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Do you have walls?
Bro you smell fuckin horrible
Well ofc I do I just finished working out
Starting one yea
How many rest days and when
Just got all my equipment in the mail
3 rest days to start
Gonna work out Tuesday Wednesday Friday and Sunday
Good, even though I haven't been as diligent that's mine
Mine usually goes Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday
Nice
I have mine set on days I don’t work except Thursday
Tuesday and Wednesday are my weekend
I don't do weekends and Wednesday is an off day
I am gonna probably start back up Tuesday
Was gonna start back up really again this Monday but I was tryna get more rest cuz I've been getting over a head cold
ah,makes sense
Now I'm feeling better
My mom gave me this homeopathic shit
It's like a fuckin wonder drug
yo hook me up
Ummmmmmmmmmmm
Lemme look it up
i was joking lol
oh those
Yeah I'm taking that and some Mucinex cuz I have to double up on shit but like
I can tell this stuff is doing most the work
Power doubles if the user is grounded and a terrain is active, and this move's type changes to match. Electric type during Electric Terrain, Grass type during Grassy Terrain, Fairy type during Misty Terrain, and Psychic type during Psychic Terrain.
Normal
Special
50
100
10 (16)
Copied by Mirror Move.
Does not make contact.
Boosted by Mega Launcher.
Terrain Pulses your mom
- Learns Terrain Pulse
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natdex
Included
damn lol
balls
balls
This Pokemon's types change to match the active Terrain when this Pokemon acquires this Ability, or whenever a Terrain begins. Electric type during Electric Terrain, Grass type during Grassy Terrain, Fairy type during Misty Terrain, and Psychic type during Psychic Terrain. If this Ability is acquired without an active Terrain, or a Terrain ends, this Pokemon's types become the original types for its species.
unfortunately galarian stunfisk is dogshit lmao
balls
its so bad of being a beartrap lmao
the bear trap loses to all bears lmao
If only they didn't take it away from everyone except like Arboliva for Gen 9
played a set into weezing dozo where I forgot unaware was an ability
That's rough
yea
i won but like
kinda sucks the move has such little distribution, its a cool move
I was clicking coaching into cir for literally n oreason LOL
I've seen people use like nasty plot and swords dance in front of dozo like why
so whos gonna tell her....
Wtf I just got a letter from my insurance company detailing what I owe from some doctor visits recently, coupled with a paper check for 16 dollars. Weird.
Revengeseekerz00's rating: 1294 → 1319
(+25 for winning)
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1300 bo3 feels like progress 
Definitely progress - especially if you've been in a rut
i wanna feel like a learning player not someone who SHOULD be 1400s :c
+3 lol
you could say shes.... unaware
lol
oops..
dummy
i have mental issues
Just thought of a really weird tech, but how do yall feel about tera dark tera blast indeedee as a anti shadow rider tech? It would need to be its only damaging move, but it already stabs normal
I know, just thinking if its's any better
Realistically
How often would you need to tera the mon that's usually just a follow me bot?
fair enough
also CSR just dies to Shadow Ball anyways
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He got top 16 in one of the later Reg G regionals
Think it was Vancouver?
Maybe it was Atlanta
ahhh ok yea mustve forgot about that one
i was thinkin his reg e regional win
was like ogerpon water gholdengo stuff
i think so yea
the bar was 500cp for na last szn and he won a regional and had other decent results, i doubt he missed the cutoff
i meant more like
post worlds
Top 8 but yeah
tera ghost blast regieleki
I saw him at Toronto pretty sure
that sounds like a very clever tech ngl
?
Was he at Toronto?
@near crag now see
I get what you're going for here
But like
Also a fun fact
If you really wanna do that, it does get Shadow Ball so you don't have to use tera
Though like
Thru other mons you can probably deal with it so idk exactly how often you'd need that
But yeah if you really wanna do that just use Shadow Ball
Lets you do the same thing without having to consume a resource in order to do so
Won't hit as hard but
- Both do 4x damage so you're chunking
- More Shadow Rider are running that Sash rn so like odds of you one shotting Shadow Rider rn like that are probably eh I'll say 40/60 at most give or take maybe
Basically same odds so don't give up a resource if you don't gotta
Shadow Ball
He did do that ye
I’m losing my mind
HAHAHAHAHA
Also Baek did make Worlds anyways cuz like
Last year was also wins = auto invite
Mom come pick me up I'm scared
it gets Dark Pulse already too
THEY USED AI TO MAKE A VGC TEAM
no its a whole thread pls
r/VGC is cooked
Oh no
@rose stump i thought u moderate this
LMAO
wait what
just funny r/VGC threads
i thought u have a hand in r/VGC for a while now
if i remember correctly
Bro "Calyrex is too weak"
BRO
Wait
How the hell does Noctowl wall Shadow Rider 
This shit is cursed
Monkey's foot
You saw my side gig?
Woah...
Gotta pay these bills
Being a shoe model is something
Good ending ahh response
Good god I am in ultra zombie-mode at work now. I have two shifts left at this job and I just cannot be bothered
Yeah dude I saw him like in the flesh. I only went to Toronto this year so it's not like I'm gonna mistake it for some other event 
I'm taller than him
I was talking to Kev from Pokesports and he walked by me.
free 2 def :0
unless you’re trying to hit a specific benchmark im pretty sure you spare more EVs by just using a +Def nature lol
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i actually didnt know evs could be spared like that when i evd it
rule of thumb is to nature boost your highest base stat
unless again, you need specific natures to hit certain breakpoints
That turn 1 was
an interesting choice
Hey Tofu long time no talk 
my idea was to try stop trick room
cuz i was expecting fake out trick room
i thought he might fake out pon but since spiky shield was obvious play well
i fell into the overpredict trap
Giving your opponent a lot of credit there
its adamant
lol yeah bhahah
252+ Atk Tera-Rock Ogerpon-Cornerstone Ivy Cudgel (1.2x Mask Boost) vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Calyrex-Ice Rider: 204-240 (98.5 - 115.9%) -- 87.5% chance to OHKO
i got unlucky tho rip
also can we talk about this tho
252+ Atk Incineroar Flare Blitz vs. 252 HP / 36 Def Weezing-Galar: 85-102 (49.4 - 59.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Sitrus Berry recovery like what??
And then you find out it was banded or something 
Just had a regular at my store try to recruit me to his job. 

honestly worth if any pay increase
Not higher than the job I'm leaving my current job for. Three dollars less.
💀
testing a new team on an alt and i am glad my main is in 1600
Bro it CAN'T BE HIM
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Competitive team I'm working on atm ^^
not the worst thing in the world
So far it's going pretty well
Anyone going to midnight release for the switch 2? lol
not worth it imo
How so?
i'd wait till the next restock
a lot of people fight in the lines
look at TCG
My GameStop is here an hour south of Chicago
switch 2 releases today?
I’m going right after work lol
yooo that's by where I live
June 5th
ah
I live in the Schaumburg area so more west than south
I live in Bradley lol
anyone want to trade miraidon for koraidon I've asked in the trading channel and checked the others but no one is
I’m a psychologist for the state so try to live close to the job lol
cir kyogre is so fun
100%, I gotta watch the team report from Cary to see how he handles Zama/CSR
Zama/CSR/Amoonguss was annoying for me to deal with
Zacian ogre ditto is my main 3 lol
me and one of my friends made a shared account and went like 15-0
but we switched out jugulis for grimm
i just read this again and saw you mentioned the team report in your message lmao i should learn to read
but yea super excited to see them break down every matchup and stuff
Will gen 10 be the game we finally get a rusty bottle cap?
did you go calm mind kyogre then? or keep the 3 attacks?
my ass is going need rhat day0 mario karting
we tried out thunder pulse spout
we're still figuring out sets
seed bomb cir with rillaboom and tera grass is honestly super fun
i wanna revisit iron jugulis eventually though
jugulis feels really good into CSR teams if they dont have zama
hopefully
in our test matches we pulled no csr without zama so that change might've been biased
csr/zama resurgence 
I dreamed for days like this
leech seed food
Think I've beat every Leech Seed Calyrex so far
Maybe lost to one idk
yea i am not losing to leech seed cir much
It's still good but like
Yeah CSR Zam is a lil weird for it
Thankfully a lot either have bike or feesh
You take the cookie's what now 
cookie good so i have more
until its all gone
tf ursa here for
bc its funny

Cocaine bear funny moments
Monke suggested it
I said it needed tr but he doesn’t think the same. It was lando t for a bit


you're two formats late
prolly better to post that stuff in #surprise_giveaways

+2 Pollen Puff moment
meanie head :c
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oh your team does not have any Physical Attackers besides Urshifu your Pagos MU is cooked
I literally have a Car Battery Wdym
sorryyy 
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used all my wisp luck
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@chrome knot 
Omg I only have two more shifts at work. Tonight and tomorrow. It can't go fast enough
i feel you 5 school days left and theyve never felt longer
Worlds of this year will be the first double restricted right?
yes, first of scarlet/violet
Wolfey win would be awesome
Yeah it’s been almost a decade since he won worlds
would consolidate this season of his as the best of all time for sure
a regional, a gc, an international, AND worlds
does brick break iron hands do anything
No
What’s gc?
Global challenge
grand/global challenge
Ah those are online events within the own game?
yea
Not to mention he finally became the first player with 10 regionals
And won the biggest tournament of all time
Has he won a GC?
yes in SWSH
The one from January
Where he used the Koraidon perish trap team
Oh cool
And he used the same for international
Technically he won the one before EUIC this year with his EUIC team but cuz he wasn't linked, it wasn't "official"
Ic
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im curious, why hearthflame with rain?
oh wait nvm
if i speak i am in big danger
hearthflame for the kyogre mirror is actually such a cook i love it
Yeah Kyogre was a bitch
Redirection was a want and Hearth was the one guy I could think of that could one shot Kyogre pre and post tera even in Rain
I also wanted it for Fairy resist for some weird ass reason, don't tell me why cuz idek
Nah that's crazy
Speaketh
He just made me try it and we went 2-5
when the gleam is dazzlin
this team is actually feeling pretty good now
i still struggle vs trickroom tho kinda of a problem bahaha
i wish weezer had speed control
ig he learns scary face
i could try that with toxic since i dont click strange steam like ever anyways
losing to taunt is rough tho hm
anyone here play SV OU?
Here it’s mostly vgc, for singles I don’t see much people talk about it here
never got into doubles and not sure how
A good start is to know that a lot of useless moves in singles are the best moves in doubles
I mean, I know Fake Out and Protect. Both also have use in singles but less common
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Will my dreams of getting the master rank ribbon on my ribbon master Garde come true? Jokes aside
Lol I think yes
The main issue a lot of people have with singles is we don’t like 200 turns games
VGC games rarely go to 10 turns
I dont think games go on for that long very often but I'm someone who generally plays offensively, though I've also dabbled in stall too. They're totally different games, I think in doubles you have a lot more upfront, especially in terms of the complexity of each turn whereas in singles there is a lot more longer term planning
Regardless, I'd like to know some good resources should I wish to get started in learning the format. I've tried it before but didnt do too well because I'm not familiar yet
yea no tr mode w/ ursa is weird. its not like shroom where u can bring it normally as well as for tr mu
Idk what to put on it at all, did test the Ursa it sucked lol
T
And it’s cus it sucks lmao
I did give I a test it’s just, not what I think the team needs
Idk what it needs, but idt it’s lando
well yea lando t hasnt been good since like reg d lol
https://pokepast.es/7f2773da24f8ad51 I’ve also been on the fence about scarf Mirai over av
Yea, that mon doesn’t do any damage tbh
Like, it can’t ohko a miraidon without band
oof
does no damage with base 145 atk? big sad
too bursty of a meta for it to hold its own or it doesnt have the staying power u need it to in longer matches
yea lol
And 91 speed sucks
how the mighty have fallen
Fr
Nah they’ll just give incin a BST of 600

it was rhetorical
Pretty sure this is why dexit exists
My bad
no ur good i just meant i know theres no answer really for it
more just curious overall
We’ll just have to see
The 1000 mons in a game when a vast majority of them get shadowed by the big 3
What about E lol
d and e blur together for me
Tbf they're basically the same format
yea
or just like not end but stop making new mons
or add maybe 3-5 new ones per game and just mix and match regions w/ certain mons or change the formula where its not a completely new region but its not a gym badge to champions pipeline. like why not get an orre region equivalent or something

The company has said something like they have more ideas for like ten more years. I'll look for where I saw it later. At work right now
Which company?
Pokémon Company
Thank you!
hey guys, how does this team looks?
https://pokepast.es/c252d0062ec51b50
main idea is to just force to tera out of ghost and clean with paonite
or play with Espeed /FO if they ghost tera then CSR / sucker pao can play for that
Your team is really incredible! You did an astonishing job building it!

Clear Amulet Swords Dance is probably a lot better for Rayquaza.
Giga Impact is not a good choice, you probably should be running Outrage if you intend to CB
Incineroar's EVs look inefficient, wondering what it's for.
Chien-Pao, if LO, ideally would be better running Adamant + Ice Shard as your Priority move.
Stellar/Ghost Tera is a lot better than Tera Fire, I'm not seeing what value it's giving you at all.
Calydow defensively would be better off running Tera Dark, I think Draining Kiss is really meh.
As much as it is important to be supportive, overpositivity can lead people to overlook inefficient builds/sets, so be more aware of what you say.
Sorry Tofu
No problem, encouragement is good
hi tofu
Sort of figured it out for me what feels good
oh GL
is this set good enough
Boogaloo (Porygon2) @ Eviolite
Ability: Download
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Electric
EVs: 216 HP / 40 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
- Tri Attack
- Recover
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhh
You probably wanna redistribute some of those spatk EVs into Spdef
Not all of em but some
You want P2 to really be tanky and Spdef really gonna help there
most of p2's worth also comes from being a bulky tr setter
so not running tr cuts the value it's giving you, if you're not using tr there's probably better option
216 is also not a number idt
I've decided to build a competitive team. I'm using Dragapult, Armarouge, Grimmsnarl, Iron bundle, Bellibolt and Lucario. Is this a good team?
what format
Yup! Your team is brilliant! You're an amazing team builder!
Im looking to do 2s
idk if you are being genuine or sarcastic anymore lol
quit saying this please
okay so, the current format atm is double restricted meaning we get to use 2 box legendaries in our teams, also i would recommend taking a look at previous results to guide you in building for this format bc atm this is bad bad
and outside of Grimmsnarl and Maybe Bundle
Everyone need to go
You should try using rental teams! That will give you a good idea of meta Pokémon!

So say something like Miraidon and Chien-Pao
not chien pao
Close! Miraidon is a restricted legendary, while Chien-Pao is not!
chien pao is a regular legendary
So what's classes as a box legendary
I missed out on stuff
@crystal badge https://www.serebii.net/pokemon/specialpokemon.shtml
Full details and lists on all Special Pokémon including descriptions of the categories and more
Why didn't I think of that
i lose my temper
Thank you
harvie79_02941 has given 1 Gen Rep to mlbd
The other thing I wanted to add is that I would look at resources to try and catch up on what's big and meta right now as besides 2 of those Pokemon, none of them are really around right now
We have a lot of these resources in the pins of this channel
are these stats any good for an eviolite user
who is it
We need the Pokemon and the spread to give advice
Can't really give advice based on that
that's my porygon2
Boogaloo (Porygon2) @ Eviolite
Ability: Download
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Electric
EVs: 216 HP / 40 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Tri Attack
- Ice Beam
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt
my covert cloak porygon disagrees
nova pls-
what?
cloak and eviolite work well on P2
arguably one is better than the other tho
the EV spread-
bro is not living
you mean to tell me its not living with higher defense than an non invested registeel
I think you need to redistribute some EVs from Spatk into Spdef
I mean actually I think this is singles if I'm correct but like
Still this stands
You're gonna appreciate putting some special bulk into that duck
its singles
Even if it hits weaker, it'll stick around longer and put out more damage over time
Also Recover would be good for it
Actually also for another thing
I feel you are really missing out by not running Tera Blast on this thing, P2 is like probably the best user of Tera Blast that I can think of
Tera blast/Tri Attack
Ice Beam
Recover
Thunderbolt
Ma'am what have you created
Boogaloo (Porygon2) @ Eviolite
Ability: Download
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Electric
EVs: 216 HP / 40 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Tri Attack
- Recover
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
216 is not real
You still didn't move EVs
Also yeah for HP either 212 or 220 EVs
Wasting EVs there
Actually 40 is wasting too
36 or 44
If you get confused on the numbers you can just use the Showdown sliders as it'll automatically move by the right increments
yes
nothing 
it doesn’t live anything but it does help against fake out
a horrible choice but i said let’s ball 
Lol
I think its good strategically if the defenses are even
It's just factually not
So I'm assuming it's singles on cart right
On the in game ranked ladder
battle stadium singles yes
Ok
In that format you are set to lvl 50 automatically and due to the way EVs work at that level, this is factually wasting EVs
As it's 4 EVs for first stat point, then every 8
So if you do the math
4
12
20
28
36
44
52
60
68
76
84
92
100
108
116
124
132
140
148
156
164
172
180
188
196
204
212
220
228
236
244
252
The 216 and 40 number you have are missing from this list
but it also makes my brain happier as it levels up
The brain happy is not competitive optimal
Comp Pokemon is miserable
Also you're not gonna see the EV numbers in game so like
?
It's better to be optimal than have even numbers
I know but regardless of whether level 50 or level 100 it's defense stats would be even
Yes
And that does not matter at all compared to being competitively optimal
Which is the point
Anyways that's my advice
but it's not as fun for me
so you’d rather lose out on some stats?
Ok
Well you don't have to take the advice
You asked, I gave advice
What you want to do with that
Is your choice
I don't think it would make that much of a difference if my hp and defense are off 1 stat point
Anyways
Chat y'all behave, imma go get me and my mom ready to see a movie
ooo have fun
just dont push yourself this is the same person who has to have defences be same
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i misclicked…
realest thing anyone’s ever said in this channel
which honestly its true
https://youtu.be/EE-7KOnYuaU?si=NlUZuK1XTV763XOl three hour team report this is sick
In this video I am joined by Cary D'Ortona to fully walk you through his Portland Regionals VGC Team that I got to all the way to 3RD PLACE with, his run where we walk through every matchup from round 1 to his top 4 win match, and also his advice for new and experienced VGC players who want to do well and perform. I hope this video is insightful...
https://pokepast.es/bf03521e238088f2 may have something solid for Zac Mirai finally
Pao feels nice
Progress
Why crash over spinner on Pao?
Wait
Neva mind there's a Miraidon
It's my last shift at this job in a few, and I don't even want to go 
No one to cover me. lol
I work unsupervised overnights at a place that doesn't close for anything xD
My replacement is... quite a character
ngl
booked train ticket to toronto for their lcq and i have to wrap up a pretty big vgc event before a train home @ 7:45, to say im nervous about these timings would be an understatement
Yea lol
Don’t wanna remove my own terrain that be dumb
Good luck man, finish strong (or don’t go)
I'm too responsible to just duck out on my last day lmao. I'd feel really guilty.
Fair enough lol
After work I'm gonna get my mod prepped for release and then start up another one. I have to gather all of these Blender models I got and make items out of them
Gonna be adding some thematic weapons for the classes to use
Making four classes in total - Bullet Saint, Armed Infantry, Gunslinger, and Gunwitch 
For BG3?
Yeah. The mod I'm building off adds some guns but there's a bunch missing that the classes actually make use of, so I'll be adding a pack that expands another mod
Just gonna add some things like a shotgun mesh, light assault rifle, revolver, sniper rifle. Nothing like super modern or fancy.
Maybe I’ll yoink one of those if I get the game. Gunslinger sounds hella fun
Found a delicious Colt 1851 model
Might pick it up tonight tbh, I’m fucking bored lol. Finished doom and game pass has nothing interesting
Man Baldur's Gate 3 is incredibly well done. You can literally play it how you want - you want to kill everyone and steal everything? Done.
It's really in the spirit of DND allowing you to do whatever you want to do
I've restarted a number of times and none of my playthroughs are the same.
The four classes I'm adding are Bullet Saint, Gunwitch, Armed Infantry, and Gunslinger.
Dex/Wis, Dex/Int, Dex/Con, Dex/Cha
So if you take all four you'll get a pretty rounded party, including a party face (someone to interact with other characters and shops for benefits from high Charisma scores and ability checks)
Armed Infantry is probably gonna be one of the funnest to make and use.
Dex wis is smth i play pretty regularly
Bullet Saint is pretty strong. I'm adding some special attacks to it for the subclasses because one of the subclasses is extremely good.
My characters are 2 monks and I have a strength int build character with a eldritch knight
The others need to be more in-line with it
Yeah I've taken a few things from EK
Like their Weapon Bond mechanic is hard-baked into Bullet Saint
hoi
I just made a gun blast that will hit the initial target and fork to 3 additional targets for recasts of the skill
It's pretty spicy. Looks sick
I've gotten some resources from other modders like some visual effects and stuff
But yeah Armed Infantry will be able to either take a subclass for heavy armor specialization and light machine guns, or you can specialize in shotguns. With Constitution as a secondary score they're gonna have heavy HP
Shotguns will have a special attack for a conal blast in short range that'll knock medium/large creatures prone if they fail a Strength save
Nice
One of the shotgun models I grabbed
I’ll probably install it though my Steam family so I don’t have to buy it
I'm adding sawed-off shotguns too
Nice
BG3 is also multiplayer btw.
I can be doomguy 
Everyone gets a member in the party and you can all make custom characters. It's pretty fun with friends
blow my head smoove off wit that
Yeah like... Heavy Armor on a gunslinger seems really strong too
My roommate is testing Bullet Saint right now - he's level 15 and his main special attack has like a 7d6 damage roll against 6 targets
Yeah it's pretty strong - not super busted either because everything has good hp
And you only get one use of it per short rest until a really late level
We're testing for balancing and bugs - I want the classes to be strong but not insane.
So if we have to decrease damage or increase damage or add additional effects then that'll happen
Right now one Subclass on Bullet Saint is really strong - adds a lot of spells castable without spell slots, including Sunbeam and Holy Weapon
I'll likely be releasing the first class this weekend. They'll all ship separately to reduce mod size
The guns will release in their own separate pack
For sure. If you like the game and wanna play with some folks, my roommate and wife play as well. Everyone gets influence over the direction of the game and stuff
I'll be moving to weekends off and working during the day like a normal person next week
But like any dnd game, no one is singularly good at everything - so whoever is best at something gets to do the thing
I feel like Iron bundle might be real
Of course he is 
I mean I like Iron Bundle. I wish he had a more reliable water move, but I'll swing with Hydro Pump
Rn yes I’d say so
Idt iron bundle is winning any tournaments
That's the trick
On a sun team he doesn't need a water move
Groudon Mirai?
Korai/Mirai/Bundle
Interesting
xD
I'm tryin it out yeah
Ah valid. Strong set
Discharge is clicked like twice every 5 games
Ground ice is always strong coverage
And you get some speed control out of it yea
Like thank god
Being faster than flutter is lit
Means I can run fat Miraidon
And pao and the bikes
Groudon Volc lead is so awesome
Rage powder also stops leech seed CIR from getting too out of hand
What are they going to do?
Hit me with a 36 invest glacial lance?
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revengeseekerz is me
You actually played it very well that's a tricky MU for sure
I would suggest using screens more over Incin maybe?
incin keeps csr & hands in check
game 3 I get so greedy for csr when like 0% of the population of earth is letting me steal that
So does Grimm though
when we found out tera ss kils
Less so but it helps more in general
Yeah it's hard not to go for that
The knock off ended that game
not necessarily
if I had more headsup awareness I can uturn off mirai
fake out incin for ko/tr
assuming they dont hard swap into hands :v
tho idk I think hands cooks me regardless
losing scarf made csr impossible boss fight
Yeah
I'm thinking with Grimmsnarl though you could live at least 2 Astral Barrages and dgleam em down
But that's not accounting for fake outs or other Miraidon
Yeah
grimm might be the answer tho
same with setting up TR
bc damage + disruption is pretty yum
tho the threat of this game was most definitely iron hands past everything else
I’m a little late, I do think g1 incin Grimm was a pretty passive lead, and disable was pretty bad for you
Oh, lemme look at g3
ooo that’s olivia’s portland team right
yeaah im close friends w/ her & jeremy who had both ran it 
Hm, yea the CIR dying there was rough
But I also think you would have ended up on the back foot due to losing the scarf on shifu and the damage output of their restricteds
Maybe tr earlier would have helped.
Ah, yea, hmm
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Maybe the turn CIR died you could have clicked protect and knocked off the Mirai, letting you live drift next turn and clicking u-turn into incin, assuming they don’t target incin. Then lance or tr. sorry I’m not that knowledgeable into this mu
Surging strikes into incin also wouldn’t have been terrible the turn CSR switched out

I think the Lando pick could have also helped here
battle of the NAIC names
That's awesome
Also in G3 volt switch into CSR would have been game changing
Cuz fake out Incin knowing you are faster than them from the interactions and if the CSR protects you still don't lose too much cuz that means Urshifu can kill it without the tera water and reserving it for another mon like Miraidon or let Incin ko it
Hey man could I get your thoughts on this? https://pokepast.es/bf03521e238088f2 it’s working okay so far but I think the team really struggles to do much if tr goes up.
Drago could I ask what those Volc evs are for?
Yk, I did calc that but I lowkey forgot lol
It lives something lemme look at the calculator rq
Also how have you liked tera water?
yeah it seems like CIR under TR can sweep you
Volcarona @ Covert Cloak
Ability: Flame Body
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Fiery Dance
- Rage Powder
- Struggle Bug
- Tailwind
I don't really see an easy fix unless maybe you swapp Whims for screens grimm?
I mean this is what I'm runnin
It lowkey might have been that 252 Atk Life Orb Orichalcum Pulse Tera-Fire Koraidon Flare Blitz vs. 252 HP / 156 Def Tera-Water Volcarona in Sun: 156-185 (81.2 - 96.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
I'm also thinking of swapping Tera water for Dragon but I'm not sure yet
Yea, I’ve gotten the hands suggestion a lot but I don’t think there’s much I can do about it w/ Mirai having the av
Drago we in the same boat
Grimm maybe but I do think tw’s been hella nice
Hands goated but Miraidon AV
Mystic water shifu is kinda mid in Reg I
At least with grim you can run foul play
Also makes more sense for the moveset without aqua jet
Or you just go for the choice scarf coaching set
Swap out Whimsi for Grimmsnarl and make shifu scarf with coaching for Zac
It’s LORB cuz the sash is taken
And tbh I haven’t been clicking taunt much, so ig scarf shifu can work
What do we think about scarf Miraidon rn
I thought it would be more popular after Dillon's run but I just never see it
I think is a good set anyways
I never tested it but I feel like it needs Fari
Yeah it needs it
https://pokepast.es/a22e49db4ff642f5 so idk about that here
I agree there
yeah it needs farig
But there’s that variant
it's really nice into all the CSR running around
Would scarf Mirai+farig over, ig Grimm or pao be better maybe?
I just don’t like choice locking into moves on Mirai, personal thing
I wish there was match history on SD but I would guess around 50-60% of my bo3 matches are CSR/Zama
probably italians prepping for their regional this weekend
I had this with scarf Miraihttps://pokepast.es/cc7dc522e981725f
That’s what I like about volc, it’s pretty solid into that
absolutely, I usually run mirai/farig/volc/CIR in taht matchup
sometimes drop the CIR entirely
I thought that Miraidon Zamazenta would be better but eh
Chien-Pao is a must imo because it kills grass and ghost types and has priority
Ye
hm, man I’m just, idk if I want my main anti CIR thing (shifu) to be scarfed, sash/mystic water sets both felt fine
Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.
Ice
Physical
85
90
10 (16)
Copied by Mirror Move.
Does not make contact.
It’s just play rough 
90 accurate idk
Play rough but can flinch
I call that better than average !
Can you send me the set in DMs?
I love when my AV Miraidon lives a +2 life orb Astral Barrage when it's single target
yes
they are full of Zama CSR
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No more Miraidon?
Ig they are into CSr Zama or CIR Mirai
It's the core of
Calyrex Shadow, Zamazenta, Chien-Pao, Amoonguss and Raging Bolt
That core is broken
It has like 3 Miraidon checks lol
No Groudon checks though
And some people have put Rillaboom in the 6th slot
He doesn't need to be checked 😔
I like astral dealing over 50% to Groudon anyways lol
ngl I'm not playing screens again lol
Today I got critted 3 times in only one set
Not even one set on one game of the set
And the 3 crits were one shots to my mons
Joey Pokeaim 😭
?
I doubt his real last name is Pokeaim
I know it just showed like Joel S or something when it was being streamed
Yeah
But like they need the documentation with everything
I saw on Twitter someone talking about how they used their teamsheet from a regional to "prove their existence" lmao
That's dope
Dang I should not be stopping at 1400 😔
I think I'm washed
I also just got scammed
his teamsheet had his real last name
Excuse me sir
but I think they did pokeaim as a favor cause he’s famous
Probably yeah
It's a good elo
Yeah but I'm like super washed
The best I could get was like 1480-? And top 300 on ladder
I want to get to 1500
But tbh I don't like this format so not too many motivations to do it lmao
Groudon also isn't helping me I guess
But that isn't an excuse
Cause I always use him
😔
you can’t be washed if you didn’t peak yet

u need to ur actively making it harder for urself
so either accept ur gna win inconsistently or actually use 2 good restricteds instead of 1

i feel like uve been labbing it long enough
to figure out if there really is some way to run it super efficiently
I've just recently picked up Iron Bundle
even in a mirai meta its just lackluster and outclassed even as a sun setter
the real ladder or what
it has no defined role
its something
nah
some ppl dont have the ability to get that high up
otherwise everybody would
whether its cuz they r still learning or dont wanna improve in the ways they should
Feel like I'm still learning
we all are
But my playstyle does not invoke learning
but i mean learning in the sense of more foundational vgc
So I need to change that
u already realize it tho
which is important
but yea u dont want that to be the go to
too volatile
Extremely volatile
give urself the tools and ability to make plays that dont outright lose u if u get them wrong
Maybe it’s time to let groudon go
its so much better i promise u
Which is why I'm making better teams that aren't read heavy
nice

This is the most recent venture
i see good mons nd then i see groudon
I mean seems solid then there’s groudon
I bet it’ll have its time again (primals) but for now, it’s just not koraidon man
Bulks up then smokes CIR
Have a immunity into miraidon (and still die to Draco)
lmao
Shut off rain from kyogre and still take 50%
miss p blades

This ain't about him
bundles fine tbh
Ok but like, my point still stands lol
The sun setter generally doesn’t like kyogre
u have options but yea its weird
its not even just kyogre it just doesnt do anything koraidon doesnt do better
Yep
it has no role
He's fatter and does better into CIR imo
Ok, go go gadget Tera fire flare blitz
or u just run ur own cir and have bbss and an infinitely better team
That too
I don’t disagree like it is better into CIR but, there’s other tools that don’t require your restricted slot
i would hope not
Maybe if I went to irl tours I'd change my ways
yea u would cuz ur not gna spend hundreds of dollars and bring groudon and rely on that for 8+ rounds
Exactly
ppl do it, but i wouldnt think thats a good idea
But the cool thing about that is that I don't go to irl tours
So Groudon isn't costing me anything right now
again, u can keep using groudon but might be time to accept the results are going to reflect its relevance/efficiency
Oh yeah 100%
otherwise its gna be extremely frustrating thinking u have a ceiling u already hit
Going to tours does require the “I wanna win” mindset
Don't worry I'll never be frustrated because in the end I am using Groudon
Or extreme dedication to _ Mon
and it doesnt mean u cant bring some heat. but its gotta make sense. think tyo ice team w/ articuno or anything esm does
I would like to think I have that
Just not as obessed I guess
Yea
You play groudon
I’m not either but my mon does better into the format rn
(And then they Tera and I cry)
How do you think I feel 😭
zacian def has more of a role then groudon by far rn
Lmao
but i still disagree w/ the 1 mon pigeonholing
She loses all offensive pressure with a single press of a button
CIR is now a bad mu when it should be a good mu lol
Like Groudon has essentially 2 weaknesses in the sun
But he can't do anything because nothing wants to be weak to Ground anymore
Yep
I'm going to guess that's what I'm doing?
I think this is valid and I’ve really only done this in restricted formats. I’ve been better about it elsewhere
I treated reg h so harshly bring it back
I honestly don’t
I like how I know what to plan for
Playing through them now I’m just like “yea I liked having room to make mistakes”
Not that making mistakes isn’t gonna happen there’s just more room, you fuck up 1 turn in this format it’s ggs
does this format end august 31st? or september 30th?
31st of August i belive
because its just Groudon and fuck it we ball
so July 30th we should have info on next format, 2 more months 🙏
lines up pretty well with that pokemon presents too
So what're your opinions on Groudon and Kyurem-Black?
Probably that it's the most awesomest combo ever !
if you see me making Tier list
I slandered them so much
Isn’t kyurem black dogshit
that has no return
yeah thats why i slandered him
Ah
is it even slander if it's true
Hey guys
lmfao
i wanna see the mirai kyu-b
Yes John Groudon
Doesn’t even kill incin
huh does it not
Nah it probably does but not at -1
yeahhhh
Why not just use Miraidon and something else for more damage 
sucks having to use dice
its a fucking dissapointment
165 Atk Caly Ice Glacial Lance with 0atk EVs vs 170 Atk Kyurem Black Ice Fang with 252+ Atk EVs
Guess who still Kills Miraidon

when you think about it
kyu black is kind of an offensive coverage beast frfr
imagine he learned a good ice type atk move
0 Atk Calyrex-Ice Glacial Lance vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Miraidon: 156-186 (88.6 - 105.6%) -- 31.3% chance to OHKO
252+ Atk Kyurem-Black Ice Fang vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Miraidon: 152-180 (86.3 - 102.2%) -- 12.5% chance to OHKO
HOW DID YOU MESS IT UP KYUREM BLACK
Yea like idk
Because there's a huge BP difference there that you're just sort of ignoring xD
u and drago yea
why is kyurem black's strongest non-multi hit move ice fang
they just hate the guy
that also isnt ass AKA freeze shock
erik, outside kyogre wat restricted is actually relevant rn pre gen 7?
not that gen 5 dragons were ever good but still
none
If Xerneas is in Gen 9 maybe Also Xerneas
I almost gave up but couldn’t break the bond yk
(I stared at the builder for like an hour and didn’t decide on anything)
lmao
not even maybe definitely xerneas
that's a fair point lmao
I’ve gotten to the point I just like zacian a lot and I’ve gotten good with it
but at least the other restricteds get moves
overall tho just meant things have continuously gotten outclassed
I also just don’t know what other restricted fits how I play
if There is a new rain setting restricted then Kyogre will get Outclassed
depends wat it is
unless that restricted has design issues
Ig there was the brief moment of playing CIR in reg g 1 but that was cuz I wanted to play dengo
and Groudon
but like
why bother in this format
wdym
i am not bothering on Groudon
last time dengo was good
I didn’t ever stick with groudon that Mon sucks
oh yea u shouldnt
😔
True now the zama mu is patched with leech seed
i slandered Groudon so much on would i use this restricted tier list
team Aqua propaganda
torrent ur tier lists r always so random hahah
can i have this tierlist
I’ll make one too






