#competitive_discussion
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Yeah 😔
Somehow didn’t explore ||bellhart|| at all
That’s insane
Like I’m so stupid for that

I even had ||pale oil|| 😭
what 
Brother what
dude
how long did it take
Oh man way too long
That had to be like 5-10 minutes
I finished that ending in 29 hours total
You KNOW that boss’s attack patterns
Oh you didn’t hard explore everything like I did
Broke every single bad habit for that
No panic jumping
I had 76 hours upon completion
Wowza
I thought I did until I looked at the interactive map

There’s so much to do it’s crazy
I had to look up guides for ||act 3|| though
No wonder they spent so long on it
It’s so obscure
Yeah ||act 3|| was kinda tricky to figure out
And I thought people were just lying on Reddit
Act 1???
That’s insane
Wait how I thought you hit act 2 when entering ||the citadel||
@craggy dagger did you get caught?
mhm
Where do you even get caught?
far fields
I have no clue how I missed it
you prolly killed them
Same
Yeah probably
But I got to be an escapee, i think that part of the game was so cool
Don’t worry I’ve seen the clips
The part where ||she snaps the guys neck?||
That was fire
Is there anything in the game that’s actually missable?
Cause I’m so worried about that in my steel soul file
You literally did
a couple ones that are choice locked
Missing all the needle upgrades lol
||like silkshot having 3 different variants||
Well you can still do it in ||act 3||
Oh yeah those are all cool
||but if you buy everything from 12th architect then it locks you out of one of the choices||
||I’m going for the true one||
that one is fun
I bought ||the architect one|| first run
I just think the ||weaver one|| looks the coolest
I wish the ||rune spell|| was better
I think that spell was hella cool but inconsistent
100% agree
You don’t even use ||cross stitch|| in the speedrun
Makes me kinda sad but it makes sense
What’s the main spell you use for speedruns?
Spear
I see
people got lazy when they found out you don't have to beat it
Did you not? Hahaha
I meant did you not have to lol
nope
I did thinking you had to at least once
Nah you didn’t have to too, I thought the same
Ah well
after Chien Pao I didn’t do it lol
They were all easy tbh
Yeah they were, fair for anyone that wanted to farm
thanks to them we got the shinies
I beat 2 with iron hands 2 with banded Urshifu, they really were piss easy haha
Honestly probably would have been better if they let you catch them with a chance at being shiny during raids. Would have had people really putting in effort to get like the shinies
4 more days chat
It’s time to make a change

Oh @rustic mountain So I found out a new thing about me
Apparently whenever I'm in deep thought about Pokemon I apparently look pissed off 
you're just locked in
maybe
Reg H got me prepping against Blaziken
with bax right?
This is such a Mickey Mouse format
neat
Its fine cuz hits by the special side against Archaludon and fire against Gholdengo
And obviously good into Gambit too
Allows the team to run Baxcalibur Rilla Electabuzz basically
Cuz otherwise you would have a lot of problems into Gholdengo
its such an optimised format too with so many seasons
we need new mons 😭
or natdex champions..
I need champions
the combinations being cooked up in the first full natdex champions regulation will be insane
I can't take another regulation of SV
i like this game but its SV has been too long
at least its playable on switch 2 now 😭
I want to play Pokémon but not VGC
So I was waiting for Legends Z-A but after seeing the gameplay idk dude lol
whats bad with za gameplay? seems like legends to me
Its the city I think
Like being trapped in lumiose city
The battle system looks super cool but i don't know
I will have to wait until I see other people play the game
yeah buts its much bigger, and has the rooftops, those pokegardens and stuff too. it'll be the same amunt of land as arceus i think
I played the demo at PAX West this year, I think it has the potential to be really fun but the 20 minutes we got was very weak lol
Sneaking up on people kinda invalidates the fights and makes them way too easy imo, the boss fight was alright. I think I want to try and do a blind nuzlocke since it'll be way easier to do that in Z-A than PLA
When should I use pp ups on moves
I know 5 pp moves usally should but is it necessary outside of that
Not really
just use it on the moves you think you’ll be clicking a lot
Alr thanks
it's probably best to use it on 5 and 10 pp moves just in case, i always max out all of them just in case if i do have the resources in game
5, 10 and 15 pp moves is what i tend to max, games at least in vgc don't tend to last long enough to warrant much else

Z-a will not be what vgc is played in next year
I know I just want to play Pokémon
Yeah 20 minutes doesn't let you do much and it was just early game
pla was dope im lookin forward to lza
unpopular opinion, quick feet should prevent paralysis
Nah that’s a good take
It’s not even that strong
And guts takes away the half damage
Good take
If this Pokemon has a non-volatile status condition, its Speed is multiplied by 1.5. This Pokemon ignores the paralysis effect of halving Speed.
Ok
Ah no it does act like guts
You still take the burn damage, and there isn’t a paralysis orb like there is flame orb
It ignores the half speed part
So the burn damage = para chance
Can we make toxic boost stronger?
Like it’s just worse guts
On like one mon
Buff poison heal
Nah screw poison heal
Death to big stall
I think it’d be fine if toxic boost was better than guts
Normal
Immunity, Toxic Boost (Hidden)
73/115/60/60/60/90
458
Actually Zangoose would be pretty good with better guts
While this Pokemon is poisoned, the power of its physical attacks is multiplied by 1.5.
Yeah
It’s literally only Zangoose though
Signature ability
I feel like they could make it better than guts and it’d be fine
Poison already hurts more than burn so the trade off is there
Has marvel scale ever been used
That’s 230 attack
That’s too much
Have you ever seen mega Mawile? or ursaluna?
Yeah that’s my point
Ursaluna is at 210 if we’re looking at the numbers like that
Except he’s mono normal
Aerial Ace, Body Slam, Brick Break, Close Combat, Counter, Crush Claw, Dig, Double Hit, Double Kick, Double-Edge, Dynamic Punch, Endeavor, Facade, False Swipe, Feint, Fire Punch, Flail, Fling, Focus Punch, Frustration, Fury Cutter, Fury Swipes, Giga Impact, Gunk Shot, Headbutt, Ice Punch, Iron Tail, Knock Off, Last Resort, Low Kick, Low Sweep, Mega Kick, Mega Punch, Metal Claw, Natural Gift, Night Slash, Payback, Poison Jab, Power Trip, Power-Up Punch, Pursuit, Quick Attack, Retaliate, Return, Revenge, Reversal, Rock Slide, Rock Smash, Rock Tomb, Rollout, Scratch, Secret Power, Seed Bomb, Seismic Toss, Shadow Claw, Slash, Strength, Take Down, Thief, Throat Chop, Thunder Punch, Upper Hand, X-Scissor, Zen Headbutt
Aura Sphere, Blizzard, Final Gambit, Fire Blast, Flamethrower, Focus Blast, Giga Drain, Grass Knot, Hidden Power, Hyper Beam, Ice Beam, Icy Wind, Incinerate, Mud-Slap, Razor Wind, Round, Shadow Ball, Shock Wave, Snore, Solar Beam, Surf, Swift, Tera Blast, Thunder, Thunderbolt, Water Pulse
Agility, Attract, Baton Pass, Belly Drum, Captivate, Confide, Curse, Defense Curl, Detect, Disable, Double Team, Embargo, Endure, Helping Hand, Hone Claws, Leer, Mimic, Protect, Quick Guard, Rain Dance, Refresh, Rest, Roar, Sleep Talk, Substitute, Sunny Day, Swagger, Switcheroo, Swords Dance, Taunt, Thunder Wave, Toxic, Work Up
A move displayed with Bold text benefits from Same-Type Attack Bonus when used by Zangoose.
If this Pokemon has a non-volatile status condition, its Attack is multiplied by 1.5. This Pokemon's physical attacks ignore the burn effect of halving damage.
I don’t think toxic boost needs a buff just need to be on a better mon
Guts was mostly niche until Ursa, and ig machamp could use it ok
It just feels weird being a signature ability but just being a strict downgrade from guts
You just got exposed for clicking the suggested spread button
I know that EV spread like the back of my hand
Tera grass and safety goggles seems redundant
God forbid a fire type want to resist water and ground
thats part of the joke i hit the default build 😭
im not encountering many amoongus anymore, but idk could go for mirror herb
Go assault vest
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regh-2448883925 is this the raghav?
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man i feel like im running out of time for this GC team
False
it may be
i need to test my bulldoze wp metagross team but i doubt it'll be good
i havent played an non restricted format in VGC before so i wanna get practice in
i need to just test this team and forget about ranking and stuff
I agree
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Tera Ice Tyranitar is cruel 
Morning
YOU 
Its Dandadan Thursday with no Dandadan 😭
mine crashed my whole browser 😭
god i love water shuriken
i'm gonna abandon this team though, it's crap
my team looks crazy but i think im lowkey cooking
8-3 currently
very rough draft im still figuring out some moves and evs, its a modified tailwind/rain team similar to whats dominating regionals
my team building skills are crap
mine are okay i feel but ive only built restricted teams
its only 3-2 idk why you'd ragequit
perish mode
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quickest win yet, i dont think im THAT good..
think i need to get into some higher ELO
i feel like im getting lucky, i wanna keep going to 50ish matches before i sleep

you might want to replace parting shot on incin with u-turn if you're running AV
good point
i havent used parting shot yet because my matchups have been good lol
im using the PASRS thing too
my team struggled against rain and tr so maybe ninetales and ape can help with that
possibly
im so low elo i havent encountered a trick room team yet, or if i have they havent been able to set it up
it's usually indeedee + tr setter or porygon2 + ursaluna
yeah im not gonna be able to tell where this sucks till im playing against some better players, right now i can setup nasty plot on the first or second turn without fail
fake out + nastly plot first turn 90% of the time lol
just wait til you face indeedee sneasler, you can't do that
you cursed me 💀
yeah but its 4-1 rn LOL
rain is too dominant atm
1100 elo more likely
think i'm gonna add blaziken to ninetales, garchomp. ape and greninja
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regh-2448949175
tera blasting with no tera 😭
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PASRS isnt very useful when its all just "won 13 of 13 games"
why did you fake out in psychic terrain
its a normal type move without tera and Indeedee is a normal type so gets STAB
low game knowledge
eh i can't talk i thought wp metagross would be a good idea
what is wp
actually mainly i suck at showdown and forget how to tell when stuffs happening
yeah oops i see
i dont like reading all the text and effects how showdown does, but i know i must learn
TBF i just did this in one of my games, Sand was up though, hard to see the terrain 😭
force of habit mostly, this win streak im literally repeating the same play over and over till i get to a level where some critical thinking is needed
thats the strat there
you're just playing against sand though
which is usually a bad MU for me haha
streak finally broken 13-1 but it was close
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regh-2448952661-g7w1v8us2vrngvcj9xh52kxboxsc5c7pw
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What is thid document?
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025reghbo3-2448954135-9rmfpc9ed3j27ic8nqehm80efn31s05pw
HAHAHAHA
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How did you end up in the tour?
I actually got to to the middle
To place 28 i think
How?
A mon named ursaluna and ursaluna?
its a zoroark
Oh
ive had 2 on the field at the same time before, both using hypervoice 🤣
wtf im using 5 and i thought that was newest 😭
up in elo 1200ish i seem to be losing finally
keep an eye on the website lol
i swear i got it from the website
The newest version is from the discord server
alright 17-3 with this team but all in low elo, and two instant forfeits so really 15 wins
Better than whatever I can come up with
you need to switch out more btw
dont be afraid
wish he had stayed in and died to the struggle like a man /s
It was satisfying watching that
i scribbled this team in a notebook two hours ago its going to be cooked when i get to 1200
fr
i should have Taunted 2 turns earlier when i encored the first time
but i got the extra atk drop so all good
Literally still cary my notes around from my first regional in my coat for no reason lol
ive got two notebooks of notes from vgcguide and youtube, then a big project book for crafting teams and strategies
Idk whether ninetales, garchomp, Blaziken, ape, greninja and gholdengo is a good team
Seems like it'd struggle against sand
And probably rain
any teams for dawn wing or dusk mane?
took my first L today, time for a break. someone in 1600 https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025reghbo3-2448966346-0tfah382whds9tqpp8w3xt8sbwee10opw
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my 6th needs to be a primarina counter i think
controlling the weather is literally the only reason people are using ninetails
i just dunno good partners for ninetales, garchomp seems good and so does ape
if you are going Garchomp just go TTar tbh
i thought ninetales garchomp was good though
TBF on review, no reason i shouldnt be targetting Primarina with Electroshot turn 1
when is the deadline for GC teams?
There's just so much to cover for, rain, sun, sand, snow, balance, hard tr, fast psyspam, tailwind
yep, you are guaranteed to have bad matchups somewhere
I think i might just go Maushold for my 6th
Maushold @ Wide Lens
Ability: Technician
Level: 50
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Follow Me
- After You
- Protect
- Population Bomb
Pop bomb going to just kill everything i struggle with atm
after you to enable specs Politoed
im glad he forfeited, was in for a LONG game LOL https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025reghbo3-2449030433-qjlses4ph4ann68j29ui5ngm6g3csrvpw
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why am i facing max speed Archaludon with Stamina
for fun
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LOL
and i lost cuz my opponent got flame body burn while i dint get a double protect
lmaoo what a game
fake tears clutch
Love encore antics
I lost to my internet dying twice in games I know I won so that was annoying
did you see mine @next stump ? 
It did top 8 toronto
Otherwise I’m doing good today
@next stump
FML, something else to deal with
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This feels like the right channel to put this in (lmk if it's not). I'm going to be running a pokemon draft league! It will be starting on October 12th and there is a google form to fill out as an application for it. There will be a total of 12 players (myself included) that will be playing over the course of 7 regular season games and a top 8 postseason bracket.
Here is the link to the form if you would like to join in: https://forms.gle/1re5vhxhojy3rH1q8
nothing wrong with putting it here, but #1046572041421197352 is probably better
What rules are you running for the league, this seems like its an important detail lol
1v1 singles format, 12 pokemon per team, 125 points per team, you can selected one restricted pokemon (each are 21-30 points), we will use Tera captains (30 total points for those and up to 3). Games will be played Sundays at 1:00 EST.
Totally missed that channel
Hai Emma 
bye monke…
WHA WHY
LOL
Bye Drago.....
Anyone that could give me some pointers as a complete noob to Competetive? I want to build a team consisting of Dragonite as a physical sweeper but im clueless to what to add help setup, planning on a dragon, fairy, steel core with a grimsnarl as the fairy atleast
Are you playing singles or doubles?
Planning on doing doubles
Im personally breeding all my mons and so far I have 5IV grim and Dragonite
You don't need to...
Ye I know just torturing myself for the sake of the "experience" 😭
You can just use Bottle Caps to immediately set certain IVs to 31.
Anyway, do you know the whole situation with competitive right now?
If I understand correctly you can bring 2 restricted pokemon atm right=
We kind of have two entirely different formats for ranked ladder and official tournaments.
Yeah, and mythicals count as a restricted legendary.
Official tournaments (online or otherwise) use a different ruleset called Regulation H, which only allows the use of regular Pokemon (no legendaries or restricteds and no Paradox Pokemon).
Am I able to play that? Or is that ONLY for official tournaments?
As in, just queueing up for ranked doubles that has Regulation H
You can only play Reg H on Showdown and online/in-person tournaments, as far as I know.
So no in-game ranked battles.
Those are using Reg J.
Reg J sounds horrible haha
It's stupid and convoluted, I know.
I dont love the fact that I kinda have to bring 2 legends/mythicals to be able to compete
It's basically Reg I, but with Arceus and Magearna sometimes popping up.
Speaking as a man who's been a competitive player for around 8 months, you may not like a Pokemon until you actually use it in battles.
Shit, things like Ogerpon and Ice Rider Calyrex have become some of my favorites because I've used them so much during my brief journey as a competitive player.
Thats fair, only thing I worry about is the fact that I need specific IV's on diff legends depending on what type of team I make, and from what I understand I cant really chose for example a 0 IV speed on something for a trick room team
You can trade for those.
You should only really worry about 0 Speed, 0 Attack isn't that big of an issue.
And 0 Speed is only something you should concern yourself with when it comes to Ice Rider and maybe a few other niche ones.
The paradox legendaries (and Terapagos) all have fixed IVs, so you also don't really need to care about those.
Yeah, I will say im on violet and kinda wanna use Raging bolt for example, but how would I even get one? I dont really WANT to trade away a violet exclusive for them
Am I just cooked and need a 2nd switch and also scarlet on it?
There are reasonable traders but make sure to verify the authenticity of pokemon
Use the trading channels if you are unsure
Well I get 100 shines a day when I wondertrade but those I just release haha, but I dont really have 6 shinies to trade off only 4 that are my main mons
There's this guy called Ric in the trading channels who trades damn near every legendary for enough shinies.
6 for regular ones like Raging Bolt or Tornadus and 8 for restricteds.
Shit, I could even get Bolt for you and trade it.
I do have 1 BEAUTIFUL shiny so far its a pink lil pig
Been wanting to get into shiny hunting aswell but the game is so laggy in a lot of places that its kinda frustrating
So gather the shinies you know are legit and trade them to me or Ric.
I promise that I'll get you whichever legendary you need even if you give them to me.
I have four shinies I'm ready to trade anyway.
I'll do this, I'll do good bits of research of a team that I want including 2 legends/mythicals and then if I am missing any from Scarlet I'll hit you up
Practise a bit on showdown to see what sticks with me aswell
I can help you figure out what you want to use in DMs or in here.
And you can play matches with me on Showdown.
I'll add you on discord and I'll have you as my competetive wing man
Bet.
3 more days chat
For what?
shiny bike distribution
Oh.
they start the 28th right
@rustic mountain
would you say this is a solid core for dozogiri?
uh
prolly
not psych up a9
doubt it can really do much unless you kill off tatsugiri with a toxmic orb
like
the team is fine but you might wannna revise some things and game mechanics
Could always go Ape with A9
psych up a9 tho
Yeah not that A9
Guy is larping CSR when paired with Muk
Would the Calyrexes be as strong without their signature moves?
Like obviously not but I’m wondering if they’d still be super meta
I feel like half of what makes them broken is their moves
Imagine if CSR had to use shadow ball or CIR had to use icicle crash
Like I feel like that genuinely fixes them a lot
Cause astral barrage is 2 shadow balls at once…
Icicle spear CIR
But it’s gamefreak so we just have to live with them
I don’t even mind the restricted signature moves that are 100/100 like moongeist beam or collision course
I think those ones are healthy
That’s so true
i mean csr shadow ball would for sure still hurt
thats what 165 base spa stab ghost move
Has a 20% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by 1 stage.
Ghost
Special
80
100
15 (24)
Does not affect Bulletproof Pokémon.
Copied by Mirror Move.
Does not make contact.
Pretty sure it’s the 26th
Yeah but now Indeedee cooks it
Follow me gets way stronger
indeedee cooks it anyways being immune to astral barrage anyways
doesnt csr learn snarl
It does
Assurance, Body Press, Body Slam, Bulldoze, Bullet Seed, Crunch, Double Kick, Double-Edge, Facade, Foul Play, Giga Impact, Lash Out, Pay Day, Payback, Phantom Force, Pound, Psycho Cut, Seed Bomb, Solar Blade, Stomp, Stomping Tantrum, Tackle, Take Down, Thrash, Zen Headbutt
Astral Barrage, Confusion, Dark Pulse, Draining Kiss, Energy Ball, Expanding Force, Future Sight, Giga Drain, Grass Knot, Hex, Hyper Beam, Leaf Storm, Magical Leaf, Mega Drain, Mud Shot, Night Shade, Pollen Puff, Psybeam, Psychic, Psyshock, Round, Shadow Ball, Snarl, Snore, Solar Beam, Stored Power, Swift, Tera Blast, Tri Attack, Uproar
Agility, Ally Switch, Aromatherapy, Baton Pass, Calm Mind, Confuse Ray, Curse, Disable, Encore, Endure, Grassy Terrain, Gravity, Growth, Guard Swap, Haze, Heal Pulse, Helping Hand, Imprison, Leech Seed, Life Dew, Light Screen, Magic Room, Metronome, Nasty Plot, Pain Split, Power Swap, Protect, Psych Up, Psychic Terrain, Reflect, Rest, Safeguard, Scary Face, Skill Swap, Sleep Talk, Speed Swap, Substitute, Sunny Day, Tail Whip, Taunt, Trick, Trick Room, Will-O-Wisp, Wonder Room
A move displayed with Bold text benefits from Same-Type Attack Bonus when used by Calyrex-Shadow.
so it doesnt need astral barrage it can bully indeedee anyways with snarl
What are you not understanding
Without astral barrage a CSR wouldn’t be able to threaten indeedees partner
you said, not using astral barrage indeedee would punish shadow ball csr with follow me
solution: snarl
The non stab 55 BP move?
delete the problem= no more problem
with 165 base spa and possibly a lorb? yes.
Psychic would probably do more
Probably the 26th somewhere
bro lives in the future
Time zones…
which means they techincally do live in the future haha
see
its only 5pm on the 25th for me
10pm for me
If that’s your definition of future then sure
the word future means anytime later than the current
so yes, thats the future to me
Breeding
There’s plenty of breeding guides online
But the easiest way is to get a 0 speed iv ditto
Appreciate this isn't the trading channel (I've already asked there) anyone mind touch trading with me to evolve my Politoed for GC
it often doesn't matter outside of Speed. If you determine you'd need 0 speed IV then you can hard reset with a savestate if it's bound to a specific location (like most legendaries) or breed with a 0 IV foreign DItto
People have been getting them before the 26th. Gamestop employees just hand stuff out.
I can’t wait for tera types to go away so caly shadow is guaranteed to die to sucker punch
Sash
Means can’t use a life orb
That’s what I’m saying
Or Zama gets hit by ground type moves
That’s what I’m saying
So it’s pretty clear that Koraidon after Tera is gone is going to be terrible right?
Unclear. Things with 4x weaknesses have done fine in the past. Look at Ttar.
There’s no fighting spread move though
Hydreigon has also done fine in the past.
Is your standard here really "4x means Koraidon bad"?
Because that's just a hot take.
has a zekrom miraidon team ever worked?
i’ve seen videos on the team and wanted to try it out
4x weak to an extremely strong type
That is my standard yes
Hydreigon is weak to the same type.
Dgleam is extremely common
And if they bring flutter mane back Koraidon is actively setting it up
So you position and KO the Flutter Mane, that dies to a stiff breeze.
I don't like these arguments either.
But looking at how popular flutter mane was and even Dgleam Miraidon I just find it hard to believe in those formats Koraidon will have a fighting chance
But 4x weakness making a mon bad is a hot take, because we've seen 4x weak mons do fine. It's not just weakness that makes a mon good or bad.
So you position and KO the Miraidon. You're bringing it back to this area lol
CSR exists but they almost always ran sash pre tera
Not really
If your restricted is weak to an extremely common move in the format it’s going to struggle
In terms of hydreigon he’s not your restricted
It’s just hard to make a mon work when it’s a minefield of fairies
It'll be skill-leveraged, yes, but saying something is bad because it's 4x weak to a type and then saying "i'm not doing the rps" and immediately taking a hard right into rps arguments is undeniably silly lol
This is just Groudon cope 
Don’t bring him into this
Furthermore, there is a lot of supposition on if Paradoxes are even coming back, because we've seen that their counterparts, Ultra Beasts, have been removed before
Thing was I didn’t say there was no counter play I just said he was going have to work 18x harder and most people won’t want to use him and by my standard means he “sucks” or is worse than now
Sucks =/= worse than now. Lots of things get worse without Tera lol
In my vocab those are the same
Sucks means hot garbage or practically unusable.
Well, that's fine, it's still not a synonym lmao.
I mean you can interpret something some way, but that still means you're wrong if you prioritize your definitions over facts.
Yeah if you see an elephant as a cat, that's fine, but you're still wrong.
You can pull up any definition you want I know how I meant it and if this is just a miscommunication then why are you treating it like I’m spewing nonsense
Like if you can't use words as their true meanings then you have difficulty communicating with everyone
That's why language exists the way it does.
I made my point clear now so you can either see that or keep babbling on about how you don’t want to come to an agreement
Nah I don't need to change your mind. lol 

I don't think is even gonna be because it's weak to fairy just because it will no longer be able to launch tera fire flare blitz in the sun lol
Like its the move that deals the most damage on every Koraidon's moveset
So losing the real nuke hurts it a lot
it’ll still be okay i think
The other nukes it can run would be like close combat life orb or scale shot loaded dice but they don't reach the power of flare blitz
I saw Wolfey's Koraidon flare blitz deal slightly less damage than close combat into non tera Miraidon
i don’t think it’ll be terrible but it def won’t be as good as it was with tera
In the sun flare blitz and cc do the same damage
I think Koraidon will some buff to work in the future
that’s a good thing isn’t it..?
miraidon resists fire
Miraidon will still be usable for sure but idk about Koraidon

Maybe it was Tera fire
Yeah it was tera fire
oh nvm
Yeah
Its just to represent how big of a nuke tera fire flare blitz in the sun is
Cc 120 x 1.5 = 180
Blitz 120 x 1.5 x 1.5 x .5 =135
?
ummm
Only way I can see Koraidon doing anything is if Flutter mane doesn’t exist
not really?
or just run flutter mirror
that usually works
Does no tera make zacian good again
Speed tie
And if that’s what you want then yeah sure it works
methinks it’ll just be in the position that zacian was in reg H and I
Idk I think it could even be running sash in the future if we are that desperate to use Koraidon LMAO
But intrepid sword nerf and no dmax makes it about average
then it’s even weaker
See that’s why CSR will likely be fine with no Tera cause sash is an amazing item on in
So I don't know
yea idk about korai post tera formats
in the future
a pokemon will get fake out and scrappy 
-# not counting kanga
im still gonna use it i trust my boi
and will ruin shadow rider
Mega Incin
Looking forward to parental bond coming back
Kangaskhan shits on CSR
Yeah it does
theres a lot that shits on csr
CSR ran away with Mega Kangaskhan not being in the game for way too long
i know 😭
Scrappy + fake out + sucker punch
And CIR thank god has to stay an ice type now
Sucker punch kills it through the sash lmao
double sucker punch 💀 would csr just die to that?
What kinda question is that
How did sash mons do in the Kangaskhan meta games
probably awful
It’s a 4x hit twice
i have to tank astral barrages raw now 😭
Was sash even a thing in those formats
Bro just drop the horse and play a cool restricted, Calyrex has infected your mind
it’s probably gonna be a bit before we get restricteds anyways
Oh for sure
but glacial lance
The horses have grown on me a bit
im still using koraidon once tera goes away. ill keep using my scale shot set
I still hate them with every ounce of my being
Groudon has infected ur mind
Nothing will ever make me like them
I hate A9 more than any restricted
Nah I infected Groudons mind
I hate A9 more than any legendary
is this a vendetta against aurora veil
Just run sun 😝
but why
This is a vendetta against blizzard on the 109 speed mon
it’s so pretty 
oh 
I’m so excited that Groudon actually gets better without Tera
champions can’t come any sooner i choked 1700 bo1 now im tired of reg h
I’ve been tired of Reg H since they announced it for the second time
I tell you reg H its a Mickey Mouse format cuz it has me worrying about the 81 spa mon just because it can freeze me
isnt the first regulation of champions gonna be very similar to our current reg h?
I would end it all
Not more reg h please god
let me be a bit delusional
i mean reg h with megas instead of tera
Just get rid of Tera please
I'm actually terrified about champion first regulation because in the trailers all of the mons shown are also in SV
i don’t mind tera as a gimmick
So maybe we just get champions reg H and its just a reskin
so probably reg h part 3
I’m sick of Tera
i hate dynamax with a burning passion
I hate megas
what do you mean the opposing pokemon can double their health pool for three fucking turns in a double battle
I LOVE Z moves
the one non gimmick format i played was my favorite ever
If we get Z Moves we need OTS
Did U play crash
Oh yeah I forgot OTS is new
just give us ots regardless of if we 100% need it or not
can we keep ots in general
Imagine saying "I'm inna good position" and then Iron Hands nukes you with iron kick of 1000000000 bolts out of nowhere
lmao
Also PLEASE DON'T MAKE INCINEROAR LEGAL ON DAY 1 OF CHAMPIONS
if anything
gen 9 for competitive is a really nice intro
you get a lot more information and such
Everything after is going to feel like a walk in the park that’s for sure
Don't make dozo legal day 1 of champions
dont make sneasler legal at all in champions
I get to click super effective moves without making 18 50/50s in a 1v1 end game
imagine playing gen 7 competitive and crying cuz people start dancing on the screen to then the tides
There are some mons that are only balanced in legendaries metagames
Like Incin and Dondozo
Would rather deal with a nuke on one turn than a fairy type Calyrex shadow
Clicking cm next to Clef behind screens
i’m surprised we never got a no tera gen 9 format
Although I’d rather play against that than MausApe
I hope girlboss tinkaton is legal day 1 of champions
God screw MausApe
Good luck Mausape is gonna be available day 1 of champions
I'm bout to use mausape because of how good it is
im not
I've held out for so long
Looks like I’m not playing champions
Click expanding force
they did it in gen 8 and iirc one ruleset in usum 2019 didnt have zmoves
Some teams even have sneasler and mausape
so it made some sense
trust me
you don’t
you think you’re okay cuz they have a super weak coverage move and you resist their stab
then they use their z move and it’s over 😭
cuz you don’t get ots you have no clue what z move they have
if they have it at all
I think tera on reg H has been more balanced
Man that sounds like heaven compared to Tera formats
Tera on reg I was awful
If I’m being completely honest

i mean
if you’d rather want to be on edge and be super paranoid cuz you don’t know what they’ll do
then sure 
i’d rather tera and open team sheets
There’s never a safe play
than whatever the fuck gen 7 was
solution: use white kyurem
Dragon/Ice
Turboblaze
125/120/90/170/100/95
700
Kyurem
170 base spa stab
hello friends i made a draft for P2 and i idk what to put
And it’s a 70 BP move 😭😭😭
and don't say regular ursa i don't want to use regular ursa
isnt it actually 105 cuz of stab
How did bro get every single Mon
Oh wait is that the draft box?
🤓
Yeah
It’s actually not a 105 BP move because that’s now how that works
It’s a damage multiplier not a base power multiplier
Dengo incin amoonguss Ursa hydreigon 
you can never go wrong with the first 4
bp of 70, calculated with 170 base SpA and Stab against a mon with base 140 SpD
Rn I'm considering mausape greninja arch, peli and basc
I think p2 works with p2 ursa and not much else
Or maybe sinistcha
I haven’t seen much else
btw pokealex is hosting a reg h ladder tour tomorrow for anyone interested
lol
I've seen some without Ursaluna
But like
There are only two real P2 archetypes which are basically Gholdengo balance or Ursaluna tailroom
Every single team is a variance of those two concepts
Because I don't want to
I want to try to make something original
What does p2 even accomplish elsewhere
Which tera is that thing anyway
Not get dire claw slept
Fighting
P2 is just bait for knock off
But I was considering like tera fairy with shadow ball
To hit Gholdengo and Annihilape
you 
What's the reg h equivalent of zacian
Tinkaton was good in like reg a and then people found out it was trash
I'm gonna make a roulette with the whole box of draft spin it 5 times and whatever it gives me I'm gonna lock that into the GC
wujuu
That’s not a good idea but ok
What’s the Reg H equivalent of Groudon 😔
Regular ninetales
Eh looks like every other Reg H team
Should I spin a wheel with the gen 9 dex and see what I get
Maybe don’t spin a wheel on your team
Do it it can be fun
ok now you will have to make me a p2 team
Why am I making you a p2 team
P2 ursa amoonguss
https://pokepast.es/e8911594ea1bb40b @foggy lodge I didn’t think about this at all
Here ya go
I was like “how do I give you a p2 tr sweeper without being basic”
And I was scrolling and was like “yeah that’s fine”
Everyone using primarina but azumarill is the cool water/fairy
Deadass I think P2 teams without Gholdengo sometimes are a little scarier
He wants no dengo no Ursa


Maybe I should just go peli arch basc mausape sinistcha for the gc
Seems solid enough
Im using my normal team for the gc
like mono normal?
like the team i use regularly,not something special thats what i meant
gotcha
imma just use my rain team ive been using for awhile
not enough time to practice w/ something else long enough to have even half the comfort level i have w/ the team
Is farigiraf any good this reg? Feel like I haven't seen it much
I kinda want to use it and gliscor
It's not, no. Oddly enough it seems to fair better in the higher power curve. The only thing it really stops this Reg is Gambit sucker punches which frankly are quite easy to play around
Technically yeah but it just seems to struggle more this reg
Maybe an offensive set might work, it has decent base SpAtk
Specs farig could be funny
Was thinking blunder policy gliscor with farigiraf
But then I need something for rain and something for tr and something for fast psyspam
Maybe I go sand
But then fast psyspam is a problem
Blunder? 
chat discord should lowkey add hollowknight stuff to the nitro shop
Who USES that shop 
Can I recommend specs Politoed, works well in TR
i'm just worried about fast psyspam completely obliterating everything before i have a chance to set up tr
Run slow rilla
i think i want tailroom, because i'm running blunder policy
Yeah, then defo Politoed
90 speed with no investment is a good place for tailroom
You can invest marginally to get it up to 107 and outspeed Dragapult with TW
so politoed, gliscor, farig
Sounds like a good excuse for bullet seed rilla and stamina Arch 🤣
Sounds like amoonguss
rilla and amoonguss?
Yeah why not
because then there's no room for tailwind
Gliscor learns TW no?
ig i could do swords dance, tailwind, high horsepower, dual wingbeat with blunder policy
farig stops fake out so i can always switch it in if i predict a fake out
i think the fox hat on my pfp should answer that\
Lead both, they have no idea if you are going TW or TR
You must be cleansed

mausape is still a problem though
Rilla also gives you a fake out to set up too
Or amoonguss redirection
i still don't like having both amoonguss and rilla
chat do i play valorant or go to sleep
Specs Politoed hits 60%+ into Ape
Sleep
yeah but i'm worried about bulky stuff like ttar
With muddy water that is
Rilla one shots ttar with wood hammer no?
they're always tera flying
Politoed gets ice beam but it's not gonna help much if they still have AV on
Maybe you drop amoongus idea for Incin?
Well Politoed does get access to haze but it's damage output is less than helpful without specs
what if i go greninja instead of rillaboom
can proc stamina that way and it gets haze
It's an option
Lose fake out and the terrain control though
or i could add greninja and add rilla
Yeah could do
politoed, farig, gliscor, arch, greninja, rilla
Greninja really doesn't want to be caught in TR though
tr is just an option if they have tailwind up
Valid
i'm mainly thinking of imprisoning opposing tr
idk there's probably a reason farigiraf isn't being used
Yeah mostly damage output I think.
Think I might still try tailroom gliscor
i realised i've been thinking of teams from more of a singles perspective i think, good mons that cover each others weaknesses rather than what modes i have and how well it answers opposing modes
Oh hey I can post videos now:
this moment made me nearly explode with joy and righteousness
@flint hearth @near heath
sounds like you are leaning towards balance then
Clever stuff
I hate that horse so much this made up for like….well a lot
Feel the stupid Dog is a bigger issue but i respect the hussle
what would be a good ground type to slap in a team?
I read the protect and just crushed the dog a few turns later
H or J?
fair enough
What are good evs for palafin?
Do you wanna go fast or bulky?
Speed doesn’t really matter if you are relying on jet punch
Depends on how you want to make it
Off cuff I’d you are choice banding it just go 252 hp and attack
this is a bulk set i know of:
Palafin @ Mystic Water
Ability: Zero to Hero
Level: 50
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 188 HP / 236 Atk / 4 Def / 12 SpD / 68 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Protect
- Jet Punch
- Wave Crash
This also works
Close combat over drain punch?
better to clear the field than chip at it
Someone summoned me
This doesn’t seem to be bulky with close combat and wave crash
You’re lowering your defenses and taking recoil
Scroll up to the video
palafin is meant to be a nuke
after being hit
Saw it
max speed max attack eject pack is my favourite set though
That was awesome
tailroom gliscor sounds good, farig, gliscor, kilowattrel
Palafin @ Eject Pack
Ability: Zero to Hero
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Protect
- Jet Punch
- Wave Crash
Kilo pairs really well with Mamoswine
too many niche mons if i go kilowattrel gliscor and mamoswine
haha no comment (he says running Ludicolo, Politoed and Weavile)
at least focus sash weavile is one way to deal with indeedee sneasler
ice spinner too
so saves a partner
pickpocket is suprisingly helpful too lol
if i'm going tailroom i wonder if i go primarina
It could work.
idk if i like having two mons weak to sneasler then two mons weak to ice
i know for sure ursaluna goes great in both
but that's two ground types
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between PaulGoodman777 and kyokuraigo! Format: [Gen 9] VGC 2025 Reg J; Date: Sep 26, 2025
That's why you have Tera.
almost feels like you have to run weather to be successful in this format
I definitely think gliscor is better on balance
I really hope they use the Gen 6 world champion theme for all Worlds finals that will be taking place in Champions.
That stuff is straight flames, they had no reason not to keep it.
Tera Stellar is nice imo
One shot Kingambit with Tera Stellar CC in baby form
Does a tera dark sucker punch OHKO the opposite way?
Black Glasses or not?
Are they ever gonna Sucker into that slot
If they see close combat they may well do
252+ Atk Tera Dark Kingambit Sucker Punch vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Palafin: 118-140 (67 - 79.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
But most are greedy and want a swords dance lol
Well I'll be damned
252+ Atk Tera Dark Kingambit Sucker Punch vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Palafin-Hero: 92-110 (52.2 - 62.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
That base 100 HP and 97 Defense are doing a lot of work.
Doing all the work lol
That's pre transformation yeah?
Are you using the Palafin in OTS?
I'm not at all, but I might use it in GC as I need a 6th anyway
@jade dust was going to
Well then the Sucker never comes up
I might just throw my Tsareena in as my 6th, old reliable
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between DankBoiSans and PaulGoodman777! Format: [Gen 9] VGC 2025 Reg J; Date: Sep 26, 2025
The games where I break losing streaks are always so much fun.
I just think it's funny
I know.
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between PaulGoodman777 and wsw2580! Format: [Gen 9] VGC 2025 Reg J; Date: Sep 26, 2025
How perceptive
Iron Valiant has tanked so many moves it has no right to tank.
You have 74 HP and 60 Special Defense with a Focus Sash build, how do you live so much?
Hello, Are there any Friendly Competitions reg H at the moment?
why isnt the gc showing up?
it instead show this annoting tour
i dont fucking care about this tour i care about the gc
the gc dont show up
Show up where lol
in the normal place
like you click online competitions
im so confused on the terestal crescendo
is it a team of 6 or only 2 mons with one of the raidons
just reg g but only restricteds are miraidon and koraidon
You try look at limitless tournaments if you wanna compete in some kind of tournament that isn’t in person
oh
so its just regulation S
Not even close
You can only use two Pokémon instead of 6 mons bring 4
Which basically you give Koraidon+Flutter Mane a free to win card
miraidon bundle:
Hi, thanks! Yeah I know limitless, but I was wondering if there are bo1 friendly tournaments like we can’t do ladder now in reg H unfortunately
quintenf16 has given 1 Gen Rep to morrispxg456
maybe gc
bundle is ridiculously fast and outspeeds 99% of mons
miraidon then picks up a KO on the more annoying mf
this falls apart to tailwind or a bulky mon
I see what you mean



