r/PokemonChampions

I find it funny when there's a move, and then another move thats better in every way.

I find it funny when there's a move, and then another move thats better in every way.

So they made this is Gen 8. And were like, okay so a 120 BP move that raises your Special attack before attacking. We need to make it a 2 turn move AND give it a chance to miss to make it balanced.

Then the next Gen they make Archaludon. Give it the same move, except its 10BP stronger, cannot miss and is a 1 turn move in the rain 🎉 Its like that Daniel and Cooler Daniel meme.

But I guess rock hitting more types than electric counts for something. I still hate Archaludon though.

u/rikkard2099 — 2 hours ago

I'm 27 and never played pokemon before but i like this game. I wish there was some kind of beginner mode to learn the types, weaknesses and strenghts, in detail, so i could learn how to play.

I tried with some charts online but i find them really hard to understand and its difficult to read them while i play. Also i already thought about playing older games so i could slowly learn but idk i think it would be far too much time spending.

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u/curry-meh — 4 hours ago

Annihilape almost single-handedly carried me to MB rank as a new player. Storm Throw/Defiant is such a potent combo in this meta.

Bulky for an attacker, but not well known enough that people regularly try to debuff it & use Protect against Phantom Force. I paired mine with a rain team & led it with Grimmsnarl. This Pokémon will OHKO Incin, Sinistcha, Charizard Y, Arch, Kingbambit & others without debuffing its defenses with Close Combat. I feel like it’s being slept on, so I hope you all find this useful!

u/VanceVanceRebelution — 6 hours ago

The Accessibility of Pokemon Champions

Hi everyone, blind pokemon enjoyer here. Ever since I was small, I used to love watching pokemon on tv and playing the games. But, as I've gotten older and my vision's basically gone, my love of competitive has grown. About a year ago, I started playing vgc on showdown a lot and with the release of pokemon champions on mobile, I was hoping for there to finally be a screen reader accessible pokemon game that I can play.
Come release day, I downloaded the game to find that from the very first screen it was not accessible :(
I think that compared to all other pokemon games which have some elements of exploring open areas, which would need a lot of time to rework to be accessible and I understand why they aren't, pokemon champions only really needs screen reader accessibility, which I'm sure something as large as pokemon wouldn't struggle to find the time or people to do.
I'm making this post both as an awareness thing but also, does anyone know where I can further inform whoever works on the appp of this issue because I'm pretty sure they don't scroll reddit lmao and if it's even worth doing or if there's no point because they won't do anything about it.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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u/Detective_Eggington — 2 hours ago

With the season coming to an end I'm curious where the people on this sub are currently ranked

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I just reached master ball with my most recent match , and I'm pretty proud of myself, this was my first season so I'm curious how everyone else has done.

(Repost to seperate the ultra and master teirs)

View Poll

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u/blockprime300 — 7 hours ago

Garganacl Salt Cure

First: I love Garganacl. I think its awesome. And I know that it was quite strong in s/v. I used it in my first playthrough and loved the Pokemon, its just cool imo.

Then, going into champions, ive seen they nerfed Salt Cure.

Ive tried it when Champions released and was underwhelmed. Now, with Toxapex on the rise, I thought of giving the block of my second most favourite white powder another chance.

Holy shit Salt Cure is worthless now lmao, even on Water and Steel types. Jesus Christ that move is garbage now like wtf.

I know that this damage over time playstyle can be frustrating, and I agree that the damage could be overwhelming in some situations, but damn they really went a little far.

What do you all think?

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u/Stahlwisser — 4 hours ago

I'm new to the double battle PvP format of Pokemon outside of some stuff with friends, and Champions has ruined Pokemon for me...

Champions is too fun! I can't play solo battles anymore! When do we get another Pokemon game based on double battles!? Colosseum and XD were too long ago!

The rush of double battles has been having me on the edge of my seat! Whether I win or lose, there's no battles like double battles!

And the ability to adjust your stats, moves, and abilities in Champions allows me to run my old shiny collection even if they aren't optimal in the games they came from! It's like earnable customization from other connected games! I love it!!!

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u/AwfulTrapperDBD — 5 hours ago

[Day 18 of asking if the new mons are good in VGC from F tier to S+ tier] Vileplume is considered B- tier. Is Grimmsnarl good? (I know the answer, jut give it a rank lol)

u/Alvalc134 — 9 hours ago

What I'm supposed to do with this garbage

Was shiny hunting and got this guy

He is basically wasting 1 of my 6 champion origin slots

The rest i just use pokemon from home

u/Fantastic_Honey6974 — 11 hours ago

Just forfeit the match bro 🥀

Did you guys had the same experience? So this guy intentionally AFK to prolong the match just to grief. Just take the L dumbass

u/Spare-Personality357 — 12 hours ago

I found a niche for all 7 Mega Abomasnow fans out there

While climbing to Master Ball tier with a Mega Falinks team, I found I struggled with Swampert + Pelipper leads badly. So I did heap amount of Calcs and found that a bulky Mega Abomasnow might be the only Grass type to survive getting doubled into by Pelipper and Swampert. Combined with Farigiraf threating a Trick Room turn 1, you can tell that lead to screw off. It worked and I did peak Master Ball 3 with a Mega Falinks / Mega Abomasnow team.

32+ Atk Swampert-Mega Wave Crash vs. 32 HP / 0 Def Abomasnow-Mega in Snow: 40-48 (20.3 - 24.3%) -- guaranteed 5HKO
32+ SpA Pelipper Hurricane vs. 32 HP / 24+ SpD Abomasnow-Mega: 122-146 (61.9 - 74.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
32 HP Abomasnow has 197 HP. At worst you are taking 196 damage (and getting confused but ignore that)

u/CyberGamer64 — 15 hours ago

Asia Servers Are So funny😭

(forgive me English in not my First language)

I was just playing normal ol champion and I decided to play on Asia Servers to see if I would find different teams or not(Spoiler I did😭)

I Won a couple of standard games and on my third game I encountered this Shenanigans team of Runerigus pasho berry/Bellibolt leftovers/Sinistcha kasib berry/Kleavor with sash

I am using a Standard Rain team and First turn he done and Used curse on my Archaludon and I put his Kleavor into one HP and I 50% their Runerigus with weather ball. I knock em out Next turn(I knew how Runerigus worked so no ability Shenanigans)then They Bring out Bellibolt.... BELLIBOLT😭✌️ and Sinistcha, Both are just healing each other with life dew and Parabolic charge.

My Archaludon Died because I didn't switch Him out (I needed a safe switch in for Basculegion) and they lasted For 2 turns against a 100bp last Respects and weather balls/Hurricane(last respects Missed Sinistcha and Bellibolt protected this turn and next turn I tried to one shot Bellibolt but failed).

My Basculegion almost got one tapped By Bellibolt and pelliper Died to it.

I get a free Swampert switch in and the game is over there

This is the Most Hilarious Game I ever done played I wasn't even mad about the turns they stalled curse damage.

u/Nautilus8739 — 12 hours ago

After endless win-lost with meta team, I decided to forfeit for 30 consecutive games with this shiny Eevee team. Doing charity work

Valid Crashout

u/Limp-Musician-1713 — 13 hours ago