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Pokemon Video Game Showdown!
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The Pokemon Platinum Version Video Game is coming to the nintendo DS on March 22nd, and this spring, pokemon trainers from around the globe will battle for a chance to win it all at the 2009 Pokemon Video Game Championships! For Pokemon trainers it cannot get more exciting than this. Pokemon Regional Tournaments will be held across the United States this spring and the competition is guaranteed to be intense! Trainers tough enough to qualify will earn an invitation and travel award to the Pokemon Video Game national championships in St. Louis Missouri June 27th and 28th. Pokemon trainers who have the skill to compete in the national level will earn an invitation to san diego to participate in the world championships Aug-15-16th Updated: New Japanese Site Tornument http://www.pokemon.co.jp/special/wcs0809/battle/game The Prizes will be grand, the competetion will be hard, and the battles will be intense! The tornument will be 2v2 double cup no pokemon higher than level 50 Here is the current metaggame/most commonly used pokemon It is very different from the wi fi standard metagame. Remember it is 4v4 double cup 50 and under Metagrosshttp://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/dpiconani/dpiconani376.gif Dusknoirhttp://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/dpiconani/dpiconani477.gif Smearglehttp://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/dpiconani/dpiconani235.gif Bronzonghttp://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/dpiconani/dpiconani437.gif Togekisshttp://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/dpiconani/dpiconani468.gif [email protected]http://www.pokemonelite20...iconani381.gif Zapdoshttp://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/dpiconani/dpiconani145.gif Heatranhttp://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/dpiconani/dpiconani485.gif Salamencehttp://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/dpiconani/dpiconani373.gif Arcaninehttp://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/dpiconani/dpiconani059.gif Gyradoshttp://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/dpiconani/dpiconani130.gif Uxie/Mesprit/Azelfhttp://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/dpiconani/dpiconani480.gifhttp://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/dpiconani/dpiconani481.gifhttp://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/dpiconani/dpiconani482.gif Cresseliahttp://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/dpiconani/dpiconani488.gif Hippodonhttp://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/dpiconani/dpiconani450.gif The Most common team consists of Dusknoir,Metagross,Snorlax,Bronzong This team is hard to beat without an infernape/weavile. And it appears everywhere. The metagame has gotten REALLY centralized amongsts these pokemon. However, this means your opponent is predictable. |
Pfft. I live in MA, so bad chances for me.
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Where's MA? Lol sorry don't know state/country initials well
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Massachusetts, United States. No where near St. Louis.
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He might be able to make it to the New York showdown, it is across the U.S btw. PS the finals are in ST. Louis which is payed
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NY is still a bit of a haul for MA. Even though it's right next to us, it's still a good drive.
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Well, at least your in the U.S, I am currently out of the country, but I'm from N.J and it won't be any problem for me if Im there for the spring.
Also, the metagame for this tornument will be posted. |
Well... I live in Germany so I can totally forget it XD
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It's going on in Europe :D
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>_> June and August aren't spring months. They're summer months.
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Can you PLEASE read it before commenting.
THE FINALS, Repeat FINALS. Are in June/August, The QUALIFIERS are in Spring! |
You can't blame him for not understanding, your wording is pretty vague.
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Haha, so your insulting pokemon.com, because I copy pasted all of the information right above the word "Updated" from the site. But Ill try to make it more clear
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I actually wasn't insulting anything, I was just pointing something out.
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I was a monster at 4v4 doubles in ADV. There were a lot of changes since then in DP, and I'd have to brush up to get up to speed with today's double metagame, especially considering Shoddy doesn't support it (Yes, I know about Netbattle supremacy). However, I don't have the will power to cross more than one state border to go to a pokemon tourney, no matter how official it is.
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Hey well hope it goes to your state I guess. I found a YTber who uploads videos of the tornument that's going on in Japan right now
youtube.com/user/SeadraDS check him out |
Just thinking out loud here, but how well would this duo work?
Zapdos @ Bold or something like that Leftovers HP Ice (people on Smogon have this) Discharge Substitute Roost (Questionable moveset off the top of my head) and Electivire @ Mild Life Orb Thunderbolt Ice Punch Earthquake (Fourth move I haven't figured out, perhaps Flamethrower?) This combo could work surprisingly well in theory, but we all know theory doesn't necessarily translate to paper. The idea is to start out Zapdos and something like Garchomp, Gliscor, or Swampert (sturdy EQ user). Hammer away with Discharge and paralyze whatever the opponent has on the field while the EQ user is immune to the effects. If something comes in that can damage the EQ user, use Discharge and switch to Electivire on the same turn. Discharge will put a hole in the enemies and possibly paralyze them, while Electivire Motor Drive is activated, he can outspeed and hit everything hard, allowing him to sweep away. I suppose the last team slot would go to some wallbreaker. I do like that idea, I must say. However, with the prevalence of Trick Room in doubles, it could go awry. Probably best to have a Relaxed Mixpert (probably would work best if he had Protect) and something like Machamp in the wings so you can keep attacking without always going last. |
This combo, I considered using it once. Not good, gets screwed over by ground types even with ice punch. No hope againts swampert, and Dugtrio owns your electivire in a snap(even though its not that common) I don't suggest using this TBH
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Dugtrio isn't used in doubles pretty much at all. I find that statement rather uninformed. Considering the only way for Dugtrio to cause huge amounts of damage is Earthquake, and its way too fragile and screwed over by TR, Trio usage would be pretty freaking low. It's theorymon (sort of), and flawed theorymon at that.
Hippowdon does exist though, and he probably does wall E-vire. The idea isn't to start with Zapdos and E-vire, but something like Zapdos and Swampert, and switch Swampert while Discharging at the same turn when the time is right. |
Well that strategy can work if you can actually get your hands on a legit level 50 or under HP Ice 70 Zapdos.
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Which is a very doable thing. There are like 3 of them floating around on Smogon, and it doesn't need to be HP Ice 70, it 65+ or even 60+ would work well enough.
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