DiddlySquatVGC

Ended SV with a 7-4 at Utrecht Regionals, my best result yet. Very happy with this run and this season. Got a lot more consistent results, especially in the last couple of months. Very excited to see what the new season will bring! Team I used: pokepast.es/6778b15a8bd15a…

@kauVGC @adisubra @tomcheung22 Gratz on the run! I’ve been trying to adapt Fede Mirai+Lunala to beat CSR+Zama, but never would have thought of this. Very interested in calcs and gameplans, but your DMs are closed. Can you send me them?

I went undefeated in swiss and top cut Hong Kong MBL (Nationals) with Miraidon Ho-oh and Jolly Ursaluna! The CSR Zama matchup is so free 😌 Shoutout to @adisubra for the original team and @tomcheung22 Paste: pokepast.es/6805d632f60ac4… Feel free to DM me for calcs and gameplans

@Profkoji I used to lose a lot of games because I was focusing too much on the short-term. Now I ask myself every turn: what is my long-term plan and what is theirs? It has drastically improved my overall decision making.

I WANT ANY AND EVERYONE TO PLEASE REPLY 🚨 I’m trying to get better at VGC. I’m decent but have been stuck around 2,000+ and would love to “git gud”. What is your approach to the game to fix consistency? I feel so inconsistent in Pokémon champions and am trying to improve.

@_Ghira_ Love the team! Giratina-O is such an original pick, but it works really well in the current meta. Have you tested Coaching on Urshifu? Can imagine it's great with 6 physical attackers. Or is it too much of a momentum sink?

PRAGUE TEAM REPORT Below you’ll find a full team report with a SUPER detailed explanation of the Giratina team, along with the rental code if you’d like to try it yourself. 1/2

@FedeCampoVGC Happy birthday!

+21, Prague regionals didn’t go really well but celebrating my birthday here with the VGC community was amazing

@MarK_bscrew @arubega_poke Amazing run, gratz man!

Prague was unreal. I'm so happy I finished top 8 and it was a lovely experience seeing friends and meeting new ones. Shoutout to Aurélien and Raphael for helping me with the team, to @arubega_poke for building the team, to NYAM for always helping me and to everyone supporting me

@MichaelderBeste Sad I won't be able to see you in Utrecht =( Good luck in Prague!

On my way to Prague, wish me luck for (probably) my last tournament of the season. I'll finish the SV era with my personal goats 🫡

@MichaelderBeste Cres+Bear let's go!

This weekend I'll play my first local since beginning of September. Does anyone have an idea what I should bring? 🫠

@MichaelderBeste How often did Icy Wind + Ursaluna come up vs Incin/Rilla/Bolt for you? Aaron Brok seemed pretty intent on not bringing Cress+Ursa vs that type of team. Do you feel it's worth sacrificing bulk (and Ice Beam on Cres possibly) for that?

It's time for some explanations. Flutter Mane: I'm a big fan of Timid Flutter Mane when running the Choice Specs. I decided to go with 191 speed to outspeed the 95ers in Tailwind (some Ursa / Incin) as well as Dondozo. The HP / Defense split is good cause you survive Jolly Icicle Crash from Chien-Pao as well as +1 Grassy Glide from Ogerpon that are EVd to survive Tera Surging Strikes (a little confusing I know but it's very common). On the special side you can take hits like Meteor Beam from Glimmora or a super effective Sludge Bomb (cause of Tera Fairy) from Landorus. I dumped the rest into Special Attack to also deal a lot of damage. You can for example OHKO Assault Vest Raging Bolt or Landorus with Tera Fairy Moonblast. I like Power Gem as 4th move to chunk Fire Types like Ogerpon, Incineroar or Urshifu (lol) for more. Cresselia: I've always been a big Cresselia believer, especially with both Icy Wind and Trick Room as speed control. The speed stat of 116 lets it outrun most Rillaboom, Incineroar and Raging Bolt. This pairs really nicely with Ursaluna since you can double top all these Pokémon with Icy Wind + Facade/Headlong Rush. I went for a Calm Nature to give it mote sustain against Raging Bolt, Flutter Mane and Regidrago. 164 Defense EVs are the break point for Surging Strikes. It also lets you survive +2 Tera Ivy Cudgel from Hearthflame most of the time. I like Tera Steel a lot against all ground types (Sludge Bomb Lando, Blood Moon/Facade Ursaluna). It is also arguably the best typing into Flutter Mane. Amoonguss: Tera Fire Amoonguss has been popping off lately. It's insanely useful against Ogerpon-Hearthflame and can be used against other Fire types like Incineroar and Chi-Yu as well. I went for my favourite Rocky Helmet Amoonguss spread which survives Adamant Chien-Pao Ice Spinner / Icicle Crash (25% Chance to KO) while having enough special defense to take a Hurricane from Pelipper and Blood Moon from Ursaluna with Life Orb (25% Chance to KO again). Putting 4 Speed on your Amoonguss greatly helps against opposing ones. It also benefits from Icy Wind a little more than running 27 IVs or a Relaxed Nature. The 27 speed IV myth is still alive and it needs to stop cause nobody is running Trick Room teams with a min speed Base 50 Pokémon. Urshifu-Rapid-Strike: I still believe that he is the guy. Mystic Water Urshifu is incredible in many ways. Tera Steel is great into a lot of things. You resist the Dragon Moves from Raging Bolt, Bleakwind Storm, Grass & Fairy Moves altogether while also gaining a good type into PsySpam. Mystic Water paired with 188+ Attack gives you the OHKO into bulkless Ogerpon-H/R. The speed stat lets you outrun Max Speed Modest Raging Bolt as well as all the Pokémon your Flutter Mane outsped after an Icy Wind. This is great for gaining information in a Bo3. The bulk is incredible too. You can survive a Moonblast from Speed Booster Flutter Mane (50% Chance vs 4 SpAtk) but more importantly you survive Earth Power from Landorus, Thunderclap from non damage boosting item Raging Bolt or a Miracle Seed boosted Grassy Glide from Rillaboom. Ursaluna: The spread might look boring but there is a lot of meaning behind it. Maxing out Ursalunas Attack is quite important in the current metagame. You cannot get away with running 156+ cause you need to OHKO Incineroar with Headlong Rush. Increasing your chance to eliminate Amoonguss is also really good. 86 speed is great to outspeed -2 Landorus & co., slow Incineroar as well as the ones I mentioned when talking about Cresselia. Once again, if your Urshifu outspeeds something you weren't sure about, that menas that Ursaluna will outspeed it too after an Icy Wind. The rest is dumped into HP to maximize Ursalunas staying power.

@HavikfromMK @MichaelderBeste I've played a lot with Cres Ursa and AV Incin is really ncie because you can afford to invest more into offense rather than having to use all your EVs for bulk. Incin + Cres is a very common pair on the field, but it's very passive if you have uninvested offences on Incin.

@MichaelderBeste Michael do you think av incin is necessary on this team, or could it be another item like sitrus or rocky helmet?

@MichaelderBeste I could have guessed that haha. Thanks for the reply and thanks for all the amazing content you put out! Trying to get to day2 regional level and your videos are immensely helpful for that!

@DiddlySquatVGC I always use my own spreads x)

I finished 35th in VR this weekend (Top 20% again but not Day 2 lol) with the Erizabeth Gouging Fire Team. I also played another incredible stacked tour on Sunday where I finished 3rd with Smooch Flutter Mane. I still hate Double Fake Out + Setup cause it's boring to play 😩

@tsltang0508 Very fair. Thanks for responding and good luck at NAIC if you're competing! Always love your teams

@DiddlySquatVGC not planning to share but not a lot of surprise set besides one move

Finished gc3 at rank 12. Was using a mixed speed p2 team was really fun!!