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Fortune Championship

gimmepie, Sep 2021: What's this about Nitro being over?
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The NEW Showdown Alt thread

Arcaneum, Jan 2021: Invictus Isawa Rabinov Rabinova PC Rabinov Arcaneum
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Battle Server Support

SawkTheWarrior, Aug 2020: Thanks!!
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Events & Groups Approval

wolf, Apr 2020: We allow them. :)
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Replay Sharing Thread

ARSOO_95, Jan 2020: I think the replay data is available on your Switch SD card, maybe you just need to convert it to a clip first in the Smash interface? After that you can just upload it to YouTube,
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Rules

Guidelines & Resources

wolf, Jul 2017: Guidelines & ResourcesGeneral Guidelines ・For submitting events and groups, look at the Events & Groups Approval thread instead. ・Don't make a new thread regarding a topic that has been posted in the last thirty days. ・Don't make a thread that...
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General questions about breaking into the competitive pokemon scene!

LazyMew123, Jun 2016: Hey I'm not sure if you're still needing the help but I'm happy to answer the questions if you do! So Question number one: Okay so, there are a number of poketubers that I would recommend using to build up knowledge. First of all I would say...
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I need a tutor :(

Karous, Jun 2016: You should look into playing VGC doubles, which is the official meta that GF and TPCi support for their tournament series and is specifically meant to be played on the cartridge, not on sims. The best site to find information about it is...
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Daily

Make-a-Mega 3: Finished

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gimmepie, Jun 2016: Looks like the first set gets it. Thanks for contributing to this everyone! The article will be up shortly!
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RMT

My PU Team

Xherdan, Jun 2016: Alright, thanks! I've been training up with it and it seems like this set works wonders.
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Event

Looking for Players in a UCL Style League!

Dice_, Jun 2016: I'd love to join, my skype username is maxsimpson888 I have played in two other leagues before, so have decent experience and I have a lot of time for team building :)
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pokemon glazed team

jackismyname, Jun 2016: that cool they both flying/dragon
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PCL

PCL Championship II: Finals

wolf, Jun 2016: I'm glad GoP won again. :) Regardless, Christos and I might still do our battle just for fun. Looking forward to the offseason, which should be much more engaging than the last one.
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RMT

Help me for a tournament please :)

PappapiconVik, Jun 2016: Hey! Sorry for the late response, things have been very busy. So the tournament never got around to actually happening, but it should hopefully happen soon so I will take into consideration what you have told me. Thanks heaps!! :)
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PCL

Leaves of Absence & Mercenary Hiring

ddrox13, Jun 2016: QQQQQQ I'll be taking a Week-and-a-day LoA from Saturday 18 June to Sunday 27 June due to being banished to isolation in the mountains (read as: working at a summer camp), not that it's particularly relevant with the Milotic out of the PCL. ...
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PokéCommunity League Coverage II: The Finals

Charlie Brown, Jun 2016: Super sorry, I completely forgot to credit the amazing fairy for the artwork for this article.
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RMT

Not Toxic enough.

Mecha-Scrafty, Jun 2016: Focus Blast? Ohhhhhh. i see where thats going!
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Competitive Newbie Questions/Problems (Breeding, Team build-up)

PlatinumDude, Jun 2016: 1. Pokemon breed better when both parents have different trainer IDs. 2. Gentle is a bad nature in competitive play because it doesn't do anything beneficial. Lowering a defensive stat in exchange for increasing another isn't good. 3. Slowbro...
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OP Pikachu Guide

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RMT

Strong trick room team, someone has other idea for good backups?

Murt93, Jun 2016: A couple of things: 1. leading off with both of your only trick room guys is a bad idea. 2. Your lead trick room setter should always have mental herb to guarantee trick room set-up. 3. Your team is too passive, trick room only lasts 5 turns,...
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Started by koenklein

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Help needed with understanding IV's/Breeding, etc.

Migit78, Jun 2016: Have you done any research? As mega said. Both breeding and EV training are far easier this gen than they have in the past. I'm at work so I'll post links to sites later when I'm home that'll help. But in the meantime: I wrote and posted...
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Join an established lead

SeanClinton, Jun 2016: Looking for 2-4 players to join a league going into it's second season. The final of season 1 is to be played in the next few days, meaning the draft will start next week. We chat via Skype eventually moving to Discord, dependent on people's...
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PCL

PCL Championship II: Semifinals

wolf, Jun 2016: aeternum has been inactive, so the win will go to Castform. Unfortunately, this was the tipping point that decided which clan would go onto the finals. See you there, Orbs. ;)
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Make-a-Mega: Luxray

Poké Bean, Jun 2016: That Mega Luxray design is epic! I love it and I want it! :)
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Let's get ready to Rumble! - Competitive Beginner Questions

Deníz, Jun 2016: Ahoi! Im almost thru Omega Ruby and im about to start my Alpha Saphire Adventure with another Starter soon (i had mudkip and love mega swampert, but i guess i try treecko in AS ? any opinions on this by the way?). Anyways after finishing X and...
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Looking to turn this in-game team into a compitetive team

BaxFloyd teh Flareon, Jun 2016: I would also like to know single or double battles but you should make use of thy sand veil on garchomp by removing cruch or fire dang and replacing with sandstorm, also give it at least a dragon gem or something it is a wate to not give it...
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Article

Predictions In Competitive Battling

Desert Stream~, Jun 2016: yay this is finally out! I tend to over-predict in 1v1 random where predictions are everything :p
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Started by PokéCommunity Daily

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Competitive play help!!

ddrox13, Jun 2016: Right, so to be a serious competitive player, there are a few more things you should know (including that the level doesn't matter at all as long as it is > 50). First is what format you want the team to be for. In-game, your primary options are...
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A bit of an indepth Uber Singles guide

PlatinumDude, Jun 2016: I don't necessarily agree with Dark Arceus being a bad Arceus forme. It's usable, but not as popular. How does it lose to stall not as badly as Flying Arceus? Last I checked, it can afford to use mono-Dark effectively, since nothing is immune to it....
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Malamar Topsy-turvy

BajanZealandian, Jun 2016: For Malamar, run the classic Contrary set. I've tested it out and it has never failed me. Malamar @ Choice Scarf Ability: Contrary EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD Adamant Nature - Superpower - Foul Play - Psycho Cut - Knock Off
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Any use for grassy terrain?

ddrox13, Jun 2016: It worked like a charm on my Monograss in-game, but it's competitive use is limited to say the least. I tried it out in VGC for a bit, and it would be nice if Flying types weren't half the meta (and Fire types another quarter). Honestly Grass...
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RMT

Janky OU

PlatinumDude, May 2016: The key part here is to hit Tyranitar on the switch with Focus Blast. That's what predictions are for.
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Pokemon / sets you don't like using

Aurora, May 2016: Calm Mind Primal Kyogre This rarely finds any opprotunity to set up Calm Minds due to how easy it is to pressure. Because it needs to run a fair amount of Speed EVs to actually do anything, Primal Kyogre's crappy physical bulk in a metagame...
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Make-a-Mega (PokeCommunity Daily) - Complete

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darkrai880, May 2016: Mega skarmory it was too amazing and the type is steel and fire ability speed boost
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RMT

Mono-Bug

Pepperton, May 2016: M-Scizor is one of the best Megas in the game so if you want a team to have a good shot at being competitive I'd build around that. M-Pinsir is good but is overshadowed by MZor in many ways. Despite this, if you still want to use M-Pinsir (because...
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Team-Building

Pepperton, May 2016: I mean the whole 'you can't counter everything' I thought at least was pretty common knowledge. In terms of deciding to make a team, the easiest way to go about it in my opinion is picking a central pokemon or core that you're interested in using. A...
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Started by Nah

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New to Battles

Pepperton, May 2016: Just to like add on to PlatinumDude, SD is an option you should use over other options primarily because normally using M-Pinsir means your team is offensively oriented. Why that's important is offensive teams need to be more inclined to make...
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"Hax" and luck in Pokémon Battling

ddrox13, May 2016: Thanks! I already did a couple of competitive Pokemon analyses that no one seemed to notice (tear), and I'm working on something TCG related for the Eevee collaboration and the next one like it. I'm also thinking of writing a report on MA Regionals...
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Mono-Psychic

Okage, May 2016: Yeah, I can see where they can be annoying. Really, Latias is the only one who doesn't have a set job. She was put there to fill a slot sadly. Also, I have this mentality of having all my Pokemon be different types. (And while this is a Mono-Type...
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Started by Okage

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What's with the bad Breloom sets?

Pepperton, May 2016: Breloom's a Pokemon with a lot of utility, with Poison Heal, Technician, Mach Punch, SubPunch, DrainSubSeed all being viable options. Obviously it's not surprising that people are going to test and see which sets are the best for the current...
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COMPETITIVE LEAGUE

Djobi Djoba, May 2016: I have the same questions as RyuNura
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Started by SeanClinton

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RMT

Mono-type team assistance

PlatinumDude, May 2016: Item clause is unnecessary. You can get away with using multiples of the same item. If you're insistent on playing by item clause, Wacan Berry or Rindo Berry can be used on Manaphy to give it a one-time buffer against one of its weaknesses.
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PCL

PCL Championship II: Week 3

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ddrox13, May 2016: The irony here is that Magic defeated the eventual #1 team in the first week.
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Started by wolf

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Poké Strategies

smocks, May 2016: For double battles, my Togekiss & Flygon pair tends to sweep lots Modest +Sp.Ak +Speed EVS Togekiss's Serene Grace screws up with Thunder Wave + Air Slash, has Dazzling Gleam for coverage, & Ancient Power/Aura Sphere (depends what Togekiss I'm...
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RMT

Fun with Regenerator (OU)

gimmepie, May 2016: I have never claimed that you can't use lefties Tran, I just personally prefer Air Balloon. Besides I've given up trying to convince you people.
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Make-a-Mega 2 - Complete

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gimmepie, May 2016: With no other stats suggested and it being time to start voting, it seems that my stat set gets it. Thanks for participating in this Make-a-Mega to those who did so. Keep an eye out for the Daily article and the next set of polls, both will appear...
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RMT

VGC '16 Team for Madison, WI

WingedDragon, May 2016: I feel like T-wave would be counter productive under this team. If I land T-wave while under TR. I have to bank on that 50% chance that the opponent will lose a turn. If I do change a move it would be HP Ice. With Kyorge and Cress having Ice Beam....
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RMT

NU team looking for suggestions

PlatinumDude, May 2016: While it's tempting to use Stockpile + Swallow on Mawile, these waste two valuable moveslots that could've gone to a coverage attack. As Nah mentioned, a Stealth Rock setter on this team would be ideal, so Steelix is a nice replacement for Mawile:...
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May 2016 tier updates

gimmepie, May 2016: Whoops I forgot Thundurus and Rotom. Zapdos does have some advantages over them though. Thundurus is useless defensively and should only be used as a sweeper. Rotom gets annihilated by Serperior, Ferrothorn, M-Venu and Celebi. Neither get any form...
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Pokémon Questionnaire

Nah, May 2016: There isn't really one single "best" move, but some of the good ones in competitive play are like Knock Off, Scald (and Steam Eruption, since that's basically Scald on crack), Stealth Rock, Volt Switch, U-Turn, etc. These days (in OU) I'd say...
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Blog Addressing Pokemon in Lower Tiers and Assessing How They Could Be Improved

mpuppy4, May 2016: (First, my apologies if this is in the wrong category. I'm still not Swift certain of my way around this site.) Have you ever looked through the PU tier and said "Man, this Pokemon is so cool, I wish it was better." Well, in celebration of...
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So I finished AS...

RawrMonkey, May 2016: Make sure you know the basics before getting into competitive. Learn about EVs, IVs, natures, and abilities for starters. There are multiple guides on literally everything out there but feel free to ask questions here. Then- Do you know...
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Started by r0gues4int

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First Competitive Build. Battle Spot Singles!

PlatinumDude, May 2016: Not exactly. Mega Gengar is already a good revenge killer in itself, given its already high Speed and ability to trap with Shadow Tag.
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Started by Jakob024

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RMT

Abomasnow alternative in grass type balanced team?

girlslikegirls, May 2016: Hi all. I've been putting together teams as of late, just trying to dip my hand into competitive battling. I'm still not in a place where I'm comfortable jumping into a battle as of yet but I need some help in choosing an alternative. I really...
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Started by girlslikegirls

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PokéCommunity League Coverage #1

gimmepie, May 2016: Also really looking forward to the battle coverage. Just don't ever cover my last battle lol
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Started by PokéCommunity Daily

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Competitive battling question

illumine, May 2016: Do you mean PS? That's here. It is affiliated with Smogon, along with using related tiers. It's quite popular on this site, if you want people following such rules as are there, and has a general audience as well. If you just want a list of rules...
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