So many memories jam packed into a weekend I would’ve never, in a million years thought could turn out the way it did. The community being as kind as it is allowed me to gain confidence in myself as I progressed forward on day 2, for that I will be forever thankful.
I made top 4 at NAIC! At this point i am still at a loss for words. Going into day two I truly felt like the “underdewgong” going into every matchup. I am so thankful for all of the genuinely kind people I’ve met that calmed me down when I got overwhelmed. Worlds baby!
5 years ago I completed my fitness journey, I hit 165lbs after starting at 290. What was simultaneously the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my entire life, was also the most rewarding.
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Legend achieved! Earliest by far, two straight seasons where I’ve stuck to a team that I thought was good into the meta and both teams got me over the hump.
Team works with shadow Gligar too, I just don’t have one. Recommend Shadow Claw Aslash for opposing water and steel types.
PLEASE,
@NianticLabs
- take a long look at the TM structure. Earning 2 charged TMs from a raid only for the first TM to remove Psyshock from my A9 for Blizzard, while the second TM removes Blizzard only to re-teach Psyshock is not a rewarding structure for PvP centric players.
Up 300 points in 3 days to hit legend using this really strong Halloween cup team!
Crunch/Discharge Charjabug + Palossand core is very strong into the meta, round it out with a bulky water that beats other waters (Toxapex).
Happy to finally hit so I can relax..
@Reis2Occasion
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO COME IN REGI GAME 3! Amazing read, happy to concede in that scenario knowing I should’ve been outpaced. Look forward to seeing ya in Japan.
“Dang it, I lost round 1… oh well, Indy was fun, I’ll probably just try to win a game or 2 then enjoy the rest of the weekend..”
SIKE (I am very tired but this weekend has been great so far). Looking forward to tomorrow.
Thanks to
@LyleJeffsIII
for letting me steal his Shadow Dragonite/Jellicent core. I preferred Politoed over Quag so I wasn’t as weak to A-slash energy in the back, can also tank a grass move easier. Shadow Golbat/Scrafty core got me to the 2900s but this one got me over the hump!
I turned down the opportunity for a head judge review, it’s my call.
Happy to be tied for 9th with some amazing battlers. Good luck to all competing - looking forward to NAIC!
This one took a while but I used this team to finally cross the finish line.
Whiscash and Gligar are both shadow, I don’t think it’s necessarily a balanced team but I did get favorable comps. 10-0 this morning to get there. Hoping for a meta shakeup next season!
Secured a 5-0 sweep in my first local Play! Pokémon challenge of the season. Felt good to compete again in-person, first time in about 5 months.
Dewgong/Charjabug core is slept on right now, GGs to all of my opponents!
Tied for 9th, top cut. Knoxville was the first tournament I’ve attended where I had expectations for myself. While I am happy overall with the result I do feel a critical weakness to Charjabug really stalled a lot of my momentum, which is unfortunate. Brief thread incoming.
If Skarmory/Whiscash is going to stick around then I really hope more grass types in the meta will get some type of coverage to fight back against Skarmory.
Weather Ball Fire, Rock Slide, stone edge would be nice additions for a typing that is sorely missed in the current meta.
@pokeAK101
Hey man, thanks for the feedback! I’m a little confused because you never really answered my initial question though. anyways, I will try to take this and apply it to my next set of battles 👍
@ChrisForsberg_
This is Tatum’s fault btw according to Van Gundy. Bam couldn’t just contest without stepping under his landing zone or anything. He had to step under Tatum’s feet to send a message because of “Heat culture 😏”
This team is very strong in the current meta, 3 Pokémon that have a lot of play outside of 1 or 2 terrible matchups.
Managed to go 19-6 with it, including a 14 game win streak. Moonblast Cresselia, purified Sableye (although shadow works too)
As someone that’s experienced significant issues at every in-person event I’ve attended - I’ll say it’s becoming more and more difficult to justify the financial and personal investment required to attend these events. Especially considering the current inconsistencies with PvP.
.
@NianticLabs
@PokemonGoApp
The state of PvP desparately needs to be addressed. Old issues like 1 turn lag when pokemon are brought in and fast move damage inconsistently applying before or after charged moves have been long standing glitches severely impacting games.
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Final results for the 2024 season, while I did meet my criteria for attending more regionals this year, I must say I feel overall my performance fell short of what I expected from myself, specifically NAIC.
That won’t happen again. Excited for the circuit next year!
Snuck into top 100 for the first time ever on the GBL leaderboards! Legend next.
2023 has been wild, from struggling to hit vet at the start of the year to consistent legend player and 2023 worlds participant. Excited to see what 2024 brings! Proud of my growth this year.
1-2 at worlds was definitely not what I expected, but I also didn’t even expect to be in Japan at the end of June. An absolutely amazing opportunity that I’ll forever be thankful for.
Excited for the rest of my brief time in Japan and for the next season of competition!
A late 4th post but there’s nothing that screams 4th of July quite like floating down a river with a cooler then lighting off sparklers and fireworks! Hope everyone had an amazing time celebrating Independence Day with their loved ones.
Steel wing Skarmory/Whiscash is the new Skarmory/Swampert, the meta is very alignment dependent right now.. but fun.
From what I’ve seen your best bets for corebreakers are Shadow Dragonair, Dewgong (yes, I’m advocating for Dewgong, deal with it), and Lickitung.
@pogoTwastell
@PolymersUp
@GoTangent444
@ShinyDialga45
@nesabethan
Respectfully, removing surf or jab brings Clodsire from meta-relevant Nidoqueen replacement to another mediocre Toxapex.
If popular teams in GBL are triple weak to a ground/poison type because there aren’t any strong enough to threaten them then you have a meta issue.
@ZyoniK_
@Mathmagic10
@InadequancePOGO
The frustration is coming from the idea that a legitimate meta corebreaker is now an underwhelming side-character.
Going from safety into a Medi/Gligar/Serperior/Registeel/Lickitung meta to handedly losing to all of those Pokémon besides Regi is extremely disappointing.
Indianapolis was a great time. Starting off 0-1 truly is as deflating of a feeling as you think it is. I was able to recover and make a strong loser’s run to day 2, then eventually a top 16 finish in the largest NA regional of the season, final record of 8-2.
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These are my meta predictions:
Less Gligar, less Skarmory because less Gligar
Whiscash/Mantine will replace Skarmory/Cash.
Shadow Feraligator is meta, Charjuabug will be omega strong, Altaria looks very solid with Mantine giving up ice beam.
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Okay, my rational reaction to what is a massive letdown of changes is: We should get nothing but ACTUAL. NUMBERS. when moveset updates are announced.
“Energy cost increased” or “Energy cost decreased” cannot be acceptable from a game that is trying to grow as an E-sport.
I hate Skarmory and buffing steel wing ruined the flexible meta we had last season by introducing hard-wall RPS to grass types.
You cannot change my mind.
T33rd at NAIC, not my best run but overall happy with how I played. Lost to two very talented trainers. I will not be in worlds this year so this was my last competition until next season. Congrats to
@HotPoket777
for winning it all. It was only a matter of time, we all knew it.
Finished second at the first P!P regional of the season! Had a great run, faced some stiff competition and glad I was able to make the battles entertaining. Stream recap on Tuesday Sept 13th @ 8pm EST.
#BALDBUFF
Also, while I think a lot of people were advocating for one of a skarmory or scald nerf,
I do want give Niantic credit for trying to adjust to the scald meta by buffing corrbreakers to Whiscash/Skarmory as opposed to just reverting the changes that were made last season.
An old factions teammate of mine sent me this in the mail as a good luck charm for Japan! Small acts of kindness like this are why the community really is the best part of Pokémon GO. A welcome surprise on a Saturday morning.
I am back home for a wedding, there is a tiny diner between the train tracks in the old mill area near where I grew up.
They have, without question the best lobster rolls. It’s been very nice being home to see friends and family, the break from GO has been refreshing too
Me before Knoxville: Charjabug is cope I can handle it neutrally if it’s not on Gligar.
Me after losing to two Charjabug teams: So anyways, Shadow Whiscash looks cool.
@pokeAK101
Hey Poke AK, I am new to PVP. The title of your video says Snorlax is the best safe swap for Master League yet you use it in the lead, where you can’t swap it in. Can you explain your thought process behind this decision? Thanks!
3rd times a charm and
@KingOwlexander
becomes the 🇺🇸 Peoria Regional Champion 🏆 on his 3rd regional attempt!
Congratualtions also to Sjamesp21 for reaching 2nd place on his debut regional!
Absolutely wonderful, don’t worry everyone! Maybe in 5 years they can give it surf!
We seriously need to stop complaining about Pokémon before they are released, this is now going to be a pre-mud bomb Quagsire, how exciting.
One day we will get a grass type that can exist in a Skarmory meta due to having fire coverage… just another grass type for skarmory to 0 shield farm all the way down, sigh…
Bellsprout, the Flower Pokémon, will be sprouting throughout
#PokemonGO
during April Community Day! The event will take place on April 20, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time.
Having a 4 day event centered around routes where some players don’t even have access to submit them. Let alone the fact that the goal is to have them approved within 24 hours? Absolutely amazing planning…
@NianticHelp
Shadow Ball Toxicroak is probably the big winner, fire buffs are nice, no more Bulldoze for Vigoroth is also a good change. I don’t know if anything else on the list really impacts the meta too drastically.
We’ll need to see where the Steel wing and Mud slap energy land.
Season of Timeless Travels has been announced:
-Nerfs to Psychic and Breaking Swipe
-Buffs to Mud Slap, Fire Spin, Incinerate, Scald, Iron Tail, Steel Wing, Astonish, and Bubble
-Shadow Ball Toxicroak
Initially bummed it wasn’t dragon claw but I think this gives Goodra some coverage that other dragons don’t have, which will make it stand out. This also replaces Lanturn’s meta coverage while being much less polarizing.
A good addition, shoutout to
@2Obutters
for calling it!
There’s something slimy in the shade! 💧
Goomy, the Soft Tissue Pokémon, will be sliding throughout
#PokemonGOCommunityDay
on June 9 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time.
Niantic gets a lot of flack but the past 2-3 updates have improved the variety of the P!P meta significantly with this update being the best improvement for variety.
I do think they deserve some credit for that.
I am happy for all the new worlds qualifiers I am seeing. But sad that I am still the only Canadian that has qualified. The CP system is just not feasible for many Canadians. In the future I am hopeful that there is a way to address this.
@playpokemon
@dracoviz
/🧵
Azumarill lead into Guzzlord, opponent swaps Poliwrath, I pull a shield with a play rough then come in with charjabug after they scald my Azu. Game then crashes and I’m awarded a loss.
@NianticHelp
can we get our act together please? Game quality is getting worse every day.
@DJEntaprize
@ItsAXN
A 2400-2500s battler is good enough to know how to win games with a favorable team comp advantage or dominant alignment.
A player that constantly hits legend is good enough to find win conditions in scenarios lower elo players would chalk up to “RPS”.
That is the difference.
@travy
@ZyoniK_
It’s very applicable to the PvP community. I don’t know how you can confidently say this while Niantic has a cup rotation forcing players to build Pokémon caught this season just to play.
I don’t see how improving the PvP system is a problem, there is literally no downside.
@WdagePoGo
Bro Sandslash is so good bro, it just needs to avoid DD, Medicham, Licki and Umbreon, come on bro, those pokemon aren’t even meta. I promise Sandslash is good bro, it’s just so flexible if you keep it away from a fighter bro, it’s not RPS at all.
@ItsAXN
@NianticLabs
@PokemonGoApp
Just tell us something, anything that indicates you’re acknowledging these issues and trying to resolve them. We never hear anything, we don’t know how certain PvP mechanics should work, give us ANYTHING that implies you care about trying to fix PvP, honestly.
@ItsAXN
I’d like to see a GBL hour similar to raid or spotlight hour where once per week we get highlighted bonuses, extra dust, more rare candies, more TMs, more TMs, more TMs, PLEASE GOD MORE TMs, etc.
Okay I found it, Weather Ball Fire Meganium, it’s going to be totally fine. DO NOT read too much into the sims in PvPoke, we should just do it! Please
@PokemonGoApp
🙂, would definitely introduce more fire, poison and dragon (we all know we miss poison types)!
If Skarmory/Whiscash is going to stick around then I really hope more grass types in the meta will get some type of coverage to fight back against Skarmory.
Weather Ball Fire, Rock Slide, stone edge would be nice additions for a typing that is sorely missed in the current meta.
The community is probably the only thing that keeps me coming to these events as it’s truly one of the best I’ve ever been a part of. However the inconsistent performance of PvP really challenges that love of the community, it’s very deflating at times.
@_CrimsonK19
Unprompted insults normally come from a place of jealousy or self projection. Lack of satisfaction in one’s life will cause them to try to tear down someone else.
Keep your head up, that person is a bozo.
Seeing friends for the first time since Japan, making new friends, some wonderful memories that I will cherish. Competing in-person for the first time since Japan was just as exciting as I’d hoped it would be. Congratulations to
@doonebug97
on the regional win, well deserved!
Every critical game I’ve ever had on stream has been impacted by catastrophic lag (vs Reis 2023, at NAIC, vs Poly 2024 at Knoxville) or 1 turn lag inconsistencies (vs GordonTheFlash 2024 at Indy).
I’ve also had total battle crashes off stream against numerous opponents.
The titans of the Hoenn region are descending this month in upcoming Raid Days!
Primal Kyogre is featured on March 17 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time, and Primal Groudon on March 23 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time!
My biggest takeaway from watching LAIC is Poison Jab/Surf Clodsire would’ve been perfectly fine in this meta.
It still would’ve hard lost and hard won the polarizing matchups while having the flexibility of a Lickitung or Medicham. Atleast it’s getting some niche play though.
@CalebPeng
At this point it basically covers the same role as Gligar while losing to Medi. Beats Regi, Carbink, Grass but loses to ice and is neutral into the bulk of Lickitung and Umbreon.
So I ask you this, would you realistically bring Clodsire over Gligar in a team of 6 at any point?
I’ve fluctuated in weight +\- 10lbs over the past few years but have always tried to maintain some level of dedication to staying in some type of shape. To anyone wondering if a fitness journey is worth the work I can say with full confidence it 100% is.
@GOHubAvrip
As a superstitious competitor I decided to try the notepad strategy for the first time ever during Indy. I wrote down my opponent’s team and my team Rd 1, lost, threw the notepad out then didn’t lose again til day 2.
I will never use a notepad again.
@HotPoket777
@InadequancePOGO
People just can’t build a team without the OP Charjabug/Conkeldurr core anymore, no originality 🙄. When are we going to get a REAL meta shakeup!?
Many familiar names have locked their place in Day 2 of the 🇧🇷 Goiânia Regional Championships!
A lack of Shadow Feraligatr as well as increased Cresselia and Vigoroth usage are some notable trends!
#PlayPokemon
#PokemonGO
Visual bug saying shadow Typhlosion only requires 25 candies to teach a second move
@NianticHelp
. It still requires 30, (I wasn’t able to teach my Typhlosion a second move until I used 4 rare candies to have 30 Typhlosion candies).
Wormadam trash and Bronzong are the only pokemon that would realistically use metal sound
GL remix finally getting the ban list updated is nice
Premier leagues back are nice too!
Please stop trying to make catch cup week happen, we absolutely hate it.
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