#competitive_discussion
1 messages · Page 689 of 1
Yeah, but again, I didn't do it on purpose.
Ok
Typhlosion just genuinely wins for the love of the game.
The man doesn't miss a single Heat Wave.
While i missed meteor beam which without the miss i would probably be top 6
How many battles?
Anyway do you want to fight tmrw
On the gc
No we just click at the aame time it might work
No
Aight.
I called the Gholdengo Teraing to Dragon, I might be the GOAT.
How mamy battles do ypu have?
I'll tell you how many I have when the game ends.
Ok
I hate it when I disconnect for no fucking reason.
Anyway, I got 9 games as of right now.
and whats your elo?
so you can probably get 1630
maybe go to a place withbetter internet in your home
I'm right next to the router, there's no way to get a better internet connection.
Half of the team has bad Tera Types and I'm still cooking.
im so gratefull i have good internet
Toby Maguire got bit by a spider. Me? Must've been bit by a goat.
It might all be my opponents, to be honest.
i think i can get top 32
if i do i will probably get cp
i need these 75 points cuz for me its 75 or nothing
cuz of the kicker
I couldn't care less about the Championship Points.
I'm genuinely doing this all purely for the love of the game.
i need those
Hope you get top 8.
i have good chance if i get top 32 at the end of the gc
thanks
ido1500 has given 1 Gen Rep to skywarsveteran1607
Dnite lived a Hyper Voice from Primarina at 1 HP.
Him and Typhlosion are putting up LeBron numbers.
How much do you think Tera Fire single-target Eruption at full HP (without sun) does to P2?
HOW DID THAT SHIT DO CLOSE TO 80%?
its aint eviolite
probably
unless youre specs
It's Scarf Modest.
so its 1. crit 2. not eviolie 3. maybe low spdf p2 and high role
one of these
but i do think it wasnt eviolite
was it single or double target?
im just 1619.917
no eviolite
or a crit
i saw in the gc today protect incin and special gyardos so no eviolite p2 isnt that weird to me probably just a bad player
Single target, no crit.
so probably high roll and low defenses
Yeah, but that shit still surprised me.
I finished day 1 at #71 with a rating of 1561.
thats a solid elo
I think Garchomp was the call here.
paul what tera should garchomp be again
Man just mauls everyone, he doesn't give a singular fuck about anything.
Water or Fairy.
252+ SpA Typhlosion Focus Blast vs. 252 HP / 84 SpD Eviolite Porygon2: 86-102 (44.7 - 53.1%) -- 25% chance to 2HKO
Possible damage amounts: (86, 86, 88, 88, 90, 90, 92, 92, 94, 94, 96, 96, 98, 98, 100, 102)
Tf was that P2
Oops fucking damage calculator
252+ SpA Typhlosion Eruption (150 BP) vs. 252 HP / 84 SpD Eviolite Porygon2: 79-94 (41.1 - 48.9%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
Possible damage amounts: (79, 81, 81, 82, 84, 84, 85, 85, 87, 88, 88, 90, 91, 91, 93, 94)
It had to be a non eviolite P2
Tera Fire Typhlosion, single target.
Oh it was tera fire
252+ SpA Tera Fire Typhlosion Eruption (150 BP) vs. 252 HP / 84 SpD Eviolite Porygon2: 106-126 (55.2 - 65.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Possible damage amounts: (106, 108, 108, 110, 112, 112, 114, 114, 116, 118, 118, 120, 122, 122, 124, 126)
Its single target
252+ SpA Tera Fire Typhlosion Eruption (150 BP) vs. 4 HP / 4 SpD Eviolite Porygon2: 116-138 (72 - 85.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Possible damage amounts: (116, 118, 120, 120, 122, 124, 124, 126, 128, 128, 130, 132, 132, 134, 136, 138)
Maybe it was like 0 bulk? Lol
252+ SpA Tera Fire Typhlosion-Hisui Eruption (150 BP) vs. 244 HP / 84 SpD Porygon2: 126-150 (65.9 - 78.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Perhaps I just got lucky with a high roll and P2 had slightly less bulk than this.
4-6
I have to lock in for Positive
ok i've won 5 in a row on showdown now, definitely should have used garchomp
So my hunch was right.
Well, at least you know what to bring to Brisbane (if you end up going there).
This Format is not my strong suit
Might have just used to Restricted Level of Pokémon than Normal Level
does the rankkings in the gc show your rank in your region or overall rank?
aint no way im just 1619 and im 9th place
It's funny to me how Archaludon and Hisuian Samurott have the same HP, Speed and Special Defense.
Also, it makes sense.
but their defense is completly diffrent
It's only day 1, so people haven't played enough games to reach really high ratings.
but 9th place in a tour with 2k people
Just accept that you're doing well.
ok
How do I remove this shit from my screen, by the way?
I can't make it scroll down.
And even when I do, I have no option to just close that shit.
Finally.
at least i know that blursa was not it
maybe too well
what's a good end game cleaner for hard trick room teams? I play singles
torkoal
I need like an endgame sweeper who is fast tho
you said tr
when my trick room setters are knocked out and tr is down
so it isnt a hard tr team
if you have fast mons
it's all slow mons
I needa fast endgame sweeper
especially when my tr setters are gone
I have like hatterene and porygon 2 setters the rest of my mons are hard hitters in tr
?
my team struggles at end game when the tr setters are gone
hard tr doesn’t need three setters especially in singles where it’s likely a 3v3
so bring 2 tr setters
I do
I really need to make those 4 turns count
its 3 turns to ko 3 mons
i think its enough turns
6v6s
so why didnt you say?
what format are you playing in
mb
ou
tr doesn’t sound great to me in singles that’s probably the bigger issue
I really rely on hitting extremely hard because switching and setup wastes tr turns
also last respects is banned in smogon iirc
I have question does payback power will still be doubled if the openent goes first and use status move or will it only be doubled if they use attacking move ?
it doesnt say anything about attacking
i think only if you move after the target
Oh really i just want to make sure because i thought payback work the same as avalanche

Hi everyone i want to play competetive
But i dont know a good team.
Can someone help me with building a good team?
oop gotta go
BUT WHY
bc ur here(stinky….)
Dollarmonke how is your gc run?
Nuh Uh
Turns out i fought a japanese player
Low-key haven't started yet
In the gc
I see
check the pinned and #rental_teams
7-7
That's fine.
Though I guess it'd be better if you started off in the middle ranges and ended day 3 with a high rating, rather than starting off high and having to maintain that rating for the whole weekend.
The fuck have you been doing to that Switch?
It’s like 7 years old and it’s the screen protector
The same one I used 7 years ago
peel it off
I've had mine for six, but yeah, you should replace the screen protector.
Nevermind, that would cost 50 bucks on its own.
hey, I'm looking for a site (not smogon) that contains the usage statistics in battle stadium singles - during SuMo the site (from pokemon itself I think) displayed the top used pokemon and all their stats including nature, moves, and with which other mons they have been used. does anyone know?
munchstats or pikalytics
those are not directly from pokemon itself, are they?
the one I'm talking about provided statistics of each season in SuMo
That protector is holding on for dear life, buy another
Paying 50 after 7 years isn't like horrible
Does your screen protector feel good on your Switch? Peel it off
you can check the pokemon home app for data directly from pokemon
maybe it was that...?
- I think I have a Backup screen Protector in one of my drawers
THEN CHANGE YOUR SCREEN YA FUCKIN IDIOT
I HAVE TO FIND IT IDK WHERE I PUT IT
I didnt know it existed until half a year ago
If I was oppo Id be so mad they had the lead and I clicked dire claw and rolled a critical after fakeout on cinderace and it died without doing a damn thing lol
It hasn't existed incredibly long. Pokemon Home is only 5 years old.
mika!

Yay Grandpa is visiting
You joke but I'm more physically together than you are. 

I covered about 75km just at work this week.
Did the gc already start or is it just weekends?
Both.
And not every weekend. Just scheduled ones.
So it's already started, and it only runs for this weekend.
Live streaming my GC if anyone is interested its in the self promo section 🙂
A really big (in terms of subscribers) gay Canadian YouTube video essayist who was called out for plagiarising around 60% of his videos.
And now he's doing God knows what.
You got a double miss on Muddy Water?
I might be him.
haha no just 1 miss, just right as you called it
I'm like Blunder with the Sucker Punch plays when it comes to calling when a move will miss.
just had the double miss haha
Does Prankster Coaching work in Psychic Terrain?
I don't wanna play against Hard TR Psyspam Grandpa
nah
I need to keep this in mind then.
Coaching, Feint, CC and Protect on Riolu? (I am genuinely losing it after the Ice Spinner on Indeedee incident today)
All I had to do was use Ice Spinner to damage Indeedee and destroy Psychic Terrain, why the hell did I go for E-Speed?
I really needed to bring a grass type counter for my team
thinking logically, bringing Decorate over an actual pokemon has probably hindered me
end day one 8-7
my worst start to a GC this year
on the plus side, my thumbnail looks cool 🤣
11-4 with Palafin
Same with me here
8-7 with Greninja+Gallade team
Hopefully I do better today but blursa over garchomp really hurt me
Do I need to complete 15 battles before midnight for max possible rating?
no not necessarily
technically it's optimal to wait until the final day and play your games then, but most people don't
I was like top 10 uesterday for a sight moment cuz nobody was playing yet lmao
annihilape is a champ, it just 2v1 a dozogirl
idk why i haven't used this pokemon before, it's amazing
so far i've gone 12-2 with this new team, it feels good
think i need to replace smeargle with greninja though
kilowattrel needs sash and i need loaded dice
Smorgle
Lmaooooo just had an oppo quit the battle cause they thought I was gonna flare blitz their rilla
(We locked willo wisp on incin)
im now 16-4 in gc
i was 12-3
Played a bit worse for my Day 2 games but we still doing good for rn
Gotta round it off well for Day 3 tomorrow
Keep er going
I'm gonna have to try and do better even though it was a mistake to put ursaluna bm instead of garchomp
Tough with this brain fog
NAH UR GOOD
i think you can do something l25-5
Wsp Guys
I am likely not gonna be here for 2 more eons bc i barely use this thing
Btw i play showdown now : O
Currently at 17-10.
At least three of the losses were due to me playing too safe and getting read, so I might have to work on that.
At least you have a positive wr
AV Kingambit might honestly be the best option for its item, if I'm being honest.
If only I could actually use Tera Flying...
So I guess my original vision for the team is the way to go.
My only issue is a lack of ability to actually hit Water types for super effective.
I'm trying out water shuriken greninja next to bulk up annihilape and it's going decently but I need a way to deal with tr
If it's hatterene I can't do any of those things
Parting Shot's funny.
See, into Magic Bounce, the interaction gets reversed.
So Hatterene is forced to switch out and Incin's stats get lowered.
How much does Annihilape do to Hatterene?
Not enough before it gets taken out by dgleam or eforce
Fair.
Stalwart archaludon seems good
AV?
Power herb?
I'm getting a weird sense of deja vu.
I think we've had this exact discussion before.
I saw stalwart archaludon on the mamoswine team
Regardless, I need your help.
With?
What do I change to make my team better equipped against Water types?
Can you link a paste again
The obvious answer is add archaludon
Where?
Well stamina means it gets bulkier than gambit
But idk that throws off the whole balance
How about gastrodon
I want to damage Water ty- I got it.
Solar Beam on Torkoal.
It gets Tera Grass.
It's perfect.
How about tera blast instead, doesn't need rain to function
Fair.
Giga drain tera grass volcarona aswell
I don't want to add a third Fire type to my team, bro.
I got completely walled by one of those
Not sure what your team is haha just making anti water suggestions
This is the team.
Here's an out there suggestion, what about vileplume, can giga drain and put sneasler to sleep while resisting both stabs
Again, where?
Who does it replace?
Also, the hardest part now is to decide which of Torkoal's moves gets replaced with Tera Blast.
I don't know who it replaces
Heat Wave it is.
I love random battles.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2436254688
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between PaulGoodman777 and Tobli! Format: [Gen 9] Random Battle; Date: Sep 6, 2025
I was saved by a 33% protect
Ho Oh, Koraidon vs Weezing and Farigiraf in a Trickroom last turn. The Farigiraf had +3 special attack and Hyper Voice. Last turn of trick room I protected with both while my Ho Oh protected the turn before, but hit the 33% jackpot. After that I took the win.
https://pokepast.es/a179617c3d607415
what you guys think new to competitive and want to get into the ranked battles. It’s for singles reg J
been trying to play on the doubles ladder and cant find trainers for the last 30 mins 😭
I guess you're after advice for reg J?
Yes singles 3v3
Oh right 😂
It's all either Showdown singles or VGC, unfortunately.
Smogon might be better
Thanks for the heads up, I try to play on showdown but I feel like I always face player who set up hazards and then just whirl wind all the time 😂
tuxx0029 has given 1 Gen Rep to skywarsveteran1607
I mean, that is the essence of singles.
That's kind of what you guys do.
You don’t see it as much on console
Having 6V6 singles on cart ladder would be great.
Last game I played was ultra sun started playing agin like a week ago and was like what the hell is this what pokemon battles are like now
Games would take too long on cart if it were 6v6 singles
Same as yugioh lol not played in years came back the other day to try and play and it’s so different it’s all like 1 card combo decides everything 😂
Oh yeah, I forgot that singles matches take 90 hours to complete.
Take this as an example.
40 turns is equal to 5 VGC matches of slightly above average duration.
😮
VGC is a doubles format, so it might be quite difficult to adapt to for a singles player.
Also in doubles is it the same like singles everyone just has same teams or do people actually innovate
People do innovate.
Even in a team with the same Pokemon, the items, moves, abilities, Tera Types and EVs might be entirely different.
Is it still the same team if 90% of its components have changed?
Yeah like after being away for few years and not playing ranked I like playing With Pokemon I actually like but it’s impossible sometimes can only get you so far once you reach masterbal tier literally last 6 opponents I faced had exactly same teams
There was this one final round on a regional tournament.
Both players were using Calyrex-Shadow, Zamazenta and Chien-Pao, but their sets were largely different.
Im ok with that things i cant stand is for example last 4 matches i faced last night was ting lu spikes rocks then whirl wind me out their ting lu died then their ho-oh did same whirlwind me out and they won game like that 🙈
I get it.
Well, VGC has those as well as their counterparts.
(Miraidon and Calyrex-Ice have actually won more tournaments than Koraidon or Calyrex-Shadow in Scarlet and Violet, but the CSR glazers can't cope with the fact that it's currently fifth in terms of tournament wins and Miraidon just does its shit better)
Il have to try doubles, so in doubles I’m guessing no hazzards or set ups etc it’s all about follow me, protect etc right ?
To a degree, yes.
Redirection and Protect are quite important in VGC.
Appreciate the feed back and tips 👊🏽
Just a question for the comp scene in terms of the new battle system in ZA
Tournaments & worlds have always been the standard turn based yes ? & that will never change
yes, always has been turn based and likely always will be
which means there won’t be VGC in the new legends game
welcome to seniors division
so fun to miss focus balst that ohkos probably and then get critted
guys im number 4 in gc
Guys idk if my team is good for competetive
Can u say if my team is good?
The team..
Flutter mane
Water type ogerpon
Ceruledge
Noivern
Kingambit
Iron hands
Iron hands
iron hands flutter and ogerpon are banned
so no i guess
It is for ranked
And what is a good team then🫣
@waxen dock
maybe p2 balance
What is that i am new to competitive
archetpye
are you looking to play single or double battles
Double
I want a good team but it is hard to make 1
in the game itself or real life tournaments?
Tournaments and ig
unfortunately the in game online ladder and what you play in real life tournaments have different rules
so you kinda gotta choose one, at least to start
Tournaments then
okay so you’ll be playing using the ruleset called “Regulation H”, which bans all legendary and paradox pokemon from being used
Ok
so a few of your original team members aren’t legal
I see
So what then?
Can u maybe help me build a good team i would rlly apreciate that.
@next stump
step one is seeing teams that other people use. I’ll link a website where you can get some ideas
K
"so hows GC going"
me:
politoed
I still cant pick a team this is rlly hard
@next stump i think i am going for in game and not tournaments
in game ruleset is called Regulalation J, it allows for all legendary and mythical pokemon basically
You’ll need to have two restricted legendary pokemon to be competitive, I’ll send a list of those
oh true lol weird serebii doesn’t have them
calyrex and its rider forms are all still one species iirc
Yeah but nobody is ever rolling up with unmounted caly lol
also this is a very incorrect list for the format bc like 3 of these aren’t in the game
Oh yeah no yveltal or xern fs
or zygarde
GGs
Stinky
bro.... I went to battle in the grand challenge and I forgot to give whimsicott prankster...
Its okay I have wrong tera type on 2 mons and have willowisp instead of flare blitz on Incin lmao
how does this even happen
I was testing Incin on Arch rain and preferred wisp over blitz there
But I decided on sneasler balance last minute but forgot to change back
These people girl I swear
I'm so meticulous about my building cuz of these reasons
I triple check everything
Well ya see
Wisp incin is absolutely poppin off rn
(Not really somebody did quit the battle cause they thought I was on blitz tho lmao)
My final score for day 2 is 18-12.
Not as good as I expected, but not bad.
I didn't even give Frisk to Typhlosion, I just realised that.
Whole time, I was playing with Blaze on.
It did.
I have bad ovs on my ghold
Whole time, I was wondering why Heat Wave was doing Choice Band Mega Rayquaza calcs on everybody.
Is the boost from Blaze 4/3 or 1.5x?
1.5x
ive given up with GC
Also, this is unrelated, but Dnite lived a +1 Meteor Beam from Glimmora and Whimsicott has lived Flash Cannon from Archaludon multiple times.
Everything i did in testing hasn't paid off
as it stands im panicking AF for Lille
might cancel
I wish most good dragons this format weren't double weak to ice in general lol
Thank God I don't have the money or a reason to go to regionals.
😦 when is Lille?
End of October
you’ll be good, I feel like formats always take a little while to settle and once they do, it’s much easier to know what to plan for
it’s the wild west right now
My team rn is
Gholdengo
Pipplup
Fungoos
What can i add?
?
why. why the baby mons
Plz tell me we're trolling
I need to evo them
But first i am building the team
Did i?
I thought?
Oh
Didnt you say you wanted to play on cart instead of tourneys
Bro I had a game sealed and lost to scarf prim lol
Yeah but i dont wanna use legendary
Uhm
Do u know good adds to my team?
The horse and the lizards
?
Thats a decent mon but mainly calyrexes and box legends from this gen
I dont got cylarex😭
@wild cloud If you don’t want to use legendaries, then why did you say that you didn’t want to play Regulation H where they’re all banned?
I can use 1 legendary
Not more
No you can use 2 in reg j promise
Or 2
Wait so reg g? I thought we were done with that
K
I’m so confused
What legends do i need to use then
They are asking for help with a reg j team
You are not alone
Isn’t the current format 2 restricteds
Unfortunately do not think dhengo and empoleon make the cut
Amoonguss is p good tho just spam sleep if no eletric terrain
Why not?
Oh yeah empoleon SUCKKKS and Gholdengo is just a no
Its real good in reg h but there is too much good against it in higher power formats
Eg Koraidon CSR etc
Why is gholdengo just a no?
Power creep basically shadow rider and Koraidon obliterate it
It will just die
K
To a supereffective hit
Idk what play style do you like
Specs Miraidon doesn’t need super effective to get the one hit KO
I thought you said piplup I am genuinely confused
Ummm popplio?
U can choose what play style i will use
I don't see a popplio here
Uhhhhhh okay
Yeah I’m so confused
Oops i typed pipplup instead of popplio
Primarina still not making the cut in reg j friend
That still doesn’t make a difference
My brain is cracking rn
Yeah primarina needs more set up which in a format like reg j is risky it works only when the power level is weaker
Aka reg h
K
WE STAY HUNGRY
Koraidon or miraidon?
miraidon
WE DEVOUR
PUT IN THE WORK, PUT IN THE HOURS
My current reg j team Ive been having some success with is Arceus, Chien Pao, Firepon, Urshifu R, CSR and Raging Bolt
Is Iron hands good for ranked
A team I built on the first day consists of sableye and Darkrai
Those 2 in itself is enough to make people quit
Kyogre and rillaboom are a necessity
Well Kyogre not so much since I have variants of the team
Ive been having success leading pao and Urshifu and clicking surging strikes on whatever will die to it lmao
I want to use Riolu because Prankster Coaching with Ice Rider seems genuinely hilarious to me.
Neh not really worried about miraidon or farig
It’s mostly just gravity and dark void which armor tail can’t block
Yeah, can Dark Void hit a Pokemon in Electric Terrain?
Would surging strikes ohko farig with the sword of ruin debuff?
My team rn is
Gholdengo
Pipplup
Foongus
Miraidon whay can i add
You think I don’t have that covered?
Most likely.
no, you’ll need tera and even then not if they’re bulky
Good for you.
Yep good for me indeed
I'm just pointing out holes in the typical Sableye-Darkrai kiddie slop teams.
Oh yeah well this is what I think about your yapping
Nah I’m kidding obviously every team is gonna have a weakness
I mean everything has weakneses
My favorite picture
Fire-Grass or Dark-Poison, call it.
No country for old incineroars
It would get parting puff
Special but still has fake out
Its just parting shot and pollen puff stapled together
I think it's a slow bulky mixed attacker
Wolfe signiture mon
That works best used as special
Has new ability that when it switches out it will intimidate the opponent while also giving it regenerator
Its just as one but the abilities are intimidate and regen
When it switches out
See ya later Retimitader
Does that stack with parting shot
Incoongus
Type: Fire-Grass
Abilities: 1. Intimigator
Base Stats
HP: 104
Attack: 100
Defense: 80
Sp. Atk: 83
Sp. Def: 85
Speed: 45
Total: 497
Notable moves: Fake Out, Parting Shot, Taunt, Will-o-Wisp, Pollen Puff, Knock Off, Flare Blitz
Yes
Matter of fact let’s buff the intimidate part it should also drop special attack by 1
There now it’s balanced
OC of the disco pls no steal
I just took their base stats and averaged them out.
It should get trick room for no reason
Bet.
Hmmm let’s drop that speed to 25 and split the rest of the 20 points into its defense and special defense
Now you're speaking my language.
Incoonguss buff dropping
Drop special attack to 15
Wait, what if its BST was 530 instead of 497?
Split the rest into hp and attack
Hmmm 120 hp
515 sounds like a nice middle ground
Buffed Incoongus
Type: Fire-Grass
Abilities: 1. Intimigator
Base Stats
HP: 120
Attack: 110
Defense: 90
Sp. Atk: 80
Sp. Def: 90
Speed: 25
Total: 515
Notable moves: Fake Out, Parting Shot, Taunt, Will-o-Wisp, Pollen Puff, Knock Off, Flare Blitz
Did I cook?
where is spore?
Add that too.
And Follow Me (not Rage Powder).
I have an even better idea.
Urshifu + Lando-T.
Damn I fucked uppppp
Urshdorus
Type: Water-Ground
Ability: Intimidating Fist
Base Stats
HP: 95
Attack: 127
Defense: 95
Sp. Atk: 89
Sp. Def: 70
Speed: 99
Total: 575
(I used base Lando's stats because it's faster, go cry about it)
Hmmmm
Hp 130
Atk 50
Def 110
Sp atk 90
Sp def 115
Speed 20
Is that for Incoonguss?
Yes
Why does it have 50 Attack when its two fusees have 115 and 85 Attack respectively?
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Anyway, meet Calyrex Edge Rider!
Type: Ice-Ghost
Abilities: 1. As One (Combines Calyrex's Unnerve with either Glastrier's Chilling Neigh or Spectrier's Grim Neigh, raising whichever attacking stat is higher upon taking a KO)
Base Stats
HP: 100
Attack: 165
Defense: 135
Sp. Atk: 165
Sp. Def: 135
Speed: 100
Total: 760
Is this too balanced? Do I reduce its Speed to 50 and put those points into its bulk again?
Hmmmmmmmm no you gotta round it up and make it a bst of 800
Only then could it really be balanced
Bulk
Bet.
As one Protosynthesis and Chlorophyl
Flutter Mane + who?
Hmmmm jmmmmmmmm shuckle?
We need something with Chlorophyll.
Liligant?
My money's on Whimsicott, but sure.
Whimsi wouldnt add too much bst
It would remove, yes.
But hisuan lilli would wonk it out as a mixed mon
You know who wouldn't remove points?
Poison-Fairy with these stats:
HP: 67
Attack: 77
Defense: 89
Sp. Atk: 129
Sp. Def: 127
Speed: 107
Total: 596
Would Protosynthesis activate before or after Chlorophyll?
Because you can make it Modest Specs and have your SpA and Speed doubled by just having the sun on.
Jfc thats cracked lol
I think chlorophyl is static
So wouldnt proto just be the thing procing
are we still on incinmoonguss
No, this is Mega Fluttersaur.
lowkey mid asl
Yea
I once had an idea for a Pokemon whose ability basically As One'd with the ability of its partner.
So you could give a Fire-Steel type with 150 Attack Orichalcum Pulse and let it rip everyone in half.
Heatran sweeeeeeep bb
I forgot to mention what its own main ability was.
Ability that's just trace but for partners instead of opponents would be sick and would also make double intimidate far easier
Because it comes from a Pokemon who's a fusion between Solgaleo and Lunala, it gets both Full Metal Body and Shadow Shield.
Arceus
And somehow, it's only like, the 4th most cracked legendary I've made.
Arceus is the fusion of solgaleo and lunala kinda
The gold accents on them together form the golden ring around arceus torso
The other three kill everyone on neutral even without the help of another restricted.
That sounds like a crackpot theory, but sure.
Lmao this is Kingdra's limitless page
3 years doing almost nothing and wins a regional
wolfe the goat
crazy that Aria was actually kinda close to nailing wolfe’s team archtype
if they just had a rain setter over sneasler it’s almost the same team
Half of it seems the same.
Kingdra almost got top 64 in a Reg G event? Wtf
Proof that Ice Rider and Ogerpon-GOATflame can make anything work.
Ok
It was the first one
Though if I had to guess, I'd say you at least have cracked the points threshold
i think the points ars by region so make sense
playing some SD, revival blessing Donzogiri is fucking evil

Yeah but even if it wasn't like
Top 16 to outside top 1024 iirc without a losing streak should be impossible
bad name :(

Do the gc matches you didn’t play carry on to the next day?
It's all you do
13-12
You a bigger one
Nuh Uh
I kind of want to run Tera Steel Iron Head on Dragonite.
God, I wish E-Speed wasn't the GOAT.
15-12 woooo
i mean it can work
Which move do I replace though?
I have Scale Shot, Extreme Speed, Ice Spinner and Protect.
usually Ice Spinner but if you value a lot on terrain control then espeed
16-12 in GC
2 more games maybe 18-12???
Then you'll have tied with me.
I probably would've went 10-20 in Masters, but that's not important.
i mean tbf i am piloting a team that i am not experienced with some of the mons
Gallade and Blood Moon Ursa on a rain team
And electabuzz
16-13
can't win them all anyway
- Ice Spinner if you wanna do that
- You honestly want some utility on Scale Shot Dnite
Tailwind and/or Haze on Scale Shot Dnite is kind of cracked
Rank up game, against a groudon team which I hate playing against.
3hp and a dream
hey for a drizzle pelipper for offensive which is better modest or timid
Either or really depending on how fast you wanna go, though I think Timid might be a bit better? Your choice
Also depend on the items
Ummm you usually run Sash,Rocky Helmet or Covert cloak for Pelipper
For Sash you run 4 HP,252 SpA,252 Speed in Timid Nature
as for the other two they run Bulk,Which depends on what do you want to live.
Overall Pelipper usually have Weather Ball,Hurricane,Tailwind,Protect/Wide Guard
what about u-turn or ice beam
Pelipper doesn’t need them
You have partners who use it better
Tip:Weather Ball Changes type depend on the Weather in the board
if you use tailwind the answer is obviously timid right
Honestly not,again it depends on if it’s Sash (100% Timid) or The other two item I said (which usually has bulk and different Nature to tank better stuff)
covert cloak whats that never heard of it in sword shield
It’s a Scarlet Violet Item
Which blocks Secondary effects
For example
Speed drops from Electroweb and Icy Wind
Flinches from Fake out and Dark Pulse
thats cool
Basically the item that stops Incineroar’s Bullshit lmao
And Clear Amulet but that’s for intimidate
dangit pelipper doesnt get weather ball in sword shield apparantly
i can subsitute it with hydro pump or scald which do you think might be a good susbsitite
surf there is also there
Wait
SWSH?
Why tho
apparantly no egg move pokemon can teach pelipper weather ball
I think it gets Weather ball in SV iirc
Aerial Ace, Brave Bird, Double-Edge, Dual Wingbeat, Facade, Fling, Fly, Giga Impact, Gunk Shot, Knock Off, Liquidation, Payback, Pluck, Quick Attack, Seed Bomb, Sky Attack, Steel Wing, Thief, U-turn, Wing Attack
Air Cutter, Air Slash, Blizzard, Brine, Echoed Voice, Gust, Hurricane, Hydro Pump, Hyper Beam, Ice Beam, Icy Wind, Mud-Slap, Round, Scald, Shock Wave, Snore, Spit Up, Surf, Swift, Twister, Uproar, Water Gun, Water Pulse, Weather Ball, Whirlpool
Agility, Aqua Ring, Attract, Confide, Defog, Double Team, Endure, Growl, Hail, Mimic, Mist, Protect, Rain Dance, Rest, Roost, Sleep Talk, Soak, Stockpile, Substitute, Supersonic, Swagger, Swallow, Tailwind, Toxic, Wide Guard
A move displayed with Bold text benefits from Same-Type Attack Bonus when used by Pelipper.
Oh nvm
Idk cuz I haven’t touched SWSH
who tf runs power gem gholdengo
maybe in the meantime until i get access to hammerlocke i can maybe put hydro pump or scald
and then i can replace it with weather ball when i get to hammerlocke
Actually its viable against Incineroar
But 100% not the best moves for Dengo
https://x.com/TrickedRoom/status/1964158190578176024
@shadow wind
Usually Power Gem, Thunderbolt, Trick just a mix of the 3 on choice sets
That's not very nice
i'm more suprised of Groudon lived a Helping Hand dgleam quite comfortably
Whatchu mean he's awesome
thats normal lol
my team's not working out, just lost to fucking leech seed meganium
next to tailwind murkrow
boutta quit honestly
what the heck is the team anyway
Does anyone have a good recommended team for ranked Singles? I'm not sure if I should use the same one I used last month or go with a new one
you can look at anything about Battle stadium singles in Munchstats since this chat is primarily doubles
what is Munchstats?
basically a website that looks at data for all pokemon's viable stuff
usage,movesets,EVs(Not that important in singles cuz they run max max min 90% of the time),Tera,Items
i just lost to fucking crawdaunt
what the fuck is your team anyway
no it's bad
idc if its bad or good anyway
If you wanna improve just try to fix the team
And try to ask people for help
is showdown down for anyone else
you know what fuck building my own teams i'm just gonna use a rental
this team doesn't deal well with psyspam or tr
it's down for me
its not down for me
why can i not get on
JIRACHI IRON HEAD FLINCH
But it's funny...
Anyways, this is my first attempt at a sun tailroom team. Any suggestions?
That’s alright
i can't get on showdown otherwise i'd share my dogshit team
Looks bad ngl
EVs have to fix a little bit,but otherwise the move sets are fine
Why is torkoal specs body press
Yeah, I was kinda just messing around with a lot of them.
Wait
Yeah this team is dropping down a tier
IDK, he's just there for eruption
Replace it with Solar Beam
At least you can hit water types with it(even tho there’s like 3-4 of them without counting Tera)
What are some good EV spreads?
Lilligant and Whimsicott could be totally compressed in just Jumpluff
But I like whimsicott 🙁
Tbh for a first at temp on a Sun tailroom
They got the spirit at least
But yeah Jumpluff works better
It basically does both of the stuff
Sleep Powder from Lilligant and Tailwind from Whims
is jumpluff better than whimsicott on sun
It can Sleep Powder and Do Whimsicott stuff without the Prankster Counterplay
Usually
Except if you really want tge fairy typing
Okay, but they have 2 different roles for me. Liligant is meant to do damage and just happens to be able to use sleep powder. Also, prankster sunny day is nice against rain teams
Jumpluff does both
still can't get on showdown
And It’s usually fast enough for TW cuz there isn’t that much TW Setter that are Fast
Tailroom was just already cracked by the Charizard Jumpluff team
Also it can do sleep Powder and Encore stuff without worried about Prioity Block
If you really want to run Encore
I was not respecting jumpluff at all. Thanks
Yeah, charizard wouldn't be bad as the last slot either.
Greninja spotted
I mean I am also using Greninja but on specs cuz I don’t really need Archaludon to do solo carrying
i don't know how to fix the psyspam matchup, particularly fast psyspam with sneasler but also slow psyspam with tr
Also I don’t think this team has Negative MU against TR
Psyspam kinda but like it’s not like impossible mu
fast psyspam is really hard particularly if indeedee is scarfed
Also you need Blizzard A9 in this format
ok i will replace icy wind
Some EVs have to be fixed but this is dependent on what do you want to tank in Aurora Veil or not in Aurora Veil
maybe i should take notes from my matches and see what i want to survive
also is sash or light clay a9 better
Or you can just call it from the beginning to ensure your expectations on what your game plan are
In this team,Sash
Ice for Blizzard Damage
Fire for Defensive
But Ghost is fine
Honestly if it wasn’t my piloting Problem I might get like 18-12
i think i'm gonna run tera fairy on garchomp for the dnite mu
I seen more fairy Tera in Dragon types anyway so that’s fine
if i replace volc idk who to replace with, maybe rilla or incin
I mean there is no harm on testing it
Incin is usually better
Just calc to live a CC from Sneasler
adamant?
If you live Adamant you live Jolly
i'll start with the one from nerd of now, physically defensive rocky helmet
actually is goggles better on incin
Get critted loser
maybe i go rocky helmet
ok yeah with incin i was able to beat a psyspam team
the real test is p2 teams
That's just luck
Impish Assault Vest trust
Hi
Can anyone tell me which ultra beasts are the best/relevant in ranked singles and doubles?
anything besides the last two (Guzzlord and bacephelon) and debatably xuritree
Ok ty
You gave Gen Rep too recently. You can give Gen Rep again <t:1757214009:R>.
I remember using shitty stall strats with guzzlord in swsh, guard split stockpile, did not like zacian
In hindsight it's bad that both shuckle and guzzlord were weak to zacian
That
As for tera probably Grass, though Bug/Ghost can work
Im so close, yet so far lol
Yeah grass is good, anti amoonguss and primarina
i love water shuriken btw
hi guys do you have a singles team
JIRACHI IRON HEAD FLINCH
Thats my gc team
You laugh, but choice scarf jirachi has a higher than not chance of making your opponent flinch.
probably not, most people here play doubles
Though some play both
Is that AV?
Yeah, maybe a second Tailwind setter wouldn't be so bad.
I'm like, 90% sure we've fought.
What was the Special Attack on the Glimmora?
Anyways chat
Wanna see the absolute shit I cooked for this GC? Actually do we wanna guess first lol
Is it a sand team?
Nah
Actually we do it like last time
I give ya the 6
You gotta figure out the OTS lol
I JUST WANNA BE PART OF YOUR SYMPHONYYYY
https://pokepast.es/adc63427b0bf56a5
Here's the 6 mons, start guessing
Incineroar @ Choice Band
Ability: Blaze
Tera Type: Fire
- Flare Blitz
- Knock Off
- U-turn
- No idea
Palafin @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Zero To Hero
Tera Type: Grass
- Jet Punch
- Drain Punch
- Wave Crash
- U-turn
Amoonguss @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Effect Spore
Tera Type: Dark
- Sludge Bomb
- Spore
- Rage Powder
- Protect
I do NOT know about the rest.
Also, nightmare FWG.
Did I get too much right or did I cook an abomination that's worse than yours?
So the items weren't right?
Literally you can guess until the whole OTS is filled out
Nope
Honestly I'll be amazed if you can guess the Palafin item
Hasn't seen use in years
Palafin also has Flip Turn instead of U-turn and it's most likely holding the Eject Button or Eject Pack.
Eject Button would be my guess, since Eject Pack has won an international on Torkoal last season.
Actually I'll give it to you, almost had it
Eject Pack
Whats your ig name?
Paul.
Also no on the move
Close Combat?
Yup
And Protect.
Yup
Also like if you notice
What does the 6 look really weak to
Incineroar
So I can bait out Incineroar leads and get Palafin a free switch out into hero form
I did the same thing with Torkoal so I can bring in an unintimidated Garchomp turn 1.
I cant find it in the battle logs
Basically lets Palafin have to manually switch out way less
What time did we fight?
Which can be very impactful as that's one major flaw to Palafin
In utc cuz yhey say battlrs time in utc
Garchomp when it can click EQ without being at -1:
Also what was your team?
But Eject Pack hasn't seen use on Palafin in years
Like literally it was used once in Reg C and that was it
And it legitimately baffles me that no one trying Palafin in H even touched the set, cuz it's legitimately it's best item
Anyways
https://pokepast.es/84c789338fe62eda
Still got some guessing if we wanna keep playing
Torkoal, Whimsicott, Hisuian Typhlosion, Garchomp, Dnite and Kingambit.
So i didnt
Does Incineroar have Taunt or Will-o-Wisp?
Maybe it was someone with the same team
Nope
Yeah, that team was the exact same.
There's a move missing from Incineroar that should be very obvious
There we go
Actually you guessed the item so I'll go ahead and give the OTS
Here we go
I'm him.
Did you win?
So fun fact: unless it teras or has a Defense boost, Tera Stellar Close Combat one shots Kingambit while Palafin is in baby form
Three Pokemon that are extremely weak to Garchomp and one which loses its big advantage after a single E-Speed.
Had they brought DozoGiri, I would've lost.
So you won?
The two most annoying things for this team was like
I had to manage Incineroar since it is strong against my team
But also like
Nah, I won.
My team is very weak to kingambit and dnite
My one matchup that is like basically an auto loss
Annihilape
Thats why it has very bad mu against mdb balance
Where can I see my matches, by the way?
I can beat some Annihilape but like
Mausape or Screens Bulk Up Ape or Mausape with screens
Very ass matchup
Other than that though, felt like I could beat a lot of MUs
Hell the Zard Sun MU felt pretty free 
Hero Form Palafin MIGHT be able to OHKO Garchomp without the sun.
Nah
Yeah, the thing's not dying at all.
Not without like
Maybe item boost or Tera boost or maybe it'd even need both
Pokemon Home
Palafin is definitely not a top meta threat, but it fits into defensive play styles very big, which is how I love to play
And actually like
AV Incin
Killer
If my Incin teras, it still lives a +1 Tera Dark Black Glasses Kowtow
But only the player names not their teams
Shit.
Why?
Specs miradon- sash lando for some reason lol
Sash was most likely there to live Glacial Lance.
116+ SpA Sheer Force Landorus Earth Power vs. 4 HP / 0 SpD Miraidon: 162-192 (92 - 109%) -- 50% chance to OHKO
That was a 50/50 scenario.
it's still very much in progress, not training them yet, but I want something for singles without spamming legends too much.
Alolan Ninetales(I want to use this since I love it)
Clodsire
Corviknight
Hisui Arcanine
Gyarados
I'm not sure what to use for the 6th slot other than something like rillaboom. Any recommendations for the singles team in general?
Hello Everyone, My choice specs kyogre in rain with tera type waterdid water spout on a tera fire koraidon and incineroar for like 15% of their health. This seems soo awkward and there wre no debuffs on kyogre
if low hp, rip damage

