Pokemon

[sharp kernel]

@fading stratus when you apologizing

[fading stratus]

No

[spice rivet]

#AllSkill

@fading stratus teaching people how Phantom Force works has been super fun lately

Also, weird visual glitch happened to me today too, but I think it was because I disconnected then Reconnected cause my power went out for a sec

Basically, when I used an attack animation when there 1 mon left on their field, suddenly the other previous knocked out mon was there, but took no damage

[fading stratus]

Ah

Probably will get fixed soon

[pseudo goblet]

Pokemon, where everything is very not perfect on Day 1

/complete

[fading stratus]

Also Zane

Why is friend trade still not fixed

[pseudo goblet]

Still??

Fucking hell

Bad scenario would be HOME now thinks mons in our box are bad

Worst scenario, goodbye thousands of shinies

And normal mons too

[fading stratus]

No they said it's to fix a bug

But it's been 3 days

And still nothing

[spice rivet]

Clip of it

[hasty anchor]

Still pretty hype how you can pick the classic battle! themes

[maiden flax]

Tbf this is a low power format

[fading stratus]

well zard was still a decent mon last gen

this gen ig

regular ol zard

[spice rivet]

My only hope is they eventually introduce a slider/toggle options for random so you can turn on/off/change frequency of how often some songs come up like in Smash Bros.

[hasty anchor]

Oh yeah, that'd be great

[pseudo goblet]

Dude why you still have Disney font

Theres a memory playing rn of like, Bun asking why your font looks disney lol

Okay yeah its not an imagination

[fading stratus]

I've had this font since like an year and half

or more

[icy heath]

I was thinking that today

When I saw the image

[maiden flax]

Also
Man
People in masterball tier are like
Miles better than the ones in ultraball lmao

[pseudo goblet]

Panic

[warm sky]

https://www.reddit.com/r/stunfisk/s/QfVpUOyM5c

[sonic inlet]

The gacha finally gave me the bridge

[maiden flax]

I'm still trying to find pelipper

I'm ready with my Gren from za

[sonic inlet]

Yeah I needed basculegion and the bridge

[maiden flax]

It's the only Mon I have left for the mega Gren rain team I wanted to steal

[sonic inlet]

Since I didn't buy any DLC besides mega dimensions

Well I did get 2 basculegions before but they were both female

[maiden flax]

5 win streak with my chady team!

[maiden flax]

Opinions on my mega chandy team so far?

Using only mons from the recruitment system

[fading stratus]

Surely you'd rather have sneasler instead of raichu no? Ig it's probably you not having it

Also you probably want trick room on chandelure too

Over energy ball

[maiden flax]

Mostly have raichu as to help with rain teams and as an alternate form of speed control (especially in tailwind mirrors)

Also energy ball has saved me a massive ton

Most of the mons sneasler hits are the same ones chandy hits

Minus the dark types

[fading stratus]

Also floette

And it's in general a faster fake out mon

[maiden flax]

True
But personally haven't had too much trouble against floette

Maybe if I reach a part of the ladder where floette was more common I'll try it

Since the most I see it is like once every 20-30 games

[fading stratus]

Yeah makes sense

[maiden flax]

Something I find very interesting is how good oblivious is for Mamo in doubles but in singles the crowning ability is thick fat

[fading stratus]

Stone edge gives me weird vibes on gyara

[maiden flax]

The stone edge is just there as Charizard y hate :x
Chari y is everywhere and I'm like "I don't want to think about this matchup, screw you, stone edge"

[fading stratus]

80 acc is so bad tho

[maiden flax]

I do find it interesting how much more punishing missing is in doubles
I did miss twice one match
But still won anyway cause char y doesn't really have much it can use on a more defensive gyara

[fading stratus]

it feels wild to me how much inaccurate moves people play on singles

[maiden flax]

Would take suggestions here though

Like suggestions to things to use on mega char y teams so I just don't have to think about them lol

[fading stratus]

if you had sneasler you could play rock tomb

[maiden flax]

XD

[fading stratus]

I kinda like sneasler because its like the fastest mon on the format

[maiden flax]

Because of unburden?

[fading stratus]

idt lightningrod has as much value when you have like 2 electric resist 1 immunity and 1 neutral among 5 other mpns

[fading stratus]

yeah

[maiden flax]

I mean tbf
the rod isn't the reason why I'm using raichu

[fading stratus]

then whats the reason

[maiden flax]

This

[fading stratus]

does raichu even do as much damage to rain teams tbh
surely you just die to basc

no shot you dont die to flip turn basc

[maiden flax]

The raichu? The raichu is stated to not die to flip turn

The main thing it's targetting is pelipper since it's the hardest mon to out

[fading stratus]

yeah makes sense

also metrona I recommended trick room on chand because it kinda helps vs opposing trick room or faster tailwind teams

but if energy ball is treating you better

[maiden flax]

Hmmm interesting prospect
I'll consider it

I figured the trick room thing but that tailwind point was one I never considered

[fading stratus]

yeah its kinda common for even TW teams to run trick room so you have dual speed control modes

[maiden flax]

Never melt ice on mamoswine is to guarantee ice shard kill on garchomp and helping hand ice shard kill on aerodactyl btw

[sonic inlet]

Mostly bc they hit harder

[fading stratus]

aero should always have sash

[sonic inlet]

Rock slide is too weak nowadays

[fading stratus]

unless its mega

[maiden flax]

I meant mega aero btw

[fading stratus]

ah

[fading stratus]

yeah but like

in general

with stuff like focus miss

pump

[maiden flax]

252+ Atk Never-Melt Ice Mamoswine Helping Hand Ice Shard vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Aerodactyl-Mega: 156-186 (100.6 - 120%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Like
Exactly enough

Don't need the never melt ice if it's just regular

[fading stratus]

its for lv50 rigjt

[maiden flax]

Yes

Level 50

[sonic inlet]

Ok tbf focus miss is just fighting coverage that doesn't have an alternative lol

Like zam needing it to beat steel types since psychic and dgleam can't touch them

[maiden flax]

Wait nvm I forgot zam doesn't get sphere

I do know some mons that do that prefer focus miss anyway cause of the damage diff

[fading stratus]

ig in doubles you have a partner to deal it with

but in singles you dont have a partner

[young river]

Hunting for a Shiny Gible is pain

[maiden flax]

yeah its the big thing about how turns doing nothing is much more punishing in doubles than in singles

[maiden flax]

Here's an interesting question
Is mega Lucario used as a special attacker or a physical attacker in vgc?

[fading stratus]

both

or even mixed

[sonic inlet]

Boomer valiant

[fading stratus]

the argument is close combat is so much better than aura sphere

but meteor mash sucks

over flash cannon

because its 90 accuracy

[sharp kernel]

Btw

Can we admit this meta is troll as fuck. Not because of the Pokémon roster, but because losing games vs quick claw/bright powder is the actual fucking worst

Mainly quick claw

[fading stratus]

yeah thats the only problem

[sharp kernel]

What do you mean that I went for the guaranteed safest play in an almost unloseable game state and they got a quick claw proc and now I’m the one losing

[maiden flax]

For singles is physical is way more common cause of cc

[maiden flax]

MOOD

[fading stratus]

in doubles physical is way more common too

this was the usage rate in vgc 2018

[maiden flax]

Ooo

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/PokeDailyPost/status/2044053058334973972?s=20

Pokémon Daily Post💫 (@PokeDailyPost)

Your birth month is the Pokémon you turn into (Puple version💜)

X · Apr 14, 2026, 2:00 PM

[fading stratus]

@warm sky blastoise got 9th in warm up challenge btw

[maiden flax]

I like the no item talonflame for acrobatics specifically

[fading stratus]

yeah

its not uncommon

because there's no covert cloak

so your best option is like sash

or sharp beak

[spice rivet]

Big man Blastoise

[fading stratus]

even if he's small ingame he's big man in heart

[spice rivet]

Im guessing the set was either:
A) Water Spout go BRRRR

B) Shell Smash go BRRRR

[warm sky]

I still haven't made my Gengar team smh

Again, gave up really easily on trying to get the herbs

[fading stratus]

I can see it being raindance talonflame too

idk how it gets that

[spice rivet]

Also, Talon Flame gets Upper Hand

[fading stratus]

yeah

[spice rivet]

I knew it got Quick Guard anyways, be its got no hands

[sharp kernel]

Let’s goooo, I got my favorite pokemon

[fading stratus]

Drapion or crobat?

[sharp kernel]

Crobat

[fading stratus]

I forgot if you were born in Jan or Feb

[spice rivet]

@pseudo goblet for when you wake up, SHINY MELTAN IS COMING BACK TO GO AT THE END OF THE MONTH

[sharp kernel]

Btw, doing some quick calcs, did you know that M Chimeco can 2 shot floette with no spa investment?

[spice rivet]

[fading stratus]

can you trade in go

if yes then someone give me a shiny meltan

I'll use the candies and evolve em

[maiden flax]

Hmmm
I was looking at runerigus and was thinking if I could do ally switch shenanigans with it
But most of the top mons don't use contact moves...

[fading stratus]

if you wanna use ally switch meme

surely just play farigiraf

[icy heath]

[fading stratus]

its the best tr setter too

[icy heath]

They're preparing for shiny gigantamax melmetal

[maiden flax]

No no I was thinking about if there was a way to abuse wandering spirit with ally switch
You know
Remove their ability while switching away the Mon I want alive

But doesn't work cause none of the top mons really use contact moves

[fading stratus]

sneasler does

incin does

but like giving it to incin is like pointless

[maiden flax]

Well aside from the fact you get to intim them back
But yeah
Incin isn't the ideal Mon to take away the ability of

If mega meta was here that would be a big one to do it against

[fading stratus]

or mega mence

[sharp kernel]

Damn, M Chimeco can also live a modest m Gengar shadow ball

I think I found my TR setter

[fading stratus]

but chimecho needs mega

[sharp kernel]

Yeah? That’s fine. What better use is there for your Mega in hard TR right now

Drampa?

[fading stratus]

surely you'd use your mega on shit like golurk/crabominable/camerupt

[maiden flax]

Crab and golurk are big ones yeah

[sharp kernel]

What does crab do? I genuinely don’t know

[fading stratus]

I think crab is underexplored ngl

[maiden flax]

It hits really really hard

[fading stratus]

it gets hyper cutter before mega

so it is intimidate immune

and then gets iron fist in mega

[sharp kernel]

Ah that is pretty nice

[fading stratus]

also they buffed ice hammer

so its 95 accuracy

over 90

[maiden flax]

Yeah

now you can get even saltier if you miss your ice hammer

[fading stratus]

I think tough claws ice hammer probably kills anything in the format that doesnt resist it

its only problem is like no spread but you can play torkoal

as secondary tr abuser

and torkoal lets you play a fast mode

with torkoal venu

[sharp kernel]

Yeah hold up, we’re kinda cooking here

And crab has very respectable bulk

• drain punch

[fading stratus]

yeah

tough claw drain punch with that atk does great damage

but do you want drain punch or close combat

err

not tough claws

iron fist

[maiden flax]

You mean iron fist?

[fading stratus]

yeah

I said it above

[maiden flax]

Yeah I typed too slow

[sharp kernel]

Is the move legit just drain punch, ice hammer, crabhammer?

[fading stratus]

mach punch as one

probs

over crab

[sharp kernel]

This would require testing to see how much drain punch is underkilling certain threats by

[fading stratus]

30 bp is huge difference

[sharp kernel]

Yeah but 229 max attack is fucking crazy

Let’s run some calc real quick

Mach Punch ohko’s anything less than 108 in defense ttar in sand pretty consistently

Which is kinda crazy

Crab can also live a fairy aura dazzling gleam from floette pretty handily

Mega Crabominable, farigiraf, kingambit, torkoal, Venusaur, and last slot is probably Incineroar. Ngl, I kinda don’t like kingambit here

Kinda want that to be sneasler instead

[fading stratus]

you need incin

because it gets parting shot too

also intimidate so you always set trick room

paired with fake out

you probs need like a min speed incin

because you can TR parting shot turn 1

[sharp kernel]

Do you agree here that sneasler over kingambit here?

[fading stratus]

yeah

sure

idt you need gambit

sneasler gives your fast mode leg too

[sharp kernel]

Yeah I like that way better, it lets me pressure vs certain matchups better

[fading stratus]

you can probs play like helping hand protect erruption weather ball torkoal

so helping hand gurantees kill on stuff like floette with sneasler or your other stuff

or helping hand with incin

[sharp kernel]

Helping hand hyper voice farifiraf gg

[flint schooner]

mega zard my enemy

[fading stratus]

When were you a judge lamb

Or am I being high

[sonic inlet]

Identity theft

[fading stratus]

Oh it's swampe

[latent sleet]

https://vxtwitter.com/snacks_fruity2/status/2044071581433966886?s=20

🍵Yo Soy Elly🍵 (@snacks_fruity2)

They are reverse engineering tera flying Ttar in pokemon champions

QRT: FreakyMeatThing
CHIMECHO LEARNS ENTRAINMENT, I LET TYRANITAR SET UP SANDSTORM, I ENTRAIN LEVITATE ON TYRANITAR AND GO MEGA AND SEND OUT STEELIX OR FARIGIRAF IF NEEDED DUDE.

vxTwitter / fixvx • GIF · Apr 14, 2026, 3:13 PM

[hasty anchor]

All these steps, and all we need to make a well-put out plan is to put a bunch of diamond balloons on Tyranitar

[pseudo goblet]

Hopefully I can remember

[spice rivet]

I marked it on my calendar, ill remind you then

[spice rivet]

Progress on my living OT dex. I'm going to need to beat Legends ZA again if I want to snag another Hoopa ☠️

[midnight spear]

im a balance player

[lone harbor]

oh my fucking god bruh

i just lost a game

bc of 2 bright powder misses ina row

[hasty anchor]

Youch

[lone harbor]

dog

im doing

megazard Y calcs

252 SpA Charizard-Mega-Y Heat Wave vs. Lvl 50 252 HP / 84 SpD Incineroar in Sun: 198-234 (98 - 115.8%) -- 87.5% chance to OHKO

are you fucking kidding me

timid heat wave almost always ohkos incin under these conditions what th efuck

WAIT NO IT DOESNT

FUCK OFF DMG CALC

apparently if u choose an OU set

it autosets to 100

even if u have everything set to 50

252 SpA Charizard-Mega-Y Heat Wave vs. 252 HP / 84 SpD Incineroar in Sun: 51-61 (25.2 - 30.1%) -- guaranteed 4HKO

nevermind that makes

WAY more sense

[fading stratus]

Did you also choose doubles half

Because spread moves do 25% less damage if they're spread

[lone harbor]

ye doubles was on

just dmg calc giving me lv100s even w/ lv50 selected

[fading stratus]

Ah gotcha

[vagrant steppe]

Aurora veil has been kicking my ass tonight

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-alolan-ninetales-aurora-veil-pokemon-anime-ninetales-aurora-veil-gif-25404925

[hasty anchor]

https://tenor.com/view/aurora-borealis-steamed-hams-the-simpsons-simpsons-super-intendent-chalmers-gif-26950836

[fading stratus]

Zane did you play again

[pseudo goblet]

Sidenote, TIL the princess from Sleeping Beauty name is Aurora

[fading stratus]

If sleeping beauty is so good why is there no waking beauty

[pseudo goblet]

I could later tonight

Andddddddd there’s only 10 days before the tournament, fuck

[fading stratus]

train hard on the ladder zane

also did you join the discord

of the tournament

they might have updates and stuff

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/lazy-cat-cat-lazy-stairs-slide-gif-12601928359257518609

[pseudo goblet]

Done

[vagrant steppe]

Aurora veil has been kicking my ass tonight

[pseudo goblet]

I think

[pseudo goblet]

Bad wifi send message twice?

[fading stratus]

ye

maybe they had their ass kicked twice

[vagrant steppe]

Oh yeah the Aurora veil kicked my wifi's ass too

[fading stratus]

zane the friend trade still isnt fixed

[pseudo goblet]

Okay yeah Im overthinking it, logic says this is it

[fading stratus]

this should be it yeah

[fading stratus]

My whole box is full.man

There's like 17 mons I wanna trade from here

[pseudo goblet]

Then rest lol

[fading stratus]

I'll atleast get 20

[fading stratus]

holy shit

[spice rivet]

Went on a bit of a heater, but lost a few and went back up again

[fading stratus]

fully shiny team

ah

[spice rivet]

This is currently the highest Ive gotten though

I think Champion Rank is at the 2000 point range, so thats my goal

[fading stratus]

yeah its 2000

[spice rivet]

We battle in style. I dont think any Pokemon Ive brought into Champions hasnt been shiny lmao

[fading stratus]

top 50 are over 2200 tho

[pseudo goblet]

My goal would be maybe Ultra Ball knowing me

[fading stratus]

I saw Pqlarbear being the top player

[fading stratus]

you can masterball

[pseudo goblet]

Im at like, 1.5 million rank or something I think

[spice rivet]

Youve Master Balled in SV, you can hit Master Ball here fine

[pseudo goblet]

I did?

[fading stratus]

I think its easier here

because there are weaker opps

[pseudo goblet]

I just call them filthy casuals

[fading stratus]

apparently you can get titles by playing in live tournaments

[pseudo goblet]

Pray I dont spend the night playing with Korean ‘transformer’ toy again lol

And getting some slim victories

[sleek sky]

when does the early download bonus end

[fading stratus]

its like july 31st iirc

[sleek sky]

my work should be winding down and I might have a chance to at least download the game

[fading stratus]

in theory early download bonmus should stay until mobile release

[sleek sky]

Isn't there a promotion for uploading three pokemon from Home into Champions too? When does that end?

[fading stratus]

there was one for playing 3 games in last ladder tournament

it ended 2 days ago

[pseudo goblet]

I should also collect the team mons again but shiny

[fading stratus]

Zane I have 369 home points

What am I supposed to do with it

[pseudo goblet]

Idk, I have 47k myself

[spice rivet]

Light weight

[pseudo goblet]

Yup

[spice rivet]

I kid I kid

[pseudo goblet]

No I mean yeah you once talk abut how you got 99k before, I remember it

[spice rivet]

Also, I actually went through and released almost every Pokemon that didn't have me as an OT. I think O ended up releasing about 250 mons

[pseudo goblet]

Not gonna lie If its possible I’d wanna start a, like, discord chat can pick whatever activity I’ll do everyday

To counteract my inefficiency

[midnight spear]

im in master ball

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/DaWoblefet/status/2044257970226139336?s=20

Leonard Craft III (@DaWoblefet)

There's a softlock in Pokemon Champions! If Competitive attempts to activate while fainted (e.g. from Icy Wind vs Mirror Armor + Destiny Bond), the next time an Ability would announce itself, the game will softlock; both players cannot choose actions and animations stop.

▶ Play video

X · Apr 15, 2026, 3:34 AM

[pseudo goblet]

I just realize It’d be Kyogre before Poipole

[maiden flax]

@fading stratus decided to give trick room a shot
While there are some matchups that are infinitely scarier without the energy ball
The trick room has been doing really good

[fading stratus]

glad you liked the change

[maiden flax]

It's a fun game of figuring out if I should trick room people or not

[fading stratus]

I'm kinda disappointed that chandelure got infiltrator

if it got like levitate

it'd be really good

probs not really good

but like pretty decent

[outer eagle]

Might as well give it Shadow Tag to complete the prophecy

[pseudo goblet]

What Infiltrator do

[fading stratus]

bypass screens

[midnight spear]

you mean the ability it was meant to have in gen 5

[outer eagle]

Bypass Screens and Subs iirc

Weird that it doesn't bypass Protect tho

[fading stratus]

apparently mist and safeguard too

[outer eagle]

Me when i infiltrate but my opponent can still protect somehow

[fading stratus]

it coulda just been like

20% damage vs protect

or even 1/8

or 1/6

it woulda been way better

[pseudo goblet]

Ah

Meganium counter then

And most psychic type

[outer eagle]

One day they will combine Mold Breaker and Infiltrator and Unseen Fist

[fading stratus]

meganium doesnt run screens

[pseudo goblet]

Base?

[fading stratus]

base doesnt exist

[pseudo goblet]

True

[maiden flax]

It's basically the best counter to mega lass for that reason :x

[fading stratus]

I've seen people move from defensive frosslass and move towards shit like nasty plot sub

[maiden flax]

I mean
That doesn't change my statement cause sub

[fading stratus]

oh yeah it bypasses sub yeah fair

[pseudo goblet]

Soooo I also need to watch out for Candle, welp

[fading stratus]

basc can one shot chandelure

[pseudo goblet]

Although not gonna lie Im not the best Subs user

[pseudo goblet]

Wave crash can too?

Assuming I got locked out of Last Respect

That happened like two times

[fading stratus]

last respect is only 50 bp at start btw

it increases by 50 bp more your mons die

[pseudo goblet]

Yeah Im aware

200 bp right, maximum

[pseudo goblet]

Probably gonna have myself try Basc and Phox lead, flip turn into incin

[fading stratus]

nope

its theoritical maximum is 5050

[fading stratus]

btw zane now I think I have every fully evolved legendary pokemon from this list

[pseudo goblet]

Good time to rest

[fading stratus]

now I need
EF Floette, Gouging Fire, Iron Crown, Iron Boulder

zane remember me if you ever decide to play a second save file of ZA

for EF Floette

[pseudo goblet]

Lmao

AZ would show up in my nightmares

[fading stratus]

I tried getting a EF Floette from GTS

but only ones in GTS are genned

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-legends-za-pokemon-legends-z-a-pokemon-legends-pokemon-az-gif-6504980681698600474

[fading stratus]

with OT AZ and 00000001 or sth

[pseudo goblet]

?? AZ is the ot tho

[fading stratus]

oh huh

I THOUGHT IT SHOWS UP AS YOUR OWN OT

and is the ID No. always 00000001 or sth

HOLY SHIT

I TRADED LIKE 3 FLOETTES AWAY

[pseudo goblet]

Found it

[fading stratus]

I;ll try trading it for shiny ho-oh

I'm an idiot aren't I

[pseudo goblet]

Dont come after my shtick

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/avHYCcH3x80KCUE/status/2044038063190667320?s=20

フキダシコットン『1日1枚‼』 (@avHYCcH3x80KCUE)

永遠のはな？
#ポケモン #Pokémon #イラスト

X · Apr 14, 2026, 1:00 PM

[maiden flax]

@fading stratus after some games
I've decided energy ball is more important

[lone harbor]

Aggron
Chandelure
Charizard
Crabominable
Emboar
Feraligatr
Froslass
Gallade
Garchomp
Gardevoir
Golurk
Meganium
Scovillain
Starmie
Steelix
Venusaur

alright I've played enough perish rain, whats my next mega to build around

[fading stratus]

Chomp should be fine

I've seen a few people play it as a secondary mega where you can't take your primary mega

Like floette chomp

And not like you're losing much not playing mfing soft sand

[sonic inlet]

Scarf adamant bascu gets outsped by mega delphox

Funny

[fading stratus]

Scarf adamant bascu gets outsped by gengar

[sonic inlet]

https://x.com/SplashPlateVGC/status/2044254158358802897

SplashPlate (@SplashPlateVGC)

okay bro

X · Apr 15, 2026, 3:19 AM

[warm sky]

@ salt

[swift jasper]

Sigh coward

[swift jasper]

@void herald

[fading stratus]

if saltdust is so good why is there no sugarchunks

[swift jasper]

Just because one is good the other might not be

[fading stratus]

what if it is

[void herald]

be the change you want to see in the world oomfie

[maiden flax]

As cool and funny trick room on chandy can be
I found that a lot of the matchups it's winning are the ones I am able to win without it

But the same can't be the same about energy ball

Has been my analysis so far

[sonic inlet]

I want to try chand but delphox is too peak...

[fading stratus]

yeah

delphox is goated

word

[sonic inlet]

Psyspam andies complaining about levitate only for it to be incredible on her

[fading stratus]

ye

its so funny that delphox is like top 5 mega

[maiden flax]

I lost to a floette cause my heat wave missed it and then it crit me with dazzling gleam...

Both needed to happen cause I would have survived had the gleam not critted and they would have been dead if heat wave didn't miss

[maiden flax]

How do masterball ranks work?

[midnight spear]

It’s based on your placement

[fading stratus]

https://x.com/shimomura_128/status/2044353558599094491?s=20

シモムラ@4/7著書『名無辞典』発売 (@shimomura_128)

X · Apr 15, 2026, 9:54 AM

[warm sky]

10/10

[maiden flax]

Wait why did my placement get higher when I lost?

[warm sky]

Ez

Other people dropped even more

[fading stratus]

yeah probably that reason

[pseudo goblet]

Oh hell not again- MAUS AND MILO LEAD??!

[warm sky]

@fading stratus btw you still got the perish song team?

I really need to remember to start grinding into a full team

[pseudo goblet]

Oh cool Sinischa can live an ice beam- IT FROZED?!- oh cool now it thawed

What a roller coaster

[fading stratus]

this one?

[pseudo goblet]

Even combo out Maus with Basc

[fading stratus]

you probs play soundproof kommo o tbh

its better in perish mirror

[pseudo goblet]

Omg BascLEGEND

On that from Rock Blast

[fading stratus]

basculegend fr

[pseudo goblet]

Oh wait I forgot, dude stuck on wave crash, I put down the legend myself

[fading stratus]

also zane I need to know how many times you click aqua jet

in basc

tell me after testing

[pseudo goblet]

Once

[fading stratus]

because I might change the move

[pseudo goblet]

During day 1

[fading stratus]

ah

[pseudo goblet]

Hah, Flare blitz into Stinkaton while Milo scald on protected Phox

Seeing if It targets phox subs while I parting shot into sinischa

[fading stratus]

sinistcha is so goated man

what lead did you use this time btw zane

[pseudo goblet]

Oh, scald on sinischa, bro Free subs

Basc and Sinis

[fading stratus]

you're learning

to use different leads

[pseudo goblet]

Current situation

[fading stratus]

oh is it 2v1

[pseudo goblet]

Come on, drop the protect, let me matcha gotcha- bro why you use Scald on Sinis??

[fading stratus]

probably thought you'd protect phox

[pseudo goblet]

Anddddd matcha finished it

[fading stratus]

what does sinistcha have again?

lefties right?

[pseudo goblet]

Why would I, Subs was never touched

[pseudo goblet]

Oh yeah it was lol

Oh also they use Mega Heracross after maus died

[warm sky]

Yeah thnx

[ashen barn]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HF8pXe0boAACim0.jpg?name=orig

@sonic inlet @icy heath

[fading stratus]

thats pretty cool

[ashen barn]

Runemaster X Hatterene

[pseudo goblet]

Imma just refer Sinistcha as tea or cha aight

[warm sky]

Any edits outside of soundproof btw

[fading stratus]

do try out sub in gengar too

[sonic inlet]

Oh that's adorable

AND broken wtf

[fading stratus]

over potentially sludge bomb

or disable

[ashen barn]

My issue is that it's 40 base speed

[sonic inlet]

Slap this on a trick room team and explode everything

Trick room

[ashen barn]

We still don't know if that's been implemented

[sonic inlet]

I sure hope so

[ashen barn]

Insider info hints that it is

[pseudo goblet]

Yup

[sonic inlet]

Though tbf

Hatterene can be played outside of TR

[ashen barn]

But that's my source

[fading stratus]

40 base speed means you can play scarf and be okay

[ashen barn]

(aka me in a chat with the lead dev)

[pseudo goblet]

Bro I look at Dnite and Gambit, sudden thought ‘do I just have a problem with dragon and steel???’

[fading stratus]

speed boosting nature + scarf probably is equivalent to what? 110 base speed adamant?

[sonic inlet]

[ashen barn]

If everything goes well, it should be in the final release

He did say something about nerfing its power

[sonic inlet]

If it is I'll take the dazzling gleam on crack cocaine

[pseudo goblet]

Okay maybe just steel, Koraidon was literally there for me

[ashen barn]

Yeah

Holy

Just remember that...we have a quad weakness to poison

[fading stratus]

we can change the mons zane

if you dont like em

no biggie

there's obv chomp over dnite

[ashen barn]

And most darks also get poison moves
Looking at you absol

[sonic inlet]

Make it rain is already broken and has a downside

This comes with neuroforce

[fading stratus]

yeah the downside is 95 accuracy

[sonic inlet]

And has an upside

[ashen barn]

Yup

It's an insane move

[warm sky]

Makes sense, but do we have any like specific EV spreads that seem to be must haves or do I just max 2 stats and call it a day

[ashen barn]

But idk if it's going to be THAT relevant

We'll see

[fading stratus]

lemme see if I can find a team

[ashen barn]

I can only leverage my nationality so much

[pseudo goblet]

Nahh just my skill issue

Ooooookay?

Tea and incin lead

Phox and basc back

Yeeep, they brought arc, felt Dnite wouldve been not good

Aura sphere??

Ooooh tea burned arc

[fading stratus]

I checked their twitter

and apparently they didnt publish their spreads

[pseudo goblet]

Ooookay, Flip turn does 90% ish to Incin

[fading stratus]

you can probably go like 252 HP 252 Speed for gengar rest 8 on sth else
and 252 Speed 252 SpA on whims

what did you lead zane

[pseudo goblet]

Meep

[fading stratus]

sinistcha usually wants to sit in back

because of hospitality

but obv you are testing stuff

[pseudo goblet]

Yup

[fading stratus]

you should try out a bunch of things

[pseudo goblet]

Oooh cool, Hisuian balls do turn Strange Ball when in Champion

[fading stratus]

aww

[pseudo goblet]

Yup lol

Okay Life Dew while bringing in Phox on Stealth Rock is big brain

[fading stratus]

thats actually big brain

youre learning

gj zane

[pseudo goblet]

Accident

Hah, Protect on Sparkling Aria- wait it spreads?? Huh

Not gonna lie, Im liking Protect+Subs stall

Oh wait shit

Draco meteor on subs- perish song?????

[fading stratus]

wait what clicked perish

lmao

without a trapper

[pseudo goblet]

Btw bolt, its happening again, Spread spam

[fading stratus]

but realistically delphox's niche is heat wave spam yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Although Matcha works wonder getting Primarina(perished btw) out

[pseudo goblet]

About that

[fading stratus]

you can route your stuff vs perish

[pseudo goblet]

Last route on perish

Oh nvm, I have one more before we die

[fading stratus]

zane we can change dnite to garchomp

[fading stratus]

if you aren;t using it often

[pseudo goblet]

Oh right Scrappy

[fading stratus]

yeah

lmao

is your delphox faster or their lopunny

[pseudo goblet]

Betting they thought Im a noob not knowing perish song, but actually

Okay Wave Crash hit, thank god

[pseudo goblet]

Sadly cant remember

[fading stratus]

your basculegion outspeeds non scarf dragapult

basically only thing faster than your basculegion except oppsoing scarf mons is like

mega alakazam, mega aerodactyl and mega beedrill

maybe zane we put garchomp

instead of dragonite

if you arent clicking the move often

err choosing dnite often

you can earthquake spam too

because delphox has levitate

[pseudo goblet]

Btw was it hospitality or Matcha Gotcha that burns

[fading stratus]

matcha gotcha

[pseudo goblet]

Also, break time

[pseudo goblet]

Came in clutch burning Archeludon early

Lefties wouldve been bad

Although, might not have been stamina Arc?? It never went off

[fading stratus]

mon change

[fading stratus]

could be sturdy or stalwart yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Should I have been more brave bringing Gambit to a match with fighting types

Since berry is there to save it one time

[fading stratus]

yeah you can yeah

if they have 1 fighting type

if gambit is good vs other mons

since delphox can also fast nuke fighting type

[pseudo goblet]

Hmm true

[fading stratus]

try out this now zane

you can bring garchomp into more Matchups hopefully

because you can put it besides delphox and spam earthquake

rock slide for sun bros

[pseudo goblet]

Hmm, which one deals with Fros better, dnite or chomp

[fading stratus]

neither

[pseudo goblet]

Welp lol

[fading stratus]

Kingambit

delphox is also pretty good vs frosslass

because youre faster

and can spam heat wave

[pseudo goblet]

Funnily enough, havent seen a Zard yet

Only rain

[fading stratus]

ah

[pseudo goblet]

Mustve all ascend to master rank

[fading stratus]

maybe

zane

repeat with me

icy wind is strictly speed control

and not spammable move

[pseudo goblet]

You should know, that I smiled slow-ish-ly reading this lol

As in like, ‘hard to promise I wouldn’t spam Matcha’ lol

[fading stratus]

you dont have a second attacking move in sinistcha so its fine

[pseudo goblet]

Anyway, I assume this is about enemy fros, and like, they would more likely Icy wind just one time?

[fading stratus]

I changed aqua jet on basc

to icy wind

[pseudo goblet]

Oh I didnt saw

Oh yeah something tells me using Icy wind on bascu only good for one or two speed

Physical atker using move like it

[fading stratus]

its to reduce their speed so your mons like say chomp outspeed them

so yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Anddddddd the evil is back, mentioning chomp

Just a lil

Wanna keep team as is for now, try out the changes later

[fading stratus]

yeah sure

[pseudo goblet]

Although Ig Bascu is easy change

Aqua Jet does feel safe

[fading stratus]

you can put jet too yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Spread spam tho

[mighty storm]

apparently corocoro has Wiwa news in June

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HF7KGzJasAACjq6?format=jpg&name=large

[pseudo goblet]

GFDI everywhere I go I see this Yokai watch lookalike

Cool toys dont get me wrong but jesus

[mighty storm]

Oh cool Target is having some new pokemon stuff
wait, that's the poketuber I mod for

[pseudo goblet]

So whose gonna get the tasers ready for scalpers

[spice rivet]

Someone didnt hit the Mega button lmaoooo

[fading stratus]

lmao

[spice rivet]

Also, just a general clip showing how strong Phantom Force can be for making pins

[fading stratus]

dragon darts probably wouldve done the same tbh

[sharp kernel]

Pretty sure I just vsed my first hacker in champions

[fading stratus]

huh what happened

[sharp kernel]

Guy froze both my pokemon with blizzard, and then I played it out, thawed out, clicked blizzard again and froze both my pokemon again. Not to mention, he got back to back rock slide flinches in between

There’s lucky, then there’s statistically impossible

[fading stratus]

might just be unlucky rng

cybertron level of unlucky

[sharp kernel]

Freezing both pokemon twice and getting back to back flinches feels a little more than lucky idk

But I’m also salty af right now

[fading stratus]

its 1 in a million ig

but not impossible

since like there are more than a million players in champions anyway

and probably millions of games happening per day
I'd just leave it up to unfortunate rng

[sonic inlet]

Got a milotic

Now I'm only missing a bascu

To be done with recruitment

[golden lance]

https://x.com/chefVGC/status/2044461631950753805

chef / Ben (@chefVGC)

Pokemon Puzzle - Champions edition

The rules are simple - find the guaranteed win based on the situation and information below!

Make sure you include the full sequence required to win!

A little warm up puzzle here for the return of Megas…

X · Apr 15, 2026, 5:03 PM

[fading stratus]

||first turn is obv double protect to end tailwind||

||then turn order would be aero>zard>venu>ttar||

||next turn would be tailwind with aero and mega ttar rock slide||

||if they protect you still get tailwind up which means aero would be the fastest mon on the field||

||if they dont protect rock slide gets double/single ko||

||assuming they protect||

||next turn you can dual wingbeat kill venu then rock slide kill zard||

[golden lance]

I need to play so bad i'm still in pokeball tier

[fading stratus]

that should be the answer to this puzzle

[golden lance]

Probably a good idea to spoiler it

In case anyone else wants to try it

[fading stratus]

yeah makes sense

pretty neat one tho I'll say

[maiden flax]

Wrong image

Here we go
Road to champion
Good place to end off on

[fading stratus]

gj

[maiden flax]

Thanks

Starting to get a better idea on how to place VGC
Still making quite a bit of mistakes but overall it's been going great

Still need to work out team building more but current chandy team has been going strong

Mamo and tsareena in particular have been doing work

[fading stratus]

I hope the game comes to mobile soon

I wanna play it so bad

[maiden flax]

June was what I heard so still a whiles away

[fading stratus]

ye

probably reg M-B if I had to guess

[maiden flax]

Yeah makes sense

Something I really like about chandy is the combination of flash fire and being a ghost type makes it actually pretty safe to switch in with under specific circumstance
Like vs char y or sneasler who both don't really have much that can harm a chandy coming in

I switched the berry on raichu out for bright powder cause I couldn't think of a better item
Probably should just give it a magnet cause it knows 2 electric moves

[sharp kernel]

Couple of things about the team we cooked up btw bolt.

• Team desperately wants a second TR setter (sinistcha or Meowscarada feel like the logical options here)
• Venusaur has been pretty underwhelming, considering shifting here to a different Special attacker, preferably one that can run scarf

[fading stratus]

Definitely not meowscarada

It doesn't have any bulk and it can't take advantage of TR either

Any scarf Mon must be higher than 78 base speed too

[sharp kernel]

Yeah, Meowscarada was a consideration if I was to replace sneasler, and having a fast TR setter would address some of the leads that are currently giving me issues

[fading stratus]

What typing do you prefer the spattacker to be

There's potentially garde

Any of the rotom formes

Hydreigon

[sharp kernel]

Hmm garde works, as does lawnmower rotom

[fading stratus]

Non scarf speed boost espathra exists too

You can pair it with sash

[sharp kernel]

Espathra is legal in this format? Tdil

[fading stratus]

It is

Obv there's also glimmora

Special pult

Kommo o

Primarina doesn't work

Because it's slower than scarf basc

Zoroark

Honestly zoroark sounds decent

Hisuian version tho

Scarf hisuian typhlosion too ig

[spice rivet]

BIRD UP

[warm sky]

https://vxtwitter.com/bellsprout222/status/2044328434038649020

マダ子 (@bellsprout222)

アイドルハマダ🎀

#マダツボミ

vxTwitter / fixvx · Apr 15, 2026, 8:14 AM

[hasty anchor]

Bellsprout!

[pseudo goblet]

[hasty anchor]

A real sparkly hand grenade

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/glitter-explode-glitter-bomb-gif-10178493

[golden lance]

https://fixvx.com/Onthatzzazza/status/2044041889054150659

zzazz (@Onthatzzazza)

2 of my fandoms together, but at what cost🥀🥀🥀

▶ Play video

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[hexed valley]

https://x.com/i/status/2044249077832134709

tbae ❄️ (@duskullbf)

never running ditto in this bum ass format again bro wtf did I just copy

X · Apr 15, 2026, 2:58 AM

[hasty anchor]

what

[fading stratus]

They probably thought prankster trick room is +1

[spice rivet]

My friends sent me this

[pseudo goblet]

Autism, maybe, I havent get tested just yet, not really FE or YGO fan, although, could argue not tested also lol

[golden lance]

Ditto is only as good as the average mon it can copy

What it ended up getting was one of the worst whimsicott sets ever conceived

[sharp kernel]

A great man once said “all tcg players have high functioning OCD”

[golden lance]

Not me tho, bc OCD is a mental disorder and i dont have a mind to speak of

[pseudo goblet]

The ones that wants everything symmetrical/tidy or the ones that fears germs lol

[fading stratus]

one of the reasons why ditto is only good during restricted formats

[sharp kernel]

I mean idgi man copied a good Whimsicott set

[fading stratus]

I wonder if we'll get all new megas in M-B

surely they'll make raichu mega legal for worlds right

[pseudo goblet]

Part 2 dlc for ZA please, Flygon and Sceptile Z

[fading stratus]

make it grass flying physical attacker and give it sharpness?

give it a signature 75 bp flying move thats boosted by sharpness too ig

or even dragon grass is fine

it now gets dragon claw

[pseudo goblet]

Do we have dragon move boosted by sharpness

[fading stratus]

dragon claw yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Oh okay

[fading stratus]

lets do stats

[pseudo goblet]

What if Dual Chop works with Sharpness

[fading stratus]

70/135/85/95/105/140

here

[pseudo goblet]

Glass cannon

[fading stratus]

How can a move with chomp in its name be slashing move

oh yeah Z get 151 speed ug

so lemme fix

70/135/80/94/100/151

[pseudo goblet]

How many ice can beat that speed lol

[fading stratus]

exactly 0

fastest Ice type I believe is Iron Bundle

which can technically beat it with booster speed

[pseudo goblet]

How many fairy

[fading stratus]

uhh

idt any

the fastest mons are like

regieleki 200

deoxys 180

ninjask 160

and pheromosa 151

fastest fairy is Zacian Crowned with 148

[pseudo goblet]

GF pleaseeeeeeeee, I wouldn’t mind Blaziken Z if you give us Sceptile Z

[fading stratus]

I just hope chomp z is good

but I doubt

[pseudo goblet]

Swampert would be weird

[fading stratus]

they wanna ruin something from chomp with every mega

why are they so downbad to do that

[pseudo goblet]

Mega Z i mean

Okay now Im curious Mega Z for every starter

Cause Zard Z with 151 speed seems like something

[sharp kernel]

Were the abilities for mega raichu forms leaked?

As long as it’s lightning rod at the minimum, I’m down

[fading stratus]

they werent but x looked like it set the terrain in trailer so people are thinking terrain

[sharp kernel]

Is X the physical one or the special one

[pseudo goblet]

The cool one

[fading stratus]

physical one

[spice rivet]

Nice protect nerd

[pseudo goblet]

Infiltrator or phantom force doings

Wait no Infiltrator only penetrate screen

[swift jasper]

it's force

[maiden flax]

i wonder how high you need to be to hit rank 1

[fading stratus]

hitting rank 1 probs would be hard

because all higher rank people I see are just vgc champions and shit

not that you cant just hard

[maiden flax]

well wouldnt that be champions tier?

masterball rank 1 i imagine is top 1000

if i had a guess

[fading stratus]

oh is masterball rank and champion rank different

[maiden flax]

yeah

[fading stratus]

oh you meant masterball 1

[maiden flax]

yeah

[fading stratus]

I thought you meant like placement 1

[maiden flax]

no i mean masterball 1 lol

i assume its top 1000

[fading stratus]

ah gotcha

probably yeah

[maiden flax]

and champion is top 100

[fading stratus]

I wanna play the game so bad man june cant come soon enough

[maiden flax]

oh nvm, champion is top 300

[fading stratus]

ah

so is master 1 top 1500 or sth

[maiden flax]

maybe

[pseudo goblet]

We could play sometime

Im not helping am I lol

[fading stratus]

nope

I mean I would want to play vs you, yozz and a lot of people here

[pseudo goblet]

Tbf, helps you focus on your last exam

Also I just realize we are less than double digit from her ban-niversary

8 days

[fading stratus]

ohh

what did she said she liked again

meowstic right

[pseudo goblet]

Scizor and Golurk too lol

[fading stratus]

scizor is pretty decent mega to build team around

[pseudo goblet]

Yeah right, how these three doing so far

[fading stratus]

biggest problem of scizor is like

[pseudo goblet]

Lol zard

[fading stratus]

zard y is the best mega

if not top 3

and delphox is like top 5 mega

its probably like

[pseudo goblet]

Me and her kinda have our would be megas swapped huh

[fading stratus]

1. Floette
2. Zard Y
3. Gengar
4. Ttar
5. Delphox
6. Frosslass

probably this

tho I'll say

scizor does have a great ttar frosslass and floette MU

[pseudo goblet]

Man I dont even remember if she mention she got ZA

[fading stratus]

you dont need ZA

zane I can probs build your exact team if I spend around a day or two in gts

[pseudo goblet]

Ik but like, well one, pokemon fan gotta be pokemon fan

Two, Hows EF Floette reclaim btw lmao

[fading stratus]

EF Floette has like

insane spa

pretty good speed

and bonkers ability

EF Floette is basically if Meganium was good

[pseudo goblet]

Not exactly my question

[fading stratus]

wdym then

oh me getting EF Floette?

[pseudo goblet]

Reclaim EF Floette- yup lol

Mb, drifted off again

[fading stratus]

I got a Gouging Fire that looked legit enough

while searching for floette

'

[pseudo goblet]

Hmm, no news from the tournament

[fading stratus]

its in a week or sth

they probs will do the news and team submission stuff

[pseudo goblet]

9 days fuckkkkkkkkk

I need to play

[fading stratus]

I have one with 159 speed
I mean 1 speed is reasonable enough ig eith EVs

[pseudo goblet]

Btw, I should do my shift on that day dont I

[fading stratus]

its at night

so yeah

[pseudo goblet]

3-4 hours of sleep or last minute practice lol

Since 16 swiss, and probably bo3s soooo yeah Im gonna need coffee

[fading stratus]

day 1 is I think 8 or 9 rounds you need X-2 to make day 2

but I recommend playing as many rounds you can in day 1 because you'll learn a lot

[pseudo goblet]

Not sure I fully get that

Play as many Before the tournament or during

[fading stratus]

during

[pseudo goblet]

Ah

[fading stratus]

bro zane when are we getting friend trade back

[sonic inlet]

Finally got a sneasler

Forgot I didn't have it yet, which means all I'm missing is... still bascu

[fading stratus]

just use the gts

you can defo get a basc in like 2 hours max

anything>mewtwo>tornadus>basculegion male

[sonic inlet]

Not wrong

[maiden flax]

God my heart

I won a game in champions with a whimsicott at 1 hp

The situation was this
Basculegion and a -2 Archaludon were left

My side chandy at max and a 1 hp whimsicott on my side

Basculegion uses Aqua jet and gets my chandy down into -2 Draco meteor range
Tailwind comes out to play around potential scarf bascu
Sash was on their pelipper
Shadow ball from chandy kills the basculegion as archaludon gets the Draco meteor off on my chandy and kills it

It was checkmate

Cause my whimsicott knew encore and moonblast

I'm so glad I decided to preserve the 1 hp whimsi instead of letting it die earlier

(note the arch was at 61% HP so had they shot the whimsi chandy would have killed the arch)

[fading stratus]

probs shoulda just played for draco crit

[warm sky]

https://tenor.com/view/plza-zygarde-pokemon-absolute-cinema-absolute-zinema-gif-7735929323901969761

[maiden flax]

They probably should have yeah

[maiden flax]

That said they were banking on my whimsi not having both encore and an attacking move that could kill it in 4

(Cause it had used Draco 4 times already)

[fading stratus]

thats a non existent wincon

because every whims plays moonblast encore

the wincon was just draco critting or you clicking heatwave and missing

[maiden flax]

Yeah fair

[pseudo goblet]

There is one method

[fading stratus]

not gts

[pseudo goblet]

Tell me what mon you have and wanna trade

Why not??

[fading stratus]

its just redundant

we can trade when gts comes back

its fine

[pseudo goblet]

Does he know lol

[fading stratus]

[pseudo goblet]

Ik Im the last person to have fun at someones typo but lol

Uhhhhh

[fading stratus]

holy shit

[pseudo goblet]

Oh Gambit kinda free

Gambit and tea lead, Phox and Basc back

slowking and- oooh Hatterene texture looks nice

Trick Room???

Ooooh good chance actually

[maiden flax]

Damn lost my 9 winstreak

[pseudo goblet]

Psychic terrain Hatterene??????????

[fading stratus]

probably eforce spam lmao

[pseudo goblet]

Bro, where is mystical fire

HATTERENE WITHREW INTO SLOWPOKE?!?

[fading stratus]

slowpoke learns expanding force too

[pseudo goblet]

IS THAT APPLETUN BODY PRESS ON GAMBIT

[fading stratus]

you shouldnt die

[pseudo goblet]

didnt yeah

[fading stratus]

I've ev'd you to survive max atk sneasler close combat

[pseudo goblet]

Oh wait, rage powder

[fading stratus]

rage powder doesnt redirect grass types

[pseudo goblet]

Ahh, right

Psychic terrain blocks Sucker punch 🤦

[fading stratus]

ye.....

I swear zane if you lose that MU

its like free

[pseudo goblet]

Uhhh, Appletun Sucker punch as well

Eeeeyup, me and them are idiots

They forfeit lol

Please let me use dnite

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you do have a not great kingambit MU I realised

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Incin and Peli lead

Damn one shotting Incin feels great

Stuck on wave crash now tho

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Oh, mega dnite, crap

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scale shot vro

you have scale shot

maybe your dnite needs stomping/low kick

instead of tailwind

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Guess I technically safe switch into dnite

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gambit feels unwinnable MU

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Scale shot only hit twice lmao

Took 5 Scale shot total, and rage powder, and Tea’s life

Fuck, gambit

Flip turn maybe??? Dudes gonna sucker punch

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aqua jet

cant sucker punch a move faster than you

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Oh its aqua jet… got my moves mixed up and lost

Its fine…