Pokemon

[fading stratus]

now its upto you zane

what will you do

[pseudo goblet]

Aight

[warm sky]

(also got to be used in a #1 OU team as a chlorophyll sweeper lmao)

[fading stratus]

yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Fire monke wha

[fading stratus]

that was a funny team

[warm sky]

Because it can 2HKO Kingambit with life orb Moonblast

[fading stratus]

also in sun growth +2s

good play

[warm sky]

Ye

[pseudo goblet]

Kudos to showdown show the speeds

[fading stratus]

there's 2 things you can do

here

I wont say what

[pseudo goblet]

Sigh… Origin Pulse moment coming lol

Actually nah

Shit

Him ig

[fading stratus]

no that's a pgood play

I like parting the rilla tho

[pseudo goblet]

Yeahhh I remember how the live vgc went most of the time for that matchup

[pseudo goblet]

I meant this for Koraidon but no I dont wanna speed mane up

[fading stratus]

safest option is just rage powder

yeah

that was safe

[pseudo goblet]

Dang

[fading stratus]

now you switch into incin

spore the flutter slot

[pseudo goblet]

Vgc live moment

Dang I feel bad for Bruial with Mane

[fading stratus]

remember mienshao cant be faked out

[pseudo goblet]

Ahhhh

@normal cave Im sorry

The sleep

[fading stratus]

the play was wisp the wezl slot

[pseudo goblet]

Mmmmmm

Ohoho lol

[fading stratus]

you can leaf storm flutter wisp monkey

[pseudo goblet]

Wait not ghost tera on Fake out?

[fading stratus]

rilla doesnt do anything here

why bother

[pseudo goblet]

Is that a read

[fading stratus]

yes

[pseudo goblet]

Also jeez Leaf storm

[fading stratus]

you can leaf storm again if you want

or rage powder

wisp the wezl slot is safe probs

and rage powder

[pseudo goblet]

Thanks

Shouldve target Shao

[fading stratus]

rage powder was a misplay

the play was spore flutter

switch out amogus btw

or protect

protect amogus parting shot on either 1

maybe even caly

[pseudo goblet]

Hooooo

[fading stratus]

protect korai switch into incin or amogus

[pseudo goblet]

What the

inci

[fading stratus]

do you get why I like incin now

there's a really agressive play here

that you can make

idk if its worth

the play was wisp rilla

[pseudo goblet]

Right Icy wind once already when I Fake out that turn

[fading stratus]

you can switch incin into amogus

blitz rilla

[pseudo goblet]

Complete different thought

[fading stratus]

switch korai

spore caly

[pseudo goblet]

Blasted

[fading stratus]

its fine

you can double target honse now

[pseudo goblet]

Welp

[fading stratus]

its fine

you protect korai here

tbolt honse

double protect

tbolt honse

[pseudo goblet]

Game set

[fading stratus]

yeah really close game

[fading stratus]

the misplay was this

you didnt do that

[pseudo goblet]

Mmm

[fading stratus]

you can even tera dark here if you want

oh fosh is tera water

fake out spore

free

[pseudo goblet]

Lol

[fading stratus]

oh its covert cloak

lmao

[pseudo goblet]

Cloak

[fading stratus]

also spore was honse

[pseudo goblet]

Lol

[fading stratus]

switch amogus

parting shot

[pseudo goblet]

[fading stratus]

the swicth was giraffe

[pseudo goblet]

Koraidon, how brittle are you

What Giraffe lol

Did worse in this one

[fading stratus]

I forgot about cloak too

lmao

but yeah

the play was tera dark spore

it was insta game

[pseudo goblet]

Aight

Round 2 was horrible so we focus on round 1 lol

[fading stratus]

yeah

[pseudo goblet]

What do you think Bruial lol

[normal cave]

I think I misclicked heat wave

I wanted to taunt amogus

[fading stratus]

oh it had taunt?

[normal cave]

Ye

[pseudo goblet]

Did it

[normal cave]

I misclicked

[fading stratus]

I havent even seen the team myself lmao

[pseudo goblet]

I think last game round 1 was my best so far

[normal cave]

Anyways g2 was kind of a sweep so we ignore that

[pseudo goblet]

Then again, thanks to Bolt tutor

[normal cave]

Except maybe figure out why you got sweeped

[normal cave]

We are teaching you man, that's part of the deal

[pseudo goblet]

Ignoring Cloak

[normal cave]

No

Idt that mattered

You needed to spore honse

[fading stratus]

yeah

that was the misplay

if you spored the honse it was game

[normal cave]

If I clicked taunt that wouldn't have worked, but still

[fading stratus]

the lead into that exact duo is korai flutter

[pseudo goblet]

Mmm ic

[normal cave]

Yeah, that messes me up

Korai threatens Chi Yu

[fading stratus]

I think I want sludge bomb in amoongus

[pseudo goblet]

I did check, both Flutter and Caly same speed

Need sun to unbalance that

[normal cave]

Yeah leaf storm has been mid so far

[fading stratus]

thats why you do testing zane

to see what moves are good

[normal cave]

Lets Rilla, whims, and pon ignore amogus entirely

[fading stratus]

yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Switching mon huh

[fading stratus]

not mon

just move

[normal cave]

Sludge bomb on amogus

[pseudo goblet]

Ah

[normal cave]

Over leaf storm

[pseudo goblet]

Done

[fading stratus]

I wanna put grass move in ogre

and I also want taunt

so hard

[pseudo goblet]

The only time Oger taunt was on Whim

[normal cave]

And it was good no?

[fading stratus]

taunt is for opposing amoongus

[pseudo goblet]

Idr

[fading stratus]

but when you have 2 grass types 1 spore immune mon

idk if you need taunt

[normal cave]

You have follow me on pon for spore

[fading stratus]

yeah that too

@spice rivet maybe we dont play taunt wdyt

sludge on amoongus and grass move on pon

leaf storm has been mid in testing

[normal cave]

What grass move

[fading stratus]

🙂

the one that always misses

[pseudo goblet]

Horn leech lol

[normal cave]

Whip or Hammer?

[fading stratus]

whip

[normal cave]

Oh whip

[fading stratus]

cant hammer

[pseudo goblet]

Mmm

[fading stratus]

because sturdy

[normal cave]

[pseudo goblet]

Mmmmmmm

[normal cave]

Don't like whip, but yeah, it's too strong

Whip is there to make Kyogre scared

[pseudo goblet]

Breaking Swipe also didnt do too much

[fading stratus]

also shifu

breaking swipe is a good spread move to have

[pseudo goblet]

Idt I ever click Shadow ball on Mane

[normal cave]

Breaking is there to break sash/sturdy

[fading stratus]

breaking swipe is good my goat told me

not me but still

my goat said breaking swipe is good

[pseudo goblet]

Wolfey? Lol

[fading stratus]

so we putting swipe

no boyt

lmao

[normal cave]

I like breaking, I just had fairies out the ass vs your korai

[fading stratus]

bruial did you see why I like balance so much

[pseudo goblet]

Yup

[normal cave]

Which one

[fading stratus]

balance playstyle in general

[normal cave]

Was arubega balance

[fading stratus]

eh not really

zane's team is balance

[normal cave]

Because fraud honse balance was kind of interesting to play

[normal cave]

Ah

[fading stratus]

that second team was balance too

yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Ig I should rememver Amoong has Rocky helmet and try Rage powder low hp mon

[normal cave]

Game 1 I was focused on chipping everything down to clear the way for a honse sweep

[fading stratus]

game 1 I told him the winning play

he did different

like thrice

[pseudo goblet]

[fading stratus]

I wanted him to wisp rilla so many times

and man sacked incin instead of switching into amogus

[normal cave]

He tried once, but I swapped it around

[fading stratus]

idfk why

[pseudo goblet]

Consider it unintentionally intentional making mistake to learn faster maybe

[fading stratus]

lmao

[normal cave]

These are practice matches

[fading stratus]

if that team didnt have chi yu amogus incin beats every lead btw

specifically covert cloak taunt chi yu

[normal cave]

Yeah I can see why its there

Amogus farms this team

[fading stratus]

yeah

[pseudo goblet]

English?

[normal cave]

Spore good

[pseudo goblet]

Ah

[normal cave]

It beats calyrex ice rider

Err

[spice rivet]

I see the vision. Ya that makes sense lets go for that

[normal cave]

Shadow rider

[pseudo goblet]

Game team 2 lesson, spore the horse

[normal cave]

Yes

Fraudhonse felt pretty awful to play into your team ngl

[pseudo goblet]

Why did I imagine those fungus zombies but with horses…

[normal cave]

Should be a good matchup for you

[fading stratus]

shadow rider should have a good matchup

in theory

because you outspeed korai

its just that I've teched half the techs for shadow rider

[normal cave]

Hey, that works

[pseudo goblet]

What was the first lesson again lol

Oh right, No Spore infront of Miraidon

And no protect near master shifu

https://tenor.com/view/terminal-montage-gigantamax-urshifu-gigantamax-lapras-you-fool-max-guard-gif-9735429938740160847

[normal cave]

Always look at their teamsheet

Covert Cloak can be there

[fading stratus]

I think this is enough testing for today

think about it zane

too many mindless games just makes it worse

think why you lost

[pseudo goblet]

Thank you lol

[fading stratus]

what you coulda done better

[pseudo goblet]

Think Im gonna do a simple note

[fading stratus]

make a note copy yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Possible I forgot most things after morning

[fading stratus]

where you can note down stuffs

man I hope they nerf shifu next gen

like 25% damage through protect

[normal cave]

Stupidass bear

[fading stratus]

and surging strike 20 bp move

and wicked blow 60

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/you-fool-gigantamax-urshifu-gigantamax-lapras-max-guard-gmax-rapid-flow-gif-10877920427716960457

[normal cave]

Ursh is just cringe

[fading stratus]

yeah after ursh is gone incin can claim its throne again

[normal cave]

Much skill mon, very click surging strikes

[fading stratus]

bruial you saw why I like incin

in that game 1

it was so insane

[normal cave]

Yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Writing down Trust Inci survives

[normal cave]

Any time I play Korai I get demolished by Incin

Intimidate fake out parting shot cycle is strong

[fading stratus]

incin survives most hits

its fucking bulky

why do you think its THE best mon in the game

even after this many nerfs

[normal cave]

Didn't survive electro drift

[fading stratus]

it shouldnt

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/incineroar-pokemom-pokemon-incineroar-blaze-ability-gif-11855482893398987924

[fading stratus]

even with AV it doesnt iirc

thats why I hope we nerf mirai next gen

[normal cave]

Keep that in mind zane

[fading stratus]

ignorant ass mon

[pseudo goblet]

Electric bike kills the cat? Got it

[normal cave]

Ye

[fading stratus]

volt doenst depending on spread

but drift kills

[normal cave]

Incin lives most other stuff

[fading stratus]

also fire dark is a surprisingly good defensive typing

and intimidate is an insane ability

[normal cave]

Incin has a set for every role

[pseudo goblet]

Why I hear Wolfey saying that line lol

[fading stratus]

wolfey is the best incin player in the world

he finds weird ass ways to use incin

that noone has ever thought of

[normal cave]

Fast flare blitz incin

[fading stratus]

did you know wolfey's worlds team had helping hand incin

[normal cave]

Wh

Damn

Where did he place

[fading stratus]

top 32

[normal cave]

Damn, pretty good

[fading stratus]

he went 16-0 (8-0) day one then lost every game afterwards in day 2

[normal cave]

https://tenor.com/view/kingbluprint-gif-21436316

[fading stratus]

that was just unfort

[pseudo goblet]

So I could Spore more often during teams like the Shadow caly just now

[fading stratus]

thats why I hope wolfey wins this time

[normal cave]

Yeah it happens

[normal cave]

You spored often, just spored the wrong mon

CSR is a threat, you need to remove it

What is incin's moveset? Protect fake out parting shot whisp?

[fading stratus]

knock fake parting wisp

[normal cave]

Do we consider Flare Blitz on it?

[fading stratus]

no

there's no slot

if you dont play wisp zama morbs you

[pseudo goblet]

Bolt did say we have many fire already

[normal cave]

We are a sun team so yes

[pseudo goblet]

Uh, one

[normal cave]

But I get it

[fading stratus]

you dont need more fire moves

you are always taking korai

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/you-shou-yan-fabulous-beasts-burning-pixiu-gif-15516965824469946562

[fading stratus]

I do think your team is pretty strong zane

one thing we could consider is brute bonnet ig

defense boost bonnet

but regen is so valuable too

[pseudo goblet]

Both mushroom same move?

[fading stratus]

well you will play rage powder spore sucker punch and seed bomb

[normal cave]

BB probs run sucker punch

No protect huh?

[pseudo goblet]

Reminded punchy bonnet lol

[fading stratus]

zane btw remember

tomorrow we'll be testing against kyogre

not we I wont be here but you

[mighty storm]

2nd leafeon yeah!

[pseudo goblet]

Yay more chance to make mistake

[fading stratus]

i think its fine

even if you go 0-6 in the event you learned something

also its fun to compete

[pseudo goblet]

Oh its not a tournament but score total

[fading stratus]

0-6 means you lost all 6 rounds of the tournament

its not score

[pseudo goblet]

So they do 6 rounds

[fading stratus]

yeah

its 6 round of swiss

its a shame that the format is too fast

if it was a slower format it'd be really cool to compete

maybe gen 10

[normal cave]

https://tenor.com/view/kyogre-kyogresmile-pokemon-pokemon-smile-kyogre-creepy-gif-19828510

Btw wednesday I have a driving lesson and thursday I have to get up at 5:30 am, so I might be very sleepy on those days

[fading stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/kyogre-groudon-rip-primal-form-gif-6430521

[normal cave]

But tomorrow I should be available

[fading stratus]

I think he's learning which is cool

[normal cave]

That's the goal

Winning or losing these is not relevant, what matters is that he is improving and growing comfortable with his team

[fading stratus]

yeah

also its korai that HE chose

[normal cave]

Good

Makes the team feel his own

[fading stratus]

yes

[pseudo goblet]

Debatable lol

We kinda mind link lol

[fading stratus]

if you had violet you'd have so much better team but its fine

red bike is cooler

[golden lance]

Debatable

[fading stratus]

miraidon is so good that you can make misplays and you still win

do you know how fucking hard it hits

[golden lance]

I mean this

[fading stratus]

red bike IS cooler

[golden lance]

The tron bike hits hard

[fading stratus]

if you think otherwise you stinky

[golden lance]

Mfs be showing up to area zero like

[fading stratus]

if area zero is so good why is there no area one

huh

[golden lance]

https://tenor.com/view/yabba-dabba-doo-car-flintstones-gif-14618105

Nice wheels

[fading stratus]

the blue bike be like

[golden lance]

What color is that bike, bolt

[fading stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/txt-yeonjun-cbglovbot-bike-gif-20508710

[outer eagle]

red bike with its goofy ahh lung cancer

[warm sky]

https://fxtwitter.com/T0LIT0MA/status/1907797297976734158?t=iHLbn6-bkwNHl5HnUC1WWg&s=19

https://fxtwitter.com/nisanrei121/status/1900538427021418837?t=gXmSDI3dbOhgPnzUttawfw&s=19

https://twitter.com/zinc__pokemon/status/1908138090553893005?t=qTo_xePM-y7VwUPOrgY0OQ&s=19

https://twitter.com/choco_kano/status/1905775370525344089?t=g5pqdnuUB8pecfKNYhrt4Q&s=19

https://twitter.com/eggtempest/status/1899953965569396781?t=FcQEUnzeEG9yw8u47Cwg2g&s=19

@sterile verge have some you core posts as a congratulations

𝘛𝘖𝘓𝘐𝘛𝘖𝘔𝘈 (@T0LIT0MA)

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とい (@nisanrei121)

ライバルくんの分並べてみた

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FxTwitter · Mar 14, 2025, 1:24 PM

Z e n u ✲ *˙˚🦍 (@zinc__pokemon) on X

🍃

X · Apr 4, 2025, 12:42 PM

hershey (@choco_kano) on X

man that guy teaching about backstrikes seems really familiar. sure do hope he doesn't do anything nefarious #Pokemon #PokemonLegendsZA

X · Mar 29, 2025, 12:13 AM

✨wren✨ (@eggtempest) on X

how much do you think gibeon's zygarde knows #anipoke

X · Mar 12, 2025, 10:41 PM

[fading stratus]

volo

dude's worse than kieran

[sterile verge]

MEOWSCARADA JIRACHI SHWHVDUSF7WVSUWVWUVEUQBWIQWJQ

AAAAAAA

I'm very normal

[outer eagle]

i'd rather put N over Cheren for the rivals section tbh

[sterile verge]

Like as a person as a villain or

[outer eagle]

at least when Bianca couldn't make it in

[fading stratus]

no both are just cringe

volo is more cringe

[outer eagle]

god forbid a man has hobbies

[sterile verge]

L

I fucking love both

[fading stratus]

I'm not surprised

[sterile verge]

[warm sky]

I mean I'd have used Rosa over Nate tbh

But I do think they used Cheren because he's the classic rival

The opposite starter pre gen 7 rival

But then there's Wally

[sterile verge]

What does this mean

[outer eagle]

the Let's Go rival pairing just looks like Gas Station worker vs Office Boy

[sterile verge]

What does this mean

[outer eagle]

smh Flying Press should have given STAB bonus for Flying types as well

[warm sky]

@sterile verge the vernation domination

[sterile verge]

Wtf

[fading stratus]

it just means I'm not surprised
do I need to be surprised with everything
also idk why you just pinged me twice WITH THE SAME MESSAGE for the same thing

[sterile verge]

Discord did

[mighty storm]

freedom from rock tunnel

weasel

[normal cave]

[outer eagle]

Weasel D Goofy

[warm sky]

https://twitter.com/hatoshinnu/status/1908519746703683875/photo/1
https://twitter.com/RAiMU_dayo18/status/1908475869661721024/photo/1
https://twitter.com/FrostyAlmonds/status/1907901984633430474/photo/1
https://twitter.com/tL2zyMo0jsU1lZi/status/1908044770485907787/photo/1
https://twitter.com/cerimorti/status/1907194244453789813/photo/1

はとし (@hatoshinnu) on X

ミジュマル

X · Apr 5, 2025, 1:59 PM

らぃむ。 (@RAiMU_dayo18) on X

基本眠い。

X · Apr 5, 2025, 11:04 AM

AL ❅ Daily Oshawott on IG and BSKY @FrostyAlmonds (@FrostyAlmonds...

(Almost) Daily Oshawott 821. Meet Wottism creature.

#pokemon

X · Apr 3, 2025, 9:04 PM

あいうえお (@tL2zyMo0jsU1lZi) on X

桜さん可愛いねオオタチちゃん

X · Apr 4, 2025, 6:31 AM

💜˗ˏˋCeriseˊˎ˗♥️ (@cerimorti) on X

warm (HD remastered)

X · Apr 1, 2025, 10:11 PM

did someone say wezl?

@normal cave

[normal cave]

NOOOOODDDDLLLLEEEEESSS

Also, I forgot to react, but the image you posted of typh-h and cubone earlier was incredibly cute

[warm sky]

we love surrogate parents for cubone

[normal cave]

Cubone gonna grow up into a ghost fire mon just like its parent

[pseudo goblet]

Not joking, somebody playing Pocket loud in public jumpscare me lol

[pseudo goblet]

That last one is just me with my plush

[pseudo goblet]

https://youtube.com/shorts/-tQ4Xxubmas?feature=shared

Thats one high quality pool donut

[mighty storm]

YO

[pseudo goblet]

I was gonna say how unfortunately you cant sell it

But remember how Pokemon GO players sell their mons so you could eventually maybe lol

But no sane person would do that

[mighty storm]

pretty sure this is a playset to (like a regular charizard ex and this) so I could potentially play it in a deck

[fading stratus]

[fading stratus]

okay @normal cave I put zane fully in your hands today I trust you in teaching him vs ogre HO/Balance

[pseudo goblet]

While you re still here lol

[fading stratus]

stinkaton

[pseudo goblet]

It was this point where it feels annoying, I technically have three of these now

[young river]

Does anyone have a spare Brock card they could trade me? I dont wanna go back into Pikachu packs

[pseudo goblet]

I do

You have Dawn??

[young river]

yup

[pseudo goblet]

Aight, whats your name again ingame

[young river]

TheDoubleA12

[pseudo goblet]

Aight

[young river]

sent

ty

[pseudo goblet]

Thanks, I was missing her

You need second Brock?

[young river]

naw I already had one

[pseudo goblet]

https://youtube.com/shorts/Dk99vszYIXk?si=d9WoWJgyAndyq-CY

[ashen barn]

God, playing Umbreon in Unite feels like being the worst nuisance ever for the enemy team

I had 3 assassins trapped in my no-flight, no-escape zone

And won the 1v3

Passive ability - regenerate 1% of the total hp when not in combat, and while in combat, you regenerate more based on the hp% left

Aka you are basically immortal

[normal cave]

That's why it's my main

Very good mon, very annoying too

[ashen barn]

It's so dumb

I love it

You're up against the wall and I'M THE FUCKING WALL

[normal cave]

The only problem is you can't really carry a team of 4 bad players

[ashen barn]

True

[normal cave]

You can do anything except that

[ashen barn]

Especially when I go full support

So it's like 0 damage done

But I'm the most annoying prick in existence

[normal cave]

I like foul play over mean look usually, but it depends on enemy comp

[ashen barn]

Enemy comp had Talonflame, lucario and Zeraora

Aka mean look food

[normal cave]

If they have a talonflame or leafeon or some other zippy mon then mean look

If the enemy has buzzwole or something weak to stuns that needs to be stunned, foul play

If the enemy has neither, foul play anyways

[ashen barn]

They had like...Metagross, Talonflame, Lucario, Zeraora and Blissey

[normal cave]

Then yeah mean look

[ashen barn]

I loved the unite stealing all of Blissey's shields

Nice shields dummy

[normal cave]

Metagross is probs the biggest threat there, but mean look disables 3 of their teammates, and idt foul play is any better vs meta than mean look

[ashen barn]

Admittedly, it was the only mon actually capable of sustaining a 1v1

That gyro ball hit quite hard

[normal cave]

You can lock down the rest of their team, so you can afford to rely on your team beating Meta

[ashen barn]

And I almost ended up in a 1v4 because my lane partner was venusaur

He took a nap somewhere while I was busy with mean look

[normal cave]

Sniper venu with umbreon mean look is a nasty combo

[ashen barn]

Luckily he returned with sludge beam

Quadra off that

[normal cave]

That happens with every mon

[normal cave]

Yeeeee, that's how you do it

[ashen barn]

Sludge first, slow them down, mean look for the ones trying to get out...beam right in the middle

[normal cave]

Yeee

[ashen barn]

Btw I bought leafeon

[normal cave]

Btw @pseudo goblet i just woke up

[ashen barn]

Thing is a monster but damn, absol still more monster than it

[normal cave]

Broken mon, but absurdly hard to use

[ashen barn]

Pursuit has slightly more range than ace

Tbh razor ace feels more natural

[normal cave]

Yes but ace has multiple charges

[ashen barn]

The solar leaf blade set doesn't feel like much

[normal cave]

Razor ace is the best moveset anyways

[ashen barn]

It's like...either hit or get very, very punished

[normal cave]

Solar leaf is easier

[ashen barn]

And you are insanely squishy

[normal cave]

But razor ace has more dashes and a shield, so you don't die instantly

[ashen barn]

So like...you're not exactly doing a 1v1 without some help or surprise factor

Even defense penetration isn't saving the mon

Potential S+ tier with the new items that boost CDR and stack attack on kills, but wr in the 47%

[normal cave]

Yeah solar blade is just pop in, hit your nuke button, hope they die because you have no escape

[normal cave]

Because the mon is stupid hard

[ashen barn]

Admittedly, took me a while to figure out what to do

[normal cave]

Super squishy, so you have to make every ace count and line those razors

[ashen barn]

And the combo is leaf, ace, make them turn, recall leaf

And they're usually dead

If not, 2nd ace to get out

[normal cave]

Leafeon is a beast in the hands of a good player. And dead weight in the hands of a bad player.

[ashen barn]

I also have scizor, which feels...good if they don't have CC

[normal cave]

Same as many other squishy speedsters, esp zoroark apparently

[ashen barn]

If they do have stuns, it's really rough

Yes you can 1v3, great early game, but late game...oh boy

Fire spin from opposing mages is especially rough because sd doesn't exactly count as an escape option

[normal cave]

https://tenor.com/view/patafoin-umbreon-dancing-dance-hypnotized-gif-7392869425522794637

[ashen barn]

Nah, umbreon isn't even the issue

The issue, funnily enough, was my last game with it

SUICUNE AND ALOLAN NINETAILS

[normal cave]

Oh freeze spam

[ashen barn]

A9 on pure freeze

And suicune whirlpool beam

I ended up swapping lanes with the mage bottom

[normal cave]

Yeah that's just hard to beat

[ashen barn]

Because bottom lane had squishy stuff

[normal cave]

I guess you can outrange them

[ashen barn]

Not really

Yes you can chip them down

[normal cave]

But for a melee mon that is hell

[ashen barn]

And probably ko a9

[normal cave]

Not as scizor

[ashen barn]

I had so many freezes

Made me wish full heal also granted Iframes to actually get out of the follow up

They didn't even hit that hard, but I was simply hard countered

Luckily bottom lane had a garchomp and a snorlax, both of which can be handled by sd bullet scizor

[pseudo goblet]

What time is that lol

[normal cave]

11:44

I had a day off so I slept in

Anyways lmk when you wanna practice

[pseudo goblet]

Just got off from work lol

[normal cave]

Okiedok. Ping me at any time you want to practice. No rush

[warm sky]

https://twitter.com/Ktbr_2/status/1907386756649173328?t=w_urkqn7diq-6dVDWiu_Jg&s=19

https://fxtwitter.com/mupdie/status/1907225260237393966?t=0TmRxxBnGo1LuTTcMB7zjQ&s=19

https://fxtwitter.com/spicyBeefu/status/1875965738063999205?t=5pJ9glb063HijjJ7VTSx_Q&s=19

https://twitter.com/tyako_089/status/1909221178851623340?t=3YAf1zcvMln2K6r36ap_9A&s=19

https://twitter.com/950magi618/status/1908123339920441776?t=uPQh3AMblpqU0_F8YTLCtw&s=19

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[pseudo goblet]

Eevee no

[normal cave]

That hooh!

Gentle giants my beloved

[pseudo goblet]

Dragonite

[normal cave]

https://tenor.com/view/dragonite-pikachu-dragonite-and-pikachu-hug-love-you-gif-20506386

Btw Zane

When are you down to practice @pseudo goblet

https://youtu.be/juHyNPbeTZk?si=Own3a2FEjdjOON_Z it's kyogre training day

[ashen barn]

thank god I risked it last second with 6 points

Also, team where

This had no right to be as close as it was

[pseudo goblet]

20-50 minutes

[normal cave]

[normal cave]

Wtf are those teammates

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/totoro-hayao-miyazaki-cant-no-gif-4880914

[ashen barn]

Idk

We lost both rotoms, zapdos, and everything basically

Idk how we won

[normal cave]

https://tenor.com/view/ashita-no-joe-joe-yabuki-shadow-boxing-training-anime-gif-10488036174116410585

Dwai Zane, smart play will win you the weather wars

https://tenor.com/view/kyogre-groudon-rip-primal-form-gif-6430521

It's all about pivoting and taking KOs to wind up in a 3v2 situation so you can reset the weather while they can't

You want to be able to reset the weather at a moment's notice

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/psyduck-gif-21760865

[pseudo goblet]

Aight, ready

[normal cave]

Right, what do you wanna face first, HO Ogre or Calm Mind Ogre?

[pseudo goblet]

Ho?

What that

[normal cave]

https://tenor.com/view/nah-gif-18337005294621275453

[normal cave]

Hyper Offense

As in punch first, strategy later

[pseudo goblet]

Theres a difference? lol

[normal cave]

Yes

Hyper Offense deals with games by taking KOs as fast as possible

[pseudo goblet]

Ho ig

[normal cave]

Calm Mind Ogre aims to control the game with swaps until you reach a situation where Kyogre can set up and sweep

Oki

Can you send a challenge I don't seem to have you

Or remind me your name

[pseudo goblet]

InZane26

Oh the game finally found you

My god

[normal cave]

I will not be using discord chat

If you want to talk to me use the in game chat

Use this chat to talk to other users without me seeing

[pseudo goblet]

Best I do so far

[normal cave]

Ggs

Yeah, you did good

Lets watch those replays

[pseudo goblet]

Then downhill lol

Which button for Replay exactly

[normal cave]

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025reggbo3-2338055602

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025reggbo3-2338059755

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025reggbo3-2338065473

Part of the problem is that I know you, and I know you are going to lead Amogus Incin

[pseudo goblet]

Yeah was it Game 3 you became double grass for spore

[normal cave]

Amogus, Bolt, Korai, and I think Incin are correct in this matchup

AV Bolt eats Kyogre's water moves pretty well

So long as you don't tera it

[pseudo goblet]

This matchup requires survival

[normal cave]

Also, tera dark on amogus was wrong

[pseudo goblet]

Flutter Mane was bit of hinder

[normal cave]

Nah FM has sash

That's not the issue

[pseudo goblet]

Lol

[normal cave]

Actually, with Tsareena, maybe you go FM over Incin

Incin can't eat water moves

[pseudo goblet]

Hmm

[normal cave]

So Ursh and Ogre both threaten it

You saw how Tsareena shut down Incin and Bolt

[pseudo goblet]

Triple kick

[normal cave]

Incin wants to use fake out and status moves. Tsareena's ability stops all priority attacks from the opponent, and taunt stops Incin's other moves

[pseudo goblet]

Electro Web defs helps a lot

[sterile verge]

[normal cave]

For sure

[pseudo goblet]

Mainly not wanting to rng your protect lol

[normal cave]

Eweb was phenomenal this game

[pseudo goblet]

LeftRightLeftRight which to hit, both lol

[normal cave]

But you used thunderclap into tsareena

You can't do that

[pseudo goblet]

Forgot the ability lol

[normal cave]

Bolt was dead there every time tho

[pseudo goblet]

Writing notes as we speak

[normal cave]

That's what training is for

Tsareena, Farigiraf, and Bruxish all have the same ability

And Psychic Terain does the same thing

[pseudo goblet]

Bruxish ❓

[normal cave]

Yeah bruxish

[fading stratus]

I'm back

[pseudo goblet]

Is it actually meta???

[fading stratus]

how's zane doing

[normal cave]

https://tenor.com/view/justin-fish-uk-fish-teeth-fish-justin-discord-justin-fish-pokemon-gif-22340848

[normal cave]

He won a game

[pseudo goblet]

Bolt I got a round

[fading stratus]

bruxish is a niche pick that tops sometimes

[normal cave]

Not a match, but a game

[fading stratus]

gj

[normal cave]

Which is better than yesterday

[pseudo goblet]

Round 1, then downhill lmao

[fading stratus]

its fine

the point is you're learning

[normal cave]

Yeah, that's what training is for

[fading stratus]

and becoming comfortable with your team

[normal cave]

A problem is that his lead is predictable, which can be an issue when facing the same opponent

[pseudo goblet]

Calm Mind Ogre soon btw

[fading stratus]

calm mind ogre is more standard of the two

[normal cave]

Yeah a bit more HO first

[fading stratus]

yeah HO ogre is also pstrong

water sprout in rain does insane damage

[pseudo goblet]

It is encourage to often switch weather right

[normal cave]

He did a good job of forcing me to Opulse over Spout

[fading stratus]

depends

but yeah

[normal cave]

Kept sludge bombing

[fading stratus]

the team basically cant hit raging bolt

and amoongus

[pseudo goblet]

45% poison luck rate btw lmao

Holy

[normal cave]

Yeah Sludge Bomb was insane this match

[normal cave]

Which team?

[pseudo goblet]

Better than Leaf storm

[fading stratus]

hyperoffense ogre

[normal cave]

Tsareena kinda shits on both

As does Pao

[fading stratus]

yeah your whole team beats tsareena

tsareena isnt really a good mon

[pseudo goblet]

Meanwhile I used Thunderclap on it lol

[normal cave]

Singlehandedly shut down the amogus incin opening

[fading stratus]

you play tsareena not because its good but because you need to

[normal cave]

Yeah

[fading stratus]

I think against this team you can actually lead bolt flutter

that covers for most matchups

icy wind electric move spam

[normal cave]

Makes sense

[fading stratus]

you play incin if you expect pao but incin isnt needed either

[pseudo goblet]

Should I try this lead sometime

[fading stratus]

ogrepon naturally outspeeds kyogre too

[normal cave]

Vs HOgre

[fading stratus]

and urshifu

what set is the torn again

sash or cloak

[normal cave]

Cloak

[pseudo goblet]

Cloak

Which I ignored again too lol

[fading stratus]

yeah its cloak torn so it dies to a cudgel too

[normal cave]

That didn't really come up tho

You did not fake out torn

[fading stratus]

so you can ogrepon bolt too

in this MU

[pseudo goblet]

Thats not I remember it lol

Maybe

[normal cave]

No, you used fake out with tsareena on the field

Did not matter who you targeted

[pseudo goblet]

Ahh

[normal cave]

[pseudo goblet]

So its field effect

The ability

[normal cave]

Yes

[pseudo goblet]

Fuck

[normal cave]

You cannot use any priority attack move with her up, so no fake out or thunderclap against anything on my team while she is on the field

[fading stratus]

only reason you play tsareena is if you dont bolt eats your team for free

[normal cave]

Yup

You need her in this MU

Beats Amogus, Incin, and Bolt

[fading stratus]

other 3 beat it because its frail as fuck

[normal cave]

Yup yup

[pseudo goblet]

Note so far lol

I did say its simple

[fading stratus]

note down on a copy

[pseudo goblet]

Sneak it into the event lol

[normal cave]

You can take these notes to the event, just not view them during a game

Unless they allow you to take a paper copy of notes with you

[pseudo goblet]

Suddenly wish Doraemon is real with that bread item

[normal cave]

Doreamon would make everything in this world better

[fading stratus]

[pseudo goblet]

Great now I sound like the MC, if not already

[fading stratus]

nobita

[pseudo goblet]

Shall we move on

[fading stratus]

[normal cave]

Yeah round 2?

[fading stratus]

you two play I'm really tired but I might spectate

[pseudo goblet]

Same team sure

[normal cave]

Go sleep man

[pseudo goblet]

6 pm for him

[fading stratus]

its only 5:45

not time to sleep yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Oh right the awkward 15 min lol

[fading stratus]

[normal cave]

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/battle-gen9vgc2025reggbo3-2338083331

[pseudo goblet]

Calling it now, I did worse this time lol

Holy shit Tsareena

[fading stratus]

bro......

just moon blast

and dracpo meteor

tsareena doesnt have protect

[pseudo goblet]

[fading stratus]

only stops if taunt is from a prankster mon zane

[pseudo goblet]

Why that didnt work???

[fading stratus]

RAGE POWDER DOESNT REDIRECT GRASS TYPES

[pseudo goblet]

Wtf…

[fading stratus]

THE PLAY WAS PROTECT FLUTTER SLUDGE BOMB

THAT WAS LIKE SO SAFE

[pseudo goblet]

One sec Im writing this down

[fading stratus]

play is breaking swipe spore

probs

tera

if you have

[pseudo goblet]

Oh true

[fading stratus]

or rage powder is fine

and tera breaking swipe

[viral ingot]

What the heck is this lol?

[pseudo goblet]

A good shiny, thats what it is

Do not… Protect…

Watch me click it anyway

[fading stratus]

that game was too stressful for me

I'm not watching

[pseudo goblet]

All good man

If anything I feel sorry

[fading stratus]

dwai

[normal cave]

Ayy congrats

[fading stratus]

gj

[normal cave]

You learned a lot

[pseudo goblet]

werent I just lucky lol

[normal cave]

In what sense?

[pseudo goblet]

idk

[normal cave]

No, I think you played well

[pseudo goblet]

lesson learn, trust team's nuke moves

[normal cave]

Could have been better, but defs improved a lot

[normal cave]

Exactly

[pseudo goblet]

guess why lol

[normal cave]

Korai can delete shit

[fading stratus]

the play game 2 was switch mirai sack pao btw

you need weather advantage to win

or protect rain dance

[normal cave]

What mirai

[pseudo goblet]

we had Mirai?

[fading stratus]

i mean ogre

[normal cave]

Ogre?

[fading stratus]

same thing

[normal cave]

Probs yeah

[fading stratus]

the play was either rain dance protect or switch hurricane

both were win

as long as hurricane hit

or tailwind

[normal cave]

So just switch ogre sack pao

And use whatever

[fading stratus]

switch ogre sack pao tailwind yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Game 3 end was lucky tailwind ended when Tornadus was last mon

[fading stratus]

if they kill torn pao survives

if they kill pao torn survives

and you can hurricane water sprout

[normal cave]

Icic

Ah well

[fading stratus]

its fine

[pseudo goblet]

Bruial going to event when lol

[normal cave]

The goal is to teach Zane here

[fading stratus]

that breaking swipe was needed else zane woulda lost too

[normal cave]

I don't have a switch

[fading stratus]

in last turn

[pseudo goblet]

which part?

game 2 or 3

[fading stratus]

game 2

else you die to sucker punch

[normal cave]

Swipe is good ye

[fading stratus]

if he didnt swipe it was 5050

tera survives icicle crash

non tera survives sucker

[normal cave]

Anyways

@pseudo goblet up for another match, or do you need a break?

[fading stratus]

probs take a break for a bit

[pseudo goblet]

prob break

[normal cave]

Good call

[fading stratus]

vgc games are taxing

[normal cave]

Ping me when you feel up for it

[fading stratus]

also neither of you wanna mindlessly click buttons

[pseudo goblet]

somehow this hurts my shoulder more than I was at work lmao

[normal cave]

Who said? I wanna mindlessly click tera fairy gleam Mirai

Gleam Mirai Heat Wave Feesh

No brain only spread moves

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-gif-1743722975115382250

[fading stratus]

that team was probs the best team I built this format

because mirai is very strong

[normal cave]

Which one, the Mirai Dozogiri Crown HO?

[fading stratus]

yeah

[normal cave]

It's a bronken team yeah

Very fun to use too

Everything is a threat

[fading stratus]

yeah HO be like

[normal cave]

They tailwind? No worries, you respond by fucking KILLING them

[pseudo goblet]

2 full game means 100 minutes huh

[normal cave]

Yeah VGC matches take a long time

Is ok, go chill, I'ma make myself some instant ramen I think

[fading stratus]

or eat what I ate

roasted potatoes

[normal cave]

I wish

[pseudo goblet]

Ive been nom nom on cookies these two days lol

[normal cave]

I shouldn't be eating at all now

Too fat

[outer eagle]

Boltz is one step above baked beans ig

[normal cave]

But I skipped breakfast

[fading stratus]

you dont know how good pressurecooked potatoes in ghee taste

[pseudo goblet]

Jacob Baked Crisp Sweet chili flavor, its pretty addicting

[fading stratus]

just make rice bruial

probably the best thing

[normal cave]

I imagine its like fondant potatoes

[normal cave]

Rice is hella fattening

Nah I'ma go eat veggies

[pseudo goblet]

chicken buffet

[fading stratus]

my lazy meal is I put veggies rice salt in a pressure cooker and make it go 2 whistle and eat

pretty easy and tasty

[pseudo goblet]

I learn a thing or two following somebodies diet routine, who also cooks for me lol

[normal cave]

I'm middle eastern

We eat raw veggies

[pseudo goblet]

southeast

[fading stratus]

south

ZANE

how are you liking the team

[pseudo goblet]

getting better at it lol

then again the good result kinda came from MU thats sorta counter by Raging Bolt

[normal cave]

Nah

The result came from training

[fading stratus]

you played pwelll yeah

[pseudo goblet]

We really need GF do the best for Pokemon Champion app

free, less strict rules, good features, free

[normal cave]

Just make it free

[fading stratus]

well

[normal cave]

I can't play if it's not free

[pseudo goblet]

remind me breaks over 30 min later

[normal cave]

Kk

[fading stratus]

we'll play on showdown bruial dw

[outer eagle]

sub fee of like 2-3$ a month i can see

[pseudo goblet]

same

just to play non-free showdown lmao

[outer eagle]

hopefully the features are comprehensive at least

[normal cave]

Inb4 IVs are a paid feature

[outer eagle]

if all you can do to "mod" your team is to rent from some preset builds or having to grind your own it's gonna be mid asf

[pseudo goblet]

btw do they allow nom noms midmatches lol

[outer eagle]

prolly not?

[pseudo goblet]

crap

[outer eagle]

never seen any midmatch food b4, only drinks

[pseudo goblet]

I think I remember Somebody(prob Wolfey) complained how hungry he is because he stucked in a match for hours

[normal cave]

Yeah that was Wolfe

[pseudo goblet]

does the team feels like they could be edit, also we re back in 3

[normal cave]

So far it feels good

Aight, 30 minutes over. Time for Calm Mind Ogre?

[pseudo goblet]

yup

I should open some pokemon tunes in the background lol

[normal cave]

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/battle-gen9vgc2025reggbo3-2338131329

[pseudo goblet]

Roaring Moon

Welp

[fading stratus]

this is what vgc really is for

[pseudo goblet]

Douvle Fake out holy

[pseudo goblet]

I still think vgc is pretty repetitive to this day

[fading stratus]

bro you literally played like 3 different teams

against

[pseudo goblet]

As in the mons lol

Not team

That was wrong as heck

[fading stratus]

well some mons are used more than others that's just every game vro

any competitive game has that

but 2 same mons arent always same either

[outer eagle]

When 2 Incineroar face each other it's just that Batman Bane meme

[fading stratus]

same pose too

[pseudo goblet]

There goes round 1

Aight, what I done wrong

Wrong mons?

[normal cave]

I told you

[pseudo goblet]

Bruial probably noticed Im not particularly comfortable with Ogerpon to use it

[normal cave]

I was gonna fake out knock off Incin

So I could spam spore

[normal cave]

You need Pon vs Ogre

Whip threatens a KO without tera, and Cudgel threatens huge damage

[pseudo goblet]

The two hitters ARE sp atker, bad for this matchup

Oh we really set with changing taunt to Whip? I forgot

[normal cave]

Yeah

We removed Leaf Storm, so now we need Whip

It one-shots Ogre, so you force the Tera out

And Ogre does not like its Tera forced vs a fire move like Koraidon's Flare Blitz

But your whole team forces Ogre to tera

[pseudo goblet]

Ivy Follow whip Spiky right

[normal cave]

Yes

[pseudo goblet]

Aight, round 2

You in?

[fading stratus]

try leading bolt ogre

[pseudo goblet]

Okie

Next session, get familiar with Ogerpon

Unless it die pretty soon lmao

[fading stratus]

ogrepon is one of your best mons

[pseudo goblet]

Yet I rarely used it lmao

[pseudo goblet]

@fading stratus I misclicked on important part

[normal cave]

Ggs @pseudo goblet

[normal cave]

It came down to a 50/50 Cudgel crit

[pseudo goblet]

Probably calling it for the night

[normal cave]

He misclicked Power Whip but that wouldn't change the fact that it was a 50/50

[pseudo goblet]

Bolt would -1 atk Ivy cudgel with- I think I did tera the girl, be enough here

[normal cave]

Yeah you tera'd, but Bolt was -2 iirc

[pseudo goblet]

0.5 yeah

[normal cave]

So idt you would have ko'd Ogre without crits

[pseudo goblet]

if it did?

[normal cave]

If it crit then you win

[fading stratus]

crit is 12.5 chance

[normal cave]

On cudgel?

[fading stratus]

yes

[normal cave]

Ah nvm then

Still, you play for that out

[pseudo goblet]

so thats what, 1/11 chance?

[normal cave]

1/9

[fading stratus]

1/8

[normal cave]

Wait

[fading stratus]

🙂

[normal cave]

Yeah 1/8

Mb

[pseudo goblet]

Bolt you really should do math for job lol

[fading stratus]

basically +0 is 6.25
+1 is 12.5
+2 is 50
+3 is 100

[normal cave]

The important thing here is: play to your outs

[pseudo goblet]

english?

[normal cave]

If you have a move that has a chance to win, and no other option, play to it and don't give up

You ggd too early

If you land a crit on Ogre you win

[pseudo goblet]

I was lucky ended in the good timeline lol

well, as good as almost victory

[normal cave]

What good timeline

Ah

You played well, simple as

[fading stratus]

was it a 2-1 or 2-0

[pseudo goblet]

bad timeline being I down to 1 mon when I said gg lmao

[normal cave]

2-1

[fading stratus]

he's improving

[normal cave]

He is

100%

It was a hard match

[fading stratus]

tomorrow we do lunala today take rest zane

[pseudo goblet]

I think we every game became full 3 rounds??

or did we had 2 rounds

[normal cave]

Soon you will 2-0 me

[pseudo goblet]

3 months later lmao

[normal cave]

You might have 2-0ed me? Idk