#competitive_discussion
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Yeah, but tomorrow. I need some rest 
Smart
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Been watching the Pittsburgh regional games and I must admit what a set of games. They made so many defensive switch ins in game 1 I couldn't even keep up. I'd be sweating so hard lol
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Sometimes I feel like switching pokemon is a bad play. Any tips on that if you don't wanna keep pokemon on field to die?
typically your team has pokémon that covers each others weaknesses decently well
Like say you lead Heatran, and they have Urshifu-Water
normally, as the Heatran player, you’d bring something like Rillaboom or Amoonguss to switch in to the incoming water attack
sometimes you can get around having to switch by using protect or using your tera
I'm learning so much about defensive playstyle watching pros. I undervalued watching actual games. Tofu is 100% right
Also one of my games I was able to secure double protect 
Got enough stall to wait opponents tailwind to turn off
Nice, I'm a firm believer in this. Some disagree about it being a thing but it's like just so good to recognize that pattern and try to play it out
Then they're angry at you for being ''lucky'' lol smh
I mean it was 50/50 and would have lost. Also my bulk was good 
Yeah, I only build defensive/bulky teams now
It's so easy to get KOs but it's much harder to try to come back into position on the board
Also Sitrus Berry has come to clutch multiple times, thanks for that!
What I was suprised was psyhic terrain stops taunts and fake outs
Only stops taunts from Prankster mons
psychic terrain stops all priority moves, definitely something to remember for future games
Ah! I always thought they were planning on trick room
Doesn't it allow priority that is only affecting your side ?
Sitrus is just so good, it saves your ass when you don't realize it
Especially the tankier the Mon
https://pokepast.es/0ec04d6bd7e5c5de
Sand team I've been hovering around 3k with. Thoughts on cutting the Farigiraf for a scarf Thundurus-T?
Far has been feeling too fragile, but helps cut through Weezings
yeah you can tailwind on your own side for example
Okidogi or Goltres?
just can’t do stuff affecting your opponent
Galarian Moltres is a Pokemon I've seen and I can't wrap my head around. Nasty Plot + Berserk is scary
It’s a good Mon
But you've got already 3 special attackers
So Okidogi might be better for your team right
I wouldn’t exactly consider a9 a primary attacker or bundle
They both are more on the supportive side
Would work, don't have much experiance comp but scarf legendary is always good. But why Thundurus?
To allow safer openings against water Urshifus
Torn and thundy both threaten shifu
does rillaboom + gastrodon being on the team help deal with Urshifu enough?
But thundy has overall more consistent ways to ruin shifus day ig
I see
Maybe been too easy to read, but gastro has been getting sniped so it hasn't been able to perform as well as I liked
Sand Veil Garchomp or Gliscor? 
Dogi
252+ Atk Miracle Seed Tera-Grass Rillaboom Grassy Glide vs. 44 HP / 4 Def Urshifu-Rapid Strike in Grassy Terrain: 208-248 (114.9 - 137%) -- guaranteed OHKO
IM STILL 50/50 DAMMIT
Farig + Rilla could be your answer into Urshifu stuff
I fucking love dogi
you threaten an OHKO and if they switch into something like Amoonguss, you pressure with psychic
good thing I’m here 😊
This is very reminiscent of my team
No cigar you made it 50/50 again
It was tilted towards goltres
Like they both offer different things
How are you feeling against psyspam?
But I need a set up Mon in the last spot
I have Tran and rilla
And screens
I’ve considered av Tran
And then sitrus rilla
AV Heatran has a lot of matchups where you were wishing you had a different item IMO
I played like 100ish games with it and it’s definitely good
but most matchups you barely see any special attackers
True, having protect for lando is super nice
or you really really want protect
Yea, I’ll keep lefties then
but there are times where you’re facing down something like Chi-Yu/Flutter and you can eat up a Shadow Ball + Dark Pulse easier
And I have no reason to be mad when Magma storm misses 
That’s true
dudunsparce is the GOAT
I don’t even know what exactly I do into chi flutter here
Besides the lead
Being rilla and heat
Have you considered a third set up option-nasty plot Hydreigon? Have a dragon, fairy, steel core?
I don’t think hydreigon is good like
bro that’s dogi/goltres
+Hydreigon kinda sux rn
Heatrn is so good into these two
I could fill it with a dragon
Yea until they click dark pulse and shadow ball

Low ladder cts is fucking hell
gotta slog through the shit for 10-15 games
With a partner threatening Fake Out it shouldn't be that bad no ?
Chi yu runs Tera ghost for that reason
got to 1154 in like 45 min, gonna stop before I lose my mind
my gxe is only ducking 50%
Ok here’s a better question
https://pokepast.es/6478477ff6c7b0f0
https://pokepast.es/22ed9b6c6115632e
Which one looks better
Dogi but I’m biased
Both look like they’ll work fine tho
Imo poison jab/gunk shot over knock off on dogi
Then kill one in return and you have Tera advantage no ?
The tricky thing about that matchup with my lead
Chi yu could just click overheat
And fluttermane clicks protect or something
Stop thinking your opponent will always have the perfect read
Even the best players can't cover for everything lol
:/
You've giving way too much credit to lowbies
https://pokepast.es/9944bd7e28ed9ca0 bro I’ve been struggling to competitive mons with this
Objectively the safest play my opponent could make there is dp and ball into rilla
It’s fucking annoying
I did so fucking good yesterday and now I’m playing like shit
It’s just simply a hard lead to handle
What?
Competitive the ability
You always threaten one KO in return no matter what they do
Unless rilla dies
Heat doesn’t Ohko either
Heatran tend to OHKO Flutter Mane with Chi-Yu debuff
I've yet to see one flutter mane surviving a darn Flash Cannon
DUDE WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT
76+ SpA Heatran Flash Cannon vs. 68 HP / 4 SpD Flutter Mane: 102-122 (73.3 - 87.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Oh wait
TERA DARK DARK PULSE SPECTRIER
Chi-Yu debuff also 76 sp.a Heatran ? give it some love pls
76+ SpA Beads of Ruin Heatran Flash Cannon vs. 68 HP / 4 SpD Flutter Mane: 134-162 (96.4 - 116.5%) -- 81.3% chance to OHKO
FUCK THIS
So ig it’s likely
It’s for bulk, I make ev spreads in the order of, speed>bulk>attack
Heatran doesn’t need a ton as it wants to be living hits
Cigar just, chill lol
it’s just gonna go downhill from this
play the mandatory OTS ladder
lemme try that
Even with Leftovers Substitute I don't run below 156 modest on my Heatran
I only play CTS if I don’t have time to do bo3 or I’m feeling out a team
Otherwise bo3 ladder
I feel like I’m losing sight of my team
what is it ?
Break time
I feel like im trying to pick up too mnay knockouts
I need to play slower and leverage dengo
oh you're still on the Gholdengo Life Orb ?
Yea
@nocturne holly mind posting what you're running again ?
I’m tryna pickup too many ohkos
I need play slower
What about someone with Fake Out over Farigiraf ?
I think landot lead is pretty scary for my team
Like what?
Iron Hands, not original but it wins me games and I don't know why
It sticks on the field + AV is not contested on your team
Yeah you lack Ice/Water coverage, that's not helping
I don’t like the shared coverage with shifu
And it makes shifu share typing with both moms
And landot fucks me up even more
Yeah I get that
Idk I think it’s just a piloting issue
My main problem today was going for too many ohkos, wasting my resources, causing having me to have bad switches
what about cutting Farigiraf for Iron Bundle ?
Bundle and moon are kinda doing the same thing
Ogerpon-Wellspring ?
I feel like giraffe can be optimized into a different mon
It’s just anti tr/prio
I mean it can be useful
But it’s just staying there on the field doing minimal chip damage while being good for tr/prio
Hands was sort of doing that in my book with Fake Out and being slow
Me make porkchops
Right
I made the porkchops in crockpot too
Crockpots and air fryers go hard
Fuck yeah baby
Now when we say we're cooking it's no longer teambuilding lmao
Yeah
#competitive_crockpot
LOL
He had axe kick h Liligant
I Tera fairied my Tran
It just missed
And it killed him (he was at half hp)
oh ok this is low ladder shit right
Has a 30% chance to confuse the target. If this attack is not successful, the user loses half of its maximum HP, rounded down, as crash damage. Pokemon with the Magic Guard Ability are unaffected by crash damage.
Fighting
Physical
120
90
10 (16)
Copied by Mirror Move.
Makes contact.
half of max hp 
At the same time, I did use High Jump Kick Cinderace in Singles
But why o why would you run this over Close Combat on Lilligant is beyond me !
Weezing stonks are going to rise, Wolfey won a tournament with it lol
right now Inner Focus unless you want chonky Dragonite
It's the best defensive ability in the format imo
okty
You can't Fake Out Chien-Pao Dragonite which is pretty broken (Pao runs Ghost Tera)
also when dragonite is running tera normal extreme speed what item do i run while being able to use protect
would i use life orb or something like normal gem
Good old Choice Band
this + sword of ruin ability from Chien-Pao = stupid amount of damage
Life orb for sure
Band is better though it's worth it to give up protect
Go Choice Band, don't think you're giving up Protect, choice band locks you into one move so you're not giving up anything really
What is happening
Been trying a rental with Choice Band Dragonite last few games, this is a truck. Straight up machine
I'm trying out rentals, got my ass whooped in Master Ball lol
Banded lando is something else lol
Does a good 70-80% to iron hands
Which btw is nuts
It didn’t load but it makes sense lol
oh can't use gif yet
I lost 5,000 ranks in Master Ball in 7 games
Things were too nice I think
I got placed really high lol
but you literally are giving up protect
That's a pessimist way to look at things lol
Ok so i made my team w dragonite and the choice band is insane
it 50% iron hands
crazy
protect doesnt seem to be a problem
its so annyoing that everyone i play now uses Weezing because Wolfey used it 😭
outrage and espeed are crazy
where are you on ladder?
masterball? or showdown
showdown
that's a decent placement
really?
yeah that's pretty good for someone new
thanks
im in 1300 because im lazy and inconsistent
I should be in 1400-1500 for my skill level tbh
i wanted to make orthworm work but weezing killed my garchomp earthquake earth eater
🤔
With new team, I hit 1200 without a loss
Been a minute since I done that
@dull ibex I fucked up I picked the ice horse shit
Well I like ice types but you said about the shadow
Is there a reason to use PP up?
On signatures typically
I use it on moves with 5 pp
On what
y’all are smurfing
@dawn crown Your post has been removed due to not containing a rental image, if you wish to submit a rental team, please include the rental picture.
You have been DM'd your details so you don't have to retype everything.
aim for 60+ next time
Don't aim for any GxE or specific ratings
Fun Fact: I have only gotten into the 1400s 1 time then immediately went down to the mid 1300s
Play games and get better simply
I know I’m just sharing
wasn't answering you lol
Alright
It's like someone saying I should be that mmr but I'm not. When you start caring too much about stats but not your own gameplay, it's wild.
I know why I’m where I am, because I don’t try to improve. I’m glad I can acknowledge why my mmr is what it is
Isn't the simple act of playing games an improvement in itself no ?
I don’t play all that many matches
Even 1 game lol
NOO 
Also hi Tofu
Wanna see something funny
Lol
That's why GxE means shit until you've got a good sample of games in my book
I think it's still hold up
Too easy to make an alt and wait for a good streak to extrapolate a ''I should be that sort of rating''
1240 66.1% 11-3
Yeah
But usually when I do it until now, they've always looked like shit 
Fuckin lots of games 48-52%
Well
I'd say 55% is a good mark
But 50% ain't bad either fosho when new
I don't stare at my GXE though when laddering
I just play and every now and then I'm like "did it go up? Yes cool"
If we all stopped focusing on stats and just played in order to get better I think the whole community would end up in a better place
Numbers sucks the fun out of it for many players I think, that doesn't just apply to Pokemon but like any competitive game with ratings.
Yeah
Then again I also find the numbers aspect necessary too cuz it's good to reinstate that "hey one thing I'm doing is working better than another"
Like you can play and feel that, but seeing it in front of your face can help too
Which you can see that even without making alts
Shit on one account I went from 35% to 52% in the span of a month
not difficult
damn you owned me im ngl

monke rate this team https://pokepast.es/131502a896067c55
im gonna try laddering a bit more different than im used too
Ngl doesn't look that good
thats fair
koal is mostly there for buffing flutter mane plus other damagers
but i am hard checked by rain on paper
Feel like Hands would be better than Rilla here since you're going sun and it's like you're making Rilla's main weakness even stronger
Much like when you put Fire types on a rain team
at the same time i need counterplay to armadd
i guess heatran would work on this team but i need a redirect
so i guess heat + rilla over oger
True
Redirect you can have Ogerpon Hearth do that too
Follow Me Oger is always good
And in my personal opinion, it's better than SD Ogerpon
this is why sun teams are so hard to maneuver
Hello losers
get out
team dependant tbh
Welcome back to the club
tell me that when your gxe gets higher then your iq
im partial to clops
yeah you definitely have an iq lower then 70 
so thats never?
im 180 iq
Damn
im average
yeah I bet its harder for your gxe to get above 30
I kinda walked into that tbh
i cant tell whether you are joking or not
all of my accounts rn are at minimum 58
majority of them are 60+
bro if you think I don't just like banter and think your braindead you have issues lmao
RN the same account though is 12-4 with 64.8% but still good
thats exactly what i think
ig im braindead
i rmember in reg d i went like 14-0
180 IQ seems fuckin high
180 is smartest person on earth tier
Red rolled dice for his IQ and got snake eyes
i was trolling im only 153 iq
First game today and lost. I missplayed using fake out
its your first game
not a big deal
use rilla
fari makes my entire team so much better
i just realized idk why i didnt consider it
he'll never tell use his iq
bold of you to assume i rolled two ones
what needs an evo is indeedee
no it does not
they already gave it tr
Right
You somehow rolled a 0
how is sleeping during tourneys going 

I could've won
i think this team is gonna be on the back burner until reg f
Mess about and get what for monke
who
me mf
asked?
I asked
damnit
bro my best friend is a sarcastic prick don't jouste with the student of god
also having funny friends is great for developing witt btw lmao
There are no games on the ladder 
?
You played and beat me once
tbh i havent played you before
I beat you pretty recently
maybe you are thinking of that
you havent beaten me yet 😡
I did
not at my fullest
i havent shown you my full potential
this is deadass an excuse
Any good singles teams to try out?
tbh I won't play you if its like that
ive become better like a different player
not gonna have my wins minimized
Nah he beat me too
The one time I played him
fair
I will admit my losses
no one is minimizing your wins
im just saying im that much better now I will never lose again
its like i went from being naruto to being goku!
your arrogance is quite funny tbh
I mean im fairly certain if we played rn I'd lose tbh
kek
i think i have something different goin
@dull ibex I accidentally picked the ice type horse
Good because I deliberately did it
I like ice types alright
Idk
I dont really care what people use tbh
Ye
I'm always judged for picking ice types for a team
use what you like
Also yes
bro ice type pokemon are fine
Chien Pao is one of the best pokemon in the format
a9 is really good, so is bundle
Chein pao isn't in swsh
Yeah if you are afraid of judgement you aren't getting it from me
unless you are trying to build a meta team and pick weird stuff then maybe ill have input
Oh ok
Oh I'm gonna put covet in my ice team with glaceon
BTW that's a competitive team
Do you have input
just grimaced my shake
how viable is iron moth...
im trying to make a 4x weakness vgc team for no reason
For fun I made this sand team idea for singles. Anyone want to check and give heads up if there is something that needs to be changed 
https://pokepast.es/d0c6774438b997e7
t-tar shed tail into chomp?
GO GO GADGET LANDO EARTHQUAKE

singles is 3 mons right? (im not too familiar with singles)
I think so
If so, i would put sandstorm on chomp as well incase you dont bring t-tar
True, could take tera blast away and change tera type for steel
it will definitely be usable
anyone wanna play in pokemon showdown?
lemme whip up a team rq
natdex or SV OU?
doubles or singles?
XD
i was gonna make a reg e team XD
i dont play VGC
ah...
never been good with doubles really
you pick. singles or doubles?
you can pick whatever and ill try to match it
Current score in Reg E in ladder 11/4 Rank 7 Great Ball Tier 🙂
singles
ooo.
im..
4/6 great ball cause i dropped a bit last season
meta gross was fine until restricted
we doing SV ou then?
spectrier is gonna cook again this format
yeah im making a team
I doubt this
more mons coming in power creeps it a bit
for it to cook again
we can do VGC e if you want imm just not good at doubles
it needed to have cooked in the first place
i got a team for it but i never use it
got it confused i meant glastrier
why was it restricted?
was it that good?
i thought spectrier was the ice type
Restricted format shadow rider is its time
thats glasteir
Glastrier also needed to cook in the first place
if you wanted glasteir to cook ur gonna need to give him a big kitchen
abd he will do decent
he can't cook he keeps cooling down the food
actually glastrier i think could be like an alternative to bax
rn
too slow
thats why he sucks
hes kinda like munkidori
tried to cook but hes still trash lol
glastrier would have to be trash for that to work
(even tho munkidori is better)
no thats wrong
glastrier is good just not in this format
glastrier even though its a little underplayed is miles better then munkidori
i dont see it anywhere tho
i mean if you gave it trick room wouldn't it do decent?
so
its ight
glastrier clops self proc 👀
does missing a move double the power of stomping tantrum and count as a fail?
just bring back swsh meta again so i know what im doing 
it does double the power of stomping tantrum
Is it good in the swsh format that's staying forever now
I just wanna know the swsh format if he's good
cmon man at that point its not even glast
1500 rating on the bo3 ladder let’s goooo

nice
wait is lando i good
also if it is what are good partners with it
it’s not terrible
But it sorta is
it needs speed control with it IMO
I am getting bodied in ranked 
Nah you don’t need lando I, just run banded lando 
lando roaring weezing balance??
Ground/Flying
Sand Force, Sheer Force (Hidden)
89/125/90/115/80/101
600
Landorus-Therian
I begin to do misplays, taunting Goldengo, Fake Outing Tornadus which doesn nothing...
Wouldn’t sheer force be blocked out by neutral gas?
you run lorb but i think you play around it
No shit lmao
- since you have speed control you can run a uturn pivot
who said anything abt ability shielf
I thought that was assumed
Anyway
The damage output that banded lando has is crazy
Does like 70-80% on average to hands
ppl normally run how much on booster spe flutter?
so what exactly is restriced again?
box legends
i cant wait to wall it with weezing
And then running redirect with it and like, swords dance I think
i just realized
I think it can do well without its ability so
oh wait
zacian couldnt dynamax
i have the ogerpon
but now its in a tera format
does that mean dialga and regieleki will be legal?
behemoth blade isnt gonna do damage for shit tho
It got nerfed but it’s stats are fucking nuts
i get it now its like Ubers in smogon
100 bp steel type move is gonna do good damage wdym
Fairy/Steel
Intrepid Sword
92/150/115/80/115/148
700
Zacian
With 150 base attack
No additional effect.
Steel
Physical
100
100
5 (8)
Copied by Mirror Move.
Makes contact.
Boosted by Sharpness.
That’s a no drawback 100 bp move
That’s gonna be good lol
I’ve looked into it I think it’ll be good
Idk about meta cuz, it practically doesn’t have an ability
Cuz of the nerf
But I think it’ll be plenty strong cuz it has a crazy good stat spread, good movepool, and amazing typing
They question will be am i using this in one of my restricted slots
cant wait for life orb zacian behemoth blade
Zacian is just tinkaton with good attack stat
actually now that i think abt it why do ppl not abuse cloud nine more often
in restricted formats
probably will on koraidon and flutter teams
?
just imagine knowing ur gonna win and lead koraidon and flutter with sun, and some rayquaza comes in and ruins it
no one ever uses cloud nine
but what if they did
Which one would be better? Galarian Weezing or regular one?
like how are talking like Stat wise or Design Wise?
Kanto Weezing is usually considered better right now
no weakness to Gholdengo and no threat of OHKO from Heatran usually
was speed boost blaziken good?
rayquaza is lowkey kinda ass
at least it was in gen 8
Lowkey I think it’s gonna be good with Chien-pao lol
Does it get espeed?
Damage wise it will be way better. The only difference is that rayquaza is flinchable
Well nah, you can go farigiraf with it which is what I think people will actually do
Yep
Protect with no band I guess can work too
Rayquaza fari chien rilla
so is speed boost blaziken good?
Yes
kk i will add it to my dlc team then
Well we dont know yet
Whats considered high ladder on random battles in showdown
I would assume top 500 but I don’t play that format
gliscor in ubers, ttar in RU, garchomp UUBL and alolomola, moltres are in OU and lando-t nearly UU wtf is this timeline
i meant was it good like in gen 8?
Bruh you don’t think I know
Why do you think I’m cribbing about it?
and might it have some potential in Sv
60 gxe isn’t usually too hard for me to get
Same!
I probably will plan another team, similar that Wolfey used to beat the tournament.
But I am not sure if I want to have Galarian or regular Weezing 🤔
Wouldn't having galarian weezing get rid of the ground weakness or psychic? I forgo
Poison/Fairy
Levitate, Neutralizing Gas, Misty Surge (Hidden)
65/90/120/85/70/60
490
Weezing
no
It's Psychic/Fairy
Wait what I thought it was poison fairy
Same stats but more moves but potential weekness
Sorry Poison Fairy 
Tbh I think kanto is better, galar adds extra weaknesses and imo the fairy coverage isn’t enough
I was gonna say
sludge bomb/gunk shot is the most common attacking move on it
you could run d gleam on it but 🤷♂️
Because my latias got a super effective hit on it with a psychic move
Also it says above poison fairy
bro it’s not that deep 😭
Yeah it is, my bad saying it was Psyhic Fairy
I have a crazy idea for Tailwind user 👀
I once thought it was flying fairy
Well I thought flying poison first entill I saw that opal used it
https://pokepast.es/d0c6774438b997e7 Need to figure out if I wanna change stats
Naive nature 👀
Wai do you have so many poison types?
For what?
on their pokepaste
@mellow barn I think you should change it
Hmm... Jolly or Adamant?
Um which ever that raises sp atk and lowers atk
Don't ask me nothing else pls I'm sleeping
Landorus-Therian @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Flying
EVs: 44 HP / 252 Atk / 212 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stomping Tantrum
- Tera Blast
- Rock Slide
- U-turn
That’s a basic scarf landot spread
Hits 207 spe and then everything else is in hpI think
👀
It’s very basic, can build off of it if you choose
Played few games on showdown, the gliscor toxic orb doesn't work with weezing around 
is there a way i could test ymy DLC team on shwodown before it comes out?
Indigo disk dlc? The closest you can do it natdex but then you run into every other gens gimmick so hard to actually test efficiency
Rayquaza won Worlds not too long ago in a meta that was described and I quote as ''weather war''.
Best bet would be to simply test your team against someone
Pretty sure you can find players willing to do so in the VGC chatroom on showdown
Or here
oh ye i forgot abt that
or you know, wait for the new ladder that should open in about 2 weeks, pretty we're getting reg F december right (on showdown)
just like we always get to test a format a few weeks ahead of the normal release, did this for reg E (which was my 1st VGC) and for Singles too.
Reg F won’t be official til January but yeah on showdown probably a day or two after the dlc drops they’ll add their predictions for reg f
Isn't gonna be all DLC Mons but restricted ? + reg E together ?
Seems they follow a cycle with nat dex for a year, Home + DLCS next year, restricted for last year
More than likely yes
Wut up
sup
Yo, so im tryna get into competitive and gotta few questions
-
Do y’all MOSTLY make ur own builds or copy builds from online?
-
How do I learn how to make a good team? Training Pokemon, testing them, and revising the builds as you play?
What’s everyone up to
- Mix of both
- play rentals
If you’re newer you do other people’s spreads
I think most everyone here is at the point where they create their own stuff, but we have experience and also build teams based off what we see that works
- Use other people’s teams and find out what makes them strong. Adjust pieces that you think would make the team better
For rentals you can figure out what’s good
- Mix of both
- Rental teams help you test what mons you like
Dope, thanks all y’all and y’all all sayin the same thing makes me feel more confident about goin that route , so I fr appreciate it. I’ll start with rental teams
Frfr the rental teams tab here is pretty fire
Id suggest doing Bububa (or whatever tf the name is) rental
That’s the easiest one to pilot
That I saw
My rentals are more difficult to pilot
Tuff, i didn’t even know there were rentals in the server. I’ll definitely use the ones here. Ik most of y’all r sweats😭
Not gonna lie, Master Ball can still be pretty tough
My rentals 🔥
True

I bet bc ur goin up against ppl that always know what they’re doin and u can never have a team thats fully resistant to everything ur opponent might use
Yep

A lot of the time you’ll have to learn how to get through a matchup that’s harder for you
Ayo, my bad but which rental team were u saying i should start w
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Name : Meta
Format : Reg E
Paste : https://pokepast.es/9dddceb0cd8165ba
Code : JV591P
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And you might go on losing streaks tbh. Maybe it’s just me, but especially when im testing for VGC I tend to hit some slopes. It’s different for everyone.
I copy stuff from good players/community
You can try mine if you want, its just harder to pilot
Building your team takes time, time you could be playing games and figuring things out
Lmao, i’ll try it after i get more familiar w moves and strategies but as of rn ik im not ready
Word
Rentals or just showdown
I was dumb, I’ve used a rental like 2 times in my entire career
Both
Is that a doubles or singles team?
That wasn't a both statement, I was suggesting or showdown answering your ''rentals are the way to go rn'' lol
Ok
Showdown has multiple formats, including vgc
Wait which one is that
mine 
The one called meta?
*bububaba
yep
i mean its easy just because its 6 mon with standard moveset lol, i might need to fix the EVs, but no time to do it for now
The Roarin 20s looks good for a beginner
Cool
it’s “full | IGN : Scarlet” now
Stfu I noticed
lmao

No you're not stupid
I finally got the idea to hook up both of my docks to keep both charged and in my sight
I finally have the desk space for it 😌
That's not stupid lol
ive been wanting to have 2 swtich so i can farm raids alone 
https://pokepast.es/b62162f29cdb43e2 what could I replace giraffe with?
fair enough
its stupid I didnt consider using both docks sooner
tbh I reccomend keeping farig
yeah, i dont see any reason to change girafe
I'm playing with your rental red
its just for anti tr/prio
which one?
roarin 20s
Roarin 20s but I thought the ogerpon had swords dance
nah Im using a different roarin moon team that has sd ogerpon now though
really contemplating roaring moon
this is what I use currently
made some changes to the weezing
like physical based with gunk shot and ghost tera for fake out
That's the wolfey team that won tournament (at least the Mons)
the paste still had wrong ability and tera red
Watching him playing that rn, Weezing looks so good when he uses it
yeah its the mons with standard spreads
I'm jealous
for weezing
so it does 🤭
btw the pikalytics spread is wasting evs
oops nvm no its not
https://pokepast.es/2ca09709d2daff78 there we go
mane has tbolt in game
but that literally doesnt matter you don't click the fourth move
I was comtemplating making it tr tbh
i liked the power gem version, most Harc feels safe around flutter
and u just ohko it with power gem 
Even on AV ?
idk if AV, banded dies
most are band tbf
max hp max speed band in my case 
so i wouldnt really think AV in Harc, but its a possibility
156 SpA Choice Specs Flutter Mane Power Gem vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Arcanine-Hisui: 158-188 (92.9 - 110.5%) -- 62.5% chance to OHKO
nvm. speed flutter doesnt ohko Harc
oh i thought that Harc dies to power gem, apparently its chance
i just calced sp atk booster mane. still no guaranteed ohko
252+ Atk Meadow Plate Tera-Grass Rillaboom Helping Hand Wood Hammer vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Ogerpon-Hearthflame in Grassy Terrain: 98-116 (63.2 - 74.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Grassy Terrain recovery
LOL this calc shocked me, it was the only way I could win the game and it actually KO'd
4x resist btw 
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2023regulatione-1990832828 what could i have done differently here?? landot leads really fuck me up
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between LindaLuna and Sour Cigar! Format: [Gen 9] VGC 2023 Regulation E; Date: Nov 14, 2023
heatran lead and weezing prob?
opposing sides kinda weak to heatwave, Harc will prob switch / tera since theres EP inheatran, weezing to duke out with urshifu matchup and amoonguss
thats what im thinking. not familiar with the games, or the mons
lando T and urshifu on back. flutter feels a bit weak due to dark ursh, Harc and gholdengo
im the other side, the side called Sour Cigar ol
OH HAHAH
also tera fairy flutter fucks me up
from ur place, gholdengo feels very strong
thinking of having poison jab, but sucker is really useful
landot leads fuck me up, im really hesitant with it
flutter+landot was a really good lead into my team
prob like Harc gholdengo lead. rock slide protect to scout the move
It tends to fuck everyone lol, lando doesn't judge
no its really good into my team
thats an easy stomping into harc
holy fuck there are so many fucking gimmick teams
thats a mind game between you and them, stomping to gholdengo or Harc. both doesnt like it, so it could switch or protect anytime. thats why he opted for u turn
i can also think like protect, tera Harc and rockslide is also fine
im losing my fucking mind
or protect and switch Harc
IMO you really misplayed the turns where your opponent was asleep
you played so passively
i agree
i had to switch a lot and that wasted a lot of the turns
im getting so fucking annoyed
and frustrated
take a break ig
how could i have played more agresssivelty on those turns?
Most balanced random battle team😭(still won)
Imo you should've targeted the flutter mane slot since they were switching that a lot
im fucking done
Or play a team with 6 Mons that will only click Explosion
im so fucking pissed at this game
dude im actually playing fucking shit
1500 to 1375
what a fucking day
and now i have to take a fucking break
even though ive done shit
Sounds like tilt queuing, take a break
i cant
ive done shit
i gotta pump this rental
dude idfk whats wrong
two days ago i climbed all the way to 1500
last two days ive been playing like shit
just take a break. playing when ur tilted makes tunnel vision
dont even think about it, play when u want
when u want isnt the same as u feel the need to get the points back
Or play bo3 ladder instead
this game actually sux
i literally have nothing else to fucking do
my pc is too shit for other games
omfg
i fucking hate this game'
im done
Have you tried swapping farigiraf ?
for what
A Fake Out user ?
Iron Hands with Volt Switch could give you some switch ins opportunities
Farigiraf always feel too passive when I face it
Must help I don't run priority outside of Fake Out
volt switch is interesting
tbh i think it would be interesting
but i also really want heavy slam for the flutter mu
tera fairy flutter fucks me up
my landot mu is even shittier now tho
maybe you use Urshi Water ?
Does really well into Lando
You got Amoonguss Gholdengo which is a terrific lead
and you can tempo Hands Urshifu vs Lando
i really wanted darkshifu on this team
but watershifu seems better in almost every away
Darkshifu really likes pinning stuff with Flutter/Lando around
When you're trying to set up Gholdengo/Moon and you are locked on the field with Harc it's difficult to bring it fluidly
Why?
You’re gonna sac heavy slam where your tools for mane are already rough
Btw shifu does not like booster speed mane
Shifu isn’t always gonna answer for it
Yeah true that Heavy Slam is good for that
im trying to make a fun, unique team revolving around shiftry’s new buff with no legendaries
ik
I wanna try it out
I waste a lot of my turns with switching with this team
Volt switch will let me bring in mons safely
it’s not for sure
ima try it and see how much use I get out of it
talon flame or killowatrel also nice TW setter
oh right new dlc mon
I really don’t think volt switch is good rn
You already stated your mane matchup is rough, I think you need heavy slam
Do y'all get paralysis sometimes while trying to learn to team build?
The turns you volt switch can also be turns you could be recovering hp
Or getting chip damage
Best bet is to play whatever you want and not focus too much on building what would appear to be the ''perfect'' team
Yea
The end goal is playing the game and odds you won't build a really good team on your 1st attempt
You think hands and watershifu would work better than giraffe and darkshifu?
With your team 100% improves your matchup into Lando Flutter by a lot
If shifu is scarfed yes
even sash
Or it’s be speed mane with icy wind, that’s unlikely but still
Eh, lando could click uturn into it while mane gleams
lando is being fake out
Oh right
Shifu gets 1 hit on whatever
which dies, then you get initiative on calling the protect or getting control depending on what they have left
Sash means you survive 1 hit, AV Hands tend to tank the worst stuff lmo
You've solved your problems with 1 2 punch lead
Yea landot really fucks me over
another option is iron bundle
Thx @dapper crag @molten oasis
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Bundle and moon are doing similar things
Then drop moon (kidding)
whats a good EV spread for lando?
Landorus-Therian @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stomping Tantrum
- U-turn
- Rock Slide
- Tera Blast
Basic min/max
As a current weaville enjoyer, I am very annoyed it only has two abilities
Inner focus was such a good one to have y’all 
That’s what sneasal has lol.
Depends, you want bulky or fast lando?
How do y’all determine EV spreads personally?
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Use this copy the popular ones or calc for something more precise
depends on your team needs. some strat relies on fast and offensive, some want just enough bulk to live certain mons
I calc for threats like tera fairy max sp.atk moonblast, urshifu close combat, urshifu tera dark max attack wicked blowm
Just some common mons.
They want a good Lando spread. The max/max one won't fail you in mirror games + damage reach
Yee. I’m trying to find s spread for Weavile just for fun
I am gonna accept the l for moonblast but if dazzling gleam is survivable

I wasn't critiquing anything you said I was just wondering if they'd want my bulky lando spread.
I get it fs
start with the speed stat you want, then look at offensive calcs if it’s an offensive pokémon, then look at defensive calcs
Bulky would be this if you go generalist 164 HP / 52 Atk / 68 Def / 4 SpD / 220 Spe
that’s the order I typically do
Yee thank you!
I run amulet bulky lando with my team, completely dif spread.
What does that one live?
thx man
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It's the most used bulky one. It survives more stuff vs max/max
is slither wing viable?
assuming I wanted to make a 4 attack assault vest eelektross, with a mixed set, what would the EV spread look like? I'm thinking 252 HP but I'm not sure how I should distribute the rest between attack and special attack
Yea, I wouldn’t use it tho
It’s viable, not good
is it bad to have a whole team only phsyical attackers
so is this vgc or singles
Mostly VGC but there’s some singles people around
oh ok
The official pokemon discord has more singles players I believe
You'd like some variety tbh
I can spell
It still isn’t a bad thing
Most teams rn really only run 1 or 2 in the first place
They're not purely physical
Being flutter mostly
Ik I’m just saying, I don’t think it’s a bad thing, I’ve seen some teams with no spA
Free fodder for intimidate cycling
Moon shifu hands rilla waterpon and chien pao is a thing
I saw once
Firepon rilla shifu chien dnite and Lando is also a thing I’ve seen
Rule of thumbs, always run 1 special attacker
because my only sp attacker is iron bundle but im considering to change it to chien pao
Can we see a paste?
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