TPCi pays a lot of attention to player feedback and one of the biggest thing we said this year was that swiss format is something to keep. I can't see them removing it any time soon.
The Gem activates first, but in the end it doesn't really matter, the damage output will be the same.Lets say you have a Fighting Gem Top and a pokemon with a chople berry which actiavates first Gem or Berry
The number of rounds is based on attendance. At least in Colorado Springs they based the number of rounds on how many rounds it will take to get a single victor (all wins, no losses). Unless there is a top cut, in which case I have no idea how they figure it out (CS didn't have a top cut).I just wish they'd have more rounds. I only got to do four battles at the last regional.
Pretty sure after top cut is single elimination so that they can determine a first and second place winner.Yeah that was my next question? Do you think we'll be seeing single elimination from top cut AFTER swiss? Or will that format be saved for nats and worlds, mainly because of time restraints?
Pretty sure after top cut is single elimination so that they can determine a first and second place winner.
Assuming it worked the way it did for VGC2012, yes. Again assuming your local regional has a top cut; not all regionals had one due to attendance.So at regionals, they will have single elimination after they determine who made the top cut this year?
There's a lot of ways to counter Amoongus. If you're focused on stopping it's Ragepowder from redirecting your attacks, Taunt will stop it in it's tracks. Taunt also helps stop it from using it's key move Spore, another way to get rid of spore is by packing Safeguard on at least one of your pokemon, this prevents your pokemon from being affected by any status moves for 5 turns. If you're not interested in playing around Amoongus with moves like these you can always turn to the offensive approach. Assuming they aren't using the Coba Berry, Flight Gem Acrobatics from Tornadus (and a few other things) will kill most variants of Amoongus. Ice Gem Icicle Crash from Vanniluxe will kill every single variant of Amoongus. There's lots of other things out there that kill Amoongus too, you just gotta be creative and look for them!What is a Pokemon to counter Amongoss??
You'll work out a meeting schedule with your tutor; at least six hours total is the minimum, but you can break that up however you want. You do need access to PO, since I don't think PS! supports doubles yet.Because I want to get the most experience before regionals, I'd really like to know how the Battling 202 works. If i wanted to be tutored, would i need to be available for long hours consistently? Would i need access to Pokemon Online?
VGC does not use 4 Pokemon on a team, you have 6 in your party and choose 4 for each battle. Maybe Amoonguss would be a good last spot, these 3 seems to have a bit of trouble with Rain.What would be a good 4th member for a Doubles team including Garchomp, Rotom-W and Scizor? The only things I can think of in particular that would give the team trouble are bulky Fighting, Grass and Water/Ground types, but this depends on the moveset/items of the three Pokemon above of course.
Indeed. The only way I see this working is on a Trick Room team, and even then Politoed needs an Iron Ball to hit a good speed for Trick Room. Besides, there are far better Endeavor users.No, Endeavor Politoed is not a good idea. Politoed does not synergize well with the Focus Sash, and isn't quite slow or fast enough to use Endeavor at its best. He also probably has better things to do with the moveslot.
I was just thinking of using the 4 as the main core of the team, and then the 5th and 6th members could be 'additional' Pokemon that counter specific things and pull their own weight.VGC does not use 4 Pokemon on a team, you have 6 in your party and choose 4 for each battle. Maybe Amoonguss would be a good last spot, these 3 seems to have a bit of trouble with Rain.
It's a choice between Gastrodon and Abomasnow. Gastrodon with Water Absorb means that rain attackers need to use non-Water and non-Electric attacks, but it can still be killed by grass attacks; it also doesn't have a lot of offensive presence besides Surf/Muddy Water. Abomasnow removes Rain altogether, reducing Water damage (and increasing Fire damage) back to normal, and damaging opponents every turn with Hail, but it also damages your team; Abomasnow is also weak to a crazy number of attacks that are common in VGC.That said, which Pokemon would be considered as the best counter to Rain teams by itself: Amoonguss, Gastrodon or Abomasnow?