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Mainly due to Toxic Heal, Protect, etc 😅 But with Urshifu, may not be as effective 😅
You can bring other Pokemon that deal with Urshifu really well.
Yeah i hate toxic heal
Imagine if any other good mons got it xD
Welp i play vgc now so no more toxic heal
I hope not💀
Oh god; imagine if one of the new Megas gets it 🤣
Yeah urshifu ability is really good
😛
Yep, and they always have a signature move that always crits, so no worries over stat boosts; unless you used Unaware ability xP
I didn’t even send that emoji but ok
xD
Yeah urshifu is really strong
I feel like the single strike one was under used over the multi strike one
Yeah, if you want to use the Single Strike one; you could run Ogerpon-Wellspring to counter opposing Urshifu-RS and also gives you Grass and Water stab
Yeah I know you would need the DLC; but it is possible to get it cheaper than you think
I remember getting the DLC (legitamitely) for £22 instead of £30
Yeah i mean i would have wanted the dlc but this is the last year of competitive on scarlet and violet so getting the dlc just for ogerpon seemed too much
If I really need him i’ll try to trade for him
Rn now I’m building in game a team were i luckily have all the Pokémon
I said i was gonna run urshifu by i don’t know what urshifu i should run
You're doing VGC, correct?
What restricteds are you running?
I’m running ice calyrex and miraidon
Rapid Strike.
https://pokepast.es/6e42f64f9ff16809 here’s the team rn
Ok thanks for the tip
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Aight, so problem #1: You don't have Protect on anything.
You NEED Protect on at least some Pokemon in VGC.
Oh wait you are right
Also, Ice Rider is a bulky mon that can have its atttacks become stronger anyway.
Replace Life Orb with Clear Amulet and Zen Headbutt with Protect.
Hands loves using Fake Out, Drain Punch, Wild Charge and Heavy Slam/Low Kick.
Yeah already did that
I forgot abt fake out
Also, 252 Attack Ice Rider is a waste.
I was doing in showdown so some of that moves i just didn’t see them
Why
You can go 244 HP / 180 SpD to live Choice Specs Miraidon Electro Drift/Draco Meteor and also Tera Ghost CSR Astral Barrage without the need to Tera your Ice Rider.
Because Ice Rider is a bulky Pokemon that can increase its Attack pretty easily.
So focusing on letting it stay until it gets that Attack boost is key.
Right
Do I still use adamant nature?
Oh and urshifu runs surging strikes,close combat, detect and what else
Depends on if you want to move first inside Trick Room or not.
Yes I want to go first in trick room
Oh aqua jet
So go 0 Speed IVs Brave.
So just entered a match in the GC, opponent quits instantly as soon as they see my lead O_o
Lol
Okie dokie got any suggestions for the urshifu spread and item too
Focus Sash, max Attack, max Speed Adamant.
Quick question what’s the GC?
Grand Challenge; a online competition
Oh I know what it is i just didn’t know the abbreviation😅
How are you doing
In the tournament
More win than losses so that’s good
Cool
What team are you using
Just as a curiosity
Ohh double genie
Yippee
That’s a lot
Yeah, 45 matches over the space of 3 days; 15 per day
but they carry over each day if you haven't used them all up
That’s a lot
Is the grand challenge that important
Like does it give you points to go to worlds
Has a chance to get Championship Points (CP)
Bc it sounds like a big tournament
Oh that’s whyyy
Uhm
Bc
I dunno😭
What stats do I need on incineroar
I think i just copied him from my other team
Something like 244 HP / 4 Atk / 180 Def / 76 SpD / 4 Spe Impish has an 85,6% chance to live 236 Adamant Urshifu Surging Strikes.
It also lives +6 CSR Astral Barrage on 9 out of 16 rolls.
Make Hands 0 Speed IVs Brave too.
At least yet
Next Nintendo direct i think we’ll here something abt it
Likely Pokémon Day on 27th Feb
Oh right Pokémon day
@leaden fox how did the GC go
If you finished playing your games
nope xD
Idk i just love veluza
As expected
Is this the last day or you gotta play more
this is the last day
And you positioned?
not done all the games yet
Finished 28-12
At least i won last game
I was just so tilted
I lost almost 100 elo at some points
And i lost about 44 elo today from day 2
Shouldnt have laddered
But i hope it will be fine
At somr points i was 1696 and i though i could win the battle and then stop
But i lost due to heat wave miss
Not heat wave missing💔
Can you use scale shot in singles or just got with outrage
What mon
Dragonite
Just have to watch out for those Fairy types; Outrage and Scale Shot will fail xP
And Outrage doesn't exactly let you pick the target 😅
?
But tbh
1657 isnt that bad
Its mid
It's singles wdym
If you use out rage they can just switch into a fairy type while if you use scaleshot you would also need the loaded dice to hit a lot
Well I know that Fairy is the popular type atm,
Yeah I know but I know which pokemon they play and there are no good fairy types allowed
@leaden fox how was your gc?
not great lol
Terastalozation exist but if you want to risk just go for outrage
But I am in Masters
I just wanna know if it's worth it to use scale shot and loaded dice or just go with outrage and some other item
I would go for scale shot loaded dice honestly
Alr
Is gholdengo good in singles?
yes
So what put do i put on incineroar over knock off
It’s locked behind dlc and I don’t have it
will-o-wisp is your best option, helps deal with physical attackers
blitz taunt/willo parting fake out is a decent set
You could even do snarl
yea prolly just sucks in the meantime

What build ?
Probably
I was thinking taunt was better but why does will o wisp help against physical attackers?
Burn halves the physical attack stat
Yeah i just need to decide if use willo or taunt
Unless they have Guts
Well you do now xP
At times; I wish "Frostbite" replaced "Freeze/Frozen" status 😅
A little nitpicky but it technically halves the physical damage you deal, meaning it affects moves like Body Press and Foul Play which don't use your attack stat
Ah yeah, keep forgetting that aspect too 😅
dillon how dare you be nitpicky for the sake of clarity on understanding a very core aspect of comp (how damage is factored in/dealt)
Oh crazy
Yeah it does and it’s quite annoying
Me walking to my fridge at 3 AM
I can get you the TM, bro.
Or I could make an Incineroar with Knock Off for you.
Wait fr
I already have the mon built so i just need the tm
People in Mesagoza call me "the plug" because I can hook you up with anything you need for a team.
Ahahaha
Your Incineroar's going to be bench pressing a tractor with one arm.
I’m sorry I have some things to do I can trade the tm in like 2/3 days
Is that ok with you??
Bet.
I got 55th in the gc which isnt great but isnt bad either
The gc usage stats were kinda diffrent from the previous one,but it makes sense cuz it was 2 years ago
But also the 2 years ago usage was much better for me
I went from 22-2 to 28-12 in day 3
Crazy.
Atvleast i had good day 1 and day 2 so i was fine
How many Championship Points do you get for top 64?
Nerds
?
75 or nothing
Probably 75 but cant know for sure
Yeah bro look at these nerds worrying about championship points, what a bunch of losers 
(I totally didn't choke this GC)
I forgot to apply in time 💔
i sold my gc lol
i was at 1660 with like 20 games left then went on a crazy tilt
and ended up finishing at 1679 20 games later
I know I completely crashed out in the GC, calling Sundays during GC "Cursed Sundays" xD
“Cursed sundays”😂
That’s not
But still you could have went 0-38
Look at the good side
I know, but compared to my first GC this 2026 season, it's bad xD
First GC this season was 31-14
Usually 5 per season, not seen a sixth one as far as I remember
Yeah, just checked; five on a normal amount
Though I imagine the last one will be in March before Champions drops
Aight thanks
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i dont think so
4 grand chellnges and 4 global challenges
Oh ok
but there were already 4 grand challenges and there will be another on may
so idk about the global challenges
Is tsareena usable in 3v3 singles ? The typing fits in my team very well
What changes from grand challenge to global challenge
I can only assume early to mid-March, along with the ZA Home compatibility
Since the double restricted format in-game ranked and RegF format irl ends on 31st March
So if that happens; Orlando, Florida will be the first irl event to be Champions format
(Champions format as in game, as we don't know the first ruleset of it yet)
Free yes; though I suspect most mons we'll want will be transfer from HOME xP
Do you think it'll break the record for player attendance again?
If Champions is during that Regional; definitely see that happening
Wonder what Pokemon will be allowed during Champions' first ruleset.
nothing that matters for you
@stone trellis If I had to take a swing at it; gonna say this: Megas & Teras allowed, no sub-legends, restricted and mythicals; you can only use 1 Mega or Tera per battle
But who knows yet
Do you think Mega Salamence will be viable in a format where Chien-Pao's potentially legal?
Hard to say yet; though I know some Pokémon that may have a chance thanks to a lot of additions/changes
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And Flutter
Can see Flutter Mane pairing up well with Mega Charizard Y xP
Technically Ogerpon is a "legend"
Alr
Yeah I was just use the gif for thinking
ah, I thought you were suggesting that xD
Also my brain needs rest from exam so yeah
Oh yeah, I can imagine
Do I use drum beating or wood hammer in singles on rillaboom?
I'm trying to breed a shiny hisuian Arcanine for competitive. Does the masuda method work if I use my hisuian Arcanine with an everstone and a normal Arcanine from a gift code that's English?
It is dependent on which is the female; if the normal Growlithe is, then it likely won't work; so you may need to use Ditto; or you can try and get it from Legends Arceus and then transfer it over; before using Bottle Caps, etc
But I haven't bred the Hisuian Growlithe/Arcanine on ScarVio; so cannot atest to that
Uhm ok
I think no mega no tera no legendary
Pretty sure they confirmed Megas will be allowed.
Oh
Then i just hope no teras bc we had teras for the last what? 4 years i don’t remember when scarlet and violet realesed
first tournaments were early 2023 for SV
so it’s been about 3 years
it’s definitely outlived the normal VGC cycle
Oh 3 years right
Easy to understand why Gen10 was delayed an extra year; because 2026 is the 30th anniversary
Just a shame it's not bringing us Champions quicker 😅
I didn’t even know they deleted it what information s do we have abt the game itself
Not too much really; likely will know 27th Feb
But I supposed the extra year will polish it some
The main hope I have is that teambuilding is drastically changed
It likely will be; but hoping they fix the whole "66 points for EVs" situation; would rather it stick with 508 EVs when dealing with it 😅
How does it change
And also what pokemon will be available at launch on pokemon champions
No one knows
I already know like dodonzo charizard gardevoir
We only know champions will be a megas format on release
I suspect about 150 mons
The whole kanto region
well, 150 fully evolved mons
Unlikely in champions
Oh cool
Though I suspect 100 will be the number they go with too; 150 is a lot more than you think xD
Obviously while we know we can permanently rent Pokémon for 1k VP (no clue how much you get from battling, etc); I know we won't be able to transfer them out of Champions
No way they'd make it that easy xD
Thats just buying
Well knowing them, they'll say "limited permanent unlock" xD
150 is extremely low, even regional dexes typically have been like 300-400ish mons
u gta give the ppl some variety, i doubt wed get such a low number
That would not be a fun format
Yeah, would be low, but it would make people use Pokemon HOME to get other mons in that are viable
I only say 150, since that'd be 150 fully evolved mons; so even if most were two or three stage mons, it would still sorta accumulate to 300+ mons in a sense
i wonder when the leaderboard will update
On ScarVio? Or the Play Pokémon app?
the cp leaderboard
probably will be a few days
So they just officially shown off all the official art of the new Megas; now we just need to know their abilities 😂
Abilities are more important than art
I mean; we have a lot of intimidate mons; though not many are widespread as Incineroar, Gyarados and Arcanine xP
And Lando-T
too true
Imagine giving a mega sheer force
How will mega tatsugiri work in doubles with dondozo
Likely the same, but then you Mega Tatsugiri when Dondozo is gone
I have at least 20 Megas (10 old and 10 new) I'd like to use in Champions for competitive xD
They need to balance megas too well
The problem with the old megas formats were that only like 5 were actually super important, at most 10
Likely some have been given a little more balance due to their new movepools (e.g. expanding force on Gardevoir) and their abilities with some changes (e.g. Scrappy now blocks Intimidate, which Mega Lopunny gets)
Mega Fera getting Sheer Force would just be pure ass
same for kang which is a way bigger deal (for scrappy)
tbf, we haven't seen the abilities yet 😅
Like at that point just use base with a Life Orb
but weve seen stats and typing
Nah bro that guy has Scrappy AND Inner Focus
Greedy bastard
good ability isnt gna move the needle too much on most of those
oh shit tru
Mega Absol Z and Mega Lucario Z are gonna be good glass cannons xP
mega absol z is gna b such a fraud
no sash and its gna die to like any 1 strong hit
mega lucario z w/ sturdy could b something
In singles yes, though in doubles, you can help benefit it
well im never referring to singles really i just dont see it thriving in vgc if anything 2v2 makes it worse for it
One Mega that may struggle unless it gets a "really good ability that benefits it", is Heatran
? mega heatran seems good
If Mega Heatran gets "Earth Eater", then it'll be great
if anything thats 1 of the few new good megas
I say it's an issue for Mega Heatran because of all the Ground type mons we see 😅
i mean i guess idt its an absolute deterrent for heatran tho. plenty of formats prior w/ heatrans playing w/o shuca
4x weaknesses suck but u can play around it
Yeah, I just feel that Grass Tera Heatran really benefits it more atm 😅
But hey, I can be wrong
well we arent gna have the luxury of tera
I suspect Mega Delphox will be a menace too
Back in my day, I remember when all TMs were permanent 🤣 (Gen5 specifically)
Any 3 of the new Megas anyone is excited to use in competitive via Champions?
Mine being Mega Absol Z, Mega Lucario Z and Mega Baxcalibur xP
Eh probably Mega Starmie
Nvm i can’t anymore
If you ask me I say mega lucario Z, mega clefable, and mega tatsugiri
Sorry.
Depends if you want to use a mega slot on a originally supportive Pokémon
unless it gets a really good ability i don’t see it being that much better than togekiss
In fact Togekiss is arguably more annoying
Wait until Champions does the Dynamax mechanic again 🤣
Bro can single handlely just twave +Flinch you
serene grace air slash is no joke
It will
Mega Clefable gets Serene Grace, you watch 😂
I think that champions is gonna have every single mechanics and they switch from format to format
So like one with z-moves then megas etc.
I'm happy with all the gimmicks, except z-moves xD
so then it’s a marginally better togekiss that uses up your mega
I love z-moves just for the anime
which also can’t hold an item
Gen10 unlikely to get a gimmick, probably will just add new mons mostly, including regional and new evos
I don’t think they’ll go without gimmick
It would be fine without a gimmick
Hell this is why the most popular games are from Gen 1-5
i’d be down for a non gimmick format
Plus since Champions will let us use four different gimmicks (not at the same time), I can imagine it going better
Yeah it could
I also saw a leak (i dunno if it’s real) that mega stones were coded in gen 10 games i am not sure tho
Likely we'll get a few more Megas in Gen10; hard to say yet
I mean megas is kinda the best gimmick
Plus there’s no lore reason i think to where it’s stuck in a ceirtain region
the champions website and other pre-release materials confirm this
i do agree with you that megas are the coolest because new forms and designs are always dope
but i think i personally like terastalization the most because of how many different diverse ways you can use it
Terastalization is cool bc it completely changes the battle by changing the type
it’s a bummer we never got a SV format without tera
fr
Honestly, I like Megas, Teras and Dynamax mainly; Z-Stones no thank you xD
series 10 well always remember u

spikemuth cup was cool but that was fanmade
Does someone have a pp max
I need one for my urshifu
Also a trick room tm for my lunala
biweekly obligatory series 10 mourning
i’d love to play that format again but maybe five people remember it even existed
What did the z-moves do
😔
be badly balanced xD
Z-Moves now have a bigger advantage as of Gen8 onwards; because of the "active speed modifier"; since before the speed checks via tailwind and trick room didn't apply to the field until the next turn, whereas now, they apply straight away
considering their overall strength, they can make your bulky mon become one-shot; I know it is a "one time move", but it basically ruins strategy 😅
And they are probably gonna come back…
I din’t even now that existed
@waxen dock Yeah, sometimes it is quick, sometimes it isn't 🙁
last 2 gcs it took 2 days
and the first gc it took like 10 days
Yeah, I don't tend to get it either >_<
Yeah
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The 2026 season was marketed as the mega evolutions season for VGC, TCG and even Unite and we are mid way through the season and VGC still doesn't have megas
we'll get it one week before worlds let the players work it out themselves
The Pokémon champions gimmick ring looks very cool
I like it’s design
@leaden fox the z-move simbol in front just to make you angry
Likely expecting it to be the main cycle from 1st April (not a joke)
That ring's structure annoys me.
There are a grand total of four gimmicks, why aren't they evenly spread out on the ring?
No clue xD
More gimmicks in the future spoiler👀
All I know is it's called the Omni Ring; despite only being four gimmicks xD
hard to say yet
is the masterball animation the shortest? if so, is it best to have comp pokemon in masterballs?
It doesn't matter
i think all pokeball animations are the same release speed its just a matter of what the specific animation w/ the corresponding pokeball is
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titles a bit misleading as its pure speculation tho it does raise some interesting points on what exactly is a realistic timetable for release
2035
I can’t wait that long for primal Groudon !
It'll release this month or next month ore maybe even in march
That thing is gonna get delayed for sure. Im thinking they drop an emergency dlc for za or what not and then for sv prob a new reg just to keep us at bay.
Will they even add second DLC for ZA
it seems pretty corny to be like "why is there no info about this wtf!" when they're literally doing the 30th anniversary stream in 6 weeks
Even I know the Pokemon Day Presents is likely we’ll get a lot of info lol
Does Reg F end at the end of March?
From what we know; both RegF and RegI end 31st March 23:59 UTC
Thank you, yeah everything points towards the game being ready to play by April
If it’s not…. yikes
can i ask what the purpose is of getting pokemon with 0 attack IVs
i know about the porygon download ability interaction but is there anything besides that
Foul Play is the big one
Confusion secondary effect also deals damage based on your attack stat
ohh that makes sense
thank you
mothscales has given 1 Gen Rep to mlbd
ive just been looking at a bunch of teamsheets thinking like "damn i didnt realize porygon2 was THIS big of a threat"
you’re welcome 🙂
to be honest - the foul play interaction really only matters in maybe one out of every 100 games (probably even rarer), so if you’re ever training up a team it’s not a huge deal at all
that's nice to hear especially given how tedious hunting for it seems to be
im still kicking myself over not getting 0 speed bloodmoon
Yeah, I am assuming Champions will be out early - mid March to let people get used to it first; then officially used for competitive from 1st April 0:00 UTC
After all, they won't release it too late; since the first regional in April is 3rd or 4th
But this is the company that had Worlds be the first tournament of a new format, so they could do another 2-3 month format and have Champions release over summer
While they could; we would be hitting the three year mark as is; and I doubt they'll save it just for the Worlds
maybe
i think it will be all 5 months
it is pretty low chance that theyll do special format for worlds
Considering Worlds isn't until mid/end of August; I doubt we'll have Champions not given to us and play through until then; more of a chance of us getting the Mega format with allowing us to use Restricted mons until the end of August (which is four months if it starts in April, which is the same length as current format)
As well as the format before
well i plan to go to worlds so ill need a lot of prep so i hope champions will come out soon
Anyone up for battle?
Likely will; I tend to understand the track record too well xD
on? 😅
its literally been almost a year since its announcement, its warranted from the playerbase to want some kind of news for something that is supposed to be played on for worlds later this year. weve gotten literally nothing
Once 27th Feb comes; we'll get more info
Likely with a set release date too; along with ZA HOME compatibility
Considering how big the game is, not having more news than we have is a little weird
I mean sure they'll probably give us more info on Pokemon Day but like this is the first time they've ACTUALLY catered something to a competitive space like this
Though deadass I will admit and imma be blunt with this
I feel like a few people who don't even go to events also are a bit too eager to see this shit cuz they're addicted and can't stop playing Pokemon yet are too tired of SV
Also @rustic mountain I figured out the true way
I didn't need to stop caring
I had to let go of expectations
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haha im glad u found the balance
also
i think expectations are fine to have just dont have ur entire identity linked to the result
thanks for the heads up djdanny dont know how that changes what i said even if tru
treeco. has given 1 Gen Rep to djdanny88

like they clearly got ahead of themselves announcing a half baked game that needed more time to develop then they anticipated nd we are experiencing the ramifications of that, only during that duration weve gotten radio silence instead of any kind of idea when to expect its release
on the waysies to toronto
gl
ty
🫡
aside from the announcement one year ago we've only gotten one extra piece of news right?
a bit of a nothingburger announcement but it was just a bit more footage of how renting pokemon works or whatever
right yea i jus disregard it cuz it just didnt really give us much honestly introduced more speculation
it provided 0 clarity
best of luck!!
we dont even know if ivs will exist its just ppl assuming they r doin away w/ them
idk if game freak just doesn't care about how much champions means to vgc or the game is just not as developed as it should
id assume the latter but who knows
seems timing wise they had it right and its a good game to introduce for vgc but the fact theyve done everything wrong since is the problem
it just screams we dont know wen better to keep the window open
thanksies
setsumizi has given 1 Gen Rep to eriksp
Gl
ty
They are probably making sure that Champions works Day One as well, because if it doesn’t, that’ll affect VGC a lot more
what should i do if i want a chance to do top 16 at worlds?
Probably make sure you have enough CP for the World's invite, and hope to have a good team that works well without worrying over dealing with every matchups
1st one was 99% done
Ah ok 🙂 Well we need to know what format we will get in Worlds, otherwise it'll be hard to figure out what to run; but the best idea is to practice your team with people who won't divulge the info 😅
@waxen dock If you need any practice partners; I am willing to help
At least until the next GC is announced 😂
Toronto VGC Quiz 🇨🇦
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︀︀Amount of full paras / rock slide flinches on stream?
︀︀Landorus-I Day 1 Usage?
︀︀Landorus-T Day 2 Usage?
︀︀Most used item on Tornadus in Day 2?
︀︀Most used Pokémon in Top Cut that was not legal in Regulation H?
︀︀How many 95% acc moves miss on stream?
︀︀Raging Bolt wins the regional? (yes/no)
︀︀European wins the regional? (yes/no)
7
35%
4%
Cloak
Flutter Mane
3
Yes
Yes
Raging Bolt wins but not Bolt Balance
If Bolt Balance wins, I think it's because someone really just played at their absolute A game
My guess is it loses Toronto and then wins Birmingham cuz 90% of the fuckin EU population breathes nothing but balance
We'll know for sure soon enough
3-0 in sisterhood side event got 26 packs >:3
You should do the stimky hood side event if they allow professionals in :3
balance has been so heavily targeted id be surprised if it did well enough to win
ho typically does well anyway for beginning formats and sometimes for returning
Right
I honestly think HO can be good rn
Kind of at that point we had in the H rerun where balance was good but HO took over for a bit
Also I think BM Farigiraf might be a bit under explored?
farigiraf is getting play on tailroom teams mostly
bm is loosely around but it doesnt seem too common
Yeah it's crazy
Idk how it's fallen off that much
Cuz honestly like it shouldn't be that bad right
lookin back it did well enough first go around for reg f
won dortmund consistently in top cut atleast once
almost won orlando (wolfey beating donelly)
im sure itll see some resurgence especially after its dominance in reg h 2
also wtf on it being 2 years since reg f was last around
almost two months since the last major, hopefully this brings some new life to the format
idk
im pretty bored on sv, especially since tours and cart arent the same
really strange disconnect
the cart thing is so annoying
like oh cool this team is so awesome lemme fire it up on cart, oh wait
it kinda limits content creation and definitely limits interest in the current formats
yea
even interest its like oh u wanna practice for these upcoming tours since u saw the last tours matches and got hyped? well gl cuz u cant
u can only practice thru a fanmade/grassroots site that we wont tellu the name of
not to mention it’s unnecessarily confusing for newcomers
they’re killing interest in sv without us knowing shit about champions yet
id say champions would help solve this but who knows, im keeping my expectations low
bingo
im not even saying necessarily like oh it shouldve been released already but give us some real fucking info on the game
im already dealing with an organization’s incompetence as a heat fan i cant anymore omao
its been a year
why announce it so early with so many uncertainties regarding its release
great question erik
and like with doing that and fucking up timing w/ development and release atleast just give us some more info on what the game is going to have outside a trailer w/ very little confirming details
this the longest i’ve been away from vgc since coming back in july 2024 i’ve never felt less interested on this game
u dont need to close urself off with a window of release just give us a sneak peek or w/e of some gameplay
Guys you don’t realize that they actually just hate us
and detailed explanations on what its offering
everything they do points to it yea
Champions is the new one piece
tell us SOMETHING about how champions works
how do you get pokemon, train them? how are the gimmicks going to be integrated
No more ivs 🔥🔥🔥
yea id say ive had longer hiatuses of just not playing the game at all but this has been the longest stretch of me playing extremely small bits of time here and there
right
like anything of importance w/ confirmation
it’s been all speculation for so long
this isnt even confirmed tho
Is it really not?
genuinely just speculated off screenshots of what we were shown
at least vgc being trash rn frees up time for productivity and other games
lzas been fun until recently now it feels kinda like a chore
i havent touched that game in a bit
I’m trapped playing hades 2 still but I’m so close to never touching it again
i realize i really dont enjoy the whole mega dimension grind
all that was pushing me was seeing the new megas
ive figured it out but it still sucks the donut rng is absymal even w/ ideal berries
I was quite literally a frame away from being the second person in the world to do a max difficulty clear in hades 2 on one of the paths but I got robbed
damn
i hate time limits too
yea
whoever thought of that sucks
i guess they figured ppl would just farm shinies a bunch but surely theres a better way to go about it
How was plza as a whole?
i would have never minded waiting some more time for the mega dimension to be an actual area to explore
base game was awesome
I never bought it but from what I’ve heard it’s fun but not worth the price
base game = good
dlc = meh unless u shiny hunt
So did I miss much in it?
it was a nice experience for me but i did rush it because i had finals at the time
ngl theyve been really shit on dlcs
I still need to finish the DLC
sv base- very solid
teal mask- ok
crown tundra- bad
i have a bit of a soft spot for the sv DLCs since they got me back into the game
Mean Indigo Disk?
I think Indigo Disk was alright
It was nice to have a section of the DLC dedicated to double battles
nah them shiny locking legends sucked story was eh and they really shafted terapagos' importance and lore
Yeah it felt like it wasn’t there for any story reasons and kinda just more areas for mons
I mean they can shiny lock Urshifu all they want, ain't nobody want that
URSHIFU'S SHINY IS HORRIBLE
so? flex is a flex dude
Doesn’t mean it wouldn’t sparkle
Ok the horses being locked is ass
yea i just felt there was no reason they needed to code the encounters that way
Yeah lemme flex my bear that bathed in Pepto Bismol
No matter how terrible the shiny may be it will always extend the game duration out and let me stall easier
Iron defense Urshifu 🔥
dude thats blood
Actually no I lied
It bathed in Jello mix
Give me a fire type Urshifu in gen 10
triple strike
I remember a guy winning a local with that
Isn't that just Rapid Strike
Double strike
And it has built in gorilla tactics as well
the urshifu to balance out the others
Urshifu Strikeout
And they give him the first fire type priority move
Please gamefreak stop shafting the fire type
magma jet
I know it’s super good
?
But one prio move
"Stop shafting the fire type"
Makes Incineroar
Makes Gmax Zard
Mega Heatran
Chi Yu
must be some amazing sun there in the isle of armor
they got beaches
Guys when I think of fire I think of Groudon vs Kyogre which is not accurate because Groudon isn’t even a fire type but no prio move and sun not doing half of what rain does
Can Sun please cause the genie moves to be 50% accurate
no
Bro likes his Groudon
best mon of all time is a fire type
arguably best mega/primal is a fire type
best gmax mon is a fire type
they’ve been treating them well
Fire types yes, but not my fire types 😔
firepon and gouging fire as new fire types, chi yu
primal groudon will come soon enough (hopefully)
Now what if we made heat wave 100% accurate in the sun
I just don’t get rain got so many moves that get better in it but sun got solar blade/beam
Screw electro shot
sun is not hard pressed for dominance so idk y it matters
does well like almost every format especially in sv

My love for Groudon isn’t even nostalgia
older games kinda suck goin back from current games (cant speak on oras never played that one) so prolly better to just wait if they ever do another remake or legends game
honestly makes the obsession even stranger

He’s just so awesome
groudon is cool
i love oras
I played xy not oras
Safe to say; in due time, we'll be seeing Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre back in the meta 😂
Cool I’ve always wanted to use them
They would be kinda broken
I may have to go back onto SwSh and do Dynamax Adventures for shiny Kyogre/Groudon 😂
Oh they will be xD
Shiny hunting in dynamax adventure was so boring it took so much
May be the case "at times", but it is 1 in 100 for shiny rates
Wasn’t 1 in 300?
Plus Groudon and Kyogre shouldn't take a crazy amount of effort to do
I still don’t love shiny hunting
without shiny charm yes
I don’t have shiny charm😭
Ah
I always try to make sure to get the shiny charm in every game; though most specifically in games it is possible 😅
Even trying to get many of the shiny Alphas in ZA atm xP
Nah catching every pokemon it’s too tedious
Gives me something to do at least xP Plus will be legit shinies
Too true xP
Though I have witnessed someone trying to start a fight when their Pokémon were discovered to be genned in
there was once a regional where everyone saw a mon was genned cuz it was on stream
Yeah, seen that happen in quite a few regionals over the years; even happened at World's
no
everyone saw on stream
like it showed like (x is to represent the link,and its not the actual link )xx.com as the ot
Think I saw that moment as well
and then this guy dropped at round 6
Heck, that is why I try to get legit mons these days, either from friends I know who are playing the game, or doing it myself
why drop when you are 4-1?
No idea honestly
i get them from home gts
unless i see ot name is like a link or just obviously hacked we cant really know if its haxed for sure
Yeah, at times I am hesitant with Home GTS as there are people who can gen the mons in, then add them to Home for trade; we need to really see a "OT" shown on the offered mon
there are some ways to know if mon is maybe more or less hacked
but unless you see something very sus i dont think there is a problem
That is fair; though I am fortunate I can get two legit Urshifus (one DF and one WF) since you can get one Kubfu in SwSh and the other in the DLC of ScarVio
I just realised, that Mega Meganium can wall both Urshifu's big attacks 😂
e.g. Surging Strikes, Wicked Blow and Close Combat
also whims
True, though Mega Meganium has more bulk than Whims
If they give Mega Meganium the ability "Triage", then that Mega will be very good (likely mid-A tier)
yeah
you are right
so i expect to see a lot of poison jab urshifu
Oh yeah, without a doubt
Likely will see Urshifu Single Strike with Poison Tera and Poison Jab
252+ Atk Urshifu Poison Jab vs. 0 HP / 252 Def Meganium-Mega: 148-176 (95.4 - 113.5%) -- 75% chance to OHKO
Yeah, so with the Poison Tera, it would be a guaranteed OHKO
Yeah, just checked
252 Atk Tera Poison Urshifu Poison Jab vs. 0 HP / 252 Def Meganium-Mega: 204-240 (131.6 - 154.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
And that is without Adamant nature
252 Atk Tera Poison Urshifu Poison Jab vs. 252 HP / 252 Def Meganium-Mega: 204-240 (109 - 128.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Even Max HP and Max Def would still be OHKO
But it will depend on how used some of the new Megas will be
He was kicked from the tournament
It appears the same on RK9 as a drop
Unfortunate matchup; but do your best
GET EM NOW
DID YOU JUST BEAT MARCO
She did
gg don’t stop here
It'll be Birmingham UK next weekend 😅
Though unfortunate I couldn't participate in it 😅
IT'S TIME FOR THE TORONTO REGIONALS BAYBEE WOOOOO
Stream started tho lol
I know, have it on one of my three monitors lol
Ope wait
https://rk9.gg/pairings/TO027Rvi7XmbN1f355Nc
Pairings for the event
@foggy lodge HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
WHAT DOES THE OLD DATA SAY
IS THAT URSHIFU RAPID IN 5TH PLACE
Guys Chien Pao is a Grass type
Chien pao my fav grass type fr
Yup Yup
Marcus Dion leak your team plz
So Who else watching Toronto regionals rn
Most of comp chat probably
Original 6 of Japan Balance
And tera stellar focus sash Pao
Interesting adjustments tho
No tera fire clear amulet Pao💔
Tho I understand it even Alex didn't like that set LMAO
Helping Hand Incin pog
Protect pao switch to Incin
W
Dawg why is this a swords dance no headlong Ursaluna in a Rilla meta💔
tbf, Rilla has been meta for a long, long while 😅
Makes you wonder if Rilla will be useful once the Mega format happens
1-1 lost on a game 3 call
You still got this
@bold geode i just voted like 40 times for Stefan vs Keanu LMAO

A FUCKING SNUBBULL AT 2-0
@foggy lodge is Victory Road streaming the side stuff?
I finally put down Z-A and I have just one thing to say
I love reg I
I think I will prefer Double Restricted once Champions gives it to us 😂
tbh people dont really play battle stadium anymore, only japanese play it
marcus is innovating like crazy
Probably would be if the irl and in-game formats were the same 😅
I noticed that
Eh, I still want the master ball rank rewards
2-2 drop ^-^
Why drop?
Dang 🙁
Hey you at least beat Marco
That's a positive
it was an 80:20 matchup
Also girlie do me a favor and tell Kat I said to kick ass
no im back at the bnb
Well I'm cheering for Kat still
What is this?
Does everyone have a koridon
Likely those who picked up Scarlet yeah 😅
I don't have any to trade though
nooo i took off my wristband
thanksies i wish i were able to convert that in the slightest
setsumizi has given 1 Gen Rep to keanufps
team was cool and fun sucks it got wasted on a 2-2 drop
all of gang
this team somehow got three wins
Is this your own team or did you work with someone else?
worked with 2 others, most of the team is by me
scream tail ❤️
scream tail is op
cuz yesterday i was talking with a friend and they posted a screenshot of that team LOL
yeah thas my team lmao
yeah thats one of our accounts
we had 2 accounts in 1500-1650 range testing it on bo3
lmaoo
and then one in 1700s bo1
its strong into the common teams rn
only “bad” matchup is hybrid tw/tr with the tr setter being farig
what the fuck is a farigiraf 🔥
Holy shit I'm taking the Lurantis plush it's mine now
theres always next time try not to be too hard on urself
🫡
hard when mental ill
So there's this funny ass giraffe
gen 9 was the gen of long neck mon dominance
bolt and giraffe
miraidon kinda has a long neck too
idk it sucks because i literally cannot stomach a loss
depends on where you think the neck starts
Why do you think you can't if you don't mind answering
losses are tough especially wen ur a competitively driven person but its just trying ur best to not let it effect u too much not that u cant feel the emotion but that like it is going to happen and the ability to bounce back and regroup is just as important as netting wins
like the difference between mood after beating marco into losing round 2 was like seeing an entirely different person in the mirror
right
then after getting full para’d to lose round 4 i got up walked away and threw my phone across the venue
yea its something that is like, never fully achieved id say its always something that has to be worked on
i don’t have a normally functioning brain unfortunately
so everything is like 10x as difficult
Yeah it's hard to really
Find that good spot even without any mental issues
i mean tbf this is a rough way to go out but yea cant let urself get too tied to the outcome either as much as its something ur clearly passionate about
easier said than done
ofc
and is just ignorant to say it like its easy to do :/
The way I've done things recently is I've basically just started to just say I'm doing x because I just want to play the game and I don't expect literally anything
But that could not work for you
The way different people find that good area can be different
was just trying to offer encouragement im not invalidating your experience. its not something that magically changes the next tour or even after that. its just doing the little things each time to try to channel your energy into outlets that arent going to be detrimental to you after you deal with negativity
very true
Yeah
I think one of the good things about it tho is that you can keep trying
I’ve been better about it
I still have moments but I don’t rage as bad about losses anymore
Does anyone know a pokemon that can set rain and learn trick room i know oranguru does but im not sure if it is competitively viable
there’s not many mons that do both well
role compression is nice sometimes but imo it’d be better to have a good tr setter and a good rain setter
Im trying to find one because I have one spot on my team for it and I need both because I have some slow mons and archaludon which is way better in rain
whats the team
@dense latch Ogerpon wellspring mask maushold Iron hands archaludon dragonite and one more
I still need something to cover psychic ghost grass and bug
ngl i see no synergy in this team aside from boosting your arch with multi hit moves
which isn’t the best in reg f
rain isnt in a great spot but if you wanna use it i can help
nothing wrong with that, teambuilding takes time
Do you think there would be any good replacements for anyone them
I was wanting it to be built around a bulk up Iron hands and electro shot archaludon
i’d focus on arch, it’s at least decent
bulk up hands is just not good in all honesty
too much threatens it in the meta for it to be able to get bulk ups up and actually capitalize on them
I was wanting to use it because its my favorite pokemon added in gen 9
I was thinking I could use a follow me pokemon or rage power amoonguss
amoong works
My original idea was slow attacker that work well in trick room
and you typically want pelipper to set the rain and possibly tailwind here
this team is from today’s regional in toronto
incin amoong pelipper archaludon was really strong as a core in reg h you can probably take a page off of that if you want arch to work in reg f
ursh tends to be the fighting type of choice now that it’s legal just bc it benefits so much from the rain
Wait why life orb pelipper
you can run sash and it’ll work too
Ok
lorb isnt the standard i imagine the creator wanted a bit more damage on the team
given arch and urshifu kinda carry
Yeah the rest are support
you can probably swap out p2 for another piece that gives you more offense like chien pao
Ok
though take my advice with a grain of salt i havent really tried out rain or seen many teams use it as of late
but chien pao and urshifu are amazing together
Ok
the only problem is that both chien pao and pelipper like having sash
Is there any modes in the team
off the top of my head you can probably play some games with incin amoonguss lead and peli arch back
the lead lets you get some stat drops with incineroar or spores with amoonguss so the board allows for archaludon to try and sweep
Ok
chien pao and urshifu can both close out and start off games
So I should probably always have amoonguss and incineroar on my team
as in the 4 you bring? not really
Ok
you can leave one or both behind in many matchups im sure
sorry i cant help you that much with matchups and lines, this is all mostly theory and what i could maybe see working in a rain team
Do you think room service on chein pow
I wanna make sure I have something to attack if there if I go up against a trick room team
Because archaludon doesn't to my knowledge benefit too much from trick room
amoong underspeeds most and you put them to sleep
incin can help slow down with fake out if there’s no psychic terrain
arch can just tank most attacks and hit back
Ok
Tell that to the iron ball CSRs that clown on me

Good regional so far
i hope aaron brok wins toronto
About that 😅
Though I know we're in Top 4 next



