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Golispod will likely lose e exit
yeah, doubt theyll give golisopod emergency exit though
Actually it might be
what ability do yall think staraptor will get
it looks like a defiant or inner focus mon to me ngl
Defiant, Contrary, or Intimidate
does it even get anything for contrary
i guess cc to be bulky
Close Combat
According to some rumor going around that I think has credibility, Staraptor and Crabominable get abilities that boost attack against Intimidate
yeah i saw the leaks
but those were from chinese translators who saw a glimpse of the game, so i’m sure that those are subject to change
Guard dog on the bird I can see it now
i mean it was even leaked the mega clefable might get misty terrain, so i’m taking the leaks with a grain of salt
Anything is possible but I think Defiant on both bird and crab is very likely
probably
imagine Lucario Z gets either Prankster or Dancer
Prankster is whatever on it, Dancer is terrifying
I was on the Mega Launcher train so might be RIP
victory dance and quiver dance
horrible
Give it minds eye
Makes it somewhat reliant on a partner or an opponent
I don’t see Dancer even if it fits thematically
yeah ik that’s why i said horrible (horrible to be faced against)
you never know
also for this
10 battles won just to get 1 mega stone
Again we’ll see in two weeks
i don’t think we might see a variety in Megas anytime soon
everyone’s gonna be clicking the strongest
personally the first thing i’m getting is Mega Gardevoir
oh yes, we still don’t know what Eternal Floette’s ability might be
any guesses
Home will probably show all new abilities so I’ll be doing research when it updates
Brand new signature, not sure about the functionality
yeah, i wonder what Mega Meowstic gets
my money is on Psychic surge
Same
I think Raichu X is the one getting Electric Surge
If Y gets it it’s a top threat for sure
I’d be fine leading sweeps with my completely normal alpha Pikachu
I’m curious as to what signatures Eelektross and Pyroar are allegedly getting but still looks bleak
The fact Excadrill allegedly gets one terrifies me
Still not a huge fan of Mega Excadrill because it’s fugly as balls but it’s definitely gonna be very strong
But he’s the drill that pierces the heavens
Because he believes in the me that believes in the you
gengar yay
I heard one version of the rumor say it’s called Piercing Drill
That’d be tufff
It probably translates to passing through protect
i hope its like psychic hadron engine
Hell no
it’s dex entry literally describing Expanding Force is a sign
flips your meowstic upsidedown
Most likely Psychic Surge
which is Psychic Hadron Engine
no it not
unless it has a secondary effect i’m unaware of
No
no it isnt
hadron engine sets electric terrain and boosts miraidons special attack on electric terrain
oh yeah i forgot abt that
Meowstic with its boosted Special Attack
Hadron Engine is Quark Drive and Electric Terrain in one
oh is it like for Orichalcum Pulse
Yep
yep
So Psychic Surge just sets the terrain
what might it be called
acc ykw
Meowstic gets Minds Eye
I’m saying I think it’s just getting Psychic Surge
this wouldnt do shit for it
i want either
Psychic Surge
Minds Eye
Psychic Hadron Engine
true, but seems fitting for its lore
anyway sounds like smth GF would do
Thoughts on Speed Boost Zeraora?
no
please it’s the last thing i want
bad enough Magearna retains Soul Heart, but 2 broken Mythical Megas is
something
mythicals wont be legal anyways
We have rumors for all five gen 7 mega abilities:
- Crabominable: Defiant
- Golisopod: Tough Claws
- Drampa: Drizzle
- Magearna: Soul Heart
- Zeraora: Speed Boost
I’m pretty content with them ngl
yeah
wouldn’t fit its lore
bcs dex says that it summons storms
Old man storm dragon
Mega Golisopod is gonna be very good
only 1 weakness
Priority and trick room for days
scary
Could we not get the last one thanks
i mean
drayagedrago has given 1 Gen Rep to dr.articuno
it’d finally make Meowstic meta relevant
oh wow
I don’t need to deal with eforces that powerful
Could any other new megas besides Feraligatr get some kind of Aerilate-type ability?
all hail the Second Sight Pokemon
LMFAO
Chimecho gets Steel Voice
Doesn’t Gastly have a very high special attack?
I’m not ruling that out
iirc its like 85
oh its 100
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)
the most common megas in format are sending meganium back to low income housing
I don’t see Garchomp Z getting Dragonize
Crazy
garchomp z should get ground type rocky payload
STAB boosted Boomburst with (idk the multiplier for that ability)
won’t get STAB though
then again, it does get more powerful
rocky payload is basically stab
fair enough
But guess what it doesn’t have
what
oh lol
dragon type boomburst would be crazy
Garchomp Z doesn’t have any threatening special normal moves but plenty of physical
pair it with icy wind flutter and win
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
falling asleep
I’m not buying into the allegations yet
Mega Chomp walked so base Chomp could run so Chomp Z could fly
Idk man that guy kinda sucks
chomp walked so mega chomp could walk even slower
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
i don't have much faith for it ngl losing the ground typing is rough
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
And like I said, no lead on an ability
IF, it gets access to ground stab, it’ll be fine
I don’t think it will but I’m saying I think it’s got something going for it
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
hm
is this viable
Definitely ability dependent
Dragalge’s Adaptability
We don’t know the mega ability and we have no lead
would be nice
maybe tomorrow will tell
still would be good
Oh yeah Pax is tomorrow
i love using anti meta pokemon
Regen wouldn’t be bad
So does everyone else
But they’re called “anti meta” and not “meta” for a reason
oh i just use like
out of the ordinary pokemon
ik for a fact no one uses Mega Audino
so i’ll find a use for it
Bro might be 1 in a krillion 😭
I want mega drill to be a menace
Is it not already?
We don't know it's ability
no because we don't know its ability
i wonder what the Paldea megas get

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
wait until release
You can catch pokemon in scarlet violet/ZA that have been revealed to be in the game
So on day 1 you can dump them in
And Go - been a lot of Mega-Evolution themed stuff going on
Good shout it’s so easy to get stuff on there
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 
Honestly I think I have a little too much
Yeah I have a lot in my extras boxes😅
I only have like 200 lol
And only 30 that are consider somewhat meta during mega formats
Eh just give it sand rush again and call it a day ✌️
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)
Starting off with somethign established would never hurt especially in a Bo1 CTS format
Reg I is fire what’re you talking about
Conner who are you pairing with groudon
Miraidon anything is usually good
Usually yeah
Scarf Miraidon + Groudon is awesome though
Quick snarl to make him actually live a hit is always nice
also eterrain for valiant
Valiant 🥀
would stomping tantrum be better on garchomp in doubles if rillabom is running around anyways?
@mighty stump more pkmn swag
usually yeah
it can run both too
i think the main chomp set is stomping scale shot swords dance protect with a loaded dice
thank you
Squirtle squad did it better
its a split between that & jus clam eq stomping dragon claw
or lorb
yeah, neither really see any play in the current regs though
bc why would they its jus a reg h mon
true
does anyone know when turin will be on rk9
lmaoo
No one runs that
not in reg f or i
but when garchomp is ran that is one of the main sets
Who tf ran choml those formats
Chomp had usage in reg h
i just said they didnt 😭
and the worst reading to response award goes to:
Who?
No
It wasn't
It was lorb tect drago claw stomping and eq
With tera ground to boost stomping and eq
Some chomps ran clam instead of lorb
To stop incin
Scale shot sd loaded dice is probably a singles set
it has been used in vgc
i do not play singles
I mean
I’ve seen it used in singles but it’s not really good
Actually it is
It’s garchomp that is mid in general
Holy i explained myself so bad
@bold geode guess who i added to the gym at work
Was it the Quagsire or the Larvesta
I almost said Quagmire
quagsire
The CEO didn’t like the Big Arch
mcdonalds and gym in the same sentance seems weird
its because they didnt say mcdonalds in that "sentance"
/lhj
so screen
in pokemon go
i know lmao
pokemon go
good for him i think idk
https://pokepast.es/85f28e19f6d971a8 any thoughts for my plan for my draft match this week?
scraggy is goggles
@bold geode you know Aegislash can technically wall both Zam and CSR with wide guard
csr will start running dark pulse if aegislash is meta
Just to still blow dog cheeks
i sure hope we have 5 other team slots on a zamazenta team
I sure hope there's a funny kitty cat with the Zamazenta
In this footage you see palafin switch out first and then the opponent mega evolve blastoise after this. So assuming this isn’t a mistake, switching and mega evolving have the same priority and whomever is faster goes first 🤯
Credits @RSGabe1
i wonder if they changes the interaction for the PAX demo or if it’s actually gonna be like this
Please god tell me that gets fixed in release
Switch, mega/max/tera, everything else. It should stay as such
i think they changed it back to switch then mega
bc i saw a thread where a paralyzed trevenant switched before a scizor mega evolves
That’d be lovely
See people are saying it this way which honestly says that it didn't change but then there's that one b roll for example with Mega Gren where it megas then something switches out so like
I'm not totally sure LOL
Like the way that reads, that's how it worked with once per battle mechanics before
is gyarados a good intimidate user in weaker regs
yeah it was a solid choice earlier on in SV
dealt with the likes of Arcanine, Great Tusk, etc. pretty well
yes
In this video, I try out the team that Andrew Figueras used to get Top 4 at the San Antonio Regional Championships! Andrew was the highest ranking Koraidon player at San Antonio and used a unique set featuring Loaded Dice and Scale Shot. Andrew also utilized unique Pokemon like Umbreon, which is super disruptive against common Pokemon like Amoon...
well its cybertron zang ofc he would use my boi
YOU
i have a rough draft of what i wanna test on release
with ms gengar
I got one too
Its not his team tho
yawn taunt foul play moonlight
noted
im watching the video i know lmao
Because in general it's a boring mon
Fake
me when i lie
okay so dont use yawn it has a whole cast of support moves
boring and uninspiring actually
umbreons no. 1 and no. 2 opps
It just sits on the field and does pretty much nothing
thats the thing it sits on the field
Yeah but it makes Calyrex and Lunala players sad
Bro wants to give it a medal for something Nuzleaf can do 😭
having a mon that can sit on the field and disrupt isa good thing
That makes it anticringe mon
Kid named dark type
kid named teammate
Shocker that the bulky dark type can take resisted hits
It's stalling the game out
And it doesn't support the team it's a very standalone mon
idk rendering opponents incapable of moving for a large number of turns sounds pretty good
Taunt is pretty huge
Kid named Miraidon 😭
65 speed
So your yawn is useless ???
And tbh you don't bring it into Miraidon
did i not say THUNDER WAVE???
This mon is not good
skill issue
I mean you didn't really say anything you were insinuating stopping the opponents from moving which could have been interpreted as twave or yawn
L Ragebait 😭
just stating facts
Thunder wave the Miraidon oh yeah
you found urself in a convo with a tourist
i walked into that trap the other day lmao
Guess so
no use your miraidon to attack the enemy miraidon and twave its partner
Son I'm cryne
Also Maxi these stitches in my mouth gotta be bottom 5 things I've ever had to deal with
Rip them apart
Can you even brush your teeth with that
Yeah
Just carefully
Though chewing with my front like 8 teeth is frying me
I didn't realize I was such a cheek chewer
Feel like a rabbit bro
Pro tip: stab your fuckin mouth
Why are you chewing shit 2 days after you had your wisdom teeth out anyways
Should be eating soft shit
It's a tortilla shell
Everyone is a cheeck chewer tbh lol
Who the fuck ain't
Like your teeth are made like that
They like that
Also I literally had nothing happen to me after I got the surgery done
Like no swelling no bruising
I'm kinda awesome like that
I think it's cause they didn't give me any drugs
They suck
No solids, only mush
But what if I'm actually him?
Don't worry
No straws for me
I so could play sports today
But I guess I'll take my extra days of rest
But Saturday comes and I got that dog in me
I hope so
Lowkey got that dog in me right now
I feel like I got very lucky with how my body responded to it
What I get for playing Groudon all this time
Y'all mess with parting shot grimmsnarl?
i used it about 6 months ago felt decent
Feels like really good insurance for a turn 2 emergency
lol
Twave>
The problem I have with twave is the mons I struggle with are Miraidon and Lando
And I really like pivoting
playing reg i
Yeah I'm pretty braindead right now so I want to stop thinking
Reg I don't want to think hard
And it's either that or I'm speedrunning minecraft and mentally one is 24 times easier than the other
Found an Erik alt
Erik uses CSR Korai which is more based
lol
if they do retcon ivs whats gonna happen to Gyro ball and Electro ball
Eleki was the main mon I was looking at
Absolutely nothing??
Ivs doesn't mean speeds are different
Like speed differences still exist
it does because you have more or less speed through ivs
yeah but you lose potential damage both ways
Right and there's still a difference?
They've nerfed things before
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
rip electro ball 2011-2026
No one used them anyway
“no one” he says like im not right here
Assault vest kinda just slimes em
Wdym?
Like a specially defensive team makes their lives so hard
AV Miraidon for example eats hits and just snarls them both
Or Volc
Volc is good against pretty much every csr comp
Qd up and now you're struggling a bit
They aren't bad together but both being similar speed tiers and not especially bulky makes them really hard to use
Pretty frail guys and no support from either of them makes them kinda mid when on the same team
Twin I don't think I have ever seen you actually play a game or show any kind of team
Especially not with gyro ball
And I've used Gyro ball before
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
It's not like no one uses it but it's a bad move 99% of the time
They don't really cover each other well enough
Imo
No terrain and no weather control on either restricted is already putting you at a disadvantage
when (if) we get a dynamax format in champs do we think zacian is gonna dominate again
king vons return incoming
Not like gen 8 but it'll for sure be stronger than it is now
Csr zam hasn’t either
neither can damage incin
maybe if you run some cheese like tera blast
Good point
Sacred sword could help, no?
rn shes kinda just a dog with a sword that still smacks a lot of pokemon really hard
Sacred sword does like 50 to incin tops
Been trying to do it with rain, to help against those bulky sun teams
dont most active zacians run tera ground tera blast

Scary face Grimmsnarl might be tech
Works on Miraidon and Lando and can't miss
Dream come true
The most cheese you can get away with zacian is stellar Tera blast, but it’s still cheese
I liked the idea of that
I think some people used it but it was never mainstream
It did put in work though
I've only ever ran Zacian in double res so I have no clue how people played it in single res
it was double res i was zac mirai
Interesting
gambling duo fr. either i one shot them or they one shot me
so how much of a change do we think the extra stat point will be for vgc
Nothing because that point was always there
everything gets very marginally bulkier
maybe we can have more 1 hp moments
f a t
like i guess it matters for 252 252 4 spreads
But even then you could do 252 244 4 4 4
hi
yeah 252 252 4 is now 252 252 12 😁
1 hp clutch .tm incoming
It's not a big deal.
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 
Damage is dealt in a range, so it's not going to invariably increase those moments.
1 more defensive point can be a big deal though
It really depends on what's happening, and both pokemon in question.
like 4 def chien pao over 4 hp chien pao cuz it lets it live surging strikes without rain
now you can have both
Yeah, that's the most stark example, and the only one I thought about when you mentioned 1 def being a big deal.
I swear I seen 1 is 8 and 32 is 256
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.
I'm sure it's just a misunderstanding that's being discussed, here.

"To convert to the old EV system, 1 SP = 8 EVs"

It does result in a leftover 1 point, but I don't think it's going to be super ultra clutch.
It does throw calc numbers off for all of the people who have been playing VGC for decades.
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.
idk why they would add an extra stat point but it will be interesting

so i imagine za wont have home access when champions drops 🙁
so thered be no reason to shiny hunt a buneary on za for champs
primarina confirmed
is it worth trying primarina in a format stronger than reg h, but no rillaboom
or tera
Depends on what else is in the format but I’d say probably not?
It kinda just dies to 2 decently strong neutral physical hits
Not as much as Prima
80/74/116 is kinda hard to make work with 60 speed
Specially yeah it’s fine
80/74 just be def bulky and have intimidate
I just don’t know how much worth it would have
You do gymnastics go make it survive just for it to do what many other special attackers can also do
#okay
It doesn’t set up rain, it wants to set up, the only thing it really has is the fairy typing
Liquid voice is very strong though I’ll give it that
By no means is it a bad Mon but when other better water types exist it’s hard to justify
Even Suicune might get more usage depending on the allowed mons
blows up Gengar with mind
hi im kingambit
blows up Kingambit with mind
body press
Nuh Uh
shit
hm
Half of those are the same guy
i see that 😭
god, god, god, god, god, god, god, god, god wannabe, god wannabe, dna cat, some random birds, and a couple dragons
oh and then a manta ray
cuz why not
Loaded dice or mega?
Yeah I was just seeing if u were doing something with mega dnite
no
obviously not if its scale shot
that would be incredibly troll
Haven't seen anyone interested in him i was just asking lol I just love his design
i cant wait to nuke a mega dnite turn 1
Froslass lover?
mawile
huge power mega mawile gonna go brrrrrr
and since incin is in the game on release i think im gonna run hyper cutter over intimidate
multiscale
It was fun back In the day
mawile is slow its partner will for sure go before it and then mawile can just nuke it
Depending on who's dnites partner
i sure hope dragonites partner & dragonite itself don’t have moves for mawile😵💫
you jus said ur breaking multiscale
yes with a spread move
This
this isn’t killing anyone
i just need it to break multiscale
mawile is last in turn order brah
mega mawile does big pp damage
I KNOW THAT
oh my fucking god its so frail
mawiles partner breaks multiscale with a spread move and then mawile nukes the dragon
you gonna die lmfao
in champions it will be 2 points in special defense since we get an extra stat point to work with now
that 12 is not helping you

What partner are u planning on pairing with mega big mouth lol
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
ts so ass😭
Umbreon is jobless outside of restricted formats
indeed it does
Yuh
why does it learn blizzard 😭
holy fuck please somehow craft an unusable lopunny set
normal types try not to learn moves they have no business learning challenge impossible
i will be running triple axel
learns ice punch
please what moves r u putting on it im so curious
This for the same maw team?
Are you just making a Reg H team again or
i think its a champs team?
why rain dish
Turtle
what does it do for blastoise tho
And what do 99.99% of abilities do for mons bruh
They aren't thinking about competitive viability in every single ability
YES, IRON FIST !!!!
Why does it have good spd
On the mon with 35 base attack...
Like what was the gameplan here
Cause they couldn't make a fully evolved mon have a bst of 240 😭
I would expect it to be "fast" for the standard of gen 2
Like what is this atleast make it fast give it the 110 points into speed not into spd
They created this and 25 years after they made flutter mand
it did take them a ridiculous amount of time to figure out how to design ice types
AVALUGG 🗣️
God I love having the worst defensive type in the game have some of the fattest stat pumpers of all time
Are we using Groudon as a weight scale
i like the idea of comparing everything's weight to a groudon
Tbh they also made a "mistake" when they made CIR and its still broken
The mistake of 165 base attack and a 120 bp stab spread move?
130 BP in sw sh btw
Jeez
yea but i feel like cir is the exception bc it's good in spite of its ice type
Ice types are worse 🤤
It feels like a typo
And in true GF's nature they obviously wouldn't change it until the next game
But Groudon has an 85% accurate move
I hate so much that both Calyrex and Urshifu were indeed nerfed going into SV it just did not matter
And tera makes him 40% worse !
Like genuinely tera hurts Groudon so much
Also I'm a bit disappointed that I'll be taking an extended leave of vgc literally when champions drops
2 weeks break and then come back in champions lets gooo
I move in like 2 weeks and then I have to be a grown up 😔
Mood
Except im a grown up already
I've been feeling like a grown up recently and honestly not terrible
You get financial freedom with whole lot less time
I think Mega Glimm is suspected to have Levitate which is alright ig
It’ll never out damage meteor beam Glimm
Getting levitate would be very funny tho
Especially against Lando
Ykw i'm bored i might play some randbats to see if i get tilted
At least its 101 spe
Real
i imagine mega lopunny ran limber as its base ability?
I doubt it mattered what it ran
ok good news i am not getting tilted from randbats, I have matured
i imagine a mega stone would ignore klutz, and it gets like no use from cute charm its too frail
so the only ability it can actually use in base form is limber
why are we even talking about mega lopunny
cuz i plan to use it
with what
i have 2 team ideas in my head 1 is with mega mawile the other is with mega zard y
i don't even know the new megas or the old megas
is mega ttar gonna be good
if im not mistaken ttar is one of the cases where base form is more beneficial
what about mega metagross
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
idk for that one I imagine it will be good with its new access to heavy slam and psychic fangs
i am having fun playing randbats even if i lose sometimes so i think i'm mentally ready for vgc again
its fine
top 10 if not top 5 megas
Top 3
Eevee you're best resetting for an ob outside medali i think
well it was top tier before with worse moves
#shiny_hunters, but outside medali yeah
oh rivht we have a channel for that lmao
i was genuinely just hyper focused of getting a shiny umbreon for champions
i wonder if champions will even have shinies
yes
Is alpha pokemon also confirmed ?
we dont know that as far as im aware
ive been scavenging youtube instagram and twitter for any scraps i can find
Oh well hopefully it is because the legend ZA mon that i plan too send too champion is all alpha 
Well except for the legend and mythical that is
naturally
itll probably just be the former alpha mark tbh
Honestly cannot wait for Champions; will be streaming that day one (yes, not a joke lol)
test
wo-chienuinely excited for Pokemon Champions
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
chat, does Meganium's Mega Sol Weather Ball damage get nerfed in rain?
if not, this could be huge
I think it might slot well into Rain teams too
wochienuinely happy that Meganium's finally getting its flowers
It would be a Fire move, so it would get halved
So I wouldn’t be running WBall in Rain tbh
Since you would also be focusing on Mega, otherwise its a dud slot
it does say it's uses moves like the sun is up
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
best case scenario, it is unaffected by outer rain. Worst case, it is affected by outer rain
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
that is the entire point
yea i figured, i was just wondering if other people use primarina for other reasons or if that's it
thank you
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
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
steals your McDonald's
when it comes to rain/archaludon teams, did people use encore or icy wind on primarina?
neither
moonblast/hyper voice/haze or gleam/protect
you’re too slow to make use of encore and icy wind
yeah i just thought that if it's on a team with pelipper then maybe tailwind could enable encore
pelipper is slow as well
also rain teams don't use prim no?
and you dont wanna waste a turn on that 90% of the time
in reg h they could
this isn’t why bad, more that encore becomes a prerequisite move
i've seen primarina on a few rain teams at one point i think
pelipper in idiot baby formats is like an ok speed lmao
are they building a team in reg H tho
yeah but pelipper being slow is like the final nail in the coffin because you cant get a fast tailwind into encoring dozo or something
prolly not
ok i forgot the primary reason for haze was dondozo overall so nevermind
you just grab it on the next turn
and if u have haze what are u even encoring for
you dont have haze
they were thinking about dropping haze for encore or icy
which you should not do
@rare pumice if you wanna use primarina it got decent success in houston but not on a rain team iirc
was on a sun team lmao
lmao
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
then no prim is more like a liability
Urshifu Amoongus Peli Archa is the core for Reg F Rain
https://pokepast.es/3a65132812f3fbca i think this is an exact copy of a rain team that did somewhat good in Reg F 2
i doubt theyd do a third rerun of it in champs
u gotta be joking lol
“reg f” has always been the final format before jumping into restricted ones
i dont mean the rules of the format i mean the specific legal pokemon and mechanics
like were never gonna have 2017 vgc again but we do have regional dex formats or wtv its called
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)
i doubt we'll have legendaries right away
i'm saying Reg C-D since some Megas are just similar sub Legendary level
main meta ones especially
fair
chair
pair
hair
lair
maire
clair
is icy wind ever used on slower pokemon or is the mid-turn speed drop sort of the whole point?
don't think I've seen people use it on a slower mon
its only ever used on tatsugiri which is kinda slow
only ever used when not fast*
other than that its stuff like chien pao, flutter, bundle, torn etc
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
not worth it
imo
was gastrodon in gen 9?
ye
it seems like gastrodon is a funny dondozo counter then
i tried tera ghost gastrodon to wall urshifu rapid strike
it did not do much
it absorbs its only stab and can clear smog the tatsugiri boost
amoonguss does the same but is usable in alooot more matchups
so if you need clear smog go amoong
yea i'm just sort of looking at a lot of options right now more than i am making any decisions
why is incineroar blue
I think it’s for the best at launch but I was looking forward to running Porygon 2
wish they add it cus it looks great imo
it looks awful
better than shiny incin
your opinion on art is dead
I'm not a fan of shiny Incin but that blue looks like absolute dogshit
Makes him look like a fuckin Sonic OC
Pear
only bad part about it is the silver
who the fuck put 2018 Movie sonic in the game
直後にカイリューの方が先に行動しているのに、ヤドランが先にメガシンカしている
︀︀交代との関係も色々説出てるし、メガの処理どうなってる???
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︀︀youtu.be/yOQaWQj6Hio?si=dIo1ewDLm-qSEDWf
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
wolfe had 2 megas on his worlds winning team
they didnt really work well together though
gengar was for the big 6 mu ray was for the everything else mu
i think i remember watching a video on that
just not a good point to study from
yep
they were only there for his 2 different modes, never got brought to a game together
no i mean the format
ohh lmao
crazy
did they reveal the format at pax east
no gang its jus play test demo
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
your gengar perish team?

I have nothing but a fanfic Emma 
i ended up cutting perish but yeah
whatd you replace it for
only weatherman mercules could tell u
😭
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
yes
i personally have 7 completed saves across scarlet & violet
& 8 swsh saves that have calyrex caught
Good lord
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 me
damn you’ve made official comp teams? thats cool
i travel for vgc
Probably they get themself or from friends
Or maybe online trade or gts
i would travel a bit if i had the license to go to canada for toronto. i could go to indiana whenever i suppose
i feel like it's gonna be a very long time before i ever get a raging bolt if at all
i dont have one either
hasnt mattered much to me personally cuz i like walking wake more
toronto alr happened 
and indy is the first regional on champs
i know that bruh 🙁 id wanted to go in january
it was aight
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
the community needs goats like you

he is shockingly busy for a professional pokemon player hahaha
he’s said before he barely practices before events
world champ diff
i wanna be one of the people who recreate wolfe battles or like make the teams
would be a fun side hustle
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
holy shit imagine u finish a round early 2-0
man i wonder how my friends are doin
spectate!! and the judges wont fucking yell at u for being in between the aisles lmao
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
what
what if the match your watching your friend vs someone else
what if that person was your next opponent
im gona see it anyways if i walk over and spectate… or talk to my friend
and thats like another issue with me going to a regional id be solo bolo
i mean youd have to be quite a notable name for people to care
what were the 4 pokemon that were given weather abilities in gen 7 again?
speaking of caring about stuff i ended up scrapping mawile lopunny
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
drampa is 1
alo tales
what
i guess cloud nine counts but i wasn't really thinking of that
it doesnt have a weather ability
cloud nine not counted as a weather ability
thats antiweather
weather is sun rain snow/hail and sand
+additional variants like the primal weathers
i thought gen 7 was the time when they added those weather buffs to pelipper and the others
ye it is
it is
to peli and torkoal
gigalith and ninetales as well
and then alolan ninetales also got snow warning
no ninetales got drought in gen 5
thought u meant gen 7 pokemon that got weather abilities not just Pokémon that got them in gen 7
lmao
so there wasn't an old ice type that got snow warning in gen 7?
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
yeah
unfortunate
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
what
like i just mean, i feel like in unofficial formats i see a way wider variety of megas
because they are not serious formats and people just meme
those are for memes and content
well i figure that having access to more team slots has an effect on it but i guess
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
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
Zarude my beloved being a stall breaker 🙏
First recorded instance of leaf guard being a useful ability
couldn't you find a worse mega than ampharos
what does that even do
yes
No status effects in the sun
i could actually
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
audino, clefable, malamar
My singles knowledge vs my singles team building skill couldn’t be further apart
i still have the pink scarf zarude from gen 8
Zarude dada 🔥🔥
i have neither of these anymore
Which one is which
My singles team building skill doesn’t exist for real meta games
Zarude-Dada
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
Like the actual tiers
Now random screw around oms I cook in
I miss you full potential 😔
my favorite battle tower team i ever made was for doubles in gen 8, it was a gigalith sandstorm team
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
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
i wish id played in gen 8 i wanted to use prime g moltres
and prime king von zacian
also glad i started in gen 9 in the scheme of things cuz i got to run meowscarada for quite a while
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
Excuse me?
whats wrong with it 😔
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
shakespeare? is that you?
i open competitive chat and see mega ampharos 😭😭🥀
its just raging bolt but it takes your mega slot and cant hold an item
and doesnt have thunderclap
Lack of coverage
i care about the giraffe i took it to euic
i guess mold breaker lets it cirucmvent lightning rod
my favorite paradox beast is walking wake i have no room for the cloud giraffe
Yes! I can finally hit Rhyperior with my Tbolt !
Who's drunk uncle made up that bullshit
It’s a real thing



