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- Joseph Ugarte [US] has won the Louisville Regional Championship.- Nice Regionals October 17–18, 2026Louisville Day 2 Stream:https://www.youtube.com/live/omC2XtMO8yk>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)Dorian Kang vs Andrew Figueras EditionQuick 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.old >>59657813
>>59663245>mega zard dominationand to think people said it was shit after baltimore...
>>59663245>40 minute setfucking grimmsnarl
>>59662952>v-create is an issue>as if zard-y doesn't get an effectively 225bp move in weather ball with sun it sets up itselfI think V-Create is pretty outclassed at this point, especially since its lowers defenses and speed
free mythies
>>59663248Zard's lowest, top finishing position at Reg MC tournaments is 4th. The king never left, following it with a 1, 2, 3 at Louisville.
Fatigue
>>59663253famous last words of someone getting sun boosted scarf v-created
>>59663357Yeah but then I gotta devote a separate sun setter and have a harder time playing around other weather setters, when I can just use Zard-Y for an easier time with those issues since it sets sun on its own. Less work/thought and don't need to devote a 2nd slot for like Torkoal, for a similarly effective result.
>>59663364Use zard-y with it homie, it even gets Glaciate for the Garchomp switch in
>>59663368I suppose so, if it got Bolt Strike then it wouldn't be Basc fodder. Though my overall point was to the original anon in that I don't think Victini would be too broken of a Pokemon to add when you consider the existing options
>>59663373I switch in ttar. your move lmao
>>59663373maybebut consider:accurate sleep powder
>>59663376Yeah exactly, it's not exactly hard to counter some of these Pokemon>>59663377Vivillon's in the game already, or if you're Joseph Ugarte, Venusaur
I bet this weekend's tournament in France will be full of European SOVL and the z*rds will be scarce
pecharunt wouldn't be OP but I wouldn't wanna deal with it either
Got to MB3 even though my friends don't play it anymore.
>>59663412My friends never played it :(
>>59663409It turbo sucks in doubles. Like unreasonably bad. It's too slow for fast special attackers, doesn't do enough damage, and ends up using poison gas to poison both instead of toxic or malignant. In reg J there was a 'Runt/Dio-D team where the plan was poison everyone then cosmic power and try not to die while occasionally using stored power.
My main concern about mythicals in Champions is if they buffed Dark Voids accuracy or gave Mega Darkrai No Guard as an ability
>>59663434Calyrex shadow/sableye gravity
>>59663430I mean yeah no one in their right mind would use it over a real restricted but it was funny
>>59663439
Xchu very trendy right now
>>59663459the people are rising up against sleep powder venusaur
IM SO FUCKING SICK OF SCARF CHOMP + SYLVEON
Mega Chimecho should have gotten a Psychic version of Aerilate or Pixilate instead of keeping Levitate
Playing with a gourgeist team until the end of the month and maybe i'll switch to a metaslop team in november
literally every team on the ladder right now is just zard venu grimm arch sylv chomp
>>59663490this is where I would say corviknight but then they just lead zard instead
>>59663493No definitely a steel version. The steel thing is extremely forced. It barely learned any steel moves and it just has flash cannon. Would be significantly harder to find a partner for a steel type boomburst though.
>>59663511I faced the biggest team preview mindfuck yesterday with venusarr + zard/ arch + pelliper and mega gengar + rillaboom, that's probably scarier than Joe's team and I might copy it
the worst thing about the sun rain team is there's literally no safe lead into it, you always have to guess correctly or lose all your momentum turn 1 lead your zard counter? scarf chomp. lead your chomp counter? zard venu. something that works for both somehow? grimm/peli and arch. the majority of other team archetypes have very obvious leads (fake out, tailwind setters, trick room) but this one basically every pair on it works as a lead
shit game lol
i miss when every ladder team was gardevoir psyspam, those were easy to beat
>endeavor whimsicottOK that's interesting
People complain about Venusaur slop but sand is just as cheesy when sand faggots know their only win condition is spam rock slide and pray
>>59663595This, but at least ttar and excadrils weaknesses are easier to exploit
>>59663595you could have counterplay into Venu, and it just says fuck you sleepy time, or the partner blows you up with a sun boosted weather ball
They probably nerf weather ball after this right. Like whenever the next major update is. I could also see Arch being nerfed with stanima only going to plus two or three, or only being activated with contact moves, or both.
>>59663618arch wouldn't even be much of a problem if we had more items desu it already got a nerf with body press removed, it's just that we are too fucked out of options in championsbut yeah weather ball distribution is crazy
>>59663632more items and mons that is
>>59663618arch is fine like >>59663632 said we lack the tools to beat it. its weather ball that needs to be taken out back
>>59663643weather ball itself isn't even that broken, it just needs to be taken away from charizard
tfw cumshot's most well known feat is just beating a wolfe meme team
i wanna try this
>>59663156 #Your team loses to Excadrill sand teams on paper somehow so EOMM is trying to level your win rate out by sending you into them over and over. Don't believe me? Put an Excadrill hard counter on your team and watch as you never see one againReposting here because I replied in the last thread before realizing we'd moved
