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Ok first make Swampert evolve into an actually good Pokemon
wooow
Thoughts on this team for the next format? Similar to a placing team i found in gen 8, but threw in scarfed lando I for miraidon.
scarf lando i?
Yes
why?
I said the reason why
252+ SpA Life Orb Tera Ghost Calyrex-Shadow Astral Barrage vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Zamazenta-Crowned: 133-156 (79.6 - 93.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
what HP should i calc zama
I guess, but its not like zacian is a guaranteed answer since they tera electric.
And they can voltswitch out on rilla
Show me a restricted Swampert can 1v1 and guarantee the outcome everytime
Lol
supportive tools arent too bad
cosmog
Ya so can every mon, whats one relevant one that you can actually match up against
in a 1v1?
Is that single target
yawn stall
Keep in mind i said guarantee/all but consistent
nah doubles
oh yeah, are we including tera?
Most are on timid tho right
Obviously
then absolutely none lul
Yeah
I thought so
If you’re going to challenge my reasonings make sure you have better ones first
In my defence

Mine is an actual call relative to the metagame solving relevant team matchups

Ok good for you Wide Guard is on better mons
yk pelipper exists right?
and uh, yawn distruption at the same time?
Okay have fun clicking Yawn and Wide Guard while I just focus fire your sideslot LOL
0 damage Liquidation
0 damage Knock Offs
ok so what im noticing here
Bro is finished when Taunt is clicked
the set dont do much?
Wow
Who could have seen this coming
Bro has a set that don’t do much and tried to project
lol
Bro’s set has yet to influence the statistics and here we are
exposed
wow i really took that L huh
You can’t go after my Snorlax like that without having infallible logic

Swampert is very mid
it wont happen again
purely cause i like it
that all there is to it
but it is harder than i thought
to find a suitable set
Could probably just be a pretty supportive Latias with an aggressive Lunala set
Tailwind/Icy Wind stuff on Latias + Meteor Beam Lunala
Wide Guard required seeing as you’re against CSR and both are weak to that
AV i can see, (thought not much damage) but why flying tera
Nah, Weakness Policy stuff is pretty bad. PHerb MBeam gives a lot of immediate threat to Incineroar and tempos the game quickly
swampert is too weak to be doing things like that, though maybw with bulk up...
Honestly not as viable lol
yeah i realise that
I was going to say try an offensive set, i have doubt for it
i had some notes
See
The only niche you should have recognised is that you can run both Counter/Mirror Coat
i thought it was too stupid to properly consider
I was joking
Like
Ok
Heres another way to reframe that list
You HAVE to list things that only Swampert can do
Knock Off? Incin
Amoonguss can do Rocky Helmet shit
Wide Guard/Yawn is kinda whatever with Yawn being kinda eh
aight ok
Maybe you can use a downgraded version of ting dozo: Ting Swamp
Counter/Mirror Coat? Theres literally 4 mons that can do that combination
oh lol
The whole thing relies on the fact you xan’t get Taunted out of Yawn
If I taunt your Yawn idc if im trapped with two punching bags
so counter and mirror coat combo more unique than i thought
I was just suggesting an idea
Even if its worse than another one that does the exact same thing but its way better
AV Counter/Mirror Coat + 2 STAB
Lol
If Counter/Mirror Coat fails, I assume if you have Stomping Tantrum, you just doubled BP
cause you’re too busy trying to disprove your superiors instead of listening
If it doesnt have Stomping then just run HH and be done
Flip Turn over Liquidation if you really want that pivot
the whole reason i didnt run AV
was cause i thought i couldnt use mirror coat and counter
You could have just asked
dont know why i didnt
It’s literally why I am here
lol
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@mighty stump
emma
im taking a hiatus, dont ping me
Ok

wont that ping him lol
No, look
This doesn't ping you either
The button that turns the ping off
You press the blue part on the right
i see
I think Drago is no no having good time
I mean, no one pinged them
probably the new zac team struggles
you want a very short summary of why im taking a hiatus its my rng, anyway, break time
Enjoy your break 
thought so
Well seems like its gonna be a quiet off season
I’m also trying to get settled into my new life
Barely have time to actually do playing
new life?
I moved countries for work
ah ok
And since Singapore is pretty strict with its legal stuff
So finding a place to live/opening a bank account/new workplace etc

Plus I’m now away from my beautiful partner and it wounds my soul deeply
That's my cue to leave
Nah
whatup bean
I texted my gf another love letter message cause I miss her and shes asleep
awe
if i get drafted im gonna be in perma panic mode
OPL? Everyones gonna be drafted
I’ll probably be on Nino’s team again lmaoo
i wanna be on team with dillon
I just wanna play and not think too hard in places other than ladder
wait best team by miles
bestie team
me u nino dillon LOL
LOL
lights out 
Dw guys u play CIR ill counter all the Zamas with Snorlax
reaaalll
I’m kinda wondering

I’m genuinely beginning to consider Stealth Rocks
ur crazy
Like
I know Nails did the Ting stuff
and its overall just very low tempo
and almost sucks as a play entirely
Sash Kleavor or something then
Acrobatics, Aerial Ace, Brick Break, Bug Bite, Close Combat, Counter, Double Hit, Double-Edge, Dual Wingbeat, Facade, False Swipe, Feint, Fury Cutter, Giga Impact, Lunge, Night Slash, Pounce, Quick Attack, Reversal, Rock Blast, Rock Slide, Rock Tomb, Skitter Smack, Slash, Smack Down, Stone Axe, Stone Edge, Take Down, Thief, Trailblaze, U-turn, Wing Attack, X-Scissor
Air Cutter, Air Slash, Bug Buzz, Hyper Beam, Struggle Bug, Swift, Tera Blast, Vacuum Wave
Agility, Baton Pass, Defog, Double Team, Endure, Focus Energy, Helping Hand, Leer, Light Screen, Protect, Quick Guard, Rain Dance, Rest, Sandstorm, Scary Face, Sleep Talk, Stealth Rock, Substitute, Sunny Day, Swords Dance, Tailwind
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Rock
Physical
65
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15 (24)
Copied by Mirror Move.
Makes contact.
Boosted by Sharpness.
wide lens kleavor
I hope you kiss a very fast car
wat
that would hurt though
ideally it would be moving
Defiant isn’t particularly prevalent
nor Competitive
Although CA makes this idea suck
So also nevermind
Sticky Webs not good
Baxcal might be lit
CA SD Ice Shard Glaive Rush Protect probably
So statistically Groudon, Lunala, Zacian are all
Matchup wise, pretty shit
Interestingly Miraidon as well
Kyo v Mirai is also 50/50
man i really wanna build a comp team but revision got me on a chokehold
shouldve spent my time wisely
Lol
What are your exams about
Or what subjects
I remember I studied so much Pokemon I lost track and forgot about my 3rd year vet exams and I basically pulled a double all-nighter
I drank Monster for the first time in forever (and also was the last)
I scored higher than all my other years 😭
Are there any pokémon that are better as stellar Tera types, cus I don't know how that form works competitively
Stellar Tera basically gives you a 2x boost for moves of your same type (STAB) and 1.2x boost otherwise
Only during the 1st use of said type
Some good Stellar-types not including Terapagos are Chien-Pao, Flutter Mane, even Raging Bolt
Oh so it's like super boost first use of a move, then back to regular boosted move power?
Yes
So it's stronger then regular Tera form boosts even?
In my mind it's STAB boost, then Tera type stab boost and then it's stellar the next level?
Next level but 1 time basically?
No, so Tera types work the same way
Say your Raging Bolt went Electric Tera
For its Electric moves
it gets that permanet 2x boost
but it just means everything else is just standard
Gotcha okay that's good. So then stellar is each move gets boosted only once during that Tera transform then
so Stellar’s strength comes from that extra boost in coverage/variety if you have strong offensive dual types
Yes
It does work differently for Terapagos
But i’ll just link you an article for that I wrote
Perfect. But how does the weaknesses get effected? Are you still same weaknesses?
Yes, your typing will be the same as whatever your base type was pre-terastalising
Personally my most successful Stellar user would be Chien-Pao
Particularly when paired with Life Orb
With Stellar you also likely plan to go on the offense and want higher tempo games and generate momentum in your favour
Since you forego any form of defensive terastalisatio
I'm basically gonna got through all these pokémon and try to figure out how to make them strong as they're able to get, then work on some more popular choices eventually.
Is this for Doubles or Singles?
Both but you know with judgement first I'll do doubles if they can do it, not if they can't, and some might not be good for anything
Gotta learn a lot still about each one and other mons I'll versus
Favorites are first focus, you know. You heard me from days ago lol
If I have to be honest, I think a lot of those options are going to have a difficult time finding their footing in competitive play.
I would probably say Iron Hands and BM Ursaluna are the top picks in that group
Yeah
Favourites are fine
Its just all about expectations
Most of those picks fall under the category of “viable” with my personal definition being “its useable to have fun with”
Well iron hands is only in there really because it was my first raid pokémon I went for from a friend's recommendation, but I'd use him sometimes. But yeah, I have realistic expectations don't worry.
They're gonna be weaker no doubt, but I'll try and make them strong as possible. Never know what happens in future games either maybe new moves mixes up the meta.
Sneasler/Ape/Ceruledge/Corvi/Mimikyu/Azu/Palafin are where I would sit. Poliwrath/Horoark/Glowbro/Slowbro are a bit more tenuous imo but still fine
Anything not mentioned is where I would draw the ljne where you would fail to find enjoyment
Is maushold any good? I'm also trying to catch a largest size of that and electivire to use competitively
Oh hell yeah, I'll use him then
Not a single complaint. insert his anime garbled speech here
Let me send you a youtube video.
Do you know if any of those in the photo might benefit more from stellar so I can consider them a little more carefully for it?
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Unfortunately none of those are prime Stellar candidates
I'd say that's fine, I'm glad you think so
Makes less work for me to farm stellar Shards. I think bm normal Tera type is good though, right? Cus normal only weak to fighting immune to ghost, yeah?
I think that's what I'll prefer myself too personally. And even for a petty reason like I like their diamond crown 😂 king bear looks funny
Yes. Also, Pikalytics just updated to Regulation G. You can peruse some statistics there although I would be wary of anything below top 30 in usage
So you can get some inspo.
Ty good information
Would you like that article on Terapagos mechanics?
I'm excited but I'm dragging my feet cus I'm still hunting jumbo pokémon to mess with so I don't run out if interest with having more to experiment with
Yeah I'll take that too whatever you think you sound like you got good advice. Saves me a lot of time in research
Tofu and Snorlax back to give you a heads up on one of our new favourite Pokémon, Terapagos. The Terastal Turtle has seemingly been a headache for quite a few players to both play with and against, and I'd like to consider myself pretty decently experienced in it's use, hence, the making of this pos…
Ty much 💪🏻
just standard stuff
the 3 sciences, maths, english, ect
gl


Should I run calm mind with kyogre instead of origin pulse if I'm already using water spout?
it’s usually either Origin Pulse + Calm Mind or Water Spot + Origin Pulse
If you’re going bulky with calm mind you, you’d drop water spout
I don't want to sound like I'm trolling or I'm being paranoid but I think torrent must have died or become sick
Or
Bc he wouldn't be able to survive without this channel anywasy
Maybe just maybe
Did he say anything?
He is doing his life
Holy moly him?
He spends around 10ish hours a day on this chat
Unless his girlfriend told him to get a life and stop playing pokemon all day and he listened
Or parents
But hopefully he has a job as its extremely embarrassing if your 18 and play pokemon all day instead of doing actually useful things
Like if u balance it with other stuff its fine ig but not all day
Idk, people can do what they want with the chat. Maybe they’re here off work or they’re looking for jobs as well. Being on a competitive Pokémon channel and acting like a gatekeeper when someone’s just trying to enjoy themselves feels cringe. Especially how you’re making a big enough deal to comment on them not being here more than once.
Oooh I really like that emote
I appreciate it.
Good to see you, hope you’re well.
I’m trying to find a shiny Eleki for my team and I’m regretting this grind
I got lucky with my shiny eleki hunt. Got it in around 500 resets lol
Caught it in a
too 
I stockpiled 30 fast balls so hopefully that’ll be enough to catch it in one, moon ball is a great choice
I am not keeping full track of resets but I think I’m at like 1000 now? About 10 hours or so
I wish you the best of luck for a speedy encounter and catching it in a fastball
Did you do a calc on catching odds in a fastball for eleki?
Your odds seem decent enough
That’s If you have it a 1hp and asleep
that’s great to see, should be 99%+ with 30 balls and 1HP + Asleep
Yee 
You are going to use Electabuzz?
Nvm i read Elekid for some reason lol
Hey Dillon
Can I run Sash Chi without TW?
https://pokepast.es/3238d9029f4c9775
Which pokemon in this group would be safe to replace Skeledirge with (Venusaur already replaces Clefairy)
yes I definitely think you can
just make sure you have a plan into urshifu
Urshifu and my restricted should deal with it? I wanna give Rilla AV and I don't like Ting with AV lol
Steel types just giving me a fuckin time rn
what’s the team?
Can I DM it?
dillon im so stuck rn for which team i wanna play
also praying we’re put on the same team for opl thatd be funny
Wait…. Is Kyogre pog in VGC again?
is it safe to replace any pokemon in this team with Skeledirge?
dillon
how did u become a comp helper btw
av kyogre is pretty disgusting
Tofu DM’d me and asked if I wanted to help, there is an application process if you want to apply as well
tbh Tofu runs most of the actual server related stuff so he’d be a better ask but I’d imagine we could use 1 or 2 more comp helpers
you definitely fit the bill for a good helper
What about me 👉👈
It is
sorry abt another ping but wheres the application process
There isn't an application for helpers, there is one for mods but Helpes are chosen by their peers typically
If Tofu made an actual application for it, then I’ll be dammed, 
Hello Mr Amon
Keanu would be great, would appreciate another helper here at times
Hello Monke.

Now to ask Keanu about all my dumbass team ideas 
what if he doesnt?
Eh imma ask you about em just to fuck with ya
who said i'd help you
only if im hired kek
lol
im finding lots of weakness policy solgaleo/dusk mane today
Dw, Chi Yu might carry
i think tofu and i are usually on at different times which would be helpful
FUCK WAKE UP FISH
I'M GONNA LOSE TO INCIN AMOONGUS AS CHI YU URSHIFU WTF
THE ONE TIME THEY USE RAGE POWDER
THE ONE FUCKING TIME
WHY IS THE TEAM THAT FELT ALRIGHT ALL OF A SUDDEN SHIT
THANK YOU, DAMN
Well I changed a member, so it'll happen rn, but like the team before was feeling bad
After feeling good
oh boy the electabuzz team
where no one brings the electabuzz

oh be brought the electabuzz
https://pokepast.es/7d99238b2f315970
https://pokepast.es/3aef19757ceb1eb0
Aight fuck it, time I show the sauce
If you had to choose, which one looks better
Had Ting for Caly S and Miraidon MU, but wasn't as good and Rilla was wanting AV here, so which one looks like it sacrifices Caly S and Miraidon MUs less?
aaand i lost, thats cool
tera fire ice rider is such a nightmare
oh and he gets the crit on my zac, cool
tough team to break
with zac, cuz tera fire is a miserable tera to deal with
My friending help
not Wake, or Whimsicott or anything?
where's your trick room MU

i see ur on the tubnation wave now 
Skill issue mfer
Double Fake Out and priority

farigiraf says hello
The giraffe can go kiss a moving car
can I optimize Skeledirge to benefit from the Sun?
dude im watching michaelderbeste ranbats on yt y is this guy so good at pokemon 
Honestly I can outbulk TR sometimes
bro has like a 90+% wr in randbats
Or I haven't had problems with it
Skill issue Nova, this team isn't weird enough for u

NUH UH (maybe yuh huh)
haha
Indeed 👀
nice
Thing is there's 3 boxes I wanna check
- Don't sacrifice Caly S MU
- Don't sacrifice Miraidon MU
- Be able to threaten Steel types
I ran the Electabuzz team and enjoyed it, and the team report videos are cool
And idk which one is better
Just good info to have
I'm thinking Chi Yu, but someone else said Chien
bros been playing for centuries
Which also like Chien boosts Ray, but Chi boosts Goldie, so I'm not losing there either way
has he? lmao
i always thought he jus started
Yah ranbats is his specialty iirc
no, he just started vgc
makes sense tho he knows like every set for randbats
hes an ou/randbats main
dou moment
so close to 1500, lost to a dozo
can you use Skeledirge in a Sun team
u can, should u? prolly not
ive only seen dirge on very slow paced teams or sun teams so, idk
I have decided
Chi Yu
Yeah good to learn more shit from people who know said shit, I’m an ok player and still think I’m ass lol
I wanna use both Venusaur and skeledirge in the same team (double battle team)
But resources always help me get better
nah you're not ass
Thanks man
plz one more game, lemme win against real shit plz lol
You got this
Throw you're not ass
You got ass
Get it right
yea and u dont always gta agree w. everything said but their insights/perspectives are generally really informative. theyve been making calls since beginning of reg g pretty consistently, nails w/ specs pagos, adi w/ balance csr draining kiss stuff, burns cir stuff, electabuzz w/ alex
brother what
bakit?
Is it possible to have both Venusaur and Skeledirge in the same team?
That's not either language fuck
🙂
gg go next tbh
Lol
Anyways I decided Chi Yu over Pao cuz I think it hits all 3 criteria a tiny bit more
wen u ask if its possible like wat do u mean. technically u can put any mon on the same team w/ one another as long as it isnt like a repeat of the same mon or a mythical (restricteds b4 they are allowed)
what team
Up here
skeledirge just doesnt have much of a place rn imo, power creep shut those guys out awhile ago (it and meowscarada)
nd they dont do anything else to justify their use
we won lol, somehow
I wanted last Mon to threaten Steel types which are a bit of an issue while not sacrificing Miraidon or Caly S MUs cuz it's over Ting
incin was too much of an issue for them after i removed lando with wellspring
I just focused mainly on like
Improving weaker MUs
Cuz like
Need Goldie cuz Ray + Chien Pao funnily enough don't do shit to Zamazenta
I want to build a team where I can use both Skeledirge and Venusaur.
Urshifu has synergy with Ray as it can block Sun effects so like
From there it was just finding other stuff
Initial idea was Ray + Hitmontop
can it be used competitively?
https://pokepast.es/643e5396517585c9 might as well ask since its active, what do you guys think of this?
Reason why is funny AF, but I'll let you figure it out
it can be, arent gna net many wins w/ it tho
Alright everyone, go hide

Lol
ah, guess I'll just stick to normal story mode then.
"He's asking questions, run"
a lot of niche mons can be used this regulation but you do need to cook and skeledirge shouldnt be built around but rather a mon you use to fill
^
Yeah
Like Hitmontop lol
love this format, when im not getting parahaxed
https://pokepast.es/3238d9029f4c9775
I already replaced Clefairy with Venusaur
keanu u try out that wo chien ogre team
me laddering yday paralyzing ppl: 
no, but i beat the main version of it
i mean main users of it
I beat andrew ding and justin on ladder
u were facing em on high ladder right? iirc
nah grimmsnal has been getting on my nerves all day
I'm just gonna stick to the main campaign for now.
id be annoyed to lmao but thats the team objective a lot of times
get screens up and just para shit
for sure
its, irritating but i get it
also ive learned to just bblade it so im not getting parahaxed for the whole game
ur getting long games w/ that team
good to maximize chances and shit w/ the paras
gonna take a stab this is just fine then
think the wellspring might be cope but i played with wellspring zac at the very beginning of the format and still think it has some merrit
event tho its the third best form imo, i still think wellspring is better than teal mask
the wellspring falloff needs to be studied
then corner at top, then hearth
its like nowhere basically now
rock coverage good
other then teal, theyve all had their moment
and also guaranteed tr at times
ye
teal had like 1 placement
I have like 10 accounts in top 50 rn
yea in like, what early reg f?
lmao bruh
all different teams
i've made top 500 once, i dont climb for hours, that and i play with odd teams lol
if i climb for hours the bad rng i have shows
oh I dont really climb for hours I just que at the same time
if its bo3 I only do 2 bo3s at the same time though
that and, obviously i just need to play better
I queue for hours listening to Lofi music
oh, uh, yea, top 500 in bo1 cough
i have never actually gone and grinded through bo3 ladder
keanu do u recognize the user tuanzai233 ? i queued into them like 5 times las night they were top 50-60 initially
that looks familiar
no
yeah you need to make it weirder
i posted a cppl replays vs them
oh?
yea they had a rough ladder sesh
send, maybe ill recognize the team
Fine
Where's Magikarp
ended on like 1600s wen i played em last
on it
ight one sec
id also like to see, im curious on the team
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between tuanzai233 and huhuhyes! Format: [Gen 9] VGC 2024 Reg G; Date: Jun 15, 2024
this was like the 5th time we played
i fought taht dude once i believe
yea maybe
couldn't break the fucking calyrex
Flail, Tackle
Splash
A move displayed with Bold text benefits from Same-Type Attack Bonus when used by Magikarp.
i was paralyzing leech seeding it initially
then realized incin was jus 10x better into the matchup and decided the last game to just sack wo chien
even tho that won be 3 of the 4 games before
oh thats why
I have 10 accounts in top 50 bo3
i think i only have 1 or 2 in top 50 for bo1 i dont play bo1 much
i need to play more bo3 tbh
yea i jus do bo1 mostly now, hopefully next szn can compete, had a few irl stuff pop up for some irl tours i had signed up for
ok I just checked I only have 5 in top 50 now but ye
i play test too much lol
oh wow only 5?
I had 10 in top 50 yesterday
wow nice
sad
still impressive none the less
its hard to keep track of alts ngl lol
dude is 10% of the top 50 and is like awwww mannnnn
lmfao
frfr
I need to go for rank 1 on one of them but I havent figured out what team I like yet
worlds grind goes hard
lmao 10 teams id say so
hopefully you find something you like
esm and him r gna cook
cooking with people, thats cool
well anyway hope things work out ok
im gonna go look at how to improve this team since i got 0 feedback on it
working by myself atm
Havent been using zam lately
ahh fair enough
pretty disappointed in my 6-3 at NAIC but I had 5 of my worst mus which made it so awkward
trying to find the best team I have that is walled by the least common restricted lol
yea zam doesnt feel as strong as it did w/ how the metas developed but its still good
6-3 for naic is hella good but i understand not being satisfied especially w/ how far uve gotten before
but yea hitting shitty mus unfortunately happens jus gta do wat ur doing and figure out wat has the least amount of those
any feedback ive given in the past usually isnt received well cuz we really do have different philosophies/povs wen it comes down to the game/teambuilding
wish u luck tho
Honestly thinking about giving Koraidon/Goth a shot, myself 
not that i want to bug him ik hes moving an shit
go for it
i wanna build the ogre wo chien team in game
I either need to figure out EVs or find a paste with some.
I was thinking of that too, Tree. Basically those are my two considerations right now
idt ive seen it floating around myself but that doesnt mean it isnt
Right
was goth koraidon a thing at NAIC?
Yeah
yea that team is good but we didnt need me to confirm that lmao
i see
still decent
It seems interesting and I have had trouble settling on things so I figure couldn't hurt lol
and a good placed fighting type can be really disruptive/annoying
but its p easy to navigate generally u have a lot of options
I have a soft spot for Iron Jugulis
but its cool
Jugs/Ogre seems tough.
i dont usually either but i got tired of csr ho and cir stuff
i think calyrex stuff is kinda boring in general
Yeah I was not really enjoying the mirrors 
ik its strong and i get that, it is not super fun to play for me
i do wanna use patricks cir team tho that def fits my style perfectly, urshi/rilla/incin core my beloved

good team for sure
Yeah I was playing that for awhile at the start of the regulation but I had farigiraf over bolt.
u had rilla over shroom?
i played CIR with bloodmoon fari and dengo for a while
a lot of ppl had shroom there originally
Oh yeah, I had shroom. Sorry.
look at taiwan nationals lol
yea rilla over shroom oddly changes a decent amount of how the team plays
It's a good point.
anything specifically?
where are the results for that?
Dude I am sweating bullets waiting to hear about my Professor application 
or is it ongoing rn?
its going on right now
i figured
you got this
itll work out
gl herbie
Exam felt easy, but I always worry about that crap lol
the teams are interesting
oh ofc, i wouldnt expect anything less
Nah, I'll always believe in Zamazenta
lmao
I can't read
ik
Nah Rayquaza winning Worlds 

calys pagos or miraidon
Honestly I hope Zamazenta does just so I can go 🖕
stuff like zama ogre and koraidon are sleeper picks
I want zac to win cuz its the restricted i deliberately suffer with lol
(its not that bad)
zacian is just very middle of the pack
mhmm
the nerfs were too much unfortunately
you have to have a strong team behind it
it doesn't have the carry potential other restricteds do
Honestly I think Rayquaza is cuz like
Playing it, I feel like it's pros aren't outweighed by its cons but actually matched by them
i bailed onnit very early and its def seen some success, but its closer to lunala tier then like kyogre tier
double restricted i think it gets better tho
like yes everything gets better but i can, hopefully see, zac ogre have some success
ray is not middle of the pack. ray sucks
Like Rayquaza literally feels like it's a middle of the pack Pokemon and I think that's the reason why it's not big in the meta
zac beat the shit allegations and now it just lives in "its alright" tier
idt ray has gotten out of that
i dont see how it does
Which is still shit tier
I mean it could considering Koraidon and Kyogre are good
You basically shut down some of their power
ray suffers basically almost all the same issues as zacian except it can run clear amulet. its still a subpar single target restricted that faced w/ any real bulk or good positioning just falls flat on its face
As long as you don't forget that Kyogre runs Ice Beam (I totally didn't last night)
atleast zacian has good typing
speed tier too
I feel like Lunala has all the bulk and nothing to do with it rn
yep
but lunala has also seen fringe success
its okay
wait I just witnessed the worst throw of all time
zacian is really good
its one of my teams in top 50
Like if it could do decent immediate damage, it'd be fine but like
Usually it takes time to get going
A ZACIAN BELIEVER?!?
dont tell him that keanu
Lol
Rare to find
The Zacian believers are an endangered species rn
im not saying my take is absolute
yea cuz they got humbled by zama
i just personally dont see zacian that way
Yeah heh
Zama pog
I love Zamazenta
It fits the category of "stupid bulky for no reason"
and actually utilizes it
i did like 96% to one after tera w/ chi yu overheat
It has bulk with something to do
i think lunala also just doesn't like being the same typing as CSR
Tbf it hates Chi Yu anyways so
you want a ghost psychic type CSR exists
ik lmfao
i jus thought that was funny im like my brother in christ ur tera was completely wasted
Zama literally be saying the best offense is a good defense
true
And the best defense is also a good defense
I mean like
I'll say that it's sort of a pro and con
Cuz it's ability saves that typing
Just as I said
It's basically in Tofu terms a punching bag
Honestly that was my ass in high school basketball so
When I wasn't sitting on the bench 
nah imma hit it with +3 bblade and glide and it go bye bye
fuck i saw some1 was running tera ghost orthoworm but i cant remember from where i gta find the vid, and honestly that being ur zama answer is hilarious
thats funny as shit lol
it did well tho it was at some irl tour
HUH
Of all things you could tera ghost
yes
I swear the random Zamazenta tech gets wild sometimes
id body press set
Welp
tera ghost low kick kingambit trust (i miss kingambit)
My tech is just volcarona
If myself and Suica can’t figure out Zacian idk what to tell u
lmao
Support Volc is a sleeper pick fr
Honestly that would fuck up Zamazenta
yea uh, figured lol
Lol is this why we went to Zamazenta sir
thats cool
No I liked Zama more originally but actually Zacian is prob the best it will be rn in this regard
Ah
best it will be but still not good enough
i will continue to use it and get better with it cuz in general i dont like anything else that much

I'm just using Rayquaza for content, although I have genuinely had fun with it
You tried everything else?
yes
me usin ogre and realizing i dont get boosts for kos: 
ive gone and tried other things, i dont really like the other guys that much
I think it's not that bad
Do you not even like anything else just a little
like, if i really got bored of zac i'd probably play miraidon ig
not enough to make teams for them
Was actually considering using Zacian at worlds tbh
why tho
It’s good in the meta rn
is it?
It's honestly not that bad
It's just as I said
At most, it's pros and cons match each other in a 50/50 ratio
And imo like
You want your restricted rn to have pros outweigh cons (no shit Sherlock)
It's a matter of it being worth a restricted spot for being arguably better dragonite or not
like actually lol
Like I said Suica is on it Rn
I just don’t like missing my play roughs (I keep missing)
yea idk man im obviously missing something
just have things to remove incin and steel/fire types and its like, okay
I mean threatening Koraidon is pog
real, but i think zac needs to use it
i dont see how its better now into the meta then before
Tera blast fairy meta real
Zacian Pelipper would be good?
zac pelipper is a thing
I could give u tyos team of this
It’s solid into Caly ice balance with its main partners, it’s solid into csr, agaisnt korai u just force Tera, etc etc
I mean
Koraidon good boom
Miraidon good, Play Rough can make it Tera
A lot of CSR are Fairy Tera rn I believe, Behemoth Blade looks meatier there
incin is running rampant, miraidon has speed control and just dunks on it, csr can boost up nd has sufficient partners to let it do that, cir can tera vs bb
its solid into CSR?
Ye
oh ig
They're Fairy Tera usually now I guess
u dont tank astral barrage well at +2
Against the most common versions of the teams atm you actually have a 50/50 mu into a lot of things
noted
Even koraidon can tera fire against you and then what, neutral sacred sword?
Well u force Koraidon to Tera, have something for the Tera fire, focus other slot
probably depends on what you choose to run with zac for koraidon, peli is great for that
Yeah I think it's more to do with how people are running stuff vs the mons themselves
^
ik u dont wanna share teams understandably b4 worlds but can u atleast say is yalls zacian team sauced or is it pretty standard
im curious as well
Half and half
Like Zamazenta is good into Terapagos, but a lot of them run Chi Yu rn iirc so that makes the MU not free
well my version and Suicas is a tad bit different
so its kinda sauced
Howl scream tail + zacian is coming
idt that shit works ngl
I’d say his is more standard while I have 2 more niche mons
howl feels awkward
yea u need some sauce to make that 50/50 i feel otherwise i dont see how it has that into well played comps of the teams u mentioned
How many good fairy types are in the meta rn?
That’s gholdengo food
Flutter Mane, Scream Tail¿
man i wanna see but yall are prepping for worlds so i get no sharing
Csr
I feel like we're getting to the point where either
- Shit is getting more established
- Shit that's already established is still shining
Gholdengo food doesn’t sound good
eh ig bolt isnt using fairy tera that much
Like technically the 6 Pat won NAIC with has been around for a hot minute
Nah Bolt is using tera electric i think
mhmm
gholdengo is greedy enough we dont need to give it food
Honestly I hate that I'm using it rn after it fucking me over so hard
mfer stealing any and every gold coin in sight
just add incin ez
Yeah that's why I found it only mildly interesting and not pretty interesting
Is Koraidon Gholdengo a problem against Zac?
dengo no like incin
But we'll
I know it hurts Zamazenta and I needed a Zamazenta answer so fuck it
I'm sorry Zamazenta
Forgive me
no
first off thats a thing? second yea
Because i genuinely think Gholdengo is the best partner for Koraidon
zama doesnt forgive or forget
How come
...why?
gholdengo in sun seems wack
It's not enough tbh
You know what fucks up Zamazenta unless you prepare specifically for it
Caly I Gholdengo
Because like Caly I usually is a free MU for it, but then Goldie adds a whole other fucking dimension to it
I haven't actually seen gholdengo in a long time
dengo isnt too popular rn
yea makes sense
on why its slotted there for that type of mu
trading legendary shinies
Because it takes on zam?
Like CSR is the only thing that's winning that Goldie hates
Wrong chat my guy
ah ok
mm
i mean restricted wise yea
read the rules and guidelines first
Yeah
You basically have to like
Always be wary that they have Goldie
Cuz a lot of people leave it in the back for a WHILE
I ran that at NAIC
how'd it do?
Literally one set I had against it, they held it back for 5-8 turns every game and it fucked me hard
I went 6-3 (I got hard c teamed by Kyogre)
i meant the dengo specifically
The ghost/steel/fighting covers a lot of things
byt also nice
Oh it felt like my restricted
Huh
thats cool
Can you elaborate
I didn’t even bring Koraidon to like 4 rounds
lmao
dengo koraidon, may i ask why you paired it with koraidon?
was jus gna ask
Koraidon struggles with Caly ice and certain Zama cores, Ogerpon Corner + Gholdengo solves that
that makes a lot of sense
I also had Tera normal on it so I could bring it to certain CSR matches
were those the sets u didnt bring koraidon to those mus? cuz then thatd make sense
Pretty much
Actually y'know what genuinely made me sad and confused last night
So I watched someone play my Ray team last night, and their dumbass hit tera Water on Gholdengo in the Zamazenta MU right
My Goldie absolutely tanked a +1 BP
i see the reasoning for sure
yea cuz ur gna overprepare dealing w/ it likely
With the Koraidon team though even when I didn’t bring them to full sets I did go on and off because sometimes not bringing your restricted when people are forced to counter them can actually just flat out win you a game
Like you're telling me that even if I get Goldie to tera that +1 BP can miss a KO
Sadge
so if they can minimize/take care of those, gholdy is jus ready to win the middle/end game
yea, learned that with zac, although i bring zac most games
think i lose to the tera fire ice riders the most rn, that tera is so frustrating to deal with
Especially when you see that people are over prepping for certain comps I just mind gamed them to over compensating for my Koraidon
Honestly I don't see over preparing for Goldie as an issue especially in the Caly I Goldie MU cuz Goldie is the only thing making that MU rough
I run IDBP Zamazenta bro
Caly I fucking tickles lmao
I saw someone use tera water weather ball bolt for peli + tera fire cir teams which is pretty hilarious
well, rn i dont have a water type notably good into CIR
yea i think thats underrated for sure in single restricted. seen it a few times on stream as well. generally those restricteds are bringable but arent too favored so it can be good to either mix it up by bringing/not bringing or even like u said the mind game of if u ever bring it still covering for it and just not bringing it
im messing with wellspring zac gapdos rn
Why gapdos
defiant
I see
See the funniest tech I found thx to Tofu
Was Thunder Wave Flutter
I'd just bluff a Moonblast and T Wave the Koraidon
dollarmonke has given 1 Gen Rep to keanufps
We have that on our Zama team
a gapdos?
Ohhh
No T wave flutter
I tried that
oh lol i got confused
Gapdos is only on my friends hard room team
id say in a way yea cuz if u dont lead/have answers in a way that can deal w/ the gholdy, it just runs away w/ the game
T Wave Flutter is too fucking good
my bad
maybe not like to an extreme cuz it has answers on its own but they arent that plentiful
Oh yeah that's what I'm saying
It's not a problem to over prepare for the Goldie itself
Road to competitive helper
im tired i misunderstood
Road to worlds was hit
dont mind me
The Caly I part is just
Step 1. Iron Defense
Step 2. Literally do any fuckin thing lol
yea
hi tofu
Bitch wym
Running Scope Lens Caly-I good luck to all my Zama opps
Don't you tell me this shit bro
some1 said that here didnt they
If you do this to me I will shit in your Cheerios
Bust out your Lucky Chants
Honestly I want Keanu as comp helper, cuz then we all are listening to a dude who just graduated high school
Better player than this channel
Lmao
So like
I wonder what will japan players bring to worlds like
moment
Age doesn’t matter lmao
True
Once again Tofu
I told you the kids would beat my ass
Thay have a very different meta right?
I think they just have a different approach rather than meta
Aurelian and I just graduated highschool
Different regions tend to have different preferences
Yeah age definitely don't matter, I know those juniors could sweep me
Hmm
Makes sense
Oh I forgot you said that
Cause their frontal lobe is more developed
Aurelian and I both skipped highschool graduation to go to NAIC xddd








