My Birmingham VGC War Story

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So I had 2 weeks to prepare this team, wanted to win but I guess I knew it wouldnt happen :P
This is how my day went:


I woke up early(at 5am) but and left home at 7 or 8am(I honestly cant remember). I got to the NEC at around 10:30 and was one of the first in the queue.
I saw a few people I knew were from Smogon further behind in the queue, but I couldnt be pissed going over.

This was my team
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Smeargle(Own Tempo)@Focus Sash
Jolly-31/31/31/x/31/31
244 HP / 4 Def / 4 SpD / 248 Spe
-Dark Void
-Detect
-Follow Me
-Super Fang

248 Speed to underspeed max speed Smeargles after Trick Room, but still outspeeds Abomsnow(my only way of stopping Mewtwo + Abomasnow leads). No Fake Out, becuase every predicts it and target Smeargle. IF I WANTED FAKE OUT ID USE INFERNAPE OR WEAVILE. Super Fang help Dialga kill stuffs. Follow Me against Kyogre + Hitmontop leads.

Dialga@Lum Berry
Quiet-31/x/31/31/31/0
252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
-Dragon Pulse
-Flamethrower
-Protect
-Trick Room

Standard Trick Room set up.

Abomsnow@Expert Belt
Quiet-31/31/31/31/31/0
252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpA
-Ice Shard
-Blizzard
-Grass Knot
-Protect

Trick Room sweeper. Grass Knot can OHKO Scarfogres.

Mewtwo@Life Orb
Naive-30/31/31/31/31/31
4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
-Blizzard
-Thunder
-Flamethrower
-Selfdestruct

Fast sweeper once Trick Room is gone. NO ONE expects Selfdestruct on Mewtwo.

Koffing@Iron Ball
Relaxed-LVL 1 :P
-Pain Split
-Curse
-Spite
-Grudge

Yes this was to take this piss

After a long journey on a few trains I arrived at the NEC.
I had to wait in the queue for 2 hours. But I was one of the first 10 in the queue so I RNGd something while waiting :P.

Round 1

I come up against some guy - he cant be more than 14. I say good luck, then we battle.
He sends out Aerodactyl and sets up Stealth Rock.
I forget the rest.
2-0

Round 2
Next guy, he looks a bit older.
Out comes Zapdos + Electivire.
I get worried about Earthquake, then remember Electivire is crap.
I set up TR.
2-0

Round 3
From the moment I saw this guy and his friends, I knew he was a dick.
He sends out Jolteon + Togekiss
Smeargle Detects, Jolteon fails to Thunder Wave it. Togekiss uses Aura spher on Dialga(~45%), Dialga sets up Trick Room.
Smeargle uses Dark Void, both fall asleep. Dialga Dragon Pulses Jolteon(~70%).
He starts complaining that Ive violated the sleep clause. He gets the judges, they say play on :P.
I forget the rest from there, but I think he had a Metagross and Kyogre.
Mewtwo and Abomsnow clean up, 2-0.

Round 4 vs. Osirus182
So I had got through to the second set of battles, and was quite happy with my performance. Of course I wanted to go further :P
I go to the table and am facing a guy around 20ish. I say good luck, he says good luck. He sees my trainer name. He says something like "You're 7014gree?" I say yeah, he says something like he didnt want to battle me(correct me if Im wrong)
I thought facing a Kyogre + Hitmontop lead was the worst possible outcome. It turns out Kyogre + Infernape is a lot worse.
Smeargle uses Follow Me, Infernape Fakes Out, Kyogre uses Water Spout(more than 50% to Dialga, Smeargle dies), Dialga sets up Trick Room.
Now this was the turning point in the match.
Out comes Abomasnow. I use Grass Knot on Kyogre for the OHKO, he switches Dialga in its place -__-. Dialga uses Dragon Pulse on Infernape, Focus Sash saves it. I thought Infernape would use Mach Punch, I completely forgot about Heat Wave. Dialga + Abomasnow are dead, Infernape dies from Hail damage. He switches in Abomasnow, I switch in my last Pokemon, Mewtwo -__-.
Trick Room is still up, Mewtwo dies from Dragon Pulse + Blizzard before it can move. I lose 3-0.
If Id predicted anything on the second turn, it could have been a completely different outcome, but he still won in the end, he was the more experienced player and he ended up losing in the third round and I hope he gets far in Hawaii. He beat some Belgian guy who I didnt like, so I dont hate him :P. I think he recorded the video, but I wouldnt be surprised if he deleted it :P. GG Osirus.

Although I only got to the top 32, it was a great experience and it was a fun day out.

Special Thanks to:
timetwister for the Dialga
ExpertEvan and FriDanny for the Smeargle I couldnt be arsed breeding myself :P
godudette for helping me with my team
Ditto and Huy for helping me get Pokemon I was going to put in at the last minute.
JiveTime for telling me not to put them in :P
All those who gave me practice battles - I needed them
All those who supported me
 

Expert Evan

every battle has a smell!
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Top 32 is still a great showing though it's never fun having a tougher opponent so early to stop your streak. I'm glad to see smeargle worked as actually FriDanny was the one that actually bred it for me so it would hatch as a shiny in my game.
 
Didn't realise you were playing Osiris until later on :(
Glad you had fun day, and Top 32 sounds alot better than Top 128 i got lol
 
Man, this is confusing... everytime you say Abomasnow I read Obamasnow o.O OT: I couldn't even get to the top 32, it's just sad that you maybe could have had a bye and thus getting on to the nationals... But atleast you had fun and that's what matters
 
I couldn't even get to the top 32, it's just sad that you maybe could have had a bye and thus getting on to the nationals...
It was the Nationals for us UK people :)
Only Top 4 get to go to Worlds, and even then only Top 2 get paid for. 3 and 4 have to play about $1500 (Over £1000 for us) to get there.
 
I don't know why there was a guy complaining about sleep clause when there is no sleep clause in VGC.
Becuase hes an NOOB!
Top 32 is still a great showing though it's never fun having a tougher opponent so early to stop your streak. I'm glad to see smeargle worked as actually FriDanny was the one that actually bred it for me so it would hatch as a shiny in my game.
His team was a counter to mine. I could have pulled it back, but I didnt predict the switch and forgot Infernapes could learn Heat Wave.
Thanks for the Smeargle, without it I would have had to breed my own :P
Didn't realise you were playing Osiris until later on :(
Glad you had fun day, and Top 32 sounds alot better than Top 128 i got lol
I saw some people there, but I couldnt be pissed joining in so I just RNGd a bit :P Too bad I didnt meet you there
If I got Top 128 against my opponents I probably would have quit Pokemon :P
Man, this is confusing... everytime you say Abomasnow I read Obamasnow o.O OT: I couldn't even get to the top 32, it's just sad that you maybe could have had a bye and thus getting on to the nationals... But atleast you had fun and that's what matters
It was the nationals. Anyway if I came 3rd or 4th my parents probably wouldnt pay for Hawaii. But at least Ive proved to my dad that Pokemon is a serious game and Im actually quite good at it :P


While we're at it you also violated Uber Clause :P

Congrats on getting Top 32!


Same here, my mum thought I had no chance of getting anywhere seeing as last year I was out Round 2, but after I got passed Round 3 she started rooting for me haha. That DSi could have got me atleast £100 towards a trip to Hawaii I guess. Nevermind lol.
:P
Thanks
Yeah, my dad was saying that he thought I was going to lose Round 1 lol :P
Too bad I didnt meet you there, I only talked(a little) to Havak and Osirus though
I might be going to Spain though - only if I can get my new team shiny XD
 
He starts complaining that Ive violated the sleep clause. He gets the judges, they say play on :P.
While we're at it you also violated Uber Clause :P

Congrats on getting Top 32!

It was the nationals. Anyway if I came 3rd or 4th my parents probably wouldnt pay for Hawaii. But at least Ive proved to my dad that Pokemon is a serious game and Im actually quite good at it :P
Same here, my mum thought I had no chance of getting anywhere seeing as last year I was out Round 2, but after I got passed Round 3 she started rooting for me haha. That DSi could have got me atleast £100 towards a trip to Hawaii I guess. Nevermind lol.
 
EDIT:New stuff since my Trade Thread closed

Abomasnow
[OT: =)|ID: 40864]

Nature:Adamant|Gender:♀ :/
IV's:(31/31/31/6/30/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Snow Warning
Caught at Lake Acuity

Garchomp
[OT: =)|ID: 40864]

Nature:Adamant|Gender:♀
IV's:(31/31/31/6/30/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Sand Veil
Caught atWayward Cave
Caught for Inevitable

Gyarados
[OT: =)|ID: 40864]

Nature:Adamant|Gender:♀
IV's:(31/31/31/6/30/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Intimidate
Caught at Victory Road


M
inun
[OT: 7014*|ID: 50481]

Nature:Timid|Gender:♂
IV's:(31/22/30/31/31/31)
Hidden Power:Ice 70|Ability:Minus
Caught at National Park
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 12

Plusle
[OT: 7014*|ID: 50481]

Nature:Timid|Gender:♂
IV's:(31/22/30/31/31/31)
Hidden Power:Ice 70|Ability:Plus
Caught at National Park
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 10

Forretress
[OT: 7014*|ID: 50481]

Nature:Relaxed|Gender:♂
IV's:(31/31/31/28/31/0)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Sturdy
Hatched atIlex Forest
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 1 as Pineco


Arbok
[OT: 7014*|ID: 50481]

Nature:Jolly|Gender:♂
IV's:(31/31/31/31/31/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Intimidate
Hatched at Safari Zone
Egg Moves:Switcheroo,Pursuit,Spite,Disable
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 1 as Ekans


Groudon
[OT: 7014*|ID: 28542]

Nature:Adamant
IV's:(31/31/31/7/31/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Drought
Caught at Embedded Tower
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 50

Groudon
[OT: 7014*|ID: 28542]

Nature:Careful
IV's:(31/31/31/7/31/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Drought
Caught at Embedded Tower
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 50

Ho-Oh
[OT: 7014*|ID: 28542]

Nature:Adamant
IV's:(31/31/31/7/31/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Pressure
Caught at Bell Tower
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 70

Ho-Oh
[OT: 7014*|ID: 28542]

Nature:Careful
IV's:(31/31/31/7/31/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Pressure
Caught at Bell Tower
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 70

Rayquaza
[OT: 7014*|ID: 28542]

Nature:Adamant
IV's:(31/31/31/7/31/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Air Lock
Caught at Embedded Tower
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 50

Mewtwo
[OT: 7014*|ID: 28542]

Nature:Adamant
IV's:(31/31/31/7/31/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Pressure
Caught at Cerulean Cave
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 70

Mewtwo
[OT: 7014|ID: 17438]

Nature:Timid
IV's:(31/31/31/29/29/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Pressure
Arrived from Kanto
Special Moves:Selfdestruct,Counter,Metronome
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 70

Mewtwo
[OT: 7014|ID: 17438]

Nature:Adamant
IV's:(31/31/31/5/30/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Pressure
Arrived from Kanto
Special Moves:Selfdestruct,Counter,Metronome
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 70


Mewtwo
[OT: 7014|ID: 17438]

Nature:Hasty
IV's:(31/31/31/31/30/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Pressure
Arrived from Kanto
Special Moves:Selfdestruct,Counter,Metronome
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 70

Quagsire
[OT: 7014*|ID: 50481]

Nature:Careful|Gender:♂
IV's:(31/31/31/31/31/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Water Absorb
Hatched at Olivine City
Egg Moves:Recover,Curse,Body Slam,Encore
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 1 as Wooper


Kangaskhan
[OT: 7014*|ID: 50481]

Nature:Adamant|Gender:♀
IV's:(31/31/31/31/31/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Scrappy
Hatched at Safari Zone
Egg Moves:Hammer Arm,Stomp,Disable
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 1

Lanturn
[OT: 7014*|ID: 50481]

Nature:Calm|Gender:♀
IV's:(31/0/31/31/31/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Volt Absorb
Hatched at Lighthouse
Egg Moves:Agility
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 1 as Chinchou

Bronzong
[OT: 7014*|ID: 50481]

Nature:Brave
IV's:(31/31/31/17/31/0)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Levitate
Hatched at Ruins of Alph
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 1 as Bronzor


Deoxys
[OT: 7014|ID: 45681]
Nature:Jolly
IV's:(31/31/29/25/31/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Pressure
Pal Parked from Kanto
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 30

Ho-Oh
[OT: 7014|ID: 45681]

Nature:Jolly
IV's:(31/31/29/25/31/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Pressure
Pal Parked from Kanto
Special Moves:
Double-Edge

Available:
#1: UT at LVL 70

Mewtwo
[OT: 7014|ID: 45681]

Nature:Jolly
IV's:(31/31/29/25/31/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Pressure
Pal Parked from Kanto
Special Moves:Selfdestruct,Counter,Metronome
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 70

Groudon
[OT: 7014|ID: 01744]

Nature:Brave
IV's:(30/31/30/3/30/0)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Drought
Pal Parked from Hoenn
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 45

Kyogre
[OT: 7014|ID: 58017]

Nature:Quiet
IV's:(31/1/31/31/31/0)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Drizzle
Pal Parked from Hoenn
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 45


Registeel
[OT: 7014|ID: 01744]

Nature:Careful
IV's:(31/31/31/12/31/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Clear Body
Pal Parked from Hoenn
Special Moves:
Counter,Seismic Toss,Body Slam,Mimic
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 40


Mew
[OT: 7014|ID: 60244]

Nature:Adamant
IV's:(31/30/31/9/30/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Synchronize
Pal Parked from Hoenn
Special Moves:Mimic,Softboiled,Counter,Body Slam
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 30


Giratina-O
[OT: 7014*|ID: 07014]

Nature:Naive
IV's:(29/31/30/30/31/30)
Hidden Power:Fire 69|Ability:Levitate
Caught at Distortion World
Available:
#1:
UT at LVL 47



Darkrai*
[OT: 7014*|ID: 07014]

Nature:Timid
IV's:(30/9/31/31/31/31)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Bad Dreams
Caught at Newmoon Island
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 50
*AR code used for event

Cresselia
[OT: 7014*|ID: 07014]

Nature:Sassy|Gender:♀
IV's:(31/1/31/31/31/0)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Levitate
Caught at Route 201
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 50

Dialga
[OT: 7014*|ID: 07014]

Nature:Quiet
IV's:(31/30/31/31/31/0)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Pressure
Caught at Spear Pillar
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 70

Palkia
[OT: 7014*|ID: 07014]

Nature:Quiet
IV's:(31/30/31/31/31/0)
Hidden Power:---|Ability:Pressure
Caught at Spear Pillar
Available:
#1: UT at LVL 70
 
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