Pokemon

[fading stratus]

In 7 hrs

[magic thunder]

we got the full list apparently
gen by gen

Gen 1: ||Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, Butterfree, Beedrill, Pidgeot, Raticate, Pikachu, Raichu, Clefable, Ninetales, Vileplume, Venomoth, Persian, Golduck, Arcanine, Alakazam, Machamp, Victreebel, Rapidash, Slowbro, Farfetch'd, Muk, Gengar, Kingler, Exeggutor, Weezing, Kangaskhan, Starmie, Mr. Mime, Pinsir, Tauros, Gyarados, Ditto, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Aerodactyl, Snorlax, Dragonite (40)||

Gen 2: ||Gen 2: Meganium, Typhlosion, Feraligatr, Ariados, Crobat, Ampharos, Bellossom, Politoed, Jumpluff, Espeon, Umbreon, Slowking, Forretress, Steelix, Qwilfish, Scizor, Heracross, Corsola, Skarmory, Houndoom, Donphan, Miltank, Blissey, Tyranitar (24) ||

Gen 3: ||Sceptile, Blaziken, Swampert, Beautifly, Dustox, Swellow, Pelipper, Gardevoir, Ninjask, Shedinja, Hariyama, Delcatty, Sableye, Mawile, Aggron, Medicham, Manectric, Sharpedo, Camerupt, Torkoal, Altaria, Zangoose, Seviper, Milotic, Kecleon, Banette, Chimecho, Absol, Glalie, Salamence, Metagross (31)||

[fading stratus]

Where's this from

[magic thunder]

4chan source but picked up by moot's crew

[fading stratus]

Ah

[magic thunder]

Gen 4: ||Torterra, Infernape, Empoleon, Staraptor, Roserade, Pachirisu, Gastrodon, Lopunny, Mismagius, Honchkrow, Bronzong, Spiritomb, Garchomp, Lucario, Hippowdon, Abomasnow, Weavile, Magnezone, Rhyperior, Electivire, Magmortar, Togekiss, Leafeon, Glaceon, Gliscor, Mamoswine, Porygon-Z, Gallade, Froslass, Rotom (31)||

Gen 5: ||Serperior, Emboar, Samurott, Watchog, Simisage, Simisear, Simipour, Gigalith, Excadrill, Audino, Conkeldurr, Scolipede, Whimsicott, Basculin, Krookodile, Scrafty, Garbodor, Zoroark, Gothitelle, Vanilluxe, Emolga, Galvantula, Eelektross, Chandelure, Cryogonal, Stunfisk, Golurk, Bouffalant, Hydreigon, Volcarona (30)||

Gen 6: ||Chesnaught, Delphox, Greninja, Diggersby, Talonflame, Vivillon, Pyroar, Floette, Florges, Furfrou, Meowstic, Aegislash, Aromatisse, Slurpuff, Malamar, Barbaracle, Dragalge, Clawitzer, Tyrantrum, Aurorus, Sylveon, Hawlucha, Goodra, Klefki, Trevenant, Gourgeist, Noivern (27)||

Gen 7: ||Decidueye, Incineroar, Primarina, Toucannon, Crabominable, Oricorio, Lycanroc, Toxapex, Mudsdale, Araquanid, Salazzle, Bewear, Tsareena, Comfey, Oranguru, Passimian, Golisopod, Minior, Mimikyu, Drampa, Kommo-o (21)||

Gen 8: ||Rillaboom, Cinderace, Inteleon, Corviknight, Dubwool, Drednaw, Coalossal, Flapple, Appletun, Sandaconda, Cramorant, Toxtricity, Centiskorch, Polteageist, Hatterene, Grimmsnarl, Perrserker, Cursola, Sirfetch'd, Mr. Rime, Alcremie, Falinks, Pincurchin, Morpeko, Dragapult, Kleavor, Ursaluna, Basculegion, Sneasler, Overqwil (30)||

Gen 9: ||Meowscarada, Skeledirge, Quaquaval, Lokix, Maushold, Arboliva, Garganacl, Armarouge, Ceruledge, Kilowattrel, Scovillain, Tinkaton, Palafin, Cyclizar, Orthworm, Glimmora, Flamigo, Dondozo, Tatsugiri, Annihilape, Farigiraf, Dudunsparce, Kingambit, Baxcalibur, Sinistcha, Archaludon, Hydrapple (27)||

apparently

around 10 or so mons to be added each season

[fading stratus]

Ah

[magic thunder]

with the preevos added in bulk at some point later with a LC/NFE style event

[fading stratus]

They shoulda just started with like 100 mons total

[magic thunder]

for next season 2 mons are ||Breloom and Vikavolt||

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Wow how vroken

3 months just to see mfing ||breloom|| added

[magic thunder]

there's a few guys missing apparently

||Castform, Croak and Bearctic||, also the split evos also come with their other branch, same as all regionals of guys that are in

confirmed in a later message

I think it's funnier if it's fake

because wdym

||Flygon doesn't make it in||

bum

[fading stratus]

I hope it's real now

Just to see the people be sad

But like

It has such shit stats anyway

Who cares

I've honestly tried to make it work

It doesn't

[golden lance]

||No amoon huh||

[fading stratus]

Probably will be added next format or sth

[magic thunder]

oh yeah

btw

did y'all know

whatever cyndaquil is

it's officially a rodent

[fading stratus]

It's a rat

[magic thunder]

because he's in the rodent mashup official art with all of them

[magic thunder]

ugly entity

[fading stratus]

It's called fire mouse Pokémon

Apparently a mouse not a rat

But yeah

[magic thunder]

what is typhlosion supposed to be then

a rat from NY?

[fading stratus]

[magic thunder]

[fading stratus]

That's just an average New Yorker

[magic thunder]

crazy

You go to Florida and encounter his stoner cousin

[warm sky]

badger

[golden lance]

WAIT SIGNAL BEAM NO LONGER EXISTS?????

[latent sleet]

hasnt been since gen 8 iirc?

game freak deleting moves for no reason is extremely funny

i still miss you pursuit

[warm sky]

they hate bug types

[magic thunder]

bro is 5 years late

[latent sleet]

they also deleted teleport and killed slowbro

[magic thunder]

truth nuke

fact checked by real Kanto patriots

[latent sleet]

they HATE kanto

[warm sky]

slowking got a replacement though

chilly reception legit only exists bc teleport was so good

[latent sleet]

they were scared of the crazy teambuilding i could have with slowbro

i was targeted

[golden lance]

https://fixvx.com/JustWeavile/status/2041203618234159262/mediaViewer?currentTweet=2041203618234159262&currentTweetUser=JustWeavile

JustWeavile (@JustWeavile)

Quick little Showdown HD teaser trailer, still a WIP but progress has been made :D

OU > NUBL and a little further are rendered out. (Including Shinies)

Over 60 custom move animations. (Still a WIP)

Advanced Team Builder, also one for Draft Leagues.

And much more hidden stuff too!

Let me know what features you want to see in this.

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · Apr 6, 2026, 5:17 PM

Holy shit showdown 2

[midnight spear]

champions today

[hasty anchor]

https://tenor.com/view/wooper-quagsire-pokemon-blush-closed-eyes-gif-9210714637641965112

[golden lance]

Champions NEVER

Because we're gonna CANCEL it

[sharp kernel]

If that leaked list is real, then we have a lot more options available

Than I initially thought

[spice rivet]

You rn

[golden lance]

I legit didnt realize it went alongside sky drop pursuit and hidden power i thought it just got gen9 scald'

[spice rivet]

I did like Signal Beam though, it was always a nice mid gane TM to slap onto special attackers

I also need to figure out what they hell Im playing for Champions to start. Im thinking Weather or Mega Balance

Maybe for Mega Balance something like:

Mega Metagross
2nd Mega (Khang, Lopunny seems kinda decent)
Sinistcha
Primarina
Incin
Alolan Ninetales

I'm a really bad team builder though tbh

[hasty anchor]

Signal Beam's been gone, yep

Which is a shame, given it's one of those moves that actually isn't obsolete

[sharp kernel]

https://fxtwitter.com/i_r4telxoxo/status/2041299960449368229?s=46&t=DdUsqNPs-c3IFDRYOhiq8A

i-R4teL (らーてる！)🐧⚡️ (@i_R4teLxoxo)

←対戦初心者が思う最強のポケモン(ガブリアス)
︀︀→実際に最強のポケモン

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FxTwitter · Apr 6, 2026, 11:40 PM

[pseudo goblet]

Guess I better get most of my job finish in 3 hours

[sharp kernel]

Or you could not and still get off in time for Champions 🔥 🔥 🔥

[pseudo goblet]

Wdym get off

Its 7:40 am rn lol

[maiden flax]

Rage powder scovillain sounds funny

[maiden flax]

Okay pursuit definitely needed to go

[pseudo goblet]

Give Sceptile new ability, every time opponent got stat debuff, Sceptile gets stat boost

Do it Champion

[maiden flax]

What if they give sceptile an ability to be immune to ice type moves?

[fading stratus]

@pseudo goblet does this look legit

[hasty anchor]

Wait

Would Low Kick do more damage normally than Collision Course?

[fading stratus]

Yes

To legendaries

[hasty anchor]

Or, like, how-

[fading stratus]

Since most legendaries are heavy

It's 120 bp

[hasty anchor]

Oh, yeah certainly

Just wasn't certain how many things out there would need to be karate'd

[fading stratus]

Basically there's 3 fighting moves you on Koraidon

One of the 3

If you're running life orb you play close combat

To maximise damage

If you're playing clear amulet you either run collision course or low kick

[hasty anchor]

Given how powerful a supereffective move is with Collision Course, most aren't gonna want to put something weak to fighting type moves against Koraidon

[fading stratus]

The tradeoff is low kick can't ohko weaker mons like say chi yu

[hasty anchor]

Which I guess is where Low Kick comes in, just in case you just need to hit something hard

[fading stratus]

No it's just

It gets higher BP than collision course

While also not reducing defense like close combat

Just a meta call

When a team can play 2 of very strong legendary Pokémon

[hasty anchor]

Actually, how much more power is added onto Collision Course in a supereffective hit?

[fading stratus]

It becomes 133

Bp

[hasty anchor]

vs Supereffective Low Kick, with 120 BP?

[fading stratus]

But if it's super effective you wouldn't need 133 anyway

Because you should ohko most stuff

[hasty anchor]

...Y'know, either one would be overkill anyways

So I think you are onto something

[fading stratus]

No it's not me it's just how the meta developed in SV

[hasty anchor]

...Then again, factoring in Oricalcum Pulse, wouldn't Flare Blitz also hit stuff harder?

-Oh, wait, Koraidon's not a fire type

I keep forgetting that

[fading stratus]

Tera fire flare blitz in the sun does very good damage yeah

It does like around 90% to calyrex Ice rider which has neutral tera'd

[maiden flax]

Less than 2 hours till release

[pseudo goblet]

The ribbons makes me not sure

Now that I think about, @fading stratus you gonna be okay?

I mean, 90 minutes and you’ll start brainstorming like hell lol

[golden lance]

CHAMPS IS OUT

ITS OUT

[kind vortex]

it's available to download, but can you get in ?

i'm still waiting on mmine to finish

also gonna check if i need to update home since it's been a minute

[fading stratus]

[pseudo goblet]

I thought take another 50 minutes

[golden lance]

Me too

[kind vortex]

launches for live service stuff can work out like that, where they drop a bit earlier than expected

[fading stratus]

Probably not as much

[kind vortex]

i'm probably gonna take it a bit casually at the start

just grab some mons i like and figure some things out

[fading stratus]

Your tournament is like 25th right Zane

[latent sleet]

gonna wait till tommorow

[kind vortex]

are all megas available from the jump or just some of them?

[pseudo goblet]

Should be yeah

[fading stratus]

I just wanna see what the abilities and changes are as of rn

[latent sleet]

probably the former

or maybe you need to buy the megas kekw

[golden lance]

REGULARTION M-A WHITELIST IS OUT
SALAMENCE AND METAGROSS ARE BANNED
https://web-view.app.pokemonchampions.jp/battle/pages/events/rs177501629259kmzbny/en/pokemon.html

[kind vortex]

rip

[void herald]

i really want to know what mega golurk's ability is

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/yandere-eyes-stare-stare-anime-glare-gif-26206821

[kind vortex]

my home box is full of random stuff i got from wonder trades, it seems

hm

well whatever

[latent sleet]

no guard trust

[pseudo goblet]

@fading stratus Plan B,Venusaur team

[fading stratus]

Bro I swear this is just regulations H

[latent sleet]

wil be fair

[fading stratus]

WAIT

NO URSALUNA?

HOLY SHIT

[pseudo goblet]

Seems pretty evenly picked from all the gens

Gen 1 to gen 9

Okay nvm, Kanto almost doubles the amount of other gens lol

[latent sleet]

who invited my guy stunfisk to the junction

[fading stratus]

wait no annihilape either

yooo

[pseudo goblet]

Cant tell if Bolt is excited or bummed a few of the meta usuals not invited lol

[latent sleet]

mr rime is in it

chat im gonna cook

[fading stratus]

no gholdengo

[midnight spear]

well time to build sun

[fading stratus]

the meta is just rain

istg

why do they like rain so much

they removed everything but archaludon is legal

[pseudo goblet]

So this is the format for the tournament in 2 weeks and the official tournament right

[fading stratus]

ye

WAIT

NO DOZOGIRI

[pseudo goblet]

Cant think of a non joke reason for you two to be here

[pseudo goblet]

Starting to get annoying always scrolling back to here lol

[pseudo goblet]

That is fast

Btw bolt, Volcarona is in

[fading stratus]

no raichu megas

no z megas?

[golden lance]

WHERE IS IT

[latent sleet]

sorgy i ate it

[pseudo goblet]

@golden lance @spice rivet I suggest you two test it out for the rest of the group

[spice rivet]

Doing the tutorials rn so far

[kind vortex]

is the battle tutorial against a bot

[spice rivet]

Yes

[kind vortex]

bc no human uses psych up 2 turns in a row when i'm not boosting

lol

[fading stratus]

I think worlds will be next format

BRO WHY DOES RAIN HAVE EVERYTHING

SUN DOESNT EVEN HAVE CHLOROPHYLL MONS

TR DOESNT HAVE URSALUNA PSYSPAM SHIT

BUT RAIN HAS ARCHALUDON BASCULEGION PELIPPER????

LIKE BRO WHY?

[golden lance]

@pseudo goblet yknow

If we count the ones i have in home rn

I tecnically broke 20 before champions came out

[maiden flax]

cause rain strongest

[spice rivet]

Connecting to my Home account now

[pseudo goblet]

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/centroleaks/status/2041711400477659239?s=46&t=Ggntu4F9VzoitfBl_9Y36A

Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks)

Mega Floette ability: Fairy Aura

X · Apr 8, 2026, 2:55 AM

[golden lance]

Show what

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/centroleaks/status/2041710525147390412?s=46&t=Ggntu4F9VzoitfBl_9Y36A

Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks)

Mega Meowstic ability: Trace

X · Apr 8, 2026, 2:51 AM

[golden lance]

ITS OVER

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/centroleaks/status/2041711774571942388?s=46&t=Ggntu4F9VzoitfBl_9Y36A

Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks)

Mega Golurk ability: Unseen Fist

X · Apr 8, 2026, 2:56 AM

[golden lance]

OH MY GOD THEY KILLED IT

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/centroleaks/status/2041710867432005941?s=46&t=Ggntu4F9VzoitfBl_9Y36A

Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks)

Mega Skarmory ability: Stalwart

X · Apr 8, 2026, 2:52 AM

good as gold copers

[pseudo goblet]

Oh I Forgot to delete my draft message, I only meant the , mb

[golden lance]

Also fym golurk got the actual fists

[pseudo goblet]

Would the nerfed version still be good

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/centroleaks/status/2041712182090469644?s=46&t=Ggntu4F9VzoitfBl_9Y36A

Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks)

Mega Chandelure ability: Infiltrator

X · Apr 8, 2026, 2:58 AM

[golden lance]

While they make a new, nerfed version just for exca

[fading stratus]

yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Suddenly glad I haven’t start Heatran hunt yet lol

But bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh two new bug mega and none of them can play

Malamar and Dragalge too

[fading stratus]

new megas are just outright bad

almost all

[spice rivet]

No Mence, no Mega Metagross

[fading stratus]

its just reg H rain yozz

[spice rivet]

Yup lmao

[fading stratus]

with a mega now

[pseudo goblet]

And possibly no tera lol

Is it

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/centroleaks/status/2041713048793055345?s=46&t=Ggntu4F9VzoitfBl_9Y36A

Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks)

Mega Hawlucha ability: No Guard

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:01 AM

[sharp kernel]

I love this game already

[sharp kernel]

Didn’t I call this?

[fading stratus]

nope

[pseudo goblet]

Stone edge Ig?

[hasty anchor]

Nope

High Jump Kick!

Also Sky Attack I guess

[pseudo goblet]

[sharp kernel]

Ah I said no guard for mega Scrafty

[hasty anchor]

I imagine it may get something more defensive

Scrafty's surprisingly tough

[fading stratus]

idt you said that either

[pseudo goblet]

Yknow what, all is forgiven if we know Goliosopod ability and is good

[fading stratus]

clef magic bounce

golisopod isnt in the game

[short heath]

All the available items

Yeah this is just VGC masterduel

Just a completely different format

[hasty anchor]

I always find it hard to figure out which Mega Stone is what

[pseudo goblet]

^

[fading stratus]

yeah same me too

[hasty anchor]

Also, I know double battles are still the most popular, but I wonder if there will be competitions for single battles as well as multi battles...?

[pseudo goblet]

Just providing visual https://x.com/centroleaks/status/2041714505042796934?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks)

Mega Clefable ability: Magic Bounce

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:07 AM

[hasty anchor]

...Actually, are Multi Battles any way popular?

Cause it just seems like Double battle, with a few extra players. Cool as a tag team battle would be, just seems like nothing much else is added

[sharp kernel]

Wait, I can’t send like 90% of my pokemon over lmao

[hasty anchor]

Most what I would like in Champions is like

[sharp kernel]

No grimmsnarl to start is rough

[hasty anchor]

Maybe a return of Rotation and Triple Battles, as well as the whole "Battle Factory" idea that was mentioned awhile ago

[fading stratus]

grimmsnarl isnt good anyway

[spice rivet]

They learnt with Mega Khang from last time lmao

@pseudo goblet titles!

[hasty anchor]

Must be a real smelly Farigiraf

[fading stratus]

grimmsnarl is good when like you have really strong pokemon you can protect

[pseudo goblet]

Oooh marks is back

[fading stratus]

so restricted format

regular format grimmsnarl is like whatever

[hasty anchor]

Grimmsnarl's torn between two roles, is how I often seen it

[pseudo goblet]

Then again think I saw titles during the other trailer

[hasty anchor]

Also wow that's a lot of shiny stuff

[golden lance]

@fading stratus evs transfer over

[fading stratus]

ohh

[fading stratus]

yeah two roles

click reflect

or click light screen

[maiden flax]

life orb, choice specs, choice band and leftovers arent in the game

[pseudo goblet]

Now try send one of them back to home and mainline

[fading stratus]

@spice rivet can you check if gengar gets disable

[golden lance]

THIS DRIP IS BOOTY

[hasty anchor]

Man, and I thought Incineroar had it bad on wanting to pummel stuff, but being forced to back up partners

[polar osprey]

https://fxtwitter.com/centroleaks/status/2041714258396799283?s=46&t=0roAj92Ifv85OX2gFtAq4A

Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks)

Life Orb, Choice Band and Choice Specs have been removed from competitive Pokémon, they are not in Pokémon Champions

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FxTwitter · Apr 8, 2026, 3:06 AM

[maiden flax]

https://twitter.com/CentroLeaks/status/2041716456669212752?s=20

Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks)

Mega Glimmora ability: Adaptability

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:15 AM

[fading stratus]

this is actually sick now

[maiden flax]

that's really interesting

[hasty anchor]

Ooooh

...Really, it feels off having Glimmora be able to Mega Evolve

[golden lance]

LET ME CHANGE MY CLOTHES AAAAAAAA

[hasty anchor]

It's established that Glimmora's usual habitats are key locations in how Terastalization works.

...And somewhere in the city of Kalos, somehow there's Mega Evolution energy reacting with Glimmora instead

I'm still standing by Dynamax > Mega Evolution, and I will stand firm on that

[polar osprey]

wait hold up I like this

[spice rivet]

ITS IN

[golden lance]

The second cutscene has a huge lag spike btw

[polar osprey]

150 base adaptability power gem

[hasty anchor]

A Power Gem being fired off by Glimmora will hurt

[pseudo goblet]

@warm sky

[polar osprey]

the zard y delete button

[hasty anchor]

As will Sludge Wave

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/centroleaks/status/2041717103242236131?s=46&t=Ggntu4F9VzoitfBl_9Y36A

Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks)

Mega Victreebel ability: Innards Out

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:17 AM

https://x.com/centroleaks/status/2041717294045311427?s=46&t=Ggntu4F9VzoitfBl_9Y36A

Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks)

Mega Drampa ability: Berserk

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:18 AM

[hasty anchor]

Just, I would really suggest having something that's immune to poison type moves, cause it's Sp. Atk means not even resisting it would be safe

[maiden flax]

lmao, death nuke

[pseudo goblet]

Uhhhhhhhh

[hasty anchor]

...Aw, it has Berserk.

Which, it's fine, I guess.

Just not a surprise

[hasty anchor]

Mega Evolution doesn't alter HP, so I can't see this doing too much damage

...But that's still a lot cause Victreebel isn't statted for Def and Sp. Def unlike Pyukumuku

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/centroleaks/status/2041717928656081402?s=46&t=Ggntu4F9VzoitfBl_9Y36A

Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks)

Mega Crabominable ability: Iron Fist

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:21 AM

[hasty anchor]

BIG

[polar osprey]

my poor baby

[fading stratus]

iron fist on crab is actually not awful

because you can hyper cutter before you mega

[hasty anchor]

Ice Hammer is a punching move

So that'll hurt a lot

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/centroleaks/status/2041718053306544348?s=46&t=Ggntu4F9VzoitfBl_9Y36A

Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks)

Mega Starmie ability: Huge Power

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:21 AM

[hasty anchor]

@pseudo goblet

[fading stratus]

@spice rivet does mega happen first or switch

[hasty anchor]

Also YEP, Argor was right

[fading stratus]

huge power was obvious

[hasty anchor]

...Although, I kinda wish it was Pure Power, given the typing

[fading stratus]

pure power was never possible

[hasty anchor]

Yeah they do the same thing but it sounds more fitting

[fading stratus]

because its called yoga power in japanese

[spice rivet]

Havent played any games yet, just messing around with stuff rn

[hasty anchor]

-Oh

[pseudo goblet]

LETS FUCKING GO, IF THATS GOOD I WILL TAKE IT LMAO

[maiden flax]

apparently sleep and para has been nerfed?

[hasty anchor]

Oh right, and Huge Power is just, named "Strongman"

[fading stratus]

huh how come?

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/ultra-galaxy-fight-the-destined-crossroad-ultraman-ultra-galaxy-fight-first-appearance-introduction-gif-25739583

[maiden flax]

1/8th full para and 1-2 turn of sleep

[fading stratus]

yeah

[hasty anchor]

It's gonna feel so weird actually using physical attacks for Starmie

I'm so used to all the boltbeam stuff

[golden lance]

https://x.com/AndyLaVGC/status/2041716842243265016?s=20

AndyLaVGC (@AndyLaVGC)

FYI, replica teams require you to have all the mons and items, it only changes your mons EVs and moves to match

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:16 AM

[hasty anchor]

But that may also provide you with a good whammy to pull on an opponent who thinks they will be expecting physical attacks

...And then gets hit by a Thunderbolt instead

[pseudo goblet]

Btw apparently Starmie name in japanese is Star Man

[hasty anchor]

Yep

[pseudo goblet]

So lol

[hasty anchor]

https://tenor.com/view/earthbound-gif-9657766

[pseudo goblet]

@spice rivet what moves do Starmie get

[fading stratus]

https://fixupx.com/adisubra/status/2041712656118059455?s=20

Adi Subramanian (@adisubra)

Spicy Spray does not require contact to burn. Also it burns even if it gets knocked out.

**🔁 10 ❤️ 99 👁️ 3.6K **

▶ Play video

FixupX · Apr 8, 2026, 3:00 AM

[hasty anchor]

It's got Rapid Spin, Aqua Jet, Waterfall, stuff like that

[pseudo goblet]

Also @swift jasper

[hasty anchor]

Also it now learns Bulk Up

[hasty anchor]

So yeah, you totally can just have Starmie throw hands (arms? stubs?)

[pseudo goblet]

Whatever this is v

https://tenor.com/view/dyna-ultraman-dyna-strong-type-strong-ultraman-gif-22464382

[hasty anchor]

Also learns Triple Axel

...Does Ultraman do ice skating?

[fading stratus]

no body press arch shit ig

https://x.com/PIMPNITEYT/status/2041714919671001187?s=20

PIMPNITE (@PIMPNITEYT)

Burn Up Is back, awesome

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:09 AM

[pseudo goblet]

Hmm, not really

[hasty anchor]

Ah

[pseudo goblet]

Kinda their weakness actually

[hasty anchor]

Ohh, right

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/PIMPNITEYT/status/2041713853894193555?s=20

PIMPNITE (@PIMPNITEYT)

When you send Pokemomln from Home to Champions, It may have a red circle. This just means It has a move it cannot learn in Champions.

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:04 AM

[golden lance]

Hell yea free palafin

[hasty anchor]

Dangit, but I want Take Down!

Actually, Starmie's own Sp. Atk is still reasonably high mega-evolved, so you can still use some special attacks

Only real issue is there's no like, water-type analogue to Overheat

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/JuanfiVGC/status/2041713669520629906?s=20

Juan Francisco Salerno (@JuanfiVGC)

Otro NERF a Incineroar no aprenderá U-TURN. Esto significa que no se podrá jugar Chaleco Asalto.

Y será VULNERABLE A GOLPE MORDAZA

Esto será un cambio TOCHO.

Veremos cómo afecta al meta..

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:04 AM

no uturn incin

[hasty anchor]

There is for Psychic type, but only Deoxys learns it

Also Lugia... technically

[golden lance]

This is what skill is amount

The mons i want just come to me

[maiden flax]

sounds about right

[pseudo goblet]

Dont they waste your HOME space tho

Or not the case actually hold up

[golden lance]

Home no champs i got no idea

Not bad starting items

[fading stratus]

https://fixupx.com/PIMPNITEYT/status/2041716441821671572?s=20

PIMPNITE (@PIMPNITEYT)

First look at SHINY Pokemon In Champions

**❤️ 9 👁️ 400 **

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FixupX · Apr 8, 2026, 3:15 AM

https://fixupx.com/ErdeKaiser_/status/2041708654634922177?s=20

Kaiser (@ErdeKaiser_)

The shiny animation looks sick af

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FixupX · Apr 8, 2026, 2:44 AM

[pseudo goblet]

Somebody show me the regular Gengar looks in HOME

The model

[fading stratus]

I traded mine away

[pseudo goblet]

Oh mb I meant Champion

How Gengar looks in Champion

Normally

Not shiny

[fading stratus]

https://gist.github.com/kwsch/e34f3c32ebbcc9ccf84c65f9133cbe25

champions data

[pseudo goblet]

https://x.com/centroleaks/status/2041720410438328769?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

https://x.com/centroleaks/status/2041721123096719729?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks)

Paralysis has been nerfed. The chance of being unable to attack has been lowered from 25% to 12.5%.

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:30 AM

Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks)

Sleep has been nerfed: now Pokémon have a 1/3 chance of waking up in the second turn and will always wake up in the third turn.

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:33 AM

[hasty anchor]

Ah, interesting

...I imagine Freeze is still very much all up to chance

[maiden flax]

yeah those are the nerfs i was talking about

[golden lance]

FLINCH INTO TBOLT PARA FULL PARA

I LOVE POKEMON

[fading stratus]

apparently freeze is guranteed 3 turn end

[maiden flax]

wait nvm, leftovers are in, it's just the two choice items and life orb

[fading stratus]

and AV

[maiden flax]

oh right

[fading stratus]

sturdy archaludon might even be a way

[pseudo goblet]

Bolt does any other mon with Huge power had Self Destruct???

[fading stratus]

no shot it doesnt get ohko'd by fairy aura moonblast from EF

[pseudo goblet]

Cause Starmie do

[fading stratus]

alolan golem has galvanise explosion iirc

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/ultraman-taro-ultra-dynamite-ultraman-inpelaizer-gif-8596150130267130593

We gotta make Mega Starmie with Self Destruct work somehow

Pretty sure Metagross runs it sometime?

[maiden flax]

fairy aura with light of ruin...

[fading stratus]

that takes half your HP no?

[maiden flax]

no just half the damage in recoil

[sharp kernel]

I fucked myself over so bad

[maiden flax]

its a 140 bp move so youre definitely deleting something lmao

[sharp kernel]

I trained my chestnaught thinking its mega stone was in, and it’s not

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/SerebiiNet/status/2041705996611985573?s=20

Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet)

Serebii Update: The next Pokémon Champions online competition has been announced: Warm-Up Challenge.

Runs Regulation M-A rules. Sign-ups open now and battles run from April 10th through April 13th 01:59 UTC

All players who enter get a Gardevoir

https://t.co/NWlAdn57aQ

X · Apr 8, 2026, 2:33 AM

[pseudo goblet]

So, ranked

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/JuanfiVGC/status/2041720056883662876?s=20

Juan Francisco Salerno (@JuanfiVGC)

HAN NERFEADO A URSHIFU SU HABILIDAD PEGARÁ SOLAMENTE 1/4 A TRAVÉS DE PROTECCIÓN.

CAMBIO NECESARIO PARA EL POKEMON COMPETITIVO

CAMBIO NECESARIO, AL FINNNNN

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:29 AM

only 1/4 damage

from unseen fist

[golden lance]

300 BRL

[sharp kernel]

If I show yall the team I had to settle on bringing, yall are going to laugh

[spice rivet]

That fist now has a safety jacket on we can see that shi from accross the street

[fading stratus]

moonblast only lowers spa 10% of times

[spice rivet]

Slapped this together lmao

Les go

[sharp kernel]

Wait, it didn’t let me bring my h arcanine over wtf

[pseudo goblet]

But still good right, for Golurk

[fading stratus]

all legal megas?

[pseudo goblet]

Should be

[polar osprey]

mega golurk apparently got headlong rush

I think he will see a lot of play in tr teams

[pseudo goblet]

Wait wheres Chimecho’s ability

[fading stratus]

I wouldnt say lot of

because its still a mega which can get intimidated

[maiden flax]

levitate

[outer eagle]

No Mega Mence

Time for Kang Gar Y meta ig

[golden lance]

Free tier only gives you 3 team slots

[pseudo goblet]

Ah

[hexed valley]

Gg noobs

[outer eagle]

Being a garbage mon getting a Mega only for your ability to be Levitate must be depressing

[fading stratus]

theyve overbalanced all the new megas

and its so sad

[maiden flax]

tbf, mega chimecho's stats are in all the right places

[fading stratus]

I think only good new megas are like

dnite

frosslass

[outer eagle]

Most Mega mons' stats are in the right places

[fading stratus]

and EFFloette

maybe glimmora

depends

[outer eagle]

It's the extra oomp that you use a Mega for

[maiden flax]

not all of them
mega garchomp for example :v

[outer eagle]

He's the reason why i say most, yes

[fading stratus]

why tf did they make garchomp z pure dragon

[maiden flax]

probably for balancing

[fading stratus]

home data says gallade has inner focus

[polar osprey]

uhhh

[swift jasper]

Yooo i could bench press gallade

[polar osprey]

gollurk got rage fist also

what the fuck

[maiden flax]

wait what?

[fading stratus]

wait then it might be good

its so golurkin

[polar osprey]

they are saying he did on reddit

[sharp kernel]

Look at the dumb shit I’m running

[fading stratus]

just play farigiraf

[maiden flax]

suddenly that unseen fist nerf doesnt sound so bad when the mon which has it has a move that can go unpwards of 300 bp...

[fading stratus]

it gets headlong rush but not rage fist apparently

someone checkecd

[maiden flax]

oh nvm then

[polar osprey]

oh thank God

[fading stratus]

dire claw now 30

% chance

not 50

[maiden flax]

it already had headlong

also moonblast nerfed to 10%

[polar osprey]

sleep was also nerfed apparently

and para

[maiden flax]

yeah

[fading stratus]

and freeze too

[maiden flax]

to 2 turn sleep max

[fading stratus]

3 turn freeze max

[polar osprey]

great change

[fading stratus]

and 25% chance to thaw

over 20%

[pseudo goblet]

GO MY FRIEND, FUCK THEM ALL UP

YOUR TIME HAS COME

[fading stratus]

.

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/prempdr-fc-mobile-fifa-gif-16778760554072111618

[golden lance]

https://x.com/HaydunnOfficial/status/2041721459710865504

Hayden (@HaydunnOfficial)

not gonna lie everything about this game is pretty ass so far LOL

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:35 AM

[fading stratus]

its fine

they probably want it to last long

so they'll add stuff in batches

https://x.com/ChuppaVGC/status/2041724777849565500?s=20

Chuppa (@ChuppaVGC)

I have no idea where the Assault Vest went! Don't worry about my suspiciously Assault Vest-shaped belly *buuurp*

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:48 AM

[hexed valley]

Bro got the villa politoed

[spice rivet]

I swear Pokeball has to be all bots

There cant be people this bad atthe game

[hexed valley]

@polar osprey I'm going to bed, when I wake up, I expect to see your solution to the meta

Don't say zard, I need the full 6

[maiden flax]

i feel like the removal of av and the damage increasing items is probably something along the lines of "helping new players by making calcs easier"

[polar osprey]

isn't this pretty bad?

[polar osprey]

google rain team and paste it on champions and pretty sure everyone is here

[hexed valley]

Rain???

I thought we were playing sun

[polar osprey]

Idt we have any sun boosting shit so you are gonna have to build around zard more

rain you can just copy paste

[fading stratus]

this format is just reg H rain

[polar osprey]

everyone but gholdengo is here

yippe

[swift jasper]

I think the scyscraper pokemon is popular there

[pseudo goblet]

Me waiting for Primal Groudon

[swift jasper]

[fading stratus]

you can just copy a team replace 1/2 mons with sth else

[pseudo goblet]

No ursaluna too no

[fading stratus]

other teams ig

[polar osprey]

Idt ursaluna was in even half of the rain teams

[golden lance]

Calling it rn people WILL quit the game over the box size

[hexed valley]

Also

Zard doesn't get tailwind anymore?

I tried to add it

[golden lance]

By starting the tutorial you already lose 7 slots

[fading stratus]

oh it doesnt?

lmao

[hexed valley]

But it seems like it doesnt

[polar osprey]

lmaoooo

[hexed valley]

Box size is 50 right

[pseudo goblet]

30

[golden lance]

30

[hexed valley]

With membership?

[golden lance]

With membership its 1k

[hexed valley]

Oh

Then that's fine

Lol

[pseudo goblet]

Dont do it lol

[golden lance]

But also the membership is 60 dollars

[hexed valley]

Too late

[polar osprey]

how much is the membership

[hexed valley]

60???

[polar osprey]

monthly?

[hexed valley]

It's 50

[golden lance]

Yearly

[hexed valley]

For a year

[fading stratus]

lifetime

oh yearly

[polar osprey]

oh who cares then lmao

[hexed valley]

Yeah lol

[polar osprey]

5 bucks/month

[hexed valley]

Wtf

I already bought it

Monthly

[golden lance]

I do wtf

[pseudo goblet]

Up top 🤚

[hexed valley]

Smells like broke in here

[polar osprey]

your currency cant be bad enough for 5 bucks/month to matter bro

[pseudo goblet]

Gotta have the money for monthly merch shopping

[hexed valley]

Monthly merch shopping? You buying 10 nendoroids a week?

[golden lance]

Its not 5

For some reason they're charging 12 usd a month

[polar osprey]

yeah 150 bucks/year is a different thing

[golden lance]

Nvm the pass is 12

But yea i get paid under 200 usd a month

[hexed valley]

I'm not buying the pass

[golden lance]

60 is a big deal

[hexed valley]

That shit is troll

[sharp kernel]

Im ruining a lot of kids days right now in rank

[golden lance]

I'm going to bed

My lack of sleep is catching up to me

[pseudo goblet]

I thought you said too late lol

[sharp kernel]

I’ll go to bed once I’m in great ball tier

[hexed valley]

No I mean

Battle pass

[golden lance]

I'll worry about teambuilding later

[hexed valley]

I bought the membership already

[golden lance]

My head is spinning

[sharp kernel]

I bought the battle pass, but I’m not buying the membership

[hexed valley]

Starter pack + membership frame 1

Wtf

What does the battle pass give u

[sharp kernel]

The battle pass gives you mons + items iirc

[hexed valley]

Don't u just earn everything

By playing

[pseudo goblet]

Same

[sharp kernel]

The membership just gives you songs and slots

[hexed valley]

Slots are good

Where are u gonna put ur mons

[sharp kernel]

I can cross that bridge once I get there

[hexed valley]

[sharp kernel]

No point in getting membership prematurely

[golden lance]

My question is how do you not cross the bridge in under 30 mins

Once you get a mon in game its stuck there unless you release it

[polar osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/stanley-gif-9810056282266069762

no membership is basically a free trial

is what I'm hearing

that's better than charging for the game upfront

gives it more players

https://x.com/centroleaks/status/2041705744102211939?s=46

Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks)

lmao they cut some Pokémon that originally appeared in Pokémon Champions trailers like Ursaluna

X · Apr 8, 2026, 2:32 AM

[golden lance]

Ngl this is worse for players than if champion didnt exist and you just played in the mainline games

[polar osprey]

we almost got 1-1 reg H rain

lmao

[tacit sphinx]

What do you mean Volcanion finally showed up in ZA and the battle was in a completely empty textureless room

[sharp kernel]

It finally let me transfer my h arcanine and basculegion

[tacit sphinx]

This is a joke right

[sharp kernel]

But idk if I even want to make rain anymore

This pool of pokemon is way too small

[polar osprey]

kanto also got twice the amount of mons as the other regions

[golden lance]

30$ DLC experience™

[tacit sphinx]

Wait so this isn't an edited screenshot I found

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/files/2025/12/Volcanion-location-Pokemon-Legends-Z-A-Mega-Dimension-1.jpg

This is actual ingame footage

[polar osprey]

no

[tacit sphinx]

What the fuck

[polar osprey]

that's in game footage

[midnight spear]

this is fine we got we got mega golurk

[polar osprey]

you fight in an empty dark room

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/ChuppaVGC/status/2041727596509958408?s=20

Chuppa (@ChuppaVGC)

the only place mega chandelure is infiltrating is table 500

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:59 AM

[tacit sphinx]

Why was this not dunked on

[polar osprey]

it was

[fading stratus]

oh yeah @sharp kernel want bronzong?

[tacit sphinx]

Oh right abilities came out for the new megas right

[fading stratus]

yeah

[tacit sphinx]

Is there a list somewhere

More importantly is Meganium any good

[fading stratus]

its playable

[midnight spear]

mega golurk got unseen fist though it is the exact same as mega exca ability

[fading stratus]

definitely not top tier

[tacit sphinx]

https://tenor.com/view/rage-emoji-rage-gif-3851471549750385303

[sharp kernel]

Is it legal in this reg?

[fading stratus]

maybe not huh

[sharp kernel]

I want to know what made them not give chesnaught his mega stone lol

Unless I’m just missing it

[polar osprey]

you did see that some megas are locked even if you transfer them from other games right?

[fading stratus]

you can get a chestnaughtite when you transfer from za

[polar osprey]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1020096234968596531/1491288317357199520/what-the-f-ck-v0-bpq4g5a73wtg1.webp?ex=69d725f9&is=69d5d479&hm=24d04488a8bd550fcff5a525346506cdabcd5cb39a15048104f725f494d6c7ee

[golden lance]

I think you misread

Nvm you didnt

What The Fuck

[sharp kernel]

Sigh i don’t have ZA

[fading stratus]

you can probs get a ZA starter in gts

if you search

[sharp kernel]

That’s where my chesnaught is from

And it didnt register

Let me check my mailbox again

[hexed valley]

Can't u just buy the stones with VP

https://x.com/i/status/2041723690891792776

Mont 🏳️‍🌈 (@Montana_Pokemon)

DIRE CLAW has been NERFED! 50% status -> 30%

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:43 AM

[golden lance]

These ones arent in the shop

[tacit sphinx]

Okay so I watched a video of the Volcanion thing and like fr this shit is straight arse

Why did they do this

[polar osprey]

is it in your box?

[golden lance]

The game had half of the budget and dev time of expedition 33

This isnt speculative bc all of their assets leaked

They had to flatten every building in the game and remove mountable pokemon for performance reasons

[tacit sphinx]

Okay but like they could have just made it a random indoor environment right?

Instead of a black empty room

[polar osprey]

imagine if this shit is also tied to the nintendo account champions is registered in having purchased ZA

it would be peak

[tacit sphinx]

So is Champions like, good

Or are people mad

[fading stratus]

its like fine

as long as they add more stuff

[swift jasper]

Idt you know how bad crunch time is in game companies

[fading stratus]

its pretty barebones rn tho

[polar osprey]

actually

the volcanion thing was probably deliberate

[tacit sphinx]

I recognise how bad crunch is, I'm saying couldn't they reuse a room that was already in the game

[polar osprey]

I forgot where I read it but shafting volcanion is apparently a running joke between the devs

[tacit sphinx]

Like is there no other basement dungeon or something

[swift jasper]

They had a deadline, team lead asked "does it work" team said "yes, but", and the team lead said ship it

[polar osprey]

so he was the victim of an inside joke

we will never know

[swift jasper]

If you're saying that you don't know the crunch time

Respectfully

[golden lance]

You know yugioh master duel?

[tacit sphinx]

But there'd be no new asset development

For that room at least

[polar osprey]

master duel is good mf

like actually good

far and beyond the online tcg with the best production value

[golden lance]

NOT HEARING THAT FROM YOU

[polar osprey]

you can say the format and stuff is shit

but the game looks pretty

[swift jasper]

It doesn't matter, setting the environment takes time, and if they say the build goes out in an hour you don't have the time

[tacit sphinx]

Fair enough I guess

[spice rivet]

Its not a good team or anything but hey

[golden lance]

Also unironically there wasnt

[spice rivet]

Also:

[golden lance]

You had like

Restaurants

[tacit sphinx]

Fuckin what

I have yet to start ZA, it came with my Switch 2, what do you mean there's no interior

[spice rivet]

That Corv started at 100% and I was at like 50% from tanking a Outrage from Garchomp lmao

[tacit sphinx]

Like nothing?

[hexed valley]

https://x.com/i/status/2041707359530316117

Aldrich (@AldrichYan)

The format is shit im quitting vgc fuck this format

X · Apr 8, 2026, 2:39 AM

[golden lance]

Yknow how you cant go inside buildings in gen 9?

[hexed valley]

[golden lance]

And shops are just menus?

[tacit sphinx]

The format just started

[golden lance]

Za is the exact same

[tacit sphinx]

It can't be that bad

[pseudo goblet]

Do ping if yall think I should know, kinda chaotic rn

[tacit sphinx]

Okay but wait that was a compensation for like the open world right

[polar osprey]

with para being 1/8

[tacit sphinx]

ZA is just one city

So like

[polar osprey]

can't using para on your own shit for tr

be like

[golden lance]

Again

[polar osprey]

actually legit now?

desperation tactic

[golden lance]

Half of the budget of an indie game

[tacit sphinx]

They need to make these games slower

[polar osprey]

why

[tacit sphinx]

and on a bigger budget

[polar osprey]

they spend nothing on them pop them out once a year

and still sell better than everything else

[tacit sphinx]

Mostly for the dev team's sake

[polar osprey]

why put more money and time into the game for diminishing returns

[tacit sphinx]

This sounds like an awful experience

[polar osprey]

they are not the ones making the calls

line is going up

pop out another game

you have until next week

[tacit sphinx]

This is depressing

[spice rivet]

Winds and Waves being 2027 is a good sign though

[pseudo goblet]

Thats putting it lightly ^

[golden lance]

They couldnt do a single city

[spice rivet]

Idk if it was just the swap to HD development that f'd up their pipeline or what

Plus Covid

I blame the suits, not the devs ofc

[golden lance]

I blame both

[polar osprey]

the devs are AWFUL at masking imperfections

[golden lance]

Masuda's MO is fucking asanine and we've known about it for years

[polar osprey]

we always had games with just textures

but they are good at masking their flaws

pokemon games just shove them in your face

the art direction has been horrendous

[golden lance]

It's honestly astonishing XY, on the 3ds, in 2014, as their first 3D project, had a better lumiose than ZA

[spice rivet]

PLA had the best art direction since post 3DS imo

[hexed valley]

https://x.com/i/status/2041702183889203584

makiri (@IFORGOTBURNHEAL)

I'm in and I found an item called Swimming Goggles, it boosts the Speed of Water type Pokémon with no drawback like Choice Scarf. This could be game changing.

X · Apr 8, 2026, 2:18 AM

Iykyk

[golden lance]

PLA had high highs and low lows tbh

[spice rivet]

I still think SwSh were/are the ugliest Pokemon games.

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-avalugg-hisui-hisuian-avalugg-regional-form-gif-4787280612083259987

[spice rivet]

Even SV on Switch 1 atleast could look great when nothing was moving lol

Like I friggin love Area Zero, and on Switch 2 it looks great

[golden lance]

I miss alola man idk what happened

[fading stratus]

worlds on a new format is so wild

[spice rivet]

AGAIN!?

[fading stratus]

yeah

[golden lance]

Yea

Again

[fading stratus]

lmao

[tacit sphinx]

You already know my favourite games

[spice rivet]

Bruhhh

[polar osprey]

wasn't raichu X in the trailer?

[pseudo goblet]

We do lol

[tacit sphinx]

Glad GF will never attempt to remake them lmao

[pseudo goblet]

Modern remake you mean

[golden lance]

Pinball RS?

[tacit sphinx]

Wait are there deadass Pokemon missing from the Champions trailer in Champions

[golden lance]

Yes

[magic thunder]

this is so much funnier

[spice rivet]

Time for me to come to Gen 2s defense: If you trade Pokemon (aka the "intended experience") leveling up to challenge the E4 and so on isnt too bad tbh.

[magic thunder]

than any of the leaks

[golden lance]

Meta relevant mons too

[tacit sphinx]

https://tenor.com/view/me-atrapaste-es-cine-its-cinema-cinema-esto-es-cine-gif-12869046600151364058

[spice rivet]

But I have no friends playing those games

[magic thunder]

shoutout to our only slush rusher btw

Bearctic

[tacit sphinx]

Gen 2 just has the best vibes

It's cozy

[fading stratus]

snow is pretty good weather anyway

because of aurora veil

and def boost

[magic thunder]

oh yeah they finally acknowledged

[fading stratus]

you dont need a slush rush

you can just spam blizzard

[magic thunder]

screens are weaker in doubles

[golden lance]

Bro how do i get this furfrou out of my save file

I want it gone

[spice rivet]

Also, I have yet to see how the Mega switch mechanics work. No one has been switching on me lol

[fading stratus]

yeah its 2/3 instead of 1/2

[tacit sphinx]

wdym

why you want to get rid of it

[golden lance]

Champions has your starting team be randomized

[tacit sphinx]

??????????

[golden lance]

They give you 30 box slots to work with

[magic thunder]

wait

since when is snap trap a steel move?

[tacit sphinx]

HOLD UP

[golden lance]

So i'm 7/30 slots in

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/AldrichYan/status/2041725771975422095?s=20

Aldrich (@AldrichYan)

My team items will now consist of

1 focus band
1 bright powder
1 kings rock
1 quick claw
1 choice scarf
1 focus sash

Let's go gambling

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:52 AM

[tacit sphinx]

DID THEY POKEMON BATTLE REVOLUTION IT

LMAOOOOOOOOO

[spice rivet]

Now, cause it was Grass

Right...?

[golden lance]

And my box is ASS

[magic thunder]

yeah

crazy

g stunfisk buff...

[fading stratus]

its honestly oretty god

[golden lance]

Wait the furfrou is a sylveon

[fading stratus]

everything nit named beedrill is actually great

[golden lance]

Chat i dont think im ok

[tacit sphinx]

Choccy are you an actual idiot

[golden lance]

Raz

I went to sleep yesterday at 1am

[spice rivet]

This is your sign, its time for bed

[latent sleet]

wow champions doesnt look good

[golden lance]

I woke up at 5

[polar osprey]

aggron is great?

[fading stratus]

yeah if it gets body press

its probably pretty decent

[golden lance]

The same will repeat tomorrow

Look at the time

[polar osprey]

didn't they remove body press from a bunch of shit?

[spice rivet]

Speaking of which, I got work tomorrow so night night

[polar osprey]

archalurodon doesn't get it anymore

[fading stratus]

they removed body press from arch

we dont know anything else

chocc

[magic thunder]

generational run

[spice rivet]

I can check Aggron in 5

[fading stratus]

sure

[pseudo goblet]

Btw, if we like count all the spin off games along with the gen release in their era, do Gen 2 have the least games or that title goes to gen 1

[polar osprey]

but like

palafin gengar sylveon holy

[magic thunder]

aegislash said it's geisting time and poltergeisted all over

crazy

[pseudo goblet]

So stuff like rangers and pinballs and MDs

[golden lance]

What about sylv

[spice rivet]

@fading stratus it does

[golden lance]

Thing is potential man since inception

[spice rivet]

Well, here's the Thing though

[polar osprey]

it will reach its potential now

[fading stratus]

heavy slam body press aggron probably will be pretty okay

[fading stratus]

sylv is like pretty decent mon

[pseudo goblet]

Man Yami is winning

[golden lance]

I'll figure this one out tomorrow

[spice rivet]

Heavy Metal to Double Heavy Slam damage 5head (Jk I know it caps at like 130 power)

[pseudo goblet]

Go eep already Choccy lol

[pseudo goblet]

We will waiting for you

[golden lance]

Wym bro i got a beedrill and a furfrou

[polar osprey]

snap trap is now a steel move

[spice rivet]

The entire chat @Choccy rn

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/CharmazurVGC/status/2041728255133175932?s=20

Logan Mazur (@CharmazurVGC)

Regulation M-A looking more like Regulation MIA with the way all these items and mons are gone, holy shit

X · Apr 8, 2026, 4:02 AM

[pseudo goblet]

^

[polar osprey]

they want to try the usual mobile game approach

of slowly releasing stuff

to gather hype

[fading stratus]

do you just play magnet stalwart archaludon now

lmao

[polar osprey]

my guess is we are getting pre-evos and everstone as a big anni thing

[golden lance]

Wait is damp rock even in

[pseudo goblet]

Mamo

[fading stratus]

WAIT

WE ARE SO BACK

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/primordial-qilin-kick-tianlu-sibuxiang-you-shou-yan-gif-14486089586839685541

[fading stratus]

SCOPE LENS HYDREIGON BABY

[pseudo goblet]

KICK OF DEEP SLEEP

[golden lance]

Fine ill leave

Sheesh

[fading stratus]

is dragon cheer in the game

someone check

[magic thunder]

oh yeah did we talk about

both para and sleep nerfed

[fading stratus]

like 15 times

[polar osprey]

ye

[magic thunder]

ok

[fading stratus]

and freeze too btw

[polar osprey]

I was even thinking about the possibility of self para under tr now

[magic thunder]

what did freeze get?

[polar osprey]

since 1/8 is like

workable

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/kaede-azusagawa-rascal-does-not-dream-of-bunny-girl-senpai-anime-girl-imouto-gif-15418280884840578456

[fading stratus]

3 tuen max

[magic thunder]

vrazy

[fading stratus]

and 25% chance to thaw over 20%

[magic thunder]

vrazier

they got

sleep sleep sleep sahur

no way

[pseudo goblet]

Choccy stop spying on us

Go eep

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/JuanfiVGC/status/2041740485681664455?s=20

Juan Francisco Salerno (@JuanfiVGC)

Este es uno de los mejores combos para el inicio de meta en Pokemon Champions

Mega Gengar, Whimsicott, Incineroar.

Nos aprovechamos del combo de Disable + Encoré para forzarle escenarios desfavorables a nuestros rivales.

Lo veo muy fuerte y más con la reducción de objetivos.

X · Apr 8, 2026, 4:50 AM

[maiden flax]

@fading stratus if i wanted to set up sun would torkoal or ninetales be better?

[fading stratus]

depends on team

[maiden flax]

hmmm

[fading stratus]

if youre playing fast HO honestly I'd go ninetales

[maiden flax]

yeah ill go ninetales then

[fading stratus]

ninetales is usually played in this type of teams

you can take a reference

[hasty anchor]

Blaziken
Yes

...Although, that team also has Ludicolo and Politoed. Guessing they want to flip-flop through weather?

[fading stratus]

this was the team

[hasty anchor]

That's uh

A team!

Giving Ludicolo a Life Orb is a wild thing to even do

[fading stratus]

not really

without lorb it just doesnt do damage

[hasty anchor]

Yeah; I keep seeing cases of giving a life orb to something already hitting things hard

But the life orb can actually give some muscle to other mons that could definitely use it

[fading stratus]

here's a graphics

[fading stratus]

they wanted fake out utility

[hasty anchor]

Wait Golurk has Unseen Fist what

...Ok that's very spot on but very unexpected given the context of the ability normally.

[fading stratus]

with gengar in the format

[pseudo goblet]

Nerfed btw

[fading stratus]

I think incin is like mandatory

[outer eagle]

Is Unseen Fist nerfed?

[fading stratus]

ye

1/4

[fading stratus]

because otherwise you get farmed by encore disable gengar

[hasty anchor]

Gengar can learn Focus Blast if memory serves

[outer eagle]

I mean i guess...

[pseudo goblet]

Was it ever not lol

Ig Yozzoy also ready to eep so leaves just us

Symph correct if Im wrong but isnt it kinda late for you also

Lol

[fading stratus]

you should never play focus blast in gengar

gengar has like 50 better moves than focus blast

[hexed valley]

New champions guu just dropped

https://x.com/i/status/2041726955775463918

Justinbyleth (@justinbyleth)

Tell me I'm not tripping?? They gave this dude fake out flip turn

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:56 AM

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/gengar-explodes-gif-27158062

Eh lol

[fading stratus]

honestly does make the mon playavle

who tf is playing gluttony sitrus berry

holy shit

[pseudo goblet]

Thought Simisear is the glutton

[hasty anchor]

-Oh, you mean, you need Incineroar to face Gengar, not the other way around.

[fading stratus]

yes

[hasty anchor]

Completely misread that

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/CharmazurVGC/status/2041725679696240950?s=20

Logan Mazur (@CharmazurVGC)

Mega Victreebel gets Innards Out, what are we doing here 😭

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:51 AM

oh yeah btw zane

https://x.com/AquaAzeem/status/2041735752157892699?s=20

🫧Azeem🫧 (@AquaAzeem)

HUH WAIT WHAT ???!!!!

X · Apr 8, 2026, 4:31 AM

[hasty anchor]

Also, I don't care about accuracy. I don't want to deal 100% with Aura Sphere I want to deal 250% With Focus Blast

[pseudo goblet]

Hah

[hasty anchor]

It's NOT ENOUGH TO JUST KO THE OPPOSITION I MUST DESTROY THEM

[pseudo goblet]

Sucks we can’t pull them out and go adventure

Can you?

[outer eagle]

Does Toed learn Muddy Water tho

[hasty anchor]

I think it does?

[fading stratus]

ye

[pseudo goblet]

I swear to god if this is how they gonna make shiny Victini possible…

[fading stratus]

zane

now gimme 3 megas

you want team built around

[hasty anchor]

Poliwag learns a surprising number of ground-type moves, come to think of it

[pseudo goblet]

Of my fav?

[fading stratus]

I'll make one of the 3

tomorrow night

[pseudo goblet]

Well they already killed metagross…

[outer eagle]

Beedrill Audino Chimecho

[pseudo goblet]

Limited to launch megas for that matter

[hasty anchor]

Personally I would say "Mega Evolution? Nah, I got something better"

[tacit sphinx]

Mega Sol and Spicy Spray are new, could you briefly explain?

[hasty anchor]

And then Rhypherior just dynamaxxes and throws a literal monolith at their Charizard.