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| Published January 10th, 2014 by Scott
After Fall Regionals continued with Black and White 2 for one last set of events, we finally have our first Pokémon X & Y events for Championship Points over the next three weekends. While we’ve gotten ... Read More →
| Published December 18th, 2013 by Oryx
For the first time since the release of Pokémon Gold and Silver in 1999, Pokémon introduced a new type in Pokémon X and Y, the Fairy type. Initially, response to the Fairy type was mixed. The ... Read More →
| Published December 5th, 2013 by Havak
Nintendo UK’s Pokémon Winter Event Finals take place this weekend, featuring many of the United Kingdom’s best players. I thought it’d be a good idea to write a preview article about the event and mention the ... Read More →
| Published November 23rd, 2013 by Scott
While together they look a bit like a reference table in a mathematics textbook, Speed tiers are what drive turns in Pokémon. Knowing whether your Pokémon is going to move before or after its opponents is ... Read More →
| Published November 21st, 2013 by Scott
While we still don’t have an official ruleset for the VGC ’14 season, many players have been battling on the Doubles ladder on the in-game Battle Spot feature in order to get practice with the X ... Read More →
| Published November 16th, 2013 by Scott
Welcome to part 2 of Nugget Bridge’s Pokémon X & Y changes review! Last time I wrote a bit about some of the gameplay mechanics changes and move updates in X & Y, and before moving ... Read More →
| Published November 13th, 2013 by Stats
Note: Some game mechanics such as Draco Meteor’s base power have changed since the writing of this article which factors into the examples, but the content itself is still valuable for the 6th generation and beyond. ... Read More →
| Published November 7th, 2013 by tanzying
Nearly a month into the release of Pokémon X and Y, many competitive players have already moved past the initial in-game and exploration stages and are starting to breed their teams to participate in Random Matchup ... Read More →
| Published November 1st, 2013 by Scott
While I’d normally be writing a Regionals retrospective right about now, I don’t feel like there’s a whole lot of value in going over the last set of Regionals given that they were the last events ... Read More →
| Published October 26th, 2013 by Scott
Finally, the last of the BW2 Regionals is upon us! I’m about 60 Wi-Fi matches into Pokémon XY now, and like I imagine is the case for most of you, playing Black 2 and White 2 ... Read More →