#competitive_discussion
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Showdown, champs doesn't show ranks
Still need an answer for trick room my team is too quick
just add one slow mon
Idk who to replace
Yea nah back to phox lmfao
send your team
Drampa isn’t very good
i think i like coaching gambit
wolfey also swapped off drampa p quickly lol
add crab, that should deter tr
I see
But who to replace
3 ice types 😭
is he still using the froslass team
froslass or a9
Currently tree I’m on this https://pokepast.es/de4ac287534a8089
and you don't need 3 ice types
thats wat he mainly used
seems solid
idk how i feel bout delphox mega tho
Core kicks ass, sneaslers been great
It’s solid into zard and venu
I'm also on the sd glasses gambit ride
That guy does damage
Sleeps annoying as shit but you can play around it
i'm greedy, i'm on the sd coaching gambit ride
king for a reason
Kingambit one of the best offensive non megas imo
He’s just kinda goated
dnite megas has been ight, some mus its genuinely unbringable which doesnt feel great
chomp as well
but its better then i originally thought
chomp is ridiculous with scarf
This what I've been rocking
aerodactyl is top 3 megas easily
what's the 15 speed on gambit do
I’ve legit seen more sash dactyl than mega
seein the new ev spreads on mons is so weird
Pushes it to 85 which makes it outspeed Zard Y in tw
It’s jarring asf
wdym 2 hp
4 move kang, what are you cooking conner, should i change to that
im not gonna lie it is pretty funny to me to see people who are locked tf in, max rank in the game in under a week, and have not customized their characters whatsoever past the default
I like it
I look and I’m like “I’m wasting evs fuck”
i should prolly switch to 4 move kang since i'm rocking coaching
Hmm do i replace ? If i do replace a9, 3 megas, if i replace fross i cant to blizzard spam except a9
2 at most
3 megas is too many
first time i matched into some1 w/ the same fit (the default) i was like ahh hell no and went to the shop and got some drip
replace froslass
Drago how has soft sand chomp been

I was between soft sand and white herb
okay ill give it a shot
I fucking hate scarf, and it does really solid damage
And it's good for when there isn't an incin
Scarf feels wrong man
Evs?
is it just me or is mega aggron ridiculous
Although I kinda like the 1 free speed drop where I don't need to care
I mean even then you do a good amount of damage
yeah like even if you dont wanna spend 1000 VP on a shirt you could at least pick a non-default hairstyle or something 
Infact that core is what I was using in pre champs
Nice little 180 bp move
i need to go through the shop and buy everything, i have like 66k vp
lmao nah battles only 
I’ve tried other things but that hasn’t hit as hard
ridiculously bad? yes
Delphox puts up work, gambit and Garchomp are goated, and a9’s been solid too. Sneasler goes to a lot of games tho
Lots of incin
Which means free unburden
I think Aerodactyl is my new goat
i didnt know wat it did, realized it became solid steel type and really high defense, proceeded to stall out tr then ko'd it w/ weather ball
@rustic mountain can i see your drip
Sneasler doesn’t feel nearly as bad to play with or into imo
not near my switch, gimme a bit i gotchu
Which is why I like aero
even w/o the nerf itd b fine w/ no tera
the nerf was nice tho
130 speed tailwind setter? Sign me up
I think that move needed a nerf
But it wasn’t going anywhere since we don’t have shifu
im just glad this meta has felt different
arch is fine, its just the broken guy it once was.
I was suggested going sturdy
I've seen a few
seriously? feel like half my games played had arch hahaah
I’m serious I’ve seen like, 1
Real
on champions?
I mean every other game is rain so like
or u talkin sd
Well no on showdown
I need to go play champions just haven’t solidified the 6th yet
Maus feels meh
oh well yea go play champions and tell me then how many arch u run into lmao
y not just play champs
Me in a hour: “bro there was only Archaludon”
Evs in mega crab? Is it bulky enough so i can just max attack and hp?
Showdown will always be more accessible and quicker
its quite a bit man, maybe not half but 100% a 3rd of my games had arch
And easier to teambuild in because you have the entire mon list right infront of you
Gotcha
I’m ngl, the less items is sort of a nice change of pace
Tho I think taking out av and goggles was fucking rough
So we got sun zard sun, and Peli rain for aggressive cores
Agreed
i mean i just jumped into champs, it was day 1 u didnt need to teambuild and practice on sd, just go out and ball and see if u needa change anything as u go
Any other cores
I just wish we got like a couple more
This
guys the new team changes i've made are working out great! i've won two in a row
Expert belt would've been my goat
No av or goggles makes zard venu so oppressive
zard kinda mid
Real

Bro gets packed up by a dead bird
not impressed by it
Zards like top 3 megas to
Yeah i crit ko a arch with like 70-80% health with blizzard mega fross
i wanna use it myself but idk maybe its cuz my rain team is really good vs it
I think it's because people ain't clicking weatherball 😭
yawn skeledirge is so goated
Overheat and be shit for the rest of the game cool
All these dumbos clicking heat wave and dealing 88% to both mons then dying
maybe
God forbid they click the nuke
thats just my initial impression onnit, i get its supposed to be a top mega, and u def gta respect it but w/ rain and the options i have, its not scary
ive yet to lose to sun
Ik what is scary
The existence of rock slide keeps it in check
yes
Yeah that guy is terrifying
This thing is a fucking monster dude
mega floette is scary haha i wanna use it next
155 with fairy aura is not okay game freak
I can't 😔
I'm still using Mega Garde cause I don't have lza 😭
“Can kill the man but not the idea”
no za?
Yep
rip
Our flutter before flutter returns
I have 3 flutters 🙂
And they took out metagross as they introduced floette which I think is wild
i think +1 fairy aura moonblast is not far off xerneas +2 its just not as bulky
It’s physical bulk is pretty bad
thats my gameplan
79/78 or smth
hit it hard w/ wave crash
Dire claw go brr
adamant adaptability basculegion ohkos Zard Y in sun with wave crash
Yuh
busted mon
do i make Crab max hp and max attack or do i just bulk it up a little more cause attack stat already nuts
My game plan is to click cm with my Garde and then hopefully kill it in 2 turns
i have yet to face a palafin
Palamid once again
opportunity cost is tough
test it on showdown, buff the weakest stats first
Palafin or basc, even starmie
?
basc hits harder and provides better pivoting options
Uhhh, you can use Palafin or you can use Basc or Starmie, I feel each would be more cost effective than Palafin
I’m getting off work, exhausted
Smth with incin sini maybe, with mega dnite on rain or smth
palafin/incin/sini/kang as a rough draft idea to start
I forgot kang existed
rain might make it too exploitable idk
worth considering tho
Into what tho, there’s like, sini venu and rotom the grass and electric types aren’t super common
mega gard seems good too, esp against mega floette
No rilla is great for it
Nah, just, nah
Delphox has good special bulk and I watched it take like 60% from light of ruin
Floette is disgusting
Ah yes soccer goal
you know what my fav thing to do is, encore mons into protect, or force em to switch with yawn
dude rotom is pretty common haha + other things threaten peli and palafin outside just se. its awkward to position weather and palafin imo
Sorry that ":goa" goes to goal instead of goat
id prefer to opt for 1
Ik it’s common it’s still one of the only things
But if that’s true
Literally haven’t seen it a single time
Showdown has new toy syndrome
and again, maybe rain palafin is the way, i could also see a perish mode w/ gengar palafin
True
gengar is a menace
But Mega Kang is so fire
u flex if u want it and having extra pressure w/ essentially a 2nd mega slot in palafin hero
Sometimes I don't even mega bro
Idt it’s a top tier mega tho
i also am a mega kang truther
gengar is top 3
It’s solid and I respect it when it’s there but idt it’s really up there
Talking about kang
Kang like top 10
Top 10 for sure
kang top 10ish yea, its not its former self
But idk about top 5
where would u rank mega chandelure
top 30
Yuh
its not good
Right at uh, 29 next to his friend chimecho

what do you think of mega delphox tree, bait or good
They shafted all of the new megas except like a couple
why do people wait down the timer so often in sd
Fckn lame as hell
Thinking
Thinking
W
the guy literally waited too long and lost due to inactivity
i dont think its good but im not sure tbh, it is still early
Great minds thing alike eh Drago
unfortunately most megas arent good yet again
I think it’s good
mega ttar has gotta be top 3
(It’s better than a lot of the new megas)
no, top 5 tho
thinking so hard they parting shot my Incin instead of the mega floette that protected the previous turn
I also like having a fire mega that doesn’t force you on sun
it also doesnt give u a sun boost
Doesn’t need it
159 special attack is still really high and it outspeeds almost everything
i wonder if someone will find a way to make mega meganium good
Probably but Meganium is mid
ive seen ppl run it to some success
150 bp fire weather ball in rain is no joke
i think its 1 of those that prolly wont b good but may surprise ppl early
once the other good megas come in tho, i think its very cooked
it's cooked by mega metagross
Imo the top 5 is like, Floette, Zard, Gengar, Ttar, and probably Dactyl rn
i'm keen to see if mega dragalge is good
the sun is also a nice defensive cover for fire types not just offensively
Wave crash wipes zard anyway

scarf adaptability basc maybe haha but not every water move in sun
Ik tho, im not saying its better I just think phox has different applications
i gotchu, i havent used it i just dont see the appeal necessarily
Zard’s a great Mon, but you don’t run Zard on snow or sand
Also don’t really think a9 snow has great options beyond, maaaybe Gengar and Delphox
Sand gets Ttar so, sand button
double weather zard but its sand instead as the secondary 
🥶
Kinda surprised about lass being kinda just okay rn
yea i get the flexibility option, its just is delphox worth that. even dnite as good as its been im like is this really mega worthy? haha
I think so personally
i gotta credit them, i like the changes champions made with move tutoring, no more egg moves or tms
No other mega has landed for me yet either
so many QoL changes
Glimm felt only okay and im not touching floette, maybe ill try zard but sun isnt my thing
y not floette
why not ttar
Mirrors.
yea i guess
That sounds miserable.
Even then I’m still playing a mirror yk?
why not play mega gengar perish trap lol
But when you break a mirror you're just left with more mirrors
Paper
that's why you fake out and protect lots
It’s so frail I like having some bulk on my main mons
i guess, most ppl either arent playing floette or dont have za to even get one to begin w/
Hmm i faced mega steelix its slower the mega crab..
This guy might be John VGC
Delphox can be built to have bulk, which I’ve done
its not like every other game is a mirror
Ugh
tho i just hit mball last night so maybe it will b
ive been playin rain mirrors all the way ranking up so w/e lol
rotom mow the goat
Yeah not yet but once enough people get their hands on it it’ll be everywhere
I fight floette every other game on showdown
drago how about mega crab on tr
It’s annoying
Mega crab is mid, not having Mawile for tr teams sucks
And that’s a mega I would be trying to use
the tr megas suck rn
Drampa, camerupt, crab, just use Torkoal
can we all agree mega audino is the worst mega
its bottom 3 for sure
Nice design tho
Malamar might be the worst
currently available
Currently? Yeah probably
All of them? I dunno
The best tr mega rn is probably golurk and even then, idk
Im beating my self up cause i lost 2 matches in a row
mega golurk is food for gambit
i mean sure, its just for comp it does nothing
Yeah just use gambit and Torkoal that’s your mons for tr

I’d rather run Primarina over those megas as tr sweeper
I still want to bring dedenne for singles as a joke
wats the joke
Haha mon bad
Well not really but it would be funny
0-5
Still no air balloon
They took out so many items
Pachi isn’t in the game
is yawn + encore anti-synergy guys
What on earth even has that
a9 has encore and skeledirge has yawn
You’re gonna encore and then they’re gonna switch, so probably yes
Decent Prim set?
ok so don't use encore and yawn at the same time
No not really
if ur using them in conjunction, bad. if ur using them separate from one another, depending on the board state, probably good
i'm using them to waste tw and tr turns etc
Then it’s fine just not on the same Mon
just dont yawn and encore the same slot, would b a bit weird imo
yeah i won't
Uhhh, man what other megas even are there
The ones I was looking at ARENT IN THE GAME
lol
I’m so strsssed I laddered too much I think iv had enough beedrill
ur using beedrill?
Makes sense it’s Maya
Yeah it was fun for a bit
no wonder ur stressed
Hella stressed lol
ur using a bottom 10 mega
Bottom 5 imo

potential mon is honestly a compliment for beedrill
Potential Mon is fucking golurk bro
like what potential gang
Unseen fist! Oh it’s, slow and isn’t all that bulky ok
man i respect the attempt but the meta seems so hostile to beedrill
like wat does it even do
Beedril when Zard:
beedrill when anything really
beedrill when a gentle breeze
im so impressed that you even got that high up with it wow
Beedrill when adapt or rain basc wave crash
whered they get to?
mega garde is decent tho
i remember seeing maya near the top of the private server but im not sure how far up she got in real sd
ahh ok, was that all beedrill tho
Shit Lopunny exists
yea im not sure about that

i'm expecting gambit to get wisped a lot
Kinda doesn’t do anything rn tho
135 speed :0 neuron activation
Except die
its bulk is so bad
sucks that scrappy is only after you mega so you can get intimidated first and then you're cooked
Probably explode Gengar just to die later
Ig I can try lass? A lot of the other megas fucking suck
And Glimm just doesn’t feel that good
y
mega froslass hits like a freight train
glimm seems solid
just run mamo
i think i need to get off zard weather wars are kind of annoying
run altaria mega gengar perish trap lmao
idk but i think its solid
Hm
u need sash tho
Maybe I’ll try Glimm again
im gonna take advantage of the 60 bucks i spent and cm moonblast my way to master ball or whatever
enjoy
i need to finish PLZA
is it hard to finish?
i just need to figure out what i want
I feel like that guy should be really solid and up my alley
not really
Aerodactyl
Good speed tier and solid bulk, and hits hard
i was thinking aero chomp floette and like incin bc it's incin
add sneasler for maximum lols
my first priority is to punish sneasler
I have aero chomp garde
then like maushold?
damn i dont have aerodactyl shiny, do i have to really go back to za to grind for it 
i've seen that with floette
I’ll try it again just need to find what to use it with
i still dont have the shiny charm bc no one wanted to link trade with me 😭
there's a mable's research thing for trade evos
Uhhhhh
that gives like 2k
do u not hav dlc?
Why does meow lowkey cover 3 of those lmao
does dlc make it easier to get the charm?
yea but i dont wanna grind that much in za bc i've had like no free time as of late
Glimm by itself takes out zard whimsi stuff which is great
yea
i never did the 1k battles
i did the 1k battles it sucked
pokemon is slowly becoming p2w
i needed like 2 left but my nso expired
slowly?
rapidly
welcome aboard the train has left the station awhile ago
at least in champs its just floette
Does anything beat Garchomp and kingambit?
and champions monetization isnt that aggresive lowkey
i mean theres tons of other things in the dlc to get points for lvl 50/shiny charm. if u need evo help tho i can help in like a day or 2. how many evos do u need help w/
And Ttar
just two or three i think
thats all thats standing b/w u and the charm?
i should really finish plza
and like an extra 500 pts
ive spent $0 on the game but i also have spent over 200 on the other games and dlcs
so like idk

spending is capped at like 67 bucks
wdym
membership + pass + starter pack
are some of the megas gonna get sprites on showdown soon, it's disconcerting seeing an empty box for them
idk
u can get the year for 40 i think
they usually take a bit w/ that stuff
oh well they had the format up really quickly
that's easier to do tho
i see they already have a sprite for chimeco so hopefully it doesn't take too long for floette
they r all volunteers essentially, sd isnt their job
yea
so it varies wen things get handled/ addressed that may not b the main thing they r concerned over
true i'll just be patient
if i switch sneasler to sash what item should a9 hold
maybe a resist berry
Hear me out
32+ Atk Sharp Beak Talonflame Dual Wingbeat (2 hits) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Venusaur: 156-184 (100.6 - 118.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO
No sash is gonna save you now
same thing with sash sneasler lol
And whimsi
Can you use perish song on pokemon and then spirit shackle them in place?
Do they work at the same time?
That's the only way to make full perish work in champions then hell yeah thank you
you have mega gengar
And how do you deny them swapping after you swap mega Gengar out so he doesn't die
Just don't miss !
protect, fake out etc it's a hard strategy to pull off for that
Only thing but if I miss oh well
Those don't stop the other trainer from changing out their mons before Gengar returns to the field
but it helps gengar stay on the field
He has to be swapped or he dies too
And then I lose my only shadow tag user
And when he is swapped. I lose shadow tag making my opponents free to swap too
That's the whole reason I needed to know if spirit shackle denies swap out. There is zero other shadow tag users. There is zero arena trap users. It's just spirit shackle to keep them locked in place while I swap Gengar out preventing his death from perish song
swap out the last turn of perish
If you were stuck in perish wouldn't you also swap out last turn of perish?
don't think the game lets u
Wait. Can they? Do I not understand this right.
I didn't think about that
I haven't tried that
The game doesn't even let you select the switch button when shadow tag is on the field
ye only ghost types and Pokémon with moves that let them swap out like u turn can escape shadow tag
I've just been killing two mons and sacrificing sinistcha and mega Gengar keeping one Mon in the back to win 😂 holy hell I'm a dumbass
Thanks for the help guys
If you guys are looking for a W leaderboard spot I'd say right now is the best time on showdown
Respect!!!!
Says you
Nice climb Conner!
guys i think the changes i made to my team are working, i've won 3 in a row
Thanks goat
oh grats conner
Finally played Champions and if there's one thing I learned, it's that Memento is actually a pretty good move 💯
Rotom is strong
How fast is incineroar usually?
bruh i just played someone who just kept setting up spikes and toxic spikes, this isn't singles
ok i think this new team is cooking, i've won 4 in a row
i think i need to buy up everything in the store
my intro to mball in champions was brutal lol, threw my first game and proceeded to get cooked the next 2 games
what sort of teams are in mball
atleast got the next 2 but man, this team might not b built for it
scarf pult
waow
cooking
it def cooked me lol
im havin fun atleast, gna prolly try and train my floette transfer it in and some other mons then crash
I faced one of them
sick
i like the jackets with the details and shit but there's too many to choose from
limited options but im not mad at it
5 colors is too many for me
sweet!
we have the same hair 
nice
lmao ik
He hates scarf chomp ig
my basc outspeeds regular pult, scarf pult? not so much
And basc
not that my gameplan necessarily hinged on that but it sucked lol
Unfortunate
I've had so much people delay mega for absolutely no reason I had someone not mega their Gardevoir and hyper voice infront on my Sinistcha LOL master ball is weird
i had a guy mega his ttar at 36%
Its so weird
did he have no other mega
Someone mega evolved at literal 1 hp in front of me i don't remember what their mon was
never let them guess your next move or whatever
I think it was a dnite LMAO
yall just dont understand cuz ur not pros
its called mind games
idk
ahh yes the 1hp multiscale
I actually been delaying mega floette infront of other fairies #genius
To not give them the fairy aura boost
yes we know
maxi what are u using alongside floette
But it happens 1 time out of 30 battles
ive been watching sneasler players forget that delphox after tera outspeeds
is it the team from the group?
tera? 
Yeah
mega tera tomato tomato
dont scare me like that, tera was cool but it being gone now? 
Im enjoying this format but im scared this is just the mega honeymoon please tell me megas are as cool as they are for most of the time
on a serious note im still workin out of my head sometimes like oh no dont be concerned bout if it changed to xyz type its gna stay that type haha
It feels weird hitting tyranitar without it becoming a ghost or a flying type
right lol
emma tysm for recommending encore ninetales, it's saved me sm
Sometimes im like "okay you are switching or protecting right" and they just let it die

Also
i love that
go for no 1 atp
Man I get so shaky when I do
i had to like reconstruct my brain
Maya already pushed me to go past settling for 20th
But like 7s a pretty awesome number
And it's the last "small" elo gap
i'm just watching a game with phillybeatzu
he's trying mega alakazam with psychic terrain meowstic
I go on a streak and then take even a 3 minute break and just lose all the mojo I had
Sick man
i'm feeling more confident in my team now which is great
Not so much in the game but in the match making
I was 14th and matched into the guy in 15th 💀
Conner how likely is it to get top 1 on the reg I bo1 ladder🤠
is this bo3 ladder btw
Nah bo1
killin it
I figure I should just do what's going to be on champs
Oh man
Seeing more than 5 items would give me a heart attack right now
Seeing a single tera
i unfortunately can't attend the next aussie regional but maybe i try and attend some locals
Can't even think about Reg I
Lol that play kinda decimates rain thats funny
i keep wondering where the tera button is lol
You are eating a tera flying or tera ground bullshit and inmediatly going back to reg M-A LMAO
A tera would literally send me into a coma
Oppo volt switched off rotom proccin sash and switched in ttar setting sand and killing my weather setter lol
i hope they wait a while before introducing tera
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between happidoodledoo and ConnerTEP! Format: [Gen 9 Champions] VGC 2026 Reg M-A; Date: Apr 12, 2026
Probably one of the worst games I've ever played lowkey
It looks like I'm trying to lose
But yeah a +20 to get to top 10 I think I need to just thank the lucky stars and move on with my day
then i took a break and looked at my team so i'm gonna do that when i get tilted because it works
I went through a couple teams before settling on this
i'm glad my goat gambit is good again
And I only did this team because the showdown building has Aerodactyl front and center
It's funny this team is somewhat similar to my first team I made for champs
i feel like i can never get the sucker punch calls right
Aerodactyl is so cool man
I want to use it
Wait that water spider thing is legal
good thing ur not a mega zard bot conner
doesnt it hit kinda hard
I could never
Even though I have childhood attachment to Zard Y
Aquarachnid?
Thank you Zard Y for landing your fire blast to kill Dianthas Mega Gardevoir in the XY pokemon league 🫡
"im running zard y and venusaur combo alongside garchomp and sneasler to help with the mirror and incineroar for support"
Oh yeah I was going to find my teams and compare
i have a childhood attachment to gliscor because i thought gligar had a cool design in gsc and i liked its cry
i also have a childhood attachment to dunsparce because of that 1% encounter rate in the dark cave
HAHAHHAHA
First team was the first team I made and the second one is the team I'm currently using
I should run Rock Slide randomly on Snorlax bro
I really like the mega combo of Gard and Kang
skill swap huge power self destruct tofu
Still not 100% on the items cause this team is pretty new
it would work 1% of the time but it would be hilarious
what mega u been running
Not my proudest work but it's chill
TR right now is really mid
Ive been seeing some wild shit with rock slide on master ball
What does TR even do now
Zard Y phenomenon
torkoal probably
Cool fake out tr incin walls your whole team cool
Crab?
idk it was torkoal crambominable giraffe incin
Honestly the crab is pretty scary
they also had gambit which for some reason they didnt bring
ye crab can 1 shot a lot of Pokémon
they over predicted me switching dnite into incin and cc'd and i mega'd and draco ko'd them
or be close so farig can clean with hyper voice
its ok i think, but not great
which mon has surprised you the most so far
Oh, that I recognize that name @shadow wind
Aerodactyl
Man am I lucky for getting a pairing like that
that ive used? prolly rotom mow. played against mega floette for sure
ive seen it a few times
mostly scarf e web spam but also good pivot piece thats bulky
Running trick or nah?
nope
and resists sand well too right
Ttar knock off probably does like 70
lol
Jeez I'm already 9th on the ladder?
mamos good for sand actually
Yo I was thinking about using Mamo
i should play some more
Mamo seems pretty good right now
mamo is great just don't use it for meme no guard fissure spam
Oblivious and then hits just so many mons
He's just terrible into Sneasler
Which I guess a lot of mons are
Sneasler fries my team if played right
sneasler fries a lot of teams tbh
its been good and i built the team to hav 3/5 partners b able to stay next to eq
wasnt built around mamo really but worked out
u just need sash
protect/eq/ice shard/ice crash
Ok yeah that's what I would run
that seems great against chomp
it is
yea if no bulk prolly otherwise nah
Adamant probably yeah?
shard is usually to pick off things
Like the mamo
yep
I was like literally theorycrafting Mamo yesterday so it's pretty fresh in my mind
i've literally won 5 in a row, i am cooking
@shadow wind YOU GOT THIS CONNER
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9championsvgc2026regma-2581266756-6ek627lhpgawub6rsbah5w3tqt7fq3npw how could i have played better here?
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between Crvstal_K!tty and saying1! Format: [Gen 9 Champions] VGC 2026 Reg M-A; Date: Apr 12, 2026
should have brought gambit i think
this team is feeling good though
Question can mega charizard y survive wave crash from adaptability bascu under the sun ?
doubtful
not looking good
32 Atk Adaptability Basculegion Wave Crash vs. 2 HP / 0 Def Mega Charizard Y in Sun: 152-180 (98 - 116.1%) -- 87.5% chance to OHKO
Uh this sucks i lost my win streak because i'm confident my zard can live wave crash under sun
lost my 6th game but that's ok! i need to review it
Peaked second
Wish I got #1 but it's whatever
maybe mf drops a game
Nicely done Conner!!!

ok i lost to ancient power torkaol
Someone rate my team. I’ve won 6 games in a row now in masters
lost two in a row, maybe i'm leading wrong
I call it perish in Sahara
5/10 you have a typo
“Somehow” working doesn’t exactly strike confidence
How does EQ work with stomping tantrum?
Oh crap I gotta drop the white herb lol
I'm assuming EQ will never trigger stomping?
if EQ fails it can trigger the doubling effect of Stomping Tantrum
Just change to unburdennn
But failing means what in this instance
getting blocked by protect doesn't count as failing but getting flinched, missing, hitting into immunity, full paralysis, sleep turn all count
Cause I know stomping gets finnicky with spread moves
Do you know about an immunity?
ok just lost to crunch mega kang
Happens
what do u mean?
Holy I can't read
You said if it hits into an immunity it counts
But it only counts in the slot that it failed into right?
Stomping Tantrum doesn't have to target into the slot that the previous move failed into for the double power
im watching a video right now where the guy used Zen Headbutt into Tyranitar (which fails) and then used a Double Power Stomping Tantrum into a different Pokemon
Interesting
But does that mean stomping tantrum gets doubled if you eq beside a levitate mon?
i think this team is still good
i think if you're going EQ -> ST, then EQ has to fail on every possible target if you want ST doubled
Hmm
in the same video he tested Rock Slide into ST and ST does not double when Rock Slide only missed 1 opponent
I find poison touch better to wall off something like whims
And I would run life orb but no life orb…
Hmm
Understanding
Conner can you share your team
It had a couple changes mid ladder sesh and I don't know what's best
Like kowtow over iron head on gambit
now i lost to what i assume is scarf armarouge?
I also kept losing to a mega aggron so watch out for those I guess?
its rough having to choose one
Yeah
On one hand kowtow will nuke always
But iron head is insane for when the dark is resisted
Cuz like kowtow kind of just gets the most benefit out of the glasses and being able to hit with dark a lot of stuff but iron head is a steel move in a floette format
Exactly
after on SD your Kowtow is neutral pog
I don’t remember if Fairy Aura still reduces Dark move power or sth
Nah
I like shadow ball sinistcha too i think that move will pick up in usage as the format goes on
My gut tells me Crabominable should have been good but TR blows rn LOL
even on bulky offense
Call me an innovator
Lowkey might speed creep with sinistcha to 95
Outspeeding Froslass and Sneasler might be huge for this team
dire claw + sucker punch into zard is deadly
It's not too much investment tbh
I like it
Just 5 points
Changing the team right now
This is just the Chomp Talonflame of this format
Except my chomp is adamant
Chomp and her weird looking bird
252 Atk Garchomp Dragon Claw vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Garchomp: 144-170 (78.2 - 92.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Cause I HATE this calc
How much does it improve with adamant
252+ Atk Garchomp Dragon Claw vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Garchomp: 158-188 (85.8 - 102.1%) -- 12.5% chance to OHKO
Always kills after rough skin
poison berry is clutch for a9 also wdym torch song doesn't melt freeze
wholesome vgc moments
i feel like my predictions are getting better from playing randbats
I actually get a decent amount of people asking for my teams
But I think it's just because I play with spectators on
maybe i should do that
also i've won more games with this new team than lost them so that's good
10-4
gotta review my losses
Legendary triple unnerve 🔥
Alright
Back up to 12th
And there's a 14 elo gap to 11th so I think I'm good for now
Happy I hit second but this team needs some serious work done
maybe i should review my losses now
or wait don't they say to review it after 50 games or so
Not a clue
I raw dog team building
Throw the mons in the builder
Not working? Different mons in the builder
ok i'm seeing how i misplayed in my losses now, that's good
i haven't brought gliscor much yet but he's clutch against sand
and sneasler
and incin too
aerodactyl gets so much tech, wide guard, taunt, tw
That’s why he’s awesome
Also unnerve
Unnerve in a format with 8 items is very good
and common teammates are sneasler so my poison resist and fighting resist berry won't work
and incin usually rocks sitrus
lowk might replace gliscor for aerodactyl
Aerodactyl the goat
It’s just easier to have a larger sample size to adequately assess how you’re performing
Especially if lets say for 10 matches you just play into scrubs and get free wins
That doesn’t really count
My pokeball games are definitely a good indicator of how this team will function
well I am still reviewing my losses and i think it's definitely a problem with misplaying rather than a problem with the team
i'm not tilting when i lose, i'm trying to approach vgc with a more positive mindset
W mental
Frustration is normal
at least i was proactive and changed some things
https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/battle-gen9championsvgc2026regma-2581331745 holy shit man's using thick fat smack down snorlax against zard
ive gotten 2 freezes using blizzard but the oppents always seem to thaw out instantly :(
have they nerfed freeze?
oh they automatically thaw on the 3rd turn
that's good i think but silly that torch song doesn't thaw
I am starting to not like ranked in champions anymore. Some people really think you can wait the clock out. Good thing my attention span isn't broken.
i think they're just deciding what to do
Every turn? I get it if it's once.
And it's right after their matchup suddenly isn't favorable
floette & delphox
I still believe instead of Freeze; we should've gotten "Frostbite" from PLA 😅
ok i lost 3 in a row maybe the team is ass, i lost to drampa
Yeah, Mega Drampa is strong; though I know there isn't too many Trick Room setters atm
Some yes, not a crazy amount of good ones though
i should have dealt with the drampa, underestimated it
Something you now know for future reference at least
i'm learning a lot about this meta
The meta will likely shift dependent on what mons + held items they plan to add in due time
Whether that'll be next season or season after that, we don't know
argfh lost to rain
Hey, is this a chat to discuss Champions or just Competitive in general?
both
I wanted to ask that if I have Mega Froslass and opponent has Mega Charizard Y, my Mega will Winout due to being slower, right? Or is Mega Froslass outspeeding it?
I'm on Max Speed Froslass. Don't know if Charizard is standardly on max speed
Mega Froslass is outspeeding Zard Y
Zard Y is base 100 while Frosslass is base 120
Zard should be max speed cause of all the mirrors and crowded speed tiers
You are right! Did the calcs wrong (calcs is short for calculator)
I checked if 0 EV Froslass is outsped by 252 Charizard 🥀
Guess if I face it, I should be aware of that!
That’s insane
Just started the game, using Froslass, what are the most represented Megas, or Megas i should make sure to build around?
Zard Y, Ttar, Floette are probably the megas to look at
You get the occasional Mega Gengar
Happy to hear TTar cooking
I assume Ttar is Sandstorm,
I saw Floette is essentially Xerneas without Geomancy, is Mega Gengar just a hard matchup for Froslass?
team is no good
?
my team
Your Team is no good?
yeah
I have question if i use greninja and activate protean and then mega evolve will protean activate for the second time or no ?
I think Meowstic is cute therefore awesome
I wish my mega was in the game 🥀
Yes
i'm not doing too flash hot with this team
i hate scarf ttar bro
just lost to curse gyro ball mega steelix
I might be the only one who thinks all choice items shouda been banned im so sick of losing to 50/50 choice scarf mons EVEN when you call it out and make the correct play
scarf rotom, scarf chomp, scarf ttar, what isn't scarf
i need to be prepared for scarf ttar
you know what i'm going to try, substitute skeledirge
oh and scarf basc
OHHHHHHH WERE MASTER BALL BABY
hype
I dont think I'll reach master ball in singles
And I dont like singles as long as it stays in 3v3 format
god i hate sand
just play dou
that won't help me improve
living comparatively makes me hate vgc and this format so much its just an incoherent mess
i thought you'd be doing well and making sense of the madness emma
no i keep hitting randomness and i just can’t predict stupidity its my weakness
Im trying to build a Trick Room team with Tyranitar as the Base
Should I still use Archanine as my Intimidate Mon?
well, hisuian arcanine get the sp def boost from sand
I mean it can take away your openent ability but the stat is not great
Prolly as good as mega scovillain good ability but doesn't have the bulk too get anything done
I just ran into a mega scovillian and didnt realize that its ability actives on ANY FORM of contact or other wise
It just gimps phyical attackers
That's why i said the ability is good but it ussualy just burn one of your pokemon and then drop ded
cofagrigus can wisp and tr, and take away basc's ability
This is what I'm rocking with atm, idk what to change
But is cofa really that bulky tho
Yeah intim only work agains't physical attack but if the mofo get hit by shadow ball i don't think it will survive unless sash
But eh you do you if you want too try using cofa go ahead
i was just watching a game and saw it and thought it was interesting
It just gimmicky if it's really that great it should have more usage
I should get a Fake out user
it forces a lot of switching
i'm thinking i go back to rock slide on gliscor for the aerodactyl mu
Man I wish Tinkatons offensive stats werent so
offensive
Thing has a funky movepool
any ghosts types other than gengar and dragapult seeing use rn?
oh yeah those 2
Skeledirge/chandelure are sometimes a thing too
i havent seen a single dirge yet
At least Ive bumped into em a couple times
or chandelure actually
don't forget mega golurk (lol)
How good is he, I saw he has unseen fist so I'm curious
trash
yeah it does but just be aware that you lose sharpness when you mega
it feels like alot of the megas we have rn have worse abilities when they do mega
TTar being able to reset sand to win weather fights is so good

