#competitive_discussion
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That too
Yeah, half of the Prankster users would be shit without it.
Prankster t waves
would a shaymin and shadow rider team work out, or not really?
Two special attackers isn't 100% ideal.
You're free to try, but when you say it it sounds like shaymin is there for fun and csr is there as the backup for when the fun one doesn't cut it
i really wanna use shaymin but i can’t find any teams i like ngl
Miraidon magearna would like a word
I think having one restricted you like for fun and one op one that's there more as a backup is perfectly valid
Just of course don't expect it to be optimal
"Dance if your a Groudon with redirection victim" ahh team 🥀
It's actually pretty annoying for me since my go to way to deal with magearna is spore
My go-to way is to use Tera Stellar Helping Hand CC from Urshifu.
They never run Tera Fairy anyway.
Until it gets faked out by smeargle
Farigiraf solves all my problems.
If they see farigiraf they won't default to fake out and will redirect instead
Classic redirection tr and smeargle also gives magearna a boost
People in the 1400s have actually tried to Fake Out on turn 2 or while Farigiraf was on the field.
I would know, I've won games off of that.
Why can't I get those opponents when I'm in the 1400s
Why can't I stop facing those CSR teams that somehow know the exact EV spreads and items on my team and manage to make Snarl miss on the one turn where it would KO?
when im 1600 i get 1450 opponents that do good plays
so they do the opposite of what pauls opponents do
I just had a thought. Is ditto legal? If so, how does ditto work EVs and IVs wise
it copies every stat ewxpet hp
I think the least satisfying thing about reg j is assuming wrong if a miraidon is scarf or not
Perfectly legal and only the hp stays the same
That’s not too bad
Training anything besides hp on ditto is irrelevant outside the specific scenario of facing a weezing that neutralizes imposter
Tera types are also not copied btw
maybe speed also
Weezing counters among us? Damn
of course they arent why would yjey be?
Utility wise tera ghost is probably the best tera but if you're ballsy you could try stellar
steallar ditto is bad
Idk I can twist that around like why wouldn't they be
Also if ditto is shiny will it transform into shiny
cuz its not the same mon
Never said it's not bad
Sad
If the opponent is shiny ditto will transform into a shiny
I think I might run ditto it sounds funny
sad? it copies the mon opposing to it
Well the whole concept of ditto is turning into a near identical copy of the other mon so it wouldn't not make sense
ditto is trash in reg h
Ditto also has a funny interaction with zacian and zamazenta
reg h is mainly balance and ditto have a very bad mu against balance
It copies them alongside with the boost they got from their abilities but then it also activates the ability and gets another boost
yeah +2 defense/attack is op
i used to run a zacian team with ditto back in reg g
in 2nd reg g so i used these team in gcs
and did 12-1 with it in one gc
I think ditto gets more value in a single restricted format than 2 restricteds since having 2 restricteds against 1 is a bigger difference than 3 against 2
ofc
I was using ditto as a zama counter back then in ranked
It's such a funny zama counter
Especially if you're tera ghost and they're not
cuz in reg g its more like 1.75 restricteds rhater than 2
cuz there is main restricted and secendary restricted
secendary is ussualy lunala or zama
And because you don't always bring both in battle
Not necessarily
but on most team there are
maybe on swordfish there isnt
Csr korai is pretty focused on both depending on the composition
You can lean more on sun abusing or lean more on supporting csr, or you can do both and balance that out
koraidon and cs isnt a common dou compared zo csr zama or lunala miraidon
I am guilty of just having a sun team with csr slapped on top tho
It did get second in worlds I think that at least says something about effectiveness even if it doesn't change usage data drastically
But I get what you mean
You're right I just like making points and pointing things out
Only james evans really use this
Just like only kian campbell really use swordfish
Only they use these archetypes and get good consistent results
well there was another day 2 csr/korai player at worlds that went 7-3 so its not like actually nobody else is running it, but yea it definitely isnt as common of a duo ppl opted into
mao harada and james baek made top 8 and top 16 respectively with csr korai
lmao thats crazy i completely glossed over those

korai + ghost type was pretty dominant at worlds
I'm gonna try to not compare myself to top level players considering I've never been to an in person event
And wouldn't consider myself on the same level as even some people here
To my own standards I've been getting consistent results with korai csr but that makes it very subjective and probably bad if it was through a different pov
I like to think I'm improving and korai csr is what clicked with me and felt nice recently
i think even if ur not a top player u can still express and formulate your own thoughts based on experience, u just cant only go off that (even wen ur constructing ur own team and what not ur accumulating data and looking at things in an objective lens if ur doing it optimally) id say in this case korai/csr has already proven outside ur own experiences to justify its use case
That makes sense
I think I didn't sleep enough to understand too many words at once
I do wanna try a different duo soon enough
I know zacian is the intrepid fraud rn but it's one that also clicks with how I like to play pretty well
I think I remember hearing that zacian csr is a thing?
It did win Worlds in 2022, I guess it could work in 2025 as well.
That's a bit of a different context
That's why I said "I guess it could work".
I can't decide how fast Kyogre should be, if I should have a Tailwind mode or a Trick Room mode or both or who the hell the last three members of my team should be.
yea like if everyone just went off outside validation of the meta there wouldnt be much innovation or if there was itd be a lot more rigid. its good to be able to think outside just that but u also cant let ur own bias and feelings effect ur decisions either wen ur looking at it just by ur own pov
I have AV Ice Rider, Kyogre with Mystic Water and Smeargle with Decorate.
How do I manage to squeeze in a TR enabler, a Tailwind setter (or any good Speed control mon) AND two Pokemon that can hit hard outside of my restricteds with only three slots left?
if u have a tw mode give it enough speed to outspeed common threats while its up otherwise im sure itd underspeed a lot in tr thats more like ur ability to discern speed tiers
ur enabler is smeargle for tr and u have a setter with cir, its really just getting a tw setter and then 2 other mons to either strengthen ur tw mode or tr mode, id say going off wats there atm ur prolly better off just committing to one
CIR HAS AV DUDE
oh god
THAT'S THE FUCKING PROBLEM
seems self inflicted
I've wanted to make a team using AV Ice Rider since Reg I started.
I've never made a complete one that actually got made in game.
yea sorry man im not gna theorize how to make av ice rider work
Or got past the 1300s on Showdown, for that matter.
I'm sorry, I'm just tired of running Clear Amulet and Leftovers feels way too weak to me.
So I chose something which combines the bulk of Leftovers and the ability to actually pick up KOs of Clear Amulet stuff.
leftovers is more for sustain and dot then outright bulk
Leftovers sets tend to run more bulk anyway, that's what I meant.
and if ur getting intimidated down av is not helping u pick up any added kos its actually taking them away
That's why Decorate is there.
ok but u cant even set up tr effectively w/ those 2 guys on the board which is putting more of a strain on ur teambuilding
The japanese people have used AV CIR and it had decent success
It's childish and borderline stupid, but I can't help it.
Tho I think its purely a bo1 thing cuz av cir has 0 success on bo3 tournaments
Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.
Dark
Physical
60
100
25 (40)
Copied by Mirror Move.
Boosted by Strong Jaw.
Makes contact.
Oh so its only to hax tf out of people
I was right on the money.
prob does decent enough damage with technician
And it hits Ghost types.
🤨
That's the name of the guy who made the team.
I love how I put protect on my team and magically nobody uses incin anymore
lmao
I could honestly see myself running Friend Guard Maushold over Technician, but I don't know if I want to.
dps maushold?

wide lens technician pop. bomb and technician bite
252 Atk Technician Maushold Population Bomb (10 hits) vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Miraidon: 180-220 (102.2 - 125%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 Atk Technician Maushold Population Bomb (10 hits) vs. 28 HP / 4 Def Koraidon: 160-210 (89.3 - 117.3%) -- approx. 97.7% chance to OHKO
252 Atk Technician Maushold Population Bomb (10 hits) vs. 140 HP / 44 Def Ursaluna: 160-210 (71.7 - 94.1%) -- approx. 0.4% chance to OHKO after burn damage
DAMN
252 Atk Technician Maushold Bite vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Calyrex-Shadow: 176-208 (100 - 118.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
DAMN

💀
What’s a good item for koraidon
life orb with close combat or clear amulet
I like the clear amulet shout
Vex, I found a good team for you to use.
im listening
I might make a few changes later on, but it looks quite good.
I guess Maushold isn't 100% required.
i don't think min speed cir makes much sense here
my guess is the original team ran it faster so it could take advantage of tailwind, given the extra bulk it gets from av
It's just a natural instinct.
But what can bro even outspeed after Tailwind without wasting too many points on Speed?
why would you even run that much bulk with av
What are we doing
Like I thought the point of av was just not having to waste points on special defense
Lives Modest Overheat from Chi-Yu outside rain.
Yeah and that's why you play kyogre lol
I didn't originally plan for the team to have Kyogre, so I forgot to change the spread.
i do like the icy here
Ngl the team looks like hot ass
idk about maus +volc
Wait
Is this a Japan Nats team or am I trippin
It is.
I'm definitely changing Maushold.
yea top 4 team
I wouldn't recommend running half of those top 8 teams ngl
Why is Volc not rage powder anymore
wait yea that volc set is so weird
I feel like we're just slapping new parts on a team now just to do it
Since Maushold's gone, I have room for another Pokemon now.
And I guess I could lose Volc too.
Do I keep it?
volc is probably your only way to get through zama
I could probably force them into Tera Water and Giga Drain the shit out of it.
+1 76+ Atk Hearthflame Mask Tera Fire Ogerpon-Hearthflame-Tera Ivy Cudgel vs. 100 HP / 236+ Def Zamazenta-Crowned in Rain on a critical hit: 160-192 (88.8 - 106.6%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO
Dear God.
+1 252+ Atk Hearthflame Mask Tera Fire Ogerpon-Hearthflame-Tera Ivy Cudgel vs. 100 HP / 236+ Def Zamazenta-Crowned in Rain on a critical hit: 180-216 (100 - 120%) -- guaranteed OHKO
THAT'S WHY SHE'S THE GOAT
horn leech for tera water 😁
4 SpA Volcarona Giga Drain vs. 100 HP / 4 SpD Tera Water Zamazenta-Crowned: 56-66 (31.1 - 36.6%) -- 64.4% chance to 3HKO
Giga drain is terrible on non set up sets
Fair.
I don't really want the second redirection on it, to be honest.
I really want to use QD.
QD is terrible with Kyogre
Is there anything it's not terrible with?
Rage powder
CIR is sub optimal here
I know, that set is old.
I reworked it and made it fast enough to outspeed the max Speed Modest/Adamant bikes after Tailwind.
Apart from the the team looks decent on paper, have you test ran it?
No, it's not even finished yet.
What else is there to add
I removed Maushold and made Volcarona's moves a little less shit.
Alright, and I’m assuming in replace of maushold you’ll go for another redirection mon?
Doubt it.
The voices are telling me to use Landorus, but I'm not sure about it.
Like, it significantly improves my MU into Zamazenta.
True
I'll probably run Timid so I can outspeed Scarf Mirai after Tailwind.
People run scarf mirai nowadays?
Yeah.
I still play assuming specs
I do too.
Mostly because Scarf does the same damage to Ice Rider as a wet noodle.
So it outspeeding isn't really a problem.
yeah ur right ur right
And it struggles with hitting Steel types, as far as I'm aware.
i thing is I have both a shiny darkrai and shaymin, and i wanna use either one
yeah but in terms of teams theres only that ursaluna one
Which one?
Two special attackers is already not off to a good start.
What about Koraidon or something like that?
well i’m not the best team builder, i usually just find teams of youtube or other websites then hunt down each pokemon since i don’t like renting
You can compliment this Shaymin's inability to hit Steel types with the one guy who's great at shredding through them.
I get that.
i was also considering this one since it’s the most popular darkrai team rn
but i’m not sure why it’s so popular
All around me are Ice Rider victims, Ice Rider victims...
that ursaluna set is something
u seem like the expert here, u gotta build me a team or smth 🙏
I see
But I can help.
You could use either AV or Life Orb Raging Bolt.
Depending on your Koraidon's set.
Or keep Safety Goggles, honestly.
I see.. I see.. 
Chi-Yu is also great at enabling and complimenting Shaymin.
Since Beads of Ruin makes Seed Flare and Air Slash hit way harder.
Turn 1
Indeedee used Helping Hand!
Indeedee is ready to help Espathra!
Espathra used Expanding Force!
(The opposing Ursaluna lost 100% of its health!)
(The opposing Salamence lost 100% of its health!)
The opposing Ursaluna fainted!
The opposing Salamence fainted!
Espathra lost some of its HP!
I'm trying to think of a good physical attacker who doesn't overlap weaknesses with the other guys...
The voices are telling me to suggest Brute Bonnet.
Theoretically, it makes sense.
Bulky redirector, can use Spore to put big threats to sleep and can Tera out of its weaknesses.
looks pretty real to me
This is what the average Reg H team will look like 2050 and it's... beautiful, or however the Rage Fist hits 350 BP.
How does the turn order work when there is a Prankster Pokemon using Tailwind and a Dark type Pokemon attempting to Taunt it? Does the Dark type Pokemon go first or is it based on who's faster? Or does Dark type not matter since Tailwind doesn't target a Pokemon
Being a dark type has nothing to do there
Assuming for example its a taunt incin in front of whimsicott setting tailwind whimsicott will always go first
ok thanks
Prankster interactions with dark types just means that you can't target dark types with prankster moves. for example scary face or thunder wave
this MIGHT work
Who locks teams behind a patreon 😭
So rillaboom with hp/atk evs + assault vest is the move
ikr.. the moment i find a good keldeo team it’s locked behind a patreon
💔
What’s the patreon name
Mods might get ya for advertising
I meant just the name 😭
shi..
thatsaplusone
Rip
Competitors
But if its a reg J team don't pay for that its a scam lmao
That’s some cringe shit
locking a team behind patreon makes sense for a tournament legal team but reg j is just battle stadium it is not that serious lmaoo
bro if it was some crazy team i would understand but it’s literally keldeo for crying out loud
Its pretty common for competitors tho more when they are teams made by them

Quick side note is hp/atk evs on rillaboom the move
don't just max those two
o
mix it between everything but spatk
I’m running assault vest does that change anything
max hp out but then spread amongst the other stats
Rillaboom @ Assault Vest
Ability: Grassy Surge
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 36 Atk / 76 Def / 124 SpD / 20 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Fake Out
- Grassy Glide
- U-turn
- Wood Hammer
Rillaboom @ Assault Vest
Ability: Grassy Surge
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 116 Atk / 4 Def / 124 SpD / 12 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Fake Out
- Grassy Glide
- U-turn
- Wood Hammer
you can do spreads like these

The target restores 1/2 of its maximum HP, rounded half up. If the terrain is Grassy Terrain, the target instead restores 2/3 of its maximum HP, rounded half down.
Fairy
Status
0
—
10 (16)
Does not make contact.
Cannot be selected under Heal Block.
Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce.
2/3 healing in grassy terrain is a bit mad
How much do I need to not get one shot by koraidon tera flare blitz
you mean non tera rillaboom against a tera fire koraidon flare blitz?
Yes
you can tank a heat wave pretty comfortably without sun
in sun it's basically impossible to always survive
252 HP and 124 SpDef lives three astral barrages with grassy terrain recovery
Is 36 atk enough tho
Well really how many physical fire threats really exist besides koraidon and incineroar which both one shot me anyway
Hmm… anything I don’t one shot I can finish off with priority grassy glide anyway so I guess I’ll go for the def
Or should I be spamming grassy glide and not using wood hammer
Cause that’s what I see people do
I am a d1 kyogre hater
Is this with 36 atk or 116
116
116 it is
-8ball can champions just be released already?
can champions just be released already?
:8ball: Better not tell you now

i'm so bored of reg h rn i'm trying to win with a metronome only team
I love countering tailwind with trick room I’ve gotten some ragequits with it
Bro wants a rushed game
it’s always a great feeling
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This guy just hit me with moonblast from a zamazenta
What is the game plan?
I think even flutter mane lives that
Pls tell me they are playing casual matches
a fantabulous day in reg H
This is casual yes
I didn’t even know dude could learn moonblast 😭
Yeah they don’t know what’s going on sometimes
haha nice
reg h is honestly cool, i just hate how its only sd for the ppl who arent attending irls
Can somone do a bbq with me
Nah
gave up at 0-28
getting a single ko was an accomplishment

oh yea i've been having some fun as of late, just a bit of burn out

yea metronome only vs anything that isnt metronome only itself is really tough
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regh-2442317802-dwpkjtct2mt9xut6qfg1ioh35q6bo6dpw this was the closest i got
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going back to mausape after this made me feel like i was cheating
good or trash?
True

That's my problem with Reg H
I don't have a guy like that
Like Ttar is good
Lowkey about to bust out the Cetitan
i got you
no need for an attacking move groudon misses all the time anyways :)
Where's my pblade equivalent 😔
Ain't that the truth
Most Dnites run max speed max attack now right?
all of them do basically
Yeah most are adamant
you're kinda forced to if you want to get the edge on other dnites
252+ Atk Cetitan Icicle Crash vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Multiscale Dragonite: 152-180 (91.5 - 108.4%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO
I hate this game bruh
A stab super effective move doesn't even OHKO
This guy feels like Lunala all over again
I mean it is multiscale
+6 252+ Atk Cetitan Ice Shard vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Multiscale Dragonite: 282-332 (169.8 - 200%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Ah there we go
i was running jolly all this time without realizing adamant was by far more common 😭 stole one team then assumed it was the norm
i've been missing out on some damage
Felt that, jolly does miss out on the damage but you do get the edge on opposing
Can't wait for them to tera and I do 50% !!
wait never mind i did use adamant ‼️
Ok I do like Cetitanmaxxing though
idk why i thought i was on jolly
Ice
Thick Fat, Slush Rush, Sheer Force (Hidden)
170/113/65/45/55/73
521
its ok
Tree
Nasty in a swagmoney kinda way
it was solid in series 1
Not in a meta defining way
We know you love your swag money lol

How are you man
im ight hbu
Same, working on some sauce
went all in on the first two stats then forgot about the rest
Why couldn't they have just given Cetitan glacial lance 😔
lol
At least give some of that Hp to defense lol holy hell
is cetitan all that bulky even with that hp
I wouldn’t think so
idk how you'd ev the guy
in lower power formats yea, not this one tho
Especially with belly drum taking half of your HP from you
reg h isnt a true low power format, too many good mons even w.o legends
252 ATTACK AND SPEED !!!
true low power is like series 1
Yeah would’ve been fun to revisit
I'm gonna try to cook
But I can definitely say I’m having a better time this time around for Reg H
252 Atk Sneasler Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Cetitan: 288-338 (103.9 - 122%) -- guaranteed OHKO not even with max HP 😭
Nah you gotta ev the defenses
the fact garganacl and scyther won a regional just shows reg h isnt solved by any means necessarily
High HP mons appreciate non hp evs
For sure, and Acrobatics sneasler making a return
I’m trying it out and it feels solid
those 6?
no I made my own 6
ahh got it
252 Atk Sneasler Close Combat vs. 4 HP / 252 Def Cetitan: 212-252 (86.1 - 102.4%) -- 18.75% chance to OHKO
252 Atk Sneasler Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Cetitan: 288-338 (103.9 - 122%) -- guaranteed OHKO
diminishing returns go crazy
Yeah
obv you're not doing 252 def but it's a good way to show it
Also put that boy in snow
Give my goat a little extra help 🙏
First time ever nicknaming my squad and I’m proud of myself lol
o you're doing slush rush stuff
Definitely have to
seems solid
It’s felt pretty good so far, I’m 1550 atm
Why does that stupid rat have to be 2 points faster than Ninetales
Tell me about it bro
nicee
+6 252+ Atk Cetitan Icicle Crash vs. +1 240 HP / 0 Def Annihilape with an ally's Friend Guard: 173-205 (80.4 - 95.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
Honestly more than I thought it would do
1600 avoids me like im the plague this reg
Felt
Me too
I can’t hit it either lol
I was at 1595 and then tilted back down to 1300
Always one game away too
real
was hoping victor was gna win frankfurt since hes using the same 6 as me (bit of different sets and tera types)
I was rooting for him, bro always falls just short it seems
yea hell get there
I didn’t realize I was using shoheis 6 for awhile lol it’s what I ran for GC
whats his 6?
Dug Mausape
ew
strong team for sure i just hate mausape
I was only close on the ape spread lol
I ran modest Dengo but it worked out great for me
Follow me users when trying to have a defense stat of over 75 (It's impossible)
Acro Sneasler has made those 2 a cake walk
Nah cause Dozo goes down to a move
huh
MausApe feels like WW3
mausape + sitrus + grassy terrain should be illegal
Dog that's what I'm saying
Haze
haze is like the baby approach to dozo
It's still a good one
it can be, sure
There's no haze button for MausApe
I didn’t think about my dozo mu but I’m probably fine, just fo cycle the thing
I don't think rage fist should stay if they switch out
hiiiii
this would be sick
Like would it solve the mon to it being balanced? God no
But it would make it more fair
Might also allow it to be allowed back in singles
would making rage fist proc only when hit by opponents be too harsh
i wouldnt mind rage fist being reset on switch out
I always thought it was dumb how it didn't get reset when it died but that's just an extension of it not being reset on switch out
true but that's still kinda crazy
What's an ideal IV setup for trickroom Incineroar?
max ivs are fine most of the time
Same question but w/ Amoongus
depends on the format
I breed for all formats, should I jus go 1 line all max, 1 ng speed?
it's prob good to have a min speed amoong
I'mma start bundling these mfs in my trades-
why is pult hasty?
Just got exposed for using the ev maker button 😔
Lmao
i feel like there's too much going on if that makes sense
Yeah
Oh man the Palafin isn't supposed to be tera water either
This first set is gonna be rough
cetitan palafin and volc all take turns to set up
pult is your only form of immediate damage
Yeah
Maybe I rethink some pieces
I actually am digging the idea of tera fairy Sinistcha though
Helps against Dnite
@rustic mountain yeah Mythicals are so bad that my Reg H Team beats it-
they arent that bad haha
i mean i was fighting a reg J team
and doesn't when that person is using Ho-Oh+Keldeo
hollow knight is actually rage baiting me i swear
im playing HK, not silksong, just HK
and im like actually lost
i have no idea what im supposed to be doing or WHERE im supposed to be
i’ve been going in endless circles
for HOURS
Smeargle has no right to being the only Follow Me + Wide Guard user.
does Mew count? are there follow me and wide guard TMs?
There aren't.
well
Follow Me and Wide Guard are always learned either through leveling up or breeding.
side note, is there a chrome extension or plugin to auto copy SD replays to PASRS
Side note, Alcremie needs an evolution.
Smeargle's good, but imagine something with actual bulk being able to use Decorate.
Fairy
Sweet Veil, Aroma Veil (Hidden)
65/60/75/110/121/64
495
tbh, not awful bulk for reg H
I'm talking about Reg I/J.
Decorate's the one thing standing between my Ice Rider and Intimidate cycling.
not just running CLAM?
I've wanted to run AV since Reg I began.
I've been running Clam since I started playing VGC.
I don't want to use an exact copy of that one Japan Nationals team either.
I've done so many different serious teams, I think it'd be good if I made one for fun.
put it in Nutralising Gas?
or dragon cheer team, attack drops dont matter with crits
Fair, but Tera Dragon Icy is borderline buns.
Neutralising Gas sounds fun.
And it makes bro even more unkillable.
So who's gonna be the second restricted?
Am I just making CSR-Korai + DozoGiri with a different horse?
So Ability Shield Korai...
Collision Course and then the standard moves, right?
Do I go with a faster build or nah?
Go dragon claw
I think that the weezing korai comps need dragon claw to check the mirror and raging bolts
Dragon Claw over what?
And how fast do I need to go?
I feel like the only Speed control that can work next to Weezing is probably Regieleki, but that might be too niche for me.
Flame charge
Flare blitz and the fighting move are mandatory
Nah just go Flutter
Do I go max/max Jolly or invest more in bulk?
Fair.
Because like Flutter is enoughly fast to outspeed threats considering weezing can deactivate opposing proto boosts and quark drive
And that only matters when Weezing and Flutter are both at the same time on the field
Yeah, I got it.
So Korai, Ice Rider, Weezing and Flutter Mane.
I kind of want to run Mystical Fire to bitchslap Magearna.
trash or decent?
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i hate people like this
dozogiri sleep talk is so annoying,but if you are going to use it at least use normal stall with tspikes why use sleep talk dozogiri
81 turns on a VGC match is diabolical.
But hey, at least you won.
i didnt even get 1 crit
It's mathematically improbable.
I get 3 crits in five turns on some games.
Here's what I cooked.
https://pokepast.es/67122ad5d104d72f
Is there an item that prevents flinching and if so is it commonly run by setup pokemon
I could run Hearthflame over Brute Bonnet, if I'm being honest.
The Covert Cloak item exists.
It's mostly put on support Pokemon or Pokemon which don't want to be hindered by things like burns, stats being lowered or getting flinched.
Since it eliminates the secondary effects of all moves.
So Fake Out can't flinch you.
Cause I’m tired of trying to flinch setup users and it not working
They're probably either using the Covert Cloak or are just getting mad lucky.
Don't rely on flinching.
I’m not relying on like rock slide I’m using fake out I just didn’t know there were so many counters to it
Covert cloak psychic terrain protect and what
- Being a Ghost type
- Tera Ghost
- Inner Focus
- Covert Cloak
Protect, Psychic Terrain and Armor Tail don't even allow the move to hit.
I just got to wait until September 19 now so I can boom people with shiny Chi-Yu.
also shield dust
WHO THE FUCK USES FROSMOTH?
ribombee
The one who got boomed by Light that Burns the Sky?
I hate people that use protect right before they die as a final fuck you to waste your time
Weakness policy calyrex? Is he stupid?
Isn’t bug ice like the worst type combo possible 😭
Third or second worst.
I'd argue Rock-Ice is a slight bit worse than Bug-Ice.
But we're comparing one turd to another, to be honest.
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That's so cool
Won my first game with this team.
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HOW DID HE MAKE IT TO THE 1400s
Two games in a row where I get the most abysmal luck imaginable.
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HOW CAN YOU MISS HEAT WAVE ON BOTH FUCKING TARGETS?
I need to start doing more Victory Road shit
getting more popular as a partner to Atails
Ice scales + Aveil is a bitch
he wont need dragon claw when he is running AV Icerider
Rillaboom grassy slide is lowkey nuts why does it do so much damage
It doesn’t make grass moves stronger does it?
yes it does
50%?
For 5 turns, the terrain becomes Grassy Terrain. During the effect, the power of Grass-type attacks used by grounded Pokemon is multiplied by 1.3, the power of Bulldoze, Earthquake, and Magnitude used against grounded Pokemon is multiplied by 0.5, and grounded Pokemon have 1/16 of their maximum HP, rounded down, restored at the end of each turn, including the last turn. Camouflage transforms the user into a Grass type, Nature Power becomes Energy Ball, and Secret Power has a 30% chance to cause sleep. Fails if the current terrain is Grassy Terrain.
Grass
Status
0
—
10 (16)
Bypasses Protect-like moves.
Does not make contact.
1.3x
Oh I didn’t know it nerfed earthquake good to know
I built mine with assault vest
yeah thats the common set but lots of other mons in Reg H want AV
There isn’t a def version of AV right
afraid not
1.5x
Yeah that’s quite a boost
If they made a physical version of av then intimidate would be even stronger
But what if they made intimidate for spa
exactly why they haven't for both
Prob saw how strong intimidate was and gave up on it
Assult vest boost speed???
SpD = Special Defense.
Omg I mix those up so often I knew the sp def thing thx
fuckineldolon14 has given 1 Gen Rep to skywarsveteran1607
With how many little nuances there are I didn't doubt it tho tbh
Yeah...
how strong would a 600 bst pokemon that had 0 speed be
This team I'm using is the opposite of fun, I'm probably going to quit VGC for a while.
You can't have 0 on any stat.
fine 1
And it depends on how the other stats are distributed, the ability, the typing and the movepool.
Can anyone explain to me why dawn wings necrozma feels so fragile? I've tried 3 different ev spreads it dies in one MAYBE 2 shots every time so I'm nkt getting trick room off alot
Ghost-Psychic.
A mix of truant and slow start 😂
4x weakness means def stat doesnt matter
So what I'm like supposed to dedicate Terra to it?
Yeah, unless you're Garchomp, Lunala or Lando-T, you are NOT living a 4x weakness.
pretty much. dawn wings supposedly isnt that great tho
Or just... not use it.
lunala is a way better pokemon overall i hear
In hard trickroom?
theyre both not great in trick room
Caly ice
Bm ursaluna
Dw necrozma
Foongus
Gothetelle
And decorate smeargle
Is what I have rn
Foongus what
Sus ⁉️
It do have more better movepool and it's harder to ohko lunala than dawn wing
But any real trick room team will wipe the floor with you
I like hard TR Amoonguss actually
God magearna is pissing me off
I think it's a good support for the style of team that is and can allow the team to be less win in 5 turns or lose in 6 turns
Well if you want to use hard trick room caly ice and magearna is like the best you could ever use for your restricted slot
Steel/Fairy
Soul-Heart
80/95/115/130/115/65
600
Magearna-Original
Like what is that
Scarfape and magearna combo with caly ice on the back is ussualy really annoying or almost impossible to beat so there's that
Wtf is scarfape
Scarf annihilape you know the final gambit shinenigan
I thought it meant infernale 😢
Infernape*
Why does magerna take a restricted slot it's not a box or dlc poster legend
You know how it work magearna set up trick room annihilape use final gambit too ohko one of your mon and then magearna get +2 from ape and your mon fainted
Because if you could run restricteds plus magearna I might throw my switch into my wall
I think mythical just count or treated the same as box legend
So theoretically If some loser totally not me were to maybe use magerna over beloved lunala/necrozma how would i
Best type in the game, one of the best abilities in the game, insanely tanky, can tera out of her weaknesses, great in trick room
Great move pool
Have you tried using caly s and zam by any chance too try counter magearna
I think caly s and tera ghost zam just hard counter magearna scarfape combo
I run calyrex s but I’m not used to the magearna teams so I get caught off guard by whatever her teammate is doing
If you meet them the best thing you could do is open with caly s with zam tera ghost zamazenta and then just body press astral barrage magearna
So what support mons are good for trick room
BM ursaluna
Caly ice
Magerna
Indeedee is like the best trick room pokemon
Support pokemon I mean
Amogus:
I have a shiny one but it's hypertrained to 6 best stats
He learns trickroom???
Supporting in a trick room team
Oh
I can't figure how to use the damn mushroom right heart forever for my opponent but 2 seconds for me
Magerena already learns TR Anyway
I saw someone running hoopa unbound trickroom yesterday
My mushroom has I think 168 def 108 sp def And max hp ev wise
But are you sure isn't like the most annoying thing on reg j ladder is people who hard focused trying too make dark void have 100% accuracy not magearna
I’m praying hoopa is available in the ZA dlc because I missed the event for him
Yeah they can just change the terrain too something else like i always see poeple who use darkrai also use rilla or indeedee
Rilla and indeedee are just amazing pokemon and work with so much
So should indeedee always be part of my opening unless smth specific is om the other team?
On*
Indeedee is almost always a safe opener
When is it not?
Unless you know that the person is gonna open with a sash pokemon and you want two attackers
I know nothing about smeargle
Ah
I still didnt get my points from the gc
I love getting stalled to a loss it’s so fun
I love when relic song gets a flinch and a sleep
Legit lost me the game
?
?
Wait can’t you build arceus to be an insane tank if you want
All in on hp and def and assault vest
Uh sure I mean it’s already a tank
Eh not sure about an assault vest
But you could
Oh I hadn’t thought about building it I just thought what would the ultimate tank pokemon look like
Well cosmic power does exist
Every day, I wake up and I thank God for making Surging Strikes always crit.
hey guys
could anyone coach or just look over my gameplay trying to climb ladder but im new to bgc
vgc
are you playing on showdown?
if so just send the replays here
no scarlet and violet but already 1600 on showdown is that enough ?
damn that's really good
i dont think it is 99 % of the players are bots
you get me like there not real ppl
that's top 200 in reg h
its rej J atm
im using just looking to grind ranked battles
anyways @thick current would u know anyone who has a spare 30 - 40 mins who can just watch me battle on scarlet and violet
just make sure im doing the right decison
wow you must be a really good player, are you sure you didnt play vgc?
it took me a year from when i started to play vgc to get to 1600
why are you pinging a mod 
em of all mods too
whats wrong with that ?

sorry did i commit a crime
nvoaaa
Sorry I don't know anyone personally. You'll just have to wait to see if anyone wants to, a lot of people are in school or at work rn (like me lol)
What does that mean
/lh
Just a rwminder Second running of the weekly tuesday night reg h tour, come join bting a tean to tweak try out or plain cause chaos. All are welcome

Is the top time EST or
Nvm I got it
Oh sheet, what time?
i’m doin ok
i just got off work .-.
TBF i don't even have a team built on cart yet lol
8pm est tonight
Ooof 1am
hi
Sorry i thought i wrote in the est i think i only included it in the twitter
3 AM for me...
Welll play as. Many as you want just an open reg h tour to practice and or try teams etc
I may if i find time during kids school do a day time one while they are at school too It depends on life
I may do a 4pm utc to 6:59pm utc one on another day
weekends are good lol
Aye oh i agre3 but my weekends woyld b3 same time cause kids but i agre lol @real prairie
i have 3 kids myself mate, but even if its 1am on a weekend idgaf about staying up haha

Ohh thats whst you meant i waa thinking i cajt run it during the day lol one of em lil cant leave outta my sight when awake 😉 @real prairie
@real prairie just so you know a good source and a person tgat makes werkly callenders
https://x.com/itslikecrackyo?s=09
danke
I've literally lost in top 16 twice in community tours cuz I've fallen asleep
Also I will admit
I have woken up at 5:30 - 6 AM just to play in Japanese ladder tours before
I was shockrd how many retweets ive gotten from over seaa for my ladder lol ( i am dtill new to pokemon and vgc )
YOU WORK !?
playing this team is hell to me
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how mean i just didnt mnow ):
Why were they swirching put so much and seemed like a few missed nasty plot chances when you had luc and plot.. specially after the first nasty plot whrn they were puttung aura viel put and you had no f/o pressure
Lije plus 4 np plus make it rain or sb and just keel
Or am i misreading it
@real prairie ( i just started leaening how to self review my games for missed chances)
they didn't have AVeil
I mean turn 3 @real prairie
Board state read as thrm not losing out fron a second np to try to sweep
just trying to win a weather war i guess
Yah suppose so ( something i learned weather war means nothing vs a +4 gholdie. Sb will near one shot an arch
I actuqlly learned tgis by playing peli rain tail room as my first real team lol
My first real team was also Pelipper TailRoom.
https://pokepast.es/17e10787e314f01c. My new team ( last week i did it with magmar and my kommo o was ghost tera with tera blast instead of flame thrower
But with a big fat frozen horse and an ogre which was probably holding the wrong mask.
how close do you want your 3rd game to be...
me: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025reghbo3-2443051088
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Well rn we have a situation where the in game ladder isn't the same format as irl events and like considering a good amount of people generally prefer practicing there over Showdown for some reason and the fact that Japan/East Asia plays BO1 CTS for their irl events, this is a problem so having stuff like this actually is a big help
https://pokepast.es/341ce25076def5bf my first rsin team lol
Gran final del torneo regional Pokémon de Monterrey VGC Masters!
Alexander Canseco vs Stefan Mott
Aye i do my part because yah i may only draw 10 folks per week i figure just as folks have helped me least i can dk is this plus share other ladders
this however, was a lot easier: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025reghbo3-2443054073
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they show nicknames?
Very much appreciated
it’s only official streams where nicknames are off
I had no idea
quiver dance on 20 hp volc against a spread move user is generational greed
then coaching + tera dark against the sylveon
maybe top level players just have a thought process so advanced it loops back around to looking bad to me
sometimes the game state is so bad you need to swing for the fences lol
Y'all talking about the finals set that came with its own theme music 
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I love the video is playing Cynthia's theme
@next stump I love that we'll never get to know what teams were at Monterrey
anyone good with reg h?
What you need
Ok
i might be trollling
Nah nah
Did you have any ideas on mons or
really want to make the weezing pokemon work
this team is around 1300-1400 rn but wondering if thats all i can do with it
Low-key what you're playing is sort of close to Wolfe's Baltimore team, but like
Yeah other than that idk how good this team really is
wolfes baltimore team ? can you link it
Um lemme
tera flying weezing imo
https://pokepast.es/4ffb14742a95376c
It's not exactly Hyper Offense/TW but it's
so you can run it with your own Garchomp
great call i was thinking thiat too jack
Thing too is this team is very outdated
But tbh idk how good Weezing really is now
in this team maybe go AV Tyranitar instead of AV Ursaluna
nah
has its uses, usually as a support. but offensive Weezing is ok
I will say though personally if you're looking at more offensive teams, I would look into teams focused around the duo of Sneasler and Male Indeedee, those teams are really damn good
yeah with unburden, i have a team like that
Sun teams like to blow shit up too
in or out of TR
im just hot on this weezing
Especially since right now they're all Sand teams and I think Sand is super strong right now
i think Weezing is a good enough strategy
misty explosion a physical or special attack? that could be hella funny with specs
If the current terrain is Misty Terrain and the user is grounded, this move's power is multiplied by 1.5. The user faints after using this move, even if this move fails for having no target. This move is prevented from executing if any active Pokemon has the Damp Ability.
Fairy
Special
100
100
5 (8)
Copied by Mirror Move.
Does not make contact.
For that you need Misty Terrain though
yeah forget that, i thought it was 150 and 200 in terrain
i like where your heads are at
i thought weezng is well positioned due to weather teams
I mean yeah Neutralizing Gas helps with that
Just the issue is like
You always gotta consider the fact that you're not only shutting off your opponent's abilities but also your own
do my pokemon care that much about abililties?
And like
Yeah that doesn't matter for Garchomp for example who has Rough Skin but then you're also shutting off Good as Gold and Minds Eye which are two BROKEN abilities
Basically you're dancing around your own Weezing rn too if that makes sense
Right now it really is
maybe there is a diff trick room pokemon i could try
Good as Gold makes all status moves not work
So it can't be Taunted, Spored, Thunder Waved, etc.
what slow attackers...armarouge? idk this concept might just suck
you could run ability shield
on gholdengo ?
yeah youre right, idk what to put
Yeah honestly I just don't know about Weezing it's rough
i dont either i really want it to work
Like I like the idea you had there, but like
Idk tbf Weezing is just difficult to work with
Basically the thing is I would try to either find Pokemon that don't care too much about their abilities or ones with abilities that hurt them
yeah, im thinking about somethinig to replace BM-U
Tyranitar lol

ill throw something together, give me a min lol

I have returned once more
No you haven't
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Should have clicked rage fist
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i knew i should have clicked rage fist
no risk no reward

not everything but top 128 at least
Thanks
dollarmonke has given 1 Gen Rep to eriksp
I'm glad to see a Tera Steel Scale Shot set
Tera Steel Dnite goes hard
@primal saddle https://pokepast.es/4e263ea799498abe
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was one recommneded on Munchstats
lol typhlosion is a lot of fun rihgt?
yeah, i used to run a double psyspam typhlosion team 1st time of reg H
https://pokepast.es/098bfad7c9abafd0 ths is what i came up with
il test both, thanks again for trying
Word
can anyone har coach me
i feel like at the very least you want some form of support here no matter how hyper offensive you wanna take it
yeah from testing its feelng like weezing should be a support mon
some extra speed control or redirection
offensive weezng is just ridiculously bad
i also just feel like weezing hurts your team more than it helps
dengo dnite and ttar are as good as they are in part for their abilities
i could go corviknight instead of dnite, and toedscruel instead of dengo
idk i give up lol
I’m going back to Weezing Slaking
Seeing Weezing in Reg H makes me happy
What hits harder a Slaking double edge or Blursa blood moon?
It’s Slaking right?
252 Atk Slaking Double-Edge vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Mew: 120-142 (68.5 - 81.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Ursaluna-Bloodmoon Blood Moon vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Mew: 135-160 (77.1 - 91.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
My goat is washed
How did this ursaluna use two moves then run out and use struggle and then use another regular move
Is it actually a strat to only have blood moon on ursaluna so that you can use struggle
no hahaha not a real strat
Opponent sends out indeedee and ice rider
I send out indeedee and shadow rider
I one shot ice rider and hard read the trick room play so I counter trick room the same turn
They DC
I think that’s the best feeling ever
What's a good speed tier for Gholdengo?
@dense latch Too much oil or not enough pan?
Everyone’s running max timid, it’s CSR all over again lol
🙏 THIS IS WHY WE LOVE WEEZING
I don’t get it
Sneasler can't do anything funny
Why not
is that pengy's team
well it was meta at one point
But it's a reason nonetheless
When

