Baltimore 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.>NewsJoseph Ugarte has won the 2027 Baltimore Regional Championship>Resources and useful linksCommunity Tournaments usage data: https://pikalytics.com/Ladder usage data: https://pokechamdb.com/enDamage Calculatorhttps://nerd-of-now.github.io/NCP-VGC-Damage-Calculator/New 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 >>59606754
>>59609172>no Rillaboom or Incineroar in the finalshuh
>>59609172Huh, I think I lost to the winner's exact team last week.
Grats joe
>pmg
>Only one Charizard and Floette each in the Top 8Damn, their era really is over huh
can't wait for every single salamence on ladder to have flamethrower nowand coaching sneedler
>>59609187>now
>>59609187Both of those were already extremely common dude, I haven't seen a Physical Mence set in particular in ages
My FVARKING HERO
>>59609190only 10% according to pikalytics
>>59609190The physical / mixed mence set is outdated. You need to be special for the mirror
Why did Farig protect fail here?It's the first turn
>>59609196If everyone on the field goes for a non attacking move, that protect will fail
>>59609196it's the last mon to move, protect fails
>>59609199>>59609202I did not know that, it means Farig can still protect next turn, right?
>>59609204yea
>>59609187Flamethrower Mence is for pod, the matchup would be unplayable without fire coverage
>>59609183Zard didn't start out with more than 13.5% representation in this tournament. It ended with 12.5% in top 8 and roughly the same in top cut. Zard isn't value added or a negative. Ttar on the other hand has its stonks going way up. Expect big shifts in the meta as many teams started by just trying to beat what came before in MB. MC is going to see a lot of development and someday it may be less hostile to Zard or Floette.
>>59609211>Ttar on the other hand has its stonks going way up.TTar gets owned by Sneasler and Staraptor it's a very easy mon to counter build
Are you enjoying M-C?
>>59609183Floette has two really scarey predators in the meta in Metagros and Pod and Charizard is getting bullied by rock slide sneasler being so much stronger in this reg (as well as people fielding things like H-arcanine) Neither are bad but they're not meta tyrants anymore
>>59609229More than M-B yeah
>insneedee with psychic sneed sneedler
>>59609226And both Raptor and Sneasler get raped by M-Mence, that's why bringing both megas is so good
>>59609209It’s also for gambit
>>59609245At least you have Sneed for gambit
if only you knew how good things really are
>queue up ranked>fully shiny nigger team, 100% genned>playing double intim skill swap overqwill opener into minimize spam>land 0 of 6 attacks before i forfeit out of boredomi would pay $25 to ban his account
>>59609229M-C feels like what we should've been playing all along.
>>59609278Tend to agree that this should have been the base.It will be so much better with the misc. 550-600BST sub legendaries.
>>59609274TEARS OF PASSION
>>59609172>Wolfe fags on suicide watch.
>>59609229Its better than the last ones, idk why so many people used teams that are bad into steel types. Arch kinda ran this tourney and a corv won which is ridiculous.
>>59609296steel is arguably the best type (with competition from water and fairy)there just weren't enough checks to stop zard from heat waving all over them until this reg
>>59609172>>59609276Look at all that top 6 and top 12 in the winners tea- Huh? Wait a minute!Monkebros? Catbros?
>>59609172
I copied the winning team just for fun so I could try to learn, but I don't remotely understand when/why corv is good. What exactly shows on the enemy team that you think "yeah, im bringing corv and dd for sure"
>>59609303Its just weird seeing teams who have one good answer into bulky steel aka snealser who doesn’t one shot arch anyway. Milotic too, that thing wins me so many games because no one runs haze or anything to ko it
>>59609318Corv was bad in older meta games because its slow and sets up. That makes it vulnerable to flinch which is why using it felt so shitty, all the rockslide flinches made it insufferable to use back then. All those spammers are gone now or less common, so corv now fucks those balance teams with no super effective damage really hard
>>59609324So you take it when they don't have chu-y or a strong fire type? Do you open with it with sneasler for coaching?
imagine how crazy it would be if there was a special version of coaching
The player animations in this game piss me off, they look really dumb.
>>59609318corv is good into intimidators, other steels (not named archaludon), phys, other bulky offensive utility mons (rilla, incin), sneedler, don't open with it if they brought zardy or raichu or somethingsend it with deedee if you're expecting to tank some mild neutral specials, deedee is also kind of a threat on its own with fast psyspam and trick discouraging other slow setupssend it with sneedler if you think you can just tank everything they got
>>59609356Cool, thanks, I played 2 and won them by a lot with just ttar/sneedler/dd
I'm currently running>sneedler>insneedee (m)>milotic>ttar>mence>excadrilland I keep losing :D
If Steel type rises we're gonna see Zard rises againHe just needs to find the right team for this meta
Say something nice about the challenger
>>59609229Rillaboom is my most despised Pokemon in the entire franchise in all senses you can think of.I wanted to kill myself when I saw it was gonna get added and I want to kill myself even more now that it is every fucking where.I fucking hate that gorilla nigger.I hate the baranigger at the competitive department at GF so fucking much it is unreal.
>>59609172I don't get it.How can Tyranitar win when Rillaboom is everywhere?Explain this to me competitivebros.
I want to make a psyspam team with Espeon and I think I'm too retarded for this. Any help anons? I would appreciate it greatly.
>>59609413Scarfed Indeedee(m)+ other partners like Mence
>>59609413all of those teams on display have some form of anti rilla tech, rilla does not carry by itself
>>59609413he was with mence who gobbles up monkes for breakfast
>>59609424>psyspam with one psyspammeryou could just replace espeon and fdd with mdd
Garchompsisters...
>>59609448why is this ground-typed sister getting struck by lightning... D:
>>59609454>ground type zizters...
>>59609457yeah thats not Z. look at the hands
>>59609454xhe's in the process of mega evolving
>>59609424If you're dead set on espeen then it probably shouldn't be in hard TR psyspam as it has no answer to having a gambit in front of it so you're just opening sneedler every time, better try a balance team or something
Go-Dingo or Gol-mingo?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAA I'M ADDICTED TO DOING STUPID BULLSHIT
