#competitive_discussion
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i would not use Rain Dance infront of a Kyogre team-
ok so i now understand, the convo is weather taerapagos walls kyogre or not
Not using rain dance on tornadus is throwing
Considering there's so much weather manipulation rn
Normal
Tera Shell
95/95/110/105/110/85
600
Terapagos
you are not always gonna perfectly predict when terapagos clicks tera
If this Pokemon is a Terapagos at full HP, the effectiveness of attacks against it is changed to 0.5 unless this Pokemon is immune to the move. Multi-hit moves retain the same effectiveness throughout the attack.
Normal
Teraform Zero
160/105/110/130/110/85
700
Terapagos
Why the hell would i set up rain dance IN FRONT OF KYOGRE
thats just not normal
Terapagos: Terastallizing ends the effects of weather and terrain. Once per battle.
Ofc, it comes down to mind games, making this topic very subjective
yeah rain will just return if its tornogre
but then again,I always deal damage when i Tera Starstorm
soooooooooo
youre game plan into tornogre is removing torn then getting kyogre into a position where it cant set rain dance again
i doubt a kyogre is using water spout anyway, most likely origin pulse no?
Me with Bolt:
kyogre is often scarf
cause they know u can chip at them
to prevent this
whats the full team?
it does not do that much like spout and it has accuracy Problems
i literally shown to you for the god forsaken how much times
u have so many teams lol
Meteor beam terapogos is pretty scary ngl
it got tofu no.1 in ladder at one point im pretty sure
i stil think terapagos has a more positive mu into kyogre
its basically Lunala lol-
just without the 4x weak against Dark
actually, torrent, whats your MU into zama
idt its the same case with groudon who doesnt necesarilly rely too heavily on sun to do the most damage
Horrible-
At most I'd give it 55-45 into terapogos
yeah i can see this happening
ok
Assurance, Bite, Body Press, Body Slam, Brick Break, Crunch, Darkest Lariat, Drain Punch, Facade, Fake Out, False Surrender, Fire Punch, Fling, Focus Punch, Foul Play, Giga Impact, Hammer Arm, Ice Punch, Lash Out, Leech Life, Low Kick, Low Sweep, Mega Kick, Mega Punch, Play Rough, Power Whip, Power-Up Punch, Retaliate, Revenge, Shadow Claw, Spirit Break, Stomping Tantrum, Sucker Punch, Superpower, Take Down, Thief, Throat Chop, Thunder Punch, Trailblaze
Burning Jealousy, Chilling Water, Dark Pulse, Dazzling Gleam, Draining Kiss, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Round, Snore, Tera Blast, Uproar
Attract, Bulk Up, Confide, Endure, Fake Tears, Flatter, Focus Energy, Imprison, Light Screen, Metronome, Misty Terrain, Nasty Plot, Parting Shot, Power Swap, Protect, Reflect, Rest, Scary Face, Sleep Talk, Substitute, Swagger, Taunt, Thunder Wave, Torment, Trick, Wonder Room
A move displayed with Bold text benefits from Same-Type Attack Bonus when used by Grimmsnarl.
Kyurem white my š
both Kyurems are a Problem for my team
im guessing kyurem is there because of turboblaze
yeah exactly
Turboblaze having relvance is pretty cool
why wouldnt it
mold breaker generally doesnt have a ton of relevance usually
its like mold breaker right
Zacian Because well
Insert You beating my Team
I mean, its not usually that impactful against most restricteds
honestly, if Xerneas is in this game i would Ran Xerneas instead of Terapagos
i think u need an MU for zama. ur entire team strugglees into iron defence + redirection/wide guard
yeah exactly,thats the main issue
Koraidon i can probably be fine against if i can keep the reflect and good positioning
i used it but- i realised i have NO BULK
wym
you'd have to drop bolt probably you have fo with incin redirect with wellspring and speed control with torn
the first 2 teams i used and they are all frail
theres better ddance/set up mons to use
Bolt and Dengo i can interchange
But Grimmsnarl is too valueable for the team's Bulk
ik its fine
oh like what
ahem Zekrom
zacian, zama, lunala, terapagos
???
set up mons as a whole
im not refering to ddance specifically
so i think ill actually use taerapagos for once
zekrom>Rayquaza
Just saying
thats what i thought of ddance
welcome to the gang
i think theyre pretty equal ngl
mhm
yeah but Zekrom feels more better now i see someone uses it
u mean lycopoky
sure whatever
yeah he actually used it pretty well when i fight him
when i come back im sticking with zac btw so you'll rarely see me do nothing unique
eh its ok,my friend uses Zacian as well so no biggie
Btw is meteor beam pagos the only way to go.
I'm Still sticking With Terapagos cuz Kyogre Fall Off,Miraidon is too fast for my liking and Lunala is just- idk how to master trick room
Iām feeling stellar and earth power with prot and calm mind
thats standard
it works on Zamazenta true
And maybe just maybe a partner that has feint
mienshao
i was about to say this as well
sure
hitmon or Incin depends
i just think mienshao is better

i used Incin and its good against Koraidon Teams when i fake out and set up calm Mind for Terapagos
heck i trolled a Koraidon team with Just Tornadus,Ogerpon and Amoonguss before
Thatās some shit koraidon pilot then icl
Koraidon feels so hard to use for me idk why
I think itās the only mon in comp that Iāve actually just given up in using for good
ok, probably not gonna be in here for the rest of the day, i think i need to just not be in here lol
lol
better version
Get back here
lol
Trying to figure our how to finish up this team. Any suggestions? https://pokepast.es/67f4f51bbca4438a
VGC Menace (Incineroar) @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 204 HP / 4 Atk / 188 Def / 84 SpD / 28 Spe
Impish Nature
- Flare Blitz
- Knock Off
- Fake Out
- U-turn
Flutter Mane Looks Off
I have a feeling it shouldn't lmao
Flutter Mane @ Choice Specs
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 96 HP / 168 Def / 100 SpA / 20 SpD / 124 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Dazzling Gleam
- Shadow Ball
- Mystical Fire
Running 4 attack moves and no vest seems like a waste
I have Vest on Raging Bolt
I feel like mystical fire isn't as useful with Chi-Yu as a partner
i only show EVs
Oh gotcha
Any members of the team that don't seem viable or high-synergy or are all six good
i used Ogerpon wellspring and Incin so they are fine,Mienshao is fine,FLutter is fine if you against Koraidon and Groudon teams
I would Replace Chi Yu with Grimmsnarl for more bulk for Terapagos
Flutter seems a bit off to me on the team but I'm not sure what I'd swap with
finally! an interesting team that isnt incin, urshifu, rillaboom etc etc
COMFEY APE LFG
Flutter is good against Koraidon and Urshifu,which Threatens Terapagos
Surely there's another good choice though? Any teams running those mons have specific anti flutter strats
i think its fine for it,consider that Flutter is safe with Grimmsnarl which would set up both Screens
Ah break is over back to work - will think on changes and touch back later
Ty for the help and suggestions
can someone help me teambuild
what team you use
Every time I do the server gets quiet. When I take it off there are 4473883 pings
Lmao
It funny
ok what format and what Pokemon

OU so far i have cinderace and meowscarada
idk how to show team
@summer shore
ok so its singles.
yah
also Meowscarda>Cinderace
do i remove cinderace
i think heās very cool
yeah,consider there are more fire types you can use
talonflame?
u a doubles player?
most of us are VGC Players
oh ok
What rental teams best for sword and shield battle tower? I need one
Damn this crazy
Just sweep everything with Zacian
doesn't work with leon's charizard
Thatās what the 2 other pokemon slots are for 
It doesnāt change the nature, only the stats
M8 I read online it changes natures
Of like the mons
How the heck do people change the nature then?
You donāt
I heard people can change if a Pokemon is like adamant or careful for example
The nature is set in stone and can never be changed. Mints only change the stat increase/decrease from it
Ooh I think I understand now
I'm sorry this is my first time
Still trying to get used to it all yk?
I have been getting destroyed by teams with regidrago any advice ?
can someone help me singles ou pvp?
its dragon, fairy 
all fairies are all immune.
ie. flutters, hits hard, faster than drago too.
basically forces it to tera to steel or any other type, but then its a resource spent and you can use it to your advantage
Regidrago is usually played in teams with double speed control
Regidrago? Havenāt heard of it in a while
Teams with TR and Tailwind at the same time
(obviously not setting both at the same time, but having two ways to make Regidrago move faster
Things like snarl can help a lot
Most effective way to deal with it is just fairy types tbh, throws it off
Tera Fairy Assault Vest Regidrago
Almost always uses Tera Steel
The goal is to make it stop using dragon energy, foamy types will do that, enabling chip
I don't think trying to KO it fast is the best way
Dragon
Dragon's Maw
200/100/50/100/50/80
580
But trying to not let him do his insane amounts of damage
Itās mid without dragon energy
Play it slow
All it takes is like one good hit to mitigate its damage output tbh
What other moves it uses?
Flash canon, earth power, Draco sometimes pulse I think
Alt use fake out and a hit that's neutral to both Dragon and Steel or even better a CC to force a lose lose
Bite, Body Slam, Breaking Swipe, Crunch, Dragon Claw, Earthquake, Explosion, Facade, Fire Fang, Giga Impact, Hammer Arm, Ice Fang, Outrage, Reversal, Scale Shot, Take Down, Thrash, Thunder Fang, Vise Grip
Ancient Power, Draco Meteor, Dragon Breath, Dragon Energy, Dragon Pulse, Earth Power, Hyper Beam, Swift, Tera Blast, Twister
Dragon Cheer, Dragon Dance, Endure, Focus Energy, Light Screen, Protect, Reflect, Rest, Sleep Talk, Substitute
A move displayed with Bold text benefits from Same-Type Attack Bonus when used by Regidrago.
Leave it at like 50% HP for a cleanup late game
Draco Meteor/Dragon pulse
But it will always almost have earth power btw
Sweeps Regidrago?
Wide guard, CC, fake out
It's really hard to deal with it if it has a reliable partner
Like a flutter
Fake out isnāt gonna help much but I can see wide guard helping
Fake out leads to Flutter being able to clean up under TR still
Giraffe
Deedee will be there half the time
I mean sure but at that point you have 4 other slots
Hmm
CC, wide guard, and a partner with spread like dazzling
Carry an Incin for knock off pressure too
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https://twitter.com/yukizan_/status/1779305799199965192?s=46&t=fDxHQLlKCKU_ddfszOAZ6w
yotam with Wolfe 
My knowledge of what people look like is lacking
Which ones yotam
Back left is gotta be Gotham chess though
yotam is back right
Glad to see they brought Grandpa to the event
Ah ok
Can I just give another shoutout to Mienshao? Iāve been sleeping on this mon
mienshao and caly-i is busted
How's sableye compared to grimm?
can't get faked out so it has that going for it but it's frailer
Hmm
has gravity too
Was thinking quash could be really solid
Sabelye is more annoying Iād say, grim is just hard to get rid of
flutter deals with sableye pretty easily
Yeah but sabelye ALWAYS gets to do something
U canāt stop it from impacting the game at all, it might screen, protect + disable
At least you can FO grim
What set would you run
Mienshao+Groudon is also a good pick. Feint and Coaching enables Groudon to clap
Itās bulk is still really bad
And yeah torn is probs gonna taunt
That meinshao
Thatās okay. Heat crash kills torn.
Mental Herb?
No?
Speaking logically, if grooudon gets the sun, they rain dance first
Mienshao wants a focus sash most of the time. Itās really frail
Not worth it
man so much to watch out for, caly-i + mienshao, kyogre + farig, caly-s + chi-yu
Yeah spatckers hitting hard these days
Yeah rain dance does mess things up a bit. I usually run my support flutter against opposing torns just in case. Taunt and icy wind is nice
ā¦actually idk why I just donāt run a torn. Iād have a second sun setter that way
Iād always consider these MUs when building a team atp
How's this looking? EVs I have to do after work
i want to run hisuian goodra but i don't know who to pair with it
Body press goodra?
Run screens sabelye
Itās better for pagos
Over what?
I saw a hisui goodra running ice spinner earlier. It was⦠something
Quash isnāt needed all that much Iād say, neither is disable
And tbh for this reg, foul play is looking nice
Steel/Dragon
Sap Sipper, Shell Armor, Gooey (Hidden)
80/100/100/110/150/60
600
Goodra
Bide, Body Press, Body Slam, Breaking Swipe, Bulldoze, Counter, Dragon Claw, Dragon Tail, Earthquake, Facade, Feint, Fire Punch, Flail, Frustration, Giga Impact, Gyro Ball, Heavy Slam, Ice Spinner, Iron Head, Iron Tail, Knock Off, Lash Out, Outrage, Poison Tail, Return, Rock Slide, Rock Tomb, Secret Power, Skitter Smack, Stomping Tantrum, Tackle, Take Down, Thunder Punch
Absorb, Acid Spray, Blizzard, Bubble, Chilling Water, Draco Meteor, Dragon Breath, Dragon Pulse, Fire Blast, Flamethrower, Flash Cannon, Hidden Power, Hydro Pump, Hyper Beam, Ice Beam, Infestation, Mud Shot, Muddy Water, Round, Shock Wave, Sludge Bomb, Sludge Wave, Snore, Steel Beam, Surf, Tera Blast, Thunder, Thunderbolt, Water Gun, Water Pulse, Weather Ball
Acid Armor, Attract, Charm, Confide, Curse, Double Team, Dragon Cheer, Endure, Life Dew, Protect, Rain Dance, Rest, Sandstorm, Scary Face, Shelter, Sleep Talk, Substitute, Sunny Day, Swagger, Tearful Look, Toxic
A move displayed with Bold text benefits from Same-Type Attack Bonus when used by Goodra-Hisui.
It does get knock
And balanced attack
knock off, neat
shelter, body press, knock off, protect
also need to watch out for final gambit ape and coaching ape
why does coaching work through protect and can't be redirected
Raises the user's Defense by 2 stages.
Steel
Status
0
ā
10 (16)
ā
Bypasses Protect-like moves.
Does not make contact.
Affected by Snatch.
oh it was nerfed i see
yeah it's basically just acid armour now
Raises the user's Defense by 2 stages.
Poison
Status
0
ā
20 (32)
ā
Bypasses Protect-like moves.
Does not make contact.
Affected by Snatch.
but better because of encore
oh there are many of those moves
iron def too
mhm, does it get all 3?
i think acid armour and shelter
nlo iron defence is criminal
How do you make a pokemon get its other abillty?
Looked it up and patch is a dlc exlusive
Sigh I'm gonna have to buy the dlc aren't I
yeah in swsh it is
No I mean the one for hidden abilities
Well that sucks
in swsh you can only buy one in the crown tundra for 200 dynite ore
i assume this is sv though
I meant sword and shield, sorry
wait, you can also get hidden ability mons from raid dens
I wasn't able to see the 2nd half of today. How's Wolfe doing?
apparently he went 7-1
7-2
my favourites made day 2
Also a couple friends on another server made day 2 as well
But most importantly
Take a look at this man's
i know
This is peak male design
he gave me a big hug when i walked on by
Nothing will get more manlier than this
I'm just sad that Chance Hinds missed out
Comfey Ape in Day 2 would've been pog
he's in the showdown vgc room, he's been set on using ape lol
Who me or Chance
If it's me, then brother
Chance been playing Comfey Ape for a MINUTE
And as for me
chance i meant
https://dollarmonke.wordpress.com/2024/02/26/jungles-treasure-rageful-meadows/
I made a Comfey Ape team a while ago
But no, Chance Hinds has been on that Comfey Ape stuff for a HOT MINUTE now
I've seen him use it in countless Limitless tournaments throughout Reg F and he won a Reg G tour I hosted with a team that had Lugia in Goltres spot
Teams not bad, it's just like 2 facts
- Not a lot of upfront damage pressure if any
- You sometimes have to pull wins out your ass, especially if you lose your "raid boss" early on
annihilape can be busted if you take enough damage lol
Yeah, but people often ignore it cuz of that
That's a very easy work around tbh
Which Chance in Game 1 considered and actually played out for too, being the reason why he Glided twice into his side slot
does he run bulk up ape or not
Yup
Comfey Ape runs Bulk Up or usually it does with this style team
The initial goal is to create a literal raid boss that is crazy hard to remove
And Comfey helps with that a bunch
oh yeah that's another thing i gotta watch out for in reg g, comfey terapagos
Oh yeah
But Comfey Terapagos is scary
Comfey Ape is definitely like a play around lmao
Like idk about Chance's experiences, but for me
That style team fucking HATES Chi Flutter
anyone know how perth went
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monke why have i lost two games with your team
Positioning
Did somebody said TURTLE
Which one
If it's Comfey Ape, don't beat yourself up
That team is a bitch to pilot tbh
wifi?
no people are ragequitting and using the trick where you don't lose rank if you disconnect right away when you don't like the matchup
F
i beat someone's strat and they disconnected so i get you
also monke's team is good
can i look at it
it's in rentals
why is rank 10 so hard
also i keep getting crit and it's really annoying
i keep losing wtf
someone is stuck at ultra ball purgatory. my condolences
Rank 10?
Ultra ball?
Oh I see ultra ball
At least you canāt fall out
i wish you the best of luck in your battles
Close Team Sheets ladder moment
tera fairy archaludon, i hate this bullshit
dont like, most archaludon run fairy?
Oh that's something lol
Odd, did ladder get harder real quick again? Was real easy for me to make it, actually easier than other times, which is weird
maybe all the sweats are playing it in the middle of the month or maybe i'm garbage
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Oh that is something I believe from late Reg E possibly
i'm sucking with this team
How are these spreads? https://pokepast.es/a6683d71c04c07ed
Trying to finish up this team to make it ING
why is it so hard to get to master ball
welp:
If you hae beast balls I will easily trade for Master Balls
no master ball rank
tired of all the cheese
You want cheese?
no i've had enough of cheese
If the goal is to keep PokĆ©mon trapped in why not use sand tomb, itās a meme team so like whatās there to lose
i'm sick of bo1 bullshit
Then play bo3, to make your life easier
i want to get to master ball for the rewards
Oh
i did it, made master ball
monke's rental
Very nice
i'm honestly tempted to use skeledirge for reg g with all the stat boosts going around
Skeledirge?
it has unaware
Why not use something like dondozo then
don't like dozo
Donāt
Ok, still skeledirge is awfully outclassed by so many fire types
Who won Orlando?
who won perth
Orlandoās already happened? Oh I missed it
Oh wait no
š
Day 2 is today mb
You really made me think I missed the entire tournament
Anything interesting in meta game developments for reg g?
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Nothing my blogpost has missed yet
Thatās not new
Cool
What about ditto teams
You wouldnt really call Balance teams "Incineroar teams"
Yeah I know I worded it wrong
Wasnāt ditto used in swsh to get 2 attack boosts by copying zacians
Hello
IT's such a weird concept to me that Yotam is friends with Wolfe
Yeah but realistically top VGC players are in different friend groups/circles
and typically
You can't just easily get in touch and stay in a hotel room with Wolfe and Justin Carris
Guess that makes sense
Any ideas for choice scarf Koraidon moveset?
Acrobatics, Body Press, Body Slam, Breaking Swipe, Brick Break, Bulldoze, Close Combat, Collision Course, Counter, Crunch, Dig, Double-Edge, Dragon Claw, Dragon Tail, Drain Punch, Dual Wingbeat, Facade, Fire Fang, Flame Charge, Flare Blitz, Focus Punch, Giga Impact, Heat Crash, Heavy Slam, Ice Fang, Iron Head, Low Kick, Low Sweep, Outrage, Reversal, Rock Smash, Scale Shot, Shadow Claw, Stomping Tantrum, Take Down, Temper Flare, Thunder Fang, U-turn, Wild Charge, Zen Headbutt
Ancient Power, Draco Meteor, Dragon Pulse, Fire Blast, Fire Spin, Flamethrower, Focus Blast, Heat Wave, Hyper Beam, Meteor Beam, Mud Shot, Mud-Slap, Overheat, Snarl, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Uproar
Agility, Bulk Up, Dragon Cheer, Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Rest, Roar, Scary Face, Screech, Sleep Talk, Substitute, Sunny Day, Swords Dance, Taunt
A move displayed with Bold text benefits from Same-Type Attack Bonus when used by Koraidon.
why scarf koraidon
Fast š§¹
It still OHKOs incin btw
All i got rn are flare blitz, collision, and u turn
The last move is tricky
dragon claw?
Yeah I was thinking of it, but then gain more from breaking swipe
Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Attack by 1 stage.
Dragon
Physical
60
100
15 (24)
ā
Copied by Mirror Move.
Makes contact.
But then thereās the bp
you'll need to watch out for chien pao + opposing e-speed
Prio spam has far died down already
Every team running the strongest Ghost-type in the game paired with Psychic Terrain or Farigiraf
I seen alot of rayquaza e speed recently
Define a lot
I struggle with tailwind teams using korai
Iāve seen 0 lol
Cause ive seen like 3 Rayquazas across 300+ games
Yeah theyāre pretty rare tbh
is scarf for the caly-s and miraidon mus
Just curious then what the restricted mon that you see the most is it caly s ?
Caly-S/Miraidon/Kyogre/Groudon
no lol
Yeah cause I lost to it
Was just thinking if I could use
Also is it worth learning how to play different play styles
Cause I really struggle playing HO
And itās a problem
Yea its worth lol
But how do I get better
I literally failed to utilise caly-s
Which isnāt a good start
Cause isnāt the things you consider different?
Lol
You play different playstyles to understand the strengths and weaknesses of every archetype/mon and how they all interact and what are the options that work and don't work against you
If you stick with only one archetype it's just more difficult to understand the perspective of your oppopnents lol
Oh yeah, what does archetype actually mean?
I know what itās supposed to represent, (I think)
Itās things like Tingp2 right
Does your Terapogos team feel good to you? Iām just wondering if I was playing bad or not, Iām tired so Iām not sure.
I got that part lol
Tofu runs the meteor beam one right
Yeah
What happens when wide guard
Who said I tera'd?
Oh the plan isnāt to tera?
Honestly learning balance instead of hardcore relying on hyper offense helped me alot I think?
This is what I did, then realised I canāt even use HO anymore
Learning archetypes isn't concrete rules either helped
Offensive balance is fantastic fun
The plan is to be able to actively assess your options in real-time and consider what the appropriate plays are
Huh good amount of people running kyogre i thought with many thing trying to counter watershifu would discourage people to use water type
I was shown I can still play as aggressive as I want to play but have access to slower play as well
Ok so Itās basically just know if they can wide guard or not
Oh I love teams like this
Itās why my 2 teams are lunala and zama, respectively bulky but hit hard
It was pulling teeth to get me to get it though ngl
I need to play teams that have a video guide on how to use them
I like teams that also revolve gameplans around one or two mons that come to most every game
It's very nice to have some stuff simplified a tiny bit
I thought this was always the case for all teams
What one or two mons?
Yeah
No alot of teams are very free-form
Oh?
And nuanced, vgc is a brutally hard game imo at a higher level
Oh I never knew that
Theres a difference between general Gameplans and wincons
I cant speak on singles and how hard jt is tbh
I assume it's just pokemon is a deceptively complex game at a high level
Oh ok
Lots of reading that happens most likely, and teams that have been used like 500+ times to fully master
Wait what
Iāll never be able to team build like that 
No no one day I do plan on going to a regional
Itās one of my ālife goalsā if you might say
I think
A lot of the things that hold people back
Is a lot of the mental attitude they approach the game with
And poor habits that they do not think is "a big deal"
Like what
- Black and white thinking
- "It works so it's fine"
- "Wow this shit is so cheese it's so stupid"
Blaming the game is a giant obstacle I've seen alot of people here in the past block
Letting bias insist upon their opinions
Not stopping to think is one imo
Knee jerk reactions that lead to sloppy plays ā
Of course I've seen players who are quite competent at playing but just don't see it because of insecurity that sucks to see.
If you go tera ice, do you gain the boosts from snow?
You do.
Whatās black and white thinking
This sucks, this is better
It's just opinion vomit
Without any room for discussion or thinking
And a lot of you are very guilty of it
You shuold be able to back up every opinion you have with reasonings
Ok ok, and Iām assuming the cheese one is the bias against mons like caly-s
Doesn't matter
Oh ok
When team building, how do you know which set benefits you the most?
Cause in Orlando i saw AV Ursh and banded Ursh, what stopped them from using the most common sets? I know they were very good mons in the end. But whatās the reasonings.
That's based off your experiences against your matchups
It's all micro-adjustments
Maybe youu need the extra damage in a single turn
Maybe you need the survivability and flexibility
Ok so itās what you prefer
Rather than whatās used most
I think one of my mistakes is ALWAYS going basic and most used sets then, maybe I need to switch things up
Nothing wrong with basic and most-used sets
Again, at the end of the day it's all about reasoning
I know but I usually donāt even think about how the set helps
Just āok now thisā cause I assume it works
Like i've been saying
You need to be able to have relevant reasonings behind your choices
Got it
6 for 8 with this team
Timid kyogre in tailwind barely outspeeding booster speed/scarf 135 is annoying
I never realized you can nickname the partner miraidon
6W 8L?
Icy wind flutter looks fine there
Whats steel on wake for?
Flutter
Yuh
To OHKO
6W 2L
Oh ok thatās pretty good, even though Iād still take moth off that team
It kinda has that urshifu situation where tera water is good enough defensively
its an iron moth built team
No not really, itās a rain team with iron moth
What
I mean u got torn and shifu, is it a sun team?
no
Actually a team with urshifu water and thundy t might as well be a rain team
Mhm
Just take off the moth and you're set
not a weather team
So Iām struggling to figure out if I wanna run AV on incin and meadow plate on Rilla so I can drop High horsepower for taunt.
Huh no weather?
but best paradox
Whereās the synergy
nope
What does moth do that you can't do with like chi yu + flutter
uh FWG core
but moth
when miraidon becomes legal it will be a better team
I get using something because it's one of your favorites but at least use it in a way it's justified over something else
yea well my plan was this https://pokepast.es/d56943b92bd0805a
but reg g isnt out
i just kinda threw a bunch a built mons together that i thought would work and it is kinda working lol
i should use av shouldnt I
defensive
Use av if no prot
You just shouldn't be using it if I'm being honest
cuz grass psychic is a mess
And also what's av helping you survive
oh ok
Probs not much actually
yea true
If you're gonna use it might as well use sash or life orb
ok
More like what does iron leaves do for the team
It's going for high damage with quark drive boosted e terrain boosted psyblade
yea
So I'd say orb or sash
i put sash
Sash looks good
Sash because like everything in the meta can hurt it a lot
Especially both calys
yea thats why i put tera poison so it cant get hurt as bad
Calyrex other calyrex lunala zacian koraidon
Itās getting hurt really bad anyway
And both calyrex can still hurt poison well
Run an offensive Tera, itās sash anyway
tru
You can still use a more defensive tera
Like what
i think i might stick poison
Use an offensive tera if you know what ohkos you're picking up only with tera
ok hmm tera grass or psychic?
Doesnāt have to be either
Grass/Psychic
Quark Drive
90/130/88/70/108/104
590
But not the typing defensively
yea good sp def
Yeah that lets it down
yea thats why i run poison
I think dark helps
kinda like exeggutor
Dark Tera night slash
Still getting hit by expanding force and high horsepower from calyrex
Precipice blades from heat crash groudon
expanding wont hit tho
Heās talking poison Tera
You don't really need it to resist most types that poison resists
It's like just bug really
Poison Tera doesnāt help it at all does it
Oh yeah quad, what big type move is there that is used
so either dark or fighting
Electric, Fighting, Grass, Ground, Psychic, Water
Dragon, Fairy, Normal, Rock, Steel, Stellar
Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Ice, Poison
Bug
Grass-types are immune to Powder-based Moves.
Those are a lot of weaknesses
i do kinda want to tho hmm
But not by too much
But why, reasoning
Just less bad in general
terrain boosted psyblade and i do want some spore immunity
It doesn't hit a lot that miraidon doesn't already hit
Electric terrain
Again, at the end of the day it's all about reasoning
For 5 turns, the terrain becomes Electric Terrain. During the effect, the power of Electric-type attacks made by grounded Pokemon is multiplied by 1.3 and grounded Pokemon cannot fall asleep; Pokemon already asleep do not wake up. Grounded Pokemon cannot become affected by Yawn or fall asleep from its effect. Camouflage transforms the user into an Electric type, Nature Power becomes Thunderbolt, and Secret Power has a 30% chance to cause paralysis. Fails if the current terrain is Electric Terrain.
Electric
Status
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Bypasses Protect-like moves.
Does not make contact.
Spore immunity should be the least of your worries
Unless Rilla
yea but its an elec terrain team
You don't have to be focusing on using future paradox just because you have the terrain
rilla wouldnt make sense
yea fair but i think i should have one
Iām not saying to use Rilla, Iām saying what if ur against it
oh
You do, it's miraidon
ah
ok
well i do want to run miraidon iron moth
You can still do fwg but use like ogerpon or something
I don't see why not
ok
Rewind (Flutter Mane) @ Booster Energy
Ability: Protosynthesis
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Shadow Ball
- Protect
- Dazzling Gleam
- Moonblast
cuz he good
no dont use that
ok
also being good isnt a reason
dont max max if not sash lol
depends, what helps the team as a whole
think about coverage or MUs
u want to centre around moth right, what are its weaknesses
Fire/Poison
Quark Drive
80/70/60/140/110/110
570
36kg (60 BP)
1.2m
Generation 9
Undiscovered
N/A: 100%
Yellow
Bug, Fairy, Grass
Fighting, Fire, Ice, Poison, Steel
Dark, Dragon, Electric, Flying, Ghost, Normal, Stellar
Psychic, Rock, Water
Ground
Fire-types cannot be Burned.
Poison-types cannot be Poisoned.
whats the full team again?
Urshifu should cover for lando mostly
yea
hello I return
Hey
kingambit defeats psychic mons
I think you have to look at groudon
isnt he restricted tho?
I thought you were planning for restricted
You have to plan for groudon
ah
i think i need a grass type
groudon has a field day
Ogerpon helps
why is tornshifu on this team
torn for speed control urshi is the ground counter
which one
Stellar/dragon scarf draco meteor can ohko non av groudon
Not if there's sun
tru
and rain is a no go, cause moth is the centre of the team
my thought was solar beam venu
but u aint running sun
but if my opponent runs sun
And if you run sun might as well run groudon or koraidon yourself with a booster speed heat wave moth
thats way too situiational
yea
should i run sun moth
wasted moveslot if they dont have sun
i mean why not, mirai/moth both lose to groudon
ok rebuilding time
That does mean you need a new lando answer
so is it s sun team now?
i think imma do that yea
why gorudon though, over koriadon
is koraidon better?
its not about better, what helps moth
groudon helps better (moths weaknesses) , but just look into things when building
I'd look into speed booster moth for heat wave that can acid spray for a flutter mane
ok
that works
Like worse chi yu
but chi-yu doesnt get acid spray, so a different mon
Chi yu passively boosts flutters damage
i know, but both mons in these cases do different things, chi-yu also makes flutter weaker we cant forget that
maybe i should run a proto user?
i means its a sun team so yeah it benefits
flutter, or one of the legends
Bolt is good
im thinking wake would be good
I think just bolt is good
for this reg, snarl ting lu is good right
solar beam on moth?
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https://pokepast.es/9f98a471a19f9600 ok i made this
https://pokepast.es/cd8a23d15cbadc99 this time im acting with brain
also i won a game with these 4 alone
nice
I think you shouldn't be taking just any pokemon and giving it 4 attacks + av
what is the team youre fighting lol
It's dead to bleakwind anyways
Neither should you be using sun aqua jet on the special walking wake I think
Might as well put sunny day on torn too
It's good to have if you're up against kyogre or any weather
its a weird one
idk what they were cooking
Protect band also seems odd
nvm them actually, that flutter hits like a TRUCK
been a while since ive seen moonblast tera fairy specs flutter
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That was one of the games of all time
https://pokepast.es/a96fd8d385d6bf09 I have a good core of 4 here
Iām quickly finding that mienshao is yet another victim of the 4 move syndrome
I wanna run everything on it š¦
Yeah the team is good
Im just stumped on the final 2
The game was funny
https://pokepast.es/786866dd30fa0e55 I'm unsure on how to proceed with this one
Nothing is final
Except that I want miraidon + chi yu
Anyone know what the fastest pokemon with dragon tail is?
Uhhh
Why does Koraidon has protect choice band?
Doesn't matter how fast, Dragon Tail is -6 Priority
im running it with sleep talk
The answer is probably dragapult tho
Lilligant-H with focus sash so it doesn't get erased by everything
oh oops
It has negative priority?
so my opponent has no chance to attack
im doing singles btw
i didn't know that
Just like roar and whirlwind
Dragon tail without negative priority would be way too good
Unless it's a Fairy? or Sleep Talk doesn't pick Dragon Tail
Ah that explains why those are bad moves
Forcing an opponent out before they move would just make them not move + take damage
And being able to do that nonstop
Would be broken
ok
Hol up If sleep talk selects a move with 90% accuracy is there still a chance it misses or will it hit since sleep talk is 100% accuracy?
focus sash on lilligant H and av and crunch over prot on koraidon
k thanks
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What do you want to do specifically?
sun iron moth
What archetype is that team? A sun team?
Av isn't really a thing you can slap on any pokemon like you think it is
It's easy to think that
hmm ok
Koraidon, Iron Moth and Lilligant Hisui
so what should i run on koraidon?
yes
Those are sure picks to the team i think
Scarf, band, life orb
A Tornadus to have speed control with tailwind and can set sunny day with priority
You can also use venusaur over lilligant
Nah
yea why i have there
Grass/Poison
Overgrow, Chlorophyll (Hidden)
80/82/83/100/100/80
525
Venusaur-Mega
Grass/Fighting
Chlorophyll, Hustle, Leaf Guard (Hidden)
70/105/75/50/75/105
480
Lilligant
Flutter Mane also
Does venusaur still have growth?
Because sun and fairy coverage
Bide, Bind, Body Slam, Bulldoze, Bullet Seed, Cut, Double-Edge, Earthquake, Facade, False Swipe, Frustration, Fury Cutter, Giga Impact, Grassy Glide, Headbutt, Knock Off, Natural Gift, Outrage, Petal Blizzard, Poison Jab, Power Whip, Rage, Razor Leaf, Return, Rock Smash, Secret Power, Seed Bomb, Skull Bash, Stomping Tantrum, Strength, Tackle, Take Down, Trailblaze, Vine Whip
Acid Spray, Earth Power, Echoed Voice, Energy Ball, Frenzy Plant, Giga Drain, Grass Knot, Grass Pledge, Hidden Power, Hyper Beam, Leaf Storm, Magical Leaf, Mega Drain, Mud-Slap, Petal Dance, Razor Wind, Round, Sludge, Sludge Bomb, Snore, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Terrain Pulse, Venoshock, Weather Ball
Amnesia, Attract, Block, Captivate, Celebrate, Charm, Confide, Curse, Defense Curl, Double Team, Endure, Flash, Grass Whistle, Grassy Terrain, Growl, Growth, Helping Hand, Ingrain, Leech Seed, Light Screen, Mimic, Nature Power, Poison Powder, Protect, Reflect, Rest, Roar, Safeguard, Scary Face, Sleep Powder, Sleep Talk, String Shot, Substitute, Sunny Day, Swagger, Sweet Scent, Swords Dance, Synthesis, Toxic, Work Up, Worry Seed
A move displayed with Bold text benefits from Same-Type Attack Bonus when used by Venusaur.
I don't see it
k
It's decent enough
Maybe by it's special defense but it's physical bulk is bad
And being a grass type that works under sun
That's definitely not bad
so flutter over what?
Anything
prolly over kingambit
What makes bulky mane bulky that venusaur doesn't have
You know incin has 95 90 90 right?
You know the lower the stat the bigger the % change if you invest in it
Choice band walking wake
Life orb in Walking wake and Koraidon maybe assalt vest
Or even clear amulet so it doesn't get intimidated
I would go for a clear amulet set
i did that
With protect
yea done
ok time to grind for a while
yeesh i gotta build 4 mons
thats gonna take all day!
I think it's better to test in showdown first
yea,will do
If you find out you don't like the team it's better if it happens before you spend time building it in game
tru
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does someone know why healing wish didnt trigger on the torkoal right now? is it because it was "used up" when urshifu switched in?
Because you're using your phone and I assume it clears cookies or soething
miraidon so good
i recommend saving teams to showdown database so you can access it anywhere
yeah i hadnt done that yet cause it wasnt finished
that's fair yeah
btw for bulky teams, is it worth comfee or amoongus?
i feel like amoongus would actually be better cause of redirection and spore, but i have few glacial lance weaknesses already
though, its not like comfey is doing anything to caly-ice
https://pokepast.es/94642217ae222a64 ok i think ive done it right this time
my other zama team worked but it was random, so i built one around zama that i have a reason for every mon
You only have one special attacker?
yes
and after consideration, i think its all i need
this isnt a balance team after all
well its a good thing i made that paste
cause i forgot to save to server
i mean i only Ogerpon that is a True Physical Attacker so-
and my winning streak has been topped by a gimmick great
Gimmick what team-
i get destroyed by gimmick team that knock me out of 1300+
yeah Gimmick teams are the pain in the ASS
True
