Dragons editonPokémon 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.>NewsReg MC is now live. Baltimore Regionals September 18-20th>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-vl3698 (Needs to be updated for Reg MC)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/d2FJZdPh
>>59585372Made it to master ball.
that felt good
>>59585375took you long enough
>>59585372Theres a victory road online tour tommorow. Gonna be the biggest online tour before Baltimore and the teams that do well in this well become meta relevant.https://victoryroad.pro/vr-sep26/
>>59585379ive been playing bo3 ots mostly. i dont like playing bo1 cts.
>>59585382>teams that do well in this well become meta relevant.aka, people just steal them
>>59585376helping hand meteor assault 1 shots max hp cumshot you didnt hear it from me
>>59585390im not a team builder and thats ok! its never been my strong suit. i take existing teams and fine tune them to my liking (spreads, some moves, items)
>>59585372>Baltimore Regionals September 18-20thanyone here plan on going?>>59585382anyone playing this?
>>59585396>anyone here plan on going?yea but i dont want to dox myself so i cant really say much about what im planning to bring. >anyone playing this?probably not
>all 3 Garchomps are perfectly usable kino
>>59585390newsflash - most of the top players in VGC team steal.
Man, I feel like Ttar got even worse now. Not as much weather, Pawmot and Golisopod are great into it, Sinistcha is kinda mid with the monkey around.
>>59585401lmao
oh okay, now i see. high enough in UB that I'm only seeing retarded psychic terrain spam. guess the fun is already over trying to run a team without my own terrain to counter this faggotry. all I have sucker punch and fake out as my disruption/speed control so fuck me I guess. every meta has to have some bullshit that forces everyone to play around. don't know why I bother with this game
>>59584621I think it's still a very good counter-mega, you can run the ever reliable mega mence like the other team but this guy has made difficult matchups for both of those into instant wins so many times I can't justify taking it out. Burning shit for free is amazing and now that you have Pawmot, it has a much better matchup into rain teams (for arch and pelipper) and it can revive too, not to mention how hard it hits and that grassy terrain gives him some much needed survivability. Most of the time you bring the lass, but I think no mega is a better counterpick for that team than mega scov
>>59585403t tar teams focused on countering sun, which is seeing a drop in usage. rain saw an uptick which sand doesnt like. sand is attached to mence or psyspam now (gross). not the main focal point of a team anymoresand in general was just suoer matchup fishy, theres a reason why the archtype vanishes in restricted / higher power level formats
>>59585406gambit rilla is your best freind, most people on bo1 ladder are looking for fast, cheap wins, so psypam is the route they go
wait a minute, basculegion is even MORE cancer than usual on psyspam teams - now you can't even sucker punch it
>>59585390Spikefags GTFO this is a TimmyCHAD thread
>>59585402OTS discourages players to build new teams. not saying OTS is bad but thats just the facts.
>>59585413yeah but now it's even more vulnerable to getting rilla'd
>>59585415that's why /ourguy/ wolfeGOD is the GOAT
>>59585413the gambit now just kowtows you + rilla
i thought the psyspam everywhere would tone down the sneedlers but it feels like there are even more of them now
>>59585427Sneasler always loved psychic terrain because of unburden and psy seeds.
>>59585427sneasler gets a buff from psyspam because of psychic terrian, it IS the psypam lol. see reg h. even with the grassy seed. sneasler loves the seeds
at least sneasler cant just turn into a flying type and do half to all your mons anymore lol
>>59585430looking back, tera was a stupid gimmick. worked more as a get of of jail card for most mons, punished bad play and punished bad team building
>>59585427acro sneas was a shit meme
>>59585449>>59585430
>>59585449it won majors and got 2nd at LAIC im pretty sure
Pawmot will be world champ in '27. Screenshot this post.
>>59585431Wrong, it was easily the most balanced gimmick and allowed for a variety of teams to succeed that otherwise wouldn't.High level play was different in that you're trying to force tera from your opponent to remove the element of uncertainty while saving yours until you must use it.
>>59585458Pawmot and Sirfetch'd. Believe in Yamazaki sama...
>>59585458no niggermot
every time I attempt to make a team with no ground types I immediately within a few games get matched against one of those gimmick bellibolt teams
Hippity hoppity this retard is a FLOPPITY
Kek
>BSS
>>595854582027 worlds will probably be single restricted, so probably not
>>59585473>Meowscaradathis shit would be so good if it had fire coverage
>>59585461tera probably has the widest gap between how fair it is in open team sheets vs. how cancer it is in closed team sheets
>>59585470just don't hit it
>>59585473bro deadass ai generated a roster
>>59585473holy reddit names
>>59585487what are some 4channel names
Y'know, now that terrain setters are out, MRaichu X is better now as a terrain denyer.Since it's the only Mega terrain setters, it can choose when to set it. And even if the opponent tries to do a first turn switch in strat, Mega evolution happens after switches so your terrain will always go last.
>>59585372>Grisham outfitI might play your game now
>>59585495Raichu X is a waste of a mega slot.
>>59585473>ai slop>filename
>>59585404Oh no no no
>>59585473Nigga used AI for an image he could have gotten in game, are you serious? And he’s a BSS player LMAO.
>>59585495Yeah, but it still kinda sucks vs the rilla so I dunno how good it can really be. I'd be happy if anyone made it work it's cuter than Y.
>>59585372Is this the next battlepass?
fraud: mega shit cumshotgod: pawmot
megapod players don't even try to play around armor cannon they just look at you like this
>>59585431I fucking hate Teras
>>59585516>don't mega>switch in politoed>liquidationone free dead armarouge
>>59585519>focus sash>weak armor>expanding force heh... nothin personnel, kid...
>>59585516*sucker punches u*
Loving Life Orb Cinderace in this meta
what the fuck happened to the showdown teambuilder I need to test my teams and can't aiiieeee
>>59585515even in master ball people still aren’t respecting pawmot. if you have archaludon, salamence, garchomp, ttar, basculegion, kingambit, incineroar, staraptor, pelipper, or almost anything else you have a pokemon in range to get ohko by pawmot. better yet, once you actually respect its damage output you now have to play the guessing game between ohko, fake out, and revival blessing.
>>59585410I know, but I really enjoyed playing Sand balance in MB. Now I'm hoping to find a shiny Pawmot to run a modified version of my other favorite team, Frosslass balance.
>>59585530I still don't know how to run it>Pyro Ball obviously>Smack Down for zard, mence, raptor, etc>Zen Headbutt for Sneasler?>Sucker punch>will o wisp>iron head>gunk shot>hjk>it also learns coaching for some reasonI can't decide
those incins and archs will never see the storm throw grapploct coming
>>59585536I hate that nigger muppet so much
Corviknight is a sleeper pick in this early meta>walls mence>walls pod>walls psyspam>walls boom>walls gambit>walls sneasler>tanks special attacks really well>can now carry rocky helm>reverses intimidates>tailwind setterof course you still need a partner for it especially now that everyone's carrying fire coverage, but it's so funny to see how most people just can't kill it. I'd say the same about Pex if it didn't get ultramegagigaraped by psyspam
>>59585552>>walls psyspamnah those niggas are running mystical fire and armarouge nowbut yes it pretty much autowins into the current menceslop iteration
>>59585427terrain pulse lucario z rapes it so im chilling
>>59585566doesn't that thing still get fucked by a cc from sneedler?
>lose solely because of an iron head flinchEbin game
>>59585552wow yea I might actually start running a corviknight
SMOGONIGGERS FIX YOUR FUCKING SIMULATOR I CAN'T TEAMBUILD
triple axel or play rough on megabunny? both pretty much do the same and have 50% accuracy
>>59585552
>>59585540I've been running>Pyro Ball>U-turn (Great for Piviot and possibly one shotting Giraffes and A big butt Goat Maids)>Smack Down (Zard destroyer)>Zen Headbutt (Sneaks shots Sneeds)
>>59585567If lucario is bulky its guaranteed to survive one cc
>>59585584are people running bulky zucario?
>>59585588The only sets I've seen are running ATLEAST 30 hp
>fraudcario z
>>59585578>adamant has 30% chance to ohko pod under the rain faaaaawk
people are starting to scoop when I open with froslass pawmot
>golisopod sucker punch kos zard at 53%podGODS I'm sorry I ever doubted him
how do you even handle psyspam in this format?
