#competitive_discussion

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versed river
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i mean its normal for pokemon to give non legendary signature moves to other mons

molten oasis
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Golispod will likely lose e exit

versed river
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yeah, doubt theyll give golisopod emergency exit though

molten oasis
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And if it doesn’t I’m gonna be sad

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Cuz that Mon looks really good otherwise

dapper crag
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Actually it might be

versed river
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what ability do yall think staraptor will get

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it looks like a defiant or inner focus mon to me ngl

dapper crag
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Defiant, Contrary, or Intimidate

versed river
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i guess cc to be bulky

dapper crag
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Close Combat

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According to some rumor going around that I think has credibility, Staraptor and Crabominable get abilities that boost attack against Intimidate

lunar night
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but those were from chinese translators who saw a glimpse of the game, so i’m sure that those are subject to change

shadow wind
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Guard dog on the bird I can see it now

lunar night
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i mean it was even leaked the mega clefable might get misty terrain, so i’m taking the leaks with a grain of salt

dapper crag
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Anything is possible but I think Defiant on both bird and crab is very likely

lunar night
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imagine Lucario Z gets either Prankster or Dancer

dapper crag
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I was on the Mega Launcher train so might be RIP

lunar night
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horrible

shadow wind
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Give it minds eye

dapper crag
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I don’t see Dancer even if it fits thematically

lunar night
lunar night
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also for this

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10 battles won just to get 1 mega stone

dapper crag
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Again we’ll see in two weeks

lunar night
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everyone’s gonna be clicking the strongest

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personally the first thing i’m getting is Mega Gardevoir

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oh yes, we still don’t know what Eternal Floette’s ability might be

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any guesses

dapper crag
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Home will probably show all new abilities so I’ll be doing research when it updates

dapper crag
lunar night
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my money is on Psychic surge

dapper crag
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Same

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I think Raichu X is the one getting Electric Surge

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If Y gets it it’s a top threat for sure

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I’d be fine leading sweeps with my completely normal alpha Pikachu

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I’m curious as to what signatures Eelektross and Pyroar are allegedly getting but still looks bleak

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The fact Excadrill allegedly gets one terrifies me

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Still not a huge fan of Mega Excadrill because it’s fugly as balls but it’s definitely gonna be very strong

shadow wind
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But he’s the drill that pierces the heavens

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Because he believes in the me that believes in the you

chrome knot
dapper crag
shadow wind
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That’d be tufff

dapper crag
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It probably translates to passing through protect

versed river
dapper crag
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Hell no

lunar night
chrome knot
dapper crag
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Most likely Psychic Surge

lunar night
chrome knot
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no it not

lunar night
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unless it has a secondary effect i’m unaware of

dapper crag
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No

versed river
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hadron engine sets electric terrain and boosts miraidons special attack on electric terrain

lunar night
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Meowstic with its boosted Special Attack

dapper crag
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Hadron Engine is Quark Drive and Electric Terrain in one

lunar night
dapper crag
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Yep

versed river
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yep

dapper crag
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So Psychic Surge just sets the terrain

lunar night
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acc ykw

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Meowstic gets Minds Eye

dapper crag
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I’m saying I think it’s just getting Psychic Surge

versed river
lunar night
lunar night
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anyway sounds like smth GF would do

dapper crag
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Thoughts on Speed Boost Zeraora?

lunar night
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please it’s the last thing i want

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bad enough Magearna retains Soul Heart, but 2 broken Mythical Megas is

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something

versed river
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mythicals wont be legal anyways

dapper crag
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We have rumors for all five gen 7 mega abilities:

  • Crabominable: Defiant
  • Golisopod: Tough Claws
  • Drampa: Drizzle
  • Magearna: Soul Heart
  • Zeraora: Speed Boost
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I’m pretty content with them ngl

lunar night
versed river
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golisopod should get water bubble ngl

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why would drampa get drizzle

lunar night
lunar night
dapper crag
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Mega Golisopod is gonna be very good

lunar night
dapper crag
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Priority and trick room for days

lunar night
molten oasis
lunar night
gentle cragBOT
lunar night
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it’d finally make Meowstic meta relevant

molten oasis
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I don’t need to deal with eforces that powerful

dapper crag
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Could any other new megas besides Feraligatr get some kind of Aerilate-type ability?

lunar night
forest arrow
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LMFAO

dapper crag
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Doesn’t Gastly have a very high special attack?

dapper crag
versed river
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oh its 100

dapper crag
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I’m definitely looking at the mons that got types added or swapped for “Normal to X” abilities, so:

  • Clefable (Flying)
  • Meganium (Fairy) ❌
  • Feraligatr (Dragon) ✅
  • Chimecho (Steel)
  • Absol Z (Ghost)
  • Staraptor (Fighting)
  • Barbaracle (Fighting)
  • Golisopod (Steel)
chrome knot
dapper crag
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I don’t see Garchomp Z getting Dragonize

versed river
lunar night
lunar night
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then again, it does get more powerful

versed river
lunar night
dapper crag
lunar night
dapper crag
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Oh wait nvm

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I thought you were replying to me talking about Garchomp Z

versed river
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dragon type boomburst would be crazy

dapper crag
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Garchomp Z doesn’t have any threatening special normal moves but plenty of physical

versed river
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pair it with icy wind flutter and win

dapper crag
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Chomp only has Razor Wind, Swift, and Hyper Beam as special normal moves. On physical it has Thrash, Double Edge, Facade, Body Slam, Slash, and Giga Impact

chrome knot
molten oasis
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Chomp z sucks guys

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Base Garchomp is better

dapper crag
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I’m not buying into the allegations yet

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Mega Chomp walked so base Chomp could run so Chomp Z could fly

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molten oasis
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Idk man that guy kinda sucks

dense latch
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chomp walked so mega chomp could walk even slower

dapper crag
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We don’t even have a hint for what the ability is. Sure it loses ground stab and 10 defense but it also isn’t 4x against ice, can run either physical or special, still has decent bulk, and it’s insanely fast

dense latch
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i don't have much faith for it ngl losing the ground typing is rough

dapper crag
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Obviously I want it to be good because it’s a mega, it should be good, at least in comparison to base. I just think it has potential

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And like I said, no lead on an ability

molten oasis
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IF, it gets access to ground stab, it’ll be fine

dapper crag
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I don’t think it will but I’m saying I think it’s got something going for it

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Everyone is just embedding on the fact it doesn’t have ground STAB anymore and that’s not the only factor. Again I could be wrong and it turns out to suck, but we’ll have to see in two weeks or if the ability gets shown or leaked before release

lunar night
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hm

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lunar night
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is this viable

dapper crag
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Definitely ability dependent

lunar night
dapper crag
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We don’t know the mega ability and we have no lead

lunar night
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would be nice

lunar night
molten oasis
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If it’s adaptability it’ll probably be good

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People are speculating regenerator

lunar night
molten oasis
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True

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But it wouldn’t be as good as, any of the top megas

dapper crag
lunar night
dapper crag
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Regen wouldn’t be bad

shadow wind
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But they’re called “anti meta” and not “meta” for a reason

lunar night
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out of the ordinary pokemon

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ik for a fact no one uses Mega Audino

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so i’ll find a use for it

shadow wind
summer dagger
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I want mega drill to be a menace

left bobcat
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Is it not already?

summer dagger
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We don't know it's ability

dull ibex
lunar night
lofty tartan
hallow nova
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How should I prepare for pokemon champions if Im new to vgc? Was thinking of using a sand team with tyrantiar (One of my favorite pokemon) and mega excadrill. But not sure what else goes on that team or how to build around that

chrome knot
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wait until release

next stump
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So on day 1 you can dump them in

lofty tartan
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And Go - been a lot of Mega-Evolution themed stuff going on

next stump
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Good shout it’s so easy to get stuff on there

lofty tartan
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Yeah I've caught a bundle of things all ready for transfer to Champions. We got Mega Victreebell, Dragonite, and Malamar before Mewtwo came back arkeknine

forest arrow
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Brother I’ve been grinding shalphas for the past month

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I’m so ready

lofty tartan
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Honestly I think I have a little too much

forest arrow
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Yeah I have a lot in my extras boxes😅

lofty tartan
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I have just about 1k shinies on Go BlobHyperSweats

solid frigate
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And only 30 that are consider somewhat meta during mega formats

left bobcat
fervent pulsar
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Considering piloting Japan Sand when Champions drops next month. Y’all reckon it’d be viable, or am I better off looking elsewhere for team comps?

(T-Tar + Sand Rush Exca + Mega-Mence)

mighty stump
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Starting off with somethign established would never hurt especially in a Bo1 CTS format

brisk crater
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Once champions drops i dont gotta play reg i every again

shadow wind
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Reg I is fire what’re you talking about

cyan smelt
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Conner who are you pairing with groudon

shadow wind
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Usually Miraidon

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I really enjoy Groudon Miraidon

cyan smelt
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Miraidon anything is usually good

shadow wind
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Usually yeah

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Scarf Miraidon + Groudon is awesome though

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Quick snarl to make him actually live a hit is always nice

versed river
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also eterrain for valiant

shadow wind
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Valiant 🥀

versed river
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groudon valiant is peak

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even though it sucks

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but when it works its super fun

rare pumice
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would stomping tantrum be better on garchomp in doubles if rillabom is running around anyways?

real prairie
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@mighty stump more pkmn swag

versed river
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it can run both too

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i think the main chomp set is stomping scale shot swords dance protect with a loaded dice

rare pumice
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thank you

left bobcat
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Squirtle squad did it better

chrome knot
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or lorb

versed river
chrome knot
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bc why would they its jus a reg h mon

versed river
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true

versed river
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does anyone know when turin will be on rk9

next stump
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holy 2000 people for Skraw’s champions tournament

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get us out of fucking SV

versed river
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lmaoo

versed river
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but when garchomp is ran that is one of the main sets

waxen dock
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Chomp had usage in reg h

versed river
chrome knot
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and the worst reading to response award goes to:

waxen dock
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It wasn't

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It was lorb tect drago claw stomping and eq

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With tera ground to boost stomping and eq

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Some chomps ran clam instead of lorb

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To stop incin

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Scale shot sd loaded dice is probably a singles set

versed river
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i do not play singles

warm estuary
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I’ve seen it used in singles but it’s not really good

bold geode
warm estuary
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It’s garchomp that is mid in general

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Holy i explained myself so bad

chrome knot
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@bold geode guess who i added to the gym at work

bold geode
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I almost said Quagmire

chrome knot
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quagsire

dapper crag
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The CEO didn’t like the Big Arch

waxen dock
versed river
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/lhj

waxen dock
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in pokemon go

versed river
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i know lmao

chrome knot
chrome knot
versed river
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scraggy is goggles

foggy lodge
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@bold geode you know Aegislash can technically wall both Zam and CSR with wide guard

versed river
chrome knot
bold geode
dense latch
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i wonder if they changes the interaction for the PAX demo or if it’s actually gonna be like this

dapper crag
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Please god tell me that gets fixed in release

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Switch, mega/max/tera, everything else. It should stay as such

dense latch
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i think they changed it back to switch then mega

dense latch
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bc i saw a thread where a paralyzed trevenant switched before a scizor mega evolves

shadow wind
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That’d be lovely

bold geode
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Like the way that reads, that's how it worked with once per battle mechanics before

lost sun
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is gyarados a good intimidate user in weaker regs

next stump
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yeah it was a solid choice earlier on in SV

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dealt with the likes of Arcanine, Great Tusk, etc. pretty well

sudden remnant
versed river
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sudden remnant
chrome knot
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i have a rough draft of what i wanna test on release

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with ms gengar

lost sun
foggy lodge
sudden remnant
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noted

sudden remnant
sudden remnant
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umbreon is so good how could yall hate my boi

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hes cooking these people

shadow wind
foggy lodge
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Fake

shadow wind
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Truth !

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Yawn bot

sudden remnant
sudden remnant
chrome knot
shadow wind
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I would never lie

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Thank you

sudden remnant
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umbreons no. 1 and no. 2 opps

shadow wind
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It just sits on the field and does pretty much nothing

sudden remnant
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thats the thing it sits on the field

foggy lodge
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Yeah but it makes Calyrex and Lunala players sad

shadow wind
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Bro wants to give it a medal for something Nuzleaf can do 😭

sudden remnant
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having a mon that can sit on the field and disrupt isa good thing

foggy lodge
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That makes it anticringe mon

shadow wind
sudden remnant
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kid named teammate

shadow wind
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Shocker that the bulky dark type can take resisted hits

sudden remnant
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kid name thunder wave

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kid named taunt

shadow wind
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Twave 🥀

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And now we're back to cringe

foggy lodge
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Kid named inner focus!!

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See and its inmune to fake out cycle

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The anticringe mon

shadow wind
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It's stalling the game out

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And it doesn't support the team it's a very standalone mon

sudden remnant
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idk rendering opponents incapable of moving for a large number of turns sounds pretty good

foggy lodge
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Taunt is pretty huge

shadow wind
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Kid named Miraidon 😭

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shadow wind
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65 speed

sudden remnant
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kid named partner miraidon

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kid named fluttermane

shadow wind
foggy lodge
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And tbh you don't bring it into Miraidon

sudden remnant
shadow wind
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This mon is not good

sudden remnant
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skill issue

shadow wind
shadow wind
sudden remnant
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just stating facts

foggy lodge
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Thunder wave the Miraidon oh yeah

chrome knot
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i walked into that trap the other day lmao

shadow wind
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Guess so

sudden remnant
shadow wind
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Son I'm cryne

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Also Maxi these stitches in my mouth gotta be bottom 5 things I've ever had to deal with

foggy lodge
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Rip them apart

shadow wind
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Yuck

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Been 2 days

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They'll apparently dissolve

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So I'll let em

foggy lodge
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Can you even brush your teeth with that

shadow wind
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Yeah

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Just carefully

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Though chewing with my front like 8 teeth is frying me

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I didn't realize I was such a cheek chewer

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Feel like a rabbit bro

bold geode
bold geode
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Should be eating soft shit

shadow wind
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It's a tortilla shell

foggy lodge
shadow wind
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Like a soft shell

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I don't wanna be eating mush for 5 days 😭

bold geode
foggy lodge
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Like your teeth are made like that

bold geode
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They like that

shadow wind
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Also I literally had nothing happen to me after I got the surgery done

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Like no swelling no bruising

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I'm kinda awesome like that

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I think it's cause they didn't give me any drugs

molten oasis
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No solids, only mush

shadow wind
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But what if I'm actually him?

molten oasis
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You do NOT wanna get dry socket

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Dry socket sucks

shadow wind
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Don't worry

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No straws for me

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I so could play sports today

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But I guess I'll take my extra days of rest

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But Saturday comes and I got that dog in me

molten oasis
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I hope so

shadow wind
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Lowkey got that dog in me right now

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I feel like I got very lucky with how my body responded to it

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What I get for playing Groudon all this time

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Y'all mess with parting shot grimmsnarl?

lost sun
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i used it about 6 months ago felt decent

shadow wind
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Feels like really good insurance for a turn 2 emergency

chrome knot
shadow wind
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What

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I think it's a decent utility move on it

molten oasis
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Twave>

shadow wind
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The problem I have with twave is the mons I struggle with are Miraidon and Lando

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And I really like pivoting

chrome knot
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playing reg i

shadow wind
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Yeah I'm pretty braindead right now so I want to stop thinking

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Reg I don't want to think hard

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And it's either that or I'm speedrunning minecraft and mentally one is 24 times easier than the other

shadow wind
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Found an Erik alt

foggy lodge
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Erik uses CSR Korai which is more based

molten oasis
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lol

sudden remnant
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if they do retcon ivs whats gonna happen to Gyro ball and Electro ball

shadow wind
shadow wind
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Ivs doesn't mean speeds are different

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Like speed differences still exist

sudden remnant
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it does because you have more or less speed through ivs

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yeah but you lose potential damage both ways

shadow wind
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Right and there's still a difference?

shadow wind
near crag
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Why isn’t mirai csr almost ever used? Yeah they have similar speed tiers, and they’re both special attackers, but few mons resist both, and they seem like a strong offensive duo

sudden remnant
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rip electro ball 2011-2026

shadow wind
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No one used them anyway

sudden remnant
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“no one” he says like im not right here

shadow wind
near crag
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Wdym?

shadow wind
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Like a specially defensive team makes their lives so hard

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AV Miraidon for example eats hits and just snarls them both

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Or Volc

near crag
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Volc is good against pretty much every csr comp

shadow wind
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Qd up and now you're struggling a bit

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They aren't bad together but both being similar speed tiers and not especially bulky makes them really hard to use

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Pretty frail guys and no support from either of them makes them kinda mid when on the same team

shadow wind
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Especially not with gyro ball

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And I've used Gyro ball before

near crag
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You think the same goes for csr zac? Been theorizing about them both for a while, but I can’t really get to a satisfying point

shadow wind
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It's not like no one uses it but it's a bad move 99% of the time

shadow wind
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Imo

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No terrain and no weather control on either restricted is already putting you at a disadvantage

sudden remnant
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when (if) we get a dynamax format in champs do we think zacian is gonna dominate again

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king vons return incoming

shadow wind
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Not like gen 8 but it'll for sure be stronger than it is now

next stump
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maybe if you run some cheese like tera blast

shadow wind
near crag
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Sacred sword could help, no?

sudden remnant
shadow wind
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Sacred sword does like 50 to incin tops

near crag
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Been trying to do it with rain, to help against those bulky sun teams

sudden remnant
shadow wind
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No

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It's double restricted

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Run Urshifu or Landorus I

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Or Kyogre

sudden remnant
shadow wind
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Scary face Grimmsnarl might be tech

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Works on Miraidon and Lando and can't miss

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Dream come true

near crag
shadow wind
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I liked the idea of that

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I think some people used it but it was never mainstream

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It did put in work though

sudden remnant
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i ran tera ground

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bblade play rough tera ground tera blast

shadow wind
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I've only ever ran Zacian in double res so I have no clue how people played it in single res

sudden remnant
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it was double res i was zac mirai

shadow wind
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Interesting

sudden remnant
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gambling duo fr. either i one shot them or they one shot me

sudden remnant
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so how much of a change do we think the extra stat point will be for vgc

foggy lodge
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Nothing because that point was always there

sudden remnant
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252 is 32
4 is 1
252 is 32

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so 65

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we now have 66

next stump
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everything gets very marginally bulkier

sudden remnant
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maybe we can have more 1 hp moments

foggy lodge
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This was already a thing

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If you do the math this equals to 32+31+1+1+1

chrome knot
foggy lodge
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like i guess it matters for 252 252 4 spreads

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But even then you could do 252 244 4 4 4

rustic widget
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hi

sudden remnant
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1 hp clutch .tm incoming

lofty tartan
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It's not a big deal.

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People will just calc for it. You get enough "1hp clutch" moments already, and people calc to survive a move in a range that sometimes results in 1hp milk_shrug

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Damage is dealt in a range, so it's not going to invariably increase those moments.

sudden remnant
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1 more defensive point can be a big deal though

lofty tartan
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It really depends on what's happening, and both pokemon in question.

sudden remnant
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like 4 def chien pao over 4 hp chien pao cuz it lets it live surging strikes without rain

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now you can have both

lofty tartan
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Yeah, that's the most stark example, and the only one I thought about when you mentioned 1 def being a big deal.

forest arrow
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I swear I seen 1 is 8 and 32 is 256

lofty tartan
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I honestly wouldn't see a reason to change anything from the end result that we have now. It throws off like 25ish years of math.

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I'm sure it's just a misunderstanding that's being discussed, here.

sudden remnant
lofty tartan
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"To convert to the old EV system, 1 SP = 8 EVs"

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It does result in a leftover 1 point, but I don't think it's going to be super ultra clutch.

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It does throw calc numbers off for all of the people who have been playing VGC for decades.

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So while I don't think it's going to matter in a playability standard, I think it's a stupid decision when thinking about it from a numbers perspective.

sudden remnant
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idk why they would add an extra stat point but it will be interesting

lofty tartan
sudden remnant
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so i imagine za wont have home access when champions drops 🙁

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so thered be no reason to shiny hunt a buneary on za for champs

chrome knot
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primarina confirmed

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is it worth trying primarina in a format stronger than reg h, but no rillaboom

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or tera

shadow wind
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Depends on what else is in the format but I’d say probably not?

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It kinda just dies to 2 decently strong neutral physical hits

chrome knot
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i mean like

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so does everything..

shadow wind
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Not as much as Prima

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shadow wind
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80/74/116 is kinda hard to make work with 60 speed

chrome knot
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jeez i sure hope intimidate support is in format

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80/116 is just good bulk

shadow wind
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Specially yeah it’s fine

chrome knot
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80/74 just be def bulky and have intimidate

shadow wind
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I just don’t know how much worth it would have

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You do gymnastics go make it survive just for it to do what many other special attackers can also do

chrome knot
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#okay

shadow wind
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It doesn’t set up rain, it wants to set up, the only thing it really has is the fairy typing

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Liquid voice is very strong though I’ll give it that

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By no means is it a bad Mon but when other better water types exist it’s hard to justify

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Even Suicune might get more usage depending on the allowed mons

bold geode
chrome knot
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hi im kingambit

bold geode
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blows up Kingambit with mind

chrome knot
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body press

bold geode
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Nuh Uh

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sudden remnant
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shit

tiny karmaBOT
sudden remnant
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hm

shadow wind
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Half of those are the same guy

sudden remnant
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i see that 😭

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god, god, god, god, god, god, god, god, god wannabe, god wannabe, dna cat, some random birds, and a couple dragons

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oh and then a manta ray

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cuz why not

chrome knot
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@bold geode hear me out

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prim gambit mice scale shot dnite & 2 other people

summer dagger
chrome knot
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loaded dice

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hence scale shot dnite

summer dagger
chrome knot
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no

sudden remnant
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that would be incredibly troll

summer dagger
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Haven't seen anyone interested in him i was just asking lol I just love his design

sudden remnant
#

i cant wait to nuke a mega dnite turn 1

summer dagger
#

Froslass lover?

sudden remnant
#

mawile

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huge power mega mawile gonna go brrrrrr

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and since incin is in the game on release i think im gonna run hyper cutter over intimidate

chrome knot
summer dagger
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It was fun back In the day

sudden remnant
summer dagger
#

Depending on who's dnites partner

chrome knot
#

i sure hope dragonites partner & dragonite itself don’t have moves for mawile😵‍💫

chrome knot
#

you jus said ur breaking multiscale

sudden remnant
#

yes with a spread move

summer dagger
chrome knot
#

this isn’t killing anyone

sudden remnant
#

i just need it to break multiscale

chrome knot
#

mawile is last in turn order brah

sudden remnant
#

mega mawile does big pp damage

sudden remnant
chrome knot
#

oh my fucking god its so frail

sudden remnant
#

mawiles partner breaks multiscale with a spread move and then mawile nukes the dragon

chrome knot
#

you gonna die lmfao

sudden remnant
#

nah

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standard mawile set is 252 hp 252 attack 4 sp def

chrome knot
#

50/95 its a special attacker u goin die

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that 4 is not helping u gang

sudden remnant
#

in champions it will be 2 points in special defense since we get an extra stat point to work with now

chrome knot
#

that 12 is not helping you

sudden remnant
summer dagger
#

What partner are u planning on pairing with mega big mouth lol

sudden remnant
#

mega mawile politoed (if its in the game) umbreon (which is confirmed) non-mega raichu mega lopunny and a fast special water type with icy wind idk which one yet

chrome knot
#

ts so ass😭

foggy lodge
#

Umbreon is jobless outside of restricted formats

sudden remnant
#

dont care thats my boi

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does lopunny learn triple axel

tiny karmaBOT
sudden remnant
#

indeed it does

summer dagger
#

Yuh

sudden remnant
#

why does it learn blizzard 😭

chrome knot
#

holy fuck please somehow craft an unusable lopunny set

sudden remnant
#

normal types try not to learn moves they have no business learning challenge impossible

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i will be running triple axel

chrome knot
#

learns ice punch

sudden remnant
#

i know that

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also learns thunder punch

chrome knot
#

please what moves r u putting on it im so curious

sudden remnant
#

fake out cc triple axel and idk

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maybe protect maybe uturn

summer dagger
#

This for the same maw team?

sudden remnant
#

yes

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mawile will just be standard iron head sucker punch play rough protect

bold geode
sudden remnant
#

i think its a champs team?

tiny karmaBOT
sudden remnant
#

why rain dish 🫩

shadow wind
#

Turtle

sudden remnant
#

what does it do for blastoise tho

shadow wind
#

And what do 99.99% of abilities do for mons bruh

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They aren't thinking about competitive viability in every single ability

tiny karmaBOT
shadow wind
#

YES, IRON FIST !!!!

foggy lodge
#

Why does it have good spd

shadow wind
#

On the mon with 35 base attack...

foggy lodge
#

Like what was the gameplan here

shadow wind
foggy lodge
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I would expect it to be "fast" for the standard of gen 2

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Like what is this atleast make it fast give it the 110 points into speed not into spd

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They created this and 25 years after they made flutter mand

shadow wind
#

To go back to gen 3

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Back when EQ was the best I got

dense latch
#

it did take them a ridiculous amount of time to figure out how to design ice types

shadow wind
#

God I love having the worst defensive type in the game have some of the fattest stat pumpers of all time

tiny karmaBOT
shadow wind
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Bro

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This thing weighs half of Groudon

solid frigate
#

Are we using Groudon as a weight scale

shadow wind
#

We're kidding

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I do yes

dense latch
#

i like the idea of comparing everything's weight to a groudon

foggy lodge
shadow wind
#

The mistake of 165 base attack and a 120 bp stab spread move?

foggy lodge
#

130 BP in sw sh btw

shadow wind
#

Jeez

foggy lodge
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Why did they do that what was the reasoning

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Why was glacial 130 and astral 120

dense latch
#

yea but i feel like cir is the exception bc it's good in spite of its ice type

shadow wind
dense latch
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ghost hit too much

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and they liked cir better i guess

foggy lodge
#

It feels like a typo

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And in true GF's nature they obviously wouldn't change it until the next game

shadow wind
#

But Groudon has an 85% accurate move

foggy lodge
#

I hate so much that both Calyrex and Urshifu were indeed nerfed going into SV it just did not matter

shadow wind
#

And tera makes him 40% worse !

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Like genuinely tera hurts Groudon so much

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Also I'm a bit disappointed that I'll be taking an extended leave of vgc literally when champions drops

foggy lodge
#

2 weeks break and then come back in champions lets gooo

shadow wind
#

I move in like 2 weeks and then I have to be a grown up 😔

mighty stump
#

Except im a grown up already

shadow wind
#

I've been feeling like a grown up recently and honestly not terrible

mighty stump
#

You get financial freedom with whole lot less time

shadow wind
#

Pretty much sums it up

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But honestly having something to do like a job feels good

lunar night
#

guys

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what if

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Mega Glimmora got Levitate

Mega Meowstic got a Psychic Hadron Engine

mighty stump
#

I think Mega Glimm is suspected to have Levitate which is alright ig

molten oasis
#

It’ll never out damage meteor beam Glimm

tiny karmaBOT
molten oasis
#

Speed tying with lando also blows

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Nice you outspeed like, zard tho

solid frigate
#

Getting levitate would be very funny tho

Especially against Lando

cyan smelt
#

Ykw i'm bored i might play some randbats to see if i get tilted

mighty stump
#

At least its 101 spe

shadow wind
#

Real

sudden remnant
#

i imagine mega lopunny ran limber as its base ability?

tiny karmaBOT
shadow wind
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I doubt it mattered what it ran

cyan smelt
#

ok good news i am not getting tilted from randbats, I have matured

sudden remnant
#

so the only ability it can actually use in base form is limber

cyan smelt
#

why are we even talking about mega lopunny

sudden remnant
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cuz i plan to use it

cyan smelt
#

with what

sudden remnant
#

i have 2 team ideas in my head 1 is with mega mawile the other is with mega zard y

cyan smelt
#

i don't even know the new megas or the old megas

cyan smelt
#

is mega ttar gonna be good

sudden remnant
#

if im not mistaken ttar is one of the cases where base form is more beneficial

cyan smelt
#

what about mega metagross

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also i'm feeling good, i tested myself out in randbats, played a few games, lost the first couple but didn't get tilted and had fun

sudden remnant
cyan smelt
#

i am having fun playing randbats even if i lose sometimes so i think i'm mentally ready for vgc again

solid frigate
solid frigate
molten oasis
sudden remnant
#

anyone know a good spot to sh umbreon in sv

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or eevee that would work too

cyan smelt
#

Eevee you're best resetting for an ob outside medali i think

ocean pawn
sudden remnant
#

true

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now it has psychic fangs which is WAY better than zen headbutt

versed river
sudden remnant
#

oh rivht we have a channel for that lmao

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i was genuinely just hyper focused of getting a shiny umbreon for champions

versed river
#

i wonder if champions will even have shinies

chrome knot
#

yes

sudden remnant
#

its confirmed yes

#

marked pokemon are also confirmed

knotty mirage
#

Is alpha pokemon also confirmed ?

sudden remnant
#

we dont know that as far as im aware

#

ive been scavenging youtube instagram and twitter for any scraps i can find

knotty mirage
#

Oh well hopefully it is because the legend ZA mon that i plan too send too champion is all alpha SadMimi

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Well except for the legend and mythical that is

sudden remnant
#

naturally

versed river
leaden fox
#

Honestly cannot wait for Champions; will be streaming that day one (yes, not a joke lol)

mighty stump
#

test

fervent pulsar
#

wo-chienuinely excited for Pokemon Champions

leaden fox
#

I suspect sub-legends, legendary and mythical will not be in the game from day one at least 😅

#

Though sub-legends may slip through the cracks at least

fervent pulsar
#

chat, does Meganium's Mega Sol Weather Ball damage get nerfed in rain?

#

if not, this could be huge

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I think it might slot well into Rain teams too

#

wochienuinely happy that Meganium's finally getting its flowers

mighty stump
#

It would be a Fire move, so it would get halved

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So I wouldn’t be running WBall in Rain tbh

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Since you would also be focusing on Mega, otherwise its a dud slot

lost sun
#

it does say it's uses moves like the sun is up

cyan smelt
#

I am legiterally out of touch with megas

#

I really need to finish plza

fervent pulsar
#

it can go a couple ways

  • WBall Fire is unaffected by outer weather due to Mega Sol, meaning unnerfed BP 150 WBFire
  • WBF is affected by outer weather, but is Fire due to Mega Sol, meaning 75 BP via rain nerf
  • WB is more affected by rain regardless, making it WBW
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best case scenario, it is unaffected by outer rain. Worst case, it is affected by outer rain

rare pumice
#

is water type hyper voice reason enough to use liquid voice on primarina? i've gotten the sense that torrent is better than i originally use to think it was on certain pokemon

chrome knot
#

that is the entire point

rare pumice
#

yea i figured, i was just wondering if other people use primarina for other reasons or if that's it

chrome knot
#

nah liquid voice makes hyper voice pretty scary

#

pair with moonblast & usually haze

rare pumice
#

thank you

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i wonder if mega froslass will become a haze user if people end up using aurora veil on it, it feels like a good combination

chrome knot
#

no its prob just

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blizzard blizzard blizzard

rare pumice
#

yea it's just that if it's just blizzard spam, i feel like there's no reason not to use suport moves on it too at that point

#

like of all the megas, only needing one move seems like more reason to run some support on it

bold geode
chrome knot
#

no man im getting US dons breakfast

#

you cant do that to me

rare pumice
#

when it comes to rain/archaludon teams, did people use encore or icy wind on primarina?

next stump
#

neither

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moonblast/hyper voice/haze or gleam/protect

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you’re too slow to make use of encore and icy wind

rare pumice
#

yeah i just thought that if it's on a team with pelipper then maybe tailwind could enable encore

versed river
#

pelipper is slow as well

solid frigate
#

also rain teams don't use prim no?

versed river
#

and you dont wanna waste a turn on that 90% of the time

versed river
chrome knot
rare pumice
#

i've seen primarina on a few rain teams at one point i think

chrome knot
#

pelipper in idiot baby formats is like an ok speed lmao

solid frigate
versed river
versed river
rare pumice
#

ok i forgot the primary reason for haze was dondozo overall so nevermind

chrome knot
#

and if u have haze what are u even encoring for

versed river
#

you dont have haze

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they were thinking about dropping haze for encore or icy

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which you should not do

chrome knot
#

i left my keys at home now my car doesn’t start

#

in the car starting matchup

versed river
#

@rare pumice if you wanna use primarina it got decent success in houston but not on a rain team iirc

chrome knot
#

was on a sun team lmao

versed river
#

lmao

rare pumice
#

i'm not convinced on primarina anyways i was just considering it, but haze doesn't seem like it would work well with archaludon on the same team idk

solid frigate
versed river
#

also reg f will be disappearing after this weekend permanently anyways lmao

chrome knot
#

uhhh not permanently

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just later down the line will have a different name

versed river
#

i doubt theyd do a third rerun of it in champs

chrome knot
#

u gotta be joking lol

#

“reg f” has always been the final format before jumping into restricted ones

versed river
#

i dont mean the rules of the format i mean the specific legal pokemon and mechanics

chrome knot
#

oooooohhhhhhhhhh

#

guys it makes sense now!!!

versed river
#

like were never gonna have 2017 vgc again but we do have regional dex formats or wtv its called

solid frigate
#

nah not really,at least for the first format

the format power level in M-A would be similar to reg C to Reg D with the Megas (Maybe Reg H)

versed river
solid frigate
#

i'm saying Reg C-D since some Megas are just similar sub Legendary level

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main meta ones especially

versed river
#

fair

chrome knot
#

chair

versed river
#

pair

chrome knot
#

hair

solid frigate
#

lair

versed river
#

maire

chrome knot
#

clair

rare pumice
#

is icy wind ever used on slower pokemon or is the mid-turn speed drop sort of the whole point?

chrome knot
#

mid turn speed drop

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ideally ur icy wind user is going first

lost sun
#

don't think I've seen people use it on a slower mon

versed river
#

its only ever used on tatsugiri which is kinda slow

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only ever used when not fast*

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other than that its stuff like chien pao, flutter, bundle, torn etc

rare pumice
#

i just figured if i'm next to a protect pokemon it could come in handy, but i guess if i'm not immediately benefiting from it then it isn't as reliable

rare pumice
#

was gastrodon in gen 9?

lost sun
#

ye

versed river
#

yes

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didnt see much use though

rare pumice
#

it seems like gastrodon is a funny dondozo counter then

versed river
#

i tried tera ghost gastrodon to wall urshifu rapid strike
it did not do much

rare pumice
#

it absorbs its only stab and can clear smog the tatsugiri boost

versed river
#

amoonguss does the same but is usable in alooot more matchups

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so if you need clear smog go amoong

rare pumice
#

yea i'm just sort of looking at a lot of options right now more than i am making any decisions

real prairie
#

RIP eviolite

chrome knot
#

why is incineroar blue

real prairie
#

No idea, engagement I guess

#

I could have just cropped him out TBF, unimportant

dapper crag
# real prairie

I think it’s for the best at launch but I was looking forward to running Porygon 2

lost sun
chrome knot
#

it looks awful

lost sun
#

better than shiny incin

chrome knot
#

your opinion on art is dead

bold geode
#

Makes him look like a fuckin Sonic OC

bold geode
lost sun
solid frigate
foggy lodge
chrome knot
#

max spe slowbro, min spe dnite

#

dnite gains spe on mega evo

rare pumice
#

were there any two megas that worked particularly well together back in the day other than venusaur and zard y?

#

the only instance i can think of where people would have two megas for example would be like, kangaskhan and salamence

versed river
#

they didnt really work well together though

#

gengar was for the big 6 mu ray was for the everything else mu

rare pumice
#

i think i remember watching a video on that

chrome knot
versed river
#

they were only there for his 2 different modes, never got brought to a game together

chrome knot
#

no i mean the format

versed river
#

ohh lmao

real prairie
lost sun
#

crazy

versed river
#

did they reveal the format at pax east

chrome knot
#

no gang its jus play test demo

versed river
#

i know but maybe they left it in the demo or smth

#

i wanna start teambuilding

chrome knot
#

i mean u can have preliminary test stuff for release day based on the information at hand

#

i already have a 6 put together for what i wanna test for indy

versed river
#

your gengar perish team?

bold geode
#

I have nothing but a fanfic Emma KEKW

chrome knot
versed river
#

whatd you replace it for

chrome knot
#

only weatherman mercules could tell u

versed river
#

😭

rare pumice
#

how do all the top vgc players manage to get pokemon like raging bolt for example? is the secret that top pokemon players just get both versions of the game

chrome knot
#

yes

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i personally have 7 completed saves across scarlet & violet

#

& 8 swsh saves that have calyrex caught

dapper crag
#

Good lord

chrome knot
#

but thats bc i either made teams for friends or fished for certain ivs

#

im a big exception lol

#

any time joe ugarte needs a team finished last minute he comes to meAAE_giggle

sudden remnant
#

damn you’ve made official comp teams? thats cool

chrome knot
#

i travel for vgc

waxen dock
#

Or maybe online trade or gts

sudden remnant
#

i would travel a bit if i had the license to go to canada for toronto. i could go to indiana whenever i suppose

rare pumice
#

i feel like it's gonna be a very long time before i ever get a raging bolt if at all

sudden remnant
#

i dont have one either

#

hasnt mattered much to me personally cuz i like walking wake more

chrome knot
#

and indy is the first regional on champs

sudden remnant
chrome knot
#

it was aight

next stump
#

yeah the secret is either grind out both games or have a friend group you trust to trade you stuff

#

luckily seems like champions will alleviate some of that

#

most players you see on stream did not make their own teams in game

#

willing to bet $$$ on that

next stump
#

the community needs goats like you

chrome knot
sudden remnant
#

wolfey says in like 70% of his videos he has quite a few people that help

next stump
#

he is shockingly busy for a professional pokemon player hahaha

#

he’s said before he barely practices before events

sudden remnant
#

world champ diff

chrome knot
#

i wanna be one of the people who recreate wolfe battles or like make the teams

#

would be a fun side hustle

next stump
#

I am wondering how the spectate feature will work in SV

#

no replays but can someone spectate wolfey (like an editor) and record the matches

#

90% sure no but would be cool

chrome knot
#

man i wonder how my friends are doin

#

spectate!! and the judges wont fucking yell at u for being in between the aisles lmao

sudden remnant
#

i dont think youd be able to do that cuz what if that person is your next opponent it tells you a lot

#

even if its OTS that doesnt show you their playstyle

chrome knot
#

what

sudden remnant
#

what if the match your watching your friend vs someone else

#

what if that person was your next opponent

chrome knot
#

im gona see it anyways if i walk over and spectate… or talk to my friend

sudden remnant
#

i see

chrome knot
#

team secrecy is lost after round 1

#

depending on who you play

sudden remnant
#

and thats like another issue with me going to a regional id be solo bolo

chrome knot
#

i mean youd have to be quite a notable name for people to care

rare pumice
#

what were the 4 pokemon that were given weather abilities in gen 7 again?

sudden remnant
#

speaking of caring about stuff i ended up scrapping mawile lopunny

rare pumice
#

i think it was torkoal, pelipper, and gigalith, but i can't remember if the fourth one was just alolan ninetales or if another old pokemon got snow warning

chrome knot
#

alo tales

sudden remnant
rare pumice
#

i guess cloud nine counts but i wasn't really thinking of that

tiny karmaBOT
sudden remnant
#

it doesnt have a weather ability

lost sun
#

cloud nine not counted as a weather ability

sudden remnant
#

thats antiweather

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weather is sun rain snow/hail and sand

#

+additional variants like the primal weathers

rare pumice
#

i thought gen 7 was the time when they added those weather buffs to pelipper and the others

lost sun
#

ye it is

sudden remnant
#

it is

lost sun
#

to peli and torkoal

sudden remnant
#

gigalith and ninetales as well

#

and then alolan ninetales also got snow warning

#

no ninetales got drought in gen 5

lost sun
#

thought u meant gen 7 pokemon that got weather abilities not just Pokémon that got them in gen 7

sudden remnant
#

lmao

rare pumice
#

so there wasn't an old ice type that got snow warning in gen 7?

sudden remnant
#

dont believe so

#

abomasnow already had it

rare pumice
#

i didn't really keep track of competitive relevant information until gen 8 so i didn't really know if abomasnow and vanilluxe had snow warning before or not

sudden remnant
#

yeah

tiny karmaBOT
sudden remnant
#

unfortunate

rare pumice
#

it's kind of crazy to me how much more centralizing a format can get when you reduce the available team slots from 6 down to 4

sudden remnant
#

what

rare pumice
#

like i just mean, i feel like in unofficial formats i see a way wider variety of megas

foggy lodge
#

because they are not serious formats and people just meme

sudden remnant
rare pumice
#

well i figure that having access to more team slots has an effect on it but i guess

sudden remnant
#

doubt it

#

that would centralize the workable megas even less wouldnt it

foggy lodge
#

Singles also usually has more variety of mons but that's because they manage with tiers because singles without tiers are even worse than some of the most centralized VGC formats

sudden remnant
#

since now it has to survive long enough to make an impact into a 6 mon team

#

hey mak do you think i could make a decent tailroom team with lucario z and ampharos

shadow wind
#

First recorded instance of leaf guard being a useful ability

foggy lodge
foggy lodge
sudden remnant
shadow wind
#

No status effects in the sun

sudden remnant
#

i could actually

tiny karmaBOT
shadow wind
#

So no toxic or para

#

And Zarude has honestly pretty good stats

#

He’s always bulkier than I think

#

And knock off allows him to beat out stall

sudden remnant
shadow wind
#

My singles knowledge vs my singles team building skill couldn’t be further apart

rare pumice
#

i still have the pink scarf zarude from gen 8

shadow wind
rare pumice
shadow wind
#

My singles team building skill doesn’t exist for real meta games

sudden remnant
rare pumice
#

i have the shiny zeraora from the end of gen 8 too, i used it to solo raid dens when i restarted the game last year

shadow wind
#

Like the actual tiers

#

Now random screw around oms I cook in

#

I miss you full potential 😔

rare pumice
#

my favorite battle tower team i ever made was for doubles in gen 8, it was a gigalith sandstorm team

shadow wind
#

350 cup is interesting but I don’t think it’s very advanced meta wise

#

And linked in theory is really cool but in practice I just find it boring

#

Makes the strong mons stronger and doesn’t give the weaker mons a chance

rare pumice
#

after like a year of playing doubles, i tried to play singles in gen 8 one time and immediately got swept by an galarian moltres, never touched it again afterwards

sudden remnant
#

i wish id played in gen 8 i wanted to use prime g moltres

#

and prime king von zacian

shadow wind
#

Glad I started in Gen 9

#

Warm beer theory

sudden remnant
#

also glad i started in gen 9 in the scheme of things cuz i got to run meowscarada for quite a while

rare pumice
#

i tried playing in gen 9, but the battles were just way too slow for some reason

#

it actually like, ruined playing competitive for me until the switch 2 came out, but by then it was too late to get back into it i think

bold geode
tiny karmaBOT
sudden remnant
#

whats wrong with it 😔

chrome knot
#

or something idk

shadow wind
# bold geode Excuse me?

The amount of power creep and at the point I had started at made it not extremely enjoyable which means that when I get to play a more balanced format it’ll be more likeable and easier to play

#

If you only ever have warm beer the first time you have a cold one it’ll feel like a new drink

sudden remnant
#

shakespeare? is that you?

versed river
#

i open competitive chat and see mega ampharos 😭😭🥀

sudden remnant
#

yes

#

whats wrong with it

#

i need answers

versed river
#

its just raging bolt but it takes your mega slot and cant hold an item

#

and doesnt have thunderclap

sudden remnant
#

raging bolt propaganda no one cares about that guy

#

what else is wrong with it

shadow wind
#

Lack of coverage

versed river
#

i care about the giraffe i took it to euic

rare pumice
#

i guess mold breaker lets it cirucmvent lightning rod

sudden remnant
#

my favorite paradox beast is walking wake i have no room for the cloud giraffe

shadow wind
bold geode
shadow wind