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Published on June 1st, 2015 | by Braverius

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Teams from the VGC ’15 Spring Regional Championships

Thanks much to LightCore, Talon, and anyone else who helped gather teams and to HeliosanNA for helping touch up the article!

Week 1

Washington Regionals

1) Riley Factura (gengarboi)

kangaskhan-megathundurussylveonlandorus-therianamoongussheatran

2) Mark Hanson (Crawdaunt)

salamence-megapolitoedludicoloterrakionaegislashthundurus

3) Harrison Saylor (Crow)

salamence-megathunduruscresseliarhyperiorheatransylveon

4) Wesley Warthe-Anderson

metagross-megaheatranmamoswine rotom-washtogekissbreloom

5) Nikolai Zielinski (Nikolai)

gardevoir-megajellicentamoongussheatranthundurusscrafty

6) Yuanhao Li

charizard-mega-ylopunny-megainfernape venusaurlandorus-theriansylveon

7) Max Douglas (Starmetroid)

salamence-megapolitoedludicolothundurusterrakionaegislash

8) Gabby Snyder (JTK)

metagross-megascraftypolitoedamoongusskingdrathundurus

9) Luis Canseco (Chaivon)

gardevoir-megalandorus-therianthundurustyranitaramoongussheatran

10) Gary Qian

salamence-megavenusaur-megaterrakionsmearglescizorrotom-wash

11) Tiffany Stanley (Shiloh)

metagross-megavirizion sableyeheatranmiloticzapdos

12) Travis Knickerbocker

gardevoir-megalandorus-therianzapdos breloompolitoedtornadus

13) Carter Powers Beggs (FlacidPanda)

metagross-megavenusaur-megalandorus-therianhydreigonterrakionzapdos

14) Michael Groshans (Mikewando)

charizard-mega-yscraftyrhyperiorlandorus-therianvenusaurcresselia

15) Jake Hwang-Twigg (Jhoqk)

absol-megavenusaur-megaexcadrillswampertsableyearcanine

16) Kimo Nishimura (TFC)

mawile-megavenusaur-megaheatranthundurusterrakionsuicune

Massachusetts Regionals

1) Wolfe Glick (Wolfey)

gengar-megascraftygothitellepolitoedamoongussarcanine

2) Ashton Cox (linkyoshimario)

venusaur-megalandorus-therianrotom-washheatranmiloticterrakion

3) Amelia Zoldy (VioletPumpkin)

gardevoir-mega sableye-megazapdos hitmontopheatranjellicent

4) Danny Hemchand (Jabberwocky)

kangaskhan-megaaegislashlandorus-therianvolcarona rotom-wash togekiss

5) Mike Suleski (OmegaDonut)

metagross-megascraftythunduruspolitoedvolcaronaamoonguss

6) Michael Lanzano (Jivetime)

kangaskhan-megacresseliaaegislashenteilandorus-therianhydreigon

7) James Ball (pball0010)

charizard-mega-ylandorus-theriansylveoncresseliahydreigonaegislash

8) Eric Bartlett

charizard-mega-y zapdosaegislashswampertterrakionhydreigon

Week 2

Utah Regionals

1) Alberto Lara (Sweeper)

salamence-megacharizard-mega-ysylveonferrothornlandorus-therianconkeldurr

2) Max Douglas (starmetroid)

salamence-megapolitoedludicoloaegislashterrakionthundurus

3) Bjorn Johnson

banette-megavenusaur-megalandorus-therianscraftyrotom-washheatran

4) Matthew Greaves (picklesword)

tyranitar-megacresseliaamoongussaegislashgyaradosexcadrill

5) Conan Thompson (conan)

kangaskhan-megagardevoir-megaheatranlandorus-therianamoongusscresselia

6) Victor Camacho

metagross-megasuicune zapdoslandorus-therianhydreigonterrakion

7) Joshua Sperry

salamence-megasylveondrapionscizor conkeldurrvivillon

8) Kimo Nishimura (TFC)

gardevoir-megaconkeldurrheatranthundurusvolcaronalandorus-therian

Kansas Regionals

1) Michael Garrett

kangaskhan-megamiloticthunduruslandorus-therianaegislashsylveon

2) Paul Chua (pwny person)

mawile-megapolitoedthundurusludicoloterrakionaegislash

3) Gabby Snyder (JTK)

metagross-megapolitoedthunduruskingdra scraftyamoonguss

4) Whitney Johnson (brokestupidlonely)

kangaskhan-megahydreigontogekiss ferrothornnidokingterrakion

5) Chance Alexander (Paragon)

kangaskhan-megasuicunethundurusterrakionarcanine aegislash

6) Eric Graham (ChaosElementX)

metagross-megahydreigonthunduruspolitoedludicoloterrakion

7) Ben Hickey (Darkpenguin67)

kangaskhan-megasylveongarchompaegislashgengarrotom-wash

8) Sam Schweitzer (Sam)

kangaskhan-megavolcarona togekiss rotom-washaegislashlandorus-therian

Week 3

Wisconsin Regionals

1) Collin Heier (TheBattleRoom)

salamence-megacresseliathundurusheatranrhyperiorsylveon

2) James Baek (Jamesspeed1)

kangaskhan-megacresseliathundurusheatranlandorus-therianclefairy

3) Manoj Sunny (MangoSol)

kangaskhan-megamiloticthundurustalonflamelandorus-therianterrakion

4) Wesley Morioka (Wesley)

salamence-megagardevoirthundurusexcadrillrotom-washterrakion

5) Jonathan Neville (TM Gold)

kangaskhan-megadragonitebisharpyanmegaterrakionsylveon

6) Nick Sefranek

salamence-megaclefairythundurusheatranaegislashconkeldurr

7) Matthew Swanson (Swanner)

charizard-mega-ycresseliavenusaurheatranrhyperiorscrafty

8) Mario Serrano (Mario C)

charizard-mega-ycresseliavenusaursylveonrhyperiorscrafty

Georgia Regionals

1) Jerry Woods III (Sabaku)

mawile-megavenusaur-megazapdoschandelurelandorus-theriangastrodon

2) Cameron Swan (Drizzleboy)

kangaskhan-megagengarrotom-washbisharplandorus-therianconkeldurr

3) Angel Miranda (CT MikotoMisaka)

salamence-megaamoongusstyranitarlandorusazumarillaegislash

4) Toler Webb (Dim)

kangaskhan-megaaegislashpolitoedthundurusarcanineconkeldurr

5) Ben Thomas

lopunny-megarotom-heatbreloomgranbullcresseliamamoswine

6) Joseph Brummet (lucariojr)

charizard-mega-yvenusaur-megascraftycresseliaheatranrhyperior

7) Aaron Riker (rapture)

salamence-megaamoongussrotom-washtyranitarexcadrillaegislash

8) Karl Conception

mawile-megavenusaur-megachandeluregothitellehariyamasuicune

9) Geoffrey Sauk

metagross-megazapdoslandorus-therianhydreigonheatranterrakion

10) Michael Lanzano (Jivetime)

kangaskhan-megaenteirotom-washaegislashlandorus-theriancresselia

11) Edward Glover (Min)

salamence-megarotom-washamoongussexcadrilltyranitaraegislash

12) Mathew Blackburn

camerupt-megamawile-megagastrodonscraftymalamararomatisse

13) Sohaib Mufti (sohaib)

kangaskhan-megaclefairylandorus-therianbisharpblazikenazumarill

14) Joshua Edwards (General Josh)

salamence-megabisharpsylveonlandorus-therianludicolorotom-heat

15) Eric Hogan (JackOfClubs97)

charizard-mega-yvenusaurterrakionaegislashsylveoncresselia

16) Dan Richard

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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.



61 Responses to Teams from the VGC ’15 Spring Regional Championships

  1. Jhoqk says:

    Hey, I’m Jake Hwang-Twigg, 15th Place at Seattle Regionals. Great to see some cool teams here, and I can’t wait for statistics.

    Also, #MegaAbsolRepresent

  2. 13ulbasaur says:

    Hey, I’m Jake Hwang-Twigg, 15th Place at Seattle Regionals. Great to see some cool teams here, and I can’t wait for statistics.

    Also, #MegaAbsolRepresent

    Well Zekira Drake is going to be excited.

  3. Zlatant says:

    The guy making the cut with a Mega-Absol. He’s da real MVP of the Regs. Season.

  4. Min says:

    Hey one correction. I played Jerry in Swiss and he had thundy I not Zapdos

  5. RevRush says:

    1. I’m really glad someone used Yanmega successfully! I had been thinking about using it and I’m glad someone else was able to do well with it. There are some clever strategies out there and I wonder how frequently we will see them in future competitions! 
    2. Out of all the Pokemon Suicune appears very low compared to earlier tournaments and regionals with only 4 overall making topcut! Has the time of the water beast come?
     
    Congrats to everyone!

  6. TwiddleDee says:

    Wow… The diversity in Pokémon is uncanny. Although I’m a tad disappointed the guy I played in Athens with Mega Beedrill didn’t make cut.

  7. Drizzleboy says:

    Thanks for gathering these teams! I love seeing the teams used and really gives an idea of what works in this metagame. Just a slight mess up but I think Sabaku had Thundurus not Zapdos. Anyway great to see rain dominating regionals since last round of regionals only two rain teams cut.

  8. Gideon says:

    Seeing the top 16 in Washington made me so happy, it’s a shame that Cancerskhan still managed to win. 🙁

    I like the variety of teams anyway.

  9. Darkblaze65 says:

    Hey I’m Matthew Blackburn. 12th place GA regionals. It’s awesome to see some of the other teams out there. Also I would like to note I used Mega Camerupt in every game. Camel Tow ftw

  10. Jayhawker8 says:

    looks like rain is on the rise again!

  11. Jayhawker8 says:

    looks like rain is on the rise again!

  12. Jayhawker8 says:

    looks like rain is on the rise again!

  13. TrickRoomMaster says:

    Anyone have the senior’s teams for these?

  14. Livy says:

    Yuanhao Li’s Infernape Represent!
    Gabby Snyder’s Kingdra was really cool, pretty clever.
    If there’s any team report I want to see it’s Jonathan Nevilles (TM Gold).

  15. PeanutButter says:

    Anyone have the senior’s teams for these?

    I have most of the teams from top 8 at Madison. I can pm them to you if you want :)

  16. starmetroid says:

    Since it hasn’t been done yet I tallied up how many times each Pokemon made top cut 
     

    Landorus-T 25
    Thundurus 23
    Aegislash 20
    Terrakion 19
    Heatran 18
    Kangaskhan 16
    Venusaur 15
    Cresselia 14
    Salamence 14
    Sylveon 13
    Amoonguss 12
    Politoed 12
    Rotom-W 12
    Metagross 10
    Scrafty 10
    Charizard 9
    Hydreigon 9
    Zapdos 8
    Gardevoir 7
    Ludicolo 7
    Conkeldurr 6
    Rhyperior 6
    Excadrill 5
    Mawile 5
     
    Arcanine 4
    Bisharp 4
    Milotic 4
    Suicune 4
    Togekiss 4
    Tyranitar 4
    Volcarona 4
     
    Breloom 3
    Clefairy 3
    Gengar 3
    Sableye 3
     
    Azumarill 2
    Chandelure 2
    Entei 2
    Ferrothorn 2
    Gastrodon 2
    Gothitelle 2
    Jellicent 2
    Kingdra 2
    Lopunny 2
    Mamoswine 2
    Rotom-H 2
    Scizor 2
    Swampert 2
     
    Absol 1
    Aromatisse 1
    Banette 1
    Blaziken 1
    Camerupt 1
    Dragonite 1
    Drapion 1
    Garchomp 1
    Granbull 1
    Gyarados 1
    Hariyama 1
    Hitmontop 1
    Infernape 1
    Landorus-I 1
    Malamar 1
    Nidoking 1
    Smeargle 1
    Talonflame 1
    Tornadus 1
    Tyranitar 1
    Vivillon 1
    Virizion 1
    Yanmega 1
     
    71 Different Pokemon were used over 64 teams
  17. Aza9 says:

    I love Amelia Zoldys team with both Mega Sableye and My favorite poke Mega Gardevoir it
    was a really cool team to see and she might have beaten Wolfe if she didn’t bring Hitmontop in
    game one.

  18. Jhoqk says:

    If anyone needs a spreadsheet of usage, I have one, along with %’s. If you see any errors, let me know

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12MnoOCp8dfpsrnVqhH2PfcifQ_C_CKpS9FxnALzfHo4/edit#gid=0

  19. FamousDeaf says:

    I love the diversity in VGC 2015, the mega evolutions distribution is now even.  
     

    If anyone needs a spreadsheet of usage, I have one, along with %’s. If you see any errors, let me know

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12MnoOCp8dfpsrnVqhH2PfcifQ_C_CKpS9FxnALzfHo4/edit#gid=0

    You need to change the setting to allow everyone access to your spreadsheet without need permission. 

  20. Paragon says:

    Oh come on braverius… I’m the guy who got 5th at Kansas regionals. My username isn’t calexander… It’s Paragon. Can you make that correction please? Thanks!

  21. Crawdaunt says:

    Seeing the top 16 in Washington made me so happy, it’s a shame that Cancerskhan still managed to win. :(

    I like the variety of teams anyway.

    I’m sorry T_T

  22. Smith says:

    Kind of embarrassing that some of this stuff cut rofl. Thanks for the usage stats, we all appreciate it

  23. Livy says:

    Kind of embarrassing that some of this stuff cut rofl. Thanks for the usage stats, we all appreciate it

    I like to think players are getting better at using their Pokemon ‘-‘

  24. HeliosanNA says:

    Oh come on braverius… I’m the guy who got 5th at Kansas regionals. My username isn’t calexander… It’s Paragon. Can you make that correction please? Thanks!

     
    Fixed it for ya! Good job with the Top Cut finish and best of luck at Nats if you’re going :) 
     
    On topic of the article, pretty interesting stuff showing up in Top Cut in these past few regionals. Can’t wait to see how the metagame will evolve when Nats rolls around in about a month. 

  25. Khorneguy says:

    Why the sudden upswing in Rhyperior usage? I was under the impression that Eviolite Rhydon was generally better in pretty much every regard.

    What makes Rhyperior suddenly useful?

  26. Khorneguy says:

    Kind of embarrassing that some of this stuff cut rofl. Thanks for the usage stats, we all appreciate it

    Hardly. The fact that so many non-standard ‘mons made the cut is a testament to the creativity and skill of the people who use it.

  27. Khorneguy says:

    Kind of embarrassing that some of this stuff cut rofl. Thanks for the usage stats, we all appreciate it

    Hardly. The fact that so many non-standard ‘mons made the cut is a testament to the creativity and skill of the people who use them.

  28. Nowakgolf says:

    I think Whitney has discovered the best landorus counter with that nidoking. Timid nidoking out speeds adamant landorus and gets ohko d as well. Applause to him for looking out of the box. Congrats to all the top cutters

  29. Sprocket says:

    Landorus-T and Thundurus are the kings of VGC it seems. No surprise, both are extremely good Pokemon.

    Mega Kangaskhan is still the queen of Mega Evolutions, but by as wide a margin as last season. Its good to see so many viable megas (I saw a few Mawiles, which makes me quite happy).

  30. I think Whitney has discovered the best landorus counter with that nidoking. Timid nidoking out speeds adamant landorus and gets ohko d as well. Applause to him for looking out of the box. Congrats to all the top cutters

    Not sure how that is the best landorus counter when it straight up loses to jolly scarf landorus or Assault Vest.

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