#competitive_discussion
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w/ the right ability and partners it might b good, prolly a dual mega kinda thing tho
Bax and, idk
Fake out + one dragon dance + mega
Probably wants metagross honestly idk
ur own gambit and sneasler
Well it ohkos chomp with ice shard
Also it surely takes a hit from zard and ohko’s it
love that gif
What did Thermal exchange do
Or put it into range or ice shard
If it takes damage from fire or wisp it gets a +1
Wait no, it’s just immune to wisp
Which is still big
Oh it cant get burned true
So hitting it with a fire move sucks lol
Especially if it’s bulkier now
It’s probably gonna love coaching sneasler as a partner
And aegislash maybe
ability: glaive shield
wen the pokemon uses a move that leaves it exposed it uses its back as a shield and neutralizes the boosted damage it otherwise wouldve taken while damaging the opponents hp 1/16th

Giga impact bax
Run the invisible dice and run scale shot mega bax
Skill link could be cool on bax
But I think thermal exchange would be better
I think megas getting shoved onto one role kinda sucks
me wen my dragon fang chomps scale shot hits 5 times 
What other mega could be good
heatran
lol
Idt it does
dude how is scrafty gna exist in a meta even w/ floette and sylveon
Put it next to sneasler
i live dire claw, later
Idk it’s probably gonna be ass
Acting as if your fighting type choice shouldn't be sneasler in the first place LOL
hahaha
Fair fair my bad gang
doubt it
Except the the mega after dozo
which is sus
Even then I’d rather scarf or sash it
safety goggles
That too
I do not miss dozo
drago does
No I fucking don’t
lmfao
Don’t go spreading around misinformation lmao
Uhm, hm
Mawile should be, fine, eh will it?

it might b ok
Probably enables tr teams, I guess
zard y is the main issue
Rain mega maybe
tru
Hm
Staraptor has good stats
But idk if it’ll be enough
All the z megas are probably gonna suck
they seem like single merchants at best
Maaayyybeee?
eh
Been thinking something given this discussion, but I wanted to ask first. How many megas were genuinely viable in VGC in the first place, back in the gen 6 and 7 days?
Good typing and it’s bulky
not many megas were good back then
Probably like 6 lol
I can see mega dragalge sludge wave memes next to telepathy oranguru
Oh the raichus
so, this is basically a case of history repeating itself
Maybe one of those end up being solid?
yep
Is mega kang still viable
its solid
Viable.
not even close to wat it was, but def still useable
lol
If that actually gets electric surge it might be solid
they needed to min max these guys more
Malamar will get tr on switchin guys!
dude
Istg if it does I’m gonna crash out that’s not a healthy ability
the abilities they were giving these megas on the beta server
Malamar is getting ended by one first impression
"drampa totally gets drizzle"
The on hit psychic terrain oj meowstic
Okay I think it should have gotten drizzle
no lmao
It does fit the design and we don’t have a rain mega
cloud nine into weather setting ability seems kinda broken
It wouldn’t really do anything with the rain but I’d like a rain mega
It’s also as slow as a brick
more wat itd enable
Ig that’s true
arch, basc
yea
trace
every farigiraf i kowtow cleave is colbur berry and every farigiraf i taunt is mental herb FUCK this pokemon
Btw because you are talking about drampa try Agati's team🙂
but i know for a fact i have way more than that
zoroark has been surprisingly less annoying in chamoions than it was in SV
Probably because there's no tera so you dont have to cover for 4 fucking different options
I still hate fighting it by yea
MIKYUKYU 
Yeah i still dislike it but you can control it more
how come the new megas got sprites before the hisuian starters and ogerpon
on pokepaste
Cuz the owner of pokepaste abandoned it and didn't give anyone else access to it so they cant edit it anymore lol
but the new megas got sprites
They do?
When's the pokepaste alternative dropping
I think you can download an extension to show the other sprites
I have one for the SV dlc mons but not for megas
Most sprites have the base form anyways so whatever
booo they should show the mega sprites
Why do all the projects i like get abandoned, that shinyhunt app got abandoned, this pokedex and teambuilder app i used got abandoned and pokepaste got abandoned
happens with small project stuff
Adrive has a lot of followers though
Guess it's hard when you're an independent dev
Fih
FISH
*Fih
People can't be this dumb right.
Using a dragon type move on a fairy type. Can't they read when it says it has no effect on the fucking move but uses the move anyway
And another person did it again
Average Zoroark encounter
Bots?
we also gotta consider champions might be some peoples first pokemon games
it is free after all
But it literally says has no effect
I also sometimes get fooled by Zoroark
We all do
This is why i'm glad i have kang to fake out those zoroarks
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9championsvgc2026regma-2611708914
Just hit 1600+ in this match on Showdown; this team is TOO good xD
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between red_1113 and DanielCarter! Format: [Gen 9 Champions] VGC 2026 Reg M-A; Date: May 17, 2026
1600s and this guy still tried to use fake out against a farigiraf
Christ 🤦
Also mega camerupt mentioned by Aaron zheng 
I been talking about mega camerupt and its good to see him get his spotlight in multiple ways.
tbf, I switched into it xD
Even then, predictable switch.
Agreed.
I ain't the best doubles player by any means but christ that man was poor
I am actually embarrassed for him
Just try not to fall into bad habits. Playing against bad people can make you fall into bad habits as a player.
As long as you're careful you can probably get to 1700
Oh trust me, even when I was playing all the games up until now; I've been looking properly into the mons that are commonly seen and know what they tend to run or can run
So knowing most of that info, I judge not what can I bring to the match, but what they are likely to bring
Yes I only have the one Mega on my team too; but it's not just the Mega that runs my whole team 😅
Lol I just lost because rock slide flinch. Gotta love RNG.
Yeah, usually certain matches I lose are mainly due to RNG; so know the pain
Yeahhhh haha it's fun
Outside of those RNG moments, I can run my team well
Dude crab is so bad
I love the mon and I love its design. But God damn this crab sucks.
A bit of careful incin pivoting and my camerupt was never in any real danger.
I HAVE ALSO REACHED 100 BATTLES WITH MY GOAT SINISTCHA
LETS GO
Need to remake a mega froslass team im 13 games away from getting 100 battles with froslass.
If sneaslers are running throat chop i can't run skeledirge anymore or maybe it'll be fine in tr
It's not stab and with the right investment skeledirge can tank that hit and potentially threaten a will o wisp.
Good thing about Skeledirge, it's bulky and has Unaware; so that helps; however, Kingambit and Basculegion are rampant atm 😅
Yeah skeledirge does decent into only 1/3 of the big 3 and other big threats it doesn't like either like incin, chomp, ttar, excadrill etc.
I've seen a lot more ttar drill atm.
Skele may do better when we get Tera involved somewhat again
Though could do well in Dynamax too
Weakness policy skeledirge with dynamax would be so funny.
I used all sorts of bullshit when it was dynamax format but my favourite was gigalith
I remember using Charizard alongside Ninetales xD
Yeah solar power life orb dynamax zard was a heavy hitter
Yes it was, especially with my eject button overheat Ninetales xP then switches into lightning rod Raichu
That's pretty fun
Indeed xD
I do wanna try nasty plot froslass at some point...
Can invest pretty much fully in speed and HP with enough defense to reach 100 so in snow it reaches 150 defense.
Maybe pair with maushold redirecting to get a guaranteed set up.
And friend guard giving even more defense.
please lord let Aurelien finally win a tournament
this dude is too good to keep getting 2nd
Real, we need bro to lock in for once
hopefully he can beat the allegations
You're fighting the like 1% if so
IS THAT CHECKMATE
Louis needs a miss
NO
YES
IT'S OVER
CHECKMATE
Man that's a great end
Crit won Aurelien the game lol
let’s gooooooo
And an arubega team won again LMAO
Ew French people
Bro so Aurelien is French and immediately takes it back
@foggy lodge what is this top 8
Dyl Kelsch Louis Marco and Aurelien
Shit looked stacked
Wait it’s Miraidon Zama
Shit I have to rewatch the stream
Not fixed yet? https://vxtwitter.com/toki8105po/status/2055954788723077322
Is that real? The font looks slightly off
Ayo 10,000 health raichu strat unlocked?
louis is insane what
top 4 and 2nd in back to back weekends
This guy sucks
Sneasler and gambit, I like a9
Just faced someone on Showdown; they were flinched by Rock Slide 4 times in a row 😅
I was like "there is no way, right?"
mixed dragonite is pretty cool
Wait its mixed what
yea the normal move is espeed
I'm glad we are back to bullying Whimsicott
Teehee
then mamoswine got oneshot by charizard Sadge
oh he did indeed
however! I had a mega glimmora chilling in the back ready to bash that fraud
Ohhhhh that brother goneeeee
I hope that's not ai
i genuinely dont know
i hope for the squirrels sake that it is but for our sake that its not
Looks like ai
i mean poor fuckin squirrel if its not
that skwovet got the thanos snap treatment
Horrifying gif actually
truly
That video proves how brainless zard y players are
I mean, not really an awful play. They wanted the pin on Mamoswine, forced it to Ice Shard on the way out or die doing nothing, and deemed Garchomp an acceptable loss to take out a threat to their Mega and main attacker
Yeah but without knowing what's in the back
You don't know what's guaranteed to be in the back, but you only have four options, they know what those options are, they probably understand basic team composition, and they determined either that they could win without it against what you probably had, or that Glimmora wasn't a winnable matchup either way so they had to bank on you making a misplay and not bringing it
Bringing garchomp against mamo is kinda dumb though
If you don't then you autolose to Glimmora anyways
Yeah but leading it idk
I personally would have protected chomp and gone with the heat wave
They took the only winning line they could see, which was hope Mega Glimmora was in the lead and lead Scarf Chomp plus Charizard Y to pin it. The fact they didn't Protect means it was Scarf Chomp
I think i like dragon fang scale shot chomp more than scarf chomp
This is ladder, Scarf chomp is one of the most common sets and Dfang Scale Shot is barely represented
It's also still early season, you're missing the Cybertron effect
I tried I really did
I swear dragon fang scale shot chomp is all over showdown though
It’s just not my thing, and it having this giant target on its back doesn’t help
hasnt even been a day 
I don’t like the Mon!
Looked neat yea
But I believe in what I’m calling snowfox
I’m doing good with it and it feels good so far
What’s the most fun mega you guys have used so far
zard y
Phox
Mega kang, double ice punch is funny af
Is champions better than showdown
Like it’s so much less work than doing a team in like sv
I bet it’s mad easy now right?
Other than everything needing vp
Vp is easy to get..for now
Scovillain
Got 1700 in bo1 sd with this team its cool
Banette
Zard X+Froslass and that’s it
Do you guys think Urshifu will have any viability in Champions with its nerf to Unseen Fists?
yes
It’s Urshifu
If bro can survive a generation where Protect still works against him (Gen 8 Max Guard)
It can survive here
Champions can do something really funny by making it not learn Aqua Jet anymore
It can live without it
They would have to nerf surging strikes/wicked blow to really make it lose viability and it would still be good
i don’t think it’ll change
Or they would make the paldea water starter learn it and then nerf it
just typing shit
It's just a theory a game theory
ok
Didn't they already do that going into ScVi, or am I misremembering?
just wicked blow from 80 --> 75bp
Ah, functionally 10bp with guaranteed crit so not nothing
Shifu will be good, it’s not going anywhere
Not even unseen fist can make mega golurk good
It’s a good ability used on a Mega that doesnt like the current meta
At least they gave golurk headlong rush
No the mega doesn’t benefit that well off of it
This goes for excadrill too
Unseen fist was kinda built for shifu and it’s clunky on others, half the time you have no ability
Also whats the speed btw
Ok yeah it’s even more awkward to run
It’ll be outclassed the instant Ursa comes back
Yk, even more cus the tr mega is crab rn
We don’t even need Ursa to prove it was outclassed
Also Gambit exists
Gambit is slower in tr
I've ran m. Golurk tr and honestly it's just not it. Weak to WAY too much of the current meta.
I ended up just not bringing him most matchups
I wish it was better but atp you're better off running base no guard because at least it can hit aero and zard with stone edge
I’ve been asking the same question. Says “can’t connect to the server” for me
Hopefully it’s fixed soon
Yeah
Showdown always be going offline
Lucky for me, I think I’ve got enough practice for the upcoming tournament I’m participating in
So I won’t need showdown anytime soon
I should hop back on showdown, lowkey thinking of replacing sneasler with something else but not sure what else works in tr and mega crab sucks
mega crab is great in certain mus
I'm not running snow so idk how good it is
But the urge to hit close combats and ice hammers into things is intense
Probably need something that can ignore mega scovillain
Idk if that thing works in tr
it doesnt its quite fast
Was thinking tailroom with mega aero
mega aero cares about being burned tho
possibly
I was considering maybe torterra but idk
Smart zard players would know it has wide guard and would hit the weather ball
Garg can't get burned
And is incredible in tr
I mean there are no good electric or grass types so may as well salt cure water types right
my manectric is offended, and tsraeena and meow are both offended
Those are all anti meta picks
A sign to play x and y
I remember starting a nuzlocke but never quite finishing it
Will be sure to continue after exams
And obviously i wouldn't bring garg against tsareena or meowscarada
It's for scovillain and water types
tsareena is so good rn
Anti prio is always good
its not even that
theres a lot of power behind that ability
that farig can not offer
Tsareena is more offensive
I think i would enjoy salt curing zard y
And arch
And gambit and incin
Even with the nerf
And honestly 4x effective on peli is tempting
chat my honedge is evolving
Peak
isnt doublade into aegislash a stone evo
No?

What stone would it be
dusk
Oh yeah it might be
I wanna salt cure stuff
i want this goomy to get in the ball
Catch rate of 45 that might take a while
lemme check if i have false swipe
How do u think delphox would take a salt cure
ifs phys def is horrible so i imagine not well
rhymes with grug
Wats grug
this guy
At least it's not the ai squirrel
So cursed
Why
^
i was struggling to catch a goomy and had fucking quick balls the whole time
L
when did i get quick balls 😭
would i be a bad person for boxing my delphox for a chandelure
I just dunno what chandelure does better than phox
this is for my pokemon Y playthrough dawg
Oh
60/110/110 isnt bad
but anyways im talking about my y play through
ah thats why
That was my goat in full potential
Virizion?
Yes
i was wondering why it made the stomping animation when it was thrown into battle
its 200kg
How is mudsdale heavier than arch
how is mudsdale one of the heaviest pokemon period
It's a horse or a donkey or something
The heaviest pokemon is cosmoem right
6th
yes
actually no
the heaviest is celesteela
Why is mudscale so damn dense
How tall is it
2.5 meters or about 8 feet
I miss celesteela
thank god for body press
mudsdale just has fucking everything
good stats good typing great movepool
even has good abilities (plural)
own tempo is meh but stamina and inner focus are both really good
I wouldn't say everything lol.
everything. i said what i said
Just because its been said doesn't mean its right
Otherwise kanye West would've been much more of a problem lol
The main thing a tanky mon like mudsdale is missing is probably reliable recovery ngl.
which we have items for
But items aren't always a long term solution
i mean you can’t account for everything on one mon thats why it has teammates
Yep. I'm just saying, the idea that it has everything would make it a meta staple. It isn't.
Mudsdale can work. I ran into a trick room mudsdale team that was honestly quite cool.
But it's not all that.
if you run into mine its gonna be after you mega lopunny mudsdale
who needs trick room when i can just outspeed you
the only things heavier than it though are space entities and the literal embodiment of the earth
minor miscalculation on game freaks part perhaps?
The problem when they base some things on IRL weights and some on imaginary Pokémon weights
The idea the maximum kg in Pokémon is 999 is stupid itself
celesteela is dexed at exactly 1k kgs
Which is equivalent to a IRL horse
It's a fucking rocket ship
yes. a space ship from another place entirely btw
regardless mudsdale is fucking goated
and also mudsdale is twice as heavy as registeel
I can't get on with it, I expected +4 Def Body press to just flatten things
the fucking titan of metal
its base def is only 100
its attack is higher
Exeggutor weighs more too
a tree
weighs more than the fucking titan of steel
what the fuck?
also why is the embodiment of light 500 kgs
Exeggutor weighs more than Mega Aggron or Probopass
sorry 500 POUNDS
230 kg
still doesnt sound right for the embodiment of fucking light
mudsdale is actually 5x the weight of the titan of steel
registeel is only 200kgs
WHY IS THE TITAN OF STEEL LIGHTER THAN THE EMBODIMENT OF LIGHT
GAME FREAK WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS

and why does the Sun weigh the same as Light
just what
you mean to tell me the dead jellyfish is heavier than the rhino
why is iron treads lighter than just a fucking dude?
iron treads is lighter than hariyama
Because apparently you can't be both fast and heavy according to Gamefreak
miraidon is both
miraidon weighs the same as iron treads
which also doesnt make sense but im already losing it
woah woah woah wait a goddamn fucking second
why is a BEAR heavier than a fucking TREX???
and why does kyurem weigh the same in its base form as it does in its fused form?
but reshiram and zekrom both weigh more than kyurem?
and why is mudsdale heavier than glastrier
and why is CETITAN heavier than DIALGA?
Never thought I’d see such peak in here
mid
Well kyurem is the husk of what's left of the original dragon, essentially an empty shell whereas reshiram and zekrom are 2 different ideologies split into different half's of the dragon.
So kyurem being lighter than both does make sense.
Wait until we eventually get a "Legends Unova" game 😅
Honestly I'm surprised there hasn't been an event or something to create the original dragon yet.
We got a flipping 4th genie before that lol
tbf, and if I am right, they plan to do the Legends games in this order: Past, Future, Past, Future, etc
Legends Arceus was the Past; Legends Z-A was the Future, so the past is next
And only three regions have a strong chance for a "Past-era" game: Johto, Unova and Galar
Hasn't legends Galar already been announced?
Allegedly leaked yeah, though we'll see
Though likely all Legends games after Z-A will be NS2 exclusive
Works for me. I have a switch 2.
And I gotta say its so nice to be able to run through caseroya lag or lagtree thicket without going to 1FPS lol.
As do I
Yeah, ScarVio are amazing games, the NS1 just held it down a little
Also hot damn, aurorus is based as hell. Tanking zard hits never felt so good.
tbf, Aurorus can take a lot of hits, until Fighting types
Yeah you can build it quite tanky without even investing loads into HP because your HP already borders 200. Meaning it's tanking and doing good damage.
Yep, indeed
But yeah I predicted that they'd just try and lead chomp + zard Y and it ended up giving me a really easy set up to just get trick room and light screen up on my farigiraf.
People ain't respecting incin
@shadow wind gotchu
The decay has been astronomical
I’m honestly shocked I’m still top 500
I think I got to 1810 ish then stopped playing cause burn out
@foggy lodge i just did a galaxybrain play
Read the double protect, Leech Seeded my own Kommo-O (because I got RNG poisoned) to secure the win cuz Skarm can’t move freely
god damn nice
Love the kommo-o usage even if you're leech seeding it yourself haha.
I know I beat a 1729 player earlier on too 😅
Though it was funny when their Mega Scov (at 7% hp) switched in while one layer of spikes was on the field due to Ceaseless Edge 😅
New team feels very myself so idrc about rank now, I’m just pleased i found sth to play
Tbh I'm the same. I struggled for a while until I found this mega camerupt mega garde aurorus TR.
I’ve been in the kitchen with Kommo-o for a few days now with scovaillain
It’s definitely not for me is the conclusion I’m drawing
my question was why was the fused kyurem the same weight as normal kyurem
cuz fused kyruem is no longer hollow
tonikawa
season 1 was goated season 2 was aight
Well it's only got half of a part. It's not the whole dragon. It's like if you put clothes on someone. Makes very minimal difference weight wise.
Also it's pokemon, it's all purely theoretical, fuck if I know
Read the manga too so idk if you know but the plot gets a little wild
no, I don’t think I will
yeah if the plot gets wild i dont think i will
I think this meta is boring and I also just think phox is a fun Mon, even if my heat waves aren’t as powerful
Delphox is a fine pokemon. Levitate gives it some good partnerships.
It’s not zard
Well yeah but nothing really is lol
True zard’s just, stupid
Still a personal believe of snowfox even tho it’s definitely not on the power of zard or floette teams
Zard is the most prepared for mon for a reason. Because its very strong even when you know it's coming.
Yep
Literally it's existence made aerodactyl meta
Not just that but it was a big reason why lol
Like that's how meta warping zard Y in such a low power format is.
mega delphox is so goated
it got me to master ball season 1
Just a little note if you have the Mega Stone already that is given out in the BP 🙂
Might I suggest testing out trevenant next to it? I've been running Forest curse+ disable trev next to heat wave+encore phox and it's been so fun
Everyone always panics when they all of a sudden get grass typing haha
Oh that's fun. Was wondering about that because I already have gengarite
That's neat.
That is kinda funny.
Yep, just found it out myself, so thought I'd share 🙂
It's been a really fun team. Encore disable lock give em forest curse then heat wave em to death haha
Mamoswine's strongest soldier
*mamoswines weakest soldier
Congrats. I'm very close to master rank with my mega camerupt TR team. Then ima probably just not bother except for dailies.
I know he was mad as hell
Lmaooooo
gen 10 should introduce a priority fire move
MANNNNY
BLAZE DASHHHHHH 🏃💨
can they be more creative with the name
Not every type needs priority
Also I'd call it something like rapid fire (a play on words)
no but i think fire should have one
Why
cuz water has one and grass kind of has one
That doesn't really mean fire needs one.
What fire needs, at least on the physical side is a safer better physical fire move.
If you don't wanna use flare blitz you either have to use fire punch or a gimmicky move.
or have a signature one
Same with electric. You either have other use supercell slam which is such high recoil that it's risky to use by itself, or volt tackle which is so piss poor.
like cinderace and hooh
Yeah cinderace really got the high end of signature moves from gen 8.
And yeah sacred fire on ho-oh and entei is very good.
and pyro ball as a concept is so fucking cool too
like they cooked with cinderace
idk why it has 2 signature moves but whatever
Because fire is gamefreaks (usually) favourite child.
also you forgot blaze kick
better than nothing
It really isn't. At that point you aren't even consistent. You're better off just taking the recoil of flare blitz.
unless you’re alolan marowak
Or any rock head mon
Singles H-arcanine just loves being banded head smash or flare blitz lol
Scald is on like 5 mons and nobody is using surf
muddy water
Is 85% accurate
brine
Is not a good move
you didn’t say it was bad. You just said it’s not good.
Having to be at half for a good special single target water move sucks
Feels like more of the water moves were geared towards singles. But yeah hydro pump is pretty meh and scalds high distribution was a problem so I'm glad that got shafted.
Imo move hydro pump to 85% accuracy so it's on par with fire blast. That's literally it. No other changes.
I legit never got why fire blast was the same power as hydro pump but got to sometimes inflict burn and also be 5% more accurate.
It’s still rough
virizion got aura sphere in gen 9 😨

The option is usually hydro pump or muddy water
That sucks
or for some its water spout
its certainly not a huge range, atleast prior to gen 9 scald was pretty common
There's still a lot worse things. Rock still doesn't have an actually reliable widely distributed physical or special move (power gem is pretty bad) and physical electric is atrocious.
@next stump do you know if there is a like fraction like with Lefties recovery or whatever for how much you take from burn chip?
True
isnt burn 1/8th
I heard it was 6% of the health bar
Ur giving burn unnerfed salt cure numbers lmao.
Oh so I still got fucking robbed 
😝
I got a double protect to stall out a Mega Gengar with burn chip and lost cuz they only took 5% from burn chip
I tried to rob my opponent and the fucking cops got me
Damn.
Honestly bad luck has been plaguing me too.
Got confused on my farigiraf turn 1 which resulted in me hurting myself in my confusion and not setting up trick room. And another game I missed a fake out because of bright powder.
i missed what would have been a game winning cc cuz of bright powder incin
Bright powder being an actual option of an item due to how limited the pool is really does be tilting.
Like I'm running 3 berries on my team, pls give me more items.
Sitrus berry sinistcha, chople berry incin, colbur berry farigiraf the list goes on.
why is psychic 65 bp in gen 6
It's not?
i literally just saw it on my delphox
I do not remember psychic being 65BP in xy
maybe im just slow
67
Give Mega Heatran Earth Eater
givemega lucario z mega launcher and mega chomp z sharpness
wait no they made mega chomp z special
right?
give mega chomp z a ground version of rocky payload
and also make it keep its electric immunity
“It’s getting LEVITATE!”
it better fucking not
Tbh levitate seems likely lol.
I'm using one of these teams in ranked. Idc anymore.
what was ever stopping you
The green goblin mask
using good mons is literally fine
And the most used mon in top 8 is garchomp
my glorious goat, stay relevant
Bro just send me the virus link
Lmaoooooo
Big pokemon fan I see
no shit sherlock we're in a fucking pokemon discord
Should be corrected to big Groudon fan
Dont say g r o u d o n around him he might relapse or smthn
It's all the fault of big groudon
he relapsed chat call the ward 😔
Can’t call it a relapse if I never left Groudon
call the ward anyways
This is the team I used
Sinistcha came to like 1 game, its purpose is to scare TR teams on preview
100 base spatk is calling and wants to request iron head be used
I know some people do run Trick Scarf Rotom, not many though
Trick Scarf is standard though
Me personally I never really used Trick that much when I used it on ScRotom Wash
But i think its quite valid.
It can criple some mons heavily or force a switch.
E.g. trick a tr setter.
They either reverse TR or swap.
Or fake out user
I remember once using Trick Scarf on a mon with Focus Sash, what a fun moment that was 🤣
I've used sinistcha so much. Didn't realise it ever got trick room imprison
A TR deterrent I've seen more and more has been taunt incin or taunt maushold tbh
Back in T500 now
for SD
Im 1535 on the Champions in game ladder do I win anything for that
bro i just saw a reel eith a crazy point. we should fr have the swsh hym battle theme and the bw e4 theme
gang if i had bw e4 theme in the background id be so locked in ✌🏻
Bro I swear I get on that ladder and I form a crater in my head
you mean the crater wasnt already there? 
Incase the MU is too volatile for mamo and they got a chomp, i built it so kommo-o always ohkos garchomp with draco
Wym no trick room?
Its so good
Its so funny, i barely am using it tho as many tr teams panic at the sight of it on preview
I misread sorry, but yeah never felt the need for it
Should I replace Aegislash with Clefable (mega) or Sylveon?
I already have a counter to mega floette/sylveon (sneasler)
mega clefable is certainly a choice of all time 😭
i cant talk much im using banette lmao
Magic bounce seems like something not to pass up
Aurorus in the team builder is looking at me funny I wanna use it
Mega clefable would be good if it was the only mega to ever exist
Like it's not a bad pokemon in a vacuum but it's one of the worse choices when you look at other megas
mega absol the most underrated mega
true
its such a shame, its design is so pretty
I wouldn't have thought to panic about it lol. New fear unlocked.
Although tbh a lot of the time my lead is just camerupt + farigiraf. So they do have to worry about getting exploded by a sheer force boosted earth power or heat wave
Also on a side note I'm trying out nasty plot froslass with help from maushold and orthworm
And upper hand talonflame is the goat. Singlehandedly made sneasler + whimsicott lead a dud lead.
Mega Clefable is dog shit
togekiss from temu
Man I really like Mega Clef
You wanna know the worst part about Mega Clefable
So Fairy and Flying type right
With that typing
There is idk a certain Pokemon that shouldn't hit you right
You know
One that may or may not be shark shaped
the chompy
Except well
rock slide has entered chat
its not clefables fault most ground types learn rock moves
The fact you fail to do the ONE THING YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO
Also imma be real
I figured Floette and Zard were neck and neck for best mega
Nah 
floette got mogged by a cat
it does basically the same thing without using your mega slot
My brain ain't braining who tf is the cat
sylveon
sylveon is a cat?
Sylveon isn't a cat
its more dog / fox like
It's a weird pink ribbon dog fox thing yeah
Either way... ESTROGEN
sylveon: “not what i’m called”
thats the name of my clefable
my nickname scheme is... terrible
Estrogen 2
case n point
Mine will either be cheesy, thematic or terrible jojos bizarre adventures localisation.
it started with "GEM ALERT!!!" and my name scheme just lowkey copied that theme
Fuckin labubu 😭
mine is either a meme, a league character, or that pokemons literal job on the team
if I had no character limit, that mf would be named Dubai Matcha Labubu
Lmao so that's why your scovillain is called "Burn Ward"
i dont have a scovillain
Just... just a joke man...
i named my rotom heat "DUTCH OVEN!!!"
😭
why not name it bread
Better than some of the names I've seen on showdown
do you know what a dutch oven is
i feel like i do
but for the plot im gonna say no
my umbreons name is ace cuz its the secret ace of my team
when i was running it
i miss it every damn game i play without it
How should i name my scovillain
thats the neat part: you dont
Nah I think Floette is still damn good
But it ain't the best 
Pelipper is coming to my town in two days for a week I’m so excited
don’t get shot down by the bridge
No big bridges near me and any that are are made of rock so I’ll just punch it
I did lose to a floette because all my megas were special attackers and I couldn't beat past calm mind. So it does still have a lot of good qualities.
172x1.5=258 172x2=344 172x2.5=430 172x3=516
You working out calm mind bumps?
floette is still extremely good tho
🤨
NICE SPICE!!!
i don't think its awkward as well ngl
If anything i prefer Aero having sash and Floette being the mega option (on that specfic Zard Team)
Mine is named Hab & Nero
Honestly if it wasn't for how frustrating mega scovillain is, I would use him.
yes
sylveon does literally the same thing without using your mega slot
i went with 148+20 cuz 31 iv level 50 and then just went with 4 stat points cuz its the first number i thought of
and just started mathing from there
I still think the core of Glimm, Mamo and Talonflame is scary as hell
Water types are scary ye and its where mr washed comes in
that one isnt the best example cuz its more geared to being a zard y team but regardless floette is very good
sylveon provides fairy coverage for zard y teams w/o having the other be ur secondary mega, it doesnt mean floette itself isnt justified tho
not necessarily on those teams but in general
i wouldn’t call sylveon a direct floette replacement at all like it’s just a different option
exactly
i think i’ve still seen zard floette teams do well
the damage difference is very small
is it?
its like 3 or 4%
floette just won the first official champions tour
higher special attack and fairy aura gives a higher boost than pixilate it’s def not 4% more
idk where that # came from
only 4 days left before im fully free to play champions again
can they please add the bw e4 ost
yea i think this was the one i remembered
6/10 had floette in top 10
I kinda only remembered this team cuz I wasnt too invested on this Regulation besides doing Zard X Froslass stuff
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Which is like pretty early shit
thats a lot of glimm in phase 2
I mean anything against Zard Y I suppose
rock poison ground hits like 80% of the meta for se damage it def makes sense
just made me realize how out of touch i’ve been with m-a lol
Don’t worry me too
I kinda just did not play as much thanks to Irl stuff
its picked up a lot recently
also toxic spikes nice to set to get chip in some mus
The ladder is full of whimsicott glimmora
I genuinely fought 3 in a row yesterday
I beated all of them tho🦖
I have the power of Delphox and gambit 
What is a good incineroar spread/build? I am using one on my mono fire team
https://pokepast.es/0817e26ee4964875 i have this rough idea for a team i wanna create and do well with. im a tad stumped with the last mon tho
any suggestions?
Gambit
to fit what role tho
hm
But it might be bad because flare blitzes in the sun hurt
im not sure if i wanna commit to hard tr though, now im thinking maybe smth faster
i had dragonite in mind initially
Aero?
this is a shout
good against kangs mortal enemy sneasler, but can be veyr lacking against steel types
this is what i briefly made
supposed to be dragon fang
glim could be secondary mega
and ive been needing a spatacker
wanted a mon that doesnt rely on weather too...
but it lacks the bulk i want
Those earth powers will still hurt and you can delay mega for poison chip
how?
mortal spin?
The base ability
What's the team thus far? Cba to read up.
sets still very flexible i just chose general moves and items
i especially dont know which basc i wanna run
Do you like muddy water misses
Mega gengar needs its ability changed. I hate shadow tag and perish song
im assuming youve lost to perish trap recently
everyone likes everything misses
unless youre me who will literally run dragon pulse over draco meteor just to not miss
Mega glimms speed is what... 101 or something? It's quite fast. Probably better to have it as a separate speed thing.
yeah its 101
Literally what's funny is if you ran a -speed nature you'd still outspeed the slowest mega gardevoirs
by 1 point
Yeah
Honestly mega glimm is so interestingly weird
Like... a very unique set of properties and good into zard Y.
But not particularly amazing into the 3 best mons of this current format (unless you run earth power for sneasler and even then, it's not amazing into it).
alr
tho if i run modest im hitting 138 max, what is there to really outspeed?
peli?
I am thinking of dropping Sinistcha for smth that can be anti TR and can hit sableye and spiritomb better
maybe Hatterene
Uh... I honestly dk...
You outspeed max speed peli but you shouldn't be bringing glimm to that match up anyway.
I lowkey think competitive pokemon would be a better game if they rounded up all moves 80 accuracy and above to 100 even if some had to be nerfed for balance

i do not agree with this statement
I do not want gengar to have a fully accurate focus blast no thank you
its fun to miss some moves tho
What is a good lead for my mono fire team? Right now, my mono fire team consists of:
Volcarona
Hisuian Arcanine
Talonflame
Incineroar
Heat Rotom
Charizard (Mega Y)
That's not 85 and above
80 I said I mean
Say that after missing 3 in a row or something
I should not start playing while pissed off
Getting shit like double heat wave misses and psychic crit spdef drop
Okay but 100% accurate will-o-wisps sounds terrible
yeah but you want your opponent to miss and they want you to miss
it evens out fr
Only when you're not the one using it
If their 100 accuracy wisps meant I had 100 accuracy rock slides I would not be upset at all
I also wouldn't want 100% accurate zard Y heat waves.
Or 100% accurate stone edges or rock slides. Imagine the fuckin justified terrakion beat up strat with rock slides that he can't miss.
Plus rotom wash would literally have 0 downsides.
Perfectly accurate hydro pumps, ewebs, will o wisps, t waves etc.
I hate missing crucial moves but rng will rng. It's important for the game.
I just think fundamentally having the best option in a competitive game have a small chance of just not working is pretty lame
While yes you can choose the weaker safer option you'll also be at a disadvantage when you use the safe one and the opponents have the strong one as long as they're luckier than you are
Strong moves with drawbacks are awesome but taking away player control isn't
Recoil moves are cool, weather moves are cool
im trying a mega blastoise team and i just suck at it lol
https://pokepast.es/0cba5ca757523fda thoughts fellas?
Samu?
It beats basc
Fair enough ig
Beats gambit too
because SCOTTY DOESNT KNOW SO DONT TELL SCOTTY!
sorry i saw an opportunity and took it
I love Gallade sacred sword in eeg H so fair
Ye
