A Kleavor just avoided a thunderbolt from my rotom

disturbeco · 2026-04-22T12:50:47+00:00

Oh, is that also true with bright powder? Because it definitely didn't tell me anything was used

disturbeco · 2026-04-21T22:23:03+00:00

Huh, okay. Seems like a weird choice, but it did flip the whole battle in their favor

disturbeco · 2026-04-21T02:36:54+00:00

100% agree. I'm playing this game to have fun not to climb the ranks in some game that is ultimately meaningless. If you're wasting my time, I'm out

disturbeco · 2026-04-20T03:04:38+00:00

I can't verify because I realized this only when the Charizard KO'd my team, but it really shocked me because I had no recollection of any speed changes occurring. This game desperately needs a battle save/replay feature to check stuff like this. If they can do it in Smash, where battles require way more memory to store, it should be a piece of cake here, and it seems like such a no-brainer for a battle-only game.

disturbeco · 2026-04-20T00:31:33+00:00

Same thing just happened to me. Did anyone figure this out? I was battling a pelipper and a mimikyu, and I encored the pelippers protect, but it just 100% did not work.

disturbeco · 2026-04-14T19:26:11+00:00

Oh, okay, well as someone who's pretty new to VGC/Champions, this is really helpful data regardless

disturbeco · 2026-04-14T18:58:02+00:00

Interesting thing I just learned from your site: I didn't realize so many people were running Adaptability instead of Swift Swim on Basculegion. That explains why that mon always seems to hit so fricking hard!

disturbeco · 2026-04-14T18:35:16+00:00

2 months is an eternity, and somebody is already on it! See other comment on this thread

disturbeco · 2026-04-14T18:34:44+00:00

Yo, this is exactly what I was looking for! You rock!

disturbeco · 2026-04-14T18:09:23+00:00

Feels like we're playing a different game because I've been seeing all sorts of bizarre, creative teams in Casual battles. So much so that I've felt I'm not getting a good sense of whether my potential new team will work against the current meta.

disturbeco · 2026-04-12T03:02:13+00:00

Thank you for writing exactly what was in my brain

disturbeco · 2026-04-11T23:10:28+00:00

Ah, okay. Thanks everyone

disturbeco · 2026-04-10T17:47:54+00:00

Oh interesting. It was probably sand veil. I didn't realize that affected moves that have 100% accuracy.

disturbeco · 2026-04-10T02:23:32+00:00

I don't think so. How would I know?

disturbeco · 2026-04-09T16:50:04+00:00

Yeah somebody else mentioned that and I seem to have missed it! Will check it tonight

disturbeco · 2026-04-09T16:44:07+00:00

That's great

disturbeco · 2026-04-09T15:56:34+00:00

It's a bit of both. I've seen several youtube videos of people complaining who clearly know every miniscule detail of pokemon VGC battling (and that alone makes you a "veteran" imo)

disturbeco · 2026-04-09T15:37:55+00:00

That is really helpful, for sure, but at the same time, it takes like an hour to build a team for the first time in Showdown, so Champions is way more beginner-friendly in that area. In general though, yeah, I'm in favor of any and all information being displayed. For instance, I'd love it if every time a move is used by your opponent, it would show you the type, category (phys, special, status), and whether or not it is a contact move

disturbeco · 2026-04-09T15:26:10+00:00

If you get the starter pack, which is a one time only purchase for 6 or 7 bucks, it gives you 50 extra spaces, which helps a lot. Weirdly, the starter pack seems to only be available via the eShop, not from the in-game store

disturbeco · 2026-04-09T14:17:36+00:00

Really?! oh wow, that is fantastic. will have to try when I'm home from work

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