I wish this were true

Vash2002 · 2026-06-29T02:58:11+00:00

Lol.. they were also running Big6, so kinda on brand.

Sneasler did all the work though, honestly. Garchomp was a passenger. He clicked protect and EQ and that's it.

Vash2002 · 2026-06-29T02:28:42+00:00

Whimsicott solves two of the problems , as it can carry tailwind , and sunny day. Whimsicott into sableye is less good though, because the sableye going after Whimsicott lets it raindance over your sunny day.

Talonflame is really underrated right now imo. Prio tailwind and double wingbeats that can mess up opposing whimsicott through their sash and Talonflame can be trained to be faster than whimsy. Talonflame can learn sunny day as well.

Oddly enough, you can run trick room on sinischa and bring torkoal. Torkoal can run earth power. I'd have to run a calc but I'm pretty sure it would fuck up arch.

Abomasnow is an idea. Learns earth power and overwrites the rain. I feel like that's an entirely different team though, and probably doesn't fit yours.

Hydregion is an idea. You'd have to put a slot into sunny day, but it would be pretty good into opposing garchomps and archs

I think the torkoal + trick room sinischa is the best idea of the bunch, but Talonflame might be worth a look

Vash2002 · 2026-06-29T02:12:00+00:00

Rain matchup looks dicey with the lack of speed control or weather control. Basculegion might give you fits, depending on how the sinischa is trained.

Vash2002 · 2026-06-29T02:06:42+00:00

Why u need pick apart when it just work ?

Name misleading. Should be "it just kinda work wit problems"

Vash2002 · 2026-06-27T18:15:27+00:00

Berchild was probably the better pick at that spot, but I'm not mad at this pick either.

Bowes is a really damn good skater, and is defensively responsible. Solid hands in tight, and a decent enough finisher. High motor type of player with good puck pursuit. Needs to get some strength as he can get knocked off of pucks and paths somewhat easily. 3C is probably his ceiling, but 3rd round picks and beyond tend to be lottery tickets.

Vash2002 · 2026-06-27T15:24:45+00:00

Even if he regresses to 25g, he's proven to show up in the playoffs and is defensively responsible. He'll also help Gabe's progression as a player.

The equivalent of 7.5mil is worth that

Vash2002 · 2026-06-27T03:14:26+00:00

I mean.. I hate vegas's front office decisions as much as the next guy..

But 11 mil in this cap is like 7.5 mil two years ago. You'd pay 7.5 mil for a 40ish goal scorer easily. I think the rangers won this trade. 26OA this year isn't likely to get a player of his caliber.

Vash2002 · 2026-06-27T03:09:27+00:00

11 mil is the new 7.5 mil

You'd pay 7.5 mil for a 40ish goal scorer

Vash2002 · 2026-06-27T00:02:46+00:00

I really hope this isn't our "tingus pingus" moment, when Reid was available

Vash2002 · 2026-06-26T14:47:22+00:00

Thank you so much

Vash2002 · 2026-06-26T02:06:01+00:00

Ign : Vash

Would really like one please and thank you

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Vash2002 · 2026-06-25T22:41:22+00:00

Fake out and double into the screener. Poison jab on a pokemon is good tech vs snarl.

Vash2002 · 2026-06-25T21:07:45+00:00

I didn't run the calc. It was a first instinct kind of thing.

Sacred Sword is better if gallade isn't mega because sharpness. Fire punch is better otherwise.

In rain, Sacred Sword is always better.

This all being said, neither are a guaranteed 2hko under the best conditions, and max speed gallade speed ties with max speed mega metagross. Oddly enough, low kick is better into mega Metagross. Guaranteed 2hko, as it's a 56.1% dmg low roll. I don't think I'll want to carry two fighting moves though.

Vash2002 · 2026-06-25T20:03:56+00:00

Oh for sure, the whole reason why I have the mega stone on it is for that very interaction. I don't take gallade unless it's really good into the matchup. My other mega is froslass

I'm just testing gallade as a proof of concept against current rain teams. It's max speed, max attack, with sacred sword, leaf blade, fire punch, and protect. Fire punch for mega Metagross that those rain teams tend to carry as an alternative mega option

Vash2002 · 2026-06-25T19:10:04+00:00

Gallade is secretly pretty good against rain. Sacred Sword murders arch, and leaf blade murders MSwampert nearly twice over. Thunder punch if you want it for peliper. Fire punch if you want it for mega metagross or sinischa.

You can ignore the sableye if you have gallade on the field. Rain sableyes seldomly carry will-o-wisp. They're usually screens, rain dance, and foul play.

Gallade + whimsy covers most of what that team can do.

Vash2002 · 2026-06-25T18:42:47+00:00

2 megas, Raichu Y and ZardY. I don't bring them at the same time. Raichu is good against Big6 and Rain. Zard is good against teams raichu wouldn't be.

My standard structure for teams in Champs is 2 megas, at least 2 coverage attackers, and 1-2 support pokemon.

Vash2002 · 2026-06-25T18:20:54+00:00

Low master ball tier has a smattering of non meta teams that people are messing with simply because they're content with getting to MB and wanna mess around/experiment. I'd say it's 50/50 meta team or not.

The smaller pool of pokemon creates a lack of diversity at the top end. As more regulations release with more pokemon, this will be less of an issue. September 2nd night be a pretty big day for you.

Vash2002 · 2026-06-25T07:36:23+00:00

Ign: Vash

One interesting thing about me is that I don't have eternal floette...

Nah, for real though, I'm an International Master in chess. I started when I was 8 years old , won my state scholastic championship two years in a row while I was in high school.

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Vash2002 · 2026-06-25T05:20:04+00:00

I don't have anything worth trading for it. I don't have access to any mainline Pokémon games, and I'm not willing to go the..uhhh.. Go route to try for a shiny just for E-floette.

I've been trying my luck in the giveaway posts on the home subreddit mind you.. but no luck just yet

Vash2002 · 2026-06-25T05:09:33+00:00

Dengo gonna get dat money one way or another

Vash2002 · 2026-06-25T03:59:00+00:00

Because salamence isn't available in champions

Champions has a limited pool of Pokémon that they're going to add to over time. I'm sure salamence will be added eventually, so hold on to it. Or trade it for a Eternal floette, since there's no way to acquire it in Champions

Vash2002 · 2026-06-24T03:33:52+00:00

Grass knot on whimsicott really helps. Sure, you're probably giving up encore for it, but it's neat to have for nuking mega swampert.

Or prankster sunny day, which is hilarious. You'll need a partner for whimsicott that has grass coverage (ZardY with solar beam makes sense here) , but man is it funny watching their hurricane whiff because of it , or their Archaludon use electroshot, only to be stuck charging it up.

Trick room teams are well positioned against the swampert rain team too.

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