u/GazelleEntire6479

I started In chap 5 season 2 and have been pretty ass even though I’ve been grinding my mechs ever since I got a keyboard and mouse plus my ps5 in season 3. Id say I’m very good compared to most people in creative and unranked but still always die to people with simple edit or just people spraying and bleeding through my wall as I struggle to hold my wall and re box at the same time though I win every fight where that doesn’t happen pretty much. Do I just need to build fight and learn more retakes since I’m always losing boxfights or am I just coping. I can barely win in ranked even in low elo as I just get shit on and haven’t gotten above diamond 3 in br and carried to champ in reload. I win less than my duo on a messed up controller with 720p 40 ping 60fps even tho I’m on 120fps with 8 ping but can destroy him in 1v1.

i don’t even know the point of all I’m trying to make but just how do I play against these kids that make the most terrible edits and one pump me before I can flip my cone or do anything. Also my mechs are terrible as I for some reason just cannot do mechs fast enough to keep up and my console stutters so much even on 9 ping I fail triple edits somehow. Is there a way to play around this or do I just need a pc to play well on kbm and compete with the average ranked player or am I just completely coping.

I am trying to get off of console and build myself a pc for competitive games like minecraft, fortnite and valorant and looking around I see people dropping 5k on a pc left and right while I have more around an $800-1k budget. I normally buy stuff like monitors used but there is a very big difference between that and building a pc. I'm trying to put in extra work to get the most out of my money and was looking around on sites like ebay and the parts are a lot cheaper even for a "Lightly used". Is buying these used parts a bad idea and if not what are red flags I should look out for in the listing/pictures.

I competed in 2024 worlds and got the promo set and never really knew what to do with it, it has a high enough value but it has less demand than most grails but also a lot less printings. based off my research it seems that paradise resort sealed is between $720-$800 so if that is correct I was thinking about going for either that plus other trades for Tina alt art from lost origin or pfl zard or possibly multiple lower level psa 10s like zard sir from OBF. Thanks!

looking at the japan championships i see a lot of decks that have not been doing well in the west getting top 4 such as marnies grimmsnarl. Is this because of abyss eye there or is it just a completely different meta

I really do not understand the purpose of mega absol and drapion in his NAIC 2026 list can anyone explain?

Pokémon: 20

4 N's Zorua JTG 97

4 N's Zoroark ex JTG 98

3 Munkidori TWM 95

1 Skorupi POR 51

1 Drapion POR 52

1 Yveltal MEG 88

1 Purrloin WHT 55

1 Meowth ex POR 62

1 Fezandipiti ex ASC 142

1 Mega Absol ex MEG 86

1 N's Zekrom ASC 155

1 N's Reshiram JTG 116

Trainer: 32

4 Lillie's Determination MEG 119

3 Boss's Orders MEG 114

1 Cyrano SSP 170

1 Janine's Secret Art PRE 112

4 Buddy-Buddy Poffin TEF 144

4 Transformation Tome CRI 83

3 Poké Pad POR 81

3 N's PP Up JTG 153

2 Night Stretcher ASC 196

1 Ultra Ball MEG 131

1 Special Red Card CRI 82

1 Secret Box TWM 163

2 Air Balloon ASC 181

1 N's Castle JTG 152

1 Team Rocket's Watchtower DRI 180

Energy: 8

8 Darkness Energy MEE 7