u/Sifflion

So I been trying to pilot Bolt but having a really hard time, barely hitting 1400 in live.

Before the rotation, I used to run Arboliva ( Yes, I know it wasn't meta ) and had success, sitting in 1600 and winning in casual locals. But after the rotation everything went downhill with shaymin in every deck and the loss of nest ball/turo, so decided to switch to bolt. Been trying ungabunga bolt, and got some success but the deck feels weak, so I tried to switch to box bolt, but I'm having a really hard time.

So, I believe I will go back to grass decks.

Both decks are doing good in JP, with Arboliva having a slight edge. But there's not much grass in the regionals, so I don't know what to do.

Which grass deck do you recommend for someone that it's rather new in the game and just want to try some local cups?

So first, I'm not a very experienced player, just playing for fun. Started because of my daugther and we are enjoying this together.

Been playing with turbo bolt for 2 weeks, but with some changes in the deck as the base one was not working for me. One of the changes was Meowth, that it started to be included in Japan just as of this week, and the other one, is Sandy Shocks.

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I don't know why I can't add images.

Sandy shocks does 90 damage if there are 3 energies in the board for 1 fighting energy and has 120hp.

It has been an incredible started for me in about 50 games, mixed between live and local tournaments. Won me many matches just because of the sheer pressure it applies while being one pricer, but I'm not competing in anything serious, just masterball + some casual locals.

It's quite easy to setup in turn one, be it by crispin or with ogerpons. It can one shot most of the turn 1 non-ex basics, and changes the prize map to 1 - 2 - 2 - 2.

It also enables Koraidon, but I don't like Koraidon that much myself.

Why is this little guy a mistake in this deck? Because I can't find a reason for it to not be included compared to baby bolt ( that requires crispin and wastes valuable energies ) or passimian in the version with 1 stadium, who also requires 2 energies.

This is my list:

Pokémon: 14

1 Iron Leaves ex TEF 25

4 Teal Mask Ogerpon ex TWM 25

1 Latias ex SSP 76

1 Sandy Shocks TEF 98

1 Fezandipiti ex ASC 142

4 Raging Bolt ex TEF 123

1 Meowth ex POR 62

1 Koraidon SSP 116

Trainer: 27

4 Crispin PRE 105

3 Bug Catching Set PRE 102

1 Energy Retrieval WHT 82

1 Night Stretcher ASC 196

3 Pokégear 3.0 BLK 84

2 Pokémon Catcher POR 82

1 Tera Orb SSP 189

4 Ultra Ball ASC 213

1 Unfair Stamp TWM 165

2 Lillie's Determination ASC 192

2 Boss's Orders MEG 114

1 Briar PRE 100

1 Powerglass SFA 63

1 Team Rocket's Petrel ASC 207

Energy: 19

11 Grass Energy MEE 1

4 Lightning Energy MEE 4

4 Fighting Energy MEE 6

Which one is the superior grass deck now? Arboliva or Hydrapple?

Why is no one using this little guy in Turbo Bolt?