competitive_discussion

[mint void]

The usual no?

I have sth to say abt no sash counter krookodile

[solid frigate]

i mean with how much he try to cook but failed to go to any mid ladder does not suprise me anymore

[astral kelp]

maybe one day ill try to actually climb lol

im sure sceptile dragon cheer miraidon could be viable surely

i might try it

this setup but good or something

[solid frigate]

yeah you killed my interest on using Sceptile with Miraidon

[astral kelp]

sorry?

[solid frigate]

time to dig away lol

[solid frigate]

no you don’t need to say sorry it’s just my ass trying to work on that

[plain drum]

[astral kelp]

I LOVE DIG

[left bobcat]

DIG?!

[astral kelp]

Oh yo could I see what you've come up with so far

[shadow wind]

Chat is this dig theory?

[astral kelp]

8 literally have no idea what I could do with the set

Maybe dragon cheer into shed tail into an iron bundle lol

Leaves me so open to trick room tailwind tho

[astral kelp]

What if there way to move first in dig turn and then last in dig attack turn

You'd literally be immune for 2 turns

Wait
After you dig
THAT'D BE SO FUNNY

You could do it with maybe rampardos?

[left bobcat]

HELLO?

[sharp cobalt]

When you catch a 0 speed shiny Sewaddle

Tr support Swadloon

[astral kelp]

Easyy

Whats swadloon do

[sharp cobalt]

... not much good actually

Struggle bug, light screen, lunge

Why does Leavanny get both screens

[astral kelp]

LOL

[sharp cobalt]

Hell I'd rather use Leavanny

[astral kelp]

Chlorofill screen could be cool

Also you could do something fun with fell sting

[solid frigate]

isn’t leavanny like pretty fast

Then again get fricked by Chi Yu

[sharp cobalt]

90 smth, 92 base iirc

[left bobcat]

WOOOOOOOOO

[astral kelp]

Bro leavannys support pull IS actually kinda insane

Slows, screens, pólen puff

Throat chop and switcharoo too

With how fast it can get in sun you could do like choice scarf switcharoo strata

[solid frigate]

thats not bad imo

At least you can deal with Kyogre After Tera cuz Most of them are Grass if they are slow Ogre

[sharp cobalt]

Ikr

[solid frigate]

But then again

rillaboom ol reliable

[left bobcat]

But that weakness tho

[astral kelp]

Nah but he's lame and slow and smells bad

Like you cannot tell me rilla boom wouldn't smell like BO at all times

[solid frigate]

i mean its a Monkey

or Gorilla

[astral kelp]

Do gorilla's sweat

[solid frigate]

i mean the wilds Smell can be more horrendous than sweat

[astral kelp]

Ofc but I think there's something specifically bad about the BO smell

Anyways that's why leavanny>rillaboom thanks for listening to my ted talk

[left bobcat]

My appetite

[next stump]

good morning y’all

[real prairie]

May I introduce you to topsy turvy

[real prairie]

Yo D

[astral kelp]

I did consider it lol

[real prairie]

It's very very funny into donzogiri

[astral kelp]

LOOOOL

Thats be crazy

[real prairie]

Enjoy your -2 everything

[astral kelp]

Is there a srat where you CNA swap stats

I mean a move

[real prairie]

Powerswap

[chrome knot]

gm

[torn parrot]

Pantheon is a masterpiece

[astral kelp]

I'm sure J can cook something with that

[tiny karma]

Move: Power Swap

The user swaps its Attack and Special Attack stat stage changes with the target.

Type

Psychic

Category

Status

Power

0

Accuracy

—

PP (max)

10 (16)

Move Flags

​

Mirror

Copied by Mirror Move.

Authentic

Bypasses substitute.

Contact

Does not make contact.

Sableye version 4.28.1

[astral kelp]

https://tenor.com/view/pantheon-league-spartaaa-gif-25574327

[next stump]

https://tenor.com/view/pantheon-outplay-league-of-legends-gif-3179334022801370433

[chrome knot]

i bringing csr smeargle to cup today,,,

[astral kelp]

Does anyone that can use it actually learn it lmao

Maybe espeopm

[astral kelp]

Anyone lowkey miss old panty

[torn parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/pantheon-pantheon-amc-pantheon-intro-gif-6429314556058428171

[plain drum]

Think it's Mewtwo, Espeon, and Rabsca

Meditite as an egg move

[astral kelp]

and fari g

[plain drum]

Yeah missed that

[astral kelp]

You could do some calm mind shananigans

Like might as well use baotj pass at that point tbh

[next stump]

are we talking point and click Q pantheon

[astral kelp]

It was so funny

[next stump]

that shit was my go to autofilled top pick

[astral kelp]

I used to run him jg for the insane tower dives

[next stump]

corrupting pot + death fires touch or w/e the keystone rune was

[astral kelp]

Comet lmao

[next stump]

the grass rider one?

[astral kelp]

Or ap with liandries HAHAHA

I'm surprised more people don't run smeargul

I should. Really run him more

[chrome knot]

ye

[astral kelp]

You CNA do some crazy shit with him

[chrome knot]

its a bo1 cup so

that team snowballs rly fast

[astral kelp]

Running smeargul with the if you kill me you die thing is hilarious

Cuz can't you do that then follow me with him?

[next stump]

i love that team

my NPAA teammate made it

aborig

he runs it every single week with zero changes and 2-0s

[astral kelp]

Also istg vivilon is underrated

97% accurate hypnosis is fucking crazy

Prankster tailwind + hypnosis

I'm. Going to try to make a phantom force team

So I'm thinking mausehold/cincino/indeedee-m max speed choice scarf after you

Maybe??? Thats probably not fast enough hmm

[chrome knot]

W

its a crazy looking team

[left bobcat]

One one thousand

[foggy lodge]

https://x.com/hayadayo135/status/1898658593534263579?t=RwxrTlWYnhCMceH29IoDRA&s=19

はや (@hayadayo135) on X

めっちゃ個人的GS tier表

X · Mar 9, 2025, 8:54 AM

[real prairie]

Scarf Kyogre with CIR gonna bang

[foggy lodge]

Who here is going to Milwaukee

[next stump]

https://tenor.com/view/joey-joey-tribbiani-it-was-me-it's-me-friends-gif-16459238154669060766

[left bobcat]

Ewwwwwwww

[real prairie]

What you taking?

[next stump]

im not sure, it'll be Reg I

if it's double restricted, most likely ice rider + miraidon

seems really fun

[left bobcat]

Miraidon and Gordon

[foggy lodge]

cool

I depend on that regional because Santiago is the next week after that lol

Probably bringing CSR Zama because is broken but yeah

https://pokepast.es/8aee4512f81504bd

[atomic mural]

I will

First tournament in the master division for me

[chrome knot]

ive been trying to browse 2restricted ideas but i have literally no idea where to go after like cir mirai whims hearthflame

[next stump]

farig urshifu

boom

[foggy lodge]

Because arubega Mirai is basically perfect even for 2 restricteds

You just grab arubega Mirai and choose which mon to replace for CIR

[mint void]

Me af

[chrome knot]

new stimky plushies !!

[atomic mural]

Didn’t even rank miraidon zamazenta

[real prairie]

May I make a suggestion

[next stump]

https://tenor.com/view/im-all-ears-xavier-thorpe-wednesday-lets-hear-it-go-for-it-gif-27433308

[chrome knot]

aight bet

[real prairie]

Ngl I just wanted an excuse to post this

[next stump]

scarred from using Kyogre after this tourney

the amount of origin pulses i missed

[solid frigate]

Kyogre moment

[spiral ridge]

Blind ass saw sus as smeargle and was about to ask what kinda set it was

[foggy lodge]

Terrakion Whimsicott in big 2025

[solid frigate]

smeargle is literally just amogus with Fake out

[solid frigate]

Beat up Terrakion strat still exists huh

[spiral ridge]

I was thinking instruct

[solid frigate]

eh instrusct would be fine

[spiral ridge]

Just cus he said lots of origin misses lol

[solid frigate]

at least make Smeargle interesting

[foggy lodge]

I would use it for meme

That team cooks for bo1 Im not sure for a regional lol

[solid frigate]

Lol

[spiral ridge]

Has rounds started today btw

[next stump]

the stream starts in about 1.5 hours

i think the first round of the day will start soon

it's 8:18 local time, usually around then they start day 2

[spiral ridge]

Yeah I knew it was reaching 8 so wasn’t sure

[foggy lodge]

https://www.youtube.com/live/Rp4hT7WhGp8?si=k9-3kTPa7_MumP17

[atomic mural]

would miraidon zamazenta with chien pao be any good

[foggy lodge]

Probably

Landorus is awkward for those two so yeah

Same reasoning as to why both Miraidon and Zama run Chien-Pao

Ground is annoying

[atomic mural]

https://pokepast.es/23030c7b101f75fe

[foggy lodge]

https://pokepast.es/49ba375f78a34228

This team is so cool

[solid frigate]

Mirai Ogre here we gooooo

[next stump]

i wish they were a little quicker about announcing formats

like we gotta wait another 3 weeks at least

[atomic mural]

https://pokepast.es/16541f1cb82e58de would this be good

just threw 6 pokemon together

[dense latch]

lmao what

[atomic mural]

they are cooking

[mighty stump]

@chrome knot omg

I forgot to show you

My outfits

Also won my NPAA match

[foggy lodge]

Did it won any round

btw in that AV Miraidon team I haven't seen them ever pick Gholdengo lol

What exactly does Gholdengo do in that comp?

[mighty stump]

Gholdengo always just shouts anti-CIR for me

[foggy lodge]

Hm

Also anti Zama I guess

[mighty stump]

That too

What item

[foggy lodge]

The comp from worlds used specs tera steel

[mighty stump]

Yeah then CIR/Zama

[chrome knot]

SHOW ME

[foggy lodge]

I think that pepe wins this regional finally

As long as he doesn't get critted through screens he can absolutely win it lol

Secured teams to top cut

@bold geode Yotam win and in on stream wake up

[dense latch]

0-1 drop i think

[foggy lodge]

Alberto Lara married ohhh

[bold geode]

@rustic mountain watch stream now

I can't watch it sadge

[foggy lodge]

Crit😭

[chrome knot]

had to play vs oomf r2 of cup :(

[twin kindle]

xD I’ve been using that mienshao team for weeks now

[foggy lodge]

The taunt mienshao?

[twin kindle]

I love Mienshao it’s so 💅🏻

[foggy lodge]

I think its the Mienshao adaptation necessary now mainly because Pagos balance is annoying

[left bobcat]

I deserve it all

[chrome knot]

2-1 in cup atm

[craggy dagger]

go emma go!

[foggy lodge]

rotom wash😭

[atomic mural]

rotom wash made top cut

[chrome knot]

its his cir mu LMAO

hes a toronto local

[craggy dagger]

triple redirect 😭😭😭

[bold geode]

Sucks so I just checked
Yotam needed high roll and didn't get it

[spiral ridge]

Hello spread moves

[calm gulch]

sup asmr freak

what’s this sash ogerpon

[bold geode]

Ay waddup bitch
#BullyYosta

[craggy dagger]

sturdy + defiant in one

[calm gulch]

interesting

[chrome knot]

2-2 enjoyed t1 wake up

scripted event

[tiny karma]

Pokémon No. 1017: Ogerpon

Type

Grass

Abilities

Defiant

HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe

80/120/84/60/96/110

Total

550

Other Formes

Ogerpon-Wellspring, Ogerpon-Hearthflame, Ogerpon-Cornerstone, Ogerpon-Teal-Tera, Ogerpon-Wellspring-Tera, Ogerpon-Hearthflame-Tera, Ogerpon-Cornerstone-Tera

Sableye version 4.28.1

[spiral ridge]

Forgot base ogerpon was defiant cus don’t see it much lol

[craggy dagger]

and it gets to hold an item

[calm gulch]

ig it suits the 3 follow me line up

[bold geode]

Bruh a fucking IDBP Sub Zamazenta was in cut

[foggy lodge]

IDBP zama is not bad

But its substitute😭

[bold geode]

Rn it's bad lol

[spiral ridge]

Mhm I remember dice sets

[foggy lodge]

Teal Mask does well in that team its like how Keanu said

Mid speed TR CIR with the speed boost to kill things and the follow me

[left bobcat]

THESE PEOPLE GAHHHH

[foggy lodge]

James Baek on stream

[left bobcat]

HOLY GUACAMOLE

[next stump]

really close game 2 despite the turn 1 KO

[real prairie]

JB top 8 🥰

[foggy lodge]

Raghav made me angry

You can't hit when you are 0-1 in a bo3 in front of CSR Mienshao

Joseph lost

Well now the goat is James Baek

[next stump]

james will be kicking himself if he doesn’t finish this win off

that’s one of the easiest brackets of the year

[real prairie]

4 trick room setters lol

Aswell as imprison CIR

[chrome knot]

i found a stimky

[real prairie]

https://x.com/VGCdata/status/1898819234865532971?t=ogVGB-DIm7O6I1H_h95ntw&s=19

VGC Data (@VGCdata) on X

📊 Vancouver Regionals usage stats for Day 1 & Day 2

X · Mar 9, 2025, 7:32 PM

[foggy lodge]

252 Atk Cornerstone Mask Ogerpon-Cornerstone Ivy Cudgel vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Indeedee-F: 91-108 (51.4 - 61%) -- guaranteed OHKO

[craggy dagger]

huh

[astral kelp]

hehehehehe

this is the dumbest thing ive cooked

[craggy dagger]

i’m
failing to see the niche

[astral kelp]

so basically

golurk is slower than everything

[craggy dagger]

right…

[astral kelp]

liligant is faster than everything

[atomic mural]

james baek lost

[craggy dagger]

mhm…?

[mint void]

james choke

[astral kelp]

=so phantom force with after you SHOULD mkae him invulnerable

i gotta test

[craggy dagger]

lilligant’s slower than most restricted-
it’s not invulnerable

[astral kelp]

chlorofill

[craggy dagger]

314 yeah

but rain and snow exist too

[astral kelp]

ok nvm doenst work

[craggy dagger]

😭

[next stump]

i love this koraidon team

just all offense

[astral kelp]

they can still hit golurk while its in phantom force

i thought they could only hit it after it attacked but ig inot

[spiral ridge]

Awee

[tiny karma]

Move: Phantom Force

If this move is successful, it breaks through the target's Baneful Bunker, Detect, King's Shield, Protect, or Spiky Shield for this turn, allowing other Pokemon to attack the target normally. If the target's side is protected by Crafty Shield, Mat Block, Quick Guard, or Wide Guard, that protection is also broken for this turn and other Pokemon may attack the target's side normally. This attack charges on the first turn and executes on the second. On the first turn, the user avoids all attacks. If the user is holding a Power Herb, the move completes in one turn.

Type

Ghost

Category

Physical

Power

90

Accuracy

100

PP (max)

10 (16)

Move Flags

​

Protect

Bypasses Protect-like moves.

Mirror

Copied by Mirror Move.

Charge

Has a charging turn.

Contact

Makes contact.

Sableye version 4.28.1

[atomic mural]

just dont run no guard

[astral kelp]

oh was it because of o guard

[atomic mural]

yeah

[astral kelp]

that makes sense lmao

[craggy dagger]

it’s a scary team

also i didn’t expect lunala to get this far

[solid frigate]

hoi

[atomic mural]

lunala goat

[solid frigate]

what is top 8

[real prairie]

James lost to chase?

Painful as he beat him in swiss

[spiral ridge]

Bat supremacy

[real prairie]

Guaranteed a new 1st time regional winner then

[solid frigate]

turtle top 4?

Come on please-

[atomic mural]

yeah

the terapagos is top 4

top 4 is caly ice, terapagos, miraidon, and either lunala or koraidon

[solid frigate]

i want Koraidon to lose here lmao sorry guys

[atomic mural]

i want lunala to win too

[next stump]

game 1 seems like a rap

wrap*

[solid frigate]

yeah Koraidon kinda fucked here eevn with Tera

[spiral ridge]

Finally home to watch day 2

[foggy lodge]

actually anything that wins would be cool

Terapagos Hatterene Lunala or regular Ursaluna

[solid frigate]

nice

[craggy dagger]

yeah
it looks like lunala took game 1

[spiral ridge]

Hell yeah

[solid frigate]

Terapagos WHAT???

[craggy dagger]

my youtube is behind but the screen

[lofty tartan]

https://pokepast.es/448b1c1ca0b40ca8

I love this.

[solid frigate]

Lunala sauce

noice

[lofty tartan]

100%

11-1 currently.

https://tenor.com/view/my-man-denzel-my-man-denzel-washington-myyyy-man-gif-376647294737879812

[real prairie]

?

[spiral ridge]

If team gets posted with rental or something I’m interested in trying it
If not prob just create own EVs

[lofty tartan]

It's a Vancouver team.

[spiral ridge]

Lunala has been fun to play I wanna do more outside GC weirdness

[lofty tartan]

Says so right on the paste.

[real prairie]

Yeah I'm watching, no one is 11-1 yet lol

[foggy lodge]

Muntazir is playing very well

[lofty tartan]

The ^ means ongoing

[real prairie]

I mean he's 9-1 on stream ATM

[next stump]

yeah 9/1 is his swiss record

[bold geode]

On stream, yeah it's nice to see Lunala come in outta nowhere LOL

[real prairie]

So unless it knows the future

[next stump]

11/1 if you count top cut

[real prairie]

Ooo

My bad

[lofty tartan]

Thanks Dillon. I was sipping coffee :]

[real prairie]

They really should update that haha

[real prairie]

Sorry Mika

[lofty tartan]

No, no worries.

[bold geode]

Figured CSR would take this regional but both are out now

[foggy lodge]

is flutter rockpon actually doing anythng rn?

[real prairie]

https://tenor.com/view/the-more-you-know-gif-10358303

[lofty tartan]

But yes, this Lunala team is straight 🔥

[real prairie]

Feels very protect the queen

[atomic mural]

ok but we still have a ghost psychic restricted

[spiral ridge]

Yeah what was the csr team you were hyping

[lofty tartan]

Yeah but a lot of Reg G teams are like that.

[bold geode]

Yotam's

[foggy lodge]

oh it survived

[spiral ridge]

Got a paste I just got home

[foggy lodge]

I wanted James Baek to win ngl

[lofty tartan]

Each individual piece has value, though.

[real prairie]

Yep, maybe I should consider going more supportive around my Kyogre lol

[bold geode]

Just watch 1st Day 2 stream match, he was on there
Actually uh

[foggy lodge]

eh its the tangs team but Lunala Indeedee over CIR amoon

[spiral ridge]

Oh was it the one with tons of grass Tera

[spiral ridge]

Oh the flutter fish one

[lofty tartan]

Always gonna root for Yotam

[foggy lodge]

I remember when I used the 4 tera flying metagross team in reg H

[bold geode]

Sadly I don't see the team doing well cuz of just how it is (I know a couple things)
But the team is real good

[foggy lodge]

never used some more mid teras lol

[spiral ridge]

May be wrong but did he lose his stream match I Lowkey forget

[bold geode]

He did
Unfortunate survival got him in Game 2

[lofty tartan]

He lost, but it was a good set.

[spiral ridge]

Yeah

[bold geode]

He needed high roll to kill an Ogerpon and he didn't get it

[foggy lodge]

there's a chance we have a "psyspam" finals lmao

[spiral ridge]

I forget the full Match it was like 11 pm I got to watching and I was exhausted

[bold geode]

Honestly? I'm down

[next stump]

lunala cleaning house in this set

[lofty tartan]

I'm watching Behzad's match now.

[bold geode]

11 pm? It was just a few hours ago, where TF are you

[foggy lodge]

oh shit

[spiral ridge]

Oh I thought you meant a day one game

[foggy lodge]

Ditto can make reverse sweep

[lofty tartan]

I had to rewind to the beginning xD

I usually skip commentary betweeen matches.

[spiral ridge]

I’m exhausted man I don’t remember what I watched

I remember watching a flutter fish game

[atomic mural]

imagine we never saw his last 2

lunala top 4

[foggy lodge]

If Ditto wins the speed tie Giovanni winss

in theory because Lando ogerpon was in the back and maybe you have to call a protect on one

[left bobcat]

Like Carmelo

[solid frigate]

ok am i looking something

3 LUNALAS?

[left bobcat]

….

3?

[bright spire]

I hate you

[craggy dagger]

huh,

[bold geode]

Lunala in top 4

[real prairie]

Lunala guy is rooming with @balmy glen ?

[bold geode]

YES
CSR WON JUNIORS
PREDICTION RIGHT FUCK Y'ALL

[craggy dagger]

lmaooo

[lofty tartan]

smh

[bold geode]

We take those
Actually I'll need to check later, I think there was a LatAm regional this weekend too

@foggy lodge know anything about that?

[foggy lodge]

Koraidon won with perfect swiss round

[lofty tartan]

https://standings.stalruth.dev/2025/regional-fortaleza/masters

[foggy lodge]

8-0 on swiss

[lofty tartan]

Fortaleza

[solid frigate]

that Lando Plush.

[bold geode]

Damn
We didn't make it chat

Imprison Caly Ice is funny as fuck

[left bobcat]

Brrrrrrrr

[solid frigate]

crying on Choice Specs turtle but whatever anyway

[bold geode]

Specs Pagos + Farig
The best version

[solid frigate]

ok yeah fuck smeargle

[real prairie]

https://x.com/brgvgc/status/1898791202868101341?t=kfFE96tiazMFVnO2uhfmUg&s=19

Bruno (@brgvgc) on X

team report coming soon (tm)

X · Mar 9, 2025, 5:41 PM

[foggy lodge]

anways rooting for Terrazas because LATAM!!!

[solid frigate]

i think Tera Fire Pon feels like a Winning call here since Specs Pagos still do good shit

without Tera

[foggy lodge]

Tera fire pon is way better than tera terapagos

[solid frigate]

yeah thats the major issue for Alex's Team

Helping Hand+Tera Starstorm and Pray

[foggy lodge]

wdym

[solid frigate]

like Literally Pray

[smoky hawk]

Hard TR moving into finals

[solid frigate]

nvm

Helping hand-

who said Turtle is taking Vancouver

[foggy lodge]

do you think i would have known it was gonna fight a hard TR in top 4

[solid frigate]

I would just keep Fire Pon

[left bobcat]

Water pon

[bold geode]

Damn bro

[left bobcat]

Damn

[atomic mural]

lunala in finals

[craggy dagger]

yeahhhhhh!!!!

[bold geode]

LET'S GO BEHZAD 👏👏👏👏

[smoky hawk]

TR going hard in Vancouver

[bold geode]

@next stump have we not had a single set go to G3 on stream?

[craggy dagger]

i dont think so-

[foggy lodge]

yesterday

only one came to g3

istg

[spiral ridge]

damn erally

[solid frigate]

what is with them bring so dominant for this regional

[bold geode]

How's it going so far? My dumbass accidentally pocket swapped to the GO stream

[solid frigate]

why did i not think of Tera Water Lunala

[left bobcat]

Yeah why didn’t you

[solid frigate]

not really when CIR is in Sun+Ivy Cudgy

[bold geode]

LET'S GO BEHZAD 👏👏👏👏

[solid frigate]

OGERPON CLUTCH

[smoky hawk]

I think that ivy cudgel crit won Behzad the game

In the first game. I'm a lil behind

[foggy lodge]

nah

because it was ivy cudgel in sun and Hatterene isn't exactly bulky

[solid frigate]

yeah

LUNALA WON???

[craggy dagger]

YEAHHHHH LUNALA FTWWWWWW

rip torkoal

[solid frigate]

Yeah protect and win

[bold geode]

Nice bulky Pokemon

[foggy lodge]

LUNALA WON

[solid frigate]

yeah Ogerpon win this

even not Lunala can tank it

[craggy dagger]

damn
barely any game 3s

[solid frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/lilly-lusamine-lunala-ultra-space-alola-gif-7436031

NEBBY

[bold geode]

Damn

[craggy dagger]

lmao
It couldnt kill the shifu 😭

[bold geode]

Lunala win, fucking huge

[solid frigate]

Lunala usage spiked lmao

who needs Wide Guard lol

when you can have a Tera Water Lunala

[craggy dagger]

me
i do
cuz its good for literally anything else sobs

[real prairie]

Oh no... Psyspam is back lol

[solid frigate]

then again this match is more like Ogerpon being MVP

[smoky hawk]

I was rooting for TR but Lunala winning a regional is wild

[solid frigate]

Ogerpon and Urshifu

[craggy dagger]

miraidon usage to counter psyspam

also
both teams were TR psyspam

[real prairie]

I know I'm kidding lol

[solid frigate]

now its time to cope for Kyogre,Groudon and Terapagos to win one (Kyogre and Terapagos are so close before,Groudon did made Top cut as well)

[bold geode]

Chat
Psyspam finally did something

[craggy dagger]

that was just a realization from me thats all

[smoky hawk]

TR and psyspam went hard. And Lunala won? I feel like this regional just shifted the meta dramatically

[solid frigate]

not really

[bold geode]

Y'know what that means hehe

Monkey time

[solid frigate]

this made Miraidon usage skyrocket (That Lunala is Tera Water)

[foggy lodge]

I don't think it will have a big impact in the meta

But its so awesome

[bold geode]

Yeah fair
At most people copy and Rillaboom usage goes up a bit in response

[solid frigate]

yeah at the end of the day

Its more like CSR has too much players who does not know what they are doing and just spam

[smoky hawk]

Isn't lunala outside of top 8 restricteds?

[foggy lodge]

mostly

[solid frigate]

its a niche since its basically Bulky CSR

[foggy lodge]

but Lunala kinda fraud for Stockholm because all the EU players are spamming pagos balance lol

[craggy dagger]

😭
people kept on asking me why i used ittttt
im glad taht it won

[solid frigate]

i did not question u lmao

I did use it as well during Reg G wave 1

with PHMB Lunala+Umbreon

[smoky hawk]

Benefit of using a very uncommon restricted: People won't team build to counter it

[solid frigate]

not really

most of the time CSR and Lunala are just

Same counters

[spiral ridge]

yayy lunala :)

[craggy dagger]

many ppl did 😭

it’s just worse csr my ass-

[solid frigate]

Monke brain goes apeshit

[bold geode]

https://x.com/Dollarmonke13/status/1898862409231565277?t=ntyf6WSzNfR8cqKmvM9h7A&s=19

Dollarmonke (@Dollarmonke13) on X

HOLY SHIT GUYS PSYSPAM FINALLY DID SOMETHING AND.....

He's right behind me isn't he

X · Mar 9, 2025, 10:24 PM

[spiral ridge]

I’m just gonna assume monkey has these on hand forever

Ignoring that one post is 11 minutes old

[craggy dagger]

i caved and got a happy meal 😭

[spiral ridge]

whats the toy?

[craggy dagger]

gambling

[spiral ridge]

uh

that would make you wanna get one wouldnt it

[craggy dagger]

mhm -3-

[solid frigate]

Incin moment

meanwhile rillaboom

[bold geode]

Had to hunt for em but yes
Yes I do

[bold geode]

I love that toy

[spiral ridge]

what kinda gambling is it they just giving kids mini roullete wheels

[bold geode]

Pokemon cards iirc

I think they're still doing that?

[spiral ridge]

ohh

[craggy dagger]

mhm

i also needed a snack lol

[spiral ridge]

pft
fair enough i at first thought you just got it cus light meal

[solid frigate]

i am just chilling in bed

[spiral ridge]

im catching up on day 2
just finished triplle redirect

and playing monster hunter

[real prairie]

It's not a regional without drama

https://x.com/ragimali/status/1898836637678747745?t=uXdwTUT6MMhfiqPdoue4WQ&s=19

froggy ragi 🍉 (@ragimali) on X

dude these guys absolutely want to fuck me why they always pick the cutest pics...

have fun crashing out over a scarf

(would appreciate y'all putting in support tickets to this guy harassing me)

X · Mar 9, 2025, 8:41 PM

[bold geode]

The fact he tagged the fucking Justice Department

[craggy dagger]

😭

[bold geode]

My reaction

https://x.com/Dollarmonke13/status/1898876236740382868?t=VXkQ9DQjKf_g231vg2Waaw&s=19

Dollarmonke (@Dollarmonke13) on X

@ragimali Calling someone a terrorist/terrorist supporter cuz they're wearing a scarf is some stupid racist bullshit they even my Southern ass in Texas has never heard anyone attempt before

Hope the harassment stops soon, shit is wild

X · Mar 9, 2025, 11:19 PM

Literally the farthest reach I've ever seen

[spiral ridge]

Calling them a twrrorist as he holds up a peace sign is such funny irony 😭

[real prairie]

Ikr

[spiral ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/lying-somebody-latrice-royale-drag-gif-13306992

[real prairie]

Although tbf in the UK that's "fuck off" 🤣

[spiral ridge]

Oh yeah

[mint void]

Tbf a scarf can be dangerous

[spiral ridge]

I only remember bent knuckles to Scotland as a fuck off 😭

Something something cut archers fingers off in history

[real prairie]

He's super fast because of it

[bold geode]

Yeah but "ope he's wearing a scarf, he must be one of those terrorists A Rabs"

[wet wedge]

This looks purposeful tbh

[spiral ridge]

Thought I was seeing myself was typing for a sec

[wet wedge]

I doubt he's stupid enough to assume that because you're wearing a scarf in CANADIAN WINTER you support terrorists

this is probably some persona trying to look stupid, in the same way some people make dumbly exaggerated feminist posts on twitter with the specific intent of harming the feminist movement image

[bold geode]

Idk
Kinda looks like that here
Idfk
Apparently he's also known for saying racist shit in the past too so

Not a good track record

[wet wedge]

if you get what I mean lol

[wet wedge]

yea i mean if this is a case of what I said then it's genuinely triggering, this is exactly the kind of post that makes it look like every terrorist condemner wants every palestine citizen dead and it is not like that

i almost hope he's just as dumb as this makes him out to be

because otherwise it's malicious

[bold geode]

Yeah
Anyways that's enough of that for me, it's probably best we avoid this topic me thinks

[wet wedge]

yea

probably true

[bold geode]

Here's top 8 of Vancouver btw y'all

[wet wedge]

yea

i made a post about it hold on

[real prairie]

Nice to see a brand new regional winner and with Lunala of all things

More and more hope for Ludicolo 🥰🤣

[wet wedge]

doxxed my name on accident, idc i'm playing in regionals anyway

[bold geode]

Hello this is Jeff Bezos, imma also need your mother's maiden name

[real prairie]

Can we also get your childhood pets name

[bold geode]

And the 3 numbers on the back of your credit card

[wet wedge]

Acarajé, make good use of that information!

[bold geode]

That sounds like a Mexican dish

[real prairie]

Scam ruined, website doesn't accept special characters

[wet wedge]

it's a Northeastern Brazilian dish

[bold geode]

Come to Brazil chat

[wet wedge]

I could unironically give you this one and it wouldn't mean shit because you don't have either the number or the expiration date, but I don't wanna take the joke too far LMAO

[wet wedge]

skill issue tbh

get a better scamming website

[real prairie]

I can't, I got it off the racist guy

[bold geode]

Bro doesn't know how to put in special characters with the keyboard

[bold geode]

Why are some of the keys worn

[real prairie]

The euro key been removed completely

[mint void]

just a racist freak

[bold geode]

The whole keyboard is white

[real prairie]

even the letters printed on it, you can't see them

Back to pokemon...

Genuinely surprised by 2 of those 4

[carmine compass]

Hey guys do you have a video of the lunala win?

[mint void]

is the vod not on YT?

[carmine compass]

I just don’t know what to search for. Been reading your conversation and got interested

[foggy lodge]

https://x.com/BehzadVgc/status/1898881214712344761

Behzad (@BehzadVgc) on X

I won the 2025 Vancouver Regional Championships. I started working on this team after San Antonio and put in so much work to make it the best that it could be. To see that work pay off is incredibly gratifying. I’d be happy if you gave my Lunala a try!

X · Mar 9, 2025, 11:38 PM

rental included

[lofty tartan]

Oh sweet Behzad won with Lunala. Team was definitely rad.

[foggy lodge]

Also I think he is a new player

Well not new but not a recognized person on the scene

So its cool seeing new names

[real prairie]

https://www.youtube.com/live/Rp4hT7WhGp8?si=U0VplV2_fvE1yedD

5:30:00 onward

[real prairie]

Still inside his first 12 months of playing competitive

[lofty tartan]

https://youtu.be/Rp4hT7WhGp8?t=19858

Copied at the time of the match

[real prairie]

Before this weekend was ranked #75 in worlds list though so clearly has been competing a lot this year

[real prairie]

Thanks, my phone wouldn't let me timestamp it

[gentle crag]

oneofakindof has given 1 Gen Rep to dazedmika

[lofty tartan]

https://tenor.com/view/homie-shower-gotchu-sneaky-gif-13813267

[carmine compass]

That was cool thanks guys

[left bobcat]

You’re welcome

[rustic mountain]

yotams team?

[bold geode]

Yes

[left bobcat]

GASP

[foggy lodge]

https://x.com/SoulSurVGC/status/1898859362250088888

Jeudy ➡️ Pokemon Pocket (@SoulSurVGC) on X

It took 15 reg g regional+ level events, but we made it to a point where a lower tiered restricted like lunala got a win in.

This is so insane for the reg meta moving forward!

X · Mar 9, 2025, 10:12 PM

[left bobcat]

I say

[chrome oxide]

Heyyy I need help composing a normal monotype team with Eevee. No baton pass.

[chrome oxide]

I mean, I already have the Eevee set.

[chrome oxide]

Just need to know what other five Pokemon to bring.

[left bobcat]

Toodles

[next stump]

unfortunately most people here playing VGC double battles

i don’t think you’ll be able to find a ton of help

[solid frigate]

F U R I N A

[shadow wind]

Some people just don't be knowin ball

[cyan smelt]

Stupid pills is appropriate

[shadow wind]

Game three turn one 😭

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025reggbo3-2316188987-g7iidx05c9prwx9diqp87equp98cv2apw

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025reggbo3-2316190660-n0w8o8i24h0ey3g5iecguwtfgfx3jknpw

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025reggbo3-2316191253-cjmacpjimymct8t17l179ri2qocdmu3pw

[solid frigate]

that Fari is somehow frail-

[shadow wind]

This was untera'd

I have zero clue how I did that much

[solid frigate]

untera non crit

[shadow wind]

252 SpA Flutter Mane Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Farigiraf: 111-132 (56.9 - 67.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

[solid frigate]

that was Tera+Crit

[shadow wind]

Like I legit don't know how I did that much

[solid frigate]

i need explanation on how that fari lost that much unless you are spa booster

[shadow wind]

I ain't

OHHHHHH

Beads of ruin

Rewatching it and there's a Chi yu

[solid frigate]

Chi Yu moment

[shadow wind]

That crit didn't matter cause Pblades but still

Funny turn one

I guess I could've missed

But hey

I just knew ball better

I'll take 16-1

[foggy lodge]

FINALLY THERE'S A LOCAL NEAR

2 months without locals in my city😭

[dense latch]

yoo let's go that's huge

i feel the lack of locals lol

[foggy lodge]

Probably just using Geezing CSR again

The team is damn strong

And my Chien-Pao kills Lunala through shadow shield good luck

[dense latch]

im using the updated navjit team rn

[foggy lodge]

Oh yeah he used that team again

[dense latch]

he dropped evs and rental today which was sick

[shadow wind]

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025reggbo3-2316200165

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025reggbo3-2316200681

Both short games

This guy did not know ball

[frosty salmon]

GUYS

I FINNALY GOT MASTER BALL RANK

[shadow wind]

‼️

[frosty salmon]

IM SO HAPPY

[shadow wind]

That's epic !

[frosty salmon]

I STARTED USING A Shadow rider rental team but then it stopped working on ultra ball Bec I didint know how to use it well

And then I got master ball with a ko raid on rental team

And now I’m using a terapafos team

[shadow wind]

Nice!

Learning how to use multiple restricteds is always good

[dense latch]

congrats!!

[shadow wind]

Wish I knew how to use more restricteds

[dense latch]

same lol i've been running caly ice since reg g 2.0 released

[shadow wind]

For shame

Only restricteds I know how to play are Groudon and Kyurem-black

I find it crazy how many Bo3 games end in one turn

[dense latch]

): my ice horse is fun though

[shadow wind]

Like they have my sets right in front of them

It's not even low elo anymore

[frosty salmon]

Thx

[gentle crag]

bigslowlol has given 1 Gen Rep to eriksp

[frosty salmon]

I watch a bunch of videos of the team before using it

And a bunch of videos of the restrict pkmn

Are you guys master ball rank?

[spiral ridge]

Most probably if they bother to

If your goal is master ball rank it’s quite achievable :)

[frosty salmon]

Yea I got it today

[spiral ridge]

Nice

[frosty salmon]

Thx

I play shadow rider or korsidon or terapagos

[dense latch]

i haven’t played this month but i was the last times i played cart

[frosty salmon]

K

[dense latch]

i’ve played so much showdown cart feels slow now lol

[frosty salmon]

Lol

[cyan smelt]

hopefully champions makes it a bit faster

[dense latch]

showdown brain rot is real

[cyan smelt]

but champions will still have move animations ugh

[frosty salmon]

BRO I HATE ICE CALYREX INSTRUCT

HOLY COW

[shadow wind]

When you have 5 games open at once

[shadow wind]

Man what'd I even do 😭

I'm testing so I only have 4 mons

[astral kelp]

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regg-2316227531

lol its so dumb

[cyan smelt]

why do i keep accidentally copying most of mdb's teams, i used his reg h team for a while then in reg g i've used most of the same mons he has

[split cairn]

Hey guys need some guidance. my current team is Koraidon, Walking wake, Incineroar, Rillaboom, Amoongus, and Ditto.
SV is the only game I’ve ever played and don’t have DLC either. Struggling against 3 pokémons Shadow Calyrex rider, Terapagos and RSS-Urshifu.
What should I adjust in my team?

[real prairie]

Morning folks

[real prairie]

Drop ditto for Raging Bolt, problems solved

snarl bolt deals with all 3 of those problems

[cyan smelt]

They don't have dlc

[real prairie]

ah

erm...

hands then

[cyan smelt]

There's nothing in the base game that deals with those pokemon really

[real prairie]

hands does okay

[cyan smelt]

Not all three at least

[tiny karma]

Iron Hands's moveset:

Physical Moves

Arm Thrust, Body Press, Body Slam, Brick Break, Bulldoze, Close Combat, Double-Edge, Drain Punch, Earthquake, Facade, Fake Out, Fire Punch, Fling, Focus Punch, Force Palm, Giga Impact, Hard Press, Heavy Slam, Ice Punch, Iron Head, Low Kick, Low Sweep, Play Rough, Reversal, Rock Slide, Rock Tomb, Seismic Toss, Slam, Stomping Tantrum, Supercell Slam, Tackle, Take Down, Thunder Punch, Wild Charge

Special Moves

Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Thunder, Thunderbolt, Volt Switch

Status Moves

Belly Drum, Charge, Detect, Electric Terrain, Endure, Focus Energy, Iron Defense, Metronome, Protect, Rest, Sand Attack, Scary Face, Sleep Talk, Substitute, Swords Dance, Whirlwind

Notes

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

Sableye version 4.28.1

[real prairie]

put snarl on wake and run hands for the other 2 i guess

[cyan smelt]

Walking wake is super frail

Also geezing csr would seem like a problem for the team

[solid frigate]

Speed Boosteer works fine

Also a Koraidon team without Flutter is

interesting

lemme help him try to cook it

[solid frigate]

https://pokepast.es/36608bacd8de1c59 if you can ask #trading_sv for a Whimsicott it would work

btw can you lemme see your original team with Pokepaste?

cuz Incin Rilla alone should be able to deal with Urshifu and CSR

unless its an EVs Issue

btw forgot to change to Tera for Korai

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regg-2316302851

[real prairie]

I forgot about flutter, yeah that helps too

[solid frigate]

i think ape is funny

it can act as Incin detergent and also deal with Terapagos

[real prairie]

Does final gambit ape OHKO a Terapagos?

[solid frigate]

if it has Higher HP than Turtle then sure

cuz most of the time Turtle Can just Tera to be able to survive Final Gamba

[tiny karma]

Pokémon No. 979: Annihilape

Types

Fighting/Ghost

Abilities

Vital Spirit, Inner Focus, Defiant (Hidden)

HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe

110/115/80/50/90/90

Total

535

Sableye version 4.28.1

Pokémon No. 1024: Terapagos

Type

Normal

Abilities

Tera Shift

HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe

90/65/85/65/85/60

Total

450

Other Formes

Terapagos-Terastal, Terapagos-Stellar

Sableye version 4.28.1

Pokémon No. 1024: Terapagos-Stellar

Type

Normal

Abilities

Teraform Zero

HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe

160/105/110/130/110/85

Total

700

Base Species

Terapagos

Sableye version 4.28.1

Pokémon No. 1024: Terapagos-Terastal

Type

Normal

Abilities

Tera Shell

HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe

95/95/110/105/110/85

Total

600

Base Species

Terapagos

Sableye version 4.28.1

[real prairie]

mmmhhh

does defiant work if you side lower stats?

[cyan smelt]

Nope

[real prairie]

bummer, could have been really good synergy with tornadus prankster scary face for TR

lower my speed by half and 2.5x my attack lol

[solid frigate]

if that works everyone would abuse it with Trick Room

instant +2 and probably nuke Incin

[real prairie]

back to the drawing board

[astral kelp]

How tf is tinkaton seeing plah

Is this the fake out effect

[solid frigate]

Mold Breaker+Fake Out.

[cyan smelt]

• feint and immunity to sludge wave next to eternatus

[astral kelp]

What interaction does mold break give?

Also now I gotta try that combo

[split cairn]

https://pokepast.es/f39dfc15a9e10cc5
here’s the team I’m currently running. I was thinking of adding Garganacl in the team instead of ditto (Wide guard, stealth rock, salt cure, and recover)

Wide guard would protect me from astral barage and tera startstorm with doing extra salt cure damage on RSS Urushifu

[winter olive]

could I get some help with understanding some of the more in-depth info about battling like items and eves I need to know so I can do the bb league (the bbl 😂)

I’m really new to that stuff and was going off the basic type match up and higher level

[solid frigate]

i think i can see why your team struggled

Mostly cuz of EV issue

https://pokepast.es/36608bacd8de1c59

Change Koraidon into Tera Fire and this would be better.

[cyan smelt]

Also don't use stealth rocks or garganacl

They'll just use single target moves against garganacl or the partner

[solid frigate]

unless your name is Ting Lu

[cyan smelt]

Yes ting Lu is the exception

[split cairn]

It is fire

[cyan smelt]

Others are too slow or aren't bulky enough

[solid frigate]

yeah i was refering to my team here that is designed with Minimal DLC usage

for you at least

[split cairn]

I see, I’ll give it a try
Thank you!

[solid frigate]

ape can be switched With Speed Booster Flutter Mane to ensure be faster than CSR without Tailwind

you can also run Ting Lu as well

[split cairn]

Tried it, couldn’t make it work

[solid frigate]

what is your ting lu build?

[split cairn]

EQ, Taunt, ruination, whirlwind

EV’s in HP, def and spdef with rocky helmet

[solid frigate]

EVs suppose if you dump 252 in Spdef and put rest on Defense more than HP is alr

i think just run Snarl,Stomping Tantrum,Protect and stealth Rocks would be better

If not you can replace Stomping with Sand Tomb for trapping opponents.

Ting-Lu @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Vessel of Ruin
Level: 50
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 76 HP / 180 Def / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature

• Snarl
• Stomping Tantrum
• Protect
• Stealth Rock

best i can think of

[split cairn]

Tera?

[solid frigate]

Poison

this allows to punish Urshifu

from going with Surging Strikes and also help against Rillaboom for Bonus

[split cairn]

Between rillaboom and amoongus, which one fits better in my team?

[solid frigate]

Rillaboom allows you to at least able to damage Kyogre significantly

Amogus is good but i don't like amogus in here

[split cairn]

I was thinking of adding iron hands replacing 1 of them

[solid frigate]

Tera Water Hands is nice but however it only works with Miraidon Comps

you don't need hands too much when you have rillaboom

Do you have Urshifu Dark

wait no thats just stacking fairy type weak

i would assume Korai,Incin,Wake,Rilla,Whimsi,Flex (Ape/Ting Lu/Flutter)

would be solid

[split cairn]

Wouldn’t ting lu and ape result in stacking fairy type weak too?

[solid frigate]

most fairy type mons are special attackers,with Ting Lu's Ability weakens it+Snarl

Ape is the most risk one since the only thing it worth is Final Gambit

[foggy lodge]

Tera water Hands is just broken lol

It can win the 1v1 against CIR

[split cairn]

What’s the build for it?

[solid frigate]

its basically Kyogre Wall as welll but i think it works best with Miraidon comps

There is a reason why my team uses it

[solid frigate]

lemme get my spread

[real prairie]

ignores abilities, so it can fake out Tsareena and Farig

or fake out other mons infront of them

[foggy lodge]

Let me search my spread

[solid frigate]

The MVP (Iron Hands) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Quark Drive
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 44 HP / 76 Atk / 136 Def / 252 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe

• Low Kick
• Wild Charge
• Fake Out
• Drain Punch

[real prairie]

Heya, check the pinned stuff, lots of resources there 😄

[foggy lodge]

Iron Hands @ Assault Vest
Ability: Quark Drive
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 60 HP / 212 Atk / 236 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe

• Fake Out
• Drain Punch
• Wild Charge
• Low Kick

[dense latch]

low kick can be replaced with heavy slam or volt switch if that's something you'd prefer

[gentle crag]

Here is a list of all of the resources I find most helpful when playing/learning VGC:

https://www.vgcguide.com/ (Helpful website for basics and also to get your feet wet)

https://www.pikalytics.com/ (Shows you usage data and helps you build Pokémon)

https://nerd-of-now.github.io/NCP-VGC-Damage-Calculator/ (Damage calculator that is very helpful when building teams or reflecting on games)

https://youtube.com/c/CybertronVGC (Best channel for daily VGC content, guiding you through the thought process you need for success)

https://victoryroadvgc.com/ (Tournament results, team reports and breakdowns, and rental codes can be found here)

https://twitter.com/VGCPastes - Tournament and high ranked teams

https://twitter.com/vgccorner - Helpful Twitter account that posts in-depth EV spreads and ideas about competitive pokemon

There are dozens of other resources, some of which are in the pinned messages of this channel. But these IMO are the best places to start absorbing knowledge and getting to a place where you're comfortable with VGC

mlbd (ID 197813560997314562)

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Command triggered by oneofakindof. Message from · Dec 17, 2023, 7:30 PM

[dense latch]

low kick tends to bring better value though

[split cairn]

Is 0 speed iv important?

[solid frigate]

able to live against +2 Single Target Astral Barrage lmfao

[foggy lodge]

Low kick is better for tera water imo because its to beat CIR

[solid frigate]

just to make sure it outspeeds CIR under TR

[real prairie]

its not crucial, but its good to underspeed some things in TR

[foggy lodge]

For this style yes because you tie with 0 speed CIR and in general is your MU for TR

Some Hands go with speed tho

[split cairn]

I have scarlet so can’t really hunt a low speed iv one

[foggy lodge]

Mainly some Miraidons

[real prairie]

im in the same boat, a well timed Tera can adjust for it.

[solid frigate]

+2 252 SpA Life Orb Calyrex-Shadow Astral Barrage vs. 44 HP / 252 SpD Assault Vest Iron Hands: 212-251 (90.2 - 106.8%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO

+2 252 SpA Calyrex-Shadow Astral Barrage vs. 44 HP / 252 SpD Assault Vest Iron Hands: 163-193 (69.3 - 82.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

AHAHAHAHA

[dense latch]

many ice riders have shifted away from the min speed builds so a slightly unoptimal speed might be fine

[solid frigate]

yeah can't go wrong with it

Its just basic preference

[solid frigate]

for Miraidon Comps is heavily Against imo

[real prairie]

I have so much damn work to do but all i want to do is play pokemon 😭

[winter olive]

How do uk what Pokémon are best for like being only sp attack and such

[solid frigate]

uk?

[winter olive]

Or can it be any

U know

[real prairie]

you know

[solid frigate]

how am i old

[winter olive]

😂

[real prairie]

usually based on their base stats

[solid frigate]

base stats+Movesets

[winter olive]

Ooo ok

[real prairie]

some mons movesets are counter productive to their base stats though unfortunately

my girl is one of those 🥲

[winter olive]

Getting my head around competitive battling

[solid frigate]

rare case that this does not apply

Landorus Incarnate wants to be a Special Attacker despite having stronger Physical attack stats

[solid frigate]

meanwhile my boi Greninja have to work with 103 SpA

[tiny karma]

Pokémon No. 645: Landorus

Types

Ground/Flying

Abilities

Sand Force, Sheer Force (Hidden)

HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe

89/125/90/115/80/101

Total

600

Other Formes

Landorus-Therian

Sableye version 4.28.1

[dense latch]

yea more special moves that take advantage of sheer force

[real prairie]

it really does have a higher attack, strange mon

[solid frigate]

more like

More special Moves with secondary effect

[tiny karma]

Pokémon No. 475: Gallade

Types

Psychic/Fighting

Abilities

Steadfast, Sharpness, Justified (Hidden)

HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe

68/125/65/65/115/80

Total

518

Other Formes

Gallade-Mega

Sableye version 4.28.1

[real prairie]

so taking advantage of sheer force lol

[dense latch]

that's what i mean when i say moves that take advantage of sheer force lol

[solid frigate]

i am just being a nerd here i am in school lol

[real prairie]

hahaha fair

[winter olive]

Sooo gallade is best for an attacker so focus on both attack and speed ?

[solid frigate]

usually no

Its a Trick Room Pokemon

[winter olive]

?

[real prairie]

it has semi-reasonable SpDef, so you would invest in HP+Def aswell as atk

[solid frigate]

usually we see Gallade more on Trick Room Orientated Teams

[real prairie]

and let Gallade be a slow attacker inside of Trick Room

[winter olive]

Ok so for the bb battles no gallade

[real prairie]

BB?

[solid frigate]

so Sacred Sword Psycho Cut Wide Guard and Trick Room is fine

[split cairn]

Are you asking for 2v2 or 1v1?

[solid frigate]

DLC

[winter olive]

2v2 for the dlc

[real prairie]

OH, haha i wouldn't stress too much about the academy, the battles are unfortuanately not as competitive as id have hoped for

[solid frigate]

i mean i just use Battle Bond Greninja to nuke the entire BB academy

https://tenor.com/view/ashgreninja-pokémon-ashgreninja-water-shuriken-greninja-greninja-uses-water-shuriken-gif-25805342

[real prairie]

I blew them all up with Pelliper+Ludicolo lol

[winter olive]

For someone who only know about type match ups and higher level is better kinda not good for me

[real prairie]

its great to learn and we are happy to help

[dense latch]

they can be somewhat challenging without a proper knowledge base

[split cairn]

https://tenor.com/view/greninja-ash-greninja-gif-17014844766733814391

[real prairie]

but EV+IV investment isnt a must for BB academy

[solid frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/embed-fail-epic-embed-fail-shadow-the-hedgehog-shadow-silver-the-hedgehog-gif-22528367

[dense latch]

if you find it difficult you can probably just overlevel your mons a bit

[winter olive]

Ik I won’t b doing pvp but like the bb league and tera

[solid frigate]

SV is technically my first ever completed Pokemon game and i already nuked them into pieces

[real prairie]

then just focus on your mons moves being right for their typings

dont worry and EVs and IVs at this stage

[winter olive]

Ok thanks

[real prairie]

also remember moves with the same type as your mon get something called STAB (Same type attack bonus) which is 1.5x multiplier to damage

[winter olive]

So that’s wat it means

[real prairie]

so just because a move with a different type has higher damage in the info doesn't mean itll do more damage in battle

[split cairn]

I really wanna try Garganacl, someone please give me ev spread and tera recommendation for it?

[solid frigate]

mmmmmmm

[real prairie]

ive seen dragon tera a bit

[solid frigate]

i would not recommend it imo

but Tera Ghost works

[split cairn]

Already have 2 dragons in my team
I was thinking tera electric with thunder punch?

[solid frigate]

nah

[mighty stump]

nah

[real prairie]

6-4 Garganacyl from Vancouver:

Garganacl @ Leftovers
Ability: Purifying Salt
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water

• Salt Cure
• Recover
• Wide Guard
• Protect

[real prairie]

Hi Fu

[mighty stump]

Hello

[real prairie]

hows it kicking squire?

[split cairn]

Purifying salt lowers damage from ghost right?

[real prairie]

and means you cant get status'd

[tiny karma]

Ability: Purifying Salt

This Pokemon cannot become affected by a non-volatile status condition or Yawn. If a Pokemon uses a Ghost-type attack against this Pokemon, that Pokemon's offensive stat is halved when calculating the damage to this Pokemon.

Sableye version 4.28.1

[solid frigate]

hey Tofu

[split cairn]

So no spore either?

[real prairie]

correct

[split cairn]

Man i wanna use it even more now

[solid frigate]

Garganacl @ Leftovers
Ability: Purifying Salt
Level: 50
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 156 HP / 100 Def / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature

• Salt Cure
• Wide Guard
• Recover
• Protect

I can't think of anyway of making Garganacl worth it so i just randomly dump the EVs for bulk

also doesn't Koraidon NUKES Amogus

[chrome knot]

kyogre stuff @real prairie

[solid frigate]

looks pretty normal to me

Outside that Chien Pao without Throat chop but its stellar Tera i can see why

[real prairie]

Go Kat!

[chrome knot]

its just wife team lol

she 5-3’d on it but her res was ass so no points

[real prairie]

Well Done!

5-3 still a good run out and good tournament experience

[solid frigate]

how small is Vancouver regionals-

[real prairie]

426 at Vancouver

[solid frigate]

like i seen Keanu got top 100 with similar results

[solid frigate]

huh no wonder

i guess 5-3 here is better there

[chrome knot]

ofc(!) if she hit better mus its 8-0 type day but

[real prairie]

I feel this

[chrome knot]

like by the end she hit mus that were just tw spout, spout, spout

[real prairie]

haha so basically my scarf gameplay XD

[solid frigate]

its basically my comeback games in bham but way easier-

[real prairie]

A well placed Kyogre blows shit up

[chrome knot]

if i played out 3-3 to 5-3 id easily make pts bc of my schedule but like i was just so sad

[real prairie]

its a real shame Groudon isn't a fire type, Id love to try it with Eruption

[chrome knot]

type shit

[real prairie]

All 3 you lost against wen't on to do pretty well

[chrome knot]

i just could not help but feel so upset after throwing away the 3/0 start lmfao

[solid frigate]

i mean i got fucked by early games during my run and i kept on going

Thank you Calyrex-

real cool to end my runs

[chrome knot]

i enjoy bpd and an insane instability in my mental health

hard for brain to come back to reality after spiralling out of control

[solid frigate]

makes sense

[real prairie]

BDP is no fun for anyone, My Mrs has it too, its hard for her, hard for me, hard in general. So feel for you x

[solid frigate]

my MUs in R2-5 is horrible

[real prairie]

I lost games i really shouldn't have in my MUs

[solid frigate]

r2 draco miss cost my games lmao

thank god i got a redemption arc in remaining

[real prairie]

i should have cooked that Caly Shadow team, played it silly

[solid frigate]

i have more rougher MUs

fuck CSR Geezing

[chrome knot]

it just sucks bc it makes me feel rly bad for kat bc like idk end of the day i get rly upset at a kids game i play competitively

like i had to go outside and cry a few times it just felt bad

[bold geode]

I mean same honestly
I be getting upset too

[solid frigate]

i mean it happens

Competing in a Comp game with that much stress overwhlems people a lot

but it needs time to build up confidence and how you control yourself

Ask Jack i almost broke down after i lose against CSR Geezing during R3

[real prairie]

Its a lot, i felt miserable after missing day 2 on the last game, especially to that arogant prat

[chrome knot]

i know i can compete and do well but my garbage mental health holds me down so badly

[real prairie]

yeah, i offered him my shoulder to cry on but he told me i was stinky

[real prairie]

https://tenor.com/view/weed-the-virtual-joint-smoke-gif-12178837

[mint void]

Can I?

[solid frigate]

LMFAO

All of my losses are 2 game sweeps

[mint void]

Some years back in a differnt game I had a similar situation but we won fortunately. Very cocky, arogant team.

Its sucky to lose such key moments especially against people that are tough to like.

[left bobcat]

Debating my theories

[real prairie]

Right, its 5pm, Fuck work. time for Pokemon. Whats good everyone?

What are we cooking?

[chrome knot]

cooking a 5 hour flight home

[real prairie]

didn't realise you were that far from Vancouver, GGs on the commitment to going

[chrome knot]

yeah Vancouver is across the country from me lmao

anything to see kat tho tbhhh

[real prairie]

Oh, thought you two lived together, thats gotta be tough haha

[next stump]

howdy people

just finished work for the day

[real prairie]

chat, am i cooking? https://pokepast.es/49397ce905327915

apparently i am, even when i forget to give it psychic terrain LOL https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regg-2316561409

[dense latch]

why clam on ludi btw? speed drops?

[real prairie]

yeah

[real prairie]

i made it for a laugh, but it seems okay

[mint void]

Why firr tera in zhe paste?

[real prairie]

Didn't pick a tera yet lol

[solid frigate]

kek

[craggy dagger]

pat pat

get home safely

[real prairie]

No ludicolos at Vancouver

Too cold for the pineapple

[craggy dagger]

nodsss

[bold geode]

Hai bestie

[craggy dagger]

hi bestie
hru doin?

[bold geode]

Good wbu

Actually I'm not good
Zamazenta is British

[craggy dagger]

😭
that’s what you’re worried about

[craggy dagger]

schools been fine-
thought i’d try to go back to my beginning roots of reg g and pick up lunala again-
but i ended up making a boltbeam miraidon team instead

[bold geode]

Yeah it's 1 country away from being French
I can't look at him the same after these allegations

[bold geode]

Pog lol

[craggy dagger]

so would the bikes 😭

[dusty gate]

shower thoughts be like

[craggy dagger]

though i suppose the calyrex forms would be uhhh
scottish-?
or am i misremembering the map of galar

[dusty gate]

Crown Tundra is south but iirc Galar is upside-down UK. So yeah.

[craggy dagger]

[bold geode]

They're Italian, they get a pass

[craggy dagger]

spanish 😭

[real prairie]

No, he is disowned

Galars map is upside down to the UK map, so yeah, Scotland

It makes urshifu Irish 😭

[dense latch]

what about calyrex

[real prairie]

Still Scottish

It would have been a lot funnier if spectrier and glastrier were ponies

[craggy dagger]

i meannnnnnn

one could say they are ponies

[solid frigate]

no its a reference to a server most of the major TSN members are in

[real prairie]

I mean Scottish ponies

[craggy dagger]

they kinda both have characteristics of ponies though-
spectrier with the long flowy mane and the fluffy hooves

glastrier being like
a stocky and blocky type body build

[real prairie]

Calyrex being a tiny jockey on tiny ponies would have been hilarious

[craggy dagger]

the what-

[real prairie]

The calyrex we needed

(not my kid before someone says something lol)