Teams & Results from the VGC ’15 Melbourne Regionals
Greetings fellow Pokémon enthusiasts from the land of Oz! On May 3rd the Melbourne VGC’15 Regionals took place at the Collingwood Town Hall, Collingwood in Victoria. There were 41 Juniors, 81 Seniors and 251 Masters, for a total of 373 entrants. The Juniors, Seniors and Masters played 6, 7 and 8 rounds of best-of-one Swiss respectively, with a best-of-three top cut of 8 for both Junior and Senior division, while Masters had a top cut of 16.
Masters
1. Chris Giagozoglou (The Batman)
2. Nathan Farrugia
3. Callum Witt (CruiseVGC)
4. Jackson Lackey (FamousDeaf)
5. Nicholas Vella
6. Yehya El-Leissy (millifor)
7. Jake Robins
8. Aaron Kovacs (Esquilax)
9. Zak Tober (Zakdos)
10. Bailey Owens (bargens)
11. Thomas Selby
12. Devlyn Wu
13. Nihal Noor (UchihaX96)
14. Luke Bradley (auselote)
15. Jim Sullivan
16. Layne Hall (Lejn)
Senior Division
1. Jakob S. (TheRealFurret)
2. Samuel L.
3. Arvin B (EspyyVGC)
4. Harrison O
5. George K
6. Michael A (GreatTornado)
7. Sam G
8. Deloy T
Summary
There were 50 different Pokémon used across both divisions in top cut. A tabulated result of those used more than once can be seen below.
| Pokemon | Times Used |
| Landorus-T | 15 |
| Heatran | 12 |
| Kangaskhan | 12 |
| Sylveon | 10 |
| Thundurus | 9 |
| Amoonguss | 6 |
| Cresselia | 6 |
| Terrakion | 5 |
| Metagross | 4 |
| Rotom-W | 4 |
| Talonflame | 4 |
| Suicune | 3 |
| Gengar | 3 |
| Scrafty | 3 |
| Bisharp | 2 |
| Breloom | 2 |
| Milotic | 2 |
| Gardevoir | 2 |
| Salamence | 2 |
| Aegislash | 2 |
| Clefairy | 2 |
| Mawile | 2 |
| Venusaur | 2 |
| Charizard | 2 |
| Hydreigon | 2 |
Recorded Matches
The Masters semi-final of Callum vs Chris and the final between Chris and Nathan can be watched as a past broadcast on twitch here.
Photo taken by Jesse from PokéMelbourne and used with permission. Check out other images by him of the event on the PokeMelbourne Facebook group.
About the Author
Rusty 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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Nice results. Garde at 3rd tho
WHISCASH!!!!
and the no. 15 team “The Power of Starters” <3
I approve of Thomas Selby very much, and am very curious as to what Whiscash did.
Jim’s Full Starter team tho. That might be my favorite team this regional.
Jim’s Full Starter team tho. That might be my favorite team this regional.
Mah boi BAEley in top 16<3
It seems the Australian metagame has changed a lot from last year. Barring the Whiscash and the team of 6 start mons, most of this stuff is really similar to other metas in other countries.
I love how top 4 for seniors is Kang, Kang, Kang, Kang.
Looking forward to Jim Sullivan’s report, should he write one up.
Loving that team variety in seniors.
Also, I didn’t realise at all that Layne is Lejn I feel stupid now
Jim Sullivan is da real MVP.
I’m a friend of Thomas, so just wanted people to know that the wishcash he used was literally a swampert without being an actual swampert
Just if you want to add another username to the article, I’m Nicholas Vella, fifth in masters.
Really enjoyed this tournament, pretty hype for Nats now
my understanding it was:
Expert belt, Max HP, Max SpA, Min Speed
– Muddy water
– Ice Beam
– Earth power
– protect
Not sure why this over gastrodon, can’t confirm though.
Rotom W is just as good of a counter to the genies as it was in 2013. Great to see it at number one somewhere. 😀
After seeing all your whishcash theories (barring one who claims to know him, which I believe), I’d like to spread my theory.
Role play machamp –> no guard onto fissure whishcash in trick room.
Although that was a long shot I think it’d be goofy as hell yet funny to do that
Whiscash doesn’t learn Role Play, just fyi.
Well… Seniors learn nothing from this. Couldn’t be more standard.
Wishcash was used over gastrodon because he wanted the surprise factor
The guy who came second in seniors was me btw, if you need some info on my team, just PM me, I’d be happy to help
“Well… Seniors learn nothing from this. Couldn’t be more standard.”
– Apologies for not citing properly, But this is the worst attitude to take from this. What seniors can learn is that standard teams are standard for a reason, that using good, consistent, popular teams is a very good idea in regards to doing well in Australia. The seniors meta game is already subjective enough without considering the “randomness” of Australia without picking “different mons” – there isn’t really a distinguished enough metagame to make so called meta calls – maybe with a more standard define meta like the one illustrated in cut people can make better meta calls. Sorry for turning this into a long post but I really want to get across the idea ‘there is always something to be learned’
Did they give you a book to write notes in and would they give you a book at Melbourne Nationals?
No, you have to either bring your own or don’t write notes at all.
Seeing Azumarill, Entei and Weavile coming first and second in Seniors doesn’t exactly strike me as “standard”, not that it needs to be
I do wish people would stop looking at a Kangaskhan, genies etc in a team preview and immediately deeming the team “standard” and “unoriginal”. I’m not usually one to be confrontational but it really bugs me that this has happened in multiple Regional reports now. Salamence-Mega, Charizard-Mega and Metagross-Mega are just as “standard”, heck anything with a Pokemon in the top twelve is seemingly deemed that now since there’s plenty of original team concepts and synergies in this report. Additionally, you do not know what items the Pokemon are running, their EV’s, their moves etc so branding them without even scratching the surface is rash.
That sucks. I’ll just buy a new book to write in.
You nailed it.
Melbourne was fun
Hopefully I do just as well at Nats!
Glad to have made top cut, but still gotta prove I’m not a one hit wonder :]
For those curious of Wishcash team/Starter team I have heard from players who played them throughout Swiss/top cut that Wishcash was in fact EP/Ice Beam/Scald/Protect (as was mentioned already) and the starter team was a Pledge team with Scarfed Typhlosion
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Hey, does anyone know if the Australian Nationals is an open event or do I need championship points to enter. There aren’t any VGC events where I live so I don’t have any points but I would really like to compete.
It is free to enter.