichu y with mega swampert>switch in ninetales alola>Venusaur used Giga DrainGiga brained Giga Drain that
how do i kill farig
>>59567542weavile one shots it, unless it has the dark type berry (it has the dark type berry)
>>59566028I like to have a theme team of Luxury/Dusk/Beast Balls because they're my favorite aesthetically. But yeah it is kino I won't deny, just not my cup of tea.
Weirdo teams with a bunch of random mons grouped together scare me way more than metabotslop, its a conflip if they have some crazy tech or that they're tilting and just throwing random stuff from their box out of frustration and hoping it sticks (i'm not sure if i'm the only one who does that or not but i assume others do)
>all hoenn teamyeah no idea what gigachad is playing
Any Zardslop forma X teams? Feel like running one but I bowled over all the ones I encountered
>>59567585It needs a ton of support, try running it in a protect the king comp with belly drum, sinistcha is an obvious choice for a teammate seeing as zard x can't run a Sitrus Berry, maybe try running orthworm to give it a sub, aerodactyl for wide guard + tailwind etc
>>59567585https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdofV56FvSA
>>59566555i hate this feel
What counters Mimikyu hard in Singles? I hate that fucker like seriously
>>59566983Because I’m a ranchCHAD who only battles with the mons I roll despite my shiny living dex
>>59567623Corviknight with iron head
>>59567623Scizor, just Swords Dance in its face and chunk the first hit and then Bullet Punch into oblivion, or just double BP if you’re an idiot and haven’t broken disguise yet
>>59567623Mold breaker excadril
>try to use azumarill as a belly drum attacker>lose>use azumarill as a decently bulky attacker that chips away at opponent with rarely resisted STABWin
>>59565788im unironically using it as a standard form of currency, I have a bunch of extra shinies that I trade in for the cloned Floetts and then use the floettes to get other shinies I don't have from GTS
>>59567542Scizor one shots it with bug bite and also gets to eat the Sitrus berry
missed rock slide on 'zard again
Finally decided to stop dragging my feet and get into MB before the season ends. I always lose interest in playing the longer a season goes on and my team gradually loses most of the SOVL that it started with.
>>59567725congratulations
>>59567725Congrats anon. I'm the same except for Ultra Ball
Do you like ribbons on your genned shinies?
>>59567786i do not care about ribbons
when you think you're safe a sash farig materializes from the nether
it's ok, i will fake out the farig to prevent trick room
>>59567725>four Fighting weaknesses How do you handle Sneasler?
>>59567924I simply killed it before it could kill me.
>>59567882Faced literal hitler who used simple beam on a snorlax with stockpile and then bought his farigaraf in to use psych up, the farig had stored power while snorlax had body press
Need a break, this game turns turns me into cyraxx with the rage and unfiltered racial slurs
I can keep grinding because I don't think so losing is nothing
Dam, I just had a really good battle with all things a mega barbaricle team. It seemed like on team preview it was a hard TR team so I went in accordingly and didn't think he'd actually bring barbaricle but instead either tyranitar or dragonite. I was wrong on all accounts it was not trick room and he did bring barbaricle which my delphox was awful into, swapped it out on t2 for sinistea and started cycling fake outs while my own trick room went off and started just pressing macha gacha and making correct hard reads on swaps while I whittled down his field.I ended up losing however from combination of bad rolls (I had for several turns 3 of his mons in single digit % hp) and a missed heat wave. If you're here you deserve it man, good game.
awesome
>>59568037I bred one and it was bitch gz
My attempts at making a zard X team just turned into Azumarill's Wild Ride fuck this shit I'll do Sharpedo instead>>59568017Those are all too fast to be hard TR aren't they
New bread>>59568482>>59568482>>59568482
>>59563602Not really. The monetization it extremely halfassed because it's ultimately just an ad for the mainline games.
>>59567924Just outspeed it. Sneasler has almost 0 defense. That's why most of them use a sash.
