competitive_discussion

[brave hazel]

Depends if I manage to set it up with a defensive weak pokemon like Skarmory or something

[shadow wind]

Huh?

What is a “defensive weak pokemon”

[brave hazel]

Defensive type pokemon that is weak, like a set up pokemon

Plenty of entry’s you could make to set it up

or I could just use a sash

[shadow wind]

Defensive type Pokémon?

[brave hazel]

I mean like a wall pokemon, that is mostly used for setting up

like Skarmory & korv

[shadow wind]

Those don’t really set up

[brave hazel]

Entry hazard set ups

[shadow wind]

I don’t know how those would help Kommo-o but sure

[foggy lodge]

You are playing singles no?

[shadow wind]

It’s obviously singles

I’m guessing OU or Natdex

[brave hazel]

Yeah I only play 6v6

3v3 & doubles are just boring

Just Scarlett random battles, get a lot of sweats on there that play main comp

[shadow wind]

What tier are you playing?

[brave hazel]

There’s no ranking system

[foggy lodge]

MKLeo is winning a smash tournament this is so goated

[shadow wind]

Not what I mean

OU, UU, RU, Natdex

I don’t know what tier Kommo-o is so I’m asking what tier you’re playing

[shadow wind]

My goat isn’t washed 😭😭

[brave hazel]

I’m just playing Scarlett online battles

There is no tier

You’re allowed to use anything & everything

so it makes it interesting

[rustic mountain]

isnt mkleo like the undisputed goat of modern smash?

[shadow wind]

Yeah nah Kommo is actually getting exploded by every single legendary that’s going to be in there

[shadow wind]

Spargo has been going nuts but yeah Leo is the goat

Spargo won with solo plant and beat Leo and Sonix in his run

[brave hazel]

Currently on a 23x win streak so I hope not

[shadow wind]

Keep it up then 👍

[rustic mountain]

yea i had heard

[shadow wind]

Spargo is actually insane

[rustic mountain]

still idt hes close to mks results or consistency

[shadow wind]

Oh definitely not

[rustic mountain]

as far as im aware

[foggy lodge]

https://x.com/vgccorner/status/1949590679241228362

Brady Smith - VGC Corner (@vgccorner)

Ladder anxiety is real

But here's the truth:
No one remembers your losses
No one tracks your rating
No one judges your plays

Only you do

Free yourself from that pressure
Play to learn, not to prove

The moment you stop caring about rating is the moment you start improving

X · Jul 27, 2025, 10:00 PM

I track losses gl everyone

[shadow wind]

Leo is my true goat

Although I’ve been watching more Melee recently

Zain my goat 🙏

[foggy lodge]

When I fight accounts in very high ladder I start to track them lmao

[shadow wind]

Stalker type beat

[foggy lodge]

Yes

Mainly when they have some interesting 6

[shadow wind]

Oh yeah I need to team build

[rustic mountain]

conner did u watch wolfeys latest vid?

[shadow wind]

I did not

VGC content has become stale to me 😔

[rustic mountain]

watch it, u can relive groudons glory days

[foggy lodge]

It's about Groudon!!!!

[shadow wind]

Oh I did see the thumbnail

Nah cause it’s like I didn’t play competitive back then

It’s like if I look at Larry bird highlights

[rustic mountain]

neither did i, i dont usually watch wolfeys vids but this one is p good

[shadow wind]

Maybe I’ll have to give it a watch

[rustic mountain]

played with plumbers man nothing to see

[dense latch]

yea it was a nice watch

[foggy lodge]

Maybe its dumb to put a spoiler ||But I think the video works like a teaser for a future video about his 2016 worlds win and it would be very interesting to have a whole video and story about that||

[rustic mountain]

yea i was seein if he led up to that in the vid, i didnt finish guess now i know lol

[next stump]

Wolfey has a really good COVID era video where he watches and commentates over his 2016 win

it's the old wolfey style too where he just rambles

[rustic mountain]

covid era wolfey was honestly goated

he did so many deep dives

[shadow wind]

Oh boy, back to it

[rustic mountain]

very analytical

[shadow wind]

I miss the road to #1 streams/videos

[next stump]

turning on his camera for his draft league matches and waiting like 20 minutes for his opponent while rambling about his day

[foggy lodge]

Remember when Wolfey had its phase where he seemed like a regular poketuber

[rustic mountain]

i get why hes shifted his newer content but i miss the old style where it was very freeform

[left bobcat]

YEAHHHHHHHH iron bundle lets gooooooo

[shadow wind]

The old intro 🥀

[foggy lodge]

The bonuswolfe channel would be cool for that but its dead

[shadow wind]

MS paint for the win

[rustic mountain]

i think its been abolished to patreon content

[foggy lodge]

It was cool to see more about him outside of the pokemon best player phase

[next stump]

https://youtu.be/BQsaGJoR2_8?si=CRier9SRNBqgQ7Ys

[foggy lodge]

The only thing that resembled that style of old videos was his part in the OHKO podcast I think

[next stump]

it's timestamped to when I last watched so careful for that

[dense latch]

holy peak

[next stump]

great video

[dense latch]

real youtubist era is unmatched

[foggy lodge]

Old VGC has aura

I wish current VGC had the narratives that old VGC had lol

[rustic mountain]

my first ever intro to vgc was watching wolfey use delibird in swsh

[shadow wind]

Dude

Mine was his trainers teams

[foggy lodge]

Mine was the Dracovish video

[shadow wind]

Actually mine might've been the Wolfey x Alpharad competitive colllab

[foggy lodge]

My first impression about Wolfey was his with a fish costume

[dense latch]

same

[foggy lodge]

Indeed this is my goat

[dense latch]

i started watching him when he did that dracovish cosplay special

[shadow wind]

Mr. Fish 😔

[rustic mountain]

lmao

i kinda miss dracovish

[shadow wind]

I very miss him

How do I make this not look like the most basic Miraidon team of all time

[foggy lodge]

"and bumblebee" team

[shadow wind]

With who Groudon?

[foggy lodge]

Wait you use white light showdown?

[shadow wind]

I like how it looks

It contrasts the type boxes

[foggy lodge]

It shows that you have normal sleep schedules and not 1 am ladder spam

[rustic mountain]

dark mode >

[shadow wind]

Dude I went to sleep at 3 am technically this morning

[rustic mountain]

nice

[shadow wind]

I do not infact have a normal sleep schedule

[rustic mountain]

i went to bed at 3 to b up at 7 we are not the same

[shadow wind]

I woke up at 8, you truly are better 😔

[rustic mountain]

nah it was so painful

get ur proper sleep

[shadow wind]

See I mean to

Then instagram reels pulls me

[rustic mountain]

bruh

[foggy lodge]

Something dumb but I miss when I would sleep early because my gf from that moment also slept early lol

[rustic mountain]

how things can change

[foggy lodge]

Lmao

Now I have to force myself to sleep early

[shadow wind]

https://pokepast.es/73eceabb91c2b032

Anything look stupid?

Other than Groudon

[rustic mountain]

lmao

idk if i love bulk up on this kind of team

[shadow wind]

I have to specify

Because every time I ask "Is something wrong or weird" I always get a "Well there's a Groudon"

[rustic mountain]

i wasnt gna b the one to do that this time but i feel that

[shadow wind]

Instead of bulk up I'm wondering if it's HHP or HH

[rustic mountain]

yea i just dont see the team really providing groudon much staying power to make bulk up have value

[shadow wind]

Fair

[rustic mountain]

i think hhp is fine

gives u single target ground coverage for wide guard stuff

[shadow wind]

True

[foggy lodge]

Stomping tantrum because you have to accept it will miss

[left bobcat]

CHOICE SCARF COACHING URSHIFU

[shadow wind]

Screw stomping tantrum

[left bobcat]

High horse power?

[rustic mountain]

i also think stuff like bulk up can be bad for conditioning whereas u might be inclined to try a gameplan centered around that wen more often then not ur better off just goin for instant offense, especially with clam and team comp

[shadow wind]

And specs over AV/Scarf

Like this team does damage

[foggy lodge]

I remember I killed a 70ish percent Incin with stomping tantrum while I was burned

[rustic mountain]

i think specs or scarf is cool for mirai

[foggy lodge]

I liked having a move that recompensates me for having bad rng

[left bobcat]

Specs

[rustic mountain]

i think scarf can be nice for u into like the caly zama stuff

[shadow wind]

Yeah

I will force them to click wide guard

[left bobcat]

Nah just for caly

[foggy lodge]

Also ice beam> freeze dry

[shadow wind]

I've seen more ice beam recently

[foggy lodge]

With Miraidon and Iron Hands you don't need more water coverage imo

[left bobcat]

Icy wind and ice beam

[foggy lodge]

Unless is specifically for wellspring and walking wake

[shadow wind]

But I'm wondering if freeze dry can be better

[left bobcat]

Encore and protect

[shadow wind]

I'll try beam though

[left bobcat]

Eh only for like ursh and wellspring

And ig Kyogre

[foggy lodge]

Most of the time you already force the tera grass on Kyogre tho

[shadow wind]

Holy I haven't made evs in a while

[foggy lodge]

Is talking tom lowkey a previous version of chatgpt?

[left bobcat]

Eh just the usual 252 speed and special attack 4 spdef timid nature with a focus sash

[shadow wind]

Nah not for Bundle

[dense latch]

i remember shit like cleverbot or simsimi back in 2017 to 2019

[left bobcat]

I’ve only ever done weird mixes with bundle in older regulations

[shadow wind]

Bundle is probably the easiest to make evs for

[left bobcat]

Just gotta make sure it’s booster is speed

[shadow wind]

Well yeah

[left bobcat]

Reg g lorb double blizzard iron bundle and kyurem white

[shadow wind]

Man I can't with low elo players

[left bobcat]

They do the funniest things

[foggy lodge]

Me

When I think "there's no way you protect this mon" and they protect it

[left bobcat]

Somewhere around last year from what I’m gonna assume was a Tera normal choice banded Eleki and flutter they started off

Then suddenly they switched flutter with incin

Eleki with Tera normal explosion took out its own partner

[shadow wind]

Like I just lost to maybe the worst CIR Kyogre player because they decided to never set TR

[left bobcat]

Maybe it was the mind games 🐠

[shadow wind]

He was 1100

[left bobcat]

Oh 🐡

Yikes

[foggy lodge]

Spargo is in semifinals of this tournament

[shadow wind]

Which tournament?

[foggy lodge]

Smash factor 12

[shadow wind]

Ah ok

Wait I thought wasn't with LG anymore?

[foggy lodge]

He won the last match with double parry into limit charged down B

Truly my goat

[shadow wind]

Cloud is epic

Except when I have to play the ones in elite smash 😔

God forbid a K rool land on their shield with nair

I think Smash is the only game other than mons I've played competitively

And by comp I mean on ladder, I don't attend tournaments or anything

[foggy lodge]

I won one on my school

[shadow wind]

I wish my school did that

I just play elite smash

[foggy lodge]

The worst place 😔

Wish smash had a better online and better ranked system

Cart ladder has a lot of top players playing regularly so you have something to practice there

[shadow wind]

I mean Hbox brought back Matchbox

[foggy lodge]

Elite smash is just funsies

[shadow wind]

Elite smash is so toxic

[foggy lodge]

It is I hate it so much

The online is too horrible

[shadow wind]

But at some point it's just funny

Like this guy thinks it's so funny to tbag after killing a doc with aegis

We really have nothing better to be doing

[molten oasis]

I feel like smash is just generally a toxic game

[shadow wind]

Yeah nah smash is like bottom 5 communities

This guy might be the best player to ever exist

[molten oasis]

Lmfao

[shadow wind]

Well have you seen a better lead?

[foggy lodge]

Csr Smeargle lead

[shadow wind]

Nah cause Miraidon

This one really beat me

A masterclass lead

I hope smeargle isn't in Gen 10

Also showdown is lying to me

It was at 0 seconds for like 5 seconds

[molten oasis]

It’ll be in base game watch

[shadow wind]

I'd end it all

[cyan smelt]

Lern 2 luv smeargle

Decorate smeargle next to geomancy xerneas

[cyan smelt]

Bungle is paying off for you

[shadow wind]

I have had to play Zama CSR Smeargle for 3 sets in a row now 😭

[foggy lodge]

@dense latch https://x.com/FolagoR/status/1949185026773447117

FOLAGOR (@FolagoR)

Hay 8 millones de personas en el mundo y 7 millones viendo la velada. Literalmente todo el mundo lol.

X · Jul 26, 2025, 7:08 PM

[shadow wind]

Oh my god

[dense latch]

180k likes wtf 😭 my bait goat

can't win a battle to save his life but he's my goat nonetheless

[shadow wind]

Why did my Miraidon just outspeed a CSR

Who is not running 206+ CSR 😭

252 timid pays off sometimes

[dense latch]

252 hp 252 spatk quiet csr ‼️

[shadow wind]

It is on a team with trick room

[dense latch]

min speed csr is still 139 speed lmao

[shadow wind]

Jeez

Yeah knowing I outspeed made all my fear went away

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regibo3-2410586369-9dlo38na7p1efbpm613y2hxg4vac54ypw

Frick is that smeargle gonna do

This is what game freak had in mind

So I hit a double protect into a highhorse miss

Thanks game

Give me hope just to take it all away

What speed do Rillas usually run?

[foggy lodge]

110-120 i think

Some are made to outspeed jolly incin tho

[shadow wind]

Hmm

I wonder why I speed tied with one with Groudon

[foggy lodge]

Damn

Some Rilla ran max speed in reg G to outspeed stuff like adamant Urshifu and click drum beating

But it was long ago

[shadow wind]

Interesting

Man why did I not use dgleam tera fairy Mirai earlier

Groudon + Tera fairy Mirai just makes the Mirai MU so much easier

[foggy lodge]

Fs

Creating pin points against Miraidon all the time

[shadow wind]

And specs Miraidon is gross

[foggy lodge]

What Pokémon would the smash top players use in VGC

Spargo seems like a Miraidon dude

[shadow wind]

He seems like a Chesnaught kinda dude

Plant gang

[foggy lodge]

Electric seed Chesnaught with Miraidon

Frfr

[shadow wind]

Is this what it feels like to be my opponents?

[shadow wind]

I just had the scariest bolt of all time on the field

And by that I mean my opponent had it

Life orb proto eterrain

[molten oasis]

Oh nah lmao

[shadow wind]

Why is there a Dragalge on my screen

Dragalge you will be missed

[foggy lodge]

🫡

[shadow wind]

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regibo3-2410630288

It was a weird game

Maxi are you watching the final?

Cause I don't know if Spargo has this

Steve is just an unfair character

[foggy lodge]

Yeah spargo should win

[shadow wind]

Should but Syrup did reset

I actually hate Steve so much

Like why can Steve just get 75 uncontested

Also really unlucky SD

I think it either goes game 5 Spargo wins or game 4 Syrup wins

Ok wait Spargo might clutch game 2

Yeah never mind, Spargoat going 3-0

Goat

[stone trellis]

I think Wolfe is going to use Koraidon-CSR or MiraiNala at Worlds.

[shadow wind]

Nah he's going to use Groudon Miraidon trust

[molten oasis]

im expecting CSR Korai

[stone trellis]

That's what I'm saying.

I finally made it to 1500.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regi-2410684769-41r449x7bbttunxc566epebp8hk0j17pw

[real prairie]

Hey guys

any thoughts on a 6th? https://pokepast.es/1cffd07f2698bead

[solid frigate]

Bolt?

[real prairie]

Interesting, Y?

[formal parrot]

Tera an Aegislash?

Y/N?

Asking in context of Champions.

Since that Steel/Ghost typing is too good to remove

[real prairie]

Assuming all the different gimmicks are in, it probably benefits most from Dynamax id have thought

[solid frigate]

Works in trick room and works in both weather if they ever remove your weather

[real prairie]

IC

i don't usually go into weather wars though, Kyogre will usually come out last once it can guarantee the weather

but no harm in testing it

another ice weakness though is not fun

[bold geode]

https://x.com/serebiinet/status/1949812217345458297?s=46&t=uNhyLqsCYEm-Oxr-3fpY0A

Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet)

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X · Jul 28, 2025, 12:40 PM

@next stump

[next stump]

yoooo that’s fire

[tranquil kraken]

I love how we just got a Presents and they drop this a couple days later with no mention

[bold geode]

[solid frigate]

honestly this is a nice addition

[kind sonnet]

Is trailblaze an egg move?

Oop nvm

[heady onyx]

nah, you can definitely use tera. plenty of good typings use tera offensively, defensively or for utility.

[next stump]

81 hours until we get a new format announcement

can you tell I hate Reg I

[timber falcon]

in a sun team, is it ok to have 2 fire types and a ground type?

or is that much too risky

[solid frigate]

honestly outside of monke,we all dislike it

Reg G honestly feels more flexible

[timber falcon]

https://tenor.com/view/praying-crying-downfall-sad-tears-praying-gif-7785197299162436598

[next stump]

depends on the context. I think something like Chi-Yu + Fire Ogerpon can be okay

[timber falcon]

im thinking of groudon, incineroar and volcarona

been holding back on taking both volcarona and incin, as incin would help the tempo a lot but im very skeptical on type overlaps

[heady onyx]

i cant wait

tired to play the same 2 restricted

[solid frigate]

@next stump i might as well go insane over reg I cuz when i try to build something for champions format i tried Galarian articuno for some reason-

[foggy lodge]

I'm so sorry you have to play reg I at worlds

[next stump]

first Reg G and now Reg I

both worlds i've been to have sucked format wise

[solid frigate]

give them credit,Reg G Wave 1 is fine

Reg G wave 2 is arubega spam

[dense latch]

SV has not been kind with the worlds formats huh

[solid frigate]

Reg G at least its entertaining

Reg I is not entertaining to watch at all-

[foggy lodge]

Worlds with restricteds formats suck because its super heavily relied on MUs

[dense latch]

idk how good of a format reg D actually was but I can’t imagine playing worlds using a month old format being any good for the players

[solid frigate]

trust me,D is not that fun as well from people saying

its better than Reg I

but thats it

they don't even have prep time for D

[timber falcon]

can rage powder redirect spore? i forgot how it worked

[forest arrow]

Rage Powder doesn’t affect grass types so unless it’s smeargle I don’t believe so

[next stump]

yep, they would need to tera or be smeagle

smeargle*

[timber falcon]

yeah this was the feature i forgot about

so rage powder volcarona wouldnt redirect spore

from amoongus

[forest arrow]

Dillon pointing out Tera tho, it could work there as well

if the Amoongus is Tera’d it can

[stone trellis]

Plus, you can always deal with Amoonguss by nuking it.

I don't think it's taking a sun-boosted Fiery Dance all that well.

[timber falcon]

https://pokepast.es/9843d48be7473739

been struggling with high pressure teams, any changes i could make?

also struggle with moongus after realising i didnt consider sleep

[real prairie]

thats sick

Why don't more sun teams run firepon

Growth + Solarblade + sun boosted Ivy cudgels + its tera attack boost seems vile

[bold geode]

Groudon teams could make more sense with it but you're usually running Volc + Incin on those so you're stacking mad weakness there
And on Koraidon teams, the same shit Koraidon might have problems whacking are kind of things Firepon would
Rockpon imo just big pog

[real prairie]

yeah even if you go rock-pon

growth is a big bonus in sun

seems like cool tech

new team is doing bits:

Still want to improve the win rate to 3x instead of 2x

[bold geode]

Wait you mean
Growth as in the move?

[real prairie]

Yeah

[tiny karma]

Pokémon No. 465: Tangrowth

Type

Grass

Abilities

Chlorophyll, Leaf Guard, Regenerator (Hidden)

HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe

100/100/125/110/50/50

Total

535

Sableye version 4.28.2

[real prairie]

no not that

[tiny karma]

Move: Growth

Raises the user's Attack and Special Attack by 1 stage. If the weather is Sunny Day or Desolate Land, this move raises the user's Attack and Special Attack by 2 stages. If the user is holding Utility Umbrella, this move will only raise the user's Attack and Special Attack by 1 stage, even if the weather is Sunny Day or Desolate Land.

Type

Normal

Category

Status

Power

0

Accuracy

—

PP (max)

20 (32)

Move Flags

​

Protect

Bypasses Protect-like moves.

Contact

Does not make contact.

Snatch

Affected by Snatch.

Sableye version 4.28.2

[real prairie]

in saying that, it gets swords dance

[bold geode]

https://tenor.com/view/pour-drink-alcohol-lets-drink-tequila-gif-17171578

[real prairie]

so meh

[bold geode]

I need this drink to continue this conversation now

[real prairie]

yeah i thought it was Atk + Sp

sorry

[bold geode]

Nah it's Spatk lol

Speed would be fucking crazy

[real prairie]

No, i just need to learn to read before opening my mouth

[bold geode]

You can read

Reading is hard

[real prairie]

https://tenor.com/view/i-see-no-problem-here-no-problem-crossed-eyes-dont-worry-gif-16343187

[bold geode]

Real

[solid frigate]

You can write???

[nocturne holly]

What teams r u guys using

[forest arrow]

Bros alive

[nocturne holly]

but dead on the inside 😈

that’s aura

[forest arrow]

Hope you’re doing good homie

[nocturne holly]

Yea I am

What about you what’s good

[bold geode]

1.2k words and no mention of Reg I yet

[forest arrow]

I’m good just at work

[solid frigate]

korai lunala

[near crag]

What are good answers to zam? Stuff like volc seem awkward now, with a lot of these teams running ogerpon cornerstone

And I'm on kyogre, but I can't touch him after he uses any of his three most common tera types

[bold geode]

Volc is still very good in general, just gotta play around Ogerpon Rock
Amoonguss disrupts any Zam other than Grass Zam very well, which Kyogre really likes

Landorus Incarnate also helps

[near crag]

What do I do about tera grass? My other restricted is zacian

[bold geode]

Do you not have anything to hit Grass types?

[near crag]

Torn, mainly

[bold geode]

Swap to Hurricane if you're real desperate, but you can always Taunt to shut off WG and then Bleakwind, Kyogre should probably have Ice Beam, there's other ways

Ok Flutter does good damage, Hands has Low Kick which still chunks, idk why you're running SD Zac tbh, it'd much prefer just 3 attack

I think your issue is probably in the gameplay and not as much in the builder

[shadow wind]

Chat is this a bar?

[bold geode]

[real prairie]

https://pokepast.es/5de1bc9d8e202925

[bold geode]

I cannot share my sauce
Not just yet
Soon though
It is gas

[shadow wind]

I think I have already shared my current team

[minor geyser]

I had a terrible dream once where Pokemon Champions was released and Nintendo decided to go after Showdown...

[shadow wind]

https://pokepast.es/fd93422a2c9720c7

[real prairie]

staple team with Groudon taped to it ❤️

[shadow wind]

Not true !

I made this in my own builder !

[real prairie]

interesting Ice beam over freezedry

[tiny karma]

Move: Freeze-Dry

Has a 10% chance to freeze the target. This move's type effectiveness against Water is changed to be super effective no matter what this move's type is.

Type

Ice

Category

Special

Power

70

Accuracy

100

PP (max)

20 (32)

Move Flags

​

Mirror

Copied by Mirror Move.

Contact

Does not make contact.

Sableye version 4.28.2

[shadow wind]

It’s a lot more damage

[tiny karma]

Move: Ice Beam

Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.

Type

Ice

Category

Special

Power

90

Accuracy

100

PP (max)

10 (16)

Move Flags

​

Mirror

Copied by Mirror Move.

Contact

Does not make contact.

Sableye version 4.28.2

[solid frigate]

they try to make is not like showdown so probably not + people would riot

[real prairie]

Interesting, would love to see some damage calcs

[shadow wind]

It does like 80 to Miraidon

[real prairie]

especially ditching that super effective against water utility on a groudon team

[next stump]

it would be a crazyyyyy day if that happens, scrolling social media would be insane

[shadow wind]

I got a whole Miraidon to be fair

[next stump]

i’m not gonna lie if they make champions well enough, i probably won’t play much of any showdown

[real prairie]

this is valud

[bold geode]

Ngl am I crazy to say I could see it happen?

[next stump]

because if i can play on my phone AND basically instantly make teams

[solid frigate]

i mean people would riot

especially smogon players

[bold geode]

Honestly yeah I wouldn't touch Showdown again

[real prairie]

this is highly plausible with the way they have been acting

[next stump]

one tough part though is you probably cannot make alt accounts, which would be big for trying new teams

you’d have to tank your rating or play casuals

[real prairie]

onlyway showdown works though is if they can make it so you can play without animations, because otherwise games will still be 10x longer

[bold geode]

There's also a thing I see no one think about with the Victory Points needed to build shit

[real prairie]

or theres official ladders and casual games

similar to current

[dense latch]

smogon would be fucked

[real prairie]

early game issue for sure

[minor geyser]

If you can't byy VP, then it will take a while to build a team

[next stump]

https://youtu.be/P5Cj-1tN-lY?si=m6engELdyrcUXjI5

great video if anyone hasn’t seen it

[bold geode]

Technically that is a resource, which means building will require resources like it does now, instead Victory Points will be said resource
But having that resource be earned thru battles actually imo kinda ties the teambuilding process more solid with everything else in competitive

[next stump]

TLDR showdown hasn’t done anything that threatens pokemon yet, and they also don’t profit off showdown

but with champions you can easily make the argument they’re infringing on their IP now

[bold geode]

Like it also actively encourages you to do the strat of like for example building something quick to scout the meta

[real prairie]

yeah only place there is any advertising is the start page

[next stump]

oh and showdown has bo3 OTS which if champions doesn’t implement, that’s a hugeeee plus for showdown

really hope there’s at least a bo1 OTS ladder in game

[real prairie]

yeah, thankfully showdown themselves implemented that in the last year or so

[bold geode]

LMAO yeah honestly Showdown is alive then cuz idt they're doing that

[real prairie]

not initially anyway

can always be added later

[bold geode]

Thing is idk if they're gonna be THAT caught up to speed on the general public opinion

[real prairie]

Can see why nintendo never made their own showdown though, as an idea its awful on paper for a marketing team.

Yeah pokemon battling, but strip everything away and give them access to everything.

a marketing teams first thoughts would be "They'd get bored so quickly without anything to unluck or grind"

that statement alone is probably why there is VP in Champions at all

[next stump]

that’s why they almost have to be forcing VGC onto champions

because if* it’s truly just a battle simulator, no one is going to play it consistently

[bold geode]

For sure

I'm still just wondering how they're gonna work megas and tera together

I stg if that shit stacks

[real prairie]

itll be like when Z crystals and megas were around together. pick 1 per match

[next stump]

I was talking to some friends about that and I think it has the potentially to be really uncompetitive

[solid frigate]

honestly it makes more sense on marketing standpoint,they would also have to throw gen 10 Pokemon someday so why not forcing it into champions for VGC and get more money doing so

[next stump]

Like you cannot master a format with megas in just a couple of months, so imagine they have megas for one regulation and switch right after.

[solid frigate]

cuz everything is done with Pokemon home anyway

[real prairie]

yeah if it hangs around longer than a single regulation itll cook competitive

[bold geode]

I mean I feel a format with megas and tera could be, but like
It would take some time

I mean I wouldn't put it past them to try it right away
Look at fuckin Reg D

[next stump]

maybe I’m a sceptic but I don’t see how that’s very competitive even if it’s fun

That would be a nightmare regional to play in if each team can mega evolve, dynamax, tera, etc.

[gentle crag]

Result: 174.000000

Result: 180.000000

[solid frigate]

learnt that from gen 7 and its kinda horrible

[wooden steeple]

do I need a certain role to post in #rental_teams?

[bold geode]

Is Dmax even gonna be in the game?

[rustic mountain]

not that we know the full picture on champions yet but as of now, i dont think it will compete with the instant accessibility sd offers, whether its spending in game currency to change ur spreads/ability etc or even having access to the mon ur trying to use (speaking more for ppl who havent been playing the game for years that already have most if not all meta mons theyd need to transfer over)
i think sd has quite a leg up on champions rn where as id still favor using sd for testing in most cases over having to grind or use resources in champions

[bold geode]

Idt Dmax or Z moves were advertised in the game at least yet

Now if all 4 were there? Yeah fuck no

[rustic mountain]

just assumptions

all 4 would b a fun casual mode thing but def not for comp

[bold geode]

Yeah I was just under the impression it'd be just megas and tera
Which that could possibly work competitively

[rustic mountain]

yea if any 2 id say thats the best bet. also remember it said not actual gamplay footage in that trailer. couldve simply been a means to showcase both would be in the game, but not necessarily at the same time

[bold geode]

Right
I mean megas and tera would make sense, thing is you'd probably see tera be even heavier on a defensive approach

[dense latch]

dynamax next to any other gimmick would be insane

[bold geode]

If they try to include a format with Dmax I will legitimately sit the format out

[dense latch]

my guess is that it won’t, we saw something similar where rayquaza couldnt hold a z crystal AND mega

[rustic mountain]

how would it work tho, cant tera ur mega mon but can tera anything else? u can only choose 1 per battle?

[bold geode]

I bet it'd be like before with z moves and megas in Gen 7
But honestly I actually was thinking about the only choose one approach

[rustic mountain]

ngl tera + another mechanic sounds miserable

i like tera but more on its own, when you add more it really makes things overly complicated on what you have to account for. seems like a shitstorm

[bold geode]

I mean being able to defensively tera against powerful megas doesn't sound too bad to at least try

I mean
I feel like this can be sort of a shit storm
Or that a shit storm could be coming

[solid frigate]

no,but you have to follow the format

[wooden steeple]

oh I can't even select a picture tho

[rustic mountain]

u need a certain rank to post pictures in the server

great ball i think?

[bold geode]

Yeah
Just talk more, you'll get there

[wooden steeple]

ah ok fair enough

[bold geode]

Be sure to follow the format shown in the pins

[wooden steeple]

tbh the slow mode kinda made me talk in other vgc servers more lol

[rustic mountain]

fair its a big server tho, gta help combat spam in whatever ways u can

[wooden steeple]

fair

[bold geode]

My brain is on slow mode

[rustic mountain]

monke seein hes immune to slowmode:

[bold geode]

LMAO

Bro I'm not affected by slow mode in this channel due to the role yet it still don't fucking matter

[solid frigate]

oh god

Shitpost monke

[bold geode]

Y'know what's funny

I was talking to someone about it

[rustic mountain]

i will say ive gotten used to having slowmode in other channels like breeding it makes it weird having to wait 5 seconds sometimes but w/e i understand it

[bold geode]

One day I was like "damn ever since I became staff, this chat been better"
Then I realized "aw shit I don't shit post near as much, am I the problem"

[rustic mountain]

got em

[bold geode]

I became conscious

The chat is better cuz I got nerfed
I actually got a be responsible and shi now

[rustic mountain]

hahahah idt u derailed the chat that much

[bold geode]

Yeah but like damn I was crazy sometimes

[rustic mountain]

tru

[bold geode]

But it felt like

[solid frigate]

still can prove it to this day lmao

[bold geode]

Y'know when you gain consciousness for the first time as a kid

[rustic mountain]

id like to think i had consciousness from birth

[molten oasis]

[rustic mountain]

nah but i get wat ur saying

[solid frigate]

i only got the consciousness in 4 years old i think (Yes that late)

[rustic mountain]

idk if id say first time, cause its gradual but the more u realize ur sentience

[bold geode]

Like that point where you're not just like
Mindlessly watching Teletubbies with Cheerios and shit in your lap just cuz you're not able to make the decision to do anything else

[rustic mountain]

yo that combo was crazy tho

simpler times

[bold geode]

Fr
Honestly bring me back

[shadow wind]

It's so beautiful

[rustic mountain]

conner realizing what using good restricteds does

[bold geode]

Now I just mindlessly watch anime with food and a blanket in my lap cuz I'm choosing to pretend my responsibility isn't a thing

[solid frigate]

me when Miraidon always being the GOAT

[rustic mountain]

yea miraidon is nuts

[foggy lodge]

ChatGPT how do I beat Smeargle

[rustic mountain]

as much as things change, they stay the same

[solid frigate]

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

he's just a goober

[bold geode]

Fr

[shadow wind]

Why are people running lorb bolt again

[rustic mountain]

more damage?

[bold geode]

Wait isn't Kaiju No 8 airing again?

[shadow wind]

Yeah but it's really annoying because both my restricteds boost it 😔

[rustic mountain]

dude the animation looks crazy for kaiju no 8

[foggy lodge]

Life orb boosted tera electric boosted proto boosted terrain boosted thunderclap is funny

[shadow wind]

Yeah I just dealth with that

[bold geode]

Bro that and like
Dandadan also stepped up theirs

[rustic mountain]

yea ur feeding it

[foggy lodge]

Pretty sure that can oneshot restricteds

[rustic mountain]

them wen they see conners team:

[solid frigate]

lol

[rustic mountain]

i gta check that out too

[shadow wind]

And it's always Zama CSR

[rustic mountain]

so many animes on the backlog

[solid frigate]

i kinda just did not watch anime for a while

[foggy lodge]

314 BP Thunderclap💀

[bold geode]

I have so many things on the backlog
After I'm done with this blogpost, I'm actually gonna tackle some of it

TV shows, animes, video games

And VGC is then gonna pump out a new Reg and gonna suck me back in immediately

[rustic mountain]

got a month till then

idt itll be new in the sense of a format we havent played b4

[stone trellis]

Has anybody seen that clip of Hungrybox crashing out over Fox?

[solid frigate]

ahhhh Hbox

[stone trellis]

We should do something like that, except with Miraidon.

[rustic mountain]

where hes like ppl complain about me using fucking puff and then theres this guy who they gave everything?

[bold geode]

Yeah but the SD testing beforehand

[foggy lodge]

Valid crashout

[bold geode]

Idk
Unless it's very exciting I might take a break for a bit

[stone trellis]

"And your mains COMPLAIN! Somehow, they COMPLAIN! About what, Groudon? God forbid. About what, Ice Rider? JUST DOUBLE HIM! YOU DUMB CUNT!"

[stone trellis]

Yeah, that one.

[rustic mountain]

generational crashout

[shadow wind]

Groudon is truly too strong

[rustic mountain]

this aint primal

[rustic mountain]

right, i wonder wen we get the news of what it is

[solid frigate]

that ain't falco

[bold geode]

Also Tree Switch 2 SV has kept me busy from playing monkey game

[rustic mountain]

damn

save transfer was smooth?

[solid frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/donkey-kong-banana-arkatos-arkakong-arka-gif-22958944

[stone trellis]

The only problem is that I can't do the voice for that.

[bold geode]

Yes and no
Yes cuz I didn't lose anything
No cuz I was asking like 3 people questions cuz I had no idea wtf I was doing

[rustic mountain]

lmfao

im putting my mons into home for sure

[bold geode]

What in the brain slop fuck is this GIF

[rustic mountain]

torrents gif collection is like 99% shitposts

[solid frigate]

what does DK Bananza done to a mf

[chrome knot]

https://gif.fxtwitter.com/tweet_video/Gw43Mi7XkAAKqYD.gif

[bold geode]

Deadass I have so many things but the only thing I cared about losing in the moment was my fucking 0Atk IV CSR

[bold geode]

Get jiggy LMAO

[rustic mountain]

nd u didnt put it in home

[solid frigate]

i mean summer holiday make me become braindead sometimes

[bold geode]

No cuz then I'd have to recombine and teach moves again

And cuz I'm dumb

[rustic mountain]

u know wats worse?

losing the mon

glad u didnt but damn haha u just were like fuck it ball up top

[bold geode]

Yeah
That was the very first Calyrex I got too from story, I was lucky as fuck

[rustic mountain]

wow

[chrome knot]

you had like

[solid frigate]

you know whats even worse?

Losing the whole save file

[chrome knot]

0% chance to lose it unless you were so dumb that u deleted your save and then puked on your switch 1 and then broke that too and then smashed ur switch 2 for fun

[solid frigate]

pretty sure that happened in Pogo connection thing

[bold geode]

Don't underestimate the power of mass autism

[rustic mountain]

not really if u transfer all ur mons into home first, playing the game once more to completion is negligible compared to potentially losing a whole collection of mons

[chrome knot]

i look it in the mirror everyday don’t worry

[solid frigate]

me with only 30 slots in Home:

[bold geode]

Honestly I didn't wanna lose the mons but as for the save file, I honestly wouldn't mind too much if I had to replay the game considering the graphics and performance

Like it's almost a whole brand new fuckin game

[bold geode]

Damn vibes

[rustic mountain]

damn

i mean i heard its fine for p much every1 thats done it

[solid frigate]

i did not bother buying the upgrade

[forest arrow]

Replaying Scar and Violet on switch 2 doesn’t seem unfun imo

[chrome knot]

😵‍💫

[bold geode]

Don't you have to pay for more slots

[rustic mountain]

right? might just make an alt and do it for fun anyway lmao

[solid frigate]

yeah

[forest arrow]

Yay you get another ogerpon. Raging bolt etc

[rustic mountain]

thats fair i jus personally found it worth it after amassing a decent collection in swsh

[bold geode]

The difference in performance between the consoles on SV is actually jaw dropping

[solid frigate]

i just feel lazy to do another playthrough honestly

Unless if i want the exclusives

[bold geode]

Like just watching it doesn't do enough justice

[chrome knot]

i jus made a new alt for chien pao & ogerpon that are goin to worlds which means i get to spoil myself with another love ball bolt

[forest arrow]

Still can’t believe that’s what we been missing out on this whole time

[solid frigate]

i got both Scarlet and violet anyway

[rustic mountain]

it looks super nice on the switch 2, id like to feel how it plays outside just post game stuff

[rustic mountain]

hahah honestly clutch af, but im violet so no bolt

[bold geode]

https://tenor.com/view/aaronpaul-aaron-paul-cry-crying-gif-7621646

[forest arrow]

Agreed, I should be getting my switch 2 pretty soon, will definitely be replaying it

[chrome knot]

he!

[forest arrow]

Once I get around to it I can give you the extra one I get

[chrome knot]

who did it then

[rustic mountain]

nah ur good i appreciate it, i had a friend catch me one on one of their alt playthrus

u think id play comp w/o bolt?

[forest arrow]

Of course bud❤️ and true

🤣

[bold geode]

You know I didn't mean it like that

[chrome knot]

he meant it

[bold geode]

Damn
Write the Twitlonger, I'll go ahead and make the apology video now

[chrome knot]

??????

im gonna gooo

[bold geode]

We are not on the same thought LMAO

[bold geode]

No get back here

[bold geode]

My Bolts are from someone else, I bought Scarlet and then never caught mine LMAO

[rustic mountain]

[solid frigate]

Lmao

[bold geode]

Since I got the Switch 2 and the game feels way more lively now I might go for it to experience at least some story in the new graphics but like
I don't really wanna grind LOL

OH I FORGOT

@rustic mountain bro I saw shit from CBS sports about LeBron and Mavs shit, I'm low-key just like bro c'mon

Like it's rumors but like
Bait used to be believable bro

[solid frigate]

i love the nuke

[shadow wind]

I think I'm happy with a 73.5% GXE

With over 500 games I'll take it

[shadow wind]

I have seen it all

[dense latch]

i want to try and give them credit and say maybe they just searched for "choice s" but scarf comes before specs idk what they were cooking 😭

[shadow wind]

Low kick Koraidon

I want to know how people can just predict when they're gonna get lucky

[left bobcat]

We’ll never know

[real prairie]

My "VGC Hottakes" video should be up Tonight 😄

[left bobcat]

Where?

[real prairie]

On my youtube, ill share the link when its live

[left bobcat]

Interesting

🐠

Drop drop drop drop drop drop

[dull ibex]

I miss hyperoffense

[left bobcat]

Ig so

A lot easier

[real prairie]

https://youtu.be/0NVilzQMWhQ

Thank you all who participated and added your hottakes

i tried to include as many as i could

[river pelican]

Y'all think Belly Drum Snorlax with Toxic Orb and the immunity ability for maximum power facade would work?

[dense latch]

immunity doesnt prevent poison damage

just prevents getting poisoned entirely so that won't work

even if it did just use guts ursaluna

[river pelican]

Worth a try

Thanks for the insight

[foggy lodge]

You are better just using a berry if you are using belly drum

-50% HP into putting a timer on your own Pokémon is not a good idea xd

[shadow wind]

Drain punch !

[bold geode]

I'd apply for the content creator role in this server

[real prairie]

ey?

[bold geode]

#self_promotion pins

It's technically against server rules to promote stuff outside the channel without the role

I'm not gonna hound ya though cuz I'm guessing you didn't know that

[real prairie]

well theres that and the fact lots of people here helped make it

[bold geode]

Right
I'd apply for that though just for future stuff

[real prairie]

sure ofc, but how is what i meant lol

[bold geode]

How? Should be in the channel pins

[real prairie]

got it, thans

thanks*

sorry its 2am here lol

[waxen dock]

Just use ursaluna

It also have belly drum

[polar canyon]

A slow pokemon poisoned at 50% hp while also being at +6 attack

It's like being made of glass and having a target in your back

[solid frigate]

honse moment

[jade dust]

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regi-2411264837-kj6o5gx0f9vbtromyqefld7798xn7l1pw

My goodness I can’t believe I won this

[waxen dock]

The miss really helped you

[shadow wind]

Holy smeargle is actually so cancer

Like I've never seen a less skilled pokemon

[stone trellis]

Gleam would've KO'd Kyogre and CSR.

Are you not Specs?

[cyan smelt]

Smeargle is funny

[jade dust]

Yes that helped a lot

[shadow wind]

Blessed days

[ocean pawn]

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regibo3-2411159595-ekggqrj7x4wwkqle2pikv1jbgp6ogt7pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regibo3-2411161142-s3ul26440x6tajw175jjxd9kecmmb1qpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regibo3-2411163208-a8xo2fub8m24emg6otidfk1012kw3ydpw

[near crag]

Do you think there is a problem on running mostly special attackers on a team? I have one physical attacker (restricted), and one redirector, who doesn't run any damaging moves. Other than that, it's all just special attackers.

Maybe calm mind pagos, or stuff like ho-oh could be weird, but I don't think I'm gonna be facing those too much, if at all, and there surely is counterplay. Should I be concerned about anything else?

[formal grove]

is tornadus swagger viable with own tempo tinkaton

[solid frigate]

no

[knotty mirage]

In current reg yeah def not

[chrome knot]

this applies to every reg

[knotty mirage]

Fair enough

[mighty stump]

im too picky to wear uniqlo stuff anymore but it is cute

[chrome knot]

leaving the card text is so troll

[lean ridge]

What does the team look like?

[near crag]

Zacian, kyogre, torn, flutter, indeedee, and bolt

[lean ridge]

Imo idt it’s too much of a problem since ur physical attacker is one of ur restricted

[solid frigate]

flutter is unnecessary

[stone trellis]

You already have Tornadus, you don't need further speed control.

[waxen dock]

You dont really need flutter also i think among is better yhan deedee

[stone trellis]

Amoonguss has the really funny ability to click Pollen Puff in Trick Room.

And suddenly Kyogre's Water Spout regains 75 BP.

[near crag]

Flutter does wonders, the extra damage, denying weaker forms of speed control, taunt, and guaranteeing a win against frail sash mons. I’m on a back and forth between amoonguss and indeedee, but just been using indeedee to have some way to reset tr, terrain control, and blocking priority

[stone trellis]

Is it Booster Energy or Sash?

[near crag]

Booster

And I’m not aiming to play tr at all with that team, so amoonguss can’t help too much with pollen puff. It’s also not as reliable of a tr answer, with most tr teams running miraidon and either lunala or cir, mons that amoonguss doesn’t like

[waxen dock]

It dies to almost any physical move with booster

[stone trellis]

Not a problem if you outspeed everything.

(Except for Sucker Punch from the cat and the bear)

[near crag]

Pao should never ohko, and ursh doesn’t love to be there either

[stone trellis]

252 Atk Sword of Ruin Chien-Pao Sucker Punch vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Flutter Mane: 121-144 (92.3 - 109.9%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO

You were saying?

Or does it have less Special Attack in exchange for more Defense?

[near crag]

My bad, I was calcing for some bulk

[stone trellis]

I think 4 HP / 60 Def survives Sucker Punch.

[real prairie]

Have a video out later playing BeccaBaddest (if anyone knows her), looking for a few other people to face for a "Summer Friendlies series". Let me know if anyone fancies it.

current regulation rulesets

[real prairie]

@mighty stump @chrome knot @shadow wind @bold geode @dense latch @next stump
Would obviously love to give you guys a game at some point!

and ofc @solid frigate we need to clash 😉

also just seen @vapid comet DP... im a fan 👀

[solid frigate]

birmingham flashback moment

[bold geode]

[chrome knot]

would be fun but i have nothing in me atm that wants to play😞

[real prairie]

From friends to foes lol

[real prairie]

No urgency in it, let me know ❤️

[chrome knot]

okiiee

i just doing other things & yapping while friend preps for worlds

[real prairie]

https://tenor.com/view/pikachu-pikachu-punch-pokemon-pokemon-pikachu-punch-gif-27324815

[bold geode]

[vapid comet]

[chrome knot]

https://gif.fxtwitter.com/tweet_video/GwpiHMuXUAAgFx7.gif

[dense latch]

sounds like a fun idea

[solid frigate]

i'm tired of reg I so i am doing some shi

[real prairie]

How i haven't spotted a Comp Helper with a Ludicolo DP before today i don't know

[bold geode]

https://tenor.com/view/bnuuy-bunny-shitpost-rabbit-mm-yees-bnuuy-gif-7970488282837678817

[real prairie]

coudn't download the image? 🤣

[chrome knot]

https://gif.fxtwitter.com/tweet_video/Gw43Mi7XkAAKqYD.gif

[real prairie]

Fun shit!

[bold geode]

I got 20 images from Tiktok comments and I am way too lazy to crop em all

[real prairie]

thats why Pixel >

Dem hold down to highlight and copy images like a desktop

[vapid comet]

I spend 99% of my time in the Draft server, not this one

Only rarely active in here

[bold geode]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-meme-brain-stupid-dumb-gif-24320699

[real prairie]

Id love to get into a draft at some point.

Are you using our lord and saviour ludiGOATo?

[vapid comet]

Not currently, but I have done so before

[bold geode]

Does Ludicolo still dance on the field in SV

[real prairie]

Yes

[bold geode]

Good

[real prairie]

and it infuriates people

literally in the battle vs Becca she is telling it to chill out in the first 30 seconds 🤣

[real prairie]

I might need to take out WBLP from my username at this rate 👀

[chrome knot]

wee bla loo pwaa

[real prairie]

🤣

[bold geode]

What spell did you just cast on me

[chrome knot]

u turn inside out soon

[bold geode]

NOOOOOOO

[real prairie]

love your nonsense @chrome knot

[chrome knot]

[bold geode]

I cast... IRON

https://tenor.com/view/maymay-entrata-marydale-smash-frying-pan-mad-gif-17894317

[chrome knot]

i goin to chicago to visit kat & watch worlds i so excitedddd

[real prairie]

https://tenor.com/view/god-damn-nerds-sungwon-cho-prozd-dorks-geeks-gif-26913531

[chrome knot]

WTFFF I am not excited for this however

pan ow

[bold geode]

Lol

[chrome knot]

https://gif.fxtwitter.com/tweet_video/Gwv6k0AWoAAmdJt.gif

[real prairie]

Also just found out i can use my old Camlink to record my switch straight to my PC, i don't need to drop $200 on a new capture card

[real prairie]

why they calling a 9 year old a cutie though 🤣

[bold geode]

Idt it's that way LOL

[real prairie]

like say 2

why you saying 9

🤣

[bold geode]

Anyways I watched a couple videos yesterday
There's this channel called Mythical Kitchen that does a series where they interview people about like death or like life things while they eat their ideal last meal
Very interesting

[real prairie]

damn son

[bold geode]

Can you make my mocha frappe Emma

[chrome knot]

what

[bold geode]

I ordered a mocha frappe

Actually question
Have you ever told someone the ice cream machine broke just cuz you don't wanna make ice cream

[chrome knot]

i work in the kitchen

[bold geode]

Oh so you do not put the fries in the bag

[chrome knot]

no

[bold geode]

I see

[chrome knot]

put the burger in the box tho

[bold geode]

There was a Tiktok a few years ago actually where like
Some dude in a McDonald's just deepthroated an ice cream cone

I actually like somehow ran into that guy playing Fortnite once and we actually played together for a while

I got my McDonald's mocha frappe
It is indeed bussin

[real prairie]

Was he the one deepthoating an ice-cream cone?

[bold geode]

Yes

Hold on lemme see

Keep in mind this has 5.2 million views and 1.4 Million likes

[shadow wind]

Thinking about how I was 3rd in the list 😔

[misty helm]

Would you guys argue that maximizing special defense on a rhyperior is better than maximizing hp

Here’s the stats

[chrome knot]

no

[wooden steeple]

probably

maybe check the actual numbers first

[lofty tartan]

https://tenor.com/view/confused-no-nope-gif-5413974953753901704

[wooden steeple]

assuming ur max attack, 188 spdef and 68 hp should be a good balance

[solid frigate]

honestly mika idfk what is happening here anymore

[lofty tartan]

It's a party

https://tenor.com/view/chit-do-it-lady-you-go-girl-chit-meme-happy-birthday-gif-7905226790082760559

[wooden steeple]

I mean the real answer is don't run rhyperior lol

[bold geode]

Is that my creepy uncle

[lofty tartan]

His name is Chit and he's my spirit animal

[solid frigate]

honestly

I can see that

[next stump]

55 hours until a new pokemon format

[chrome knot]

how do u know this

[lofty tartan]

https://tenor.com/view/chit-tik-tok-evil-face-evil-face-gif-16876882020026011964

[solid frigate]

hooo man 1st to 3rd of August is a wild ride of reactions for me

[next stump]

they always announce 1 month before the format ends at 6PM my local time

[bold geode]

That hair is like
The epitome of bowl cuts

[next stump]

so if they follow the pattern, july 31st 6pm CT

[solid frigate]

lets pray its something interesting

[lofty tartan]

Yeah it's a character. Dude named Jay Renshaw portrays him and he's hotter than you

[bold geode]

Nah you wish you looked like me

You're jealous

[lofty tartan]

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm5014507/

Monke lost the game

[bold geode]

Ok now that's hot

[solid frigate]

any predictions of new format for september

[bold geode]

My fault gang I didn't know you had game like that

[bold geode]

Idk bro just SDIYBT

[next stump]

my definitely won't happen but I'd be so happy if it does prediction is either:

• Reg H no Tera
• Reg H with banlist from previous Reg H usage rates (i.e. Sneasler/Archaludon/etc. banned)

neither will happen tho

[solid frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/im-kind-of-offended-nathan-drake-tom-holland-uncharted-movie-i-feel-a-bit-offended-gif-25022955

[bold geode]

Good

[lofty tartan]

Reg H no Tera would slap

[bold geode]

Honestly I'd be offended if you weren't offended

[bold geode]

Gimme back D or F and I'll be a happy man

Actually D

I want proper time with Regulation D

[lofty tartan]

Reg H no Tera

[chrome knot]

archaludon

[lofty tartan]

Nothing's unbeatable. Archa can fold to a good ground move. The Ursas exist. It's cool it's fine

[forest arrow]

HMmmPPHH Yeee

[next stump]

anything that goes backwards in power level is a W for me

[bold geode]

I see a lot of people hate on Reg D, but I think the only reason it wasn't a good format was cuz of the time that it hit

Like it sucked that the FIRST EVENT of a new format was the World Championships

I also wanna play F again cuz like that was a good format

Regardless though, I also fear run backs cuz they might have the same effect as Regulation G where playing a second time would just be miserable

[lofty tartan]

Reg H no Tera

Good format with a twist

[bold geode]

Yeah
Or even like Reg H + paradoxes as some have said

[stone trellis]

Flutter Mane on its way to get 70% usage again:

[bold geode]

Idk
This whole next season finna be a bit awkward honestly cuz like
How do you keep the game going until Champions LMAO

[next stump]

yeah it's unprecedented territory

a game has never gone more than 3 years in VGC iirc

[bold geode]

Yeah and iirc it usually ends with dual restricted

[stone trellis]

What about Sword and Shield?

[bold geode]

So we've already hit the usual endgame and yet we still have a whole year

[next stump]

SWSH released Fall 2019 and SV came out Fall 2022

pretty sure

[bold geode]

Yeah

Imma miss SV genuinely

[stone trellis]

I was asking about what the last format in SwSh was.

[bold geode]

Good thing though
I get another year to potentially think about how I wanna do content to end off SV
I was wanting to do sort of like a post like a stroll down memory lane

[next stump]

SWSH's last format that saw any tournament play (outside of some random small asian tourmaments) was double restricted, same we have now

then from September 2022 onwards (I think it's still live now?) they allowed mythicals and unlimited restricteds knowing that there wouldn't be any regionals

[stone trellis]

Imagine if Legends Z-A allows online battles.

That's the only thing I can think of.

[next stump]

I did see a leak that said there was a new menu option that said something like online battling

but it could easily be fake

it would be really cool if you battle in legends games but with just traditional VGC battle style

those games have cool pokedexs

[bold geode]

@next stump I was speaking about a Reg D team in this up and coming post I'm working on and I remembered
Remember in Reg D when Grass tera was like fucking insane

[next stump]

yep hahaha, grass tera iron hands everywhere

[bold geode]

Bro my best team of the time had 4/6 Grass teras LMAO

To this day I miss being able to run Grass tera Ursh and being able to run bulk on Scarf Ursh

[short quiver]

i gotta question is terapagos chiyu a good pairing rn i havent played competitive ladder in over 2 months

[solid frigate]

yes but only on specs variants

[short quiver]

i use leftovers calm mind terapagos

[solid frigate]

still salvageable but you need more support+ a second restricted to help cover Pagos's weakness

[short quiver]

my team rn is so outdated

[solid frigate]

can i see the paste

[short quiver]

hearthflame ogerpon terapagos flutter whimsicott meowscarada incin

[solid frigate]

why Meow

[short quiver]

hm?

[short quiver]

cuz me love

[solid frigate]

pokepaste

[stone trellis]

Three Grass types in one team?

Do you CRAVE the Lando Sludge Bomb?

[short quiver]

i dont bring meowscarada to battles shes just in the team

[solid frigate]

trust me i did that before in reg F

Bad mistake

[short quiver]

it usually works out

i ev and iv trained my entire team myself

[solid frigate]

i just want to see the Pokepaste in showdown

[stone trellis]

At least slap on an Urshifu or something so you can have an FWG core.

[short quiver]

if im using urshifu im using dark

[short quiver]

how exactly do i do that

[stone trellis]

And also, get a second restricted.

[short quiver]

i got white kyurem 🙂

[stone trellis]

No Mirai?

[solid frigate]

go to pokemon showdown,put your entire team into the teambuilder section and there is a button for send to pokepaste and send the link to here

[short quiver]

scarlet. but i can GET a miraidon

[stone trellis]

Why do you have "Scarlet AND Violet" in your roles if you only have Scarlet?

[short quiver]

i have both games

but i do online battles in scarlet

[short quiver]

i dont know the exact ev/iv stuff so how do i compensate that here

also just pulled the last stake on Chiyus seal

[stone trellis]

Are they all at level 100?

[short quiver]

no

[stone trellis]

Are they all hyper trained?

If so, you can try to match their exact stats in the teambuilder to see what their EVs are.

[short quiver]

not all of them

i mean i can try and match the exact stats anyways

will just take slightly longer

i dont think i have max ivs. cuz im looking at this and comparing ogerpons stats

and something isnt adding up

[solid frigate]

you can lower the IVs to see if they match

[short quiver]

it says i have 96 ev points left on ogerpon

which i do not

[solid frigate]

does your Ogerpon EV spread ingame turn blue

[short quiver]

uhhhhhhh theres a blue graph when i press L

if thats what you’re asking

[stone trellis]

Alright, so that means it has all 508 (technically 510) EVs spent.

[short quiver]

for terapagos stats do i physically need to enter battle

[solid frigate]

you don't need to

you can just throw the EV stat on normal Pagos and then use the import button and rename Terapagos into either Terapagos-Terastal or Terapagos-Stellar

[short quiver]

ignore incins stats im still working on his evs 😭

[solid frigate]

aight,we only can give suggestions honestly on the stuff

[short quiver]

i have the team on showdown now what

[solid frigate]

send it

[short quiver]

https://pokepast.es/892d95b852c57d7c

[solid frigate]

might have a lot to talk about here

but lets tackle it one by one

[short quiver]

how bad is it, doc

[solid frigate]

if i use 1-10 to calculate how bad it is, 8/10

[short quiver]

ah, so im on my deathbed bleeding out

[solid frigate]

i might havve to scrap the entire team since its single restricted

but there are a few things i want to talk about on EVs

especially for Ogerpon and whimsicott

[short quiver]

we’re back in a 2 restricted format right

[solid frigate]

which both have wasted stat points

[solid frigate]

this is the first SV double res yea

[short quiver]

noted

[short quiver]

explain

i wanted ogerpon to be a little tanky but also have damage for itself

[stone trellis]

52 SpA is useless.

Ogerpon is a physical attacker.

[solid frigate]

Ogerpon is dominantly Physical Attacker, which means she should not have any stat points on Special attack

Making it bulky is fine cuz i do that a lot with Hearthflame

and make sure to have a grass move

[short quiver]

i have uturn instead of a grass move

and spiky shield cuz i love it. and follow me to protect terapagos

in battles i usually lead whimsicott flutter with those two in the back

as for the spa idk why thats there i was just making the showdown stat match the stat i see in game

[solid frigate]

Ogerpon-Hearthflame @ Hearthflame Mask
Ability: Mold Breaker
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 188 HP / 76 Atk / 44 Def / 12 SpD / 188 Spe
Adamant Nature

• Ivy Cudgel
• Wood Hammer
• Follow Me
• Spiky Shield

For Example,this is my hearthflame spread use on a Miraidon team setting,with this bulk manage to adamant Urshifu Water's Surging Strikes and outspeed Modest max speed Landorus

[stone trellis]

And it OHKOs Zamazenta after Terastallizing.

[short quiver]

yum

okay say i restart the entire team ev and everything. what can i adapt to the new format with. keeping a bulky ogerpon fire and terapagos calm mind leftovers if possible

[solid frigate]

whimsicott has a lot of stat wasted when sash sets usually run 4 HP, 252 SpA and Timid 252 Spe to utilitise FOcus Sash

[short quiver]

i have the band items i can train evs easily

[short quiver]

again i was just making the numbers match 😭

looking at the blue graph when i press L i put a lot of points into defense though

yikes

[solid frigate]

yeah unless you are running Cloak Whims then you don't run Bulk on it

[short quiver]

cloak will be on incin assuming i even use him at all

i had a really funny idea of trick choice band furret but that wont work at ALL in this format