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Like Shiny Mew and Shiny Arceus are even trade-banned in this server because they're so rare, or through methods obtainable via real world cash. 
It's just extremely unlikely someone is going to come looking to trade their Shiny Arceus for regular shinies.
I think everyone does agree that mythicals in vgc is detrimental to the game
I’m so lucky I have a shiny Arceus
But I do love complaining in a chat
I don't have one yet but that's just because I'm too busy and too lazy to soft reset for it right now.
I'll have one eventually 
I shiny hunted for that buttery fella for ages in BDSP
Piss god
i barely got voilet with my birthday money
Extreme speed piss arceus + chien poo would go hard
i started a darkrai hunt back when it first dropped i dont think i can even go back before catching it so arceus hunt is off limits for now
The hyper offensive piss and shit combo
They just take forever.
I don’t have that kind of patience lol
I did a soft reset legendary hunt one time and it didn't take too long
Pretty easy in fact
If I shiny hunt it’s cuz the shiny isn’t that hard to get or I really want it, which hasn’t happened in a bit
I don't think it took me even an hour to get a shiny articuno
I don't mind difficult hunts but full odds soft resets and cutscenes are a drag.
I also don’t hunt cuz of rarity I hunt cuz I like them
i would love a good shiny
Bdsp? Idk
I hunt because I like the shinies. But Jumbo Dusk Mark 4 Speed shiny Amoonguss says hi.
How many favorites is that
If it's VGC-relevant, though, I hunt multiples 
I still have like 2 boxes of shiny Electabuzz to give away because I was mark hunting.
i wish shiny garchomp was good he just has less saturation tho
I do have shinies for my like top 3 pokemon of all time
Eiscue has an awesome shiny
A9 pult and Zac
Which has been my top 3 for a long time
Kinda wanna do the favorites thing again sometime
It's painful to have a competitively unviable list of favorite mons
Pyukumuku butterfree eiscue
Pyukumuku is usable in singles barely
When its even usable but my guy is not in gen 9
Yeah that sucks
Things have grown on me playing competitive but a9 pult and Zac have been favorites for a long time
Butterfree was fine in early sw/sh
You can't look at any of my 3 guys and not think those are some cool fellas
Such guys
They're so pokemon
Butterfly with them big ass feet big ass eyes
meanwhile me:
Greninja,Iron Crown and Syleon
guys i thought of something dumb
item that increases crits but u get crit'ed more often
Anyone think iron crown would go good with Miraidon
I mean it’s alright
lunala
Bear (Urshifu-Rapid-Strike) @ Mystic Water
Ability: Unseen Fist
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 36 HP / 216 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Surging Strikes
- Aqua Jet
- Taunt
- Detect
was told i needed bulk
???
That’s barely any bulk
Just use a sash
Just go with scarf
I wish there was move with the implacation that if u faint a pokemon with it it dies
A bulky ursh would have less speed
im okay with that
Destiny bond?
no
my only issues with scarf is the original team had myustic
So the moveset would need a rework
Bear (Urshifu-Rapid-Strike) @ Mystic Water
Ability: Unseen Fist
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Surging Strikes
- Aqua Jet
- Taunt
- Detect
ummmm- the EVs are a bit messy
And no special Bulk invest on mystic water shifu?
do you have another set?
Hmmmmm
i havve one from reg G
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but without the roaring moon
I also want taunt on my team
I use one with 4 speed ursh 💀
I don't care what the evs are as long as i can use taunt on it
ive wanted taunt too many games not to include it
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike @ Mystic Water
Ability: Unseen Fist
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 44 HP / 212 Atk / 4 Def / 156 SpD / 92 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Surging Strikes
- Close Combat
- Aqua Jet
- Detect
@dull ibex should live a normal thunderclap
just explain what the bulk does
if this works
should i edit my rapid strike in game or just get a new one 🤔
Why?
Yeah I too had the 156 special def and 44 hp
Do you need someone to get you a moon?
got it shiny too
Ah, ig that works
100+ SpA Raging Bolt Thunderclap vs. 44 HP / 156 SpD Urshifu-Rapid-Strike: 150-176 (82.8 - 97.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Basically trying to calc this
it really is only that
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LMAO
outspeeds most CM Pagos, and murders Shadow Rider with Surging Strikes in rain and lives Jolly lorb Koraidon Close Combat in No weather
what item do you run?
MYSTIC WATERRRRR
mystic Water
fair
Ursh would mostly run a sash/mystic water/scarf
but Reg I i run Scarf just to outspeed CSR while working in rain
Otherwise i run mystic water for bulky Urshifu
ill keep scarf on cart then
I have no idea what my jugulis does tbh
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cherish ball living legend dnite or love ball teensy dnite
love ball teensy more unique
what do you guys think of the team btw?
maybe I need to compile notes again
since ill be stick to this archetype for the restricted formats
Would it be bad to use rilla over amoonguss?
Maybe it would idk
I like packing landorus when doing kyogre just so I have a sure way to at the very least threaten miraidon into a tera
And make opponents more careful about switching it in
I forgot how broken Electabuzz Blursa was
I forgot how awesome Bo1 was
(I’m lying)
But I did go 18-7 cause my buddy was saying he was cracked at 1290
67% GXE 🥀
Hit 1400
man I can't decide if i want to keep scarf or use the bulk
You did or you’re telling me to?
real lol
To be fair it’s top 200 right now
doesnt matter
hey i feel good about my day 3 top 20 on bo1 ladder
because im barely gonna play the rest of the year
Hey a leaderboard is a leaderboard
top 20 is cool but u arent claiming ur cracked at mid elo either
so its a bit different
fair
nice tho
kinda burned out of tera but it feels so much better to deal with in this format
u literally logged onto to play bo1 to prove a point against them, what side r u even on 
pfff
on swordfish?
Haze with any Mon
or reg h ladder?
with my team yeah
paste?
Probably neither? I was just playing devils advocate there
https://pokepast.es/7427f697e7a35cd5 urshifu is subject to change
tera in lower power formats is fine prolly just overall burnout
There's so much Annihilape on high ladder damn
thats what im thinkin
i dont like 3 water attack kyogre ngl
I've fought like 3 of the top 15 of bo3 and they all had Annihilape
I was using Ape 😔
tera ground jugulis is, smth
We have to use Ape
Actually I was using Maya’s old team
But nah Ape is super good rn
its tera water on cart
Good into Incin, dengo, archa, gambit, baxca, ursa
you play amoonguss and preserve amoonguss into dozo
actions speak the loudest if u didnt care u wouldnt of done all that 
Oh yeah it’s awesome
what does amoongus do here?
spore
what doesnt shroom do
Well I cared about being higher than him on ladder
Clear smog/sludge bomb
has neither
Even on reg G my Dozo MU was purely carried by Amoonguss
don't have thats
whats ur dozo mu
maybe consider either
Also I wanted to play mons and Bo3 on mobile is like running a marathon backwards
im not sure tbh
def need to have one
I also struggle against zama teams
If I fished the poison of sludge bomb in the first turns that Dozo was out it was just an autowin
oh this is reg i? fuck dozo then
maybe uh, sludge bomb/clear smog over protect or pollen puff
swordfish yeah
Ehh against Dozo with your team
Yeah I was going to say if it’s not Reg H then Dozo barely exists
tf is running dozo these days i thought we were talkin reg h
I think you have to do Jugulis Kyogre Urshifu in the back
Zac sucks ass into dozo
Dozo is always on CSR Korai Weezing comps so I would just drop Zac there
can you guys help me figure out basic leads against common teams?
I think that's my biggest struggling point rn
Oh but you have Amoonguss no?
Man I’m watching an old SwSh Wolfey vid and I miss old protean
Go sludge bomb 100%
zama CSR=Kyogre jugulis
Sludge bomb is the way for Amoonguss in reg I
usually you go moon
Too much tera grass Zama for Kyogre and Amoonguss can win that 1v1
but you dont have moon so, you do that
CSR Korai, hm
Why does Chomp not have Ddance?
I would just lead Kyogre Jugulis into that MU lmao
You force them to have Koraidon or Weezing in the back
Basically force them to switch turn 1
when in doubt, i'd say just kyogre jugulis
This is a very good point
what matchups do i lead zacian
CIR Mirai is not that lead tho, may have to lead zac
Zacian is usualy not a lead mon
and unfortunately every team has incin
The worst lead they can do against you is Weezing Koraidon which wins them the weather war but then you can get tailwind up and go into Urshifu to take the hits
uh, CIR Mirai, probably amoonguss kyogre tbh
and what?
Zac Amoonguss
Or Ursh Zac
Tho Ursh Zac forces 50/50
I think you are most likely to win those 50/50s
so so far
Common leads into meta
Zamazenta CSR= Kyogre Jugulis
CSR Koraidon= Kyogre Jugulis
CIR Miraidon= Kyogre Amoongus
Like you are threatening a protect, a tera, a SE hit into both of their mons
so i just lead kyogre
ig you're swords dance zac here
COOKING
at least mine makes a bit sense due to i am using Sylveon in rain-
Wait
Ttar Drill
How could I forget the goats
Reg H is now fun again
Drill got some goofy stats
What are good EV spreads for Koraidon and Lunala?
Max atk max speed Koraidon
Imagine getting out of reg I and inmediatly start playing Volca Inci Amoonguss Grimmsnarl
🥀
Team 4 is nasty work
I mess with that
Those top 3 teams are almost all the exact same
Wth is Pikachu doinh
Indeedee, Sneasler, Talonflame, Blursa, Evioliter, + Something
SUNFLORA
Holy shit
Something malicious
Also whats a good Lunala spread
btw the ursalunas are restricted pokemon

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What is sunflora doing
Armarouge is still good but niche in reg I, you can use brute bonnet sucker punch into side slot to trigger weakness policy
Why is unburden activation into dire claw sleep/paralyze a real combo
Absolutely 0 different than Smeargle fake out into +2 speed boost
Yes !
Istg delete dire claw delete dire claw delete dire claw
This is why we’re all running misty terrain
I was using dengo
Tera dark throat chop 🥀
And every single Sneasler I've found now is throat chop tera dark
Yeah
The built in counter you could have no longer exists because yeah the mon has a move to kill it
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regh-2415570452 I love low power formats
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It’s time to run the one true counter
Gliscor 🔥🔥
Imagine having to use shit mons to not lose to rng
Don’t have to imagine it
Actually yeah its just the reality
Corv does a decent job
Any steel type that can take a cc does a decent job
Which is like 2 mons
https://pokepast.es/b150faedef690c22 my goat pult is so back
I just think its so dumb because Sneasler is like actually the fastest pokemon in the whole game
Yup
Unburden can be activated turn 1 and inmediatly makes it faster than everything
And then you add the chance to just inflict status that can win you the game if you roll them
Sounds like Smeargle 🥀
reg h is a good format, sneasler is that thorn in its side
Boutta run idbp Corv
And I've said its just dire claw
Oh yeah no dire claw Sneasler is just a weaker Urshifu
Reg H but banning dire claw would be the best format
I like this format
I miss you Miraidon
at the stage of worlds prep where I've started fighting CSR/Zama in my dreams
Yeah nvm we are fine on this side of the street
Oh so
Iamsliverfish is actually Louis Milich
Sorry who?
The account you said you fought a lot in reg G
Actually I might swap to Electabuzz Blursa because
I was having problems with Amoonguss and I just got destroyed by someone with it ealier today and I remembered that it was broken lmao
Or Ribombee/Alcreamie/Ape 👀
Yeah I know the account name not the person you’re saying they are
I also don’t know any players
They always ran Tera ground CSR in Reg G
So what're people running for Reg H? Anything fun?
I've been busy today so I haven't been able to watch the chat
I saw a Sunflora earlier but that's about it
Same old same old
It’s all Sneasler Indeedee Blursa
Sash Blursa 🥀
Does like 20% to Ttar with ep
I love Ttar
It’s just Groudon but not a restricted
@molten oasis you still around?
I’ve seen Corv on teams like this
But Corv likes pseed
Remember that guy who always plays ttar lycanroc
ye
Do you have a spare roaring moon?
Yeah that's the problem
I also don't like Excadrill here lol
Lycanroc lol
sure
Based DM me
Bwahacough my beloved
I like jugulis well enough but these teams have moon for a reason
Knock off is awesome
Electrofuria how about gholdengo
As well as Roaring moon outspeeds Modest Miraidon
Does it outspeed timid calyrex shadow
Oh well can't have everything
Dragon (Roaring Moon) @ Booster Energy
Ability: Protosynthesis
Level: 50
Tera Type: Flying
EVs: 36 HP / 212 Atk / 4 Def / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Tailwind
- Acrobatics
- Knock Off
- Protect
Opinions?
was just watching a reg j game and someone did psychic seed minimise drifblim into dozogirl lmao
This is a pretty standard build, but it's good.
I'm okay with standard
I can't help but notice that you intentionally lowered the Attack on it to run a smidge more bulk.
Jugulis was working fine too but eh
How come?
Me?
Yeah.
It was the pikalytics spread
Cool.
i realised pecharunt can use venoshock so i'm running poison gas and venoshock now
I just copied pikalytics lmao
What does Venoshock do again?
double damage when target is poisoned
Isn't that just Hex, but worse in every way except for the extra 5 BP?
it's for when i can't hit arceus normal with hex
Why use the shit Poison move instead of the chad Ghost move that covers for damn near everything?
i'm using both
That's valid.
This was my first game of Reg H ever and I honestly did pretty well. I still don't know what the fuck to give to Maushold, so I just had it hold nothing in this game.
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It's Beat Up, not PopBomb.
hm then what do they usually hold
sash maybe according to munchstats
Sash is taken by Pelipper.
You cooked.
Now I can freely redirect Spore from Amoonguss without a care in the world.
Reg H seems very fun so far.
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anything with no miraidon is fun
I like Miraidon.
it seems unfair that arceus holding a plate can tera
i forgot how good mausape is
even if you get rid of the bulk up boosts you still have to deal with rage fist
I have question does arceus multitype got affected by neutralizing gas ?
Just get Gothitelle in this bitch and you've got Perish Trap.
Perish trap is not the main objective of this tho, it’s Dondozo
The plan is to use perish trap while giri is in, then switch in Dozo before giri faints
Once giri faints I can switch in Sylveon and psych up
Doubling her stats too
I added Archaludon to have a rain mode
And Ursaluna to counter trick room
Is just a set up to have Dondozo in a 2v2
You can also get rid of giri by using something like, toxic orb or black sludge
But this is faster
I know that strat.
Toxic Orb would take around 5 or 6 turns, so it's not really optimal.
By that point the battle might be over already lol
Why does Politoed have so much bulk if it's holding the Focus Sash?
I’m testing around things still
Alright.
No idea.
Lefties or berry?
"Hm, I wonder what item I should give to this bulky Pokemon that likes staying alive."
Sitrus and Lefties:
Dozo has leftovers
Does anyone have the Sitrus Berry?
why dark type tera for calyrex -shadow rider?
CSR is normally 4x weak to Ghost and Dark moves.
Terastallizing to Dark turns both of those double weaknesses into resistances.
i mean i used to see fairy tera a lot
I must've played the only tera fighting caly shadow in reg J earlier
Tera Fairy isn't optimal in a world where Zamazenta and Landorus are meta.
And Zacian, to a lesser extent.
Or chi yu or chien pao
?
Nvm I misunderstood
I mean dark makes them weak to body press as well
You're right.
Yeah but usually astral barrage finishes them off before it can get a body press off
I honestly want tera types to be gone. A lot of stuff is balanced out by their terrible typing
Caly shadow being one of those
I also would like if showdown had the option to force open team sheets
Not having to both players agree to see it, but forced to share it
best of 3 does
But those take forever which is the problem

something tells me practice shouldn’t be abt the elo
I would practice that way if I could actually attend tourneys
But traveling is pretty hard for me
I wish I could play in tourneys
went 5-1 with this team https://pokepast.es/aa951f74278e4689
The opposing Porygon2 used Ice Beam!
It's super effective!
A critical hit!
(Foxy lost 84.3% of its health!)
Foxy was frozen solid!
I fucking love reg H
They also frozened my Pelipper
Who the hell is Foxy?
My Dragonite!!
The whole team is named after the fnaf characters
Ursaluna is Freddy and Gholdengo is Golden Freddy
Pelipper is chica
Dragonite is Foxy because of extreme speed
The first two made sense, but you lost me on Pelipper.
Its the most similar thing I could have to chica
Pelipper and (Toy) Bonnie have such a similar color scheme, how could you miss that?
Annihilape should be Mike.
has anyone tried to make a pecharunt team? I'm trying different build but i'm not really getting anywhere.
@jade dust
to protect your damage dealers usually
So basically trading one mon for keeping something else alive
I was confused on how so many frail follow me users were supposed to tank that damage lol
Like what?
Not neccessarily.
Follow Me/Rage Powder also make moves like Sucker Punch or Thunderclap fail, which doesn't damage the redirector.
Follow Me, Fake Out and Protect are the pillars of VGC.
Maybe pivoting moves too, to a lesser extent.
what goes here as last two slots
oh this is jus justin tangs toronto team lmao
ik what to do
Yeah it really is LMAO
How is Grassy Seed Dengo for you?
it just lives
I see
Not really.
These are utility moves but as far as calling them pillars is a bit disproportionate
Protect is a staple, the rest is on a very limited distribution anyway
I just like to hype shit up, to be honest.
Hype can be wrong though
Never said it was right.
you called them pillars bruh
meanwhile I run no redirection on my competitive VGC team
and I'm not running into much issues
So because you don't run redirection and have encountered no issues, that means I thought I was correct in what I said?
I'm either dumb or missing something.
what ?
Either way, I'm not going to argue with you.
there is no argument
redirection isn't a pillar when it's a niche moveset distribution
protect is a staplre
fake out is control or utility
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lol this team is kinda good
What elo on showdown is equal to ultra ball?
piss low basically
even master ball is piss low mmr depending on your rating
What is 1200 equal too
nothing
master ball tier on switch is easy to acquire
you don't lose progression if you actually lose games
if you can push top 100 at the end of the month on cart, you're very good at the game
I would say I'm not good at all the I'm hard stuck in ultra
But also pokemon is hard dude
its not super hard imo
Because you're probably decent at it
or i play harder games in comparison
like you got time to think things through
vs reacting in real time to what's happening
It's not mechanical hard
like 50% of the work in CTS Bo1 is getting the lead right
you can snowball very fast from a good lead (or calling out their lead and anti-leading)
if you have a team that has a good matchup spread into the metagame, you can get a lot of wins
i dont think so
I can snowball randoms something for sure
how do you assess competence ?!?!
what's the breakpoint from being shit and not shit
trying to put numbers on a game that doesn't care about them is just wrong imo
The song told us what the game was about... ''I want to be the very best like no one ever was''
Strive for greatness and don't stop yourself on clunky ways to overcomplex the game for no actual benefits
Dude. Lmao
I mean this
Too many players stop themself on volatile points
When all they should be doing is play more games
Comparison is the theft of joy
It also breeds insane degree of toxicity
I've coached players in league of legends, and you can't discuss basic things with some stubborn ones, they think they're a god while they're ranked below average.
Anyone better than me
Most people basically
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It is pretty good
its also kinda fun
Low-key I think you put too much emphasis on where you're at and the numbers instead of like
Why
the dumb grin i had on my face clicking encore for game
oh i know why
im not leading right and getting obvious plays wrong
im also not playing safe enough
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@bold geode think imma commit to this team for a little LOL
I also found a team i want to commit too
Fuck it
monke did you ever look at my notes? anything i can add
Anyways I think going forward we don't need to think about where we're at or where we are hard stuck
Just like
Basically ask yourself after every game if you did the best that you could in that game
How many mistakes did you make, were those mistakes actually reasonable or not, yada yada
Also no I didn't look at the notes
But like yeah imma say it
I'm like
Almost at the point where I just think ELOs and ladder placements mean Jack shit
Like sure they can say some stuff but numbers never tell the whole story
my elo isnt my probelm
my win loss is the thing i have issue with
I would love to hit masterball again on my own though
that would feel nice
I think i have the knowledge and room to improve
I also like the fact Harc A9 can go Rock Slide Blizzard and fuck with dice rolls so much
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regj-2415902654 I like this win
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i just like how much they compliment each other
See like
Imma be honest
You're gonna fuckin suck
You're actually taking time to get back into it after a good while
You're rusty AF
But like
RN I think it's better to note down why and try to work on those things
Cuz like if you improve on certain issues and overall play better
All the numbers and shit will fix themselves
yeah its been what 3 months?
more since i tried
tbf monke i've always sucked at restricted formats
not an excuse but it is what is
ill see what i can do notes wise
I think im too afraid of switching
and I don't respect fake out
Other than the mindset, the only other issue I see is like
Idt it's a fear of switching or anything
I just
There's moments where I feel you're not conscious about what you're doing
Like there's a lot of moments where the click button ideology is happening
yeah for sure
Like I get you're playing offensive stuff
And you're going for big damage
But that's a big reason why you should be thinking a good bit about whether or not what you're doing is the best thing you could do
When playing defensive I just try to consider what the worst plausible thing to happen might be
I'm pretty sure the right play is just cover for the most possibilities tho
Idt braindead really works at all, but in restricted formats it's a game killer
you don't think i was playing braindead in reg b?
Like I mean
There are some turns where you can just do this and this and there's nothing your opponent can do but there's just like
A lot of small factors that you miss all the time
Cuz you're just not thinking about them cuz you're zoned in to "I need to do big damage, what buttons does the most damage"
Can't say really cuz I wasn't good then lol
I've never actually tried tofu
Which Tera is preferred on a Baxcalibur?
Wonder how it tastes
ill stream vgc later
Poison?
im going to play some wind waker
Ghost, poison
I don’t think this applies in anything above medium-high elo, like Top 1000. Games aren’t as coin flippy as that and if they feel like that, it’s likely because of the team you (or whoever is in this hypothetical scenario) is piloting
You have no idea lol
Though tbh it helped me not having him around weirdly
Had to figure shit out myself
fair
@next stump @bold geode if u laugh u go to hell
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im sitting @ clinic trying not to laugh playin this one
I already failed a bunch of those videos
My God your opponent just made all the wrong moves 
I felt like I watched your opponent just fail every QTE possible
looking at literally every turn going what is he doinnngggg
tera water seed ghold walling incin is so fucking funny
You didn't even do anything crazy
Also just fuckin like
Tera on the Gholdengo should've been like a silver fuckin platter for that Sneasler 
im +1 def and he is -2atk he is doing nothing i fear
Dire Claw on that Dengo would've went nuts with some gambling
But yeah no just every possible turn, bro flopped so hard he's out the pond
Yeah thing is you played good but like
I'd understand him playing THAT BAD if you were just constantly making fat reads he was constantly getting wrong but like
Those are all just safe plays
they were all just
normal plays looking at boardstate lol
not rly safe
just normal lol
Yeah he was making normal plays look like highlights
Like making a highlight reel of an NBA player and putting only videos in it of them passing the ball regularly
Honestly wanna know what was going on inside that cranium
hmmm
TR meta again maybe?
if you’re Len every meta is trick room meta
Ironically he dropped hard TR in the regulation where it best performed lol
During reg G he switched to the Kyogre cm stuff with roaring moon incin and those things
Didn't Len win a regional too?
In reg B or C?
wait isn't that the same guy that broke MDB on Portland stream
i’m not sure
No
That was Len Dueul
This one is Alex Soto and they are both in different regions
ok good
Pokémon UNITE is officially joining scholastic esports.
We’ve partnered with @Pokemon to bring competitive leagues to middle and high schools across the U.S. and Canada.
Build your team. Represent your school. Compete this fall.
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VGC next please 🙏
damn Unite Before VGC
No fucking way
Unite before TCG even
Ig it's because a team game
its because its a moba
its because its a moba
very easy to get into and to get hype abt
also a team game instead of individual
Yeah those team games are probably easier
Like the college I went to was using Rivals for Esports
Fitting
@next stump hey just so I'm remembering right
Is Worlds next weekend?
yah
date LOCKED IN bc i travelling that weekend
woot woot
You spectating or other stuff
visiting Kat in chicago to watch with her
Heyo fam, wanted to ask a bit of a simple question. I'm contemplating jumping in deep and heading to Frankfurt for the regional in September. Just for my understanding, the VGC tournament there would be played with the Regulation H ruleset, right? While ranked battles will be using I (now) and J (next month)? Been almost a decade since I last played a game of competitive Pokemon, so gonna be real rusty haha
Hello! You’ve got it exactly right. If you’re playing a regional, your main method of practice will be Pokémon showdown
Or community tournaments hosted on Limitless
REGULATION J vs. REGULATION H BREAKDOWN FOR NEWCOMERS
From now until the end of August, we are currently in Regulation I. This ruleset allows for two restricted legendary pokemon. These are box art legendaries like Miraidon, Koraidon, Zacian, Zamazenta, etc. There's also DLC legendaries like Calyrex included there. This ruleset is currently playable on Pokemon Showdown and in game until August 31st.
From September 1st onwards, there will be TWO active formats. If you want to play in game battles, you will be playing Regulation J. Regulation J is similar to Regulation I, but it also allows for mythical pokemon to be used. These mythical pokemon will count as a restricted pokemon, so you can't use unlimited. But for example, you could use Arceus and Groudon if you wanted to. This ruleset is currently playable on Pokemon Showdown and will be playable in game starting September 1st
The other active format will be Regulation H, an older format that is coming back again. This format CANNOT be played in game on the ranked ladder, it will only be available through Pokemon Showdown and through tournaments that the community hosts. This Regulations bans ALL Legendary pokemon and all Paradox pokemon allowing for weaker pokemon and strategies to be viable. This will be the ruleset for all in person tournaments, including small local events. This ruleset is currently playable on Pokemon Showdown and will ONLY be playable in game through community hosted events and in person tournaments, NOT ranked battles
Want to play Regulation H but don't enjoy Showdown or in person tournaments? Here is how to find community hosted tournaments - https://play.limitlesstcg.com/tournaments/?game=VGC
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between edwurm and redstonejesus! Format: [Gen 9] VGC 2025 Reg J; Date: Aug 5, 2025
Feeling more confident
blasting my way to 1300
Thank you! That explained it perfectly
You're welcome 😄 If you have any other questions or need help feel free to ask
Oh, seems like the limitlessvgc page isn't maintained but online vgc tournaments are found on limitless tgc?
https://play.limitlesstcg.com/tournaments/?game=VGC
This link should show the online VGC tournaments there are
Yep, found it! Awesome, will stick with Showdown as I play and get my team ready on cart. Hope these DLCs are some fun too bahaha
I like my team
congrats 🙂 are you gonnna keep playing or retire for the season
I think keep playing
Considering i play these games in said mmr, i cant agree with what I know. Games are coin flippy. The team can be changed, the player piloting can't.
Also what is there above high ?!?! like
You got low medium and high mmr that's it no ?
I think he was saying anything above medium or high?
Also like
Not a lot of games are coin Flippy and honestly like
There's probably a lot of games that do come to that where a mistake or a really good play was made somewhere to get it to that point
Like hell people still think CSR mirrors SOLELY come down to speed ties and nothing else when there's other ways but people don't believe me LOL
speed tie mirror is a thing
I mean
- The offensive Shadow Rider Zamazenta come to those coin flips way more often imo
- I never said that they NEVER come down to them
There is though a lot of times where you could've made plays that kept you away from those coin flips
not in coin flippy games
the whole of a coin flippy game is that it's played on a coin flip
You are not getting the point at all lmao
I don't think the point is right
Anyways, I'm just saying that it's really not as coin Flippy as you think
And like there's a lot of coin flips you actually really can avoid, but hell a lot of the time you'll see those plays in hindsight
But it could also be a team/play issue of sorts if the coin flips are really coming up THAT MUCH cuz like
For example I've played Shadow Rider Zamazenta religiously for months now which is one of the comps that should really have a ton of coin flips with the amount of CSR around but I honestly don't notice too many and if I do most the time I could've avoided them
Yeah
Same here
But when I review afterwards, I find that some can be avoided
Hindsight is 20/20
You can avoid speed ties and if you watch the battles of top players on CSR Zam mirrors you'll see more often than not they try to play avoiding the game coming down to a decisive 50/50
There’s many kinds of plays
Risk taking - Where you are reading a play or risking a speed tie and if you get it wrong you get nothing in return
Defensive - this could be a play that does nothing for you offensively but allows you reposition in many ways
Middle Ground - Covers multiple plays your opponent could play and is what most plays are
But hindsight will not help you within the coin flip
You’re talking about only making risky plays
Since you're looking at it afterwards
Doesn't mean it's not annoying af that you have to make a whole gameplan revolving around a 50/50
Literally the coin flips of CSR Zam is another reason why having Incin on that duo is big
Cuz it removes a lot of the flips
Ok but my question is
Do you realize afterwards what games you could've avoided those coin flips or do you just pass it off as the coin flips mattering all the time
That's what I'm saying here
People have built around that like Umbra who just opted for losing the speed interaction to other CSRs but patches that with tera dark CSR and Tornadus
I forgot that I heard mfers are doing that
I think it's kind of throwing ngl
The team itself allows him to not lose to the opposing CSR basically
Modest CSR is the call brw
That's more of a statement, not a question if you ask me
Modest CSR is what I’d play if I played CSR
The coin flip will happen in some games
I like Tera Dark CSR but I think Incin is more consistent cuz like
Even Tera Dark isn't 100% reliable cuz of Zamazenta
There's no literal way around it, you will face some mirrors
But Umbra didn't use Incin lol
Ok so I'm asking
Do you or do you not
Also sorry if I'm sounding rude, I don't mean to
you can't know before it shows up
Mhm mhm
that's all there is, if their incin intimidate shows up before mine and I'm max speed, it's a coin flip
I think the new big teal of CSR Zama Ogerpon Smeargle Rilla Raging used modest CSR
It deals crazy damage
The coin flip is guaranteed since their Intim shows before mine and I can only tie speed
That interaction between the Incin's is a coinflip, that doesn't mean your gameplan is a coin flip
No gameplan is a coin flip
Idk honestly I know some peeps are going slower bulkier CSR but me personally I like being able to always play against that speed tie just in case all else fails
The whole point of a coin flip is that it's RNG/luck
Reading a protect 🥀
This
You just said earlier that matchups in "high elo", the elo you play in, are 50/50 depending on leads. 50/50 = coinflip, and leads are your gameplan
Like what are you saying man
Not what I said though
Impossible, you know comp mfers can't read
I said 50% of games were decided from lead
Me
Someone that gets their lead right often snowball into a win
I win most of my games where I lead right
I lose most of my games where I lead poorly
Oh yeah that happens a lot on bo1
That's what I said, it had nothing to do with coin flips lmao
Because you don't have the ability to adapt after the game
Might I ask wtf you're using cuz like
Idk any team that's like that
👍 I don't think we are seeing eye to eye so I am gonna disengage
Only if you know the team beforehand or if you find the same person after
don't put words in my mouth I never said though
Honestly same thing imma probably end up doing
that's very wrong
You're welcome to be right 😄
Don't put things I never said as if I said them
It creates discord for no good reasons
Can we calm down plz
Try to understand the point instead of reframing it in your own narrative
You guys are labeled as ''helpers''. You'd think it's a good thing that you don't ragebait people by misquoting them don't you ?!?!
We weren't trying to do that at all?
By insinuating I was vouching for coin flip being a gameplan
The fuck you are
Words carry meaning where I come from
I think you made an overgeneralization, I pointed it out. You think I misquoted you, I don't, so I'm just gonna disengage man. Not every conversation needs to end with you being correct. I'm stepping out so you can be correct 😄
You misquoted me. Disengage all you want, but you can't just brush off the fact you misquoted me
I never said coin flip was a gameplan
And you brought it as if I did
The situation is over
Plz drop it
The situation would have never happened if ''helpers'' weren't misquoting
Genuinely all there was : Lead is a big thing in CTS Bo1
Getting the lead right determines most of your win/lose
Ok there was a misunderstanding
It happens
It's online chats, nobody is perfect
People misinterpret stuff in online chats on the daily
And he acknowledged that he did
The situation is over, yet you're still choosing to carry it on when it's better to drop it
by being snarky and calling me wrong on a topic I never talked about
legit who does that ?
what did i walk back into
ragebaiters
Please move on. Take a step back and take a breather if needed. But the situation is passed and best to leave it be rather than try to get in the last word.
hi khuja

Hi Khuja
Look who ain't fuckin sleeping anymore
Monke you don’t get it
Being up until 5 am writing insane character writing is peak
peak fiction
Bro really tryna be Oda

also wtf just happened
Something we ain’t gonna talk about
mandatory monthly whatever this is
It's something we need not discuss any further
It always appears like there's a new message in rental teams and I hope it's something cool and then it's just a bot message that gets deleted
😔
Monke when will you release cool teams again
ngl I think the last team you two did was bad LMAO
we didn't know ZamaOgre exist
Yes
Have you not heard of content?
but solgaleooooo jskshdksjdkdjlsjf
Fuck I need to continue writing
Exactly
This guy gets it
also yes
Solgaleo was a nice idea at the time that we literally bring Hearth in Rain
Funny thing is that team was actually fun and if I gave it more time it could've actually been better
i can see it, we kinda just rushed it because of Global Challenge
Like I actually had a variant I was using for a bit afterwards before I hopped on Zam CSR
And it actually wasn't like
Absolutely horrible into Mirai Nala
God can I even find it
i forgot which duo make our team miserable to fight
A lot lol
But mainly Miraidon
Mirai Ogre actually was pretty good into us
It was the reason why Hearthflame was used
And TWave
I don’t think Twave would solve the issue seeing Tsareena and fari saw use on that duo but fair enough for Hearth
why dont you ask me to test the mu with my team tho
Cuz I didn't think it'd be too common
And the TWave Hearthflame delete the Kyogre usually worked
But yeah I had a better version but like
By then I posted stuff and I was already moving on to another thing that had promise
fair
playing cart ladder and I just oneshot grass tera zamazenta with Rockpon counter 🤣
i'm not trying Zard again
@real prairie no you don't understand
I play Greninja better than Zard lmao
Haha that's no surprise
Greninja is more straight forward lmao-
Do I need to watch out for poison tera greninja
Who up chilling they neigh
That's a sentence of all time
Ice rider is that u
no
@jade dustyou running mag? wanna do a battle
is it common practice for ''helpers'' to be ragebaiting and misquoting players in this subchannel ? I'm curious
Yes and sure
When do you wanna play?
They were trying to diffuse it from my understanding of the context. It was a misunderstanding I believe? Anyways the Helper even said they were leaving it alone from that point and that is where it should have ended with no further commentary needed to be honest. People are human, so are helpers. If you feel slighted, that's how you feel, but they did disengage as should have you. However, this situation is ended and passed and my suggestion is to drop it and leave it be. If you don't think you can get along with that particular person or have the ability to move forward from it, feel free to block them if you need to.
feel free to ping me when free
What item is best for miraidon, I want to use urshifu but doesn't it like the scarf? Is av for miraidon better and scarf for urshifu?
Kinda want sash on shifu and scarf on miraidon
Depends on what you want/need
Miraidon can go Scarf/Specs/AV and Urshifu honestly can go like Scarf or Sash
Maybe even Band depending on your speed control
Lizard
Or weezing Arceus
Yeah Scarf/Specs can work there
As for Shifu, I'd probably do Sash/Band for that
monke
I'll try both, thanks monke
Ew this is for Reg J
monkelizard
I know reg J isn't a serious format but using mythicals is funny
drago come watch me ladder
Imagine sleeping
Ikr
Sleeping is for lil bitches
that loss was drago's fault
the monkelizard at his natural habitat
being a good ch
Like honestly that Monke guy is an asshole
i know right he does good work but he's a right old prick
Honestly
Does anyone know of any good Magearna Trick Room teams I could base my team off of?
I've seen magearna + final gambit ape
You can pair it with Final Gambit Ape and like
Calyrex Ice Rider
Are there any other restricteds that would be good with it? I dont have ice rider
Maybe Lunala?
Ooo, good idea! Thanks!
👍
final gambit+mag
alright]
My username is shrekers13
showdown right?
Yes
redstonejesus

give me feedback on my playing btw
monke isn't it your bedtime

Gg
gg any feeback?
Well the tera flying on roaring moon was like, why
In last game
You should had let Kyoger and a taunt option too
So that way I at least take a lot of damage from water spout if I fake out the taunt
Nuh Uh
fair
My caly ice is trained to live water spout
And electro drill
But getting some big damage in still makes it harder for me
wtf is with you and Electro drill typo
electro drill sounds like a fusion move (horn drill + e drift)
lol tru
I said Ivy cludde for a while too lmao
@dull ibex another this is, you should had kept Amoonguss in the back in all games
So you could later switch it in after a KO
ah ok
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between electric shroom and SeaWolfMikess! Format: [Gen 9] VGC 2025 Reg H (Bo3); Date: Aug 6, 2025
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between electric shroom and SeaWolfMikess! Format: [Gen 9] VGC 2025 Reg H (Bo3); Date: Aug 6, 2025
Seawolfmikes' team
Also what could I have done better
i would have led the sinistcha first and set up tr immediately, then the rest of his team is free tbh
unless the sinistcha is just there for healing
I die to hurricane electro shot xd
And I don't have protect
If I had protect I would cuz I force a 50/50
and i'm guessing the sneasler is throat chop so you couldn't lead gholdengo
are at least 2 of us winning in comp chat today
The replay has OTS
not VGC but still
IM AGAINST MIKE AGAIN DUDE WHY
I like random battles 
IM IN 1200 ELO SHOWDOWN
random battles are fun
tru
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2416265233
The Sneasler Incident
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between MorrisPXG456 and Syducer! Format: [Gen 9] Random Battle; Date: Aug 6, 2025
like the first time i tried out that one 4 player free for all gamemode and it gave me quiver dance volcarona
and all the others are special attackers?

