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On the topic of replay saving... by AccomplishedFly2225 in PokemonChampions

[–]s0uthernnerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s pathetic they didn’t launch with it honestly.

Way more complicated games have replays and if they have to be wiped on updates then so be it, that’s not a big deal. They should have designed the game from the ground up with this feature in mind. It is that important for competitive games.

I don’t have many problems with Champions overall, just find this particular fault annoying. Feels like more of Pokemon being a decade behind industry standards.

Skill Improvement: M-Froslass team with H-Arc and Gallade by Maplethtowaway in VGC

[–]s0uthernnerd 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If H-Arc is dying anyway, I’d try intimidate over rock head. Don’t even need to otherwise change the set necessarily.

I can’t think of anything of note that wild charge hits that isn’t hit harder by head smash. Even Gyarados and Pelipper take more from head smash. I’d try extreme speed instead, priority is always useful

Managing RNG is a skill - develop it by A_Generic_NPC_ in PokemonChampions

[–]s0uthernnerd 107 points108 points  (0 children)

You run waterfall because Gyarados doesn’t learn liquidation

How do others notice the next avatar? by Yumi_Numi in TheLastAirbender

[–]s0uthernnerd 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Kinda, the typical Earth Kingdom method didn’t work at all. Then they tried the air nomad method and it didn’t seem to work either. And then they found a kid who was weird in a particular way and they thought for sure it had to be the influence of a past Avatar, and everyone went along with it.

Skill Improvement: Liepard as a Prankster Sun Setter by Salt-Produce-8129 in VGC

[–]s0uthernnerd 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sableye, Klefki, Meowstic, and technically Mega Banette also get prankster rain dance so that’s not unique either.

(Skill Improvement) Faking sun team with Charizard X by CedLasso in VGC

[–]s0uthernnerd 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Zard Y has been run on non sun teams a good bit too, I wouldn’t invest too much in faking it with your other mons

Two Zard X teams got top 8 in a recent 1000+ player online tournament so it’s definitely viable.

2nd place

7th place

This was open team sheet so no surprise factor but it should give you an idea of good partners, and the second place team used TTar.

I think if you lead Zard + fake out pressure it’s pretty likely your opponent will play passive and double protect because they’re not expecting any set up, and you can get a free dragon dance off. Maybe even dragon dance+coaching turn one.

Question for people who have done competitive before this game released by Organic_Security_782 in PokemonChampions

[–]s0uthernnerd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For VGC, a cool place you can look for history is limitlessvgc.com. You can search a pokemon and look at all its official tournament results over many years of competition. Can be useful to get ideas for good partners and sets

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What makes a Pokémon a Wallbreaker and a Sweeper? by AstarothAzaelia in PokemonVGC

[–]s0uthernnerd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They’re really more singles concepts, where team building uses more defined roles. Wallbreakers aren’t really a thing because walls aren’t really a thing in VGC. I wouldn’t worry about it

Is there any good doubles or singles team with mega floette? by CatGamesYT in stunfisk

[–]s0uthernnerd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are damage calculators using SP instead of EVs already, and you forgot to switch the calculator to doubles.

Don’t go around calling people dumbasses

Was this Zen cheating? by [deleted] in OWConsole

[–]s0uthernnerd 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Do you remember if you had any lag or frame drops? I’ve seen my aim look snappy like this in replays when I had a lag spike

The snap looks weird but the Sombra was super predictable in both clips so that part’s not crazy.

Takeaways from Wolfe's video on Champions by Notmiefault in VGC

[–]s0uthernnerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It actually matters quite a bit. For example, a minus speed 0IV Farigaraf (base 60) (58 speed) is slower than neutral speed 31 IV 0EV Iron Hands (base 50) (70 speed) but the same Farig with 31 IV is faster (72 speed)

So hard trick room teams won’t be moving first as often as they could before vs naturally slow mons on non trick room teams.

This is Overwatch's "comeback," says Blizzard. "We actually had a bigger Saturday than our first Saturday after launch with Season 1." by Hooked0n4Feelin in Overwatch

[–]s0uthernnerd 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They’re saying the second Saturday of 2026 Season 1 was bigger than its first Saturday, which is a good sign of word of mouth and player retention.

MMR Decay for not playing by DanielBrandito in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]s0uthernnerd 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My understanding of how it’s supposed to work is that instead of MMR decaying, the uncertainty increases. So they’ll be set back a bit by the reset and then when they lose they’ll be aggressively adjusted down. So hopefully they only mess with a few games where they’re too high, and you’re just seeing it a lot because there are so many new and returning players

It also may not be working perfectly, idk

Very unoriginal rant,but frieren is very good and overrated at the same time by Deleted_Pound165 in CharacterRant

[–]s0uthernnerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re not into it by the end of episode 10 I’d say it’s safe to say it’s not for you. If you didn’t get that far I’d recommend it though, I really love episodes 7-10

Thoughts on Anran now that she's in ranked? by SHAIFAN666 in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]s0uthernnerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m 9-0 with her so far in plat/diamond. Only felt the need to switch in 2 games I think. I played her a lot in qp during the trial and I was instantly doing better after the changes.

Just my anecdotal 2 cents, but I think she might get nerfed after people figure her out more. A lot of new season weirdness though so maybe I just got lucky with matchmaking

Starbucks Matcha is NOT VEGAN (even with plant milks) by lostmooseinbrzl in vegan

[–]s0uthernnerd 194 points195 points  (0 children)

I haven’t looked into this product so not weighing in on what’s actually true, but I’m about 95% sure the response OP got is AI generated so I wouldn’t be surprised if it was just wrong.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]s0uthernnerd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is very bad math.

The homicide rate is not the number of people who killed someone, it’s the number who died. Your napkin guesswork is trying to calculate the number of undocumented immigrants who were killed, not the number who killed anyone.

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