Hello! I’m Ramsés Quintana (@kaoru_kitsune), a Spanish Pokémon VGC player who is finishing his Business Studies at University. I have been playing Pokémon VGC since 2015, and just recently I finished in top 8 of the Trainer Tower Spring Scramble. I am very happy to have the opportunity to write this report for Trainer Tower. Team’s Achievements Trainer Tower Spring ...
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X-RAY with Crobat – Spring Scramble! Top 16 Team Report from Japan
Hello! I’m Taka Maenishi (@taka_na_u), a Japanese Pokémon VGC player, and usually work as an engineer in Tokyo. I have been playing competitive VGC for several years in Japan, and am aiming to qualify for WCS. Unfortunately, however, I could not qualify for Japan Nationals this year. This time, I finished in top 16 of the Trainer Tower Spring Scramble ...
Read More »The Makings of Espada – A Berlin EUIC Team Analysis
Hey! I’m Willem/Lyam Geurts (@AbsurdityVGC) and I recently got top 32 at the EUIC alongside Fabian Braun (@baked_vgc) using a team we built together with a group of others during the month prior to the event. Although none of us managed to make cut, two of us did make day 2, with Fabian even getting an impressive 8-1 record during ...
Read More »2019 Ultra Series VGC Speed Tiers
Welcome to the 2019 Ultra Series VGC Speed Tiers hub. This list is divided into Restricted Pokémon, Mega Pokémon and Standard Pokémon. It will be ordered from highest speed stat to lowest speed stat. Approximately the top 150 Pokémon used on Showdown and their speeds are listed. The lists will only include 252/0 EVS, 31/0 IVs, Natures, Base Speed and ...
Read More »VGC19 Guide Series – Ultra Series: Mega Gengar
Welcome to my Pokémon VGC 19 Guide Series. Within this new Pokémon Guide series we will be looking at the Pokémon VGC 19 Ultra Series! Points to be covered include changes to the VGC 19 format with the introduction of Mega Pokémon, Primal Groudon, Primal Kyogre, Mega Rayquaza and Ultra Necrozma. Hopefully this series gives you all a better idea ...
Read More »To the Moon…and Back – A Day 2 European International Championships Team Report
Hi guys, I’m Owen Wright, also known as @EclipseOwlVGC online. I’m relatively new to the competitive Pokémon scene, with my first finish being a top 8 in the Hartford Regionals, post-Worlds ‘17. Other than that, I had a decent finish at Worlds last year with top 32 in seniors. Being a first-year master and this being my first Internats, I ...
Read More »VGC19 Guide Series – Ultra Series: Ultra Necrozma
Welcome to my Pokémon VGC 19 Guide Series. Within this new Pokémon Guide series we will be looking at the Pokémon VGC 19 Ultra Series! Points to be covered include changes to the VGC 19 format with the introduction of Mega Pokémon, Primal Groudon, Primal Kyogre, Mega Rayquaza and Ultra Necrozma. Hopefully this series gives you all a better idea ...
Read More »Pray the Ray!- A European International Champion Team Report
Hello everyone! My name is Flavio Del Pidio, and I am the Champion of the European Internationals, which took place in Berlin, in April 2019. Through this report, I am going to discuss the team I chose to bring alongside the tournament itself. The International Championships for Pokémon happen four times a year for every competitive season, located in four ...
Read More »Seinfeld Heads to Daytona: A Top 16 Daytona Regionals Report
Hello, friends! It is I, Matthew Jackson. I go by Swaggy McBuckets online, and I have been playing VGC since 2014 Nationals. I’ve loved the game ever since! Being from rural Missouri, the only events I could go to in high school were Regionals within close proximity of me, so I started taking the game a lot more seriously when ...
Read More »VGC19 Guide Series – Ultra Series: Mega Rayquaza
Welcome to my Pokémon VGC 19 Guide Series. Within this new Pokémon Guide series we will be looking at the Pokémon VGC 19 Ultra Series! Points to be covered include changes to the VGC 19 format with the introduction of Mega Pokémon, Primal Groudon, Primal Kyogre, Mega Rayquaza and Ultra Necrozma. Hopefully this series gives you all a better idea ...
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