1 | Published December 21st, 2012 by bearsfan092
Think if this is you: you’ve been spending all day on the Global Battle Union and Pokémon Online (soon to be Pokémon Showdown I hope) ladder. Maybe you’re trying to build a team or just get comfortable with ... Read More →
0 | Published December 11th, 2012 by Werford
“The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity ... Read More →
2 | Published September 14th, 2012 by Firestorm
If you’ve read our Introduction to Competitive Pokémon, you’re probably looking for a bit more information on EV (Effort Value) Training – the term we use to describe making your Pokémon stronger in specific stats. If ... Read More →
0 | Published September 12th, 2012 by NatGeo
It’s kind of a no brainer that spread moves (i.e. moves that hit more than one opponent) should be and are common in VGC no matter how much the metagame shifts, what with VGC itself being ... Read More →
0 | Published September 4th, 2012 by TKOWL
Even at the very beginnings of their journeys, every trainer has known the dreaded effects of a status change. In Viridian Forest, a Weedle poisons your beloved new Charmander and he begins to see skulls. Seeing ... Read More →
0 | Published August 30th, 2012 by Smith
People often say that a Pokémon player’s success is determined by three things: team building, battling ability, and luck. While luck is largely outside of a player’s control, and battling ability can be acquired over time, ... Read More →
0 | Published July 30th, 2012 by Matt M.
While Jessie and James have been challenging Ash and friends to Double battles since the very beginning of the television show, they were only introduced into the video game universe in Ruby and Sapphire. Since then, ... Read More →
0 | Published July 20th, 2012 by Havak
Weather conditions are a large part of competitive Pokémon, and it is not uncommon for players to compete for weather supremacy during their battles as having a beneficial weather active can make or break some teams. Sandstorm, ... Read More →
0 | Published July 17th, 2012 by Eiganjo
Hail in VGC is a double-edged sword. While Ice typing is great offensively and can take out a lot of potential threats, it is also one of the weakest types defensively, being weak to the ever ... Read More →
0 | Published July 16th, 2012 by bearsfan092
If you’ve had any experience playing VGC, you’ve probably run into Fake Out users that disrupt your strategy. Fake Out’s a peculiar move in that it behaves like Quick Attack with an enhanced +3 priority (the ... Read More →
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