competitive_discussion

[dense latch]

i was doing some calcs with charizard its damage output is insane icl

[foggy lodge]

a friend also got top cut there

I'm so happy for him

[foggy lodge]

yeah

[dense latch]

i regret not going

didn't get a team built in time

[dense latch]

who's your friend if you don't mind me asking

[foggy lodge]

Luis Roberto

[dense latch]

that's sick

[foggy lodge]

its roberto im not accostumed to his real name😭

[dense latch]

lol

[torn parrot]

Here’s the thing

The flaw in y’all’s logic

Acting like it’s picking between Urshifu or sneasler

But people can pick either one in G

I know the exact moment I stopped watching the arrow

It was ||when he was like “oh I actually wasn’t on an island for years, it turns out I was actually OFF the island then went BACK to the island to be then found as a missing person”||

[shadow wind]

Hooray !

Finally glad I can make it high with my main

Just don't ask about the GXE

[molten oasis]

I’d prefer shifu

Cuz I get to use it for zacian

[torn parrot]

I ordered from Instacart and they gave me like a shit ton of sliced tomato cans for no fucking reason at all

So now I have that

[dull ibex]

@molten oasishttps://pokepast.es/ec624da050fb5206 Adapted the team

seems semi aggressive?

[molten oasis]

what changed?

looks pretty much the same

[dull ibex]

the ev spreads

[molten oasis]

they look fine

[dull ibex]

I have no idea how to play this team tbh lmao

oh the originator likes 252 252

[viral spindle]

Would Regigigas benefit more if he has Iron Fist, Mold Breaker, Overcoat, or Moxie

[molten oasis]

it would beneit from literally any ability that isnt slow start or klutz or truant

but iron fist sounds decent for it, or moxie

[viral spindle]

Moxie only helps if it actually kills them and iron fist helps every time

Although that does leave me with a Pawmot on the team

[viral spindle]

Rage Powder Brute Bonnet or Follow Me Magmar

[cyan smelt]

I'm reading vgcguide and taking notes and feel like I'm actually learning

[torn parrot]

Regigigas doesn’t even need an ability to be good

So your choice

[mighty stump]

good!

[plain drum]

Education is important

Ironic typo

Feelsbad

[chrome knot]

@mighty stump

[torn parrot]

I love

That

Profile picture

So

Much

https://tenor.com/view/red-panda-gif-14105238506505165605

[cyan smelt]

Once I'm done taking notes on vgc guide I'm gonna mind map it

[cyan smelt]

I'm wondering if I should register for the Perth regional

[mighty stump]

huh

[mighty stump]

me and my friend group always do matching seasonal pfps

[jade dust]

What is the best counter to Archaludon

[torn parrot]

Hit it till it dies

[molten oasis]

fighting type/ground type

[torn parrot]

There truly is no other way than hitting it really hard

[cyan smelt]

I've noticed when I use sneasler they tend to grass tera

[torn parrot]

Well at least it isn’t ghost tera

[cyan smelt]

How common is ghost tera

[torn parrot]

I honestly havnt seen it in ages on archaludon

[jade dust]

Thats the point, what hits it hard enough to remove it fast?

Since it has massive def and AV

[cyan smelt]

The only things that tend to ghost tera ATM are magmar, maushold and whims

[jade dust]

Incineroar

[cyan smelt]

Sometimes dragapult with ghost tera tera blast

[real prairie]

BMursa

[torn parrot]

A fat close combat
Earth power
Drago meteor

Doesn’t matter could be anything

Just a really strong attack basically

[cyan smelt]

Isn't that usually tera normal

[real prairie]

Some run tera ghost to negate fighting attacks

[torn parrot]

I fele like in theory on paper ghost tera should be king

Aside from grass for utility

[real prairie]

"a well placed immunity can turn a game, introduction to Tera Ghost"

[noble rose]

Safety google mouse with follow me now you don’t need Tera grass ok it. And mouse is a good teammate in vgc

[cyan smelt]

I'm changing magmar's tera to ghost

And giving it wisp

[real prairie]

tera fairy + follow me >>> right now

completely shut down a palt that thinks it can outrage

[noble rose]

For spore?

[real prairie]

vital spirit

[noble rose]

Sorry im talking about mouse and arch as a team

Magar ? I’m yeah that sounds good

[torn parrot]

Oh I get it

The dragonite had lum berry for sneasler luck

[molten oasis]

and wisp but yea

[torn parrot]

Also moogo

[noble rose]

Lum on dragonite is also for flame body rage powder volc

Or magmar

[torn parrot]

Seems like lum berry just kicks ass huh

[noble rose]

I use it with swagger volbeat

[jade dust]

Only for spore immunity

[noble rose]

Swagger my own teammate

[cyan smelt]

I'll have to watch out for lum berry dnite

[real prairie]

i had a little stint of swagger volbeat lum berry Sneasler unburden

[noble rose]

I used it for a draft with baxcaliber too Tera fairy and nothing touched that Mon

Also hi I’m new

[real prairie]

Welcome

[cyan smelt]

Bax is underrated

Welcome

[noble rose]

High key! It is and I love the design I think it’s bc I didn’t understand how halve rush worked before and it gets kinda booty ice type moves

[cyan smelt]

SD glaive rush ice shard

[noble rose]

Ty all!

[cyan smelt]

Ice shard is good for finishing sash mons

Actually is dragon dance better on bax

I remember ddance clam was a thing

[noble rose]

Swagger with lum how I was running it was like swords dance and an attack in the same turn plus I’d tailwind next turn with volbeat in case it was brought down to sash

[cyan smelt]

Neat, what do you do against follow me redirection?

Bring something else ig

[noble rose]

Don’t go for it lol take follow me user out then go for it

[cyan smelt]

Glaive rush is strong

[noble rose]

Halve rush does a lot of damage

lol me typing that while you said it

[cyan smelt]

And you can just protect the next turn so you don't get hit

[real prairie]

i had some fun recently with loaded dice + Icicle Spear + Swift swim Beartic on a rain team

[cyan smelt]

Neat, I love niche picks like that

[noble rose]

Glaive Rush inflicts damage. If the move hits, until the next time the user acts, any attacks directed at the user (including OHKO moves) deal double the damage (not applicable to moves that deal direct damage) and bypass accuracy and evasion checks to always hit. The effect ends if a different move is used.

[tiny karma]

Move: Glaive Rush

If this move is successful, moves targeted at the user deal double damage and do not check accuracy until the user's next turn.

Type

Dragon

Category

Physical

Power

120

Accuracy

100

PP (max)

5 (8)

Move Flags

​

Mirror

Copied by Mirror Move.

Contact

Makes contact.

Sableye version 4.28.1

[noble rose]

Meaning during that turn so when I tailwind after it moves first next turn

[real prairie]

basically you are double weak the turn after you use it

so glaive rush -> Protect

[noble rose]

During the turn till you move again

So slow bax turn one tailwind then fast bax turn two and halve rush is over

[real prairie]

well yeah, guess if you have Ice shard that helps too

[noble rose]

You can get around it with ice shard

Yes!

[cyan smelt]

Do you run SD/ddance?

[noble rose]

So you never have to protect

And if you Tera fairy like I did you don’t get hit by dragon moves from arch, dnite, chomp

[real prairie]

unless you fear opposition priority

can hear sucker punch Gambit laughing from hear lol

[cyan smelt]

I love me some kingambit

[noble rose]

Tera fairy will still be risitent so double resisted is normal damage I believe

Same! Shiny is beautiful

[cyan smelt]

I have one with rare mark

[noble rose]

I’m trying to get into shiny hunting more last one I did was hatching a H Zoroark

[molten oasis]

The Nintendo alarmo is the one of the biggest scams I’ve ever seen

[cyan smelt]

What's that

[molten oasis]

An $100 alarm clock

[cyan smelt]

Lol

People will buy it though

[molten oasis]

Unfortunately

The guy I watched made a good point

If someone were to take me to their hours after like a fun night out or smth and I hear Mario noises in the corner of their room I’m fucking leaving

[cyan smelt]

Lmao

[knotty mirage]

I'm actually quite interested on buying it just don't know if i really need it tho

[jade dust]

Volcarona is very very good

[knotty mirage]

Oh well guess i'll wait untill it available on my country having alarm clock with nintendo sounds neat

[jade dust]

I just saw a good volcarona team

[cerulean rose]

Hey I’m looking to test my new team out In single battles ✌️ 6v6

[cyan smelt]

Try #1046572041421197352

[cyan smelt]

i'm definitely learning a lot more taking notes than i did just skimming the text on vgcguide

[bold geode]

What

[cyan smelt]

hi monke

[chrome knot]

good morning

finally made it to louisville

[cyan smelt]

hmmm i'm getting interested in lycanroc dusk

[tiny peak]

Thanks for everyone's help my team building is going good last thing I can't decide on is the last mon, I've got harcanine/murkrow/garchomp/primarina/amoongus, my last question is who is best for the final slot to counter archaludon, sneasler or annihilape

[cyan smelt]

Blood moon Ursa?

[tiny peak]

@cyan smelt that's a good mon I just have garchomp in it's place right now so I was curious if sneasler or annihilape was a good counter for it

[cyan smelt]

Yeah sneasler or annihilape are good against archaludon

Annihilape isn't as good without beat up so maybe sneasler

Also I misread lol, thought you wanted a counter for all 3

[mighty stump]

Good luck

[cyan smelt]

I think I will go to the perth regional

[chrome knot]

thanksss just now finished team in game

[gentle crag]

setsumizi has given 1 Gen Rep to woodtofu

[tiny peak]

@cyan smelt thanks yeah sorry I suck at typing sometimes

[gentle crag]

ryukage118 has given 1 Gen Rep to kal0sunleashed

[tiny peak]

Welp I gotta clock in for work soon yall have a good day

[dull ibex]

Hello everyone

[mighty stump]

you fucken suck

[next stump]

louisville timeeeeeee

[dull ibex]

Vc?

[chrome knot]

REAL

i be at a fuckin wafflehouse rn never kill yourself🙏🙏🙏

[next stump]

oh shit i forgot kentucky is kinda the south hahaha

they have waffle house there

[spiral ridge]

Is Maryland considered south cus we also have Waffle House

[chrome knot]

yah its fuckin fire

[mighty stump]

cant

[dull ibex]

bitch

dude how do i play this ninetails team 😭

[mighty stump]

lolwut

[dull ibex]

how do i play this ninetails team?

[molten oasis]

He’s playing Chua’s team

[dull ibex]

Yeet

[foggy lodge]

I found CalyDow's bestie

[mighty stump]

Oh. Git gud

[bold geode]

Based Tofu

[chrome knot]

:3

[dull ibex]

go away

[bold geode]

1. P2 cute
2. Is Louisville today?

[chrome knot]

tomorrow!!

but pre reg is today :3

[foggy lodge]

good luck!!

https://x.com/ChuppaVGC/status/1844137647691923882?t=jCk7aZF14nfqpmZEy4BXtg&s=19

Chuppa (@ChuppaVGC) on X

has anyone run into the hot dog theme team on ladder

Twitter · Oct 9, 2024, 10:07 PM

[mighty stump]

Meanwhile me: not keeping up and not giving a fuck

[bold geode]

Idk there's another Coaching Infernape team now so that's basically overshadowing me

[mighty stump]

lol

[bold geode]

Yeah Tofu fucking Pokesports made a Coaching Infernape team that's like similar to mine besides like some set changes, same fucking 6 and I'm like bruh c'mon

[spiral ridge]

And they actually make it look good

[bold geode]

I'm gonna kiss your dad so lovingly

[spiral ridge]

I
Wasn’t ready for this response

You gonna rehydrate him first or?

[bold geode]

Yeah
Gotta keep ya on your toes

Sure
He like Dasani or Aquafina?

[spiral ridge]

Idk he can’t really speak

[bold geode]

Don't tell me he's a Fiji guy or the deal is off

[mighty stump]

Like, the actress?

[spiral ridge]

Is monkey gonna pick up on what i mean or 😭

[mighty stump]

Probably not

[spiral ridge]

I was lying too and just tryna fuck with him :(
literally too dumb for it

[dull ibex]

I've never regretted switching teams more

[craggy dagger]

[molten oasis]

imgaine

[limber marsh]

Would anyone be up to provide team comp advice? I'm very happy with 5 members of my team, but I've tried a lot of Mons in the last slot and it never feels very good

[bold geode]

Tf you mean

[bold geode]

You know I'm a certified dumbass bruh

[spiral ridge]

This was basically you

Just to make sure you don’t fuck this up: you’re the turtle

[limber marsh]

Amoonguss @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Regenerator
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe

• Sludge Bomb
• Rage Powder
• Spore
• Pollen Puff

Farigiraf @ Throat Spray
Ability: Armor Tail
Level: 50
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 116 Def / 252 SpA / 140 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk

• Trick Room
• Hyper Voice
• Psychic
• Protect

Murkrow @ Eviolite
Ability: Prankster
Level: 50
Tera Type: Flying
EVs: 252 HP / 124 Def / 132 SpD
Careful Nature

• Quash
• Tailwind
• Taunt
• Brave Bird

Garchomp @ Clear Amulet
Ability: Rough Skin
Level: 50
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature

• Rock Slide
• Earthquake
• Dragon Claw
• Swords Dance

Ursaluna-Bloodmoon @ Life Orb
Ability: Mind's Eye
Level: 50
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe

• Blood Moon
• Protect
• Earth Power
• Hyper Voice

[bold geode]

Nah I'd say womp womp

[limber marsh]

This is my team so far, don't look to close at the evs, they aren't calced just there to get an idea how it plays

[spiral ridge]

Yeah you’re not cool enough to say cowabummer

[bold geode]

Oh I am
I'd just say womp womp to spite Batman

[bold geode]

Hai bestie

[craggy dagger]

hello

why is there so much psyspam

[knotty mirage]

Because it's the easiest archetype to play in this reg i guess

[spiral ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/bongo-incineroar-cat-hurry-food-please-gif-13530281

[bold geode]

Cuz Delphox is a bad bitch

And Hard TR Psyspam is fraudulent

[mighty stump]

Incineroar is such an easy slot here

lol

[chrome knot]

TOFU did u see my scrunglies…

[bold geode]

You're a scrunglie

[craggy dagger]

no
not even delphox psyspam
fariluna psyspam

[spiral ridge]

Wh

[bold geode]

Does it have Tork?

[craggy dagger]

no

[bold geode]

Ah
Then idk
I know people found out once again that BM and Farigiraf can be good
But yeah no TR Psyspam kinda ass, Delphox the homie

[craggy dagger]

magic bounce .-.

[bold geode]

Fast E Force

[molten oasis]

hatt psyspam is ok imo

[spiral ridge]

Dazzling on hatt can do some damage

[torn parrot]

I get more stressed out fighting armarouge than hat

Arma can do all sorts of fucky annoying things

[spiral ridge]

Same

[torn parrot]

Hat is like

You know what set she has every single time

The only ever surpise is if she has mystical fire or protect

[solid frigate]

Did i see a text wall again

[balmy glen]

? There shouldn’t be

[chrome knot]

this

[solid frigate]

time to ask someone in the trading chat for a Zacian

[spiral ridge]

I may have one

Gimme a sec to check switch ded

[solid frigate]

alr

[spiral ridge]

This shit taking ages to charge. Apologies

There it goes

[solid frigate]

alr

[spiral ridge]

Yeah I do

You just need one for a team right?

[spiral ridge]

If there’s anything you need me to do to it beforehand lmk

[solid frigate]

yeah

do you need anything in return

[spiral ridge]

Uhh

I’d just like it back one day if you get tired of using it
Dc when

[solid frigate]

don't worry i probably don't get tired using it

[spiral ridge]

Then you’ll use it better than me anyway

[solid frigate]

Drago is still better

[spiral ridge]

Then hand it to him whenever he needs it

[solid frigate]

He has the Shiny one i think

[spiral ridge]

You ready to trade? On sv

Ah

[solid frigate]

yeah

[spiral ridge]

Look for a dm soon

[torn parrot]

What’s the command for shiny sprites

Looking for a shiny beldum

[molten oasis]

/dt sprite then the pokemon you want then shiny=true

oh wha?

is the bot gone or is my internet buggin out

[boreal mauve]

Normal Bulbasaur

Provided by Nexus-Z

[spiral ridge]

. /sprite

No dt

[dull ibex]

im so beyond salty

[solid frigate]

F

[boreal mauve]

Shiny Ludicolo

Provided by Nexus-Z

[molten oasis]

This team sucks man

Nothing works

[shadow wind]

A master craftsmen never blames his tools

[molten oasis]

Thank you master shifu for telling me to not blame the poor synergy of this team on me

[gentle crag]

drayagedrago has given 1 Gen Rep to connertep

[solid frigate]

lol

[scarlet otter]

Hello

When is format H coming?

[solid frigate]

its literally going on

[scarlet otter]

Oh I've missed a lot of formats

I last logged on in format F

What is the new format and what are some sample teams I could look at?

I can't log on with my switch to check it

[solid frigate]

Just look at Victory Road-

[scarlet otter]

Oh yeah I forgot

[torn parrot]

gotcha thanks

[gentle crag]

mayahoppins has given 1 Gen Rep to drayagedrago

[dense latch]

finally

[cyan smelt]

Grats

[torn parrot]

LETS GOOO NICE JOB FAM

WELL DONE

[cyan smelt]

I need to try and climb to t500

[torn parrot]

itll happen
i dont reccomend subjecting yoruself to the ladder for long climbs

you could try reaching a nearby goal then another

[cyan smelt]

I want to reach 1500 first

I'm at 1410 rn

[torn parrot]

you can do it

[cyan smelt]

Want to see if I can keep my gxe above 70%

[torn parrot]

your at 70 atm?

[cyan smelt]

72.1% on my alt

[torn parrot]

nice nice!

[cyan smelt]

Yeah once I replaced buzz with magmar things started going a lot better for some reason

Overheat can deal with whims and gholdengo and kingambit which is nice

[dense latch]

tyty!!

[gentle crag]

eriksp has given 1 Gen Rep to mayahoppins

[chrome knot]

@mighty stump can i call you in like 2ish hours im stressed out of my mind and nobody available tn >_<

[craggy dagger]

[bold geode]

Add some pepper

[bold geode]

But Delphox

[chrome knot]

i gonna blow up ):

im just a girl >.<

[craggy dagger]

pat pat

you’ll be okay sillies

[bold geode]

Are you from a small town though

[molten oasis]

I read that and got the wrong song playing in my head lmaoo

Thought about uptown girl for a second

[bold geode]

This guy

[spiral ridge]

I am :(

[spiral ridge]

SHES BEEN LIVING IN HER UPTOWN WORKS

[molten oasis]

I BET SHE’S NEVER HAD A BACKSTREET GUY

[viral spindle]

I just found a deadly mix of pokemon for a Mono Water Team

[spiral ridge]

I BET HER MOMMA NEVER TOLD HER WHY

[molten oasis]

IM GONNA TRY FOR AN UPTOWN GIRL

[viral spindle]

Dondozo
Tatsugiri
Primarina
Lumineon
Empoleon
Gyarados

[spiral ridge]

SHES BEEN LIVIJG IN HER WHITE BRED WORLD
Damn didn’t realize the absolute shade this song had

[molten oasis]

Lmaoo, it is an old song

[dull ibex]

I got some wins

[molten oasis]

1983

Good job red proud of you

Billy Joel is one of my favorite singers

He makes so many good songs

Anyway back to work and katamari music

https://tenor.com/view/peace-out-gif-22295199

[spiral ridge]

Yeahhh

Still rock and roll to me

That scream after that part feel like fucking Freddie

[foggy lodge]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-porygon-porygon2-love-gif-9521308133006980825

[chrome knot]

https://tenor.com/view/music-porygon-gif-11741000

[spiral ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-porygon2-pixel-art-nintendo-game-freak-gif-18136630

[bold geode]

Nuh Uh

[dull ibex]

I did

[bold geode]

Nuh Uh

[foggy lodge]

https://youtu.be/kpqj8vgXows?si=86AhuwIbscvPxQG9

[timber falcon]

finally got some time to make a team on pokemon good lord😭

anyways ive noticed a new regulation/

this i doubles restricted right? Or smth else?

nvm its still h

[cyan smelt]

well i've registered for the perth regional

[torn parrot]

...

what about me?

[foggy lodge]

do you use Indeedee-F?

[zinc totem]

if pokemon learns yawn and taunt, which one is more valuable? Taunt helps against TR mons and moongus but yawn can force switch outs

[torn parrot]

no

i use furret...

what does that say about me

[foggy lodge]

i think that means you are all of the video in one person

[timber falcon]

in doubles id say taunt

cause its not just for tr

[molten oasis]

I wish I could make a team myself and make it work

[zinc totem]

yeah and i do have pokemon in my team that puts others sleep anyway

[molten oasis]

I’ve only climbed with stuff other people have made, doesn’t feel like I put any work into it

[zinc totem]

not with my teams

[molten oasis]

You know what you’re doing clearly I fucking don’t lol

[foggy lodge]

i found an Ursaluna BM with safety goggles and another Ursa BM with yawn today

Wtf is happening

[torn parrot]

you can take what you learned and apply it to new teams maybe

[molten oasis]

I haven’t learned shit

[zinc totem]

well i just get an idea i roll with it

[timber falcon]

ive been off the grid for about 2 months rn i havent got a clue on where to start lol

[molten oasis]

The 2 teams I played are pretty different from eachother

[spiral ridge]

HE HAS A FUCKING KIRBY OYASUMI PUNPUN TATTOO WAAAA

[zinc totem]

wanna try team that got me into top 100? @molten oasis maybe it helps?

[molten oasis]

I can’t apply that much knowledge

[timber falcon]

im thinking assault vest golurk

[molten oasis]

sure, ig, this format I can’t build for shit so whatever

[molten oasis]

Stop, go find something better

[timber falcon]

STAB poltergeist

never miss

[zinc totem]

https://pokepast.es/af5a045ae2517833 here, you can replace lucario with any physical monif you desire

[timber falcon]

maybe different item?

[molten oasis]

Uh huh, please use something else

[timber falcon]

maybe its for the best

[molten oasis]

I, ehhh, i don’t, mmm

[zinc totem]

use band dragapult

[molten oasis]

The way I play sucks in this format that’s why I’m fucking just, ugh

[timber falcon]

archaludon is still a massive threat right?

[molten oasis]

I like set up balance, I’m like 90% sure that archetype doesn’t exist

Cuz everything is immediate damage

[zinc totem]

kmmostly yeah but tera dragon outrage pult doesnt care much

[foggy lodge]

i think you could just use a public popular team with a pokemon that you like or a gameplay style you like, that could give you an idea of what the skeleton of the team
Or maybe you already did and didn't work but thats my idea

[timber falcon]

man i really wanna make a golurk team now

[zinc totem]

maus ape , also setup mon kingambit is also used

[timber falcon]

oh so people are using that now

[molten oasis]

Mausape sucks

They broke up

[zinc totem]

yes

[molten oasis]

IVE TRIED

[timber falcon]

need myself a steel type mon ig

[molten oasis]

I REALLY HAVE

[zinc totem]

kingambit in clef balance would be up to your alley @molten oasis

[molten oasis]

MIRRORS SUCK ASS

[zinc totem]

one SD and its boom

[molten oasis]

I played sneasler pult for a little bit that mirror is the least amount of fun I’ve ever had in this game

And I like dengo, gambits cool too but I like dengo more and this is his format to do good in

[zinc totem]

im actually working on milotic team

[molten oasis]

Cuz he’s mid in restricted

[zinc totem]

i actually found way make one of bad mons work in it somehow

[zinc totem]

oh yea nasty plot dengo is fun

[molten oasis]

Sorry, I’m just, this formats kicking my ass and I just feel like everytime I get up I get smacked back down

[rustic mountain]

dengos been good in almost every format its been in

[molten oasis]

I had that week I did well and then just, lost all of that

[zinc totem]

Gholdengo @ Metal Coat
Ability: Good as Gold
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 132 SpA / 12 SpD / 108 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk

• Make It Rain
• Shadow Ball
• Protect
• Nasty Plot

[molten oasis]

I only used dengo in like reg e

[rustic mountain]

[molten oasis]

And a little in reg f

[zinc totem]

reg G dengo was insanely annoying to deal with ngl

[molten oasis]

Dengo also didn’t seem very strong in restricted

[molten oasis]

Cuz no one prepped for it

Or they had incin/Csr so it didn’t matter lol

[rustic mountain]

it had a bit of play in reg g but yea it wasnt the best choice generally

[zinc totem]

dengo half checked csr kinda

[molten oasis]

Ugh, man I just, mmm

[zinc totem]

it couldnt tera fairy to it and if tera shadowball came from dengo it was rough

[molten oasis]

This is probably my worst format where I wasn’t using the worst picks on the planet lol

[rustic mountain]

id say other then reg g tho dengos been pretty consistent and usually always made a resurgence if it already wasnt prominent at the start of a meta

[molten oasis]

I can’t put shit together idk what happened

Might be due to just, not being able to pinpoint what I wanna play since I keep flip flopping between dengo and a9

Which don’t pair all that well together, I think

[molten oasis]

Fair enough

I played Delphox stuff for a minute today it’s fun but not my style

[torn parrot]

what turned you off from it?

[molten oasis]

Maybe if I really break down dengo I can get somewhere, or try dengo hydrei again

[rustic mountain]

yea its a volatile playstyle u gotta make a lot of hard call outs usually

[molten oasis]

That’s why, it’s the amount of calls you have to make

[zinc totem]

i am having some fun and this feels so toxic what i did when i started testing

[molten oasis]

Other stuff I played I felt like I had a solid safe line into a lot of stuff and only had to make calls in poor positions

[rustic mountain]

yea haha its not a team that lends to switching generally, u need to make the right calls including leads otherwise u jus are losing momentum and prolly cant recover

[molten oasis]

With Delphox it’s calling the rilla switchin or not and then is the peli gonna wide guard etc

It’s fun, not my style

[rustic mountain]

1 specific tera can screw u so if u dont account for it it can burst open ur board and put u on the backfoot and those teams usually dont like that

[molten oasis]

Yea

Once you’re on the back foot I feel like you have to make a really good call or they have to throw

[zinc totem]

for me i did meow azu lead on delphjox psyspam, ice spinner removing terrain u-turn 6.3% chanse OHKO but if it doesnt, azu finishes and then bring in archa or dark type and be like "Hai"

[rustic mountain]

p much yea depends where the games at

[molten oasis]

Did get lucky and someone Tera’s the Archa out of steel so I got an eforce off that cost them the match

Otherwise I either swept pretty hard or lost pretty quick

[rustic mountain]

generally how those teams go

[molten oasis]

Which is, fine, but, as I’ve said before

Not my thing

guess I’m gonna breakdown dengo since I’m not getting a9 working not in that 6 lol

[rustic mountain]

i think ppl get really good off playing those kind of teams but idt thats a good approach to take consistently, taking risky plays and betting games on 1 or 2 turns is volatile and generally not needed

[molten oasis]

Agreed

[timber falcon]

what the heck

[molten oasis]

Could start with just, the usual shit

[timber falcon]

why are people playing this hyper offence

[molten oasis]

I could ask the same fucking thing

[torn parrot]

i respect the hecking golurk

[rustic mountain]

ur running golurk

[molten oasis]

What are YOU playing

[timber falcon]

masterpiece

[molten oasis]

Idk about that one chief

[spiral ridge]

what the heck to who here dwag

[rustic mountain]

also, that is not ho

[spiral ridge]

-gastrodon and grimm
-HO

[molten oasis]

Blaziken balance stuff

[rustic mountain]

p much yea

[molten oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-spongebob-squarepants-think-thinking-hmm-gif-11570469479394618754

[timber falcon]

im think im winnign somehow

[rustic mountain]

i jus played a mono ice team on cart b4

played the whole game w/ choice specs incin

[molten oasis]

wtf

[rustic mountain]

they tricked it onto me

[molten oasis]

What tricked you’re item away?

[rustic mountain]

rotom

[molten oasis]

Rotom?

[rustic mountain]

yep lol

[molten oasis]

Might have seen that team before then lol

[rustic mountain]

ice rotom

[molten oasis]

I barely lost to some Rotom team the other day

[timber falcon]

i lost to trick choice scarf grimsnarl lol

[molten oasis]

Discharge lol

[rustic mountain]

it was like ice rotom/abomasnow/avalugg im forgetting the 4th but cetitan was on the team (they didnt bring it)

[molten oasis]

Good, stop using golurk

[rustic mountain]

mamowsine was on there

[molten oasis]

It’s a sign

[dull ibex]

so p2 balance is a trick room team?

[molten oasis]

Yea, I’d say so

[dull ibex]

like it aims to get up trick room?

[rustic mountain]

it has a trick room mode

doesnt necessarily need tr depending on the mu

[dull ibex]

how do you run it not in trick room

[molten oasis]

You have dengo mode and tr mode is what I’ve always thought of it as

[spiral ridge]

@chrome knot p2 convo come help

[chrome knot]

absolutely not

[molten oasis]

She has a tournament tomorrow let her be lol

[rustic mountain]

gl

[molten oasis]

Have fun

[dull ibex]

have fun!

[rustic mountain]

i forgot it was 2mw

[molten oasis]

I’m probably not gonna end up watching

[rustic mountain]

i should build that team in game next

[dull ibex]

oh so would you use dengo mode into teams that shut down tr?

[molten oasis]

Work and shit

[dull ibex]

if they can't you set up tr?

[rustic mountain]

im not gna b able to catch most of it but will watch some replays

[timber falcon]

ok so theres blaziken balance, porygon2 and dengo mash up? and now this

[molten oasis]

Probably? I’m not sure I don’t play p2 balance

[timber falcon]

ill scrap my team and work with what im seeing

[molten oasis]

Dengo mode seems to be important for when tr can’t get going

[dull ibex]

hmmm okay that makes it alot easier to stoumach

[molten oasis]

You’re running Golurk, I’m not gonna restate this lmao

[rustic mountain]

also like

ur prolly mid ladder range thats not a good take on the meta

[molten oasis]

That even looks relatively normal there’s just a milotic

[rustic mountain]

ur facing all mish mosh teams

[timber falcon]

oh yeah true

[molten oasis]

And a corv that I don’t get but like the other 4 I’d see on some higher ladder teams, I think

[timber falcon]

but is golurk that bad of an idea?

[molten oasis]

Yes

[rustic mountain]

look at victory road for top performing teams to get an idea whats actually been doing well. sure its bo3 vs bo1 but usually bo3 transitions fine into bo1 imo

[timber falcon]

why though, its got some nice tools

[molten oasis]

Use something better, and you’re just coming back? Go play meta

[timber falcon]

whats the meta

[molten oasis]

It just is man I don’t wanna sit and explain it

[molten oasis]

Go look at victory road

[rustic mountain]

golurk unfortunately is not very good and doesnt provide enough value as a mon. the typing, the speed and its stats jus dont lend itself to doing anything something else cant jus do better

[molten oasis]

Big ones are like, sneasler Dragapult balance e

Archaludon rain

P2 Ursa/fariluna balance

[rustic mountain]

wolfey used it on some meme team but like theres very few players that r gna win w/ that

[timber falcon]

i cant seem to navigate it lol, like the place with the teams

[molten oasis]

Volc balance kinda fell off a cliff

[rustic mountain]

a lot of it rn is jus sneasler/dpult balance yea

[molten oasis]

That’s the thing to beat

[timber falcon]

thats so boring icl

[rustic mountain]

chomp.dnite/a9/incin/shroom core

[molten oasis]

Which I think dengo is good into

[rustic mountain]

arch rain like drago mentioned is still around

talonflame offense sometimes overlaps w/ dozo tatsu

[molten oasis]

I wish volc had better coverage

A Tera fire/dragon ruins its life it kinda sucks

Or like, incin lol

[rustic mountain]

volcs ok i think it fell off but its still solid

[timber falcon]

is it possible to create a team for the sole purpose of denying hard meta mons whilst still being good?

[molten oasis]

It’s kinda bad into sneasler pult

[rustic mountain]

i think there were some day 2 volc teams at almost every regional so far

[molten oasis]

It still works for sure I just don’t think it’s as good as we thought

Tauros also doesn’t exist anymore lol

[rustic mountain]

if u figure it out take it to a regional

[molten oasis]

As far as I’m aware

[rustic mountain]

[molten oasis]

anyway, I should get to breaking down dengo

I’m not gonna get anywhere if I don’t pick smth to pursuit

[timber falcon]

any hard tr teams i should know about btw?

[rustic mountain]

jus the usual arm/indeedee torkoal ursaluna gallade stuff

usually its some variation of that

[timber falcon]

ok thanks

[molten oasis]

I see Hatt more

[timber falcon]

hmm

[molten oasis]

The team that won dortmund looks, fine, idk how I feel about the ape

Jesus I was really on dengo a9 hydrei for a while

I have like 20 different variants of it

[rustic mountain]

yea thats why i mentioned some variation, def seen hatt there too

all my teams on sd got cleared lol

[molten oasis]

Archa peli has started falling off a bit, maybe veil a9 has merit with less weather control around

[spiral ridge]

:(

[molten oasis]

That sucks

[rustic mountain]

ive seen ttar chomp teams a bunch and def seen rain around, it isnt as prevelant tho so maybe

[rustic mountain]

its w/e i almost thought i lost my discord acc so atleast i got that back lol

[spiral ridge]

first time i saw ttar flying tera blast my gallade needless to say wasnt ready

[molten oasis]

Mostly a thought as I’m staring down these old teams

When I had veil before Paul did his thing

[rustic mountain]

oh yea thats like ttars main tera atm

[molten oasis]

Yep

[spiral ridge]

WASNT AWARE TIL IT BITCH SLAPPED ME

[rustic mountain]

oof

[molten oasis]

Lmao that sucks

[spiral ridge]

like 3 times til i realized this just must be the nrom

[rustic mountain]

yea

[spiral ridge]

[rustic mountain]

covers its main weakness in fighting and subverts it

[spiral ridge]

mhm

[rustic mountain]

also flying is pretty few and far between rn

[cyan smelt]

covers its grass weakness too

[spiral ridge]

vivi :3

drag flying tera blast too

[rustic mountain]

wb it

[spiral ridge]

nothing im just saying flying

[rustic mountain]

oh yea vivis around

[spiral ridge]

emma got me into vivi chomp is fun

[molten oasis]

I played vivi chomp briefly it was fun

[spiral ridge]

it can just do anything

[molten oasis]

This is probably the format where I’ve jumped on new stuff the most

[spiral ridge]

its frail as shit but it can do it while it can!

[molten oasis]

Doesn’t it carry sash?

[spiral ridge]

yes but its still frail?

[molten oasis]

Just clarifying

[spiral ridge]

one of its more used moves is rage powder soo two mons can go into it

[molten oasis]

Mm

[dull ibex]

so they had kingambit and pult out

gambit was asleep

[molten oasis]

I totally thought you said smth else lmao

[dull ibex]

I got to ohko their gambit and put their pult to sleep

[molten oasis]

maybe tailroom with blursa dengo could work

[bold geode]

Y'know what I see a fuck ton? The MausApe Arch team that showed up like R1 or 2 of Day 1 Dortmund?

[molten oasis]

I don’t see that at all lmao

I see psyspam, but ig my current account has been in the trenches cuz I can’t get a good team/pilot anything

[timber falcon]

ok so ive done some notes and thinking

came up with a starting team of mons

2 mons which i feel could swap are grimsnarl for electabuzz or farig

[rustic mountain]

id say maybe reg c or d i had more teams i played w/

[timber falcon]

and glim could swao for ursaluna or sneasler for more offence + rilla grassy seed

[rustic mountain]

but its up there

[timber falcon]

any obvious holes in the team ive missed?

[rustic mountain]

ur teams kinda bad for tailwind outside glimm, other then that seems ok

[timber falcon]

yeah its not much of a benefit from tailwind, talon flame holds the purpose of controlling the field ESPECIALLY in the case im against whimsicott

[molten oasis]

Wait

Glimmora kinda not too bad into sneasler

[timber falcon]

mhm and archaludon

[molten oasis]

Eeeeehhhhh

[timber falcon]

earth power no good?

yeh no stab is there

[molten oasis]

Pelipper kinda prevents Tera and flash cannon is kinda free

[rustic mountain]

its not stab and u need the +1 from meteor beam usually i can ko glimm w. +1 flash cannon

[timber falcon]

then i can swap it for a fighting type with sash, that was my other option

[rustic mountain]

sometimes u can overwhelm it but it also has tera so it becomes a mind game

[timber falcon]

i see

a neutral special attacker could also work right?

[molten oasis]

Idk what else it does into the meta tho

[rustic mountain]

its a solid option im jus sayin like its not a guarantee into arch. it semi walls sneasler outside dire claw rng

[timber falcon]

it was the only one i didnt think into lol

[molten oasis]

It’s like, not terrible into Primarina

[timber falcon]

glim doesnt get me as much value as a initially thought

[molten oasis]

Decent into rilla, ehh maybe it isn’t all that good

[rustic mountain]

glimm needs partners that capitalize off it, it cant be ur main thing, whether its dozo or other strong offensive mons in the back (or glimm in the back to clean up for them)

thats why i mentioned u dont really have a strong tw mode and glimms the only thing truly benefitting. talons kinda meh i see it more as support

[timber falcon]

wait

[rustic mountain]

id say to commit more to the 4 balance mons u have or round out a better tw team

[molten oasis]

Geezing is something tofu has said is solid a couple times

It can beat sneasler pult

[rustic mountain]

wolfeys team was cool

i think theres room to explore it

something w/ a high skill ceiling, abilties are extremely prevalent on a lot of mons

[timber falcon]

im wondering if having no spatcker is a problem though

[molten oasis]

Why not just run Primarina over dozo

That makes sense to me

[rustic mountain]

nd then why not jus run balance team w/ magmar pult over grimm and talon

[molten oasis]

Mhmm

[rustic mountain]

u might hate meta but rn ur team is a worst version of arguably the most common meta team atm. might be worth playing it to better understand wat it is ur even building vs

[timber falcon]

because i want dozo as the brick or something. A mon i can place to disturb a whole bunch of plays like set up and a nice swap, whilst maintaining the ability to hit decently with chip. Of course these 6 are just for testing. primarina is one of the "potential" to swap with dozo

[molten oasis]

Dude

I’m telling you, you need to play meta

So you can then build around it, you’re starting fresh going agaisnt meta already is kinda dumb

[timber falcon]

fine ill do some meta

its just i suck at using teams like dragapult sneasler

[molten oasis]

Learn

Or find smth that works for you

No one said you have to use sneasler pult

[rigid robin]

Guys I'm trying to make my team as well. I want to use my favorite pokemon Greninja in it. I already know some common meta mons rn: Primarina, Dragonite, Garchomp, Volcarona, Archaludon, etc.

[timber falcon]

whenever i get a hard hitting mon i lose all reason and end up making dumb choices, i like to use slow burning mons cause i think better, idk how to explain it

[molten oasis]

Greninja peli Archaludon is something to try out

[rustic mountain]

yea id use different wording but its better to have more information it seems u dont really know the meta fully atm, but once u play good mons/teams and get to a higher rank in ladder ull start to see more of what u need to do to beat those teams

[rigid robin]

so basically rain

[molten oasis]

Yes

[timber falcon]

yeah i understand

[molten oasis]

Im tired and breaking down dengo im not paying full attention to what i say/what’s going on lol

[rustic mountain]

experience is everything, we can tell u wat we know all we want but until u go thru w/ it urself ull never really grasp it the way u need to

[rustic mountain]

[molten oasis]

If I break dengo down maybe I can get somewhere

Currently just staring at ground and fighting types lol

[rustic mountain]

well

[timber falcon]

found some teams

[rustic mountain]

id start looking at the most successful versions of dengo teams so far and see wat they are achieving overall

[timber falcon]

idk where the october ones are though

[molten oasis]

I have, still feel like breaking dengo down helps

It’s legit tw modes and then the ursaluna tr stuff

[rustic mountain]

i mean dengo as a mon is pretty straightforward, its jus how u choose to play it

[molten oasis]

I’m, getting there lol

[rigid robin]

I'm really bad at using dengo cause i keep getting clapped when i use it lol

[rustic mountain]

wat team r u using it on

[rigid robin]

it was a grimm team with gliscor in it

[rustic mountain]

prolly need better enablers dude

gliscor sucks tbh

[rigid robin]

Grimm, Gliscor, Infernape, Cloyster, Rillaboom, Dengo

that was my team and I realized it wasnt working lol

[rigid robin]

isnt gliscor a tanky hazard setter/wall breaker with its toxic

[rustic mountain]

is this singles?

[rigid robin]

yes

[rustic mountain]

ahh yea thats why haha

most of us here are vgc

[rigid robin]

oh i'd never use gliscor in doubles lmfao

hazard setters suck in doubles

[rustic mountain]

yea gliscor is good in singles i thought we were talkin doubles

[rigid robin]

in doubles basically you run weather, TR, or tailwind

[rustic mountain]

eh ive run teams w/ none of those

but yea those are general archetypes that exist

[spiral ridge]

sub baton pass swords dance blaziken
i was like 9

[rustic mountain]

[spiral ridge]

if the plan ever worked i sent it into a kartana

make the fast glass cannon even faster and stronger

it didnt work well

[rustic mountain]

yea id imagine

[spiral ridge]

old kid me teams

[rustic mountain]

kartanas cool tho

had fun w/ it in swsh. hunted a shiny one

[spiral ridge]

ive been on shiny lunala for over a year

i got a suicune in 6 during this hunt and nothing else

im like 250 deep at least

[rustic mountain]

oh god gl, i luckily didnt have it take too long but ive had my fair share of long hunts

[spiral ridge]

[craggy dagger]

[spiral ridge]

and heres nova immediately soon as i mention it

[rustic mountain]

nova was waiting

[spiral ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/cartoon-sad-sitting-in-corner-gif-10681093

[rustic mountain]

ur doin das for lunala?

[spiral ridge]

me? yeah but low determination so very periodic

[rustic mountain]

wats ur method

[spiral ridge]

have a saved path with like 40 left in it thats 100% success rate so far

[rustic mountain]

ahh ok so u know wat ur doing

u do endless das to restock ore?

[spiral ridge]

mhm and i have charm :)
just no luck :(

endless das?

[rustic mountain]

yeh

[spiral ridge]

i just do random lunala DAs to get more once im out

thats like 40-60% success rate

[rustic mountain]

on the left u can choose endless das and it jus keeps going until u die and if u get good enough runs going u get way more value for ore then u would jus doin reg da runs

[spiral ridge]

i have never heard of this

[rustic mountain]

ive gotten like 100+ ore from it

[spiral ridge]

do you need to have finsihed more dlc to unlock this?

[rustic mountain]

u have to unlock it but yea it exists

i forget the requirements but it isnt anything crazy

[spiral ridge]

yup i have done 0 dlc i just have been here trying to do this soon as i got to dlc

:(

[rustic mountain]

id recommend trying for it since its super efficient makes the restock for ore way faster

[molten oasis]

hm

[spiral ridge]

if i remember this by time my ore is up i will ty

[rustic mountain]

granted not every run is gna go far enough to net u a lot of ore but all u need is that one

[molten oasis]

man do i wish a certain bear was legal

[rustic mountain]

stop

[molten oasis]

nah, i want it back

shifu solves so many of my issues

and i hate sneasler

[rustic mountain]

this legendary solves my issues in a format legendaries arent allowed

come on man haha

[spiral ridge]

Man Yknow a miraidon would help me with my prim issues dude

[molten oasis]

i dont, i dont care man

ik what i said before but this format sucks lol

[spiral ridge]

Wellspring oger cus fuck aqua Tauros

[molten oasis]

oh, aqua tauros, pefect dengo partner on paper

i think

shifu murders incin and kingambit, the 2 things dengo hates most

lemme cope

[rustic mountain]

drago i think ur jus letting ur very specific parameters of what u need out of every format to ruin a format thats pretty fun

[molten oasis]

dude, i dont find volatile hyper offense teams fun

[rustic mountain]

who says u gta play that?

[molten oasis]

i dont think mirrors everygame with sneasler pult is fun

i have specific parameters cuz thats what i find fun and this format is pretty against it

[rustic mountain]

ur parameters r if u didnt build it its not fun

[molten oasis]

no

[rustic mountain]

got a9 one of ur favs finally good and u cant even enjoy it cuz u didnt come up with the best archetype

[molten oasis]

i found sneasler pult fun i didn't build it

i've said multiple times i hate dnite

that team does not click for me

[rustic mountain]

its jus a good stuffs team. dnites there for chomp to click eq next to and threaten flying damage into a rilla or shroom if needed or jus hit stuff neutral w/ it/ u hav good pivot pieces in incin shroom, a set up mode w/ gambit and another damage dealer w/ specs a9

[molten oasis]

and sure maybe i want to be able to build a team, cuz i feel like a shit player using other peoples teams, i put 0 effort into it and let someone else do the work to make a team, i do not feel satisfied using other peoples teams, it enhances playmaking sure, i like getting stuff going cuz i feel satisfied when i manage tog et something to work and it feels just not great when someone else did it for me

[rustic mountain]

its jus super restrictive. im not suggesting only using other ppls teams but it seems wen u do, its for 2 seconds and u either drop it cuz u hate the mirror or a mons not clicking or w/e else u come up w/ to go back to wat u want instead of maybe actually jus working on wat u need which is jus general improvement as a player

[molten oasis]

fair enough

[rustic mountain]

if all u want is to build teams and have more fun with using more distinct stuff then do it, but accept the inconsistency. u want it both ways w/o going thru the steps needed to get there

[molten oasis]

k, i get that, that also takes years and my patience is thin rn, especially considering i was doing fine last reg, but fair enough, im not gonnna play, anything i built, cuz i cant get anything to work, and just play set comps of 6, cuz i cant build for shit

https://tenor.com/view/peace-out-gif-22295199

[rustic mountain]

idk i remember last reg being more or less the same w/ a back nd forth trying to constantly figure zacian out

[molten oasis]

i had a path with zacian im completely lost this format

[rustic mountain]

idt years is wat itd take, i think jus actually committing to just playing good teams and getting better and not focus on the stuff u dont like that can happen (mirrors, mons feeling awkward at 1st etc) and then thru that experience getting the know how and what u need to do to tech out and choose a comp to combat the meta

[molten oasis]

i also do everything bascially by myself except confirmation from people online

for teams, so no one tests what i have im just on my own

so maybe i have something thats fine and i havent figured it out

[molten oasis]

eeeeehhhhh, with how generally little i play overall it would take a while cuz im jsut busy

[rustic mountain]

ahh gotcha

yea i mean i also think u get down on urself pretty harshly

[runic eagle]

so. I hear that se-jun park has returned with his world champ squirrel.

[rustic mountain]

sometimes there are setbacks dont go too far down the rabbit hole of self deprecation

even for myself during bad spurts i try and remind myself like hey it happens

[runic eagle]

i was under the impression that we now had better follow-me users, specifically indeedee, maushold, and the oger in the room

did pachirisu just sync exceptionally well with miraidon?

[molten oasis]

mental issues mostly, i tend to do that, its jsut a habit, ive tried to break it

its rough

[rustic mountain]

ahh gotcha

jus try and catch urself

as best u can, ofc not always gna work

[molten oasis]

i get that

[rustic mountain]

i honestly think it was to counter miraidon right? w/ volt absorb

i forget the team comp im ngl i jus remember he faced aaron on stream

[molten oasis]

i think im close then its just taht like one day where the team feels super clunky, its usally me but i tend to just blame it on the team, which is, another poor habit

[rustic mountain]

stick w/ it sometimes its jus overthinking, u might be too tired or jus tilted

gta know in those moments even if u keep going thats why. ive had so many late laddering nights i drop 100-200+ points to make it back the next day wen im not tilting or tired or w/e

but as im going im usually aware like hey im annoyed rn im prolly not gna b playing my best

if not jus completely try and stop

[molten oasis]

yea

[runic eagle]

ohhh i completely forgot about its HA

[molten oasis]

its a combo of things, i might try old stuff that i knew worked and see if they're ok

[runic eagle]

i love the fact pachirisu is back

[molten oasis]

i was close, a lot, i probably gave up too soon

[runic eagle]

in my eyes it's part of maybe the most iconic moment in competitive history

[empty kettle]

any cute pokemon teams for pokemon shield/sword?

[rustic mountain]

uve def been on the pulse a few times this format

[molten oasis]

a9, hydra and dengo

that core worked if i figured out something better into gambit and incin that team was generally solid

[torn parrot]

people should make their primarinas alot faster

its very nice

[molten oasis]

they're not as bulky i think thats what brings it down

[craggy dagger]

volt absorb and tera fairy to redirect draco meteors too

[torn parrot]

pachirizu next to no discharge miaidon 😭

he shoudl have leaned into it

if he was gonnnaa be silly

[rustic mountain]

idt it was to be silly

[torn parrot]

it was to be iconic

but he didnt even do anything with it tahts why im upset

and he had the opportunity to

[molten oasis]

https://pokepast.es/fbe24a833c5cbb43 hm

probably need another way to handle gambit/incin

[rustic mountain]

did u read the new op chp

[mighty stump]

Thats Tauros for you

You’re kind of intending to lead MHerb into Defiant shit

[rustic mountain]

whims over clef, specs a9, band harc

😎

also snarl dreigon seems bad

[molten oasis]

its for torkoal/psyspam

[rustic mountain]

r u jus not bringing it vs anything else

[molten oasis]

i havent played it quite yet

[molten oasis]

yea, i still think another way to handle them could be nice but fair point

[molten oasis]

so no redirection?

[rustic mountain]

nah idk i was jus making some suggestions thats wat i see wen i look at the comp

[molten oasis]

fair enough

[rustic mountain]

redirection is strong

[molten oasis]

does band harc run rock head or still intim?

[rustic mountain]

i think its a good wheelhouse to be in

[rustic mountain]

ive seen both

[molten oasis]

its an option, also specs on a9 for sure?

[rustic mountain]

idk for sure, its jus been a popular set for it, i think sash is serviceable

[molten oasis]

i haven't tried specs that much tbf

[rustic mountain]

if u go whims then specs i think

otherwise whims could do like covert cloak or something

[molten oasis]

hydrei was kinda put on since like, psyspam seems kinda rough

good syngery with dengo, gives the team speed control

[rustic mountain]

i think snarls fine just the set overall feels weird at a glance to me

maybe it works

[molten oasis]

eeeehh, i mean, its just waht was sitting in my builder

it worked at the time, i probably go more offensive tbh

[mighty stump]

I mean if you have a 6th slot open might as well just wack something stupid offensive in there

[molten oasis]

good point

choice band garchomp

[mighty stump]

ya why not

wack something stupid and see if you can find a good interaction

[molten oasis]

sure

[cyan smelt]

Using a text to speech app to read back vgcguide seems to be helping me retain some information, I'm gonna have to practice on ladder

[rustic mountain]

wens the galvantula post coming out

[cyan smelt]

vikavolt is the superior bug/electric type

[molten oasis]

https://pokepast.es/2506024796035ed5 might go specs a9 but imma try this next

[empty kettle]

do any of u guys have a team for cute pokemons ? (sword and shield)

[rustic mountain]

vikavolts cool, i used it for a bit in swsh. the team was awful tho

[molten oasis]

oh snarl spam is nice for uh, archapeli, kinda

[rustic mountain]

tru

depends, u boost stamina and are subject to body press

[molten oasis]

dengo doesn't care

[rustic mountain]

if u have other ways to deal the damage u need into arch then sure

[molten oasis]

chomp/tauros/dengo/a9 sorta

[rustic mountain]

yea

chomp or tauros usually threaten tera or switching at the very least and then dengo and a9 usually can deal w/ w/e the tera is whether its fairy or grass

if its solo arch (not on rain) those vary from electric to stellar tera

[molten oasis]

i think im gonna play like 20, SPOILERS

[rustic mountain]

spoilers

[molten oasis]

20 games and then see what needs fixes

[torn parrot]

its okay the anime spoiled it

[rustic mountain]

?

[torn parrot]

in like

little garden

[molten oasis]

no they didnt

[rustic mountain]

bruh

[torn parrot]

we all knew we was goin there

[rustic mountain]

jus spoiler tag tho

[torn parrot]

okay im sorrrryy

😭

[rustic mountain]

[spiral ridge]

we do a little ||||

[rustic mountain]

||yea really interesting start tho, ofc we got some scrub underestimating the straw hats like bruh theres a reason ur leader pledged to luffy gtfo||

[torn parrot]

i get to 1750 and every time i have an urge to try for 1800 i fall flat on my face

but this iv learned my lesson

toime to pack up and not play anymore

and go watch the cw flash

[torn parrot]

||honestly im glad they're underestimating the straw hats, an oppotunity for fun surpised reaction scenes arises||

[torn parrot]

btw i looked at spidops and realized it's literally better than furret

😭

it has insomnia and taunt

and upper hand

and a signture move protect that lowers your speed

and feint and shit

and the godly speed control move string shot

[molten oasis]

i hate fighting annihilape so fucking much

[cyan smelt]

Is it usually with maus

Also Maya, I give you ariados, it has a signature move that lowers speed AND poisons the target

And it gets rage powder

But no taunt or upper hand

[cyan smelt]

Wait ariados gets insomnia too

I might run ariados with sludge wave next to kingambit

Wait ariados gets disable

man i want to try ariados now

[mighty stump]

erm actually

Galvantula

Cause your speed control never misses and does chip

[knotty mirage]

I have question why is there suddenly so many people using yanma on ranked is it really that good ?

[mighty stump]

CybertonVGC channel

[knotty mirage]

Ah YouTubers team again i will check it out later then

[tiny karma]

Pokémon No. 596: Galvantula

Types

Bug/Electric

Abilities

Compound Eyes, Unnerve, Swarm (Hidden)

HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe

70/77/60/97/60/108

Total

472

Sableye version 4.28.1

[molten oasis]

Ah, ic

[copper verge]

Does anyone know of a team that uses Luxray?
Its my fave mon and I wanted to use it in a team but I hva eno clue where to start

[torn parrot]

i might make this furret team a rental im ngl

its not even a bad team

just really basic

i better fuckin be at the top of furret munchstats this month i did so many damn furret games i deserve it

today's furret session was good

i think ill end my furretventures here

for real this time

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2024regh-2221290227-9051zh3c2hxws5ffc3pbkue7wulzbyppw

furret says fuck you

furret the strongest one there is

[cyan smelt]

i'm gonna reread vgcguide and write up some notes in my own words then play some more with my team

oh yeah i need to order an official wired controller for perth

[torn parrot]

good luck

whats yoru team

[cyan smelt]

think i'm just gonna run magmar, rilla, gambit, pult, sneasler and prima

[torn parrot]

it's a really good lineup

if it works it works

[cyan smelt]

i need to start practising bo3s

[molten oasis]

I’m going to commit on dengo hydrei a9 for a while, it can work, ik it does

[cyan smelt]

you might need some redirection too

[torn parrot]

for shizzle

[cyan smelt]

what do they mean when they say i need an official wired controller? as far as i can see nintendo doesn't manufacture wired controllers?

[molten oasis]

I’m testing clefable Tauros and banded garchomp rn

[torn parrot]

good luck

[cyan smelt]

nvm i can use my pro controller with a wired connection

wait i'm confused because at tournaments it needs to be docked

[molten oasis]

https://pokepast.es/122c895bfdfcedcd this

[molten oasis]

Ty, I’m hoping I can get something rolling

[timber falcon]

why am i seeing specs a9

not even just one game its popping up frequently

paired with garchomp and dnite

[cyan smelt]

low elo shenanigans

post some replays

[molten oasis]

No actually

@timber falcon a9 chomp is an established combo in the meta game

Dnite just happens to pair pretty well with garchomp

[cyan smelt]

Hmm interesting

[molten oasis]

Specs a9 is floating around as Paul Chua and a couple others popularized offensive a9 since we lack strong offensive ice types in a format where ice types are strong

[cyan smelt]

I'll have to watch out for that

Ig dnite is tera flying?

[molten oasis]

Typically Tera flying with Lum berry and multiscale

[cyan smelt]

And chomp is tera steel?

[molten oasis]

Think so yea

[cyan smelt]

Damn that sounds like a hard comp to beat

[molten oasis]

The typical team comp is a9 chomp dnite gambit incin and amoonguss

It’s strong, I suck with it and hate the dnite but it’s good

Both chomp dnite and a9 chomp seem to be duos on their own as well

[cyan smelt]

Tera flying ttar and tera flying dnite is a problem for me

[timber falcon]

i see

im also noticing a whole lot less use of tw. maily just 2 immediate offence mons

[cyan smelt]

What about tr

[solid frigate]

alright back to 1400

[solid frigate]

Psyspams

[cyan smelt]

Nice torrent

[solid frigate]

or what i will say

Psyspasm