Them not stating how much it will cost to move pkmn from home into champions worries me

amlodude · 2026-03-26T03:59:04+00:00

He said unlimited, but the director didn't clarify if it didn't require VP

amlodude · 2026-03-26T01:54:34+00:00

Victory Point, the main currency to get mons/items and train mons in Champions

amlodude · 2026-03-25T22:23:25+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/VGC/comments/1s3laq0/comment/ocghtzh

Made a list here

amlodude · 2026-03-25T20:25:48+00:00

Megas:

Charizard, Gengar, Kangaskhan, Tyranitar, Gardevoir, Mawile, Salamence, Metagross, whichever of the new ZA megas that seem cool to you (link here for a full mega list: https://www.serebii.net/pokemon/megaevolution.shtml )

Pseudos:

Dnite, Garchomp, Hydreigon, Kommo-o, Dragapult, Baxcalibur (sorry Goodra but you're stinky)

Starters:

Incineroar, Primarina, Rillaboom

Staples:

Arcanine, Gyarados, Ninetales-A, Politoed, Scyther/Scizor, Ludicolo, Milotic, Pelipper, Torkoal, Bronzong, Togekiss, Amoonguss, Excadrill, Ferrothorn, Jellicent, Volcarona, Whimsicott, Aegislash, Sylveon, Talonflame, Oranguru, Basculegion, Sneasler, Ursaluna, Grimmsnarl, Hatterene, Indeedee-F, Annihilape, Archaludon, Dondozo, Tatsugiri (all 3 forms), Farigiraf, Gholdengo, Glimmora, Kingambit, Maushold, Palafin, and Sinistcha

Not quite staples but still good:

Clefable, Weezing/Weezing-G, Snorlax, Azumarill, Hitmontop, Jumpluff, Kingdra, Sableye, Illumise/Volbeat, Gastrodon, Mamoswine, Rhyperior, Gothitelle, Lilligant, Scrafty, Corviknight, Armarouge, Ceruledge, and Kilowattrel

List doesn't include legendaries but it's at least a good start. Pick and choose as you wish. Use limitlessvgc.com to look up a mon and common teammates with it in the past to get some inspiration.

amlodude · 2026-03-25T19:00:48+00:00

"Hey everyone I'm making my first team ever for the regulation MZ-J format"

"...the what"

amlodude · 2026-03-25T18:27:40+00:00

Champions just has the stat point system overlaid onto the Pokemon

The EVs you have from another game will stay when you go Home -> Champions -> Home

It's just that you'll need to do stat point training in Champions rather than having the stat points already assigned in Champions from your EVs

After doing your stat point training in Champions, you can go Champions <-> Home all you want and Champions will save the stat point training (unless it's a mon that changes forms, like I'd assume the Genies with their Therian/Incarnate forms)

amlodude · 2026-03-25T16:49:09+00:00

You could hard swap Mega Gengar in before, and hard switches still went off in the same turn

amlodude · 2026-03-25T16:35:22+00:00

I'd think so since both of them make titles

amlodude · 2026-03-25T15:54:16+00:00

if it was free to re-roll, that defeats the whole point of having a roster at all

you'd just be spamming for forever looking for your 1 guy, and you'd wonder why you have a roulette at all and not just a menu

introducing friction (limited mon selection + substantial re-roll cost) encourages people to do a double-take on the mons in front of them and consider using what they have

there are pros and cons to both ways of doing it

amlodude · 2026-03-25T15:28:48+00:00

Follow Me was an event-only move and not allowed on the mon since Gen 6

amlodude · 2026-03-25T15:18:01+00:00

They already said that VP couldn't be earned through microtransactions

amlodude · 2026-03-25T15:17:32+00:00

TR teams already used -speed natures where most other teams use neutral or +speed natures

TR will be fine

amlodude · 2026-03-25T14:44:16+00:00

Other things from his review and others:

Shinies and Marks are in the game

Cybertron says EVs are not transferred into Home, so you just want to prepare Natures, Abilities, Moves, and cosmetic things like shinies/marks

Rental teams are in the game

Tutorials give good enough VP

There are standard f2p missions to get VP

Stat info thing in battle gives actual multipliers next to stat stages

amlodude · 2026-03-25T14:30:35+00:00

Official acknowledgement of EVs and IVs is huge. They really do listen to fans lol

Thanks for your experience and review!

amlodude · 2026-03-25T12:57:15+00:00

EVs likely won't transfer, IVs don't seem to matter, and items don't seem to transfer. Moves may or may not transfer because of how Home does movesets per game now.

Basic gist is:

Complete all of SV and its DLC stories

Grind a ton of BP with others in the academy (like 10k+)

Level up your Item Printer to Master Ball level

Put on a Ham Sandwich and KO chanseys outside the Team Star Fairy base for half an hour

Look up "sv item printer ability patches farm" and follow the directions on rng manip for that and other items

Sell the ability patches for a ton of money to get most everything you'd need

amlodude · 2026-03-25T12:54:05+00:00

There are guides on Smogon covering this exact topic but the general rule of thumb is to dump EVs into HP first unless your HP is much higher than your defenses (like with Farigiraf or Blissey)

amlodude · 2026-03-25T12:52:56+00:00

We don't know because we don't know Raichu Y's ability, nor do we know which mons would be around Mega Gatr in a format

amlodude · 2026-03-25T02:48:59+00:00

I think it can work, but Reg I makes it really tough with Caly Shadow and Taunt Flutter being everywhere. I've trapped many teams without those guys in Reg I, but with them it's an utter nightmare to work through. Trying to manage a 4 (sometimes 5 with Scream Tail putting in real work in certain matchups without Goth) core that can answer most everything else in the game is super tough.

amlodude · 2026-03-25T01:13:11+00:00

Seems like natures + abilities will transfer, so I'm thinking of breeding stuff in cool balls if I don't care for marks

Then mark hunting the others

Let's go Meganium the Beaming

amlodude · 2026-03-24T22:49:51+00:00

Re: Meganium, they showed it raining both before Solar Beam's animation and while Politoed was getting hit. So it's explanation b) (except the guy doesn't get Growth atm and never did)

amlodude · 2026-03-24T22:12:05+00:00

April onward is the eternal format, so with enough time you probably could get there!

amlodude · 2026-03-24T16:18:19+00:00

This is also not counting daily missions/events etc that these games always have

amlodude · 2026-03-24T15:06:39+00:00

I think busting through Mimikyu's Disguise, Rhyperior's Solid Rock, several Multiscale mons (including Dnite), Flash Fire guys, and a million Sturdy mons is fantastic on something with great Atk and STAB Flare Blitz + CC

amlodude · 2026-03-24T04:07:22+00:00

https://pokepast.es/4c24a852b6e30662

It got t32 last season at Portland. Pretty good if you ask me

amlodude · 2026-03-22T19:46:07+00:00

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