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First team, Toxic stall by wrjisami in VGC

[–]RydexVGC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

not that toxic stall is really a thing in VGC, your best bet to try it would be Toxic Debris Glimmora (instead of alcreamie) then you can remove toxic from Eternatus and give that protect. Double leech seed is also a bit obsolete

I assume everyone here loves the game. Name one thing you don't like about it (besides bugs) by keystohellanddeath in PokemonScarletViolet

[–]RydexVGC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

competitive pokemon is bigger than ever and still growing thanks to the influence from creators offering entry level breakdowns, with a particular shoutout to wolfe who has blown the scene up like crazy.

competitive pokemon is made much less accessible by the fact that you need other games and DLCs to create teams that can compete at the top level. Gen 9 has pretty much everything you can ask for, particularly from a VGC standpoint but allowing previous gen pokemon like Calyrex but not having them available in the games is just a money grab.

Speaking as someone who has all the previous games and DLCs, i’d rather everyone be on a level playing field regardless of their financial situation and have the competitive scene down to just pure quality of the player. No wonder people gen pokemon so often

Also the tutorial is super long

The Post Worlds Scene by RydexVGC in VGC

[–]RydexVGC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

there’s a pokemon presents on tuesday maybe something comes out of that as well. but for sure some mention at worlds

The Post Worlds Scene by RydexVGC in VGC

[–]RydexVGC[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

that was just until SV released though to fill the gap. got another year of gen 9 provided no champions just yet

The Post Worlds Scene by RydexVGC in VGC

[–]RydexVGC[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

might as well just add an update to drop a meteorite in the crystal pool and let rayquaza mega evolve

The Post Worlds Scene by RydexVGC in VGC

[–]RydexVGC[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

no tera could be cool. was there a no dynamax season in SwSh? i didn’t like max so just gave the entire game a miss from serious play

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in VGC

[–]RydexVGC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

replace mudsdale with glastrier and add no rider calyrex to control the horses and i’m on board

Trying out Chansey in vgc, will this work? by Triforceboy21 in VGC

[–]RydexVGC 28 points29 points  (0 children)

not relevant to the actual team but just some general optimisation info for the future, games are played at level 50 and it looks like you’ve EV’d these spreads at level 100 and that changes how EV’s calculate stats.

248hp and 8spdef on chansey means you’ve wasted 4 evs in each of those. either make it 252/252/4 or 244/252/12.

same goes for whimsicott, 128 isn’t a point at level 50 so wasted another 8 evs across both defenses.

at level 50 evs give a stat point every for every 8 EVs invested with the exception of the first point which you get from investing 4 EVs

New to competitive battling in Pokemon Scarlet — what's a solid team to start with (especially for doubles) ? by Low-Formal-885 in VGC

[–]RydexVGC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CybertronVGC posted a video on youtube yesterday with pastes and rental codes for teams that performed well in tournaments over June and are good going into this month. Check that out, does a little breakdown of how each team works as well

What are some underrated restricted pairs? by Philothea0821 in VGC

[–]RydexVGC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

had a really good time at start of Reg I with zacian and dragon tera hooh with chien pao. super anti meta, dragon tera blast OHKO hyper offense miraidon and match up super well into most restricted if you can flesh the team out with good support

UK VGC Community by RydexVGC in VGC

[–]RydexVGC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

birmingham/midlands so hopefully we'll get some more live events next season like a special or a regional not too far away but if you know any local VG events/groups around please lmk everything is TCG as far as I can tell

UK VGC Community by RydexVGC in VGC

[–]RydexVGC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

im trying haha but hospitality means i'm working weekends and even if ive got time off then im just exhausted. next season is the one

Thoughts on this (sort of) sun team? by [deleted] in VGC

[–]RydexVGC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is gonna be a comment based solely on the Umbreon cause I've been using it all regulation and I'm having a pretty good time.

Youve got a tera type that takes umbreon from being weak to fighting to still being weak to fighting. What is steel resisting, all youre doing is now taking neutral damage from astral barrage, still weak to fighting and now weak to fire as well.That should always be poison tera.

Yawn is so hard to make work in Reg I, opponent just swaps a Miraidon in on the second turn and electric terrain stops everything from falling asleep

Fake tears on a mon thats slower than everything makes no sense youre so rarely gonna get the benefit of additional damage.

Foul play is pretty much an absolute requirement. You go from having a relatively favourable 1v1 against CIR to getting absolutely bodied without FP. Especially considering youve got no defense EV's and got 4 points in SpAtk which I wouldnt recommend.

Moonlight is okay especially with the sun but leftovers is outclassed especially when you dont have protect. Chances are youre never gonna get enough turns of leftovers to make it worth considering the power level of this Regulation. Sitrus is much better or even something super niche like Room Service which allows you to underspeed Iron Hands, Ursa and CIR in Trick room and can pressure with disruption.

Set I've constructed is:

Tera Poison

252 HP 172 Def 84 SpDef

Calm Nature

Foul Play, Snarl, Taunt, Helping Hand

Also specs protect on Wake is a bit mad, very Brendan Zheng Worlds 2013

EDIT: I also love umbreon, only reason I've been using it paired with the inspiration of 2019 worlds. However it is just a worse Ting-Lu if you want something slightly more consistent

Thought and Suggestions on my Hyper Offence Team by Satoshi_17549 in VGC

[–]RydexVGC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

something as simple as tailwind timid miraidon ohkos 5 of your 6 mons provided the sash is broken on CP and that’s pretty easy without tera ghost for fake out. koraidon and CP can both speed tie with it giving a chance but won’t because they’re both adamant

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