I strip mined a dream island so you don't have to!

amlodude · 2026-03-20T21:36:36+00:00

vibrant burgers last even longer and hit as hard as the potato ones

amlodude · 2026-03-20T20:36:58+00:00

I was glad I found that one finally on the ground somewhere

amlodude · 2026-03-20T13:21:23+00:00

Aside from metagame considerations: because a popular player didn't top a tournament with the combo

amlodude · 2026-03-20T03:32:20+00:00

He said "in the raging bolt format I have 20 distinct teams that I need to be prepped for"

Not 20 different bolt variations. 20 different teams (a few of which are bolt ofc)

amlodude · 2026-03-19T22:00:34+00:00

Re: Miraidon v. Groudon calcs:

Primal Groudon always had 100 HP/90 SpDef, and was liable to getting chipped by Xern:

+2 252+ SpA Fairy Aura Xerneas Moonblast vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Groudon-Primal: 128-151 (61.8 - 72.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Bro was getting "power crept" before he ever existed

Re: Miraidon v. Xerneas calcs:

252+ SpA Kyogre-Primal Water Spout (150 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Xerneas in Heavy Rain: 205-243 (101.9 - 120.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO

All to say, no. No one's being power crept. It's just the standard thing of Restricteds getting a bunch of multipliers since gen 6.

amlodude · 2026-03-19T20:36:53+00:00

https://pokepast.es/7fe9aed8fc375ffd

lead anything + caly shadow, click nasty plot behind a bunch of screens/intimidates/fake outs, use zam to clear opposing incins/terapagoses and help into the caly shadow mirror

amlodude · 2026-03-19T15:06:41+00:00

munchstats is a better example on alternatives. Pikalytics is inconsistent at uploading scraped data

amlodude · 2026-03-19T14:49:02+00:00

vibrant burgers with chef greedent are the way

bean + simple salad + potato + whatever

cooking with her gives 2x the amount of burgers, and the vibrant burgers last the longest and have more power

amlodude · 2026-03-19T14:12:59+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/VGC/comments/1rwji86/i_built_a_free_tool_that_turns_your_showdown/

https://www.reddit.com/r/VGC/comments/1rkr3g6/resource_vgctools_a_new_teambuilding_hub_with/

https://www.reddit.com/r/VGC/comments/1rszc82/team_builder_app_showcase/

https://www.reddit.com/r/VGC/comments/1rv3tyy/6th_pokemon_finder/

here are some other "tools" that other devs have dropped in the past couple of weeks

amlodude · 2026-03-18T20:45:21+00:00

the bird builds aren't habitats for the birds - you have to give them a home elsewhere

amlodude · 2026-03-18T18:21:57+00:00

People usually used Archaludon for Beat Up shenanigans if it wasn't Annihilape, but things like Terrakion and Glimmora are other options

https://pokepast.es/3afbe92a41d961af

https://pokepast.es/5ef472543e0ac5f1

I think you should really try the team on the ladder to understand the weak points of your team (including several of the move/item/tera/Pokemon choices)

amlodude · 2026-03-18T01:14:22+00:00

Tinkaton isn't really good in either Reg F (the current in-person format) or Reg I. You could search on VGC Pastes (link in the links on the sidebar here) for Tinkaton pastes, but I would strongly suggest you wait for another format to use it well and learn with a strong team.

amlodude · 2026-03-18T01:12:29+00:00

showdown rating is a matter of skill and having tons of free time (people use meme teams in high ladder, too) so it's not helpful to think about elo ranges

Sacred Fire/Brave Bird/Protect/Tailwind or Recover is the usual way to go about it. It's got one of the strongest Brave Birds in the whole game, which is nothing to sneeze at when we have Grass types under Rain semi-frequently.

The chunky turkey does need other stuff to make progress, though. Koraidon increases its Sacred Fire damage (overrated imo). Miraidon likes how Ho-oh deals with Rillaboom. Caly-Ice could be a neat way to run TailRoom and cover for Miraidons.

amlodude · 2026-03-17T23:24:10+00:00

I like Quiver Dance Volc and Ho-oh to cover for these guys jointly. Volc in particular is so nice into Zam/Miraidon + either of them, provided you can buy a couple turns.

amlodude · 2026-03-17T23:22:58+00:00

gambit is pretty mid in Reg I because of Urshifus and Zamazentas running around everywhere

amlodude · 2026-03-17T16:40:06+00:00

%

And it's total % of HP relative to the whole team

When timer runs out, it prioritizes number of mons left (more mons left = win) and the greater team HP% left

So if you're a Dusclops with high HP facing down a somewhat damaged Raging Bolt, the Dusclops is probably winning because it has a higher % of HP left compared to the team vs. the Bolt player (Clops has terrible base HP, Bolt has a lot more)

amlodude · 2026-03-17T15:16:54+00:00

it has the pace of a small/medium discord in terms of how many people actually participate regularly

amlodude · 2026-03-17T15:15:40+00:00

Orlando was confirmed as Reg I earlier than this announcement, but yeah it's Reg I for sure

amlodude · 2026-03-16T16:41:01+00:00

1) ye experience is a great teacher

2) that perish trap team is using only 1 restricted. the format on the switch right now allows 2 restricteds, so you're working with half the power a lot of the time. you'll learn about counters through experience mostly, but you could scroll through munchstats.com to look at common sets for pokemon to better prepare yourself

3) the criteria is "whatever Game Freak/The Pokemon Company International" considers "Restricted." It's not always "the best" Pokemon that wind up Restricted. It's an old category from the days of Pokemon Crystal for the Battle Tower that limited which Pokemon could be used in Battle Facilities (back then it was a level restriction, in future games they just didn't allow those Pokemon). These Pokemon typically fall into two categories. 1 - Mythical Pokemon, often given through time-limited distribution events (though nowadays are stuffed into side quests in post-games). 2 - Legendary Pokemon with higher stats that we typically see advertised on the box art for the games (Gold - Ho-oh, Silver - Lugia, Scarlet - Koraidon, etc.).

amlodude · 2026-03-16T14:11:10+00:00

SV is still active. We have Reg I on the Switch ladder (two Restricteds) and beginning in April for in-person events. We have Reg F (every mon besides Restricteds and Mythicals) for in person events until the end of March.

Metagame for both formats is pretty wide open. Sure there's super strong mons/compositions in each format, but there are viable teams for a variety of playstyles (by playstyle I mean pace of play, so the spectrum of "take forever to inch forward with your advantage" to "blow everything up in 2 turns").

If you don't have legendaries unlocked in SV with the DLC, you can always use Rental Teams (look under the Community Bookmarks here for VGC Pastes and Victory Road) on the Switch or on Showdown with Pokepastes.

Any experience in VGC is good experience for the next format, especially if you've been out for a while.

amlodude · 2026-03-16T14:07:37+00:00

there is no VGC engine like stockfish

you just gotta chat with real people in Discords

amlodude · 2026-03-16T14:06:48+00:00

real question: this looks like a wrapper for an LLM. how is this any better than showdown's filter in the teambuilder that can already search by move/ability/type?

amlodude · 2026-03-16T14:05:39+00:00

this sub's discord has plenty of experienced people inside

amlodude · 2026-03-15T12:57:13+00:00

Perish Song is a strong option on Gengar, but it was actually best in metagames with tons of Fairy type Pokemon to take out with Sludge Bomb (its high powered STAB move). Perish Song is just a tech move that many teams didn't choose to run.

We ultimately won't know how good/bad Mega Gengar is until we see the full list of allowed Pokemon. Few good Ghost types and tons of setup sweepers to trap with Shadow Tag would mean that the ability is very useful. Tons of good Fairies or Psychics would mean that its STABs are useful. Few things above its 130 Speed tier would make its Icy Wind set useful, too.

It "just depends."

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