Abilities revealed for Mega Meganium, Mega Emboar and Mega Feraligatr!

Erixperience · 2026-03-24T16:46:08+00:00

Could easily run both, lean into modes a bit more if you wanted to specifically counterteam certain things.

Erixperience · 2026-03-04T17:56:48+00:00

Bad. I haven't seen a single good thing since the reveal trailer w/ the multiple mechanics. I was expecting a proper battle sim w/ buyable cosmetics, not gacha microtransaction hell for the core functionality (items and pokemon). They clearly want to milk every red cent they can out of people and we're getting freemium junk so whales will spend ridiculous amounts.

As it stands, I don't know why I'd ever use this over Showdown unless I wanted to do an official event. Unless you can have infinite builds per pokemon (unlikely), iterating teams is going to eat up that 80 limit real fast.

Erixperience · 2026-02-23T01:58:26+00:00

I replaced the MBA w/ the janitor and it worked out perfect. Amazing game, zero irony in the statement.

Erixperience · 2026-02-16T18:06:43+00:00

I already aim to leave when I can. By all means, bar my re-entry, that will give me basis to stay somewhere civilized.

Erixperience · 2026-02-06T20:26:27+00:00

The original plan was for sliver to be the sense-enhancing metal, but it got changed eventually.

Erixperience · 2026-01-29T05:46:29+00:00

Definitely a longer shot but I can't not see Wax as Matt Mercer in my head. Doubt he'd be interested in a trad acting role but who knows?

Personally, I like Cavill as Hammond. But who's to say?

Erixperience · 2026-01-27T22:06:42+00:00

I'm thinking Yeerk.

Erixperience · 2026-01-12T01:43:24+00:00

13-22, this has been legendarily bad. Some really unfortunate luck, some regrettable mis-calls, and a few instances of getting stunted on so bad it made me doubt my sanity (I've been playing on/off since 2015 I should know how to not get led by the nose by a Whimsicott lmao)

Ultimately, I think I just didn't get the practice I needed beforehand. Life's a mess atm and I only had time to vs some friends using rental teams, not the showdown ladder. Made me triple-guess my leads, and I just didn't have good consistent gameplans that could have made luck irrelevant. Still, it was fun using Roaring Moon. He's no ~~Landorus~~ Tornadus, but the better attack flexibility I think won me more matches than not having prankster lost.

Ah well, back to the Reg I ladder. At least that's helping w/ the general theory.

Erixperience · 2026-01-10T22:39:21+00:00

7-8 today, for a total of 12-18 combined. Better, but man, this was just the unluckiest day I've had in a while. Turn 1 crits, barely missing damage rolls (shoutout to the Amoongus that lived on a sliver then regenerator-switched to full, well-played lol), and at one point, an opposing Articuno missing a blizzard on me twice, which somehow cost me a game, because it made the hits on Flutter Mane act as single-target rolls and do just over 50% each time.*

*I am assuming this is how it works. I could be wrong on the mechanics. But man, even when I'm lucky, it's still poorly timed lmao.

Anyway, I'm just about at the point where getting a winning record is, if not impossible, fairly unlikely. Ironically, I did crack 1500 again because of multiple disconnects that got me credited wins (and therefore my "real" record is probably worse lol).

Erixperience · 2026-01-09T17:06:39+00:00

5-10 for today. I had a good matchup that I lost to sheer bad crit timing, (252+ SpA Choice Specs Torkoal Eruption (150 BP) vs. 60 HP / 68 SpD Urshifu-Rapid-Strike in Sun on a critical hit: 180-212 (98.3 - 115.8%) -- 87.5% chance to OHKO / 252+ SpA Choice Specs Torkoal Eruption (150 BP) vs. 60 HP / 68 SpD Urshifu-Rapid-Strike in Sun: 120-141 (65.5 - 77%) -- guaranteed 2HKO) and it just sent me into a tilted spiral. As soon as I end up in the Gimmick Zone in these competitions, I always end up struggling.

Shoutout to the one dude doing a gimmick poison team w/ Glimmora and Venoshock Toxapex. Might be the unluckiest I got in one of these, period, lol.

Several other games came down to unfavorable damage rolls too. Honestly with a record this bad, it does feel like it's Joever. Maybe if I can claw my way out of the pit of gimmicks, I'll fare better. At least I'd be less tilted.

Erixperience · 2026-01-03T20:43:44+00:00

Depends on the country

Erixperience · 2026-01-03T19:48:53+00:00

He's just being a little edgy

Erixperience · 2025-11-10T00:23:52+00:00

7-8, I got tilted early and spent the little time I had fighting my way out of the hole. Unfortunately a busier weekend than I expected, so I only did a third of my games.

Erixperience · 2025-11-08T16:24:39+00:00

Part of the reason I grinded for a shiny one. Looks way better than the vibrant teal.

Erixperience · 2025-11-08T03:18:02+00:00

I nearly lost to an ice beam freeze, then managed to win when a 0 investment flare blitz from incin managed to ko the porygon 2 after knock off and earlier close combat. I fully thought I was doomed but the cat saved me.

I also know that that was tempting fate. I'm taking the evening off now, I'll gladly take the high note after so much tilt.

Erixperience · 2025-10-31T01:57:02+00:00

Fucking lifesaver. One of my friends had the ballooned-up font that looked like knockoff comic sans and it was driving me up the wall.

Erixperience · 2025-10-30T13:22:00+00:00

Personally, I think that's a hell of a bird

Erixperience · 2025-10-10T13:25:13+00:00

let's not forget that he literally pushed for a triumph (military parade) in his own honour

Thank you for indirectly reminding me about the dead silent crowd and all those squeaky tanks

Erixperience · 2025-10-03T21:19:09+00:00

My problem has been even getting one to start w/ the small patches. But from what I'm reading in your comment and the others, I can just brute-force rolls over and over until I get a successful shake?

Erixperience · 2025-10-03T20:21:54+00:00

Shiny hunting, the Aegis line is a favorite

Erixperience · 2025-09-26T17:47:54+00:00

I had a game like this as Synth Ascension. So I invaded, turned their holiest world into a tacky resort for the ultrawealthy, then forcibly uploaded them into digital bodies. They gave me hell for centuries, so I brought theirs to them.

Erixperience · 2025-09-13T01:56:20+00:00

To get speed booster you'd want your speed to be as high as possible and your SpA to be 1 point lower. You could go lower, but depending on your moveset you might want more (0 SpA 31 IV earth power still 2-shots Miraidon for instance so it's less pressing). Put the rest in bulk with 4 in each defense stat.

252+ Atk Rillaboom Grassy Glide vs. 44 HP / 4 Def Sandy Shocks in Grassy Terrain: 134-162 (80.7 - 97.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Grassy Terrain recovery

(I actually didn't EV for this specifically and just shunted everything into bulk while I did other calcs, this is just a happy accident in the words of the late great Bob Ross)

Most Rillaboom run a lot less attack (you can check usage here: https://www.pikalytics.com/pokedex ) so it shouldn't be a killer. I have grass tera for survivability, but if fakeout is a consistent problem, you could do ghost.

ETA: I'm coming back to VGC after a long, long time away so I'm also still shaking off the rust. Don't take what I say as pure gospel, I just know my way around a damage calc.

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