First message of the competitive chat 
#competitive
vestal dew
amber sleet
cringe
vestal dew
Anywho opinions on smeargle possibly coming back in sv (Dusk and Crystal are gonna have a field day with this)
silver widget
final bay
i hope smeargle comes bk
dire cipher
Smeargle is gonna be interesting to see brought back, especially with the new moves in this generation
topaz rivet
Ok then no image perms
vestal dew
keen bolt
topaz rivet
mighty tundra
This is off to a flying start
vestal dew
Totally!!!
Next thing:
Opinion on new paradox form comp viability
I'm thinking raging bolt will be funny to say the least
ornate bronze
Assuming they will be legal anytime soon considering wake and leaves still arent
vestal dew
😭
final bay
Assuming they will be legal anytime soon considering wake and leaves still arent
i can see why they are not they are op
ornate bronze
Debatable
Leaves isn't great no matter how you see it and wake is good but not overally broken
vestal dew
Leaves isn't great no matter how you see it and wake is good but not overally br...
Leaves is better for doubles imo
ornate bronze
Even then not really it's typing sucks and is a major Tera sink
vestal dew
Eh I thought leaves+miraidaon would be a good combo
ornate bronze
I mean any violet paradox will be good with miradon cause we have no other electric terrain setter outside of pukumuku or however it's spelt
But thats more so miradion doing the work tbh
vestal dew
But thats more so miradion doing the work tbh
I was thinking more somthing like walking wake with drought teams as iron leaves with electric terrain teams
rigid kraken
Hello who wants to battle I want to try out my team
final bay
Who wants to 1v1
i only battle on showdown
gritty hinge
Anyone
quaint flax
I have a lingering question I have been using my corvinight as a revenge killer with u-turn ans choice scarf it is good or should I change its held item?
final bay
thats a curious set but i can see it working as a revenge set what is its nature and ev spread ?
quaint flax
thats a curious set but i can see it working as a revenge set what is its nature...
For my Corviknight it would be Bravebird, Iron Head, U-turn, Reflect.
final bay
For my Corviknight it would be Bravebird, Iron Head, U-turn, Reflect.
thats also a great set its a mixed set which is how i like to run my corvi but instead of bravebird i run roost
ornate bronze
if your going to keep scarf theres 0 reason to have reflect
final bay
if your going to keep scarf theres 0 reason to have reflect
thats true to anytime you run a scarf on and mon always choose adament or modest natures bc with scarf you will be outspeeding most pokemon and the plus natures for attacks will help you more
ornate bronze
scarf/band/specs are only used for offensive pokemon in general for those reasons corvidknight is none of those its a defensive wall
final bay
scarf/band/specs are only used for offensive pokemon in general for those reason...
yea
im good at gen 6-8 meta lol
im still learning the gen 9 meta
ornate bronze
only thing you need to know about it right now is the main "core" is water ursifu/chien-pao/flutter mane/dragonite/amoongus
the last slot is always different
final bay
cool
just had a player forfiet bc of my sneaslers unburnden being activated by a electric seed activated by tapu koko lol
dire cipher
I wonder how good Archaludon will be when Teal Disk drops
vestal dew
I wonder how good Archaludon will be when Teal Disk drops
Either very very viable or maybe a bit more viable then regular durlaodon
dire cipher
Makes sense. I'd say it will find a place in Rain Teams though since it's signature move is basically a Meteor Beam, but acts out the Sp. Attack Increase and the Damage on Turn 1 in Rain
vestal dew
Makes sense. I'd say it will find a place in Rain Teams though since it's signat...
Drizzle teams rejoice
raven haven
Who knows what good held items for Kyogre, Guzzlord, Groudon, Verizon, and Blacephalon would be?
quaint flax
thats also a great set its a mixed set which is how i like to run my corvi but i...
Ohh, really I might give Roost a try. I thank you for giving your advice to me Maddie.
quaint flax
if your going to keep scarf theres 0 reason to have reflect
I well adjust accordingly thank you for the suggestion.
ornate bronze
Makes sense. I'd say it will find a place in Rain Teams though since it's signat...
rain is the most common weather team cause rapid strike so im sure it will be good
quaint flax
I will definitely continue to ask questions and learn from all of you, I still have much to learn myself. 😊
vestal dew
Who knows what good held items for Kyogre, Guzzlord, Groudon, Verizon, and Blace...
Items that boost their attack type power
Especially for water spout kyogre
ornate bronze
id probably look up gen 8 ranked sets
vestal dew
Like what? I cant have all lorbs in competitive...
If you wanna use primal kyogre or Groudon in comp then you could try showdown
Or something like oras
But there's a bunch of items that boost water power
Same thing goes for fire moves
raven haven
Currently my kyogre has a mystic water and my phys groudon has an x atk
topaz rivet
pretty sure you cant use primals in gen 8
No, you can’t use them
vestal dew
Currently my kyogre has a mystic water and my phys groudon has an x atk
Mystic water should be fine as for Groudon give it a charcoal
If you're running a special Groudon anyway
raven haven
My grou is phys
topaz rivet
My grou is phys
So use a physical moveset for him
vestal dew
My grou is phys
Well I haven't tried physical Groudon before so not 100% sure charcoal would do you any good
raven haven
How do i put pics in chat on mobile
vestal dew
Level 5
raven haven
Nvm
vestal dew
Well seems like a good enough set if you ask me
Just the speed priority nature caught me off guard
ornate bronze
hes not that fast TBH since if your playing comp you go down to lvl 50
vestal dew
Yeah
ornate bronze
156 with jolly isnt that fast compared to most other legends
vestal dew
He's not gonna out speed much but it's not like he's completely a slug
ornate bronze
its why groudon is usually paired with trick room
raven haven
I play no rules
vestal dew
I still think he gets out speeded by a majority of other legends
But like I said it's not like he's a complete slug
ornate bronze
being slower is better cause your weather effect goes last
raven haven
Is my shiny legend team alr?
ornate bronze
i mean your playing casual ladder do whatever you want
vestal dew
Is my shiny legend team alr?
Why leftovers on virizion
ornate bronze
maddie writing that essay
final bay
Especially for Groudon
that depends on what set you wanna run with groudon if its a bulky set with swords dance to help boost its attack it may need to have a adamant nature to help even tho it wont be invested in its speed on the other hand if its gonna be a sweeper with max attack max speed investment better to use a scarf to ensure you outspeed and hit harder using a jolly nature to help it in the end the bulky swords dance set is my pick
final bay
maddie writing that essay
YAS
ornate bronze
lmao
toxic dagger
Who has level 100 Pokemon and is trying to do the Mewtwo with me? 🤣 I have a level 100 mew. 😭
ornate bronze
why are you asking in the comp channel of all places
raven haven
that depends on what set you wanna run with groudon if its a bulky set with swor...
Grou is phys def with bulk up
final bay
Grou is phys def with bulk up
that to
tired wedge
can yall rate my teams
kind coral
Why didn't you just send a pokepaste
final bay
tera ice kilowattrel is scary lol
i got swept by one in the showdown gen 9 nat teir lol
obsidian compass
Anyone wanna battle scarlet and violet
somber imp
kind coral
I don't think competitive gen 4 exists anymore
Probably because of the fact that those games are nearly 20 years old
undone gale
"Goatmander"...
indigo mica
cedar peak
What are the rules of regulation E in terms of banned pokemon/abilities
ornate bronze
Same as before just includes the DLC pokemon
Next time probably easier just to check serebii
fair shadow
anyone want to do a battle
tawny obsidian
Anyone got any tips? I’m tryna get into comp
ornate bronze
watching TPCI comp streams or following well known VGC players like wolf glick/ aaron zheng
fair shadow
is this a good team?
Ting-Lu @ Assault Vest
Ability: Vessel of Ruin
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpD
- Fissure
- Stomping Tantrum
- Throat Chop
- Stone Edge
Sustavo (Amoonguss) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Regenerator
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 252 HP / 108 SpA / 148 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Spore
- Protect
- Pollen Puff
- Toxic
Nebula (Flutter Mane) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Protosynthesis
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dazzling Gleam
- Shadow Ball
- Dark Pulse
- Protect
Broccoli (Dragonite) @ Choice Band
Ability: Multiscale
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Relaxed Nature
- Extreme Speed
- Ice Spinner
- Encore
- Protect
D3l1b1rd (Iron Bundle) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Quark Drive
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Ice
EVs: 160 Def / 252 SpA / 96 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump
- Freeze-Dry
- Icy Wind
- Protect
Poseidon (Palafin) @ Mystic Water
Ability: Zero to Hero
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Wave Crash
- Jet Punch
- Ice Punch
- Protect
is it good?
ornate bronze
looks like a reg c team and doing 252/252/4 on every pokemon isnt correct
fair shadow
ok
kind coral
also why not just use a pokepaste 😭
obtuse comet
is this a good team?
Ting-Lu @ Assault Vest
Ability: Vessel of Ruin
Tera Typ...
I like the names
topaz rivet
I like the names
Yeah, same
worn valve
Anyone else worried about bloodmoon urs
worn valve
Would sweet scent dipplin plus fissure work?
vestal dew
Would sweet scent dipplin plus fissure work?
Completely destroyed if you run into something with levitate
But fissure already has low accuracy
patent halo
Did empoleon get scald?
pearl shore
Ogre oustin anyone?
candid torrent
Completely destroyed if you run into something with levitate
It work with Ting-Lu for a while and during that time he was pretty op In my opinion.
candid torrent
Would sweet scent dipplin plus fissure work?
I dont thin it would, OHKO moves dont get boosted
worn valve
@ornate bronze ok work thank you
ornate bronze
It work with Ting-Lu for a while and during that time he was pretty op In my opi...
Wasn't really op cause 99% of the time when you missed you basically lost
topaz rivet
candid torrent
Wasn't really op cause 99% of the time when you missed you basically lost
But then you would be able to hit with a boosted Stomping Tantrum. Just my opinion, I used it once and had fun then quit it.
harsh ibex
Ey, quick question, any good teammates for Loaded Dice Mamoswine for doubles ranked?
dire cipher
Anyone got any suggestions for how to build a Blood Moon Ursaluna?
Like I know Attack should have 0 IVs and all that, but whats a good Moveset?
ornate bronze
You want 0 spd ivs to it'd basically a trick room sweeper
Earth power blood moon protect and like hyper voice probably
Or moonblast
dire cipher
Fair.
Hyper Voice and Moon Blast can be interchanged I guess depending on if one wants Normal Stab even after Blood Moon, or if they want coverage against Fighting Types
uneven wedge
Anyone want to battle if you win ill trade you a perfect shiny ditto
harsh ibex
Any good builds for conkeldurr for doubles ranked battle?
ornate bronze
hes a slow trick room fighting type with access to mach punch for prioity
and has guts for more power
final bay
any trick room team will do good for conkeldurr just make sure it has guts and flame/toxic orb to get a free attack boost a good trick room setter is bronzong
ornate bronze
def not toxic
cause youll end up knocking it out faster cause toxic damage ramps up
and with cresslia legal its just way better to just her for setting up trick room
gaunt swallow
Yanmega should have Baton Pass
gaunt swallow
@uneven wedge ok
harsh ibex
and with cresslia legal its just way better to just her for setting up trick roo...
Many thanks
gaunt swallow
What Pokémon would go good with a competitive torterra
ornate bronze
Depends on what your doing with it I'm assuming your doing a shell smash setup so having a mon with tailwind to further boost speed and defensive mons with follow me or rage powder
final bay
a bulky trick room setting creselia is scary btw
final bay
true
ornate bronze
it can one bang cress
harsh ibex
a bulky trick room setting creselia is scary btw
Atleast thanks to her, I finally get to use it with Empoleon
My boi finally got competitive
silver ginkgo
Should I make my kingambit ghost Tera or keep it dark Tera
gaunt swallow
Best tera type for empoleon?
silver ginkgo
Best tera type for empoleon?
I’d say flying tbh so your only weakness is electric
silver ginkgo
rock and ice
Forgot abt those tbh
Should I make my kingambit ghost Tera or keep it dark Tera and water or ice Tera for iron bundle
ornate bronze
Iron bundle isn't that common anymore
silver ginkgo
Iron bundle isn't that common anymore
Could be crazy with dipplin though
ornate bronze
dripplin wont make iron bundle sudden shoot up in use
considering dripplins typing and stats are not good whatsoever
maybe next DLC when we get its evo 
silver ginkgo
Probably but I still think they could combo nicely with each other
gaunt swallow
I trained a torterra up just to see Shell smash is an egg move
nova lagoonBOT
moldiolion is now level 5.
gaunt swallow
Fml
harsh ibex
Any good builds and teammate options for Chandalure?
ornate bronze
Not really to many good water/ground types + flutter mane just says no
harsh ibex
damn
harsh ibex
Not really to many good water/ground types + flutter mane just says no
how about Kinggambit?
ornate bronze
Fire ogerpon deletes it and it's rising to #2 in usage behind flutter
And lando
And any remotely useful fighting type
harsh ibex
man
ornate bronze
thats just how comp is
harsh ibex
Survival of the fittest
nova lagoonBOT
kongragete is now level 2.
harsh ibex
thats just how comp is <a:sip:1113275068378796112>
Also I have a Belly Drum Snorlax Team im currently working on with cresselia as trick room setter, are there any other recommended team members to help the team more well rounded?
I was also thinking of using a mixed defensive and offensive volcanrona for redirect with rage powder
ornate bronze
volcarona doesnt work well in trick room your better off using amoongus
final bay
foongus amoogus is great for trick room and doubles as the teams troll to
gaunt swallow
anyone able to help with my showdown?
ornate bronze
idk why your asking in a competitve channel for a main story playthrough this is for ranked games and wanting to climb to high tiers
gaunt swallow
I mean the actual showdown game
final bay
you mean like pokemon showdown ?
ornate bronze
What format do you have selected
small plover
None, I was trying to queue up ranked on my violet game
small plover
Ohh thanks
fair shadow
any advice on this team i made for my friend out of his favourites?
Mimikyu (F) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Disguise
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 188 Atk / 252 Def / 68 SpD
Impish Nature
- Shadow Claw
- Tera Blast
- Drain Punch
- Play Rough
Landorus @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
- Rock Slide
- Earth Power
- Sandsear Storm
- Brick Break
Murkrow (F) @ Eviolite
Ability: Prankster
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 252 Def / 252 SpD / 4 Spe
Jolly Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Tailwind
- Taunt
- Haze
- Foul Play
Dusknoir (M) @ Choice Band
Ability: Frisk
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 212 HP / 252 Atk / 44 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Shadow Sneak
- Ice Punch
- Trick
Ursaluna (M) @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
- Facade
Greninja (M) @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Protean
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
- Chilling Water
- Taunt
- Toxic Spikes
- Ice Beam
ornate bronze
what is this for exectly
final bay
any advice on this team i made for my friend out of his favourites?
assault vested mimikyu lol id run a life orb or a choice band/scarf
harsh ibex
Current team for Typhlosion + Torkal, got great success with this team but I need good subsitutions for Salamance and Zapdos and their builds
ornate bronze
if your gonna use torkoal you 100% need a trick room user
or one of the lilagents for after you
also Chlorophyll grass types is always good
harsh ibex
if your gonna use torkoal you 100% need a trick room user
nah i just use him for helping hand support to boost his attack
final bay
chlorophyll tangrowth is scary btw
final bay
no i run life orb or choice band
fair shadow
is thunderus using eerie impulse on a defiant mon a good strat
ornate bronze
The option is nice but rarely comes up
Cause you'd rather just use it on the opponent
fair shadow
ok thanks
final bay
even then eerie impulse is rather situational at best
fair shadow
ok
ornate bronze
even then eerie impulse is rather situational at best
not true since thundrus has prankster
so it will move first and theres alot of good special attackers namely flutter mane
royal reef
I need some help with building better electric gym leader and dark gym leader teams
open hornet
Question if you was to build a team around blood moon ursaluna what Pokemon you would use
rotund badge
acoustic olive
Can someone help me get the egg move Head Smash in hisuian Arcanine (dm me if yes)
ornate bronze
You don't need to you just have it have a mirror herb alongside a pokemon that knows head smash in a pinic
final badger
assault vested mimikyu lol id run a life orb or a choice band/scarf
I’d say scarf to make it more on par with other mons. Those play roughs already hit like trucks. Maybe adamant with scarf?
errant solstice
Yo
gaunt swallow
https://pokepast.es/8bd87e557acd4dcf im makin a sand storm + lucario sweep
ornate bronze
is this for VGC?
if so where are your last 2 pokemon
also putting 252/252/4 on every pokemon isnt great
gaunt swallow
also putting 252/252/4 on every pokemon isnt great
I NEED HELP
gaunt swallow
is this for VGC?
Yes
ornate bronze
You should start by doing some research on competitive pokemon
Cause your 4 pokemon all lose to iron hands
gaunt swallow
well wouldnt a earth quake fix that
ornate bronze
no
your not one shotting iron hands espically on the physical side
then it just drain punches you back to full
negating the damage you did
and you end up probably knocking out your parther
regal hemlock
hey if a pokemon has double team tail glow batton pass and prankster can it be useable
gaunt swallow
Can anyone help me build a comp team pls
@ornate bronze Would a choice band garchomp be crazy?
ornate bronze
no
ornate bronze
You should start by doing some research on competitive pokemon
this probably
gaunt swallow
this probably
yk how i cant beat iron hands
Lycanroc @ Focus Sash
Ability: Sand Rush
Level: 50
Tera Type: Rock
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Endeavor
- Stealth Rock
- Roar
- Taunt
roar, to get rid of it or endeavor it
ornate bronze
You'll be knocked out before that even happens
You do know roar is negative priority right
Even if it wasn't switching it out only resets it's fake out lmao
gaunt swallow
I need help
Idk wa to add
i cant think of anything else
is there anyone else who can actually help
mighty nimbus
@gaunt swallow I can help but it depends on if you play doubles or singles
I have looked at the draft and it has no answer to urshifu and has no answer to Tornadus Landeros or Thunderous
But you could add fluttermain with mim speed and have it have trick room
It deals with urshifu both forms and gives you speed control to put slower mons like iron hands or min speed fezandipity
The scarf garchomp is the draft I looked at
You could have gastradon if you do a sand team to deal with water types
topaz rivet
<@456226577798135808> I can help but it depends on if you play doubles or single...
He’s muted for the moment
mighty nimbus
Oh
stone vector
hi i'm new to comp any pointer on where to begin
before I just shiny hunt and now I'm giving this a shot
ornate bronze
id suggest following some of the more well known competitive channels (wolfyvgc/james beak/cybertron etc etc) or watching event streams from the pokemon YT channel to get an idea of whats good and so on
ornate bronze
for singles sure but doubles its not good
gaunt swallow
<@456226577798135808> I can help but it depends on if you play doubles or single...
doubles
gaunt swallow
Can anyone dm me to help me make a vgc doubles
gaunt swallow
@ornate bronze thoughts?
mighty nimbus
Houndstone loses to any Normal type and any tera normal dragonite give it stomping tantrum and protect with expert belt or wide lens and change poltergeist for play rough and then the team will work better
Also houndstone doesn't really get too much damage off because you only have 3 teammates getting knocked out
You also should balance the EVs to survive hits from things like ursaluna blood Moon and fluttermain
inner fjord
Hey can you get dlc TMS without dlc
final bay
if you updated your game yes you can get the dlc pokemon even if you dont have the dlc
inner fjord
i mean for example am i able to get grassy glide?
For my rillaboom
I am not sure how to get the tms
topaz rivet
I don’t think that you can get the tm’s without the dlc but you still can get the moves by trading
inner fjord
Oh uh got it
topaz rivet
Sorry, my English is kinda mid sometime
inner fjord
your good
topaz rivet
final bay
the tms cant be found without being in the dlc area however the pokemon can be obtained thru trading with anyone who has the dlc
livid parrot
I wanna get into competitive but idk where to start
final bay
i play competitive but i ignore any smogon sets and refuse to acknowledge vgcs existence
ornate bronze
not really competitive then
ornate bronze
I just finished watching the pokemon regionals that happened over the weekend
Kommo-o stronk
final bay
they made him great again
ornate bronze
I mean its not hard to understand
It's just doubles
And can't use most box legends
final bay
ive never been much of a doubles player i stay in singles and mostly with randoms or with pokemon i made myself and have had much success with them as well
mabey ill try doubles with you as my opponent crystal ^^ mabey then i might get it
ornate bronze
Whenever you'd like besides now cause sleep
native yarrow
How do I get good a competitive?
ornate bronze
Watching competitive players play on youtube probably and getting hands on experience
gaunt swallow
Watching competitive players play on youtube probably and getting hands on exper...
Crystal, iv got a meme team i wanna build but i need really bad help
desert flint
yo can anyone help tell me if there is any problems in my team comp? https://pokepast.es/9033ad1c5bb1919f
ornate bronze
I'd fix your ev spreads I get this is suppose to be some sort of hyper offense but you'll get folded if you face tanky mons like in trick room
desert flint
ok thx
desert flint
I'd fix your ev spreads I get this is suppose to be some sort of hyper offense b...
what kind of ev spred would you recomend?
patent pollen
yo can anyone help tell me if there is any problems in my team comp? https://pok...
Like Kommo-O do not fits well w the rest of your team
Gholdengo would have a similar role but would do It better
Also some changes in the movesets
And also Empoleon isn't that necessary
Its main role is to Speed control but u already have Tornadus and Mane
Fake Outers like Rillaboom and Iron Hands would fit very well with Ogerpon
patent pollen
what kind of ev spred would you recomend?
Smthing like that
quick dock
what would be a good fairy type counter for raids?
warm ravine
im winning
☠️
sut up
i forgot to get guz lord
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i suck
strategy
hahaha
BREH
AHAHA
LES GO
we tied
shut up
NAW
i have plans
i choose pokemon according to weakness
NAW
AY
HAHAH
nah
bro
how dare i
u
u wull still lose
BOOM
cuz i can one tap
if u can kill with one hot
u can go first
crap
see
HOW DARE U
nova lagoonBOT
soldierpoo1 is now level 2.
warm ravine
genesect os my best
how dare u
NO
I AM OUT OF FUSION BOLTS
😎😎
final atk
no
i was doing that
GG
🤯
lest do a raid
u know how to do now right
ok
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breh
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go to hammerlocke
do u see guy in yellow
on bile
ok
use flying taxi
ok
nova lagoonBOT
ischa0612 is now level 2.
warm ravine
i am in yellow bike
i am here dude
ok
u see me?
i am on bike
follow
giamts mirror
near hammerlocke
its a 5 dtar raid
im going offline
warm ravine
bored
desert flint
Smthing like that
i now this is a late respones but thanks for the help
desert flint
yo can someone tell me if i need to change something with my team https://pokepast.es/51934eff66fd6176
shrewd cloak
whos a good sub for shadow tag gothitelle for perish trap
or did they just completely kill perish trap
last lodge
whats the best held item for Kingambit?
nova lagoonBOT
dickeater123 is now level 1.
sturdy laurel
whos a good sub for shadow tag gothitelle for perish trap
unless wobuffet is added, gothitelle is the only shadow tag holder; you could use a dugtrio with arena trap, but it’s relatively easy to kill with an hp stat of 35 and the drawback of not affecting flying types or pokemon with levitate OR ghost types
your last option is to use the move block, which can only be learned by a few pokemon
there are a few other possible moves but they’re niche and aren’t aoe, but rather single-target
shrewd cloak
Damn
shrewd cloak
Spiritomb @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Pressure
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Memento
- Trick Room
- Foul Play
- Taunt
Maushold @ Wide Lens
Ability: Technician
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Taunt
- Population Bomb
- Follow Me
- U-turn
Bruxish @ Focus Sash
Ability: Dazzling
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
- Protect
- Trick Room
- Aqua Jet
- Psychic Fangs
Cresselia @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Levitate
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 252 HP / 120 Def / 4 SpA / 132 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Lunar Blessing
- Trick Room
- Helping Hand
- Moonblast
Torkoal @ Weakness Policy
Ability: Drought
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Eruption
- Heat Wave
- Protect
- Earth Power
Grimmsnarl @ Light Clay
Ability: Frisk
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 252 HP / 132 Def / 124 SpD
Impish Nature
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Play Rough
- Taunt
thoughts?
this is my first time making a trick room team
desert flint
yo can anyone help me with my team comp please https://pokepast.es/ec9ab0b76135b7fe
nova lagoonBOT
pira23 is now level 1.
lime stone
yo can anyone help me with my team comp please https://pokepast.es/ec9ab0b76135b...
its a really good tea,
m
chilly portal
Who wants to battle
final bay
i only battle in showdown lol
lunar stump
where
nova lagoonBOT
failure1_ is now level 1.
sturdy laurel
wouldn’t it be funny if i made a team that basically prevents the other team from making any moves
using sleep and flinch
fleet venture
native yarrow
Hi I’m just starting competitive and I have no where to start, can anyone give me some tips?
topaz rivet
Hi I’m just starting competitive and I have no where to start, can anyone give m...
Try to cover the most weakness possible, by example:
If you have a fire type in your team, you want something that can be strong against water or ground (or other weakness)
native yarrow
Got it
candid torrent
Hi I’m just starting competitive and I have no where to start, can anyone give m...
highly rec watching high level matches and looking at what make their teams flow and whats make them good. Also remember that you don't want to just spam OP pokemon, but you need mons for supporting, setting up and more!
somber harness
Hey im kinda new too any rental codes for a beginner
final bay
i have a gen 9 ou team that makes use of webs and sweepers in choice banded sharpness kingambit and specs goldengo lol
topaz rivet
somber harness
Do yall make your own teams and pokemons or use rentals
ornate bronze
Combo of both
final bay
i made my team myself
keen plaza
I need feedback on this team centered around crabominable https://pokepast.es/863c43343b342774
humble pewter
My scarlet team so far I have only just started tryna do comp
Rayquaza with covert cloak
Hydro pump
Dragon ascent
Dragon pulse
Dragon dance
Garchomp
Earthquake
Dig
Dragon claw
Rock tomb
Munkidori
Psychic
Sludge wave
Helping hand
Psybeam
Kyogue with damp rock
Ancient power
Sheer cold
Origin pulse
Thunderbolt
Tinkaton
Play rough
Giganton hammer
Skill swap
Brutal swing
Ogerpon with fire mask
Ivy cudgel
Low kick
Tera blast
Grassy terrain
final bay
My scarlet team so far I have only just started tryna do comp
give kyogre thunder since in the rain it has max accuracy
final bay
garchomp fire fang instead of rock tomb and for dig give it swords dance and mabey give it scale shot and item loaded dice
humble pewter
Yep is there any Pokémon I should swap out
I have a lot of spare options just chilling in my box lol
I want to get a. Grookey for doubles tho to match with fire mask ogerpon
final bay
mabey rayquaza mabey switch out for a electric type pokemon like magnazone or luxray or rotom-wash
humble pewter
Could I use a raichu?
final bay
yes you could
topaz rivet
And kyogue
Maybe ludicolo
humble pewter
Anyone know terapagos type and move sets?
humble pewter
Maybe ludicolo
I haven’t thought about that
topaz rivet
Anyone know terapagos type and move sets?
Nobody knows yet about that
humble pewter
I have a spare palkia if u think that could work
topaz rivet
I have no idea 
humble pewter
What’s ur scarlet and violet team@
topaz rivet
What’s ur scarlet and violet team@
Please, don’t try to pin me.
humble pewter
Sorry I miss pressed I did not mean to
nova lagoonBOT
morpheus_the_og_acc is now level 1.
humble pewter
What’s ur team?
topaz rivet
Ok, dw
topaz rivet
What’s ur team?
I don’t use competitive teams
final bay
Anyone know terapagos type and move sets?
i hope he will atleast be good in battles
humble pewter
I was looking at stats and typing and it be a good team player
I reakon terapagos gonna be a massive tank
final bay
U have any knowledge on munkidori
the set you have for him is ok remove helping hand and give it either nasty plot or calm mind
humble pewter
I deadset reakon it’s gonna be similar to torterra and Venusaur
humble pewter
the set you have for him is ok remove helping hand and give it either nasty plot...
Ye I getting calm mind for it soon
final bay
torterra got nerfed hard tho it will be interesting to see how venusaur holds up
ik that serperior is probs gonna join regieleki in the banned list bc it have tera blast and tera fire or ice is gonna hit hard if it has contrary
final bay
all it needs to do is use leaf storm once or twice then tera
humble pewter
Is the other loyal 3 good?
final bay
okidogi is good as well i personally use him the bird isnt very useful
humble pewter
The bird seems tanky but a offensive liability
final bay
yea
humble pewter
Ye I was thinking if Munkidori didn’t work I wouod use oki
final bay
i run 2 different teams in the ou ladder rn one revolves around webs and hazrds the other is a balance
humble pewter
Webs and hazard geez u be fun to verse
I had a team specialised around environments but I decided for balance
final bay
i always make my teams on showdown test them out then if they work great ill bring them into scarlet to use there as well
im still working on my balance team rn
final bay
my special attacker on my balance is enamorus using scarf while i have a banded mousefam and banded rilaboom
im looking for a better special sweeper
humble pewter
Special sweeper what type would u rather @final bay
Sorry for late reply
Cause u have the option of flutter mane
Or bloodmoon ursulna
Or chi lu/ iron bundle
That’s what I would choose as good type spred
topaz rivet
That’s what I would choose as good type spred
I kinda like Grass - Water paired with Flying - Electric because it can cover a lot of weakness:
Ludicolo & Zapdos could be good if the ludicolo can put the rain.
Maybe Zoroark-Hisui could be also good paired with a Fairy or Bug type (to cover his only weakness)
And of course, Landorus totemic could also be a good offensive Pokémon
gaunt swallow
hi guys, i want to get into competitive playing, anyone got some good beginner guides?
regal hemlock
ok imagine this: a smeargle constantly spamming clagorus soul as polchageist and sinisha constantly swich into one another sporeing their opponents than batton passing to litraly any offencive pokemon that is fast
we will deal with that next month
topaz rivet
hi guys, i want to get into competitive playing, anyone got some good beginner g...
| Try various teams to see which one you prefer or has the more success. |
| Variates your Pokémon typing to cover the more weakness possible. |
| Try getting the best abilities, stats and moves possible. |
| And don’t forget, Landorus totemic form is one of the best offensive Pokémon in the game. |
regal hemlock
and remember this when you see somthing powerful thing about the few things that counter it , either use the powerful mon the counter mon or use the counter to that counter
if charmander was powerful you could use it squertle or pikachu (remember to not be weak to the powerful mon)
ornate bronze
I don't think anyone would worry about a dps smeargle
Support one is way more scary
Sinisha also isn't remotely fast so you'll be lucky if that goes through before you get KO'd/taunted
dapper cave
i'm playing gen 8
and planning on making a hatterene set up
with trick room and misty terrain
planning on using against a dragon team
heady lake
What should I change about my team
:Zoroark perfect stats
:Rayquaza nicknamed thunder drag perfect stats
:Ceruledge perfect stats
:Ogerpon perfect stats
: Darkrai nickname, nemesis perfect stats
: Dragapoult nickname the God of D perfect stats
topaz rivet
What should I change about my team
:Zoroark perfect stats
:Rayquaza nicknamed t...
- Landorus totemic form instead of Darkrai :
- Zoroark-Hisui instead of normal Zoroark :
- Ogerpon with Water mask instead of normal Ogerpon :
(For the moment I have nothing else)
heady lake
Does Hoopa unbound work on
:Zoroark perfect stats
:Rayquaza nicknamed thunder drag perfect stats
:Ceruledge perfect stats
:Ogerpon perfect stats
: Darkrai nickname, nemesis perfect stats
: Dragapoult nickname the God of D perfect stats
topaz rivet
Does Hoopa unbound work on
:Zoroark perfect stats
:Rayquaza nicknamed thunder d...
Instead of Celuredge, it could be good
heady lake
Thank you
topaz rivet
NP
heady lake
Who wants to battle me? Here’s the code 5555 9999 scarlet/violet
heady lake
Ok
heady lake
Is a Basculegion good?
topaz rivet
Is a Basculegion good?
It’s not a bad Pokémon in competitive battles
heady lake
Ok
granite meteor
Is dragon tera good for cresslia
gaunt swallow
Anyone down for a pokemon battle
last pier
Does anyone have a hisuian zoroark to trade?
sinful galleon
#sv-trades @last pier
iron monolith
Anyone want to battle with me?
rotund phoenix
Who's up for a multi battle
rotund phoenix
Yo is anybody trying to do a multi battle
dapper aurora
Sure
tropic vector
Battling seems to be fun. 
Vaporeon and Salazzle were the last two remaining. The Kodarion was using Giga Impact, which meant no turn between each move.
Vaporeon barely survived the Giga Impact, and I knew it wouldn't last long but it wasn't gonna move.
So I used the chance to use Fake Tears
Vaporeon was then finished off, and I sent in Salazzle, then I had her to do Acid Spray. It did more damage than it normally would which is fine, then she got hit by a Giga Impact and barely survived. Not a problem.
The special defense at that point was -4 So, I just had Salazzle to finish it off and win the battle.
tropic vector
Anyone up to battling? I'm still rusty but I am learning.
rotund phoenix
Sure
fickle kestrel
People who are well versed in gen 9 UU, can you evaluate the team and help make it more consistent?
wild plinth
Okina (Gothorita) @ Eviolite
Ability: Shadow Tag
Tera Type: Psychic
EVs: 252 HP / 120 Def / 136 SpD
Serious Nature
- Protect
- Fake Out
- Trick Room
- Psyshock
Nightmare (Incineroar) @ Aguav Berry
Ability: Intimidate
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 40 Atk / 108 Def / 108 SpD
Serious Nature
- Darkest Lariat
- Fake Out
- U-turn
- Protect
Nameless King (Flutter Mane) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 4 SpA / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Shadow Ball
- Perish Song
- Moonblast
- Protect
Maliketh (Kommo-o) @ Leftovers
Ability: Overcoat
Tera Type: Dragon
EVs: 252 HP / 84 Def / 116 SpD / 56 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Clangorous Soul
- Protect
- Drain Punch
- Iron Head
Morgott (Maushold) @ Figy Berry
Ability: Friend Guard
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Population Bomb
- Protect
- Helping Hand
- Follow Me
Mohgwyn (Scream Tail) @ Booster Energy
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 Def / 252 SpD / 4 Spe
- Protect
- Play Rough
- Perish Song
- Drain Punch
Someone Tips or Upgrade Ideas for my Perish Trap Team ?
wild plinth
People who are well versed in gen 9 UU, can you evaluate the team and help make ...
I think i Could help a Little im also Not that good but in termes of Teambuilding mostly Decent
open hornet
I need help how would yall build around blood moon Ursaluna
ornate bronze
trick room is basically required to play it
stark vortex
best rotom form for pvp??
ornate bronze
Wash
bronze oyster
best rotom form for pvp??
water type rotom 4 sure
modern venture
Hello I have a question, can everyone trade me a shiny miraidon or koraidon? I can trade a shiny metwo or shiny arceus or shiny Zacian on Pokémon scarlet and violet
topaz rivet
Hello I have a question, can everyone trade me a shiny miraidon or koraidon? I c...
Miraidon and Koraidon are both shiny locked so they are impossible to get without hacking
Also, you should ask in #za-sv-chat #sv-trades instead
modern venture
Thank you
topaz rivet
Np
granite meteor
Someone wanna battle?
unkempt gate
Me
If you beat me I will give you 1 of my shinys @Hellcatcharizad Someone wanna battle?
amber ermine
Anyone want to double battle pokemon sword I'm good at the game
Anyone want to battle
rain mason
@amber ermine I'm down.
rain mason
Anyone up for some Gen 8 Double Battles?
pale night
Ok
rain mason
I'm still open to battles.
digital lion
is it a bad idea to bring Lokix in my team for comp 1v1
?
desert flint
does anyone know what is the best ev to invest in for archaludon?
ornate bronze
depends on what your doing with it
dire cipher
If you're going for a Defensive Build, invest in Sp. Defense more than the regular Defense. Cause that's its Achille's Heel
ornate bronze
The most standard set is gonna be assault vest with investment in sp.def/sp atk/hp
dire cipher
Actually just invest in Sp. Defense overall. You'll want it to be able to take a Special Attack for whatever you want to do, so investing in Sp. Defense is never not a good thing to do there. Unless you want to try and make it a Fast Sp. Attacker then ignore Sp. Defense and invest entirely in Sp. Attack and Speed. It's Speed...isn't horrible. Not great, but 85 Speed can become fast
ornate bronze
And probably stamina or salwart
85 is pretty meddling currently cause of ursifu + tailwind
dire cipher
True
Though we don't know how well its gonna be placed in VGC or Smogon, more specifically Smogon cause how many people here participate in the IRL Competitions compared to those that play Showdown? Regardless, depending on where its used, 85 Speed might be respectable. But if it places too high into the ladder, then yeah, Speed Investment is a waste
dire cipher
Thats what I meant.
The Smogon Ranking matters more, cause I doubt anyone here plays VGC
ornate bronze
Ahh
I mean ranked ladder is a thing
In game
And they do host events for it from time to time I.E paldea/kitakami prolonge
dire cipher
Ah true
ornate bronze
And there are alot of VGC online tournaments in game to that people host
So I kinda still stand by vgc being more available
dire cipher
Fair enough lol
Probably best to wait and see what the pros are using for the new Pokemon to see what works and what doesn't.
Though I feel bad for Murkrow. With the return of Whimsicott, Murkrow's Prankster niche is now filled by the classic
ornate bronze
Murkrows been dead since series 2 :v
ornate bronze
More like giga
dire cipher
It received Hyper Death
dire cipher
True
dire cipher
Oh yeah, its Signature Move is like a Meteor Beam that instantly charges in Rain lol
nova lagoonBOT
duskgaming is now level 6.
dire cipher
I do wonder where Terapagos will land on the Competitive Ladder. Cause I don't think its like...as broken as say Urshifu and Calyrex Rider, but its definitely powerful.
Well, mostly when you use Tera on it. Then it gets an insane jump in Stats
But if not, its basically a really defensive Pseudo Legend with high Sp. Attack
Well not high, but good
ornate bronze
Depends if it's even legal
dire cipher
Fair. I'm also keeping in mind its Stellar Form, which, while powerful, makes you give up your Tera to a Pokemon that is only Normal Type. That's not bad, but defensively, its not a great typing, resisting nothing, and Tera is a valuable resource you can't just use lightly. Sometimes you might want to Tera something other than Terapagos to resist an attack and keep your power house alive. Terapagos is just pure Normal all the time
ornate bronze
Normal also hits almost everything for netrual
dire cipher
True, but I mean defensively, it resists nothing
ornate bronze
It's a good option to Tera no matter how you see it
Thats fine
If people can bring brambleghast to worlds and do well I don't think this will stop competitive players lol
dire cipher
I guess there's also the fact that the Stellar Type, offensively boosts every typing...but only once, unless we count Tera Blast and Tera Starstorm, which are always super effective
ornate bronze
Your always using starstorm since it's spread
ornate bronze
ye
dire cipher
And its 120 Power, its gonna hurt most things
dire cipher
Though I'm pretty sure its not like Tera Blast where it can be either physical or special, I think its always Special unless I'm wrong
ornate bronze
normal type mainly and clapped most things with facade
dire cipher
True
I guess Terapagos will be Uber most likely in Smogon, cause there isn't anything that can really kill it easily in Stellar Form with 160 HP and 110 Defenses, especially if someone invests entirely into those Defense Stats. Plus in VGC, some Pokemon don't even really need Tera to do damage, it helps them, but if I'm in a Double Battle and using say Urshifu and Terapagos, I'll probably do Tera on the Turtle and just use regular Urshifu, letting Terapagos' Starstorm play clean up
Cause regardless of Tera, Urshifu is gonna hurt stuff real bad. Terapagos will just go 2nd and finish off whatever HP is remaining
desert flint
can someone review my pokemon team please: https://pokepast.es/d351ec001b8dd530
leaden trench
What do we all think about Hydrapple? A tanky mon with only 5 less Sp.Atk than Hydreigon and a signature move that does 160 BP sometimes... I'm just wondering what formats he could see use in.
ornate bronze
its ok on paper
im actually looking at the first online event for DLC 2 and hes no where so i dont think he does enough to warrant the slot
grass/dragon is a horrid type combo
leaden trench
grass/dragon is a horrid type combo
true enough, wondering if Tera does anything to fix him, or if he could be a viable partner in doubles just for utility with Recover
ornate bronze
most people wont invest the tera into it either cause it can be used on a much stronger option like flutter mane/urisfu etc etc or defensively to stop other things
recover probably wont be used in a VGC setting
cause two pokemon
bitter solstice
is there any generalized place I can go to look for all VGC tournaments and MSS's or do I just have to look for them online and rely on the event finder
ornate bronze
is there any generalized place I can go to look for all VGC tournaments and MSS'...
this site usually has all the non-offical tournments
if you want the offical ones you can just look on TPCI youtube cause they stream all the events they hold
granite meteor
Is psychic noise good for deoxys? 
desert flint
https://pokepast.es/d687ef76d4aa1154 can someone tell me if i have problems in my team?
ornate bronze
252/252/4 spread on competitive pokemon are never used on most pokemon
Incinaroar definitely doesn't you want it's bulk to be maximized it's not there to get KOs it's there to annoy the opponent
You never want SPD IV on amoongus
Archauldon should be running assault vest since it's special defense is horrid
Swap protect for snarl on it
Darkshifu should be Tera dark to max damage or should be using a defensive Tera like fairy or poision and needs some EVa in bulk
Honestly I wouldn't even use peliper even if it had drizzle id rather use one of the genies mainly tornadus
@desert flint
desert flint
ok thanks for the tips
ornate bronze
Np
heady apex
What do we all think about Hydrapple? A tanky mon with only 5 less Sp.Atk than H...
Why the sometimes?
tranquil loom
Fickle Beam (the move they're talking about) is usually 80 BP, only having a chance to double to 160 BP hence the sometimes.
solar elm
https://pokepast.es/f8d4946f35451bc5 lmk how i can make this better
ornate bronze
252/252/4 spread on competitive pokemon are never used on most pokemon
also your flutter has no EVs
polar epoch
where can we see good sets for the new pokemon for vgc?
ornate bronze
they arent going to be around cause the new season hasnt started yet
its more theorys
nimble marten
The Pokemon we make can we use them online ?
desert flint
https://pokepast.es/b1bfb767ce17bcb5 idk if this is a bad team please help
pure canopy
https://pokepast.es/d17ecfd4d5a1fd04 been running this pretty fun team with pop-bomb stamina archaludon, but im always struggling with ground types, specifically, landorus incarnate. any suggestions on how to hard counter him?
pure canopy
good point. H. arcanine is basically a placeholder now since a lot of peeps run defiant mons now. im deciding who to replace it with tho
im thinking of chien-pao or baxcalibur
north parrot
@pure canopy who do you terastalize mainly cause that will have to change to Archaludon with the tera type of flying
ornate bronze
That still doesn't solve the problem of the Lando matchup
It's better to just drop someone completely in favor of a water type like urisufu
stark vortex
best moveset for blastoise ??
pure canopy
<@690359355933327421> who do you terastalize mainly cause that will have to chan...
archaludon is mostly who i tera with and i have been thinking of changing it to flying
pure canopy
It's better to just drop someone completely in favor of a water type like urisuf...
oh urshifu is a good pick, will try it. many thanks man
topaz rivet
supple vapor
I beat em up with Politoed and tornadous
topaz rivet
Amazing opening, yes
ornate bronze
i will say
you should be using bleakwind storm on torn
its 100% acc in rain
and its spread
nimble marten
Braviary any good Moveset
shrewd compass
blunder policy terapagos
faint basin
Best pokemon to crush people?
formal arrow
urshiful choice scarf
ornate bronze
Specs flutter mane
flint charm
Fam anyone keen on a PU battle
topaz rivet
rare rover
Hey does anyone have suggestions for rain teams in the indigo disk?
ornate bronze
For the prologue or regulation F
rare rover
In regulation F. To be fair, wanting to build it for Drayton's elite challenge, then go back to regulation F.
autumn current
In regulation F. To be fair, wanting to build it for Drayton's elite challenge, ...
for draytons elite challenge all i did was ice and dragon army
rare rover
ah, got it. I have been trying to build an rain team for competitive and was ready to smoke the BB elite four. only to then realize the conditions of Drayton's challenge.
autumn current
ah, got it. I have been trying to build an rain team for competitive and was rea...
yeah i ran alolam sandshrew, alolan ninetails, archaludon and haxoraus
gaunt swallow
nova lagoonBOT
prismatic3416 is now level 1.
fossil goblet
Need a team to play against my gf with, need something that will make her mad, any suggestions?😂
ornate bronze
theres alot you can do lol
royal reef
Okay, so I've built a blastoise with max Def and SpD and gave it shell smash, Hydro Pump, ice beam and flash cannon with a white herb
sly helm
What’s some good support mon for a gouging fire team
rare rover
I'm new to competitive, so could I get a general run down on how competitive doubles works, and the roles pokemon could play, please.
ornate bronze
theres no full proof run down really cause every changes almost every day
its more of building a team and running it against others and learning what works with what and adjusting as you go
rare rover
its more of building a team and running it against others and learning what work...
Ah. Then what about say "pivot" pokemon, like their role.
I only ever used a badly designed trick room team with H.Ursaluna a few times.
ornate bronze
"pivot" refers to pokemon with moves liek u-turn/flip turn/parting shot
rare rover
Thank you.
ornate bronze
np
ornate bronze
topaz rivet
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2024regf-2023629930-270uph6tahnpee9emd...
Nice team
ornate bronze
silk gull
Does anyone have any ideas for pokemon to add to a sandstorm team? I only got tyranitar and excadrill so far
ornate bronze
raging bolt cause its about your only counter to water bear
ornate bronze
ye
its basically the most used mon currently that isnt flutter mane
raging bolt can solo it at the very least
marsh drift
Is roaring moon good for competitive battles (it better be bc it looks cool)
open hornet
Anyone can answer for me how would I make a mix attacker lucario
ornate bronze
i mean by using physical and special attack and putting EVs into it?
open hornet
I ask because I wanted to be sure and not make a mistake
earnest saffron
You can probably look through the usage stats of it for whatever format you’re doing
marsh drift
What are some good starters for comp
ornate bronze
depend on what you want to do
flint charm
fam i made a pu team if anyone is keen for a battle
ashen knot
Im looking for a good vgc team anything you guys can share to help ke. 🙂
OU team in scarlet violet if possible
Im looking for a bulky team
main temple
hi
dire cipher
You know, I find it weird how RNG can annoy even top level players, cause the Showdown/Smogon Council once considered banning Swagger from Gen 2 Competitive cause someone lost a tournament cause they kept getting confused.
dire cipher
I've seen people complain about Shell Smash + Stored Power Polteagiest being too powerful cause of Tera, lol.
Whats worse is that it was in OU, the tier where Kingambit is dominate
Like, I'm sorry, but if you have Kingambit, see I'm running Polteagiest and know I'm gonna Store Power, then save the Kingambit for when I pull out the Polteagiest, cause it's gonna be immune to my biggest attack
My point is, like...its funny to complain about a low tier Pokemon doing extremely well, when a commonly used counter is sitting right there.
Its like complaining about a Low Tier Electric Type spamming like Thunder in Rain in Ubers, when Landorus is right there. Like
"Oh my God! This Thunder Spamming trash from PU in Uber is too powerful!"
Every OU/Uber Ground Type with a 50+% Usage Rate has left the chat
I can get the argument like "I shouldn't have to use this to counter something else" but my point is the counter is right there, already existing, and has such high usage, it would be surprising to see someone not using it
Like my Kingambit vs Stored Power example
If I pull out Kingambit early, it dies, then I get swept by Stored Power, that's my own fault, for wasting Kingambit's potential
Plus like, I feel like Polteagiest isn't good by itself, neither is low tier Stored Power users in high levels of play. If my entire strategy is
- Send in Polteagiest
- Tera and Shell Smash
- Spam
I'm gonna lose...a lot
You kinda have to surround low powered Pokemon with a strong team to make up for the fact you only have 1 plan for that Pokemon, and if you can't use it, you need backup plans to compensate
Yeah, and I assume it has Heavy Duty to avoid Entry Hazards?
Makes sense. Court Change is kind of a funny move in Comp.
Its literally just "No U" the Move
Its weird, unless they have the Flying Typing or Levitate they get hurt
Smart. Its fast, but not that fast, ya know?
Well you know what I mean, there are some Pokemon faster than it, that could take it out. So a Focus Sash is always a good thing to have
Yeah. Which is unfortunate
You spend however many turns boosting your Special Attack, only for Kingambit to arrive, and increase its own stats by, I believe its 50 points per Pokemon fainted and wall you
Pretty sure it just copies whatever stats and boosts the enemy gets naturally anyways
Yeh
True
Or abilities like Aftermath and Rough Skin
I believe Sucker Punch has a bit higher priority
It usually has more priority than attacking moves, including stuff like Quick Attack
Fair, priority can sometimes be a bit weird as to what does and doesn't go first
Then you have Toedscruel with its signature ability, that is reverse Prankster...makes all Status Moves go last...
It is. Toedscruel is fast and knows Spore...and its ability makes it trash
The one job you would want to use it the most for...and they give it reverse Prankster as an ability...making all it's Status Moves have negative Priority
coral thorn
can someone help me? I can't register in the online tournament of the January 12th because says that I can't register some of my pokemons, I can pass more details if someone can help me by DM
main temple
hi
lone wraith
Can someone let me know what are good builds for support raid Oranguru? One helped me take down an pretty annoying raids and I would like to try that out
ornate bronze
Can someone let me know what are good builds for support raid Oranguru? One help...
This isn't the Tera raid channel
lone wraith
This isn't the Tera raid channel
Apologies. I thought it would ne Good here since it's builds. Thank you.
dusk trout
Im trying this team to vgc regulation f, and its going pretty well, firstly, I started with Latias instead Flutter Mane, but it was so dumb just using that for buldoze that i figure that Flutter was going to do a great partnership with explosion metagross, but I still think that im missing something, or Im just too bad on game decisions lol, anyone got an idea to bump this team?
dusk trout
oh alr
one sec
Landorus @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
Level: 50
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Earth Power
- Sludge Bomb
- Sandsear Storm
- Protect
Iron Hands @ Figy Berry
Ability: Quark Drive
Level: 50
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Drain Punch
- Supercell Slam
- Swords Dance
- Fake Out
Metagross @ Weakness Policy
Ability: Clear Body
Level: 50
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Hard Press
- Bullet Punch
- Ice Punch
- Earthquake
Flutter Mane @ Choice Specs
Ability: Protosynthesis
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 116 HP / 204 Def / 60 SpA / 4 SpD / 124 Spe
Jolly Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Dazzling Gleam
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt
Houndstone @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Rush
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Last Respects
- Play Rough
- Shadow Sneak
- Crunch
Tyranitar @ Assault Vest
Ability: Sand Stream
Level: 50
Tera Type: Psychic
EVs: 252 HP / 156 Atk / 4 Def / 4 SpD / 92 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Rock Slide
- Knock Off
- Low Kick
- Tera Blast
ornate bronze
that iron hands spread is really bad
literally just go poof to any stray moonblast
also no speed control when alot of teams run tailwind or high base speed mons
supercell slam is 1000x worst then wild charge considering you lose half your HP if you ram into protect
metagross spread has no bulk so just goes poof to a support incinaroar
or and special attacker like lando-i
speaking of lando
you have no good way of dealing with one either
dusk trout
you have no good way of dealing with one either
ya i figure that, I won twice a lando x lando sludge bomb fight, that feels so dumb
ornate bronze
if its a lando v lando its literally whoever tera'd losing
cause you just earth power
dusk trout
that iron hands spread is really bad
do you know a better one?
ornate bronze
theres to many to count but they are not for this format since iron hands is pretty bad this reg
ornate bronze
id look up some VGC channels theres alot of great ones
moxieboosted/cloverbells/pokesports/ and youll probably see alot more recommanded once you start watching
raven haven
1v1 anyone?
sweet kraken
Does somebody wanna battle?
stark jetty
Anyone tryna 1v1
sweet kraken
Anyone tryna 1v1
Me but do you need online pass?
ornate bronze
you need online to do anything online
onyx pelican
He’s
flint charm
nu battle anyone wanna try my new team
bleak charmBOT
nickgbro is now level 1.
flint charm
can do other tiers after
gaunt swallow
What’s a good water type for pvp?
earnest saffron
Urshifu rapid strike and ogerpon-wellspring are currently the top ones
gaunt swallow
alright thanks which do you prefer?
bleak charmBOT
bigroll. is now level 3.
earnest saffron
I use neither since I don't get into full competitive stuff
gaunt swallow
oh okay
earnest saffron
Probably the strongest water type I've used was either hisuian samurott or floatzel in a rain team
gaunt swallow
oh alright
gaunt swallow
Urshifu rapid strike and ogerpon-wellspring are currently the top ones
I guess ill use both of these lol
earnest saffron
Make sure to not stack up on too many of one type unless you're doing a more specific team like weather
earnest saffron
You can look through pikalytics to see what people used in showdown/vgc
gaunt swallow
okay
earnest saffron
Moves/natures/other teammates/etc
I think the only thing they don't have is the tera type usage
gaunt swallow
oh
earnest saffron
Ehh it's not too bad, it's still a lot of great information
gaunt swallow
alright thanks for the info
ornate bronze
Probably the strongest water type I've used was either hisuian samurott or float...
Only samurott is good and it's only for singles not vgc
earnest saffron
Like I said I don't really do true competitive stuff lol
Besides that rain team is a bit old. Was made before teal mask came out iirc
sullen flame
I like fire and steel types any suggestions for a team
Right now I have Lucario and sceladerge
earnest saffron
Do you want just those types
earnest saffron
Kingambit, incineroar, chi-you, archaludon are top picks for those types
sullen flame
I have a litten
earnest saffron
Aight, give me like 5 or so minutes then I can battle
sullen flame
Ok
earnest saffron
Running through the ace tournament rn
I haven't used these teams since teal mask lol
But I'm ready
Oh wait, I need to put some mons back into the battle teams
dim anvil
sullen flame
I haven't used these teams since teal mask lol
Ok
I’m still evolving a bisharp
I got my team
earnest saffron
Ready when you are
earnest saffron
Le funni eruption
earnest saffron
We can back out after this one then
sullen flame
Dear god
bleak charmBOT
micha31llllllll is now level 4.
sullen flame
I forgot that samerot isn’t the ghost type
earnest saffron
Alright, go make your adjustments
sullen flame
Ready
earnest saffron
Searching
sullen flame
2 of my moms have leftovers
earnest saffron
Then we chill with normal rules?
sullen flame
Yea
earnest saffron
Means we can use 6 this time
earnest saffron
Alrighty
sullen flame
I saw the toxic monkey
earnest saffron
Yeah
earnest saffron
I love these teams
earnest saffron
Counter isn't a very good move in doubles lol
You might die before the counter goes off
sullen flame
A grass team
earnest saffron
Yeah, gonna see how it goes
sullen flame
Against 3 fire types and a licario with ice punch
Ice punch go brrr
Welp fun while it lasted
Whelp gg
earnest saffron
Whew
Grass is hard to use
Only real valuable one is rillaboom
I also have a funny team from rentals
Although it involves like two legendaries
Ggs btw
ornate bronze
sullen flame
Who wants to do a multi battle using Pokémon that a champion uses
DLC and nemona counts
mint sedge
Anyone want to multibattle or something?
peak pike
Is this a good team or no
ornate bronze
Half of your team is banned so
peak pike
The 3 legends?
bleak charmBOT
traingulum_gd is now level 2.
ornate bronze
yea
peak pike
Oh
ornate bronze
and the other 3 dont do much in comp
the only one that can be strictly ok is charizard but theres way better sun sweepers
peak pike
I'm planning on getting into to comp so that's why I'm asking
ornate bronze
probably should watch videos then
peak pike
Ok
ornate bronze
just type VGC youll see alot of stuff come up
peak pike
Oh
brazen socket
Any idea of a good support pokemon to pair with Slither Wing?
ornate bronze
There isn't much that pairs with it due to its horrid typing if you really want to make it work slot it in a decent core of 5 that's used for vgc and go from there
brazen socket
That is a great idea thanks for the starting point
gaunt swallow
Is this team good or not good
ornate bronze
Soul dew doesn't work on anyone but the Lati twins
earnest saffron
Also I think booster energy should be chosen over magnet
sweet kraken
Does someone want to battle
bleak charmBOT
neno12 is now level 1.
sweet kraken
Anyone