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[Firestorm]

Is it wise to add two random Pokemon to my team sheet? I'm afraid of my opponent seeing my team by having one of my leads follow me. Does that even happen?

Audience will see your Pokemon following you (and what you pick) if you're the cart shown on screen. Otherwise it won't. If you're at a regional and don't plan on using anything but your four, then yeah go ahead and add two random Pokemon. If you're at Nationals, I'd highly recommend having six Pokemon that work well in teams of four because you'll be doing best of three matches.

 

[CCM30]

Alright, because I'll probably put my Feraligatr first just in case. Thanks.

 

[Cannonfodder]

With hitmontop, should I be putting any ev's into speed? Should I bother with hp ev's or just invest the 252 in attack and speed?

 

[Human]

I would put 12 EV's in speed just to out speed other ones with 0 EV's in speed and put the rest in Attack and HP. That's my personal opinion though.

 

[Cannonfodder]

Last question........with an adamant giratina-O set do I bother investing ev's in speed or just attack and hp??? Thanks in advance

 

[Human]

Personally, I have no clue. The base speed is the same, but the attacks and defenses are switched for Giratina and Giratina-O. I have no idea. I would look through some of the war stories here. They might be able to answer your question.

 

[Victory Star]

The finals normally end late afternoon, around 2-3PM. If you make finals, there will be photos, interviews, and paperwork to fill out - you will get out no later than 5PM.

Thank you so much! :)

 

[Sparrowsluck]

I've heard a lot about the Hitmontop/Kyogre lead with Palkia/Abomasnow in the back, it seems to be a popular thing this year. I'm curious though, what hold items would each of them be using and what would their EV spreads look like?

Oh and when you guys use legendary Pokemon on your team, how do you get them? (RNG abuse, pokesav, resetting, etc) Or do you just not care about the IVs that much?

 

[Firestorm]

I've heard a lot about the Hitmontop/Kyogre lead with Palkia/Abomasnow in the back, it seems to be a popular thing this year. I'm curious though, what hold items would each of them be using and what would their EV spreads look like?

Oh and when you guys use legendary Pokemon on your team, how do you get them? (RNG abuse, pokesav, resetting, etc) Or do you just not care about the IVs that much?

Hitmontop holds Life Orb, Kyogre holds Choice Scarf, Palkia holds Haban Berry, and Abomasnow holds Sitrus Berry.

 

[Misdreavus]

Will the shiny Eevee be distributed at Nationals as well, or not?

 

[Sixonesix]

Is it wise to add two random Pokemon to my team sheet? I'm afraid of my opponent seeing my team by having one of my leads follow me. Does that even happen?

If you have a big pokemon (any uber except Mewtwo), put that at the front of your party and you won't have anything following you.

 

[Firestorm]

If you're the player on the screen, people in the audience will see every Pokemon you pick and the order you pick them in anyway so it doesn't matter. Your opponent can't see anything and this only happens if you're on a TV.

 

[necrotrainer]

registration sheet question

On the sheet to register your pokemon, it asks for the level and the stats of the pokemon. So, is it asking for the level and stats AFTER they are auto leveled, or before??

 

[Cybertron]

Before, which is why they ask for level too. Just pull them straight from the game.

 

[sandman]

Does anyone have an idea of how early you should show up to ensure you get a spot in juniors?

 

[Wildfire]

Does anyone have a giratina to lend me?

 

[callforjudgement]

Does anyone have an idea of how early you should show up to ensure you get a spot in juniors?

At the Birmingham VGC I showed up a little before 9am, which would have been early enough to get me a spot if I'd been a junior, but I'd still have been towards the back of the region of the queue that got in (if they hadn't expanded the numbers for the juniors that day). I'd suggesting being earlier than that, maybe 8:30am or even 8am, to guarantee a place. (That said, you needed to turn up over 3 hours before the stated registration time to get into the seniors, and queue for ages...)

 

[Wildfire]

How long do the tournments last?

 

[JRank]

I can have four Ubers on the team sheet, right? As long as I use two to battle I'm okay, right?

 

[Aqueos]

Yeah that's correct Jrank.

 

[lenihanman]

is it possible for me to do practice battles on wifi or battle revolution if my pokemon are above lever 50 ?

 

[Tyler]

is it possible for me to do practice battles on wifi or battle revolution if my pokemon are above lever 50 ?

Yes because on wifi/PBR it will auto level everything down to level 50.

 

[Wildfire]

Does anyone have a power item that raises attack? I need it really soon.

 

[Toasta]

For a palkia should I go with dragon pulse or spacial rend?

 

[JRank]

For a palkia should I go with dragon pulse or spacial rend?

It's personal preference, Spacial Rend gives you more power and a crit chance, but with Dragon Pulse you won't miss in a key situation. I used Dragon Pulse and it never let me down.