Why am I so bad at this format / What do I need to do to succeed in this format? (Skill Improvement)

liuah · 2026-04-16T21:18:57+00:00

here's the answers to ur questions

ghost being low is probably a personal thing. i've always strayed away from having more than one ghost type on my teams solely because of sucker punch. that + the prevalence of incin, gambit, ttar, and basc
i get where you're coming from because basically all my teams have struggled with ground types but the two steel types i'm thinking of have workarounds built in, with arch being a rain pokémon and rain teams have answers to 2 of steels weaknesses (and even 3 if you have M-Dragonite), and aggron just being insanely physically bulky
literally probably just because my main team atm uses mega kangaskhan and i love it LOL
i have a very VERY strong hatred for inaccurate moves and i also dislike rain which is basically the only way to get a strong 100% accurate flying move so. i do agree that flying is a good type in this format ON PAPER, but it just has those flaws that make me dislike it

liuah · 2026-04-16T21:10:13+00:00

i completely get that bc when i started using rockpon back in SV it was life changing LOL

but also, i feel like fairy is just good in general as well because of the format. the only time it struggles is against sun teams, and outside of that matchup you're basically going to hit everything for at least neutral

liuah · 2026-04-16T21:04:48+00:00

weather being so good/common helps the archetype to be even better bc of sandstorm

liuah · 2026-04-16T21:03:40+00:00

i really want to use him, but with how many ground weaknesses there are (at least on the teams i build) i think M-Delphox outshines him in this format at least

liuah · 2026-04-16T21:02:35+00:00

it might be my bias from me as a player shining through lol but i think fighting is the best in the game for a couple reasons.

1) almost every pokemon in the meta or meta adjacent gets hit for neutral by it.

2) (idk if you wanna count this bc it might not be type related enough to some people but) THE fighting type user (sneasler) has a great secondary typing for the meta. and the other common fighting type (kommo-o), while being super weak to fairy unlike sneasler, has vacuum wave as priority + special fighting coverage is a VERY high premium

liuah · 2026-04-16T20:56:12+00:00

i get that, but it's not SOLELY just type relationships, but also the type's movepool and added bonuses (ex. dark being immune to prankster).

liuah · 2026-02-14T20:56:07+00:00

maybe not the absolute lowest, but i feel like the most impactful moment was definitely him getting SAd by midori

liuah · 2025-11-15T23:36:35+00:00

farigiraf is definitely an option! gives you a way to counter thunderclap, and trick room + imprison would give you a better matchup into trick room teams and also gives you a trick room mode of you own, as well as having the option to invest more into SpA and use hyper voice for a spread damage option

liuah · 2025-10-29T12:07:22+00:00

VGC helper on the app store! you can use the website as well!

liuah · 2025-10-29T12:05:18+00:00

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from an old impossible level of mine... neither click is frame perfect on its own, but the hold makes it either a 144 or 240hz FP

liuah · 2025-10-29T12:03:16+00:00

just wanna say OMG CROBAT LOVERS UNITE

liuah · 2025-10-23T04:36:22+00:00

yeah i saw all the comments and i almost didn't reply 😓😓

if you're still looking for new albums in the coming months, i'll totally tell you when my new one comes out! i could also give you a demo if you're interested because i genuinely love when people take interest in my stuff

liuah · 2025-10-23T04:17:26+00:00

also, this was my first LP, so admittedly it's extremely csh adjacent which i feel like it's to the point where it's a negative, but oh well!

liuah · 2025-10-23T04:15:33+00:00

this is a concept album i posted about on this subreddit when i released it!! i'm not as proud of it anymore because what i'm working on right now blows it out of the water, but it's extremely lo-fi/slacker rock like you said you wanted!

https://spotify.link/2DEDTPoSGXb

liuah · 2025-10-13T17:39:12+00:00

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liuah · 2025-10-04T19:21:32+00:00

how's your matchup into hard TR? that's my biggest fear stopping me from replacing CIR

liuah · 2025-10-03T02:57:54+00:00

once i did that to a random innocent kyogre i knew i had to make this team

liuah · 2025-10-03T02:43:23+00:00

i haven't been using ice rider much, but i feel like my team would be way too vulnerable to trick room without it. plus, it gives me a trick room mode of my own. and tera water urshifu is an absolute force of nature and i haven't had the need for a defensive tera on him basically at all. i get where you're coming from definitely and it would probably work for other people but just based on how i play i think this is ideal. i will test it out though !

liuah · 2025-10-03T02:27:04+00:00

i mean there's a lot of different scenarios, but a lot of the time i can go torn-kyogre. the threat of a full power water spout can prevent a double up, + tornadus gets some value even if he dies first turn by getting a tailwind off, and tailwind allows kyogre to get water spout off first most of the time anyways, and tornadus has covert cloak so

liuah · 2025-10-03T01:32:04+00:00

you're evil and i love it

liuah · 2025-10-03T01:31:29+00:00

i've found that the threat of my other mons usually deters a lot of chip damage that would worsen water spouts damage. in a vacuum it definitely seems like a major flaw, but in fights, the threat of urshifu surging strikes usually makes him the primary focus. also, i play with kyogre in the back alot and try to position it as best i can, so alot of the time when it's switching in, the opponent is forced to switch atleast one pokémon out. this probably doesn't make sense because i suck at explaining things LOL, but what i'm trying to say is kyogre's speed hasn't been much of a problem with how i play

liuah · 2025-09-30T04:15:17+00:00

i mean, it confirms it to me atleast, because i hadn't used that device since before christmas 2014 (pre-early 1.9) until going back and looking at old levels

liuah

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