#competitive_discussion
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yeah depends
because why not,this Flutter is perfectly fine

I think you did not saw my Miraidon Kyogre Team being Beta Testing
oh
i’m trying to think what other achilles pokemon are there…?
there’s defeatist archeops, slow start varoom regigigas, zero to hero palafin, truant durant slaking…
Mycellium Might Todescreul
RIP Fast Spore
it’s achilles mons like bad abilities
bad abilities need Neutralising Gas to disable them
like really good pokemon that get held back with their abilities
This Pokemon skips every other turn instead of using a move.
While this Pokemon has 1/2 or less of its maximum HP, its Attack and Special Attack are halved.
Normal
Truant
150/160/100/95/65/100
670
technically Todescruel?
What the fuck is the point of this
mhm
Rock/Flying
Defeatist
75/140/65/112/65/110
567
oh defeatist-
that’s so evil
like i can see Todescruel being good without the ability fr
Fast Spore and can hit decently Hard
archeops has a pretty high attack stat plus rock type is pretty offensive so
Archeops hates itself lol
This Pokemon's Status moves ignore certain Abilities of other Pokemon, and go last among Pokemon using the same or greater priority moves.
Yeah- this Ability is just
PLAIN DUMBASS TROLL
idk if you’d consider pure power medicham to be an achilles heel-
it’s got base 60 attack and you need to invest so much into attack to make it work…
Ground/Grass
Mycelium Might
80/70/65/80/120/100
515
it goes through abilities-
i feel like they tried to balance out good as gold with that ability
Nah that’s a goated ability bad mon
which does not work appearently
Fire/Flying
Pressure, Flame Body (Hidden)
90/100/90/125/85/90
580
Moltres-Galar
Ice/Flying
Pressure, Snow Cloak (Hidden)
90/85/100/95/125/85
580
Articuno-Galar
I didn’t know it’s sp atk was that low
Toedscruel's Stats is basically Worse Articuno-
well yeah but like-
okay-
achilles heel pokemon in a nutshell is a pokemon that has so much potential but is held back really hard by something
like truant slaking
Meanwhile Munkidori:
Just Plain Bad,No Saving Whatsoever
or zero to hero palafin
since you could lose momentum by switching out to get the buff
which might not even be worth it
what Legendaries are Achilles Heel Pokemon
Palafin was good tbh
not including Regigigas
Until fucking shifu
Like I don’t think it’s ability was that detrimental to it especially in reg c
there’s no specific achilles heel legendary
When it had the really strong core of amoonguss and arcanine
yeah Shifu is just simply better than it
Sure Typing is a bit Worse,but it hits THROUGH PROTECT
at best-
most are just fucked over by pressure being their ability
besides Regigigas?
Giving pressure to almost all legendaries is stupids
yeah-
gigas is the only one
Old gens be like
they removed their tradition of doing this After Gen 4-5
Gen 6-9,Only Eternatus has Pressure
like i understand the intention-
“oh you’re fighting a god or a god level that’s super strong pokemon so you’re gonna be nervous etc”
BUT THE ABILITY IS GARBAGE
its onl good in Stall
But at least some has Hidden Ability
some are good
Some are bad
i’m just gonna put pressure <-> legendary as an achilles heel category 
for Example,Telepathy and Snow Cloak are Decent Situational Abilities
But Aura Break is kinda Useless for Zygarde cuz you forced to use Base Zygarde without transform to Complete Forme
imagine regigias with koffing 
or wheezing i mean
i’m more upset about the creation trio’s abilities
i think its quite Easy to beat ngl
at least Giratina got something
Dialga and Palkia tho-
headlong rush ursaluna :3
what-
levitate 
Like ig it’s ok in story but like in comp what the fuck
at least thats SOMETHING
Like pp ups and shit completely negate it
hear me out
An ability that like negates the evs of all surrounding Pokémon
hehe
that would be stupidly Broken if it gives to something broken
ah-
i also need to do a write up of type triangles and cores-
oh yeah in that Server we all have Assignments-
Fwg
Dsf
Dpf
I think those are the main ones
What server 😭
the one you joined and Left?
because Lyco's Existence
i was gonna ask what dsf was but that’s fantasy
no like
For the Members who want to try Comp
as for dark psychic fighting-
that’s a type triangle not a core-
we have no Options on it lmao
we do
fair
https://pokepast.es/fac0c8291a269ad5
lmao what am i doing-
fantasy core + dpf triangle
Same thing Idfk
mm-
cores cover weaknesses well-
type triangles are just SE and resist into each other
fantasy does wonders-
fwg gets lots of resists and coverage
tru
@craggy dagger please..
hi-
i can do one hour :0
uh-
dunno abt-
uh-
rn since i’m out but i’ll be home soon i think
depends on whether i can finish this boulder or not 
if you can climb up to me first-
without a harness
Modest I think
Ground/Flying
Sand Force, Sheer Force (Hidden)
89/125/90/115/80/101
600
Landorus-Therian
Yea modest
of if you’re scarfed prolly modest/
idk the exact stat you hit with scarf but you should outspeed most things
You really just wanna outspeed Mirai and csr and you don’t even need max spe for that
Modest for scarf lando I
balls

necrozma phase 17
wat
That was an accident
Anyway you mean Super Duper Mega Ultra Necrozma
Who has 300 in every stat
usually phasing is hitting incorrect shiny
yep
17 other shinies in DA
it's 1/4 bro 😭😭
if you get a shiny, 1/4 times it's the legend
It's 1/100 rolled separately for each mon so no it's not 1/25
It’s 1/4 if you get the 1/100
So it’s like, .005% change I think?
I’m not sure how probability math works
It’s low
its actually quite close to 1/25
That’s not how math works
The combined odds of it are a lot lower
this is the combined odds which when k=1/100 and n=4 its around 1/25.37
at lower values its looks like it adds but it doesn't
point still stands it around 1/25
If a mon gets burned but then does tera fire, does it remove the burn?
It’s 1/25 IF you get the shiny
a 1/25.37 for at least one to be shiny
The combined probability of 1/25 for getting both the shiny AND the correct slot should not be higher than the probability of the base shiny odds
assuming 4 rolls
That is true yes
A combined probability, assuming you get the correct slot should be lower
Than the base shiny odds
Cuz that doesn’t make sense otherwise
same odds if 4 players do a DA for the same legend tho. cause you do get 4 rolls on that specific legend (assuming it was caught)
and assuming you get a shiny, it's 1/4 that the legend is shiny
like
if you were to get a shiny every time, 1/4 would be the legendary
it's tough because normally in a game you can take advantage of more than one roll of something, but with DA 1 shiny and all 4 shinies is effectively equivalent since you can only keep one
I think when I did the math back when I was hunting Kyogre, it's about 25-35 hours to hit the shiny rate on a legendary
well in any case phase 17 and counting is p unlucky
i have ab 200 hours in this den i think
It’s gambling technically
not rly
~20 mins per raid, so 3 raids per hour
1/100 to hit the rate / 3 raids per hour = 33ish hours
@modern harbor does this with me instead
gambling is for money
IM THIS FAR I HAVE TO GET IT
I NEED MY PINK ARMORED CAR OR BAR
How many runs in for the shiny so far?
about 30ish now
i count
💀
this mf cant count ^^^^
😡🔫🔫🫵
Average intellect of a vgc player
Shut up fight me
I’ll win
anyways
Theres gonna be a Michael bay skibidi toilet movie 😭
🧢
What happened to spicy cigar
wtf do you mean cap you know I’m better than you
bro what?
I've talked to him, he just don't come in here anymore
Okay when I get home you gonna get a taste of some ice again
"Nah I'd win" energy frfr
Kyurem white is good
I need 2 people who can DA
Oooooooooooooooh I want ice 
im tired of brain rot monkeysssssss
Ok I can't do it then
Wtf is that emoji, super cursed
i PROMISE YOU g-linoone is NOT a good pick when you KNOW its going to be vespiquen start
im abt to buy another switch, 2 copies of sword and dlc for sword on switch 3
like im about to EAT my switch 😭
I would but I’m working 
meow i can’t-
Hey guys I’m new to vgc, does anyone have any tips on building a team around h Typhlo
Don’t
(Use koraidon and chi yu, wake is also decent with it)
Do you need the dlc to get wake?
wake is unavailable again
I got it when it was first released but sold my switch and just recently got back into it and bought a new one 😭
okay
Is this team good
No
There’s a lot to work on
The things with Tera fairy Tera blast need to be replaced. Tera water or ghost for shifu and Tera fire or water for calyrex
Calyrex wants clesr amulet and shifu wants scarf mystic water or goggles
Actually scarf
why gliscor here
i have seen tera fire caly too
thats a compliment
idk if i would call that wholesomeness but yeah
I couldn't think of another pokemon so I js put one that can deal with calyrex ice
bro it cannot deal with calyrex ice
Until I learnt ground isnt super effective on ice
isnt gliscor 4x weak
yeah, it gets one shot
I thought it was the opposite
also tera ground is still weak
And I js like gliscor
incineroar is a decent start for answering calyrex ice,
earlier i told him i hate his guts but i respect the fuck out of his team
What should I replace gliscor with
To continue incin wants safety goggles and Tera ghost, parting shot and wisp over taunt and u-turn
Incin doesn’t run max attack adamant
ogerpon, rilla, ursaluna blood moon idk
shouldnt smeargle be max speed
What stats should he run
Oh this is a trick room team
a bunch of defense and hp basically
true but fake out
how do i counter fairy types man
Incineroar @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 68 Def / 156 SpD / 28 Spe
Careful Nature
- Knock Off
- Parting Shot
- Will-O-Wisp
- Fake Out
Should I replace smeargle with Clefairy to counter opposing calyrex ice
Zacian gholdengo Hearthflame
my ray team cant seem to deal with moonblast/dgleam
You should already be able to handle opposing CIR with incin and shifu
Also running amoonguss or rilla over smeargle
thanks
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Shifu wants close combat over Tera blast ice rider wants trick room over Tera blast
Gliscor can be replaced with raging bolt
yeah definitely trick room on ice rider
Fari wants throat spray or sitrus berry
Tera fairy, psychic noise over hyper voice and foul play over protect
What should be rillabooms build
How much defense?
Is ursaluna blood moon good to check Zamasenta?
It’s a normal type so takes massive damage from body press but it has very high special attack as well
Ty
Is decent if you get the right spot with speed control to take it out
p sure 252+ fari gives it chance to live tera ivy cudgel right?
but it's not a "add Ursaluna-BM and you won't have to worry about Zama ever again!"
probably
Rillaboom @ Assault Vest
Ability: Grassy Surge
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 116 Atk / 4 Def / 60 SpD / 76 Spe
- Wood Hammer
- Grassy Glide
- U-turn
- Fake Out
I can do the calc
No
as a zama player, its not a good check
threatens 2hko sometimes esp after throat spray or something but its normal type so gets ohko by body press
Thx
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+1 252+ Atk Hearthflame Mask Tera Fire Ogerpon-Hearthflame-Tera Ivy Cudgel vs. 228 HP / 252+ Def Farigiraf: 192-226 (85.7 - 100.8%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO
It does
That’s a bulky ass farigiraf
Fr
do 180hp
yeah that's the bad thing
that’s a ton
i run adamant ogerpon
You have incin
What should be my last pokemon
Congrats Maya
What’s the current paste?
+1 252 Atk Hearthflame Mask Tera Fire Ogerpon-Hearthflame-Tera Ivy Cudgel vs. 180 HP / 252+ Def Farigiraf: 174-206 (79.8 - 94.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
This one is better
He has incin
thank you! 
mayahoppins has given 1 Gen Rep to drayagedrago
Ogerpon should always be a neutral lol
+1 252 Atk Hearthflame Mask Tera Fire Ogerpon-Hearthflame-Tera Ivy Cudgel vs. 180 HP / 204+ Def Farigiraf: 184-218 (84.4 - 100%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO
I think this one is more optimized
Unless you really really really need to live the tera fire ivy cudgel a 90/10 is fine
Rillabooms, incineroar, fari, urshifu rapid, and calyrex ice
Share it as a pokepaste
Oh
Calyrex-Ice @ Clear Amulet
Ability: As One (Glastrier)
Level: 50
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Relaxed Nature
- Swords Dance
- Glacial Lance
- Protect
- Trick Room
Farigiraf @ Throat Spray
Ability: Armor Tail
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 180 HP / 252 Def / 76 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Trick Room
- Psychic Noise
- Foul Play
- Helping Hand
Incineroar @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 68 Def / 156 SpD / 28 Spe
Careful Nature
- Knock Off
- Parting Shot
- Will-O-Wisp
- Fake Out
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike @ Mystic Water
Ability: Unseen Fist
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 156 HP / 252 Atk / 92 Def / 4 SpA
Brave Nature
- Aqua Jet
- Detect
- Close Combat
- Surging Strikes
Rillaboom @ Assault Vest
Ability: Grassy Surge
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 116 Atk / 4 Def / 60 SpD / 76 Spe
- Wood Hammer
- Grassy Glide
- U-turn
- Fake Out
why is less def and same hp doing less dmg
u need a second attack on caly
How do I do that
Raging bolt
Alr
No sword dance close combat
Wait no high horsepower @lusty quest
what is moltres galar's role in general
Shadow rider check
Only glacial lance is an instalose in some spots
thats what i was saying lol
Alr
Has the niche of OHK0ing both Calyrex
I’ve seen both so idk
wide guard pepelaugh
Tailwind being a dark type is fine
What should be the raging bolt build
with wrath?
Foul play + tera dark
ohh
Do I put the link to the pokepaste here
doesn't ur zama instalose to chi yu
Yep
yeah
Kinda but i have Pelipper
The most problematic Chi-Yu is focus sash cause most are timid 252 and outspeed my Zama
Raging Bolt @ Booster Energy
Ability: Protosynthesis
Level: 50
Tera Type: Electric
EVs: 188 HP / 132 Def / 108 SpA / 4 SpD / 76 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 20 Atk
- Thunderclap
- Dragon Pulse
- Weather Ball
- Protect
The weather ball tech
damn it you got here before me
yeah thats why im 168speed
High horsepower over cc
If it's scarf i have thing to play around that
https://pokepast.es/c547843539e260ca i think ive found a suitable 6th mon here
If it locks into heat wave i have wide guard and if it locks into overheat i have Pelipper
Alr this is the new team https://pokepast.es/b8f6e85c6be46571
looks fine but personally imo substitute Lando looks kinda bad
Kyurem-W?
Maybe
Exactly

kek
what should it have instead
Tera blast?
why though
Sandsear storm could work
yeah i see that working
Tera water over fire on cir
ok that depends
Also idk why fairy on shifu
fire is fine
Grass knot can work
for what
Coverage against water types
also i'm curious,Where is the EVs of the Mons
Is parting shot and egg move as I have caught tons of litten in pogo and other games and still can’t get parting shot?
Egg move for incin yeah
I meant or it’s ghost rn lol
i guess maybe for kyogre, but most run AV anyway. i dont think its worth
Okkk thanks I wondered why I couldn’t get it
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Do u think if I used inteleon snipe shot with u turn as back up as start with kyogre that could possibly work as water type or do u think dragalge could work as a better water type
no
Just don’t use inteleon
Play Urshifu
just use Urshifu if you want Crits and Uturn
Has a higher chance for a critical hit. This move cannot be redirected to a different target by any effect.
Water
Special
80
100
15 (24)
Copied by Mirror Move.
Does not make contact.
Ok atm I’m using dark type one but haven’t built the water type one so is that a better one to run
Depends on the team
mostl Water Shifu is the more slappable One
I don’t rlly have a team first time making one js putting ones together
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between Luke_Corneil and OTRAYOT! Format: [Gen 9] VGC 2024 Reg G; Date: Jul 25, 2024
Is this for singles or vgc?
Overall i would say Urshi water because it gives you some help in rain match ups, completes gfw cores, and also makes pretty good use of tera
Atm I’m thinking of making a doubles team but not fully sure as I haven’t rlly played much outside of hunting yet
Okk I’ll run that
Looks for teams and rentals
Did you predict the Tera onto csr turn 1
Building your own team as a novice is an experience
Not a good one 😭
but also a huge defict due to not having a grasp over on the Metagame
was obvious since i led incin, they couldnt risk not popping tera
What if they protect 😭or was it ots
didn’t check chat
it was ots
Were they specs?
Atm my team is random mons I think could work together 😂
bright powder lmao
Did they not have protect?
Yea fake out was pretty risky tho
Actually nvm Tera normal was a good play
draining kiss wouldn’t have done much neutral
fr
some people ragequit
It’s dumb
things were looking good until this
Especially in a bo3 when I have to leave 2 rooms open when I play on mobile and it lags my stuff for no reason lol
still looking good ig
Ngl I didn’t think abt it til now but I think I beat u on my alt
which team

It was my newer alt tho so I think it was around 1300s
my main account where ive beentesting ray teams is in that range....
Imagine
🖕
Also 🖕
ITS NOT LOADING
I DISCONNECTED IN A WINNING GAME
Monke youve cursed me with that
ima stop for the night
I kinda want to drop chandelure from my team but it’s so good against Zamasenta
It’s very annoying to deal with it otherwise
Use Skeledirge
And can spiral
Good idea
With torch song and is solid into Dondozo with Unaware which has risen
Yeah chandelure has high base SpcA but torch song raises spc atk
i lowkey want to use skeledirge again but idk who to use it with
Zama, Terapagos, Korai
Can’t see it used with the others
Say do you guys think they'll ever nerf Incin?
it doesnt need nerfing
It’s kind of just fine
yeah i'm gonna use it with zama
Well will it ever be power crept
so far i'm thinking skele, zama, rilla and urshifu
They can only really nerf incin if they hard nerf Urshifu
why skele again?
unaware
caly-s, caly-i
Skele is cool
terapagos
tera normal for csr right
Good typing into Zacian/Zama while ignoring their typing, good into Dondozo with unaware that has risen, fits well on the restricted teams I stated, can spiral with torch song and be a good support
it doesnt look THAT hard to kill
Bruh
Fire/Ghost
Blaze, Unaware (Hidden)
104/75/100/110/75/66
530
That’s pretty bulky
@balmy glen what build? Does throat spray work with touch song?
next to zama with wide guard caly-s can't do much
Only people that even really tested it is like the Japanese players and some of the top players in NA and like some EU on cart I think
Yes it does but I’d prob go sitrus or lefties just for longevity to spiral even as a support
I forgot your team tho
Your the Cress guy right
so shadow ball, torch song, will-o-wisp, protect?
Protect/recover
oh right slack off
can't believe dozo stocks are rising again, is it because of all the set up mons around?
Unaware makes you good into Zacian/Zama naturally
It’s good into the Calys
I replaced shadow ball on primarina for calm mind
After they spiral ^
i'm thinking tera fairy for skeledirge since it hates the urshifus and chi-yu
So berry or assault vest?
Amoonguss
lefties or sitrus
I mean I have ways of healing with lunar blessing and pollen puff
just in case the partner gets koed sitrus is good for additional recovery
av means you can't use slack off
is moody muk still a thing?
Is alluring voice good?
Sadly yes
confusion isn't as valuable in vgc
It’s so fucking annoying but thankfully I have clear smog Amoonguss
I run into the guy that’s using min speed on everything and trick room fluttermane
Fckn weirdo
tr flutter wut
This is a KORAIDON team with CHI YU
min speed koraidon wut
Are all the caly’s on Tera water now
What happened to Tera fire dude, like fucking hell
We don’t like effective surging strikes
Or weather spouts
Or be weak to other caly ice with high horsepower
Water superior
so good into the kyogre mu
Wisp isn’t even bad if they get it off late
with like +2 and helping hand it doesn’t even matter
Also so many caly ice teams either run coaching or decorate
I’m having lots of fun today
I think it’s time for a break
did the tr flutter team have regidrago on it?
Anyways gonna sleep now gn
Gn
Then a god damn Tera water Tera blast dawn wings with prism scale or whatever
Yes
I just watched a game with it, for some reason the chi yu has nasty plot and is tera grass
pretty normal in cart to be fair
I'm out of the loop then lol
I’m done man transform fucking smeargle next to nasty plot calyrex, I hate people and I hate that fucking Mon
Smeargle or calyrex?
What is with the ghost type fucking tr mons rn
which do u think genius 
Smeargle
man, just, this sucks
high five
the team sucks, I suck, the teams im fighting are all designed to cheese me and piss me off
TRUE
What's better than one csr? Two csr ofc
if this were a chess replay i think id have 40 blunders and 17 missed win opportunities
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between Snow48691412 and EmmyAn! Format: [Gen 9] VGC 2024 Reg G; Date: Jul 25, 2024
i watched t2 and clicked off
LOL
Oh cool psychic noise has an animation now
https://pokepast.es/f8b0b6391d1aefd5 I'm split between Rilla + Water Ursh and Waterpon + Dark Ursh for the last two. Any other feedback would help a ton
gg
Thanks Keanu really appreciate the gg
rilla + water ursh for sure
needs a solid way to deal with opposing incin and you already have CSR and Incin to threaten stuff like CIR
Acrobatics, Assurance, Astonish, Bite, Body Slam, Brick Break, Brutal Swing, Crunch, Facade, Fling, Fly, Foul Play, Frustration, Giga Impact, Hammer Arm, Iron Tail, Knock Off, Lash Out, Payback, Return, Revenge, Rock Smash, Secret Power, Sky Drop, Smack Down, Smart Strike, Strength, Supercell Slam, Superpower, Take Down, Thief, Thrash, Thunder Punch, U-turn, Wild Charge, Zen Headbutt
Charge Beam, Dark Pulse, Discharge, Electro Ball, Electroweb, Flash Cannon, Focus Blast, Grass Knot, Hidden Power, Hyper Beam, Incinerate, Psychic, Rising Voltage, Round, Shock Wave, Sludge Bomb, Sludge Wave, Snarl, Snore, Tera Blast, Thunder, Thunder Shock, Thunderbolt, Uproar, Volt Switch, Weather Ball, Wildbolt Storm
Agility, Attract, Bulk Up, Charge, Confide, Defog, Double Team, Eerie Impulse, Electric Terrain, Embargo, Endure, Heal Block, Leer, Nasty Plot, Protect, Rain Dance, Rest, Role Play, Scary Face, Sleep Talk, Substitute, Sunny Day, Swagger, Taunt, Thunder Wave, Torment, Toxic
A move displayed with Bold text benefits from Same-Type Attack Bonus when used by Thundurus-Therian.
got you, thanks
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Hey can anyone help me create a competitive team in scarlet violet
i know neither of the necrozma are good but my GOD am i glad i finally got it shiny
17 phases
also, someone mentioned earlier that moltres galar kills both horses with tera dark foul play, but isn't foul play based off the enemy's attack? couldn't any dark type w/tera dark foul play ohko?
@forest arrow Dude your IceHorse team is killer
Farigaraf or Indeedee?
Uhhh
I kind of don’t have specific evs ngl I kind of readjust my evs for different teams
I see, it has meh special def but it also needs the most damage it can get
do the horse's stats come from calyrex or from spectrier and glastrier
any dark type could do it yes, but goltres is just good for the job cuz of its typing, stats and other moves
hurricane fiery wrath nasty plot protect :3
Other dark types aren't as good because they're weak to urshifu
okay took a break, im gonna keep working on kyurem
https://pokepast.es/d1957e2e323bd6d2 thoughts guys?
I believe from caly
The nature, evs and all that
oof, so would i reset for a 0spe or 0atk 😭
The move pool too
Basically just the horse state get added to caly
But all what counts is caly
How
Mira used Draco meteor 3 times and moth used overheat 3 times
And how did you get there
They failed to kill cress but they got my caly
And moth used that bug move that lowers Spc A on cress
It gets struggle bug?
Yes
But I won this cuz I got recovery with cress
But was a super long match
Gg
That was hilarious
My cress was taking no damage but also doing no damage, but slowly got rid of Mira while recovering HP with lunar blessing
nah, the forms mix the movepool of both caly and the steed
regular caly cant learn icicle crash or high horsepower lol
We have so many queer people who love and play Pokémon but there is almost no representation when it comes to VGC. This has always annoyed me so I decided to deep dive on this topic and try to find out why we don't have more queer people playing Pokémon VGC.
💖 A special thanks to the amazing creators who contributed with this video:
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meta complaining one made me laugh ngl 
Thats a weird take, from my experience in various e-sports VGC is by and large the most queer friendly. Hell I somehow became MORE popular when I came out as trans.
(havent seen the video, but "Why no queers" feels wrong)
15:37 - 23:00 was something
what i understood about meta complaining was "we cant express ourselves" argument 
it do feel like very hot take on a lot about competitive
to me the title and topic just sounds clickbaity as hell
Does this relate to competitive?
i think for me more weird was like having meta with landorus-i etc being "straight man" pokemons as meta pokemons make him scared of being who this person is
yeah he actually complains competitive meta 
has VGC in the title, so technically yes, but still sounds like its slop
https://youtu.be/Fq1twFz_J4I?si=HIAduz0-dFqtRxSf&t=956 here he mentions of competitive gaming
We have so many queer people who love and play Pokémon but there is almost no representation when it comes to VGC. This has always annoyed me so I decided to deep dive on this topic and try to find out why we don't have more queer people playing Pokémon VGC.
💖 A special thanks to the amazing creators who contributed with this video:
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eh just feels like click bait I’d rather not click on it it’s sort of irrelevant
Idrc abt people complaining I don’t think it has anything to do with competitive tbh
yeah. for him problem is being unable to "express herself" and that most competitive meta pokemons are "straight male" (landorus incarnate as example) and nt many queer ones (farigirtaf/whimsicott) 
weird take but ok ig
and that competitive they cant use pokemons that represent themselves or creeativity
whihc was my facepalm moment and clicked off video
If queer inclusiveness was an actual issue in the scene I'd say its absolutely relevant, even if its not about actually playing VGC
but as I said, VGC doesn't really have those kinds of issues, its the most inclusive esports Ive ever seen, so the video is just ragey clickbait
I was abt to say I feel like us as a VGC community is pretty accepting of queer no?
Compared to other games
yeah. Basically beacuse person cant use whatever tthey want its problem for them
yeah absolutely
even Pokemon themselves take the acceptance seriously as hell, Play Pokemon is allowing me to compete at worlds under a non-legal name because my legal name is my dead name
100%
and when I came out Victory Road updated all of the instances of my name in Top X results for regionals, which was only a few to be fair but still a classy move
so yeah, VGC is quite nice for queer folk
Where’s the part they talked about not being able to use queer mons cuz the meta includes non queer mons apart from Farig or whim
also lets be real, FWG is an extremely gay core
it reeks of gay thrupple
(gay not as insult mind you)
very queer esport yessir
17:17 onward till 18:20
iron hands and lando-i are "hetero male identity appeal" 
it doesnt actually sound all that funny not sure whats got you in stitches tbh
Tell them to use amoongus after Wolfey won with it it has become a symbol after defending off he who shall not be named lol
I LOVE QUEER PPL
they're the best kind of people
when my wife and I host parties we have only one regular friend whos cishet and we always jab at her for it much to her laughter
were like girl why u straight wth
xd
landorus-i is this buff man that definetly isnt straight man appeal. I would say its more appeal for gays/bis or women more
as a woman, absolutely ick
appeals to nobody except bears who like bears maybe
well i know some people who are feminine males and some women who loves super muscular characters like genie trio
you can like buff dudes sure but genie trio specifically are far too ugly
which is also intentional in their design, they're actively supposed to be unappealing because they're based on oni
arent they based on raijin and fuujin? idk what landorus would be tho
yeah, every people has their own taste. for some they dont care much about face as long as they got strong muscles
the 4 of them are based on chinese djinn-like deities iirc, I think raijin and fuujin are two of em?
if tofu were around he'd know it all lol
i just had a feeling, idk many of the other ones since im a jpn major and raijin and fuujin are the main two in jpn culture
but they pop up FREQUENTLY in pop culture its insane
the djinns are based on a quarter of deities that are tied to a creator deity thats similar to arceus
hence their inclusion + new member in PLA
quartet* not quarter lol
Just saw your post @gentle delta was prog more of something that related to the past you?
thats kinda their pokemon lore but as far as irl inspo
definitely asian, their tails are made with tomoe
while progatog isnt a dead name, it was still sorta the name I went by for years when I was online presenting male
so in a weird way it still kinda feels masculine when someone refers to me as prog or progatog
when it comes to copetitive game in general, i think the most pressing issue is more lack of local competitions in countries
ngl im so baked rn I forgot we were oomfies
dont get me started lol, I had to move heaven and earth to make locals happen in my city
they were extinct here for almost a decade before I came along and talked to a few dozen people
yeah like, i've tried find competitions even in bigger cities which i could maybe go take part in, i just dont find anything like that
yeah its so awkward and annoying
only some TCG here or there
im in talks to get a few more happening here though, hoping to max BFL by november so I dont need to constantly drive to montreal and kingston etc
I have 3 for practice before worlds at least
Yeah, i've bneen trying look in facebook and discord or around google if in here finland had any vgc competitions but i found nada except one or two like 2-3 years ago happened
but ngl i stopped prepping a month ago and now am caught without a team
r u going to worlds this year??
I am!
OMG ME TOO
qualified in my first season using nothing but Armarouge psyspam lmfao
not as a competitor mind you
lolll
TO BE FAIR
it wasnt intended to be a harrd focus on that tight of a niche
I just only ever play Trick Room
I'd be happy to meet up with you while we're there ^_^ looking for more people to reach with I dont actually have many friends in the scene who qualified lol
r u thinking of still playing armorouge lol
o im a spectator :3
LMAOOOO
its abit pain to get worlds now. I need see if i can join europe championship tournament without needing have local competitions here x_X
for worlds nah, psyspam/hard tr are still my main ideas but armarouge's speed being what it is makes it gratuitously awkward in a format filled with base 50s that are all trying to outspeed each other
above is a reply to this lol
ye
im a hat hater but I think if I do TR psyspam (not currently Plan A, more like plan C) I'd do Hat
im going there hoping to get a kewl distribution pokemon lol
oh yeah I always forget about those
gonna try and nab a bunch for my stream givewaways ig
u can get more than one?
usualy its a download code you can get there yeah? in which case you'd just need multiple save files
ohhhh
even if you can only get one ill still give it away lol
ive never been, is it like in the poke center?
i dont really use cherish ball mons
Ive never been either hahat
this was my first year playing on the actual circuit
well, welcome aboard
but i live in hawaii so its ez for me to go
funny, the only other person im hanging with at worlds is also a new vgc player who lives in hawaii
oo
shes been over the moon excited that im going
we could def meet but ugh im so nervous about presenting myself
cool if I dm?
yesyes
Yeah only once they are together
Also this will be my new hard trick room team. I don’t think people will shit on it as much as my original one. My og trick room team was fun but this is better I know
I still manage to be top 500 with swampert, chandelure and primarina but I expect this one to be more consistent
i think i just made a speacial attack cannon
wow its almost normal
get rid of seed bomb on that calyrex
you do not need it
But it 1 shoots urshifu
you deal with urshifu with amoonguss
And Kyoger with +1 atk
speaking of which give it rocky helmet lefties sucks
Yeah fair unless safety googles
you want trick room, im not kidding
trick room on calyrex is very valuable
you're not forced to lead cress to set tr and it can do it itself, less momentum loss
Alright another concern, how do I deal with pelipper? Immune to high horsepower and glacial lance blocked by wide guard. I can at least 2hko it with seed bomb
im pretty sure you get to hit water with that additional grass coverage for SE
how did you manage to make a team so unbelivably weak to pelipper
I have question does AV blood moon still work for this reg ?
Life orb better
Yeah that’s why seed bomb is kinda a need
okay well since you kinda explode to it, bloodmoon can be that i guess
well no you need a team change
i genuinely think the cress needs to go but whatever, uh
if you add raging bolt over, uhm, skele and then add incin over mienshao that could be better
Hmm i'm not sure if i want to use throat spray and life orb already been hog by caly
which one
She does her job well and I really want to keep her. I know Farigiraf is better support but cress is tankier and lives a lot of hits fari won’t
you're not talking about ice rider i hope
prove it
No it's the shadow one
which hits, name them
Dark tera wicked blow
thats oddly specific
single strike isnt very common
Helping hand electro drill
drift*
thats kind of unfair to throw out, miraidon just ohkos everything and cress is the exception because its bulkier
Is raging bolt good against Zamasenta?
k whatever you're so focused on using it im not gonna stop you cuz i dont think i can convince you to remove it
Flareblizt sun koraidon too
I'm not sure of using that too tho because the only thing that boosted by it is astral barrage that can be shutdown by wide guard and it will not boost my caly single attack move
koraidon's weaker than miraidon but ok
okay
that sucks, a lot of the caly's are runninig sitrus and cloak
you'll be fine, paste?
Huh sitrus on caly?
Might need a while to makes that this is in game team
Fair
I never know if they have a berry
Bulky caly s ?
does anyone stay updated, k
bulky CSR has picked up due to it not needing much special attack investment to sweep teams
grim neigh lets it just snowball with ease
it is usually next to clef
Anyway, is raging bolt good against zama? Cuz the whole point of Ske is to counter zama
its okay into it
idt skele is good for CIR it wants incin
as the fire option
pelipper helps as well, have you seen a caly ice team?
Incineroar is very good and I wanted to put it in but Mieshao really helps into caly ice mirro
And I have had a bunch of those
incineroar does that as well
Bulk up my caly really helps me win against other caly ice
Coaching is very good
And Mieshao deletes enemy incineroar
sure, incin also helps with mirrors by wisping the ice rider but mienshao is fair
could also try scarf annihilape with final gambit
I have seen that here and there yeah
It’s scary cuz Idk if protect caly and set trick room with cress to anhialape can’t final gambit, but they read that sometimes and do coaching on their caly instead of final gambit
Oh yeah just wondering what the benefit with giving caly s covert i mean isn't it already immune to fake out anyway ?
snarl
Ah right
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2024regg-2167100980 did i do good here, or did i make a few mistakes ive misse
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between Dominic1600 and OTRAYOT! Format: [Gen 9] VGC 2024 Reg G; Date: Jul 25, 2024
That is more inconsistent cuz one of the most common tera for caly ice is fire. Water is very popular too but fire still is used a lot
my game plan was to get dengo and zama alone together
i hate this fucking horse, mm
knock off and parting shot then
im complaining about shadow rider
unfair piece of shit pokemon
no
Well unless they have clefa
it runs after you clef so it doesnt lose tot r
Correction, if you have amoonguss
My bad
Fairy
Cute Charm, Magic Guard, Friend Guard (Hidden)
70/45/48/60/65/35
323
Well it's 90$ pokemon
i thought it was slower
i dont fucking care man
im so sick of losing to astral barrage
wide guard though
...
i cant fit a wide guard mon on the stuff im running
Well, Mieshao is very flexible
i just lost to a zacian thank god he doesn't click protect
no its not its used for calyrex and calyrex only
I have seen it in koraidon teams
whats ur team again?
because incin is my line for CIR
I know you don’t get knock off or parting shot but in trade you get wide guard
why aer you running specs hoodra-
encore beartic
Honestly blood moon is really scary for caly ice
HOW
Blood moon 1 shoots it
With tera normal
Or does like 80% hp
Also blood moon is good against caly s
It hits through ghost
While immune to astral barrage

Low ladder shenanigans 🔥
https://pokepast.es/ff415486af23e6b6 here you go heres my dogshit team
Oh I thought you were using zac
i beat CSR with zac
tbf beartic just t4’d tuesday tour lmao
it did?
yeahhh
Is gambit one of your caly answers
Ice
Snow Cloak, Slush Rush, Swift Swim (Hidden)
95/130/80/70/80/50
505
swift swim
Fuck smeargle tho
oh yea i think i just fought that, at least those 6
Fuck spore and decorate
do i want koraidon be jolly or adamant? 
Do you have tailwind?
yes
Adamant then
jolly is generally the pick
outspeeding everything is nice, at least i think they're all jolly rn
maybe bulkier ones are adamant
Lmfao I won a game by intentionally failing protect
yeah was thinking that cuz im max speed max attack but had to make sure if its Adamant or Jolly even with tailwind

Jolly mint it is
perfect, a caly with clef, time to test gambit
I had my caly on tera water against tera electric raging bolt and surging shift. My trick room ended so I protect caly and trick room for a second time with cress. They double target my cress and survived low. I expect the thunder clap so I protect again and expect shifu to take down cress. Protect fails and thunder claps fail too and shifu knocks cress
Then I bring amoonguss and rage powder
And I win
Rage powder makes thunder claps fail so a glacial lance ends the game
Winning by doing nothing one turn
ofc, they have sash shifu not scarf and i lose bcuz its tera normal not fairy
after i read the tera, fckn hell
Sash is very common actually
thank you shrekers
do i want meteor or pulse for raging bolt?
More in dark shifu but water one uses it a lot too
booster or av
AV
draco
thanks. i wanted confirm cuz i've seen both run haha
@molten oasis cuz these are EVs i run
Raging Bolt @ Assault Vest
Ability: Protosynthesis
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 188 HP / 132 Def / 100 SpA / 52 SpD / 36 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 20 Atk
- Thunderclap
- Draco Meteor
- Thunderbolt
- Volt Switch
im gonna quit i hate calyrex i think it ruins the game
calyrex is such broken pokemon ngl
its good there is ways deal with it but holy hell its pain to play around too
doesnt feel like it
yeah it kinda requires speed control or scarf mainly
tho support pokemon around caly makes it that broken like clefairy 
I need to show off my party so i can ask for help later, ive been struggling in competitive
Wo chein went from the worst to very good. It’s actually very annoying to deal with it
They go tera poison and set leech on your 2 mons and has leftovers
It recovers so much hp
Are most csrs covert cloak now
im curious why koraidons run flame charge even as Jolly?
extra speed so they can outspeed everything
yeah, i just rarely click it so i try think when its timed normally
To avoid snarl yes
Or fake out if they tera fairy
But by default it’s immune to fake out
Those bulk invested caly s are annoying but being bulk invested can go against them. I had a match that they failed to ohko caly ice and amoonguss
And they ate a +2 glacial lance and got 1 shot anyway
pretty much if they dont run tornadus
Lol they are running stored power cress
That actually deals a lot of damage
And it’s so tanky
You use it to outspeed CSR, Zacian and any Booster Spe FMs or Scarf mons
i see i see. so its to make sure in tailwind alwayss outspeeds most mons
so true
i hate battling random people all this guy did was spam legendaries and hypnosis
I don’t think Pokémon is for you then
Everyone you battle is a random person lol
i hate people who just use all legends on their team
Ayo Keanu was good got a question for ya
I got AV Rilla and T Wave on a team
You think it'd be sensible to have Rilla outspeed Adamant Scarf Shifu after T Wave?
I’d say so ye
Ok pog
all pokemon twitter*
Hey is Lycanroc any good on sand teams?
@balmy glen one more question, just making sure I'm doing math right
Since Scarf Ursh hit 223 with Scarf, wouldn't it be 112 to outspeed with T Wave cuz it'll go to 111.5 and get rounded down?
In this format Sand aint great but in Reg A to Reg C Ttar + Lycan was a VERY legit core.
Then Pokemon isnt a game for you. Being a “legendary” is not a defining trait of a Pokemons usability in competitive
People are going to use what wins and if you have an issue with that you’re the problem. Not them.
Ah I see, I'm mostly just trying out different teams and having fun in casual battles and a bit of ranked. Made it all the way to Great Ball 9 so far
sands biggest issue now compared to other 3 weathers is there are no restricted legendaries that can really abuse it
Also I looked onto VGC and saw that Sylveon was used and I wanted to know how good or bad that one is cause I know it's hidden ability is good
Sylveon is the same kinda thing, REALLY good but a little low power for the now broken format
That makes sense honestly. Maybe one day
Restricted Legendaries tend to warp everything around them

