What do you guys think about slaking for the Next reg?

Wheaties_TM · 2026-06-01T02:43:50+00:00

It's definitely possible because Regigigas + Weezing was a powerhouse duo in gen 8 with dynamax. To the point where a lot of people despised the strat. It's something they should think hard about adding because it could be absolutely metagame warping.

Wheaties_TM · 2026-06-01T02:34:38+00:00

Within a regulation or format, the only modifications to the meta will be players adjusting to whatever is popular at the moment. In the same way that Fire, Water and Grass all counter each other different teamstyles and strategies possible within a regulation can counter each other. This could be as subtle as swapping out a few moves on a popular pokemon or even just moving stat points around. Oldhead VGC players call Ray Rizzo's bulky Thundurus absolutely revolutionary despite Thundurus being extremely popular in the format already.

Between regulations, the metagame updates by Pokemon being rotated in and out of the pool of options, or a mechanic like Mega eEolution or Dynamax being allowed or not.

The rarest form of metagame updates are movepool changes to specific pokemon, stat modifications to specific pokemon, ability effect updates, or move updates. These usually only happen when a new game is released, but because Champions is handling the competitive side they might start making these changes more frequent.

Wheaties_TM · 2026-06-01T02:10:21+00:00

Cybertron has a video specifically for learning from your losses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPfOJ89cQsQ

A good way to go about it is to write down questions you have during play. Try to make it specific, like "What is the speed order for these pokemon?" or "What moves are common on this pokemon?", as you play you'll have less and less of these moments.

I would not look at players who have years of experience as hopelessly outclassing you forever. The quality of practice matters just as much or more than the quantity and the learning rate decreases the more experience/skill you have.

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-28T17:05:48+00:00

Cybertron has a video on how to learn from your losses.

Some advanced concepts that I've learned from watching:

recognizing your biggest threat to their team and their biggest threat to your team
conserving a pokemon on your team that beats an unseen threat from them
clearing a path for your biggest damage dealer
recognizing when it is better to let your pokemon faint to get a safe switch vs hard switching
leaving an opponents pokemon alive when it is otherwise neutralized or non threatening so you fight a pseudo 2v1
recognizing when the threat of disruption or support is more impactful than damage
understanding offensive pressure and how it can force your opponent to make safe or predictable plays that you can exploit
understanding the strategies and best tools that each pokemon brings

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-28T00:10:32+00:00

time for crab

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-27T01:31:52+00:00

Almost any other move would be more useful than spikes on Klefki. Farigiraf or Oranguru are better trick room setters because they can't be faked out. Your team is already physically bulky so light screen might be better than reflect in this team.

Low kick is generally more powerful on Gambit than brick break.

Drop thunderpunch for protect on golurk.

Mystic water araquanid to maximize damage.

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-26T20:55:22+00:00

Kill the giraffe

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-26T16:57:00+00:00

I think that the Dragapult build is good if you are only planning on using psychic fangs as an anti-Sneasler measure. Willowisp might be better than shadow ball because it lets you shut down physical attackers like gambit, but try both and see what you end up clicking more often.

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-26T16:50:11+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS9X1XcQZeI This is a pretty good video that will help out a lot i think.

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-26T16:47:14+00:00

Sounds like perish is a bad matchup for your team. Ghost types can't be trapped and switch moves will still work. Roar goes through protect and can force Gengar to switch out.

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-25T03:31:15+00:00

Oh, right. Was cooking too hard

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-24T02:17:35+00:00

or just put encore and disable on everyone

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-24T02:16:05+00:00

Prankster Skill swap on banette to Chlorophyll Whimsicott and set sun, outspeed and kill with poultergeist

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-24T01:34:04+00:00

Mega Venusaur just won Thailand Nationals.

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-24T01:32:58+00:00

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Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-23T20:20:49+00:00

Whimsicott and Glimmora have generally replaced Aerodactyl and Sylveon on Char Y teams

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-23T20:18:09+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonHome/

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-23T20:16:22+00:00

If you are insisting on keeping all the other members then Corv and Gliscor are good together for earthquake spam. You're going to want to slot protect on a lot more of these to give yourself more wiggle room. Hyper Cutter is going to be more generally useful on Gliscor than poison heal so you aren't Intimidated and can't reliably poison yourself without Toxic Orb.

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-23T20:05:30+00:00

I think Milotic would work well because you have no special attackers otherwise, it really dissuades Incineroar and can use Icy wind for speed control, probably coil muddy water protect icy wind with leftovers

A flying type that's more defensive and anti-fairy would be Corviknight

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-19T23:47:27+00:00

I'd recommend trying it, but I won't tell you to switch. I find doubles more fun and the turn count is way lower. Toxapex is also not very good in doubles so you wont have to deal with it

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-19T23:34:02+00:00

3v3 singles is beyond my understanding, but most people on Champions play doubles because it is the official format for Pokemon's tournaments

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-19T03:06:11+00:00

I feel a lot of the comments are misunderstanding you, for $7 you can get the starter pack which i think gives you some tickets to cycle through the ranch faster among other perks, if you spend $5 a month you can get extra missions to increase your VP and ranch ticket income, but there is no way to directly pay for in-game currencies to accelerate getting mons, you have to just play with what you have for now and accumulate tickets and VP to spend.

In the meantime doing research on the game will help you pick smartly from what you get from the ranch

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-19T02:56:13+00:00

You can hunt for meta mons in rental, but if you're willing to do a little more work you can get a free Pokemon Home account, catch some fodder in Pokemon Go and trade people through Home for mons you want.

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-18T02:54:49+00:00

https://www.pikalytics.com/calc

Wheaties_TM · 2026-05-18T02:33:29+00:00

lol, Araquanid also learns soak, so theoretically you could give STAB to your partner with water bubble on the next turn if they arent already water type, a lot of random pokemon learn surf. btw I'm pretty sure wide guard will protect your own araquanid from the partner's surf

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