competitive_discussion

[next stump]

I need to go 5-3 to get my worlds invite

so that’s my goal

[tranquil kraken]

i'm manifesting 8-0

[solid frigate]

literally in the other continent

[lofty tartan]

Yeah for sure. I spent 3000 to go to Toronto. I dunno how people manage to attend several a year. That scratch is staggering

[tranquil kraken]

god damn

3k is pushing it 😭

[chrome knot]

0.0

[lofty tartan]

Yeah I live in Maine so traveling everywhere is expensive unless it's the greater New England area.

[next stump]

holy balls $3000?!

[lofty tartan]

You ever fly out of Bangor International Airport? It's like 300 to 500 dollars more than Manchester NH.

[next stump]

that’s so rough RIP

[chrome knot]

Louisville
$400
Toronto
$300
Vancouver
$1000(ms emma & kat splurged)
Denver
$600
Milwaukee
$50 or something close to lmao
NAIC
$600

[next stump]

i’m blessed with O’Hare so the most i’ve spent was like $750 for Hawaii

[chrome knot]

flight, lodging & spending combined ^

[lofty tartan]

How can you even get a plane ticket from Canada to the US, plus a hotel, for that cash?

Rooming with others?

Cause yeah I don't get to split costs. I pay full price tickets, hotels, etc. All of it.

[chrome knot]

so I live next to Detroit

for US regionals I fly from Detroit

for Vancouver I flew from Toronto

I room with Kathy @ events

for NAIC im rooming with Kat & 7 others

[lofty tartan]

Ah yeah just better placement geographically. And friends lol.

I room with my roommate. I've tried to split costs with other people going but everyone flakes so it's not worth the effort.

I guess living in Maine is just ass for VGC

[tranquil kraken]

Utrecht
€9,48

[chrome knot]

LOL

[next stump]

I used to have IRL friends come with to events but they all lost interest with the worlds changes so I’ve been having to either room solo or with pokemon online friends this year

Luckily I found a group of 25-30 year olds from IL that play

[chrome knot]

join prep server i dm’d you abooout you coulda bnb’d wit us

[lofty tartan]

I've talked with people going to the same events as me. I've let someone stay in my room for free even.

But getting people to room with or whatever is tough. I think my brain broke in that period where Covid was the worst and all my friends peaced out. Things have not been the same since.

I'm like beyond socially awkward now.

[next stump]

I’m very similar. I’m quiet naturally so it’s tough to be outgoing when I’m with people I don’t know well

[tranquil kraken]

I feel that

[next stump]

but it is nice being with pokemon people because there’s a guaranteed mutual interest

[chrome knot]

this tbh

Vic & Jeudy were like PULLING my arm to get me to party with them in toronto but im such an indoor cat personality 😵‍💫

[tranquil kraken]

sounds like fun

you can meow in the club

[chrome knot]

nooooo

[tranquil kraken]

:(

[craggy dagger]

[lofty tartan]

I'll keep trying to find people to room with. I'd room with any of you guys for sure

I'm not that weird, just an old pokedad trying to compete

With my income significantly increasing from this new job I landed, I'll be present a lot more

[solid frigate]

atp you are just babysitting us lmao

[lofty tartan]

Whenever I hit a Regional, I'm drinking at night. So I dunno how much babysitting will be done by me

Though I'm good help in a pinch

[chrome knot]

ms sober friend here

[lofty tartan]

I don't get like.. plastered. Just a few strong drinks

[chrome knot]

actually i cannot guarantee this

[lofty tartan]

My partying wild days are over but I'll kick a few back

[chrome knot]

kat wants to take me to pride nights @ bars in nola lmao

[lofty tartan]

That should be a blast

[solid frigate]

i don't drink or even then i drink very little so don't worry about me lmao

[lofty tartan]

There was a really nice bar I hit in Toronto and they had the best drinks.

Also bartender wore a bowtie so extra points for the establishment

[chrome knot]

i turn 21 just before

[lofty tartan]

Some of the best calamari I have ever eaten too

I had fries with truffle oil. It was delicious

[solid frigate]

damn

i'm still the classic chip/frites with Ketchup guy

[chrome knot]

im dumb picky eater but like

i wish i could step out and eat actual food more lmao

i so basic

[solid frigate]

lol

[craggy dagger]

ooo
that sounds nice

[lofty tartan]

I love trying new foods.

[solid frigate]

try authentic chinese food

like actual ones not like Panda Express ones

[lofty tartan]

My motto is "I'll try anything once". There's so many foods I haven't eaten but could eat

[craggy dagger]

new foods are always fun to try-
i like exploring new flavours and combinations

though i also understand the people who dislike trying new things

[solid frigate]

remember in Mid 2010s Fusion foods are quite popular

[craggy dagger]

i do

there was a lot of new things i learned during that time

[chrome knot]

new food trying blind makes me feel idk not uncomfy but kinda weird

[craggy dagger]

but there’s also nothing wrong with sticking to comfort food that you’re used to

[solid frigate]

i just like just do simple dishes like fried rice or Curry Rice cuz yeah

i can't live without daily Rice

[craggy dagger]

i thought i’d hate drinking cuz alcohol tasted bad but like
over time
i got used to it and now i don’t mind

[chrome knot]

but it makes going out with kat for food so limiting it makes me feel rly bad >~<

[craggy dagger]

[lofty tartan]

I've been making my wife try all sorts of new things.

She's the kind of person who will order the same thing every time.

[craggy dagger]

i got to try potato salad n salmon roe recently and
it was actually kinda good

[tranquil kraken]

salmon roe is elite

[lofty tartan]

I'd eat that.

[chrome knot]

if she cared enough she knows this would work on me

[craggy dagger]

but like you wouldn’t expect it to be paired with potato salad

[tranquil kraken]

but have you tried jellied eels…

[lofty tartan]

I've eaten eel quite a few ways. Including just catching freshwater eels and roasting them over an open fire.

[solid frigate]

so true

[tranquil kraken]

@shell olive loves them

[solid frigate]

I'm the only one who does not like Seafood

[craggy dagger]

nope but that sounds and looks amazing

[lofty tartan]

Eel in any case is just good

But they're nasty buggers

[near crag]

Just started meal prepping minced meat with pepperbells, and saute potatoes

[tranquil kraken]

it looked so disgusting I couldn’t try it

[craggy dagger]

that’s true

[shell olive]

@wild depot your new admins are acting up

[lofty tartan]

When you catch them and try to dehook them, they'll wrap around your arm. It's very uncomfortable

[tranquil kraken]

??? (miss u)

[shell olive]

miss u too <3

[solid frigate]

i think Eels are fine when i ate them cooked

Salmon are the only fish i will eat them raw cuz Sushi

[near crag]

It's the best stuff I've made in a while, def worth the try

[tranquil kraken]

:3

[shell olive]

(jellied eels were a mistake)

[tranquil kraken]

do u fill the peppers with meat?

[lofty tartan]

I'll eat any sushi. Done deal

[wild depot]

yummy eels

[craggy dagger]

they’re also pretty slippery so if you unhook them the wrong way they can just
fall back into the water

[solid frigate]

elektross:Ahhhh shi-

[tranquil kraken]

next up: jellied seals

[wild depot]

D:

ili your country's fine dining is chocolate sprinkles on bread

i dont think you can comment

[lofty tartan]

Yeah they're assholes. You also have to fish them at night so it's just all around crappy

[molten oasis]

-8ball should I play Zac Mirai?

[gentle crag]

should I play Zac Mirai?
:8ball: Cannot predict now

[tranquil kraken]

and its elite???

[wild depot]

yea it goes hard

[near crag]

No, chop the peppers up, throw in some garlic, onions, tomato sauce, and the meat in a fry pan

[shell olive]

natte haring speciaal

[molten oasis]

-8ball should I play Zacogre

[gentle crag]

should I play Zacogre
:8ball: My sources say no

[solid frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/麵包bread-buns-toast-gif-12826682

[lofty tartan]

But you just grab them really tightly behind the head like a snake

[spiral ridge]

What’s going on in here

[solid frigate]

man i miss those

[solid frigate]

F O O D

[tranquil kraken]

sounds yummy

[near crag]

it's fun af

[molten oasis]

-8ball so Zac Mirai?

[gentle crag]

so Zac Mirai?
:8ball: Most likely

[spiral ridge]

I had food today :)

[molten oasis]

The ball has spoken

[tranquil kraken]

if u hadnt i wouldve called cps

[chrome knot]

-8ball do i let kat choose my naic team

[gentle crag]

do i let kat choose my naic team
:8ball: My sources say no

[chrome knot]

good shout

[solid frigate]

pineapple bun (There's no Pineapple)

Is probably my nostalgia food back in Hong Kong

Especially with Butter

[spiral ridge]

no elaboration

[wild depot]

ili i miss you

[craggy dagger]

those are good yeah

[tranquil kraken]

missu 2

[near crag]

https://pokepast.es/5b80f4c308f7aed1

[tranquil kraken]

sounds so good what does it taste like

[shell olive]

unagi is delicious but jellied eels are the worst thinbg i've ever eaten

[wild depot]

so far

[molten oasis]

I’m going in a different direction but looks neat, I’ll try it out

[shell olive]

i hate to imagine what you have planned

[spiral ridge]

I’ve had eel sushi it wasn’t bad

[spiral ridge]

British food

[tranquil kraken]

eel is amazing but brits have a way of fucking amazing things up

[craggy dagger]

the spine

sucks to get through but the taste makes up for it

[solid frigate]

for a good Pineapple bun its a bit crispy but also soft while flavour is amazing

its kinda like golden Syrup Bitscuits i forgot i haven't ate for a while

[tranquil kraken]

oooof

[solid frigate]

with butter its even more better lmao

[craggy dagger]

ili have you tried melon-bread

[spiral ridge]

I don’t remember dealing with spine so maybe I ate smth else and mixing up

[near crag]

Y'all need to try pastel, feijoada, and pão de queijo (brazilian stuff, and the good type of brazilian stuff)

[shell olive]

i been eating british food for 25 years

[tranquil kraken]

not yet omg i need to

[spiral ridge]

That sounds good

[solid frigate]

i can send like a list of Hong Kong food in here if anyone wanna look at it

[spiral ridge]

Sounds similar to my lovely cheddar biscuits from red lobster

[craggy dagger]

ah
i was gonna say that pineapple bun is similar to melon-pan

[near crag]

And it's toddler level easy to cook

[spiral ridge]

I did for 6 and my favorite things were non British

[tranquil kraken]

asian food is elite

so so good

[spiral ridge]

REAL

[craggy dagger]

true true-

[spiral ridge]

Gonna go to Korean place near me soon

[shell olive]

asian food has the best flavour

[tranquil kraken]

i know it’s not universal. i literally mean any food from the asian continent

[solid frigate]

I MISSED THOSE

[craggy dagger]

-# so deep fried tarantulas count?

[tranquil kraken]

yes

elite

[shell olive]

century egg?

[tranquil kraken]

perfect, next

[spiral ridge]

I had red egg recently it was salty and weird but not bad

Not sure how Filipinos came up with it

[craggy dagger]

i sound stupid but i wanna try deep fried tarantulas-
-# and that’s coming from someone who’s spider phobia thingy ( i can’t spell)

[tranquil kraken]

they dead so its ok

[spiral ridge]

Lmfao

[solid frigate]

technially yeah

its just salty Egg

[spiral ridge]

Same with red egg

Except it’s like fried from the outside shell and like gooey-

[solid frigate]

anyways this is pineapple bun with butter @tranquil kraken

[near crag]

Now I'm craving shoyu eggs omggggg

[shell olive]

that looks so good

i love bread

[tranquil kraken]

now im hungy

[solid frigate]

Satay Beef with Noodles is also my fav

I even asked my mom to recreate that

[wild depot]

bread

[tranquil kraken]

omggg satay

[wild depot]

omg slay

[solid frigate]

omg i missed HK Cuisine so much ;-;

[near crag]

ya lived there?

[solid frigate]

I WAS BORN THERE

[tranquil kraken]

i wanna visit hk

[chrome knot]

@craggy dagger https://x.com/hakasebaga/status/1926970297535635658

北極獸OPV (@hakasebaga)

#Arknights 缪尔赛斯

X · May 26, 2025, 11:54 AM

[craggy dagger]

oh it’s mumu

[chrome knot]

so bitchy....

[craggy dagger]

she does have the right to-

[molten oasis]

Mumu?

[craggy dagger]

considering the things she went through

[tranquil kraken]

9 days remain…

[solid frigate]

only Hongkongers can hate everyone here legitimately lmao /j

But on the bright side,only look through landmarks and food

There are only 2 amusement Parks and one of them is HK exclusive

[craggy dagger]

Muelsyse

[tranquil kraken]

[molten oasis]

I have 0 idea who that is

I’m very off and on the game

[solid frigate]

actually i'll just send it in here for the landmarks

[molten oasis]

Ik there’s a new character rn though

That’s really good supposedly

[solid frigate]

honestly this is just only like the bare minimum

[craggy dagger]

the water elf from that one event

i’m gonna be honest
i don’t know much either

[tranquil kraken]

i’ll probably spend 95% of time eating

[solid frigate]

lol

[molten oasis]

lol

[bold geode]

Mods dropped in here wtf

[molten oasis]

They’re chillin

[solid frigate]

i'm just spreading Hong Kong stuff here cuz ili is interested

[craggy dagger]

cuz you weren’t doing your job smh smh

[bold geode]

@wild depot waddup bro

[bold geode]

@tranquil kraken ban this guy he's spreading propaganda

[wild depot]

okok

[molten oasis]

Monke disturbed the peace

[solid frigate]

looking through my eyes

[craggy dagger]

why did you ping me too

[solid frigate]

LMAO

[bold geode]

I did

[bold geode]

@craggy dagger

[craggy dagger]

[shell olive]

you cant ban me

i am the laur

[spiral ridge]

Seal do it

It’d be funny

[bold geode]

I ain't see you
Hello

[spiral ridge]

If she beats you in TFT begone her

:3

[bold geode]

Considering I've never played TFT before

[spiral ridge]

I said seal to

[shell olive]

good heavens im safe

[spiral ridge]

And Dw TFT is luck and combining shit even you could do it

[spiral ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/andy-samberg-burn-gift-tumblr-zoom-in-gif-12281167

[wild depot]

u sure about that

[shell olive]

doxxed

[wild depot]

dead

[spiral ridge]

lol

Bring back yordles Tft hasn’t been fun since

[bold geode]

Is Clash of Clans still alive

[shell olive]

yeah

[spiral ridge]

Yeah

[bold geode]

Oh it's built for dumb fucks?

[shell olive]

i don't play it but i know people do

[wild depot]

tft hasnt been fun

period

[spiral ridge]

Yes

[spiral ridge]

Made by riot what do we expect

[bold geode]

Pig

[wild depot]

so true

[bold geode]

I used to play Clash of Clans a lot
Actually embarrassing fact
When I was 12

I had a Clash of Clans girlfriend

[wild depot]

i have a clash of clans girlfriend

hi @tranquil kraken

[bold geode]

It was so fucking embarrassing

Looking back at it

[spiral ridge]

HAHAHAH

[shell olive]

bring back Puzzle Pirates

[wild depot]

no

[spiral ridge]

I had someone from league ask me out once after becoming friends on discord

[pallid hare]

clash of clowns?

[bold geode]

Like I shit you not
I'd sing songs to her thru the text and shit, it was SO FUCKING CRINGE

[molten oasis]

I play clash

Pretty passively but I play it a little

[wild depot]

laura just downloaded yoho-exe

[bold geode]

And her dad talked to me thru there and I had to break up with her cuz I cursed too much

[wild depot]

her antivirus instantly popped

there's no way

[craggy dagger]

[spiral ridge]

whatt i never told you this

[spiral ridge]

HAHAHAHAHA

[molten oasis]

A league player? Eww

[bold geode]

I did that
I played Dragon City

I played NBA Live when it was a good game

[molten oasis]

Same

[shell olive]

its ok i downloaded it on steam

[molten oasis]

I played it once when I was 12 and for a while last year

[shell olive]

lets fucking go

[molten oasis]

Mobile games don’t hit the same anymore

[pallid hare]

they never really hit, thats the problem

[bold geode]

The most embarrassing one
I played this AFK clicker called Crush Crush with a bunch of anime girls

[molten oasis]

Ok but there’s was the occasional bit

[spiral ridge]

NOT CRUSH CRUSH

[molten oasis]

[bold geode]

YOU KNOW THE GAME

[molten oasis]

which version

https://tenor.com/view/transformers-run-fast-meme-bumble-bee-gif-12734932526654691281

[spiral ridge]

YES OFC I DO CUS ADTER KFC DATINT SIM THISE GAMES NEVER LEAVE MY RECCOMENDED

[bold geode]

You too

[pallid hare]

I'm still befuddled that there's a KFC dating sim

[molten oasis]

Yep lmfao

[spiral ridge]

It was peak

[bold geode]

LMFAO I LOVE THE KFC DATING SIMULATOR

[spiral ridge]

ITS SO PEAK

[bold geode]

To answer
Sfw version cuz mobile

But yeah
I was a teenager that was um
Yeah

[pallid hare]

only thing I know is that the conceptual opposite of kentucky fried chicken is albuquerque boiled turkey

[molten oasis]

I played both

[bold geode]

Actually I still have Crush Crush, I went back recently
They just added voice acting to mobile

[molten oasis]

TBF, I had no idea what the other version was

[bold geode]

You downloaded it on your PC then?

I know you did, the other was not on mobile LMFAO

[molten oasis]

Web browser

[bold geode]

I did look up the other version content though tbf

[molten oasis]

I was a very stupid 13 year old lol

[molten oasis]

Well who hasn’t ANYWAY

I should go cook Zac Mirai more

[bold geode]

Anyways I also played Adventure Capitalist and I did play Subway Surfers and Flappy Bird

[lofty tartan]

I knew it

[molten oasis]

Lmfao

[bold geode]

Brother if you tell me you played it too

[molten oasis]

I played a bunch of geometry dash in high school

[lofty tartan]

No. I just knew you would do something like that

[bold geode]

Oh I forgot yeah Geometry Dash

[bold geode]

HEY

[molten oasis]

I still play GD just not as much

[bold geode]

Same

[molten oasis]

It’s a very monke thing to do

[bold geode]

I feel like Drago has broken shit over Geometry Dash

[molten oasis]

I don’t rage on GD

It doesn’t get me as much as vgc does

[bold geode]

Really? That game is very rage inducing

[molten oasis]

I’ve beaten deadlocked

[bold geode]

Oh I haven't

You mobile?

[molten oasis]

On select things I have a lot of patience GD is one of them

[molten oasis]

Yep

[bold geode]

Damn
Haven't even beat Clubstep

LMAO Drago is playing Dark Souls just deadpan stare no reaction

[molten oasis]

I’ve told you I rage when I don’t understand why I lost

I don’t rage that bad at souls games but sometimes, like on malenia I’ll lose my shit

[solid frigate]

the hardest level i only beat consistently is press start lmao

might try to beat Fingerdash or Dash if i redownload it

probably dash first cuz there is minimal wave

[tranquil kraken]

[dense latch]

i peaked at electrodynamix lmao i cant with the demons

i’ll get like 35% on clubstep and that’s it

[solid frigate]

my best is in Cycles

like during the ship part

tho i might challenge Dash later on when i redownload it

https://tenor.com/view/gd-loops-loop-geometry-dash-dash-dash-spider-gif-6837238995487133471

[bold geode]

Bro can't do Wave LMAO

[solid frigate]

i play that when i was like 11 years old

[dense latch]

i remember that being kinda annoying back when i beat it

[solid frigate]

i think helped my friend beat press start in first try

and maybe nock em

well tbf subzero levels are like easy

[molten oasis]

-8ball is lando t the play

[gentle crag]

is lando t the play
:8ball: Cannot predict now

[molten oasis]

-8ball is lando t da play

[gentle crag]

is lando t da play
:8ball: As I see it, yes

[molten oasis]

Lit

[lofty tartan]

Hell yeah Lando-T

[bold geode]

-gmeme Lando

[gentle crag]

gmeme List
@tranquil kraken apriballs cat cheugy conk dan execute flam g-rant g-rant2 gayrat heatdeath host huffvibe jmaza kit landot letter3 mpreg nahfam nomemes omori pikacheugy pphapps ripbozo rollforinitiative seal seal2 seal6 shark shinyhunt silvally soapyrice sobs tauntastic wemart whyareyouclicking whyareyouyelling

[bold geode]

That's not it

-gmeme Landot

[gentle crag]

aimeeme (ID 334540638567530497)

[Message](#competitive_discussion message) in #competitive_discussion
IS YOUR TEAM EVEN COMPLETE WITHOUT A 700 HP MAX QUAKING MAX AIRSTREAMING LAND GENIE BREAKING THE META THE WAY POKEMON WAS MEANT TO BE PLAYED

Command triggered by dollarmonke. Message from · Sep 3, 2023, 9:58 PM

[bold geode]

@molten oasis

[molten oasis]

Lmao

-gmeme Landot

[gentle crag]

:LandorusT: IS :d2c: YOUR:masterpiece: TEAM:d2c:EVEN:LandorusT: COMPLETE :masterpiece: WITHOUT:LandorusT: A:d2c:700 HP:masterpiece: MAX:LandorusT: QUAKING:d2c:MAX:masterpiece: AIRSTREAMING:d2c:LAND:LandorusT: GENIE:masterpiece: BREAKING:LandorusT: THE:d2c:META:masterpiece: THE:d2c:WAY:LandorusT: POKEMON:masterpiece: WAS:LandorusT: MEANT:d2c:TO:masterpiece:BE:d2c:PLAYED:LandorusT:

[molten oasis]

I did the exact same thing what lmao

[mighty stump]

-gmeme Landot

[gentle crag]

:LandorusT: IS :d2c: YOUR:masterpiece: TEAM:d2c:EVEN:LandorusT: COMPLETE :masterpiece: WITHOUT:LandorusT: A:d2c:700 HP:masterpiece: MAX:LandorusT: QUAKING:d2c:MAX:masterpiece: AIRSTREAMING:d2c:LAND:LandorusT: GENIE:masterpiece: BREAKING:LandorusT: THE:d2c:META:masterpiece: THE:d2c:WAY:LandorusT: POKEMON:masterpiece: WAS:LandorusT: MEANT:d2c:TO:masterpiece:BE:d2c:PLAYED:LandorusT:

[chrome knot]

tofu hii

[bold geode]

What's good Tofu

[mighty stump]

monster huntering

[lofty tartan]

https://tenor.com/view/its-not-peter-i-want-you-back-it-is-not-not-the-case-gif-24853544

[molten oasis]

what monster

[chrome knot]

https://tenor.com/view/ehe-anime-gif-anime-girl-teehee-gif-27178660

[molten oasis]

freelo

[bold geode]

Yeah
Did you watch Portland at all?

[mighty stump]

Just randoms

Tempered 7*s

I managed to do AT Rey Dau solo at 11 minutes

[mighty stump]

A little but i was busy

I work weekends too rmb

[bold geode]

Oh
Me forgor
I was just asking cuz there was a Weakness Policy Solgaleo on stream

[molten oasis]

oh thats out? i still need to log in and do that

[mighty stump]

no it was out for a while

like an event

its over now

[mighty stump]

Yeah I don’t understand it, now way Rock Slide is that worth it LOL

[solid frigate]

i mean that game is like just CSR Pagos got ummm Flinch+Para central

[bold geode]

Yeah kinda weird but also watching Solgaleo go for para flinches on stream was kinda cinema

[solid frigate]

anyways

https://tenor.com/view/kyogre-kyogresmile-pokemon-pokemon-smile-kyogre-creepy-gif-19828510

[molten oasis]

shit lol

i need to pay more attention

[bold geode]

But yeah interesting stuff
Format is really interesting

[molten oasis]

the formats ok

[solid frigate]

i'm just basically talking to players about Kyogre stuff

so far pretty fun

[mighty stump]

Nah I was more correct about Kyogre I’ve kept saying it

[bold geode]

Lol yeah I figured it would come around at some point
Hell for Solgaleo I actually ran Kyogre with it and it wasn't bad

[bold geode]

My predictions on the format have been kinda close but like still feel like I'm way off LMAO

[dense latch]

what alt were u on lmao

[shadow wind]

John Groudon

Bro I frickin missed every other attack 😭

This does not make John Groudon look good

I'm also trying out funky teams so I guess it doesn't matter too much

[dense latch]

john groudon got an ego boost after doing just alright at portland

[shadow wind]

Double T16 is dope

[solid frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/kyogre-kyogresmile-pokemon-pokemon-smile-kyogre-creepy-gif-19828510

[shadow wind]

Why is shuca berry Incin making a return?

[dense latch]

it was on a portland team that got featured on stream

[shadow wind]

Or why did it for that one Groudon team

[dense latch]

https://pokepast.es/42681c012e109976 yea this one

[shadow wind]

Yeah don't worry I'm looking at both of them right now

[dense latch]

oh i thought you were asking where did the team come from

[shadow wind]

Nah

[dense latch]

as for the decision for shuca berry incin i don't get it all too much

[solid frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/technoblade-gif-19759013

[shadow wind]

Like why would goggles not just be better?

[dense latch]

ursaluna maybe

and like lando

[shadow wind]

But it's like tera grass anyway

Like rocky helmet might've done better?

[dense latch]

maybe yea

[shadow wind]

I mean I can't say anything

Went 9-1 with Groudon

[dense latch]

comes down if you'd prefer to keep your tera or make it so you don't use a different item

[solid frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-paradox-walking-wake-water-gif-14568542572115426708

[shadow wind]

Yeah true

[dense latch]

could also help for earth power pagos you don't really want to tera in front of it

[shadow wind]

It's always a battle for when to use an item to replace a tera

I like that Groudon team a lot more than the other one that did well

[solid frigate]

thats honestly the only reason i can think its legitimate

[dense latch]

kinda like the idea of having a makeshift ursa switch in for miraidon

like if you're facing down an ursa you can get an intimidate off and take minimal damage from a ground move from it

[solid frigate]

+2 156 SpA Terapagos Earth Power vs. 236 HP / 156+ SpD Shuca Berry Incineroar: 51-60 (25.5 - 30%) -- guaranteed 4HKO

[dense latch]

and rocky helmet disencourages water ursh from using surging strikes onto you but

[shadow wind]

I actually kind of like the screens Groudon with bulk up

[solid frigate]

wait-

[dense latch]

you're in sun so like

[solid frigate]

+2 156 SpA Terapagos-Terastal Earth Power vs. 236 HP / 156+ SpD Shuca Berry Incineroar: 69-82 (34.5 - 41%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
+2 156 SpA Terapagos-Stellar Earth Power vs. 236 HP / 156+ SpD Shuca Berry Incineroar: 97-115 (48.5 - 57.5%) -- 94.5% chance to 2HKO

-# At least my team has been approved my top players from EU

[shadow wind]

What?

Why does that matter in all this?

[solid frigate]

nothing

[dense latch]

wait im goated

this was not that crazy of a take but i suck at predictions usually

[solid frigate]

kyogre is goated

Not so much about Leech Seed CIR but i can give it a pass cuz 2 fish won

and i like those 2 feesh

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-legends-arceus-pokemon-the-pokemon-company-nintendo-an-antique-gif-25074890

https://tenor.com/view/kyogre-kyogresmile-pokemon-pokemon-smile-kyogre-creepy-gif-19828510

so 2 against 1 trade i am down with it

[dense latch]

lmao wtf is the context of that gif

[shadow wind]

Gen 9 Ubers

[solid frigate]

anyways back to Bo3 Mirai Ogre

[shadow wind]

Is Iron bundle still a fraud?

[foggy lodge]

We have the paste actually

https://pokepast.es/c3ae42c462b00419

[dense latch]

oh sick

[molten oasis]

-8ball would it be bad to stick with zacogre

[gentle crag]

would it be bad to stick with zacogre
:8ball: Concentrate and ask again

[molten oasis]

-i concentrated

-8ball i concentrated

[gentle crag]

i concentrated
:8ball: Without a doubt

[molten oasis]

-8ball u lying?

[gentle crag]

u lying?
:8ball: Yes, definitely

[shadow wind]

Man I forgot how funny the ladder was

[red willow]

Finally got my grubby hands on a calyrex what should I fuse it into ice or shadow

[astral kelp]

maybe i go tera fire?

to counter wisp
thoughts?

it also resists fire which is one of zacs biggest weaknesses

tera ground tera blast isnt really enough

plus resisting g-lance is really good rn

[astral kelp]

oh wait thats crazy
i guess the team might be weak to ursaluna?

idk i feel like ursa would just hit you with that facade

[tiny karma]

Bastiodon [Rock/Steel]

Immune

Poison

Resists (0.25x)

Flying, Normal

Resists (0.5x)

Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Ice, Psychic, Rock

Neutral damage

Dark, Electric, Fire, Ghost, Grass, Steel, Stellar

Weak (2x)

Water

Weak (4x)

Fighting, Ground

Type Notes

Steel-types cannot be Poisoned.
Rock- and Steel-types take no damage from Sandstorm.
Rock-types have their Special Defense increased by 50% in a Sandstorm.

Sableye version 4.28.2

[astral kelp]

lets try some goofy shit

to bring SPECIFICALLY into cir

oh look at that

wrong team :(

[whole ibex]

Why is Ho-Oh so low

[astral kelp]

dude why is bastiodon kind of a unit

[whole ibex]

You can now have Zama as your second restricted tho?

[astral kelp]

yeah the idea is running it as a cir counter since my team is pretty weak into it

i was running zama before but im trying zacian now

just trying random shit to see if i can find a some random anti meta

[craggy dagger]

cuz it’s funny

[astral kelp]

god para is so aids

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regi-2372743421-1ggci1wvo8abwu86tc9q7vnfbe8vxptpw
okay but surely bro couldve won there

[wispy spade]

I need immunity to discharge and earthquake from my ally.
Telepathy
Ground with levitate
Flying with volt absorb/lightning rod
Ground+flying

Are there any others?

[mighty stump]

Just click Wide Guard

lol

[wispy spade]

i don't want to click that every turn

[mighty stump]

ok

[cyan smelt]

I want to use torterra, immune to leech seed, has wide guard and has wood hammer for the ursalunas

[astral kelp]

oh man

youre going down the same rabit whole i did

[wispy spade]

[astral kelp]

and uhh killowatrel

immune to both

they all need protect

you can use land normal if you want too

id say this was prolly the best one because bulldoze is good but dragon cheer is really shitty and inconsistant so do as that what you will\

this one is the one that makes the msot sense

you dont have much speed control tho so its really akward

you kinda need protect in mirai if you want do do 2 mons getting telepathy stuff value but that makes it really clunky

id say maybe you got for av miraidon and land-incarante

you could get away with a dialga-o tirck room mode and oranguru is underated but dont go bulldoze on it lol

good luck lmk how it goes @wispy spade o7

also you could go thund-t but hes so ass and is kinda anti synergy with mirai since they both do the same shit lmao

[molten oasis]

GOTY is going to be really rough this year, Doom and Expedition 33 are both phenominal games

[wispy spade]

how about tornadus for tailwind?

how fast is kilowattrel?

oh, 125

[astral kelp]

torn isnt immune to discharge but yea i was using a sash protect variation

[astral kelp]

pretty decent tailwind setter
volt switch electro web you can even use endeavour if you so please

[real prairie]

Just seen 2 other Ludi players at Atlanta got 5-3, Similar builds to mine, nice to see 🍍

Also, Hi everyone 😄

[astral kelp]

hayoo

just means your cooking

[wispy spade]

[solid frigate]

except no Anti Prio but they have amogus si its fine

[real prairie]

I used Amonguss during the 1st global challenge, so possible something they saw me use in ladder.

in saying that, they both went icy wind over encore

[solid frigate]

probably

[solid frigate]

also you can see the sauce of CIR Ogre now

[real prairie]

yeah it works pretty well, CSR Zama is still a pretty annoying issue though

[solid frigate]

i mean true i kinda don't mind Kyogre winning

i'm just

vibing with my best team rn

[real prairie]

oh i didn't realise Kyogre won a regional, GGs

[solid frigate]

yeah but trick room with kyogre feels iffy for me

And i already locked into Mirai Ogre which i'm pretty sure I'm one of the first people to make a defensive core for Mirai Ogre according to Nick Holmer (Yes i did talk to him)

[real prairie]

Nice, question is, when you get to use it

[solid frigate]

i already send it as a rental team

i have no sauce to compete

it did got good results in Ladder and stuff

[real prairie]

Nice!

[solid frigate]

and i will bring it to something that is good for me and my teambuilding group

[real prairie]

See you at a UK regional next time round?

[solid frigate]

probably

that works fine for me if its not gen 10

if its still the same format i might bring this team but slightly modified

[solid frigate]

atp we are basically throwinf the UK weather into regionals cuz we both play Kyogre

[real prairie]

🤣

Yeah, Kyogre been hanging out on our shores a while now 👀

[solid frigate]

anyways here's the teams i find the most fun from Reg F to Reg I

[next stump]

yooo @real prairie long time no see how’s it been?

[real prairie]

Keeping on keeping on

barely lol

wbu D, missed ya bud

[next stump]

I have survived until summer break as a teacher

[real prairie]

Nice work! mad respect

[next stump]

thanks ❤️ now i gotta find something to do with my time

[dense latch]

hugeee best of luck at naic too hopefully you lock your worlds invite there

[spiral ridge]

I got 5 more days left and they’ve never felt longer lmfao

[next stump]

thank you! I'm very excited but very nervous as well

[gentle crag]

mlbd has given 1 Gen Rep to eriksp

[real prairie]

the UK is particularly rainy atm, feel free to swing by, ill give you a tour of my village lol

[solid frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-miraidon-plush-spin-silly-gif-7447766115590536849

wait until we blast into EUIC

[chrome knot]

yippee yippee

[next stump]

that sounds fire AF

I’ve always wanted to go to the UK

[south shuttle]

miraidon is so interesting

so powerful yet any steel/ground type completely walls it

yet it'll still do 50% just because it's miraidon

[dense latch]

wall is a strong word

check how much specs draco meteor does to iron treads

[solid frigate]

which is ummmm

https://tenor.com/view/nuke-it-olliesblog-olliesblog-nuke-it-olliesblog-nuke-nuke-it-all-gif-1658290845776537730

252+ SpA Choice Specs Hadron Engine Miraidon Draco Meteor vs. 60 HP / 108 SpD Iron Treads: 144-170 (83.2 - 98.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

what is Iron Treads again

[chrome knot]

a resist lol

[solid frigate]

Emma do you see an Iron Treads i think it just fucking died

[chrome knot]

it lives tho

[dense latch]

look below the meteor rubble

[solid frigate]

thats with bulk

[dense latch]

244+ SpA Choice Specs Hadron Engine Miraidon Draco Meteor vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Iron Treads: 165-195 (100 - 118.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO

if you wanna be nice and give it 4 HP min roll is 99.3

[tiny karma]

Pokémon No. 990: Iron Treads

Types

Ground/Steel

Abilities

Quark Drive

HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe

90/112/120/72/70/106

Total

570

Sableye version 4.28.2

[solid frigate]

252+ SpA Choice Specs Hadron Engine Miraidon Draco Meteor vs. 4 HP / 0 SpD Iron Treads: 166-196 (100 - 118%) -- guaranteed OHKO

or just be like me

[dense latch]

yea i accidentally gave it 40 HP instead lmao

[solid frigate]

so yeah not hard wall

cuz Miraidon can't read

[chrome knot]

miraidon reads the 60% it takes first 😭

[solid frigate]

252+ SpA Choice Specs Hadron Engine Miraidon Draco Meteor vs. 100 HP / 4 SpD Zamazenta-Crowned: 93-110 (51.6 - 61.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

https://tenor.com/view/dan-heng-hsr-honkai-star-rail-ult-whatever-go-my-scarab-gif-17680743539652752233

thats just resist and it still does that amount

[dense latch]

miraidon was designed by an 8 year old

[solid frigate]

well the stats are slightly normal cuz 135 is kinda low for a restricted (flutter mane speed and offense)

But the ability is lmao

[solid frigate]

Maybe me and Jack gonna meet you then

Maybe in EUIC

[chrome knot]

me too whatdahell

[solid frigate]

why not

[foggy lodge]

I had to play my Treads to live the timid draco meteor

And only timid if its modest its a roll of like 50%

[chrome knot]

im go euic next year ^-^

[solid frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/miraidon-pokemon-vgc-violet-electric-terrain-gif-12584623631968381813

probably same

skip the regional and go to EUIC

[foggy lodge]

I had timid Miraidon tho so I cooked the mirror always

[dense latch]

i really really wanna start competing

[solid frigate]

you basically cooked me honestly

if i don't have TW

[dense latch]

i might move to eu soon so i hope i have time for vgc

if i'm even into vgc in a year or two

[solid frigate]

i'm not too sure if 2026 season would be still gen 9

[foggy lodge]

2026 probably champions

Btw we still don't know nothing about that game

[solid frigate]

we don't have Gen 10 news yet so probably either champions or Gen 9

i think gen 9 will keep on use double res or just rerun formats

[dense latch]

im interested to see what they do with what's left post 2025 worlds

maybe like reg f rerun or smth

anything but reg g 3.0

[solid frigate]

I'm fine with it

giving me time to cook a Sylveon Garchomp team

[chrome knot]

yay alolan ninetales annihilape

[astral kelp]

yk this chat gets active always at around 1am my time

[solid frigate]

with Maus?

[chrome knot]

n

alo tales annihilape rilla ursa bm volc gholdengo

[astral kelp]

bro maus is such a cool mon

[real prairie]

Obviously!

[astral kelp]

i was so excited to use it while watching like wolfe vids and stuff
then i learned that its kinda bad in the regulation i was in

and it has like

no stats

[dense latch]

it was good in reg h

[astral kelp]

yeah i really wish i started playing back then

[chrome knot]

yippee(!)

[astral kelp]

hope it comes back

[solid frigate]

Sylv Chomp Archa peli Basc Amogus

I need to make a new team for reg F

if theres a rerun

[chrome knot]

tera grass glide was built for this moment

[solid frigate]

thats why i need to build a new team-

[chrome knot]

[next stump]

maushold was insane for the first year of the game

[chrome knot]

sry for toronto cup i ran tera grass rilla

so i could ohko basc with glide

[next stump]

maus ghold was like automatic day 2

[solid frigate]

unless you have skill issue anyway

[dense latch]

btw dillon did you end up releasing a team report on your milwaukee team?

[solid frigate]

anyways

if you see me play Reg F you know i will still plat Archa

[bold geode]

[next stump]

no 😦 life caught up with me and I never got around to it and I feel like it’s too late now

happy to share the paste though if you want to try it

[chrome knot]

wait dillon

do you jus like.. brb students im gonna go compete @ milwaukee regionals..

[spiral ridge]

Teachers have days off yes

[solid frigate]

LMAO

[next stump]

LOL

I swear to god this is real

[chrome knot]

come back monday like

[spiral ridge]

Pft

[chrome knot]

alright so who saw me in the finals like

and they all cheer n shit

[spiral ridge]

Have you actually like told em before something won’t be graded cus you’ll be busy at regional

[chrome knot]

LOL

[spiral ridge]

“If I drop day one ill grade”

[next stump]

I have a group of students who HATE andrew ding

they’ll say shit like “it’s on sight” or “he’s a bum he just got lucky”

[spiral ridge]

Awee

[next stump]

not knowing he absolutely smoked me

[spiral ridge]

That’s cute

[chrome knot]

awh

[spiral ridge]

Shoulda seen this chat chanting after the game lmfao

[dense latch]

sure, i'm using a similar team rn i'd love to see your ev spreads!!

[chrome knot]

think im curious abt why cir was 49 and not hands instead

[bold geode]

[next stump]

Hands mirror for low kick

[bold geode]

Looking at you like "I got you homie"

[dense latch]

that's hilarious lmao

[next stump]

lance + low kick is a KO and they love volt switching into Hands for the Mirai slot

[dense latch]

great to have the faster fake out too i've caught ppl off guard with that

[bold geode]

Gimme paste too homie

[bold geode]

IF I GO X-3 YOU'RE ALL FAILING

[chrome knot]

but youre always on a spe tie bc of cir

ig hands damage is more value consistently

and you force +1 cir

[next stump]

pretty commonly in practice I'd see Farig + Mirai lead from opponents

and they usually would double into the calyrex with volt + foul play

so if I lead Oger + CIR, I can double protect (to scout for gleam lock in) and then turn 2 follow me + lancer

oger dies, in comes hands

now low kick is a KO onto Hands and I can set up TR in the same turn cause they usually wouldn't fake out

[chrome knot]

yay default cir line into mirai my beloved

[next stump]

if I speed tied with hands it wasn't as consistent I felt, but I think you can reverse the speed stats and adjust accordingly

[chrome knot]

ye i understand it i slowly pieced it together

makes hands/farig less of tr threats and makes setting tr in that mu quite free

[next stump]

@bold geode @dense latch https://pokepast.es/45c3c97b77af3513

99% sure this Mirai spread is not optimized because I fucked up the EVs but I wanted to be able to use a tool to automatically create a teamsheet for locals

so just give Mirai 100HP

[bold geode]

Pog

[chrome knot]

LOL your alt name

[next stump]

oh and then the ATK IVs was because that’s what I had in game, team built the night before 💀

[dense latch]

tyty

[next stump]

so just put those to 0

[foggy lodge]

Oh its fast Hands

[chrome knot]

could have given you a 0atk farig

[foggy lodge]

Ig it also works to let CIR pick up the KO in TR

[chrome knot]

idk why u only asked for a cir😭

[next stump]

https://tenor.com/view/the-simpsons-homer-simpson-hiding-embarrassed-bush-gif-17046855792482123631

[chrome knot]

same with volc like i have these thingssss

[bold geode]

What's the stats on Mirai for

[next stump]

someone in my group did a million calcs for different things

I couldn't tell you TBH

[bold geode]

LMAO

[next stump]

I think it was maybe two glacial lances after tera? no clue at all

[bold geode]

It just does things

Think you're gonna take something like this to NAIC or was there other restricted you're looking at

[next stump]

I really enjoy Kyogre CIR as well

I need to do some more playtesting, I haven't really played since Milwaukee

[bold geode]

Fair

Kyogre Ice Rider looks solid

[chrome knot]

leech seed

[bold geode]

I swear that's like the way to play that fucker now

[solid frigate]

i might build that but removing the leech seed stuff to make it more comfortable for me to pilot

[dense latch]

im a hhp caly ice guy still but leech seed is becoming more and more tempting

[chrome knot]

try it

its like a drug

[bold geode]

Leech Seed seems better rn

Oh
@chrome knot yesterday I had to grab this for an order

My ass thought it was a Mario pipe

[chrome knot]

..

[bold geode]

IT LOOKS LIKE A MARIO PIPE

[chrome knot]

is now a good time to say im disappointed in you

[bold geode]

That's always

[chrome knot]

[spiral ridge]

Were you ever proud

[spiral ridge]

Oh yeah monke I finally started doing reg I yesterday
Man I fucking suck

Somehow worse than reg H

[chrome knot]

this just in: you wont be good at something new on your first try

more breaking news at 11

actually theres heartbreaking news at 11

[bold geode]

Oh no what happened

[chrome knot]

i gotta clock in to work

[bold geode]

I mean you did before so like 🤷‍♂️

[bold geode]

I actually clock in at 11 myself LMAO

[chrome knot]

high five

[bold geode]

Girl idk if this is a high five moment

[chrome knot]

[bold geode]

Yay we both go to slave away AT THE SAME TIME

[spiral ridge]

Reg G I actually felt like I understood fairly quickly

H and I I feel like Patrick

[chrome knot]

LMAO

[bold geode]

Scotty did I ever tell you how me and my friends make monkey noises at work

[dense latch]

holy shit a macbook air 2020 and its charger for free

[bold geode]

HOLY SHIT IMMA CLICK THE LINK

[dense latch]

will it give me covid

[bold geode]

WHAT, HOT WOMEN IN MY AREA YES PLZ

[dense latch]

how did you go back to 2020

[solid frigate]

lol

[spiral ridge]

No but I believe it

[stark kindle]

@bold geode fuck you bitch

[solid frigate]

just think on like you build a team around 2 restricteds and not reg G+another restricteds

[bold geode]

YES PLEASE

[spiral ridge]

Each time I manage to do an okay lead feels like discovering fire cus I still am clueless on when Grimm or no

[stark kindle]

[bold geode]

Yeah one day I was making gibbon noises with one guy and now everyone responds to me

[bold geode]

Gotcha now huh

[spiral ridge]

Get help

[bold geode]

No one can help me

[solid frigate]

honestly the meta is currently based around on Screens so Grimm is kinda just-

a consideration that can't be ignored

[stark kindle]

Ok but the funny part is you're making a specific species of monkey noise

[solid frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/spinning-gorilla-monkey-ape-echoes-of-wisdom-gif-8705323293313158116

[stark kindle]

Look. The evej crazier part?

[spiral ridge]

Yeah so I don’t when when I should lead it or not lol

[stark kindle]

Gibbons are specifically my favorite animal

[spiral ridge]

Lmfao really

[stark kindle]

I used to hsve Gibbon stuffed animals

[solid frigate]

i'm like 70% you always lead grimm if you are like BULKY ASS FUCK TEAM

[bold geode]

Oh yeah
Make gibbon noises with me

[spiral ridge]

I’m using the Milwaukee lunala mirai team

[dense latch]

monke are people ostracized if they make the wrong monkey noises

[spiral ridge]

The speed tiers in the team just feel really weird

[bold geode]

Eh, we enjoy all monkey

[bold geode]

You usually wanna have Grimm in the lead but um
Yeah

[spiral ridge]

Yeah

It’s either he’s lead or not brought

[solid frigate]

yeah 90% you lead Grimm

[dense latch]

https://pokepast.es/401be4ed8ce6003f i found my first scarlet violet team after my hiatus
i really wanted to make typhlosion work

[solid frigate]

Reg H:

[dense latch]

yea i was one reg too early

immediately got on hyphlosion when it started popping out

[spiral ridge]

Yeah I just need to figure out team cus I keep fucking up

[solid frigate]

i mean tbf my team just add grimm so i can live necessary hits

i might tweak it and make my miraidon slightly bulkier

https://tenor.com/view/asfd-gif-26932725

[spiral ridge]

Mines just straight up the Milwaukee team

I suck at using ursa even though I used that bitch most of H :v

[chrome knot]

SPITTING🔥🔥

[south shuttle]

does psychic terrain effect prankster?

[dense latch]

yes

[south shuttle]

good to know

[bold geode]

@chrome knot we wearing the shades again

[chrome knot]

pfft

[foggy lodge]

https://x.com/marc0fier0/status/1927339156696440878

marcofiero (@marc0fier0)

Just tried my Koraidon match up 🤕

X · May 27, 2025, 12:20 PM

[bold geode]

[spiral ridge]

I’m bad Ik

[foggy lodge]

I still don't find a team I really like

I kinda want to play Zama tho

[bold geode]

I got a team

[spiral ridge]

Genuinely feel that cus I can’t tell whether it’s just me being god awful or team not my style

[spiral ridge]

When did I agree to do that again

[foggy lodge]

My style is not missing many moves

I still believe in Zama Mirai

[bold geode]

Lil bitch

@spiral ridge peep the fit

[foggy lodge]

Joey's team is a good base I think

[spiral ridge]

Blue

And is your ass religious?

[bold geode]

Yes

I'm surprised you didn't know that

[spiral ridge]

LITERALLY WHO WOULD THINK THAT

[bold geode]

[spiral ridge]

the only religious thing you do is leaving toilets praying for god

[bold geode]

LMAO

No I've been a Christian my whole life

[spiral ridge]

You say things that any god would forsake

[bold geode]

Honestly

[spiral ridge]

Yuh

[chrome knot]

wait a second

[bold geode]

I've not been like
Overbearing religious though

[spiral ridge]

Well that much is obvious

[bold geode]

Like I'm not like one of those that goes to church every Sunday
Tries to talk to others about God

Also not a hypocrite that uses the Bible for hate

[spiral ridge]

Yeah or else you wouldn’t talk to like half the people here

[forest arrow]

Hawt

[dense latch]

blue

[spiral ridge]

Blue

[south shuttle]

hey guys

should I get the s/v dlc?

[bold geode]

All I'm saying is that Bible is up to interpretation

[south shuttle]

ive been fine with the sword legendaries

[bold geode]

But yeah I also just keep religion to myself

Believe what you wanna believe
I'll believe what I wanna believe
Go on bout my day
If it don't affect me and it don't hurt nobody, why should I give a fuck about it

[next stump]

your call, there's not much you can get in the SV DLC that you cant get from the SWSH DLC

[south shuttle]

ah, alright

[bold geode]

Ogerpon
Blood Moon Ursaluna
Terapagos
Bout all that you really want from there

[south shuttle]

i guess I'll stick to dynamax adventures

[foggy lodge]

The paradoxes

[bold geode]

Oh yeah I forgot about Raging Bolt

[foggy lodge]

But yeah atp the only good one is bolt

Is it bad I thought about Groudon Gouging Fire again

Chinese sun was cool for reg G but idk now

I tried Junxi Zhu's team but Groudon being stuck with -1 atk a lot of times feels bad

[bold geode]

Yes

[foggy lodge]

But I still want to play AV

[bold geode]

Forget everything you know about Regulation G

[foggy lodge]

I mean

[bold geode]

Raid Shadow Legends

[foggy lodge]

This format is kinda the same lol

The biggest innovation is putting leftover and leec seed on CIR

And hydropump on Kyogre

[bold geode]

Nah it is not exactly the same bud

[foggy lodge]

https://pokepast.es/34574726cb7a9396

How do I ev Volcarona

It outspeeds scarf adamant shifu after a QD

[zenith hornet]

Terapagos @ Ability Shield
Ability: Tera Shift
Level: 50
Tera Type: Stellar
EVs: 84 HP / 36 Def / 252 SpA / 36 SpD / 100 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 15 Atk

• Tera Starstorm
• Energy Ball
• Protect
• Calm Mind

would any1 change anything about my pogos set its got ab shiled bc its pared with weezing

[foggy lodge]

Don't play pagos with weezing xd

[molten oasis]

I thought that maybe zacian gouging groudon would be cool

And then it didn’t do shit into anything lol

[foggy lodge]

Lmao

[molten oasis]

I just don’t thing rn is gouging fire’s time

[foggy lodge]

Its awkward to pilot I think like the gouging wants the speed boost ans Groudon is the one that sets the sun but you want it with Zacian too

[molten oasis]

Yea

[foggy lodge]

Booster energy could be okay with it tho

But I think ClAm is better on it

[molten oasis]

I think maybe doing like

Booster gouging w/ Zac with another restricted could be cool but idk

I also tried just

Howl Zac lol

[solid frigate]

he got punched

[solid frigate]

RIP bulk

you don't need Max SpA on CM Pagos

[bold geode]

Does Weezing shut down Pagos?

[tiny karma]

Ability: Neutralizing Gas

While this Pokemon is active, Abilities have no effect. This Ability activates before hazards and other Abilities take effect. Does not affect the As One, Battle Bond, Comatose, Disguise, Gulp Missile, Ice Face, Multitype, Neutralizing Gas, Power Construct, RKS System, Schooling, Shields Down, Stance Change, Tera Shift, Zen Mode, or Zero to Hero Abilities.

Sableye version 4.28.2

[bold geode]

Ok it doesn't shut down Tera Shift LMAO

[dense latch]

forcing pagos players to use the baby form would be so funny tho i wish they did it

might be biased bc i hate pagos idk

[solid frigate]

i mean

why would you make Pagos not transform when its main thing is to transform

[mighty stump]

to stops the other abilities though

ability shield pagos os terrible

[bold geode]

Yeah I thought it shut off Tera Shift though
Would've been funny

[dense latch]

it would give baby pagos a reason to exist other than to sell merch

[zenith hornet]

ive tried 6 different restricted parings and i still dont have a clue what to use

[solid frigate]

Pagos CSR

[solid frigate]

and Anime

[zenith hornet]

thats what im using rn its decent but i hate pogos so it makes me want to change it

[solid frigate]

its more like

the set does not help on the bulk

also whats your team

[zenith hornet]

ive ajusted the evs now my teams csr pogos ogerpon stone mask incin farigaraf iron hands

[molten oasis]

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regi-2373108581 annihilation

[solid frigate]

Why not Rillaboom?

[zenith hornet]

over iron hands

[solid frigate]

yes

[zenith hornet]

iron hands feels better vs cir and itsmy least favourite match up

[dense latch]

iron hands farig feels super out of place

[zenith hornet]

farig is mostly for suckerpunch onto csr and ive got an anti trick room set on him

iron hands is bc my team didnt feel bulky enough but ive got the correct evs on pogos so rillaboom might be better now

[dense latch]

is your csr sash

[zenith hornet]

yeah

[dense latch]

do you have the paste for the team?

rilla and amoong for iron hands and farig gives you the standard pagos csr team

[misty helm]

Could someone help me fill this last move slot for serperior

I’ve got
Dragon pulse
Giga drain
Leaf storm
Idk

Would glare be a good choice

[solid frigate]

Terapagos-Stellar @ Leftovers
Level: 50
Bold Nature
Tera Type: Stellar
Ability: Teraform Zero
EVs: 196 HP / 52 Def / 156 SpA / 36 SpD / 68 Spe
IVs: 15 Atk

• Tera Starstorm
• Earth Power
• Protect
• Calm Mind

252+ Atk Urshifu-Rapid-Strike Close Combat vs. 196 HP / 52+ Def Terapagos-Stellar: 182-216 (70 - 83%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Tera Stellar Urshifu-Rapid-Strike Close Combat vs. 196 HP / 52+ Def Terapagos-Stellar: 244-288 (93.8 - 110.7%) -- 62.5% chance to OHKO
252 Atk Life Orb Koraidon Close Combat vs. 196 HP / 52+ Def Terapagos-Stellar: 218-260 (83.8 - 100%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO (No Sun)

@zenith hornet use this set

[solid frigate]

you don't need TR Mode on CM Pagos when you have Fake out cycling

[zenith hornet]

its imprison tr protect hyper voice

https://pokepast.es/

i only made it last night and have played like 10 sets with it

[solid frigate]

where's team

[dense latch]

that's just the link to the pokepaste website

[zenith hornet]

Calyrex-Shadow @ Focus Sash
Ability: As One (Spectrier)
Level: 50
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk

• Astral Barrage
• Protect
• Disable
• Encore

Terapagos @ Leftovers
Ability: Tera Shift
Level: 50
Tera Type: Stellar
EVs: 76 HP / 60 Def / 180 SpA / 60 SpD / 132 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 15 Atk

• Tera Starstorm
• Energy Ball
• Protect
• Calm Mind

Ogerpon-Cornerstone @ Cornerstone Mask
Ability: Sturdy
Level: 50
Tera Type: Rock
EVs: 124 HP / 84 Atk / 116 Def / 116 SpD / 68 Spe
Jolly Nature

• Follow Me
• Spiky Shield
• Ivy Cudgel
• Horn Leech

Iron Hands @ Assault Vest
Ability: Quark Drive
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 172 HP / 116 Atk / 60 Def / 156 SpD / 4 Spe
Adamant Nature
IVs: 27 SpA

• Fake Out
• Wild Charge
• Volt Switch
• Low Kick

Incineroar (F) @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 84 HP / 68 Atk / 156 Def / 68 SpD / 132 Spe
Careful Nature

• Parting Shot
• Knock Off
• Fake Out
• Will-O-Wisp
  Farigiraf (M) @ Covert Cloak

Ability: Armor Tail
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 124 HP / 132 Def / 36 SpA / 76 SpD / 140 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk

• Rain Dance
• Psychic Noise
• Imprison
• Trick Room

[dense latch]

what does cloak do on farig

[solid frigate]

holy text wall

[dense latch]

those ev sets look very random

[solid frigate]

WHY RAIN DANCE-

[dense latch]

incin should be way more bulky imo you don't gain much from 132 speed or 68 attack in your sets

get a wisp off on cir

[solid frigate]

hold up lemme make the team-

[dense latch]

get calm minds off on pagos asap so the usual miraidon partner can't deal with your pagos

also how much do you hate fake out why does your farig have three anti fake out tech

i wouldn't run farig here anyways but tera ghost and cloak are unnecessary when you have armor tail

[zenith hornet]

ive not used the team since i loast changed it but b4 i think i had weezing with tera steel and cloak

[solid frigate]

https://pokepast.es/aeeb43dcd549a5bb

What CSR Pagos team usually do

[solid frigate]

unless your name is Zacian which stopped by Incineroar

[zenith hornet]

yeah ive looked at some other csr pagos teams too i was just trying to change it and see if anything worked better but most of the changed were made after matches to see if something works or not

[solid frigate]

technically its just these 5

Cuz Grimm can be swapped to Amogus

[zenith hornet]

im also pretty rusty i only started playing again a month ago ish that's why the farig is so messed up i must of forgot about it and thought what works on other mons doing the same thing instead of what works together

[solid frigate]

you don't need Fari in this team imo

Dead Weight and no helping hand is iffy

[dense latch]

oh okay

yea that farig slot can be different support to help the caly ice matchup

[solid frigate]

preferably Grimm or Amogus

[dense latch]

yep

[solid frigate]

also yes i play pagos too much that my brain got brainrotted

[zenith hornet]

is there any non restricted that do a similar role to a support lunala

like wideguard tr

[solid frigate]

honestly none

Also Wide Guard is kinda not necessary

[zenith hornet]

yeah i think it just feels like a nice option is you go against a csr kyoger team or smth with a lot of spread

cir

[solid frigate]

you have Pagos and these CIR has 0 Atk EVs

[zenith hornet]

why would cir have 0 Atk EVs

[solid frigate]

leech seed CIR

[zenith hornet]

aghh

[chrome knot]

??

they still are like 36-116 adamant lol

[dense latch]

mdb ran 36 atk evs iirc

[zenith hornet]

and it can still do high dmg bc its masssive atk stat so it makes sense

[solid frigate]

pretty sure that CIR Kyogre team is not invested CIR

also atp its not threatening enough for Pagos to switch or make defensive plays

[chrome knot]

i dont think so

[solid frigate]

36+ Atk Calyrex-Ice Glacial Lance vs. 196 HP / 52+ Def Terapagos-Stellar: 70-84 (26.9 - 32.3%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
116+ Atk Calyrex-Ice Glacial Lance vs. 196 HP / 52+ Def Terapagos-Stellar: 75-88 (28.8 - 33.8%) -- 0.8% chance to 3HKO

I haven't add screens

[timber falcon]

now im seeing os much stall

whats evene happening in the meta rn

[zenith hornet]

does any1 know where i can find any sets to watch of csr pogos

[solid frigate]

Portland regionals has a set for it

[zenith hornet]

okay thank you

[bold geode]

@chrome knot is it nap time yet

Me wan go home

[chrome knot]

yeah

i just got home :3

[spiral ridge]

Monkey still slaving

[molten oasis]

wha? lmao

[spiral ridge]

work

[molten oasis]

ah

[bold geode]

I'm on lunch now

[chrome knot]

im on nap time

[merry summit]

im everywhere.

[bold geode]

I'm in your attic
You smell good when you're asleep

[craggy dagger]

why is this the first thing i see
when i read this chat-
monke explain yourself-

[bold geode]

....

[bold geode]

[craggy dagger]

[bold geode]

https://tenor.com/view/shusher-home-captain-smek-gif-16112908977447177811

[chrome knot]

bites you