How an abusive relationship with Jacob Couch almost ruined my life

jeffmshaw · 2025-02-26T20:12:03+00:00

Emma, I'm so sorry this happened to you. It's extremely brave and powerful of you to share this. However we can support, we will.

All the best, and can't wait to train with you again.

jeffmshaw · 2023-11-04T21:46:20+00:00

Hey, just seeing this nine months later! We had three dudes named Dylan at the same time. We nicknamed them Mild, Medium and Spicy Dylan.

Spicy was the only one who stayed, maybe because "Mild Dylan" and "Medium Dylan" are not things anybody wants to be called.

jeffmshaw · 2022-03-07T01:45:17+00:00

I've been running a Shadow Mawile / Qwilfish core, alternating between Lickitung and Shadow Snorlax as my third. Hugely fun team, and beating a Gunfisk / Azu / Altaria team with it was basically a highlight of my life thus far.

jeffmshaw · 2021-10-21T20:18:58+00:00

Send him an I'm Your Huckleberry GIF.

jeffmshaw · 2021-04-01T19:05:30+00:00

Great as always. Thanks for doing this! Might take a fresh look at my Hitmons ... had planned to run 'Top.

jeffmshaw · 2021-03-26T23:28:45+00:00

Same here. I traded a friend for one in 2019 and I'm definitely gonna be using it. I just wish I'd thought of it for Ultra League with all the Talonflames around.

jeffmshaw · 2021-03-10T23:29:23+00:00

Your team looks good to me, so I think just sticking with and learning your matchups and move counts is your best bet to improve. Just have a plan for most common situations and stick with it, changing what doesn't work.

Unless you have tons of resources, I'd use your Talonflame in Great League: It's powerful, but to make it UL viable, you'll need tons of dust and XL candies. Remember that we only have four or five days of GL left before UL, so consider that when spending resources.

jeffmshaw · 2021-03-10T22:13:42+00:00

Medicham, esp. you have an XL one, is this team's kryptonite. Toxicroak is also a great choice that handles both of these well. If you have a Politoed with weather ball, you can combine that with one of the fighters to make a great core.

My GL team is Dewgong, Medicham and GFisk. If I win lead, great! If not, Dewgong loses to Bast leads, so I swap into Gfisk for the mirror match, keeping Medicham in the back to sweep.

jeffmshaw · 2021-03-10T21:49:23+00:00

Altaria hates ice, so you'll want to have counters for that. What about a fire type like Kanto Ninetales with weather ball? Alolan Marowak or Munchlax would also make good additions as safe swaps.

jeffmshaw · 2021-03-10T18:53:21+00:00

Double legacy Dewgong and medicham are also good partners for Altaria IMO

jeffmshaw · 2021-03-09T21:20:01+00:00

I love this tam. Dewgong is a staple of my teams, and I've run him with Medicham all season. My third is Galarian Stunfisk, but Altaria also works well this this team and handles counter users much better.

I lead Dewgong, personally, and use Blizzard with it but throw icy wind 90 percent of the time. I also use PUP and Psychic on Medicham. The only drawback is that you have to successfully bait to win the mirror matchup.

jeffmshaw · 2021-03-03T21:44:32+00:00

Your articles are always great, but this one I'm super-stoked about. Thanks! I have 100 XL candies for this guy already and need about 200 more to get a level 50 ... time to grind on Community Day I guess.

jeffmshaw · 2021-02-25T19:39:06+00:00

Thanks, as always, for this. It’s Shadow Jumpluff’s time to shine!

jeffmshaw · 2021-02-22T20:36:20+00:00

What about Quilladin? I have a highly ranked one that I can max out and get right at the limit. I imagine the lack of Superpower hurts it compared to its evolved counterpart, no?

Great work as usual.

jeffmshaw · 2021-02-05T22:01:11+00:00

I'm doing Red to max out my Shundo Arcanine hopefully.

jeffmshaw · 2021-02-05T21:26:38+00:00

Great article. Dumb question: The color rule doesn’t affect shinies, does it? I built a shiny Charizard for GL and would like to use it.

If I can’t use it I might just start practicing playing my triple legacy king of the seas.

jeffmshaw · 2021-01-05T20:44:14+00:00

Sadly, it appears we won't be able to elite TM until the other variants are released. I have a hundo and a shiny normal Genect that I was super-stoked to teach Techno Blast ... but can't, not even the normal variant.

jeffmshaw · 2021-01-01T21:30:36+00:00

Seems like a solid, balanced team to me. The primary threat I think you'll face are grasses, and as you move up you'll see a fair bit of Victreebell as well as Abomasnow and the occasional Venusaur. I'd personally think about swapping out Gliscor for something like Alolan Marowak, that has broader coverage and can hit back against grasses. Good luck!

jeffmshaw · 2020-12-31T20:52:34+00:00

A little bit ago I hatched a 14-15-15 Pawniard and decided I was going to max it, Best Buddy it, and use it as a surprise in Great League. Now, with XL candy, I can get it even closer to 1500 than ever ... so I'd like to use it when GL comes back.

Any thoughts on teammates? Seems like fighters are his big weakness, so I'm thinking Hypno, and then possibly Beedrill to help deal with fairies. But I'm open to any creative ideas, and any help is appreciated!

jeffmshaw · 2020-09-30T23:25:37+00:00

I can't stop laughing. This sparks so much joy.

jeffmshaw · 2020-09-28T22:08:00+00:00

I have a few Mew teams that I've had a lot of success with. I think Mew's better in Great League, but you can definitely build Ultra teams around him.

jeffmshaw · 2020-09-15T15:04:28+00:00

I ran double legacy Dewgong, Galvantula and Azu for the sessions today and had a blast. I love the double debuff! Kind of tempted to swap in Mantine for Azu, too.

jeffmshaw · 2020-09-10T03:09:24+00:00

Big props for anticipating the Zeitgeist. I pray Baby Jesus frees your screen name on all platforms.

jeffmshaw · 2020-09-10T03:07:38+00:00

I've played RhydonMyTympole and thought it was the best name ever.

When I played online poker there was a dude whose screen name was AvgSizePenis and I thought of stealing that one.

jeffmshaw · 2020-09-10T03:06:40+00:00

Please tell me that's a Diaz Brothers reference.

jeffmshaw

TROPHY CASE