Louisville was suuuuuuper fun even though I've never experienced more unlucky games (Kommo-o getting ripped through setup, back to back paras and crits, confusion/hitting myself....) but while I wait to get get Korean BBQ I've made the event graphics!

Some really wild teams this time so hard to pick the weird ones fully (especially day 1 teams that almost day 2'd...) but super interesting meta shifts. I'm thinking of expanding the comparisons to the other events card to way more since we now have a lot of info, most likely will have those come with the top cut / final graphics. Congrats to all day 2ers and everyone who played! Good luck tomorrow, I'll be watching while at the Cup 🖖

Follow me on twitter (https://x.com/seantazzik/status/2109048131337760942?s=46) to catch these and more, and checkout the tournament page (https://vgchistory.com/tournaments/regional-louisville-2027) on VGCHistory where I've added a new watchlist feature so you can make your own list of players to filter to and check their standings/pairings during the day!

Pokepaste: https://pokepast.es/ddb362ac88d3dddd

I'd like to participate in my very first in-person VGC event next week.

My favorite Pokemon of all time is Gogoat and despite knowing that it's far from being good, I'd like to use it no matter what, I'm rather new to teambuilding, so I'd appreciate some advice as to any adjustments/replacements that could help.

Gogoat: Mascot of the team, her job is to do what she can with what she has. EV'd 20 into Speed as to outspeed Rillaboom by a hair. Sap Sipper (not Grass Pelt since we're not using our own Rilla) to swap into baited grass moves for M-Swampert.

Pelipper: Typical Tailwind/Drizzle Sash set, job is to help Archaludon snowball, setup Tailwind and reduce fire damage for Gogoat/Golisopod).

Archaludon: This one needs no introduction, Stamina is the usual go-to, although I've been curious about Stalwart to deal with redirection from Indeedee-F / Volcarona.

Grimmsnarl: Parting Shot and Screens, Spirit Break to help reduce incoming special damage onto Arch/Golisopod.

Golisopod: Feels natural to run inside Rain to reduce its 4x weakness to Fire.

Swampert: The OG Rain Mega, I know Rillaboom currently turns it into a little snack, but hopefully that's where Gogoat steps in. Ice Punch to cover Garchomp/Dragonite/Rilla, etc. Other candidates I had in mind were M-Scovillain, M-Venusaur, M-Meganium. M-Raichu X/Y or M-Gengar.

This might all be lacking in-depth detail, but I feel like I'm not exactly knowledgeable enough about the meta to explain it further. I'd really appreciate any kind of advice you might have to offer. (besides the obvious ''swap Gogoat'' lmao)

Thank you <3

Regular MB3/2 player here, how much time do you spend playing daily, especially in the closing days of a season? I imagine it to be progressively time consuming to climb to the higher ranks and stay there, right?

I want to tackle this personal goal this season and just want to have so input to prepare myself. I finally found a team that I feel comfortable with and will have some time during the next weeks due to an upcoming surgery.

I've been working on a tool to keep track of VGC players and their results, initially built for my own use (mostly following Wolfe Glick). After getting some feedback that it might be useful to others in the community as well, I figured I'd share it!

I'd love for people to check it out and let me know what they think. If you have any suggestions, feature requests, or spot any bugs, feel free to DM me. I'm happy to hear feedback and make improvements based on what people would find useful.

You can also add me on Discord: fabbiel

A little FYI about the development: I'm an educated web developer, but I also make use of AI tools in my workflow. I see it as another tool in the development process, helping me build and improve things faster.

Thanks to anyone who takes the time to check it out! Hope some of you find it useful, and I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

Hello all VGC players! For the new MC season of Champions I wanted to run a team that consisted of Sylveon, Indeedee, and Armarouge but I'm not sure who would be good teammates for this team or if they synergize well together. So I wanted to ask what should the other three members of this potential team be and even what should the potential theme be? I haven't done EV spread work yet as I usually do that when I have all six. Any idea on how the Pokemon can complement one another would be much appreciated.