#competitive_discussion
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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.
What has been your favorite regulation in SV so far?
Who you asking
I think my favorite was probably Reg B or Reg E, but Reg G has been fun
a little matchup roulette sometimes
big fan of reg h š(whatever they decide itll be)
Hey Tofu
Also hey babe
Lol
based
"It's the two regs I suffered from success"
F, A and G are good ones imo
B and D were not so good
What about c and e
Wow
They are mid tier
Didn't know we got Reg DnD
Also d twice
Yes i corrected it
Its downloadable content
And it costs only 30
reg b was awesome
I hated it
Bro no wonder your luck ain't good
Didn't roll a Nat 20
Fast forward a month MAN FUCK RNG
How about your Fuck It:We Ball ratio
Also pretty good lol
I just make teams and play I don't think too hard unless theres something I need to do with it
Yeah
Also Tofu uh
Uh
I got trashed last night lmao
What do you want me to do about it
Not like I would if I could, but entertain me anyways
Lol
I didn't even really play bad, just they played better
Plus MUs weren't the greatest
Plus I went back to older formula and found out that older formula wasn't as solid
Probably just need a different perspective: IMO certain interactions kinda never change at the basic level
Like Redirection + Gholdengo is basically just Caly-Clef now
Which boils down to like
Redirection + Setup Spread attacker
Well the thing is I figured "hey I had x Pokemon before, helps with problems I had now, let's try it again"
THERE'S A REASON WHY I CHANGED SAID MON BEFORE
Or the established stuff tends to progress towards bettering it's more negative matchups
I think honestly I just be losing to skill issue rn lol
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"
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"
That just means you're not confident with your play
If the opponent needs to read your play then like
It's probably a pretty decent thing to do
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
So a skill issue and needing more practice lol
@next stump Gib Farigiraf spread
Yeah I know
It's just like
I just laugh at it cuz I get moments where I don't Wide Guard in front of an Astral Barrage and I'm just like well fuck man, I'll remember your efforts soldier
Like I know I could've done better so I just make sure to do better next time
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
Yeah like
Just review the stuff
I try not to pout cuz like
Pouting ain't doing shit
I still lost lol
Seems I missed the action
Same
What's the deal with gholdengo rn?
Like what does it work against for people to be using it
Caly ice pre tera?
Iāve seen it on solid meme teams so uh
lmao
https://pokepast.es/aa7bf53ff334bc5a thoughts on this?
im liking cornerstone rn, it feels solid here
It does look nice
Is max max working just fine or is it due to change?
Generally it does remind me of most of your other reg g teams
I think you know why
Not that that's a bad thing
...
Hey, is there anywhere you can do like non official tournaments?
Yeah like discord servers and stuff
Probably not here
I don't think people are willing to join in this server
gapdos was eh, howl was eh, snow was eh
the thing ive tried havent been consistently strong
Fair enough, thank you
soupinc has given 1 Gen Rep to campfire__
Maybe just try a solid team with 5 known solid members and zacian
Unless you find that boring
well, i think the standard thing i have is boring but i also dont exactly have a niche thing to run with it rn
that i like that works
Limitless online tournaments are one way too
mm, ig i can go stare at the builder for something again
play.limitlesstcg.com is a site for that, you can find tours there for stuff
so, zac wants a partner thats good into steel and fire types
as it struggles hard into them
Great Tusk
Lando i?
lando i isnt niche
Gib back Great Tusk meta
lando i is relevant
Does it have to be niche
...
Does zacian count as an off meta pick
honestly wouldnt be against trying tusk but idk if tusk actually works
greg g
greg g
greg g
@mighty stump greg g
k
Reminiscing the good old times of great tusk and the bravest bird back in creg c
I like playing off meta but I can settle for 1 myself
also, wanna try to get a not standard zacian team
Hitmontop
hitmontop helps against incin how?
Mienshao?
it gets intimidated and its not like zac needs wide guard
I mean it's super effective with CC
Plus it's another Intimidate Mon so you can say fuck Incin harder
Is there any pokemon with mist and prankster
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
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
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
A move displayed with Bold text benefits from Same-Type Attack Bonus when used by Landorus-Therian.
That could be a fun niche pick?
Sandy Shocks?
someones done that
Prevents the intimidate drop
the, suicune
It has to be 100% original?
Damn do milotic then ig
yea cuz i dont wanna be copying people, and mist is incredibly niche idt its worthwhile
Me copying mfers with Coaching Shifu
Actually a lot gets mist
thats just a thing everyones been picking up tbf
Ground/Flying
Intimidate
89/145/90/105/80/91
600
Landorus
hmm
Support dragonite with mist tailwind and breaking swipe there's your niche pick
I think coaching riolu counts as niche
Probably the lamest "niche" to play but it counts
My friend got top 16 with mist Suicune at LA
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
What if you just used this
Why tho
Thatās literally just worse Suicune lol
Naah
In every way possible thatās a worse Suicune
Yeah but someone already used suicune and that makes it a no no apparently
I think you're undermining the ability to be original with a pokemon by not using it the exact same way everyone else does
Rather than having to use a pokemon no one uses
I thought it was really cool seeing that one beads of ruin + tera life orb thinderclap bolt on NAIC
not exactly an original mon
Really cool fancy way to use it
thats great
still looking at things i could do with zac
im not doing mist suicune stuff
as someone whoās 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
Maybe garticuno is the next niche pick who knows
Itās not really something you can just ask others for a niche pick for tbh
That's less original than suicune ngl
Especially if your trying to be original
True
ok and
If you're not even who came up with it is it really original niche and all that
nvm then, i should have said nothing
Sorry
Well good luck with your efforts
Try to not get too disappointed if you don't manage to find your one signature thing
Not that I don't think you will
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
I think it's still fine if someone suggests something and you work deer with it
Feel free to brainstorm here
If the concern is doing something no one else has done
drop it i get it
Alright alright
I wonder if alomomola is worth looking at
Wide guard, misty terrain, icy wind
this when people kept asking abt gothšµāš«
Regenerator stab flip turn for chip
75 base attack is not good but like it's not bad for a stab utility move getting chip damage
Actually, it has wish flip turn
Wonder if that can be useful in doubles
With that base hp it's like a full heal
Alomomola ting lu eternatus stall is real
Goth isnāt that niche
Not something you think of early even
ok well
High level comp player brains work differently you don't count
He likes the tall goth girls?
maybe idk?
The tall goth girl that traps you
also I was brainstorming psychic types for Zamazenta at the time
aint nobody matching zams freak
Dang without urshifu that looks like incineroar food
At the time I think I was thinking Goth safety goggles with Zama AV ttar
Tall purple goth mommy and her armored pitbull
I'm sorry
sash bulky goth was goated on cir
Maybe I'll try to cook with alomomola bulky team later today
Maybe that regenerator + wish flip turn does come in handy
Alo has a niche in DOU gs cup so maybe
Wide guard can come in handy
That leaves a final move slot that could just be protect which also goes with wish
managed to beat an ice rider with this
thats an option yea
Or mist to prevent intimidate
It has the anti incineroar toolkit
There should be an item that lengthens the miscellaneous timed field effects like safeguard mist or lucky chant
We do have terrain extender and light clay
It could make for cool niche sets
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.
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Oh this is better than misty terrain nvm
It doesn't protect the opponent as a side effect
There are some interesting people in comp discussion
kyogre might be an issue, with amoonguss
Yeah yeah Skibidi rizz
Did you hear about the kid that iirc got DQed at a local due to brain rot
I'll choose to take this as a compliment
What are there rules against that
Rules against ohio rizzlers
He probably talks in the reddit ai reading voice
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
ok i see why people like grimmsnarl lol, twave is so good
Bruh even if it was annoying are they really allowed to do that
I've been using twave scream tail for a while
Giving someone a loss because they're annoying
See mfer I told you
I mean it can fall under disorderly comduct
Me when I'm playing an official vg premier challenge and the spirit of ohio ishowspeed takes over me
You're not allowed to speak anymore
You know
What's stopping the zac + alomomola from being real
It drago doesn't try it I might
What quality does alomomola bring that other water types donāt for it to be worthwhile?
Wide guard, regen flip turn, safeguard(maybe?(or mist?)), the 165 base hp wish if you have a bulky team
r/nocontext
Gothitelle was a mistake
Honestly worse than the guy wanting piks
Who's the guy wanting piks
fr
Oh nothing
You wouldn't get it
also, lando t grimm aint too bad
Drago and Mickey know
until i see kyogre then i get washed lol
Are you trying to make me more curious

Twave shoulda had perfect accuracy when an electric type uses it
Toxic does for poison types so I don't see why twave can't
wil-o-wisp should have perfect accuracy when used by a fire type as well?
sleep powder should has perfect accuracy when used by a grass type 
Spore has 100 accuracy when used by a grass type so I think that counts
nah but toxic's accuracy hits past evasion when used by a poison type
not the same as 100% accuracy
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Copied by Mirror Move.
Does not make contact.
Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce.
Yeah but who wants never missing spore
welp, i need better shit for CSR incin
if you want t-wave equality, the we want all status moves equality lol
set up is free, stupid mon
Tbh evasion strats are less like sportsmanlike stuff than sleep spam
bruh, toxic even hits pokemon underground using dig 
Does that mean you do want wide guard?
Some non 100 accuracy moves don't make sense
Like, poison gas
How do you dodge the air becoming poisonous
Flying types should be immune to spore for that exact reason now that I think about it
In terms of logic
Why can't they just blow away spores
How heavy are those spores
ALRIGHT! Got the weekend off, MMOs are only gonna keep my attention for so long, time to try and get some Rank Ribbons.
Nice what teams are you trying to use for competitive?
I miss my swsh rank master pyukumuku
So, Calyrex and Zama still busted or did the way battles are done differently in the two weeks or so I havenāt played?
It better be back in gen 10
They're busted and always will be
People are just finding more ways to deal with that fact
And actively looking for more ways
Miraidon was also found to be busted since the start of reg g btw
To an extent
It's still not stronger than calyrex
Calyrex is the stupid ass legendary of the generation
Of the last generation
It just carries that title until now
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
grass types just blow away powder moves. no other type has thought of doing this tho
Calyrex ice is more stupid to fight when the opponent plays well
True
Caly shadow is just easier to learn
im done man, i just get rolled infront of a CSR
CIR always finds ways to ruin our days
That makes caly shadow feel worse to lose against imo
CSR has less partners it can abuse
Because you know the person using it might not even be better than you
Atleast compared to CIR
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.
Just using an easy to use busted pokemon
hate it man
Yep yep
So, between Zama and Caly, which should I go with?
like, i managed to win getting a rock slide flinch but i still just, ugh
I could probably find out good team comps online for any of these mons.
Just a matter of preference.
Zama is not as broken as caly I think
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
Broken doesn't mean like impossible to beat
I agree
could be tera normal, or dark type sucker
Hmmm.
shadow rider is probably easier to use
erm actually. its cosmog
ice rider is the most consistent
haven't seen anyone loses with that
Just need to get to Master Rank so I can get Rank Master Ribbons on more Pokemon I like.
you're so right my bad
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
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.
I have a mystery for you all
i think i need a better line for CSR with, lando zac is what im gonna start with
the answer is 42?
gonna bring therian out for a bit
What's Zac?
zacian
Ah.
34?
So what's that gonna do
Go Incineroar.
My friend sent me this replay
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2024regg-2147613321-f5c57a6lb81g40dt3d434ra6mhm99rjpw
The ogerpon one shot the Urshifu through reflect with no crit
But we canāt figure out how
Watch a replay of a PokƩmon battle between Since Gen 3 and jccb! Format: [Gen 9] VGC 2024 Reg G; Date: Jun 21, 2024
Itās not a roll
I want to get my Incineroar a Rank Master Ribbon so I plan to use him.
You never knew how to think
lando t is fun, i like scarf
Do I have to watch it or can you just tell what mask ogerpon it is
its solid
So you know the dark thing behind 34 right?
This sets the stage perfectly then
Hitmontop
That should be nice since it's currently the best pokemon in the game uncontested
im playing lando t atm so, no
Yeah, but learning to use him effectively will be my issue.
Can't just slap him on the team and expect to win.
Oh wood hammer
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
oh you're playing again?
I was wondering how horn leech could do that
Oh nah thatās my friend who sent me the replay
ah
Scarfed Urshifu while paralyzed speed is 122, so ogerpon goes first
Honestly I just wanna watch you suffer lmao
It's a good number to remember
Urshifu's physical bulk ain't bad
it was that bad to run?
Aint it 100 100
It's not the best thing, but it's not horrible
ic
I just was confused because I thought it would be horn leech and that so doesn't kill urshifu
Itās an unsolvable mystery
I just wanna see you experience it lmao
through a short session i do think lando t works okay
i think you just go jolly instead of adamant to outspeed urshifu
doubles makes the reflect weaker btw
Actually I think Hitmontop is a little tougher to run
Hell I figured out my team is harder to run than I thought
AWhat
Yeah it's 1/3
I NEVER KNEW THIS
the more you know
its 1/3 in doubles and 1/2 in singles
THIS WHOLE TIME
A surprising amount of people I've seen didn't know that
Same applies to aurora veil
And light screen ofc
Man if screens were 1/2 in doubles they would be in like half of all teams
It would be stupid to not use screens
i would run brick break lol
Was it ever 1/2 then nerfed or was it always that way
It's been like that from the start of me playing competitive
Maybe back when doubles were just introduced
In gen 3, when doubles was introduced, it did that
Are you that old tho
who, me?
Maya
maybe, or maybe she just never knew
Like having gen 3 be your introduction to pokemon
hits fire and steel for SE, the thing zac no like, and fast pivot
the lando btw
you asked so
also intimidate for my side is nice
Aight I'm making a play I haven't in a minute
Changing to Water Tera Urshifu Rapid
I ain't killing Flutter with Surging Strikes, and it's sad
@balmy glen have you ever dealt with burn out / felt very uninspired but lived on what felt to be a time crunch
Woah itās been a while since I played vgc
I think like 4 months
I have
Holy fuck he lives
Shii itās monke
Been a minute for sure
Good, how you been
Iām good
Gonna hopefully (maybe) get back into comp
Do you like horse stables?
no
Do you like horses
Aight good
You gonna see a lot of em
You actually might not like em as much lol
I donāt like ghost horses
Lmao
They've only got more optimal
What about ice horse is he like bad
(?)
ice horse sucks. cosmog is the new meta. it won like every regional
caly ice has been the most consistent restricted
not as consistent as cosmog
go enjoy #sv_discussion please you arenāt meant to be here if youāre just trolling
i make one joke and get sentenced to #sv_discussion smh
is just annoying
Solid AF
you have any good rentals
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
https://pokepast.es/9ed9da515f908de1
While it ain't a rental, here's the team that won NAIC
we got a few #rental_teams tho, might need to scroll a bit to find a team you might like
There is also a variant that is just instead of Rilla it uses Amoonguss and AV Raging
I used to be a professional pubg player that played everyday for 7-8 hours and was fine. Iām very competitive at my core so getting wins helps kill burnout for me
i see
Hey there, I wanna build a garganacl for my definitive team for that generation and Iām hesitating between maxing out hp or defense (for big splash)
i come from competitive mario kart so idk
How is competitive mario kart? Lol
its aight
So Iām looking for some advice
are you doing singles or doubles?
I never loved Competitive MK8D
im a wii player
Ah makes sense
I played Wii but i for some reason keep getting myself distracted with other things
Singles, itās just a team that Iāll consider as my scarlet team
Also on that NAIC team I showed, you can probably find his team on YouTube as well
Might be a rental of it there
do you know of miraidon team
bruh u dont need a competitive team to beat the game i dont think
There are several Miraidon teams you can play, i don't have any teams
But someone here definitely does
I have the Rajan Bal team
No rental here, but you can DEFINITELY find rentals of that on YouTube
It won Indy after all
Or people from Regionals
Let me search it
I know, I just like making my teams as strong as they can be so I can also bring them online and put up a fight
typically i see garganacl go for HP and Sp.Def and have iron defense and naturally high defense stats to not invest too much
i feel stuck rn this format isnt very inspiring & I have solarflare coming up which is like a $500 prizepool local before worlds
Thxx
.begulajr. has given 1 Gen Rep to maxihd
something like Iron Defense, Body Press, Salt Cure and Recover would work for singles Garganacl. with max hp and sp def
Alright thanks
supergamerdz has given 1 Gen Rep to pizza.time
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
Taking a break is good. helps clear the mind before you can play more competitive
Yeah, I have been getting shit RNG, making stupid-ass plays without thought and just generally losing a lot
whenās the local?
July 14th
don't want to burn out before the tournament happens
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
I have a cir team i won an mss with & a variant of it very similar to pat cons
He said for him personally, heād rather play 3-5 quality Bo3 sets per day (usually against friends, sometimes on ladder) than sit and spam games all day
i hate ladder tbf
Thatās really only an hour or so per day, which shouldnāt be enough to make you burn out
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
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?
ive been grinding mario kart wii wars
I havenāt played in like 10 days and I am finally really wanting to play again
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
https://pokepast.es/b54be129fe615183 thoughts on other members for this? something im testing out a little but unsure on a 5th and 6th
What do you think about Goltres over Grimm?
Iām 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
why?
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
not sure how badly i want to spike the core into 3 ice weaknesses that early
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
A true mb
But are you sure about Grimm without screens?
I've never played against one so idk if it's good without the screens
wat in the world
If the user is a Terapagos in Stellar Form, this move's type becomes Stellar and hits all opposing Pokemon.
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When terastalizzed tera starstorm hits super effective against terastillized pokemon
cooking u
Also that
its what it does best
And also getting Wide Spread Tera Starstorm
Terapagos: Terastallizing ends the effects of weather and terrain. Once per battle.
And unlike pre-terastal Starstorm, it actually has 0 resistances
Cant believe I lost to a tornadus heat wave burn
Supereffective against 19 types
idea is being able to pivot in and out with parting shot and u-turn
through lando rilla and grimm, cycle so zac can get sd up and sweep
lando hits fire and steel types for zac
Teams with that flexible in and out switching are the best
Usually it's incin parting shot and rilla u-turn tho
what are some good dragon types other than bolt
Slow pivots are pretty good
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
drago what is your zac calced for
hits 209 speed max attack hp dump
what is 209 for
outspeeds everything except scarf guys and CSR, also max speed modest bloodmoon in tw
ok well guess im on my own for the team
Regidrago
Miraidon, Koraidon
Archaludon and Gouging Fire too
anyone have a calm mind bolt spread
And Walking Wake ig? But it doesn't have any good results in tournaments so idk if it counts
dude hey
havent seen you in forever lol
Im good, hope youre well
Yea I am
4 months is crazy
Max speed modest blood moon in tw seems very specific
Has it really been that long
Man you're gonna love calyrex
its a thing that some bloodmoons on miraidon teams run
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
Guys important,a good build for Baxcalibur Electric Tera Type?
Yea šš
For regulation g vgc? Everything about that would go wrong
Iām not as rusty as I thought Iād be
I just needa get around these restricteds
Why electric
The best build possible i need to study him
Why that guy specifically
I caught it with that Tera Type
Cuz i want to test him
If you plan on using baxcalibur online for ranked I'd really not advise to actually do that
Especially now
Loaded Dice with Scale Shot and Icicle Spear?
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
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Ain't planning to give him Glaive Rush
why
It's a suicide move i take 2X damage unless i do something
Yes
Singles
Most people here won't have any idea what's good for that
Crap
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
Have you tried any of them yet
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
Yea Iām playing around with Zac
@molten oasis found your long lost brother
speaking of https://pokepast.es/0401fde8a653e687
Thoughts on this
I need an amoonguss spread and a 6th member
Drago wants to be THE zacian guy
You would have to go to worlds with Zacian to be THE Zacian guy tbh
im not the zacian guy
I said he wants to be THE zacian guy
i just like zacian
You do don't you
not really
You're the servers zacian guy tho
i dont have the skill to do that
Officially the competitive discussion zacian guy
i guarantee theres other people that can give better advice on zacian than me
like not using it
im not a top performing player, im a very average player
my opinion doesn't really matter
Hear me out wyd if a groudon shows up
Not that it's super common but it's something you can look at the team and know you need an answer for
I need 6th member that would help me with that
I think maybe dual weather might be cool to try
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
Dang Clam Groudon really solos that team lmao
Clam is the best way to say clear amulet
pelipper looks solid
Honestly not much other 6th mon u can get better value than pellipper
Pelipper is pretty nice rn
then give incin wisp over blitz
yeah lol
Uhhhh
Tbh the incin stuff is mostly preference I have helping hand on mine rn
Yeah incin likes wisp and maybe snarl a lot rn
Pelipper also has wide guard for caly s
I'm more of a fo knock snarl u-turn av guy
Hi, how do I give Calyrex ice the moves Glastrier learns?
High horse power and heavy slam and so on
Or hh might be cool
He cant learn them in remembered moves
High Horsepower is a TM for Caly-Ice, teach it to it once youāve combined
Damn
Tbh for that team Iād prob go like fake out koff parting hh
I hate grinding for TMS
You don't get the glastrier moves tou just get glacial lance
But calyrex itself gets high horsepower
Keep in mind you also lose PP Ups once you unbind them, so donāt PP Up Glacial Lance until youāre done with the pokemon
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
I mean they have to lack something
they were given $90 broken move + stats already lmaooo
Yeah we don't want calyrex lite in no restricteds lol
Astral barrage psychic spectrier would be crazy
Thx @balmy glen @polar canyon @molten oasis
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Also anyone have an amoonguss and pelipper spread š
- it has stab for koraidon, tera fire koraidon, groudon and tera fire groudon
hydro or hurricane?
oh yea hydro isnāt acc boosted in rain
Do you have a spread?
It's max max sash
wide guard tw energy hurricane?
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
Yeah i prefer protect but TW is fine too
If you told a gen 8 player that zacian is mid and zamazenta is a top tier meta threat they would never believe it
I didnāt believe it when I saw it either
why is zam so good
body press
š
Rather why didn't it have body press in the generation they introduced body press
tf it didnāt??
No
Idbp but it's not a meme strat it's crazy
Bro isnāt itās whole thing itās defense
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
zac is fine
It was as high as incin iirc
its at about 20% now
Yea
I mean it's getting ohkod by caly ice caly shadow zama zacian miraidon what else
You usually see it in teams with chi-yu still ig
Yeah but is it like restricted legendary slot worth of fine
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
Anyone have amoonguss spread š
I never really pulled it off in last regulations
If you're desperate copy and paste a set from smogon until you find a better one
yea
its similar to koraidon, they're just harder to use
I guess I can't argue against that as a koraidon player
I still think koraidon is on top
i think of the good restricteds zac is the hardest mon to use
If only it could be as easy as giving it a clear amulet
CSR is a mfer
https://pokepast.es/2169a5518d1c5470
This is the first team I have ever built could someone rate it and give me some tips?
well for some reason
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
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?
No u just ev train the king
Little strange, but bet. Thank you
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I'm assuming the ball used is the one you caught the king in as well correct?
Shit. Kinda wished I used a luxury ball now, but premier is better for Calyrex
I just used a master ball cuz aināt nobody got time for that
Tofu
Can a 50% TClap roll onto Scarf Urshifu be optimal?
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)
Gm Tofu
Anyways Tofu think it can work, or no
Or make it single strike
You canāt just swap, the dynamic changes.
Nah just run drain punch poison jab surging strikes u-turn Urshifu yw
But it Scarf though
I saw the D Punch one
Is that actually
Just Tera Grass at that point lmao
Lmao ok so I guess I'll either do the 50% roll or just fuck it we ball
Honestly fuck it we gonna give the dumb idea a try
I miss bulky Scarf bruh
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
cuz they thought 150 speed was cool
It's bullshit
well, yea
but also, we cant change the stats unless they decide to nerf the caly's
Just use tera ghost Regieleki
tera ghost eleki when it gets oblitterated by any attack

not extreme speed 
wood hammer from any grass type
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 
mhmm
clear amulet, miracle seed/grassy plate are options
Alr
Oo just looked up what it do
Very nice
Also unsure what to use on flutter mane since im usin a sun team
focus sash
Taken
by?
do you have a paste?
A whats it now?
pokepaste
The Overqwil team is on Cybertron's channel now
Nah
do you play on showdown?
Nope
that limits things, ok
Vgc doubles
go to a website called showdown, there is a teambuilder there
Unsure if its still best to use booster energy
build the team, then on the botton of the team page theres a button taht says "upload to pokepaste" or smth along those lines
K
do that, then i can take a better look at the team
no
I never see clear amulet on it
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
i use clear amulet occasionally
cuz i dont run a restricted that needs it
(or use it for the matter)
Covert Cloak Tera Grass Urshifu lets gooooo
lets gooo
I have question can moongeist beam ignore vessel of ruin ability or will it still get affected by it ?
This move and its effects ignore the Abilities of other Pokemon.
Ghost
Special
100
100
5 (8)
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Copied by Mirror Move.
Does not make contact.
Yes. Moongeist Beam SHOULD ignore Vessel of Ruin as it negatively impacts the outcome of Beam.
That's how I'm reading it from the "ignorable abilities" table.
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.
It's listed under Mold Breaker's ignorable abilities
Hmm
Yeah but thatās Mold Breaker though
Mold Breaker and Moongeist Beam function the same.
Like Moongeist Beam carries the effects of Mold Breaker
Different slots: One is a move and the other an Ability though
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 alliesāsuch as Multiscale and Friend Guard.) However, it does not ignore Abilities if it is called by another move rather than directly used.
Guess it does
And it leads you to the prior ignorable abilities table.
Okie dokie
Oh okay that makes sense now i just wonder why moongeist beam can ohko my terrastalized ting lu
What Tera?
Fairy actually
Is it AV?
It hold sitrus berry
I mean i'm not that good at investing EV so probably
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.
The lunala do terra into ghost
That would boost Beam's damage some more
Rng

pog
Still no clue what to build
tofu
Watch a replay of a PokƩmon battle between abused24test and mockduck! Format: [Gen 9] VGC 2024 Reg G; Date: Jun 22, 2024
scarf coaching is dumb funny
shitt
Just one shot opposing Kyogre from full with spread Calyrex-I Glacial Lance
+2 helping hand
I love VGC.
it's a beautiful game
Indeed it is.
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
Would the raid emboar be good as is for competitive play?
are you wanting to play singles or doubles?
although I think the answer for both would be no
Cause of the Tera or no?
emboar is a pretty bad pokemon
any advices to deal with gimmicks like after you clefairy?
also raid pokemon are not EV trained
I know it sucks, I wish they were a bit better with it
what's your team?
6th pokemon is more wildcard which i dont use as often
is it mostly clefairy + caly-shadow?
that is actuality very little and i normall manage deal with caly shadow due sucker punch
but its with kyurem-whites or other weird pokemons tbf aswell
and instruct chiyus are pain
all that u explained are very rare tho
yeah but i've met way too many of them x_X
clef caly S is common
well im in great ball tier
but yeah, asking more general advice for after you gimmicks beacuse they really rekt me hard
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?
or they manage setup trick room and taunts my indeedee so i cant break it
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
and bring clefairy after with pokemon that rekts me
in violet
i mentioned great ball tier
so its not showdown
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
yeah unless indeedee gets taunted
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
that's true, but calyrex and clefairy cannot have taunt. So if they're leading something with taunt, they probably dont have offensive pressure
you could also run trick room on Lunala for a secondary setter
grimm cant taunt u tho?
and replace power herb strat?
u have psychic terrain up
does psychic terrain stop pranksters?
incin is like a chance to have it, since they usually have knockoff flareblittz fakeout parting
ye
if you have psy terrain doesnt it make sense to use expanding force on lunala..?
yeah thats what i lead with
in most situations
Sounds like a pretty bad tech for a move if ya ask me
you dont have expanding force on lunala
?? kek
it is literally a psychic ghost type this is not a tech move LOL
oh i forgot change the picture
as i have expanding force in-game on lunala
You need terrain, you have much higher moveslots worth
???
indeedee has psychic terrain?
its like the main support in that team
Not Lunala
bc lunala id ran on BALANCE
ā¦
yeah
buit i have always psychic terrain up when i bring indeedee with lunala unless opponent has indeedee too
@mighty stump please save my eyes
or Rilla or Terapagos
or play betterā¦!
that is not much problem for me unless its calm mind terapagos which i havbe a bit hard time predict
but lunala has wide guard so terapagos wont get off easy
so it's a problem then
terapagos calm mind is real so far
doesn't target lunala specifically
people runs specs more in my tier
just a byproduct
also better trick room oriented mon to pair with indeedee would be necrozma dawn wings
I don't speak tier yet
i was thinking dawn wings to test
I just speak meta and results
yeah try it out, it loses stats in Spe and gains it in SpAtk
Very new to this metagame but it's very straightforward
I can tell
youāre waffling a whole lot lmfao
Nah
That means nothing to me sorry, can you explain
im okay


