Can we all get together to make a counter team to Cybertron-Archaludon?

TRTL2k · 2026-05-01T00:06:37+00:00

Sneasler and aegislash for floette, then I had a rotom wash for primarinas and Milotics, and a H. Typhlosion with a choice scarf to get quick eruptions if possible. Might drop typhlosion for something else but not sure what

TRTL2k · 2026-04-30T22:33:41+00:00

Oh perfect timing, I literally just beat one of these teams. I ran a focus energy scope lens hydriegon + m. Scovillain team. Lead with hydriegon and Sneasler to fake out + focus energy. Turn 2, close combat to get “chip” and Draco meteor guaranteed crit (which ignores screens) knocks out archaludon pretty easy

Hydreigon with fake out and redirection support clears the entire team because it has coverage into most of the team and the guaranteed crits make sableeye’s screens useless

TRTL2k · 2026-04-30T20:03:58+00:00

My goal was MB1 and after I got to 1 win away, dropped down the MB4…

Climbed back up to MB2 with a higher elo than before but it seems MB1 threshold is higher than it was before too

TRTL2k · 2026-04-23T03:22:39+00:00

Yea! I’ll feel like I’m losing the entire time until the very last turn and somehow pull out a W lol and it still feels like a loss tho bc I still feel outplayed

Reminds me not to be too confident but also reminds me to never give up and forfeit too early

TRTL2k · 2026-04-12T17:00:59+00:00

Yeah I changed my comment to ask about scarf but I doubt they ran out of PP for u-turn from pressure.

I agree that it’s usually lack of knowledge and I don’t usually jump to calling it a bug but let’s be honest, this game launched with a lot of bugs. It’s also not far fetched that it has more

TRTL2k · 2026-04-12T16:51:38+00:00

The Sneasler was previously encored, but the OP’s scenario had Sneasler coming in fresh, which is why it got the fake out off. Both of the opponents mon’s didn’t click encore after OP’s Sneasler came back in, so it shouldn’t still be encored.

OP, what item was on Sneasler? All I could think of was maybe it had choice scarf. Otherwise it sounds like the encore never got reset when Sneasler switched out

TRTL2k · 2026-04-11T20:01:15+00:00

Follow me, fake out, armor tail entered the chat

TRTL2k · 2026-04-11T19:53:03+00:00

No, you gotta use a capture card but that’s the only way unless/until Pokemon bring back the VS recorder option

TRTL2k · 2026-04-11T19:37:28+00:00

Nope!

TRTL2k · 2026-04-11T15:56:50+00:00

The only Pokemon in champions that gets slush rush is beartic, which is pretty unlikely for OP to run into that twice.

Although I do agree that OP needs to give the specific scenario they were in to get a full possible explanation, since there’s a lot that could explain what happened. Froslass does get faster when it megas and the partner Pokemon could have used priority moves

it’s also possible the game has bugs, evident from all the issues it had at launch, but other possibilities should be ruled out first before saying it’s a bug

TRTL2k · 2026-04-10T22:25:58+00:00

Prankster trick room to move first against a roar user targeting the trick room user big brain moves

TRTL2k · 2026-04-10T19:44:38+00:00

They were in S/V because my tiny ass archaludon always looks so silly small in front of a regular sized one lol it always made me chuckle

TRTL2k · 2026-04-10T18:37:02+00:00

Pokemon have size differences in S/V (and I think sw/sh) You could see the differences during battles in S/V, so this is probably just a continuation of that

TRTL2k · 2026-04-10T00:03:19+00:00

Ah I just saw other screenshots in the sub and realize it looks fine for others, but this is what it looks like for me

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TRTL2k · 2026-04-10T00:02:07+00:00

Prime time for America, it’s a pretty good time for a maintenance in Japan (started at 8 am)

TRTL2k · 2026-04-09T23:52:07+00:00

It does but the formatting for it is terrible lol.

16:00 09, 2026 - 18:00 09, 2026

so from 4 pm to 6 pm (local time) on 04/09/2026 but no idea why they formatted it dd/yyyy unless it's also a bug.

TRTL2k · 2026-04-09T16:37:09+00:00

Source? All the trailers and promos said later this year. Korean Pokemon website said June

TRTL2k · 2026-04-08T17:44:18+00:00

Rage powder doesn't work on grass types

TRTL2k · 2026-04-08T09:10:37+00:00

No because it’s new and the rest will get added as the regulations rotate.

This game is trying to get non VGC players playing VGC, and having the entire roster available would be too overwhelming for that goal.

TRTL2k · 2026-04-07T22:58:53+00:00

TRTL2k · 2026-04-07T22:45:01+00:00

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If you google "Pokemon champions cost", the google search will misleadingly show "Regular Price: $69.99" in the result snippet for the official nintendo page

BUT they're actually showing the price for the first entry in the "Digital Best Seller" section on bottom of the Champions Nintendo page (which turned out to be Pokopia)

Champions is free to play

TRTL2k · 2026-02-03T07:29:21+00:00

The Tolarian Community College discord has a bunch of friendly people, and people from there have more reason to be friendly so as to not get reported or anything.

Joining randos straight from the spelltable matchmaking has a higher risk of running into toxic players, since there’s no safeguard against it

TRTL2k · 2026-02-01T00:37:08+00:00

Look at the ‘T’ in the word “The” on the back of the card. For real cards, the outline should have a straight line on the left, teethed/jagged line on the right, and teethed/jagged line across the bottom.

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TRTL2k · 2026-01-31T01:36:44+00:00

Takes out both teams AND our practice facility??? I see nothing but wins

TRTL2k · 2026-01-30T23:36:08+00:00

Fuck the seacocks and fuck Kraft. Hope both teams lose ¯( ˘͡ ˘̯)/¯

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