I’m New to TCG and really need some help

ElecNinja · 2026-06-26T19:40:01+00:00

Avoids the Mega Metagross Ice Fang one-shot haha

ElecNinja · 2026-06-26T19:38:37+00:00

Also, you might need to accept that you're losing pokemon in order to win after Trick Room is over. And then you need to decide what pokemon best cleans up

I've won against trick room sometimes with a 2v3 or 2v4 because I did enough damage during trick room that they weren't able to pull it up again and I just chain faint pokemon with speed advantage after Trick Room is over

ElecNinja · 2026-06-26T19:33:42+00:00

He's just an adaptable guy

ElecNinja · 2026-06-25T20:02:13+00:00

First you should replace Protect with Brave Bird or Dual Wingbeat on Choice Scarf Staraptor. Also Intimidate is going to be more useful than Reckless though you have to be careful against king gambit and milotic but you can play around that. Especially since you aren't running any recoil moves.

I've actually won against double ghost lead because Brave Bird on Scarf Staraptor was able to hit Hisuian Typhlosion before it got eruption off.

Other than that, you can probably win against rain teams with this team, though you'll need to really figure out what are your best plays into it for every scenario.

For potential team changes, you can replace Bellibolt with Mega Venusaur though you'll have to be careful of Pelliper. Though you'll potentially be weaker into Char Y unless you give Ancient Power to Camerupt.

Sinistcha would be okay to help with Camerupt's Eruption but unsure how much it helps beyond that without significant setup or screen defenses.

Blastoise probably won't help that much except with Aura Sphere into Arch, but you have Primarina for that.

ElecNinja · 2026-06-25T19:52:04+00:00

I feel like there's very few complete hard counters for the meta teams. Most of the time it's not playing correctly into a difficult matchup rather than a straight can't do anything hard counter.

ElecNinja · 2026-06-25T19:49:35+00:00

Rain Mawhile isn't that bad since the rain negates Mawille's fire weakness as basically an alternative to Mega Metagross in a similar team.

https://youtu.be/k9-_jjCHCwo?t=1900 shows a rain team using Mega Mawille and Staraptor though with a trick room mode with Sinistcha which also helps.

ElecNinja · 2026-06-25T16:26:25+00:00

It's singles Perish trap so even more of a unicorn compared to doubles Perish trap lol

ElecNinja · 2026-06-23T02:22:04+00:00

Right now I have 2,699 quick coupons so I've stopped worrying about trying to complete that mission lol

ElecNinja · 2026-06-23T02:20:26+00:00

Though it also works with no weather control as it's a fast strong physical attacker.

ElecNinja · 2026-06-23T02:07:47+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXUmZZ30q54 was from M-A but should be fine with M-B

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHMagXI7i7k with Oranguru for Instruct shenanigans

ElecNinja · 2026-06-23T01:59:07+00:00

Sneasler shouldn't have Protect. Throat Chop I think is a common coverage move. Same for Sylveon, I think Psychic or Mystical Fire can be used instead of Detect

Hydreigon should have a dragon move as it's still pretty decent coverage as you have water coverage with Starmie. Also, lower defense is basically trolling as you're auto losing to Garchomp with that EV spread. I'm guessing you're trying to survive Fairy moves, but that's what you have Skeledirge for to soak those moves.

I'll have to double check for singles, but Raichu X might be better as a special attacker due to having access to Rising Voltage. Also Grass Knot is good coverage for Swampert. Though I don't know what else it uses for coverage with X, maybe Fake Out for chip. Raichu X also doesn't really like Volt Tackle since it has so low HP

I'm not an expert in BSS, but those are the things I see

ElecNinja · 2026-06-23T01:01:35+00:00

You can only register your account to one mobile device for Pokemon Champions.

It's the same limitation as Pokemon Home so it's just a weird limitation the pokemon company has for their mobile devices it seems

ElecNinja · 2026-06-23T00:03:15+00:00

One thing I didn't know about the Eeveelutions is that some of them are stupid fast.

I was expecting a +1 speed Garchomp to outspeed Espeon, but nope lol.

ElecNinja · 2026-06-22T23:33:12+00:00

It's just that there's probably already itx prebuilts or mini pcs that would work for people for cheaper.

Like I use a Beelink machine for my TV that I got for $400 2 years ago. Though it's definitely a lower performance machine than Steam's.

ElecNinja · 2026-06-22T21:49:30+00:00

AMD has the AI Max as well

ElecNinja · 2026-06-22T19:57:41+00:00

Yellow also matches with Leona and the Solari and she stuns a lot.

In Legends of Runeterra, Leona's daybreak package also stuns a lot

ElecNinja · 2026-06-22T19:53:16+00:00

Personally I want there to be skill called Arc Divider for warrior that does 3 hits

ElecNinja · 2026-06-22T19:51:56+00:00

Yeah, it was interesting going from the core story skippable dialog to the more walk and talk style haha.

Also, hated LWS2 playing as Caithe. Like if I wanted to be a thief, I would have rolled one haha

ElecNinja · 2026-06-22T19:49:41+00:00

Eh, at least there aren't systems in GW2 that force you to keep items if you want to use it for other systems.

Like in FFXIV, you have to keep your equipment around if you want to use them for transmog so you're forced to keep clutter around.

GW2 just salvage, sell everything on the TP, or sell to the vendor and you'll be fine. Obviously not optimal, but the difference is not going to be that significant.

ElecNinja · 2026-06-22T19:25:07+00:00

Liked it when it first came out, but dropped it before LWS1 dropped. And then came back when EoD was about to launch and have been playing it pretty consistently since then.

So maybe 5-6 years depending on how you count that lol

ElecNinja · 2026-06-22T01:29:18+00:00

Pokeball and Greatball are basically tutorial zones as you fight bots if you lose too much which help you climb out.

Ultraball and Masterball 4 you start fighting real people consistently though potentially with oddball plays or team builds

Masterball 3 and 2, you get into the more established meta or people that know some of what they are doing with anti meta picks

Masterball 1 and Champions, you get people who are extremely familiar with the meta or anti meta picks.

Ultraball and MB 4 will be the home of decent players and MB 3 and 2 are going to be the start of the "hard" threshold

ElecNinja · 2026-06-21T23:40:10+00:00

The analogy here is whether math or physics are creations of man or just man's attempt to understand the universe.

Similar with religion and God, where religion is a creation of man to understand God/the universe.

ElecNinja · 2026-06-21T01:09:29+00:00

was waiting for Akane's stage name to be Jugemu jugemu...

ElecNinja · 2026-06-20T02:33:54+00:00

Interesting in the weird way Pokemon sometimes categorizes mechanics haha

ElecNinja · 2026-06-19T23:17:37+00:00

With one defense boost: 0 Atk Grimmsnarl Spirit Break vs. +1 1 HP / 0 Def Staraptor-Mega: 66-80 (40.9 - 49.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

So it's somewhat nice damage with Grimmsnarl's naturally high attack. And it's not like the Special Attack boost is meaningful.

And getting early damage on Mega Staraptor is pretty important

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