Kitt fucked black people nonstop until she had a mixed-race child and now she's looking for an unassuming white man to step up and be a father-ish sort of figure to her offspring.

>Mega Aggron Body Press team got me to Ultra 2
>Seems like at this rank every team is just running strong special attackers/defenders
>Rest of the team is doing well but my physical nuke Aggron is doing nothing
Is it time to build a new team? I liked Aggron a lot...

shit game lol

>>59174966
post team, if you want to keep Aggron around you should at least have a backup mega to handle bad matchups

>>59174963
She fucks Kanto Tauros exclusively actually

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I saw i missed a gardevoir that was given as a reward for a warm up thing and i felt bad for 3 second before i realized, how would that gardevoir be any different from any other gardevoir in this game? Wouldn’t it make more sense to give players a special hat or shirt as a reward? All a pokemon does is take space in the box it can’t go anywhere

i want to build a team with talonflame and M kanga, what would be the best approach? i know m kanga aint that good without power up punch and return but i like her because of the XY manga

So I just run Hippowdon and two sweepers to reach Masterball rank?

>>59174990
The other giveaway pokemon have been in cherish balls

>>59174990
Events should give out Mythicals/Legendaries with unique moves or make them shiny so its actually worth it to do these events.

>>59174940
Link please

>>59174977
Nta, but I have mega meganium covering my mega aggron in my team.
The only common weakness between them is fire, but I have a t-tar and aerodactyl for sun teams. Goin pretty well so far in ultra 2

>>59174966
You don’t have to give him up if you don’t want to but you should have answers

>>59175001
also it's for doubles i fucking hate singles

>>59174990
This stuff is for F2P players, especially in a "warm up" tournament lol
It's like the alpha starter gifts in home, this stuff isn't for you if you're posting on the 4chan pokemon image board

>>59175008
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2748688457?t=1h28m3s
The parting into gambit was in one of the final matches, I only watched like 2, then they almost lost against mono-ice with an Aegislash

>>59175009
Other Aggranon here. I didn't like running Ttar because I was struggling against rain teams too and I didn't want the water weakness. So I have Mega Ampharos with Altaria for support against sun and rain. I like running niche mons though.

>>59174963
You need to go back >>>/dbs/

>>59174966
Did you invest on special bulk on Aggron? With some investment and sand up it can actually take a hit or two

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It's genuinely insane to me that a casino slot machine ass move like Rock slide is as integral to doubles as it is. No idea how you guys can stand having your strategy boil down to praying for no flinches every other match

So glad I brought my shiny milotic from GO
Easily the best member of my team, what a hero

>>59175039
Only rock types get the sandstorm defense boost. Filter still makes it good

>>59175039
No I didn't invest in SpD, that's a good idea, don't know why I didn't think of that.
>Rock-type Pokémon receive a 1.5x Special Defense boost in sand
Wtf I thought I looked up all the effects of sand.

>>59175047
He meant careful nature and spc def EVs
80 base stat isn't horribly impressive but when maxed out it keeps you from getting OHKO from most anything that hasn't had a nasty plot

New stuff in the shop when? I need better hair

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>>59175043
Every time I gamble I win

>>59175043
Rock slide is frequently not that meta but unfortunately Charizard Y is omnipresent

>>59175043
Rock Slide hasn't even been that common in the last few years, it's all Charizard's fault. No Covert Cloak doesn't help either.

>>59175026
Rain teams are why I put the meganium in there.
Usually i have my farig use trick room too which rain teams hate.

So glad I brought my shiny milotic from GO
Easily the best member of my team, what a hero

>>59175055
It's sad we don't have the two-tones option from ZA, I know many people find it tacky or too "anime" but it's a cheap and easy way to make characters look more distinct.

>>59175055
We need fluffy hair for boys I cannot stand this zoomer undercut shit

>>59175064
How do you deal with Zardtards then?

I want to be Kieran

>>59175100
I love seeing the zoomer hair, it means you are about to fight a retard.

Is Pop Bomb worth running on Maushold over Super Fang specifically?

>>59175109
Anon the game matches you with people of similar skill

>>59175110
Won't you die to garchomp with pop bomb?

>>59175110
i dont think its worth it without loaded die

>>59175110
Run it with a Sableye with prankster gravity and put a kings rock on it.
Sableye also gives it helping hand and quash to make sure you flinch even the most unburdened of Sneaslers if you don't outright kill it (you will).
If you're not willing to commit to the meme mice then just use normal shit.

>>59175110
>rough skin garchomp everywhere
>no wide lens
>better with friend guard than technician
Not really unless you loooove gambling

I thought Pawmot would be usuable for some reason and wasted some time trying to bring mine over home
turns out the reason I thought that it's the fucking battle menu thumbnail has pawmot, fuck you ilca

>>59175145
A lot of other pokemon that were in the trailers didn’t make it over either. Dondozo and tatsugiri were gonna be on my team

>>59175140
Also stamina Arch

>>59175151
I'm glad they're gone, fuck you.

>>59175054
>SpD nature + maxed out
Yeah I don't know if I'll go that far for Aggron. I'll see how it feels.

>>59175007
Why bother making them shiny when mons that come from champions are stuck there?

>>59175104
NVM you already said that

>>59175167
special defense is really valuable on steels, a lot of the gay shit they resist tends to be special and not capitalizing on that really hurts their ability to switch in and tank hits

>>59175175
Yeah but every point into defense for Aggron is also a point into offense. I'll try it though.

>>59175167
Here's my build for THE WALL:
Ability: Sturdy
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 180 HP / 4 Atk / 76 Def / 252 SpD
Impish Nature
- Body Press
- Heavy Slam
- Iron Defense
- Protect

>>59175169
The mons being stuck gives them leeway to give out usually shiny locked pokemon. Plus having the regular version be the participation reward can help with things like za exclusive megas.
Basically something like "faggot cup" that gives you an eternal floette and mega stone and finishing in a high tier gets you a shiny one kind of deal.

Whats a good team for singles?
getting my ass kicked in Master rank, cant escape 1600-1700

>>59174945
Giving your Pokemon funny nicknames to distract your opponent is optimal

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>>59175145
I was so ready to run my boy

>>59175178
MAggron has 230 base defense.
If a physical attacker gets through that you've fucked up tremendously. Boosting it for body press alone is putting all your eggs in one basket. It's a good sweeper if you get iron defense to go off but there's a lot of strong Earth Power, Overheat, Scald users and so on.
With enough spc def you can keep him from getting OHKO without significant setup and maybe put him into the 3 hit zone even against strong spec attackers with super effectives.

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Bullying my wife before the start of each battle

>>59175205
>Name Starmie IM GONNA BUS
>mega evolve self destruct

>deranked to great 2
I'm not cut out for this.

>>59175212
Me too but with sex

>>59175205
people who don't nickname their mons are soulless

>>59175205
I didn't know you could nickname mons in this until a couple days ago.

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>>59175205
I want to name my Aggron 794 POUNDS, but I don't want to give my opponent information on Heavy Slam ranges

>>59175043
You think they’ll ever rework their rng given all of the casual players running around? They nerfed Paralysis, Freeze, and Sleep.

Is it normal as a non-compfag to find doubles much easier than singles? Only lost once in doubles before reaching Ultra Ball, but Singles was about 60/40.

Admittedly, I am using more underrated picks for my singles team.

>>59175235
RNG is part of the game. There’s a reason competitive pokemon is called “chess mixed with poker”. Probability management is a skill. It’s why the comp format is a ladder and tournaments place with best of 3 matches, to mitigate the ability of one incidence of crazy luck to swing performance too egregiously and try to capture the broad level of player skill at managing unlucky draws and capitalizing on lucky ones

>>59175223
What are the odds that they know the weights of their team? Pretty slim, I say. Put 794 POUNDS in, coach!

>>59175255
Singles is way more aggressive which makes it way less kind to suboptimal mons. Doubles gives you way more room to get wins from good reads even with worse mons. So, maybe? If you’re really good at identifying when your opponent is gonna double-up and hit the right protects, or calling when a mon doesn’t need to protect and gets a free switch/set up, you can get a lot of mileage out of that skill

Is Krook a good Temu Incineroar or do the Arcanines mog it to hell?

>>59175296
He isn't really bulky enough to do incins job. But the arcanines don't even do incins job anyway.

>>59175001
Coaching White Herb Sneasler with Scrappy Kang. Neither can be Intimidated turn 1, and you can Coaching to give Kang +1 atk +1 def before anyone else moves.

>>59175296
Krook doesn't really have the support movepool. It would be more comparable to Gyarados. The dogs are more similar to Incin. Scrafty would have been solid too if it was available.

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>earthquake can cause flinching

>>59175156
You probably use stuff that’s way worse

>>59175304
Aerodactyl shuts this down. He's popular but not crazy common though

Is it dumb to run Aurora Veil Ninetails and Charizard Y on the same team?

>>59175310
King's Rock?

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This is the team I used to reach master ball tier
>Mega Gardevoir
Has Focus Blast and Thunderbolt to deal with Corv and Arch
>Ddance Dnite
Outrage, Espeed and EQ.
>Belly Drum Azu
EV'd to out speed uninvested Corvs
>Bulk Up Talonflame
Full defective investment Will-o-Wisp to help against certain threats.
>Swords Dance Mimikyu
Drain Punch as a coverage option but otherwise standard set
>Mega Lopunny
Running High Jump Kick because I'm not a coward.

Judge me.

>>59175205
Wait, can you nickname pokemon you get from Champions? All my transfered pokes are named but I assume I was SOL for any I recruited.

>>59175308
I have so much faith in Scrafty as alternative Incin, but I’m worried that going from fairy neutral to a quad weakness makes him unusable even with the superior bulk and access to knock off

>>59175322
Go into the summary and click X there should be an option that says "change battle name." Be responsible out there ;)

>>59175322
Not only can you, but Champions nicknaming rules let you rename any mon you want, regardless of language or OT, as many times as you like. You can also enable and disable valid titles from ribbons IIRC

>>59175322
>Box
>Check Summary
>Additional Options
>Change Battle name

>>59175122
>>59175110
From what I recall, Pop Bomb runs off a different formula than 5 hit moves, so you need Wide Lens insetad

Is Gravity worth it? Is it any common in VGC?

>>59175328
Would have been nice to have him now since Fairy types aren't too rampant. Only see Floette, Whimsicott and the rare Primarina.

>>59175302
I miss Arcanine being THE Intimidate Fire mon.
Is there any reason to use best dog with baracat in the format?

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>dragapult still has the shitty gen 9 dragon darts animation
Did they at least fix Toucannon?

>>59175343
Literally none. Everything Arcanine can do, Incelroar does better.

>>59175296
>King's Rock Krookodile
>Intimidate
>+Spe,-SpAtk Nature
>Helping Hand, Gunk Shot, Snarl, Earthquake
>Max Speed, other EVs pending
Honestly I'm shocked he doesn't get at least Sucker Punch.

>>59175339
If you’re running Gravity, it’s something heinous and evil. Like when Darkrai was legal so you’d run CSR or Sableye Gravity and Darkvoid
Indeedee gets Gravity, sets up Psychic Terrain, and would ground Mega Delphox, just saying. ;)

>>59175355
Scarf Rockslide much?

>>59175310
>another retard who doesn't play the game kneejerk reacting to item effects

>>59175212
It'd be cool if there was more than 5 pictures of her on the planet.
Also if she was actually hot

Where's staraptor? i wanted to make a triple intimidate team with incineroar and paldean tauros

>One game get 3 burns with Heat Wave Armarouge, the very next game get double freeze with Choice Scarf Blizzard Alonan Ninetails causing an instant rage quit
Arceus loves me.

>>59175356
Could also go for Knock Off over Snarl and Stomping Tantrum over EQ since you have the miss chance on Gunk Shot. (Does Stomping Tantrum activate for immunity fails? Like using Poison moves on Steel?)

>>59175366
Mega isn’t in yet, right? Hoping that means he has a good/more complicated ability than what has been released.

>>59175373
It does, pretty sure

Krookodile is only good for gimmicks relatively speaking.
You can pull some funny shit with power trip and anger point though, just not reliable funny shit

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>>59175339
I've been experimenting with it using my mono-Ground team on Showdown. I've had limited success though, since Golurk is the only Ground-type user with access to the move in Champions and Golurk prefers to hit things most of the time.

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>>59174966
As a mega steelix user, I can tell you Ultra 1/2 are the harshest environments for him and Aggron. Everyone's tryharding to reach masterball and it's nothing but constant rain, sun and sneaslers. Once you reach masterball people chill out and start having fun again.

>>59175321
How valid is double mega-stones?

>>59175050
aggron can afford to put a ton of investment into spdef because mega aggron's base defense is so ludicrously high that even one iron defense makes it unbreakable on the physical side with 0 investment
the special defense boost for rock types is nice but mega aggron drops its rock typing so you're not going to benefit from that unless you delay your own mega evolution for some reason; you're better off running something else to sponge special attacks like a bulky redirector/screen setter/etc.
t. mega aggron enjoyer (running it on a trick room team with bulky ariados)
third time trying to fucking post this let's see if it actually works

>>59175393
I’m finding most teams have 2 that balance each other out for their bad match ups

>>59175393
in gimmick teams not much since they are mostly built around one mon. It's ok if youre just running goodstuff team tho

>>59175339
Gravity isn't really worth it outside of Hypnosis gimmicks. The difference between Thunderbolt and Thunder, for example, usually doesn't turn a 2HKO into a OHKO, but even if it does, you're basically just making a Trick Room team without the speed control. You have to finish the game before your Gravity runs out otherwise your Pokemon become substantially weaker as their moves can now miss.

>>59175391
Sun is Fun. Being able to use Charizard in a meta team is deeply satisfying.

>>59175393
Last time I played VGC was 2014 and double megas was pretty common.

>>59175314
no, just be sure to keep the anti-synergy in mind and don't try to get your aurora veil up on the same turn you plan on mega evolving or else you'll get clipped and made fun of on twitter

>>59175391
Steelix is my favorite Wide Guard user.

>>59175407
You are the reason I have an aerodactyl in my back pocket. Delicious 4x rockslides and more are coming your way!

What’s the deal with Champion tier? Is it a matter of ELO to enter it? Is there anything special unlocked for reaching it? Cutscene with Caraway?

>>59174945
Guys I’m stuck at rank 4.
I like using cute Pokemon like slurpuff and snorlax. Need team ideas for singles

>>59175393
The item choices are kind of dogshit right now so even if you did run a Pokemon without mega evolving it it's not the end of the world

>>59175420
Top 300 players worldwide. I think you get a special title and same for Pokemon you win with in it.
>>59175422
Rank 4 what?

>>59175420
You do get a cutscene for it, and a Champion title.

>>59175420
300 players with the highest elo in master ball get it
No rewards, just one title

>>59175422
Show us your box, gayboy

>>59175423
I was running normal cm leftovers Floette for a bit.
Kinda fine, maybe Primarina would have been better.

>>59175419
I do think charizard usage will start to come down as more people experience the brutality of x4 rockslide.

>>59175321
Waifufag?

>>59175420
Yeah. You get a special cutscene where you Mating Press Caraway while Tatora is forced to watch

>>59175393
Not that unviable and uncommon, but obviously you wouldn't be aware of it if you're not seeing the other mega being used.

>>59175442
Mega Lopunny is actually a top tier threat in singles

>>59175145
I hate how many mons they cut

Champions should have just been another tier instead of a try hard positional top 300.
Since this is purely elo based, it means you need to win a lot of wins in a row + against good players. Which just makes try hard no life autist even more try hard

While totally ignoring the kids their actual target audience.

>>59175422
If it’s singles just use slurpuff as a sticky web setter and then misty explosion it

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after some hours of painstaking work, I finally moved my shiny kyogre from emerald all the way to bank
can't wait for him to be playable >:)

>>59175474
Thank goodness it's proud of its power and doesn't like to thrash about.

>>59175482
LOL

>>59175366
>wanted to make a triple intimidate team
How would that even work?

Have you gotten into master ball with your favorites yet, anon?

Any good Suggestions on a 2nd mega not named Greninja to cover Fire and Ghost for M-Chimecho?

I’ve been using sableye and scarf h-typhosion to wilowisp and then infernal parade the opponent.

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>>59174429
>>59174429
Hey if this guy is still around, I could use a Sneasler and a Kingambit

>>59175512
Kanga

>>59175512
Samurott :)

>>59175512
SHARPEDO!!!!!!!!!!

>>59175365
>get designated receptionist waifu that is the granddaughter of the gym you're taking over for.
>ugly as sin.
What were they thinking?

>>59175539
>blitzdrachin
Where have I heard that name before..?

>>59175512
Blastoise? Mega Launcher boosted Dark Pulse.

>>59175553
They were thinking about unprotected baby making sex with Tatora

>>59175573
>fat turtle with hose attachment
>awesome fucking shark missile
I know which one i would take

Is this game really that power hungry? I was playing on Switch 2 handheld, and when it reached 50 percent I put it in the dock and continued playing. I took it oit a couple hours later and it was still at 50 percent.

>>59174963
Me me me I'll do it

I'm Ultra Ball Rank 1
I can make it....

I get that less than $10 dollars gives you more than enough box spaces with 80, but I really wish they let players actually buy even more permanent spaces, and even team slots instead of having to put in a subscription service for a barebones battle sim

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Rhyperior anon checking in. I saw there was someone else who was using rhyperior and made it to ultra ball, and posted their team here. I tried to reply, but 4chan blocked me from posting yesterday. Wasted 30 minutes trying to post, and was cock-blocked on my desktop and phone. I see you though!

Wanted to post this yesterday, but couldn't :(

>>59175641
I'm praying on your downfall.

What Pokemon check Swift Swim Basculegion?
I'm looking for something that can either outspeed or tank it and return a OHKO, preferably after it's Wave Crashed once.

>>59175659
That was me!

I don't bring him often too be honest though, Araquanid has been the true MVP, destroying countless Zard Ys and Incins with Mystic Water Liquidation in Trick Room

>>59175674
People are still playing Swift Swim Basculegion? I thought we all moved on to Choice Scarf Adaptability.

>>59175674
Dry Skin Heliolisk completely shuts down Basculegion. Dry Skin absorbs water attacks, and it's one Ghost attack can't hit it since he's part Normal.

What 6th mon should I add to my first team:
Sableye
H-typhosion
M-Feralgtr
M-Dragonite
Sneasler
I realize it’s probably shit but I like using these guys and want to add one more decent option

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>Struggle with homebrew teams
>Get enough of struggling and losing
>Straight up copy Aaron Cybertron Zheng's Sun Charizar/Venu team
>Start winning
>feel dirty
Why must I be such a hipster gaylord? My wins feel illegitemate ;_;

>>59175683
It's like 80/20 the last time I checked. Dedicated rain teams are more likely to run Swift Swim because it gives their Basculegion an advantage in the mirror.

>>59175696
Probably better to get good at winning in general before you start crafting your own gimmicky teams. This games gonna be around for probably like 8 years so you have time.

>>59175696
No shame in copying what works and iterating on it. I'm using the Floette team he showcased recenty, I just tweaked some of the moves and EV spreads. No one (successful) team builds in a bubble.

>>59175696
Don't feel too bad, netdecking a meta team will only take you so far, and you'll reach a point where game knowledge and skill outweighs having a meta team.

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>>59174945
Using my free time to slowly climb through great ball and I've been pretty consistently passing prankster from whimsicott to passimian
I've just been a little wishy-washy on who the sweeper is going to be; I went with palafin at first, but I quickly realized I got walled by grass types too easily and now I'm trying physical dragapult with more success but I'm wondering if I can do better. I'm also thinking of running volcarona for anti-weather and redirection with rage powder, heat wave, hurricane, and morning sun
Has anyone else here bothered with prankster coaching strats? Any pointers?

When switching out both your pokemon on the same turn, is there a way to manipulate which one leaves the field first?

>>59175255
I'm the complete opposite. I sailed into Master Rank on Singles with like maybe 5 losses total, meanwhile I can't even get out of Ultra Rank 4 in Doubles. I've been win/lose every couple matches for like 20 games now. It seems like no matter what I do or how I plan i always run into some unexpected bullshit or my opponent perfectly predicts everything I do. Frustrating as hell.

>>59175726
Faster mon switches out first

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Finally got to Master Ball tier. Sure it was on the back of landing freeze but hoo wee does it feel good.

>>59175641
WE'RE ALL GONNA MAKE IT MY GOOD SIR.

>>59175657
Yeah, even greedy freemium apps don’t skimp out on space. But I guess they’ve gotten brazen due to Home subs.

I permanent own Cofagrigus but doesnt have "Pain Split", what a shitty gemu.

>>59175194
Average japanese Floette team is already running Delphox to kill the three mons that kill Floette and surprise surprise, Metagross also loses the matchup

>>59175737
Hydreigon lost Roost for some fucking reason. I can't run my usual set for him now and it fucking sucks.

>Great Ball 3
>Drizzle Peliper
>Mega Feraligator
>Choice Speed Archaludon with Electro Shot
>Dragapult/Whimsicot 4th

This is easy mode right now since leading Peliper/Archaludon bipass intimidates since the both run special and each turn 1 guarantees a free SPA boosted Electroshot at the start of a battle. The only minor counter to this is if they have MegaZard Y but peliper swaps in and out turn 1 to reset drizzle.

Is the next VGC Worlds going to use the current regulation?

>>59175763
I believe it will use whatever the next one is

>>59175753
>Roost
https://pokebase.app/pokemon-champions/moves/roost

This sucks, Pikachu, Gengar and Dragonite has full moveset complete. i fucking hate yellow monkeys shouting Kantooooo

>>59175331
speaking of, are there any new titles from old ribbons?

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>>59175566
Why don't you tell us anon

>>59175674
Hisuian Samurott
Mega Gyarados
Meowscarada

waiting for the top japanese vgc teams to get posted before climbing
not using jobber western teams that can’t get me out of ultra ball

when are the timmy hours

>>59175553
You just don't get it... It's all about having unlimited unprotected sex with the cute ugly granddaughter of the guy you're looking their place over for. She has no self-esteem and she's nearing her 30s so she lets you cream pie her raw for free every night

>Found out last night shinies are part of the gacha slot machine
On the plus side I never got SV so the shiny Garganacl was a nice bonus. What should his nickname be?

>trick room in front of tailwind whimsicott
>overpredict the encore on my slowking and don't chilly reception to send in mega crab, manual switch
>he just attacked
Anyway, I think those two pair very well, helping hand is probably better than heal pulse

>>59175803
chickenjockey

>>59175776
Aren't those titles the same as when they got introduced?
I'm using a Shiny Male Lopunny called Bon-Chan The Great Friend

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>doing 3v3 just to get to Great Ball tier for the mission completion
>some fucker's Gyarados gets three Quick Claw activations in a row
>still beat him with my mons I cobbled together from my doubles teams

Is Mega Garde good at all? Floettes weakness to dire claw is annoying

>hurr me lead with protect espathra baton pass
i'm leading with kingambit if i see that little shit on your team and there's jack shit you can do about it

Is Mega Garde good at all? The weakness to dire claw of mega Floette is annoying

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I've finally got my hands on Greninja, Politoed, Bellibolt, and Venusaur. How should I build my frog team?

>>59175255
I got into doubles because I hated how much of singles was running into walls, pivoting around often in a risky way, and some monster getting a stat boost and sweeping the game. All of that is so much easier to play around in doubles.

Does sleep not count the turn you get put to sleep?

I just lost a match because 3 of my mons got outsped and spent 3 attacks sleeping each.

>>59175879
Iirc it's Turn 1 sleep, Turn 2 1/3 chance to wake, Turn 3 awake.

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how the fuck do you deal with this piece of shit
there's no good special fighting/ground attackers

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>>59175296
I got rekt the other day by a Choice Scarf Krookodile so I can't knock it too much. I was not expecting it to outspeed my Aerodactyl.

>>59175354
I saw a clip of Beak Blast and no I don't think Toucannon's beak changed colours.

>>59175886
Mega Lucario dumpsters it but that's asking a lot to include one on your team

>>59175886
Hit it with anything it doesnt ressist

>>59175886
Mega Glimmora, who also dumpsters Zard.
>>59175858
I have bad news for you.

>>59175886
Kommo-O and Medicham have been consistent at dealing with this fucker for me, but I lost 15 MB tier games in a row and went from 1813 points down to 1604 over the past few days and have only begun to slowly make my way upwards

I run Mega Scizor with Bug Bite. I wish I could see their faces when this thing eats their berries

>>59175803
Gargamel

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>>59175674
Kingambit. It gets oneshot by Sucker Punch.

>>59175905
I thought this was the case till I encountered one in rain and it outsped my meowscarada with aqua jet

>>59175901
Silly question, how does Bug Bite interact with the resist berries? Does it just remove them?

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>get 3 minimizes off
>enemy literally cannot hit me
>as they slowly die from burns and sand

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I've been using this team but so far but I'm only really making use out of pelipper, dragonite, basculegion and incineroar. Any ideas on how to make better use of the other two?

You will never be champion

>>59175909
Who are you minimizing

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I guess the fun in coming back from Gen 7 is finding out brand new moves to play with.

quick claw proc lol!! epic for the win!!

Is Poison Touch Sneasler too niche?

Should I bother with Scorching Sands on Mega Delphox, or just stick to Sub/Encore?

Adaptability Bascu is just pure evil what the fuck

>>59175937
It's not even toxic poisoning so it seems pointless. It might even cockblock your Dire Claw from scoring an actually useful effect.

>>59175937
Isn’t poison touch preferred since it stacks with dire claw?

Is there any reason why there are moves that guarantee sleep, confusion, paralysis, and burn, but not one that guarantees freeze?

>>59175932
Hope you enjoy my kings rock and bright powder too lmao

Considering the membership just for the extra music

>>59175937
It's ass, and poison is the worse status condition in doubles.

>>59175696
Being slightly better at using the meta than other metaslaves is a hollow achievment. Truly based trainers try to win with their favorites.

>>59175938
The only relevant mon 4x weak to ground is Glimmora and you already destroy that with Psychic.

>>59175886
this thing pops to any strong neutral special

>>59175852
Gardevoir is also weak to dire claw

HOW TF DO I GET TO MASTER RANK WITH MEGA GARDE!?

>>59175938
My experience with it was I was better off either switching, clicking heat wave, or protecting every time I could have clicked it and I swapped to sub.

HOW THE FUCK DO I GET TO MASTER BALL RANK WITH MEGA GARDE

>>59175886
Use Basculegion’s Flip Turn to bait and switch its Electroshot into Garchomp while you manually switch/mega evo into your own weather setter on the other side.

Maint time?

>>59175659
>>59175678
Post Rhyperior and Araquanid builds please.

I ran into a Rhyperior today and it tanked 3 seed bombs without boosts.

I still get confused when people run Charizard X

>>59175987
Pair her with choice scarf round cloud nine altaria

>>59175937
With our current held item selection there is no point to ever use Poison Touch. The only reason you'd ever use it is if you wanted to use an item like Choice Band that won't proc Unburden. Unburden with Sash or White Herb is just way too good.

They changed the speed priority with Mega, right? A glimmora managed to mega and outspeed my max-speed jolly ZardX

My roar just got upper handed i should kill myself

>>59176033
Yes speed changes are instant now.

>>59176033
mega glim is 1 point faster than both zards

>>59175926
he said sand and burn so I'm guessing sand viel brightpowder Sandaconda

>>59175977
Play like its floette

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What are some good teams with mega Starmie? Is it better for singles or doubles? Pic related is a team an anon shared.

how does a 'dual mega' setup with floette work? Does it mean you bench floette, or run it alongside another mega and use it itemless?

just got into champion tier with hisui goodra it's dumb as fuck with a life dew, shelter, body press, heavy slam set. turn 1 set up shelter and everyone ignores it and targets its partner who is a bigger immediate threat. by turn 3 it's basically invincible and can solo their entire team by itself. also battle armor for crit cheese immunity

I HAD THE GAME WON LITERALLY LAST TURN BUT THIS FUCKING SHITHOLE I MOVED INTO RUINED IT
POWER WENT OUT AHAHAHA WOW IT RAINED AGAIN AND THE POWER WENT OUT AGAIN
FUCK THE MIDWEST I MISS EUROPE

>>59176059
You still run 2 mega stones but you bring whichever mega is best for the matchup.
>opponent has a lot of steel and poison? bring mega delphox
>opponent doesn't have a lot of fairy resist? bring mega floette

>>59176063
What EV spread? I have yet to see a single person using hisui goodra.

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>>59175863
add a toxicroak to your lineup as a rain counter
dry skin blanks all water moves and the only other attack that actually threatens it under rain is hurricane, whose users can be handled by bellibolt
go max hp max def/spdef (whichever one is more annoying for your team) and run it as a bulky support mon with moves like taunt and encore
also give it knock off for utility and drain punch so it can sit in front of archaludon without being threatened by it
item slot is flexible, i run leftovers on mine but that's a mono poison team so you might want to save that for something else
in that case a sitrus or lum berry is probably fine

>>59176080
i'm running max HP and Def, its probably only working because no one else is running it lol

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>>59176086
aw man I had no idea toxicroak was in too, I can hit 5/6 frogs before a Poliwrath/Seismitoad update. I've really been looking forward to using Bellibolt specifically since I don't play the mainline games anymore. I guess Greninja is gonna be a support-mon or Protean hit and run attacker since I don't have a copy of ZA. I might try that kind of Toxicroak then, it's not how I'm used to playing it but it sounds great for Archaludons/weather meta. Thank you fellow frog enjoyer.

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>>59176086
>>59176101
Based frog anons. Wishing you the best, maybe I'll make a frog team too.

Apparently it's shit, but Gallade is my favorite pokemon, so I'm trying to use the mega

Been using Whimsicott for Tailwind support, but I can't really figure out what other kind of support this guy needs. For the moment I just have some generic good mons on the team with them like Sneasler and Incineroar
Right now I'm just running attacks, Sacred Sword, Psycho Cut, Leaf Blade and Shadow Sneak. Figured it wasn't worth trying Bulk Up or anything like that

Does anyone have any ideas for how they would run this if they were dumb enough to try?

Everyone moved from reaching master ball now 2000+ elo is the new show off

>>59175524
what a shame doro, i went to sleep as you posted that. Now at work though, and itll be quite some time before i can get around to any trading. Maybe in the weekends, but we'll see
>>59176059
Mainly you decide beforehand who do you wanna bench, but if you bring Floette you always wanna Mega her. Though there are niche mons like Ttar who dont mind coming in itemless besides Floette

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>>59176101
>I've really been looking forward to using Bellibolt specifically
he's got some funny tricks
good bulk and a great hp stats means it can actually use that electromorphosis ability to do some solid damage, plus it's got screens/weather ball/acid spray/soak if you want to be funny
>I might try that kind of Toxicroak then, it's not how I'm used to playing it
abusing dry skin in a support role is about the only thing toxicroak can do these days given how much better sneasler is as an offensive threat
even if you ignore dire claw it also has a much higher statline and access to unburden, so offensive toxicroak is completely outclassed in a best case scenario
though toxicroak has been one of the most consistent kyogre counters regardless of format for his entire life so i'd argue a defensive anti-rain role is true to his roots
>>59176109
frog together strong
>>59176121
a gallade with sharpness can put up better damage than mega gallade can if you're using slicing moves anyway
you're best off using stronger moves like close combat and zen headbutt if you're going to be using the mega specifically, or you could go sharpness base gallade and drop leaf blade/shadow sneak for coaching/helping hand/some other support option instead

Bullying my wife at the end of each battle
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/143383436

>>59176121
Every time I’ve seen Gallade he’s been some kind of pseudo attacking support that has trick room or wide guard and some attacks rather than a pure attacker but that was in S/V I dunno how he works out here

>>59176121
I've heard a lot of people don't know that mega Gallade has inner focus, so they try to use fake out and get KOd in return, like mega Lopunny and Kangaskhan.

>>59175954
Most people run Unburden with Focus Sash or White Herb. Lets Sneasler outrun even opposing Tailwind.

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this was absolutely not worth it

Haven’t figured out the best teammates but Hisuian Samurott with a scarf seems to be something some teams can’t deal with very well kinda digging it

>>59176168
Omedetou

How can it be competitive if it's literally random and up to luck for almost every little thing

>>59176121
Mega Gallade got cucked by not getting Sharpness. It's better to just stick to normal Gallade.
Psycho Cut
Sacred Sword
Wide Guard
Trick Room
^ This was it's standard set it ran throughout SV. It's a unique Trick Room setter that can also hit hard and gets access to Wide Guard.

Unfortunately we don't have Clear Amulet which was almost always it's held item so White Herb will have to do.

>>59176173
luck is a factor in every form of competition
besides there are plenty of ways to optimize things like luck out of the equation when it comes to your own team setup
you might get unlucky losses due to rock slide flinches or something every now and again but it's not like you're blindly trying your luck every single game

>>59176121
for doubles team building, preferably you start off with two mons with some synergy, and then you can think what to slap for the next four. So you start off with the idea first. For example Gallade is weak to ghosts (Basculegion) and is quite frail, so i would think you always want Maushold as your support, since you can use follow me, and with Friend Guard he lets Gallade live longer. Importantly, Maushold is faster than Talonflame assuming he still isnt in gale wings, which you probably could kill first.
For the next four, i suppose just scroll through pikalytics and think about which mons you have problems beating and bringing the support for those respective mons

>>59176121
>>59176180
Alternatively, you just follow what other people have used because teambuilding is understandably hard
https://www.pikalytics.com/pokedex/championstournaments/gallade

>>59176146
It's good to see Tatora finally getting some lewds

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>>59176152
Every single time I've had Gallade in front of a sneasler or inciniroar they tried to fake out him.

>>59176215
Why are they both flashing me

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>>59176143
As soon as I acquire a Toxicroak I shall get to work. I think I'm retarded, it wasn't that I forgot I had one, I think it was in my early rolls and I either returned it or passed up on it, I definitely saw one
Now I wonder who best embodies the froggy spirit for a 6th slot until an update. Maybe the ol reliable Zoroark that I never bring in to make them second guess obvious plays, since it can mimic the appearance of a frog with illusion...

>>59176168
Any extra box space?

>>59176229
orthworm as the bait to attract the 5 frogs

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Just caught 2 shiny G Slowpokes in Scarlet, I already have a G Slowking I use on my Trick Room team so I'll replace him with the new shiny. Any use for G Slowbro?

>>59176206
waste of a good character design

>>59176235
No you only get some VP and the "Champion" title.

Kitt has a tramp stamp

>>59176268
Lame
They could've at least given a champion battle music track too

>>59176259
meme with quick claw quick draw

Torkoal accepts Lilligant’s kind offer!

>>59176259
The ultimate memer, fastest gun in the west, Quickdraw McGraw

>>59176268
>>59176290
It's the first season. They might give a better incentive for those who retain Champion later on

Just got to masterball with my real niggas, or RN's for short
Feraligatr
Conkelldurr
Scizor
Whimsicott
Incelroar
And a Sylveon that got one (1) battle in
My final battle to get in was hilarious. Lead conk and Feraligatr. He lead Aerodactyl and sneasler. DD and ice punch. They protected. Then, he brought in taueos for the intimidate. I did again. Then they swap again, DD again. I'm +2 attack/+3 speed. DD again until I get hit, then proceed to sweep. Managed to get 5 DD off before the end.

>>59176300
Top 300 is pretty brutal and will only get harder once they open the floodgates to all the mobile players. I think they intentionally kept the rewards low for Champions tier so people don't feel forced to climb for it.

Can't think of a moveset for Mega Slowbro, he's got so much shit and you can't pack it all in just 4 moveslots.

>>59176259
skill swap onto a mon with quick claw is also an option lol

>>59176172
What evs are you running? I've been starting it with mega manetric but it gets blown up quick.

You can leave manetric un-mega for lightning rod, then mega volt switch for intimidate into another intimidate user etc.

Any retard-proof team comps? Asking because I’m a fucking moron.

>>59176358
Mega Froslass with Auroa Veil + Self-Destruct Snorlax.

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>>59176358
Sand team. Always go Excadrill + Ttar.
Spread MAXX. Scarf Rotom-wash + Garchomp, spam Discharge and Earthquake
OHKO spam, Mega-Hawlucha + Snorlax. Entrainment into fissure.
That mega froslass team anon said.
Instruct spam. Oranguru + Torkoal. Make sure Torkoal is slower than Oranguru. Click Eruption then Instruct it. Can use any other mon, like Blastoise Water Spout, Mega Golurk punches

>>59176358
imma be real with u g, the teams i think are brainless are only brainless if you know what youre doing

>>59175391
My Mega Ampharos mode btfos zardtards.
Just have to tune the rest to deal with Meganium and Sneasler. And just fought my first Meganium rain team... I was desecrated.

I FUCKING HATE SLEEP POWDER VENUSAUR

>>59176462
So I'm running the following for singles. Mind if anyone can see any glaring weakpoint?
>zardX (Atk+Spe)
>sneasler (Focus Sash Atk+Spe)
>meowscarada (Spec Atk+Spe)
>corviknight (Leftovers HP+SpDef)
>garchomp (LumBerry Atk+Spe)
>azumarill (Sitrus HP+Atk)

>>59176475
You would probably do better asking another Zard player. This team is tough for me personally, it hits a few of my weaknesses and I'd have to run some weird hybrid mode. You're not leaning as hard into sunlight as other zard players I've fought and I'm struggling with Sneasler right now and to a lesser degree Garchomp. I don't know if that's a strength or it's somehow hypertuned to be a nightmare for me personally.

>>59176475
Oh wait
>Singles
Yeah singles is a different beast entirely. I just run Glimmora.

>>59176474
I only hate it when I miss

>>59175898
>Mega Glimmora
Special Ground move?

>>59176063
What item?

>>59176366
Made it to MB on Sat and have sucked shit ever since with a Froslass team so this seems like it’d be fun. I assume Max HP and Atk and Thick Fat as ability but what item would work best?

actually, gane bad. its real bad

>>59176531
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Earth_Power_(move)

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>>59176569
>gane

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anyone running garganacl in singles right now? salt cure seems completely useless now and with no tera he seems kinda dogshit on paper but maybe hes still got it

>>59176606
>salt cure nerfed to fuck
>no tera to cover it's horrendous typing
>no maranga berry
It's not seeing any play

>>59175970
>His favourite isn't CHARIZARD
dumb

Do Pokemon have size differences here?
Because I just got myself a Sneasler in PLA from an Alpha H-Sneasel. Also, I have a Shiny Larvitar in PoGO and it's "the largest I've ver seen" acording to my team leader nigger woman

What's a good Singles team for someone that has only played VGC since Gen 5?

>watch streamer
>GUYS THIS TEAM IS SO BUSTED I JUST CAN'T STOP WINNING
>they go to play a game
>still great ball tier
>lose half their games
I don't understand how so many people can be so bad at this game

Does this game throw bots at you even in ranked?

>>59176632
garchomp
kingambit
scarfed meow
corvi
any two megas you want

>>59176636
In Great Ball, yes. I think by Ultra Ball you only get people.

I swear, I take a week off and the meta feels completely different. This shit is moving too fast for an old person online.

>>59176645
People are just now figuring out that there are more viable megas than just floette and charizard.

>>59176649
This is awful for me coin

>>59176633
https://youtu.be/RPfOJ89cQsQ?si=Qzfg26QnyiOIOA3p
Im watching Aaron review this streamer guy and holy shit both of them are playing like shit. Most people just click button without even going in their mind how the next turn will play out.
I suppose master rank is just a grinding challenge

>>59176654
Pretty sure that streamer guy is some overwatch/rivals fag. No surprise he sucks ass at video games.

>>59176633
the obvious answer is to cut more mons and items

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It's like they specifically set out to design a breeder character who has sex with the pokemon. WHat's going on at Nintendo?

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>>59176691
>Nintendo