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That’s the speed for outspeeding Mirai at -1
Play Rough is honestly a pain. I normally don't subscribe to the whole accuracy memery ordeal, but Play Rough sucks
You wanna talk about acc
oh i see sir thats also miserable
It's just the perception of it all, really, but I understand an operational bias
i think pblades is like 20 acc
I haven't double hit pblades in 4 games 😭
Then that’s not a what I’m saying issue it’s a you issue and a your team issue but realistically you have enough pressure to work with
Like if you tally it all up it should be roughly 10% misses but it always feels like more xD
You are sash flutter too
its worse when like, zac is my anti bolt guy if lando cant be on the field
I just got rest sleep talked Dozo in 2024
so when play rough misses as shifu protects to not die its like "damn ggs"
5 losses in a row 🤪
actually so painful lol
Ah it happens
If they draco groudon you still icy winded for walking wake that would ideally be on your team and in the back soo
It's the whole aspect of putting a crucial out into a possible miss. It makes me stray from playing Zacian too seriously
Alt anyway
Play Rough isn't wildly risk vs reward either
and that is my entire restricted career lol
It's just the only good physical fairy move he gets
also play rough can lower attack
Me too twin
it NEVER does
Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Attack by 1 stage.
Fairy
Physical
90
90
10 (16)
Copied by Mirror Move.
Makes contact.
Yeah but Spirit Break always lowers special attack and doesn't miss lol
i will get burned more from flare blitz
Free Play Rough, you cowards
than lower someones attack
They're afraid of fairies being too dominant while also making things like flutter mane and being all "no this is fine people will love it"
ur funny
And complain about misses
i aint dropping zac zac is my favorite guy
Reread the edit I didn’t actually mean drop Zac
Ik you love him so much
Holy it is just not my day

The trade off lol
Nah cause if you made me use pblade 100 times I AM NOT HITTING 85
Lol
you'll hit like 20 ong
I gotta hit 1600 though...
You're tilting. Take a break.
Yeah agreed
I'm at 1442 😔
dawg take a break
Nah
Every time I hit a +100 benchmark I always don’t play for the rest of the day
Investing so much into your rating is going to end like this. Rating doesn't overall matter if you're looking to improve, and improvement is not linear.
Take a break.
how does one get their bolt to -3
Draco + parting shot
ah ok
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Ok but look at turn 5
I'm lowkey goated for that
nice
I think tera normal Calyrexes have to be my biggest ops
Like I usually dgleam just for the spread damage
But every time I go for shadow ball they're always somehow tera normal
@ember linden
Alright so I click icy wind and pblades yeah?
Did you update to the spread I made?
Yup
If so yes
Did they tailwind

It’s at minus one speed but you don’t have a mon that capitalizes
How does that help
wake would explode regardless in that situation
The Mirai is -1 and you’re booster speed
AND THEY'RE DOUBLE SPEED
You should be faster than modest 252 speed
And what if they're timid
You calc for timid
😭
I’ll calc it I’m curious now
Idk fully but ik it’s not that hard to pull off the mu
Result: 202.500000
wait
Result: 307.500000
Proto speed Wake will never outspeed -1 speed Miraidon in TW
And yeah, the MU isn't that bad
But when you lead Groudon flutter it is
Yeah I'm talking about timid
Oh okay well yeah my point was modest ||| 252 speed
Reposting
Damn it wrong paste
Rilla isn’t all that slot onable
Then you can get a favorable roll
Hmm
why isnt it slotable
For what he’s going for
yea idk what he's going for, why isnt it slotable
No AV
miracle seed
He wants volc and that’d be what it replaces
why
I mean Volc isn't a must but the pokemon you've suggested in my opinion don't provide as much
Huh?
Yes
Probably don’t want to get rid of raging bolt flutter or wake so it’s volc or goltres
The answer would be volc
Rain mu is so free and the damage is so worth
i think
rilla also helps with that mu
i dont think wake's all that good personally but its his preference
Wait grim?
fari also looks fine there it depends on what he's struggling with
Tera was probably burned on Mirai while this is going on bc Miraidon brain
So thunderclap hits
Yeah that sounds like the mu fixer
Been testing Grimm as you guys have been talking about it 😭
Good
nah i dont really feel like it lol
time for a break maybe
Time to go to a casino 🎰
that is NOT what i meant lol
Nah just go all in
You only gotta win one
Volc solo'ing Zama is pretty nice I can't lie
Hey Tofu
50/50
One doesn’t overpower the other in benefits
Goggles seems like the one to start with
I doubt any incins or ursh would want to come to the mu anyway so maybe goggles is the play
Why would Urshifu not want to come to a Groudon MU 😭
They just wanna surging strikes and have fun
All I wanna do is hit 1500 😔
Like 2 games off
So it's time to lock in
Alright what's goin on
Game hears that I have one unwinnable MU and decides that I get all of it
Team doesn't feel like it's got enough oomph
Time for choice specs flutter
And HH Groudon
Actually it's time for sleep
cant be me i got a christmas bonus
😤
Vc?
sure
🫡
i think it’s rocky helm based on team composition not rly that one item is better than the other lol
i genuinly cant get passed 1100 anymore
even using pre made teams, how do i get better again 
stinkyyyy
DO NOT
What the fuck lmao
Well that’s certainly an image
New Applin evo dropped
Facelin
done
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love cir lol
low ladder always silly
i have no idea.
follow me alr breaks up thunderclap & ss puts me in range of astral barrage to where id have to thunderclap caly s next so idrk
this 6 is cute and fun but
caly s mu is legit just position better lol
they r smart obv
I switched the cat for a typhlosion and the team, it's stronker now.
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Well now
any small bulk urshifu calcs?
To survive an astral barrage?
funny enough he does that naaturlly
unless its item boosted
What's like a Mon that works in a grind game but also is good under TR?
My previous team relies too much on making the right reads, always.
grind game?
That's not a term in Pokémon?
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh both people too big 4 die instantly so you stare at each other and fight for small advantages
Regulation H
incin, primarina, ursaluna-BM
Incin too fragile for what I have in mind, Primarina sounds good. Ursaluna just folds to a wall
I'll check the Seels movepool
incin is definitely not fragile tho
I meant for when it's alone on the field, the team I'm recycling specifically needed to have a slot that fills that specific niche to function, since most end games were one guy against the rest of the world.
How do you get into that position that much where your Mon needs to ALWAYS win a 2v1
what is the EVs btw for your team
It worked incredibly well
can you show us the team by pokepaste
Lemme see if I have it still saved on my devices somewhere
So getting yourself into positions where you need to win 2v1’s, which is not a good way to try and win games, has worked incredibly well?
Cuz idt anything can really win 2v1’s that consistently
Maybe CIR or CSR but that’s kinda it
Miraidon also can
and its Reg H so there is not that much Snowball heavy
Nope it is not
If you’re looking at shifu peli yes lol
I think it can but not consistently
ok thats just one archetype
CSR and CIR can do that against Almost every Archetype so yeah
It's odd to explain but pretty much iron hands ended up just being better in these type of positions which the team commonly ended on. To a point where it became a third win con.
The moth was a joke, I never used it.
Valid
I think this was during ting lu format
That’s a format that’s like nearing a year old
Oh ting Lu that was like a year and a half ago then lol
It worked unreasonably well
man i miss just Surging Strikes away that moose
Hands is super bulky and could keep itself alive pretty easily
Nothing does that in reg h
how much GXE did you get cuz that is Consistency
That was good
What's a gxe
the percentage
What if conkeldurr?
No
NO
Conk isn’t very good especially when Ursa exists
Why are you trying to find such a specific niche for a team
if Conk is in Reg A then sure
I highly doubt that genuine worked that well
I never calculated it and don't remember it well enough to make a well enough guess but I'm comfortable to say it was above 55
2v1’s are not good positions to be in
its in the ladder user lookup
in showdown
I don't keep accounts
I don't remember the account name either
Aren’t you just barely coming back from a long break?
Something something moth I think
Si
I don't want the stupid box legendaries to be back
That's why I quit
That’s your option
Man...
Or try to find this really dumb niche a few days before the format ends
also deal with it,you are allowed to use 1 as well
I’d argue that format was better than reg h was
But I also just, like legendaries and meta sneasler was lame lol
problem is
Reg G is Mid at best
Yea
Reg F peak
I know, I’m hoping reg I is good
But idk it’s gonna be overrun by CIR Mirai and Zama CSR
At least my beloved fluttermane is back.
I will not touch the next format with a ten foot pole if the sword dog is back and viable
Zacian?
tbf you could run Terapagos cuz Its good with Flutter and Hands
And its one of the more balanced one
Yes
Zacian isn’t like how it was in gen 8
that thing is Anti Meta still,and i argue its in a decent spot after the nerf
I don't like terapagos, it smells.
It only gets it’s ability once
Gun him down
And it got its attack lowered from 170->150
I still don't want to see either of those.
Maya's Alt Account be like
I pushed those out of my mind.
It’s a Mon in the format deal with it
I don't want the stupid onion back
Too bad man, it’s what’s in the format
well too bad we have to deal with it anyways
Like idk what to tell you if you wanna play the game
and Terapagos basically has good MU against CSR and CIR depends on the Team comp for Pagos
Well, I'll play something else then.
Cuz I doubt we’re gonna get another reg h esc format again
We should be going into double restricted next
not really when end of the SV is near
Double restricted pls
exactly
I still miss reg C but that makes me a boomer apparently.
ong double restricted would be fun
uhhhh most of us Played Before Reg A
That’s fine, I want reg f back but it’s not like we can do that
We could
feel liek double restricted would be more fun than single restricted
then it would be less matchup heavy
you can do cool combos
we almost got baited by TPCi from having Reg F GC
Not really, there’s no way to constantly practice the game without them making it an official format
i looked at last gen oduble restricted stuff there were some neat ones
that made it top of worlds
There still isn't a guy to fill the niche I Want?
like palkia
Ok before I tell you the INCREDIBLY SMALL LIST of that, why tf do you want that niche so bad
This is better do this not the 2v1 thing
For a good player yeah, unfortunately I am not that.
Then get better
Nah, I'd win. (I'll probably just play something more egregious like yu GI oh)
basically
Git gud
You’re barely coming back de-rust and work on improving before finding niche things to do
Fair enough
@mighty stump
Sheeee
Palkia dog water
Tell that to Mr Paul over here https://pokepast.es/421b770cb659e094
Different format lol
Not even different format
Different MECHANIC
omfg
Full bulk Palkia
Like you realize that half that Palkia moveset has some inaccurate moves therefore isn't like fully reliable
Like most if not all of Palkia's best moves can miss
And like if that ain't enough (cuz I know some including myself don't mind running inaccurate moves) also have to throw in the fact that it was Dynamax then which like
Made it where your moves BYPASSED ACCURACY CHECKS
Just saying sure some restricted will be better with double restricted
But idt Palkia is legitimately gonna have that much success if any at all
Yeah but you're having to commit that just to land your attacks
Gen 8 mechanics indeed a factor
The accuracy part is big
Like as a fun team idea yeah sure go for it
But I was like speaking on a consistency level with the meta I don't see Palkia doing that well
Like I'm not someone who harps and says "inaccurate moves are bad" cuz that's just straight up false
But it's just the fact that most of its best moves can miss meaning there's a good chance that one of your restricted can just straight up bring no value at times, which like once again if you're playing for fun sure but consistency wise which I am speaking on not the best idea
Looking at previous worlds is so weird
There are no Urshifus in the whole top 16 of worlds 2022😨
Max Guard actually worked on Unseen Fist at least if they weren't Gigantimaxed?
And like sure it has a signature that always crits but once again Urshifu really is only broken cuz of its ability
True
Can’t wait to look at the patch notes see they didn’t nerf shifu and then go “another year of urshifu dominance”
Whenever the next game comes out
they can't left Urshifu unnerfed next gen
I think Urshifu, Miraidon, Koraidon and the two Calyrexes need a nerf for next gen
Miraidon and Koraidon probably fine since they're restricted
Koraidon not gonna have Tera so that'll be something
Calyrex probably should be BP reduction on sigs or accuracy drop (like 90-95% probably)
Urshifu nerf is so simple cuz it was already a thing with Gen 7 and 8's mechanic
Let Urshifu hit thru Protect but at at reduced damage
Miraidon is still dumb
Electro drift one shots basically everything that doesn't resist or has an absurd special bulk
I think they should take the boost of their abilities
Basically make Hadron Engine and Orichalcum Pulse electric surge and drought
Nah
At most just like
Reduce the boost
Like it's 1.5x boost right? Just do like 1.2-1.3x
Oh
It's honestly fine then
The mon just hits so hard😭
They're restricted so like
It's honestly not bad enough to warrant that
Honestly the way to nerf Koraidon would probably be to buff Groudon
@shadow wind u hear that?
How do u buff it tho
Without making it broken
Give it it's mega ability but work it to where you can override it with just other weather and not like before where it can only be overridden by Primordial Sea and Delta Stream
That way even if it's not getting a boost to anything it's still a difference
Plus it makes sense cuz like
Why does this fucking beast that can evaporate oceans share its ability with a fucking turtle
isn’t that for just electro drift?
the special attack boost/attack boost that the bikes get in their respective terrain/weather is 1.5 i thought
Caly’s
I care the caly’s get nerfed
No
Its everything Miraidon's multipliers are dumb
1.5 from stab + 1.5 from specs+ 1.5 from tera + 1.33 from its ability + 1.3 from the electric terrain if its an electric move
like what the fuck😭
Lance/barrage should either lower the respective attack stat, have a chance to miss, or just a BP nerf
I like the first once cuz it also indirectly nerfs its ability
Astral Barrage hits harder than a single target shadow ball btw
it’s a bit like the kyogre situation then hm
244+ SpA Choice Specs Hadron Engine Miraidon Electro Drift vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Calyrex-Ice in Electric Terrain: 199-235 (96.1 - 113.5%) -- 81.3% chance to OHKO
This is not okay
How? Lol.
I beleive accuracy in itself in of itself is bad and something I try to avoid
Unless it’s lowkey
20% can be big
Depends on how low for me
Like I wouldn't run Stone Edge on Entei rn if I knew something else did what it does but like yeah
85% is the lowest I've ever usually gone
All about risk vs reward and if it's actually worth it for me
Like Fissure can work on Dozo or whatevs but I don't like Fissure cuz it's 30%
Like it's fine to not want to run them but I feel like you need to at least be able to identify if a move is actually good or not based on pros/cons if it's inaccurate and still be able to judge whether or not you wanna use it
nvm its not that bad 244+ SpA Hadron Engine Miraidon Draco Meteor vs. 156 HP / 172 SpD Assault Vest Iron Hands: 121-144 (48.5 - 57.8%) -- 94.9% chance to 2HKO
damage mostly comes from the specs
i made the AV calcs
I say make it like 95% accurate
90 fuck em
I agree on the risk reward dependent
Make that move feel like play rough or pblades
95%
Adjust later
Dawg that adjust would be 3-5 years later
Like it's smaller chance but still a chance
Same miss rate as High Horsepower
And it would at least be SOMETHING
True
Once again people should already be preparing MUs for the Calys
I like my idea with the lowers respective attack stat
Cuz it also helps with how easily they can just snowball
Honestly not a bad idea either
Actually can we do that with only CSR though
Since a lot of em run Nasty Plot
No do em both
Yea so it’s like dengo
Caly Ice doesn't run setup itself so it'd actually be quite a bad nerf for it
Honestly for Caly Ice it's a bit much but for Shadow Rider that's honestly kind of a perfect nerf
I would run a bleak wind on torn because he’s mostly for supportive things even if it doesn’t have rain dance (even tho I would try to fit rain dance)
But I wouldn’t use groudon because I need that man to his attacks he’s the supposed to be my GUY I wanna rely on him
90% moves I’m fine with running as long as not too many on a team
Honestly if you want a nerf to the bikes so bad (which idt they really need)
Make it have like Lorb recoil
Also the fact bleakeind is a spread move
Idk what you can really do to miraidon
Oh yeah how do you nerf Miraidon fundamentally…
The multipliers are bonkers
Make it Lorb recoil
Like Solar Power essentially
Not a bad solution
I like that
Both of them play like fast sweepers so not worst idea
Either that or reduce the damage output of abilities from 1.33 to 1.2x
Actually I correct myself
The horses honestly first nerf to try is to just like
Lower their offensive stats
Cuz like
Psychic/Ghost
As One (Spectrier)
100/85/80/165/100/150
680
Calyrex
Psychic/Ice
As One (Glastrier)
100/165/150/85/130/50
680
Calyrex
Fairy/Steel
Intrepid Sword
92/150/115/80/115/148
700
Zacian
Yeah LMAO
It’s so fuckin easy to need the horses I swear to god
I’m mad
Nerf their offensive stats to 150
Add the lost points to another stat if you got to in order to compensate but yeah
I wiudl say make their spread move like make it rain too
That way they can’t so easily snowball
Like if there had to be like +5 to each of its bulk stats I wouldn't be mad, just lower its offensive stat
I like if it was make it rain they would actually have to think about when to click it and if they could neutralize it with the boost from kills
imagine if you had to think before clicking the move
would be crazy
thinking is optional in reg g
Once again idt that is fair to Ice Rider
Y'all just mad hating on the horses
Trauma does cause anger
But they could possibly have different downsides
depending on which horse
Sad thing though
Moxie Boosted said that Terapagos could probably end up like Ultra Necrozma where it just vanishes after it's respective mechanic goes away and I'm just like
Man sadly I can see that happening
Normal
Tera Shell
95/95/110/105/110/85
600
Terapagos
at least ndm and ndw have 680 BST
I do wonder how they’ll handle the turtle
Like it's hard to really see a decent way in which they actually maintain to make it work well enough in future gens without tera
Ogerpon a little different but Terapagos is a restricted
Prolly just end up forgotten like ultra necrozma
If it stays the second form I think that would be pretty shit
Maybe they’ll find a solution
Like at most with both Ogerpon and Terapagos they'll like
Make their tera abilities their HAs but like
Realistically knowing Game Freak they'll just not give them their tera abilities or just not let them escape Gen 9
What for they never find solution for ultra necrozma
Who knows
I think the lunala and solgaleo forms were their answer to keep it relevant
i mean ultra necrozma was built to work along with mega evolutions
754 bst is busted
Like it sucks cuz like
Ogerpon and Terapagos are bomb AF but like
The problem once again is that they tied both to the mechanic big time
Terapagos ain’t even a restricted without tera unfortunately
i mean
ogerpon can at least function without its gimmick-
terapagos without tera is not even worth it as a regular legend
I mean probably the only thing i can think off they will do is just makes tera starstorm hit both side without needing to tera
It's that time of year again- signups for the 14th installment of NPA are LIVE!! 🔴
All the details on the coming season are in the post. Excited to action started!!!
even then i doubt terapagos would see any usage if it did make it out gen 9
the stat boosts were also kinda a part of its entire usage
terapagos literally a pseudo
Anything else will just feel like copium because not sure if they care enough to make terapagos viable on next gen
sounds odd but nerf as one into an intrepid sword/dauntless shield type ability?
they did that with battle
bond so i don’t see why they couldn’t do it with as one-
Interesting
It's DLC mon it still give them more money if they keep it like that
Idek if I’ll signup lul
Question is how do the battles work as far as scheduling
it’s on smogon
There’s a chance I ate something laced in alcohol
Ah
Still I'd probably be working during most the times 
I love how zacian and zamazenta are competitively designed
Theyre’re my favorite restricteds
Idek what a Zacian is tbh but that Zamazenta dog is really cool tbh like lowk ykyk
I also love that they’re dogs
That’s why they’re the only good things
All others look ugly
Except terapagos
Terapagos is cute
What’s this?
NPA
Yea what is it
My questions shall remain unanswered
Dunno
Im waiting for Keanu but he got better things to do
Maybe, @mighty stump what’s NPA
It sounds familiar but idk what it is
I know Tofu did OPL
NPA is like a high level VGC league
players get drafted to teams and everyone there is a good player
I really hate regulation H lol
Csn get 1700 easily in regulation g but can't get master ball on regulation h
I did NPAA and OPL
im the opposite
i hit 1850 in reg h but can't get past 1500s in reg g
I'm stuck at 1 game away from Master ball on cart keep win trading
I'm friendly with one of the commissioners. Whaddya wanna know?
What it is
that spot is a hellhole lmao i've been there
It's a tournament league. Team-based, and each team manager essentially buys players for their team.
It is not a draft league.
You never really know unless you try out.
There are very skilled players that participate, too, so it's a good way to get some matches in against players of high caliber
Oh that’s just cus it’s early
but in general i feel way worse in reg g
might be a matter of time but it's been a month of showdown already
🤔
I’d need something to get comfortable with and I’m kinda iffy on the team I got rn
Do I just do my Showdown matches at work and say fuck it we ball chat
Idk which of the big 3 I wanna be weaker to cuz rn it feels like miraidon is really difficult
They’ll give you a raise when they see you move up the ladder, trust
I think for sure I’m playing shifu Zac pao but the other 3 idk
@lofty tartan fuck it we ball?
I’m comfortable with those guys at the very least
No this Mika LMAO
I'd probably be at work during a lot of NPA shit but it's on Showdown from what I hear so uh
You gotta get drafted to a team first lol
Yeah but do I try out even with this is what I'm asking
Ok then no
Don't sign up unless you're sure that you can attend every tournament expected of you.
UGH WHY DOES MY LIFE NOT LET ME DO FUCKIN ANYTHING
Thank you for shopping at Walmart
I was having that problem and then I took control of my schedule at work. 
I HAVE a schedule
It's just that that schedule gets in the way of fuckin everything
And it'd be a big hassle to try and get it changed any way that I want it
Cuz not only do I gotta dance around any good days for my medical appointments or plans or what not, I gotta dance around my mom's
Yeah but when we got to 1850 in reg H top 500 was like near or over 1700
The numbers kinda change meaning when it gets to that point
@dense latch meant to reply
Really hoping I actually get into NAIC
I really need something to break this dead cycle of life
To this mb
You can do it monkey
world champ 🫵
I am no world champ 
You have benefits, workplace rights, time off, etc. You also can change availability if you follow proper protocols for it. It's not entirely unattainable. Take time off to go out of town to attend an event, talk to your manager about availability and stuff
Slide your schedule one week and make up for it in the next. Whatever.
I know Walmart isn't a great employer, but also not the worst.
Yeah idk possibly
It's just hard trying to do work and also be there for my mom
It's definitely probably not like raising a kid, but like also
It'd be fuckin nice if I had help
But alas
My family just don't give a fuck about my mother so
Yeah not like raising a kid. You gotta be there for them and also constantly prevent them from dying lmfao. It's a lot of damage control xD
Kids have no fear or self-preservation skills lol
Hell one of my family members (technically my actual mother) will say she'll help her and then day of she'll look for ways to weasel herself out of it
Yeah my mom is like
First half same but second half is like
She can prevent herself dying but if it's something like she can't breathe (her lungs are fucked) then I gotta help keep her from dying then
Which I'm honestly not that good at cuz I admittedly freak out
So I call a family member to do so (same one who weasels out of shit) who lives like at max 2-3 min walking distance from us
And it takes her 20 FUCKING MINUTES TO GET DOWN THERE
Like cool bro she isn't literally suffocating rn
And my mom even then doesn't like want me to call 911 when I'm panicking or whatever
But now bcuz she takes so long, I've literally had to teach myself not to panic, which idk if that's a bad thing but uh
Definitely didn't teach myself that for a good reason
It's a good thing. Emotions are illogical by nature, so if you're panicking you're not gonna have a very cool head to deal with stuff.
Like if I panic when my kid hurts herself it's only going to make it more chaotic. Panic is bad lol
Yeah
But still I just hate it
Hell my cousin who gives more of a fuck about me and my mom than her own daughters do has proposed that once my mom dies I move down to fucking Florida with him and get away from everyone else and honestly
Kinda tempted
Sounds bad but like hell
Cuz like it's gonna sound rude AF but they weren't there for me all this time, what's gonna change after
Plus hell more opportunities where he's at
How’s the laddering going?
Atm
There's SO MANY opportunities where he's at, plus iirc Florida don't have that bad of a local scene
Hard to be "there" for people more than emotionally when you're separated by half a continent.
This might be my first season since sword and shield launched that I give up before master ball lol
Thing is my whole life they've been in same town I'm in
Zamn 😔
Hell these people weren't there for me when we were in the same fucking HOUSE
Don’t give up I beleive in you
Your so close
But on regulation G on showdown I am at around 1720ish
Idt half a continent sort of space gonna change much
Then it looks like you answered it for yourself awhile ago.
Right now? That’s awesome!!!
Sad I can't get master ball on cart for regulation H though
Play psyspam, click buttons, get rank
off in the fucking deepend bruh idek whats good anymore
Reg G teambuilding is a blast of fun…
Yo @next stump u should prob put your full name in the name area for the signup so people know which one u are unless you know some of the peeps then its fine
oh is it npa season?
Yeah it's NPA season
But yeah no I might move out this town later on in life cuz like
Hell ain't much here anyways
might consider registering lol
I’m getting pizzzaaa todayy
0% draft chance but seems kinda funny
A buddy helps run it - I was considering it, but my schedule is going to be doing a huge flip so I'm probably just gonna stay chillin'
Best opportunity for me in this town is Walmart LMAO
Idk how sad that actually is
ig yeah
Like it's honest work but damn it'd be nice to have more
Plus I have my own tournament series on Limitless to run 
btw guys the greatest Zama duo is working together for EUIC so it’s time
how do i edit?
YEAH WE HAVE OUR OWN LIMITLESS TOUR TO RUN
How did they find your past do they just look at the showdown account
Should let u on top right of ur message, if not then u can hit up one of the peeps to edit it or just resend if u dont wanna wait
They probably look at tournament history too actually
pretty sure u should be fine to edit it/delete it tho depends on what they put that forum under
well ur supposed to list ur accomplishments and they do their research if they want
Anyways sorry I vented in here, really not often I do that
Just a little look into the mess that is Monke's life
Righhhtt I see gotcha thanks
mayahoppins has given 1 Gen Rep to keanufps
Does getting two top 16s in Limitless tours while asleep count as good enough?
LMAO
thanks 🙂 I’ll go and edit it
yup just making sure so it’s easier for peeps to do their research
Got them while I was asleep bro I'm fucking CRACKED
If you need help, reach out to @cablevgc on Twitter. He should be able to fix things.
That shit was REALLY McFree
dies of cringe after saying that
@next stump I really hated that Darsh video
Like imma sound old AF saying this but he was real vulgar with it/had no chill
I didn’t watch it
seems kinda goofy
i don’t really like McFree saying I don’t get it
When he was talking about his matches, he was like "so I beat his ass" and I'm like dial it back a bit dude
lmao
Yeah goofy is a good descriptor. He's pretty much a goof.
That’s one way to grab the viewers attention ig 😭
I just remember laughing when chuppa beat him
Like bro you're literally talking about your run on an outlet everyone can see, are you tryna make hoes mad
Bro thought he was Damian Lillard
Well yeah he’s tryna be the next vgc villain apparently
but like that’s just so goofy to me idk
"VGC Villain"
This shit a comic book now?
tbh if I did that I don’t think I’ll be able to not start laughing 😭
I wanna be VGC SpiderMan bro
Is it genuinely worth trying this tournament
What tournament
which one
Actually Keanu you know when OPL is happening?
Series of tournaments
I was defo gonna look into OPL
brother OPL is like right before and after worlds and cycles yearly like all the tours
Got a long time coming
Damn
OPL is auto draft and more chill
Ah
tbh with NPA its supposed to be like VGC tryhards lmao
LOL
a lot of peeps ik arent playing this year tho so who knows
Define worth?
Like you're asking other people if it's worth your time? You're the only person who knows that. I'm not sure about prizes or anything.
It's fine. It's a money sink, but it's fine. I still prefer actual TCG in any form, personally.
I like chill stuff so I'll probably go for it this go around
Gives me another reason to talk to the community and maybe play someone who's good
Lemme think about that
Welp if u somehow got in without connections or in person achievements that would go crazy ngl
also like majority of NPA is either super strong or have like the wildest connections lmao
Is it worth putting in the time to play in these over limitless tournaments for the sake of improvement?
so be good or nepotism
im fucked
VGC team tournaments?
Or even worth trying to get in, I have 0 notable results
Well I find I grew a lot from OPL and NPAA
The series of tournaments thing
I don’t really do Limitless tours cuz I find it hard to sit at home and commit to a tour when I have other things to do
Ok I’ll be like super honest if your new don’t even try for NPA. OPL is a solid starter one though. I grew a lot from team tournaments in general on smogon and met a lot of different people in the smogon and vgc scene and grew a lot faster because of that so I think it’s very worth it
But I always wanted to join Sitrus Series cuz it sounds cute
OPL is great
But thats cuz I got a goated team
OPL is a greater starter league ye lol
Tbh my miraidon team was cracked then we all got covid at worlds and lost in semi finals 💀
LOL
Why didnt you use Full Restore
Noob move
Ain't DevonCorp do something with OPL?
Yur
mhm
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
RYAN HELP ME
The top players don’t take OPL as seriously but definitely a good league for starters and getting to know people
Yeah that's cool
Wait you got the VID bro? That sucks
Like I played spin the wheel in vc with my team an hour before my matches to decide what restricted I was building around 💀
LMAO
Mhm
I got Asada
that’s like every team tour tho
My last Rayquaza team came from a Discord poll so I can't even be mad
and everyone was super interactive and feedbsck constant and constructive
OPL is generally chill though
Compared to other team tours it was one of my better ones
Now I’m friends with Nino but no shade his management style is non-existent HAHA
Messaging Nino rn
@balmy glen want thoughts on Mirai
Ty that’s all I wanted to know
drayagedrago has given 1 Gen Rep to keanufps
More wisdom gimme
Its so fucking funny oh my god
like in the meta?
No on a team
hoi
WTF is that Monke.
Like what I have is fine and works well but idk if im just skill diffing and need somethingn else
Crown is Speed Boosting
why specs crown
expert belt 🤓
Also lets me 2HKO Rilla w Psyshock
I know that team idk how I feel abt Expert Belt
My neutrals would be weaker
@mighty stump would u share the apreads for that team or wanna keep ot to yourself for now?
Crown go brrrr
You’re right but it just came out of nowhere lol
Anyway I’ll probably try NPL
idt I have the skill for the other thing
@solid frigate Crown go EF
Nipple?
Bruh lmao
Psyspam Crown Scam
Imma join the nipple league 
I might try some limitless tournaments
I played in 2 and top cut one
That was also like a year ago
wtf it’s been a year

The showdown room tours I think helped me get comfortable
I might play some more just to get more comfortable
I hate that there’s actual stakes in limitless in that it’ll be recorded on labmaus forever
Like 5th with Prima and gapdos in reg f felt so good
I have never hit that high since
I was so comfortable with that team
Let’s rerun reg f game freak do it no balls
Incineroar:Exists
Yeah once again
A year ago we got our asses wiped by Patrick Connors
Was he running gambit pao?
Idk if I ran into him
Also I won that game if I clicked hyper voice instead of moonblast cuz the spa drop is what gave him the win
Which made me lose that sucked lol
No I checked
I was 2-0, matched with him, lost
You won that same round so 3-0 matched up with him right after I did and you got beat
Oh he had bolt
And demolished me with it lmao
That team sucks into bolt so much
LANDO OVER DENGO WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT
Yeah but you didn't like Lando iirc
Ye well back then I was an idiot when it came to teambuilding
I’m more open to using whatever now
You've gotten better with using Pokemon that you don't like that much
Lando grew on me lol
Back then I'd have to fuckin choke slam you to use like Electabuzz like that one time
NO “why” I HATE HIM “bruh”
Having problems with something? Use Hands

Bruh
I’m not even kidding with the lando shit dude the team was Prima gapdos hearth bolt and incin, that 6th was always like back and forth
Lando would have been perfect man it doesn’t overlap with anything and would have done wonders for the bolt mu
LMAO you made Bolt food and was like "why am I losing to Bolt so much"
Bro I picked up this bad habit idk where
But for some reason my skin crawls now if any of my mons share the same tera type
Idk where I picked this bad habit up
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING REGULATION D PLAY
That’s wild lmao
Where everything was just "oh yeah 2/3 of my team is Tera Grass for Amoonguss, it's fine bro"
How was your amoonguss mu that bad lol
Brother it was Regulation D
Where Amoongus was really everywhere cuz of Urshifu
Back when Amoongus ran fucking Leaf Storm for Urshifu
I forgot about that lmao
I just remembered the Leaf Storm part
That was so fucking scary but it was SO DOGSHIT
Leaf Storm 💀
That format sucked tbf
I wish I got on the Chien Pao wave and took vgc seriously earlier on
Reg e got a lot better
Chien Pao supremacy
1600 !! https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regg-2270792040-tx99d8adqt2a5u2123zfaqzumezmoprpw
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between pokehurdle and Vikxk_VGC! Format: [Gen 9] VGC 2025 Reg G; Date: Dec 28, 2024
Been breaking my peak every time I play so that's cool
Bro it like OHKO'd Urshifu and it did absolutely nothing else aside from that it was so fucking cringe LMAO
Volc pissing me off atm
Reg-G?
It clicks Tera Water and is fat and now everything is burned
huhuhu
Then again its my bad
Fuck it we ball
Also in case anyone doesn’t know
Enhance your Pokémon VGC strategies with in-depth battle analytics.
I’m exaggerating
Whu dat
Ik I just wanna know anyway
Zacian
Oh word
Why are the first 2 in that link just Wolfe Reg H teams
Cuz its up to date
Its new tho
Also Tofu is the MDB Zam team actually gaining popularity? I haven't fought against it except for sets against Kazo
What the fuck hell that’s a cool website what’s the data based on
You're doing what to hell?
#3 antimeta lol
Wut dis
i could literally fall asleep to watching people play singles
and talk about their plays
Real
Yea cuz singles sucks lol
yeah so im just gonna set rocks here hmn okay maybe ill swap oh must be a bulky peliper lemme click my move here okay thats some chip
I enjoy watching
Deadass the only time I played BSS it was so braindead that I would actually eat dinner while playing it
This was a time when I could not do that with comp AT ALL
yeah there was also a brief time when i played bss XD
setup click your max moves sweep
Acrobatics, Aerial Ace, Bite, Body Press, Body Slam, Breaking Swipe, Brick Break, Crunch, Dig, Double-Edge, Dragon Claw, Dragon Rush, Dragon Tail, Earthquake, Facade, Fire Fang, Fly, Giga Impact, Headbutt, Iron Head, Jaw Lock, Knock Off, Lash Out, Metal Claw, Night Slash, Outrage, Rock Slide, Scale Shot, Shadow Claw, Stomping Tantrum, Stone Edge, Take Down, Throat Chop, Thunder Fang, U-turn, X-Scissor, Zen Headbutt
Air Slash, Dark Pulse, Draco Meteor, Dragon Breath, Dragon Pulse, Fire Blast, Fire Spin, Flamethrower, Heat Wave, Hurricane, Hydro Pump, Hyper Beam, Hyper Voice, Incinerate, Snarl, Tera Blast
Dragon Cheer, Dragon Dance, Endure, Focus Energy, Leer, Protect, Rest, Roar, Roost, Scary Face, Sleep Talk, Substitute, Sunny Day, Tailwind, Taunt
A move displayed with Bold text benefits from Same-Type Attack Bonus when used by Roaring Moon.

@mighty stump I regret checking out my Instagram Reels
Is there more of that god damn apple
No
Just I haven't been on there in a minute and first one just
Uh
Gotcha
Idek if I wanna show anyone that
watching singles vid he's like:
"in fact lets get up spikes just to guarentee or maybe leech seed is better. Go through Z move which doesnt do anything you gotta calm mind first to ko with that dude. whats the plan now? volt out or? cus im getting up spikes and if your not boots terapagos then thats gonna break your tera shell. I dont think theres any way i can lose like..."
theres long pauses inbetween all sentences
this is truly a bed time video
“so I played a game and it was 170 turns long because I was playing against stall, but I didn’t include it in the video because it would make it over an hour long”
Have fun playing rivals
Hey
Palworld is the only thing that cost me money
watch blunder
Oh Emma wants me to Showdown
Oh yeah he’s really funny ima watch him
Emma I trashed the CIR team I showed you lmao
Solely cuz I'm ass with Ice Rider tbh
lol
Why not just play the dog
I scrambled together a cir pile for trainerschool tmrw
What ya think I'm doing now
Playing CSR
Oh have fun with that
I would participate but work
God no

I suck with that too
Think Zamazenta is my main man
Just do my best with it
Gonna rock it whenever I can I guess
Groudon and Rayquaza felt alright for me tbh but Zamazenta is just my ideal Mon on crack
zama also doesn’t suck
Well once again
I like Pokemon that are stupid bulky for no reason but also don't just sit there
Few Pokemon are like that
Hands is like that
Rillaboom is kinda there
Incineroar is there
But Zamazenta embodies that shit
Crazy hard to remove physically and those STAB Body Presses mean that it's also doing something in return
Might play Palworld though tonight? Idk game always looked fun to me
This I've been having a lot of success with the Michael Kelsch 6
It's the only Zam variant I've stuck to so far on the rehash
His 6?
Funny thing is from what I've gathered about the comp Urshifu is actually a flex slot on his 6 but I think Ursh fits that flex slot the best
Oh yeah I need to finish putting my own EVs on Flutter and Entei, I've just ran his 6 same sets but with a friends EVs
Eeeeeeeeeeeeesshhhhhhh if you look at data Entei is like part of that core at least
Aaron Zheng ran same core but with Grimm over Ursh and I've seen some run that but with Bolt over Ursh
Though Hearth probably ain't bad
Urshifu does not feel flex I have forced goggles shifu and it is SO good
Entei is really there as something that can't be flinched + prio spam with CB + another Koraidon line
That's what I'm saying like
Looks like that slot is interchangeable but Urshifu feels best there
Yeah it just doesn't feel worth considering I usually don't want to go for espeed
Yeah I know what you mean
help me teambuild
nooovaaaaaaaaaaaa
!!!!
emma!
hai
haaaaaaiowfjuiaowghauwigaw
pfff
are you okay-
made new save so i can stop dumping gen mons onto main so now ign is bunny 
and she looks so angwy >:(
Follow me redirect spore is so good + same fire stab but glide for urs etc etc
awe
who upset her-
Funny thing is that depending on board states actually it can just be a glorified priority spam team LMAO
Like prio spam can fuck up CIR Eleki
Yeah it hits when the opportunity arises but I barely bring it with my playstyle at least
Yeah that is still a idgaf mu for the 5 -entei
Oh I do it with Ursh
Literally Aqua Jet Glide
Anything
If you can't punish the prio I won't hesitate
Cuz that then like puts Zamazenta into sort of what I call the Zacian teamstyle where you chip down/KO mons and then let Zamazenta be a straight up clean up hitter
fawig
Yeah
resting bitch face :3
Y'know what's funny actually
Bringing Farig fucks ya up even more there
Alright I'm headed out nice talking to you Monke
That team comp is heavily invested into beating Rapid Strike and most the time if you bring Farig you have to either
A. Leave behind something that threatens Ursh
Or
B. Leave behind Lando I which is the one threat to Zama
See ya later, nice talk
But anyways yeah it's either don't bring Farig and get fucked by prio spam or bring Farig and have your flow messed up a little
idt i ever wanna bring cir to that mu anyways
itll only show up if u commit to something way too early lol
Yeah it's honestly a fuckin HORRIBLE MU for the honse
CIR Eleki?





