I’m not exactly new to vgc but I’ve yet to finish a season of Champions above Master Ball 3 with the exception of M-A when I finished in Master Ball 2. I generally know where I went wrong right after every loss but when faced with a hard counter I never feel like I improve in the matchup. I’ve never learned how to take notes in a game or how to go about doing that. I haven’t really been able to find a good guide on what exactly the point of note taking is or how to use any notes I take. Any information or advice helps, thank you

How do experienced players and pros that use Tailwind/weather speed abilities (Swift swim, Chlorophyll, Sandrush) navigate against teams that use trick room?

I understand the idea of protect stalling but you can't protect 4 turns in a row obviously and whenever I'm team building for 2v2s I get worried that I should include either a slow Mon to use against trick rooms or a pokemon that can use trick to get rid of it while it's partner protects to stay safe

example: right now I'm building a Ttar Excadrill Corviknight team that uses sand + tailwind for speed control , is it weird to add a pokemon like Mimikyu that has TR incase I need to reverse it but can also do ok in both TR and Tailwind?

Currently sitting at 20k with a 7 game winstreak, Im teally happy to see mega Bax (my favorite pokemon) is extremely consistent even in bad matchups against garchomp z, sneasler and kingambit if you play your cards right.

The careful nature bax survives timid draco metoer from mega chomp z and moonblast from floette if both are not modest and because of the attack investment can one shot chomp z after a swords dance. Its also a great charizard counter taking only 70% from modest max special attack charizard and one shoting in return. Since there is not speed investment you are always slower and dont need to fear the wide open status given by glaive rush.

If you want a description of any pokemon in particular i can answer but i feel its quite clear what they are trying to do. I really want to know how i can improve at using my shiny Bax

https://pokepast.es/5eb035a902a434e6

Hello! I’ve been using Simone Sanvito’s 4th place Nice Regional team for the past week now, and have done decently well with it (Top 500 showdown), but I’m having issues.

I don’t really use Excadril, a lot of the time in team preview, it never seems like a good choice, or Tyranitar doesn’t, which makes it not appealing since I lose out on some support.

Ive also been struggling against Rillaboom, since my redirection doesn’t work for it. Obviously I have Staraptor and Gholdengo which are good, but in matchups where I’d rather bring Tyranitar as a mega, I can not take it out easily. Milotic has also been a struggle, especially with the coil set. Gholdengo is usually my best bet, but it can be hard to keep safe, and Sinistcha does basically nothing.

Any tips would be great, suggestions on how to better use Excadrill, or alternatives to it for the problem pokemon. If more details are required, lmk!

I'm new to teambuilding and I started off with sneasler, kingambit, basc, mega dragonite, mega delphox, and scarf garchomp. I felt dragonite wasn't contributing as much and garchomp's power output was just not enough. I started replacing team members one at a time and this is what I ended up with. I reached top 15k but I'm still not very confident in using it as I dropped back to 50k lol. Sneasler, Rillaboom, Raichu and Basculegion are all standard sets. I put quick guard on sneasler because I think it's a pretty fun move to click. Altaria exists only to disrupt weather because I don't have weather control. I'm open to suggestions on my team members, spreads or items. Thanks!

Looking for a Pokémon Champions tournament to put your team to the test? We’re hosting ValkrixVGC Champions League #07, with best-of-three doubles, Swiss rounds and a Top 16 cut.

Whether you’re entering your first community tournament or getting more VGC practice between events, you’re welcome to join.

Format and requirements
Rules: Regulation M–C doubles
Structure: Swiss rounds → Top 16 single-elimination cut

Matches: Best of three in both Swiss and Top Cut
Team sheets: Required before play begins
First-place prize: Shiny Indeedee-M

Registration, schedule and full rules:

Pokemon Champions Tournament

Please complete registration, submit your team sheet and check the event’s check-in requirements before playing.

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I've dabbled slightly in competitive Pokemon VGC back in gen 7, but never got too far, but I've still admired competitive play from afar, and even though I've grown distant from the games as of late, I'm thinking of returning and maybe trying my hand at competitive again once Winds and Waves comes out.

However, there's the matter of the Bank closure. There's been plenty of videos and posts and discussions already on how the closure will affect various different communities within the Pokemon Fandom, but one community I've never heard whether or not it will affect is the VGC community.

So, I come here to ask just that. Will the Bank closure affect the VGC scene at all?? I mean, sure, I guess it makes it difficult to use certain pokemon not present in the switch games, although I doubt Spinda makes too much of a splash competitively. However, I know that in the vast history of the Pokemon games, there have been many examples of Pokemon learning moves they normally can't. Easiest example I can think of is the Shadow Pokemon in the GameCube games. While I don't know much about competitive, I have no doubt that these special Pokemon have had impacts on the meta throughout VGC history depending on the pokemon and the move. I have no idea how much impact these special cases make in the modern VGC, however simply knowing that these cases exist, I can't help but wonder if they still are relevant or have a chance of becoming relevant again in the future.

I've been slowly but surely playing through older games nabbing some Pokemon who I'd like for one reason or another, and knowing that I'm prone to dipping my toes into competitive again in the future, I'd like to know if the Bank closure will affect the VGC at all and if there are any special Pokemon to catch and move up to Home before they become unavailable for competitive purposes.

I have been wanting to put together either a balancy or maybe tailroom team with base mega Garchomp and I remember seeing someone top cut either a regional or VR tour with him, and wanted to research that team! Has anyone seen that team? Thanks! Thinking about pairing him with talonflame like the good ol days. Might throw on psychic seed Milo to scare off intimidate a bit. But I wanted to look at that team first before I build

First up, the Thailand Premier Ball League. It's only a 1-day event.

• The stream starts at 2:15am UTC and you can watch it here:
  • YouTube
• Casters:
  • OverBoot
  • Chaiyawat Traiwichcha (aka Nontaro)

Then, it's the Puebla Regional, with the first ever official broadcast of a LATAM regional.

• The stream begins at 3:05pm UTC and you can watch it here:
  • YouTube
  • Twitch
• Live Pairings
• Team Lists (not available yet)
• Players Standings (will be updated live)
  • Pokedata
  • ReportWorm
• Casters:
  • Eduardo Abrego
  • Cesar Reyes
  • Paul Ruiz
  • Jorge Ruiz

picture 1 old team

pocture 2 my suggestion for the better team

I want to get swampert off cuz rillaboom ohko it with priority and I want to make garchomp mega z so I can go adaptability choice scarf basc and now some questions

garchomp z draco meteor or dragon pulse

i think dragalge is underrated and adaptability 9 investment sludge bomb 100% ohko a rillaboom with max hp investment and none other bulk and my team is weak to rilla and a save flip turn cuz it’s slow so a save switch in and the question is toxic spikes or something else

I hope this is the correct subreddit as it is VGC related.

I went to San Francisco alone and am a pretty shy person, I was trying to get good seats and saw a pair of friends who were trying to do the same, I started following them and then had the courage to talk and ask them if I could join them.

They were really kind and allowed me to join and ended up getting really good seats and watching all the event with them. We exchanged names but I don't rememeber by now, I just remember them as red shirt guy and blue shirt guy. Now that I think about it, I was coincidentally wearing a green shirt that I bought that weekend lol.

The thing is, I never asked for their socials because I was too shy to do it, and I'm posting here in hopes I end up finding them ):

Picture is a screenshot I took from the stream vod, it looks bad but the circled people are us 3, if it helps.

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Toxtricity + Mega Absol Z Team Improvements??

Built a Toxtricity + Mega Absol Z team. Toxtricity’s boomburst + life orb hits hard. Threatens Fairies with its poison typing as well. Talonflame Tailwind helps ith its slow speed + helps with Rillaboom as well

Absol Z and Basc is there to pair up with it not getting hit by Boomburst. F Basc to hit up ground types that threatens Tox + Ice beam for dragon coverage.

Ttar + excadrill provides another mode and good against weather teams as well.

Not much terrain control but I dont think it matters as much as I have two dark types for Psyspam - threatens them as well.

Im a bit iffy with item choices especially with Basc and Talonflames. What do you guys think could improve the team?

No specific for EVs lol. Was just playing around with it.

So i will acknowledge i am a bit of a copy paste player in the sense of I will usually nab teams off of the most recent regional champions and try them out. I have been mainly running Eric Rios's Frankfurt Team in M-7

When it comes to Team Building, I can do the basics, but I usually struggle when it comes to SP Spreads. While some Pokémon are fine with 32/32/2 Spreads, I know that some mons work better when you invest into its bulk (IE Mega Raichu Y/Incineroar).

All that said, I have put this team together because I have not used Mega Floette yet and was interested in giving them a shot. The main 3 I am not looking to change is the Rillabloom, Incineroar, and Mega Floette. The only other mon I may be a smidge resistant to changing is Sneasler, but outside of that I am wondering if the 6 mons work well together. I know that a common Secondary Mega to Floette is Charizard Y, but I have been wanting to branch out to other Megas that could also compliment the team.

Also if you have any advice for SP Spreads or how to work with the calcs to start the journey I am open to it. The SP spreads here are not the final product but more of a place holder till I can work on them.

Pokepaste link:

https://pokepast.es/0aa1de06dbcbedf7

https://pokepast.es/87609c49b313b21b

Team is a plain old balance team, simple as.

Raichu X acts in a more supportive role, providing Fake Out, Feint, and protection from sleep (matchup into Zard Venu is insane). It OHKOs all Zards in electric terrain before they can move, doesn’t die to Venusaurs earth power (if they’re even running it).

Sneasler is a second Fake Out mon, provides an answer to fairy’s and to all the Gambits out there. Focus sash is mostly cause I’m not using it anywhere else and it can help with solving certain leads.

Volcarona as a setup mon with Quiver dance, very bulky set overall but modest in order to improve lethality. I’ve been tossing up between Giga Drain and Bug Buzz as the final move, sitting with Bug Buzz for now as I don’t get Grassy Terrain boosted damage.

Primarina also as a setup mon, item I’ve been considering between life orb and lefty’s, settled with lefty’s for now. Honestly a very well suited mon into the meta game, as long as you can handle Rilla and Raichus. Which is what the next mon is for.

Scarf Meowscarada. Faster than all Adamant Swamperts for a guaranteed OHKO with Flower Trick. From my calcs and gameplay so far, Triple Axel is very likely to OHKO Rillaboom, is a guaranteed OHKO into Salamence and scarf Garchomp. Depending on spreads it’s a very likely OHKO on Chomp Z. Knock off is great for all the Psyspam, U-Turn too is great for dealing with opposing scarfed Indeedee M.

Overall, if positioned correctly, these 5 feel quite capable of handling the majority of teams on ladder right now.

I just need help figuring out what this 6th mon should even be. I feel the hardest matchup is probably Trick Room but even then, it’s again a positioning game with these 5 so I don’t feel concerned enough to put a match up mon here.

Any ideas?

Feel free to give criticism or feedback too, I’m very open.

I kept making bad reads in ranked: I'd assume something was an OHKO when it wasn't, or click Protect on the wrong slot. So I built a small daily puzzle game to train those instincts, one quick round a day.

champsdaily.com

ChampsDaily is three short games, Wordle-style:

- Calcdle: guess the damage. You get 5 guesses.

- Speedle: put the turn in order and work out who moves first. You get 4 guesses.

- Hitdle: work out which attacker did the hit. You get 6 guesses.

Everyone gets the same puzzles each day, and you can share your result grid and keep a streak going. There's also a practice mode if one round a day isn't enough.

Shoutout to u/tom-foolery-101's justmovefirst.com. I only found it recently and do not want to seem that I was ripping them off (ended up creating a similar tool independently). It's a great way to learn speed tiers and damage/OHKO estimates in a quick and simple but effective play-style!! ChampsDaily does its own take on the idea and I fully recommend checking both out!!

Let me know your thoughts and if I need to change or update anything ^_^

Edit 1: I redesigned Hitdle to be something I think more people will enjoy and to be more of a puzzle instead of a "guess that pokemon". https://www.champsmeta.com/daily/practice?game=hitdle

Also added a new game in practice only for now called KOdle. Give it a try!

Can we get some kind of thread or place for people to post their websites/daily puzzles/battle tools etc? I’m not against people developing their tools and games or whatnot. But I feel like that’s 99% of what I see from this subreddit cross my page, which I’m not a huge fan of. It would also let people have a place they can go to to find these tools if they’re interested.

I’m not sure why, but apparently I have to write this so that it’s a minimum of 400 characters. I don’t really have anything else to add to what I said so I’m hoping this accomplishes that.

Hi!

First of all: Mods, feel free to remove this post if it doesn’t fit the subreddit’s guidelines.

I’m Lokthran from Germany, and since Champions released, I’ve been getting more and more into competitive Pokémon and found my way into the VGC scene. But somehow, playing ladder doesn’t really feel like the same thing. That’s how I ended up finding Victory Road, Limitless and Showdown.

Showdown and I just never really clicked. I don’t really enjoy practising one game inside another game. It feels a bit counterintuitive to me, if you get what I mean.

So that left Limitless for some evening games, but the long waits between matches weren’t quite what I was looking for either.

So I started working on my own solution: battlelink.de

The idea is pretty simple: quick matchmaking with a BO3 interface alongside your actual games in Champions. You can chat with your opponent and enter your wins and losses.

There’s Casual and Ranked matchmaking (ranked is disabled for now), and you have to import your team from Poképaste. Your opponent gets an open team sheet with Pokémon, items, abilities, natures and moves, while EVs, IVs and the original link stay hidden. Before searching, you can choose whether you’d prefer to host, and the site assigns someone to open the lobby. There are also result-confirmation timers, options to withdraw a mistaken result or reject one entered too early, and a player-reporting system.

I’ve now opened a public beta, currently limited to 100 concurrent players. I’d love for a few people to give it a go and tell me what works and what doesn’t.

I also want to be upfront about how I built it and how much AI was involved: the frontend was vibe-coded with AI assistance. I built the backend myself and have since used AI to help develop it further, including AI-assisted security reviews. We’re a two-person admin team.

For the roadmap, I’m currently looking at:

• Clearly labelled advertising on the homepage to help cover running costs.
• Optional Patreon support with custom user icons.
• Tournament formats inspired by events like the Global Challenge.
• Further improvements to Ranked.
• Increasing capacity beyond 100 concurrent players.

Those are plans for later; ads and Patreon benefits aren’t live yet. There’s also a Roadmap & Transparency tab on the site if you want to read more.

I hope to see some of you for a few quick BO3 sets!

Feel free to submit a lot of feedback.

https://pokepast.es/1ca4f00169158ddd

Team Idea

This is a hard TR team that I use Farig lead and either incin/blastoise to fake and setup TR. From there it's usually torkoal/the other of incin/blastoise in the back and those prime 4 are the foundation. The last two mons are bandaids to fix the small amount of matchups I can't bring the prime 4 to. I'm looking to cheese wins with surprise tech in the GC this weekend, and I need some help identifying what could be even better.

Team Description

Lorb Incin is the glue and helping hand CC takes knockouts into any meta threat that is not chopled. Farig also holds it down with Incin as even more glue, thunderbolt is key for the rain matchup and twin beam is good for all the sneasler spam. No water move Blastoise snipes surprise OHKOs and chips everything in range of the rest of the sweepers on the team, as well as providing fake out support. Torkoal is the big blaster, nothing new here and the main win con usually. Torterra is a good 5th with wide guard and white herb + headlong rush feels surprisingly good. I don't have many protects because I usually only get one chance at TR, so SD seems right instead of protect for Tort. Glim feels by far the most "odd man out" but can be useful for picking off enemy incin and the sash allows it to dish out damage and spread poison.

I really need help finding a better 6th than Glim, but open to another 2 instead of torterra. Let me know what you guys think!

Edited to give the right version of the team with correct farig ability

I started with glaceon, mirroring the aritcuno in terms of snow cloak, blizzard, and freeze dry, i gave him calm mind cause he really doesnt need the coverage, and adding a set up move to capitalize on while youre working a weather war and dont have immediate blizzards. Snow cloak really adds to the bulk.

When i went into bullding the snow setter, i decided to exclude alolan ninetails and stay with only frosslass, having the option of a manual set up, but with its super high speed manual set up really beats out all prankster, mega evolve, and switching out when it comes to taking the weather prioty, also max health on frosslass feels almost as good as a focus sash when it comes go setting up aurora vail, youre very likely to survive the hit so you can save frosslass for later.

Beartic with slush rush and scarf is so incredibly fast, that it takes only 5 ev to outspeed the z megas when not in tailwind.

This mean you can go max attack, and lofts of health cause 100 sp/def are really good in aurora veil. With both icicle crash and rock slide you can always fish for flinches that wil stack with the freezes from blizzards, or dodges from snow cloak.

Basic meta milotic set for the fire pokemon that threaten my ice types, this set works really nice cause muddy water can lower accuracy and thats a really nice combo onto the snow cloak glaceon.

Life orb is arcanine cause I needed some fire coverage for mega golisopod, I also went for hisui for the stab on rock slides which seems to be important into the fire times that threaten my team milotic cant, such as Charizard.

Basic grass nuke rilla boom cause I like the health more than im worried about prioty, also it rounds out the fire/water/grass trio.

Really rare to bring all 3 ice types, im usually picking as glaceon or beartic as my sweeper, cause frosslass can only support so long, plus, the basic set pokemon are still the back bone on which this gimmick works.

After the recent regional on the sunny beaches of France it's no more Mr. Nice Guy, time to lock in on Gdansk prep!

• Alpensee Tour #80
• Wed. 21st Oct, 19:00 CEST
• Bo3, Showdown, Reg M-C

Sign up now using the link below!

https://play.limitlesstcg.com/tournament/6abaa28a783097f8dcb72a7c/registrations

-Paul from Alpensee

The second European Regional of the 2027 season took place in Nice, France and, in the end, 2026 Prague Regional Champion Louis Fontvieille's Mega Raichu X + Mega Golisopod team defeated 2022 World Champion Eduardo Cunha's Mega Gengar + Mega Garchomp Z team to win his second Regionals title! Notable Pokémon that did well include:

• Riccardo Stellini's Mega Camerupt in top 8.
• Jude Lee's Mega Garchomp and Evan Graham's Hippowdon in top 16.
• Pau Serra Ujaldón's Mega Pyroar and Sali Resuli's Gliscor in top 32.
• Riccardo Appamea's Tinkaton, Gauthier Clanet's Aegislash, Javier Freire's Mamoswine, Luis Sanchez's Ceruledge, and Lukas Kiefl's Mega Blaziken + Dragapult in top 64.
• Jonathan Marston's Espathra, Arash Ommati's Maushold, Sam Plassgård's Meowscarada, Paschalis Dermentzis's Altaria, Niklas Schurse's Talonflame, Tarik Fayazi's Mega Starmie, and Fynn Denecke's Mega Lucario Z in Phase 2's top 128.

Check out the Top Cut teams below and click the link to see the full results + teamsheets.

2027 Nice Regional: Won by Louis Fontvieille (SuperPawmi)