#competitive_discussion
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It definitely is
Curious cus still haven’t touched I but are weather wars lot more common?
Very consistent but it seems like the mirror is tough
wait then reg i
Nah not really
thats the main thing im working on trying to fix atm lol
Most of the top dogs(pun intended) don’t rely on weathers
I don’t think it’s bad
especially these dumbass imprison players
Like at all, I think it’s really good you’re just relying on positioning
i saw someone running imprison on both csr and zama lmao
isnt that every team?
So I don’t get why everyone else is lowkey hating on it
jfc man these lazy ass mfers
Uh, man
Ok MORE reliant on positioning
Because you want kyogre to be at like 70-max hp
Or you’re relying on pulse
usually around 75% range it starts to be weaker then pulse iirc
maybe im misremembering but yea
makes sense
i feel the main difference is
sometimes i look up moves from pokemon on google forgetting they're like actual stuff most of the time
u only need 1 spout now really
had to scroll a bit to find pokemon water spout
if u get the right spout out, idc if my kyogre even goes down
being as its not the pure vocal point anymore
so rn trick room has split into 3
Hard TR,which dedicate to use trick room to sweep opponents,also the hardest to use (Palkia CIR or Dialga CIR )
Soft TR,you can go for non TR but its more like oppoturnisticly using TR for some use cases (CIR Lunala or CIR Kyogre )
Tailroom,basically Tailwind or TR mode build in and you can be more flexible on how you use it (CIR+Any fast restricteds like Miraidon or Zacian)
It depends what you want
#torrentakes
bruh lmao

uh which is the most beginner friendly
hard tr
lol ikr
hard tr has the lowest floor imo yea
easy MU most of the time if pokemon don't have anything else to counter TR
but as you improve you need to think a few turns ahead to use hard tr at its best
which is why you rarely see me run it
moreso just easiest to pick up, its more clear cut wat ur doing/gameplan. there is nuance to how u can play it as shown by michael recently and other hard tr players b4 him
its linear sure
See I agree
but its easy enough to use it
One spout is so much value
more like it can be, hence easiest to pick up. good hard tr players do not play it linear
Then zacian is the cleanup crew in the back and it’s like totally fine for the rest of the game
generally or ur able to have em both out on the field ideally to threaten anything on the other side no matter tera and what not
Idk I might just, need to try and keep my mind straight and not let other people chance my opinion cuz I lowkey think swordfish is really good
remember wen ppl thought miraidon was trash early reg g
i think the hardest thing for hard TR rn is
Which restricted pair you want
That’s a good point
not saying swordfish is gna be miraidon lvl dominance but
Cuz it hasn’t felt bad lol
wata
i think mirai is cir's best partner so idt hard tr is gna b as good. its tougher to get it up and sustain it with so many strong options on the opposing side w/ spread damage + wide guard
then tailwind then ill move onto parish song
u want it to be more of a mode u can go to but not a mode u solely rely on, atleast to me anyway
parish song, are we in church?
me when i run Miraidon Kyogre just because it feels underrated
your pokemon will faint if they hear 3 rounds of this song
so hard TR then TW then Perish song,that sounds fine to learn
yeah and battlr stadium doubles
so VGC
i heard its good, to me wen 1 mon can hurt be super disrupting or threatening to those guys, it makes it feel awkward. the 1 mon being rilla
depends how u handle it tho ig
still have 4 other slots ofc
i think this core i made and you give edits is the most disruptive core i ever used
cuz Volt switch feels more important there
yea it was a joke haha its perish song
People like Lunala and Mirai
And kyogre is weird to play atm
Can torn fix that issue?
I like kyogre tho, like if it’s positioned ok it’s good
potentially, for me, i have wide guard support so usually torn cant touch me
also i think this core is also good on teaching me how to beat rillaboom without a fire type
Fair
nice to be able to reposition while doing nice damage in the process
can u dm me for the team and strat
that i dont see being good
but maybe it is

i could give you some good sample team that won the recent regional
give me the sample team and then after ill try it ill make some tweaks with it
I mostly don’t see Mirai
I’ve played a little Lunala Zac it’s pretty solid but Mirai felt so bad into Ila so
https://pokepast.es/69e2744bb6f0d88e a friend of mine was trying this team out for a bit not sure how it went for him tho
Lost in the sauce
Lando* not incin
no
Crazy
really? i def am seeing it a decent amount

i’ve seen no lando or amoong since i started playing reg i
idk if im just avoiding them or they’ve just dropped a lot
dropped but i still see em
I don’t see Mirai WITH Zac
fall off in higher power
I see miraidon all the time
ahem
i still use Lando and its still good-
yea ik it’s still good thats y i was surprised to not see it that often
Also may go thunder kyogre
lando was one of my favs in reg g
I don’t click ice beam much
even when rilla is out?
oh wait you have Zac-
Zac Pao and torn wreck its shit
i am debating if i wanna go for Chien Pao in my team but Incin is my replacement for idfk who
I think thunder would be nice as another shifu torn precaution and Tera water mons are getting a little annoying
https://pokepast.es/8554a36f0e432317 running this atm
valid
was starting to question if we existed in different timelines
The ladder experience sure is strange
Yea lol
Y’all Bo1 or Bo3?
Time for more bo3
bo1, ill prolly dabble in bo3 at some point this reg
Bo3 goated
its great but im not really competing like that atm
I’ll play bo3 once I start getting comfortable-ish
I’m debating if I go to NAIC or not
mirai bundle stonks be like rn
naic is wen
like in Reg I i think
Close to when Switch 2 is released
Groudon Ho oh seems anti meta but I might be huffing some gas fumes
i think u know the answer
Yeah😔
ik its reg i lmao i meant the date
can't wait for the switch 2 to come out and make me feel poor
its ok but like
You gonna have to make it work
i was being lazy ill just look it up
It’s so over
i am actually interested in the Kirby DLC and the new Zelda title
switch 2 console price: fine
switch 2 game price: wtf
exactly
sadly no Xenoblade 2 HD
I'm looking forward to donkey Kong bananza
really a bummer
i remember they made the 3ds cheaper a few months after release or so
idk if they'll do the same with games though

June
the new DK design is gonna be memed so hard that it blew away Dedede’s redesign
Really debating if I go buy switch 2 or not basically
ok i kinda love this format
i dont think there's enough switch 2 exclusives for me to wanna buy it like on release
Reg I? Yeah its cool
atleast a month for this format to develop so id say give it a try if u have the money/time
im enjoying it a lot so far
csr zam is fuckin crazy
I’m just using underrated yet teaches me a lesson on placement
Yea
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between KJQuil and EmmyAn! Format: [Gen 9] VGC 2025 Reg I; Date: Apr 4, 2025
ur gna buy it and ur gna like it
giving bro thr slam dunk to finish the game
but yea idt imma get it on release either
I think this month I’m just gonna pick what dual combo I do then just experiment
Man the more i played my Miraidon Kyogre team the more i learned i should not be reckless
Bro Wolfey is going to show up to worlds with like Zama, CSR, Incin, Rillaboom, Urshifu, Grimmsnarl and call it cool
poor kyogre lmao
isnt he a Koraidon player as well because of the team? He might bring it
Poison
Bug, Rock
Dark, Dragon, Grass, Ice, Normal, Steel
Electric, Fairy, Flying, Ghost, Psychic, Stellar, Water
Fighting, Fire, Ground
Steel-types cannot be Poisoned.
Steel-types take no damage from Sandstorm.
https://youtu.be/5V0kzLYkYTM?si=0FOVUQ3o62OQ4EBM
Me and Conner be like when arguing about which weather duo is the best
This play when you are challenging Groudon and Kyogre in the cave of origins in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
To check out their battle, just click on the video cards ("!")
Main goal of these video concept ideas:
My main goal for these kind of videos is to be as creative as possible!
Let me explain:
- Firstly, my very first chann...
if they had announced a new 3d mario or something crazy like smash 6 releasing soon i would've gotten the switch 2 in a heartbeat
actin like 1/2 of it wont be zacian
Galaxy 3 plsssssssss
i need flamethrower on my eternatus lol
it was such an easy button press
lowkey the gamecube games are smth i do wanna try tho
had to teach him a lesson
or should i run fire blast
super mario strikers is a game i always wanted to try and the pokemon games must be nice
Ofc
I love zacian, I was more saying the other restricted
i did strikers Charged and super sluggers
GOATED GAMES
oh also how come nobody here has mentioned ports of colosseum and xd on switch 2 nso online 
I ain’t paying $50 for that
Dragon, Poison
Bug
Dark, Fairy, Flying, Grass, Ice, Normal, Psychic, Rock
Electric, Fighting, Ghost, Steel, Stellar, Water
Fire, Ground
Steel-types cannot be Poisoned.
Steel-types take no damage from Sandstorm.
NINTENDOO DROP ANOTHER MARIO GALAXY GAME AND MY LIFE IS YOURS
Nah I know rain is better at heart
i am 
I’ve never played them so can’t wait
i already am paying it for the n64 stuff and the mario kart dlc lmao
When do they drop
At least water can overpower through the sun, fire is hitting against water types
i didnt play xd so also lookin forward to that but colosseum is one of my favs
coping so hard
idk i think around wen switch 2 releases
I’m young so first Pokémon was pokepark lmfao
tf is pokepark
WHOCH WAS PEAK
pokepark 2 was so fun
i have to calc My Kyogre’s Water attacks in Sun lmao
wii game that was amazing
i have great memories w that game
yea never played that 1
new pokepark would be insane🥺
ID LOVE RHAT

Okay look I just got silksong I’m taking a tolerance break from copium
Yeah see ain’t no point in me calcing fire in rain
i played the wii version but its all Japanese Sub idfk what am i gonna do

- still many sequels I cope about
also it's cool that a lot of the fanbases dying to see new content for their games got them in the past week or so
like tomodachi life deltarune and silksong
My goat would never back down !
how fast are average kyogre and do you think kyogre can work in trick room…
Kyogre CIR?
duskgloom seas (dusk mane kyogre)
Could just go 112 to outspeed CSR
but i feel like i would replay some of the games i've already played on the switch if i had the switch 2 just bc of the graphics increase
It’s like 12 evs
i run that yeah

Oh god same
Time to actually get team polished lol
My thing with paying for that Nintendo service is that 1, it’s $50
I never lead Groudon into weather war games anyway
And 2 idt id use it that much
we running imprison ice rider to piss people off 
Stinky
Fair
And like lowkey it's been working fine so I'm not changing anything yet
i think i like to well Hard Switch Ogre into Fari and Volt switch out to bring Back Kyogre in incase torn sunny day or whatever to remove Weather
thats one of my fav disruptive play
Woah
My team doesn't rely on weather for damage too much so it's like whatever for me
New world
Bolt and sacred fire I guess
also groudon lunala are a popular duo right?
Sacred water
i mean
You are just spamming Ground type move for Groudon-
Yuh yuh yuh
yeah but hard to use i think
I ran em day one but I changed Lunala out
SCHYEAHHHHHH
what’s run with groudon?
I did like it though, I wouldn't say common
does chi yus ability work like intimidate or does it work on mons that just swapped in aswell
Nova you literally saw me how terrible i am on using Lunadon-
I'm currently running Ho oh but I bet Miraidon cooks
okay but i tried to help pilot that and we messed up so bad 😭
ho oh :0
well lesser Intim on field
And Sandy shocks did some trolling
how’s that going?
i remember trying ho oh koraidon
Incredible lowkey
Chillin here currently
Don't mind the GXE I did a lot of testing
tailwind or recover/life dew?
Tailwind
Recover
When the smart kids in class get a different answer
makes sense-
tera grass set?
i’ll be honest, i really wanna make ho oh work but i have no clue how
Yeah tera grass clam
lost my first game
Welcome to the club

That's the 6 I'm workin with
oh ditto?
that’s a cool team
Still working it out though
Ditto is great for Zacian Kyogre
Which the team hates
Maya and I made it so I can't take all the credit
this is what i had but i feel like i can switch somethings around
I am now running incin
Just to spite your ditto
😔
Dual wingbeat is a bit strange
Wing beat is odd
Especially when he has regenerator
Just use brave bird
That Koraidon set is cool though
it was mostly sash shenanigans
but i think bb would be better
and
no
don’t ask about the chien pao
We have very similar Val sets
i have no clue why i chose that
i’m gonna change that
the valiant set is just
the Yuta valiant
To punish those CSR sets with Astral, Psychic, and Plot
the moves just work really well imo
For sure
I'm lacking protect on my team so encore doesn't really help me a whole lot
tera ghost baits out barrage for some reason
damn i just learnt HK’s SWSH meta is kinda bizzare
Like obviously it would help but I like taunt for right now
Maybe encore would be better though
Solgaleo Kyogre with Zard???
encore is fun cuz you can mess with protect shenanigans on the opposing team
Well Gen 8 was weird from what I’ve heard
Creph is gonna have PTSD when see the move
Yeah I'll have to experiment
I've also thought about moonblast instead of spirit break
Fake out/protect
i am learning from HK’s Meta is really bizzare
Just for Shifu but Bolt should be good enough
le tera ghost
and you can encore them into protect unless it’s booster flutter or smth
Life dew is also interesting
Ik
le ghost
top 8 reg G wave 1 team featured ho oh iirc
The easiest way to just scare off rilla is just encore it
Oh dope
My Ho oh is just offensive + tw
are you kidding my opponent got a double protect
On sum Clefairy type shit
On god
Both my restricteds are 252 adamant
Can't be bothered with making real sets
Also ho oh having 174 spdef raw is wild
Straight up built in AV
Still debating on using the bird
Like his spdef is higher than Groudon's with an AV
I’ve seen some bizarre stuff
Shadow rider and giratina
Giratina and Lunala
I’ve been seeing a lot of giratina for some reason
Isn't it crazy how 90 for a defense stat is considered low for a restricted
Well now that you mention it yeah
The minimum should be like at least 100-110
Like Groudon has 90 spdef and you have to work around it
AT minimum
Ho oh has 90 defense and you gotta work around it
Wait it DOES?
ye
Yea
I’ve been deceived
Like 107 health though
and like 150 spdf
154
Fire/Flying
Pressure, Regenerator (Hidden)
106/130/90/110/154/90
680
fr
Is ho-oh working?
110 wasted stats
Should’ve cut 10 points from its special attack to its defense
For me yeah
Or just 20 points
No clue about anyone else
not tried it
I’ve seen some
been using kyogaidon
I don't think I've seen any
I lost to 1 but I played really bad
seeing a lot of zama csr
Yeah
And you got the other half that mixes them up
changed my kyogres water spout to thunder so I can hit zama for neutral without a spread move
I’d see Koraidon and shadow rider and zama and lunala
Bo3 is the exact same
I advised the player even before I won that zama works better with shadow rider and Lunala works better with Koraidon
I’ve even seen shadow rider and Lunala both together
imagine losing both Ur res to a snarl
not really a fan of farig on this team should I swap it for smth
let's go i'm 4-1
Pretty much
i got paired with someone 1207 while i was still like 1000s what gives
Congested ladder
lunala mirai seems strong
Sometimes you get good pairings
This looks so cancer
I just realized when I'm not playing I should be watching games
I just saw lorb Kyogre
Wild calcs
Also for Ditto is there any set tera type that's the best?
bro is Tang Guy
https://pokepast.es/dc9465ebf2748895 cuz this could lowkey work now, what sun restricted and any other suggestions?
thats even worse than what i am doing-
Groudon
5-1 now
Ayo?
x4 weakness is ouchie
Wait the whole set is cooked
wtf
HUH-
they might be investing in spa
WAIT
normal non crowned tera fire covert cloak what the fuck
Why groudon and not koraidon
You realise you are talking to the guy who uses Groudon like 24/7
John Groudon
No johns
i feel like this team has potential but it feels so shit rn
the best part of it is weirdly enough oranguru
god groudon is tanky it can take a x2 body press from archaludon
- how much
be weird if he couldnt tbh
will post replay in a second
ngl i almost wanna put archaludon in my team but ik it defeats the purpose or AV Ogre
Yea but Zac legit like never needs Tera
Koraidon needing tera is perfectly fine
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between Kal0stest2 and C0NI0W! Format: [Gen 9] VGC 2025 Reg I (Bo3); Date: Apr 4, 2025
i'm addicted to bo3
what's wrong with it
oranguru is the only 1
no i mean
Smeargle 🤓
How low
instruct partner lmfao
oh yh
Ogerpon feels worthless there and i dont see any value of Thunder from Kyogre when Miraidon exists
miraidon is pretty goood
W game
also wtf is that Ogerpon spread
Also I changed iron head to crunch on mine
cronch for lunala and csr?
So if you feel like you aren't clicking iron head much
i'm not
Yuh yuh
cronch
Cronch
cronch
He bited the horse
I forgot to change it to a normal 1
also rising voltage bolt seems funny af
wanted a strong single target move for zacian and zenta
hydro pump misses more than pulse so figured may aswell use thunder
Well isn't that funny
People at the age of 18 without a drivers license be like
Miraidon-
You have TW WHIMS + MIRAIDON
ahem
How I feel using Groudon
Bug, Fairy, Flying, Ghost, Grass, Ground, Ice, Normal, Psychic, Stellar, Water
Dark, Dragon, Electric, Fighting, Fire, Poison, Rock, Steel
Damn
Bug, Flying, Ghost, Grass, Ground, Normal, Psychic, Stellar, Water
Dark, Dragon, Electric, Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Ice, Poison, Rock, Steel
Hm
what else am I meant to use I'm facing so much zentas that I can barely use spout and even when I can spout kyogres been hit so pulse does more
Pretty goated eh
what does thunderous t do
Hit hard then die
sounds good to me
Lando?
isn't it eerie impulse support
this is just miraidon with extra steps
meant instead of thunder
Miraidon Kyogre,Whims/Moon,Urshfiu,Farigiraf and Landours
How’s groudons mu into zama @shadow wind
like this is my comp and my Zama problems are like very little
This is cinema
ID Zama is impossible
Miss hax go
It comes down to the better player
i have lunala for zamazenta
So let’s say no ID
and ogerpon
No ID?
no iron defense
It's hard for Groudon
nasty plot csr can be so dirty sometimes lol
not really a problem just stops me from using spread moves on ogre
oh yeah you miss shit with Precimiss
So, wouldn’t koraidon be better then?
I just let Lando or Urshifu do their thing
fair
I've swapped pon for lando now
jameson murray, i've seen that name on ladder before
bro knows
wholesome
Hm
Tree for this https://pokepast.es/dc9465ebf2748895 groudon or koraidon?
I don't think I have
try both im not sure prolly groudon so u dont double dragon
The core is lowkey really funny but also, did some testing with it it’s not bad, just lowkey needed a real sun setter
Manual sun is nice but having a sun restricted I think would benefit a lot
someone stop me
Oo, could go howl Zac+clam groudon
Wait that's a sick idea
Cause Scream tail doesn't have a 150 base attack
whos clam?
Clear amulet
i'm thinking maybe i should go heal pulse on indeedee instead of helping hand for lunala
NO,YOU RUINED THE SACRED RESTRICTED PAIR
FORFEIT THIS TEAM
ho-oh is based
ho oh is good against the dogs
what ape
thunderous and my evs
The annihilating kind
tho thunderous could be good in this comp
You got a groudon spread I can use?
I beg your pardon?
should make that a Pokémon
What's the criteria
Eh fuck It just go for 252 adamant etc etc etc
Groudon @ Clear Amulet
Ability: Drought
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 156 Atk / 4 Def / 84 SpD / 12 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Precipice Blades
- High Horsepower
- Heat Crash
- Protect
Eat, uh, glacial lance maybe
Yeah Tera fire
252+ Atk Calyrex-Ice Glacial Lance vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Groudon: 152-180 (73.4 - 86.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Cool
Outspeeds CSR in TW
The usual
156+ Atk Tera Fire Groudon Heat Crash (120 BP) vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Calyrex-Shadow in Sun: 213-252 (121 - 143.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Could swap High horse for tpunch
Sash mons sure are annoying, I need more spread moves
Depends on the MUs
Or sacred fire
50% of the time it kills sashes
i really wanna use chien pao
I'm gonna see how I go with my current team and if lunala sucks I'll use ho oh
i just cant find a nice place to put him
Ho oh gaming !
Nah
I want an actually usable ground type move
I like tera fairy Lunala because it kills dragons
precipice blades L
hydraple + groudon when
precimiss blades and always missing pulse the best moves itg
not when kyogre misses
youre so rioght conner
Hm
why is wide lens so useless
I also think single strike could be cool
Cause I know I'm stuck with Groudon either way so why blame him
who wants 10% more accuracy
Single strike is great
Tsareena
a lot of people actually
Looks dope
i like it
Cool
Tera water tera blast Groudon
Nasty plot incin
Who would ever come up with such a brilliant idea
GASP I saw a primal Groudon hallucination
IM SEEING STARS
Heal pulse Indeedee next to lunala sounds good ngl
lol
That’s crazy lmfao https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regi-2334909924
Psyspam with instruct oranguru and final gambit ape
That’s a lot of psychic types
Wait that guy
He was using Groudon
Serves them right
Welp
Last resort Eevee was funny
looks like something i would make
Reminds me of a certain mother
I just witnessed an Urshifu survive a lorb Astral barrage
Lorb astral barrage sounds scary
I'd rather lorb than sash
but i hate psychic types
That guy think he me or something
@shadow wind have you tried this before?
I think in early Reg G 2024 yeah
Hydrapple is literally rng the pokemon
CIR food though
I have a document with every single team I've ever made so I'll have a look
💀
Apparently I didn't
Bro's out here writing novels about the teams he's made
Only time I've used Hydrapple was Reg H with Torkoal
Nah it's literally imports of all my teams
Is that in case showdown wipes your teams
Nah it's cause showdown was slowing down
y not just take a ss
Too many teams
I want to know the moves and the sets
but u can see those in the ss
I had like 250 teams
250 ss
does that export them all at the same time
Yup
If you go to the bottom of the team builder you can click a backup button and it'll put all your teams into text and it'll all be highlighted
Maya has like 900 teams I swear
900 teams for what 💀
I mean I started in Reg F and have like 300
Imagine if someone played back from Gen 5
why not just delete the ones u don't use
1968 teams
So I can look back and see what I did
same gen I get but not from previous gens
Erik just killed some guy
rip some guy
Got shafted by CIR's glacial lance
I swear Bo1 is brainrot
I don't think I'll ever go back to Bo1
wtf
Is necrozma good
No
Psychic/Steel
Prism Armor
97/157/127/113/109/77
680
Necrozma
At least it's not dawn wings
That thing at least has meteor beam
cus it's weak to csr and lunala?
And koraidon
eh only fire moves
And gets destroyed by miraidon
Incineroar
Any strong neutral hit kills it
does a 252+spa specs dragon pulse miraidon 1 shot lando
In eterrain probably yeah
Oh it's also weak to landorus
and groudon
Were you spectating random games
I do a lot yeah
Me too
I see you occasionally
I feel like popping into a good elo game and saying the meta is solved lol
Yeah just tell em to quit now and play Zama CSR
Spread the word lol
pop into a game give them bad advice and see if they listen
then when they lose tell them to think for themselves next time
Man, I lost to a Ndw team because of fucking earthquake
Ndw?
Dawn wings
Ahh
what team is cress usually in
Ursaluna
would it fit this team instead of farig
Why what's wrong with Farig?
they went down gracefully
rarely use it
Could just go Ogerpon
no TR support other than hands
Do you need TR support?
cress would give me more speed control against tw heal up and change miraidon to levitate
rock pon?
Either that or water pon
This sucks
What does?
The team
Losing to Mirai dusk mane, CIR NDW
Grimmsnarl is lowkey pissing me off
Like I can’t do shit
Yeah I hate that dude too
oger 2 shots and so does miraidon tho
Shifu’s also struggling
How about howl gouging fire
but mirai gives a 93% chance to 1 shot
and if I use cress I could terra elec mirai and swap it to levitate
Sounds gimmicky and gets shut down by taunt
I hate Grimmsnarl
Twave spam?
Nah don't be sorry
Time to ladder some more on bo3
I have my replays saved in pasrs
WE BROKE RULES
Yes a web app that you can download
Oh wait
Bowser
Do /Invite GG=Groudon Gaming
Might take this team to Melbourne if it does well
Haven't hopped on yet
👍
I agree
this format fucking blows lmao
This Mon fucking sucks lol
mental herb
https://pokepast.es/3e6ec68eb090029a Conner if you want it, here.im gonna test koraidon
Thanks but I have a strict no Tornadus policy
buddy this isn't 2022 part 2
i respec it
Could go whimsi then
prankster tw is goated
alright time to actually build hydraple groudon
conner whats your current groudon set for trick room?
Uh
atcually tailroom
Flutters fine here
lunala miraidon with electric seed seems to be a thing now
AV or Clam?
Yeah I was seeing that bunch
hmm prolly clam since its a slower team
Groudon @ Clear Amulet
Ability: Drought
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 156 Atk / 4 Def / 84 SpD / 12 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Precipice Blades
- High Horsepower
- Heat Crash
- Protect
ty
k4x1 has given 1 Gen Rep to connertep
Prankster works out of the sun
yeah i dont get why people love jumpluff so muchh
Sleep powder
Do you now have 2 mons quad weak to ice and Groudon?
lmao there's a guy called 4 legs don't care who's using only 4 legged pokemon
i HATE ice types fr
imprison zama is gonna be annoying i can tell
running 2 grass tyoes in a sun team oml
yeah imprision zama with csr seems kinda crazy
Not when I don't run Zama !
yeah but i run wide guard on lunala
Ah yeah
i should just run tornados
stacking up the ice weaknesses there
may aswell make all 6 weak to ice
chien pao doesnt exist it cant hurt me
fr
uh, caly-ice
just bring urshifu terra grass
also doesnt exist so he cant hurt me :D
based
for chien

grass to make it weak to ice ofc
Yea yk what this sucks
Everyone just gets speed advantage on me somehow and the just, I lose cuz they saved their Tera

Fake out is also infuriating
You still using Groudon or switched to Koraidon?\
chat the team fell off
god this seems awful
its back to 100% acc csr
What were you using?
why is this dogshit garbage feeling good
this team lowkey slaps, 6-1 now
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regi-2334955117
kyogre slower than cir is crazy
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CIR food
only cuz i keep forgetting i have a tera button
the fact that this did like no fucking damage is so dissapointing
i need to outspeed scarf kyogre
or i can just use a good pokemon
im saying a lot more raichu and pickachu
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regi-2334961299-bnhk4n4ykmmwno679cmhvq4i3c413mhpw
damn bruh already?
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252+ SpA Thundurus-Therian Wildbolt Storm vs. 132 HP / 12 SpD Kyogre: 114-134 (59.3 - 69.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
jeez other than like miraidon is there anything that can pop kyogre
rilla, bolt
252+ SpA Raging Bolt Thunderbolt vs. 132 HP / 12 SpD Kyogre: 132-156 (68.7 - 81.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO its a bit better
maybe i should just check for scarf ogre
bolt doesn't insta die to water moves
also its sp bulk is very good
not really many things r gna b hitting it for a 1hko u gta slow play most times and either nullify its damage w/ wide guard or sun, outpace and double tap or utlilize resists to either chip it down or force it to tera
252 Atk Rillaboom Wood Hammer vs. 132 HP / 140 Def Kyogre in Grassy Terrain: 242-288 (126 - 150%) -- guaranteed OHKO
what a beast
yea rillas goated
i need to outspeed scarf ogre tho
or just ways of dealing with scarf
i've seen this team a few times, lunala, miraidon, ursaluna, hands, ogerpon and urshifu
i jus faced a variation of that
with lando
its quite strong
for sure
didnt have any practice vs it really so i think next go around i can give it a fair shake
oooh what about pawmot
mid
i'm not sure how to play against it
252+ Atk Pawmot Double Shock vs. 132 HP / 140 Def Kyogre: 194-230 (101 - 119.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO
thats hilarious
dies to everything else
idk wat duo ur using but for me, im trynna make it so i can either get the lunala out of position or ko it so i dont get walled by wide guard for csr
Fire, Ice, Steel, Water
Bug, Dark, Dragon, Fairy, Fighting, Flying, Ghost, Ground, Normal, Poison, Psychic, Rock, Stellar
Electric, Grass
im thinkin of dropping zama for the mu, its threatened by mirai and lando a bunch
i'm using groudon lunala
same way i just dropped csr vs a lunala zama and a zama pagos
some mus 1 of ur restricted might just be dog shit
252+ SpA Scovillain Leaf Storm vs. 132 HP / 12 SpD Kyogre: 162-192 (84.3 - 100%) -- 6.25% chance to OHKO its close
me too :D
the miraidon part should be easy tbh w/ groudon
natural immunity to its best stuff
for lunala vs lunala idk its weird, really depends ur other team members and theirs
252 Atk Ogerpon-Cornerstone Power Whip (1.2x Mask Boost) vs. 132 HP / 140 Def Kyogre: 218-260 (113.5 - 135.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO ig ogre is good
i'm just worried about the ursaluna mainly because i run tailroom with indeedee and roaring moon
variant i saw had lando over ursa
even scarier
doesnt outspeed tho fuck me
lando the real mvp of gen 9
is it?
lando, urshifu and rilla
nah incin urshi rilla
true
lando def 1 of the best comp mons ever tho
imprison zama is funny af
i just reallyhate running thunder clap and indeedee in the same team it feels so wrong
terrain runs out and can be overwritten too
yeah i knoww
kinda bummed the wake concept failed
its also really bad into tr, however i really like single strike
hey does anyone want to join my esports team
YOWTCH
What's your team
yea ive been digging single strike

my team is finally feeling good
Would you recommend having both Indeedee and Lunala in?
Or at least both with TR
follow me trick room is a hell of a drug
Indeedee redirects for lunala, otherwise lunala takes hits and you want to keep shadow shield as long as possible
generally u want wg on lunala atm so its hard to fit tr on it as a move
I was gonna run the exact same set as you for indeedee and the thought otherwise
You can run heal pulse on Indeedee to heal any damage lunala takes
What I was going to was have indeedee with tr and follow me and then give it protect instead of helping hand. Only issue is that works for like the first 2 turns and that's it
This includes giving Lunala wg as well
I just need two more mons
Was considering Hydrapple and Kingambit
Or I could bring Torn and someone else
Hydrapple is just so bad
That's a shame cause although it's different to comp, Flapple has carried me through so many raids in the last two gens
Yeah raids and vgc are not even remotely similar. You can raid with just about anything.
i wish hydrapple was good
Guess I'm getting back to thinking
its just not, that typing sucks
I'll probs run a Tailwind team on the side so I can mix and match
lunala zac seems a lot better than i thought, wide guard is really nice for it
Then I'm taking a break and going to the gym cause I've been tweaking with this team for probably 2 hours
Already did my workout earlier. 
I feel like I hardly bring lunala and Groudon together
It's because I usually want tr or tailwind
I think I've also come to the decision that Terapagos Lunala just won't work
Terapagos zacian is good
I don't got Zacian
I'm working with limited resources here lol
Terapagos is an awkward mon to use
I probably have an extra non shiny you can have. Can't have my event shinies
I'm at work right now though so it'll be a few hours
Don't worry about it
Eh suit yourself 🤷
I'll probably find a pairing somewhere
I'm never gonna use the non shiny anyway lol
It just feels cheap being gifted legendaries yk
Even if they are good ones
I could try Lunala Zama
How is it cheap being given one? It's a consolation prize for finishing Sword lol. It's literally a guarantee
I never played Sword 🤷♂️
So like it's gonna happen either after an arbitrary task or just stumbling onto one
I might find one in the Shield DLC tho tbf
You won't
It's not in shield
🤦♂️
Box legendary means you get em as part of the story
Tbf the other legendaries are in there as well with the DLC but ain't no way I'm spending £90 for a few different legendaries
Yeah there's a few exclusive Dynamax Adventure legendaries but you can just get someone to share a path with you for those
That's not too bad then
yea usually u want 3 atks tho nd then either go tr or wg, ive seen a few that go 2 atks but those are easily the least threatening imo
I'm thinking about replacing wide guard on lunala with tr because having tr only on Indeedee feels not great
Prone to non prankster taunt
Coming back to that Zacian thing then, I might take you up on that offer after all if you are still down for it.
Better than playing through the shield DLC to find out you can't get it lol
getting walled by dark types after meteor beam goes off sucks
i think moonblast is really nice
atleast u have the threat of meteor beam tho or yea just go moonblast
ive seen a lot of tera fairy lunala
+1 moonblast hurts
Tbf I was going to play through it again cause I'm pretty sure I was missing a couple of legendaries. Not to mention my Urshifu R-S and Caly-Shadow are stuck there
just transfer them thru home
My urshifu is stuck in my Shield party and my Caly-Shadow is merged so you can't transfer it
i think that or water are its best tera/s
You have to transfer Caly and Spectrier separately
unfuse them then put them thru home?
Yep
I needed to get Shield again
oh u jus dont have the game
i think its cartridge based if u dont have the cart u had it on originally those guys are gone
Not if you have the game archived on your Switch
theres no cloud storage for pokemon
The save data is stored on the switch though
howdy yall
But yeah you need the cartridge to transfer stuff through home I think
the memory is cartridge based for pokemon games 🤨 if u lose ur cartridge ur save is gone idt any backup does anything
saved data is all on the switch
I lost my violet cartridge and bought the sv DLC pack and it was still there
yee
u used a diff cart and still had everything?
Yes
This is my point. I've bought Scarlet before, played through the game, traded it back in, got a different copy and all my stuff was the same
It doesn't change a thing