Hartford, Connecticut: 5/3/19-5/4/19 # Player CP $ Team Used 1st Tommy Cooleen 200 $2,000 2nd Kyle Livinghouse 160 $1,000 3rd Cedric DeRouchie 130 $500 4th James Baek 130 $500 5th Jeremy Odena 100 $250 6th Arbin Jun Tumaneng 100 $250 7th Case Bongirne 100 $250 8th Zhengle Tu 100 $250 Usage Usage % Pokémon 7 87.5% 4 50% 3 37.5% ...
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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 »PadoVGC Spills the Tea – Interviewing the European IC Champion
Today we sat down with PadoVGC to hear about his start in the Pokémon world, and how it has led him all the way to Champion of the European IC. General Questions ❓: Tell us a bit about yourself. Who are you and what do you like to do? 🅰️: Hello everyone! My name is Flavio Del Pidio, and I’m ...
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 ...
Read More »VGC19 Guide Series – Ultra Series: Primal Groudon
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 »XY Strikes Back! – Spring Scramble Top 16
Hey everyone, my name is Joseph Ugarte or JoeUX9 as most people know me on Showdown. I have been playing VGC since late 2017, and have always loved it, regardless of where/when I play. I’m usually able to attend more local events than regionals, which is great practice anyways since I’m in the NY area. I’m definitely looking forward to ...
Read More »VGC19 Guide Series – Ultra Series: Primal Kyogre
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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