#competitive_discussion
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the fact he said gg
i’m not angry-
just in extreme disbelief about their luck
3 OHKO moves landed that game, thats fucking pain
yes
Damn I thought that was you
thats nothing compare to my luck in skyblock (I have Luck Boost enchants) today but like
2OHKO moves in a row is just absurd

I was like damn who is getting that lucky
3
not two
thats even worse
you get my pain?
bro just ask him to pull for us in HSR
The odds of hitting the target exactly 3 times out of 7 attempts, with a 30% hit rate, is approximately 22.69%
but thats based on 7 turns, they didn't try 7 times, let me redo the math
no

turns out it was 7 attempts
wouldnt ghost be better against ursh?
but i’m also curious as to whether i would have actually lost that or not cuz of my -1
surging strikes is water type so no
i was gonna say like what the heck are you talking about
Until i saw the context
252+ SpA Kyogre Water Spout (72 BP) vs. -1 132 HP / 28 SpD Zacian-Crowned: 73-87 (39.6 - 47.2%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Grassy Terrain recovery
i would have won that…
:(
water spout base power would have dropped after a hit from zacian too
also adding tera ghost would just invoke another ghost/dark type weakness
that calc is at 48%
so at full power prolly not
alr i gotta go work on some stuff but this is what i have rn
https://pokepast.es/00feb61326037036
I need 2 more pokemon prob ursh and smth
roaring can go but i think it kinda covers some bases
its it safe to assume this set
252+ SpA Mystic Water Kyogre Water Spout (72 BP) vs. 132 HP / 28 SpD Zacian-Crowned: 58-69 (31.5 - 37.5%) -- 82.1% chance to 3HKO
just reply to the message if anyone has ideas
i might be late to reply tho
and thanks to everyone who has helped me so far
@hard lantern Amoonguss is always a safe bet with trick room teams. HP:252 Attack: -Defense: 252+ Special attack: 4
what the fuck is that spread
Mega bulky, spore/rage powder spammer
Try it out before you hate on it lol
Just carried me to top 1k on ladder!
@slim urchin nah there are more optimal spreads depending on what u need
I dont disagree with that. Just depending on what you need
im SpDef amoonguss rn😭
Full Def sucks as it opens you up to Special hits
made a spread that doesn’t die to csr psychic lmfao
What set tho?
I just went attack because everybody running ice rider and urshifu. TIRED of getting one tapped by one glacial lance
a specially bulky amoonguss
Full defense*
Spore it
Bring it in under TR?
Amogus (Amoonguss) @ Covert Cloak
Ability: Regenerator
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 220 HP / 76 Def / 212 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 27 Spe
- Pollen Puff
- Protect
- Rage Powder
- Spore
This allows to live CSR Astral Barrage from +1 Life Orb and CIR Glacial Lance in Tang Spread no Tera
+1 252 SpA Life Orb Calyrex-Shadow Astral Barrage vs. 220 HP / 76 SpD Amoonguss: 195-230 (89.8 - 105.9%) -- 37.5% chance to OHKO
116+ Atk Calyrex-Ice Glacial Lance vs. 220 HP / 76+ Def Amoonguss: 204-240 (94 - 110.5%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO
wait wrong calc
Im not gonna disagree there is better spreads. Im just saying for me (Swords dance, rayquaza), I needed him to just rage powder and take hits
That is why I used that spread. Just whatever you need him for imo
WIth all of this said lol, I still think amoonguss is one of the best mon's in trick room. SPORE op!!
im being niche and different😱
Lol - I have all my other mon's locked because I am signed up to play in a tournament and made a fun team. Went Ray team and turned out to be really good. won like 20/30 games with it. I would consider it a success
This was the squad... got top 1k on ladder with it
ok i am covinced showdown ladder is harder than cart at this point-
great heavens those spreads
pretty straitforward if you ask me ;p
why are you max defnese impish rillaboom
im hating
lol!!
im also hating
Bro acting like we never played before
Im not acting like that at all... Idk what you want me to say 
i am also hating
Urshifu is dead before he can surging strikes
Swords dance extreme speed ray one taps everything
Zama says no
it, still, matters
cir and farig probably too
ok so whats the 4 spD for
farig shits on the team, ngl
and Shadow Rider but yeah
nahh shadow rider never gives me issues
4spd is because there was a hopip right next to me when I was ev training and was to lazy to go find a defense mon

Neither would I... The main 6 im using are currently locked because I had to register them for a tournament
Thank you Gary
dollarmonke has given 1 Gen Rep to setsumizi
So, I just made a team with all prio moves. Then, I realized it wasnt terrible. So i tinkered with it and this was the final product. Its not great by any means. Just a fun team
Do I still gotta hep w that
oh i meant just playing kyogre
Oh
uhhh i might do gen7 rng bc i need 0atk one…
Send team, I might need something for GC if this Zamazenta shit continues to not work out as well as I hoped
It's either a swap or fuck it we ball, whatchu think
Yeahh
Lmk if you do want help then
and my only 0atk one is with mrs kathryn
Ahhh
only if u never share it anywhere else
:(
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Girl I wouldn't do that
Help lol
wait emma is using ray-
no im using kyogre silly
oh
it someone with an attitude
nice 🙂 very excited for milwaukee
send
Hello Tofu
You doing aight?
i already have physical defense
i was thinking urshifu and incin but im kinda dumb
so i might be missing obv picks
Can never go wrong with incin
That makes since.. Can not go wrong with either of those two mon's
hmmm maybe land ther and ushifu
ive never seen a stonejurner in a comp team before
but then im just replacing oger on the team that just won
yea the vancouver winning team kinda perfected lunala
that's fine honestly
if you really wanna use stonjourner
but idk why ogre was needed
it's just kinda bad
and i dont wanna like ruin the balance
well i kinda want like a solid 5 mon team with stone as a pick to make things interesting
Yeah that makes sense. I think that its a solid team with incin and urshifu... You going rapid strike?
double redirection is really strong right now
lets you keep your lunala safe throughout the entire game
idk
i only got luna, stone, and indee set
also grass and fire from ogerpon is decent coverage for the team
then what ursh has to go?
yea it's just rough bc i just dont see what stonjourner contributes to this team
if you really wanna use it i'd try a different core honestly
ability is kinda op
damage
just soo squishy... impossible to keep alive
Rock
Power Spot
100/125/135/20/20/70
470
520kg (120 BP)
2.5m
Generation 8
Mineral
M: 50%, F: 50%
Gray
what core then
ur actively making a good team worse by replacing a good mon w/ stonjourner. if ur ok w/ that then do it
idk if this is anything
i was on google and i've been finding like nothing on stone boy
ik. its not like imma cook something better than a tourney winner
didnt mean it like that
I get it. Thats why pokemon is so fun. You get to use your own mon's... sure it may not be "meta" but if youre good enough with it... you can make it good
moreso like, wen u pick niche picks they need to actually fit a role in what they are providing vs certain meta picks or enabling ur team in specific situations that actually net u consistency
so usage stats show its used in hard trick room teams
i guess you could do something there
picking something just to pick it isnt exactly giving u that
the thing is stonjourner's niche isn't very useful
yea
not atm
thanks for the feedback but stoneboi is kinda underwhelming
there's better ways to boost damage that dont take a pokemon slot
ig ill give up on speed control
too ambitious ig
lol... I have tried so many teams trying to make wo-chien, kyogre combo work
trick room is speed control
well you know what i mean
I finally found one that is pretty solid.. took a long time
especially since a lot of restricted either have built in damage boosts (kyogre, mirai, korai, zama) or can snowball their boosts w/ the right positioning (horses and their ability)
i mean i could do the horse stone
wide guard is something else it has outside just damage boosting
astrial barriage will hit like a truck!!
it would ig i cant think about that too but full trick room luna doesnt sound too bad
who do you guys think is the best player of all time?
wolfie
i think its objectively wolfey at this point
like if all the players were to fight at their peak
wolfey
it's wolfe
its p much either wolfey or ray and while rays peak was better, i think wolfeys longevity and consistency especially going into the modern era puts him above that
i feel like if ray kept playing as much as wolfey did
like in this hypothetical honestly any great player could win just because of how much variation is in every game
its me
+Rays success was a long time ago. The average player is a lot better now.
yea that feels like a big point
but in terms of success and level of play wolfey is undisputably the goat imo
in terms of just raw stats for sure
10 regionals
10 regionals worlds and a few more random stuff
its impressive that he does it with shit like perish song too
I love how vgc has a Jordan vs LeBron debate
i factor in dominance for your time whether or not those things are true. for basketball, jordan played in a newly added expansion league before a lot of teams could pick up ground and you could argue in todays nba, players are skilled/more athletic then that time period but you cant fault a player for dominating in the time they did wind up playing. ppl still view jordan as the goat
its basically lebron vs jordan for the debate on wolfey vs ray
its essentially what you value more for what theyve done in the time they did play
IMO it’s more like bill russell than michael jordan
dude just has a crazy amount of rings back when plumbers played
ray is the most
bill russel has more rings but no one glazing him
but like imagine if ray kept playing as much as wolfe did
Jordan is by far the goat and its not close
always felt like the goat argument in the nba and vgc were really similar
jordan is nothing
the team was good even without him
liked what tubtakes did comparing nba and vgc players
Ray is playing in Japan, iirc
theres some notable players from then are still around though, it wasnt a complete plumbers league w/ only 8 teams
its really funny when you think abouty it HAHAHA
it’s an interesting what if but unfortunately you lose the GOAT debate if you leave during your peak while someone else goes crazy in your absence
I think Wolfie is just a better than anyone - take stats out. I feel like he is just better at the game
no thats kinda the argument that jordan glazers use
i see wat ur saying tho dillon
would people still consider mj the goat if he retired after his first threepeat?
nah
he would be in a much better position if he didnt play after his 6
i’m the biggest lebron fan there is
6 rings in a decade is what vaults him on top of defensive player of the year award as a guard bunch of scoring titles, mvps etc
and retired in Chicago
like dude just dominated an entire decade essentially
ray rizzo vs wolfe is basically jordan if he retired after his first threepeat vs lebron
and only wen he was retired really was he not in the mix to win it all
wen he did his baseball stint and what not
does anyone even have 2 world wins?
ray
ray has 3
other than him
nope
Ray is the only champion that's canonically in the game too
so id say its more like jordan
wolfey was in one of the games
lol true
cuz its worth so much more
wasn’t ray a secret final boss for 25th anniversary players cup-
which wolfe landed 5th place for-
wolfe lost his first worlds to rays third i think?
yep
wolfe got influence tho so id personally go for wolfe
i think so yeah
idk bout wolfeys placement in that 1 but yea ray was the secret final trainer
the issue is that skill wise, winning 2011 worlds is not as difficult as winning even a stacked regional nowadays
like i know the accomplishment has crazy name value
but it was fking best of 1 most of the way with barely any attendees
the games changed a lot
well wolfe won his back then too so it isnt like he is going crazy in worlds
regional yes
endurance too
30 players!!!!!
he was kinda that first guy tho that was really innovating and pushing the meta more then anyone else. bulky thundurus was like nowhere before he started and won w/ it
30 players? waht a different time
going through 10+ swiss rounds in two days must be really exhausting
esp when stakes are high
The world was never the same after bulky support thundy happened
i like he goes for more unique strats
but yea i think most ppl would put wolfey over ray at this point
just like lebron
All wolfey needs is a 2nd worlds title and it won't be a debate anymore
the goat
not really jordan has 6 bron has 4
rings arent everything otherwise russell would be the goat
thats why they say plumbers
but also i think that debate is much closer and id still say most ppl pick jordan over lebron even today
After EUIC
it is and it isnt. i think lebrons better but its tough to argue against jordans dominance. most ppl arent looking at the nuanced takes like him vsing the warriors and having key guys go down in the finals, not to mention he had no business taking his sorry ass team in 07 to the finals and facing a far better spurs team. his only real blemish is that first year in miami losing to dallas
Its so hard that anyone can be over Wolfey
Maybe Marco
But Marco still needs to win worlds atleast one time
but ppl still hold those other losses against him despite him doing everything he could
i hate when ppl use lebron's 4-6 record in the finals as a way to downplay him
yea he wasnt really his best in miami
nah marcos a top 5 player in the world atm but goat? nah hes got a ways to go
ikr like getting to the finals is hard
2007 was basically impossible to win with the team he carried to the finals
same with 2018
it sucks
He is the second best player atm
I don't think is impossible he climbs fast to be competing with Wolfey for the title
is a 4-0 record really better than 4-6? is carrying a team to the finals not an accomplishment in it of it self?
he was great but he had some mental block that finals and the other year he lost there wade and bosh just really dropped off and the rest of the team was just vet min guys
But rn the best players is Wolfey EUIC Toronto and the GC all in a row
How can you be so good at the game
2011 is fair criticism though
i didnt say impossible but he would need a lot more accomplishments to contend with wolfey for greatest ever
2014 maybe too but that spurs team was absurd
he needs a worlds and more regional wins i feel like
that was a perfect storm they had a chance but spurs were on one
yea like lebron played 20 seasons and they said he only played in soft leauges
one of the best teams ive ever seen play
yep
spurs, warriors, and the mavs final losses are kinda tough
2011 mavs loss is the only one thats really an issue for me. 2015 he had kyrie and love go down, 2016 they win a historical one and 2017 and 18 its like wtf was he supposed to do vs durant getting added?
2014 spurs is arguable
2007 spurs he had no chance
yea but 2011 mavs were still good
nah they shouldve won that
but def bron coulda locked in
bron disappeared that series
they werent bad they made it to the finals but heat had way more talent
thats true
i started watching basketball way too late to see the miami heat big 3, now im stuck watching kyle anderson be our most efficient scorer
lol

clips fan here crying at last seasons fail
not very big where i live so coverage isn't the greatest
2022 ecf game 7 got me into the nba
was that boston vs heat?
yea
yea good series
2022?
jimmy missed a three when we were down 2 that was heartbreaking
wait who won that year
warriors
they faced in 2022 and 2023 in ecf
oh yea
man that ecf in 2023 was crazy too
yea
nobody here knows the 09 celts vs bulls series 
point differential was like razor thin almost every game
crazy unc status

damn this channel hit 2 mil messages a week ago
wow
i cant even look back on my first messages here cuz the comp helper at the time was an asshole and deleted them 
lol
i think i used a different pokemon server the few months i played swsh vgc
i was the guy coming in trynna make anti meta stuff work but their attitude was really shitty 
i remember exactly what the mon was too
beheeyem or however u spell it
i miss the tapus ):
Psychic
Telepathy, Synchronize, Analytic (Hidden)
75/75/75/125/95/40
485
those are definitely stats
those are some abilities
i was like oh its sp atk is good it must be solid
it was a regional dex format atm too
lol found it
haha yes
5 years ago wow
yea im an og
thats hype
telepathy syncronize and analytic as an ability trio
telepathy isnt bad just not good on beeheeyem really
ITS THE BIG 3
nobody knows joe johnson here
is @thorny beacon playing vgc again 😭
NEIN
i am one game off mb rank though but nah i'm gonna move to honky starbucks 
joe johnson has saved some of my hoopgrids
lmao what?
ur what?
what now
hoopgrid?
A daily NBA grid game. Fill the grid with your knowledge of past and present players. New grid every day at 8PM ET!
basketball pokedoku
u couldnt of been more wrong
ahh interesting
seriously tho watch some joe johnson highlights he was cold
Like ice cream cold?
helping me today too lol
it's a nice ball knowledge check it helped me learn a lot about who played where considering i've missed 97% of nba history
4 time all star i forget abt that
THAT WAS DOPE SCHYEAHHH 🔥🔥
dude was a beast on the jazz and hawks
there was this one season in the mid 2010s where a ton of hawks players made the all star team right?
different game then tho pfs were more mid range post guys, p much every 4 nowadays can hit 3s
2015 hawks
they were lebron food in the playoffs
the death of the power forward
there's like 10 yt video essays about that lol
yea its good/bad tbh
To
theres positives to the game being more stretched out/open but yea u lose some recipes in the process. lot of power forwards now have like no post game
dawg idk any of them
why is all the east
is this a concept lmao
its a concept yea
why fari and not deedee, and like, not rilla
psyspam lunala is good
lefties nala?
really wouldnt it still be good here?
havent set any of those up yet
lol idk
not doing this
Nom
Hey, all! I’m making a mono-grass team for fun; planning on running a Sceptile with one of these two moveset/item combos:
Either Unburden + Power Herb + Solar Beam, or Blunder Policy + Focus Blast. I’m not very well-versed in comp, but would either of these moves be better than the other (I know they’re both a bit situational, but just asking in general)?
Thank you for your help!
yeah i watching frieren rn
so basically i just lose to snarl spam
best trick room pokemon?
fari or indeedee
whats the team?
roar is based
why sash?
cuz it dies
bro cant take a special attack on its life
prob sweep
yea
Rock
Power Spot
100/125/135/20/20/70
470
ive never used hatterene but what about that
ursaluna
ive actually never seen this dude before 20 spd is hilarious
i think a physical attacker is nice here personally but you can do hatt
life orb eforce spammer
tr eforce dazzling gleam and protect or mystic fire
your team is kinda bad into incin which is why i suggested ursa
why tf have i seen so many muk teams
exeggutor is a based w pokemon
harvest
just pray for no calyrexes lol
i mean ig i dont
and i could put in like a normal photosynth
which one
i already have stone
Egg’s bad anyway lol
i cant have 2 niche pokemon
I wouldn’t suggest torkoal either
isnt it a trick sweep
Yea but it’s outclassed and kyogre being around kinda sucks for it
Bolt too, and incin
does trocky boy actually do damage?
Why do you need a dragon?
Like you could go bolt here just fine but why do you need a dragon
type triangle is like water fire grass
isnt there like psy dragon smth idk
oh wait whats a counter type for dark
cuz i have luna
its psychic fighting and dark
i was saying thats the other type triangle
oh
theres fwg core and fantasy core (dragon steel and fairy) but they arent super strict things u need to always adhere to in teambuilding
Just go mono-normal type and have everyone be tera ghost and never worry
lmao
its seem psy ghost is really weak to ghost and dark
as a typing? yea its 4x weak to both
Please do not actually do this
done deal
Lmao what
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regg-2322909782 man this lunala team kinda blows
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so tera water practically forced?
theres a few typings u could go w/, water is definitely the most consistent defensive option
tofu's cookin something ig lol
Trying a new Kyo team
so
https://pokepast.es/a16b1a6aa99dc2f8
suggestions instead of ursa, bolt, and incin
you're not supposed to play av ursa
oh
you play flame orb

yea guts w/ av is weird, ur basically asking to be burned but then ur opponent will just realize ur not flame orb and win
i mean av incin is fine ig
av incin is cool but no p shot sometimes feelsbadman
what do you gyys think of random crits in pokemon
its ok
its rng and it sucks
i have no spec def
incin's bulky regardless
games would get out of hand w/ certain boosts and what not. crits can be unfortunate but they are a necessarily aspect in a way to deter certain playstyles from dominating
why are you using stone with lunala again?
how does it deter any playstyles
This Pokemon's allies have the power of their moves multiplied by 1.3. This affects Doom Desire and Future Sight, even if the user is not on the field.
oh dang thats kind of an insane ability
Deals damage two turns after this move is used. At the end of that turn, the damage is calculated at that time and dealt to the Pokemon at the position the target had when the move was used. If the user is no longer active at the time, damage is calculated based on the user's natural Special Attack stat, types, and level, with no boosts from its held item or Ability. Fails if this move or Future Sight is already in effect for the target's position.
Steel
Special
140
100
5 (8)
Bypasses Protect-like moves.
Does not make contact.
lemme just get +6 sp def or def on this 1 guy and then just outlast everything down to timer. it would just divulge to very basic boring gameplay
Body Press, Body Slam, Brick Break, Brutal Swing, Darkest Lariat, Double Iron Bash, Dynamic Punch, Earthquake, Facade, Giga Impact, Gyro Ball, Headbutt, Heavy Slam, High Horsepower, Ice Punch, Iron Head, Mega Kick, Mega Punch, Rock Slide, Rock Tomb, Self-Destruct, Steel Roller, Superpower, Thunder Punch
Discharge, Flash Cannon, Hyper Beam, Ice Beam, Round, Snore, Solar Beam, Steel Beam, Thunder, Thunder Shock, Thunderbolt
Acid Armor, Electric Terrain, Endure, Harden, Iron Defense, Protect, Rest, Sleep Talk, Substitute, Tail Whip, Thunder Wave, Toxic
A move displayed with Bold text benefits from Same-Type Attack Bonus when used by Melmetal.
lol wtf
that move sucks for vgc but who learns it
there are more waysa to deal with that tho
wdym againits the same thing
that dont rely o0n pure luck
that kinda makes snese
crits add a necessary variance to the game that make it so things arent necessarily impossible in certain board states
in my head, that name sounds like something for a darker lore steelt ype
isnt it like a god or something
im familiar w/ haze, still doesnt mean that counterplay to that wouldnt just arise to then lead to the eventual boost race
A friend recommended I run Follow Me on a Cornerstone Ogerpon (for the Sturdy combo), as well.
not just haze theres also like
not fucking letting them getting to that point
if they got to that point and you havent been able to stop it they SHOULD win
and not lose to some random ass dumb crit
fair point
its gonna happen though
thats just a part of the game
its just part of the game is not an argument for good game design
okay
if the game has 0 rng it wouldnt be fun to watch
could use the same logic for crits, giving ur opponent the chance to move before u and get more opportunities to get one
but i just think in a competitive enviroment its kinda sucky

tf2 has a good system where crits are enabled in casual play but disabled in most competitive play
theres always ways to minimize the bad rng aspect of the game, once u realize that the better u get
i can get that aspect ig
doesnt necessarily mean it has to be there
when you make a play you can consider the probability of them critting
but it is and thats kinda it
i mean that probably is usually very low
yeah
unless ur ogerpon/have high crit moves
i think thats kinda what makes it bearable
i think theres definitely reasoning why its there but i can understand the disagreement
same
if the chance was high then it would just be rolling dice
crits a 4% chance iirc, its pretty low tbh
crits are annoying but missing moves genuinely feels so much worse
thats very true
yea
i think missing moves is valid
like god on mons like kyogre or groudon
because like you put a move into your pokemon because it tends to have higher damage
those moves missing is so ass lol
so youre just choosing extra damage over consistency
which is fair, you should expect it
unless ur one of the horses
yep
crit is just random as shit
or miraidon/koraidon
dude what the fuck were they thinking with the calyrexes HAHAH
they weren't
($90 mons better make it worth the price for vgc players)
what spread moves do they have that they use. discharge is all mons so doesnt really count and d gleam is kinda a psuedo one thats way less strong and needs tera
no yea i get you
miraidon and koraidon are definitevly like 10x more fair than tjhe calyrexes
oh i just figured we were talking about inconsistent powerful spread moves on restricteds
mirai would also be very out of control without the calys
calys are a necesarry evil
actually caly ice is kinda fair since its slow and trick room hasw a lot of counterplay
eh idk bout that haha but they are fine
i always disagree with the necesarry evil argument
Miraidon is basically Gen 9 Zacian or Xerneas
So calyrex being here is valid
man lemme hate the calys in peace
w/o tera they are both super fair. tera just makes the approach to them in an already volatile single restricted meta tougher to account for
tera makes them so much better
cuz the two things Miraidon hate besides rilla is the calys and argubly Bolt
their typings suck so much defensively
Yea rhwy have shit typing
But so does lunala so
i wouldnt say shit but they arent amazing
psychic ghost isnt like, terrible
Fighting, Normal
Poison, Psychic
Bug, Dragon, Electric, Fairy, Fire, Flying, Grass, Ground, Ice, Rock, Steel, Stellar, Water
Dark, Ghost
Ghost-types are immune to effects that prevent Switching.
yea they are 4x but its their only weaknesses
Yea the thing is
Yoh can put I pretty much any dark move and it will kill csr
you also dont have many resistances
defensively its still not great tho
Or ghost move
but its not like an outright bad typing imo
yea, no real notable resistances is kinda bad
But 150 fucking speed
ig fighting is the only one
but regardless the typing is only 1 aspect of a mon
CIR on the other hand
Ice, Psychic
Dragon, Electric, Fairy, Fighting, Flying, Grass, Ground, Normal, Poison, Stellar, Water
Bug, Dark, Fire, Ghost, Rock, Steel
Ice-types cannot be Frozen.
Ice-types have their Defense increased by 50% in Snow.
Cir has shit ass typing
that typing fucking suck lmao
Well yeah we know we're just talking about typing
And slow
Like literally just the fact that it's slow gives it counterplay
Csr the only counterplay is like
for both in a way, u make those guys have awesome types on top of everything theyd just be on like every team
Fuck idk none really
Does anyone know which urshifu form is the best ? New to comp
Rapid
Not even close you only use dark if youre using like sun
LOL true
yea it be so broken lmao
Flutter still out speeds tho so there's that
rapid has been consistently the better performing urshifu, but both are strong
i think that CIR would be a kinda bad typing no matter what cuz ice is just, not a good typing
defensively
and CIR is a bulky ice type
THANKS for the help 👏🏽
Why are they just obsessed with making ice types "bulky"
idk
to offset how bad the type is otherwise defensively
There's a Reason chien pao is the only good ice type
which hardly works
ice should resist water imo, idk if it even resists itself
hey a9 is doing its best
And bundle ig
i forget
ice resists ice
I love a9
thats it tho right
yep
But I'm sorry it's the worst part of kyurem white teams lmao
it has like no immunities and 1 resistance
its so bad defensively
Bad offensive good offensive
one of the best offensive types tho so really ig the trade off yea
yea
Then they make it bulky pokemons that are good defensively and bad offensivrly LOL
ice is a fairly balanced type, they just dont make good ice types
u literally need it for kyruem to even be somewhat useable
yep
Yea and that's why it's the worst part of kyurem white
You're forced to use it
poor kyurem
kyruem white is the worst part of kyruem white
its so cool but it needs way too much to work
do NOT sleep on kyurem he fucking HUIRTS
a9 isnt even that bad but its best abuser has literally been itself or cuno
so does CSR
let a man dream
man i wouldnt even mind if it was slow but it also kinda bad in trick orom
to me its like, why would i ever pick kyruem over like any of the other better restricteds
zama, zac, calys existing just, sucks for it
BECAUSE HE LOOKS COOL
im not a big kyruem fan
zama is just awful for it cuz wide guard
gen 5 dragons kinda mid design wise to me
gen 3 been goated tho
you got kyurem reshiram and zekram
true
kyogre carrying the mantle on its back this gen
kyogre still strong to this day
zekram and reshiram are like lowkey useleess
yep
groudons been really good too tbf up until this gen
itll be back
if only they had a good movepoolk
we got 2 significantly better electric dragon types
gen 5 was my favorite gen was it came out
yea, i think if pblades and opulse get buffed it would help
its still my favorite gen by far
mostly pbaldes cuz spout is at this point kyogre's signature move
the fact raging bolt is just a better zekrom to slot in is crazy
yep
dont even need a restricted for that
bolt is a restricted in disguise
i wouldnt say that but its better then zekrom
Electric/Dragon
Protosynthesis
125/73/91/137/89/75
590
bolt feels kinda more supportive
nah bolt hits like a truck
im mostly joking but it has restricted levels of bulk
Dragon/Electric
Teravolt
100/150/120/120/100/90
680
u could be more supportive ig but its strong
bolt hits so hard even on av sets
bolt is usually more supportive
life orb sets are hilarious
i thought bolt was gonna have like, 115 special attack
Choice Specs Zekrom 
i hate how urshifu rs is just better palafin
its objectively done better as an offensive threat but yea some av sets have done well
what set do you go offensively?
booster
is the normal thing, max max life orb picked up for a bit
i usually see myself going like electro web and shit
Magnet,Booster.Lorb
i seen some alternatives
av sets still run modest and a decent amount of investment
its team dependent really
snarl and eweb are both good but yea it depends on what your team is struggling with
lot of bolt teams have flutter so e webs is usually overkill
jesus christ what is happening on my work computer's teams
not the alolan golem
snarl is manual spa intimidate its so fucking good
when do we get petrify
LOL
the spA variatn of intimdate (dont do this plz)
my builder is a mess rn cuz it has Reg I stuff
is that ur hypothetical name for special intimidate?
bro why does physcal attack get shittier moves and have to deal with intimidate
idk what else to call it
spa is literally just better
but dont make that an ability i dont need incin AND that mon cycling my teams offenses to death
bruh

at this point that kills the VGC pacing and its just singles lmao

im kidding man
ik
when i started playing i never really god what made incin so good
i think TPCi knows that would kill the VGC popularity if they do that
well no i feel like defiant would be really common
but god intimidate + parting shot is so fucking disgusting
defiant and like, clam
idk if they ever give us special intimidate
serperior return :D
i hope not
Intim,Batman Utility Belt of Moves
Strong defensive typing
it be cool but like, nah
give it to a shit ass pokemon like minum
itd b weird cuz if u give it to a bad mon nobody cares and if its good everyone will use it
ofc i do now its so disgusting
nd new abilities distribution is usually just for that one mon
fake out is probably the best move in the game after like protect
so wed have to wait for a new set of mons to see if any1 else gets it
the unique guys get cool new abilities tho
Urshifu is kinda a Necessary Evil against Incin
if Incin did not Tera that is-
like i doubt protosyntesis or quark drive show up anywhere else
is necessary evil the buzzword here tn?
as much as i hate the necessary evil argument
youre so right here
terrain made sense cuz terrain is a mechanic
i like shifu
and theres more than ONE way to handle incin
iron hands
unless they add new paradox mons
Which i doubt they would but yeah Paradox mons might be like Ultra Beasts
special attackers, lando, rain teams, good positioning
yeas i feel like i cant play torn without it
non prankster taunt
ehhh
ahem Roaring moon
eh
ive seen av incin
like yea, you shut off parting shot but incin still can rotate in and out
its OTS
hard switching and all
wisp
fair
another reason why my CIR team has Supporting Moon
i dont see wisp that much tbh
wisp tends to be on teams with peli or kyogre
for damage bolt what should i run here?
dude dont run that mon
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low ladder on your POV
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god no i seen more Wisps than usual when Hands is on my team
scovillain sucks
good point
dude lowkey i think scovillain might be underrated
ive actually been having a lot of success with him
insane typing
130pp fire and grass moves
and its so fast
well yeah i know its not good
over relience on sun, squishy etc
but i dont think its as bad as poeple say
Raises the target's Attack by 2 stages and lowers its Defense by 2 stages.
Grass
Status
0
—
15 (24)
Copied by Mirror Move.
Does not make contact.
Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce.
clear amulet works with it
thing is koraidon kinda one shots everything anyways
maybe ill try groudon
if it works it works ig
Raises the target's Attack and Special Attack by 2 stages.
Fairy
Status
0
—
15 (24)
Bypasses Protect-like moves.
Does not make contact.
yeah but decorate is slow as fuck
that's just shittier Decorate with extra steps
the advantage with spice is that scovillain has chlorofill
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lol this team is so dumb
I'm not sure if you got value out of your combo there
apparantly groudon gets exploded by csr idk
lest try this ev spread HAHAH
i kep wining games with just raging bolt alone
Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.
Rock
Physical
75
90
10 (16)
Copied by Mirror Move.
Does not make contact.
this dude dodged rock slide 3 times wtf
Causes the target's Ability to become Simple. Fails if the target's Ability is As One, Battle Bond, Comatose, Disguise, Gulp Missile, Ice Face, Multitype, Power Construct, RKS System, Schooling, Shields Down, Simple, Stance Change, Tera Shift, Truant, Zen Mode, or Zero to Hero.
Normal
Status
0
100
15 (24)
Copied by Mirror Move.
Does not make contact.
Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce.
Can I use POGO in comp? Im new so probably a dumb question
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what the fuck is my luck that game ive
https://pokepast.es/29c40f1c3f833fef
i kinda dislike incin and ursa
what else would be a good fit
maybe idk how to use them
yes you can
you would still need to transfer the POGO mons to home first
then to maingame first tho
wtf
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HAHAHAH
The user recovers 1/2 the HP lost by the target, rounded half up. If Big Root is held by the user, the HP recovered is 1.3x normal, rounded half down.
Electric
Special
65
100
20 (32)
Copied by Mirror Move.
Does not make contact.
Cannot be selected under Heal Block.
wth why does no one use this this seems insane
cuz it also hits your allies
but but healing
does lugia solo
amoongoos mannnnnn
@real prairie https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regg-2323011810-6cqwo6pyhxhgtbs2bnmbl5soltoek4jpw
the problem with scarf/specs ogre lol
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you cant be running choice items and not know your speed tiers
lol
Lol ikr
9 HP ogre stuck in water spout is like a lil wet blanket
LOL
LOL
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lmfao i think i finally found a way to make kyurem black usable
and its by copy and pasting my kyurem white team
lol
ggs
@astral kelp can i set you a challenge? I like how creative you are with your team building but you seem to get lost in it, so want to try and direct your creativity to success.
lol wdym?
Think you could build a creative team that can still succeed, aiming to hit say 1400 in BO1
nope, you have complete creative freedom. just wanna see if your piloting and creativity can hit 1400
hahah sounds fun
i could prolly get there with my kyruem-w team
but i feel like for the spirit of the challenge i should use a new team
maybe i should try get there with scovillain i really think he has potential
Give it a shot, I'm excited to see what you can cook but also balance out to win more consistently
my luck is not with it today.... https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regg-2323051664-29y3uoqb6bi58i338fj5k8ycrr2q9vcpw
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neither man
i was so tempted to go triple axel as i had a feeling id miss
i missed 3 rock slides in a roll another game
we multitasking
i need to find inspiration first
sorry ludi im destroying your boy with weakness policy lmao
i dont think thatll work, oranguru is too slow
if you are gonna do that, there are better options
better option:
Magmar @ Eviolite
Ability: Vital Spirit
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 140 HP / 252 Def / 116 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Follow Me
- Helping Hand
- Mach Punch
- Burning Jealousy
non stab, low Atk mach punch into tera steel Kyogre
that does sound a lot better
ill try both!@
whats your ludicolo set
i must honor my mentor
i didnt realize his stats were so bad im ngl LMAO
this is my current set:
Pina (Ludicolo) (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 228 Def / 52 SpA / 228 Spe
Timid Nature
- Fake Out
- Encore
- Grass Knot
- Weather Ball
holy shit
hm idk tbh ive made like 5 different teams today and somehow the fucking lugia simple stockpile team is the best one
i visibly laughed
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even 1700 players don't expect the Tsar @chrome knot LOL
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regg-2323082606-snn004mupig36b6js4dvdxisby0voudpw
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I just win again and win again
result of porygon z in pikalyrics lmfaio
we going WAY out ther
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LOOOOL
after you liligant plus torkoal is kind of a crazy cvombo
was immense before the silly speed tiers kicked in
1700player
look inside
csr ho and they didnt go right to torn t2 to tw barrage for game
they didn't bring torn lol
lol wdym
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nah this is like the dumbest team ever idk how op misplayed so bad i won
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selling for fun
Grass/Fighting
Chlorophyll, Hustle, Leaf Guard (Hidden)
70/105/75/50/75/105
480
Lilligant
like every turn was a misplay
tailwind + CSRs silly speed tier
oh yeah its so overkill lmao
you cast a magic spell on ur opps to run outdated spreads and to never bring the right 4 its diabolical
ikr hahah
not u xd
dude liligant hisui after you chlorofill is kinda crazy lowkey
woop
id like to think ive got to nearly 1700 with more than luck though 😅
probably but the replays u send dont rly help ur case when he had game in hand and didnt bring the wincon
tbf id protect and switch to incin to get CSR red carded and give me a chance to switch in Torn myself
if they weren’t ass, red cards into ursh, since that should be the last mon, torn still on board click taunt into ur torn whenever it makes its reappearance idk they just sucked lmao
haha fair enough
ive not actually been red carded, is it random or do they pick? it happens quickly so feel its random

@real prairie
Ooo who is this
Wait who do you run red card on that's so based
link plz
Sorry for my wack dark Mode lol



