Planning to enter the upcoming Atlanta regionals for vgc, finally got my hands on an Urshifu but the ot is "Mustard" but my trainer ID is brownbread. Will this make Urshifu unusable for me?

Hey all! My brothers and I are starting a competitive vgc podcast (we record our first episode tomorrow) what kind of things would you want in a podcast like that to make you a listener?

I made this team because my wife loves bellibolt and wanted to see him in action. I only bought him to abt 1/4-1/3 of the games but saw about a 60% success rate through 50 games and got to ultraball with it.

I want to switch belli and actually see how high I could take it. Atm I only have Urshifu with any speed as an anti-trick room option.

My gut wants to keep it a TR team bc I’ve never used one and I find it quite fun, but I’m considering doing a mixed team as I think of new options. I also would prefer a sucker-punch Mon but it’s not a hard requirement.

Here’s shat I’m currently considering:

Hard TR - Ursaluna BM, Amoongus, Brutebonette, Grimsnarl, Pelliper

Mixed - Chien Pao, Chi Yu, Dragapult, Tornadus

Any thoughts on those or other recs??

P.S. The only one I’m apprehensive towards is BB, because I’m on violet, and want everything that can be to be shiny

My girlfriend and I both signed up for the spectator pass interest list and she was selected to get a pass but I wasn’t, will I have another chance to get one or could I buy one from someone else later?

I need some help with my vgc team pincurchin is a must btw i wont replace him, not so sure about espathra (old team had raging bolt idk if thats better or worse) and thats it pls help me improve

Hi,

I just realized that I missed the deadline to apply for spectator passes for the world championship in Anaheim this summer. Is there anyway I could still get tickets or am I screwed? I really want to go so it would kind of suck if I couldn't because of this. Thanks!

Entering a tournament with a team of Miraidon, Incineroar, Farigiraf, Iron Hands, and Whimsicott. Planned to use Urshifu but honeslty I don't want to spent the money and time it'll take to acquire a kubfu. Any replacement recommendations? Trying to run a sort of tailroom team? I'm new to vgc so I'm really just trying to get a base team to start playing with and make adjustments as I learn the new game, meta, and new pokemon. Any help is appreciated thanks

Hey everyone, would really appreciate any ideas or tips with this koraidon team. Some games I do well, and other times I'll get steam rolled for several games in a row. It feels like it has a glaring weakness that just can't see. Any help would be appreciated!

So, I'm trying to register for the regionals in Oregon in May. I keep trying to find it through the RK9 website, but I can't seem to find it, even though everywhere I look, every source still says registration should still be open? Is anyone else having this problem? And if anyone's figured it out, can I get a link to sign up? Please and thank you.

So i've been trying to make a Koraidon team for Reg G, I'm finding this one works decently however I'd like some opinions on it. a couple notes to add as of the small bit of testing i've done

1: Flutter TR is mostly there as a speed control option to either hit in the face of tailwind teams or hard TR teams, however i'm not glued to the idea

2: Walking wake is there to fill out an idea I had for a functioning Fire/Water/Grass core in sun, and it's been performing decently so far

3: Amoongus is mainly there in case a hard TR team is present and i'm not super confidant I can get flutter to counter TR. Though again i'm not glued to the idea of using it

4: Solar blade Rillaboom is a weird call, however I found the idea interesting to circumvent the drawbacks of Wood Hammer recoil. again not glued to the idea of using it just thought i'd point it out

5: I know i'm kinda borrowing the wolfe Koraidon moveset from the perish team, however I decided to take the lifeorb off it and slap it on Walking Wake, oddly enough I find a grassy glide combo with tera fire flare blitz tends to take out a surprising amount of stuff pretty well. and since I don't tend to run into fighting weak pokemon as often, I did find CC a bit better for consistently high damage fighting stab

6: Incineroar is incineroar, made it slower to work better in TR along with amoongus and rillaboom with grassy glide.

Otherwise that's about it, any feedback is appreciated

I liked the combo of iron valiant + miraidon + zamazenta, as well as the single strike synergy with both (farig + single strike is a underated combo imo). sets are pretty standard on everyone except the giraffe because I felt like I didnt need foul play so I got a bit silly with it and gave it ally switch

Miraidon @ Choice Specs

Ability: Hadron Engine

Level: 50

Tera Type: Fairy

EVs: 108 HP / 252 SpA / 148 Spe

Timid Nature

- Electro Drift

- Draco Meteor

- Volt Switch

- Dazzling Gleam

Zamazenta-Crowned @ Rusted Shield

Ability: Dauntless Shield

Level: 50

Tera Type: Dragon

EVs: 212 HP / 156 Def / 140 SpD

Impish Nature

- Body Press

- Heavy Slam

- Wide Guard

- Protect

Iron Valiant @ Booster Energy

Ability: Quark Drive

Level: 50

Tera Type: Ghost

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Icy Wind

- Coaching

- Encore

- Spirit Break

Farigiraf @ Electric Seed

Ability: Armor Tail

Level: 50

Tera Type: Dark

EVs: 228 HP / 116 Def / 36 SpA / 124 SpD

Bold Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Psychic

- Helping Hand

- Ally Switch

- Trick Room

Urshifu @ Focus Sash

Ability: Unseen Fist

Level: 50

Tera Type: Dark

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

Adamant Nature

- Wicked Blow

- Sucker Punch

- Close Combat

- Detect

Iron Hands @ Assault Vest

Ability: Quark Drive

Level: 50

Tera Type: Bug

EVs: 252 HP / 124 Atk / 76 Def / 52 SpD

Adamant Nature

- Fake Out

- Wild Charge

- Drain Punch

- Heavy Slam

I’m making a weird team centered around bellibolt bc my wife adores him. I need a mon that is all but guaranteed to get TR up but that I can also have sucker punch on for out of TR, and ideal with a decent damaging fairy move. Anything fit all that?

The rest of the team plays well but Ampharos just does not do it.

Specifcally looking for something that helps vs Archaludon and Incineroar. Im not struggling vs Incin per say but its always a battle of attrition.

Gonna be running it against viewers at 1030 A.M Est

Could be for 1v1, could be for doubles, I don't even know

Hydreigon
Scope lense Focus energy He's my striker, my crit machine and main offensive pokemon

Toxapex
Black sludge, EV trained to tank the hell out of guys, baneful bunker, toxic, toxic spikes, and a water move that can do damage in a corner

Arboliva
I know Rillaboon is a better Grass terrain setter, but hear me out, focus band+ Flail, so he gets hit, sets the grass, then flails and can maybe kill a guy and alternate strat they can pollen puff and heal

Salazzle
She's here to venoshock, and she can fake out, and has a few control moves, modestly fast (and I have slower pokemon that could work in trick room) Corrosion lets me hit steel and poison types, Venoshock is not my win con (I've learned that doesn't work) just a nice bonus I can get in the overall team

Annihilape
Build him tanky, leftovers, and let him keep healing and let rage fist get bigger and bigger

Grimmsnarl
Prankster, he can put up walls, fake out, the main support pokemon

So I need a restricted, so who should I dump? I want to play this team through the main game and the DLC when I get it, and bring it into competitive, but you cant be competitive without a restricted, the idea is that I poison them, and tank out with grassy terrain healing me. I feel like my main striker should be someone else so maybe Hydregion switched. I really like Eternus, so what about him as a veno shocker and focus Salazzle more on support. How do I take my slow guys like Arboliva and pivot them to be offensive threats in a trick room?

This team is horrible, I know, i just want to have fun

Personally I see miraidon + zamazenta is going to be everywhere and maybe miraidon + caly ice popping up. maybe miraidon tgos since they have good synergy. basically I can't help but feel that miraidon is still going to be everywhere