Pokemon

[fading stratus]

it'd probs be pretty good

or 160 idk

why does it even have 105 atk

[golden lance]

I hope champs buffs some of the bad megas

And its not just metagross mence gengar central

[fading stratus]

if mega chomp base gets sharpness it might be pretty good

[golden lance]

Yea i hope we get like

Sceptile buffs and the like

[fading stratus]

and gallade with sharpness

sceptile needs like

draco and contrary or sth

if it gets that it'd be great

[golden lance]

You could probably make it like

A bulky mon with shed tail and lightning rod

But it does need a good dragon move yea

[fading stratus]

shed tail with base 70 hp vro

ig orthworm also has 70

[golden lance]

Hey cyclizar got hit to ubers in singles

Sometimes all you need is speed

[fading stratus]

wait I realised

all shed tail users have 70 base HP

[outer eagle]

Shed Tail functioning as a free switch vs things not named Urshifu or Maushold should still be decent

[fading stratus]

fast shed tail has never been good

[outer eagle]

That's gonna change today

[fading stratus]

[outer eagle]

Speaking of multi-hits

Has Cloyster ever been good in VGC

[fading stratus]

kinda ish

back in 2017 the regional dex was so weak

so anything was playable

[outer eagle]

King's Rock Cloyster for the ragebait

[fading stratus]

golduck was unironically one of the best mons

because water z move was great

and it was one of the few swift swim users

might've even been only swift swim user

[outer eagle]

And here i thought it was Cloud Nine Golduck meme smh

[fading stratus]

the top 8 looks so wild if you see it rn

[outer eagle]

The most surprising one was A-Persian

[fading stratus]

fur coat

also fake out

and parting shot

it was basically incin before incin

[outer eagle]

I spot Iron Hands 0.5

[fading stratus]

Steel Hands

[outer eagle]

Cardboard Hands

[fading stratus]

Paper Hands

also top 16 btw

gigalith was actually a legit mon

[golden lance]

Man this shiny hunting shit is EZ

[fading stratus]

after you are done with getting every legendary in home I might need a few shinies

[golden lance]

Nah we can do that now

What do you need?

[fading stratus]

I just need anything I can trade for koraidon basically

[golden lance]

Sure

[fading stratus]

not rn tho because I traded 10 legendary to zane already

[pseudo goblet]

now you get why I say 20 shiny before Champion

[fading stratus]

surely i can get koraidon for a shiny garchomp right

[golden lance]

50/50

Since chomp is one of those shinies that barely look any different

[fading stratus]

yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Ig yall can go with Shiny Metagross as bait

Man that sound weird as hell

[fading stratus]

oh do you have a bunch extras?

[golden lance]

I'm considering just going yolo in wild area 20

[pseudo goblet]

Hiss*

[golden lance]

You have what, starters, garde, whatever alpha spawns

[fading stratus]

hiss?

oh are they genned

then even better

[golden lance]

Malamar moved in 5 mins i'm impressed

[pseudo goblet]

I mean like, My babies

[fading stratus]

ah

do you have some genned stuff you want to get rid of

[pseudo goblet]

Cant remember

[golden lance]

Oh yea zane

[pseudo goblet]

Maybe?

Zabe

[golden lance]

Is hyperspace lumiose or regular lumiose better for hunting?

[golden lance]

Dwai

[pseudo goblet]

Oh I havent touch dlc at all

[pseudo goblet]

Definitely not going in my family so yeah I will give them to you

Just have to find them lol

[pseudo goblet]

Okay now I remember what the opinions were

Afaik, hyperspace maybe is better, but because shiny donuts

Maybe its down to AFK efficiency vs boosted shiny odds manual hunt, which I think you been doing the latter method

[fading stratus]

I will probs play the first format of champions on phone with every mon that I have the OT to

so like Fake Out Hariyama and Calm Mind Misdreavus

that sounds peak ngl

[golden lance]

So far i've catched 9 shinies

Side quest mareep included

[pseudo goblet]

I wanna joke with Paradox but cant since unlikely they join lol

[pseudo goblet]

11 more to go

Tho Ig you’ll use em for better mons so the number will go down

[fading stratus]

honestly something like this doesnt even look bad

copium

[warm sky]

https://twitter.com/haruxxe/status/1916107998747103241/photo/1
https://twitter.com/1101_0720/status/1915027321498579080/photo/1
https://twitter.com/umeboshi_nigame/status/1915285249350848664/photo/1
https://twitter.com/46isou/status/1915068823885210093/photo/1
https://twitter.com/to_829/status/1913534383627358444/photo/1

はる🧊🐧 (@haruxxe)

Contest Style🎀✨Dawn&Piplup

X · Apr 26, 2025, 12:32 PM

すなめり@skeb募集中 (@1101_0720)

X · Apr 23, 2025, 12:57 PM

うボ (@umeboshi_nigame)

X · Apr 24, 2025, 6:02 AM

shiro🫐 (@46isou)

らくがき〜💜❤️

X · Apr 23, 2025, 3:42 PM

兎 (@to_829)

シロガネif
個人的には赤さんより容赦なさそうだなぁー、と考えてますの…

X · Apr 19, 2025, 10:05 AM

[pseudo goblet]

Red turns people man

[fading stratus]

https://youtu.be/0NWFQg6H-rY?si=-AzJV222en7Iycxe

[pseudo goblet]

https://x.com/santana_mola/status/2039873355671830914?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

さんたなマンボウ@ポケモン (@Santana_Mola)

これはスプーンフォークアルセウス

X · Apr 3, 2026, 1:11 AM

[golden lance]

High end gts is completely frozen bc is everyone is trying to trade for EF floette

... This week is gonna be slow

[mighty storm]

Fun fact about me, I share the same name as a pokemon side game's female protagonist

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Summer_(Ranger)

[golden lance]

Decided to make a separate box

[fading stratus]

Bro choccy regular trade is slow too

I haven't been able to exchange my Mewtwo even

[outer eagle]

Funny to think that Mewtwo is the equivalence of cabbages nowadays

[fading stratus]

its more like diego mewtwo

because its been genned million times

I do have a legit mewtwo tho

[outer eagle]

Time for Mewthree

[fading stratus]

[fading stratus]

https://fixupx.com/vgchampstats/status/2040516310367424964?s=46&t=b7_AwGkPyLlmkPsK1JWfmA

Pokemon Champions Stats (@VGChampStats)

After one week of the Pre-Champions Showdown ladder, here are the current usage stats!
︀︀
︀︀Data scraped from almost 12,500 replays.
︀︀
︀︀Which Pokemon are you using?

Quoting Ester 🏳️‍⚧️🛰️ (@a_gay_whale)
︀
Champions will be out in less than two weeks but I couldn't wait so I coded in a format with the Pokémon confirmed to be in the game so far!
︀︀Server link below for whomever want to try it :3

**💬 44 🔁 168 ❤️ 2.6K 👁️ 216.9K **

FixupX · Apr 4, 2026, 7:46 PM

wow this is just reg H

https://x.com/vgchampstats/status/2040517773294502360?s=46

Pokemon Champions Stats (@VGChampStats)

Even of those Pokemon, here's how often they each actually run a Mega Stone as their item:

Garchomp - 11.1% (6.9% Z, 4.2% standard)
Dragonite - 52.1%
Tyranitar - 32.2%
Charizard - 99.1% (95% Y, 4.1% X)
Gengar - 97.6%
Metagross - 92.5%

X · Apr 4, 2026, 7:52 PM

[golden lance]

Took a while huh

[normal cave]

[normal cave]

The dnite 50/50 is real

[outer eagle]

Where Amogus?

[normal cave]

Not confirmed for champs it seems

[fading stratus]

amogus not confirmed iirc

so eveyrone is on sinistcha

[outer eagle]

[fading stratus]

gj kidge

I'll probably get all stuff before champs is on phone

probably

[normal cave]

I'll have to play a pokemon game

Bolt could you link me a dnite rain team? So I can know what to hunt

I might just flip shitmons for max value and then trade lile

A restricted for Archaludon

[fading stratus]

what mega do you want to play

[maiden flax]

3 more days till pokemon champs

[spice rivet]

I can't remember which gane it is exactly, but I still can't believe they used Kayvon as a name for "Gym Leader"/equivalent in an arcade game (My name lmao)

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/AndyLaVGC/status/2040556982591971345?s=20

AndyLaVGC (@AndyLaVGC)

WHO LET ME DAY 2 WITH POLIWAG??????

X · Apr 4, 2026, 10:27 PM

apparently poliwag day 2'd a regionals

[swift jasper]

teeth

[fading stratus]

this was the sets

[maiden flax]

poliwag carry

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/mentalsyndrome/status/2040557173185663177?s=20

Mentalsyndrome (@mentalsyndrome)

TOP 128 MARSHTOMP AT ORLANDO

THE LAD DID IT

X · Apr 4, 2026, 10:28 PM

didnt make day 2 but

someone made t128 with marshtomp

[maiden flax]

poliwag doesnt need eviolite to carry

[fading stratus]

yeah

that was a goated set

also freezai for singles players ig

[maiden flax]

what do you mean for singles players?

[fading stratus]

doesnt he play singles

[maiden flax]

he does yeah

though he has been getting into vgc for a while

[fading stratus]

yeah he did play 2023 season iirc

or 2024

and even went to worlds

might be 2023

yeah 2023 season

also raichu is 8-0 which is funny

[maiden flax]

clearly means mega raichu will be top tier

[fading stratus]

true

[normal cave]

@golden lance you didn't tell me the mewtwo bot gave you a shiny

[fading stratus]

check the ot

whats the ot

[normal cave]

817922

[fading stratus]

no the ot name

[normal cave]

Pkmfans

[fading stratus]

yeah hacked

but you can get koraidon with it

probably

[normal cave]

Idc not keeping that shit

[normal cave]

Oki

[fading stratus]

or even raging bolt stuff probs

[fading stratus]

check ot

[normal cave]

Calceta

[fading stratus]

sounds fine

[maiden flax]

They should give sharpedo fishous rend

We can be trusted

[normal cave]

Level 80 with a ribbon

[fading stratus]

looks about right

bruial you didnt say which mega you want to play with rain

[normal cave]

https://tenor.com/view/dragonite-pokémon-pokémon-legends-z-a-lumiose-city-kalos-gif-14917645894010092572

This is my favorite Pokemon

Only reason I want to play rain is to play Dnite

[fading stratus]

dnite can be used without mega as well

[normal cave]

Base Dnite is also equally fine

[fading stratus]

with scale shot

[normal cave]

Both options are appealing

[fading stratus]

you just said you wanted list of mons you'd need

[normal cave]

Yeah

So I can trade for them

Also I got a melmetal

Idfk what I do with that, broken mon

But mythical

[fading stratus]

you need
pelli, poli
dnite, arch
whimsicott, sinistcha, amoongus(not confirmed)
annihilape, gholdengo(not confirmed), ursaluna, basculegend

sneasler and metagross

incin while youre at it

maushold

also get like 1-2 mega mons that you wanna play in rain or in general

you should be able to make like 5 different teams with it

and also get a farigiraf at top

[golden lance]

It usually doesn't, good job

[fading stratus]

vro choccy

I am not even getting diego mewtwos rn

let alone shinies

[golden lance]

Bot ded, again

[fading stratus]

also mewtwos arent being traded which is weird

I used to get zacian in like an hour

but rn I cant even get torn in couple of hours

[golden lance]

Yea nothing is, probably due to za's launch

[fading stratus]

it'll probably settle in a week or two

[golden lance]

Aint that crazy

[fading stratus]

holy shit

but idt getting any of the UBs is hard

[golden lance]

It isnt, just funny

Shiny is nice tho

[fading stratus]

maybe stakataka and blacephalon

if I had to guess

shiny snover yeah

gj

[golden lance]

It is from go tho

So dont need to worry about legitimacy

Nice

[fading stratus]

ye

[golden lance]

Ok so

Which one do you think converts to a bike the fastest? Shiny snover or shiny talonflame?

[fading stratus]

snover maybe

talonflame feels like a common shiny

[normal cave]

Metagross

Do I have to?

[golden lance]

Who am i missing again? Caly, horses, and terapagos?

Oh yea the birds

[fading stratus]

metagross works pretty well in rain but you can opt out if you dont want to

[normal cave]

Eh I'll get one

[fading stratus]

also sneasler metagross work incredibly well because y'know

coaching

[golden lance]

Damn i'm almost done

That's crazy

[fading stratus]

yeah

I need like everything

[normal cave]

Needing a premium user to trade more than one pokemon at a time sucks

[golden lance]

Wild too bc you started out first

[fading stratus]

yeah

I learned the strat

after a while

woulda been fast if i knew the mewtwo strat from start

but I learned it after like

1 week or so

just when you were starting

like vro I used to hunt for gholdengos to trade for legendaries

[golden lance]

Oh yea almost finishing the dlc plotline too

Hopefully the shiny charm isnt too much of a chore to get

[fading stratus]

also choccy

I dont have like that much rush in getting stuff too

because no champs yet

on phone

[golden lance]

Yea restricted format is gonna take a while either way

[fading stratus]

yeah

I need to hunt 24 legendaries still

wild

and all the paradox

because I kept getting genned stuff so I traded for spectrier

[golden lance]

Aight darkrai time

[hasty anchor]

Wait they seriously used Marshtomp

[fading stratus]

yeah it gets wide guard

and ground typing

[hasty anchor]

Really is pretty cool when mons that haven't fully evolved yet get stuff to do for a team

Shout-outs to Magmar, Electabuzz, Clefairy, etc.

[fading stratus]

not anymore

there arent pre evos in champions

also you missed p2

[hasty anchor]

Aw, whaaaaat

[fading stratus]

yeah

[outer eagle]

Darkrai is a Mythical right?

[fading stratus]

ye

[outer eagle]

Wonder if Mega-Darkrai will ever be usable in VGC

[fading stratus]

well its a mythical

so probs not

[outer eagle]

Watch them make an exception for Darkrai

[twin shard]

My older brother made it to top

Too bad dad didn’t make it

[fading stratus]

gj to them even if they didnt make it still a valiant effort nonetheless

iron valiant effort

[twin shard]

I’m talking about marshtomp

[fading stratus]

nvm

also @normal cave another mon to get would be palafin

if current roster remains

[golden lance]

There are only 2 mythicals that still cant be caught in regular gameplay on a switch game

[normal cave]

Nice nice

[golden lance]

I could see it

[pseudo goblet]

I should name my boxes for Bruial when I get around Bolt and Choccy

Just in case

[golden lance]

Only yea only missing 2 mons for the base game regional dex

Btw zane how long did it take you to reach rank A on the ladder?

I need to use my free NSO trial to get the kalos starter mega stones

[pseudo goblet]

At least 4 hours

[pseudo goblet]

Let me feel the new rules with season 9 first, I could tell you what might be best

[pseudo goblet]

Do note, you dont need rank a to get every stone

Usually rank S

I wanna recommend Emboar lol

[golden lance]

Are we in a restricted format rn?

[pseudo goblet]

Not the best but the sound of one shot CC is

[pseudo goblet]

I think thats everyone is here?

So, You probably want Xerneas first off

Assuming people all being basic and uses dragons a lot

Maybe Swampert, grass isnt that common in ranked

[golden lance]

Yea no legendaries

The dex caps at 232

[pseudo goblet]

Shit

Okay

Ah

Most important types then

Fairy Steel Ground Dragon Water

Also Emboar bias lol

Excadrill, Gardevoir, Greninja

Dnite Garchomp Bax

So you gonna learn how to be sneaky mf

Wait 2 enemies do their interactions, aim for the survivor

Some people kinda too good at it so I wouldnt recommend face them head on

[normal cave]

Pogo has been giving me a few littens

So that means more mewtwo

[fading stratus]

You can trade Mewtwo for anything

[normal cave]

So far I got a Korai and a Torn

[pseudo goblet]

Dnite when

https://tenor.com/view/lucario-dragonite-training-gif-20026295

[normal cave]

Honestly I could just get one now

At any moment really

I'll load up on legendaries first so I can downtrade for the mons I actually want

[pseudo goblet]

@icy heath

[icy heath]

gib

[normal cave]

Bnuuy

I've downloaded pogo but I can't leave the house, so I have to tab in and out of the game to confuse the gps into thinking I'm moving

[icy heath]

Turn off wifi

[normal cave]

Silly bnuuy

I turn the wifi off when I want to IMPROVE my reception

My wifi is dogshit

[pseudo goblet]

30 rm, I could do it but folks with me today, they would murder me if I came out with too many stuff

[fading stratus]

This is such a funny graphics

[normal cave]

Dawg

[icy heath]

Turn on wifi to confuse the game then

[fading stratus]

Yeah it's not hard to trade Mewtwo for zacian

[icy heath]

[fading stratus]

I still don't own a zacian yet

But that's because I traded my zacians for like

[normal cave]

Level 20 pogo zacian

[fading stratus]

Urshifu
Okidogi
Munkidori
Shinies

Yeah

[icy heath]

[fading stratus]

Sent

[normal cave]

Let's be friends in Pokémon GO! My Trainer Code is 215830482896!

[normal cave]

Sent

[icy heath]

[fading stratus]

Mine is
795228331385

But I sent to both

Thanks bruial but how do you gift someone

I figured out

[midnight spear]

anyone have iron leaves and walking wake i can have for my living dex

[normal cave]

I can try the wifi in my saferoom if I want REALLY shitty reception, but I'm not even sure pogo will work there

[fading stratus]

ah

[icy heath]

The best trick is to have one of the two be a bit worse, and then toggle on/off

So in my case wifi reception is better so I toggle off wifi for a bit and then toggle it back on a bit later

For you it can be the reverse

It's just so you get a bit of movement that triggers spawns

[normal cave]

Ahhh

https://tenor.com/view/noting-this-down-gif-4963794076564616860

[icy heath]

Also if you have an apartment/house with opposite side windows you probably have enough distance to trigger egg hatchings/incense spawns

[normal cave]

Tyty bnuuy sensei

[fading stratus]

what are the hacks to get mons bunbun

like I need say 400 larvesta candies

[normal cave]

Do the mewtwo bots consider pikachu a starter

Because I have

Soooooo many pikachus

[fading stratus]

you can trade anything for mewtwo bot

if you are unable

just wonder trade

and then trade whatever you get for WT

[normal cave]

So it's not just starters

Cool cool

[fading stratus]

yeah

[fading stratus]

like this

[normal cave]

Gonna dump an army of pikachus into the bot

[fading stratus]

yeah you should

[fading stratus]

those are some rotten eggs

[icy heath]

No no you see they are deviled eggs

[icy heath]

Larvesta is only in 10km eggs iirc

[fading stratus]

is there any way to hatch those eggs

except walking 10km

[icy heath]

Yeah you pay to win so you get super incubators which reduces it to 6.7km

But also you can't delete eggs

So if you are stuck only finding 2 or 5km eggs you gotta breed those too

Or an alternative is to wait forever for Pogo to maybe have an event which has the mon be spawned instead of hatched

Pogo is not a game that lets you typically "cheat" on mons

It's an online game so it makes you pay for things if you don't want to wait

[fading stratus]

Ig I can just ask someone to evolve it for me outside of pogo

If I want volcarona

[icy heath]

Like if you don't want to hatch more than 1 or 2 larvesta, the only real alternatives is to raid like 150 times which is a lot of money

[icy heath]

Oh yeah if it's just for home, then by all means use every other method

An important thing is: A pokemon can only be traded once, so you can't trade something back that you traded away

[maiden flax]

Okay I'm looking at mega metagross's calcs
And holy hell what is wrong with the mon
It hits unbelievably hard

[midnight spear]

im guessing mega metagross

cause uh if so it makes sense it's on par with a restriced pokemon

[midnight spear]

you tell me why it's so good

[maiden flax]

Yes I knew it was good
I knew it was potentially broken

But seeing the calcs really just sends it home just how strong this mon is

Like my god

[midnight spear]

i think the craziest thing is it's even better then it was first able to be used

[maiden flax]

Yes
Due to psychic fangs heavy slam

[midnight spear]

this is roughly what ill prob end up using in champions

https://pokepast.es/e795b6e134bdab31

[pseudo goblet]

Didnt buy in the end, later

[normal cave]

Haul so far. Any estimate on what I can trade the two shinies for?

[pseudo goblet]

Maybe Miraidon with Flutter Mane I assume

[normal cave]

Not bad

And p2?

[pseudo goblet]

Hard to say

[normal cave]

I'll try my luck

[pseudo goblet]

Then again, most common shiny past paradox

Counter-counter point, probably most use in meta

[normal cave]

It and Great Neck are the best paradoxes afaik

[fading stratus]

porygon 2 isnt legal btw bruial

because no pre evos are legal

[midnight spear]

besides pikachu

[normal cave]

Aight, I'll just trade it for somefin then

Archaludon maybe

[pseudo goblet]

Bolt idea, champion team with Ash’s mons

You still get Inci

[fading stratus]

honestly it'd be pretty easy

assuming you can evolve every mon to final evo

[normal cave]

Melmetal, incin, dnite, naganadel...

[pseudo goblet]

Seismitoad

[normal cave]

Zard

Ash had some cracked mons

Also Dracovish

[pseudo goblet]

… damn, of all the ground water Ash can get, it be that

[normal cave]

Vish probs the strongest mon on his team

[pseudo goblet]

Mostly I wanna feel like this lol

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-ash-ketchum-pikachu-dragonite-gif-26517273

[fading stratus]

bro zane I just dont have the luck for raging bolt

got one with OT SHINYDEN

then traded it for a gouging fire which had OT HOME

[pseudo goblet]

Ehhhhhhh

Definitely hacked

Or it was the HOME person we saw previously

[fading stratus]

yeah

but even if I get genned I'd take ones that are less obvious

[pseudo goblet]

Buy game

[fading stratus]

[pseudo goblet]

Do the recruits in Champion transfer into HOME

Like, the mons can actually go on adventures with you

[fading stratus]

Worth the trade again

[fading stratus]

Idts

I think they just stay in champions

[pseudo goblet]

Damn, wished we couldve shiny hunt there

And we watch Yozzoy and Bun dominate lol

[fading stratus]

wow its surprisingly hard to make a team

out of ash's mons

[normal cave]

Where dnite

[fading stratus]

the second slot is probably one of dnite talonflame or noivern

but noivern kinda appealing to me

because boomburst besides gengar

[normal cave]

Ach so

Boomburst trap

Not bad

[fading stratus]

like I don't need to make a hyperoptimal team

[pseudo goblet]

Ash team basically cant do psychic stuff huh

[fading stratus]

I can just make a pretty cool fun team

honestly pretty hardish task

[pseudo goblet]

What if, every variants of ash mons are allowed

So like, Donphan primal reversion to Great Tusk lol

[fading stratus]

probably not that

but I'd take a tauros yeah

[icy heath]

Good good

[fading stratus]

probably needs some changes

but this looks okay

[pseudo goblet]

Oooooh Alolan Muk

[fading stratus]

alolan muk is decent as well

[icy heath]

Important lesson is too not buy things you don't want just because it is funny in the moment

[fading stratus]

[pseudo goblet]

I want it cause its your favourite

[fading stratus]

noivern looks bad but its not that awful

boomburst and draco still hurt

even with this spA

and its pretty fast

[pseudo goblet]

Mmm… Ash(‘s) Larvitar…

[fading stratus]

for a fast Tailwind

idt that was ash;s tbh

ash just travelled with it

[pseudo goblet]

Surprisingly Zero Iron Thorns gif

[fading stratus]

https://klipy.com/gifs/pokemon-pokemon-mystery-dungeon-8

since I'm getting every legendary paradox and UB iron thorns is a mon that I need to get too

aww

[pseudo goblet]

Champion team with Paul’s mon

Dude got some new members during Journeys

[fading stratus]

guess whats the first mon I'm putting on the team

[pseudo goblet]

Electabuzz? Lol

[fading stratus]

garchomp smh

the joke was it's the first mon I added to ash's team too

[pseudo goblet]

Ah

You’d probably like Gary’s mons

[fading stratus]

wait holy shit

paul gets this

[pseudo goblet]

Oh god

Toxic spike with Drapion

https://tenor.com/view/torterra-drapion-torterra-vs-drapion-gif-26471461

[fading stratus]

something like this maybe

[pseudo goblet]

Dude had Froslass? What

[fading stratus]

yeah

maybe this

[pseudo goblet]

He released Stantler right

Okay I checked, yeah

[fading stratus]

yeah

I checked too

[pseudo goblet]

Should we count Sneasler for Weavile lol

[fading stratus]

hmm

good question

you can probs use something like this then

[pseudo goblet]

Automatically better

[midnight spear]

no they stay in champions

[icy heath]

Alrighty that's a good enough reason

[normal cave]

Shiny flutter taking time to trade for Mirai

[pseudo goblet]

Eh give it some time

Flips takes a while to bait suckers

[fading stratus]

yeah

how did you get shiny flutter

[normal cave]

Eh, the genned Mewtwos flip like hotcakes

[normal cave]

Mewtwo trading

[fading stratus]

ah

[normal cave]

Went mewtwo>zacian>shiny flutter

[fading stratus]

ah

[midnight spear]

ngl in s/v which i know you can't do it's so easy to get shiny flutter mane

[pseudo goblet]

I like yall suddenly accept the term Flips lol

[midnight spear]

once of the easiest shiny's to get

[normal cave]

I already have another zacian so eh

[normal cave]

Worst case I trade it for incin

[pseudo goblet]

Please dont

[midnight spear]

i have a box of litten

and that is not a joke

[pseudo goblet]

I couldve train up a Inci for you

[normal cave]

Why? I got it off a fucking pikachu

[fading stratus]

honestly bruial once you get koraidon miraidon hunt for ogerpon/gouging fire/raging bolt/ursa bloodmoon

by having korai/mirai as a middle point

[normal cave]

Oki, I'll save shiny flutter for you

[normal cave]

[pseudo goblet]

Save the best baits for bigger fish

[normal cave]

But the whole point is shiny flutter is not good bait

[pseudo goblet]

Not every person knows that

[fading stratus]

I have ogerpon raging bolt bloodmoon ursa

I still need gouging fire

[pseudo goblet]

Bait the ignorant

[fading stratus]

and iron crown

[pseudo goblet]

Bolt word me

[fading stratus]

word

[midnight spear]

i need to beat legends arcues so i can get the hissui pokemon

[fading stratus]

keeping shiny flutter isnt bad either tbh

I've kept the shiny rayyquaza

[midnight spear]

normal ray is bad mega ray is not

[pseudo goblet]

Havent login Skyblock much but money Flips literally all I do now

Turning 10 coins into 251022 coins

Still slow to reach any bigger goal but better than none

Would the odds turning the Flutter into Urshifu and into Miraidon be better

[fading stratus]

just keep the urshifu first anyway

[pseudo goblet]

But Bruial likes the slippery noddle

[normal cave]

Urshifu is harder to get than mirai no?

[midnight spear]

i can get both it's not hard

[normal cave]

I'm asking for myself

[midnight spear]

i have a violet save with both avalible and a sword save where i have not claimed the kubfu yet so i can get both for someone if they want it

and i have the event shiny miraidon and already have both urshifu forms

[pseudo goblet]

Probably

In this case I feel the odds are

Miraidon-limited to just people with SV

Urshifu- you are open to people with SwSh And SV

[normal cave]

Urshifu is a DLC mon tho

And Mirai is main story

So Urshi costs more money

[midnight spear]

and event

well for shiny miraidon

[normal cave]

Even easier to obtain then

Urshi is only Clown Tundra ye?

[midnight spear]

no isle of armour

[normal cave]

Ah

[pseudo goblet]

Shiny dons terrible distribution flashbacks 💀

[midnight spear]

it was fine for me i got both

[pseudo goblet]

I didnt even participate

[normal cave]

But nowhere outside of the dlc for swsh right?

[midnight spear]

it's in go iirc

[pseudo goblet]

SV dlc had Urshifu

[normal cave]

Really?

[pseudo goblet]

So, two games

[normal cave]

If it's in go and in other games dlc then it shouldn't be an issue

[pseudo goblet]

Well, 2 games dlc

Yeah now you got it

[normal cave]

Could trade mane for kubfu and kubfu for the urshi I want

[fading stratus]

just go direct ursh

if you can

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FixupX · Apr 5, 2026, 7:24 AM

[normal cave]

Ogey

[midnight spear]

i could give you both urshifu

[fading stratus]

I already have both urshs

[normal cave]

Thank you

But I'd like to try trading in the wild first

You could use the Urshis for your own trades

[midnight spear]

ill get them ready just in case i also have both forms already like i don't need them and i can get anything i need

i own like all the games on switch minus shining pearl and let's go eevee

[pseudo goblet]

Hope you enjoy restarting SwSh each time

[midnight spear]

eh if i do i don't even have to play through the entire game

[pseudo goblet]

Ye, still lol

[fading stratus]

I wonder if shiny torn can fetch me iron crown

[midnight spear]

gonna claim the first of 2 kubfu i can get rn

gonna do the other one when i wake up

[normal cave]

Prolly?

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/epic-flag-hurricane-america-two-gif-24172967

Oooookay, weird find

[fading stratus]

I'll wait until tonight ig

if I can get one

or I'll try getting a second raging bolt for it

then trade it for gouging fire or iron crown

[pseudo goblet]

Weird way to tell yours is legit

[fading stratus]

I';; trade it again

[midnight spear]

i forgot i need kubfu for my living dex

[pseudo goblet]

Oh shit mb, thats Choccy’s

[pseudo goblet]

Yours fr this time

[fading stratus]

they look fine?

[golden lance]

Dont they need at least 3 perfect ivs?

One on the left looks sus

[fading stratus]

ah so the swsh one is weird

[golden lance]

Yea

[fading stratus]

I can probs get another darkshifu

[pseudo goblet]

Google says otherwise

[golden lance]

This one has the go stamp too

So funnily enough, definite proof it wasnt genned

[fading stratus]

3 perfect IVs tho

[golden lance]

Also til both horses are in SV

Should make them easier to get than i expected

Also the shiny snover didnt move

[pseudo goblet]

Buy SV, again

[golden lance]

I think the ship has already sailed for me

[pseudo goblet]

I forgot this lil guy, yours

[golden lance]

Ohshit

Guess SWSH has perfect ivs, SV doesnt

[pseudo goblet]

K so google saying SV legends not guarantee- yeah

[fading stratus]

Does this look legit

[pseudo goblet]

3 moves?

Also

[fading stratus]

Ye

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/vtuber-hololive-ホロライブ-takane-lui-lui-gif-26233375

The ot

[golden lance]

Wait when did you get caly

[fading stratus]

I got 2 crowns both were hacked

[golden lance]

I see

[fading stratus]

Decided to get Calyfor it

[golden lance]

Btw zane

Can you check the OTs on my bolt and fire?

Wait my oger is genned fuuuuuck

[fading stratus]

Now I have csr

[golden lance]

Looks about right

[fading stratus]

Gouging Fire looks genned

[pseudo goblet]

Worse iv for Fini

Choccy’s

[golden lance]

So i found out the other week

All paradox legendaries have fixed ivs

20 in all stats

[pseudo goblet]

Take a guess whose is this

Mmm?

[fading stratus]

Is this genned then

[golden lance]

Check EVs

[pseudo goblet]

Why lucky name seems familiar

[fading stratus]

EVs is 252 252

[golden lance]

Yea its just trained

[fading stratus]

this is the strongest team I can build rn @pseudo goblet

you asked yesterday

[pseudo goblet]

Okay this one seems okay

It shouldnt, but Tera Raid can be manipulated to spawn mons with specific traits

Bolt’s

[pseudo goblet]

I did?

Oh from your arsenal?

[golden lance]

Out of fear for the bot being taken down again i've decided to secure every single mewtwo i'll need

[fading stratus]

So is this legit or not

[golden lance]

Which ended up being just 2

[pseudo goblet]

It should be

Since it came from tera raids

Its the SAME method as shiny raid hosts

[midnight spear]

Yeah the dlc ones do

[fading stratus]

Nice idea

[warm sky]

https://twitter.com/_0bon_/status/1659165869501718528/photo/1
https://twitter.com/pikatl/status/2040154299184124310/photo/1
https://twitter.com/Kairi__151/status/1753773932920840305/photo/1
https://twitter.com/ThatOneHaxorus/status/1916242868337074466/photo/1
https://twitter.com/ThatOneHaxorus/status/1916692077787652460/photo/1

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温かそうなパオジアンと涼しそうなオオタチ

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pikat 🇭🇰 (@pikatl)

clodsquire is going into battle

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かいり (@Kairi__151)

節分の日

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(Belated) Setsubun Lurantis fanart

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Haxera Stub (@ThatOneHaxorus)

Lurantis Tiongkok

X · Apr 28, 2025, 3:12 AM

[normal cave]

Oh wow these are good

[random stream]

this fella and I are heading home from the mall

[pseudo goblet]

Omfg

Bruial ya might wanna copy them

[fading stratus]

I'll probably get gouging fire from that dragalge too

after champions releases

with abilities

if I cant trade the chomp I'll just keep it

[normal cave]

I already have 7 mewtwos

Getting more as we speak

[fading stratus]

I can give you a legit mewtwo later if you want

[normal cave]

Nolol

[fading stratus]

onr of the mewtwos is a legit onw

named binglebop or sth

[normal cave]

What am I gonna do with a mewtwo

[fading stratus]

mewtwo is like a playable legendary

especially in ladder where you dont need the most optimal team

apparently a ZA mewtwo

[normal cave]

Yeah but why would I play Mewtwo

I mean I like mewtwo, just not gamewise

[fading stratus]

I would

[normal cave]

I'd rather use my restricted slot on a dragon or pogers

[fading stratus]

gotcha

I'll probably use almost all restricteds

except the awful ones

like base kyurem

or base necrozma

[normal cave]

I have limited home spacr

[fading stratus]

I;ve asked zane to store mons for me

so I'll hunt for every single legendary

[golden lance]

@pseudo goblet @fading stratus how we feeling about this one?

[normal cave]

Ivs too bad to be real

[fading stratus]

pagos has 31 guranteed in every except atk

and 15 atk

so maybe not real?

[pseudo goblet]

Turtle is hard and heavy

[pseudo goblet]

Yall keep saying iv makes me worry yall not knowinh this is ev

[fading stratus]

ik

thats ev

youre ev

[pseudo goblet]

Oh wrong reply mb

[golden lance]

Traded it and immediately got the 3rd genned oger of the day

This is gonna take a while

[fading stratus]

I think my ogre is not genned

[pseudo goblet]

Ogerpon only possible with lonely nature btw

[golden lance]

I'm aware

[midnight spear]

iirc it's 20 guaurnteed attack iv's

[fading stratus]

well quick googling says 15

I got a shiny zapdos but it looks almost identical to the regular one so Idt I'll be able to get a koraidon for it

[normal cave]

This is just pokemon laundering

[fading stratus]

true

[golden lance]

Yea

[normal cave]

Cool

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/BushaVGC/status/2040770989496119721?s=20

Busha (@BushaVGC)

„Man, I really want to D2 but I don’t have enough tera shards for my team and actually… I even forgot to catch my restricteds and I have to wake up early tomorrow… do I have something in my box that I can use? Yeah, that'll do :D“

This is crazy

X · Apr 5, 2026, 12:38 PM

(this team made day 2)

[normal cave]

D2 stands for 2 dragons

[fading stratus]

true

rayquaza is something I'm kinda sad people didnt experiment more on

I think its a cool restricted

[normal cave]

It's dnite but restricted

[fading stratus]

I was theorizing a LO Overheat Draco Ascent Espeed set

Overheat beats all steel types

I think LO Overheat OHKOs zamazenta

[normal cave]

Mixedquaza

The hoenn special

[fading stratus]

and you dont care about reducing your SpA

I forgot the exact line

but I think it was supposed to be paired with CSR

[fading stratus]

[normal cave]

Halfway done obtaining mewtwos

[sharp kernel]

@fading stratus any idea what happened here? https://x.com/honorstoise/status/2040777217257472459?s=46&t=DdUsqNPs-c3IFDRYOhiq8A

Andrew Zheng (@honorstoise)

I have been dqed from day 2 of the Orlando regional championships due to cheating allegations from my r9 stream match. Really disappointing end to a dream start in my last TCG regional before Pokémon Champions comes out. video coming later

X · Apr 5, 2026, 1:02 PM

[fading stratus]

no idea didnt watch the tcg stream

[sharp kernel]

Oh I just realized it said tcg

[fading stratus]

yeah

[sharp kernel]

Since when does Andrew play tcg

[fading stratus]

like always

[sharp kernel]

Nvm I see his reasoning. This regulation is cringe and champions comes out this week

[golden lance]

Huh

[fading stratus]

looks good?

[normal cave]

What did you trade for it

[golden lance]

Good enough i think

[fading stratus]

you can get it for korai or any high tier

[golden lance]

I think i got it from a zacian actually

[normal cave]

Okay but I have only one korai and I want to keep it

[golden lance]

It was just sitting there in the gts

[normal cave]

I love my idiot sandwich son

[fading stratus]

i need gouging fire and iron crown and pagos

for high tier stuff

i wonder if i can get glastrier for zacian

[golden lance]

I would try it for okidogi, personally

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-pokemon-home-nintendo-the-pokemon-company-trade-pokémon-gif-25714870

[golden lance]

Beast ball kinda worries me tho

[fading stratus]

oh yeah beast ball ig

but oger has 100% catch rate

so beast ball works as well

[golden lance]

Oh yea right

[normal cave]

[fading stratus]

do I get shiny noibat or not

[normal cave]

Yes

[fading stratus]

will that get me a korai or not I wonde

r

fine since bruial said it

[normal cave]

Uhhhh

It can get you a mewtwo

[fading stratus]

I traded a lando for it

[normal cave]

It's a shiny

That can trade for anything with enough patience

[fading stratus]

I'll keep it overnight for korai ig

last regionals before champions ig

technically there are 3 more but who cares now that we have champions

[spice rivet]

Genuinely amazed Terapagos has that high of Usage in double restricted format

[fading stratus]

I really like how the italian team plays

its one of the coolest teams of the format imo

like I;d never play it but its pcool

[spice rivet]

I just hate Kyogre on ladder since in closed team sheets you can never tell where the Scarf/Specs are

[fading stratus]

or even AV

[spice rivet]

Yup

[fading stratus]

I'd guess some people even play heavy ball kyogre

with CIR

not heavy ball

iron ball

[normal cave]

[spice rivet]

I hope that Champions will allow for changes to their match preview so we can see items

[normal cave]

Hard tr feesh

[fading stratus]

the demo didnt make it seem like that

but maybe they have the feature

[spice rivet]

Ya, I hope it gets updated

[fading stratus]

but even if it doesnt figuring out which urshifu forme is still a plus

[spice rivet]

Because also, its got to be a logistics headache to do open team sheets and print out each players teams etc

[fading stratus]

yeah

goated feature match

hope slushi2k wins

[spice rivet]

I think O can count the number of SS Urshifu Ive gone against in SV on 2 hands, feels like no one played it

[sharp kernel]

Grimmsnarl the goat

I need them to confirm whether mega Drampa has drizzle or not already

[normal cave]

Time to fence 20 mewtwos

[fading stratus]

there's 3 days left now

not even 3

if it releases on JP time

[normal cave]

Eh, I'll be able to trade them for stuff like incin and peli if I fail

[pseudo goblet]

Again, couldve help yall with the normal-est mons, just sayin lol

[normal cave]

I am not dumping fake mewtwos on you

[pseudo goblet]

Ik Im the worst at finish deliveries but like lol

[pseudo goblet]

For free

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/PokeDailyPost/status/2040794460762591305?s=20

Pokémon Daily Post💫 (@PokeDailyPost)

Your birth month is the Pokémon you turn into (Mythical version💫)

X · Apr 5, 2026, 2:11 PM

[pseudo goblet]

How do I be funny with mine

https://tenor.com/view/freddy-krueger-freddy-freddy-chase-freddy-run-gif-18344849987428289756

That works

[spice rivet]

Also, the possible full spoilers for the leaked abilities of the new Megas for those that may have missed it

[pseudo goblet]

GOLIOSOPOD PLEASE

MAKE US BUG CATCHERS PROUD

[fading stratus]

yeah this was the leak from a while back

like a month old leek

[pseudo goblet]

Aww

Wait why tf for Lucario Z

Believability -50

[spice rivet]

It did get Excadrill and Scovillaim correct tho

[fading stratus]

they predicted excovillain yeah

and frosslass too

[spice rivet]

Riolu has it and its had niches believe it or not

[pseudo goblet]

til

[fading stratus]

if it was bulky and a physical attacker it woulda been good

because it gets howl

[spice rivet]

Riolu Copy Cat Trick Room being used as Max Guard in SwSh for +1 Priority Trick Room

[fading stratus]

also riolu gets coaching

[pseudo goblet]

Goliosopod please

[spice rivet]

I expect Golisopod to be good

[sharp kernel]

Mega Drampa having drizzle legit changes so much for theory

[pseudo goblet]

It should be mega practically turn 1

[spice rivet]

Itll turn Calyrex Ice into Horse glue

[pseudo goblet]

Even better

[spice rivet]

Also, I cant wait for Indeedee F to lose Trick Room in Champions

[sharp kernel]

It also just feels kinda crazy no? You have either a rain setter that excels under TR, or a very good TR mon with weather control

[fading stratus]

I can see it

[spice rivet]

So dumb that oversight warped the meta

[fading stratus]

yeah

[spice rivet]

Psyspam Players deserve no human rights

/j but not really is actually /srs

[sharp kernel]

You also could technically just put out cloud nine drampa before mega-ing it and fuck your opponent over for a turn

[pseudo goblet]

Are there bug spread move out there

[sharp kernel]

The mind games with m drampa would be so cool

[pseudo goblet]

Okay, Gen 10, please, make good physical bug spread

[sharp kernel]

Physical bug spread sounds very unlikely

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/riko_rikopoke/status/2040610581745639737?s=20

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#ポケモン #ポケモンチャンピオンズ #ポケチャン

X · Apr 5, 2026, 2:00 AM

team for you zane

I can optimise it if you want

like tailwind dnite

[pseudo goblet]

Almost feels like if most of our fav mons together lol

[spice rivet]

Bug Slide
75 Power, 90 Accuracy
30% Chance to flinch ☠️

[fading stratus]

and probably 1 mega

[pseudo goblet]

Im sure Basculegion and Kang is someones fav unironically

[sharp kernel]

You don’t like basculegion?

[fading stratus]

basculegend

[sharp kernel]

Bascuwinning

[pseudo goblet]

I said Unironically, that include meta relevance

[outer eagle]

Kang pre-Mega was a pretty solid mon for an in-game playthrough

[pseudo goblet]

Otherwise, is just cool feesh

[outer eagle]

U-Turn is good enough for Bug moves

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/kamen-rider-ooo-gatakiriba-combo-ability-run-clone-gif-16339632

Just copy this and call it a day

[fading stratus]

bug honestly has really good moves

its just that bug in general isnt good offensively

like imagine if we had like a fire type first impression

that incineorar gets

[sharp kernel]

Hopefully reg M-A has escavalier the goat bug mon

[pseudo goblet]

Better movepool than pod??

[maiden flax]

it predicted excadrill correctly
scovillain was off cause they were thinking it healed from burn like leach seed (which instead it was enemies get burnt for damage it)

[fading stratus]

yeah

but they did guess it was burn related and a new ability

[maiden flax]

also they changed the 2 defiants to contrary as of recent

[fading stratus]

so I'll give them benefit of the doubt

[maiden flax]

yeah, probably reliable, but obviously might be missing things

like who knows

[fading stratus]

yeah

the contrary leak only said they gained atk on intimidate

[maiden flax]

maybe thermal boost is actually a 2x increase in fire attacks and decreases water type damage

fire water bubble :x

[pseudo goblet]

Btw did Barbaracle had Tough claw

[maiden flax]

we dont know

[fading stratus]

thermal boost needs like adaptability for fire moves, half damage from water moves, any contact move causes burn

[pseudo goblet]

I meant non-mega

[fading stratus]

for pyroar to maybe be playable

[maiden flax]

tbf, it would be absurd at even just 2x fire boost

[fading stratus]

but like its pyroar

[maiden flax]

like that hits ungodly hard if it were

[pseudo goblet]

They do 👀

[maiden flax]

araquanid, who has 50 spatk, does a good chunk with hydropump due to water bubble

anything doing 2x damage on everything is just about good

[pseudo goblet]

GF, dont be silly, let the sea rock keep their good ability

[maiden flax]

like it has 126 speed and 129 spatk
if it's 2x it would be absurd damage

[pseudo goblet]

Aww damn

[maiden flax]

this thing will be amazing in singles cause it's a harder hitting, tankier terrakion with shell smash

[normal cave]

Mewtwo no longer in top 50 most frequently traded pokemon

[maiden flax]

+2 252 SpA Pyroar-Mega Fire Blast vs. +2 4 HP / 36 SpD Dondozo: 63-74 (27.8 - 32.7%) -- 77.9% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery
(got rid of the unaware to showcase just how much damage is in a doubled fire blast)

[fading stratus]

that..... doesnt look impressive

yeah it 4hkos a dozo ig

[maiden flax]

it's a not very effective hit against a +2 dondozo

[fading stratus]

but like with fire blast

[maiden flax]

the super tanky guy

[maiden flax]

+2 252 SpA Pyroar Fire Blast vs. 4 HP / 12 SpD Urshifu-Rapid-Strike: 136-161 (77.2 - 91.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

against urshifu rapid

+2 252 SpA Pyroar Overheat vs. 4 HP / 12 SpD Urshifu-Rapid-Strike: 161-190 (91.4 - 107.9%) -- 50% chance to OHKO

[fading stratus]

fire blast isnt really realistic tbh

[pseudo goblet]

Whats was the best ability for base scolipede??

[maiden flax]

would you take overheat then?

[maiden flax]

speed boost

[pseudo goblet]

Swarm?

[maiden flax]

for singles it was speed boost

[pseudo goblet]

Okay I forgot they halved its speed when mega…

[maiden flax]

+2 252 SpA Pyroar Flamethrower vs. 4 HP / 12 SpD Urshifu-Rapid-Strike in Sun: 168-198 (95.4 - 112.5%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO

(put it under the sun and it has a good chance of killing urshifu rapid with flamethrower)

+2 252+ SpA Pyroar Flamethrower vs. 4 HP / 12 SpD Urshifu-Rapid-Strike in Sun: 185-218 (105.1 - 123.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
(guaranteed if modest)

[maiden flax]

+2 252+ SpA Pyroar Heat Wave vs. 4 HP / 12 SpD Urshifu-Rapid-Strike in Sun: 145-171 (82.3 - 97.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

doesnt quite do it with heat wave

take it like this, the thing would be hitting magnitudes harder than chi-yu while being faster

[fading stratus]

that sounds like worse chiyu which cant hold an item and doesnt get benefit to partner

[maiden flax]

it hits significantly harder than chi-yu

[pseudo goblet]

Bolt is protect stall building up speed boost a thing?

[sharp kernel]

Taunt should feel more huge than it usually does in champions yeah?

Feels like a good amount of set up mons in the format

[maiden flax]

if it was only 1.5x then yeah, its just worse chi-yu, cause chi-yu has the ruin ability

[fading stratus]

btw the +2 doenst work like that

its like *1.333x times boost

just give it adaptability ig

that would make it the boost

[maiden flax]

what do you mean?

[fading stratus]

if the damage is 2x I mean

[maiden flax]

i think you misunderstood what i mean

i meant if the attack worked like water bubble, doubling water damage (but for fire), not work like adaptability which only increases stab