#competitive_discussion

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dapper crag
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The real climb begins now

mellow barn
dapper crag
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Smart

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next stump
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I can’t wait for the LAIC stream this weekend

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VGC weekends are so fun

mellow barn
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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?

next stump
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typically your team has pokémon that covers each others weaknesses decently well

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Like say you lead Heatran, and they have Urshifu-Water

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normally, as the Heatran player, you’d bring something like Rillaboom or Amoonguss to switch in to the incoming water attack

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sometimes you can get around having to switch by using protect or using your tera

dapper crag
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I'm learning so much about defensive playstyle watching pros. I undervalued watching actual games. Tofu is 100% right

mellow barn
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Also one of my games I was able to secure double protect PikaLmao

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Got enough stall to wait opponents tailwind to turn off

dapper crag
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Then they're angry at you for being ''lucky'' lol smh

mellow barn
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I mean it was 50/50 and would have lost. Also my bulk was good nod

dapper crag
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Yeah, I only build defensive/bulky teams now

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It's so easy to get KOs but it's much harder to try to come back into position on the board

mellow barn
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Also Sitrus Berry has come to clutch multiple times, thanks for that!

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What I was suprised was psyhic terrain stops taunts and fake outs

crude pollen
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Only stops taunts from Prankster mons

next stump
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psychic terrain stops all priority moves, definitely something to remember for future games

mellow barn
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Ah! I always thought they were planning on trick room

dapper crag
dapper crag
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Especially the tankier the Mon

crude pollen
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Far has been feeling too fragile, but helps cut through Weezings

molten oasis
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Guys I’m in a tie between a 6th here

next stump
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yeah you can tailwind on your own side for example

molten oasis
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Okidogi or Goltres?

next stump
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just can’t do stuff affecting your opponent

dapper crag
molten oasis
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It’s a good Mon

dapper crag
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But you've got already 3 special attackers

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So Okidogi might be better for your team right

molten oasis
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I wouldn’t exactly consider a9 a primary attacker or bundle

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They both are more on the supportive side

mellow barn
crude pollen
molten oasis
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Torn and thundy both threaten shifu

next stump
molten oasis
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But thundy has overall more consistent ways to ruin shifus day ig

mellow barn
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I see

crude pollen
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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

molten oasis
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Gastro being sniped makes sense

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Water shifu never wants to deal with it

mellow barn
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Sand Veil Garchomp or Gliscor? AkaShrug

nocturne holly
next stump
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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

molten oasis
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IM STILL 50/50 DAMMIT

next stump
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Farig + Rilla could be your answer into Urshifu stuff

nocturne holly
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I fucking love dogi

next stump
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you threaten an OHKO and if they switch into something like Amoonguss, you pressure with psychic

nocturne holly
nocturne holly
molten oasis
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No cigar you made it 50/50 again

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It was tilted towards goltres

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Like they both offer different things

crude pollen
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How are you feeling against psyspam?

molten oasis
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But I need a set up Mon in the last spot

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I have Tran and rilla

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And screens

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I’ve considered av Tran

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And then sitrus rilla

next stump
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AV Heatran has a lot of matchups where you were wishing you had a different item IMO

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I played like 100ish games with it and it’s definitely good

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but most matchups you barely see any special attackers

molten oasis
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True, having protect for lando is super nice

next stump
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or you really really want protect

molten oasis
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Yea, I’ll keep lefties then

next stump
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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

molten oasis
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And I have no reason to be mad when Magma storm misses pain

echo seal
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dudunsparce is the GOAT

molten oasis
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I don’t even know what exactly I do into chi flutter here

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Besides the lead

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Being rilla and heat

molten oasis
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Uhh

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Man that doesn’t help me decide on goltres or dogi tho

crude pollen
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Have you considered a third set up option-nasty plot Hydreigon? Have a dragon, fairy, steel core?

molten oasis
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I don’t think hydreigon is good like

nocturne holly
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bro that’s dogi/goltres

molten oasis
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At all

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In this meta

nocturne holly
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+Hydreigon kinda sux rn

dapper crag
molten oasis
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I could fill it with a dragon

molten oasis
nocturne holly
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Low ladder cts is fucking hell

next stump
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gotta slog through the shit for 10-15 games

molten oasis
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Yep

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I still find stupid shit in like 1400’s on occasion

dapper crag
molten oasis
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Chi yu runs Tera ghost for that reason

nocturne holly
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got to 1154 in like 45 min, gonna stop before I lose my mind

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my gxe is only ducking 50%

molten oasis
nocturne holly
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Dogi but I’m biased
Both look like they’ll work fine tho

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Imo poison jab/gunk shot over knock off on dogi

dapper crag
molten oasis
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The tricky thing about that matchup with my lead

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Chi yu could just click overheat

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And fluttermane clicks protect or something

dapper crag
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Stop thinking your opponent will always have the perfect read

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Even the best players can't cover for everything lol

molten oasis
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:/

dapper crag
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You've giving way too much credit to lowbies

molten oasis
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That turn is just hard period

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Lots of kos are being threatened right out the gate

nocturne holly
molten oasis
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Objectively the safest play my opponent could make there is dp and ball into rilla

nocturne holly
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It’s fucking annoying
I did so fucking good yesterday and now I’m playing like shit

molten oasis
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It’s just simply a hard lead to handle

nocturne holly
dapper crag
molten oasis
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Heat doesn’t Ohko either

dapper crag
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Heatran tend to OHKO Flutter Mane with Chi-Yu debuff

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I've yet to see one flutter mane surviving a darn Flash Cannon

nocturne holly
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DUDE WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT

molten oasis
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76+ SpA Heatran Flash Cannon vs. 68 HP / 4 SpD Flutter Mane: 102-122 (73.3 - 87.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

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Oh wait

nocturne holly
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TERA DARK DARK PULSE SPECTRIER

dapper crag
molten oasis
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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

nocturne holly
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FUCK THIS

molten oasis
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So ig it’s likely

molten oasis
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Heatran doesn’t need a ton as it wants to be living hits

nocturne holly
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FUCK THIS OMFG

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I CANT PLAY TPDAY

molten oasis
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Cigar just, chill lol

nocturne holly
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it’s just gonna go downhill from this

next stump
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play the mandatory OTS ladder

nocturne holly
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lemme try that

dapper crag
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Even with Leftovers Substitute I don't run below 156 modest on my Heatran

molten oasis
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I only play CTS if I don’t have time to do bo3 or I’m feeling out a team

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Otherwise bo3 ladder

nocturne holly
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I feel like I’m losing sight of my team

dapper crag
molten oasis
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Break time

nocturne holly
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I feel like im trying to pick up too mnay knockouts

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I need to play slower and leverage dengo

dapper crag
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oh you're still on the Gholdengo Life Orb ?

nocturne holly
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Yea

molten oasis
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I think lefties is better but I get it

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On np dengo

dapper crag
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@nocturne holly mind posting what you're running again ?

nocturne holly
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I’m tryna pickup too many ohkos

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I need play slower

dapper crag
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What about someone with Fake Out over Farigiraf ?

nocturne holly
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I think landot lead is pretty scary for my team

nocturne holly
dapper crag
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It sticks on the field + AV is not contested on your team

dapper crag
nocturne holly
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And it makes shifu share typing with both moms

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And landot fucks me up even more

dapper crag
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Yeah I get that

nocturne holly
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Idk I think it’s just a piloting issue

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My main problem today was going for too many ohkos, wasting my resources, causing having me to have bad switches

dapper crag
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what about cutting Farigiraf for Iron Bundle ?

nocturne holly
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Bundle and moon are kinda doing the same thing

dapper crag
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Ogerpon-Wellspring ?

nocturne holly
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I feel like giraffe can be optimized into a different mon
It’s just anti tr/prio

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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

dapper crag
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Hands was sort of doing that in my book with Fake Out and being slow

bold geode
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Me make porkchops

dapper crag
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Solid

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I'm a sucker for any protein with rice

bold geode
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Right
I made the porkchops in crockpot too
Crockpots and air fryers go hard

dapper crag
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Crockpot is a life savior

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Dump it cook it let it simmer

bold geode
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Fuck yeah baby

dapper crag
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Now when we say we're cooking it's no longer teambuilding lmao

bold geode
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Yeah
#competitive_crockpot

molten oasis
dapper crag
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It's convenient when it explains your loss isn't it

molten oasis
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He had axe kick h Liligant

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I Tera fairied my Tran

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It just missed

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And it killed him (he was at half hp)

dapper crag
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oh ok this is low ladder shit right

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Move: Axe Kick

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.

Type

Fighting

Category

Physical

Power

120

Accuracy

90

PP (max)

10 (16)

Move Flags

Mirror

Copied by Mirror Move.

Contact

Makes contact.

next stump
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wtf LOL

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never seen this move used before

charred saddle
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half of max hp KEKWCRY

dapper crag
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At the same time, I did use High Jump Kick Cinderace in Singles

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But why o why would you run this over Close Combat on Lilligant is beyond me !

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Weezing stonks are going to rise, Wolfey won a tournament with it lol

dawn crown
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true

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should I use multiscale or inner focus on dragonite (VGC)

dapper crag
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It's the best defensive ability in the format imo

dawn crown
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okty

dapper crag
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You can't Fake Out Chien-Pao Dragonite which is pretty broken (Pao runs Ghost Tera)

dawn crown
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also when dragonite is running tera normal extreme speed what item do i run while being able to use protect

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would i use life orb or something like normal gem

dapper crag
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this + sword of ruin ability from Chien-Pao = stupid amount of damage

dull ibex
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Band is better though it's worth it to give up protect

heady onyx
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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

molten oasis
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What is happening

heady onyx
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Been trying a rental with Choice Band Dragonite last few games, this is a truck. Straight up machine

molten oasis
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Yea

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That’s banded dnite for ya

heady onyx
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I'm trying out rentals, got my ass whooped in Master Ball lol

molten oasis
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Banded lando is something else lol

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Does a good 70-80% to iron hands

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Which btw is nuts

molten oasis
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It didn’t load but it makes sense lol

heady onyx
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oh can't use gif yet

heady onyx
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I lost 5,000 ranks in Master Ball in 7 games

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Things were too nice I think

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I got placed really high lol

dull ibex
heady onyx
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That's a pessimist way to look at things lol

dull ibex
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but you're not running it lmao

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thus giving up protect for band

dawn crown
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Ok so i made my team w dragonite and the choice band is insane

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it 50% iron hands

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crazy

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protect doesnt seem to be a problem

dull ibex
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its not

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that is why its worth giving up for coverage and band tbh

dawn crown
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its so annyoing that everyone i play now uses Weezing because Wolfey used it 😭

dull ibex
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outrage and espeed are crazy

dawn crown
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1300

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im kinda new to vgc

dull ibex
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masterball? or showdown

dawn crown
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showdown

dull ibex
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that's a decent placement

dawn crown
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really?

dull ibex
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yeah that's pretty good for someone new

dawn crown
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thanks

dull ibex
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im in 1300 because im lazy and inconsistent

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I should be in 1400-1500 for my skill level tbh

dawn crown
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i wanted to make orthworm work but weezing killed my garchomp earthquake earth eater

dull ibex
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🤔

bold geode
heady onyx
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1300 is really good

gloomy crescent
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@dull ibex I fucked up I picked the ice horse shit

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Well I like ice types but you said about the shadow

mellow barn
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Is there a reason to use PP up?

molten oasis
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I use it on moves with 5 pp

nocturne holly
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I hit 1500s with my team

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Only 58 gxe
My gxe rn with an alt is 50

next stump
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y’all are smurfing

nocturne holly
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fr lol

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my gxe can’t suffer 🤷‍♂️

mighty stump
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@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.

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You have been DM'd your details so you don't have to retype everything.

keen karma
dapper crag
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Don't aim for any GxE or specific ratings

willow vault
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Fun Fact: I have only gotten into the 1400s 1 time then immediately went down to the mid 1300s

dapper crag
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Play games and get better simply

willow vault
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I know I’m just sharing

dapper crag
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wasn't answering you lol

willow vault
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Alright

dapper crag
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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.

willow vault
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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

dapper crag
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Isn't the simple act of playing games an improvement in itself no ?

willow vault
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I don’t play all that many matches

dapper crag
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Even 1 game lol

bold geode
bold geode
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Wanna see something funny

dapper crag
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That's why GxE means shit until you've got a good sample of games in my book

bold geode
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I think it's still hold up

dapper crag
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Too easy to make an alt and wait for a good streak to extrapolate a ''I should be that sort of rating''

bold geode
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1240 66.1% 11-3

dapper crag
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I distrust stats with low sample

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Too easy to reset and fish for a good looking one

bold geode
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Yeah
But usually when I do it until now, they've always looked like shit arkeknine

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Fuckin lots of games 48-52%

dapper crag
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and that's where most should end up

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50%

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no shame in being where you are

bold geode
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Well
I'd say 55% is a good mark
But 50% ain't bad either fosho when new

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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"

dapper crag
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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

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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.

bold geode
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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"

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Like you can play and feel that, but seeing it in front of your face can help too

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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

keen karma
bold geode
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Yeah it's difficult to read your messages

keen karma
bold geode
keen karma
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im gonna try laddering a bit more different than im used too

bold geode
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Ngl doesn't look that good

keen karma
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thats fair

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koal is mostly there for buffing flutter mane plus other damagers

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but i am hard checked by rain on paper

bold geode
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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

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Much like when you put Fire types on a rain team

keen karma
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at the same time i need counterplay to armadd

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i guess heatran would work on this team but i need a redirect

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so i guess heat + rilla over oger

bold geode
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True
Redirect you can have Ogerpon Hearth do that too

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Follow Me Oger is always good
And in my personal opinion, it's better than SD Ogerpon

keen karma
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this is why sun teams are so hard to maneuver

dull ibex
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Hello losers

keen karma
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get out

bold geode
keen karma
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oranguru or clops here bois

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or cress

dull ibex
dull ibex
dull ibex
keen karma
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im 180 iq

keen karma
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im average

dull ibex
bold geode
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I kinda walked into that tbh

keen karma
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i cant tell whether you are joking or not

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all of my accounts rn are at minimum 58

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majority of them are 60+

dull ibex
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bro if you think I don't just like banter and think your braindead you have issues lmao

bold geode
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RN the same account though is 12-4 with 64.8% but still good

keen karma
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ig im braindead

dull ibex
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180 iq isnt average btw

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its liek 85 to 115

keen karma
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i rmember in reg d i went like 14-0

bold geode
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180 IQ seems fuckin high

dull ibex
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180 is smartest person on earth tier

bold geode
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Red rolled dice for his IQ and got snake eyes

keen karma
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i was trolling im only 153 iq

mellow barn
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First game today and lost. I missplayed using fake out

keen karma
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not a big deal

mellow barn
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I know, but I realised the mistake Kek

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I hate psyhic field 😛

keen karma
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use rilla

keen karma
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i just realized idk why i didnt consider it

dull ibex
dull ibex
keen karma
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why is torkoal not rock fire

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imagine koal gets an evo

dull ibex
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doesnt need one

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dura getting one is hype

keen karma
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what needs an evo is indeedee

dull ibex
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no it does not

keen karma
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and it learns expanding force

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and gets all its stats into bulk

dull ibex
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they already gave it tr

bold geode
dull ibex
keen karma
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i think this team is gonna be on the back burner until reg f

dull ibex
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Mess about and get what for monke

keen karma
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monke cant even beat me in a friendly

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aint no one scared of that foo!

dull ibex
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🤭

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you know who did?

keen karma
dull ibex
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me mf

keen karma
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asked?

dull ibex
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I asked

keen karma
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damnit

dull ibex
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bro my best friend is a sarcastic prick don't jouste with the student of god

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also having funny friends is great for developing witt btw lmao

mellow barn
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There are no games on the ladder SadLad

bold geode
keen karma
dull ibex
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maybe you are thinking of that

keen karma
dull ibex
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I did

keen karma
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not at my fullest

dull ibex
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a few times

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you lost to my tr team

keen karma
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i havent shown you my full potential

dull ibex
keen karma
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ive surpassed my limits since the last time red

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trust me

mellow barn
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Any good singles teams to try out?

dull ibex
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tbh I won't play you if its like that

keen karma
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ive become better like a different player

dull ibex
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not gonna have my wins minimized

bold geode
bold geode
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I will admit my losses

keen karma
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im just saying im that much better now I will never lose again

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its like i went from being naruto to being goku!

dull ibex
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your arrogance is quite funny tbh

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I mean im fairly certain if we played rn I'd lose tbh

keen karma
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tbh i still dont have a team

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i might just quit until reg f

dull ibex
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kek

keen karma
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i think i have something different goin

gloomy crescent
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@dull ibex I accidentally picked the ice type horse

dull ibex
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?

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spectrier is fine

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glastrier is also fine

gloomy crescent
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I like ice types alright

dull ibex
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then why tell me it was accidental?

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what are you afraid of judgement?

gloomy crescent
dull ibex
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I dont really care what people use tbh

gloomy crescent
dull ibex
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why?

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is this about me calling the ice type bad or something

gloomy crescent
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I'm always judged for picking ice types for a team

dull ibex
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use what you like

gloomy crescent
dull ibex
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bro ice type pokemon are fine

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Chien Pao is one of the best pokemon in the format

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a9 is really good, so is bundle

gloomy crescent
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Chein pao isn't in swsh

dull ibex
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bax is really good

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that being said

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I vastly prefer shadow rider

dull ibex
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unless you are trying to build a meta team and pick weird stuff then maybe ill have input

gloomy crescent
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BTW that's a competitive team

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Do you have input

dull ibex
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well if its glaceon its not a meta team

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so no not really

gloomy crescent
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Me searching this up on Google 💀

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Someone forgot about chien pao and iron bundle

keen karma
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just grimaced my shake

orchid falcon
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was metagross good in comp?

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i wanna build a team with it

tired sage
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how viable is iron moth...
im trying to make a 4x weakness vgc team for no reason

mellow barn
orchid falcon
mellow barn
tired sage
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singles is 3 mons right? (im not too familiar with singles)

mellow barn
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I think so

tired sage
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If so, i would put sandstorm on chomp as well incase you dont bring t-tar

mellow barn
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True, could take tera blast away and change tera type for steel

next stump
rose torrent
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anyone wanna play in pokemon showdown?

tired sage
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lemme whip up a team rq

rose torrent
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natdex or SV OU?

tired sage
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doubles or singles?
XD

rose torrent
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singles im down with

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let me whip up my team then

tired sage
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i was gonna make a reg e team XD

rose torrent
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i dont play VGC

tired sage
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ah...

rose torrent
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never been good with doubles really

tired sage
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you pick. singles or doubles?
you can pick whatever and ill try to match it

mellow barn
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Current score in Reg E in ladder 11/4 Rank 7 Great Ball Tier 🙂

rose torrent
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singles

tired sage
dull ibex
tired sage
keen karma
rose torrent
dull ibex
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more mons coming in power creeps it a bit

next stump
#

for it to cook again

rose torrent
#

we can do VGC e if you want imm just not good at doubles

next stump
#

it needed to have cooked in the first place

rose torrent
#

i got a team for it but i never use it

keen karma
#

got it confused i meant glastrier

orchid falcon
#

was it that good?

keen karma
#

i thought spectrier was the ice type

dull ibex
#

Restricted format shadow rider is its time

orchid falcon
dull ibex
#

Glastrier also needed to cook in the first place

dull ibex
#

box arts op

orchid falcon
#

abd he will do decent

dull ibex
keen karma
#

rn

orchid falcon
#

hes kinda like munkidori

#

tried to cook but hes still trash lol

dull ibex
#

glastrier would have to be trash for that to work

orchid falcon
#

(even tho munkidori is better)

dull ibex
#

no thats wrong

keen karma
#

glastrier is good just not in this format

dull ibex
#

glastrier even though its a little underplayed is miles better then munkidori

orchid falcon
#

i dont see it anywhere tho

dull ibex
#

seeing doesnt equal better

#

I saw ambipom early

#

ambipom was never good at any point

orchid falcon
#

i mean if you gave it trick room wouldn't it do decent?

dull ibex
#

what glastrier?

#

I thought Glastrier was going to be meta in tr

#

it is not.

orchid falcon
#

so

dull ibex
#

its ight

orchid falcon
#

why exactly is it not that good again?

#

i go against it and its not good

dull ibex
#

hard to say the ice typing doesnt help

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better tr options

#

like bloodmoon

dull ibex
#

glastrier clops self proc 👀

orchid falcon
#

does missing a move double the power of stomping tantrum and count as a fail?

tired sage
#

just bring back swsh meta again so i know what im doing PikaLmao

strange juniper
gloomy crescent
molten oasis
#

Glast will be good

#

When restricted starts

gloomy crescent
#

I just wanna know the swsh format if he's good

mellow barn
#

I been on a loosing streak SadLad

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I need a coach Kek

keen karma
next stump
#

1500 rating on the bo3 ladder let’s goooo

mellow barn
keen karma
#

wait is lando i good

#

also if it is what are good partners with it

next stump
#

it’s not terrible

molten oasis
next stump
#

it needs speed control with it IMO

mellow barn
#

I am getting bodied in ranked SadLad

molten oasis
#

Nah you don’t need lando I, just run banded lando thumbsup

keen karma
dapper crag
#
Pokémon No. 645: Landorus
Types

Ground/Flying

Abilities

Sand Force, Sheer Force (Hidden)

HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe

89/125/90/115/80/101

Total

600

Other Formes

Landorus-Therian

mellow barn
#

I begin to do misplays, taunting Goldengo, Fake Outing Tornadus which doesn nothing...

molten oasis
#

Wouldn’t sheer force be blocked out by neutral gas?

keen karma
molten oasis
#

No shit lmao

keen karma
#
  • since you have speed control you can run a uturn pivot
molten oasis
#

Ability shield only really works on intim users and tatsu

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Imo

keen karma
#

who said anything abt ability shielf

molten oasis
#

I thought that was assumed

#

Anyway

#

The damage output that banded lando has is crazy

#

Does like 70-80% on average to hands

keen karma
#

ppl normally run how much on booster spe flutter?

molten oasis
#

Uh

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Enough to outspeed eleki and some things under tw I think

orchid falcon
keen karma
#

box legends

molten oasis
#

Legendaries like Zacian Kyogre are legal

#

Can’t wait to use sword dog

keen karma
#

i cant wait to wall it with weezing

molten oasis
#

Ok

#

I plan on Tera water I think, or fairy

molten oasis
#

And then running redirect with it and like, swords dance I think

keen karma
#

i just realized

molten oasis
#

I think it can do well without its ability so

orchid falcon
#

oh wait

keen karma
#

zacian couldnt dynamax

orchid falcon
#

i have the ogerpon

keen karma
#

but now its in a tera format

molten oasis
#

And it was broken

#

Yea lol, it gets to use the gimmick

orchid falcon
#

does that mean dialga and regieleki will be legal?

keen karma
#

behemoth blade isnt gonna do damage for shit tho

molten oasis
#

It got nerfed but it’s stats are fucking nuts

orchid falcon
#

i get it now its like Ubers in smogon

molten oasis
dapper crag
#
Pokémon No. 888: Zacian-Crowned
Types

Fairy/Steel

Abilities

Intrepid Sword

HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe

92/150/115/80/115/148

Total

700

Base Species

Zacian

molten oasis
#

With 150 base attack

dapper crag
#
Move: Behemoth Blade

No additional effect.

Type

Steel

Category

Physical

Power

100

Accuracy

100

PP (max)

5 (8)

Move Flags

Mirror

Copied by Mirror Move.

Contact

Makes contact.

Slicing

Boosted by Sharpness.

molten oasis
#

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

keen karma
#

cant wait for life orb zacian behemoth blade

fallen garden
#

Zacian is just tinkaton with good attack stat

keen karma
#

actually now that i think abt it why do ppl not abuse cloud nine more often

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in restricted formats

orchid falcon
#

probably will on koraidon and flutter teams

keen karma
#

?

orchid falcon
#

just imagine knowing ur gonna win and lead koraidon and flutter with sun, and some rayquaza comes in and ruins it

keen karma
#

no one ever uses cloud nine

orchid falcon
mellow barn
#

Which one would be better? Galarian Weezing or regular one?

lapis plover
#

like how are talking like Stat wise or Design Wise?

next stump
#

Kanto Weezing is usually considered better right now

#

no weakness to Gholdengo and no threat of OHKO from Heatran usually

orchid falcon
#

was speed boost blaziken good?

next stump
#

at least it was in gen 8

keen karma
#

Ah

#

I completely forgot it gets that

eternal kiln
keen karma
eternal kiln
#

Of course

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And an actual flying stab

keen karma
#

holy shit

#

Prolly not better than paonite thi

eternal kiln
#

Damage wise it will be way better. The only difference is that rayquaza is flinchable

keen karma
#

Yea

#

You’re forced to run protect

#

Rayquaza might b back wtf

eternal kiln
#

Well nah, you can go farigiraf with it which is what I think people will actually do

keen karma
#

Yep

eternal kiln
#

Protect with no band I guess can work too

keen karma
#

Rayquaza fari chien rilla

orchid falcon
#

so is speed boost blaziken good?

keen karma
#

Yes

orchid falcon
#

kk i will add it to my dlc team then

keen karma
#

Well we dont know yet

agile tusk
#

Whats considered high ladder on random battles in showdown

next stump
#

I would assume top 500 but I don’t play that format

autumn vault
#

gliscor in ubers, ttar in RU, garchomp UUBL and alolomola, moltres are in OU and lando-t nearly UU wtf is this timeline

orchid falcon
nocturne holly
#

Why do you think I’m cribbing about it?

orchid falcon
#

and might it have some potential in Sv

nocturne holly
#

60 gxe isn’t usually too hard for me to get

mellow barn
# gloomy crescent 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 🤔

gloomy crescent
dapper crag
#
Pokémon No. 110: Weezing-Galar
Types

Poison/Fairy

Abilities

Levitate, Neutralizing Gas, Misty Surge (Hidden)

HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe

65/90/120/85/70/60

Total

490

Base Species

Weezing

gloomy crescent
mellow barn
#

Same stats but more moves but potential weekness

mellow barn
nocturne holly
gloomy crescent
nocturne holly
#

sludge bomb/gunk shot is the most common attacking move on it

#

you could run d gleam on it but 🤷‍♂️

gloomy crescent
#

Because my latias got a super effective hit on it with a psychic move

#

Also it says above poison fairy

nocturne holly
#

bro it’s not that deep 😭

gloomy crescent
#

What

#

I'm just telling em that it's poison fairy

mellow barn
#

Yeah it is, my bad saying it was Psyhic Fairy

#

I have a crazy idea for Tailwind user 👀

gloomy crescent
#

I once thought it was flying fairy

#

Well I thought flying poison first entill I saw that opal used it

mellow barn
next stump
#

Naive nature 👀

gloomy crescent
#

Wai do you have so many poison types?

gloomy crescent
next stump
#

on their pokepaste

gloomy crescent
#

@mellow barn I think you should change it

mellow barn
#

Hmm... Jolly or Adamant?

gloomy crescent
#

Um which ever that raises sp atk and lowers atk

#

Don't ask me nothing else pls I'm sleeping

nocturne holly
# mellow barn Hmm... Jolly or Adamant?

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

nocturne holly
#

It’s very basic, can build off of it if you choose

mellow barn
#

Played few games on showdown, the gliscor toxic orb doesn't work with weezing around Kek

orchid falcon
#

is there a way i could test ymy DLC team on shwodown before it comes out?

karmic temple
#

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

dapper crag
#

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

orchid falcon
#

oh ye i forgot abt that

dapper crag
#

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.

karmic temple
#

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

dapper crag
#

Seems they follow a cycle with nat dex for a year, Home + DLCS next year, restricted for last year

karmic temple
#

More than likely yes

molten oasis
#

Wut up

orchid falcon
worldly gate
#

Yo, so im tryna get into competitive and gotta few questions

  1. Do y’all MOSTLY make ur own builds or copy builds from online?

  2. How do I learn how to make a good team? Training Pokemon, testing them, and revising the builds as you play?

molten oasis
#

What’s everyone up to

molten oasis
#
  1. play rentals
#

If you’re newer you do other people’s spreads

next stump
molten oasis
#

For rentals you can figure out what’s good

dull girder
worldly gate
#

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

dull girder
#

Frfr the rental teams tab here is pretty fire

molten oasis
#

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

worldly gate
molten oasis
#

Sweats

#

I don’t think sweats really exists in vgc

worldly gate
#

Lmaoo

#

Uk what i meant tho. Most of y’all r rly good

molten oasis
#

It’s really just

#

You’re good or you’re new

dull girder
bold geode
worldly gate
molten oasis
worldly gate
molten oasis
#

Yep

bold geode
molten oasis
#

A lot of the time you’ll have to learn how to get through a matchup that’s harder for you

worldly gate
gentle cragBOT
dull girder
#

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.

dapper crag
molten oasis
#

You can try mine if you want, its just harder to pilot

dapper crag
#

Building your team takes time, time you could be playing games and figuring things out

worldly gate
molten oasis
#

Well yea but he’s new lol

#

Rentals are the way to go rn

dapper crag
#

Rentals or just showdown

molten oasis
#

I was dumb, I’ve used a rental like 2 times in my entire career

molten oasis
worldly gate
#

Is that a doubles or singles team?

dapper crag
# molten oasis Both

That wasn't a both statement, I was suggesting or showdown answering your ''rentals are the way to go rn'' lol

molten oasis
#

Ok

molten oasis
nocturne holly
charred saddle
#

mine KEKWCRY

nocturne holly
charred saddle
#

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

dapper crag
#

The Roarin 20s looks good for a beginner

molten oasis
nocturne holly
molten oasis
#

Stfu I noticed

nocturne holly
#

lmao

charred saddle
dull ibex
#

Bruh I'm stupid

#

I have two switches yeah

dapper crag
#

No you're not stupid

dull ibex
#

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 😌

dapper crag
#

That's not stupid lol

charred saddle
#

ive been wanting to have 2 swtich so i can farm raids alone poliwhirlkek

nocturne holly
dull ibex
#

its stupid I didnt consider using both docks sooner

dull ibex
charred saddle
#

yeah, i dont see any reason to change girafe

dapper crag
#

I'm playing with your rental red

nocturne holly
dull ibex
nocturne holly
#

roarin 20s

dapper crag
dull ibex
#

nah Im using a different roarin moon team that has sd ogerpon now though

dapper crag
#

really contemplating roaring moon

dull ibex
#

this is what I use currently

#

made some changes to the weezing

#

like physical based with gunk shot and ghost tera for fake out

dapper crag
#

That's the wolfey team that won tournament (at least the Mons)

charred saddle
#

the paste still had wrong ability and tera red

dapper crag
#

Watching him playing that rn, Weezing looks so good when he uses it

dull ibex
#

yeah its the mons with standard spreads

dapper crag
#

I'm jealous

charred saddle
#

for weezing

dull ibex
#

so it does 🤭

#

btw the pikalytics spread is wasting evs

#

oops nvm no its not

#

mane has tbolt in game

#

but that literally doesnt matter you don't click the fourth move

#

I was comtemplating making it tr tbh

charred saddle
#

i liked the power gem version, most Harc feels safe around flutter

#

and u just ohko it with power gem KEKWlaugh

dull ibex
#

lmao

#

tbolt is good into wellspring, torn, rapid

charred saddle
#

idk if AV, banded dies

dull ibex
#

most are band tbf

charred saddle
#

yep

#

IH likes AV, Rilla too

dull ibex
#

max hp max speed band in my case arkeknine

charred saddle
#

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

next stump
#

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 arkeknine

charred saddle
#

holy fuck that does so much

#

oh HH nvm, but still insane

nocturne holly
charred saddle
#

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

nocturne holly
charred saddle
#

OH HAHAH

nocturne holly
#

also tera fairy flutter fucks me up

charred saddle
#

from ur place, gholdengo feels very strong

nocturne holly
#

thinking of having poison jab, but sucker is really useful

nocturne holly
#

flutter+landot was a really good lead into my team

charred saddle
#

prob like Harc gholdengo lead. rock slide protect to scout the move

dapper crag
nocturne holly
#

no its really good into my team

nocturne holly
#

holy fuck there are so many fucking gimmick teams

charred saddle
#

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

nocturne holly
#

im losing my fucking mind

charred saddle
#

or protect and switch Harc

next stump
#

IMO you really misplayed the turns where your opponent was asleep

#

you played so passively

nocturne holly
#

im getting so fucking annoyed

#

and frustrated

charred saddle
#

take a break ig

nocturne holly
agile tusk
#

Most balanced random battle team😭(still won)

cyan smelt
#

Imo you should've targeted the flutter mane slot since they were switching that a lot

nocturne holly
#

im fucking done

dapper crag
#

Or play a team with 6 Mons that will only click Explosion

nocturne holly
#

im so fucking pissed at this game

dapper crag
#

Do the explosion tem

#

You won't win but it's great

nocturne holly
#

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

cyan smelt
#

Sounds like tilt queuing, take a break

nocturne holly
#

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

charred saddle
#

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

cyan smelt
#

Or play bo3 ladder instead

nocturne holly
#

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

dapper crag
#

What's the team @nocturne holly

#

games get tougher around 1500

#

real tougher

dapper crag
#

Have you tried swapping farigiraf ?

nocturne holly
#

for what

dapper crag
#

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

nocturne holly
#

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

dapper crag
#

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

nocturne holly
#

i really wanted darkshifu on this team

#

but watershifu seems better in almost every away

dapper crag
#

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

nocturne holly
#

i wanna try volt switch hands

#

itll pair really well with amoonguss

molten oasis
#

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

dapper crag
#

Yeah true that Heavy Slam is good for that

true maple
#

im trying to make a fun, unique team revolving around shiftry’s new buff with no legendaries

next stump
#

Pelipper could be your tailwind setter

#

or Murkrow

nocturne holly
#

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

charred saddle
#

talon flame or killowatrel also nice TW setter

cyan smelt
#

Also volbeat or illumise

#

They have prankster as a bonus

charred saddle
#

oh right new dlc mon

molten oasis
#

You already stated your mane matchup is rough, I think you need heavy slam

nocturne holly
#

hmmm

#

Yea ig

near smelt
#

Do y'all get paralysis sometimes while trying to learn to team build?

molten oasis
#

The turns you volt switch can also be turns you could be recovering hp

#

Or getting chip damage

dapper crag
dapper crag
#

The end goal is playing the game and odds you won't build a really good team on your 1st attempt

nocturne holly
molten oasis
#

To deal with mane?

#

I don’t understand

dapper crag
#

With your team 100% improves your matchup into Lando Flutter by a lot

molten oasis
#

Yeaa lando flutter rolls you

#

Atm

dapper crag
#

not with Hands Watershifu though

#

You can pin on lead or force really weird protect

molten oasis
#

If shifu is scarfed yes

dapper crag
#

even sash

molten oasis
#

Or it’s be speed mane with icy wind, that’s unlikely but still

molten oasis
dapper crag
molten oasis
#

Oh right

dapper crag
#

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

nocturne holly
#

Yea landot really fucks me over

dapper crag
#

another option is iron bundle

nocturne holly
#

Thx @dapper crag @molten oasis

gentle cragBOT
nocturne holly
molten oasis
#

Then drop moon (kidding)

nocturne holly
#

I miss darkshifu

#

I’ll test tmr

orchid falcon
#

whats a good EV spread for lando?

dapper crag
#

Basic min/max

weary steeple
#

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 RCry

#

That’s what sneasal has lol.

ember linden
weary steeple
#

How do y’all determine EV spreads personally?

dapper crag
#

Use this copy the popular ones or calc for something more precise

charred saddle
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depends on your team needs. some strat relies on fast and offensive, some want just enough bulk to live certain mons

ember linden
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Just some common mons.

dapper crag
weary steeple
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Yee. I’m trying to find s spread for Weavile just for fun

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I am gonna accept the l for moonblast but if dazzling gleam is survivable

ember linden
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I get it fs

next stump
dapper crag
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Bulky would be this if you go generalist 164 HP / 52 Atk / 68 Def / 4 SpD / 220 Spe

next stump
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that’s the order I typically do

ember linden
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I run amulet bulky lando with my team, completely dif spread.

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What does that one live?

gentle cragBOT
dapper crag
orchid falcon
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is slither wing viable?

green cape
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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

molten oasis
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I did it

molten oasis
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It’s viable, not good

dawn crown
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is it bad to have a whole team only phsyical attackers

molten oasis
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No

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We’re in a very physical heavy format it’s fine

green cape
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so is this vgc or singles

molten oasis
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Mostly VGC but there’s some singles people around

green cape
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oh ok

molten oasis
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The official pokemon discord has more singles players I believe

dapper crag
molten oasis
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I can spell

molten oasis
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Most teams rn really only run 1 or 2 in the first place

dapper crag
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They're not purely physical

molten oasis
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Being flutter mostly

molten oasis
dapper crag
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Free fodder for intimidate cycling

molten oasis
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Moon shifu hands rilla waterpon and chien pao is a thing

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I saw once

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Firepon rilla shifu chien dnite and Lando is also a thing I’ve seen

dapper crag
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Rule of thumbs, always run 1 special attacker

molten oasis
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It’s not unheard of

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Agreed

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Helps with the specially weak mons like shifu

dawn crown
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because my only sp attacker is iron bundle but im considering to change it to chien pao

molten oasis
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Can we see a paste?

dawn crown
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this is my first team

molten oasis
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