competitive_discussion

[cyan smelt]

get rid of 2 fairy types

[supple latch]

I’ll get rid of Prima and A-nine. Tailwind is just too good, I can’t not have it

But the question is, what should I replace them with?

Actually no, instead of Prima, I’ll get rid of Whimsicott, I have a better idea for a tailwind Setter

[zinc edge]

What's the best way to kill milotic

[pearl wind]

physical moves work better since it's naturally more specially defensive

[cyan smelt]

and do not send incin in against it

[hasty cloud]

who is good teammate for Hydraple in champions, with strong low accuracy moves?

[cyan smelt]

should i run bright powder gliscor but not on sand lol

[hasty cloud]

maybe as an sand teams counter

[supple latch]

What’s the best EV spreads for Farigiraf?

[cyan smelt]

i already have low kick kang for ttar but i guess bright powder couldn't hurt

i run hyper cutter though

[pearl wind]

theres no best EV spread for farigiraf, defensively you can look at what attacks you wanna survive and see how the calc looks for it, otherwise you can just go max max

i like mine a little bit offensive with modest so that im not just sitting around tho

[brave phoenix]

can someone explain why floette + delphox is so strong?

[supple latch]

Alright, I believe this should be better. I even built Aero to be one point faster than Sneasler. Even in Tailwind, bro should still be exactly one point faster than Unberden Sneasler

[vocal plume]

How are you guys doing on champions?

[supple latch]

I just hit Great Ball

[vocal plume]

Nice

I'm kinda hard stuck in Great Ball Rank 2 right now

[pearl wind]

sorry that i couldnt send mine rn, dont have it on showdown

yours is def bulkier than mine

[supple latch]

My giraffe?

[pearl wind]

ye

[supple latch]

Yeah I want it to at least survive some hits.

While at the same time, hit decently well into some Pokémon

[pearl wind]

ye it'll do that

i think i went modest 20spatk? the second bump

didnt bother w black glasses gambit since you need almost max max for that or colbur berry

[supple latch]

Hey it’s fine. I just tried to see what would be enough bulk while at the same time, good offence

[rare drift]

This but for me its Ultra 3

[supple latch]

This was actually my first time really looking at the nitty gritty specific stats

[vocal plume]

I'm trying lol

[rare drift]

Its def a personal skill issue tho because theres alot im still learning about competive

Like predictions etc

[vocal plume]

Me too

[pearl wind]

because they cover one another extremely well, really helps in the team selection

[rare drift]

Although I added belibolt to my trickroom team and its been fun😭

[vocal plume]

I don't think I take enough time to consider what my opponent could do

[pearl wind]

when i used gengar i dropped just a little bit of speed since i didnt care about a speedtie with other gengar/aerodactyl/jolteon (?), i think i did timid 29 to hit 196, just enough for adamant scarf basc at 195

[vocal plume]

That said this is one of a select few games that I dont rage at when I lose lol

[pearl wind]

but those are all minor things

[rare drift]

Nah I don't rage until its a EQ Garchomp and a Eartheater Worm dude

It actually pisses me off

[pearl wind]

i lost my head a little yesterday when i went from reaching 2k back to 1978 😖

but it happens also learned something, still stinks

[supple latch]

I guess I could drop some speed because I will have Tailwind up most of the time

And since I’m not going to click Perish Song, I’m going to replace it for Taunt

[pearl wind]

i ran perish song so i needed all the bulk i could get

[supple latch]

That makes sense. Con Perish all the way!

[vocal plume]

Garchomp and Orthworm?

[rare drift]

Yup

[vocal plume]

Fair

I'm running starmie, sneasler, dnite, pelipper, archaludon and basc rn

[supple latch]

DID SOMEONE SAY STARMIE?

https://tenor.com/view/mega-starmie-starmie-pokemon-run-running-gif-8108376279629413212

[cerulean nacelle]

The goofy goober of death

[vocal plume]

I did

Absolute unit

[cerulean nacelle]

He is that dude.

[vocal plume]

Been using starmie, arch, pelipper, sneasler and my days it's fun

[cerulean nacelle]

That's fair. I'm still using my bulky froslass veil team. It's been pretty good. I'm a little over 1850 ELO in master rank.

It does make me laugh how bad some people play though.

Went against zard venu leading froslass milotic.

I delayed the mega to win the weather war and used icy wind with milotic.

Even with venu and zard using solar beam into milotic, it lived. Got off the icy wind.

I then proceeded to mega evolve with froslass, use blizzard to kill the venu and put the zard in range of a milotic scald killing it. He didn't protect either.

[vocal plume]

Fair. I just got into Ultra now but gonna take a break and play some Smash Bros

[cerulean nacelle]

Makes sense. Best of luck!

[vocal plume]

Thanks ♥️. Don't want to get too immersed. I've got work in a few hours so.

[cerulean nacelle]

That's fair. It's also easy to get burnt out overthinking, then go on a losing streak because you're just making bad plays.

It's good to step back sometimes.

[vocal plume]

Exactly

[cerulean nacelle]

I will say, even with the fact that milotic can live the solar beam combo, i might still strap a grass resist berry on milotic. I've had lefties on it but ima be honest, it's not been needed whatsoever.

[cyan smelt]

how long will it be until there are usage stats on showdown

[cerulean nacelle]

Not a clue. But there are usage stats on champions so its probably not a priority for them.

And I'd assume thered be very similar stats

Only maybe a bit different for singles since you have 6v6 singles.

[cyan smelt]

i need to know what blastoise usage is

[cyan smelt]

and if sinistchas are running shadow ball

[real prairie]

Shadowball is 19% usage

[cyan smelt]

so trick room, rage powder, matcha gotcha and what else?

[real prairie]

life dew

blastoise is #32 for usage

water spout, protect, aura sphere and dark pulse as top 4 moves

[cyan smelt]

hmmm idk whether to be worried about it yet or not

[cyan smelt]

also idk why i'm afraid of laddering i should just ladder

[shadow wind]

Yo these guys are fire

W Australia

[cyan smelt]

kangaroos will fuck your shit up

[strong anchor]

I thought blastoise would still go for fake out

[cyan smelt]

ig it doesn't need it if it has sinistcha

[foggy lodge]

https://fixup.com/the_one_gio/status/2044934569972138078?s=20

[indigo coral]

Is that a scam link, or did you accidentally remove the x from fixupx

https://fixupx.com/the_one_gio/status/2044934569972138078?s=20

Gio™ (@the_one_gio)

If you encore a Prankster Pokemon into a the previous move and that move was an attacking move but this turn they went for a Status move, then it will get the Prankster priority. But now that also means that it won’t hit dark-type Pokemon that turn.

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FixupX · Apr 17, 2026, 12:22 AM

This is definitely unintended behavior

[cerulean nacelle]

In doubles shadow ball is pretty low usage.

[cerulean nacelle]

That's cool. It's like how people used to use it on zacian.

You'd click quick attack after using behemoth blade, whimsicott would encore the zacian and then suddenly it's a +1 priority behemoth blade.

[cyan smelt]

well i'm up to nearly 1400 on showdown, 64.3% gxe with this team, the team might be ok?

i feel like playing randbats has helped me be more instinctual with switching

[waxen dock]

it makes sense

[red willow]

Nawwww not on the spout cheese variants at least

[weak lichen]

https://ebay.us/m/FCWJ9K

[cyan smelt]

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9championsvgc2026regma-2586427160-6v9gkkg4apm1280j1eyma7636cmjoxbpw idk why a) this guy was using mega greninja, and b) why he didn't bring ttar

[weak lichen]

https://ebay.us/m/GGswd3

[red willow]

Are you trying to rick roll me sir

Or whatever the kids do these days

[tawdry urchin]

I want to get my friend into competetive Pokémon more and he likes the Pokémon absol. Is there a doubles team I can build around mega absol?

[ripe grail]

@cerulean nacelle hard stuck at 1900s haha

Am thinking of putting in rotom wash for whimsicott

Cause the only team I struggle against are aerodacytl and delphox

Rotom wash gives important coverage there

[supple latch]

We love ‘em

[brave phoenix]

can you derank from master ball tier to ultra ball once you reach it? matter of fact can you derank from any tier to a different ball division? in champions

[chrome knot]

no

[cyan smelt]

emma have u settled on a team yet

[chrome knot]

currently yes

[cyan smelt]

awesome sauce

[chrome knot]

its just garde but i sat down and looked at the calculator for like 2 hours

so my headcalcs aren’t garbage bad anymore lmao

[cyan smelt]

what were you struggling with

[chrome knot]

rain bc i didn’t know garde into arch

and then general speedtiers, did the whole multicalc for my team

just prepped like i would anything bc im tired of being in ultra lmao

[cyan smelt]

ultra is tough to get out of

[chrome knot]

so im here now wnd its whatever this is the team only change ive made recent was moonblast > tr

[cerulean nacelle]

Ironically did just lose to delphox aerodactyl lol.

But then beat a mega aggron team so that's fun.

Seems like my team doesn't fair too well against delphox + sneasler ngl.

Half my team is weak to that shit.

My team does pretty well into a lot. But delphox is a real struggle for my team as I have... 3 pokemon weak to fire and kommo-o is weak to psychic/fairy.

[clever root]

Thoughts on swapping out kommo-o for iron def body press goodra hisui

[cyan smelt]

Goodra has all my friends are dead syndrome

[ripe grail]

Yeah + the flinch with aero is fuckall

[ripe grail]

The mega camerupt one?

[clever root]

Goodra has fat ass syndrome

He will sit there and eat every hit

[cyan smelt]

And do nothing to ghost types

[clever root]

Flash his cannon

[cyan smelt]

Basc resists

[clever root]

Still tryna really think what I need instead of kommo-o

[cerulean nacelle]

No the froslass team I have

[clever root]

Could just go gambit

[ripe grail]

Oooh what elo did you reach

[cyan smelt]

Having mega camerupt is like having landorus back

[red willow]

Rotom frost outspeeding sneasler? Or did it have to be scarfed up for that? Lol

[clever root]

Scarf

[red willow]

We got there with just sneasler left at 3% but damn I was not expecting tanking tbolt to the dome haha

[clever root]

My funniest calc is triple axel from weavile kills sneasler from full

[red willow]

I feel like Weavile is kinda slept on just cause its one of the fastest knock offs in the format

(And the knock off actually hurts)

[clever root]

I did 90% to a shielded aegislash

[cyan smelt]

Fastest fake out in the west

[spark siren]

Two VGC tigers having a standoff

[waxen dock]

incin mirror

[real prairie]

I think ive had 3 Gambit mirrors today lol

still not enough to make me give it lowkick 🤣

[cerulean nacelle]

I'm closing in on 1900s. Pretty content with that ngl.

[dry nexus]

I just hit master rank with the shoddiest team I built

[cerulean nacelle]

THE WALL!!!

Congrats dude, that's impressive.

[dry nexus]

it's so fun thinking how I can counter all the common meta picks, then I ended up with this team built out of duct tape and prayers 😭

[cerulean nacelle]

Stuff happens haha

Ok I officially have made it to 1900 ELO!

I am master rank 2 babyyyy

[jade dust]

I got a 9 win streak with this team

[cerulean nacelle]

Yeah I've seen this team about. Very strong. Aero + floette is an insanely annoying match up.

[jade dust]

I was debating what my 2nd mega should be and decided to make aerodactyl

I have used the mega more than I thought

[chrome knot]

good lord

[real prairie]

slow trick room floette right?

think i played you earlier

[real prairie]

no then lol

must have been a similar team

[chrome knot]

me when near top 6 usage

[dry nexus]

I'm shocked how many people don't know Farigiraf's ability, is it that underused in SV?

[jade dust]

Trick room is to reverse it or to punish tailwind

[dry nexus]

I really didn't like SV meta so I didn't even bother playing comp there

[jade dust]

How much bulk should aerodactyl have

[chrome knot]

no theres just an influx of new players who have 0 experience lmao

farig always had very good usage in sv

[real prairie]

yeah, someone tried to run slow bulky floette on me, murdered it with iron head and weather ball

[real prairie]

usually none, its a sash mon

[dry nexus]

ain't no way people reaching Ultra Rank 1 without even knowing that or try to search the pokemon on a different screen

[chrome knot]

yes

new players match into new players and its just a midoff

rinse and repeat and you have many players who are now in masters but stuck 1400-1700

[dry nexus]

that'll be me in doubles since I refuse to use the meta picks

[chrome knot]

i can tell

[jade dust]

But for mega

I know there are some mega aerodactyl teams

[chrome knot]

jack once i win against ladder anxiety im shooting for champ tier lmao

[jade dust]

What’s your team?

[real prairie]

You and me both, I am stuck at 1900 its pissing me off

Champ tier currently at 2200

[dry nexus]

yikes

[bronze quarry]

Every single game I’ve brought in my snow team I go against TTAR IM GONNA LOSE IT 😭

[pearl wind]

@spiral zealot i think its time for me to drop decidueye 😔

[dry nexus]

this is not you wanna see bringing in a full physical team

[ripe grail]

yayy

[jade dust]

I thought she had anxiety cuz she’s new to competitive play

But you’re old to it

[real prairie]

I think this is genuinely a match matching thing. When I was playing balance all I fought was balance, when I play rain all I face is weather teams

[real prairie]

Emma is an OG

[jade dust]

She’s been playing since when then?

[real prairie]

She's done regionals for at least a few years

[jade dust]

Ah I thought she got into it in SV

[real prairie]

That is a few years 🤣

And when I got into it TBF 4 years ago

[jade dust]

Near the end of SV I mean

[real prairie]

Oh nah, Emma is just smart and takes mental health breaks

[jade dust]

She’s very smart for doing that

[novel fjord]

What legendaries should I get for future VGC

[dry nexus]

I'm not a pro but Kyogre and / or Shadow Rider Calyrex is my go to

[novel fjord]

I have both of them

[pearl wind]

lunala

[novel fjord]

I already have lunala

[dry nexus]

those two hard carried me in gen 8

along with prankster tornadus

[novel fjord]

I have tornadus incarnate

[dry nexus]

yeah that's the one

idk how well they'll perform once they are allowed in but I miss using those three

[spark siren]

Is this a good singles moveset for Aegislash?

[chrome knot]

garde tw

[real prairie]

Cuties for cutie obvs

[jade dust]

She’s too fast to be used in trick room imo

[chrome knot]

yeah i dont have tr

im hyper voice moonblast psychic

[indigo coral]

Just had the most brutal RNG in a single turn. Was doing some Singles and had my Serperior with full HP against their Tyranitar on 20%. I went for Leaf Storm, outsped, and missed. They went for Fire Punch that I don't know how they fit it on the moveset, critically hit, and got the burn. Because of the burn, I ended up dying to Sandstorm chip despite Leftovers keeping me alive without the burn.

[indigo coral]

The heck you mean Gardevoir is too fast for Trick Room? It literally ran Trick Room at Worlds as it's most common set the last time Megas were legal. Speed Creep has gotten so much worse since then with 100 being considered slow, Gardevoir is absolutely Trick Room viable

[jade dust]

Mega Gardevoir is 100 speed

Which is too fast for trick room

Good trick room speed is 60 and below tbh

70-90 is terrible speed to have

[polar canyon]

I wonder how revival blessing is gonna work with megas

[jade dust]

Probably revived them in base form

Like you don’t recover your tera

[polar canyon]

Though tera visually shatters when they faint and megas just play their faint animations and get pulled back

So it's a matter of do they make it work based on concept or practicality

[jade dust]

Well in a playthrough, if you use a revive on your mega they return to base

And revival blessing works the same than using the revive item

[polar canyon]

In what playthrough? Both have not been available at the same time in mainline

[indigo coral]

Trick Room as primary set in VGC18

https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/gardevoir/vgc18/

Jamie Boyt saying Trick Room is the best set on Mega in Champions

https://youtu.be/AopV69J0a4A

Clearly it's not too fast for Trick Room 🤷

[polar canyon]

It doesn't not make sense to use trick room

A lot of the mons that threaten it don't run 0 speed sets anyways

And when you already outspeed what's in front of you you can just not click trick room

[foggy lodge]

if you have the right partners it can be fine if you something like incin gambit you can enable them a bit more with it

[polar canyon]

Yeah mixed team

Maybe I'll try it

Doesn't have to be a team fully reliant on tr does it

[foggy lodge]

It also depends on the speed tier of the meta anyways but its just something you click depending on the match and the boardstate

[left bobcat]

Mega emboar is so BROKEN

[polar canyon]

I've always enjoyed teams that have trick room as an option more than ones that have it as a needed win condition

Hard tr isn't very fun to play because it feels stiff

[jade dust]

Yeah 2018

The problem is you’re setting trick room for your enemies’ slower mons

[indigo coral]

See above, others already explained it well

[cerulean nacelle]

I uh... kinda doubt that.

[bold geode]

It IS a bit quick for it but helps considering like if your opponent has TW up/how fast your opponents mons are/what partners you have

[cerulean nacelle]

I've seen TR on gardes but they've been using TR imprison on non mega gardevoir sets.

I think as a surprise way to bear hard TR

[foggy lodge]

I think Wolfey used imprison Garde

Does Mega Floette get imprison

[bold geode]

Also like maybe you can run it a bit bulkier and slower for it?

[bold geode]

Yes

[cerulean nacelle]

I've seen thatsaplusone use TR imprison

[foggy lodge]

It doesn't you fucking dirty liar

[bold geode]

I know I saw Imprison in Floette's movepool in Champions

Then again like

[foggy lodge]

mods get rid of his comp helper role

[foggy lodge]

https://tenor.com/view/mods-ltg-ban-this-bot-delete-messages-bot-spam-gif-14610588642106395216

[bold geode]

Does Incineroar have Knock Off or U Turn or Snatch

According to this yes

I saw it in Champs and I also know Delphox has it

Also Max I was accidentally running Mystic on Milotic over Leftovers LMAO

[cerulean nacelle]

Spicy tech wdym.

That scald/muddy water gonna OHKO tyranitar now for real

[foggy lodge]

no it doesn't get imprison

I just checked the movepool on champions

[cerulean nacelle]

I've checked. It doesn't.

[bold geode]

I'm checking Floette's moves tonight

Anyways imma try Lefties Milo but real talk I may keep the Mystic

[foggy lodge]

imprison is funny the thing is that outside of like Floette Charizard and maybe Gengar none of the megas are that common to really be using imprison for the mirror

And two of them doesn't get imprison

Idk if Gengar gets it

[cerulean nacelle]

I've got lefties on my milotic but ima be real I'm considering using the grass resist berry to help against venu in the sun.

[pallid hare]

It does

[bold geode]

I might also give D Kiss Floette a go

[foggy lodge]

Yeah Gengar gets it

[cerulean nacelle]

That's the floette variant I haven't run into yet.

[bold geode]

I fought a mirror yesterday and they had Floette Incin Sini and they had CM D Kiss and the Floette just never fucking died

[cerulean nacelle]

I went against a floette team and ngl almost lost because of quick guard talonflame setting me up poorly with my incin lead.

I didn't expect quick guard.

[bold geode]

Also I think I click Gleam more than Moonblast

[foggy lodge]

i don't think d kiss is bad but i think it asks you to do a totally different team

Or well not different but Floette needs way more support

[cerulean nacelle]

I agree. The set up into longevity can be more powerful but moon blast has more immediate power behind it.

[bold geode]

Tbh I think it wants a fuckton of support anyways

[cerulean nacelle]

I'm probably gonna build a mega aero team next anyway. Enough speed EVs to outspeed mega delphox and then fuck it, we ball

I'll probably go sneasler, chomp and washtom.

That way I've got 2 mons for chomp to just spam EQ with.

[grand spire]

should i replace farig with oranguru?

https://pokepast.es/380637bc218e562f

if i do my team is weak to sun now

[cerulean nacelle]

With mega crab teams I'd always say that glowking is better because you can also set up snow for your own crab.

But honestly farigiraf is just the best TR setter atm.

[grand spire]

slowking can get flinched

but not taunted

slowking pribably fits better on my team though

[cerulean nacelle]

The main benefit of a slowking is the snow it can set for crab. I'm not saying you have to run it. Farigiraf is very good.

[grand spire]

is galar or kanto slowking better atm

[cerulean nacelle]

Tbh that's for you to decide and what your team needs. Glowking has more resistances and technically a better defensive profile but is weak to ground which is awkward.

However besides fake out which you can accommodate for, sneasler can't really touch galarian slowking.

[grand spire]

i already got aegislash and sinistcha tho so i dont really need a counter for sneasler

im also not sure if i should replace aegislash with kingambit only reason. i have aegislash is bc of floette

[cerulean nacelle]

That's once again up to you. Kingambit is more like a soft check to floette anyway because it's actually neutral to fairy. Meaning that if you take some chip, a moon blast can potentially kill you.

[dull ibex]

https://pokepast.es/d76d588b26ddefc5

[winter fox]

Sucker Punch being counted as priority by Armor Tail needs to be studied

[chrome knot]

??

it is a +1 priority move

[pearl wind]

study complete

[noble hatch]

WOOOO!

won my last match to get into masterball

had to not get flinched by rockslide to win

[wheat rapids]

think you might need to be studied 🤣

[bold geode]

Helloing

[chrome knot]

ooh goodbye

[bold geode]

Ive seen people do that
I prefer the giraffe personally but well
It can work

[pearl wind]

damn rock slide flinches a lot today

[keen quiver]

the move itself was always a priority

[keen quiver]

Just do both lmao

both good typings

[bold geode]

Nah

I mean you can but like
Team probably lacks more damage then

[torn parrot]

weewoooo in the finals

[stuck perch]

https://x.com/haydunnofficial/status/2045218104813527255?s=46&t=KB4CVv355gDMDGNjhuVNuA

Hayden (@HaydunnOfficial)

hopping on pokemon champions like "boy i cant wait to play against sneasler and incineroar for the next few hours"

X · Apr 17, 2026, 7:09 PM

[torn parrot]

wish me luck!

[stuck perch]

Who the undefeated guy?

[torn parrot]

me

[ripe grail]

@cerulean nacelle rotom Wash is actually a crazy good fit it seems

[stuck perch]

https://tenor.com/view/pikachu-gif-21381920

[stuck perch]

Oh shyt

[ripe grail]

I can now sash the venus
And wash is great into dactyl and pelipper

[chrome knot]

waow

[torn parrot]

thanks! ^^

[chrome knot]

lop yay
rain nay

[ripe grail]

<@&663761167176433665> I can't post pictures guys
May I know the reason?

[dense latch]

not leveled up enough i think

[chrome knot]

rejoined server

so you still have lvl1 role

[torn parrot]

my lopunny has RAIN DANCE

[chrome knot]

rain stibks…..

[torn parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-bike-gif-9672975825298871464

[thick current]

I removed the lvl1 role, you should be able to post pictures now

[chrome knot]

stinky…….

[bold geode]

I fought a Mega Lopunny yesterday in Champions

[bold geode]

Like you...

[chrome knot]

won a game to get into ultra 1 bc my garde traced multiscale lmaoooo

[atomic portal]

woo gl gl

@torn parrot congrats on winning and dropping 0 games in tc

its like ur some sort of…

…pokemon champion

[torn parrot]

i won hehhhh

lopunnyyy hehe

9-0 lopunny

2-0 through top cut lopunny

broughtg lopunny every single game

[atomic portal]

https://tenor.com/view/lopunny-lopunnydance-pokemon-gif-9218265210040095594

[indigo coral]

Oh, someone else discovered Rain Dance Lopunny. Neat

[torn parrot]

THE TECHHH

[torn parrot]

damn right i did

[indigo coral]

Was holding onto that for a tournament myself, need to brew some new spice now

[molten oasis]

Why does it get that lmao

[indigo coral]

Gen 4 and before learnsets get dummy coverage for no reason

Same reason Nidoking gets Bubblebeam

[molten oasis]

Ah, anyway

[pearl wind]

had to use the decidueye team again to go back to 2k 😤

[tranquil kraken]

good job

[wheat rapids]

i was literally thinking about a glimmora team last night 'cause i was like, i feel like setting toxic spikes before megaing would be cool, but then i was like nah im too singles brained lol

then wolfey releases a vid of mega glimmora with the same reasoning, + 5 of my all time fav mons 💀

nice lol

[pearl wind]

who are YOU

[tranquil kraken]

https://klipy.com/gifs/you-wo-joker

[real prairie]

Yay @torn parrot is back and killing it

If anyone wants to have a go with a mega Camerupt team:

[real prairie]

Why wouldn't sneasler just use fake out lol

[winter fox]

I have a team if anybody wants to use it

[molten oasis]

That’s not the point lol

[chrome knot]

placed 1822

[pearl wind]

[real prairie]

Welcome to the climb!

[chrome knot]

took longer than i wanted

ladder anxiety sucks lmao winning wasn’t even the hard part

[real prairie]

This team is unironically actually really good 🤣

[real prairie]

Here if you ever need to just shoot the shit with someone whilst you play as a distraction

[chrome knot]

no bc then im not fully focused on my decision making

[real prairie]

This is valid

Ironically I work better with a distraction lol ADHD things 🤣

[chrome knot]

too much noise makes me freak out

[real prairie]

I'll scratch off "go clubbing with Emma after EUIC next year" from the to do list then

[chrome knot]

yeah im an indoor cat oops

i always get added to all the popular player twitter groupchats for post day 1 hangouts but i

never go😭

[chrome knot]

i also meant too much noise while i trying to think abt vgc not in general

[real prairie]

Haha I know was teasing

[chrome knot]

was gonna say you’re like a dad but

[real prairie]

Hahaha valid

[austere pilot]

im stuck in champions ultra ball 2 and I cant escape

[chrome knot]

play for yourself predicting is useless bc u can’t predict stupid

[winter fox]

I'm uninstalling this game

All I needed was to hit one more Throat Chop to kill this Mega Froslass and of course Blizzard freezes me. I'm done for today, I can't lmao.

[real prairie]

Facts

[chrome knot]

i was stuck in ultra until this

[cerulean nacelle]

I might take some inspiration. I've got an idea to do mega aero + chomp, sneasler and washtom.

[winter fox]

It's working so far in Ultra surprisingly

[cerulean nacelle]

I'm just stuck on the last mons ngl. I don't doubt the power of mega aero + chomp lol.

Main thing for me is I gotta vibe with a team to play well. Otherwise I'll just play terribly.

[dense latch]

what are you running over flare blitz?

[winter fox]

Protect

[dense latch]

unless you're running perish trap that's not really worth it

[dry nexus]

I get why upper hand don't work vs priority status moves but it still sucks they did that

[dense latch]

incin doesnt need it

[cerulean nacelle]

Incin doesn't need protect unless it's working under perish trap, I agree.

Main moveset is flare blitz, darkest lariat/throat chop, parting shot and fake out.

[haughty latch]

Does anyone think mega bax could get sharpness?

Cause why would dragon claw become a slicing move? Who does that benefit?

I don’t think a single sharpness mon gets dragon claw

I mean ig maybe they’d give it to one of them when they come to champions but idk

[dense latch]

there's a pretty big number of sharpness boosted moves that no sharpness mon gets

[winter fox]

Mega Garchomp Z?

[dense latch]

almost the same as the number of boosted moves sharpness mons do get actually

would be cool but wouldnt think that much of it

[haughty latch]

Ok that makes sense

But it would also make sense if it got that ability tho

[dense latch]

yea big ass sword and all

[haughty latch]

Maybe they could even give it like one or two more because all it has is dragon claw and aerial

If it does get sharpness though that would render flavor rush obsolete

Glaive*

Lmaoo flavor rush

[chrome knot]

now that im out of the gimmick tier and will be in real matches, would returning to floette > gardevoir be stronger overall

@real prairie

[real prairie]

Probably tbh

But then you are just running the same balance as everyone else, uniqueness can give you an edge in bo1

[noble hatch]

yup big advantage of playing off-meta mons is that other players wont be able to predict your leads/most likely moves as easily

its why ive been having fun occasionally being able to do double clangorous soul kommo-o then psych up with mega froslass

[chrome knot]

the difference is ill just outplay them lmao

[noble hatch]

for double omni boosts on both my mons

[real prairie]

Valid

[chrome knot]

I got got by cc aegislash and came back from it rly grossly lmao

was like 5 turns all correct in a row

bc like sure the team is telegraphed but

im not the same person as anyone else running the same team

[real prairie]

Love the self confidence

[dry nexus]

a crit prevented me from outstalling the wall

😭

[chrome knot]

i get lot of praise from friends who are in champ tier and it inspires me to always improve on the critical thinking aspect of the game

[real prairie]

Serious like why is this winning games, I made it as a joke

[subtle saffron]

Dude is champions a gacha game

[noble hatch]

what tier u at rn?

[subtle saffron]

And what mons can i transfer in

[chrome knot]

master 4, reconfiguring team before grinding higher with floette

1822 atm

[noble hatch]

nice

i also just hit masterball today

[chrome knot]

placed there ngl lol

[noble hatch]

wdym placed?

[chrome knot]

like my win from ultra 1 to master 4

put me at 1822 elo in master

[noble hatch]

ah ok

[chrome knot]

bc i came in with an 8 win streak

[noble hatch]

im at 1500 cause i kept fking around with gimmick teams trying to make em work

so i lost a lot XD

[real prairie]

Can't wait for you to overtake me by the morning lol

[winter fox]

Well I mean with the team I currently have it on, it's more lenient towards support than hyper offense.

[subtle saffron]

Uhhh, is completing my first pvp match with just one Pokemon good

[real prairie]

Did you win?

[subtle saffron]

Yes

[chrome knot]

youre safe until tuesday, gf is visiting tmrw

[real prairie]

No Pokémon champions n chill?

[chrome knot]

narr she don’t play vgc

[real prairie]

Same gf? 🤔 Could have sworn you both played

[chrome knot]

ohh if you’re thinking of kat we broke up in feb

[real prairie]

Whoops

[chrome knot]

oops

no it okie

[noble hatch]

fuuuuu- just thought of another gimmick i can try, which means im probably going to lose alot again XD

[spiral zealot]

yeah im thinking about switching teams 😔 yesterday was really rough

[bold geode]

Flower time

I was put at either 1800 or 1790

[chrome knot]

lol noob

[real prairie]

That'll do for the night, big push for champions tier tomorrow

Camerupt actually goated lol

[cerulean nacelle]

Mega camerupt is goated. Just isn't realised yet.

I went into a ranked match accidentally with mega camerupt TR. Still won the game.

[real prairie]

I'm using it in ranked ATM, doing well apart from when they deny me TR

Lost 1 to a taunt maus, lost another to a dark pulse flinch

[winter fox]

This game wants me to lose. Everything that shouldn't happen happens when I'm close to winning.

[chrome knot]

you needa get off till tmrw

ur just playing tilted wnd its handing you of course moments

[dry nexus]

me when I miss triple axel twice in a row

[real prairie]

Anyone have any context?

Always seems to be some drama in VGC lol

[chrome knot]

someone made a website for vgc stuff and it was all ai generated

[winter fox]

Getting frozen for one match and then getting my whole team will-o-wisped the next,and then missing a Matcha Gatcha the next causing me to lose momentum and then lose the match. This game hates me.

[real prairie]

Was it factual?

[supple latch]

Well that’s rough

[chrome knot]

no it was slop

that was all wrong lmfao

[real prairie]

Then yeah I understand the hate lol. If you are gonna use AI use it constructively and accurately, don't use it to spread false bollocks

[chrome knot]

any generative ai is garbage

[jade dust]

Invite her to play vgc

[chrome knot]

i mean shes interested

[jade dust]

She can learn from you a lot

You play in regionals right?

[chrome knot]

mhm

[jade dust]

Do you go by Emma as well?

[chrome knot]

mhm

my results areeee garbage !

im very good at starting 3-0 and fumbling

[jade dust]

Ah

So you haven’t played on stream?

[chrome knot]

no im bad

[jade dust]

I remember seeing someone named Emma years ago on stream but then was someone else

[dense latch]

yea there were some very blatant errors

ai generated mon images and gambit was apparently a rock type

[torn parrot]

It was all complete and utter lies 😔

They were like “this team won worlds!”

Meanwhile worlds wasn’t even the same format as the made up team they showed

All the teams were lies and ai generated

[jade dust]

Did you break your loss streak?

And what was your team?

[spiral zealot]

ive been using the agniVGC mega glimm/decidueye-h team

and i lost all 5 games i played yesterday

i did win one today with farig imprison shenanigans tho

[foggy lodge]

Tyranitar was a dragon type apparently too

[foggy lodge]

lmfao

[willow gulch]

Hey, was just wondering what fun + strong single battle strats anyone might be using.

[subtle saffron]

Get a dragonite

Get a mega stone

Sweep the floor

[willow gulch]

Dw bro I have that, fun was in the request

[subtle saffron]

Ohhh

[willow gulch]

Not just sneasler slop

[subtle saffron]

Nvm shuckle isnt in the game

Was gonna say trick room shuckle

[willow gulch]

Also, doesn't anyone who has champions at this point have the free dragonite?

[subtle saffron]

I dont see anyone using it

[willow gulch]

Why not?

[subtle saffron]

No clue, idk why they dont use it

[jade dust]

What’s the whole team? I haven’t seen it before

[spiral zealot]

https://vxtwitter.com/agnivgc/status/2042079838346080562
https://pokepast.es/fbef06931d2e689b
Replica Code: 2MEP9XXRGM

AGNI (@AgniVGC)

Hit master ball on champs! - cooked a glimmy chomp composition with my brother @Spits25

Decid is so good 🏹 🦉

vxTwitter / fixvx · Apr 9, 2026, 3:19 AM

its been fun to use but glimmora and decidueye just aren't as amazing as they would need to be for this team to go truly crazy style

when they're good they're really good though

[jade dust]

What did lum berry do?

And I’m assuming deci is a trick room attacker here

[willow gulch]

Never thought this channel would be so lively

[smoky quail]

Lum berry can heal a Pokemon who cosume it once.

It's about Pokemon Champion rank battle for climb up to Master Rank 1. Should I run a Fire-type team or a mixed of type for offensive and hazard team?

[stuck perch]

https://x.com/pokemon_champs/status/2045204005907783804?s=46&t=KB4CVv355gDMDGNjhuVNuA

Pokémon Champions (@Pokemon_Champs)

Trainer Tip! A top-tier #PokemonVGC team has a core of Pokémon that cover the others' weaknesses.

Don't know where to begin when building? Cores like these are great starting points:

♻️ Fire/Water/Grass
♻️ Dragon/Steel/Fairy
♻️ Fighting/Dark/Psychic

#PokemonChampions

X · Apr 17, 2026, 6:13 PM

[jade dust]

Heals status or HP?

[cyan smelt]

Status

[willow gulch]

Status

[smoky quail]

Heal status.

[willow gulch]

Status

[smoky quail]

Also if you need heal berry, then go for Stirus Berry. Do not go for Oran Berry because it only heals 10 HP. That's not worth.

[willow gulch]

How to increase box space?

[smoky quail]

Pokemon Champions? Level up your Pokeball tier to Great tier then Ultra tier and go on. Just rank up hard.

[willow gulch]

Oh, I haven't been grinding so I only have 40

Thanks tho!

Anyone have a FUN single battles team?

I get its a comp game but still

[subtle saffron]

Run trick room on a bad attack and slow speed mon

[willow gulch]

Alright

[dull ibex]

Tr is bad in singles

AFAIK atleast

[subtle saffron]

Someone screwed me over with it

[dull ibex]

Alright

What spread do I want on kommo o

[bold geode]

I think Dragon Steel Fairy is at the strongest rn

Though you can never go wrong with FWG

Dark Psychic Fighting is meh

[spiral zealot]

people like to burn garchomp which is why it has a lum berry (or if they have sleep powder i guess)
also no on decidueye, the team doesn't use trick room
if you have tailwind up, everything on the team is faster than anything your opponent can have (unless they also get tailwind)

32 speed decidueye inside tailwind is 224 speed which is 2 points higher than 32 speed timid mega alakazam (which is the fastest pokemon in the game currently)

the trick room on farig is only to deny or reverse enemy trick room

[graceful scaffold]

whats the like worst team though, like all anti-synergy and stuff lol

[wanton stirrup]

Gg.

Took Mega Crabominable and Mega Camerupt all the way to the top.

[dawn bridge]

Hello if I transfer a pokemon with pokerus in champions and back to its original game does the pokerus disappear?

[jade dust]

Ah interesting, burn with mega Scovillan?

Lol

Actually let me tell you of a funny play I did today since you mentioned imprison Farig @spiral zealot

So I was against a trick room team and I let Floette and Sinistcha. They lead sneasler and farig. I protect Floette and trick room. They attacked with both into my protect. Next turn I expected them to switch sneasler out so I calm mind and reverse trick room

They swap both into torkoal and golurk in as I calm mind and trick room

They got mega baited

[stuck perch]

https://x.com/cecililytweets/status/2045107962708905996?s=46&t=KB4CVv355gDMDGNjhuVNuA

cecililyVGC (@cecililytweets)

mark my words

when kyogre is legal meganium will be a world champion

X · Apr 17, 2026, 11:51 AM

[unkempt flax]

Actually tweaking

I’ve been in limbo hell on ladder. I have 1986 points rn and I keep getting 1999 then go back to 1986

[whole ibex]

Hey so how do I check my win lost ratio

[dry nexus]

who thought it was a good idea that matches ends in draw even if you have more pokemon than the opponent

[stuck perch]

https://x.com/michaelderbeste/status/2044505979782402247?s=46&t=KB4CVv355gDMDGNjhuVNuA

MichaelderBeste (@MichaelderBeste)

I woke up with the idea of Rain Dance Farigiraf + M-Blastoise. It's simple: Fake Out + Trick Room -> Rain Dance Spout and win. I never brought Aero and Kangaskhan is also only a clipfarm Pokémon. Just bring Farig + Stoise and Sinistcha + Gambit back and you'll end up winning 🤗

X · Apr 15, 2026, 7:59 PM

[supple latch]

That’s terrifying

[cyan smelt]

Tinkaton stonks rising

[noble hatch]

ikr

just had someone rage quit cause i one shot his mega-gengar with tinkaton

[stuck perch]

Lol someone tried that team earlier for a while and said it's the most Mickey Mouse team to get the Champions rank

[supple latch]

Is it really time for the Tinkaton rebellion?

[noble hatch]

ye

[wary sleet]

weather ball god tier any disagreements?

[polar canyon]

What do you mean victreebel doesn't learn leech seed

[cyan smelt]

Does it learn rage powder

[polar canyon]

Nope

It's hard to justify using it

Leech seed could make it interesting with it being able to constantly fight to keep hp high to keep a threatening innards out

[cyan smelt]

Gastro acid might be fun since so many mons rely on their abilities

[vocal plume]

Finally getting somewhere again in ranked

6 wins in a row now. In Ultra rank 2 now

[novel fjord]

How to win in Pokémon champions without legends za

[pearl wind]

😔

i tried something with meganium but that didnt really work for me

[spiral zealot]

what are you thinking of switching decidueye for?

i was wondering if the glimm team might honestly do well with a second mega

since glimmora does have those bad matchups you wouldn't wanna bring it to

[pearl wind]

i just ditched the entire team LOL

[spiral zealot]

like maybe swap Decidueye out for Hawlucha or Emboar or Gallade or something, and have that backup Mega

[graceful scaffold]

I coulda sworn there was a new chat for rental codes for champions

[spiral zealot]

what are you running now? or are you still shopping around

[pearl wind]

something with meganium but that didnt work for me at all so i went back to deci/glimm and went 3-0 to 2k elo again

so im kinda stuck like yesterday

matchup wise froslass sounds good, you get the ground fellas out of the way + the psychic weakness if you had trouble with that

[spiral zealot]

i was thinking about trying mega delphox personally
like as a whole new team setup
just cuz i like the design and it seems strong

[pearl wind]

i mean yeah go for it do you wanna keep anything from the team that you like?

[spiral zealot]

honestly i really liked how the talonflame played

like having the option of priority between tailwind or brave bird

and i might try to find something else that runs high crit rate because triple arrows felt like a crazy good move just being held back by being on decidueye

[pearl wind]

hahaha poor decidueye

i do like talon a lot, i probably need to go for brave bird > dual wingbeat cuz i never hit that move

no way its 90% accurate

[spiral zealot]

yeah i really dont like using non 100% moves

[pearl wind]

like im 1/5 for hits vs opposing sneasler

[spiral zealot]

what about no item acrobatics

[cyan smelt]

I was just about to mention that

[pearl wind]

yeah true thats an option

i just like having sash cuz i can leave it open for a turn

[spiral zealot]

im just a brave bird fan since talonflame isn't sticking around for more than 1-2 turns anyway so why not hit hard

[pearl wind]

or i just brave bird + self KO if im going tailwind anyway

[pearl wind]

yeah

[pearl wind]

i think you can scratch the crit idea if its without decidueye

[spiral zealot]

yeah i think gallade gets a lot of those high crit "blade" moves

oooh aegislash does too

[noble hatch]

i like dual wingbeat for sash breaking

tbh though i do run both brave bird and DW

[pearl wind]

theres also h-samurott with aqua cutter/night slash if you wanna keep crittin

could go priority last + protect

i need another coffee

[spiral zealot]

https://pokepast.es/1fa2efda4eb70e81

what are your thoughts on this team

its still very offensive and has the priority tailwind but it doesn't have any crazy bad type weaknesses

[noble hatch]

youve got a bit of an aerodactyl weakness

[waxen dock]

seeing pokepaste in light mode feels wrong

[spiral zealot]

is triple axel + iron head + blastoise not enough

[red willow]

Big fan of ice beam and/or aura sphere on m stoise personally

[noble hatch]

if they have any way of blocking blastoise fake out it does end up being a bit of a problem

[spiral zealot]

sorry i am a light mode fan

[red willow]

The stoise doesnt have fake out afaict

[noble hatch]

oh you are right

yeah dactyl gonna skree all over that team

[red willow]

I mean its not that bulky

2 neutral hits and its dead

[spiral zealot]

i dont see how aerodactyl is a huge problem when i have prankster tailwind and multiple super effective moves into it

[red willow]

Yeah its not for m stoise at least once you outspeed it

Im on shell smash tho so not sure what the threshhold is

[noble hatch]

id say it seems good enough to at least go out and test it

[red willow]

Full sp def full hp invested rotom wash legit feels like the only thing that gives my team problems atm whats a good mon into it?

I would guess a physical attacking grass mon?

We meowscarading this mf?

Lmao

[noble hatch]

whats your team look like?

[cyan smelt]

Archaludon is good into it

[red willow]

M stoise Sinistcha Clefable Sneasler Gambit Peli

Although funnily enough

[noble hatch]

sinistcha should be doing decent dmg to it tbh

[red willow]

Helping hand spout at +2 in the rain ohkos still

[noble hatch]

also how attached are you to sneasler?

could swap him out for lightning rod raichu as your fake out user instead

[red willow]

Interesting idea but Im not sure if its necessarily common enough to warrant getting rid of my main ttar gambit mega meganium floette etc killer lol

[pearl wind]

sorry was out with merlin

[noble hatch]

he's nice into other mons (particularly archaludon)

i typically run mine with fake out, electroweb, fake tears and then your choice of either helping hand or protect

how important is your clefable?

or better yet, who were you considering swapping out for meowscarada?

[red willow]

Clefable is honestly flext slot

But the extra redirection has been real good

Its surprisingly bulky with max investments too

[noble hatch]

are you running rage powder on sinistcha? it should be able to just redirect rotom till you can kill it

since neither water or electric do a ton to him

[vocal plume]

Big question is why wouldn't you run rage powder on sinistcha

[noble hatch]

idk thats why im checking

[red willow]

Its already on that fam lol

[vocal plume]

I seem to have cracked the code on my team thank god

[red willow]

Revisiting my standard rain team instead of my blastoise cheese for a sec

Mega meganium > Dnite if Im on arch already is what Im thinking?

[chrome knot]

https://fxtwitter.com/pokeseanz/status/2045370022655135772?s=46&t=FIWgOpf0yRQcHBdRCEbKnw

sean flatten (@pokeseanz)

broke 2000k with calm mind heatproof sinistcha and sableye. i love this game so much

**❤️ 2 👁️ 49 **

FxTwitter · Apr 18, 2026, 5:13 AM

[austere pilot]

that looks interesting ngl

I also want to run the matcha with murderous intent

[unkempt flax]

You just got off of champions?

I think I verses you lol

[chrome knot]

@bold geode i like floette more i just ohko’d gambit with light of ruin

[red willow]

So is mega floette just better mega meganium? Lol

Prolly should just grind it out in za

I assume the dgleam hurts way worse

[chrome knot]

not a comparison

these are 2 different people

[red willow]

I mean yeah one gets zolarbeem I guess but its slower than dogwater

[brave phoenix]

Can u derank tiers in champions

I hit master ball and im wondering if i have a risk of deranking

[vocal plume]

Archaludon and Sneasler tear Mega Floette apart

But to answer, both of them are very different

[brave phoenix]

Mega floette is probably closer to a better mega gardevoir no?

[chrome knot]

good thing every floette teams have answers for both

[vocal plume]

Yea

[vocal plume]

Not in the teams i've played

[brave phoenix]

Anyway can anyone answer this?

[chrome knot]

also arch is not a floette answer

you die to moonblast

[vocal plume]

I just played floette, starmie, talonflame and sneasler

[vocal plume]

Not if the floette has little speed and isnt under something like tailwind or tr

[chrome knot]

32+ SpA Archaludon Flash Cannon vs. 29 HP / 0 SpD Mega Floette: 104-126 (58.4 - 70.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

[vocal plume]

Never said it needs to ohko

I was also helped by rain in this scenario

[chrome knot]

ur also not gonna be 32 modest

[vocal plume]

And i also never said it was archaludon who killed floette

Stop jumping to conclusions.

[chrome knot]

i played majority of games into rain and it is not a threat into floette im gonna be so honest

and its always the same pick 4 lmao

[cyan smelt]

crazy that showdown ladder is up to 1700s

[red willow]

After much deliberation I have come to the conclusion I would rather take a toaster bath than complete 15 infinite za royale battles on plza lol

[red willow]

I am trying to throw people raging bolt and calyrex and arceus and stuff now instead of doing the battles LMAO

I really really REALLY did not enjoy that game if you cant tell

[chrome knot]

missing out

story & game was remarkable, getting floette is very easy lmao

[red willow]

Oh Ive beat the game

Im at heatran or something

In the dlc but I cant be bothered with the game mechanics

I just really do not enjoy any aspect of the game whatsoever and would rather trade a legit rare mon I have aquired for a legit one than aquire it myself

[lost sun]

i just won a game and went from rank 3 to 4

[chrome knot]

then floette is easily obtainable i don’t see the issue

[red willow]

No its not

I refuse to do 15 of those battles

Which require like 10 mini battles a piece

Thats like.... 150 battles?

Hell no

[lost sun]

10 is generous

[red willow]

Im never lucky at the bonus cards fr

They give me trash

So i do max battles basically

[chrome knot]

literally an hour at most

[lost sun]

is that even possible to do in 1 hour

[red willow]

Naw

It said 3 hours expected and there is absolutely no way I am playing that game for that long

Someome can have a very lovely arceus or bolt lmao

[chrome knot]

if you’re that against it don’t use floette or plan around it idk

[lost sun]

fr those battles are so boring and repetitive

just trade for floette

[red willow]

I intend to

[chrome knot]

people would have to be dumb asf to give a real one away😭

[lost sun]

some people do

[red willow]

.....? For a raging bolt or arceus?

[lost sun]

usually u got to trade a shiny tho

[red willow]

Like those are two of the rarest mons ever and mine are legit

Oh I have plenty of meta relevant shinies too

[chrome knot]

no these are really easy to get mons

[red willow]

I think you are overestimating how many people play this stuff to completion lol

[chrome knot]

alot…?

[red willow]

No buddy

I do not intend

On doing the grind

Of catxhing every mon in any game

[chrome knot]

gugghhhhjj unlocking raging bolt is the same amount of time as 15 za nights

[red willow]

I will just trade for good mons

[lost sun]

don't u need to wait for an event for RB and complete la Pokédex for arceus

[red willow]

Yeah like who tf is doin all that

[chrome knot]

no? raging bolt is dlc2 paradox

[lost sun]

how do u get it without the event

[red willow]

Except the person I traded the arceus from with the pic for proof lol

[chrome knot]

talk to perin…?

shes in dlc2 after u catch ursa bloodmoon lol

the “event” paradox are iron leaves & walking wake lmao

[chrome knot]

you underestimate how many people play the games to completion and will just do it again lmfao

bc ur lazy doesn’t mean everyone is

[lost sun]

I'd happily do it if it was enjoyable

[red willow]

Im not lazy there is just no motivation to "100%" a casual game if my only intent is competetive battling....?

But okay cool lol

[chrome knot]

getting floette is not a 100% completion

[red willow]

If you have fun collecting all the unviable poopy that fills up boxes and serves no purpose more power to you I just have no sentiment for the games themselves lol they exist as a strategic outlet to jam lol

[chrome knot]

i specifically complete games for vgc mons

for myself and my friends

[red willow]

Well then you prolly get where Im coming from

Except the fact Im not willing to spend 3 hours in za for floette

[chrome knot]

i find the games fun so i don’t rly get where u come from

[red willow]

Some of them are

Some of them are not lol

[chrome knot]

i don’t see it as this slogfest of timewaste like i got music on and im talking to friends while i just have stuff to get done

i hunted a 0spe urshifu in a beast ball for a friends naic team

ive strength sap & min iv kirlia hunted both 0atk csr & 0spe cir in love balls lol the games are just fun to get through

[red willow]

See that would be annoying to me to catch a mon in a ball with a low catch rate

[chrome knot]

right thats where we differ, i had to encounter like 50 kubfu

to either watch it struggle to death or have incorrect stats

[red willow]

And that sounds god awful

But if you can distract yourself thru it more power to you lol

[chrome knot]

i was watching friends ladder and prep for naic so it was helpful to me still

[red willow]

Im not good at multitasking

[chrome knot]

i prep weirdly for vgc, the way i learn my matchups is by watching others problem solve

[red willow]

So I cant really hold a convo and play a game at the same time so the gameplay has to be hella engaging

[chrome knot]

and critique all the actions to find the best option between the both of us

[red willow]

I feel ya

I just have really bad add and cant take meddies for it for reasons haha

So I have to zone in on one thing real good for awhile at a time

[chrome knot]

right

[chrome knot]

ohh like unable to get anything prescribed or?

for what i have there is nothing so its a pain in the ass💀

[red willow]

Well uhhhhh not sure I should just throw this out there in a random disco convo but wth lol

I take a monthly injection for schizophrenia and they dont think having me on 2 plus meddies rn is for the best haha

But hey

I dont make hats outta alluminum foil now so we have improved from where we were a few years ago

Lmfaooooo

[chrome knot]

oooohhhh

[red willow]

I think the craziest part about it all is people assume schizophrenic people are inherently violent

And negative stereotypes like all that

So like I just keep it under wraps and work my 9 to 5 haha

But in all honesty my injection makes me almost function normally albeit the add stuff so thats nice

[chrome knot]

injections super suck lowk

mines for hrt but like i hate hate hate doing it

[red willow]

Needles do indeed suck in general

But if it keeps me outta the looney bin I gotta do what I gotta do lmao

[chrome knot]

thats fair😭

[red willow]

(The state hospitals around me are nightmare fuel)

I was on a 13 game winstreak with blastoise cheese, switched to standard rain and went on a 4 loss streak fml lol

[cyan smelt]

the lesson is don't change what's working

[real prairie]

I have just discovered Ben 10 has it's own incineroar

[cyan smelt]

that thing is jacked

[cyan smelt]

lmfao

ykw what mon i haven't seen anything of, sharpedo

[real prairie]

Valid

Or chimeco

[cerulean nacelle]

Sharpedo is kinda awkward to use in doubles.

Weak to sneaslers CC. An unburden sneasler is still gonna be quicker than a +1 speed mega sharpedo.

It can be intimidated. Which is never good for a mon that's just about outputting damage.

And you're predictable. Very predictable. You know most likely if you see a sharpedo they're gonna protect turn 1 to allow themselves a +1 speed boost.

Also it's crunch is hella strong but it's water stab by comparison really isn't.

[cyan smelt]

it doesn't seem to hit very hard

and doesn't really have great biting moves either

is mega slowbro any good?

[rare pumice]

i've seen mega slowbro do a little well on trick room teams

[bold geode]

I'm glad the flower works for you

[chrome knot]

i mastr now

[bold geode]

I sure hope Floette feels better in a BO3 environment

[chrome knot]

probably will idk

[jaunty cargo]

Does anyone know how the master ball rank numbers work like your rating is 1500 or so

[chrome knot]

master 4 is any
master 3 is 1800
master 2 is 1900
master 1 is 2000
champ is top 300

[jaunty cargo]

Mkay

[spark siren]

Idk if the crit mattered

[polar canyon]

I haven't seen anyone mention mega chandelure

Is it like not good

I kinda want to use a bulky one next to screens/veil

With speed control and option to trick room it sounds nice

[vapid drum]

Its pretty slow. My timid gengar one shots 9/10 times

Modest guarantees OHKO with no hp or defense investment.

I haven't seen it survive enough past a shadow ball to see if it does anything

[tawdry urchin]

Why does everyone give sneasler white herb instead of focus sash?

[vapid drum]

Close combat

Or if it runs into intimidate, it automatically gets its attack restored, and now its speed is doubled

[tawdry urchin]

Look at these stats bruh 😭😭😭 a def and sp Def drop isn't going to make a difference https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/sneasler

[vapid drum]

Yeah, im aware. It just depends on what format youre running it in

White herb has the opportunity to proc on turn 0 making it faster than practically everything

[tawdry urchin]

Ig? Very situational

[vapid drum]

Not really. Incineroar is one of the most popular Pokémon ever

Unburden max speed sneasler is only outsped by max speed choice scarf dragapult outside of tailwind

Intimidate is a very popular ability due to the sheer amount of physical attackers in the meta

[tawdry urchin]

Alright then, tysm

[gentle crag]

1uk919 has given 1 Gen Rep to ptnterrydactyl

[vapid drum]

Realized I did calc on this wrong, unburden max speed sneasler is faster than max speed scarf pult

[mighty stump]

I mean it’s no harm, could be under-explored. It’s just typing wise it can also be tough considering how Zard Y is the poster boy for the meta atm and how everything tried to fight Fire.

Incin, Ttar, Kingambit, already make life sorta hell for it

and a slower mon is just susceptible to more issues than sth faster

[polar canyon]

That sounds like a pretty biased calc

Modest vs 0 bulk

[polar canyon]

Seems underexplored even for a mega that struggles

I see people playing around with stuff like victreebel and scovillain

[foggy lodge]

The ability is also really mid rn

Because like the only screens rn is i guess froslass or ninetales

[tawdry urchin]

https://pokepast.es/377651fa4cab2042 What changes should I make and what should the 6th pokemon be? I'm getting my friend into vgc and his favourite pokemon is absol so I want to build a team around it

[spark siren]

Should I teach Mega Gallade Ice Punch or Knock Off?

[bold geode]

1. It can clear Intimidate once from Incineroar which is actually very useful
2. Negates the CC drops once
3. Which is honestly most important, both of these consume the item which activates Unburden making Sneasler twice as fast

The Intimidate one also matters too cuz like
If the Incineroar isn't carrying a Chople berry, the White Herb clearing Intimidate puts Incineroar back in range of CC

[grand spire]

i think i fixed my tr team can anyone take a look

https://pokepast.es/7b5c456c03b0aabd

[tawdry urchin]

Ah allright tysm, are you able to help me with this please? #competitive_discussion message

[gentle crag]

1uk919 (ID 817056763429257236)

[Message](#competitive_discussion message) in #competitive_discussion
https://pokepast.es/377651fa4cab2042 What changes should I make and what should the 6th pokemon be? I'm getting my friend into vgc and his favourite pokemon is absol so I want to build a team around it

Command triggered by 1uk919. Message from · Apr 18, 2026, 4:23 PM

[gentle crag]

1uk919 has given 1 Gen Rep to dollarmonke

[bold geode]

Ok so uh
I need you to verify
At one moment it was Crabominable Hard TR and now it's Mega Absol, what are we playing

Oh the message says it lol

Just read dumbass

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Real talk, how committed are they to Absol

[tawdry urchin]

I mean they don't know a whole lot about meta teams and what offence mon are meta rn so I'd say committed

abosol X would be so much better to use but ofc it;s not in the game yet

[willow gulch]

Anyone on rn thats down to battle for a mission?

Champions

[bold geode]

I mean
Idk we're not working with much here LOL

Um let's see

[bold geode]

I normally wouldn't recommend going thru with this, but if they're really committed
Aegislash could give Wide Guard and also help more with Floette which is a HUGE issue

Also idk if I'd do Whimsicott, kinda fall over to Sun
Maybe Sash Aerodactyl?

[tawdry urchin]

I'll just say what I've built around for it so far, ninetails for vail because absol is frail, sneasler for zard y, mega floette and the team's fake out user, frig to stop trickroom, priority and 1 shot peliper and whim for support and speed control

[real prairie]

WHO THE FUCK RUNS TAUNT ON AERODACTYL

[tawdry urchin]

WE all you, including YOU

[willow gulch]

No one can help me out?

[real prairie]

Ey?

[bold geode]

Yeah I think Aero could do the Whims thing and the Farig thing all except stop Trick Room

[tawdry urchin]

That could work, anything else like items and movesets?

[bold geode]

I'd say replace Farig but idk with what so it could stay for now

[bold geode]

Aero is always Protect TW Rock Slide Dual Wingbeat

[bold geode]

What you need

[tawdry urchin]

Jolly or adamant?

[bold geode]

Jolly for Aero

Always Jolly
You hit 200 with max speed that way so you're just faster than the things you need to be faster than

[willow gulch]

Private battle for the mission

[tawdry urchin]

Allright, what should the 6th mon be, what item do I give ninetails because soft clay isn't in the game yet and is there any moves I should change? https://pokepast.es/823fa29ab38da74e

[bold geode]

Better asking at #1046572041421197352

[bold geode]

Uuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I guess a Never Melt Ice?

D Gleam isn't great on A9 I'd do like Moonblast or Encore
And with Aero and A9 you can probably drop Rock Slide for Protect on Sneasler now

[willow gulch]

Trying both, just wanted to see if ever

Thanks anyways

[bold geode]

Np

As for a 6th hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[tawdry urchin]

Basculegion maybe? Idk if we need an offence or defence mon

[real prairie]

Seriously the moves and mons I'm losing to today are hilarious

[bold geode]

Possibly
Or actually
Wait

[real prairie]

What do you mean scarf vanilux

[bold geode]

Ok that idea isn't great

[tawdry urchin]

What was it?

[bold geode]

Have U Turn on Absol

But it don't got it

Could've done like
Primarina as the last that way so you have a decent Tailroom mon

[tawdry urchin]

U turn for what?

Why would I use up a move slot to switch out for?

[bold geode]

So you could U Turn and set up speed control on the same turn
Basically how Miraidon Volt Switches for example

[tawdry urchin]

Ah allright

[bold geode]

I guess an Aegislash

Could do like Iron Head/Poltergeist/WG/Kings Shield

[tawdry urchin]

Real question is do we need a support or offence coverage mon? We allready have 2 offence, 2 supports and aeo is both

[bold geode]

With Metal Coat

Probably need Aegi for another Floette guy

And WG could block Heat Wave from Zard

As for EVs I'd just do max HP max Atk with 2 EVs somewhere other than speed and I'd go Brave

[tawdry urchin]

Allright, tysm for the help!

[gentle crag]

1uk919 has given 1 Gen Rep to dollarmonke

[tawdry urchin]

Um

[sudden remnant]

102 cool i cna outspeed it

[bold geode]

What format are you building under

[tawdry urchin]

nat dex doubles

[polar canyon]

Trying nasty plot sinistcha in casual battles

Haven't gotten to click nasty plot safely even once

Maybe this ain't it

Sinistcha + metal sound klefki tho is kinda heat

Unkillable green fluid fellow because it heals so much

[sudden remnant]

fake tears

[polar canyon]

They took away fake tears and left us with the 85 accuracy option for some reason

I guess fake tears klefki was too strong for champions

[bold geode]

And you're building this to be used in Champions?

[sudden remnant]

possibly they didnt want a mega floette to havr a fake tears mon with it

[tawdry urchin]

Yes, just using showdown to make and send him the team link

[dull ibex]

Showdown has reg ma why are you using nat dex

[tawdry urchin]

https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/aegislash Unless it learns it now in shampions it normally can't

[polar canyon]

There's still other options

Leaving it with metal sound but removing fake tears from it is weird

[sudden remnant]

one is accurate one is not

[tawdry urchin]

reg what?

[sudden remnant]

idk its tpci why do they do anything

[bold geode]

There is an option for Champions Reg M-A
Switch to that

[sudden remnant]

M-A

[polar canyon]

I kinda just wanna use zoom lens klefki just to stop missing twave and metal sound

[dull ibex]

M-A

[polar canyon]

Man when are they adding safety goggles back

[bold geode]

What

[polar canyon]

I want goggles so bad

[sudden remnant]

when are they adding covert cloak back

[bold geode]

Oh you said when

I thought you said why

[tawdry urchin]

Ah ok, tysm!

[polar canyon]

Why are they adding goggles back

[bold geode]

Man I can't read

[polar canyon]

I just want to not play a guessing game on which of my pokemon is getting sleep powdered by venu

[bold geode]

Anyways
What I also would do is see what other megas they like as well
Cuz like
We made something for them with Absol but keep in mind it's Absol so

If it doesn't work out for them we may also want other options

[tawdry urchin]

Allright I'll ask

[sudden remnant]

hopefully absol z saves it cuz man they fucked up its og megas stats

[bold geode]

Meh

[sudden remnant]

what was with gen 3 and mixed attackers