Pokemon

[warm sky]

https://x.com/rindoriko/status/1898348962798796884?t=L9ib6hwnjxS3L2lTV5Mi7w&s=19

https://fxtwitter.com/twillcoco/status/1897983864192270511?t=VvYhtVr5C_VPPvAAZRVSGw&s=19

https://fxtwitter.com/tttto_f/status/1897645862920081730?t=6wZA4s2A4leXYuK-0EK23Q&s=19

https://twitter.com/kaki_jam03/status/1897236052890542525?t=w7fO4b7adzbsP3Wk4-Znvg&s=19

https://twitter.com/esnyra41/status/1897027104149209577?t=PbQkKjvb9aRQ2dH6KjjEWg&s=19

リンドリコ/Rindoriko (@rindoriko) on X

楽しみ!!!
#PokemonLegendsZA

X · Mar 8, 2025, 12:23 PM

れじれ (@kaki_jam03) on X

ガイくん

X · Mar 5, 2025, 10:41 AM

ESNYRA (@esnyra41) on X

ZA楽しみです
#ポケモンイラスト
#pokemonfanart

X · Mar 4, 2025, 8:51 PM

[pseudo goblet]

I WANTED TO PLAY THE GAME WITH JUST THE GIRLS

Boys boring

[warm sky]

Cringe

Zane they're literally the same character

[pseudo goblet]

… hmm, cant disagree

STILL

[sterile verge]

I want them to both be girls so they can be gay

[warm sky]

That's selfcest smh

[pseudo goblet]

???

[sterile verge]

[warm sky]

Zane the opposite rival is literally the player character

[sterile verge]

Not gonma dignify that with a response

[pseudo goblet]

Werent we talking female protag and the female rival

[warm sky]

Zane please look at their hair

[pseudo goblet]

… oh

Oh no…

[warm sky]

It's like with x&y

Just more extreme

The other character has a complete different fit, hair, eye and skin color

But still had the same hairstyle and face

[pseudo goblet]

In my defense(failed many today)… this is a first

[warm sky]

I mentioned it before

[pseudo goblet]

Didnt saw it

[warm sky]

It's likely more extreme because the player characters are again

Pseudo-Lyra and Ethan

[pseudo goblet]

It all make sense now

[warm sky]

So the NPC version wants to be super different

[pseudo goblet]

So what, the protag names are the same as the rivals then?

[warm sky]

Since you can't use the excuse of legends Arceus

[warm sky]

Probs

I do wonder how Masters is gonna do this tho

Like they made both Rei/Akari their NPC version

Rather than the faller PC

[sterile verge]

I doubt we'll get the Z-A chars tbh

[pseudo goblet]

Y

[sterile verge]

https://tenor.com/view/marvel-fan4stic-fantastic-four-the-thing-say-that-again-gif-9345984830195785978

[pseudo goblet]

Oh my bad I just register this, nah Rei is the faller in Masters

They just made him able to talk

[warm sky]

Then the internet lied to me

[sterile verge]

Yeah rei is the faller of them

Which

Why

[warm sky]

How do they fucking explain him looking like Lucas then

[sterile verge]

That's the neat thing

They don't

[pseudo goblet]

Eh kinda

[warm sky]

[pseudo goblet]

Irida and Adaman confused them for other two

[warm sky]

At the least with Urbaine and Taunie you have an excuse

They're not as obvious

And you can use the NPC version

[pseudo goblet]

Could be a Brycen man situation

Yes hes in Masters

Along with Serena’s favorite

[sterile verge]

Aren't they literally just acting for that event

Its not like they exist at the same time as brycen and sabrina

[pseudo goblet]

Exactly, just outfit they can alternate

[sterile verge]

Also wtf leave me alone I have good taste

[fading stratus]

huh i didnt realise either

[sterile verge]

Shoutout to my steel type team in pokemas being stupidly broken

[pseudo goblet]

Right???

[sterile verge]

Arc suit steven, anni lillie 2, rider selene

[pseudo goblet]

Hop Gloria Lillie?

Ah, the more p2w team lol

[sterile verge]

P2w my ass I got them for free

The gacha gods blessed me

I got steven roll one, selene roll 3

[pseudo goblet]

Hop is free

[fading stratus]

i woulda made a joke but i probs shouldn't

[sterile verge]

I've only ever hit pity in this game twice iirc

[sterile verge]

Do it.

[sterile verge]

Zerena and Juliana

Still waiting for them to rerun nc serena btw

[pseudo goblet]

Tempting to login and taunt Serena

[sterile verge]

I've already said I'm willing to spend money if it means getting her lol

And I have candies saved for her

[fading stratus]

go catch lunala

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/nigerundayo-joseph-joestar-jojo-run-anime-gif-22126748

[warm sky]

[fading stratus]

btw zane can you gurantee lunala

[sterile verge]

[fading stratus]

or is it also just random

[sterile verge]

Tell me what in my top 10 is a bad pick

Smh

[fading stratus]

everything

[pseudo goblet]

In what way

[warm sky]

Iono

[fading stratus]

can you gurantee that the mon at the end is lunala

always

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-pokemon-scarlet-pokemon-violet-iono-gif-9664937022484731644

[pseudo goblet]

Oh you mean catchrate?

100% dw

[fading stratus]

no like is the mon at the end of the 4 encounters always lunala

[pseudo goblet]

Ohhhhhh jesus I am DUMB tonight

Yes the mon are always Lunala

[fading stratus]

ah gotcha

[pseudo goblet]

Yozzoy gave me the access route to it

[fading stratus]

yozzogoat

[pseudo goblet]

Kinda implies Yozzoy is working on it too lol

[fading stratus]

lunala is a decent mon

lunala groudon is gunna win worlds copium

[sterile verge]

IONO'S HOT WHAT

😭

[warm sky]

[sterile verge]

[pseudo goblet]

Katy tho

[sterile verge]

Unfortunately anything I could say to win this argument would also get me banned so

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/katy-iono-pokemon-anime-pokemon-anime-gif-11510770371927267382

[warm sky]

Let me guess, Melony and Wicke?

[pseudo goblet]

hmm. sure

they re cute

Katy makes sweets, Katy like cute bugs, bonus points

https://tenor.com/view/lokix-gif-17231414504252098462

[sterile verge]

See I'm not predictable at all in taste

No one can guess my opinions

[pseudo goblet]

Serena

[warm sky]

https://twitter.com/Ktyon3/status/1901624317697532216?t=uQ7jzeaNE1HW6wdTTGmlTA&s=19

https://twitter.com/orange_mikan0u0/status/1900452361371566337?t=BpDcwWMIZFlp5FGXRh0QLA&s=19

@sterile verge @pseudo goblet for you two nerds

ケチョンさん🐕 (@Ktyon3) on X

🐰

X · Mar 17, 2025, 1:19 PM

みかん (@orange_mikan0u0) on X

ホワイトデーセール準備万端！💝
#ポケモンSV #カエデ

X · Mar 14, 2025, 7:42 AM

[warm sky]

I can guess them being wrong

[pseudo goblet]

She cute~~~~~~~~

[warm sky]

[sterile verge]

Cinderace and scizor holy shit

[sterile verge]

Oh yeah

Ask away then

[pseudo goblet]

You like Whitney

[warm sky]

Also I forgot to comment but

sylveon
Iron valiant

I know what you are

[pseudo goblet]

idgi

Im on a dumb streak today

[sterile verge]

Meowscarada too

[pseudo goblet]

ahhh, thirsty?

[warm sky]

No

T r a n s

[pseudo goblet]

second guess lol

[fading stratus]

I should make one gimme the link

[sterile verge]

Both

[warm sky]

Also ofc you have Azumarill too

[fading stratus]

its called liking fairy holy

[pseudo goblet]

damn It I remembered that part too

[sterile verge]

IT WAS BY ACCIDENT TOO

[pseudo goblet]

and Marill

[warm sky]

You literally picked the 3 most trans mons in the franchise

[sterile verge]

Tbf they're all peak

[fading stratus]

its like saying you like machamp you're gay now

[warm sky]

Nah, but if you're gay and your favourites is all shit like urshifu, rillaboom and incin

[sterile verge]

[fading stratus]

rillaboom is peak tho
you'll never know how fun cycling fake out is

[warm sky]

I'm surprised nobody's ever drawn like butch yuri incin x rillaboom

It's only ever yaoi

[sterile verge]

Yeah I kill them all before it happens

[pseudo goblet]

dont remind me lol

[fading stratus]

lemme make mine

[pseudo goblet]

its always Inci and rilla, in public and the dark corners of internet

[warm sky]

https://cajunavenger.github.io/

[sterile verge]

We should pin this tbh

[warm sky]

Done

Also again, my list remains 100% flawless

[pseudo goblet]

@fading stratus

I can only hold three so

[fading stratus]

ah

Behold

(that team at the end is a actual competitive team probably )

[pseudo goblet]

Crustle

[lilac fiber]

Fellow Torterra enjoyer spotted

[pseudo goblet]

I love and hate the crab

[lilac fiber]

And a fellow krookodile/toxicroak enjoyer too

[fading stratus]

toxicroak is goated

[lilac fiber]

For real, love that mans

[warm sky]

I just threw in my top 6

But also, not a gambit fan?

[lilac fiber]

https://tenor.com/view/toxicroak-tuesday-gif-22972910

[fading stratus]

I dont like gambit yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Shockingly

[fading stratus]

I like honchkrow but not murkrow

[warm sky]

Fraxure over Haxorus is your only really bad take tbh

[pseudo goblet]

wait srsly

Bolt what the frick lol

[fading stratus]

nah haxorus looks ugly

[lilac fiber]

If I am being honest, I kinda get it

[fading stratus]

fraxure looks cool

[warm sky]

Zane we have to kill him

Double rider kick his ass

[pseudo goblet]

cowabunga

[lilac fiber]

A bit shocked to see bisharp up there so much but no king gambit? Did you not like the evo or could you just not fit it in?

[fading stratus]

I dont like gambit

I like bisharp

gambit looks fat

its not fat but it looks fat

[warm sky]

Oh wow fatshaming smh

[lilac fiber]

Ah, I am just used to liking the entire lines when I like a mon so I am not used to people not liking a stage

[fading stratus]

understandable

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/kamen-rider-kick-kamen-rider-kamen-rider-ichigou-kamen-rider-ichigo-kamen-rider-nigo-gif-19884885

[lilac fiber]

Bisharp is cool though, I do think his design is better than gambits

[fading stratus]

yeah

[lilac fiber]

I also just find it a bit funny/weird that gambit legit just hovers everywhere

https://tenor.com/view/kingambit-kingambit-horizons-gif-11343100130751931572

Like so

[fading stratus]

its funny yeah

[lilac fiber]

Hes like eustache

https://tenor.com/view/courage-the-cowardly-dog-eustace-gif-25666144

[fading stratus]

I dont like gambit because bisharp looks cool and gambit is just straight up downgrade

[pseudo goblet]

aight, 6th encounter, finger cross yall

[lilac fiber]

I do agree with that point design wise, gambits design is a bit of a downgrade

Moustache is to big and he should walk in my opinion

[pseudo goblet]

nada

huh, Barraskewda gets Scale Shot

HELLOOOOOOOO Ninjask

[fading stratus]

it doesnt even have scales to shoot

[lilac fiber]

Also its so fast already it doesn't really need it

[fading stratus]

holy its 136

thats faster than flutter mane

[pseudo goblet]

yet this one uses assurance

also Aqua Jet

[fading stratus]

priority is cool

[pseudo goblet]

and almost dead to Drapion

[fading stratus]

even scarf urshifu uses aqua jet

[pseudo goblet]

... Enemy Drapion used Acupressure on teammate..

Drapion you good??

[fading stratus]

what does acupressure do again

[pseudo goblet]

it raise Boldore's attack

huh, totally expecting a death from Drapion, no deaths somehow

now I can use it for Lunala

so apparently no teammate means give buffs to your enemy

7th encounter

nothin, also people werent kidding saying it takes 20 minute per run

changing to Roaring Moon lol

[fading stratus]

20*100 is just 2000 mins

which is like not even 2 days

[pseudo goblet]

so 48 hours

[fading stratus]

33

[pseudo goblet]

mate I barely have 2 hours of free will each day

you re totally running math rn arent you

hooooo yeah Im running Dragon Sandwich, Sableye is here too

fuck You cant picnic in Area Zero

shit Im eepy already

[fading stratus]

its just 1 15

[mighty storm]

Found a weird romhack that uses all new types

and regional variants to fit their new type

[long stone]

What type is that fucking Chikorita...

Why out of dem 3, Chikorita looks the most crazy

[normal cave]

Surprisingly Chiko is my fave of these 3 starters in their artstyle and it's not close

The other two are ugly, Chiko looks cool as hell

[long stone]

Can't even tell what's new about scorbunny

Why chiko has boots

And a stinger

[long stone]

Rampengu us that you...

[mighty storm]

Knight type

magic scorbunny, knight chikorita, and dex piplup

[sacred hatch]

kalos is that you?

[mighty storm]

Anyone got an extra butterfree in pocket?

[pseudo goblet]

Just 1 here

[normal cave]

That does not come through in design. Chiko screams Punk or Music type or something

They look like a glam rock star

[pseudo goblet]

Oh cool Bruial here already https://x.com/trulyavaporeon/status/1902154964304318959?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

Vap / Katie Emma 🐟 (@trulyavaporeon) on X

Swords & sorcery ⚡️

X · Mar 19, 2025, 12:27 AM

[normal cave]

AWWWW SO CUTE!

@warm sky get in here ttrpg nerd

[pseudo goblet]

Oh yeah, I have this Butterfree tho https://x.com/redolbus/status/1901960828733272139?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

レドルバス (@redolbus) on X

X · Mar 18, 2025, 11:36 AM

https://tenor.com/view/shin-kamen-rider-kamen-rider-typhoon-cyclone-rider-kick-gif-9442662503488039567

@daring pine @waxen moat

[long stone]

https://x.com/OoCPokemon/status/1902132912868175898?s=19

Out of Context Pokémon (@OoCPokemon) on X

vaporeon is trying their best

X · Mar 18, 2025, 11:00 PM

[fading stratus]

its just that their best and their worst are the same

[mighty storm]

started my playthrough of the weird type fun romhack, so far I got a lotad and chikorita

Interesting choice for them to make lotad a bird who is beast type

[fading stratus]

you should try emerald seaglass summer

[pseudo goblet]

THATS LOTAD??! it look like Yanma

[mighty storm]

they also turned hoothoot into those plasma orb things

https://tenor.com/view/plasma-ball-in-a-vacuum-the-king-of-random-plasma-globe-tesla-coil-physics-experiment-gif-19915131

[fading stratus]

beat norman
protect strat really beats norman in any game

[mighty storm]

ok Pewter City gym, time to show Brock the power of a knight (Unless for some reason knight isnt good against his gym's type?)

[fading stratus]

nuzlocke or just a run?

[mighty storm]

just a run

[fading stratus]

ah gotcha

[mighty storm]

that isn't Brock

[fading stratus]

brock's long lost cousin

[mighty storm]

Roark what you doing here

Oh, the theme is gem isnt it XD

yup he said they are gem type, well looks like knights are good against them so should be ez

ez

[normal cave]

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025reggbo3-2323648761-ati06y0cic7ncl3tdl392ek2s5x9t2lpw

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025reggbo3-2323651352-ywiknkuyamve116ysjdur5al19njh78pw

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025reggbo3-2323653235-949h35q1xulmfjjv5syawkib6u234a1pw

@fading stratus felt really good about that game 3

[fading stratus]

e speed on psychic terrain...........

tale as old as time

[normal cave]

[fading stratus]

I think they just didn;t know how to play against umbreon

[normal cave]

Would you believe me if I said I also tried to click tera normal there?

[fading stratus]

hey you learn from your mistakes right

[normal cave]

That was my first game with the team

[normal cave]

I'm surprised they didn't meteor beam Korai over Bre. Not that it would have changed the outcome, but they would have deleted Korai.

[fading stratus]

i think their play was bringing urshifu over roaring moon

[normal cave]

Yeah, I think that was what they should have done

They wanted to acrobatics Korai, but their booster energy didn't pop so they couldn't

[fading stratus]

if they do that they put you on 50-50
and they're generally on better end of the 50-50

since they could either close combat umbreon

or if you tera expanding force by switching in indeedee

close combat meteor power was probs safe

[normal cave]

See, the thing is

This is 1200 elo

No-one ever adapts

[mighty storm]

smudge evolved, working on dollface (roselia) now

[normal cave]

I figured they'd lead moon and try to double Korai game 3

[fading stratus]

if you dont adapt you never learn

[normal cave]

Easiest protect of my life

[fading stratus]

lmao

[normal cave]

I like bayleaf, but I do not like this

[mighty storm]

oh yeah I wonder what the magikarp guy will sell

[fading stratus]

I woulda loved you to bring AV bolt

[normal cave]

Oh true

[fading stratus]

because their only bolt counter is lando

[normal cave]

Bolt would have tanked most of their team

[fading stratus]

and even that is beaten by av

and tera fairy

[normal cave]

Yeah, good thinking

Urshi does hit it hard ig

[fading stratus]

bolt woulda been really good if they brought shifu game 3 but oh well

[normal cave]

Man, I hate Urshi

Ugly-ass mon with bullshit-ass mechanics

[fading stratus]

you just thunderbolt ursh

lmao

they should nerf ursh

they nerfed incin so much

[normal cave]

Incin is still good

But I see it way less

[mighty storm]

but they a little jousting knight horse

[fading stratus]

its not as great this format

because ursh exists

[normal cave]

No I mean

I love the jousting horse

I hate the doll

Creepy

[fading stratus]

what's bolt;s speed stat

[mighty storm]

OH that was a reply to dollface

oops

[normal cave]

105

[fading stratus]

so it outspeeds -1 ursh huh

[mighty storm]

woah that eevee

[fading stratus]

something you should know

[normal cave]

Huh

[mighty storm]

Dollface ohko'd it

[normal cave]

So flutter + bolt handles Ursh

[fading stratus]

yeah

[normal cave]

Flutter on its own pressures Ursh a lot

[fading stratus]

unless its jolly shifu

adamant shifu has max 149 speed

jolly has 165 or sth iirc

[normal cave]

Damn

[fading stratus]

163

[normal cave]

Did I already tell you I hate that mon?

[fading stratus]

noone likes that mon bruial

[normal cave]

Eh, my brother might

He loves bears (the animal not the body type)

[mighty storm]

ok attempt 2 at the eevee

[fading stratus]

I had a really funny format idea that pokemon should do but they won't

[normal cave]

But urshi is not a cute bear, so he probs won't like it. Too anthropomorphic and tough looking, not fluffy and pudgy enough.

[fading stratus]

basically 2-2 months of scarlet and violet format where you only allow paradox mons from scarlet or violet and no restricted
could even divide the sub legendary mon into 2 types like dark in 1 format water in another

[normal cave]

Make paradoxes be restricted?

[fading stratus]

no like only allow past in 1 format and future in another

[normal cave]

Honestly a 0 legendary format with restricted paradoxes could be fun

[normal cave]

Ahh

[mighty storm]

name idea?

[normal cave]

Menace

[fading stratus]

this was the face of balance in reg F

[normal cave]

Fire water grass core

[normal cave]

Idk it just screams "Menace" to me

Cute little ball of evil

[fading stratus]

Goofball

[pseudo goblet]

We still dont have muscle man physic water starter huh

[normal cave]

That eevee is ready to throw hands

[mighty storm]

Well, looks like I wont be finding out yet

[normal cave]

[fading stratus]

its magikarp isnt it

[pseudo goblet]

Although Kubfu does seem as Isle of armor starter huh

[mighty storm]

yeah but, what kind of magikarp

[fading stratus]

the one that evolves at lv 20

[mighty storm]

if it even is a magikarp, romhack and all.

[normal cave]

Mega Swampert?

[fading stratus]

psychic bruial

[normal cave]

Feraligatr?

[mighty storm]

anyways good spot to end things. Got Menace the chaos eevee

[fading stratus]

oh he said physical

lmao

I thought psychic

[mighty storm]

current team

[fading stratus]

I think most water starters are physical

well good ones

[normal cave]

Yeah but he wants a muscle man starter

[mighty storm]

night everyone

[normal cave]

So mega pert and feraligatr

Gnight summer

[fading stratus]

gn summer

[normal cave]

I should sleep too

[pseudo goblet]

Not as muscle man as Rilla and Incin

[fading stratus]

I shouldn't have searched muscular swampert

not swampert feraligatr

[normal cave]

Deviantart moment

[fading stratus]

it was full fursona

or well scalesona?

[normal cave]

Both work

Yeah but its nearly impossible to search a pokemon on google and not run into untagged fetish stuff

Even fucking Iron Crown got the treatment, and it's a goat robot

[fading stratus]

tf

[normal cave]

Yeah

[fading stratus]

bruial you shoulda joined vg last format

[normal cave]

[fading stratus]

it was a peak format as long as you weren't getting hit by dire claw

[normal cave]

You think I wouldn't be the one running Sneasler?

It's a wezl

[fading stratus]

vro regular charizard was meta last format

[normal cave]

Bruh

[fading stratus]

not meta meta but the team basically won or got second in most tournaments

[normal cave]

Sneasler kinda gamba tho

Not too fond of gamba

[fading stratus]

peak gamba team

[fading stratus]

sneasler was a decent utility mon at the start

with fake out coaching

then people realised why waste time with fake out

and started removing fake out

even coaching as well generally

[normal cave]

Just dire claw

Dire claw cc protect and?

[fading stratus]

it was throat chop close combat direclaw protect

[normal cave]

Ah

Offense mon

[fading stratus]

if you didnt throat chop there's a very popular mon that just walls you

[normal cave]

Hmmmm

Who?

[fading stratus]

gholdengo

[normal cave]

Oh

The cheese string

[fading stratus]

early format sneasler was like best mon

then later format it started having most rep day 1 but dropped to 4th 5th day 2

incin got to around 65% at the end of the format

[normal cave]

Back when I played OU Rain, I used to just tera water wave crash or liquidation gholdengo with floatzel and it would just 1 shot

[fading stratus]

floatzel isnt really a good mon sadly

[normal cave]

Not anymore, but it was great early SV

[fading stratus]

especially since basculegion exists now

[normal cave]

At least in singles

[fading stratus]

early rain mon in vg was palafin

rain boosted jet punch ftw

with tera water mystic water

[normal cave]

It and barraskewda were the rain mons in ou

Bara had better coverage, float had wave crash

Who needs coverage when you 2-shot amogus

[fading stratus]

rain as a archetype wasnt that great in early SV tho iirc

[normal cave]

Not in vgc maybe

It was nutty in ou

[fading stratus]

ah idk about ou sadly

[normal cave]

You either had a water absorb mon, priority, or you lost 3 mons to Floatzel

Or a 4* resist ig, because a 2* resist was not enough

[fading stratus]

early vg was shits like psyspam mausape and stuff

then wolfey played perish with this

people were like what if we played the team without perish

then palafin balance was born

[normal cave]

Rain was not the best weather, but it was good

[fading stratus]

ah

sunroom was also pretty decent in doubles

[normal cave]

Sun was best

[golden lance]

Early sv ou was also, in the lack of a better word

A clownfest

[fading stratus]

that's like every early format vro

[normal cave]

It was MY clownfest

Floatzel was ripping apart teams man

[golden lance]

Nah gen 9 was a special case

Anyway bring back chien pao that shit was mad funny

[normal cave]

[fading stratus]

early vg was people thinking tauros was better than incin

[normal cave]

Why

[fading stratus]

not incin

arcanine

[normal cave]

Oh

[fading stratus]

its still bruial

[normal cave]

Arcanine bulky af tho

[golden lance]

Did tauros even get anything in gen 9?

[fading stratus]

yes

new formes

[golden lance]

Oh wait

[fading stratus]

3 new formes infact

[golden lance]

Right

[normal cave]

Arcanine also gets espeed and willowisp no?

[golden lance]

Forgot about the black bulls

[fading stratus]

arcanine gets wisp snarl e speed wild charge flare blitz and so on

[golden lance]

Thought we were talking about mr body slam hyper beam for a sec

[normal cave]

That movepool deep...

[fading stratus]

arcanine had like 90% rep in gen 7

lmao

[normal cave]

Wh

Damn

[golden lance]

A9 is usually crazy in regional dex formats

And incin didnt have his ha at the time

[normal cave]

Ah

[golden lance]

Yknow who i miss in vgc?

Bulky gyarados

[normal cave]

Coolest intimidate mon is mega maw

[golden lance]

Disagree

Its hitmontop

[normal cave]

Mega maw is my fave mega tho

I miss it

[golden lance]

I mean

You get to see it again this year

[fading stratus]

gyarados was also meta back in reg C

New balance as people used to call it

basically the team built to counter palafin balance

[golden lance]

Bolt

If champs is pick 1 gimmick format

What do you think is the play?

[fading stratus]

gmax might be the play

with gmax zard

[golden lance]

I was thinking of tera

[fading stratus]

tera is also good in closed sheet

but think of gmax zard like

tailwind setter that doesnt click tailwind

[golden lance]

Yea

[fading stratus]

and also burns their team for 66% of damage

[golden lance]

Imagine if dmax gets nerfed since you cant feed your mons max candy

So you only get a 50% hp buff

[fading stratus]

I lied apparently its 42% of damage

[golden lance]

Oh yea right

We also get to see max urshifu again

[fading stratus]

[golden lance]

Btw legit

In restrictive formats

[pseudo goblet]

I see Hitmontop

[golden lance]

Any chance you pick zmoves to use ult necro?

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/hitmontop-spin-cute-gif-24909312

[golden lance]

Like if you think about it ultra burst is just tera on crack

[fading stratus]

yes

ultra necro is insane

200 power z move is insane

but idk if that's better than primal groudon ogre

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-pokemon-ultra-sun-and-ultra-moon-necrozma-ultra-necrozma-golden-gif-9575942207926383937

[golden lance]

I mean

Do primals take up your gimmick?

Its just a held item

[fading stratus]

who knows

realistically they'll choose what they're allowing as a gimmick

instead of you choosing

[golden lance]

Origin space trio doesnt count either so

Who knows

[fading stratus]

idk why

but ursh was shit in later scarlet violet

never played much of SwSh

[golden lance]

Its because of pon no?

[fading stratus]

not sv

swsh

I slept like 4 hours today so I'm writing anything

[golden lance]

Insane

[pseudo goblet]

Fictional character using the power of light but take a liking to black color is still pretty cool https://youtu.be/aW675gtZ038?si=Gvim_-XSGqGMZ_6w

[fading stratus]

no I just woke up and couldn;t sleep

[pseudo goblet]

Have I shown this to Bolt already???

[fading stratus]

idts

[fading stratus]

so I played emerald seaglass and beat norman

[pseudo goblet]

If so, the person turns into a sword that looks like a KR

[fading stratus]

we need a kr that turns into a vending machine

[pseudo goblet]

Gavv’s final form

[normal cave]

Idgaf I am picking Ultra Necro if I can

[fading stratus]

I played ultra necro during 2019

pretty fun mon

[normal cave]

My precious boy

[golden lance]

I too love the nuke button

[pseudo goblet]

Choccy stop destory Toei studio

[golden lance]

Oh yea btw, do you think that champs will have the eevee zmove copyright issue?

[pseudo goblet]

Copyright issue???

[normal cave]

What?

Extreme evoboost?

[golden lance]

Tldr you get a copyright strike if you show evoboost on youtube yea

[fading stratus]

yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Ahhh

[normal cave]

Bruh

The nintendo classic

[golden lance]

Instead people had to replace it with a ms paint version

[pseudo goblet]

Idkw but this is funny to me lol

[golden lance]

https://youtu.be/o_Qq2ACOVeo

[fading stratus]

I actually haven't seen this

but I know the evoboost copyright

I've seen wolfey and a few others talk about it

[sterile verge]

https://tenor.com/view/kamen-rider-zi-o-sougo-tokiwa-so-okuno-zi-o-geiz-myokoin-gif-20298239

[pseudo goblet]

Wrong one lol

[fading stratus]

basically this team bruial what i played back in the day

[sterile verge]

Wait

[normal cave]

This is peak

[fading stratus]

psychic terrain light that burns the sky

[pseudo goblet]

Umbreon tho

[sterile verge]

https://tenor.com/view/kamen-rider-zi-o-sougo-tokiwa-so-okuno-zi-o-geiz-myokoin-gif-20298221

[normal cave]

[pseudo goblet]

There we go lol

Again, Zi O .5 episodes PEAK comedy

[golden lance]

I'll stop when they start selling the memorial edition samurai ha-oh

[sterile verge]

Isn't that bandai's issue

Not toei's

[pseudo goblet]

Way to make me second thought buying Tora and Kajiki

[golden lance]

Something something licensing

[fading stratus]

here's another peak one

https://youtu.be/XcwymfnX5ug?si=rzzBuiGp9F1gQvY3

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/gogogolisopod-golisopod-goatedgolisopod-gif-25159763

[golden lance]

throat chop

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/golisopod-gif-8337245296021549012

[sterile verge]

Sickest battle btw

I love how brutal they made it

[pseudo goblet]

Serena weird take strikes again

Ash vs Leon

[sterile verge]

Oh sorry sickest guzma battle

[pseudo goblet]

Okay thats fair

[golden lance]

Man i need to finish journeys

My top 1 is still ash vs sawyer

[sterile verge]

My favourite battle in the entire series is either kukui vs ash or crystal zygarde vs the entire xy cast

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/gogogolisopod-golisopod-goatedgolisopod-gif-25159759

[sterile verge]

Idc if the latter counts

[sterile verge]

That primarina did not get ANY rest bro

Guzma my goat

I hope we get another battle like it someday tbh

Its hard to do without making the other person a jobber though

[pseudo goblet]

Oh yeahhh, doesnt Bruial simp Guzma

[golden lance]

I miss being the exact target demographic for something as close to xy&z's release

[sterile verge]

I just hope we get another horizons episode 16 moment

[pseudo goblet]

PFFFFT SPEAKING OF WEZL LMAO

[normal cave]

Kinda

[pseudo goblet]

I thought you slept so didnt ping

[normal cave]

He's my fave pokemon character

[normal cave]

I forgor 💀

[sterile verge]

Hey guys guess who my favourite is

[normal cave]

Amoonguss

[golden lance]

Hmmmm

[golden lance]

Lumineon

[sterile verge]

I meanr characyer

[normal cave]

I still stand by that

[normal cave]

Calyrex

[pseudo goblet]

Serena

[sterile verge]

Wdym

[normal cave]

Now I sleep

[sterile verge]

Oh i should too

I have to be awake in 5hrs

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/paras-parasect-mushroom-crab-anime-gif-1474448280580784710

[warm sky]

PEAK

https://vxtwitter.com/mikripkm/status/1902218155029594263

[warm sky]

also peak

[slim birch]

Who doesn’t

[ashen barn]

We're at 6 skins in 2 days

Without spending a cent

[fading stratus]

[warm sky]

https://twitter.com/tL2zyMo0jsU1lZi/status/1902629992779125005?t=hEVhfE3Gsl42Qefu-IWCuA&s=19 @normal cave

https://twitter.com/continuo0226/status/1902651231006601574?t=r2dpz5ko2v9bQ1dLITiIOw&s=19

@sterile verge

あいうえお (@tL2zyMo0jsU1lZi) on X

私のところにも歩いてきて…🫨

X · Mar 20, 2025, 7:55 AM

紺もど (@continuo0226) on X

🌸🎋 #春色ポケモン

X · Mar 20, 2025, 9:19 AM

[sterile verge]

Awwwww

[normal cave]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-furret-walking-cute-gif-15272739

[pseudo goblet]

Falinks walk when

https://tenor.com/view/falinks-bea-pokemon-cute-cuddle-gif-15780550

[warm sky]

Sorry I don't have a Falinks, but I got

https://twitter.com/taiyaki_63/status/1902528928868397173?t=nNMxre73bNrJ3G45UXWFEw&s=19

https://twitter.com/taiyaki_63/status/1902573067152327121?t=hjIbk7zvEhDTxbBB-7VbqA&s=19

https://twitter.com/taiyaki_63/status/1902588869444563013?t=P53ateVmEVYbZyFWg58LJQ&s=19

₆ ₃ (@taiyaki_63) on X

未視聴時より約10ヵ月ぶりのpkmn解像度

※クロスオーバー

X · Mar 20, 2025, 1:13 AM

₆ ₃ (@taiyaki_63) on X

※クロスオーバー

どうにも🌺が無能になってしまう
こういうイメージある

X · Mar 20, 2025, 4:09 AM

₆ ₃ (@taiyaki_63) on X

※クロスオーバー

いろちがい

X · Mar 20, 2025, 5:11 AM

[pseudo goblet]

Ex aid x Pokemon

We never had Pokemon theme Gashat huh

[vocal torrent]

Who's Dan Kuroto pokemon then owo

[pseudo goblet]

Porygon Z

[vocal torrent]

Dan would patch update the game so Porygon have Mega form

[inland gyro]

actively trying to avoid duplicates though i will do alts and members of the same evo line if that happens

[normal cave]

You left the last slot empty

[pseudo goblet]

Gen 5 gimmick form

[inland gyro]

honestly its a struggle

btw gen 8 was so ass, i legit have 2x members for 5 different evo lines given

[normal cave]

Gen 8 redeemed itself with Hisui

But yeah it was ass

[mighty storm]

back on the journey, is that a flabebe with a sword?!

[spice rivet]

Big "Kirby with a knife" energy

[mighty storm]

ah it is a knife

[fading stratus]

its not a knight

because thats a knife

[mighty storm]

of course its a dex type

cursed

[pseudo goblet]

https://x.com/manabe822/status/1902495299156816356?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

真鍋　陽 (@manabe822) on X

わに。リクエストありがとうございま！

X · Mar 19, 2025, 11:00 PM

Realized we gonna get a new gator mon

Retool of past one yes but still

[fading stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/alligator-crocodile-vertical-walk-fly-gif-3558705

[mighty storm]

fossil choice time

star fossil or lyre fossil? Gotta go star, no clue what it is anyways

[fading stratus]

shoulda gone lyre

smh

[mighty storm]

oh, gen 3 poison in this game, fun

@pseudo goblet rival fight time

damn that dex piplup is fast and strong

[pseudo goblet]

What the

Did I missed you mentioning

[mighty storm]

herdier, piplup, forgot the third, and litwick

and now to take a break, but yeah that rampengu had one strong stab quick attack

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1020096234968596531/1352066933125808159/SpiritualBeastRampengu-DULI-EN-VG-NC.png?ex=67dd52b5&is=67dc0135&hm=cf573aec977f7af662ff40c477e90760c1a83353af7ce8aec1678040b8c76f47&=&format=webp&quality=lossless

[mighty storm]

(doesnt help that it was SE against my starter)

[warm sky]

https://twitter.com/a_R_co_/status/1902321685744730192?t=IV1Toy1bYqeHr0m3HDP-pg&s=19

SAKANAGI (@a_R_co_) on X

X · Mar 19, 2025, 11:30 AM

[pseudo goblet]

Alright~ Done getting all three 7 star raid Paldea starters, using them for the masuda hunt later

[ashen barn]

I just HAD to roll Winona, uh

Please find the flying resist on this team that doesn't get folded by landorus using focus blast

Saving grace so far has been a 31 iv abomasnow spamming blizzards

[inland gyro]

pretty sure rotom and gliscor will dunk

[ashen barn]

Uhhhh. About that

Abomasnow swept the entire team, wtf

Scarf Abomasnow thrashed everything

[inland gyro]

huh

[ashen barn]

I'm surprised too

[inland gyro]

is that team rolled as well?

[outer eagle]

i have seen scarf rhyperior b4 so this is nothing

[ashen barn]

I mean

Rocks are a great hazard against the flying gym

[inland gyro]

no i mean like what your doing is the team random as well?

[ashen barn]

It's emerald rogue

And a nuzlocke

I don't get to choose encounters or opponents

It's like attempt 17 because the E4 is brutal

Least you get there is 4 legendaries

[fading stratus]

I could never last more than like

4 runs

[ashen barn]

I mean

I was positively stunned by several mons

Say, this abomasnow

Which I just released because it's still an abomasnow

And like...I needed a strangely good switch for nuzlockes

Said mon is probopass

Probopass is unironically a great mon for nuzlockes - decent resistances and exploitable weaknesses to bait

Ok, found a Jirachi

See you probodork

Ok. No body slam iron head fun I guess

[fading stratus]

are 3 perfect IVs guaranteed

If so then how unlucky lmao

[ashen barn]

Yes

I could run a pivot set and with paraflinch

Ok who gave this castform ice beam, holy shit. I'm lucky it's Castform

[ashen barn]

When you think of something broken, what do you think about? I think of this 31 iv pheromosa that Chuck has with ice beam and life orb and beast boost speed

And high jump kick

Drill run, ice beam, high jump kick, life orb. All off a comfortable 137 in both attacks and 151 speed

[mighty storm]

alright second gym time, no clue what type to expect

[ashen barn]

Good luck

I fired up attempt 18

Starter change, ferroseed now

[mighty storm]

Oh XD that can be trouble

[ashen barn]

Dex?

[mighty storm]

a type about speed, dexterity

[ashen barn]

Oh

Speaking of speed, this run really needs some

Nice, intimidate-less tauros

[mighty storm]

first attempt didnt go so well

😅 yeah gonna need a third member for this, gonna train one up later

[ashen barn]

I got a dracovish

Just need a fairy type now

I wish fire fairy was a thing because ferrothorn dracovish and that sounds terrifying

I forgot how miserable using dracovish was unless you get to high levels

[normal cave]

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025reggbo3-2324220214 Kyogre moment

[normal cave]

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025reggbo3-2324232154-lacieyk8t9fu4kg1kxjpye8jeo422rhpw @fading stratus thanks for teaching me how to play around Ditto

I finally left the 1200 honse hellhole. This team is legit.

I also lost to Muk because I played way too passive

I really like Korai, but Collision Course feels so weak...

Also, g1 they copied my Korai and locked into Scale Shot. They rolled a 2

[fading stratus]

Well collision course is practically a 133 base power move

Also ditto is hard

Not like 1200s will use ditto good

It's been a while since I've seen scarf ditto

[normal cave]

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025reggbo3-2324365445 yeah that game ended turn 1

I think scale shot follow me was always safe?

Cool to see a Giratina team, but it kinda didn't act like a restricted

[fading stratus]

Fissure lmao

[normal cave]

Yeah idk

They wanted to play stall but went glass cannon Giratina

[fading stratus]

Cosmic power eternatus was somewhat popular in ladder

Last gen

Idt I've seen other stall restricted

[normal cave]

I've seen Lugia stall

Other than that tho not really

[fading stratus]

lugia actually has a pretty funny set

its just that lugia isnt good

[normal cave]

They were playing calm mind lugia with incin

They'd spam CM and constantly pivot Incin around

[fading stratus]

un fact

fun fact

calm mind lugia has day 2 a regionals

[normal cave]

[fading stratus]

with comfey

[normal cave]

They had Comf I think

[fading stratus]

it topped at a time where this was the meta

[normal cave]

Incin was my biggest issue

[fading stratus]

good ol times no miraidon

[normal cave]

Yeah Mirai just vaporizes it

Their only attacking move was Aeroblast iirc

So they just die to Mirai on team preview

[fading stratus]

the team that topped was on covert cloak aeroblast earthpower

[normal cave]

Maybe they had earth power

Idr

[normal cave]

Nope, they had incin

[fading stratus]

man looking at early teams

early zama teams were some of the sickest teams ever

[normal cave]

Rilla Incin constantly pivoted

[fading stratus]

zama basically play 2 of galarian moltres, chandelure and latios

[normal cave]

And Lugia sat there

[fading stratus]

ah

[normal cave]

So mirai can't stick terrain and physical mons can't deal damage

[fading stratus]

we havenet even had a gen and I want a mirai nerf already

[normal cave]

Nerf Urshi too while you're at it

[fading stratus]

yeah

they probs will

fun fact

urshi dark was nerfed this gen

[normal cave]

Oh?

[fading stratus]

wicked blow had 80 bp

now its 75

[normal cave]

Damn

[fading stratus]

they shouldnt have nerfed ice rider

it woulda been so funny

[normal cave]

URS still busto tho

[fading stratus]

noone calls it urs

just say rapid strike

or water urshifu

oh yeah btw bruial idk if you've encountered

but modern urshifu dont even run a fighting move

maybe I've said it before

[normal cave]

I have not

Which pisses me off

Because its CC that scares me the most. Idgaf about splashy strikes most of the time

Korai/Mirai eat water moves for breakfast

[fading stratus]

I was looking at urshifu sets

and goated set

[normal cave]

Scarf rain dance

[fading stratus]

noob set tbh

we've seen scarf tailwind

[normal cave]

Bruh

[fading stratus]

https://pokepast.es/7f565bcaee8ec9b4

this team was rogue like late 2023

[normal cave]

Prankster/booster energy tailwind not good enough for them?

[fading stratus]

(it was a format with prankster torn)

[normal cave]

B r u h

Tailwind bleakwind was right there

Under rain

I love mence, but that is temu roaring moon

[fading stratus]

mence has intimidate

vroken ability

[normal cave]

True

I guess scarf hurricane and draco meteor also hit hard

Anyways I need sleep

[fading stratus]

gn bruial

another team that format was this btw but we nerfed it

or next format

idk

[pseudo goblet]

@fading stratus

Bratty

[fading stratus]

[fading stratus]

today I realised how bad lugia is @normal cave

I was watching a game and +2 aeroblast didnt kill flutter

[outer eagle]

90 Sp.Atk vs 135 Sp.Def

[fading stratus]

55 HP

[normal cave]

[fading stratus]

https://www.youtube.com/live/mkcNTGIiChw?si=AZ-mV-GFyWcIGxAC&t=10386

this was the game timestamped

I was just watching old games of the format

probs the incin team that you meant

[outer eagle]

hp is the easiest stat to pump so

also it's the most deceptive stat in terms of base number vs actual bulk tbh

just due to how the formula works

[fading stratus]

its still +2 stab on a 100 bp move

[outer eagle]

100 bp was impressive 2 gens ago nowadays it's only decent

[normal cave]

+1 earth power did not ohko chi yu

[fading stratus]

chi yu was sash

[normal cave]

It did not proc sash

[fading stratus]

[outer eagle]

lugia was most likely invested a lot in bulk tbw

[normal cave]

Yes, thats what lugia is good at. But it still hits like a wet noodle.

[fading stratus]

wow insulting wet noodles

[normal cave]

True, floatzel hits very hard

[outer eagle]

well yeah, but it's not exactly surprising a defensive mon that isn't invested offensively using moves with only decent power doesn't deal too much damage even with setup

[normal cave]

Chi yu is frail as fuck

[outer eagle]

specially chi-yu is pretty decent

on the physical side it's frail asf sure

[fading stratus]

it was sash chi yu so it had no investment

[normal cave]

And what is surprising is why they are relying on setup and damage moves when lugia deals shit damage

[outer eagle]

you can't really have a fully support mon

even support mons need to be able to do damage occasionally

[fading stratus]

furry support mons arent non existent

stuff like clef plays full support

scream tail

[normal cave]

Furry support is Smeargle

[fading stratus]

grimm

[outer eagle]

perish song is a weird one to categorize

[fading stratus]

smeargle yeah

you dont need perish

you can just play encore disable thunder wave

[normal cave]

Eh muk smeargle runs salt cure

[fading stratus]

or even fake tears

[outer eagle]

doesn't grimm still run at least moonblast or spirit break iirc

[normal cave]

Sometimes

[normal cave]

But this lugia is built entirely around damage

Which it does not deal

[fading stratus]

yeah

its not a support mon

you shouldnt use a support restricted

[outer eagle]

well that's why it sucks

[normal cave]

You want a bulky restricted that sets up and deals damage? Iron def zama

[fading stratus]

is muk team still popular

its such a cheese team

[normal cave]

"popular" I faced it once, but moxie boosted made a video on it so it might be popular again

[fading stratus]

marcos is a funny guy

I sometimes watch his vids

[normal cave]

Muk with max evasion when I click tachyon cutter

[fading stratus]

it was kinda popular early reg with scovillain

[normal cave]

Now it runs honse

[fading stratus]

which

[normal cave]

Shadow

[fading stratus]

muk doesnt copy as one does it

[normal cave]

You use psych up

[normal cave]

No, you still give it moody

[fading stratus]

psych up reminds me of a doubles cheese bruial

do you know what xerneas does

[normal cave]

Yes, it geomancy moonblast

Use power herb to get a double quiver dance in one turn

And then kill them

[fading stratus]

apparently max speed xerneas is 3 points faster than max speed lunala

that was a very funny doubles strat back in the day

but idt it was very popular
it won a few events iirc

[normal cave]

Psych up lunala?

[fading stratus]

yeah

[normal cave]

Damn

[fading stratus]

geomancy into psych up lunala

so you have +2 restricteds on field now

[normal cave]

When taunt

[outer eagle]

do people typically run max speed lunala?

[fading stratus]

depends on the team

it was ran on non trick room hyper offense teams

during double restricteds

generally lunala is the support restricted

it helps your partner restricted to do damage

lemme get a team

https://pokepast.es/f2174c7b59fcd93c

this for example

https://pokepast.es/32e651d5eca7aa9a

also this

[outer eagle]

one punch man fan team

[fading stratus]

https://pokepast.es/55caf279d7cbb800

or this

[pseudo goblet]

Anything major I miss

[fading stratus]

nothing zane

there were a few teams that wanted max speed lunala

https://pokepast.es/43b9f93b1a8efac2
or this

[pseudo goblet]

Also started Roaring hunt last night, continue in a few moments

There is so many Zweilous and Gible in the area, defo finding their shiny before Roaring

[fading stratus]

hey that's not bad

garchomp is still a good mon

[pseudo goblet]

I am welcome to the idea to replace the two shiny Gabite I got from twitch