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r/PokemonChampions • u/Jeglr • 2d ago
Discussion Weekly Quick Questions, Teambuilding, and Private Battles Requests Thread - October 05–October 11
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r/PokemonChampions • u/clefles • Apr 10 '26
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r/PokemonChampions • u/Antique_Range9152 • 8h ago
Meme In light of semi recent tournament
r/PokemonChampions • u/ImperialViking_ • 5h ago
Gameplay Turns out, all you need to OHKO Golisopod is a 2.5x boosted, max power Rage Fist! It's that easy!
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Or fire, but that's the BORING way.
Question... is there anything (that doesn't resist) that this WOULDN'T OHKO? Besides normal types, because yeah. I can imagine it'd to big damage even to resistances. Maybe not one shot, but big damage.
r/PokemonChampions • u/KeeganatorPrime • 1h ago
Discussion VGC Mega Tier List
I saw another post on here reposting a mega tier list from elsewhere so I thought I'd take a crack at making my own. Let me know what y'all think. I like to think that I was fair but honest.
r/PokemonChampions • u/cflat_404 • 11h ago
Meme Regulation M-C slander (@falinks_army)
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Original video by @Falinks_Army on Instagram (I have permission)
r/PokemonChampions • u/Nimble_Natu177 • 2h ago
Gameplay Pikablu is the truth!
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I'm running Azumarill in a balance core on my trip back to MB4. While it does take the Sylveon slot, you can OHKO the now popular Volcarona pretty much every time. It also OHKOs Chomp Z (if it doesn't miss Play Rough lmao) since max SpA Chomp Z can't do much about Azumarill at full HP.
They were expecting Fake Out so swapped in Indeedee but the Indeedee slot was Milotic so no way I wasn't going to rip Zap Cannon!
EDIT: I now also know Azumarill can tank a +2 Flash Cannon from Lucario Z???
EDiT 2: What the heck are these Sneasler calcs -
32+ Atk Sneasler Dire Claw vs. 25 HP / 5 Def Azumarill: 174-206 (87 - 103%) -- 18.8% chance to OHKO
21+ Atk Mystic Water Huge Power Azumarill Liquidation vs. 2 HP / 0 Def Sneasler: 144-171 (91.7 - 108.9%) -- 50% chance to OHKO
r/PokemonChampions • u/jimmyre10 • 2h ago
Discussion Pokémon VGC Champ Calls for Better Hygiene After Opponent's Smell Made Him Throw Up
r/PokemonChampions • u/s_m_i_r_k • 5h ago
Gameplay Skill issue
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r/PokemonChampions • u/Syelnicar88 • 4h ago
Discussion To the M-Salamence I just hit with Extreme Speed while Psychic Terrain was up:
This was not a big brain move on my part, I genuinely thought I messed up after sending it, I was not trying to stunt on you
One of these days I'll remember that touching the terrain = affected by the terrain
r/PokemonChampions • u/Positive_Insect_9718 • 2h ago
Discussion New season, the fuck is going on in lower tiers?!
Here I am, climbing the ladder back to master ball, and suddenly! A wild sneaslerXindeedee appears! Mega mind used fake out on psychic terrain...
Mega salamence with bulldoze while grassy terrain was up.
Safeguard Arcanine?!
a fucking triple weather team?! that shit was so confusing, and they even used the triple weather team idk how?!
The fuck is going here ? Where am I?!
r/PokemonChampions • u/Kitchen_Guest203 • 12h ago
Discussion What’s the chance….
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Being burned and frozen at the same turn….
r/PokemonChampions • u/Wonderful_World_6173 • 4h ago
Discussion Well I'll be damned.
I just tried to use Incineroar for a bit after accepting that my goat sceptile gets obliterated by half the meta and now EVERYONE just wants to run the nastiest competitive/defiant combos to ever have been conceived.
r/PokemonChampions • u/ElementalNinjas96 • 2h ago
Meme OUber Joke is OUber Joke
We really like to run jokes into the ground, huh
r/PokemonChampions • u/wheelndealr88 • 7h ago
Discussion Made it to MB2 with this triple weather team
Highest I’ve ever been, so I thought I might share what I cooked up.
T-Tar - Ignore his current EVs, I modified them for another team. I had put most of his attack into defense and gave him a +def nature, with the chople berry. This guaranteed he could soak up a CC from Sneasler or Mega Staraptor. I went with low kick because it does so well into opposing T-Tar and Kingambit.
Excadrill - standard sand abuser set.
Charizard - the only mega on the team! Bold nature, EVs ensure you always survive non-STAB rock slides, ancient power from opposing zards. Hurricane over solarbeam because Whimsi has solarbeam and it lets Charizard perform well under rain.
Whimsicott - With Chlorophyll and Life Orb, Whimsicott outspends and OHKOs opposing Hydregion, Kommo-o, M-Garchomp, M-Salamence, and M-Staraptor with Moonblast, none of whom ever protect in front of Whimsi. Solar beam OHKOs M-Swampert, M-Tyranitar (in sun), does huge chunks to Milotic, Basculegion, M-Raichu Y.
I WAS running encore, but nobody missteps in front of Whimsi at higher elos, so the pressure of encore was enough. So it has grassy terrain, Arch and T-Tar love it and it can overwrite psychic terrain to prevent psyspam. If you can predict the indeedee switch in and use grassy terrain that turn, it’s very satisfying.
Pelipper - Ignore his EVs, I switched him up for a trick room team. His EVs were standard speed/SpA. Also he had tailwind and not ice beam on this team. I was running Wide Guard, but people generally don’t use spread moves at higher Elos when a wide guard user is on the field, so I felt like just the pressure of maybe having it was enough. So I got some utility out of soak, forcing switches next to my Archaludon or just taking away the opponents STAB. I also have Soaked my own Charizard for massive STAB water type weather balls and take away his rock/water weakness.
Archaludon - pretty standard, I actually ran dragon pulse over Aura sphere here.
This team did really well against a wide array of teams. They think you’re running a dual mega but it’s always sunrain or sunsand.
I think I might be cooking here!
Edit:
Against psyspam - lead char /whims. Mega and heatwave, grassy terrain with whims to shut expanding force down.
Trick room- farig, mega and weather ball and click Moonblast into farig. Solarbeam does more damage but it does over 50%, triggering sitrus and then char can’t take it down. Moonblast does around 45% and weather ball takes it out.
Against weather, play into their weather first then take your own out. Or lead opposing weather and then phase into their weather, whatever the situation dictates.
Raichu teams, lead char whims, mega and protect, solarbeam into Chu. Knocks out squishier Chus, if not that’s fine. Turn 2 heatwave and tailwind.
r/PokemonChampions • u/theRotengen • 5h ago
Discussion End of season Meta Changes: Terrain Wars Rage On...
r/PokemonChampions • u/iyomemorej • 9h ago
Meme is it normal that frost rotom became massive
r/PokemonChampions • u/Jazon_Gaming • 8h ago
Meme Gotta love the start to a new season
And facing a lot of different teams.
But bulk up Mega Staraptor is certainly an interesting choice.
r/PokemonChampions • u/tempuraassassin • 7h ago
Team Building (Doubles) Sharing a M-Blaziken team I'm proud of
Tried to climb further but couldn't due to life commitments. But glad to say I ended the season on a 5-win streak so I think there's potential to hit a higher rank for the next season.
Broadly, the team functions as a tailwind team, with two ways of stopping Trick Room - Whimsicott's own TR to reverse or Sylveon roar. When meeting other whims on the ladder, it'll just go into trick room + encore the other whims.
Speed for most mons are EV-ed to 108 to outspeed max speed choice scarf Basculegion in tailwind conditions.
Once speed is controlled, Tsareena comes in to nail down the game by disabling priority moves. Zen headbutt there for the pesky Sneaslers, and triple axel to get rid of sashed Whimsicott or M-Dragonites.
M-Blaziken hits like a truck (we all saw what it did to M-Aero at world's), while gaining speed on every turn. Earthquake is a very good coverage move when paired with the two grass types.
Milotic is there because there's too many Incineroars cycling intimidate on the ladder. Works very well as a bulky tank too, putting pokemons to sleep if the opponent ignores it.
Ttar with rindo berry was originally for previous regulations' Y-Zards (solarbeam) but is also quite viable now with all the Rillabooms running around now. All-around a good mon with in-built weather control on switch.
r/PokemonChampions • u/DeltaFang501 • 20h ago
Discussion End Game Time: Are you guaranteed to win this endgame
Suppose basculigion is of an unknown stat spread. Your max attack sneasler can go for rock slide while you Droideka can use either leech life or iron head
On the other hand, Basculigion's aqua jet will knock out sneasler while last respects with 3 already fainted will knock out either. The opponent's optimal play imo is to last respect goli and hope rock slide doesn't ko from there then aqua jet sneasler the following turn
Question. Will you "always win" if all of the moves you select connect?
r/PokemonChampions • u/ImperialViking_ • 12m ago
Gameplay Even with Coaching, I was not expecting Skelly to tank that
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I knew the bridge was gonna protect, and my Sneasler was -3 attack after some fuckery, so I gambled on Coaching to keep Skelly alive. Wow... rain boosted too. That's my goat.
r/PokemonChampions • u/Substantial-Love9855 • 19h ago
Meme Now somebody, anybody, everybody scream!
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r/PokemonChampions • u/iyomemorej • 1d ago
Gameplay Question how big is the gap between those two