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Published on February 16th, 2014 | by kingofmars

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Teams from the VGC ’14 Winter Regionals

The first major block of events in the 2014 Pokémon Video Game Championship Series have finished and it’s a good time to look back on what was used by the top players on the field so we can start preparing for the next wave of events later this year. Below, we have the teams used by Masters division players who made the top cut at each of the Regional Championships in January. Curious about Virginia? We had it in a separate article here.

St. Charles, Missouri

1. Matthew Carter (mattj)

kangaskhantalonflameabomasnowchandelurezapdosmienshao

2. Wesley Morioka (Wesley)

tyranitarcharizardgardevoirmanectrictrevenantgarchomp

3. Ashton Cox (linkyoshimario)

diggersbyweavileclawitzercharizardgarchompchesnaught

4. Greyson Garren (Greysong)

talonflamegardevoirkangaskhanamoongusshydreigonrotom-wash

5. Blake Hopper (mrbopper)

rotom-washsalamencetalonflameflorgeslucarioamoonguss

6. Scott Glaza (Scott)

salamencegarchomptyranitarkangaskhanferrothornrotom-heat

7. Greg Johnson (bgt)

manectrickangaskhanrotom-washmamoswinegarchomptalonflame

8. Leonard Craft III (DaWoblefet)

salamenceamoongusskangaskhanrotom-heatmeowsticgyarados

9. Keegan Beljanski (Darkeness)

charizardludicolorhydonsalamencegourgeistaerodactyl

10. Collin Heier (TheBattleRoom)

aegislashgarchompkangaskhanrotom-heatgyaradoshydreigon

11. Jonathan Rankin (Jrank)

hydreigonamoongusstalonflameaegislashkangaskhanrotom-wash

12. Tyler Hagan (Tyler)

heracrosssalamencerotom-washmawilemanectricamoonguss

13. Joseph Brummet (lucariojr)

garchompgothitelletyranitarmawiletalonflamerotom-wash

14. Joseph Darby (JoseSucio)

gyaradosrotom-heatkangaskhantyranitargarchompamoonguss

15. Erick Herrera (Godofcloud9)

roserademanectricazumarillscraftytyranitardelphox

16. Tiffany Stanley (Shiloh)

ferrothorngardevoirmanectricgyaradosdrifblimtyranitar

Salem, Oregon

 1. Alex Stempe (Stempe)

bisharpsalamencegoodrarotom-heatgardevoirkangaskhan

2. Alex Ogloza (Evan Falco)

salamencerotom-washscizortyranitarmawilegoodra

3. Tony Cheung (Chinese Dood)

zapdosvenusaurscizorrotom-heatconkeldurrgyarados

4. Kacey Traver (KTween)

rotom-washmawilesalamencegarchomptyranitarferrothorn

5. Michael Hutchinson

abomasnowclawitzerreuniclusrhyperiorrotom-heataromatisse

6. Jason Wynja (Arti)

garchomprotom-washamoongusstalonflamegengartyranitar

7. Hajime Uesegi (Aravalent)

mienshaotalonflamerotom-washroseradekangaskhanmamoswine

8. Sean Webb

aegislashscizornoivernmeowsticaerodactyltalonflame

Long Beach, California

1. Omari Travis (BadIntent)

charizardvenusaurscraftyrotom-washgarchompmamoswine

2. Gavin Michaels (kingofmars)

charizardvenusaurscraftyrotom-washgarchompgyarados

3. Paul Hornak (makiri)

ferrothornrotom-heatgarchompsalamencetyranitarkangaskhan

4. Jackson Daugherty (Jackson7 D)

blastoiserotom-heatamoongusstyranitarsalamenceaegislash

5. Alberto Lara

6. Alec Wild (Pokemonmaster649)

gyaradosrotom-heatkangaskhanmanectricamoongussgarchomp

7. Colten Lybbert

mienshaonidokingdragoniteclawitzervenusaurrotom-heat

8. Mike Suleski (OmegaDonut)

chandelurescraftyamoongussrotom-washkangaskhanhydreigon

9. Sam Johnson (RastaCharmander)

kangaskhannoiverntalonflamegarchompmalamarlucario

10. Anthony Jimenez (DarkAssassin)

ferrothornmawilegarchomprotom-washsalamencetalonflame

11. Johnathan Mendoza

medichamklefkiaerodactyltyranitarrotom-washscizor

12. Luis Chamorro (religiousjedi)

meowstictalonflamesalamencemawilerotom-washgarchomp

13. Travis Evans (shinryu)

kangaskhanklefkiazumarillgoodragarchomprotom-heat

14. Erik Holmstrom

gyaradosmanectrictalonflamelucarioliepardferrothorn

15. Tiffany Sera (tiffyxy)

dragonitetalonflamerotom-washkangaskhanmeowsticconkeldurr

16. Bridger Snow

scraftyexploudmr-mimecharizardrhydontrevenant

17. Diego Cruz

meowstickangaskhanrotom-washtalonflameliepardferrothorn

18. Len Deuel (Alaka)

manectricheracrosssalamencemawileamoongussrotom-wash

19. Tony Pan

manectrictalonflamebisharpconkeldurrsalamenceamoonguss

20. Riley Factura (Gengarboi)

tyranitargarchompazumarillsalamenceferrothornkangaskhan

21. Andy Garcia

salamencekangaskhangarchomprotom-heatamoongussscizor

22. Eric Chan

23. Andrew Kemmett

gyaradosnoiverncharizardvenusaursalamencemienshao

24. Jose Ochoa (supe)

talonflamemawilegarchomprotom-washtyranitarferrothorn

25. Kyle Loh (Mr. Fookie)

26. Daniel Claus

azumarillscraftytalonflamegengartyranitarrotom-wash

27. Kellen Ho

charizardvenusaurgarchomprotomkangaskhansableye

28. Jobany Vasquez

29. Kevin Molina

hydreigonrotom-washkangaskhantalonflamemeowsticscrafty

30. Rolland Wu

rotom-washkangaskhangyaradosgarchompferrothornchandelure

31. Grant Wheatley

salamencegarchompamoongusskangaskhantalonflamerotom-wash

32. Justin Biller

venusaurmawilegreninjacharizardslowkingmeowstic

Orlando, Florida

1. Zach Droegkamp (Zach)

gourgeistkangaskhanrotom-washtalonflametyranitargarchomp

2. Stephen Scruggs

rotom-washkangaskhanliepardazumarillferrothornchandelure

3. Mike Suleski (OmegaDonut)

chandelurescraftyrotom-washamoongussflorgesaerodactyl

4. Ashton Cox (linkyoshimario)

diggersbyweavilecharizardgarchompclawitzerzapdos

5. Ray Rizzo (Ray)

mawilegarchompsalamenceferrothornrotom-washtyranitar

6. Matt Souerbry (matt)

charizardscraftyvenusaurmamoswinegarchomprotom-wash

7. Stephen Morioka (Stephen)

azumarillsalamencevenusaurgardevoirgarchompcharizard

8. David Brickeen (Relados)

garchomptyranitarrotom-washscraftygengaraegislash

9. Ian Packer

dragonitegardevoirgreninjamienshaokangaskhantalonflame

10. Michael Shaw

salamencegarchompscizorkangaskhanrotom-washtalonflame

11. Alison McDonald (Fishy)

abomasnowmawilearomatisseazumarillhariyamachandelure

12. Ryan Luu

garchomparticunoludicolopolitoedkangaskhantalonflame

13. Brian Jens

14. DeVon Ingram (dingram)

scraftycharizardvenusaurgyaradosrotom-washgarchomp

15. Richard Colina (Pulpsock)

rotom-washtalonflameaegislashkangaskhanklefkiferrothorn

16. Edwin Baez (Chogy64)

ferrothornscraftycharizardgarchomprotom-heatgreninja

Winter Regionals Masters Top Cut Usage Statistics

Rank Pokemon Uses % (/82)
1 Garchomp 42 51.22%
2 Rotom-W 39 47.56%
3 Kangaskhan 36 43.90%
4 Talonflame 34 41.46%
5 Salamence 28 34.15%
6 Tyranitar 19 23.17%
7 Amoonguss 18 21.95%
7 Charizard 18 21.95%
9 Rotom-H 17 20.73%
10 Ferrothorn 15 18.29%
11 Mawile 14 17.07%
12 Scrafty 13 15.85%
13 Gyarados 12 14.63%
13 Venusaur 11 13.41%
15 Manectric 11 13.41%
16 Chandelure 8 9.76%
16 Gardevoir 8 9.76%
18 Azumarill 7 8.54%
18 Meowstic 7 8.54%
18 Scizor 7 8.54%
21 Clawitzer 6 7.32%
21 Hydreigon 6 7.32%
21 Mamoswine 6 7.32%
21 Mienshao 6 7.32%
25 Aegislash 5 6.10%
25 Ludicolo 5 6.10%
25 Klefki 5 6.10%
28 Abomasnow 4 4.88%
28 Aerodactyl 4 4.88%
28 Greninja 4 4.88%
28 Lucario 4 4.88%
28 Zapdos 4 4.88%
33 Aromatisse 3 3.66%
33 Conkeldurr 3 3.66%
33 Diggersby 3 3.66%
33 Dragonite 3 3.66%
33 Florges 3 3.66%
33 Goodra 3 3.66%
33 Gourgeist 3 3.66%
33 Noivern 3 3.66%
33 Weavile 3 3.66%
42 Chesnaught 2 3.66%
42 Gengar 2 2.44%
42 Heracross 2 2.44%
42 Liepard 2 2.44%
42 Mr. Mime 2 2.44%
42 Politoed 2 2.44%
42 Rhydon 2 2.44%
42 Roserade 2 2.44%
42 Trevenant 2 2.44%
51 Absol 1 1.22%
51 Articuno 1 1.22%
51 Bisharp 1 1.22%
51 Blastoise 1 1.22%
51 Delphox 1 1.22%
51 Drifblim 1 1.22%
51 Exploud 1 1.22%
51 Gothitelle 1 1.22%
51 Hariyama 1 1.22%
51 Krookodile 1 1.22%
51 Machamp 1 1.22%
51 Magnezone 1 1.22%
51 Malamar 1 1.22%
51 Medicham 1 1.22%
51 Nidoking 1 1.22%
51 Nidoqueen 1 1.22%
51 Reuniclus 1 1.22%
51 Rotom-C 1 1.22%
51 Rhyperior 1 1.22%
51 Sableye 1 1.22%
51 Slowking 1 1.22%
51 Vaporeon 1 1.22%

Notes: Data is currently out of 82 teams listed rather than out of all 88 teams. Two Pokemon are missing from this data: the Rotom who’s forme we were unsure of and one other mystery Pokemon who somehow fell through the cracks. Since it’s a little hard to see with the way the table is presented, 72 different Pokemon were used in a Winter Regional Masters Top Cut match. The Virginia teams are included with the teams from the four Regionals listed on this page in this data.


About the Author

Gavin has been playing VGC since 2011, with notable finishes including Top 8 at Worlds 2012 and 1st at 2013 US Nationals. He also keeps track of everyone's championship points in a format that isn't horrible to navigate. He will be attending the University of Southern California in the fall.



32 Responses to Teams from the VGC ’14 Winter Regionals

  1. PM649 says:

    Rastacharmander used Kangaskhan, Noivern, Talonflame, Garchomp, Malamar, and Lucario.
    Daniel Claus used Azumarill, Scrafty, Talonflame, Gengar, Tyranitar, and Rotom-w
     
     
    That’s all know from top cut.

  2. Boomguy says:

    2 Semi Final showings for linkyoshimario.  With an extremely different team that works that’s real inspiring to see.

  3. My Team: Aegislash, Garchomp, Kangaskhan, Rotom Heat, Gyarados, and Hydregion

  4. shinryu says:

    So…should I be annoyed or joyful my team is unknown XD

  5. Tapin says:

    Threw the tallies here, in case anyone’s interested in the raw numbers. I was a little surprised to see Talonflame was used even more than Kangaskhan.

  6. Scott says:

    i’ll add the usual stats table to the article in a bit, waiting for the initial rush of extra info since the table always gets screwed up when other people update it
     
    adding the mentioned teams atm

  7. bgt says:

    My team was Manectric/Kangaskhan/Rotom-W/Mamoswine/Garchomp/Talonflame

  8. squirtwo says:

    Hey I am Bridger Snow (16th in SoCal) and I didn’t have a Rotom-W, it should be a Rhydon instead. Thank you.

  9. matt says:

    1. Who gave my team? Snitches get stitches
     
    2. *Andrew Kennett played Gyarados/Noivern/Charizard/Venusaur/Salamence/Mienshao in socal

  10. Scott says:

    Everything up to this point should be updated, let me know if I missed something I shouldn’t have.
     
     
    Also let us know if we misspelled your name here — I noticed a couple typographical errors I tried to correct, but I doubt I got all of them since I don’t know how some of these names are supposed to be spelled to begin with.

  11. Legacy says:

    Anthony Jimenez 10th place in Long Beach Cali is DarkAssassin and Riley Factura 20th place in Long Beach Cali is Gengarboi

  12. Wesley says:

    Just a minor fix. In StL there should be a Trevenant instead of Talonflame in that 5th slot for my team.

  13. Godofcloud9 says:

    Oh man Guys I loved playing so much 😀 … Anyways My team consited of: The Lovely Roserade, Manetric, Azumarill, Scrafty, Tyranitar and Delphox C:

  14. JoseSucio says:

    Joseph Darby (JoseSucio) :]

  15. Scott says:

    Should be updated again. I’ll add stats table tomorrow afternoon since it shouldn’t need to be adjusted too many more times. At 80/88 teams so far (counting Virginia), 72 different Pokemon represented so far.

  16. Stephen says:

    Oregon
    8. Sean Webb – Aegislash/Scizor/Noivern/Meowstic/Aerodactyl/Talonflame
     
    Florida
    10. Michael Shaw – Salamence/Garchomp/Scizor/Kangaskhan/Rotom-W/Talonflame

  17. kirro says:

    what’s the item of heracross in the team of len deuel (alaka) and tyler hagan (tyler)? 🙂

  18. Xenoblade Hero says:

    It’s always great to see some updated tournament usage statistics, thanks guys!

  19. Technoz says:

    Gosh, this took awhile! Thanks for posting Gavin!

  20. Scott says:

    Should be updated again, added usage table.

    what’s the item of heracross in the team of len deuel (alaka) and tyler hagan (tyler)? :)

    I believe they both used Choice Scarf.
     

    Gosh, this took awhile!

    Yeah, we probably waited too long trying to get the last few teams without just posting and letting it happen that way.

  21. Salisbury says:

    Shoutouts to Articuno in t16

  22. Kyle says:

    MrFookie used a Tyranitar, Garchomp, Mawile, Meowstic, Rotom-W, and Salamence at Long Beach Regs.

  23. NinjaSyao says:

    Good to see I’m not the only Articuno user out there! *salutes*

  24. Huddrew says:

    I figured that there would be more Hydreigon. I am really interested to see how usage evolves between now and the first VGC tournament I am planning on playing. I am very excited to play and see how things turn out.

    It is really great to see how these teams look at tournament time. Helps newer players understand team dynamics.

    -Huddrew

  25. Zog says:

    The “Big Six” still reigns supreme. Apart from the ones that don’t, look, every single team contains Talonflame, Rotom-W, Garchomp, Salamence, whatever the other one is… people are so unoriginal these days.

    Until someone with some form of imagination wins a regional with for example FEAR Rattata, a rare and esoteric strategic choice taught only in ninja dojos such as the one I attend daily, I quit Pokémon. I mean, apart from the majority of games in which he admittedly lost, someone went undefeated at a regional using Dunsparce, and you just ignore him? Why don’t you idolise this guy over that chucklehead Ray Rizzo? He just uses the exact same team everyone uses on Showdown. Plus, he can’t even prove he’s the real Ray Rizzo. Somebody could quite easily have just made an account called Ray and said they’re him.

    In all seriousness though, great stats! Though there’s not much in sample size, it’s fun seeing how different teams are in the US, UK and Japan. Like the US doesn’t seem as fond of Aegislash as everywhere else, and the Japanese guys really love Gardevoir, which I’m totally not going to correlate with the alleged popularity of virtual girlfriends.

  26. Braverius says:

    Brian Jens had Kangaskhan / Talonflame / Rotom-W / Garchomp / Tyranitar / Bisharp

  27. Tyler says:
     

    what’s the item of heracross in the team of len deuel (alaka) and tyler hagan (tyler)?  :)

     
    Should be updated again, added usage table.
    I believe they both used Choice Scarf.

    Yup. Used Choice Scarf with Guts.

  28. Alchemy says:

    <–Justin Biller, in case people want that added to the VGC teams. I could drop more info on the team if people are curious, though I dunno if I even have the EV spreads for them anymore. Busy tearing it apart and building a new one.
     
    I was the only person who had Slowking? Grimer, now I feel compelled to keep him (even though he didn’t do much for me).

  29. Relados says:

    Hey you’re missing my team from FL regionals (eighth place)

    I used Garchomp / Tyranitar / Rotom-w / Scrafty / Gengar / Aegislash

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