Recent content by JacobMR

:lunala: It's gonna be everywhere. It is the ideal "support" restricted. Now that you can have two legends, you can have an offensive restricted like Miraidon or Calyrex and supplement it with the Trick Room setting (or DENYING), Wide Guard spamming, Meteor Beam KO machine that is Lunala.

Simple question that I can't get answered anywhere else atm, which team is better? https://pokepast.es/ccecd8b11c936f14 or https://pokepast.es/a1e483ab73dae116 they're the exact same only with the sixth Pokemon being either Sneasler or Ting-Lu, I don't know which is better but I like both.

This post is more for me than for anyone else, I just wanted to theorycraft and figure out how to work the current meta with the restricted legends. There are 30 legal restricted legends in the meta atm, not counting the origin forms of the Gen 4 legendries or the uncrowned forms of Zacian or...

Trigger warning: language and swearing. Okay, what the HELL is up with Porygon-2!?!? I checked the usage stats of Pokemon on Pikalytics about a week before Baltimore Regionals, and Porygon-2 was no where near the top of the charts. It was landing under 5% usage. I remember this because I had...

Partners in Crime, Convergence

There are four big things in the meta right now. 1. Spread moves. Glacial Lance, Astral Barrage, Tera Starstorm, Precipice Blades, Origin Pulse, Water Spout, Eruption, Bleakwind Storm, and the always present Rock Slide. 2. Trick Room. When the most used restricted legendary is slower than...

I'm a little late to this boat but Indianapolis has some really interesting stats we need to look at 1. :miraidon: was the restricted of choice for winner Rajan Bal. This lines up with the pre-reg g theory that it would take over the metagame. It's Hadron Engine ability combined with it's...

in though imma get totaled round one

I’m sorry, OFFENSIVE TING-LU!? If you haven’t been on ladder past few days, you may be shocked to even hear this. Ting-Lu is built to be defensive, with massive Defense and HP stats and an ability that effectively gives all Pokemon on the field a mini Assault Vest. This is a Pokemon who deals...

In all seriousness, Toler Webb has won the 2024 Knoxville Regionals with an impressive team utilizing Gholdengo. The team consists of Gholdengo, Tornadus, Darkfu, lncineroar, Waterpon, and Raging Bolt. Incineroar is, well, Incineroar. Waterpon has risen a lot in performance recently, surpassing...

I think we need to take some notes from Toler Webb's performance in Knoxville. His two Incineroar strategy is very impressive. And the throat spray Gholdengo too. Really inventive strategy, didn't even know that Make It Rain was a sound move.

BREAKING NEWS!!! THE KING HAS FALLEN!!!! At press time, 15:00 CST, we have received word from the Pokemon livestream of Knoxville Regionals that on Day 2 of the event, Ogerpon-Wellspring as surpassed Flutter Mane and become the number one most used Pokemon!

We've got a double header this weekend, with Knoxville Regionals in the States and Melbourne Regionals down under, here's some predictions. For Knoxville, this will be the eighth North America regional this season, and the third of the Regulation F ruleset. While a series of unconventional...

To the surprise of no one, :incineroar: is currently ranked #2 in terms of usage, with 48% of teams using it in bo1 and 58% in bo3. :Flutter mane: is keeping it's #1 performance, but what I find interesting is that :iron hands: has apparently fallen off in terms of usage, and by a lot. At one...

I am certainly one of the people of all time