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Published on June 21st, 2015 | by Rusty

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Teams & Battle Videos from the VGC ’15 Australia National Championships

The Australian Pokémon Nationals were held on the 6th – 8th June. On the 7th June, for the Video Game Championship there were 321 Master, 96 Senior and 54 Junior competitors. Australia was the first country outside of the World Championships to have a Best-of-3 Swiss Rounds format. It was a change that many players had been asking for here, even petitioned for, but didn’t think we would get so soon, so we were surprised and excited to see it happening. It was a grueling day for everyone involved, and after 9 rounds for Masters, 7 rounds for Seniors and 6 rounds for Juniors, we finally had our Top 16 and Top 8’s respectively. Listed below are the Top Cut teams for each division, a tally showing all the Pokemon used more than once in the top cut and videos of the finals for each division.

Masters Division

1. Matthew Roe (RoeySK)

salamence-mega amoonguss tyranitar excadrill rotom-wash aegislash

2. Theron Ho (BlazingSceptile)

kangaskhan-mega gengar-mega sylveon bisharp terrakion thundurus

3. Jackson Lakey (FamousDeaf)

salamence-mega thundurus-therian heatran aegislash virizion clefable

4. Lionel Pryce (CatGonk)

kangaskhan-mega zapdos landorus-therian heatran suicune amoonguss

5. Sean Ronzani

venusaur-mega zapdos milotic weavile aegislash landorus-therian

6. Brendan Webb (FloristtheBudew)

salamence-megarotom-washtyranitarvolcaronaexcadrillferrothorn

7. Ty Power (Sarkastik)

kangaskhan-mega landorus-therian amoonguss suicune aegislash rotom-heat

8. Phil Nguyen (Boomguy)

kangaskhan-mega breloom landorus-therian sylveon suicune rotom-heat

9. Nicholas Bingham (Spiritbomber)

kangaskhan-mega azumarill landorus-therian aegislash amoonguss rotom-heat

10. Saamid Zikiria (Yourf)

kangaskhan-mega zapdos landorus-therian heatran cresselia breloom

11. Matthew Jiwa (JiwaVGC)

gardevoir-mega heatran amoonguss rotom-wash scrafty garchomp

12. Mustafa Olomi (mustytkd)

salamence-mega heatran thundurus cresselia sylveon rhyperior

13. Alexander Poole (triceratops5)

kangaskhan-mega amoonguss heatran cresselia thundurus swampert

14. Christopher Kan

kangaskhan-mega swampert terrakion bisharp talonflame zapdos

15. Eugene Tan (IoriYagami)

banette-mega venusaur-mega rotom-wash landorus-therian scrafty heatran

16. Callum Witt (CruiseVGC)

gardevoir-mega landorus-therian machamp amoonguss thundurus heatran

Senior Division

1. Matthew B. (ZzamanN)

kangaskhan-mega amoonguss landorus-therian thundurus aegislash heatran

2. Patrick M. (Ayrias)

metagross-mega gardevoir hydreigon terrakion staraptor suicune

3. Jakob S. (TheRealFurret)

kangaskhan-mega metagross-mega politoed ferrothorn kingdra thundurus

4. Adam S. (GiraGoomy)

salamence-mega thundurus-incarnate ludicolo politoed terrakion aegislash

5. Aaron V.

kangaskhan-mega sylveon suicune amoonguss thundurus heatran

6. Will G.

salamence-mega excadrill tyranitar aegislash amoonguss suicune

7. Nick C. (batlizard)

kangaskhan-mega virizion landorus-therian thundurus arcanine suicune

8. Nathan S. (Amperes)

kangaskhan-mega gengar rotom-wash aegislash sylveon landorus-therian

Junior Division

1. Nicholas K.

kangaskhan-mega landorus-therian hydreigon sylveon rotom-wash heatran

2. Alfredo C-G.

salamence-mega jellicent magnezone conkeldurr mamoswine whimsicott

3. Luke D.

camerupt-mega cofagrigus gastrodon conkeldurr talonflame sylveon

4. Jack G.

tyranitar-mega garchomp alakazam talonflame gyarados bisharp

5. Jonathan W.

salamence-mega sylveon ferrothorn rotom-heat suicune bisharp

6. Hamish G.

swampert-mega latias-mega lucario-mega typhlosion swellow shiftry

7. Kadan B.

salamence-mega heatran milotic ferrothorn sylveon mienshao

8. Alex C.

salamence-mega aegislash sylveon thundurus talonflame infernape

Mega Pokémon Usage

 Kangaskhan  14
 Salamence  10
 Metagross  2
 Gengar  2
 Venusaur  2
Gardevoir  2
 Camerupt  1
 Swampert  1
 Lucario  1
 Tyranitar  1
Banette  1
 Latias  1

Other Pokémon Usage

 Landorus-Therian 12
 Heatran 12
 Thundurus-Incarnate 10
 Amoonguss 10
 Sylveon 10
 Aegislash 10
 Rotom-Wash 8
 Suicune 7
 Rotom-Heat 4
 Ferrothorn 4
 Biashrp 4
 Talonflame 4
 Terrakion 4
 Zapdos 4
 Excadrill 3
 Tyranitar 3
 Cresselia 3
 Hydreigon 2
 Milotic 2
 Swampert 2
 Scrafty 2
 Breloom 2
 Garchomp 2
 Conkeldurr 2
 Virizion 2
 Politoed 2

All videos for the Australian National Championships including those below can be found here at DYoshiiTV’s YouTube.

Masters Division Final

Senior Division Final

Junior Division Final

Feature image taken by Jesse Wilsone for PokéMelbourne, and used with permission.


About the Author

a pokemon player of old, has been an avid VGC player since the days of Hoenn! Since then he has become an advocate for Pokémon within Australia, and helps to run tournaments within his own state. Never one to keep knowledge to himself, he is here impart what he knows onto the next generation of Pokémon world champions.


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24 Responses to Teams & Battle Videos from the VGC ’15 Australia National Championships

  1. Dawg says:
    June 21, 2015 at 4:47 pm

    Just a small disrepancy, I believe Jackson Lakey was actually 3rd as he had a higher swiss seed. Well played to those who finished well, i hope my commentary in the finals series was sufficient 🙂

  2. Thundershock1234 says:
    June 21, 2015 at 4:54 pm

    Just a small disrepancy, I believe Jackson Lakey was actually 3rd as he had a higher swiss seed. Well played to those who finished well, i hope my commentary in the finals series was sufficient :)

    Probably true, but I believe they had a battle for third place on the day, since the prizes for third and fourth are completely different.

  3. Wyrms Eye says:
    June 21, 2015 at 4:55 pm

    Nice to see the teams from Australia Nats! Want to throw a couple of notes from what I’ve seen:
     

    • Firstly, I want to give mad props to Alex C. in Juniors. I’m a big fan of the Infernape, so you have my support for that!
    • The mega stats do paint an increasingly common picture that is being replicated across most regions, with Kangaskhan being still a popular and respected choice for the majority, but the rise of Salamence is now becoming a factor which its almost ubiquitous use with Sand. I think players are now starting to really get a handle on what it can achieve, and this sets up nicely for US Nats in a couple of weeks time, and potentially Worlds in August. The Masters seemed heavily centralized around these two, with no other main challenger getting a look in, and surprisingly no Charizard at all.
    • For a metagame that conventionally is known for sporting highly unusual picks, the teams seen here are for the most part very strong and none look particularly out of place in the Masters’ division (there’s more unusual picks in the Senior and Junior divisions, but this is widely expected).
    • Landorus-Therian is still pretty commonplace, but nowhere near the level seen in Europe. I think this is partially down to the Asia-Pacific region prioritising different Pokemon and styles, but the tiger is still a common-enough sight for players to consider it the premier Pokemon to cover.
    • Likewise, notable usage for Heatran, Thundurus, Aegislash and Amoonguss is in keeping with expectations as they fulfill key roles on squads more optimally than most other options. Sylveon is slightly higher than I expected, but may be down to it being efficiently re-tooled rather than a return to the Screaming Specs set seen earlier this season.
  4. RevRush says:
    June 21, 2015 at 4:56 pm

    A few unsusual Pokemon here or there, but the stats still show that the Pokemon that normally dominate the meta like Lando-T, Mega Kanga, Thundurus-I, etc. still reign supreme. I am extremely curious to see if nationals will be any different. Even with the same Pokemon though, people always find ways to cleverly use them.

  5. FamousDeaf says:
    June 21, 2015 at 5:01 pm

    Probably true, but I believe they had a battle for third place on the day, since the prizes for third and fourth are completely different.

    They were just exhibition battle. 

  6. Thundershock1234 says:
    June 21, 2015 at 5:06 pm

    They were just exhibition battle.

    Ok, I wasn’t sure. Congrats on your top 4 finish :)

  7. Mr P says:
    June 21, 2015 at 5:17 pm

    ingame teams ahoy

    6. Hamish G.

    swampert-mega latias-mega lucario-mega typhlosion swellow shiftry

  8. FloristtheBudew says:
    June 21, 2015 at 6:08 pm

    Really cool to see this come out now ^_^ Been looking forward to this as people wanted to know all the teams. Thanks Rusty

  9. Rusty says:
    June 21, 2015 at 8:14 pm

    Jackson and Lionel had a 3rd/4th play off match and it was announced as such. Lionel even acknowledged that he got the third spot after beating Jackson. Hence my placings above.

  10. CruiseVGC says:
    June 21, 2015 at 8:24 pm

    The day was really fun. I was so excited to cut in my first year as a Master. Looking forward to next year!

  11. Dawg says:
    June 21, 2015 at 9:19 pm

    Jackson and Lionel had a 3rd/4th play off match and it was announced as such. Lionel even acknowledged that he got the third spot after beating Jackson. Hence my placings above.

    Is this the TPCI placings???

  12. CatGonk says:
    June 21, 2015 at 10:53 pm
    • I came fourth overall, the exhibition match was just to kill time while something happened. Don’t know why this keeps being mistaken, Jackson is third because he placed higher in Swiss. Third place playoff doesn’t exist, the prizes and CP payout are the exact same.
    • BO3 swiss probably thinned a lot of the badstuff out of top cut.
    • There were a few Zard-Y in Swiss, one of which I lost to
    • Everyone in the top cut seemed to have a different experience about the meta. I played four Politoed and zero TR. RoeySK played lots of TR and Spiritbomber played no rain.
    • The usage summaries posted are for all divisions. Three Sylveon in the T16 of masters is in keeping with expectations.
    • It has taken me so much effort to make this post omg my work computer does not like this
  13. FamousDeaf says:
    June 21, 2015 at 11:41 pm

    Like CatGonk said, everyone in the topcut have a different experience about the meta. I played two Mega Charizard-Y (it’s one of my best matchup), two Mega Gardevoir (it was my worst matchup), 1 Mega Salamence (it was in sand team) and 3 Mega Kangaskhan. 
    My team report will be coming up on Nugget Bridge and PokeAustralia if everyone is interesting. 

  14. gabo0 says:
    June 21, 2015 at 11:59 pm

    ingame teams ahoy

    6. Hamish G.

    swampert-mega latias-mega lucario-mega typhlosion swellow shiftry

    I wouldn’t really consider this an in-game team considering you have to go through a long process to get a Lucarionite…

  15. FloristtheBudew says:
    June 22, 2015 at 12:09 am

    I played a lot of Kangaskhan which was funny. As they had a pretty bad match up with my team. I had a few blazikens in swiss and mirror sand teams. So I agree with the thought everyone played a completely different swiss to each other.  

  16. MattDorrell says:
    June 22, 2015 at 1:35 am

    Did the UK nats get a fancy article with names and teams too that I missed or are we stuck with that boring plain list of names?

  17. Rusty says:
    June 22, 2015 at 3:19 am

    Is this the TPCI placings???

     
    Do the points differ? No? Hence it was done that way. It was announced as I said, by the TO as a 3rd place decider exhibition match as points were the same. Regardless it has been fixed.
     

    Did the UK nats get a fancy article with names and teams too that I missed or are we stuck with that boring plain list of names?

     
    Probably. I’m not sure who is doing it though. I did this one a couple of days after Nats, but forgot to put ready for review, hence the delay.. oops XD

  18. Artemis Flynn says:
    June 22, 2015 at 5:05 am

    Swellow!

  19. Dreykopff says:
    June 23, 2015 at 6:42 am

    and surprisingly no Charizard at all.

    Well, this one is surprising. One would think Charizard’s effectivity would rise with Bo3 over Bo1, but something went wrong here… Maybe they all lost one game to a double Heat Wave miss that they really couldn’t afford anymore!?

  20. LightCore says:
    June 23, 2015 at 8:49 am

    Well, this one is surprising. One would think Charizard’s effectivity would rise with Bo3 over Bo1, but something went wrong here… Maybe they all lost one game to a double Heat Wave miss that they really couldn’t afford anymore!?

    My 2014 Mass Regs run summed up in one sentence

  21. FamousDeaf says:
    June 23, 2015 at 8:57 am

    Well, this one is surprising. One would think Charizard’s effectivity would rise with Bo3 over Bo1, but something went wrong here… Maybe they all lost one game to a double Heat Wave miss that they really couldn’t afford anymore!?

    Mega Charizard-Y would need eye test

  22. 13ulbasaur says:
    June 23, 2015 at 2:29 pm

    Mega Charizard-Y would need eye test

    Flamethrower new meta imo :P

  23. ZzamanN says:
    June 25, 2015 at 3:18 am

    Lol, that loser over reacting in the Seniors finals. What a retard….

  24. FloristtheBudew says:
    June 25, 2015 at 6:38 am

    Lol, that loser over reacting in the Seniors finals. What a retard….

    The grand finalist deserved his placing :3

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