Pokémon 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.>News- Eric Rios [ES] has won the 2027 Frankfurt Regional Championship- Kiran Singh [AU] has won the 2027 Brisbane Regional Championship- Recife Regionals October 3rd-4th- Louisville Regionals October 10th-11th>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/d2FJZdPhold >>59624575
first for free mythicals
Total Zomp Victory
>>59629575players are sleeping on her
>>59629597I mean her niche is definitely way smaller with all the psyspam and metagross being better too
>>59629592i feel like a lot of players are going to start carrying zomp checks now. floette probably increases in usage>>59629597pic rel outspeeds the modest ones by one point
>>59629597ive been messing around psych up on coil milotic with it for 100 acc heat waves
>>59629602>metagrossthis is still a niche mon. it had a 6% conversion rate into day 2/ 3/49.
>>59629597>outspeeds and two shots mega mence>outspeeds and two shots mega zomp>beats psyspam>one shots and OHKOs sneasler>one nasty plot can win you gamesim thinking based
>>59629607You're right, I mean the biggest issue is that she's a psychic type that can't psyspam and heat wave spam is not as strong with incin better than before and mence, but I could be misreading I'm sure she can still carve out some niche surely.
>>59629613>outspeeds Garchomp ZAnon...
i refuse to say this thing is good. its a 2HKO merchant despite its stats. you can say all u want that its made a grand surprise appearance recently but really its cuz the people using them are good. those same people could take other lesser used mons and make em look good. truly naturally good mons are ones that even 10 year old kids could utilize and make em work out.
>>59629720It's bulky has no 4x weakness can be physical or special hit decently hard either way & it just so happens to be the fastest mon in the fucking game, it's just a good trading mon yeah its kinda needs someone to pilot it well but calling it not good is petty denial, I'm not a fan or anything I wish it had a cooler ability but be for fucking real.
>Garchomp will never get scorching sands or Nasty plot now.
>>59629602Psyspam and Metagross being good is good for Delphox though. She walls EF and Metagross is a free kill.
>>59629597Volcarona victim
>posted in the wrong thread>>59629117I'm tired boss.
>>59629720It keeps other sweeper threats in check and that's all you really need. Paur that with fake out pressure and you can afford to greed on shit like bulky gholdengo or a trick room mode while still keeping serious threats like Salamence in check
>>59629720>i refuse to say this thing is goodyeah bro..
>>59629756does it need to spend a turn on Nasty Plot if it just instantly spams Draco Meteors?
>>5962984617-0 is fucking crazy
>>59629642Most garchomp z are modest, timid phox outspeeds that by one
>>59629720>refuse to say this thing is good. its a 2HKO merchant despite its statsThat’s the point, it works well on balance teams because it’s a very good damage trader, like regular chomp and how takuma used his dnite at worlds 2026
If a Pokémon wins two regionals on the same weekend, me thinks it’s good
If a mon loses to Sun/Rain in finals and doesn't make top 8 at an even bigger tournament, me thinks it's shit.
lost to archaludon again
I doubt it, because this shit runs on cell phones, but does the Switch 2 make this game run better or have better graphics or anything? My switch 2 is just sitting in the box on my kitchen counter because I don't have any reason to open it before Winds/Waves or the new smash brothers. I kind of want to, but I'm not paying 80$ for any other video games.
>>59630076When the Switch came out in 2017 there were already phones on the market that were more powerful than it.
>mdb is dating a trannyits over eurobros
>>59630107god i wish i were him
>>59630107source?
>>59630076>does the Switch 2 make this game run betterno lmfao and in fact this shit game is very unoptimized, drains battery very fast i did an experiment and this unity dogshit drains the switch battery faster than cyberpunk. and re9. its genuinely astounding im surprised champions has an audience at all. its legitimately a bad game and a shit live service. pokemon fans are used to eating dogshit i suppose
>>59630115twitter showed me some post of theirs. they're a v-tuber too
>>59630107It's the VGC meta build.Anything else would be suboptimal.
>>59630107Lorenzo arce (t8 Baltimore) is dating Olivia moldedzki. very common for vgc players to date eachother, no matter the gender.
>>59630130If it's a tranny why are you calling it they/them
>>59630136Same diff
crazy that SV runs better on s2 but they didn't bother with hampions
>>59630117Switch OLED has a better battery life than the SW1, Lite and SW2. I can leave that shit on idle on champions for 3 hours.
>>59630147>they didn't bother with Championsbasically describes the entire game
Taught someone who used perish song against my Corviknight the order the pokemon faint
>>59629851Tgis is like asking if Gold needs nasty plot if it has make it rainYESNASTY PLOT IS NASTY
>>59630212Just skill swap it contrary, bro
glimmora nigger if i find you irl you better hope you carry spiky shield otherwise im going to make you faint
>>59630107I mean, Kelsh is ugly and very autistic, no wonder no woman wants him. Not even hating he's a great player and I don't know him personally but it's clear as day, I'm like that too but I'd never lower my standards
>>59630254Probably gives some mean sloppy toppy though since Troons are desperate to please their boyfriends 9 times out of 10.
my intended team for next season in 7 days. i was thinking of just doing primarina voice spam w/ pelipper drizzle. would start with leading prima + volcarona to rage powder and calm mind. then nnext turn swap volca out for pelipper.team feels over-invested into hoping prima stays around for the win (3/4 slots for prima setup in battle). also im missing 1 pokemon idk who id use in that empty spot, another mega?
>>59630281same anon, was also thinking of rilla since i dont wanna lose terrain wars, but at the same time prima is basically dead if opposing rillas can get off a grassy glide once volca is KO'd.
>>59630281What is pelipper's purpose except severely crippling Volcarona?Also, fix that torrent.
>>59630281Why are you running both quiver dance and rage powder on volcarona? You don't seem to be seriously threatening a boost sweep wuth peli on the team
>>59630254A couple years ago, he doomposted about how a girl he liked rejected him.
>>59630254Most top players are autistic (who else spends thousands of hours on a video game equivalent to chess). Hell, even Wolfe, who’s considered charismatic by VGC standards said he had trouble making freinds growing up.
>>59630281why is every single mon capable running a spread move? with half of them being not even 100% accurate ffs
>>59630281Maybe Sinistcha to keep primarina topped up?
>>59630364Wolfe is at the least way less outgoing and more shy than he comes off in videos and whatever. He had a few mini autism tangents out of nowhere in his streamer tournament. I guess he's just really good at covering up for short periods of time. Idk how he isn't that nervous doing interviews or on stage, but hey, good for him
i hate blastoise
>>59630281edited.
FUCK FARIGIRAFFUCK SINSITCHAFUCK ARCHALUDONFUCK GEN 9
scarf ape is a funny mence checkget defiant ice punched fool also good at warding off incelroar
zarchomp is gonna force me to carry a fairy on my team isn't itthis is just like when they had to invent them to deal with latios
I want to do something silly with Hydrapple but pretty much every resource on hydrapple seems to exclusively be based on singles format just spamming regenerator switchesWhy are people so unfun.
>>59630544trickroom dragon cheer? kinda just dragalge with no pivot move and more dice rolls with fickle beam
>>59630562oh wait, give it eject, when it gets the -2 from meteor it goes out to get any health it lost back then do what i said before
>>59630454this shit is so random, huge downgrade
>just discovered what's the use of affinity ticketsneat
>>59630544use it with king's rock maushold
>>59630107pic of tranny???
>>59630682Why do you want to see a picture? Something you want to share?
>>59630682this nigga gae
Any genned shiny giveaways on Home gts rn? I know some generous bros do that occasionally without advertisement and for the lulz
Laddering is so inconsistent. One match I’ll get stomped and the next it feels like my opponent has no idea what they’re doing. It’s weird.
>>59630703ILCA already hunting its next victim
>>59630281nigga.
>>59630740>wide lenswow i hope no one spits or throws 1g of dirt on your harcanine
>>59630731I'm not an ILCA Glowie. Or am i?
double shock should be reusable in electric terrain
>opponent used helping hand>it doesn't affect Gholdengo
for some reason the idea of running volcarona on my rain team keeps calling me like the green goblin mask even though i know it's retarded to intentionally sabotage its stronger stab type
>>59630723That's how laddering works as usual. You win your favorable matchups and then lose to those that have an edge against your strategy
so many guys just assume support volc they just let you get off 4 quiver dances
i don't even care about the speed control aspect of ychu, but the 12.5% full para chance every turn makes me want to throw my fucking controller out the window
>>59630809I won a game the other day because my opponent was paralyzed 2 turns in a row :3
They're really gonna allow mega magearna? Holy fuark..
>>59630823wat
>>59630809Just hit it bro it gets oneshot by literally everything
>>59630809Scarf chomp
>>59630823Datamine sprites
>>59630839they all run big fat builds now, you basically need STAB ground to one shot it
>scarf icy wind kingambit why the shart does it even learn icy wind
>>59630869it was a zoroark
>>59630869That was a zororoak lol
>>59630871>>59630872NTA, but one fucking Zoroark once ruined my 200 streak in XY Battle Maison. I was livid losing that match
>>59630866still needs a shitton of investment to not get 1 tapped by sneedler or 2 tapped by rilla glide
>>59630881They are all max HP max speed.
>>59630884max hp 0 def dies to cc
is it even possible to run an honest bulky team that wins through favorable trading of blows feels like it's just impossible to not get run over unless you use tailwind, trick room, or put fake out/priority on everyone
>>59630916Speed control has always been the name of the game.
im at 1k+ eggs trying to get a shiny sneasler in a level ball so i can win in style
>>59630881adamant sneasler always 1hko mine with 32 hp 11 def
>>59630939I don't know if it still works in newer games, but in XY>put a pair that will result in a magikarp in the daycare>walk until an egg shows up and hatch it>if shiny, reload save and put in a different pair for a pokemon of your choice. Once hatched the pokemon will have the similar spread with the magikarp>not shiny? Save and repeat
>>59630951Oh yeah, Magikarp is used because it has the fastest hatch period compared to other pokemon back in XY
>>59630946yeah you need def in the 20s-30s and sac some speed for hp to survive it
It's definitely refreshing that M-Chu is actually relevant in this meta though
>tough claws boosted +32 atk adamant golisopod aqua jet in the rain>hits espathra>does like 10% what
>>59631054Friend guard or screens?
>>59631057+Intimidate or parting shot?
>>59631057i forgot he had screens upelectric seed as wellwas a weird team in general with xchu as the screen settermanaged to win anyway thanks to volgoatrona redirecting shit while my arch killed his
the female basc teams are so cheesy
So as a relatively new player, is the ladder ending next week just a ladder reset or are we moving to M-D immediately?
>>59630951 only worked in gen 7 (and I guess gen6). Sadly you ain't getting sneed in those
>>59631128It's just a ladder reset.
>>59631128reset
I think I may need to lab a new team, sun rain is doing really really bad against a lot of what I've been seeing on ladder since the regionals.I just don't know what there isn't a lot calling to me at the moment.
i am withering away from starvation for just one single good special attacking ground type that isn't a mega slot
>>59631183>goodAnon, we haven't even got any decent ones.The best we have rn is picrel
>>59631183The humble gastrodon, so easily forgotten
>>59631183Non-mega Glimmora works for me in singles. Not too sure about doubles format
male sneaslers shouldnt exist
All of my pokemon are male
>>59631198i do really like glimmora, but it falls short of OHKOing raichu Y unless it has life orb, but it really wants scarf in that matchupit also doesn't work great as an archaludon counter (the other thing you want earth power for) due to flash cannon
>>59631199That one girl who made the rant has been so vindicated for simping for her
Just played against three fucking trick rooms in a row. What is it with TR being so popular in bottom of the barrel master ball?
>>59631262it's easy to playme set trick room, me click spread move
>>59631262Because it's easy to set up now that you cannot fake out the setter thanks to the psychic terrain
>>59631262It gets hard countered by Wide Guard(Pelipper, mirror Armarouge, Gallade, Aerodactyl, to name a few), and Indeedee-M w/ Imprison. It also outright gets raped by the Pod and Kingambit.
>>59630135>Olivia Molestkids>trannyyou cant make this shit up
>>59631202My wife(Gardevoir, Female) and her sister(Gallade, Male) who is also my wife, are all Female.
>launch at LEAST 10 attacks into an espathra boosted archaludon before it kills my team >not a single crit, any of which would have killedokay game, only give them when it doesn't matteri'm putting perish song on my Politoed just for this cancer strat
>>59631295Really think they need to change this so Dark types aren’t affected by it. Psychic moves cannot hit them so it doesn’t make sense why psychic terrain affects them.
>>59631404dark types don't need more after the prankster nerf maybe make bugs immune to it instead
>>59629846Which site?
>>59629720It's a meta merchant.The stars lined up perfectly for it during this regulation. Somehow.The second we get out of this reg it'll go down the shitter.Screencap this.
>>59631404steel samurai hands typed this post
>>59631391Espachudon players HATE this ONE simple trick!
>>59631602tfw i'm already using her but it's the support variant cause i need the rage powderstruggle bug slows down the spatk boosting at least
>>59631152Is it sun/rain + Garchomp Z?I think that's going to be the newest oppressive team for a bit. Garchomp Z is really good into the matchups that Zard didn't like, such as Raichu and Mence.
>Rios team>they ALWAYS lead ChompZ Volc>I go Perish mode and rape them to forfeiture LMAO it's not like the team is ill equipped but they only know to lead that waygranted it was MB4 but still
>>59631262you need to remember that Pod doesn't need to mega, baits fire attacks, and devastates terrain setters. it even learns rock slide for punishing Zardtards.
Bug GODS, what's the current meta spread for Volcarona?
>>59631831you want to use as support or as a setup mon??
>>59631705Was "old" sun/rain+pod. Super big pod enjoyer but I think with Z and raichu being everywhere atm they aren't great matchups for the pod (Raichu is easily doable but I have to play fairly well for a win and it isn't by any means free)
>>59631891Either is fine. I just want to get some bug action going.
>>59632040Do you have Rilla?
>>59632041I have everything available, but I'm tired of the team I'm currently using to be honest.
>>59632049This is a bulky setup Volcarona.The 7 points in speed allows it to outspeed RaichuY and Mega Mence at +1.Struggle bug is a spread debuff that ruins psyspam and neither Mence nor Raichu wants that -1. Fiery Dance is an offensive setup move that gives you +1.grassy seed gets you bulky enough on the physical to survive quite a lot.
is Scizor (non-mega) any good?
>>59632092With the way the current meta is no, just because of golisopod there is a lot of hate that will also catch scizzor and it's stabs don't particularly measure up well to the current top threats.As fun as life orb technician bulltet punch is.
I’m running imprison mega delphox. You just auto win vs hard trick room lol. Fuck you lol.
>>59632108what is your ratingi cant imagine you being that high up if you're running mega delphox with 2 slots
>>59632113I’m 1900s-2000s range.
>>59632113It’s a real tech. I played vs someone using it the GC. You can tell they couldn’t find a line into hard trick room
Why are we suprised people put imprison on random mons to heat hard trick room?
>>59632124because it's dedicating 2 slots to a specific playstyle that i see in maybe 10% of games
Until Ursaluna shows up, TR doesn't have its champion. The TR megas aren't worth the price of entry when weather teams and balance is winning the events.
>>59632066Very nice. That seems like such a pain to deal with.
>>59632145Ain't doing shit to GODlisopod
How do you guys determine what EV spreads to use on a lot of Pokemon sets? A lot of high end play seems optimized for specific things, so I'm wondering how to keep track of it all or even find out. Like, speccing a Pokemon to OHKO a meta threat with very specific EV spreads or to take a hit, how do I keep up with the ever changing meta numbers if that makes sense? My tard brain wants to default to 32/32/2 but I won't win any tourneys that way.
>>59632183>click on Aaron Zhang video>see team overview>rip off team>profit
>>59632190I do that if I'm just laddering but I want to actually improve my competitive skill and knowledge
>>59632183You have to just start doing calcs for common threats you see.
>>59632210Is it really just trial and error where its like>okay gholdengo is common, if i optimize 27 spa evs i can always ohko it with this spread>it didnt ohko in this match (or maybe a few), i should adjust, now its working>repeatAnd its just a cycle of adjusting continuously?
>>59632219I like to calc only for "max" spreads so you don't have to constantly adjust for example, can I calc something to live max spatk modest gholdengo life orb make it rain? if yes, go for it and theres no need to invest more ever again - if not, don't bother guessing every time I see one and invest in something else
>>59632222Yep, treat it like a ladder.If there's no way to survive a particular attack then you choose the next most common meta threat that gives you a headache to calc around.
>>59632219i look at the most used defensive EVs in game and try to play around them. if the most ran is say 0 def i try to play around 16 def to accommodate for variation
>>59632222Quads of truth, this makes sense. Gonna try doing this, thanks anon>>59632230Also a good strat, I guess just look at poketubers or tournament results where applicable to figure out what the most common spreads are?
>>59632236you can check what people are running in game and what percentage are running it
>>59632237That makes more sense, I'm just a tard. Thanks anon
snarl k-arcanine is low-key annoying as shit to deal with
>>59632092maybe if you really hate foideedee and fagrig
>>59632239why
>>59632361le fake out
>>59632361>2027But it's still 2026...
>>59632389it's to qualify for 2027
>>59632361golisopod bros i thought it was our time...
>>59632441being a niche but still totally viable choice is right where i want him to be honestlyif pod became the new charizard it wouldn't be cool anymore
Anyone got a good Mega Garde team they don't mind sharing? hard stuck 1600.
>>59632361Still utterly insane they didn’t take any moves away from Megamence or the rape ape. Did any Pokemon introduced in M-C lose any moves?
>>59632546politoed lost pound (lol) and archaludon lost mirror coat and metal burstjappas only paying attention to singles
>>59632546Ape lost final Gambit killing its scarf set
>>59631262Because it's a noob trap architype. The flowchart nature makes it very easy to learn, and it gets fast, easy wins against unskilled opponents, so new players gravitate to it. The problem is it has a low ceiling. Skilled players know exactly what you're trying to do and know how to stop it; you're basically playing OTS if you play hard trick room.
Running Modest Kommoo seems extremely greedy to me, at +1 Timid you outspeed even Chomp Z max max. However most sets run modest, is it because no 151 speed mega runs speed nature?
>>59632628because you want it to be good outside of clangorous soul
I almost hit MB1 yesterday and now I'm falling down to MB4 :)))
we need flutter mane
>>59632361>all these dragonsWhere are the fairies
>>59632708getting their asses plapped by sneasler and gholdengo
it's kinda nuts how much surviving ice beam helps zchomp in comparison to salamenceif I lead dnite politoed into mence they almost always cower in fear and let me get a free tailwind, but the chomps can play much more aggressively knowing they live it
>playing a best of three on Showdown>lose game 1>win game 2>think I've called his adjustment for game 3 and lead accordingly>get next leveled and he calls me>his Make it Rain misses>next turn his Head Smash misses>I get a critGod has given me a win I didn't deserve and I know to quit while I'm ahead.
>>59632728h-arc players are gambling addicts, he deserved it
>>59632728Getting a win you don't deserve is particularly devilish >be me, down to just garchomp in yellow bar against 2 pokemon full health>both have super effective moves and out speed>both miss due to sand veil>crit and one shot both with earthquake
>>59632614Rage fist doesn't work the same anymore either, resets on switch.
>>59632641lowest quality answer possible. it being Timid also helps to outspeed many mons like arch, hrk9 and other base 85-90 mons running bulkier spreads. a meagre 10% damage boost doesn't change much before a clangorous soul, it's still plenty weak
>>59632759don't be rarted modest LO unboosted kommo actually has a chance to straight up ohko spdef arch which is not at all possible with timid and guarantees ohko on clanging-ing bulky dragons
i could probably use one less slot on my team by just compressing krookodile and dragonite into the same role with zarchomp...but i don't wanna
>>59632614the fake out + set up slop meta has me really missing my kamikaze monke
Why is lightning rod so bugged
I haven't missed a single heat wave since changing from mega delphox to regular delphox to spam expanded force
>scarf sturdy ArchaludonOkay bro
ayo, hold up.>Miltank>100 Speed>thick fat>learns rock slide>we got the Goat that's weak to fire insteadthe Zard agenda is real.>>59632939that's me. probably. arch is already amazing and you've probably seen the same eletro shot rain team a googillion times.
For me, it's lickylicky, I want a non dragon cloud nine user
>>59632959What was the rest of your team. I probably played you and lost.
Is Kommo-o incredibly underrated right now?
>>59633024it seems properly rated, it's gotten some use on tournament teamslike volc it's kept from getting completely out of control due to the most popular mega being a flying move dispenser
>>59632983Machamp, Dragonite, Sceptile, Raichu, Chandelure,
>>59633031Okay, but what if I got the zomp on my side?
>>59633063very weak to fairies thenbut getting somewhere
>>59633074That's a fair point. Damn.
>>59633058Hmm definitely not you then. I faced a guy with a Politoed and I think half Armarouge Indeedee trick room psychic terrain Golisopod team. He had a much gayer team.
Odds, I play PsySpam as my next team. Evens, I play Perish trap.Digits, I play something truly retarded like Raichu X
if i get rock slide flinched i afk until i lose
I picked this up yesterday. I'm surprised they're so generous for a free mobile game. I thought they'd give you worthless pokemon with bad natures and movesets then force you to spend money to fix it, but no. That said, I'm already annoyed by Charizard Y so there's no way I'm playing for long.
>1400s to 1200s on bo3 laddermy team really became outdated within 24 hours. theres gotta be some prep group scouting teams on ladder
>think i won after like 15 minutes of grueling jostling for position>opponent sends out 4th guy i completely forgot about
happy birthday 4chan
>start using zard again>start winning more gamespeople disrepecting the fuck outta this mon lol
>click rock slide with Sneaslerbye bye Zardo.
>>59633355speaking of rock slide i recently dropped extreme speed on my hisui arcanine for it lol
Apparently this is a thing.>no need to own a switch for starter, but still need one if you want to participate in official tournaments Well, $7 is $7
>>59633351its just feels like im playing vgc on easy mode, like when i played big 6 in ma and mb
>>59633360at that point just run it over head miss instead, you don't need 2 rock moves
>>59633355my zard lives this32+ Atk Sneasler Rock Slide vs. 20 HP / 32 Def Mega Charizard Y: 132-156 (76.3 - 90.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
>>59633351>psy spam galore, so now wide guard is a common moveWhat are you supposed to counter with that silly lizard?
>>59633408its not a counter for anything, zardy just hits hard, thats why i like it. any other shit i try to use im horrible with. i have played charizars since reg h of last year, on the Marco sun team.
>>59633360HArcanine should get accelerock to own Zard harder than it already does. >>59633390>Dragonite used extremespeed.>WOW! That didn't take much!>Charizard is down for the count.
Mega Bax should have gotten Baked Body or whatever that bread doge has. Not total immunity to Fire is just meh
>>59632910How useful is Delphox in PsySpam with M-Garde? I know Imprison is a tech they run on it to cuck the mirror.
>game winning draco meteor misses and I go on to loseAlright, I'm done using this fraudulent ass move. Dragon Pulse is close enough. Fuck it.
>>59632808thing is, most Kommoo run Leftovers and Modest, you hardly see any LO because due to clangorous you basically kill yourself very fastAlso>+1 32 SpA Kommo-o Aura Sphere vs. 32 HP / 11+ SpD Archaludon: 198-234 (100.5 - 118.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO this is the OHKO breakpoint. 32/11 is a lot and if you invest more in spdef it hardly even kills back>23 SpA Archaludon Dragon Pulse vs. 2 HP / 0 SpD Kommo-o: 132-156 (86.8 - 102.6%) -- 12.5% chance to OHKO I'd much rather outspeed it at +0 and pick it off from 70% than risk being slower than that, chompz and scarf basculegion speed tier mons. Bulky dragons really don't exist in this format and Dnite mega won't get ohkod either way. i will try Modest eventually but for my current team i don't see it, modest is for when you boost at least twice and i never really can during matches
>getting critted out of what would otherwise be great positions for like the 5th game in a rowhasn't stopped my win streak yet but this is getting silly
the gen 6 nerf to dragon pulse in addition to meteor was dumb and unnecessary accounting for accuracy, two draco meteors have an effective BP of 185 (130*.9 + 75*.9)when pulse had base 90 (thus 180 for two) it was as close as possible to being dead on equal with a 130 BP meteor, with your preference between the two depending on whether you prefer tempo or consistency now two pulses is just mathematically worse than two dracos, which makes gambling the optimal play, which feels like shit
>>59633591>the gen 6 nerf to dragon pulse in addition to meteor was dumb and unnecessaryDon’t forget introducing fairies and making them immune to dragon moves. Type immunities have always sucked.
>>59633606fairies were a necessary evil, they just should have given them a third weakness (probably bug or something) so it didn't immediately become an elite defensive type instead of just a dragon check, and not give their obligatory 100% single target move 95 BP for some godforsaken reason
>>59633338Bots do. Set your matches to private. But also one day isn't a long enough collection period. Sometimes you're just having a bad day.
>>59633606The Dragon immunity makes no sense either since Fairies in lore usually steer clear of Dragons with the exception of Witches who are usually half-Fairy and half-Human in those mythos. Also the fact that outside of Gardevoir, most Fairy-types have insane bulk on both the Physical and Special Side of the Spectrum where it at least takes two neutral STAB hits to take them out.
>took the entire season before I got back to MB3 The fact that I started closer this time and somehow fucked up, pissed me off. Like this shit wasn't even difficult, but I kept misplaying and fucking up predicts.
>>59633650 anti dragon tech in stories are usually made of magic
>>59633466It doesn’t fucking need this. Thermal exchange is fine
>>59633650Like >>59633684 said it's usually magic item that enables the hero to beat the dragon, so...
changed my zard spread to timid to outspeed the harcs and its done wonders.
>>59633913Most of them are going timid now
>Charizard X 1>Adamant 1
>>59633918I think I ran into this fucker earlier today. My Mega Garde clung to dear life after taking a Flare Blitz from it and getting burned.The Rillaboom fucked up though cause she was trapped in a perpetual state of Schröndingers Status. Sitting at 12 HP indefinitely.
Did people really write of meowstic despite having competitive and prankster from the start?
>>59633968well, Pod happened so a frail Psychic type isn't the best idea right now.
is bulky basc a waste of time over just maxing speed and attack?
>>59634004You should survive grassy glide, may inadvertently survive sucker punch from Gambit too.
Read this guys soul. Take this weak shit somewhere else. Not around here.
>starter pack is switch onlythey really don't want my money then? I would like 50 more spaces in the box.anyway feels good getting back to MB2 with a team I built myself
>>59634058>players who buy the switch and the games are rewardedWhy act shocked?
