#competitive_discussion

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mighty stump
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I already did Koraidon

abstract grail
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Koraidon is my favorite restricted (I don't really like any of them lol) I guess I think Shadow rider looks cool too.

foggy lodge
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What has been your favorite regulation in SV so far?

mighty stump
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Who you asking

foggy lodge
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In general

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Just curious about opinions here

forest arrow
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scratch that lol

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Ive enjoyed them all really, theyve been learning curves for me.

next stump
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I think my favorite was probably Reg B or Reg E, but Reg G has been fun

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a little matchup roulette sometimes

strange fjord
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big fan of reg h šŸ˜‰(whatever they decide itll be)

bold geode
bold geode
mighty stump
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Uhm

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Reg G

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and Reg A

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Lol

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Cause its the only two Regulations I hit Rank 1

bold geode
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Lol

forest arrow
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based

bold geode
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"It's the two regs I suffered from success"

autumn vault
willow vault
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What about c and e

mighty stump
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Wow

autumn vault
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They are mid tier

mighty stump
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Didn't know we got Reg DnD

willow vault
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Also d twice

autumn vault
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Yes i corrected it

willow vault
autumn vault
rustic mountain
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reg b was awesome

autumn vault
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I hated it

bold geode
mighty stump
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Don't need luck to be good at the game

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šŸ˜Ž

bold geode
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Fast forward a month MAN FUCK RNG

mighty stump
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Well yeah

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I can complain considering my Play:Complaint ratio is pretty good

bold geode
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How about your Fuck It:We Ball ratio

mighty stump
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Also pretty good lol

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I just make teams and play I don't think too hard unless theres something I need to do with it

bold geode
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Yeah
Also Tofu uh
Uh
I got trashed last night lmao

mighty stump
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What do you want me to do about it

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Not like I would if I could, but entertain me anyways

bold geode
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Lol

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I didn't even really play bad, just they played better

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Plus MUs weren't the greatest
Plus I went back to older formula and found out that older formula wasn't as solid

mighty stump
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Probably just need a different perspective: IMO certain interactions kinda never change at the basic level

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Like Redirection + Gholdengo is basically just Caly-Clef now

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Which boils down to like

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Redirection + Setup Spread attacker

bold geode
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Well the thing is I figured "hey I had x Pokemon before, helps with problems I had now, let's try it again"

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THERE'S A REASON WHY I CHANGED SAID MON BEFORE

mighty stump
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Or the established stuff tends to progress towards bettering it's more negative matchups

bold geode
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I think honestly I just be losing to skill issue rn lol

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Like there's a turn or two every now and then I'm just like "I know I should've done that, why didn't I"

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Like I honestly have a lot of moments where I just think they're smarter
Like "this play's too fucking obvious, ain't no way they don't go to predict that"

mighty stump
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That just means you're not confident with your play

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If the opponent needs to read your play then like

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It's probably a pretty decent thing to do

abstract grail
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Alot of the times when I loose it's cause I overthink, almost run out of time on the timer then have to speed pick in the last 5 seconds lol

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So a skill issue and needing more practice lol

mighty stump
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@next stump Gib Farigiraf spread

bold geode
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Like I know I could've done better so I just make sure to do better next time

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Like when I fuck up and lose a game, it's like hey I understand how I fucked up, I understand this
No need to be mad at myself over it, it's not like brooding over that game will change the results

mighty stump
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yh

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VGC is more mental fortitude than anything probably

bold geode
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Yeah like
Just review the stuff
I try not to pout cuz like
Pouting ain't doing shit
I still lost lol

molten oasis
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Seems I missed the action

polar canyon
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Same

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What's the deal with gholdengo rn?

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Like what does it work against for people to be using it

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Caly ice pre tera?

molten oasis
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ice rider and zama notably

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zacian too

balmy glen
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I’ve seen it on solid meme teams so uh

molten oasis
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lmao

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im liking cornerstone rn, it feels solid here

polar canyon
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It does look nice

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Is max max working just fine or is it due to change?

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Generally it does remind me of most of your other reg g teams

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I think you know why

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Not that that's a bad thing

molten oasis
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...

small crag
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Hey, is there anywhere you can do like non official tournaments?

molten oasis
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ok, ive tried niche shit for a couple weeks now

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it is not working

polar canyon
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Probably not here

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I don't think people are willing to join in this server

molten oasis
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gapdos was eh, howl was eh, snow was eh

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the thing ive tried havent been consistently strong

small crag
gentle cragBOT
polar canyon
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Maybe just try a solid team with 5 known solid members and zacian

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Unless you find that boring

molten oasis
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well, i think the standard thing i have is boring but i also dont exactly have a niche thing to run with it rn

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that i like that works

bold geode
molten oasis
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mm, ig i can go stare at the builder for something again

polar canyon
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I thought the question was about hosting the tournaments

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I probably misinterpreted

bold geode
molten oasis
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so, zac wants a partner thats good into steel and fire types

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as it struggles hard into them

bold geode
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Great Tusk

polar canyon
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Lando i?

molten oasis
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lando i isnt niche

bold geode
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Gib back Great Tusk meta

molten oasis
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lando i is relevant

polar canyon
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Does it have to be niche

molten oasis
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...

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i want to find an off meta pick to use

bold geode
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...

polar canyon
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Does zacian count as an off meta pick

molten oasis
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honestly wouldnt be against trying tusk but idk if tusk actually works

bold geode
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greg g

molten oasis
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greg g

polar canyon
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greg g

bold geode
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@mighty stump greg g

molten oasis
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k

polar canyon
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Reminiscing the good old times of great tusk and the bravest bird back in creg c

molten oasis
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i mean yea ig zacian is an off meta pick

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but having 2 is cool

polar canyon
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I like playing off meta but I can settle for 1 myself

molten oasis
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also, wanna try to get a not standard zacian team

bold geode
molten oasis
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hitmontop helps against incin how?

polar canyon
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Mienshao?

molten oasis
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it gets intimidated and its not like zac needs wide guard

bold geode
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I mean it's super effective with CC
Plus it's another Intimidate Mon so you can say fuck Incin harder

molten oasis
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incin hitting me isnt the issue

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incin wisping and parting shoting me is the issue

polar canyon
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Is there any pokemon with mist and prankster

molten oasis
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...

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no but suicune and, uh

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milotic get mist

dapper crag
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Landorus-Therian's moveset:
Physical Moves

Body Slam, Brick Break, Brutal Swing, Bulldoze, Crunch, Dig, Earthquake, Explosion, Facade, Fissure, Fling, Fly, Frustration, Giga Impact, Hammer Arm, Iron Tail, Knock Off, Outrage, Payback, Punishment, Return, Rock Slide, Rock Smash, Rock Throw, Rock Tomb, Sand Tomb, Secret Power, Self-Destruct, Smack Down, Stomping Tantrum, Stone Edge, Strength, Superpower, Take Down, U-turn

Special Moves

Earth Power, Extrasensory, Focus Blast, Grass Knot, Hidden Power, Hyper Beam, Mud Shot, Mud-Slap, Psychic, Round, Sandsear Storm, Scorching Sands, Sludge Bomb, Sludge Wave, Snore, Tera Blast, Weather Ball

Status Moves

Attract, Block, Bulk Up, Calm Mind, Confide, Defog, Double Team, Endure, Gravity, Imprison, Leer, Nasty Plot, Protect, Rain Dance, Rest, Rock Polish, Role Play, Sandstorm, Scary Face, Sleep Talk, Stealth Rock, Substitute, Sunny Day, Swagger, Swords Dance, Taunt, Toxic

Notes

A move displayed with Bold text benefits from Same-Type Attack Bonus when used by Landorus-Therian.

polar canyon
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That could be a fun niche pick?

strange fjord
molten oasis
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someones done that

polar canyon
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Prevents the intimidate drop

molten oasis
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the, suicune

polar canyon
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Damn do milotic then ig

molten oasis
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yea cuz i dont wanna be copying people, and mist is incredibly niche idt its worthwhile

bold geode
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Me copying mfers with Coaching Shifu

polar canyon
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Actually a lot gets mist

molten oasis
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thats just a thing everyones been picking up tbf

dapper crag
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PokƩmon No. 645: Landorus-Therian
Types

Ground/Flying

Abilities

Intimidate

HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe

89/145/90/105/80/91

Total

600

Base Species

Landorus

molten oasis
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hmm

polar canyon
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Support dragonite with mist tailwind and breaking swipe there's your niche pick

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I think coaching riolu counts as niche

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Probably the lamest "niche" to play but it counts

balmy glen
polar canyon
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Dragonite @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Inner Focus
Level: 50
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature

  • Mist
  • Tailwind
  • Breaking Swipe
  • Helping Hand
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What if you just used this

balmy glen
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Why tho

molten oasis
polar canyon
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Idk he wants something niche

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That's very open ended

balmy glen
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That’s literally just worse Suicune lol

polar canyon
balmy glen
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In every way possible that’s a worse Suicune

polar canyon
molten oasis
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i want to do something, someone else hasn't already done

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and performed well with

polar canyon
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I think you're undermining the ability to be original with a pokemon by not using it the exact same way everyone else does

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Rather than having to use a pokemon no one uses

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I thought it was really cool seeing that one beads of ruin + tera life orb thinderclap bolt on NAIC

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not exactly an original mon

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Really cool fancy way to use it

molten oasis
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still looking at things i could do with zac

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im not doing mist suicune stuff

balmy glen
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as someone who’s one of the zamazenta innovators with Goltres and know a lot of the people who like to use niche mons you kind of just find the niche yourself through playing a lot and trying new things tbh

molten oasis
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lando t is an option to experiment then

polar canyon
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Maybe garticuno is the next niche pick who knows

balmy glen
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It’s not really something you can just ask others for a niche pick for tbh

polar canyon
balmy glen
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Especially if your trying to be original

polar canyon
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True

molten oasis
polar canyon
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If you're not even who came up with it is it really original niche and all that

molten oasis
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nvm then, i should have said nothing

polar canyon
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Sorry

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Well good luck with your efforts

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Try to not get too disappointed if you don't manage to find your one signature thing

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Not that I don't think you will

molten oasis
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sorry i cant ask for things to experiment with, i get the testing part, and thats fine, i still wanna try things out that other people have performed well with cuz ik that works

polar canyon
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I think it's still fine if someone suggests something and you work deer with it

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Feel free to brainstorm here

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If the concern is doing something no one else has done

molten oasis
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drop it i get it

polar canyon
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Alright alright

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I wonder if alomomola is worth looking at

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Wide guard, misty terrain, icy wind

chrome knot
polar canyon
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Regenerator stab flip turn for chip

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75 base attack is not good but like it's not bad for a stab utility move getting chip damage

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Actually, it has wish flip turn

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Wonder if that can be useful in doubles

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With that base hp it's like a full heal

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Alomomola ting lu eternatus stall is real

balmy glen
chrome knot
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for its subtle return to reg g id say so

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its not something you think of immediately

polar canyon
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Not something you think of early even

balmy glen
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It’s like one of the first things I thought of

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(I’m a perish trap user)

chrome knot
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ok well

polar canyon
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High level comp player brains work differently you don't count

chrome knot
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there seems to be a FukingDies

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no hes just a freaky person

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trapping is his thing lmao

polar canyon
chrome knot
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maybe idk?

polar canyon
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The tall goth girl that traps you

balmy glen
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also I was brainstorming psychic types for Zamazenta at the time

chrome knot
molten oasis
polar canyon
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Dang without urshifu that looks like incineroar food

bold geode
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What the dog doin

balmy glen
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At the time I think I was thinking Goth safety goggles with Zama AV ttar

polar canyon
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I'm sorry

chrome knot
polar canyon
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Maybe I'll try to cook with alomomola bulky team later today

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Maybe that regenerator + wish flip turn does come in handy

balmy glen
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Alo has a niche in DOU gs cup so maybe

polar canyon
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Wide guard can come in handy

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That leaves a final move slot that could just be protect which also goes with wish

molten oasis
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managed to beat an ice rider with this

polar canyon
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Would misty terrain be good to prevent wisp?

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Alo gets that

molten oasis
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thats an option yea

polar canyon
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Or mist to prevent intimidate

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It has the anti incineroar toolkit

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There should be an item that lengthens the miscellaneous timed field effects like safeguard mist or lucky chant

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We do have terrain extender and light clay

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It could make for cool niche sets

dapper crag
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Move: Safeguard

For 5 turns, the user and its party members cannot have non-volatile status conditions or confusion inflicted on them by other Pokemon. Pokemon on the user's side cannot become affected by Yawn but can fall asleep from its effect. It is removed from the user's side if the user or an ally is successfully hit by Defog. Fails if the effect is already active on the user's side.

Type

Normal

Category

Status

Power

0

Accuracy

—

PP (max)

25 (40)

Move Flags

​

Protect

Bypasses Protect-like moves.

Contact

Does not make contact.

Snatch

Affected by Snatch.

polar canyon
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Oh this is better than misty terrain nvm

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It doesn't protect the opponent as a side effect

balmy glen
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There are some interesting people in comp discussion

molten oasis
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kyogre might be an issue, with amoonguss

bold geode
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Yeah yeah Skibidi rizz
Did you hear about the kid that iirc got DQed at a local due to brain rot

polar canyon
polar canyon
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Rules against ohio rizzlers

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He probably talks in the reddit ai reading voice

bold geode
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Basically some kid at some local (I forget if for VG or TCG9 would not stop saying brain rot, just kept saying shit like "Skibidi toilet Ohio rizz" or whatever and an opponent called a judge on them cuz they were getting annoyed and they either just gave the kid a loss or gave him a loss and DQed him

molten oasis
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ok i see why people like grimmsnarl lol, twave is so good

polar canyon
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Bruh even if it was annoying are they really allowed to do that

polar canyon
polar canyon
bold geode
bold geode
polar canyon
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Me when I'm playing an official vg premier challenge and the spirit of ohio ishowspeed takes over me

bold geode
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You're not allowed to speak anymore

polar canyon
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Fanum taxing all over the competition

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She skibidi on my toilet till I rizz

polar canyon
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You know

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What's stopping the zac + alomomola from being real

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It drago doesn't try it I might

willow vault
polar canyon
stark kindle
polar canyon
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Gothitelle was a mistake

bold geode
polar canyon
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Who's the guy wanting piks

molten oasis
bold geode
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Oh nothing
You wouldn't get it

molten oasis
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also, lando t grimm aint too bad

bold geode
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Drago and Mickey know

molten oasis
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until i see kyogre then i get washed lol

polar canyon
molten oasis
polar canyon
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Twave shoulda had perfect accuracy when an electric type uses it

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Toxic does for poison types so I don't see why twave can't

strange fjord
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wil-o-wisp should have perfect accuracy when used by a fire type as well?

polar canyon
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Maybe

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Wisp is kinda also more related to ghost types kinda?

strange fjord
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sleep powder should has perfect accuracy when used by a grass type arkeknine

polar canyon
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Spore has 100 accuracy when used by a grass type so I think that counts

strange fjord
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nah but toxic's accuracy hits past evasion when used by a poison type

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not the same as 100% accuracy

dapper crag
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Move: Toxic

Badly poisons the target. If a Poison-type Pokemon uses this move, the target cannot avoid the attack, even if the target is in the middle of a two-turn move.

Type

Poison

Category

Status

Power

0

Accuracy

90

PP (max)

10 (16)

Move Flags

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Mirror

Copied by Mirror Move.

Contact

Does not make contact.

Reflectable

Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce.

polar canyon
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Yeah but who wants never missing spore

molten oasis
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welp, i need better shit for CSR incin

strange fjord
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if you want t-wave equality, the we want all status moves equality lol

molten oasis
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set up is free, stupid mon

polar canyon
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Tbh evasion strats are less like sportsmanlike stuff than sleep spam

strange fjord
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bruh, toxic even hits pokemon underground using dig poliwhirlkek

polar canyon
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Some non 100 accuracy moves don't make sense

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Like, poison gas

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How do you dodge the air becoming poisonous

strange fjord
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hard to control the direct the air will move

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unless you're rotom-fan

polar canyon
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Flying types should be immune to spore for that exact reason now that I think about it

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In terms of logic

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Why can't they just blow away spores

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How heavy are those spores

jovial storm
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ALRIGHT! Got the weekend off, MMOs are only gonna keep my attention for so long, time to try and get some Rank Ribbons.

polar canyon
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Nice what teams are you trying to use for competitive?

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I miss my swsh rank master pyukumuku

jovial storm
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So, Calyrex and Zama still busted or did the way battles are done differently in the two weeks or so I haven’t played?

polar canyon
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It better be back in gen 10

polar canyon
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People are just finding more ways to deal with that fact

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And actively looking for more ways

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Miraidon was also found to be busted since the start of reg g btw

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To an extent

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It's still not stronger than calyrex

autumn vault
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Calyrex is the stupid ass legendary of the generation

polar canyon
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It just carries that title until now

autumn vault
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Gen 4 had Kyogre, gen 6 had P-Groudon and Xerneas, Gen 7 more or less the same and P-Kyogre, Gen 8 Zacian and now Gen 9 Calyrex

strange fjord
polar canyon
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Calyrex ice is more stupid to fight when the opponent plays well

autumn vault
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True

polar canyon
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Caly shadow is just easier to learn

molten oasis
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im done man, i just get rolled infront of a CSR

autumn vault
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CIR always finds ways to ruin our days

polar canyon
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That makes caly shadow feel worse to lose against imo

autumn vault
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CSR has less partners it can abuse

polar canyon
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Because you know the person using it might not even be better than you

autumn vault
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Atleast compared to CIR

jovial storm
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Hmmm. So it sounds like Shadow Rider is my best bet if I wanted to go easy. But the team would also be important. And that statement might be fact.

polar canyon
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Just using an easy to use busted pokemon

molten oasis
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hate it man

jovial storm
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So, between Zama and Caly, which should I go with?

molten oasis
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like, i managed to win getting a rock slide flinch but i still just, ugh

jovial storm
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I could probably find out good team comps online for any of these mons.

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Just a matter of preference.

polar canyon
strange fjord
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Every well balanced team has some way to slow down Caly-Shadow down tho. so watch out for what that might be in team preview

polar canyon
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Broken doesn't mean like impossible to beat

autumn vault
strange fjord
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could be tera normal, or dark type sucker

molten oasis
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the calys are the best restricteds in the format

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no question

jovial storm
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Hmmm.

molten oasis
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shadow rider is probably easier to use

strange fjord
molten oasis
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ice rider is the most consistent

strange fjord
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haven't seen anyone loses with that

jovial storm
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Just need to get to Master Rank so I can get Rank Master Ribbons on more Pokemon I like.

molten oasis
polar canyon
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Also remember that just using calyrex doesn't give you auto wins, you need to know how to use them, albeit it's easier to play well with shadow rider than ice rider, and ice rider is arguably better when you're good at both

autumn vault
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I completely agree

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Pro CIR players are my nightmare

jovial storm
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Any Pokemon is going to be rough to use at the start. I wasn't great at using Urshifu until I got used to it.

torn parrot
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I have a mystery for you all

molten oasis
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i think i need a better line for CSR with, lando zac is what im gonna start with

strange fjord
molten oasis
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gonna bring therian out for a bit

jovial storm
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What's Zac?

molten oasis
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zacian

jovial storm
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Ah.

autumn vault
jovial storm
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Go Incineroar.

torn parrot
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It’s not a roll

jovial storm
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I want to get my Incineroar a Rank Master Ribbon so I plan to use him.

bold geode
molten oasis
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lando t is fun, i like scarf

polar canyon
molten oasis
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its solid

autumn vault
bold geode
polar canyon
molten oasis
jovial storm
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Yeah, but learning to use him effectively will be my issue.

torn parrot
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It’s watershifu

jovial storm
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Can't just slap him on the team and expect to win.

polar canyon
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Oh wood hammer

strange fjord
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252+ Atk Cornerstone Mask Ogerpon-Cornerstone Wood Hammer vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Urshifu-Rapid-Strike through Reflect: 169-201 (96 - 114.2%) -- 81.3% chance to OHKO
molten oasis
polar canyon
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I was wondering how horn leech could do that

torn parrot
molten oasis
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ah

strange fjord
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Scarfed Urshifu while paralyzed speed is 122, so ogerpon goes first

bold geode
polar canyon
molten oasis
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with hitmontop?

bold geode
molten oasis
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it was that bad to run?

bold geode
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Oh no it's not horrible

polar canyon
molten oasis
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yea

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that sounds right

bold geode
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It's not the best thing, but it's not horrible

molten oasis
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ic

polar canyon
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I just was confused because I thought it would be horn leech and that so doesn't kill urshifu

torn parrot
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It’s an unsolvable mystery

bold geode
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I just wanna see you experience it lmao

molten oasis
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through a short session i do think lando t works okay

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i think you just go jolly instead of adamant to outspeed urshifu

strange fjord
bold geode
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Actually I think Hitmontop is a little tougher to run
Hell I figured out my team is harder to run than I thought

torn parrot
polar canyon
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Yeah it's 1/3

torn parrot
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I NEVER KNEW THIS

molten oasis
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the more you know

strange fjord
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its 1/3 in doubles and 1/2 in singles

torn parrot
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THIS WHOLE TIME

polar canyon
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A surprising amount of people I've seen didn't know that

torn parrot
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That’s so wild…

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Okay mystery solved thank you

polar canyon
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Same applies to aurora veil

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And light screen ofc

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Man if screens were 1/2 in doubles they would be in like half of all teams

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It would be stupid to not use screens

strange fjord
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i would run brick break lol

torn parrot
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Was it ever 1/2 then nerfed or was it always that way

polar canyon
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It's been like that from the start of me playing competitive

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Maybe back when doubles were just introduced

strange fjord
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In gen 3, when doubles was introduced, it did that

polar canyon
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Are you that old tho

strange fjord
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who, me?

polar canyon
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Maya

strange fjord
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maybe, or maybe she just never knew

polar canyon
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Like having gen 3 be your introduction to pokemon

molten oasis
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the lando btw

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you asked so

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also intimidate for my side is nice

bold geode
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Aight I'm making a play I haven't in a minute
Changing to Water Tera Urshifu Rapid

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I ain't killing Flutter with Surging Strikes, and it's sad

chrome knot
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@balmy glen have you ever dealt with burn out / felt very uninspired but lived on what felt to be a time crunch

nocturne holly
#

Woah it’s been a while since I played vgc
I think like 4 months

nocturne holly
bold geode
#

Been a minute for sure

nocturne holly
#

A couple minutes

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How are you

bold geode
#

Good, how you been

nocturne holly
#

I’m good
Gonna hopefully (maybe) get back into comp

bold geode
#

Do you like horse stables?

nocturne holly
#

no

bold geode
#

Do you like horses

nocturne holly
#

yea

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Oh shoot

bold geode
#

Aight good
You gonna see a lot of em
You actually might not like em as much lol

nocturne holly
#

I don’t like ghost horses

bold geode
#

Lmao
They've only got more optimal

nocturne holly
#

What about ice horse is he like bad

autumn vault
#

Yes

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Its real bad

chrome knot
#

(?)

strange fjord
#

ice horse sucks. cosmog is the new meta. it won like every regional

chrome knot
#

caly ice has been the most consistent restricted

strange fjord
#

not as consistent as cosmog

chrome knot
#

go enjoy #sv_discussion please you aren’t meant to be here if you’re just trolling

strange fjord
chrome knot
#

is just annoying

bold geode
nocturne holly
bold geode
#

I don't particularly other than one Zamazenta rental
Had a better one but I had to nuke it

#

HOWEVER if you're looking for Ice Rider

strange fjord
#

we got a few #rental_teams tho, might need to scroll a bit to find a team you might like

foggy lodge
#

There is also a variant that is just instead of Rilla it uses Amoonguss and AV Raging

balmy glen
chrome knot
#

i see

scarlet mist
#

Hey there, I wanna build a garganacl for my definitive team for that generation and I’m hesitating between maxing out hp or defense (for big splash)

chrome knot
#

i come from competitive mario kart so idk

foggy lodge
#

How is competitive mario kart? Lol

chrome knot
#

its aight

scarlet mist
#

So I’m looking for some advice

strange fjord
autumn vault
#

I never loved Competitive MK8D

chrome knot
#

im a wii player

foggy lodge
#

Ah makes sense

autumn vault
#

I played Wii but i for some reason keep getting myself distracted with other things

scarlet mist
bold geode
nocturne holly
chrome knot
autumn vault
#

But someone here definitely does

foggy lodge
#

I have the Rajan Bal team

bold geode
autumn vault
#

Or people from Regionals

foggy lodge
#

Let me search it

scarlet mist
strange fjord
chrome knot
foggy lodge
nocturne holly
gentle cragBOT
strange fjord
#

something like Iron Defense, Body Press, Salt Cure and Recover would work for singles Garganacl. with max hp and sp def

gentle cragBOT
autumn vault
#

I'm taking a break from competitive pokemon, my main's elo dropped drastically from 1500 to lower than 1200

#

The 1st image is an alt

#

It's an idea of the elo i had

strange fjord
#

Taking a break is good. helps clear the mind before you can play more competitive

autumn vault
#

Yeah, I have been getting shit RNG, making stupid-ass plays without thought and just generally losing a lot

chrome knot
#

July 14th

next stump
#

can you take some time off

#

3 weeks is a lot of time to prep

strange fjord
#

don't want to burn out before the tournament happens

chrome knot
#

it just makes me nervous

#

the more i wait the less i have to build and prep

strange fjord
#

do you have something in mind?

#

like a team?

next stump
#

my friend did some coaching with Jeudy a while back and one of the best pieces of advice that he gave was regarding for tourney prep

chrome knot
next stump
#

He said for him personally, he’d rather play 3-5 quality Bo3 sets per day (usually against friends, sometimes on ladder) than sit and spam games all day

chrome knot
#

i hate ladder tbf

next stump
#

That’s really only an hour or so per day, which shouldn’t be enough to make you burn out

chrome knot
#

wouldnt play that regardless tho my build group for this event has been like olivia moledzki & kylan v s so i could defo run games with them

#

just personally feel at a wall rn

next stump
#

I get that for sure, feeling similarly right now. Do you have other games that you enjoy to get your mind off pokƩmon for a few days?

chrome knot
#

ive been grinding mario kart wii wars

next stump
#

I haven’t played in like 10 days and I am finally really wanting to play again

strange fjord
#

you also dont want to build a last minute team and gamble your performance with an unfamiliar team

#

maybe take a break and when you come back, you can look at your team and get a fresh look at what it needs

molten oasis
foggy lodge
#

What do you think about Goltres over Grimm?

balmy glen
# chrome knot just personally feel at a wall rn

I’m the type of person who gets really hooked on things I find fun so I never really get bored tbh. But I did play 4 sports in highschool so now I kind of find myself just hanging out with my gf/friends/family and then hard grinding for worlds

molten oasis
balmy glen
#

I think if you feel like your at a wall you should go find other things like sports/friends/etc that you enjoy and even if just a small one take a break

molten oasis
#

not sure how badly i want to spike the core into 3 ice weaknesses that early

balmy glen
#

Something I used to do in pubg and I do now in pokemon is take like a 15 min break to just chill or exercise after even just one bo3 lol

foggy lodge
#

But are you sure about Grimm without screens?

#

I've never played against one so idk if it's good without the screens

balmy glen
#

wat in the world

nocturne holly
#

what is terapagos

#

i forgot its gimmick 😦

dapper crag
#
Move: Tera Starstorm

If the user is a Terapagos in Stellar Form, this move's type becomes Stellar and hits all opposing Pokemon.

Type

Normal

Category

Special

Power

120

Accuracy

100

PP (max)

5 (8)

Move Flags

​

Mirror

Copied by Mirror Move.

Contact

Does not make contact.

autumn vault
foggy lodge
#

When terastalizzed tera starstorm hits super effective against terastillized pokemon

balmy glen
foggy lodge
#

Also that

balmy glen
#

its what it does best

autumn vault
#

And also getting Wide Spread Tera Starstorm

dapper crag
#
Ability: Teraform Zero

Terapagos: Terastallizing ends the effects of weather and terrain. Once per battle.

autumn vault
#

And unlike pre-terastal Starstorm, it actually has 0 resistances

polar canyon
#

Cant believe I lost to a tornadus heat wave burn

autumn vault
polar canyon
nocturne holly
#

how good is rain

#

or is sun just better

polar canyon
#

Like objectively?

#

Rain almost always has had an edge over sun

nocturne holly
#

no not in like a 1v1 scenario

#

what is stronger in the meta

polar canyon
#

In general

#

Rain just has a lot of good mons

#

Like yk kyogre

molten oasis
#

through lando rilla and grimm, cycle so zac can get sd up and sweep

#

lando hits fire and steel types for zac

polar canyon
#

Teams with that flexible in and out switching are the best

#

Usually it's incin parting shot and rilla u-turn tho

nocturne holly
#

what are some good dragon types other than bolt

molten oasis
#

incin's slow

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and doesn't offensively do much for zac

polar canyon
#

Slow pivots are pretty good

molten oasis
#

which is the point of lando here

#

offensive fast mon with intimidate

molten oasis
#

still trying this out

polar canyon
#

Just had a fire punch rapid strike urshifu ko my rilla in sun

#

I won still but I found it neat

#

I pinned their kyogre against sun

nocturne holly
molten oasis
nocturne holly
molten oasis
#

outspeeds everything except scarf guys and CSR, also max speed modest bloodmoon in tw

molten oasis
#

ok well guess im on my own for the team

foggy lodge
#

Miraidon, Koraidon

#

Archaludon and Gouging Fire too

nocturne holly
#

anyone have a calm mind bolt spread

foggy lodge
#

And Walking Wake ig? But it doesn't have any good results in tournaments so idk if it counts

forest arrow
#

havent seen you in forever lol

nocturne holly
#

How are you?

forest arrow
#

Im good, hope youre well

nocturne holly
#

Yea I am

balmy glen
#

4 months is crazy

next stump
#

Confirmed by looking at the website myself

polar canyon
polar canyon
#

Man you're gonna love calyrex

molten oasis
polar canyon
#

Behemoth blade and bash shouldve had double damage in raid battles

#

It would make sense

#

And would be really convenient since zacian is great there

storm gulch
#

Guys important,a good build for Baxcalibur Electric Tera Type?

nocturne holly
polar canyon
nocturne holly
#

I’m not as rusty as I thought I’d be
I just needa get around these restricteds

nocturne holly
storm gulch
polar canyon
storm gulch
nocturne holly
#

Is this for story or like actual comp

#

clear amulet or loaded dice imo

storm gulch
polar canyon
#

If you plan on using baxcalibur online for ranked I'd really not advise to actually do that

#

Especially now

storm gulch
polar canyon
#

Clear amulet should still be better if you do use bax which you shouldn't

#

Because of incineroar

#

Unless you wanna use it for single battles

#

Idk maybe it's still good in bss

#

I have no idea what's going on in that format

#

Reg g bss sounds like a crazy place

nocturne holly
#

ā˜ļø

storm gulch
#

Ain't planning to give him Glaive Rush

nocturne holly
#

why

polar canyon
#

Just answer these questions

#

Is it for online pvp that you're asking

storm gulch
#

It's a suicide move i take 2X damage unless i do something

storm gulch
polar canyon
#

Dang

#

Is it for singles or doubles

storm gulch
#

Singles

polar canyon
#

Most people here won't have any idea what's good for that

storm gulch
#

Crap

polar canyon
#

No one plays battle stadium singles reg g

#

No one plays battle stadium singles really

#

Most singles players migrate from official game to smogon rulesets in showdown

polar canyon
#

It is a funny feeling format at first

#

It's interesting to think of it like a fighting game with a roster of like 15 ish viable ones

#

And 4-5 being the meta ones

#

You pick one main and each fighter has its good and bad matchups due to their different movesets

nocturne holly
polar canyon
#

@molten oasis found your long lost brother

nocturne holly
polar canyon
#

Drago wants to be THE zacian guy

balmy glen
#

You would have to go to worlds with Zacian to be THE Zacian guy tbh

molten oasis
#

im not the zacian guy

polar canyon
#

I said he wants to be THE zacian guy

molten oasis
#

i just like zacian

polar canyon
#

You do don't you

molten oasis
#

not really

polar canyon
#

You're the servers zacian guy tho

molten oasis
#

i dont have the skill to do that

polar canyon
#

Officially the competitive discussion zacian guy

molten oasis
#

i guarantee theres other people that can give better advice on zacian than me

polar canyon
#

like not using it

molten oasis
#

im not a top performing player, im a very average player

#

my opinion doesn't really matter

polar canyon
polar canyon
#

Not that it's super common but it's something you can look at the team and know you need an answer for

nocturne holly
#

I think maybe dual weather might be cool to try

polar canyon
#

Not sure about that

#

Most of the time you do wanna focus your main strategies around the restricted too and idk if you want like sun zacian

balmy glen
#

Dang Clam Groudon really solos that team lmao

polar canyon
#

Clam is the best way to say clear amulet

molten oasis
#

pelipper looks solid

balmy glen
#

Honestly not much other 6th mon u can get better value than pellipper

polar canyon
#

Pelipper is pretty nice rn

molten oasis
#

then give incin wisp over blitz

balmy glen
#

yeah lol

#

Uhhhh

#

Tbh the incin stuff is mostly preference I have helping hand on mine rn

polar canyon
#

Yeah incin likes wisp and maybe snarl a lot rn

nocturne holly
#

Pelipper also has wide guard for caly s

molten oasis
#

ok

#

Sour do you want wisp hh or snarl on your incin

polar canyon
#

I'm more of a fo knock snarl u-turn av guy

nocturne holly
#

Probably snarl

#

I have intim

jade dust
#

Hi, how do I give Calyrex ice the moves Glastrier learns?

#

High horse power and heavy slam and so on

nocturne holly
#

Or hh might be cool

molten oasis
jade dust
#

He cant learn them in remembered moves

next stump
jade dust
#

Damn

balmy glen
#

Tbh for that team I’d prob go like fake out koff parting hh

jade dust
#

I hate grinding for TMS

polar canyon
#

But calyrex itself gets high horsepower

next stump
#

Keep in mind you also lose PP Ups once you unbind them, so don’t PP Up Glacial Lance until you’re done with the pokemon

polar canyon
#

No reason to want moves from glastrier anyways

#

The calyless horses are known to have pretty lacking movepools

#

The good moves they have calyrex also does

balmy glen
#

I mean they have to lack something

#

they were given $90 broken move + stats already lmaooo

polar canyon
#

Astral barrage psychic spectrier would be crazy

nocturne holly
#

Thx @balmy glen @polar canyon @molten oasis

gentle cragBOT
nocturne holly
#

Also anyone have an amoonguss and pelipper spread 😭

polar canyon
#

Oh yeah you gotta know why peli is good

#

I mean having rain is self explanatory

nocturne holly
#

+wide guard

#

Tw

#

It also can deal a good amount of damage

#

with hurricane

polar canyon
#
  • it has stab for koraidon, tera fire koraidon, groudon and tera fire groudon
nocturne holly
#

hydro or hurricane?

polar canyon
#

It's the anti sun

#

Hurricane and weather ball

#

Dual stab is how it's used now

nocturne holly
#

oh yea hydro isn’t acc boosted in rain

nocturne holly
polar canyon
#

It's max max sash

nocturne holly
#

wide guard tw energy hurricane?

polar canyon
#

If you mean weather ball yeah

#

It's the standard set

#

Sometimes swap something for protect I think but no protect is fine

#

Zacian has been pretty mid post nerf but it's nice when you manage to make it work

forest arrow
#

Yeah i prefer protect but TW is fine too

polar canyon
#

If you told a gen 8 player that zacian is mid and zamazenta is a top tier meta threat they would never believe it

nocturne holly
#

why is zam so good

forest arrow
#

body press

nocturne holly
#

šŸ™

polar canyon
#

Rather why didn't it have body press in the generation they introduced body press

nocturne holly
#

tf it didn’t??

forest arrow
#

No

polar canyon
#

Idbp but it's not a meme strat it's crazy

nocturne holly
#

Bro isn’t it’s whole thing it’s defense

polar canyon
#

Yeah and it's meant to defend attacks

#

I guess they didn't wanna give it an offensive move that makes it as offensive as zacian

#

If zacians whole thing is offense

#

But then they changed their minds

#

People even use heavy slam over behemoth bash too

#

120 bp kills mane through intimidate and 100 doesn't

nocturne holly
#

Unfortunate

#

im surprised mane dropped in usage since I last played

nocturne holly
#

It was as high as incin iirc

forest arrow
#

its at about 20% now

nocturne holly
#

Yea

polar canyon
#

You usually see it in teams with chi-yu still ig

polar canyon
#

I think I'm gonna try starting to think of a restricted to use alomomola with now

#

I wanna try mola

#

I'm surprised that one of my favorite mons to use this gen has been support volcarona

nocturne holly
#

Anyone have amoonguss spread 😭

polar canyon
#

I never really pulled it off in last regulations

polar canyon
molten oasis
#

its similar to koraidon, they're just harder to use

polar canyon
#

I guess I can't argue against that as a koraidon player

#

I still think koraidon is on top

molten oasis
#

i think of the good restricteds zac is the hardest mon to use

polar canyon
#

If only it could be as easy as giving it a clear amulet

bold geode
daring field
molten oasis
#

CSR and CIR's items are just a key item

#

but then zac and zama's are held items

#

ik CSR and CIR are fusion guys but still

silver ravine
#

How does ev training work for CSR and CIR? Is it considered it's on mon, so you'd need to fuse them and then ev train?

silver ravine
gentle cragBOT
silver ravine
#

I'm assuming the ball used is the one you caught the king in as well correct?

mighty stump
#

Calyrex is the mon

#

Consider it that way

silver ravine
#

Shit. Kinda wished I used a luxury ball now, but premier is better for Calyrex

balmy glen
#

I just used a master ball cuz ain’t nobody got time for that

bold geode
mighty stump
#

No

#

Morning everyone

bold geode
#

Ok
So I had a dumbass idea
Pros: I can run Water tera and roll 1/16 the TClap
Cons: 100 attack EVs are left lmfao

#

Cuz even with max attack Adamant, I need Water tera to still guarantee KO on Flutter with Surging
So I'm like hell let's try to live
(Leo actually did the 50%, but I went for 1/16)
Can live TClap and Tera Water Surging with 100 EVs still guarantees (non doesn't roll but like missing KOs anyways is kinda depressing here)

silver ravine
#

Gm Tofu

bold geode
#

Anyways Tofu think it can work, or no

mighty stump
#

Lol

#

If you want an Urshifu to live TClap just ask for mine

polar canyon
#

Or make it single strike

mighty stump
#

You can’t just swap, the dynamic changes.

balmy glen
#

Nah just run drain punch poison jab surging strikes u-turn Urshifu yw

bold geode
bold geode
mighty stump
balmy glen
#

Nah just Tera ghost

#

Fake out and don’t die snooze_cat1

bold geode
bold geode
#

If it don't work, I'll just cry myself to sleep cuz Scarf Shifu can't have much bulk cuz it has to outspeed the fucking horse
Why is the horse so fucking fast

#

Actually might just do the 50/50 roll

#

If we lose it, it won't change much

molten oasis
bold geode
#

It's bullshit

molten oasis
#

but also, we cant change the stats unless they decide to nerf the caly's

cyan smelt
#

Just use tera ghost Regieleki

molten oasis
strange fjord
molten oasis
strange fjord
#
252 Atk Cornerstone Mask Ogerpon-Cornerstone Power Whip vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Regieleki: 199-235 (106.4 - 125.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO

damn youre right

#

imagine power whip is wood hammer poliwhirlkek

molten oasis
#

mhmm

fickle void
#

Unsure what item to use with my rillaboom

#

Assault vest alr taken

molten oasis
#

clear amulet, miracle seed/grassy plate are options

fickle void
#

Alr

#

Oo just looked up what it do

#

Very nice

#

Also unsure what to use on flutter mane since im usin a sun team

molten oasis
#

focus sash

fickle void
#

Taken

molten oasis
#

by?

fickle void
#

Using on my silly maushold

#

Gimmick

molten oasis
#

do you have a paste?

fickle void
#

A whats it now?

molten oasis
#

pokepaste

bold geode
#

The Overqwil team is on Cybertron's channel now

fickle void
#

Nah

molten oasis
#

do you play on showdown?

fickle void
#

Nope

molten oasis
#

that limits things, ok

fickle void
#

Vgc doubles

molten oasis
#

go to a website called showdown, there is a teambuilder there

fickle void
#

Unsure if its still best to use booster energy

molten oasis
#

build the team, then on the botton of the team page theres a button taht says "upload to pokepaste" or smth along those lines

fickle void
#

K

molten oasis
#

do that, then i can take a better look at the team

fickle void
#

Alr

#

U able to vc?

molten oasis
#

no

fickle void
#

K

#

Alr here ya go

#

Actually, ill send in dms.

molten oasis
#

no just send it here

#

nvm

polar canyon
#

Surprisingly

#

Usually because it's taken by a more important oppressive attacker ig

#

But even when it's not I see more grassy seed than amulet

molten oasis
#

cuz i dont run a restricted that needs it

#

(or use it for the matter)

mighty stump
balmy glen
#

lets gooo

knotty mirage
#

I have question can moongeist beam ignore vessel of ruin ability or will it still get affected by it ?

dapper crag
#
Move: Moongeist Beam

This move and its effects ignore the Abilities of other Pokemon.

Type

Ghost

Category

Special

Power

100

Accuracy

100

PP (max)

5 (8)

Move Flags

​

Mirror

Copied by Mirror Move.

Contact

Does not make contact.

lofty tartan
#

Despite being mechanically similar to ignorable Abilities, Magic Guard, Comatose, Shields Down, Full Metal Body, Shadow Shield, and Prism Armor cannot be ignored in any game.

mighty stump
#

I’m pretty sure it doesn’t

#

Like

#

It doesn’t make sense

lofty tartan
knotty mirage
#

Hmm

mighty stump
#

Yeah but that’s Mold Breaker though

lofty tartan
#

Mold Breaker and Moongeist Beam function the same.

#

Like Moongeist Beam carries the effects of Mold Breaker

mighty stump
#

Different slots: One is a move and the other an Ability though

lofty tartan
#

Effect
Main article: Ignoring Abilities
Moongeist Beam inflicts damage, ignoring all ignorable Abilities during the execution of that move. (Ignorable Abilities are most Abilities that could potentially negatively affect the success, damage, or effects of a move if possessed by the target of a move or its allies—such as Multiscale and Friend Guard.) However, it does not ignore Abilities if it is called by another move rather than directly used.

mighty stump
#

Guess it does

lofty tartan
#

And it leads you to the prior ignorable abilities table.

mighty stump
#

Okie dokie

knotty mirage
#

Oh okay that makes sense now i just wonder why moongeist beam can ohko my terrastalized ting lu

lofty tartan
#

What Tera?

knotty mirage
#

Fairy actually

lofty tartan
#

Is it AV?

mighty stump
#

Or did you invest correctly

#

Lol

knotty mirage
#

It hold sitrus berry

knotty mirage
lofty tartan
#

There's a lot of things that could be at play there. Depends on what happened in the game - was the Lunala boosting SpAtk during the match - we don't know how that Lunala was invested, and other things xD

#

So probably a few factors.

knotty mirage
#

The lunala do terra into ghost

lofty tartan
#

That would boost Beam's damage some more

south shuttle
#

I love this game

#

How do I miss 2 diamond storms in a row

mighty stump
#

Rng

plain drum
charred saddle
#

pog

mighty stump
#

Still no clue what to build

charred saddle
#

tofu

#

scarf coaching is dumb funny

mighty stump
#

most unnecessary switch of Ting-Lu i’ve seen

#

Smh

charred saddle
#

bruh shitt

wet wedge
#

Just one shot opposing Kyogre from full with spread Calyrex-I Glacial Lance

#

+2 helping hand

#

I love VGC.

next stump
#

it's a beautiful game

wet wedge
#

Indeed it is.

next stump
#

I wish there was more daily youtube content for VGC

#

the small channels that exist are usually not great at explaining their thought process like cybertron is which makes it way less enjoyable to watch

queen monolith
#

Would the raid emboar be good as is for competitive play?

next stump
#

are you wanting to play singles or doubles?

#

although I think the answer for both would be no

queen monolith
#

Cause of the Tera or no?

next stump
#

emboar is a pretty bad pokemon

zinc totem
#

any advices to deal with gimmicks like after you clefairy?

next stump
#

also raid pokemon are not EV trained

bold geode
next stump
zinc totem
next stump
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is it mostly clefairy + caly-shadow?

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but its with kyurem-whites or other weird pokemons tbf aswell

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and instruct chiyus are pain

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all that u explained are very rare tho

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yeah but i've met way too many of them x_X

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clef caly S is common

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well im in great ball tier

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but yeah, asking more general advice for after you gimmicks beacuse they really rekt me hard

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So basically you're setting up trick room, they have Clefairy + something that can OHKO you, and then you're getting swept under trick room?

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or they manage setup trick room and taunts my indeedee so i cant break it

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do you play in game or on pokemon showdown? it's pretty hard to give specific advice unless we see examples of games you're talking about

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and bring clefairy after with pokemon that rekts me

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i mentioned great ball tier

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so its not showdown

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in general, after you shouldn't be too bad to deal with for this team. You have Follow Me on Indeedee which completely nullifies After You, two normal types and a dark type to deal with Caly-Shadow (far and away the most popular partner for Clefairy), and Wide Guard to help deal with other spread restricteds

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If you're facing more niche restricteds paired alongside Clefairy, I'd just chalk that up to weird matchups and move on. You won't see that in master ball really

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that's true, but calyrex and clefairy cannot have taunt. So if they're leading something with taunt, they probably dont have offensive pressure

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you could also run trick room on Lunala for a secondary setter

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yeah incineroar or grimmsnarl is sometimes one they use

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as lead

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grimm cant taunt u tho?

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u have psychic terrain up

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does psychic terrain stop pranksters?

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incin is like a chance to have it, since they usually have knockoff flareblittz fakeout parting

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ye

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if you have psy terrain doesnt it make sense to use expanding force on lunala..?

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in most situations

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you dont have expanding force on lunala

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it is literally a psychic ghost type this is not a tech move LOL

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???

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I just look at Lunala and what they normally run on it

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EForce makes little sense

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its like the main support in that team

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bc lunala id ran on BALANCE

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If Lunala has Psychic Surge

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like Miraidon sets E Terrain

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…

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yeah

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buit i have always psychic terrain up when i bring indeedee with lunala unless opponent has indeedee too

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@mighty stump please save my eyes

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or play better…!

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but lunala has wide guard so terapagos wont get off easy

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terapagos calm mind is real so far

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doesn't target lunala specifically

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just a byproduct

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also better trick room oriented mon to pair with indeedee would be necrozma dawn wings

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I just speak meta and results

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yeah try it out, it loses stats in Spe and gains it in SpAtk

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Very new to this metagame but it's very straightforward

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you’re waffling a whole lot lmfao

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im okay

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The world waffling, can you explain

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I do not understand it