Xeb41 🔜 Prague

One more SV event to go, but I had to follow the trend! Early shoutout to the teams I fell in love with over the past 3.5 years. 🔥 🥇Worlds 2024: pokepast.es/c9c1a70e2f97a8… My first Worlds invite—and I trusted my reliable Miraidon to carry me through the biggest World Championship ever. 🥈The most fun one: pokepast.es/b87dd9752c4264… I had so much fun with this team in Reg F 2.0 format, but sadly I had not the chance to use it on a major. 🥉Barcelona Special event: pokepast.es/8a2645ae6bcb05… The 2024 season ended with the best experience of my VGC career—but how did it all begin? 🥉Lille Regionals 2026: pokepast.es/4661ecad7d338c… The last team I brought to a major. Sure, I may have overlooked some teams I used during the Scarlet & Violet era, but I’m sticking with these four, for all the memories we made together. Now it’s time to turn the page (well… not me just yet 😅) and start building new memories with Pokémon Champions. 7 days to go! 🔥 #PokemonVGC #Pokemonsv #PokemonscarletViolet

Nice tool for prep. You can see analytics based on the public replays of Pokemon Showdown from the last 30 minutes! 🔥 Later I will add a list of my go to VGC prep tools! So stay tuned! #pokemonvgc

That’s a tricky matchup for real! I believe that we can use Palafin/Dragonite, incineroar, klefki and Sinitcha on this matchup. I usually tend to t-wave it and trying to shut down the sp.attack with some parting shots. Then I think Sinitcha and klefki can wall it. If I recall correctly it is a 3HKO with Draco meteor from Mega Dragonite and Wave crash (Palafin)/Shadow ball (Sinitcha) or even weather ball for Pelliper! We need to be extra careful to pull this out, though!

@Xeb_41 @a_gay_whale how does this team deal with archaludon? I’m finding it really annoying in the rain

🏆Pokemon Champions: Day -8 Taking a break from prepping for Prague Regionals… and diving into the chaos of the this Pre Champions format, till the official release of Champions. Shoutout to @a_gay_whale for coding the format and letting us have access to this fun format a early, with what's confirmed till now. 👉Try it here: showdown-vgcpast-es.psim.us Back to the featured team now: 🔗pokepast.es/16a590f46f56f9… Had to start with rain—no question. And that means one thing: 🦸 Palafin This team isn’t about raw damage. It’s about disruption. • Slow the opponent • Break positioning • Put some pressure …and then let the heavy hitters take over. Because once the game tilts even slightly… Palafin Dragonite don’t ask twice. Still early. Still experimenting. But one thing’s clear: This format will reward players who create chaos—and control it. “Legacy of a Hero” has begun. 🌧️ ---------------------------------------------------------- 🔹 Mini Analysis on Picks ☑️Palafin The hero. The win condition. Rain-boosted priority + Bulk Up potential = late game cleaner or mid-game breaker. ☑️Pelipper Sets the stage. Rain + Tailwind = immediate tempo advantage. ☑️Klefki The disruptor. Screens + Thunder Wave turns aggressive teams into slow motion. ☑️Incineroar The king. Fake Out + Parting Shot = control the pace, shut down threats. ☑️Dragonite The unexpected nuke. Rain-boosted accuracy (Thunder/Hurricane) catches people off guard. ☑️Sinistcha The long game. Calm Mind + sustain = wins games that shouldn’t be winnable. I wait for your feedback! Till the next one, have fun playing some mons! #pokemonchampions #pokemonvgc

@blooblah1996 @a_gay_whale I totally agree with @a_gay_whale at this. The lack of Tera nerfs the Dozo a little. My first pick to counter Dozo was bulky meganium with leech seed. At this version I use incineroar, Sinitcha, Klefki and Palafin. But as I told before, you play a bit passive first turns vs Dozo!

@Xeb_41 @a_gay_whale I don't think enough people are scared of the fact that dondozo is in champions lol I think haze palafin is going to be the standard counter again

@mochaGotcha @maggie57alt @a_gay_whale Thank you my friend. The team seems solid in this Pre Champions meta and it is fun playing with it! Maybe there are some more solid options for a pure rain team like Basculegion and Archaludon. But I love Palafin! 😂

@Xeb_41 @maggie57alt @a_gay_whale Xeb this honestly looks fire

@Zordor12 @a_gay_whale That’s a interesting choice. And it gives us a lot of flexibility on the matchups that we do not bring pelipper. But the most significant question is if we are dropping our 2nd speed control option (Thunder wave) of Klefki for rain dance.

@Xeb_41 @a_gay_whale Adding manual rain to klefki might be worthwhile

@ShirubanBeruga @a_gay_whale Thank you for your suggestion, though. I am going to give it a try. That extra pivot may be essential on several mu's to maintain the momentum. With klefki and palafin the first 1 or 2 turns are always a little passive.

@ShirubanBeruga @a_gay_whale Tbh the mu with Mega Gengar, especially perish trap, is difficult. I believe that we need Klefki, palafin, incineroar and sinitcha, but I have not figured a solid plan yet. Maybe choice scarf flip turn, solves the mu. But I love bulk up palafin. After a boost it just sweeps.

Made another top 8 last night! This team keeps taking results! 💪 3 of my matches was also streamed! Thanks @AlpenseeVG for hosting! #wlgaming

Last weekend I added two more wins on the board! So happy to perform well lately despite the insufficient practice time! The protagonist🎖️ of the team? 🎉Smeargle of course! #wlgaming @WLGgr

Pokemon Day Celebration Challenge League! So happy to win this tournament among all these great players! As regarding the team shoutout to @ZeBanded @CbuttyVGC @MinternVGC @Alllegro4 for creating and sharing it! I really loved the team after using it on the latest GC! @WLGgr

@ZeBanded That team is amazing! I fell in love with it. Of course I am a farigiraf and smeargle fan myshelf. I used it on GC V. And I stopped at 31 game 1620 because I was too stressed to press that Bleakwing and I did not had enough time to play more games! Thank you for sharing!

113th/1455 9-4 at EUIC 2026 with smeargle! Really happy to have done so well at the biggest VGC tournament ever, and to do so with such a uniquely unorthodoxed(and cruel) team as well Paste and rental below, team report coming soon

I am coming back from retirement for Prague Regionals! 😂 Hope we will play on Champions!

@AndrewsWhoVGC Congratulations my friend! What an incredible performance!

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While everyone’s locked in for EUIC, I went full throwback mode. Reg C was the only format I skipped in the SV era, but I built this anti-balance lock team that farmed CP at GC and even won a Local. Ran it back last night - RNG said “not today”, but the vibes were elite.

@RiotVGC @Pika_VGC Congratulations my friend! Keep going!

Went 7-5 at Birmingham placing 85th overall. Wanted to push top 64 but still really happy with how i played. Big SO's to everyone who helped me prep/practice and to everyone who supported me along the way❤️

@RiotVGC I love balance but most of the times I end up not playing this. This was my 2024 EUIC team (a.k.a. Japanese Balance). It was very popular in the early Reg F. I had a very bad RNG tournament run back then. So I am happy that I managed to give a result to this team!

@Xeb_41 Welcome to balance bro

We played two amazing bo3s! On Swiss round I got destroyed. But I was searching for pattern to your gameplan, since I made already top cut. In the finals that double protect on G2 stole me the win.On G3 I did not played so well. Thank you for the great matches! It was an honor!