#Pokemon
golden lance
It was in a major tournament too
tacit sphinx
oh yeah raz
What
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activate ostinato is full ashened combo
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well melo engine is actually y'know good
I thought a bit about mythicals
and jirachi would actually be hilarious
in vgc
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i meant more like
trick room helping hand
if it got follow me it'd actually be okay
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yes
golden lance
This game is ass
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gotta milk that sweet 30 bucks
i haven't seen encore in doubles tho
you almost always play like combination of follow me swords dance spiky shield power whip/wood hammer/horn leech ivy cudgel and stomping tantrum(on firepon)
pseudo goblet
Wow y’all really can speak comp for hours
kind vortex
the solution is to make mythicals more accessible (preferably by just adding them to the games, which they've been doing a bit more of, but still not nearly enough)
kind vortex
something i only just noticed is that the arceus-flying player apparently has a litwick in their team
this would have been back in ye olde days where that line had shadow tag as an (inaccessible) hidden ability, i'm guessing
but then why not just use chandelure instead
random stream
pseudo goblet
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Finally… Shiny Inkay
I’ve noticed every single shiny I’ve gotten are gold-ish color, ever since the golden outbreak started, in or out of the event itself
normal cave
That makes it even more precious. Either they made it on their own, or they found something very special just for you.
warm sky
Twitter
normal cave
Floof
bleak pine
floooooof
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big chungus
sand forge
well melo engine is actually y'know good
:')
pseudo goblet
Rika knows what’s up 
bleak pine
Clodsire is just blessed
sterile verge
Doxxed yourself or?
normal cave
Idt yozz lives there usually. Just on vacation there iirc.
But ye location is showing
placid junco
They don’t live there
I will confirm that much lol
spice rivet
Ya, Im on vacation
pseudo goblet
https://twitter.com/Elle_Loves_Hugs/status/1785757787936493793
They had~ to add the last one, don’t they lmao
mighty storm
btw anyone remember this book?
pseudo goblet
They had~ to add the last one, don’t they lmao
Basically one of the most yabai of them if I’m correct who that is
bleak pine
Oh yeah, Scholastic Pocket Monsters
I remember seeing a couple of em
Was one of the ways I learned of mons I never heard of before, too
mighty storm
They had~ to add the last one, don’t they lmao
Definitely gonna try a solo run with the corrupted mon 
sterile verge
btw anyone remember this book?
They make these every few years btw
pseudo goblet
Definitely gonna try a solo run with the corrupted mon <:KEKW:622347587516628993...
Or in some lore, the ‘correct evo form’ of their line 
random stream
bleak pine
Clef just bein Clef
inland gyro
wait hang on wtf tanky birb has no roost?
maiden flax
wait hang on wtf tanky birb has no roost?
It has roost
inland gyro
oh ok good i thought from that comment implied it didn't
mighty storm
ya know what we need? A mega lokix
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ya know what we need? A mega lokix
And make it a Rider Final Form
mighty storm
yep
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Technically not ‘final’ form, but this is the quickest ‘base form changed drastically into something different’ I can think of
Also, general fans wouldn’t really recommend KR Ghost so
placid junco
bleak pine
welp
kind hedge
Does anyone have a kyogre raid they could host for me I really need one for indi
tacit sphinx
Do it coward.
golden lance
https://vxtwitter.com/tyako_089/status/1785906031115305030?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEV...
I should ping @tacit sphinx about this
spice rivet
pseudo goblet
Do it coward.
@tacit sphinx okay
placid junco
pseudo goblet
Apparently my game decided to make me weekend-worth of hunting by making todays outbreaks really something
Pineco(want~), Sinistea Antique(I checked because my game didn’t register that form before), Cloyster would be interesting, Snealse(Pinkkkkkk), Toedscruel and Dewpider evo would be nice, still need shiny Shinx from the event
Nacli, Starly, Scyther and Wattrel to try finish the line
Didn’t even know there can be an Antique form outbreak, kinda beats the ‘it’s rare’ vibe but I’ll bite Ig
normal cave
Shiny sneasel line is sooooo gooooood
bleak pine
Pink Lemonade
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Leaving most of those to tomorrow-me, gonna go arrange my HOME
Update pic if anybody care
Huh, 2 months between the Goomy and Sliggoo
Took 3 and half female pyroars for me to get a male Pyroar, goddamn
long stone
@waxen moat is this your art lol.
mighty storm
"I wanna be, where the shellder are."
waxen moat
No hahaha I wish I was that good at background like that
pseudo goblet
<:SlowpokeWheeze:767232267029970955> No hahaha I wish I was that good at backgro...
legitmately having flashbacks that a discord server STOLE your arts just now 
pseudo goblet
I find it flattering
I find it mocking
waxen moat
I don't think anyone would maliciously take a fucking slowpokesweat emote 
pseudo goblet
I don't think anyone would *maliciously* take a fucking slowpokesweat emote <a:t...
God was this how me mom saw me when younger and being taking advantage on, Im legit gonna give you the 'Honey, you need to do something' speech 
Just because the rando server is about pokemon aint mean they can use your art freely
waxen moat
I guuuuuuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
pseudo goblet
My sis just called Gengar ‘a virus’, wished y’all can see my face reaction slowly changing hearing that
mighty storm
New regional gengar variant where it's a mono poison type
bleak pine
Basically those Viruses from Dr. Mario
pseudo goblet
Found Shiny Shinx from the event
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https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2117573677 the little clefable that could
ran into the #5 rated player who also has a lot of ladder medals (new thing from Smogon)
pseudo goblet
Welp, there’s the Shiny Veluza I knew I was gonna find randomly sooner or later- letting fate do its thing and not bother intentionally hunting it, I was trying with Cloyster btw
pseudo goblet
so is the web on the cake honey sauce or some kind of honey-chocolate
Oh what the hell, Murdock is working at Katy's cake shop???
normal cave
Web is probably hardened sugar for it to hold that shape
pseudo goblet
How can Sango both be a Brat and a bitch at the same time, at least we have someone who's completely opposite from her, I Love You Katy
So far her voice is so soft, adding her to my list of favorite fictional characters happens to be name Kaede
Also omg Alcremie’s lil hands
bleak pine
vagrant steppe
pseudo goblet
Huh, anime's badge kinda looks better than the in-game ones
outer eagle
both Calyrex next to each other
maiden flax
what's stronger than 1 pokemon? 2 pokemon
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warm sky
but not its brother
sister technically
Zacian is considered female in the dex
(but still genderless)
also tbf it's because how good press is innit
warm sky
golden lance
They should buff incin ngl
Give it the kommo o treatment where it just gets its z move back for no reason
bleak pine
Alolan Whip
golden lance
Alolan Whip that's dragon tail that also switches incin out
bleak pine
Yes
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Alolan Whip that's dragon tail that also switches incin out
nah its effect is basically z parting shot
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Damn terapagos actually seeing play?
yeah
I saw pagos on stream and it looked kinda insane
although it ended up losing to......................lugia comfey
the idea is meteor beam +1s your spA then you spam tera stormshards
sleek sky
first match in a while
definitely rusty
but I pulled it out somehow
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2117969890-tcczpx8nbw5kcediiw1l42v0tyvv4gzpw
latent sleet
OH BOY INCINEROAR ON EVERY TEAM AGAIN
kid named defiant annihilape
kind vortex
Twitter
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I like how the code literally says specs
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also tbf it's because how good press is innit
me thinks its probably not worth to have a restricted just for body press when you have registeel but 
kind vortex
registeel probably would want tr for that and zama gets a free def boost on top of natural stab
sounds fun to experiment with, if nothing else
kind vortex
sure, but opportunity cost is a factor for absolutely every other restricted too
using calyrex? no koraidon for you
and so on
if people want to have fun using zama to wreck face, then let them
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ig but comparing zama to calyrex or koraidon is kinda disingenuous
outer eagle
Specs Tera Electric Miraidon killing 50% AV Boomer with Volt Switch was funny
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indeed
kind vortex
ig but comparing zama to calyrex or koraidon is kinda disingenuous
they're all restricted mons with the same opportunity cost
it's just not a unique argument
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kind vortex
also wasn't parabolic charge always 65
kind vortex
so what i''m hearing is they made it electric draining kiss but decided that wasn't enough for some reason, so they buffed it in gen 7
also apparently until gen 9 it was only accessible by helioptile line and dedenne
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its a multitarget move too
kind vortex
then they gave it to tadbulb line and miraidon
multitarget but also hits your partner
which can be bad or good if you're using something specific
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says all adjacent pokemon rather than opponents on serebii, anyway
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it does hit your partner apparently
I remember there being a parabolic charge lefties spam team in early gen 9 vgc
bleak pine
🎵
outer eagle
butter bane went down huh
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both ice rider and shadow rider can ohko it iirc
bleak pine
Incineroar still winnin'
outer eagle
pretty sure both dragons can as well
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miraidon can probably ohko it with...........volt switch
outer eagle
depends on investment
max hp flutter does get ohko by specs tera electric volt switch
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252 SpA Choice Specs Hadron Engine Tera-Electric Miraidon Electro Drift vs. 252 HP / 252 SpD Protosynthesis Flutter Mane in Electric Terrain: 152-180 (93.8 - 111.1%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO
it doesn't survive even with 252 252
not modest because you probs play timid
outer eagle
yeah no way you play modest with that speed tier
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oh wait no i misclicked drift
it survives against volt
252 SpA Choice Specs Hadron Engine Tera-Electric Miraidon Volt Switch vs. 252 HP / 252 SpD Protosynthesis Flutter Mane in Electric Terrain: 106-126 (65.4 - 77.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
but like you never should play 252 252
at most you play like 220 hp
and 4 spD
outer eagle
so yeah realistically it should ohko always 
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sounds about right
ashen barn
-6 sp. Atk mega zard Y oneshot volcarona (that was boosted btw, 3 quiver) while tanking a hit from half hp.
I call bs on this
pseudo goblet
Shiny Pineco
bleak pine
Shoutouts to Delcatty
Like the ket
A right shame it isn't exactly great at battling, but that's alright
pseudo goblet
Oh, Katty actually have nice shiny, shame on kitten tho
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miraidon vs koraidon is peak matchup to end swiss
outer eagle
can x-3 even top anymore?
kind vortex
apparently aaron zheng and wolfe glick are co-casting the finals of indy
outer eagle
what an amazing final
mah boy electro bike getting his win 
not a single Koraidon in t8
sleek sky
having a little too much fun tonight
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2118586177-eq2rj2x9ykd7jdytdmbp27anydhtvz8pw
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not a single Koraidon in t8 <:KEKW:622347587516628993>
koraidon didnt look that impressive in stream ngl
most impressive koraidon feat was doing 40% to +1 farigiraf
I didn't think that vroom vroom was that good before the event
no wonder ubers people want it banned
outer eagle
most impressive koraidon feat was doing 40% to +1 farigiraf
Meanwhile Miraidon can deal 50%+ to resists while retaining momentum with Volt Switch
kind vortex
not having to deal with intimidate and burns and having stab on the terrain it sets
koraidon could never
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the goat is coming back
well tbf ice rider has to deal with intimidate too
and its perfectly fine using clear amulet
and it was even the best restricted
also top 8 teams ig
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well 120 base close combat off 135 * 1.333
outer eagle
well it's Close Combat so 
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idt you play collison course over close combat tbh
only korai on stream was playing collision ig
outer eagle
only Korai i've seen was using Collision but maybe others don't
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its also technically
120*0.75 off of 165 Atk btw :p
outer eagle
well yeah but then it hits twice so the damage doubles
outer eagle
Volt is technically stronger than Discharge
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60 vs 70 bp ig
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that final game his opponent needed the Flutter to survive, land a Moonblast, and get the 30%
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I haven't watched t8 second game and t4 t2
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heard t8 second game had zama feature
outer eagle
was splitting my attention between Rio and Italian back then
kind vortex
also top 8 teams ig
based latios player in top 8
outer eagle
my only impression of Latios was it getting ohko-ed by electro drift so gonna need to watch it back 
kind vortex
that would make sense since latios is made of papier-mache
pseudo goblet
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void herald
https://twitter.com/pokemon_tcg/status/1787322091727147494
pachirisu tanking the draco meteor was one of the all time most hype competitive pokemon moments imo
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pachirisu tanking the draco meteor was one of the all time most hype competitive...
that was peak
spice rivet
A few Hera are from the Mega Raids, but most were from Mexico
spice rivet
Its a nice flavour the thing, but I wiah they would do events where they were available globally more often, like atleast once a year or so.
bleak pine
It does make GO feel a bit more alive, and the Safari Zone events do help a little bit
But sometimes a mon you just like isn't going to be attainable if it's halfway across the world
Seriously, you can only find Torkoal in India
Some mons with very specific regions are very funny though
Apparently the only place in the entire world you can find Bouffalant is New York
spice rivet
Ya, also the Furfrou haircuts are crazy in Home
bleak pine
Like, Specifically New York City
spice rivet
Lmao
bleak pine
Some of em don't seem so bad, but the Pharaoh Trim is pretty exclusive
spice rivet
Also I think I need Tropius and that Australia exclusove iirc
bleak pine
I don't think there's a lot of trips people often plan to Egypt
bleak pine
Actually, seems you can do something with Furfrou to change it's coat, depending on the region you are in
So you don't like, catch Furfrou that have that specific coat, but just give it a makeover when you're in that spot
spice rivet
Ya, but also Heart Trim is exclusive to Valentines day only
bleak pine
Ahhh
maiden flax
imagine this
a pmd game, where one of the dungeons has a gimmick where...
the only enemies are ones from shiren, and only the worst ones
imagine getting hit by an ultra gazer
bleak pine
Ouch!
normal cave
imagine this
a pmd game, where one of the dungeons has a gimmick where...
the on...
Please no
It's enough that I get my ass handed to be by rice boss
Monsters leveling up is fucking scary, would hate to suddenly get draco meteored by a salamence because the bagon got a few kos.
maiden flax
It's enough that I get my ass handed to be by rice boss
Oh shoot you've played shiren?
normal cave
Ye
Only the english one for the ds
And I'm still trying to beat it 
Slowly getting the hang of it but right now I'm too invested in the restaurant thing
I got to table mountain and instantly died. Blinding lady carried until the swamp.
maiden flax
Ooo
pseudo goblet
bleak pine
pseudo goblet
ogerpon is the queen
So
Loyal three: Bullies
Pecharunt: that kid too weird no one likes
Ko&Miraidon: the cool kids
Who else I missed
placid junco
the treasures
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choice scarf dragapult so you can outspeed booster speed flutter clearly
also idk man mixed nite seems fine
maiden flax
choice scarf dragapult so you can outspeed booster speed flutter clearly
You joke but the actual reason is booster energy valiant and iron boulder
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how much speed does valiant have again
maiden flax
Slightly less than boulder
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iron rock has what? 120?
maiden flax
You joke but the actual reason is booster energy valiant and iron boulder
It's also to out speed ddance acrobatic roaring moon
maiden flax
And booster energy speed iron moth but that one to a lesser extent cause it can't just one shot that one
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idk moth speed either
maiden flax
110
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so pon speed tier huh
maiden flax
The iron mons are fasttt
Hands and thorns are the only 2 without any actual speed
And iron crown has middling
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brian hands can actually throw hands
maiden flax
people on ladder cannot be *trusted*
And that is why scarf dragapult is used sometimes
I still find it really interesting how good hands is in doubles in comparison to singles
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not anymore
because we got our overlord back
incin just outclasses hands in every way
and incin has intimidate so hands probably needs to play amulet if you play hands
maiden flax
and incin has intimidate so hands probably needs to play amulet if you play hand...
Also how different incin is in vgc in comparison to singles
In singles
Incin is NU
maiden flax
in vgc its 70%+
The power of intimidate in vgc
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intimidate is so good that most physical attackers carry clear amulet
most common one being ice rider
pseudo goblet
the treasures
Oh, Right, the emos ig
maiden flax
intimidate is so good that most physical attackers carry clear amulet
In comparison clear amulet is barely ever used in singles
And I know 1 item that has the exact opposite usage rate
Heavy duty boots
One of the best singles items ever made
That is barely ever used in doubles
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I know another item that's nonexistent in singles
heartflame mask
:p
jokes aside its probably safety googles
which is insane i doubles
and even before sleep ban idt it was good
in singles
maiden flax
jokes aside its probably safety googles
Safety goggles are more common in draft than in singles
outer eagle
How common are weather extender items in vgc?
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well I wouldn't say nonexistent
but like why would you use damp rock in pelliper over idk sash or life orb
and heat rock in toarkoal over specs/charcoal/eject pack
outer eagle
in Singles almost every weather team runs those so was wondering
maiden flax
Cause for singles 5 turns is a very short
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in doubles 5 turns is enough to like end games
that's why tailwind/trick room are so good
maiden flax
Cause of calyrex ice rider
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yep
maiden flax
In order for trick room to be good in singles the mons involved should be extremely worth it
Calyrex ice rider is def up there with it's million stats and 2 whole abilities
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singles probably needs a good mon which is setter + abuser itself
for TR to be good
maiden flax
Ursaluna nearly pushed it for singles
maiden flax
Ursaluna bloodmoon technically did but bloodmoon was also really freaking good even outside of trick room
Vacuum wave go brrrr
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in doubles too bloodmoon is insane outside TR
maiden flax
Bloodmoon go brrr
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you just tailwind
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or the tried and tested follow me + tera normal hyper voice
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doubles doesn't run healing or prio
because it doesn't need to and healing is kinda redundant
maiden flax
Well healing isn't as useful in doubles
2 mons on the field means you're more likely to just get nuked
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tera normal life orb bloodmoon ohkos flutter which is like insane
maiden flax
Where one on the field gives plenty of opportunity to heal
Huzzah for better scrappy!
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I remember when people thought it was worse than regular on release
maiden flax
And it's better cause ursaluna is a special attacker and thus does not care about the intimidate immunity
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because burn means big amoongus counter
and it has faster speed so it loses speed war on TR
then people realised wtf you don't need TR at all
maiden flax
Vacuum wave was great on calm mind ursaluna sets which sometimes ran tera fighting just for that extra little oomph
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tera fighting +1 vacuum wave sounds hilarious
maiden flax
I remember arguing with someone who said vacuum wave was bad like 2 sentences after saying mach punch was good
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maiden flax
Like
Dude
Vacuum wave is not a bad move
Its just that the strongest thing which could even run it prior to the DLC was infernape
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wonder when we'll get intimidate for special
maiden flax
wonder when we'll get intimidate for special
I want frostbite to be a thing
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freeze is funnier
maiden flax
Give ice more buffs
Let avalugg live special hits too
pseudo goblet
pseudo goblet
I like how zane was waiting 15 mins to post this
I didn’t wanna be rude okay
pseudo goblet
Also games threat is kinda busy I was back and forth lmao
pseudo goblet
https://vxtwitter.com/serebiinet/status/1787527276008984875?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcE...
Also I was gonna say, what are the chances that Gholdengo is gonna be the star this time
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I mean nasty plot metal coat gholdengo is insane
pseudo goblet
Really hope Shell bell helps like with Skeledirge
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just play recover metal coat ghold or sth
pseudo goblet
At this point 7 stars raid to me means heal game is needed
Oh what cheese string guy gets Recover?? Huh
maiden flax
I'm going to bet they gave it liquid voice psychic noise
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yes lol
maiden flax
Oh what cheese string guy gets Recover?? Huh
Yes
Uses it in singles to be even more of a nuisance
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In doubles recover is non existent
because you don't need it
you don't even play lefties anymore
because it doesn't do enough damage
without a boosting item
korea is wild
this team top 16'd the Korea Trainer's cup which is basically their worlds qualifiers
(prev reg tho)
maiden flax
korea is wild
this team top 16'd the Korea Trainer's cup which is basically the...
Huzzah for araquanid!
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araquanid got 9th in last NA regs too
man sadly bubbled out of topcuts
this team
water bubble tera water liquidation probably hits harder than urshifu
maiden flax
water bubble tera water liquidation probably hits harder than urshifu
Consider the following: entrainment on araquanid so urshifu rapid strike hits even harder (and can't get burn)
Sure it means the opponent can protect...
But unless they are immune
Nothing survives :p
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wdym entrainment
maiden flax
And what do you do against storm drain?
Easy
Give them water bubble too :p
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dude was on decorate
liquidation hit like a space shuttle
also araquanid's biggest niche over urshifu is wide guard
which is very useful in this regulation
maiden flax
wdym entrainment
It's a funny idea that I don't think is actually good which is having araquanid use entrainment to give urshifu rapid water bubble
pseudo goblet
also araquanid's biggest niche over urshifu is wide guard
Is that move uncommon or something? Masters EX’s Araquanid also have wide guard
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wide guard is kinda format dependent, yeah
pseudo goblet
Hmm
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I wouldn't say great but its good this format
maiden flax
I have a wide guard pelipper for my doubles raindo team
I want someone in vgc cook with raindo
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Lunala was the most common wide guard user in past generations
in doubles
but rn lunala is a lot worse when you can only play 1 restricted
maiden flax
Works in rain cause of perfect accuracy sandsear while dealing with those pesky electric types
And works outside of rain from being a Lando :x
pseudo goblet
Oh right I’ve been keeping this question for long time, why SwSh dogs now in Gen 9 doesn’t have their armoured form???
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they do
maiden flax
Oh right I’ve been keeping this question for long time, why SwSh dogs now in Gen...
They do
pseudo goblet
At least when I see them in raids
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just hold the sword / shield
it just means they're not holding their respective held item
metrona
wanna make a guess
pseudo goblet
Mmmkay, kinda hoped that was the case
maiden flax
What guess is it?
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guess what the best position zacian got in last week's regionals
maiden flax
guess what the best position zacian got in last week's regionals
Lower than zamazenta
maiden flax
You know what mythical I'm excited to see in doubles?
Magearna
Cause soulheart doesn't require magearna to get the kill
Now imagine a trick room team with magearna
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idk what magearna even does
maiden flax
idk what magearna even does
Magearna does
A lot
Like a lot a lot
But one thing I'm certain of is that you're going to have a new best trick room setter
Especially with how soul heart let's magearna gain spatk boosts from their ally getting kills
And have leaf storm but a fairy move
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seems like very minmaxed stats
maiden flax
It is
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also has fairy steel huh
maiden flax
It's banned in singles because it does far too much
It also has shift gear iron def calm mind for stored power shenanigans but stored power stuff isn't as good in doubles
But it also has the stats for weakness policy so it might still attempt it
maiden flax
weakness policy in open sheets
Fair lol
Soul heart is the big reason why I'm excited to see it
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they'll probably make a 1 month meme format post 2025 worlds where they allow all mythicals
maiden flax
Btw is it 1 mythical and 1 legendary or is it only 1 mythical or legendary? @fading stratus
maiden flax
No I meant
Didn't they announce a format where they allow mythical for the first time?
Let me check this again
maiden flax
Oh I misremebered lmao
pseudo goblet
just hold the sword / shield
Oh speaking of doggo
||https://youtube.com/shorts/bqrSK3W4-zI?si=OH-dTXR3wUSIlNTB
Trying my best to translate this
Girl: What kind of Pokémon is that, It’s so cool~
Koraidon: they’re on a winning streak for a while
Zacian, nice to meet you, um… you re pretty cute aren’t you
Koraidon: H-Hi
Zacian: if its okay, would you like to ‘Play Rough’ with me
Koraidon: could you not so casually do dirty jokes 😅
So, we know how well Koraidons do with Play Rough right
Zacian: without farther ado then~
Koraidon: didn’t I say NOT, SOMEBODY, SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!!||
maiden flax
If they allow 1 mythical + 1 legendary in the future
I can imagine magearna + calyrex ice rider being a nightmare comp
pseudo goblet
Fuck me… you thought I have learned my lesson about writing essays when I did subtitles for yt videos…
maiden flax
Ooo
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i didnt play the format so i don't know much
but iirc it allowed ALL MONS in natdex without the 2 restricted limit
so your mythicals had to be better than like cover legendaries
maiden flax
Ooo
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another question
will incineroar win worlds 4th year it's legal with intimidate
maiden flax
another question
will incineroar win worlds 4th year it's legal with intimidate
I want to be a contrarian and say no
mighty storm
Anyone up to play DNU on showdown?
spice rivet
waxen moat
C u t e
mighty storm
oh its not even a slowpoke/slowbro
Purely coincidental
like how wiglet is not a diglet
bleak pine
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Anyone up to play DNU on showdown?
dnu?
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no idea wtf it is
tacit sphinx
no idea wtf it is
Untiered basically
normal cave
All I could find
normal cave
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shuckle piss
pseudo goblet
… just realize we won’t be seeing a random wild Pokémon show up and decided to join them for a while
Although that would imply any interesting pokemon showed up might ended caught by the trio instead
crimson moat
I’m probably late but https://twitter.com/Sliver_Nugget/status/1788068226292719654
Twitter
normal cave
Shell smash go brr
warm sky
I KNEW I WASN'T INSANE FOR HATING BW OU CLOYSTER
sterile verge
Who the fuck is actively playing BW ou
warm sky
warm sky
Who the fuck is actively playing BW ou
Insane people tbh
sterile verge
I can't escape it
Hold on
STOP POSTING ABOUT TCNICK3! I'M TIRED OF SEEING IT! MY FRIENDS ON TIKTOK SEND ME PIPLUP, ON DISCORD IT'S FUCKING PIPLUP! I was in a server, right? and ALL OF THE CHANNELS were just penguins. I-I showed my pokemon plushies to my girlfriend and t-the piplup I pointed at it and I said "hey babe look it's tcnick3 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" I fucking looked at a blue bird and said "GUYS GUYS IT'S TCNICK3" I looked at my neighborhood duck I think of a penguin and I go "PENGUIN? LIKE LIKE TCNICK3" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHGESFG
golden lance
I’m probably late but https://twitter.com/Sliver_Nugget/status/17880682262927196...
I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG
I KNEW THAT MF WAS BROKEN SINCE 2012
sand forge
This looks different enough to not be a complete ripoff though
In fact I'd argue it barely resembles Slowpoke to begin with
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https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/gen-9-do-not-use-diglett-alola-banned-pet-...
I was looking at the sets and I had forgotten for a moment that singles doesn't have item clause
outer eagle
i don't even know why item clause exists in the first place
bleak pine
olliv
shadow estuary
Pikachu loves me :D
bleak pine
spice rivet
mighty storm
I was looking at the sets and I had forgotten for a moment that singles doesn't ...
so you up for a match?
pseudo goblet
pseudo goblet
Weirdly enough, this technically makes it a Slowking lol
mighty storm
true
mighty storm
same
bleak pine
Woopah
pseudo goblet
Shoutout to this lil guy lol
mighty storm
sleepy woop
fading stratus
so you up for a match?
maybe some other time
daring pine
Twitter
pseudo goblet
https://twitter.com/t_features/status/1788403558976749742
What the fuck- Pokemon x Super Sentai mecha with metal coming soon??? 
daring pine
Just mecha
But yeah uh...who the fuck would this be
Zygarde complete?
Well, i will say, none of you will afford it
It's the chogokin way
pseudo goblet
But yeah uh...who the fuck would this be
I mean, we already had that Disney 100th special combined mecha, as this point I won’t be surprised if we get a pokemon combiner
daring pine
i was guessing zygarde complete coz the new game + he is pretty big + he is mecha like
pseudo goblet
i was guessing zygarde complete coz the new game + he is pretty big + he is mech...
‘What you thought we’re giving you a chill-relaxing Legends game where you hang around a specific city??? Fools, it’s a Tokusatsu rip-off in France’
pseudo goblet
Zygarde complete?
Oh speaking of https://vxtwitter.com/serebiinet/status/1788501770886377614?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw
I legit thought we had the FINAL vocaloid x Pokemon song few months ago, the one with 18 types Miku MV
@normal cave https://vxtwitter.com/tl2zymo0jsu1lzi/status/1788151421646573705?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw
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pseudo goblet
Then again, Roy is the one saying ‘do a few with Stomping tantrum’ in one spot
pseudo goblet
<:PepePoint:902237182629126214>
Oh right if it means anything, Roy defeated the grass gym leader
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I defeated the grass gym leader like 2 years ago
pseudo goblet
1v1 Fuecoco vs Sudowudo, without immediate Tera
pseudo goblet
<:EZ:873056992019759124>
The Sudowudo kept doing Substitute too
Like almost 20 worth of them
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do you mean 20 substitutes or 20 sudoowoodo worth of substitutes
pseudo goblet
do you mean 20 substitutes or 20 sudoowoodo worth of substitutes
Former
Actually no wonder the Rocky tree got tired half way through now that I think about it
fading stratus
20 subs is like 500% hp
pseudo goblet
20 subs is like 500% hp <:nukgar:1232064229373378712>
It was an interesting battle
It’s either they don’t tera, Rock vs Fire, with their best attack on each other being Stone Edge vs Stomping Tantrum
Or Tera, Still Stone Edge but now with Flamethrower
Roy did a dumb… battling Nemona INFRONT of the gym leader, showing the guy most of Fuecoco’s new moves 
Could’ve surprise him with Disarming Voice
sterile verge
This is what kingdom hearts is like
sterile verge
I legit thought we had the FINAL vocaloid x Pokemon song few months ago, the one...
It was so popular they indefinetly extended the campaign
pseudo goblet
This is what kingdom hearts is like
Even the out of nowhere Kamen rider Disney Belt
sterile verge
https://twitter.com/t_features/status/1788403558976749742
Realistically this is zygarde complete btw
Considering its literally just a mecha
daring pine
yup my guess too
timing would be also weird not to
zygarde push and all coz new gam
pseudo goblet
zygarde push and all coz new gam
And the anime
daring pine
is zygarde in horizons
pseudo goblet
Anime showed a ||Shiny Zygarde|| recently
sterile verge
10% but yeah
daring pine
oooh
pseudo goblet
is zygarde in horizons
sterile verge
Its super recent though so I imagine they'll develop that plot more
daring pine
thats like an average chogoken
sterile verge
daring pine
it's a diecast metal figure thats usually on the bigger side
sterile verge
Add that to the pile of stuff to pick up when I go to japan instead of importing
daring pine
there are stuff that are cheaper side of chogoken but theyre on the 6 inch side
pseudo goblet
HOW MUCH
Yeaaaaaaaa why you think almost no sane person gets the Sentai Mecha they make
sterile verge
Yeaaaaaaaa why you think almost no sane person gets the Sentai Mecha they make <...
Who said I'm sane
pseudo goblet
Who said I'm sane
High five
daring pine
coz in like elsewhere you gotta pay for shipping and taxes
thats my guess if he's on the bigger side
pseudo goblet
Add that to the pile of stuff to pick up when I go to japan instead of importing
Do you even like Sentai??? I think they make other stuff but Sentai mecha are ones I’m familiar with, even then to me they re like, do stuff annually
pseudo goblet
well...have fun forking out $300
Fuck Sake- I recently bought something worth(or not) exactly that much too
sterile verge
pseudo goblet
I just need one answer, do they have Build 👏
pseudo goblet
retail in japan should be about $250?
Seeing this is Pokemon, what are the chances whatever they re cooking worths MORE
pseudo goblet
pokemon collabs last very briefly
So, have fun with retail
The ‘this is limited bitch’ tax
sterile verge
pokemon collabs last very briefly
Hatsune miku lasting a full year+ somehow
pseudo goblet
Idk, Zygarde would fit but, some part of me think they would rather go for one of their mascots, Pikachu or something, to sell better since it’s the popular ones
pseudo goblet
Fuckkkkk- apparently I had a Snom outbreak today, welp now I know whose the primary goal today
Sorry Bounsweet, Flaffy, Rookiedee, Popplio, Wooper
I still gonna try with them, just won’t be trying with the Sparkling power going on
I swear to Arceus- if I find another shiny Pyroar while I’m doing this Happiny outbreak lol
pseudo goblet
@mighty storm I almost missed a random Shiny A-Grimer if I didn’t come out of water while on Popplio Outbreak 
mighty storm
oof
pseudo goblet
That’s two for two on random A-Grimer now, surely I’ll one day have time to evolve all my spares shiny for their evo form
daring pine
@golden lance @pseudo goblet @sterile verge
Turns out it was not anyone expected
Good news they wont cost a month's rent
Bad news, if you wish it was zygarde
daring pine
Interesting picks
13.2k yen for santa bird
And 16.5k yen for volcarona
No hate to those 2 but...hell no
golden lance
Moth unironically looks worse, why is it the more expensive one?
daring pine
Probably bigger?
Yeah im not into this, not coz it's not zygarde, just those prices, for chogokin these are small, but has the chogokin prices
spice rivet
Ya, that prices seems very high
pseudo goblet
https://fixupx.com/t_features/status/1788720646777967001?s=46&t=x2Ftuwaf7_PSDLsZ...
Could’ve done with Iron Thorns too lmao
@daring pine @golden lance Kay so I checked, compared to these lil 13k and 16k figures, you could get DX Kingohger for 9k
In yen
Kingohger’s version of Kyoryuger memorial weapons tho wtf
I mean, Chrome Delibird and Volcarona looked nice, but nah, it’s just metal, the features and play value are pretty little
pseudo goblet
What move it has? Kinda curious with Water Absorb Clodsire
spice rivet
Tera Blast (PP Maxed), Surf (Just to build Orb charge), Fake Tears, Free slot
Water Absord Clod could probs do it too so long as you have a way to buff its attack/nerf Prims Def
pseudo goblet
Tera Blast (PP Maxed), Surf (Just to build Orb charge), Fake Tears, Free slot
Oh I meant the Primarina
spice rivet
Moonblast, Encore, Sing (Shoutout Liquid Voice lmao), Surf and Sparkling Aria were theones I saw
fading stratus
I never knew liquid voice works like that
that makes sense
but I never thought about it
maiden flax
Moonblast, Encore, Sing (Shoutout Liquid Voice lmao), Surf and Sparkling Aria we...
I'm sad they didn't pull out the psychic noise liquid voice
pseudo goblet
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also EU updated its notable matches interface
neat
outer eagle
serperior...interesting
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I think serperior has like 5 regionals tops
total
normal cave
Schnek
outer eagle
Glare do be good
And you can abuse opposing Grassy Terrain
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its AV
outer eagle
AV Raging Bolt
man's not trying to get swept by Miraidon
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man's whole team is anti miraidon
2 ground types and AV bolt
no way -1 flutter was faster than serperior 
outer eagle
scary face is -2 iirc
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it was on sun
outer eagle
according to bulba it's just a multiplier
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so it'd be 75%
I think flutter caps at 205
which means serperior is slower than 153
LMFAO MISS
"I don't think serperior is a fast pokemon"
caster moment fr
I think the turn 1 miss costed the game tbh
outer eagle
probably
fading stratus
turn 1 miss means flutter wasn't on otk threat turn 2
well kill threat
which means you don't lose either grimm turn 2 or valiant turn 3
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last thing I expected from the stream is Zamazenta mirror
spice rivet
God, imagine saying that during Gen 8 that this would happen in Gen 9 VGC. You wouldve been laughed out of the room lmao
fading stratus
yeah lmao
not even gen 9
like 3 months ago
I was like wtf zamazenta literally last week
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shiny
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good question
if shadow rider uses draining kiss is it the horse or the gnome that does the kiss
bleak pine
Yurgh, horse kiss
I don't wanna think about that, especially when said horse is very much a form of ghost
spice rivet
It just treats your face like a sugar cube
spice rivet
Lmaooooo
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not my joke they said that on stream but its still funny
sleek sky
I'M GAMING
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sleek sky
(Realistically Low Kick would have achieved the same thing in this situation. But I was still gaming.)
bleak pine
Making a good call and successfully landing Focus Punch is a good feeling
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focus punch really catches people off guard
maiden flax
focus punch really catches people off guard
It catches people...
Off focus
pseudo goblet
@fading stratus @mighty storm https://youtu.be/4QGbsl1XSnQ?si=BxSZFdpqjkw-CMJO
Not sure if it’s good for me that this weekend gave me a few yt content that got me interest in
Two of them being 1 hour long
mighty storm
oh yeah that came up in my notifcations
pseudo goblet
Each
mighty storm
yup
pseudo goblet
I am, learning so many new fact for these newer and some older pokemon 
Suddenly Gholdengo became not out-of-nowhere idea for me
THE BEAST PARADOXES TRIO MAKE SENSE?!
Or was ‘have loose connection to real world’ the word, idk
random stream
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It catches people...
Off focus
ba dmm tss
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<@703113512901410858> <@268199601817780234> https://youtu.be/4QGbsl1XSnQ?si=BxSZ...
will watch it later
maiden flax
In the history of Pokemon and Smogon there have been a total of 4 Pokemon that have been banned from standard ubers
Who are these 4 and order them chronologically from when they got officially banned
outer eagle
||M-Ray, Zacian i know for sure||
||Maybe Arceus was banned at some point? ||
||Miraidon was banned from Natdex but not regular Ubers||
maiden flax
||M-Ray, Zacian i know for sure||
||Maybe Arceus was banned at some point? <:Ogr...
The answers are in this order:
||Mega Rayquaza the first ever ban to AG due to sheer power
Gen 4 Arceus who was originally banned due to technical difficulties but after mega rayquaza's ban was given a retest as it could now be implemented, turns out it was actually just AG worthy
Gen 8 Zacian when it's stats weren't nerfed and intrepid would activate every time it comes in
Gen 9 Calyrex Shadow Rider, banned due to gaining actual coverage like draining kiss and the addition of tera making it even more difficult to deal with on top of that||
outer eagle
||Really shows how out of touch i am with gen 9 developments. completely forgot about Calyrex.||
outer eagle
apparently Zamazenta mirror is common nowadays
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The answers are in this order:
||Mega Rayquaza the first ever ban to AG due to ...
I didn't know the second one
knew other 3
ayo wtf
outer eagle
the dropoff from top5 is crazy
would be REALLY funny if Miraidon wins the 1st regional then Zam wins the 2nd one
so much for predictions
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i think people predicted zama would be good coming into stockholm
it was in almost 1/10th of decks yesterday
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man teracluster is such a strong move
outer eagle
you mean starstorm?
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cluster is the italian name
outer eagle
pagos feels like it punishes balance a lot
outer eagle
2 Caly-Ice 2 Pagos 2 Zam 2 Mirai
Perfectly balanced top 8
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balanced like god intended
those 4 are like only real restricted
(i still don't believe in zama)
zamazenta's biggest advantage as a physical attacker is it doesn't care about incin if it keeps spamming body press ig
outer eagle
Zam also likes matching up into Pagos i'd think
fading stratus
pagos, ice rider
outer eagle
Ice Rider can at least use its defensive Tera
Pagos is always Stellar
outer eagle
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the funniest part is both zama teams are identical
also the ice rider teams
I hope nils wins ngl
drago deserves a regs win
also japanese guy coming to EU then topping a regs is funny
warm sky
Twitter
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aww
pseudo goblet
https://vxtwitter.com/serebiinet/status/1789491953853182405?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw
https://vxtwitter.com/serebiinet/status/1789577024002011517?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw
I feel bad for Roy lol
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there's no Asia championship.........
they probably mean asian nats
aww nils lost to michael
1 Ice Rider 1 Terapagos 1 Zamazenta 1 Miraidon in t4
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Zamazenta vs Terapagos
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pagos for me
its because its a asian dude
it'd be funny for a japanese guy to win eurpoean regs
zane join us
its finals
pseudo goblet
Found Shiny Smoliv, does it worth the herba, maybe, I was hoping to find it with the Petilil outbreak- but~~~ Lotads kinda in my way
pseudo goblet
its finals
Hmm, vid link?
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normal cave
https://vxtwitter.com/serebiinet/status/1789491953853182405?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcE...
@jagged linden your favorite has an event
pseudo goblet
Jesus that Maushold plush is long lol
fading stratus
it is they have the whole family
outer eagle
yapping...
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did they actually say yapping
pseudo goblet
What in the, this team
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lmao
pseudo goblet
No limit?
outer eagle
rock ogre on the rise i see
pseudo goblet
Oh cool, the only comp Rock Pon I’ve seen so far
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nah rock pon has 2-3 tops
outer eagle
Oh cool, the only comp Rock Pon I’ve seen so far
it won last week's reg
outer eagle
2-3 is a...modest number
outer eagle
2-3 for me is the "usable" range
fading stratus
anyway pog such a prediction
pseudo goblet
This is so much faster than the last finals I watched, cause not mirrors fight
fading stratus
that was top 4
also last format
any format where cover legendaries are legal is decently fast
pseudo goblet
I just realize that was a moment with the two DLC babies on screen, was
Man had an existential crisis in the corner
pseudo goblet
imagine potentially losing to a 5% <:KEKW:622347587516628993>
If it’s not 100% accurate, it’s 50% accurate
pseudo goblet
If it’s not 100% accurate, it’s 50% accurate <:blob3c:856791836059762688>
Chi yu really just say ‘I’m returning the favor’
outer eagle
well shit
pseudo goblet
‘Twice’
outer eagle
that Chien-Pao could have just protected and got back to Sash range
you know what's funny
pseudo goblet
These two narrators, I swear
outer eagle
can't really say "yeah he won due to god given rng" now can they?
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like when a youtuber commentates on a match they'd absolutely say that
outer eagle
"So what Restricted mons do you think will be best in Regulation G?"
"I'd say Calyrex-Shadow Rider and Koraidon are S-tier."
pseudo goblet
Did one of them just say ‘rizzen up’???
Or did I misheard Risen
Oh shit found another Shiny Smoliv, Dollive~~
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noone said koraidon ryu
I said kyogre and ice rider
but like I really like ice rider
zane can vouch
pseudo goblet
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and good players said shadow rider and idk forgot
outer eagle
noone said koraidon ryu
i remember seeing quite a few tier lists with Korai tbh
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I'd seen bunch of lists with groudon over korai
people said ice rider is A tier at best too
outer eagle
A for Absolute Zero
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but like when teams are playing 1-2 dark types in every team
shadow rider kinda sucks
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shadow rider also kinda doesn't do enough damage
unless you use 1 nasty plot
but nasty plotting when you're frail af is kinda risky
outer eagle
yeah setting up is kinda memes this format so far
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that's why I'm a huge fan of tera ghost CSR
pseudo goblet
We ain’t done??
fading stratus
we're done
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yeah
outer eagle
SR not being able to slap Specs on it also holds it back quite a lot i'd think
unless you wanna autolose to Pagos or Ursa
outer eagle
and yeah Sp.Def Inc was relatively popular iirc
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dark urshifu, goltres, incin
outer eagle
which Shifu has been more popular
outer eagle
expected
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dark is popular in ice rider teams
outer eagle
patching up the speed with prio do be nice
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unless you wanna autolose to Pagos or Ursa
also farigiraf
giraf is decently popular
outer eagle
that's not bad ig
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next event with stream
now we wait 2 weeks
well there's asian nationals but they're reg f
and i don't wanna watch reg f
zane if you wanna compete we can make a team
:p
in your nats
malaysia nats is on petaling jaya iirc
next month
30th june
pseudo goblet
||https://youtu.be/0mzUeDUadPU?si=ByiYgeIC0Rr2Fmz5|| also @fading stratus sorry ping but FINALLY, I’ve been waiting for this, ||fast Fire and Bolt 👀||
