5th place at Milwaukee with a series 1 team!!
I'm now officially qualified for worlds in my first season. All year I have been working towards a performance like this, and to get it when I needed it the most feels extra sweet. Also, I finally got to play on stream!
"Hey everybody, it's Aaron Cybertron Zheng here, and today I'll be featuring a team that absolutely destroys your team just in time for the biggest tour of your life"
If I had a nickel for every time there was a slow, steel-type snail pokemon that was spore immune, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice
Vgc community:
we want to see more innovative teams, not just the same mons/sets
Also the vgc community:
why tf are there super weird and random teams on showdown, just play something normal please
If I had a nickel for every time there was a slow, normal-type bear pokemon that had amazing bulk and got access to belly drum and facade, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice
Congratulations to
@WolfeyGlick
for winning the largest tournament of all time (again)! I’m really grateful to have been able to commentate that finals and hope I did it justice.
We're coming to you LIVE at the 2024 Indianapolis Regional Championships this weekend!
Please welcome your casters guiding us throughout the competition... but wait - is there a wolf🇪 among us?
Get ready to earn Championship Points and test your skills against other Trainers! The 2025 Grand Challenge I Online Competition is coming soon to
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I just don’t understand why we rushed to restricteds. Why do we need two Worlds in a row in a restricted format?
Maybe it’ll be a great format but Idk I feel like we got it too early
Serebii Update: The Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Ranked Battle Regulation G ruleset has been officially revealed. Allows for 1 Restricted Pokémon per team
Details being added @
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR
#PlayPokemon
LAIC VG players!
Players *must* bring a charger for their systems. It is the player’s responsibility that their console remains operational throughout the tournament.
I know I don't post about my personal life, but this is just too exciting to keep to myself...
IM ENGAGED!!!!!!
Crazy that my Milwaukee run and getting my worlds invite isn't even the most exciting thing that's happened to me this week lol
🌉 Archaludon, the new evolution for Duraludon!
Type: Steel / Dragon
Ability: Stamina / Sturdy
Signature Move: ⚡️ "Electrobeam" (エレクトロビーム). In turn 1, charges electricity, raising Archaludon's Special Attack by one level. In turn 2, it attacks. Skips charge under rain.
Restricted Stocks
• Zama stocks way up but I can see it taking a hit going into LA
• Caly ice stocks still high but def took a hit
• Caly Shadow stocks low but now is the time to buy
• Miraidon stocks holding steady
Just beat the living daylights out of Junior, and he looked at me with a face filled with so much sadness and disappointment that it made me just want to play the whole set over again...and beat the living daylights out of him a second time
SV vgc is a lot of fun, but it could've been so much better with a few easy fixes.
1. Keep the visuals of SW/SH battles
2. Have year-long formats instead of series that give no time for meta development
3. Make it easier to get competitive mons instead of making it harder
Here is the series 1 bozo team I used to get 5th at Milwaukee!
@CybertronVGC
@JamesWBaek
maybe a cool team to feature 👀 👀 👀
Any retweets to get those goats to feature my team would be much appreciated!
For everyone disappointed in their result today in Vancouver:
You are much more than your result. It is incredibly difficult to play 9 great rounds of VGC throughout a very long and grueling day. There are so many examples of incredible players having bad performances.
I would've beaten the Plusle-Minun battle if I didn't get HAXED. Stupid trainer would never win anything in a REAL tournament. Honestly just GET GUD and stop relying on RNG and STUPID DECISIONS to save you
Sometimes, I'm good at this game. Other times, I believe that H-arcanine resists expanding force. I have just learned it does not.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk
Make sure you have your Dondozo mactchup figured out! It just swept first, second, and third last night in the
@ninopokebros
tour with a win rate to 70%
What Pokémon hot take has got you like this?
I’ll start. Far too often people rely on “lines” and not enough on developing game sense. Part of why I’ve made d2 so consistently is I’ve made weird teams, and people tend to play dramatically worse into unfamiliar MUs.
This was easily the best year of my life
This year, I:
- got engaged
- made Worlds
- top cut a Regional
- traveled the world to play pokemon
- got to meet so many of my friends IRL and make so many new friends
I'm so grateful for everyone who has made this year incredible
The 2025 Pokémon Championship Series season is just around the corner! Learn more about the upcoming changes and check out the first wave of event locations to best prepare for your competitive journey ⬇
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