#competitive_discussion

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supple ether
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Oh yeah I saw that vid

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Regenerator+lifedew/blessing+hospitality seems like a synergy waiting to be abused at a high level

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Since its not stat boost based either, crits wont solve it (entirely)

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Or so me thinks

mighty stump
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Yer

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Strong natural resists to Urshifu make it a hard bring

rain cedar
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Which is better Shiny Brute Bonnet on my Team or Shiny Hisuian Zoroark

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I need answers quick

mighty stump
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This isn't competitively relevant

rain cedar
mighty stump
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It isnt lol

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Are you playing this for Ranked ladder? What's the rest of your competitive team? Whats the rest of the sets

rain cedar
mighty stump
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Sure, where is the paste

rain cedar
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Oh yeah I don't understand that sorry

mighty stump
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Doubles or Singles

rain cedar
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Hmm Double

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But still which is stronger Brute Bonnet or Hisuian Zoroark?

mighty stump
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Depends on what matchups youre struggling with

rain cedar
mighty stump
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You probably also need some level of speed control with that team

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Bonnet probably will just end up being defensive and I'd rather just run Amoonguss over Bonnet

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Otherwise mirror Iron Hands/Lando-T/Urshifu can be rough

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It does have a niche over Amoonguss being a dark type

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Therefore Prankster won't hurt it from Torn, but Torn will just click Bleakwind

rain cedar
mighty stump
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I mean

rain cedar
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Oh

mighty stump
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You came from #sv_discussion with a team that seemingly is built for in-game

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And youre not running Urshifu

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Im mentioning the opposing

rain cedar
dapper crag
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Pokémon No. 6: Charizard
Types

Fire/Flying

Abilities

Blaze, Solar Power (Hidden)

HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe

78/84/78/109/85/100

Total

534

Other Formes

Charizard-Mega-X, Charizard-Mega-Y

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Pokémon No. 157: Typhlosion
Type

Fire

Abilities

Blaze, Flash Fire (Hidden)

HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe

78/84/78/109/85/100

Total

534

Other Formes

Typhlosion-Hisui

nocturne holly
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“Dry age drago” 💀

bold geode
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Wet Age Drago

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@molten oasis @dull ibex wtf are y'all doing in VC

mighty stump
smoky hawk
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I dropped Leer on tornadus for icy wind. Good results have followed

bold geode
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I played monkey trap beat in there for like 10 minutes and just nothing

bold geode
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Lmao

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Naw monkey trap beat is my national anthem

keen karma
chrome knot
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what on earth are you cooking for urshifu

keen karma
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honestly it doesnt even need fire tera blast now with armadd

bold geode
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The tera blast Fire Shifu lmao

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Like idk if it's cooking or not

keen karma
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i saw it on a japanese tourney team

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it was pretty cool so i thought id give it a try

bold geode
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Yeah I know that
It's kinda not like the worst idea

keen karma
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although this isnt the exact moveset i dont think

chrome knot
keen karma
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im not running scarf bcuz im playing off of tr/tw

bold geode
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I know one guy who actually somehow uses a 0IV speed Urshifu in Hard TR and it's tera fire SD

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With Mystic

keen karma
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yeah thats fire

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although how tf do you get a 0 iv shifu in game without wanting to die

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that's strictly a showdown team

charred saddle
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monke, the most weird set ive seen thus far is choice scarfed tera blast poison urshifu

charred saddle
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it is so dumb that i checked if its water and not dark

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the tera blast option, and its water

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not dark

bold geode
keen karma
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actually poison is prolly better than fire overall

charred saddle
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reg C?

bold geode
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Yeah

charred saddle
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didnt play that time poliwhirlkek

i literally started reg E kekwhands

bold geode
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Even though like
Just hit it with any Electric move it's not that hard
Unless it teras, it's gonna die

keen karma
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i actually think scarf tera poison shifu is good

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but you probably want to run rain

charred saddle
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but electric blast sounds doodoo

bold geode
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But yeah in Reg C, there were people who were so scared of Gyarados

keen karma
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actually

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tera fire tera blast shifu on sun teams might be cooking

mellow barn
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today for long time, I got myself some pokemon cards Kek

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Been playing too much Roaring Moon EX deck that I kinda wanna run Roaring Moon on VCG 🤔

keen karma
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cool

feral ledge
keen karma
mighty stump
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Bundle can't really deal with TTar great, but id be concerned about Gastro/Sandy/non-scarf Lando

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Nothing here actually benefits off Sand aside from Ttar/Arcanine

charred saddle
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chi yu flutter lead?
as the opposing

keen karma
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what does ttar do to it

charred saddle
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nvm theres Harc

mighty stump
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252 SpA Iron Bundle Hydro Pump vs. 4 HP / 4 SpD Assault Vest Tyranitar in Sand: 84-98 (47.7 - 55.6%) -- 78.9% chance to 2HKO

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252+ Atk Tyranitar Rock Slide vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Iron Bundle: 98-116 (74.8 - 88.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after sandstorm damage

keen karma
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wtf

charred saddle
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holy shmokes AV ttar tanky

mighty stump
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R yall forgetting Sand boosts SpDef

charred saddle
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i do remember that, forgot that it stacks with AV

keen karma
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tbh i thought it was defense

keen karma
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or roaring is a better pick

mighty stump
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I had a similar idea to running Moon with Psyspam hybrid wise but within execution it feels less great

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If you want a hybrid team there was a released one with Weakness Policy Armadd

keen karma
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which tourney

mighty stump
keen karma
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oh so this is more hard tr centered

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why eq on roaring

charred saddle
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to trigger WP endure WA arm

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same as ursa i g

near crag
orchid falcon
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ik Iron jugulis is bad

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But i just wanna know

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has it EVER got ANY usage in gen 9 VGC?

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like in reg A?

next stump
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it placed pretty well in a couple Reg B regionals

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Wolfey used it

next stump
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most TR setters are weak to dark

near crag
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how about inside tr?

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torkoal and ursaluna are big threats

charred saddle
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amoonguss can help in TR ig, tera water then spore?

mighty stump
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So yea

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Tailwind/Snarl was very nice at the time

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and not having the x4 weakness, it acted like a faster Hydreigon

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Flying coverage appreciated

next stump
near crag
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is it viable to get a "trick room unsetter", or something that makes it not work, like endure?

next stump
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the best option would be running a pokemon with imprison and trick room

mighty stump
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Alternatively, get comfortable with resetting TR using your own TR mon instead of telegraphing a denier

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That or having a mode that cna work against common TR matchups

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That way you don't have to run a dedicated Imprisoner, which can sometimes feel like youre sacrificng other matchups

near crag
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is tera poison sinistcha a good option? because my plan is to use it instead of amoonguss, but it would make me lack poison coverage. Is it viable?

charred saddle
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why are you going tera poison? for tera blast option?

mighty stump
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Amoonguss doesn't run Poison coverage anyways

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So the point is moot

charred saddle
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yeah i dont get the point on poison tera

keen karma
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honestly i might just start running roar to get rid of booster buffs

near crag
mighty stump
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Yeah but are you worried about stat boosts or do you want real coverage

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No harm in running Sludge Bomb

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Since Sinistcha really wants its 4 moveslots for alternative moves

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That aren't Tera Blast

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Especially since its typing mainly beats Urshifu-RS very nicely

chrome knot
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was fun af lol

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someone on showdown told me to end it all and that the game always babies r words :3

keen karma
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articuno is such a nuisance i might just use it on a team

fallen rivet
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Rank 10 sobpog sobpog sobpog

sleek oxide
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Is it possible for someone to make a rental team based on my pokemon showdown team?

next stump
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that’s a lot of resources hahah

karmic temple
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If you’re donating all the vitamins

keen karma
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good av harc set?

sleek oxide
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I just wanna see if it has a working chance in game just as much as it does on showdown

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The reason I can't do it myself is because there's a pokemon on the team which I don't have access to since it's an event pokemon and I got the game after the event

charred saddle
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event mon? are you talking on doubles?

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i dont remember any event mon allowed yet in vgc(?)

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like at least walking wake or leaves

karmic temple
nocturne holly
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what’s poppin

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What do I cook next
What Mon

karmic temple
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Fezandipiti 🤭

nocturne holly
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maybe

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what does fezan offer
just tw and icy wind and chance of poison?

charred saddle
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the draft team i made with fezan uses sludge bomb/wave (the special one) dgleam and nasty plot protect KEKWCRY

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budget fluttermane

lofty tartan
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You guessed it, Cigar xD

nocturne holly
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the only thing it does is poison

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ok so I think I’ll either cook hatterene or regidrago

dapper crag
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[Latest Gen] Hatterene
Expanding Force
  • when transferred from Generation 8
nocturne holly
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can hat use e force in gen 9 vgc?

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I wanna cook clops hat bm ursa

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why isn’t specs ursa used more? Cuz of not being able to use blood moon in succession?

fallen rivet
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Yo what’s a good support Ogerpon spread

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Because it popped off last game but was dangerously close to dying

nocturne holly
next stump
fallen rivet
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Yep

fallen rivet
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Ty

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I’m two wins away from master ball tier so hopefully this helps

dull ibex
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Yer

fallen rivet
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(Also should probably actually properly ev my flutter mane since it’s been defensive this whole time without realizing it)

silver ravine
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For a bulky offense team, would Corviknight or Kingambit be better? I'm leaning towards Corviknight as it's less of a pain to get, and I can always run Tailwind on it.

bold geode
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Did you fall asleep too

dull ibex
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hm?

molten oasis
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Red I think we both passed out in vc last night

dull ibex
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I think fell asleep in vc tbh

dull ibex
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yeah I was woken up by people coming saying hi and leacing

molten oasis
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Lol

dull ibex
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then i dipped and slept again

next stump
dull ibex
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for both

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kingambit is pretty dominant in OU iirc

silver ravine
next stump
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what do you mean

silver ravine
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It's a game of selecting sucker punch and hoping your opponent attacks that turn

next stump
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that’s not really tossing a coin though

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you can usually tell when they’re going to attack and also have a good idea of when they’re pressured enough by it that they need to either protect or switch

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plus Kingambit is more so on those teams to dissuade intimidate pokémon and to punish things like Gholdengo

vapid hedge
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Yeah sucker punch is not really a cointoss

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That would be like saying protect is a cointoss

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it will always be a % chance that you wont protect anything, but its a matter of calculations, not cointossing

bold geode
keen karma
silver ravine
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I might've just been misusing it then.

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Sucks that I already have a heavy ball Rookidee, but I have a lot of aprimons so getting a heavy ball Pawniard shouldn't be too hard

karmic temple
nocturne holly
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what do you get with roodt

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I’d rather have it get koed after speed controlling to free up a slot

karmic temple
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More time on the field after 1/2 icy winds you’re faster than most things

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Bulky fez sticks around for a while if it’s not focused or one shot

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The only downside is doodoo damage and praying for rng to land poison

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I will say it’s fun to read a scarfed stomping tantrum into it then Tera flying

hollow fossil
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So I fogor, if I have a power bracer and ko an attack-ev mon, how many attack evs will they give me?

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Trying to specifically give 208 to one of my mons

karmic temple
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8+whatever base ev the mon has

dapper crag
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I need ideas, I want to build a nice team around Heatran as a win condition

unique gyro
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How do you guys cope when RNG is fucking you really hard? I missed air slash, a 95% accuracy move twice. And this mother fucker hits every single hydro pump and focus miss he throws at me.

next stump
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I think the two best Heatran teams right now are the Roaring Moon balance teams (Moon + Amoonguss + Heatran + Hands + Lando-T + Flutter) or the Farigarif & Chien-Pao/Dragonite teams

next stump
unique gyro
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I’m ready to buy a new set of joycons after I throw them out the window.

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And a new window. The window was closed.

dapper crag
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Mental toughness is a great skill to develop in competitive environment

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A lot of good players don't have what it takes to cope with high stress and end up not performing as well as they could in pro sport/e-sport

unique gyro
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No matter how well set up I am and how many good reads I make, all it takes is one lucky crit fake out into crit sucker punch to ruin my entire existence.

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Unfortunate

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Doesn’t began to describe my series

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This game rewards blind luck and nothing else

next stump
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I think that’s just the frustration speaking

dapper crag
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One big thing I've noticed is that I think I made the best reads but I could have done so much better in all my losses but 1 so far (out of 60 games total)

next stump
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If you really do think that, I think VGC just isn’t your game

dapper crag
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I play 4-5 games, review them. Really help improving my consistency and covering for optimal plays

unique gyro
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Nah I’m just upset. I love the game tho. I love the toxic relationship we have. I enjoy the abuse

keen karma
willow vault
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You know what I’ve enjoyed using recently, rh Salamence with roost, it’s really solid

dapper crag
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Yeah CTS is what I play

fallen rivet
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What’s ots

dapper crag
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Open or Closed Team Sheet

fallen rivet
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Ah

dapper crag
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The real ladder is not using the team sheet

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it's only a thing for tournaments and the bo3 one, I don't like having the option on showdown

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I don't design my teams for my opponent to know I'm not Tera Blast Landorus lol

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You get to discover the Choice Band after you lose one Mon

nocturne holly
dapper crag
mighty stump
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CTS is so pointless for anything beyond ladder heroing

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Its like winning a boxing match with a nut punch before the bell rings

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Pokemon is at its best when the field is level so the plays rooted in informational deduction display real skill expression

dapper crag
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You can make proper reads on CTS

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Not like VGC was played on OTS in the past decade

mighty stump
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You’re misunderstanding what I’m saying

dapper crag
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Paul Ruiz got it right

mighty stump
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Stealing an advantage based off cheese is a lot easier than having to make solid plays when your opponent has equal information

karmic temple
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If anyone asked me for OTS on showdown I immediately deny it bc I’m usually using a meme team and need the surprises to go off

mighty stump
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I can make proper reads CTS or not and so can any good player

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Doesn’t make the setting better relative to the alternative option

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As if saying traditional medical practices in the past were fine because it helped when modern medicine now exists

dapper crag
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OTS is only for tournaments/events, they say it likely is something to help with tera shenanigans

karmic temple
mighty stump
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even without “copy/paste” teams

nocturne holly
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I’ve almost been playing vgc for a year 😭
I took like a 4-5 month break but still

dapper crag
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nice how do you like it so far ?

next stump
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OTS is fucking miles better for tournaments

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I ran thunder wave + trick iron ball grimmsnarl back in gen 8 like a little cheeser

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I won every single game one in that regional hahaha

dapper crag
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your opponent was adapting in the Bo3 though right ?

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which is a nice expression of skill in itself

mighty stump
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Might as well cut to the chase and check who the better player is from the get go

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You remove the pointless variance over hidden advantages that even some more network inclined players can scout ahead of time anyways

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OTS levels the playing field

willow vault
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I like open team sheet, it just feels more fun. Like it’s not completely blind on whether my opponent has a proper team or just stuff I would never predict that then works, which is still on me to pay attention for cheese but in general I like open team sheet

dapper crag
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so OTS official ladder when ? will it be the standard in gen 10 ?

mighty stump
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Who knows

dapper crag
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Who ?

willow vault
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No-one knows but don’t think so

mighty stump
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Its still better now even if it is a consequence of unable to lock battle boxes/teras

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and VGC is whatever The Pokemon Company wants it to be

dapper crag
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so if they don't think it's worth they would remove it

willow vault
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Which is whatever makes the most money

dapper crag
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or not implement it

mighty stump
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Perhaps, but basing your opinion on what Pokemon thinks is worth competitively is a metric I wouldn’t want to follow

dapper crag
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I just play the game

mighty stump
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Judge the dealt hand through my own perspective rather than their decisions

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Clearly

dapper crag
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I like the double battles, I will play them in gen 10

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VGC is fun

willow vault
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I’ve seen what they did to splatoon tournaments, I am not trusting Nintendo to make open team sheet

mighty stump
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Who wouldn’t, doesn’t mean people can’t view what is their preference for the hobby’s future

willow vault
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The fact they decided turf war was good for tournaments is beyond me

dapper crag
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I like it, fun way to involve the brain in Pokemon

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Building a team for VGC is so rewarding

willow vault
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Agreed

dull ibex
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its not nintendo

dapper crag
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making a team around Heatran right now

willow vault
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Just question do any mystic water Urshifu run max attack?

dull ibex
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yes this matters, Pokemon company handles pokemom stuff

willow vault
dapper crag
dull ibex
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what nintendo does isnt necessarily what TPCI will do

willow vault
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Fair

dull ibex
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that being said they like a mix of comp and casual

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so ots is not going to happen on ladder

willow vault
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I wonder what the gimmick for next generation will be?

dull ibex
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and gimmicks wont go away either

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and there not going to impliment stuff like showdown officially either sadly

willow vault
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I think it would be funny if next gen the gimmick is dynamax but your Pokémon become small

dapper crag
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Showdown is the other way around

dull ibex
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as much as gamefreak is bolstering comp, pokemon isnt a comp focused game

dapper crag
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They follow what the games are and mimic it into a simulator + some added formats

dull ibex
dapper crag
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Showdown is not official

dull ibex
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yeah?....

mighty stump
dull ibex
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what about showdown not being official?

willow vault
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Ok, it was for calcing with salamence

dapper crag
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everything, showdown is not part of the official pokemon company from what I learned

dull ibex
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yeah

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its fan simulator

dapper crag
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but they try to be very respectful of all Mon statline

dull ibex
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yes they mimic the games almost perfectly

mighty stump
dapper crag
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and do all the right stuff to make it as if you were playing battles

dull ibex
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I want a teambuilder within dlc or something

dapper crag
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showdown is great ngl, you can play games and test your skills in fan-made regulated formats

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I'm having a blast with random battles

mighty stump
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Never anything otherwise

dull ibex
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yeah thats kinda what I implied

dapper crag
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random battles is so wild I love them

mighty stump
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A straight up teambuilder is never going to happen

dull ibex
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this is a want, no chance they actually do it

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gimmick less vgc with a teambuilder is what I WANT

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but that is never going to happen because pokemon isnt comp focused

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theres a reason other clones do it and pokemon doesnt

dapper crag
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isn't the teambuilder the game itself ?

dull ibex
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I want to freely edit my iv and evs without a resource

dapper crag
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like you can build your team with the game or I'm not getting what you say

dull ibex
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and moveset

dapper crag
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ha ok you want a battle factory sort of

dull ibex
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I want the showdown teambuilder but in cart

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but like tofu said its just never going to happen

dapper crag
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You can generate Pokemons into the game it seems

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someone was talking about that on another discord, some players got banned from an event because they did this

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that's what you get for being lazy ha ha

dull ibex
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we can't really talk about genning here

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personally speaking with no judgement though, not my thing

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that's all we should say

dapper crag
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they got banned for doing it

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I'm not allowed to say this ???

dull ibex
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youre allowed to say that but its a hot topic that leads to discourse and its better to just not talk about genning

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I do trade for my mons and teras alot

molten oasis
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Anyone got spare water shards

mighty stump
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Genning warrants no competitive advantage and the topic in itself is in line with things that go against discord ToS

dull ibex
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you'

mighty stump
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With us being a partnered server, we play on the safe side

molten oasis
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I’m in a hurry my game crashed and I lost ALL of them

dull ibex
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you are not allowed to premote it right?

dapper crag
mighty stump
dull ibex
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sorry my keyboard is small and i hit enter accidentally

mighty stump
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Its just excessive discussion of that sort of thing, how to do it, etc

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same goes for emulators, for example

dull ibex
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tutorials on how to will get you insta banned from most places tbh

dapper crag
dull ibex
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for emulators and genning

dapper crag
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Let's drop it then lol

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No point in talking about that it appears

dull ibex
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I believe tpci has gotten harder on players for doing it because its illegal in japan?

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im pretty sure its illegal in japan

mighty stump
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Cheating is illegal, yes

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Otherwise

dull ibex
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yeah that's why then

mighty stump
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No

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Nothing has changed outside of Japan

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Lol

dull ibex
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I think they operate with the laws of japan in mind

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or im wrong and spreading misinformation

mighty stump
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That’s because they were within the country

dull ibex
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fair

molten oasis
dull ibex
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rentals are poggers

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they should allow rentals more tbh

dapper crag
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you can find rentals in this discord section named rental_teams

molten oasis
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I’m in a tournament that starts rn that doesn’t allow rentals

dapper crag
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also a lot are shared on CybertronVGC channel

molten oasis
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No rental is running what I’m running either so

mighty stump
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Pretty sure Spicy should be playing as well

molten oasis
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Me panicking to get water and poison shards, hopefully I can get them

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Thanks game for CRASHING

mighty stump
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Prog and Yotam are playing too

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Neat

molten oasis
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Yea it’ll be fun

dapper crag
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where do you guys find these tournaments ? I might want to see how well I can do start of 2024

keen karma
dapper crag
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They're lazy

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Getting real Mons takes time

dull ibex
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im back everyone

keen karma
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Hi red

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Help me test teams pls 🙏

dull ibex
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why did i announce? idk

dull ibex
keen karma
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I need to play in the next tommy tuesday

dull ibex
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or a friendly?

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I can do a friendly

dapper crag
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what is tommy tuesday ?

keen karma
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Tournament tour

keen karma
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After i solidify a team

dapper crag
mighty stump
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and warrants again, no difference

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My personal stake is none, because of said lack of difference

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I can have someone buy me a car or build one myself the end result still requires me to have a license to drive it

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doesn’t change my driving

dapper crag
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and having a license doesn't make you good at driving lmao

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so much bad drivers on the road smh

mighty stump
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So in fact the whole “lazy” point of the argument is also padded by arbitrary process when majority of the real work for VGC doesn’t even take place in game

dull ibex
dull ibex
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oops tofu is making the same argument lmao

dapper crag
dull ibex
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right but that isnt the argument

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it being cheating doesnt matter

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you are saying its lazy, why does it matter if pokemon is a turn based rpg anyways

dapper crag
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then it's not an argument

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just how I think of them

dull ibex
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I think that mindset is a little short sighted tbh

dapper crag
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i think genning is lazy, I'm someone who breeds for shiny lol

dull ibex
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that's good for you is my mindset

dapper crag
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should just not talk about this though, don't want bad stuff

dull ibex
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ig

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shiny breeding is wild

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I wish I could be asked

dapper crag
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only way to get some reliably rn

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even with the new easy methods, can't fetch wild starters

dull ibex
#

I dont bother with shinies outside of a few

dapper crag
#

a lot of good VGC Mons are easy to get shiny for

dull ibex
#

like?

dapper crag
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a lot

dull ibex
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ig flutter is easy to hunt

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so is hands

dapper crag
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gholdengo, iron hands, flutter mane, amoonguss, arcanine, iron bundle, roaring moon

dull ibex
#

gholdengo is not easy to shiny hunt

dapper crag
#

never talked about hunting them

karmic temple
#

You cannot shiny hunt gholdengo ? It was only available from event

dapper crag
#

just had to spam the event on someone who were resetting them

dull ibex
#

^

karmic temple
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Sorry I just jumped in I didn’t read

dull ibex
#

that isnt easy though

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you have to get into those which are heavily populated

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and you can't anymore its probably the rarest shiny in SV rn

dapper crag
#

Rare ? Easiest shiny I ever caught in SV

dull ibex
#

yes rare

dapper crag
#

Litterally had to wait for someone else to find a seed

dull ibex
#

you have to catch and evolve the gimmighoul

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the coins are a pain and its an event that isnt on going

karmic temple
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It was only easy bc you joined someone else’s shiny raid ?

dull ibex
#

yes

dapper crag
dull ibex
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then you have to date skip yeah?

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thats another barrier

dapper crag
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small barrier when you consider I've hatched 2000 eggs for a stupid Rillaboom I haven't yet found

dull ibex
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we arent talking about you though

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general rarity

feral ledge
dapper crag
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nice

mighty stump
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Steel Tera Blast is so odd

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Its probably preferably to take advantage of not having to deal with Intim drops and go Tera Blast Fly

dull ibex
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4JV5KmjnxQ so easy pokemon isnt skill based at all 😎

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dapper crag
#

some games do feel not skill bases lol

feral ledge
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I am thinking about different Tera types but if I Tera out of steel, ground, or rock it loses its sandstorm benefits

mighty stump
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Especially since you have 3 other mons with Steel coverage

dapper crag
#

they end so quick sometimes

mighty stump
dull ibex
#

I think with pure HO the skill is leading right

mighty stump
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Avoiding the 1/16 chip isn’t worth losing out on other benefits imo

dull ibex
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team preview is a skill 🙂

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sorry for clogging chat tofu

mighty stump
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TTar teams don’t need to all be immune to sand

mighty stump
keen karma
feral ledge
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True any suggestions? Pikalytics don’t give Tera analytics

keen karma
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I wanna run pult

dull ibex
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this team specifically doyle is meant to be easy as sin to run

dapper crag
dull ibex
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it kinda is relative

keen karma
#

The best way to make harc easy to run is to run rock blast

dapper crag
mighty stump
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Or some run defensive Water and your Tera Blast becomes U-Turn. But CA is meant to account for opposing Landos so your Tera Blast remains to do a significant amount

dull ibex
#

rock slide over and over and over is simple enough lmao

dapper crag
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look tera types on pikalytics

keen karma
dapper crag
dull ibex
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btw showdown on pikalytics is not tera

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its cart that shows tera for me

nocturne holly
keen karma
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Genuinely pika needs to change that

dapper crag
#

yeah showdown is not a pokemon so no tera xD

nocturne holly
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name the team relative

dull ibex
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I meant that ho is easy to run relative to balance or stall

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but in of itself takes a bit of vgc knowledge

mighty stump
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Its linear

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Linear

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The word is Linear

dull ibex
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yes thank you linear

nocturne holly
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I thought you meant that as a substitute of meta

dull ibex
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different skills are used imo

dapper crag
#

yeah vgc is linear

dull ibex
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no hyper offense is linear

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vgc in general is not linear

nocturne holly
#

linear

dapper crag
#

i find it very linear

keen karma
dull ibex
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this team is designed by THATSA to be easy to use for a new player and have nothing but good leads

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so your gameplans are often setup in team select imo

dull ibex
dapper crag
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what ?

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no I mean learning feels very linear

dull ibex
#

????????

mighty stump
#

Its a subjective thing Red

dapper crag
#

i doubt you can judge who I play xD

keen karma
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Guys lets chill

dull ibex
#

I just dont know what he meant by learning is linear

dapper crag
#

''progressing from one stage to another in a single series of steps; sequential''

mighty stump
#

In general however one accrues knowledge is subjective

dull ibex
#

alright

dapper crag
#

i put meta mons together

mighty stump
dapper crag
#

i record my games (especially why I lose) with who I brought

mighty stump
#

So in general, lets just move on

dapper crag
#

I review my games after 4-5

dull ibex
#

I think harc has been a missing piece for HO

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it feels so good to run idk what it is

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Im glad ive been enjoying HO again

dapper crag
mighty stump
#

Mayhaps

dull ibex
#

tbh I just meant lower ranked games are more linear because less expirenced players

mighty stump
#

There is also some truth to low quality matches when you’re not in the top 1000 or so of Masterball

mighty stump
#

So bad is the wrong term

dull ibex
#

I worded it alot more hostile then I meant

keen karma
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Im gonna run 2-2-2 to reach top 500

mighty stump
dull ibex
#

im also in lower rated games atm

keen karma
#

Honestly

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I could’ve prolly run 2-2-2

dull ibex
mighty stump
#

Not everything is that deep

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Yeah

dull ibex
#

I was chilling but I see I came across really mad

keen karma
#

Do evs transfer through home

dull ibex
#

I don't words well

mighty stump
#

Last I remember

dull ibex
#

EVs do transfer through home

dapper crag
#

vgc is fun, good vibes

mighty stump
#

Movesets don’t

dull ibex
nocturne holly
#

Fr

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vgc is a vibe

dull ibex
#

only game I take fully seriously

karmic temple
#

San Antonio regional attendees are we excited or ?

keen karma
dapper crag
#

you should try chess

mighty stump
dapper crag
#

only games, not teambuilding

dull ibex
#

who me ray?

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I don't like chess at all

dapper crag
#

it's for anyone

nocturne holly
dapper crag
#

chess is the ultimate brain game

dull ibex
#

I like pokemon being approachable but complex

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I dont find chess approachable

nocturne holly
#

it’s so much to take in
Like I have decent intuition in chess I would say

keen karma
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I luv chess

nocturne holly
#

1v1 me nerd

keen karma
mighty stump
#

I love the Spaghetti 2-1 Defense

dull ibex
#

im not willing too personally

mighty stump
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Or whatever

nocturne holly
#

see like wtf does that mean

mighty stump
#

The Napoleon Advance

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Uhh

nocturne holly
#

it’s very hard to get into

dull ibex
#

tofu is a giga nerd

nocturne holly
#

from an outside perspective

mighty stump
#

The Beethoven Assassination

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Mfers when they didn’t Beethoven Assassination my Great Wall of France

dull ibex
#

im also just not smart enough for chess

keen karma
dapper crag
#

want a real fun name, fried liver attack

mighty stump
#

I just play Fool’s Mate and win and refuse to elaborate

nocturne holly
keen karma
mighty stump
#

I just play TFT

dull ibex
#

tofu you should teach me TFT

dapper crag
#

it's game theory basically

dull ibex
#

BUT HEY THATS JUST A THEORY

dapper crag
#

like calling hands flutter opening barbaric intents

keen karma
#

😬

mighty stump
#

Now TFT

dull ibex
#

based

nocturne holly
#

And it feels very adaptive
like how do you set up an endgame when each games is so wildly different

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what is tft

dull ibex
#

team fight tactics

nocturne holly
#

ah

dull ibex
#

league of legends autochess

keen karma
dull ibex
#

League is fun

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overhated because of its community

mighty stump
dull ibex
#

im definitely more of a unite player

mighty stump
#

Inplayed for a long enough tome

keen karma
#

Its community isnt even that toxic in my book

dapper crag
mighty stump
#

I prefer my peace with agency

keen karma
#

Valorant comm fucking sux

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And the game sux

nocturne holly
#

I wanna get into Val

mighty stump
#

TFT is better since im in sole control

nocturne holly
#

Val looks fun

keen karma
#

Its like 1 new thing every few months and shit games until you can carry yourself

dull ibex
#

tofu im thinking about swapping back to absurdly bulky flutter

keen karma
#

Its depression simulator

nocturne holly
#

Fortnite looks like shit

next stump
#

league ranked community is prettyyyyy ass

keen karma
mighty stump
dapper crag
#

also on another topic, gonna look to interview competitive players for my thesis in about 2 months or so

keen karma
dull ibex
#

fortnite is the best shooter on the market imo

next stump
#

it feels like most games have a rager or griefer on one side

dapper crag
#

which is about game theory in turn based games

keen karma
#

Actually val and lol prolly have the exact same types of communities

dull ibex
nocturne holly
#

ok but it’s Fortnite

dull ibex
#

I think epic games deserved the truck load of money they make from it

nocturne holly
#

like
it’s Fortnite

mighty stump
#

Fortnite is a game more hated for its community and association rather than the game itself

keen karma
#

I mean fortnite is fun

dull ibex
#

he community is annoying as shit

keen karma
#

Fortnite comm isnt even that bad compared to most games

nocturne holly
#

building looks weird

dull ibex
#

alot of kids

nocturne holly
#

Never played it tho

dull ibex
#

zero build is my main game mode

dapper crag
#

aren't kids playing pokemon too ?

mighty stump
#

I don’t play, but I know about no build mode

dull ibex
#

pokemon leans adult iirc

nocturne holly
#

vgc does

keen karma
mighty stump
#

Pokemon is meant for all ages

dull ibex
#

or atleast teen to adults

next stump
keen karma
#

They’re surprisingly not toxic

dapper crag
#

cause if you look at demographics for fortnite, young adults do play it a lot

dull ibex
#

I meant the active playerbase

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not target demo

nocturne holly
#

Vgc player base is pretty w

keen karma
#

Yeah like i said not really that bad

dull ibex
#

r6 and cod are vastly worse then fortnite

dapper crag
#

2/3 of fortnite playerbase is 18-24

dull ibex
#

wait is it really?

dapper crag
#

well from the data I know yes

dull ibex
#

is it because the playerbase is growing up with it?

dapper crag
#

might be +/- 5-10 % but still would be 55-75 %

dull ibex
#

I still think ITS ALOT of kids

mighty stump
#

I mean

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Gaming is more mainstream than ever

dull ibex
#

but because fortnite is also still one of the biggest games rn

mighty stump
#

So

dapper crag
#

like kids are on roblox

dull ibex
#

ever really, one of the biggest ever

mighty stump
#

Anything free is gonna have a bigger demographic of kids too

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Valo/Fortnite/League whatever

dull ibex
#

Im sad I hated fortnite for so long tbh

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I was mad it was popular and kids enjoyed it too

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now that i play sometimes its genuinely a fun shooter

nocturne holly
keen karma
nocturne holly
#

Fr

dull ibex
#

yeah I stopped being a gatekeepy ass, and learned to just enjoy a game for the game

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it took me way too long to learn that

nocturne holly
#

Yea I can see that

dapper crag
#

I don't want to school anyone about this, but I know my demographics pretty darn well since I'm submitting prep for my thesis about that... and fortnite is one of the most played games in the world. As of september 23, Roblox is where you find most kids by a huge gap

dull ibex
#

yeah roblox is suprisingly huge

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isnt it having its peak now?

nocturne holly
#

it’s not a game its an experience 🤓

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The marketing provides to a huge variety of ages
They shifted from games to “experiences” and voice chat

dull ibex
#

roblox is an engine

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always was one.

nocturne holly
#

go home nerd /j

dull ibex
#

a damn good one too, battlebit is the best shooter of this year and was made in roblox

nocturne holly
#

some graphics are really fucking good

dapper crag
#

no matter how you approach the model, it still outshines every other ''engine''

nocturne holly
#

frontlines is insane
I’m personally a big paintball pro 🤷‍♂️

dull ibex
#

I dont play roblox unless its multiplayer fnaf with a buddy of mine

dapper crag
#

kids gaming on fortnite is a big big myth

dull ibex
#

fair

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I just assumed because my baby brother and his friends play fortnite

dapper crag
#

what's their age ?

dull ibex
#

almost 13

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so I assume he is hanging out with kids around that age

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Oh btw I use kid and minor interchangably

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its not correct but I wont stop lmao

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I do know plenty of adults around my age play fortnite as well though

nocturne holly
#

baby brother made me think like 7 😭

dull ibex
#

some of my friends play it too

dull ibex
nocturne holly
#

Fortnite caters to a large audience e

nocturne holly
dull ibex
#

tbf alot of kids play call of duty and that is catering to adults specifically

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I dont take age rating into account

nocturne holly
#

I recently just moved and the outlook on Fortnite here is way different

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like it’s heavily liked here
Where I was before it was really hated on

dapper crag
dull ibex
#

true that

dapper crag
#

like if age rating ever stopped a kid from playing a ''mature'' game

dull ibex
#

I played gta and cod as a child

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they were not made for me for sure LMAO

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and now I play children's games sometimes LMAO

#

oh man speaking of shooters

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Splatoon is also one of the best shooters on the market

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criminally underappericated

dapper crag
#

the game that has been the most surprising from game theory analysis recent few years is league of legends

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I think VGC/Smogon has some potential hidden

dull ibex
#

elaborate?

dapper crag
#

You know how they make tiers for specific metagames that dates like... 10-15 years+ sometimes

dull ibex
#

mhm

dapper crag
#

Why is that ? What's the reasoning behind valuing that Pokemon as a S+ and that Pokemon as an A

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There has to be some metrics defining them, even if they're not clearly layed out

dull ibex
#

oh its usage

dapper crag
#

not just usage

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that's one of them

dull ibex
#

on showdown im pretty sure its just usage

#

ubers
Ou
Uu
right?

dapper crag
#

no cause you can ask different players (with proper mmr/results backing them)

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and they will value different things in how they rate specific Mons (I'm not talking about a specific tier, just all of them)

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game theory is a broader approach, you're not looking at only one format, it's the whole game

dull ibex
#

oh yeah vgc and smogon are super super subjective it is interesting

dapper crag
#

but you end up with same results asking most players

#

so you can take out the subjectivity (most of it) if you gather enough data for a specific format/metagame through metrics, analysis, opinions and theory

keen karma
#

time to run talon

dapper crag
#

I'm still awaiting approval by my supervisor, but if I get the green light, 2024 is gonna be a heck of a year for me. Gonna try and interview a bunch of competitive players from selected formats (including VGC)

dull ibex
#

based

keen karma
#

dude talon is kinda cooking

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but it forces tera 🤦

nocturne holly
#

the only thing cooking is me and my fucking frozen chicken patties

#

put me on master chef goddamn

karmic temple
#

@nocturne holly GOOD LUCK AGAINST TIMMY

#

was about to workout then saw you pop on his stream

summer shore
#

Old metagames are mostly still active in tournament scene

#

And the metagames are still evolving

dapper crag
#

Yeah tournaments can have them evolve a bit if they're really old from what I see

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but I mean, you can find static tierings from like a decade ago on smogon forums right

#

That is where I want to introduce the concepts of game theory, what values are there in a metagame for Pokemon competitive ecosystem

nocturne holly
#

what is happening

karmic temple
#

Oh mb I saw him battle spicy cigar for the tour tonight and thought it was you

nocturne holly
#

yea that’s spicy

bold geode
fallen rivet
#

Went from 2 wins to 4 wins away from mb tier RowletCrying

nocturne holly
#

dammit

#

Slow dengo lost me the game
Heat outspeed

dapper crag
nocturne holly
#

my season record is 18-3 rn

gentle cragBOT
fallen rivet
#

I'm at 50 games with 29(?) wins so idk what my streak is

dapper crag
fallen rivet
#

yeah basically

summer shore
fallen rivet
dapper crag
#

But don't think of it as you NEED to win

bold geode
next stump
#

or am I mistaking you for someone else

next stump
#

ah okay, my bad then 🙂 what team are you using?

fallen rivet
#

lemme get the pokepaste\

nocturne holly
#

I just piloted dengo like a fucking idiot
protected because I was scared of chien sucker punch
BUT PSYCHIC TERRAIN WAS ON
Then I fucking DIDNT TERA DENGO INFRONT OF CHIEN PAO EVEN THO IT HAD CRUNCH BECAUSE I FORGOT ABOUT INDEEDEE FOLLOW ME

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I won tho

fallen rivet
nocturne holly
#

not happy bout the win
The team is based on dengo yet I couldn’t win with it

#

I also could’ve taken out chien pao with dp from hands
Instead I wild charged in case they terad
BUT THEY ALREADY USED THEIR TERA AND I FORGOT

#

that was an ass game for me
If they played better I was done for

summer shore
bold geode
charred saddle
#

wonton

#

yummy

bold geode
charred saddle
#

damn, heavy slam ohko

chrome knot
#

soagheti monster

deep sparrow
#

How is everyone tonight?

mighty stump
#

Tired as shit, no clue why

#

Fuck it we ball

#

1999

true niche
#

if you're running tornadus and urshifu-rapid strike, is it better for tornadus to be faster than urshifu? 👀

mighty stump
#

Not necessarily

#

Some Torns don't even run speed investment like the Rocky Helmet ones

true niche
#

ok, just had situation Sinistcha used rage powder, and urshifu attacked first, would've been nice to KO the partner pokemon

deep sparrow
#

I haven’t seen too many Sinistcha teams. Love the Pokémon though

mighty stump
#

Rather than requiring Tornadus to be faster

dull ibex
#

Hi

mighty stump
#

bye

charred saddle
mighty stump
dull ibex
#

👀

mighty stump
#

you know what time it is

dull ibex
#

I'll make a vc in a second if that's what you mean lmak

mighty stump
#

yes

dull ibex
#

Everyone: Redington buy the dlc
Me: Money doesn't grow on trees
Trees:

polar canyon
# dull ibex

The lake in the top right of the minimap looks like a pp

dull ibex
#

that's hilarious

polar canyon
#

Is it

dull ibex
#

Poop

dull ibex
next stump
#

it’s way too cold outside

mighty stump
keen karma
dull ibex
polar canyon
smoky hawk
#

Hey everyone, this is how you deal with armadee:

orchid falcon
orchid falcon
#

not the trans indeedee

bold geode
#

Also I too love the pp lake

dull ibex
#

Don't ping me ⭐

#

Ya hahaha 🌟

mighty stump
dull ibex
mighty stump
dull ibex
#

Fuk u

keen karma
#

im calcing off of booster speed moonblast flutter and hands

bold geode
dull ibex
keen karma
#

man i cant wait for hitmontop

#

actually do you guys think hitmontop will be overshadowed

bold geode
bold geode
keen karma
#

well actually that was a dumb question because its one of the more less popular mons

dull ibex
#

what does hitmontop want to do

keen karma
#

its very good though in past games

dull ibex
#

you didnt ask if pikachu would be good

#

that would be a dumb question

keen karma
#

but it was still overshadowed then

bold geode
#

Hands
Incineroar
Addition of Upper Hand
Rillaboom
Other stuff that gives more than the FO pressure
Cuz let's see here

dapper crag
#
Pokémon No. 237: Hitmontop
Type

Fighting

Abilities

Intimidate, Technician, Steadfast (Hidden)

HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe

50/95/95/35/110/70

Total

455

dull ibex
#

because pikachu is top tier obviously

#

incin is just better hitmontop tbh

bold geode
#

Oh it has Intimidate wtf

keen karma
#

yea

#

intimidate fake out

dull ibex
#

there is no reason to use it over incin genuinely

keen karma
bold geode
#

Did not know that
But still what would you rather choose
Hitmontop or Incineroar

dull ibex
keen karma
#

no because one is more offensive based

#

one is more for keeping defense

dull ibex
#

yes incin also does that

keen karma
#

if anything double intim is gonna be really high in usage i think

dull ibex
#

incin is not purely defensive

#

thats the probelm with incin

bold geode
#

Yeah Incineroar is support that can actually put out good damage

dull ibex
#

it does everything practically

bold geode
#

It can do it all

#

Incineroar is my pookie bear

dull ibex
#

hitmontop even if its out dps' incin that does not mean anything when incin can do great damage and do everything else well too

keen karma
#

its also a wide guard user

#

so that might be really good i think

dull ibex
#

I just dont think wide guard is all that valuable ngl

#

"oh but it covers alot of moves" sure better use of that slot with more productive moves imo

bold geode
#

Eeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhh
Maybe maybe not
I think Hitmontop would be there for a rea niche aspect

dull ibex
#

hitmontop could be used on a team probably pretty okayly

keen karma
dull ibex
#

but we asked if its outshined

bold geode
#

Can it work? Sure. Will it be around a lot? Probably not.

dull ibex
#

which is a undisputed yes

keen karma
dull ibex
#

tbh I think in reg e foward it will be lando, harc, incin

keen karma
#

intim + fake out is extremely good

dull ibex
#

with hands and rilla getting some use as well

#

harc is only there because its dumb on hyper offense

bold geode
keen karma
#

lando incin will be part of alot of teams together

dull ibex
#

maybe

keen karma
dull ibex
#

maybe not

#

what does anti meta mean to you doyle?

#

Alot of people throw that around im not sure it means what they mean

bold geode
#

I mean anti meta probably
Or niche role
But will it be around as much or more than Incineroar
Hell no

dull ibex
#

niche at best tbh

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mons that are low in usage that have their own niche but will be able to do well under specific circumstances or good underexplored mons

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isnt anti meta just stuff that goes well into the meta

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what you said is just smogon's UU tier

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it also gets mach punch

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bruxish was antimeta because it countered alot of popular meta mons at the time

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same with bramble

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You stfu about Bruxish

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and i think it has potential to be a damager with technician

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no

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Bruxish was around for a bit you have to deal with it just like I do

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I don't wanna hear a fucking WORD about Bruxish
That mf can die in a hole

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suffer

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i wanna use hisuian zoroark next format

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I absolutely despised that team

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I just kinda beat every bruxish I saw LMAO

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I couldn't win a single match against that team

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LMAO

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It was bullshit

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skill issue

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the mons on my list of interests is zoroark, hitmontop, entei, suicune, gapdos and other

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monke would you give her a smooch

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suicune will also be very good likely

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Could be worse

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what pouty said is fine

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LOL

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just dont say that in generla chat you'll get modded lmao

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i got modded for saying obvious joke

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yes

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by raid helpers

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this is a pg-13 discord

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I got modded for talking about toys not for children

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I understand being sctric

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Thankfully

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I was in gen chat I was asking for it tbh

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i said umbreon users r losers and i literally have 6 of them for raids

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I mod the mini stuff here

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and some rh was like ERM THATS NOT NICE

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So

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Its fine

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monke look ping

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facts

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Tofu wannabe L+ratio

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"WOWZA thanks for the 500 gifted monke"

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Btw I checked my message count today

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I have 220k messages in this server

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200k of them are in this channel

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56k for me

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i have 6k

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i guess im pretty active in here

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51k in this channel

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90% of my interactions are here

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Ikr

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me too tofu lmao

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Im a bot

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speaking of bots

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how much do they have

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716328 for rotom

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not as much as i expected tbh

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Youre probably not seeing staff channel counts so

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