#competitive_discussion
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honestly all the trios are kinda mid
Wrong Mon
just varying levels
Enamorous I’m tired lol
eh its still there
enamorus is kinda like the ugly duckling of the genies
introduced later on
way worse than the other three
sig move can miss in rain
It exists
The rain thing is so weird to me
Why did you screw over Enamorous’s move
idk if itd help that much
What crazy is landos has a chance to burn
also the worst secondary effect
i get fairy is a strong typing and all but idt it was necessary at all
whats the secondary
It still was kinda mean
Has a 30% chance to lower the target's Attack by 1 stage.
Fairy
Special
100
80
5 (8)
Copied by Mirror Move.
Does not make contact.
Triggers Wind Power and Wind Rider.
Lame
Oh it’s spread special play rough
not awful tbh but yea not good
Could be better
i forget they're 30% and not 20
but burn para and speed drop are generally more impactful
Sheer force shuts it off tho
Oh true lmao
But that move could be crazy if special lando t ever returns (doubt)
windbolt is arguably the best secondary and gets used the least
Thundy just isn’t in the spotlight anymore lol
even if the move was better enamorus for some reason never seemed to find good footing (either form)
The tr mode not getting footing was wild to me
That seemed like a really good tr guy
Fairy/Flying
Overcoat
74/115/110/135/100/46
580
Enamorus
i think a different format would do well for it
Hm, I see why it was weaker now lol
its stats are solid
That hp stat ain’t great but it’s solid
its just not really a sweeper
it's nothing too crazy but not bad i guess
It’s no Ursa lol
but it doesn't really one shot anything and its spread is pretty unreliable
Oh enamorous was the same time as Ursa, then Bloodmoon happened
generally on tr u want things that can just take things off the board, therian even w/ specs wasnt the greatest for that
Instead we have rabies bear and blood moon
Yeah it wasn’t even Tera fairy gleam wasnt picking up KOs with specs
Kind of pitiful to say the least
Tbf gleam is a weak move
nd while the bulks solid its not cir which is fine in more sustained based games
obviously legend vs restricted but still more the idea on how it functions
It’s like, 60 bp(?) because of spread
Fairy/Flying
Cute Charm, Contrary (Hidden)
74/115/70/135/80/106
580
Enamorus-Therian
Damn faster than shifu and never popped off
it's a bit of a shame it has to compete with flutter as a fast fairy special attacker
Wasn’t it used more physical lol
You’re cursed with bad flying coverage tho that kinda sucks
Superpower play rough
And you’re competing with flutteryeah
and the physical set with contrary isn't great either just doesnt have the movepool for it i feel like
yep haha which is why for me a different format that is missing flutter and other things would bode well for it
we missed the tapus this gen, there will be a gen in the not so distant future we dont have ruins or paradox
i miss tapu fini
Fini would be awesome
i'd love to have ultra beasts back
Seems cool I didn’t play in that era
And it wouldn’t be Primarina 
i played it in swsh, it was fun
i vaguely remember having some fun with stakataka
Steel/Flying
Beast Boost
97/101/103/107/101/61
570
i might have some tr pokepaste team lying there from swsh
Celesteela is the reason we saw leech seed Calyrex
Like dawg look at that thing
I really don’t want to run into that
I played some 2018 when that format was around on showdown
Dude it’s so bulky and so hard to remove
I like ultra beasts I hope we see them soon for champions
ultra beasts are also just a very cool concept and execution
I think paradox (past ones) are better

Buzzwole
Future paradox have like, hands lol
Was he good
idk bout sm but not in swsh
I think he was okay
i dont recall seeing it when i played
Pheremosa was also like, okay
always the mons I like bruh lol gotta be okay or dogshit
my fav is blacephalon and its kinda mid haha
The standouts were Kartana Nihilego and Celesteela I think
also nagandel which is solid
Blacephalon is goated
yeh
Nagandel is solid? That’s cool to hear
It was like that b tier Mon that was solid but not common
idt it did anything crazy but it had a few formats that it did ok in
i remember dynamax celesteela being insanely annoying

But hey I’ll take solid
Just be better and make them work ez
im looking at some swsh usage stats to refresh my memory on some of these formats
That’s what I do and I’m completely mentally stable
we need to get a fully realized alternate dimension starter trio (poipole i think was confirmed a starter in the sm games)
legends alola? 
Supposedly next is not gen 7
coming 2034
The fact that you order moves in the exact opposite way that I do it annoys me for no reason.
Id discuss it but idk if im allowed
prolly not tbh
I’m excited, if it’s true that is
Poison, Ground and Grass (?)
I was thinking steel over grass
They are actually an almost perfect type triangle.
They are that’s true
but they do make a triangle
don't forget stakataka
It’s no fire water grass
i love stakataka
we didnt forget it
We would never.
Stakataka was like, fine in vgc I think
stakataka is great in tr
easily one of the best performing if not the best ultra beast of gen 7
I said pheromosa bruh
My bad bro
Was it?
all i remember pheromosa for is speed swap shenanigans with caly-i
Rock/Steel
Beast Boost
61/131/211/53/101/13
570
Ok wtf is that stat spread
stak won worlds in 2019 thats pretty good
yea it won worlds dude
Dark/Dragon
Beast Boost
223/101/53/97/53/43
570
13 speed is insane
p sure it was a mirror in finals
Bro what
I was not aware of that my bad gang
stak mirror not team mirror btw
na hirofumi didnt run stak
You underspeed amoonguss, you take like every hit fine, wow
That thing would be a nasty body press Mon
underspeed torkoal too
ahh mustve misremembered. saw 1 game mustve been top cut where it dragged out a 1v1 w/ 2 staks
That sounds miserable
Bide, Bind, Body Press, Body Slam, Brutal Swing, Bulldoze, Double-Edge, Earthquake, Facade, Frustration, Giga Impact, Gyro Ball, Heat Crash, Heavy Slam, High Horsepower, Iron Head, Mega Kick, Return, Rock Blast, Rock Slide, Rock Throw, Rock Tomb, Smack Down, Steel Roller, Stomp, Stomping Tantrum, Stone Edge, Superpower, Tackle, Take Down, Zen Headbutt
Flash Cannon, Hidden Power, Infestation, Meteor Beam, Round, Snore, Steel Beam
Ally Switch, Autotomize, Block, Endure, Gravity, Harden, Iron Defense, Light Screen, Magic Coat, Magic Room, Magnet Rise, Protect, Recycle, Reflect, Rest, Rock Polish, Role Play, Safeguard, Sandstorm, Skill Swap, Sleep Talk, Stealth Rock, Substitute, Telekinesis, Toxic, Trick Room, Wide Guard, Wonder Room
A move displayed with Bold text benefits from Same-Type Attack Bonus when used by Stakataka.
IT GETS TRICK ROOM???
eh 4x weak to fighting and ground it doesnt take everything haha
i found my swsh cir team lol
It's a fake house, no shit.
drago realizing staks kit is good: 
Wide guard, body press, heavy slam
i love the lego blocks
211 should take a close combat but yeah
me having a shiny stak i got in das 
Good mkening guys
i want one so bad
its pretty easy to hunt cuz of the 4x weaknesses
And bacon bird
i got shiny xerneas back in like 2021
ofc rng and stuff but yea
And without lowering its Defense, it could probably start tanking the Koraidon and Ursaluna shit after a kill or two.
most things with 4x weak are easy to hunt
Idk about that
i'd spend hours shiny hunting in das
except landorus that thing is a nightmare
Those moves are so powerful
I have shimy xerneas in go
dude stak is not taking collision course from koraidon
Should i transfer it to home?
It will explode lmao
it's not taking cc from urshifu either
instantly
I think that’s possible actually but probably not
Again, after a kill or two.

beast boost defence right
maybe 2 def not 1
Yeah.
252+ Atk Orichalcum Pulse Koraidon Collision Course (Super Effective) vs. +2 252 HP / 252 Def Stakataka: 160-192 (95.2 - 114.2%) -- 56.25% chance to OHKO
yea that secondary effect of collision is tough
No one ever uses anything above 196 Adamant to my knowledge, but aight.
i wanna use my shiny naganadel
Yo I’m an idiot lmao
i think it was just to show the max max calc
It does not take shifu close combat lol
Then why is Stakataka's Defense not maxed out?
Why would you do that?
no stak would last to ko two mons in the face of a koraidon either
It’s naturally 231
i can give it bold there's still a roll
Fair.
what ivs on it do you need to get the attack boost or whatever, it's a certain nature and a certain number of ivs
Probably wanna invest into hp or attack/special defense
but no one ran that much investment on stak at one point it's just diminishing returns
Lonely, 17 IVs.
neutral nature i think
Lowering, not neutral.
Oh yeah the ultra beasts would run wacky natures and ivs sometimes
Those spreads were weird lol
I wonder if Pheromosa had any Dark or Ghost moves.
Assurance, Bounce, Brick Break, Bug Bite, Close Combat, Double Kick, Drill Run, Facade, False Swipe, Feint, Fling, Foul Play, Frustration, Giga Impact, High Jump Kick, Jump Kick, Low Kick, Low Sweep, Lunge, Outrage, Poison Jab, Rapid Spin, Return, Skitter Smack, Stomp, Throat Chop, Triple Axel, Triple Kick, U-turn
Blizzard, Bug Buzz, Echoed Voice, Electroweb, Focus Blast, Hidden Power, Hyper Beam, Ice Beam, Icy Wind, Round, Shock Wave, Signal Beam, Silver Wind, Snore, Swift
Agility, Block, Coaching, Confide, Double Team, Endure, Laser Focus, Leer, Me First, Protect, Quick Guard, Quiver Dance, Rest, Roost, Sleep Talk, Snatch, Speed Swap, Substitute, Swagger, Taunt, Torment, Toxic
A move displayed with Bold text benefits from Same-Type Attack Bonus when used by Pheromosa.
Yes
most are min maxxed so yea u have to get super weird w/ it to get something else but most of the time it was sub optimal
I figured
is guzzlord the only non-viable UB
I remember seeing some Kartana would run lower attack to get speed boost
cele was one where its flexible tho
FEINT?
on wat u could get reasonably
def the worst but there's some contenders for unviable ultra beasts
Blacephalon
guzz is in the running
Dark-Dragon in the era of the Tapus?
exactly
Yeah that’s kinda horrible lmao
Figures.
Probably hated Tapu fini especially
kartana and stakataka and celesteela are the best
i always hear vgc 2017 or 2018 thrown around by many players as their fav formats
steel type >>>
Oh wow it’s literally all the steel types
also nihilego is up there
kartana was particularly good into fini
Rock/Poison
Beast Boost
109/53/47/127/131/103
570
Damn that’s defense is rough lmao
yea haha
Guzzlord also suffers from Blissey syndrome where it has too frail defenses to take advantage of the fact that it's almost fatter than Zygarde in terms of HP, right?
dies to shifu real fast
I think so
band rilla was also a pain for it in swsh
Regidrago suffers the same thing
but dmax was a big help
i know it was bad but i ran guard swap shuckle next to stockpile guzzlord in swsh

Dragon
Dragon's Maw
200/100/50/100/50/80
580
it gets body press
Those defenses suck lol
Imagine if Regidrago had 150 Special Attack.
Thats the blissey sindrom
I think that’s how gf balances those mins tbf
It effectively does?
with dragon's maw it does lol
Dragons maw 1.5 on dragon attacks and that’s its entire identity
Regidrago and regieleki have their speed amd hp inverted
i miss pre nerf eleki
Regi have 80 hp and 200 speed and drago have 200 hp and 80 speed
167 × 1,33 = 222,67
Wow, you guys weren't that far off.
So where’s the 200 attack and special attack Regis game freak?
eleki was fun
(Don’t do this plz lol)
regimegazygarde
lol
lol
We want something that won't be terrible.
I thinl regidrago should be buffed
No
no
Why?
Regidragos fine
honestly i think the requirements to get mega zygarde r not gna b worth the set up to obtain
That’s what I’ve realized
half health to even activate the mega? ik ppl will try and get creative but still
Having to be at half hp to mega is kinda ass
it’s not bad enough to merit a big buff
Ontop of chien pao existing now
Especially when 'Pao and Drago's PFP just melt it on the spot.
sounds kinda gimmicky to me but who knows
And fluttermane
pfp?
FM does nothing to Zygarde.
Go go gadget incin
Zacian
Give this thing a normal sleed stat
oh
Profile picture.
the caps messed me up
I used drago in reg g with zacian and it was good
Zac Pao could run through some teams though, if incin is dealt with
Just give it a little more speed
zacian mid idk if thats wat id use as the zygarde counter
That's where the second best Ground type of all time barges in.
Zac has a good niche when xern is around at least
At least to outspees shifu and flutter
glacial lance :)
basically half of the Viable restricteds can melt Zygarde easily
Miraidon,Xerneas,Zacian,Kyogre(Ice Beam),Ice Rider,Shadow Rider
yea
Yeah
Shadow Rider won't do it turn 1.
Zygarde struggles for a reason lol
its still fast enough to do another Astral Barrage
Probably needs three to achieve anything.
Pao is honestly it’s #1 enemy
mega zygarde means primals
mega ray, probably xern et
which can just exert way too much pressure from the very first turns
Pao just kinda steamrolls it
And it gets 2HKOed easily by Lorb EP, which does almost the same as Zygarde EP.
zacian included on this list
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FwuJkg4aAAMLhMu.jpg
cam you justify a mega and a restricted slot for it idk

Yeah, Pao is gonna have its biggest run in the first few days before everyone realises how trash MGarde is.
Man is gonna be hitting the Wally West pose, that shit will be freelo to him.
is mega garde that much harder? its like 3 letters and way less confusing
im lookin like tf is mgarde
mega gardevoir?
sounds like a new mcdonalds coffee
lmfao
neo chalk moment
also if incins in off rip thatd b lame
It is.
let me use arcanine for a bit
no it isnt (confirmed) atleast
without it being a throw
we just know itll b there at some point
Hopefully it isn’t there yet cuz I wanna break from incin
id hope first format is regional dex
Incins great and all but, I don’t wanna deal with it anymore
Bo1 for that would suck
You have to guess which ones the mega since 80% of the ZA dex is megas lol
ur under the assumption bo3 is ots going into the next gen/game
also itll become apparent very quickly which megas are actually worth it
Oh I’m assuming we’re playing bo1 still
i wonder how they’re gonna choose what gets in for a regional dex format
Unless they really input a bo3 system
i was thinking lza dex
maybe dlc included as well
Would be fun and get us used to the new megas
I’m using bax and Delphox first those 2 are so cool
maybe first format is za then second add dlcs possibly
I’d hope for all of it immediately tbh
same they seem really fun to use
We get the dlcs before champions
hopefully they get decent enough abilities and available partners
Just don’t give Delphox levitate thanks
Yeah the abilities is the huge thing
Wouldn’t be surprised if bax keeps thermal exchange
i wanna see mega bax’s stats so bad
Dragon/Ice
Thermal Exchange, Ice Body (Hidden)
115/145/92/75/86/87
600
Give +30 to atk and slush rush
+50 spatk fuck everyone
Lmao
Slush rush would be so fun
An actually viable slush rush Mon
Would maybe make baxtales usable lol

Psychic
Levitate
75/50/80/95/90/65
455
can they save this guy
i have a theory b/c we just had/hav tera as a mechanic all the new megas are keeping their same typing to not have it feel in a sense as tho its like a type change roulette

Maybe if you put a bunch into defenses and then +50 on special attack
some have changed but i feel you
which
Starmie
to wat
starmie stayed the same did it not
Huge power based on its ingame stats
no like its typing changing
barbaracle changed
Clefable, Barbarracle, Feraligatr, Meganium,
wats barbs new type
rock fighting
Rock fighting
fighting rock lmao
Rock/Fighting
Tough Claws, Sniper, Pickpocket (Hidden)
72/140/130/64/106/88
600
Barbaracle
still tho 4 outta wat like 30 new megas?
Rock/Fighting
Justified
91/129/90/72/90/108
580
let me see if theres more
also i shouldve rephrased, most of the new megas not all it just seems like they arent changing it as frequently as they did in the past
nope only those 4
Oh, yeah that’s likely the case
like even old megas ur saying?
Bax most likely wont change
I just hope the abilities are good
no just the new ones
ahh yea
chimecho is getting the steel type iirc
another steel/psychic type? great.......
I feel like raichu x is gonna get the fighting typing if they hadnt said anything yet about their type
Yep.
if i counted between xy and oras megas 10 mons changed typing after mega
nah p sure they r both pure electric
They like that typing a lot
damn okay lol nvm
wouldve been cool tho
ahh not that many
i guess i overestimated the amount that did
still double the changes we got in this one with the 26 we got so far
yea
Yeah next one is the 19th
oh fr?
Yeah
Next week? Nice
1 reveal or 2?
Im not sure the demographic looked like 1
Probably just one next week
lemme see if i can find the tweet
u better throw dat brain into overdrive and figure it out
Lmfao
lmao
i was just thinkin 2 cuz we got the 2 raichus, then chimecho bax

There were licks about the new megas
Bax looks so cool
Yeah we know them already, cant discuss here tho
leaks bruh
Ok

I csn send you the leaks
I just cant believe we get the dlc so early too
True
Yeah but I'm sending Tree some licks
They will give him 30 or 40 spa
And then like 20 attack and the rest in defenses amd speed
by wasting a ton of it in spAtk
Either they can go into Chandelure route and give it 170 Atk or they can go on a Pyroar route
Touching grass and doing stuff other than Pokemon feels good
So I feel like this would be easier to get the last ribbon I need. Idk wtf to do with tTar bc I've never used it. It's kinda a middling speed team with tr for teams where tw wouldn't get me speed advantage. Tempted to go with a bulky gardi set with citrus berry and give the life orb to zard but then that would make it purely a TR team
Could also continue with choice specs gardi for way more damage but then I'd have to swap out protect for destiny bond, psyshock, psychic or something else
Destiny bond is an odd choice but in reg J, it has single handedly won me some matches by letting me trade it for a restricted on the enemy side since nobody expects it
But I'm not very good so probably wouldn't work higher up
why does the indeedee have fake out
Took me two tries to get a 2 Attack IV UBM.
Do I keep it or do I roll for 0/1 IVs?
hmmmm
Probably the best would be to keep it but if I got that I would reset for the 0 iv one lol
Getting a hard TR blursa is so fucked up
Well maybe it isn't that bad
Cuz Blursa has a super specific speed tier where
Between like 50 and 60 there's really nothing else
Well there's Brute Bonnet maybe
I got a 1 Attack IV Lunala first try, I think my first tries are basically the best ones I get.
50 and 57.
58 is occupied by P2.
What are good partners for blursa anyway
Reg f
Oh.
Feels like it hates a lot of things in reg f
Shifu, BB, who else?
guys i got the cp from the gc
Sweet.
Chien pao, rilla, idk about chi yu
Yeah, you should be good.
yeah
You've probably qualified for Worlds already.
i hope i get the ta
pretty much
but we dont know the details of the ta yet so idk how many people will get it
but i need to keep wining gcs for the ta
I realised I've had a fixed mindset rather than a growth mindset and that's been limiting my improvement
when did they release the ta details last year?
Did they not say that you get travel awards/stipends this year?
But looking at the leaderboards, both you and the other guy in your region will get an invite
There are 5 spots
We realised we didn't have my kiddos Nintendo account linked to the play Pokemon thing, so he didn't get his CP for the grand challenge 
travel award not invite
Yeah, I mentioned that
they didn’t even announce the LAIC stipend winners until maybe a month ago, they’re really bad with that information
you’ll probably get it in Spring of next year
Can you look at the info from last season and guess the amount?
i meant when we get info about the worlds ta
that’s what i’m answering
spring next year that in a lot of time
thats like 6 months
so how am i supposed to book the flight in time if i know if i get ta only in may or april
They assume everyone has money, one of the worst parts of Competitive PKMN
Personally feel all Regional winners should get an auto Travel award as part of the prize
Is Brian good in reg f
they get 6000$ thats enogh money
no
what?
Brian hands
i think they just need to stop doing worlds in us
its so annoying cuz us is far from almost everyone and its expensive
europe and japan arent expensive and i think they are closer for some regions
this is from last year’s worlds
but they said we get first time ta so we didnt get ta last season
so i asked the support
last time i contacted their support they said they cant help but it was regarding the gc
where did they say they changed it? apparently your region still doesn’t get TAs for internationals
yeah, but idc about internats, i only care that they finaly give us ta for worlds
sure, but when/where did they announce that change?
thats from vr but i also remember that they said something about it too in the official championship website
yep found it here too
so it’s either one of two amounts based on previous years
$5000 since you’re under 18 or $1000 if they call MESA a tier 2 region
if you live in EU for example you’d get $5000 to attend worlds
and they said this
Hello ido,
Thank you for contacting Pokémon Support. In order to investigate this issue further, we will need to review the Pokémon Trainer Club (PTC) account settings on your account
but bro i only asked to know ta details in the clearest way possible
i didnt even say vgc instead i said vide game cahmpionship
I just checked twitter and it seems like they announced worlds stipend amounts in march
for last year

I can't believe it. I won by doing literally nothing last turn.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regj-2479146411-jtcus81bo8xcmiow2xsm9bylhb5a46lpw
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The guy defeated himself, it's hilarious.
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I finally decided to take a break from PTFK after a big drop in rating.
I wasn't sure what to put there. It's attack stats are pretty poor. I could also helping hand I guess.
I usually use follow me, helping hand, psychic and protect. I thought I'd try it
Screens would probably be better if I wasn't gonna use an attack
but their support is just so annoying
i literally asked the question in the most clearest way that probabky even a player that doesnt understand pokemon can understand what i meant and they thought i had an issue
"hello, im a vide game championship player, currently first place in my region leaderboard, and you guys said in the pokemon championship website that there will be a ravel award for my region(middle east and south africa) can you guys tell me how many players from each age division get the world championship travel award in vgc in the middle east south africa region?"
that was what i said do you think its clear what i meant?
Typical:
what about me?
how did you do?
I'd say that it would be great to see this team in an IRL tournament and then I remembered.
reg f is hard but im slowly slowly learning hopefully im good enough come EUIC https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2026regf-2479121728
Let’s see the comments lol
Honestly half expecting that
@next stump surely toronto doesn’t fill wednesday night right…
god knows it'll take a few months but i can't wait to watch the video that comes out of this
Little ironic after him saying he wouldn't likely qualify for worlds to do it instantly after
LOL yeah
i know he won't be going to worlds anyways but
it feels right that he earned the right to go anyways
do we know what team he used?
we do not
ahhh tragic
i wonder if it was something generic or something wacky
you never quite know with him
he might go to worlds, maybe him being vocal about the issues means PKMN actually safeguard
i doubt it
especially at worlds where everyone is an equal competitor
he said something along the lines of "if i show up to this worlds and have another bad experience, i know i'll never want to show up to one ever again"
im pretty confident he'll commit to taking this year off
yeah i remember, my point was there is a long time for the organisers to fix their issues
obv i don't know the guy personally but, it seems to be the case that he's generally pretty good at sticking to self-care decisions
i think the chances have gone up a little but i still think they're quite low
How we know that?
Man, Reg F looks boring.
Three Fire types are kinda crazy.
But hey, it's got Farig in there, so I'll let it slide.
Its kind of reg H again
10 different archetypes
And none of them beat balance🐟
Yeah, except Raging Bolt is king anyway.
Undisputably so.
There was some kind of debate about the best in Reg H, right?
Champions can't come soon enough man let us play megas already LOL
Ehhh
Rain vs balance
But now its 100% balance
I meant individual Pokemon.
Yeah, but the entire game basically comes down to who can take the other's Bolt down first.
And Bolt shreds Shifu anyway, so...
I don't
I keep my opp's raging bolts alive struggling themselves to death
And I kill the other slots lol
But yeah Raging Bolt could be the best mon
Lando I too
Imagine a trio of these.
Lando and Bolt pin opposing Bolts.
And someone could run Thunder over Thunderbolt in rain for the extra damage + the para chance.
its got the same few archetypes but each rlly counter each other so its fun finding ways to beat the counters
tailroom ursaluna my beloved
i love running shitass whimsicott with endeavour as well
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schmovin
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i was trying to help my friend get a gholdengo for vegas but i ran out of chests and had to get the last 150 from roaming forms 😭
I have one.
You could've asked.
It's 0 Attack too, I would've let you borrow it.
such a pain of a pokemon to get lol
hopefully ZA DLC makes it easier
nah he wanted to use his own so he could change his nickname
its fine
Is anyone using Brian hands in reg f
its around
I can change the nickname myself.
Bro might be playing Terapagos
I love watching balance VS balance because they genuinely do nothing but pivoting around for like, five turns straight and then they win the game in three.
poor guy brought a whole lot of nothing for bolt 😭
idk why i found that so satisfying to watch bolt is so funny
Swapping the one guy that helps you with opposing raging bolt for tornadus is a decision of all times tbh lol
I think I'm a baxliever
Homebrewed screens
Heatran is a thing in this reg right
It got second at Liverpool but I have seen one Heatran in my whole laddering
Like why does dude have 145 attack, stab prio, 120 base stab signature move and a signature ability that stops it from being burnt
Oh wait thermal exchange is only damaging moves?
My side wisp did not work
Unfortunate
Thermal Exchange is super good though
nah
Well
It avoids burns from will o
I think it just avoids burn in general
But it doesn't give you the attack boost
You have to get hit by a fire move to get the atk boost
Yeah
Side slot lava plume for attack boost
Flavio did some weird shit in Reg F dawg
I mean you should be able to look at Tera Bug Baxcalibur and deduce that
Nah that’s gas
ah alr ty
otot8953 has given 1 Gen Rep to mlbd
Does scarf lando run Jolly for anything?
Only if you want to speed tie Regileki
Not going the tera poison sludge bomb route?
On what?
I desperately needed ground coverage but I guess special lando wouldn't be too bad
lando i kinda clears lando t in reg f
😔
Lando T also slower, so Jolly benefits to outspeed scarf Ape but that's about it
yea idk wat they were thinking, and yea bolt the goat
i should've stayed off this game
Yikes
love okidogi
i liked okidogi friendship over now though
why is ogerpon so good
i want to play reg f but idk if the team is good and i don't have the first clue about EVs
What does that have to do with playing
I've used that "suggested ev spread" button more times than I can count
maybe i'll look up some evs from reg f part 1 teams
Usually those are hard to find
go on vgc pastes and try and find some spreads i guess
or pikalytics tho idk how good that is anymore
most ev spreads dont have to be that crazy if you're just starting with a team
So to simplify how to make ev spreads
Step 1: Determine how that mon wants to be used i.e. support Volc
Step 2: Max/Max/Min i.e. Max HP Max Defense, bold 4 spdef
Step 3: Adjust accordingly, if you're missing some crucial KOs maybe switch some hp evs into spatk
Step 4: Actually calc, go into the calc and find some calcs that are close and perfect it
Step 5: Switch around your evs with different spreads and see which one is the best for you, there will never be a definitive best ev spread
That's how I make my spreads anyway
Oh and jump points I forgot about those
Bumps?
Bumps, Jump points, rollovers, whatever you wanna call em
Where you hit the threshold where a stat goes up by two instead of one- people refer to those as bumps
I've heard them call so many different things I just usually call em jump points
Yeah everyone calls them bumps. I was just clarifying, because I've never heard them by any other name.
i've heard jump points and ev bumps
Yeah. I coached with CloverBells too, and he explained them all to me
what's important is that they're pretty cool
Agreed !
Like I said - just clarifying so I knew what he was referring to instead of assuming I knew 
Valid
what's not cool is reg f articuno ruining my fun
Run steel bois like Gholdengo. Articuno has a struggle time with them.
That's the whole reason for Sheer Cold on the set anyway
i led with two resists into ice incin and ursh
should've done well
key word should've
It feels weird playing it again
God I ran a 2-2-2 that was DozoGiri, Tales/Articuno, and Crown/DeeDee at one point.
It was my first Regulation of comp
Just a wee bahbee
Yeah it feels like revisiting an old playground
i dont think you can get more evil than that
I had a lot of fun with Tera Flying Ice Punch/Upper Hand Okidogi last time in Reg F
Got distracted. My wife is looking at Mega Man X model kits 👀
That's dope
Why did they think Glaive rush was a good idea
Also I swear I have been this colour of blue for like 6 months
i’ll unlock 8ball some day
Wait when is 8ball?
Nah I mean like it's really good
How are we having new toy syndrome in the 2 year old format
252+ Atk Guts Ursaluna Headlong Rush (240 BP) vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Baxcalibur: 381-448 (171.6 - 201.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Why is my calc just lying to me

When has headlong rush ever been 240 bp
Yeah what's happening
also new toy syndrome? ppl been playin ursa for a bit now
maybe not much in reg f but other formats for sure
my team sucks
wait a damn minute
ARENT YOU SUPPOSED TO BE TAKING A BREAK DO YOURE RELAXED FOR TOMORROW
good luck 🙂
reg F was my second favorite format behind reg E
I had so much fun using heatran in reg E and he doesn’t hit the same in F
good luck today Kalos
ok, now i've got a few wins, i'm liking regidrago, it's a nuke
but the team is not good
Paonite and Flutterfish
iron hands is really goated
My glorious king
i can think of 3 good fighting types in the meta, urshifu, okidogi and iron hands
I don't know if I'd say Dogi is on par with Hands and Shifu
it's really good for all the flutters and tera fairies running around
and ogerpons
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please go #aaa-no-talky mr bot
You aren't wrong though it is good for those
plus monstrous defence and guard dog
Doesn't it have like 109 defense?
And 88 hp
Hmm
What tera do scarf landos run
I have water on mine but is poison/ground better?
lando-i? I think some run steel too
Ghost too
ok this team is getting beaten by everything
Oh ghost is something actually
I'm a big fan too. It's one of the formats that Crown is relevant in. Probably the only one 
Rotom gets it.
i never used gouging fire before but using it now has also been a blast
like what do you mean I can switch into all of the ogerpon forms and take 25% max
Yeah I loved playing some Gouging Fire.
Reg G💔
I miss Crown Indeedee Koraidon
i forget that became a thing late in the format
252+ Atk Incineroar Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Baxcalibur: 90-106 (40.5 - 47.7%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
late reg g was kind of a blur to me
I don't understand how that Incin did that much
I saw the whole evolution of the team
Because the original team that Justin Knox created was Koraidon Indeedee-F Crown Venusaur Raging Bolt Chi-Yu
And then the NA group adapted it with Brute Bonnet and Flutter
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2026regf-2479524939-755qipekt1b72qpbqqqyo71539prcwcpw had to bounce back to 1400 after some unfortunate luck in my other games
i love prio spam
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between SPICEblast and eriksp11! Format: [Gen 9] VGC 2026 Reg F; Date: Nov 12, 2025
And the Brute Bonnet idea was adapted from Jamie Boyt's team
And that led to Brute Bonnet being explored on reg I
And then it won worlds
Ok what is goin on
That is in snow by the way
Glaive rush?
no pao?
i think i need to use a proven team, tired of struggling
Holy I'm an idiot
Lmao
lol
"Wow this move is so good"
Guy who can't read
I do think Bax could be insane though
We have to make a reg G tournament
252 SpA Quark Drive Iron Crown Tachyon Cutter (2 hits) vs. 244 HP / 4 SpD Baxcalibur: 240-288 (108.5 - 130.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO
👀
Bro wants my ice type to live a move
I've been having the idea of making tournaments of every reg
Why? We already had two runs of the Reg and people mostly tolerated it
It was my favourite💔
I liked Reg G

And I think some people here like it too
I liked it because it gave me a chance to use solo Groudon
I recall heavy complaints about a Reg G rerun. 
I personally didn't really care for it, though it was better than I/J, which isn't exactly a high bar.
Ah yeah there were a lot of complains
Oh man I loved the Reg G rerun
I think every rerun is bad but
You're biased, Conner lol
No this can't be
But yeah its absolutely biased
Reg H rerun was fine. Reg F rerun is fine. Reg G rerun was bleh.
What we need is like a Reg D rerun.
I never played Reg D
Was reg D the Harc format or was it reg E
I think E?
Huh
I think E was the Harc one.
It was just a different format for it. Not everything pops off in every format it's legal in because the environment is different.
It's like how Farigiraf is always legal but shines in high-powered formats, where it's almost completely absent in lower-powered ones.
Bonnet❤️
i miss my guy
I think we could've done a pretty cool format somewhere in between all that we've had - maybe like even just a no paradox, no Restricted format would've been neat.
But like why was the specific reason for that
Hmmmm
I'm guessing doing well into firepon
Not everything has a clearly definable reason. Especially in a game with such a large amount of variance and volatility.
You can play him right now !
I liked Eleki on certain teams but it was really niche.
it doesnt hit the same without cir tho :(
god i love iron hands
eleki pao lando best i got
I like CIR it lets you run dumb shit
Be crazy and run Defiant Genies
but like there’s just this one other special attacking electric type out there
Miss that team so much
Yeah see, a format without Paradoxes but with some smattering of Legends could've been neat enough
Allowing all of the Transfer mons and etc.
Because Sneasler thrives in a format without Legends but suffers anywhere in a 10 mile proximity to Urshifu
true
sometimes i’ll look at a board state and think man i wish i had glacial lance
Me in reg H missing choice specs hadron engine volt switch
scarf miraidon was funny
I don't even need to say what I miss
precipice blades?
So we got a jokester here
I like hands and moltres but it feels really difficult to get regidrago in a good position
Anti-priority, redirection, speed control. Hit funny button.
Sometimes they'll switch Flutter into it. You just take it and hopefully KO the buddy. It's not always perfect, but it's honest work 
Ok so I need to bring amoonguss more, gotcha
i generally only see drago in a lead
yea sometimes it doesn’t do damage but its impact goes beyond that
Yeah I did a lot with Drago/Amoonguss
I'll close with it a lot.
This poor guy
forces a tera or a worse lead for you to punish
ig im just used to drago crown teams exclusively
bait out the fairies and fairy teras then let crown close out
There's a lot of times, I feel, that you can lean with Crown and close with Drago. I've played that team too, and I played Regidrago teams before it and worked on some stuff with Grant W w/ Regidrago. I may just play differently 
Often you can just push Drago leads and be fine. Lots of people overcompensate in team preview
Play differently can also mean play badly 
I dunno. I just know I've closed a lot of games by pinning people into Dragon Energy. You sort of expect them to push Drago counters into your lead and Crown can help punish that. 👀
But I'm gonna go head to bed. I gotta be to work early in the AM xD
o yea i can definitely see that
you kinda have to respect a drago lead and even if you get the call wrong i feel it’s not that hard to reposition with crown indeedee
What tera do Okidogi's run?
i thought it was dark to be immune to psyspam
@forest arrow
I'm getting real sick of this team
Nah that team is Goated
it's because it has crown on it isn't it
Nah just the team in general
Spatk booster hits so hard
I run bug for Lando for balance, but I really only ever bring dogi to the Bolt balance mu for the most part
Its everywhrre
That and bolt balance are the teams I see all the time
Pretty sure that team is beatable with balance I just have to practice the line
I fought one this morning and my brain turned off and I kept bringing bolt into it like wtf
Man my team feels quite trash
Damn
Ngl that's one of the teams of all times I've seen LMAO
But its super creative
Definitely a team of all time
It's so bad into the Gouging mirror
It's 100% a first draft
I think Bax could be awesome but I need some other mode
I think regidrago and hands can be awesome but I need to find the right partners
Hmmm
Result: 189.000000
At my local now, I feel way more out of place here than at the regional
Ty, gonna need it, remind me not to tilt
Trust in the fake out + nasty plot + parting shot and pivot into another fake out
Won my first match, variation on wolfey's perish trap team with grassy seed kommo-o
ngl grassy seed kommo-o perish trap sounds fun
It looked like a cool team but I've learnt how to pivot around with this team now, bar a misstep in the first set where I tried to parting shot soundproof kommo-o
happens to the best of us
I just spored it in the second set
i constantly forget i cant whim encore incineroar
You can if you're chlorophyll
usually still works out, but i wanna smack myself every time i try it
i dont play sun🫠
how does the elimination system work at locals?
It's the last person who stays undefeated
Won my 3rd match
I'm more comfortable with the team now
Record?
2-1
Played @pure niche and his team is seriously good
Irl events are fun I'm gonna do more of them
Did you win?
I'm proud of myself I didn't even tilt when blursa got crit against sinistcha
No I don't think I won
How many peopke are there?
Like 8
So top 4 will get cp iirc
Way more people for tcg
Is it cup or challenge?
Thats the one with 50 cp right?
Probably not much since I went 4-4
Did you check?
How do I check
In the pikemon website
Just search vgc leaderboard masters and log in and they say your amount of cp
Yessirrrrr
Didn't tilt and played well I felt
2nd is good 
Idk
So how 8?
I think they’re saying they got 8 points from the local
I need to double check the tournament results
Yeah but he said " 8 from briabane"
So maybe he didnt get cp
Where do I go to check I'm so confused
I think I got 60 since I finished 133rd

