Hey guys! My name is Daniel Thorpe, or TTT online, and I recently Top Cut the Anaheim Regional Championships. In this article, I’m going to talk about the team I used and my experiences at the regional. I had an extremely stressful week leading up to Anaheim because it was the start of my finals week and I was still ...
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Oblivious to Incineroar! – A 4th Place Roanoke Report
Hello there! My name is Kyle Livinghouse (@AnimusVGC) and I am joined with Taran Birdee (@AuraRayquaza) today to present a team report of a team we piloted for a chunk of the Sun Series. After Taran had some success at his locals and in the Online World Cup of VGC tournament, I thought I might give this team a try ...
Read More »Top 4 Roanoke Regionals – Mark Jackson
I’m Mark Jackson and I stream Pokémon VGC battles on Twitch. I first heard about VGC in 2009, but didn’t get a chance to compete in 2009 or 2010. I got back into VGC for the 2013 season and was able to attend a Regional in 2013 and 2014. It wasn’t until 2015 that I decided to get more into ...
Read More »VGC19 Sun Series: Core Analysis – Groudon Xerneas
What year is it? Just the mention of Xerneas and Groudon together will give some veteran VGC players flashbacks to 2016. It was namely during that year’s series that the potent combo of Xerneas and Primal-Groudon made its debut, being utilized in many team builds through the series. The notorious “Big 6” archetype from that year contained this duo and ...
Read More »1st Place Oregon, USA Regionals Team Report
?? Hi my name is Riley Factura and I recently won 1st place in the Pokémon VGC 2019 Sun Series Oregon, USA Regional Championships. This marks my 4th regional win in the Masters Division. If it’s at all relevant to you, I’ve also won 16 Premier Challenges & 7 Midseason Showdowns. ? I took a break during most of the ...
Read More »A Dragon in The Rain – Top 16 Frankfurt Regionals
Hi, I’m Riccardo Appamea, and I’m an Italian player known online as “Fire Gohan”. Although I’ve only been playing VGC since 2014, I’ve been playing singles since the good old days of 2008. My first significant result in VGC was in 2016, where I won a Regional Championship using Mewtwo. That year was a very successful year for me; alongside ...
Read More »Carried on Wings of Fire – An 8th Place Frankfurt Report
Hey everyone! I’m Willem Geurts, otherwise known as AbsurdityVGC. I hail from the Netherlands, and have been playing VGC since 2017. My first event ended up being the Leipzig Regional in 2018. There I made a bad meta-call with my team and was plagued by the infamous freeze-glitch that frequented official events early on in that circuit. As a result, ...
Read More »A Dream Worth Screaming for- A Worlds 1st Place Team Report
Hello! My name is James Evans, and I’m the 2018 Pokémon Senior World Champion. I started playing VGC in late 2016, but found out about it in 2014, when I went to spectate the 2014 World Championships. Since then it’s always been my dream to become the world champion, and it took several regional wins as well as an internats ...
Read More »Trapped in Tennessee! – 5th Place Worlds Report
Hello, my name is Ethan French and I am a first year master from the UK. I started playing VGC towards the end of VGC17 and have continued to love playing it ever since. My best performances have been a regional win and top 8 in the latest internationals. This will be a report on the team I used to ...
Read More »Prepare for trouble, Make it double
Hello guys, I’m Gabriel Agati (@AgatiGa on Twitter) and I’m here again to share a team that I’ve been using for a while online. The name of this team report comes to the fact that, thanks to Incineroar, this team has double Intimidate, Fake Out and Knock Off. It’s a very bulky, solid team, built around standard, top tier Pokémon. ...
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