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Published on April 19th, 2014 | by Braverius

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Teams from the VGC ’14 Spring Regionals

The second set of events since the release of Pokémon X & Y have finished and it’s time to look at what Pokémon were used by players who occupied the top of the standings in April. Keep in mind that we’ll be taking a very high level look at things, so we do not have details like items, natures, moves, or EV spreads, which players use to really set their Pokémon apart.

Seattle, Washington

1. Tony Cheung (Chinese Dood)

raichugengargyaradosrotom-heatstaraptorscizor

2. Randy Kwa (R Inanimate)

smeargleblastoisevenusaurrotom-heatgarchompscizor

3. Thomas Mifflin (PBB)

kangaskhansalamencegardevoirrotom-washaegislashtyranitar

4. Max Douglas (starmetroid)

charizardvenusaurgarchomprotom-heataegislashsalamence

5. Braden Smith (dop3 alien)

manectricmachampaegislashrotom-heatgardevoirgarchomp

6. John Rust (jnrust)

vaporeongarchompazumarillaegislashcharizardmanectric

7. Jason Wynja (Arti)

manectrictalonflameazumarilllanturnsalamenceferrothorn

8. Ben Demian

chandeluregarchompabomasnowconkeldurrtyranitarreuniclus

9. Mike Suleski (OmegaDonut)

aegislashgarchompvenusaurrotom-heatsalamenceazumarill

10. Alberto Lara

kangaskhantalonflamemeowsticsalamencecharizardgarchomp

11. Gavin Michaels (kingofmars)

charizardvenusaurmamoswinerotom-washaerodactylscrafty

12. Jesse Alexander

tyranitartalonflameklefkirotom-washgyaradosjolteon

13. Matthew Crews (Sprocket)

mawilemeowsticbisharprotom-washgarchompchandelure

14. Jacob Rivas

kangaskhansalamencegardevoirrotom-heattalonflamemamoswine

15. Carter Beggs

ferrothornaerodactylaegislashrotom-heatgarchompgardevoir

16. Emilio Orozco

mawileslowkingchandelurerotom-washscraftysableye

Sturbridge, Massachusetts

1. Ray Rizzo (Ray)

wigglytuffaegislashrotom-heatsalamenceamoongusskangaskhan

2. Chuppa Cross (Chuppa)

meowsticaegislashrotom-washsalamencevenusaurkangaskhan

3. Trista Medine (ryuzaki)

gardevoirmawiletyranitarsalamenceamoongussmachamp

4. Adam Lapidus

talonflamegarchompmanectricgyaradosamoongusskangaskhan

5. Denny Hamchand

kangaskhanazumarillrotom-heathydreigonaegislashmeowstic

6. Caleb Ryor (BlitznBurst)

azumarillgarchomprotom-heatsalamencevenusaurlucario

7. Tommy Coolean (Tman)

meowstictalonflamemamoswinekingdrapolitoedmawile

8. Matthew Terriberry

gardevoirgarchomprotom-washbisharpmienshaocharizard

Athens, Georgia

1. Michael Lanzano (JiveTime)

gardevoirsalamencerotom-heatbisharpgarchompkangaskhan

2. DeVon Ingram (dingram)

mawilesalamencerotom-heattyranitarludicolokangaskhan

3. Jack Pendleton (Pendlz)

aegislashgarchomprotom-heatstaraptoramoongusskangaskhan

4. Andrew Otte (Otterz)

gardevoirtalonflamerotom-washferrothornnidoqueenkangaskhan

5. Kyle Smith

salamencegarchomprotom-washchandelureludicolomawile

6. Ian Packer

aegislashgreninjascraftydragonitemeowstickangaskhan

7. Daniel Bird

mawilegarchompsalamenceferrothornrotom-washtyranitar

8. Ed Glover (MinchiHipster)

charizardferrothornnidoqueenmanectricazumarillaerodactyl

9. Michael Shaw

10. Harrison Saylor (Crow)

aegislashsalamencerotom-heatgyaradosvenusaurkangaskhan

11. James Hutson

garchompaerodactylmanectricaegislashcharizardamoonguss

12. Patrick Glynn

13. Jerry Woods III (Sabaku)

mawilerhydonrotom-washcharizardgothitellescrafty

14. Hanna Coder (Purim)

aegislashgarchomprotom-mowgreninjadelphoxkangaskhan

15. Isaac Van Name

conkeldurrscizorrotom-mowgoodragyaradosklefki

16. William Pierce (whatthechuck3)

garchomppyroarrotom-washazumarillamoongussmawile

Overland Park, Kansas

1. Ben Irons (benjitheGREAT)

salamencetyranitarrotom-washkangaskhanscizoramoonguss

2. Greyson Garren (GreySong)

gardevoirhydreigonrotom-washkangaskhantalonflameamoonguss

3. Collin Heier (TheBattleRoom)

chandelurehydreigonrotom-washgarchompreuniclusmawile

4. Austin Bastida-Ramos (Syncie)

talonflamegarchomprotom-washkangaskhanlucarioliepard

5. Aaron Grubbs (LPFan)

salamencetyranitarrotom-heatkangaskhanscizoramoonguss

6. Whitney Johnson (brokestupidlonely)

politoedbisharpmanectrickangaskhansableyegourgeist

7. Blake Hopper (Mrbopper)

aerodactylvenusaurrotom-washgarchompsalamencemawile

8. Matt Vang

charizardvenusaurmienshaorotom-washaegislashgyarados

Madison, Wisconsin

1. Collin Heier (TheBattleRoom)

reunicluschandelurehydreigonmawilegarchomprotom-wash

2. Manoj Sunny (MangoSol)

kangaskhangarchompgourgeistgardevoirtalonflamebisharp

3. Andrew Burley (Andykins)

venusauraegislashtyranitarazumarillsalamencerotom-heat

4. Nathan Powell (illuminatimon)

kangaskhansalamenceaegislashazumarillgarchomprotom-heat

5. Oliver Valenti (Smith)

kangaskhantyranitaraegislashamoongusssalamencerotom-wash

6. Ezekiel Thornburgh (Ezekiel)

kangaskhanamoongussazumarillscraftynoivernrotom-heat

7. Jonathan McMillan (MrEobo)

kangaskhanaegislashchesnaughtsalamencetyranitarrotom-heat

8. Trista Medine (ryuzaki)

kangaskhankingdrapolitoedmanectrictalonflameferrothorn

Salt Lake City, Utah

1. Joey McGinley (joej m)

kangaskhanhydreigonazumarillamoongussrotom-heataerodactyl

2. Ben Hickey (Darkpenguin67)

mienshaochandeluremawilegyaradosrotom-washhydreigon

3. Bridger Snow (Squirtwo)

rhydonkecleonmr-mimecharizardtrevenantscrafty

4. Chase Lybbert (I am Rookie)

greninjacharizardscraftyaegislashmamoswinevenusaur

5. Alberto Lara

kangaskhanmeowsticcharizardsalamencerotom-washgarchomp

6. John Steffen (Legend)

pinsirtyranitarludicologarchomprotom-heataegislash

7. Eduardo Mendez (JustEdo)

venusaurcharizardscraftygarchomprotom-washmamoswine

8. Chalkey Horenstein (Chalkey)

salamenceaerodactylgarchompmawilerotom-washvenusaur


About the Author

started playing competitive Pokemon in April 2011. Since then he has been fortunate enough to compete in numerous official live events, qualifying for Worlds in 2013 and winning four Regionals along the way.



31 Responses to Teams from the VGC ’14 Spring Regionals

  1. DynoQuilava says:

    Ummm….. Is there any teams for Seniors??? Just curious 😐

  2. Firestorm says:

    Seniors did use teams as far as I know but none of them have put the effort in to compile them so a list does not exist. If someone wants to do the work, we can publish it.

  3. DynoQuilava says:

    Okay… Thx for telling me 🙂

  4. FlacidPanda says:

    Interesting how as the regions are less developed, the number of kangashkans increase..

  5. nice work zach in putting this altogether. I’m always glad to know of what people ran/are running.

  6. Retro says:

    Cool to see a Reuniclus in a team that won a regional.

  7. rapha says:

    Awesome!

    I never realized how many people had double megas; that’s never something I’ve gotten to work. I also wanna know how Squirtwo placed third with a Kecleon. I mean, Mr. Mime, Rhydon, Trevenant are a little crazy in their own right, but Kecleon.

  8. Braverius says:

    Some usage stats here:
     

    Kangaskhan

    27

    Garchomp

    26

    Salamence

    24

    Rotom-W

    24

    Rotom-H

    21

    Aegislash

    20

    Mawile

    14

    Venusaur

    12

    Charizard

    12

    Amoonguss

    11

    Talonflame

    11

    Tyranitar

    11

    Gardevoir

    11

    Azumarill

    10

    Scrafty

    8

    Meowstic

    7

    Gyarados

    7

    Manectric

    7

    Aerodactyl

    7

    Hydreigon

    6

    Ferrothorn

    6

    Chandelure

    6

    Mamoswine

    5

    Bisharp

    5

    Scizor

    5

    Politoed

    3

    Mienshao

    3

    Ludicolo

    3

    Greninja

    3

    Machamp

    2

    Lucario

    2

    Kingdra

    2

    Staraptor

    2

    Klefki

    2

    Sableye

    2

    Reuniclus

    2

    Gourgeist

    2

    Nidoqueen

    2

    Rhydon

    2

    Rotom-C

    2

    Wigglytuff

    1

    Raichu

    1

    Gengar

    1

    Smeargle

    1

    Blastoise

    1

    Lanturn

    1

    Jolteon

    1

    Slowking

    1

    Liepard

    1

    Dragonite

    1

    Gothitelle

    1

    Delphox

    1

    Goodra

    1

    Pyroar

    1

    Kecleon

    1

    Mr. Mime

    1

    Trevenant

    1

    Pinsir

    1

    Chesnaught

    1

    Noivern

    1

  9. R Inanimate says:

    Cool stuff.
     
    There’s a pretty big drop off between Aegislash and Mawile. Going from 20 -> 14.
    Incidently, Aegislash is #6.
    #BIGSIX.
    Who cares that there are two Rotom Formes within the six, thus making it an illegal team.
     
    There are 20 Pokemon that only showed up on a single top cut team at any Spring Regional…
     
    squirtwo has the most with three. (Trevenant, Mr. Mime, Kecleon)
    Chinese Dood and I have two. (Gengar, Raichu and Blastoise, Smeargle respectively)
     
    The following other players had 1 on their team (non forum names in italics):
    Ray (Wigglytuff)
    Arti (Lanturn)
    KingDedede16 (Jolteon)
    Emilio Orozco (Slowking)
    Ian Packer (Dragonite)
    Sabaku (Gothitelle)
    Purim (Delphox)
    Isaac Van Name (Goodra)
    whatthechuck3 (Pyroar)
    Syncie (Liepard)
    Ezekiel (Noivern)
    MrEobo (Chesnaught)
    Legend (Pinsir)
     
    Seattle was the regional with the most of these Unique Pokemon with 7. Athens had 5, Salt Lake City had 4, Madison had 2, and the last two had one each.

  10. Lejn says:

    Rotom-H: 21, Rotom-W: 24

    Rise my ovens, rise!

  11. ultimatedra says:

    I can attest to Squirtwo’s team being well thought out and very much deserving of the 3rd place finish. I don’t want to ruin anything for when/if he does an article of his team, but the defensive nature of his team is astounding and I am looking forward to see what changes he will make for nationals.

  12. kibago11 says:

    Congrats to all that played! Real interested on seeing Squirtwo’ report on such a different team list to those others you see on the list. The number of Aegislash and Aerodactyl seem to be getting real popular after Battle Gloria…

  13. Grumpy Greg says:

    Hmmm…Talonflame was used only 11 times. These good players probably realized how bad it really is.

  14. joej m says:

    Hmmm…Talonflame was used only 11 times. These good players probably realized how bad it really is.

    I actually didn’t battle a single talonflame in Utah which surprised me a lot.

  15. Andykins says:

    Fairly certain that Mike Suleski (OmegaDonut) used Garchomp over Gardevoir when he was on stream.

  16. Xenoblade Hero says:

    I have to add that Kecleon was used by Rina Purdy at Manchester Tournament earlier this year, she managed to top cut the event too. It can be used incredibly well offensively with access to Protean and Trick Room 🙂 Congratulations to Squirtwo for bringing the Pokemon to Regional level, its great to see someone not playing with a “safe” team at such a prestigious event and pulling it off well!

  17. starmetroid says:

    John Rust’s team from Washington was Vaporeon / Garchomp / Azumarill / Aegislash / Charizard / Manectric

  18. bowtie says:

    Cool stuff.
     
    There’s a pretty big drop off between Aegislash and Mawile. Going from 20 -> 14.
    Incidently, Aegislash is #6.
    #BIGSIX.
    Who cares that there are two Rotom Formes within the six, thus making it an illegal team.
     
    There are 20 Pokemon that only showed up on a single top cut team at any Spring Regional…
     
    squirtwo has the most with three. (Trevenant, Mr. Mime, Kecleon)
    Chinese Dood and I have two. (Gengar, Raichu and Blastoise, Smeargle respectively)
     
    The following other players had 1 on their team (non forum names in italics):
    Ray (Wigglytuff)
    Arti (Lanturn)
    KingDedede16 (Jolteon)
    Emilio Orozco (Slowking)
    Ian Packer (Dragonite)
    Sabaku (Gothitelle)
    Purim (Delphox)
    Isaac Van Name (Goodra)
    whatthechuck3 (Pyroar)
    Syncie (Liepard)
    Ezekiel (Noivern)
    MrEobo (Chesnaught)
    Legend (Pinsir)
     
    Seattle was the regional with the most of these Unique Pokemon with 7. Athens had 5, Salt Lake City had 4, Madison had 2, and the last two had one each.

     
    I also had Conkeldurr in addition to Goodra, which also didn’t show on the usage stats posted by Zach. Not that Conkeldurr shows up on a top list of anything nowadays.  :P

  19. killer crane says:

    Ben Demian from Seattle had: Chandelure, Garchomp, Abomasnow, Conkeldurr, Tyranitar, Reuniclus

  20. Safro Amurai says:

    Mad props to Squirtwo for that kecleon. I’d really like to see moveset and ev-spreads from that one

  21. Firestorm says:

    Updated with info from this thread.

  22. glooba says:

    If you’re doing seniors, I’ll go ahead and post my team (this is Tyler C., by the way):

    Aromitisse, Chandelure, Mawile, Vaporeon, Conkeldurr, and Reuniclus.

  23. glooba says:

    I was at the Athens regionals, too.

  24. Lajo says:

    The probably most discussed team here is actually really similar to my own version of Sunroom (I used it in the european friendly against Deku) consisting of Trevenant, Scrafty, Rhydon and Charizard (building the core) with Aerodactly for wide guard support and mawile to have an offensive TR mode.

    I really like the thought of Mr.Mime, solving that wide guard problem and having the very good fairy type combined in one Pokémon, I think I give it a try now, too.
    But what makes this team so special and fascinating for me is the addition of Kecleon- I don´t know it yet, but I would be amazed if he used Skill swap to make use of drought, Lightningrod and intimidate and just to think about that makes me feel nostalgic about my Sun Team from last year.

    I really hope to see a report of this team and kudos to Squirtwo for placing high with it!

  25. moe1216 says:

    I am Patrick Glynn and my Team was Aegislash, Scrafty, Mega-manectric, Mega Kangaskhan, Salamence, and Gardevoir. To prove it my top 16 opponent was Ian Packer and top 8 was Jack Pendleton.

  26. Does anyone know if Tony’s Gengar was Mega? If so, what EV spread he used? I’ve been looking for some inspiration for my EV spread on mine.

  27. Sprocket says:

    TonyCheung’s gengar was mega. Believe it was 252hp 4def 252spa modest

  28. Chinese Dood says:

    Hey yes, my Gengar was a Mega Gengar. The spread is 252 HP 4 Def 252 Speed Timid.
     
    I will have a team report/analysis written up in the next couple days.

  29. Hey yes, my Gengar was a Mega Gengar. The spread is 252 HP 4 Def 252 Speed Timid.

    I will have a team report/analysis written up in the next couple days.

    Did you end up writing anything? Your team is still my favourite this season

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