competitive_discussion

[foggy lodge]

Hmm I see

lowkey I would like to help with #competitive_news if possible

To share team reports and pastes that people drop

[dense latch]

wonder how many ppl will join the channel regularly when champions comes out

[bold geode]

That would be cool, though we will have to post them whenever team reports are shared

[dense latch]

i’m not sure what the level of hype for champions is outside the vgc community actually lol

[tranquil kraken]

the casuals are gonna be drawn in I imagine. since its free and mobile

[foggy lodge]

The rest of the community only sees it as a spin off

[bold geode]

Right now the stuff you see is automatic, if there's any team reports shared via Twitter, YT or other sources plz share so they can be posted there by someone

[foggy lodge]

Atleast that's what I've seen from interactinf with the rest of the community that is not into comp

But they are also hyped just not as much as us lol

[bold geode]

It's definitely more competitive driven but I feel like you're gonna have at least a small mass of casual gamers coming in at least on launch date

[rustic mountain]

oh for sure

i think its more retention for players vs actually bringing ppl in

[shadow wind]

Tera fire Gouging goat might be my goat

[rustic mountain]

u actually took that suggestion?

[shadow wind]

Well I think the original suggestion was for CSR with Gouging fire but I'm using it on a Groudon Mirai team

Also my Volc just missed 3 overheats in a row

Thank you Volcarona

Not like I needed you to kill the cir or anything

[foggy lodge]

https://x.com/PlayPokemn/status/2026754668802572638?s=20

Play! Pokemn (@PlayPokemn)

⚠️ VGC REGULATION SET I ⚠️

The Regulation Set I details have been announced!

🗓️ 1 April–31 July 2025
✅ Restricted Legendary Pokémon will be ELIGIBLE
🚫 You can only use TWO Restricted in your team
🌎 This will be the format at Asian Nationals and NAIC!

X · Feb 25, 2026, 8:22 PM

[rustic mountain]

they were both seperate suggestions but glad 1s working

[rustic mountain]

goddamnit

[shadow wind]

Guys I'm sorry I prayed for this 😔

[rustic mountain]

is this in ladder as well

or is that getting changed again too

is champions really gna b 1st format at worlds

[tranquil kraken]

parody account

[rustic mountain]

oh god

ty ili

[foggy lodge]

LMAO

[bold geode]

We failed reading again

[rustic mountain]

i skimmed the acc name haha

[undone sage]

Bro

[foggy lodge]

Cybertron shares it on twitter I almost died

[undone sage]

I already sent it on

[bold geode]

Not even the parody, it says 2025

[undone sage]

wtf

[tranquil kraken]

LMAOOO

[bold geode]

Tree you failed to read the date my guy

[shadow wind]

Working might be an overstatement

[rustic mountain]

yooooooooo

[tranquil kraken]

good start to our official competitive pokemon category channels!

[undone sage]

Who reads

[rustic mountain]

that hilarious

[bold geode]

Even with a new start
We are not beating the literacy allegations

[tranquil kraken]

[foggy lodge]

also btw

[rustic mountain]

[foggy lodge]

If we don't switch to champions after reg F

They are probably showing the next format on the present

[rustic mountain]

[foggy lodge]

Cuz like they show it always a month before the current one ends so why wait one day to show the next format

[rustic mountain]

nah they dont care

[bold geode]

Can't wait for the presents to tell us we're going back to Reg D

[sudden remnant]

so no more valentines coloring for usernames? 🙁

[rustic mountain]

nope

[tranquil kraken]

i was fully expecting champions news at EUIC

sat there like an idiot

[foggy lodge]

https://x.com/TheGoldenCosmos/status/2026780027266777337?s=20

Jack (@TheGoldenCosmos)

With my reg F events now over I think it's about time I share my pride & joy of this format, & gen 9 as a whole tbh 💜

Incredibly proud of everything I've accomplished with this team, day 2'd 4 of my 6 majors & always went positive.

Enjoy!

https://t.co/zizLPHTKe4

X · Feb 25, 2026, 10:03 PM

[sudden remnant]

nooooooooooooo

[undone sage]

A cute idiot

[sudden remnant]

now im blue 🙁

[tranquil kraken]

noU

[bold geode]

Honestly @foggy lodge would you rather go back to Reg I or Reg D

I think I'm picking I deadass

[foggy lodge]

Champions

[rustic mountain]

how far weve fallen

[foggy lodge]

No I think uhhh

Probably reg D cuz I just hate gs cup

[bold geode]

Looking back on it, Regulation D was a fucking shitshow

[shadow wind]

https://pokepast.es/20e8829cfbdd5de1

Not sold on Gouging as last but I couldn't think of a better sun abuser

Maybe Ogerpon

[bold geode]

Poorly timed
Meta developed way too fast
The meta shift was too crazy

[foggy lodge]

Arubega + Groudon

[shadow wind]

I just want to try specs Miraidon and Farig Whims are perfect for it

[bold geode]

And the thing is Will O Wisp beat 80% of the fucking format at least and nobody used it

[foggy lodge]

When Brambleghast was viable

[bold geode]

It was not viable LMAO

[rustic mountain]

it had fringe success

[bold geode]

It went from being a dogshit gimmick to an alright gimmick

[foggy lodge]

It top 16'd worlds

[bold geode]

Ho Oh MU fished its way to the same spot, I don't wanna hear it

[rustic mountain]

at worlds?

[foggy lodge]

holy shit this team is gross

[bold geode]

Yeah
2025 Worlds

[rustic mountain]

haha i forgot that happened

[bold geode]

Ho Oh was in top 16

They literally just abused the fact that 85% of the field was gonna bring Zama CSR just like all the Sun players did and it worked

[rustic mountain]

then good for them they made the right call, i think sure ho oh and bramble arent great mons but if some1 can make a call and use em well enough they clearly can convert they cant b that bad

[dense latch]

vgc nbacentel 😭

[foggy lodge]

https://x.com/GiottasfromL/status/2026763510189809831?s=20

Giottas (@GiottasfromL)

Okay folks - we're approaching the last Reg of the SV era.
Here is the only correct and valid tier list of all Regulations🤝

X · Feb 25, 2026, 8:57 PM

Okay gang

We should do our formats tier lists

[shadow wind]

Reg I is decent

[dense latch]

i think we can all agree reg j is bottom tier

[shadow wind]

Also G being peak is an awful take

[sudden remnant]

i just noticed the competitive chat was moved

[shadow wind]

People hated Reg G 😭

[tranquil kraken]

y'all get your own category and channels now

[dense latch]

competitive resources is a much appreciated channel addition

[tranquil kraken]

been long overdue imho

[sudden remnant]

honestly we shoulda had our own channel anyways

[dense latch]

no more quoting the pinned message lmao

[sudden remnant]

hm?

[dense latch]

also idk if it’s as fitting as the other resources since it’s a bit more advanced but pasrs is an amazing resource when you learn to use it correctly

[foggy lodge]

Yeah but its a bit more advanced I think

[dense latch]

is reg g in there twice for the rerun or an oversight

[bold geode]

So deadass
Ranked ladder wise, J and I should be next to each other cuz they were basically the same ladder minus the rare mythical

[foggy lodge]

Rerun but I think that reruns of formats don't really change stuff

[dense latch]

or is it so good it deserves to be there twice

[bold geode]

I think D was the worst format low-key

[foggy lodge]

But its also so good i needed to make clear its the best one

[bold geode]

Actually nah E cuz it was basically D 2.0 and D at least gave us the funny Leaf Storm Amoonguss

[dense latch]

i dont think i’ve heard anyone talk about reg e

[bold geode]

It was basically Reg D + Ogerpon

It did add Bloodmoon Ursaluna but that Pokemon never took off til Reg F

[rustic mountain]

s tier: series 1, series 2, reg c
a tier: reg h, reg f 1
b tier: reg g 1
c tier: reg e, reg d, reg h 2, reg i
d tier: reg f 2
f tier: reg g 2

[foggy lodge]

Almost all the mons it added didn't pop off until later regs

Sinistcha and Alolan Ninetales until like reg H, Blursa and Okidogi until reg F, Clefairy in G

[foggy lodge]

Reruns being all low lol

[rustic mountain]

they were all bad

[dense latch]

i havent played an s tier format this gen

[rustic mountain]

id rather 6 months of the format straight thru then 3 months on and then like a year + off b4 coming back

[dense latch]

best i’d give would be an A to reg h 1

[rustic mountain]

eh they r just my s tiers

[foggy lodge]

I didn't play any A tier formats

[dense latch]

i started in reg g so i missed what ppl tend to regard as the best formats this reg 😭

[foggy lodge]

From what I've seen most people think non ursh formats are the best ones lol

[rustic mountain]

regional dex formats just hit different

[foggy lodge]

Urshifu you are gonna fucking die in champions

[dense latch]

reg g was decently fun for me both times but the mu roulette got tough to enjoy eventually

[rustic mountain]

i have reg g 1 as b tier i didnt hate it

[dense latch]

dexit ursh

[rustic mountain]

wasnt until it came back that i really started disliking it

[foggy lodge]

I think my main difference was that most formats I played just because I just like VGC meanwhile reg G I played because its still VGC but also because the format was just fun

[rustic mountain]

ull talk to some ppl that have reg g or reg i s tier

im just not 1 of em

[dense latch]

reg i was probably b tier for me

i feel like if i started reg g 1 the month it dropped the rerun would’ve been way less enjoyable

the rerun was the first time i played the format with a better understanding of the gen

[rustic mountain]

right

if it was 6 months straight on any of the rerun formats i might think of em differently, goin 3 on, year + off then 3 month on again sucks tho

p sure reg g turnaround was a lot shorter then that, point still stands

[foggy lodge]

It was actually 4 months each one

Reruns are one of the wors things ever we started doing series and regulations for "short" periods for a reason, 1 whole year of only one format was terrible back then

Why are we doing a total of 8 months for formats

[dense latch]

i wish they’d just make them longer

every format post indigo dish has had a rerun one way or another

joining them into a longer format would make for better development imo

[foggy lodge]

Reg I rerun is happening and we can't stop it man

https://tenor.com/view/danganronpa-kyoko-kirigiri-after-school-lesson-gif-6483675630744807798

[dense latch]

it technically happened on cart

[foggy lodge]

Actually yes reg I rerun is not happening because that would force them to match the ingame ladder to irl tournaments and they hate doing nice stuff for us

[dense latch]

what’s a realistic champions release date

there’s no way it drops after naic right they don’t hate us that much

[tranquil kraken]

shadow drop tomorrow

[foggy lodge]

I think

April

I think the whole asian circuit will be played on champions

[dense latch]

can you tell how bored i am given im speculating about a release date we’re probably getting a day and a half from now

[foggy lodge]

And that hasn't started + the global challenge being "delayed" and replaced with a grand challenge tells me they are stalling for the champions release

[molten oasis]

What a fall, tho the reruns were all bad

[foggy lodge]

Look one day champions will release and we will laugh when we think about our wrong speculations

[dense latch]

i was really hyped to try reg f out for the first time

maybe that’s what ruined it for me idk

[foggy lodge]

I think I went with more realistic expectations

[shadow wind]

😭

If his team fries me then why did I win? Doesn't that mean he's terrible?

Showdown got me pondering

[dense latch]

how do you find these people

[shadow wind]

Yknow I'm not sure

Just lucky like that I guess

I mean it's always funny

Man I'm nasty

Thank you Groudon for waking up

I hate it when the smeargle isn't sash

Throws off my whole game plan

[foggy lodge]

https://youtu.be/qLCx7IPiFf8?si=oXFZsqjhhvR5yUvU

[shadow wind]

Hold up

Scarf Miraidon with Acid spray Sneasler

[foggy lodge]

I think that if you are using Sneasler you don't need scarf Mirai

[shadow wind]

Nah but then I can move faster than so much

Faster than the horse

Hmm

I might need to take a break

Kinda getting screwed by luck out of my control today

Lost to 2 double protects and now a crit

But it isn't something to tilt over

Means I need to make a more consistent team

End games before I can get out lucked

[rustic mountain]

they should give mega dnite drizzle

[foggy lodge]

Gang go do yours I want to know my comp regulars' favs

[tranquil kraken]

https://klipy.com/gifs/shaq-apology

gligar is so awesome

[dense latch]

gligar and fuecoco are goated picks

[dull ibex]

https://pokepast.es/577964522bf49d99

made this today lowkey think its works

[shadow wind]

How about uhh

Contrary !!

[dense latch]

i couldn’t pick between mudkip and eleki

volc is up there too

[foggy lodge]

Regieleki and Cyndaquil are so based

[shadow wind]

Cyndaquil lowkey a sleeper pick

Y'all don't want to see me make a team

I just witnessed a tera electric Kyogre

This is why we tera grass

[rustic mountain]

where is that

[molten oasis]

Instagram

[rustic mountain]

oh ew

[molten oasis]

Yeah that’s what I said lol

[rustic mountain]

id go
treecko, umbreon, dragonite, entei, lapras, spectrier

[molten oasis]

Based

[shadow wind]

Groudon, Groudon, Groudon, Groudon, Groudon, Groudon

Why does water spout exist

Like lowkey asking the real questions

150 bp spread move that gets boosted by weather

Eruption as well

[tranquil kraken]

get ready for champions tomorrow

[rustic mountain]

[shadow wind]

Alright I have found the plan for my next team

Stopping lead Rillaboom u turn into Incin

Man I hate that

[shadow wind]

Burning bulwark kinda broken

In e terrain while I'm tera water +1 defense

[shadow wind]

Why did they feel the need to give bro 120 spatk

[shadow wind]

Gouging fire solved my terapagos mu

Man this guy is the goat

Although tera fire might be better cause then I pin choice Mirai

This is exactly what Gamefreak was thinking when they made these mons

I have d1 haters apparently

[rustic mountain]

no

[shadow wind]

The answer to that was cloak Gouging fire

[rustic mountain]

[shadow wind]

Honestly it works

Not sure if I want breaking swipe or howl yet though

[rustic mountain]

i had some guy get mad at me for using incin/rilla

and he was using incin rilla

[shadow wind]

Jeez people really love just clicking the electric move into Farig

[shadow wind]

So real

Dang 1600 is still top 50

Maybe I gotta be happy with my performances

[rustic mountain]

i was like

y cant u beat it then. he was like stop fake out cycling

[rustic mountain]

and yea top 50 is good

[shadow wind]

😭

[rustic mountain]

lol

[shadow wind]

Didn't even kill Miraidon by the way

[dense latch]

what’s with everyone using random tera ground mons vs you

[shadow wind]

Miraidon hate

[dense latch]

do they really hate miraidon that much

[rustic mountain]

wait

is this not bo3

[shadow wind]

It's Reg I

[dense latch]

there’s no reg i bo3

[shadow wind]

Like I guess so

[rustic mountain]

oh wow conner doing bo1

[dense latch]

wait true

[rustic mountain]

[shadow wind]

Groudon bo1 is better than non groudon bo3

[rustic mountain]

lmao

[dense latch]

tbf it’s either reg i bo1 or reg f 2.0 bo3

[shadow wind]

But those random tera ground tera blasts will always be annoying

But it's usually when I get super down paired

Which I guess is worse?

But it's whatever

Usually I can outplay regardless

😔

[rustic mountain]

idk reg f is overhated even if its worse this go around

[shadow wind]

Lowkey Reg F is fine but I'm lazy and don't want to take it seriously

I have Reg I learnt already

What are evasion odds?

[rustic mountain]

i was seein tub goin over past results, 2017 seattle had abysmal mon diversity
17/48 unique mons in top 8. so wen ppl talk about f bein bad its like trust me it can b way worse

https://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/regionals/2017/seattle/vg-masters

[dense latch]

just heat crash and ball

tho idk if it’ll work on flamigo bc it’s just copying the stat changes

[shadow wind]

Well I did but the Flamigo can't be

[dense latch]

precipice blades simulator for every other move

[shadow wind]

Thankfully I'm very lucky and hit my first ice beam with bundle

And it killed

Usually I'm able to kill the Muk before anything even comes out but the Muk Smeargle players are getting smarter

[dense latch]

yea i wouldn’t say it’s a bad format, i’m sure it’s just a me thing anyways

but i was under the impression that conner wasnt the biggest reg f fan either

[rustic mountain]

im not loving it either this time around and yea i get that

[shadow wind]

I am in fact not

[dense latch]

they’re capped at one or two braincells we’ll be fine

[rustic mountain]

i was moreso speakin to the general hate it gets

[shadow wind]

They keep protecting their Muk when I go for the smeargle kill into crash

And now it's a 50/50

[dense latch]

that’s true i feel like it’s not that bad even compared to just SV

i should’ve replied to the first message

[rustic mountain]

its not like great by any means for variety but theres been much worse

[shadow wind]

https://pokepast.es/5d758b55e3610eaf Guys I lose to smeargle 😔

[rustic mountain]

im jaded on vgc anyway atm so i try not to let that effect my perception

[dense latch]

i’ve just tried a handful of teams i felt like i’d enjoy but it’s not been fun at all

i just don’t know if it’s reg f or just vgc in general

i’m just going to take a break until champions to solve both

[rustic mountain]

i think a lot of us will be reinvigorated wen champions comes

biggest issue for sv w/ how they handled it was not spacing things out better, earlier formats being so short meant we are now repeating 2-3 of the same format in the same gen, its not great

[shadow wind]

Oh my days

[dense latch]

yeah they burnt through the formats fast

[rustic mountain]

whether they didnt realize champions wouldnt be ready in time or they just didnt really care well never know but its just unfortunate

[dense latch]

sv lasting so long also forced their hand

there’s only so many formats you can make

[rustic mountain]

i feel sv has long extended past the cycle they intended for comp i think champions was supposed to be out by the end of last year/early this year

[dense latch]

yea exactly

[shadow wind]

Tree I'm so glad you suggested Gouging fire

[dense latch]

these past few months have felt like filler arcs

[rustic mountain]

im ngl conner it was partly a joke but i am glad its workin for u

i was just thinkin other fire types and thought of that and was like oh ggg thats funny

[shadow wind]

I mean I've always liked Gouging

I actually even become friends with Matin Moradi because of that mon

Which I find fun

[dense latch]

conner G-Maxing in SV omg

[rustic mountain]

i mean u think about it, wouldnt it be good to have the format of megas coincide w/ the release of the game w/ megas

bit disjointed now

[dense latch]

is there home compatibility with za yet

[rustic mountain]

lol

no

[dense latch]

random question i just want to bring my pokémon already

[dense latch]

https://tenor.com/view/ogwlz-stewie-stewie-griffin-cry-lights-off-gif-17570084188856375483

[rustic mountain]

i think if u transfer into lza they cant go back to the other games

[dense latch]

it always takes a while for them to introduce home compatibility

guess i’m gonna have to shiny hunt for new mons

[shadow wind]

Is smeargle ever consistent without redirection?

[rustic mountain]

im finally done getting every shiny alpha mega i set out for

cppl other ones that arent mega that i may go back for but im burnt out af on that game atm

[rustic mountain]

eh

not really

follow me fake out r usually always there

[dense latch]

follow me makes for stronger mindgames with stuff like decorate

[shadow wind]

Just trying to figure out how to make the mu more favourable

[dense latch]

i feel bad for 2016 players if it’s still annoying af right now i can’t imagine what it was like back then

[shadow wind]

Bro can discord stop saying I spell "favourite" and "favourable" wrong

[rustic mountain]

no

[shadow wind]

It's extremely annoying

[waxen dock]

I built a very good reg i team

[rustic mountain]

generally r not spelled that way

thats like doin flavour instead of flavor

[dense latch]

i always switch between them bc my high school teachers were mostly british

[rustic mountain]

its not wrong per say its just not usually what computers are goin off of

[dense latch]

i think some words look better with the u

[shadow wind]

Did bro want a medal for this?

[dense latch]

but just some

[rustic mountain]

the way they pronounce stuff it makes sense haha not even as an insult it just sounds more like that the way they say it

[severe remnant]

i’m running a TR team with bronzong, chandelure, grimmsnarl, mudsdale, and coalossel, what should be my restricted legendary?

for doubles on sword shield

[shadow wind]

sw/sh 😔

[severe remnant]

i know but

i don’t have sv, playing against my friend on it rn

[rustic mountain]

what reg is it in swsh

[shadow wind]

Isn't it double restricted anyway?

[severe remnant]

i’ll have it soon mannnn

[severe remnant]

it might be

[waxen dock]

I just think its good

[severe remnant]

yeah

it’s two fahhhh, i haven’t even prepared two either

i already have a solid 5 imo excluding what i thought was only one restricted slot

[dense latch]

i feel like you have much stronger options than those five in a restricted format

[severe remnant]

but like, i was doing some research and almost every legendary is like 90+ and i don’t wanna use calyrex cus the opp is using that

can’t be a copy cat

[rustic mountain]

if its double restricted do cir/goth/alcremie/rilla/incin/palkia

oh no calyrex oof

[severe remnant]

yeah bro i can’t be that guy

[rustic mountain]

the one who wins?

[severe remnant]

it’s forbidden morally

[severe remnant]

uhhh

[dense latch]

that makes things much trickier for a tr team

[severe remnant]

i don’t have the dlc either

he does

[rustic mountain]

what restricteds do u have access to

[shadow wind]

God I hate it when CIR is faster than my Farig

[severe remnant]

i can find my way around cir by trading easily

just making up an excuse to not copy him

[dense latch]

your best option is to switch to a different archetype

[severe remnant]

tr fun tho

[dense latch]

bc cir is basically the only decent tr restricted

[severe remnant]

i’ll use cir if it means using my beloved chandelure special nuke

[dense latch]

and palkia

[rustic mountain]

im jus askin like what restricteds u can use

[severe remnant]

a lot

[rustic mountain]

like just not swsh dlc ones?

[severe remnant]

yeah basically, but like i said i can find my way around availability

i’m just asking on build advice ykwim

trading is so free right now

[rustic mountain]

u could do like lunala, groudon, gastrodon, incin, regieleki, charizard

[shadow wind]

Tree suggesting Groudon

Never thought I'd see the day

[rustic mountain]

pretty good combo team b/w speed control via tr for lunala, max strikes e web eleki, airstream zard

[rustic mountain]

it was good then

if somethings good ill suggest it

[dense latch]

still has some tr elements just not hard tr

[rustic mountain]

hard tr is tough if u dont want cir

[severe remnant]

my neewa

[dense latch]

the latter is just not that viable with the pool you have

[severe remnant]

that is a whole nother team

[severe remnant]

I can use cir bro

as long as it means i can use my beloved chandelure nuke

[rustic mountain]

dude ur groupin a buncha low power mons for a restricted format im trying to give u good options based on a tr archetype haha

chandelure is a strong but not wen its restricteds involved

[severe remnant]

wait why is gastroudon so strong i’ve seen it recommended like thrice and it looks harmless bro

[dense latch]

grimm is great as a screen setter at least

[severe remnant]

is this like some underground demon

[dense latch]

kyogre

[rustic mountain]

storm drain its ability

[dense latch]

protects your mons from single target water type moves

[rustic mountain]

and yawn is very disruptive for dmax

[shadow wind]

Also dynamax makes spread moves not exist

[severe remnant]

yeah my concept was kinda using that and using bronzong as a bulky setter

then i have my lovely chandelure glaze worthy nuke

[dense latch]

i dont think it fits well into hard tr though

[severe remnant]

rest was rushed through a bit, like mudsdale and coalossel weren’t a thought for the team that much, last second picks because of low speed

[severe remnant]

hhhhhmmmmmmmmm

elaborate

[dense latch]

it’s better to have other forms of damage control and disruption

like fake out or rage powder

that will help you get tr up much more consistently

[severe remnant]

so

@rustic mountain

is it suggested i drop my king

[dense latch]

cir palkia incin amoonguss regieleki porygon 2 was what got top 4 at worlds

[severe remnant]

my savior

ghost fire rizz machine

[dense latch]

best performing tr team

[rustic mountain]

forgot to answer this but nice hope ur enjoying the format 🫡

u can run chandelure i just think if ur allowing 2 restricteds its not gna do wat u think

[dense latch]

you don’t need to copy it exactly but maybe take a page out of it

[severe remnant]

i can probably rip out cir and palkia

but

who was using tr

[dense latch]

calyrex ice p2 and palkia all had jt

gives you tons of flexibility when it comes to setting tr up

[rustic mountain]

if u run goth that too

[severe remnant]

gothitelle?

i thought she was only good for shadow tag

[rustic mountain]

the alcremie team i mentioned b4 has it

shadow tag is good for tr to trap ur opponent in, in unfavorable board states

decorate alcremie to boost ur cir and palkia

incin rilla for added support

so say they have rilla in, u have calyrex, if goth is sitting next to calyrex rillas a sitting duck u get a free boost. incin cant intimidate cycle as easy etc

[severe remnant]

i sent a friend req to u two

i’m sleepy

i’m gonna go knock out, are you guys down to continue this tomorrow?

[shadow wind]

Bro I don't want to hear anything come out of Smeargle players mouths

Bros just mad my Groudon just lived a +1 lorb astral

[severe remnant]

@rustic mountain @dense latch goodnight

[dense latch]

gn

[shadow wind]

Like can we be so for real

Bros trying to call me out and he's playing Zama CSR Smeargle 😭

[rustic mountain]

if u wanna ask questions here again 2mw sure, cant guarantee ill b around tho

nice snarl

[shadow wind]

So apparently 100% of my luck goes into flare blitz burns

[rustic mountain]

wait y did ur gouging die to a barrage

[shadow wind]

Yes

It's +1 lorb astral

So many things die to that

[rustic mountain]

bro change ur spread lmao if groudon can live so can gouging

[shadow wind]

Gouging has less hp and less spdef

[shadow wind]

I lied on both fronts

[rustic mountain]

[shadow wind]

Man this guys stats are so stupid

Big ball of stats

But he does actually need more speed invest

[rustic mountain]

ight

[shadow wind]

+1 252 SpA Life Orb Calyrex-Shadow Astral Barrage vs. 132 HP / 204 SpD Groudon: 157-187 (81.7 - 97.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

[rustic mountain]

also u now have to make an alt called gouging gaming

[shadow wind]

Gouging Fire @ Covert Cloak
Ability: Protosynthesis
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 164 Atk / 92 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature

• Flare Blitz
• Breaking Swipe
• Snarl
• Burning Bulwark

My gouging spread is very lazy

Max speed then just enough attack to not get attack proto

I could probably make him live +1 lorb astral

Technically right now it's a roll

I don't even know what to calc for

Alright so we running weakness policy now

So fun !

I almost won that game too

Only lost to a pblade miss

Which happens

Can you imagine if Gouging got wisp 😔

Man bundle feels so terrible on the team

Bro's useless until Landorus or Koraidon/Flutter appear

Maybe it's wake again?

That's a lot of sun dependence then

[shadow wind]

This is not the first time someone has asked for my teams

[rustic mountain]

extremely, just calc to outspeed csr in sun

ur never gna outspeed booster speed flutter

nd give urself more bulk

oh i thought it said speed

[shadow wind]

Well outspeeding CSR in the sun is no investment

Not true actually

Man my numbers are bad today

+1 252 SpA Life Orb Calyrex-Shadow Astral Barrage vs. 76 HP / 92 SpD Gouging Fire: 172-203 (90.5 - 106.8%) -- 37.5% chance to OHKO

252+ Atk Calyrex-Ice Glacial Lance vs. 76 HP / 4 Def Gouging Fire: 84-100 (44.2 - 52.6%) -- 21.5% chance to 2HKO

Gouging Fire @ Covert Cloak
Ability: Protosynthesis
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 76 HP / 108 Atk / 4 Def / 116 SpD / 204 Spe
Jolly Nature

• Flare Blitz
• Howl
• Snarl
• Burning Bulwark

It's kinda whatever of a set

Probably drop the attack loads

But ok 204 jolly outspeeds csr in sun

108 attack is max I can go without being attack booster

[rustic mountain]

seems better

u want ur support guy to be around more

[shadow wind]

It's true

[rustic mountain]

hits an important benchmark for speed and if u have to adjust it u can

[shadow wind]

But also with howl it seems like he's less support and more support turn 1 and 2 then blow himself up

Which isn't bad

Flare blitz is stupid

Right let's make a physical fire type that gets stronger in the sun also give it flare blitz

Also with snarl I bet I can get away with less special bulk

[rustic mountain]

gouging is pretty fair considering what weve gotten in recent gens

[shadow wind]

He's so close to being gamebreaking

[rustic mountain]

nah

[shadow wind]

I mean in singles he got banned to ubers

[rustic mountain]

sure but thats singles

[shadow wind]

He has all the tools to be stupid good

He's similar to moon in vgc

Stupid strong mon with setup and insane tools

But setting up 1 dd is too much

Gouging Fire @ Covert Cloak
Ability: Protosynthesis
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 100 HP / 108 Atk / 52 Def / 44 SpD / 204 Spe
Jolly Nature

• Flare Blitz
• Howl
• Snarl
• Burning Bulwark

Alright this is what I came up with

[rustic mountain]

moon has atleast converted into quite a few top placements and regional wins

[shadow wind]

193 hp so he gets optimal grassy terrain healing and lives 2 adamant 252 glacial lances

[rustic mountain]

gouging has not, its been on the fringes of success, neither are close to being gamebreaking

they r just good mons

[shadow wind]

Ok maybe game breaking is the wrong descriptor

Would you consider flutter a gamebreaking mon?

[rustic mountain]

gamebreaking is weird cuz its gna b defined differently depending on who u ask. gamebreaking to me is like urshifu

[shadow wind]

Hmm

Terapagos?

[rustic mountain]

quite literally breaks a core mechanic of the game

why terapagos

[shadow wind]

Tera stellar abuse

Similar to Zacian with dmax

[rustic mountain]

i think part of the equation is the ability to consistently break the game

pagos did not do that

also zacian dominated as intended it didnt break the game per say

[shadow wind]

Bro needs to go 😭

-1 in the sun by the way

Why does he hit so much harder than every other fire type I've ever used

Bro Firepon in that situation is doing 45

Flare blitz is just really strong I guess

[rustic mountain]

cudgel is 100 bp right, 100 bp vs 120bp

[shadow wind]

I mean it's 120

Mask boost

[rustic mountain]

-1 156 Atk Hearthflame Mask Ogerpon-Hearthflame Ivy Cudgel vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Calyrex-Shadow in Sun: 108-127 (61.7 - 72.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
-1 156 Atk Gouging Fire Flare Blitz vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Calyrex-Shadow in Sun: 103-123 (58.8 - 70.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

should b in the same range if ur guys r similar in atk evs

[shadow wind]

Oh wait

I'm remembering when I played a 252 252 bold cir 😭

Oh also technically the calc is cir but yeah

[shadow wind]

And I think my Ogers were always super weak

Man Landorus mu will always be bad

I am liking this version of the team though

I need to just learn how the play it better

https://pokepast.es/da2db25bb0739d4e

Might need to change somethings still but so far it's good

Wake feels very patchy

Only there for some Zama games and almost every lando game

I've been thinking about ice punch hands for a while now

[shadow wind]

Yknow what I lowkey hate

I wish I could feel any sense of improvement

Feel like I just played the same for 3 hours and went from 1450 to 1614

Well I guess I started at like 1600 too

But I feel like I didn't play any different in any of my games but clearly I got different results

And kept my 77 gxe so I guess whatever?

Ended 27th on the ladder also

[warm estuary]

https://tenor.com/view/majoras-mask-majora-zelda-final-day-gif-26658556

[leaden fox]

https://tenor.com/view/its-happening-friday-gif-12932795

[sudden remnant]

https://tenor.com/view/will-ferrell-omg-gif-8186828

[foggy lodge]

Reg F

[sudden remnant]

can pincurchin even do anything besides set eterrain and maybe click a sucker punch

[stone trellis]

Be the greatest Lando and Ursaluna bait the world has ever seen, I guess.

[sudden remnant]

literally its only good stat is its attack

its hp isnt good enough for its defenses to have any relevance

[shadow wind]

I mean it’s the only real mon that can go before Torkoal

Zing zap is a pretty good move too

I think he might also learn scald?

[shadow wind]

Don’t ask why I know Pincurchin moves

[stone trellis]

Why?

[shadow wind]

I’m a Pincurchin believer

Big fan of him

So riddle me this

Expanding force was given to 99% of psychic types

But rising voltage was given to 2 mons in Gen 9?

Like what

[sudden remnant]

boltund and who

pipapu probably

[foggy lodge]

Raging Bolt

[sudden remnant]

erm

so only 1 mon got it

[shadow wind]

Pincurchin also learns it

So in Gen 9 there’s 2 rising voltage mons

[sudden remnant]

sableye you liar

[shadow wind]

Yeah I don’t know why it’s being weird like that

[sudden remnant]

why does bolt learn it but the mascot rat doesnt

what does bolt even need it for it has a sucker punch signature move

[shadow wind]

I think it learns like every electric move

[sudden remnant]

looks like uh most of them

[shadow wind]

Yeah not the signature ones but loads of random ones

[sudden remnant]

no nuzzle. L dogshit pokemon.

[shadow wind]

Twave bolt 😔

[sudden remnant]

what if they made an item that increased the secondary effects of attacks

like how they have covert to block secondary effects

[shadow wind]

So rainbow but an item?

Or I guess serene grace

[sudden remnant]

yeah rainbow/serene grace in an item

[shadow wind]

Be pretty unhealthy

[sudden remnant]

covert cloak has an ability counterpart in shield dust

[foggy lodge]

It probably wouldn't be used unless you want to hax

Or on very niche cases like dire claw or sacred fire

[stone trellis]

I think there should be an item form of Battle Armor called Tough Armor that does the same thing.

[stone trellis]

Incin will finally be free from Urshifu's torment!

[sudden remnant]

theres like 4 abilities that do the same fucking thing

[stone trellis]

Two.

[shadow wind]

Protective pads will become meta again

[sudden remnant]

i genuinely see this item being more useful for nuzlockes than vgc

id also like to propose a move like baton pass but it transfers your item to an ally in the back that isnt holding one

[shadow wind]

I want weather seeds

But make them offensive stats

[stone trellis]

I propose to make a team whose members all use this move.

Call it Blunt Rotation.

[sudden remnant]

i was just about to say can they be offensive this time though

[sudden remnant]

that means at least 1 mon can never hold at item

or have a consumable

[stone trellis]

And superbuff Castform.

[sudden remnant]

that would work too

[sudden remnant]

make castform relevant 😀

[stone trellis]

Imagine if Castform got the stats of a restricted when inside weather.

What's its BST again?

[sudden remnant]

would need an additional restriction that is too easy a requirement to meet

[shadow wind]

Like 370 or something

[sudden remnant]

420

[stone trellis]

630 would be fun.

[shadow wind]

Eh I was close enough

[stone trellis]

Just 105 on everything.

[sudden remnant]

wait 420 isnt even bad its just 70 in all stats thats the issue

[shadow wind]

420 is in fact bad

[sudden remnant]

or give castform an evolution

[stone trellis]

No Pokemon other than Smeargle and Clefairy have been relevant with a BST below 450 to my knowledge.

[sudden remnant]

give it a split evolution like burmy and wormadam

[stone trellis]

Only one split?

[shadow wind]

Even he has 474

[sudden remnant]

where it evolves depending on the most recent weather effect active in battle

[shadow wind]

Big fan of Hariyama actually

[sudden remnant]

rain sun snow and sand

[shadow wind]

Thick fat is goated on a fighting type

[stone trellis]

Perhaps the evolution just gains forms for those weathers like the original.

What if it got a buffed version of Weather Ball as a signature move?

[sudden remnant]

or what if it’s evolutions forms depended on terrain instead of weather

[sudden remnant]

i think weather ball was its signature move in gen 3 wasnt it?

[stone trellis]

It was.

[sudden remnant]

poor castform

free my boi

[stone trellis]

How would Castform interact with Big Green?

[sudden remnant]

give it an evolution and a regional vairant that works with terrain instead of weather

[stone trellis]

Does it just de-transform?

[sudden remnant]

?

you mean rayray?

[stone trellis]

Who the fuck else would I mean?

[sudden remnant]

venusaur is big and green

[stone trellis]

Give the Pokepaste for your team, Vex.

[sudden remnant]

later

@stone trellis https://pokepast.es/cab08f1100a1dbef

need to change a few tera types as i said

otherwise its mostly done

[shadow wind]

Man they just give Restricteds so many moves

[shadow wind]

Wrong command

[shadow wind]

Bro just gets every status move in the game

[sudden remnant]

a shame csr doesnt get speed swap in gen 9 or id actually do smthn with it

more likely base spectrier to speedswap cir

https://pokepast.es/bfd102e5272d924b
@stone trellis

this is the real one

[sudden remnant]

i still find it funny korsidon learns snarl

[shadow wind]

Fun fact all dragon past paradox mons learn snarl

Roaring moon the the 3 beasts

And Koraidon I guess

[sudden remnant]

i know for a fact walking wake learns it cuz i run it

[forest arrow]

12ish hours!

https://tenor.com/view/homer-simpson-homer-disappears-bush-hiding-gif-3377649

[left bobcat]

Ello govnah

[shadow wind]

It also gets aqua jet which means Gouging fire is the only one of the 3 without a prio option

When’s the fire prio move dropping

[bold geode]

@mossy epoch it's not worth it

Don't

[mossy epoch]

K👍

[shadow wind]

Sableye lowkey snitches

God forbid a guy look up what Rayquaza moves are

[dense latch]

i've fallen through worse rabbit holes not gonna lie

[shadow wind]

I was so close to doing it for seedot once

Needed to see if bro had endeavour

But I just chucked him in the builder and checked

[rustic mountain]

ill see u all on the other side (wen we find out champions is 3 months away)

that sounded darker then i meant lmao; the other side being wen the pokemon presents ends

[forest arrow]

Not to be that guy

But 9 hours

Alr goodnight gang

[shadow wind]

Other side is crazy wording

Bros trying to pull an Erik

[shadow wind]

If champions does get announced tomorrow I’m glad I was able to create a new team so late in SVs lifespan and have success with it

[leaden fox]

Less than four hours until Pokemon Presents

[real prairie]

We have a bunch of new comp channels, cool

[left bobcat]

My fault original gangster

[real prairie]

?

[leaden fox]

OMG! Finally a timeframe for Champions! 😄

[stone trellis]

What is it?

I missed the premiere and I can't find any timestamps on the video.

[leaden fox]

April

[stone trellis]

Sweet.

[leaden fox]

@stone trellis Also Timestamp on Champions is 11:45

[waxen dock]

Prepare for reg i guys

I already built a team

Even tho its not confirmed yet

[dense latch]

they already changed the server name lol

[stone trellis]

Time for PTFK to prosper again, I guess.

I don't even know if I want to change the team anymore.

[dense latch]

Mega Delphox got Levitate 🥀

[solid frigate]

This is so troll I love it

[dense latch]

chesnaught and greninja keep their hidden abilties

[solid frigate]

At least it’s not a bad thing for them

But man the mega Delphox troll

[real prairie]

Probably still an improvement over Magician

[solid frigate]

Tbf we kinda just think about this guy as a Psyspammer

[real prairie]

Makes one of its weaknesses an immunity, can't really complain

[solid frigate]

But now it isn’t thanks to levitate

We are saved

[real prairie]

oh thats valid

sadj

@mighty stump Tried to escape Pokemon so Pokemon announced a game based on his backyard 🤣

[leaden fox]

Oh god; doesn't Levitate not work well with Psychic Terrain? 😅
Because I am sure that Expanding Force and protection against Priority don't work on flying and levitate mons 😅

[real prairie]

Correct, Psyspam wont work with mega Delphox

[bold geode]

Yeah you can't benefit from it

[leaden fox]

Yeah, knew that would be the case >_<

That's unfortunate too; would've been great!

But I suspected Mega Delphox would be Levitate due to it's design

[polar canyon]

They made the new games look visually presentable holy shit

I finally have a reason to get a switch 2

[leaden fox]

Yep; that is the positive reasoning for not making it be on Switch 1 and Switch 2; just being Switch 2 exclusively means no reason to downgrade the graphics, etc for Switch 1 version to work

[polar canyon]

Unfortunately that means I have to spend a lot of money

I'd die for gecqua

[leaden fox]

Yeah, I am glad I have the Switch 2 atm; especially since I have Legends Z-A on it xP

[leaden fox]

Hm, whether it'll be a new mechanic or not; hard to say yet; but we'll know probably approx June/July

[real prairie]

||Based on the same leaks that got titles etc right, its weather based.||

[leaden fox]

Maybe even in August during the closing ceremony for Worlds

[lofty tartan]

Yeah it looks like an interesting new mechanic that isn't like megas or dynamax or teras

[foggy lodge]

https://x.com/SerebiiNet/status/2027400203867676933?s=20

Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet)

Serebii Update: Pokémon Champions will have a Battle Pass with free and paid rewards https://t.co/NWlAdn57aQ

X · Feb 27, 2026, 3:07 PM

The mega stone is Dragonite's

And you can have an Emboar if you buy the pass lol

[leaden fox]

I hope they don't lock any Mega Stones behind the paid side 😠

cosmetic stuff is fine; but not Mega Stones

[chrome knot]

lmao delphox mega is levitate

literally the complete opposite to people predicting psychic surge or anything to compliment it

[solid frigate]

Ah shit

[solid frigate]

Drago in depression

[chrome knot]

boohoo

[real prairie]

FFS

[solid frigate]

Kinda obvious when it’s literally free

[real prairie]

Only confirmed to be free on mobile no?

[leaden fox]

If the Battle Pass is cheap (like no more than £5), then I'll be fine with it

Unless they make the Battle Pass free on the paid side if you have HOME active

[real prairie]

Also fine with it if the things locked behind it are also available to transfer from home.

So like, get a mega stone via battle pass or just send it over.

[leaden fox]

Yeah, but until we get more info on that, hard to say yet

[real prairie]

yeah, its a little bit worrying

but we will see

[leaden fox]

Also no info about any updates to the "training" side of things either 😅

[real prairie]

Updates on VP and ticketing though, popped it in the champions discussion

[leaden fox]

ah ok, had to make sure I could see the channel xD

[molten oasis]

Why are you reporting my depression to other people?

Yes I’m not happy about it being levitate that screws it over but like, there’s bax

[real prairie]

Poor guy, whos gonna tell him

[bold geode]

I was praying on this tbh

Shot it in the fucking foot

[leaden fox]

yeah, they didn't consider the fact we have to hold the Mega Stones on the mons xD

[chrome knot]

(its satire)

[real prairie]

Obviously, but still funny

[molten oasis]

Delphox DOA sad

I can hope bax is good I guess

[bold geode]

Bestie are you still going to Seattle

[leaden fox]

We'll find out in due time

[polar canyon]

Levitate delphox is the good ending

[molten oasis]

They all got kinda screwed tho

[polar canyon]

I do NOT want to be forced to run tapu fini just to counter one pokemon

[bold geode]

Honestly

I think Mega Gren actually ain't that bad

[polar canyon]

What'd the others get

[bold geode]

They just kept their abilities

[polar canyon]

I don't actually know the base stats on any of them

[molten oasis]

Protean isn’t that good

[bold geode]

So Bulletproof for Chesnaught and Mega Gren kept Protean

[polar canyon]

Not useless at least

[bold geode]

Yeah but changing your type with the Spatk that thing has and the speed that ties Dragapult? It's totally not horrible at all

[left bobcat]

Wait is it true?

Champions is coming in April?

[bold geode]

At most you just have a Pokemon that wishes it's mega was its base form

[polar canyon]

There might be some cool tech with using battle bond greninja now that it's not a form change if you can trigger it and then mega evolve and get protean

[bold geode]

Yup

[polar canyon]

Yup

[left bobcat]

GASP

[polar canyon]

Or just delaying your mega so you can use the protean type change in a later turn

By running torrent

[bold geode]

Nah LOL

[polar canyon]

Not saying it's good but there might be some use case

Like getting to use protect without turning normal type

[polar canyon]

Does that mean delphox isn't levitate

[bold geode]

Nah Delphox was the only one they changed LMAO

Which is so funny

Honestly I think Game Freak realized the monstrosity they were creating

[real prairie]

because Magician is pants

[bold geode]

Either that or

1. They thought Levitate was good
2. They realized it can't use Magician

[real prairie]

honestly, they probably didn't even consider psyspam

for single player useage it gain an immunity

[polar canyon]

I mean levitate isn't bad outside of losing psyspam privileges

If you're using delphox for any other archetype levitate is nice I guess

Not that you'd use delphox for anything else

But yeah I think they knew

Actually we're talking about the same people who knew what they were doing when they made miraidon or calyrex

[molten oasis]

It’s once per switch in

[bold geode]

Yeah but it's a hyper offensive Mon sooooooooo

[molten oasis]

Maybe

[summer shore]

Fine game freak i will eventually buy a switch 2...

[knotty mirage]

So champions will release on april but for nintendo switch only right ?

The mobile release later on

[molten oasis]

Yes

[summer shore]

🧐

[bold geode]

They gave Delphox Levitate btw

Chesnaught and Greninja kept their abilities

[knotty mirage]

Nice so the fox will not break the vgc meta

[molten oasis]

Instead it’s trash

[knotty mirage]

I mean it's still gain immunity for one weakness

[summer shore]

I saw

[knotty mirage]

It shouldn't be that bad

[molten oasis]

You never use it over zard y

[molten oasis]

Oops

[molten oasis]

It’s just faster but zard gets drought so it wins

[knotty mirage]

Will see tbh zard Y have 4x weakness too rock and there already plenty of drought pokemon that doesn't need mega available

Oh and dynamax could just ruin weather gameplan anyway

[molten oasis]

Yeah but, zard y is arguably one of the best megas

It’s not kang but it’s up there

[rustic mountain]

all that to get a scheduled release that doesnt even give us a date

[molten oasis]

Yep

[rustic mountain]

[molten oasis]

Gen 10 tho at least

[rustic mountain]

yea, presents kinda sucked for a 30th anniversary imo

[molten oasis]

True

It was pretty mid

[rustic mountain]

gen 10 is 2027 too hahah

[knotty mirage]

1 year head start for us too get switch 2

[molten oasis]

At least they’re taking their time

[rustic mountain]

yea

[molten oasis]

I want gen 10 to be good

[rustic mountain]

it does look good

[molten oasis]

I DO HAVE TO BUY A SWITCH 2 NOW

[rustic mountain]

unfortunately was always gna b the case eventually

[molten oasis]

It’s $500 man that’s a lot of money

[rustic mountain]

w/ them moving flagship games to switch 2 only

[knotty mirage]

It is inevitable

[molten oasis]

I’ll figure it out

[rustic mountain]

i just got mine for lza

figured id need to get it anyway at some point

[molten oasis]

I got a while at least

[rustic mountain]

a year

[molten oasis]

I’m surprised we only got the starters

I thought they would have shown the box arts

[rustic mountain]

eh they keep things pretty close to their chest for new releases

[molten oasis]

It’ll probably be the next thing

[rustic mountain]

well get it yea next or like after that

[molten oasis]

Kyogre power creep is inevitable now

[rustic mountain]

prolly 2-3 more trailers b4 its release

[molten oasis]

There is no way the waves box art isn’t a water type

Winds a flying type I’d imagine

[warm estuary]

I bought mine only for 220€

I love discounts

[molten oasis]

Nice

[rustic mountain]

maybe not not necessarily

[molten oasis]

Why wouldn’t it be tho?

[rustic mountain]

they could do dragons again

one is more wind element the other is water, idk

[molten oasis]

That’s a fair point

[lofty tartan]

Fairies xD

[molten oasis]

I like when it’s dragons but I want smth else

[rustic mountain]

i think ur right its prolly a water type, just floating the idea it doesnt have to be

[molten oasis]

Yo 2 fairies would be fire tho

[lofty tartan]

Dual typed

[molten oasis]

Water fairy restricted legend!

[rustic mountain]

have they done any recently that arent?

for the box arts

[lofty tartan]

I don't think so

[molten oasis]

Terapagos(?)

Otherwise no I think they’ve always been dual types

[waxen dock]

Vote

[molten oasis]

It’ll be reg i and we’ll have to suffer through it

[rustic mountain]

we had kyogre and groudon as the last mono type pair for restricteds

[summer shore]

Xerneas was the last one

[molten oasis]

Oh it was xerneas

[summer shore]

Pairs would be the ADV duo though yes

[rustic mountain]

oh ok xern too yea more recent

they did a rebrand on reshiram/zekrom in gen 9 so maybe we get a kyogre rebrand

[dense latch]

im getting lugia ho-oh vibes

skies and the sea

[summer shore]

Technically you could argue groudon kyogre is just a hooh lugia rebrand

Oh i was beaten to the jump

[left bobcat]

Did we really just get sobble and rowlet 2.0?

[forest arrow]

They better not mess Sobble 2.0 up because inteleon is absolute cheeks

[polar canyon]

Don't diss my guy inteleon

That guy has functional finger guns

Do you know how cool that is

[mighty stump]

Inteleon sucks

Anyways POKEMON CHAMPIONS APRIL FOR MY BIRTHDAY

[polar canyon]

My sleek secret agent lizard buddy

[mighty stump]

||Gecqua|| cooler lizard buddy

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I'm hoping so

We don't know yet

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I saw someone say it looked like this things

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HAHAHAH

Im excited for the new evos

see how outrageous it may be

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I hope the dog gets fake out and intimidate and parting shot and will o wisp and helping hand

Actually intimidate would be cool neo arcanine

[polar canyon]

I hope the dog stands on 2 legs

Just to spite people who are hoping it doesn't

[mighty stump]

I also hope its a dark type final evo

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Tofu did you see the Kalos starters megas abilities

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Wait

Where did we get Abilities

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They released some champions screenshots and showed the abilities

[mighty stump]

Give me ur leak resources I’ll need them for blogs on April

send nao

DM

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Only of those three

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FixupX · Feb 27, 2026, 2:14 PM

Its official so I can just send it here

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SICK

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And its in japanese but they are bulletproof, levitate and protean

[mighty stump]

Levitate is

Kinda wild

No more Psyspam but no more Ground weak

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They killed psyspam Delphox

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Bulletproof lame

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And like I wouldn't think its necessarily bad that its levitate but Charizard Y also exists so

Idk where you would prefer Delphox over Chari Y

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uh

For the aesthetic

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For the aura

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Chesnaught tho

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But I think this means that most megas are just keeping their base abilities

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Anyways guys Tofu will be back in the next 1-2 months

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Scrafty keeping Intim would be kinda

Wouldn’t Mega Evolving re-trigger Intim? Not sure how that works

I’m gonna have to do a refresher

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Yeah it would activate again

Double intimidate turn 1 ig

[polar canyon]

I'm unsure wether or not giving delphox levitate was a conscious decision just to prevent a psyspam monster

Because in recent years game freak is very open to releasing very broken pokemon

Why stop now

[mighty stump]

Cuz was Delphox REAALLY broken in the first place?

But i mean there is that very weak mindgame w regards to Levitate if they rlly wanna run it

meh

[polar canyon]

Delphox as is isn't broken

I think it's more of a precaution

Because delphox with 130 speed and 160 spatk able to psyspam might have been a bit too much ig

[mighty stump]

In b4 Incineroar anyways

[polar canyon]

Incineroar stops csr on its tracks and that didn't stop people from using it

[mighty stump]

Imagine wasting ur one mega tho

To get KO’d by Knock Off

[polar canyon]

Does knock get the bp boost on mega stones

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Champions this april🥹

[polar canyon]

I really really hope they make as many things as possible carry over to champions from home