★ Reg M-A Metagame Discussion Thread

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Reg M-A is the first format of Pokemon Champions, the new game for competitive battling in the Pokemon franchise. Here you can discuss any metagame developments and thoughts you may have.

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Every weather setter (Except Gigalith, because screw him I guess) is present in M-A. Sun Room might be commonplace what with all the strong sun abusers running amuck.
 
sheepie said:
They realy do just not care abt comp outside of doing the bare minimum to stop us complaining
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They think they do. It’s just too watered down for me.

I miss IVs, I miss the complex mechanics that Tera brought to a match, I miss the brainrot balance teams with unnerfed Unseen Fist, heck, I miss Reg D and that whole fiasco.

One thing is evident for me, this game is unfinished. My guess is that they were trying to release the game so that there were events before Worlds, but I would rather have a finished game with just one big event than an unfinished one with a 80 Pokémon centralized metagame(if Reg H couldn’t get any worse)…

They could’ve waited till mobile dropped for Switch to drop as well.. but NO! We are apparently going with the “Well, here’s the game, you get Focus Sash as the only good item and you can choose between AI generated Soft Sand Whimsicott, or Bright Powder Drampa.” There’s no Specs, no Lorb, no Helmet, no Cloak, no Loaded Dice, none of the items that I like.

This is one of the saddest days in VGC history, and I played during Worlds 2023.
 
flutterfan said:
They think they do. It’s just too watered down for me.

I miss IVs, I miss the complex mechanics that Tera brought to a match, I miss the brainrot balance teams with unnerfed Unseen Fist, heck, I miss Reg D and that whole fiasco.

One thing is evident for me, this game is unfinished. My guess is that they were trying to release the game so that there were events before Worlds, but I would rather have a finished game with just one big event than an unfinished one with a 80 Pokémon centralized metagame(if Reg H couldn’t get any worse)…

They could’ve waited till mobile dropped for Switch to drop as well.. but NO! We are apparently going with the “Well, here’s the game, you get Focus Sash as the only good item and you can choose between AI generated Soft Sand Whimsicott, or Bright Powder Drampa.” There’s no Specs, no Lorb, no Helmet, no Cloak, no Loaded Dice, none of the items that I like.

This is one of the saddest days in VGC history, and I played during Worlds 2023.
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I'm not as opposed to removing the major items. Yes they were instrumental in VGC for many generations, however now the boosting items and the resist berries get to come into play.

I do miss the amount of skill expression was required in using Life Orb, Assault Vest, etc, but I'm cautiously optimistic about this change.

They could have also just not implemented those items yet and will do so in a future patch.
 
I just wanna say one thing...

Mega Kangaskhan will be a top Mega in this format, even with the Intimidaters running around. I've played a few matches with Incin, Gyarados, and Whims, and it is nuts. Body Slam + Parental Bond with Drain Punch for healing and Fake Out for utility.

Of course Ghosts wall it, so that's something to consider.
 
Will Snorlax actually be viable now? No Ursaluna, Blood Moon or otherwise, and no Flame Orb. True it doesn’t have the pinch berries anymore but they got nerfed anyway in SS.
 
flutterfan said:
They think they do. It’s just too watered down for me.

I miss IVs, I miss the complex mechanics that Tera brought to a match, I miss the brainrot balance teams with unnerfed Unseen Fist, heck, I miss Reg D and that whole fiasco.

One thing is evident for me, this game is unfinished. My guess is that they were trying to release the game so that there were events before Worlds, but I would rather have a finished game with just one big event than an unfinished one with a 80 Pokémon centralized metagame(if Reg H couldn’t get any worse)…

They could’ve waited till mobile dropped for Switch to drop as well.. but NO! We are apparently going with the “Well, here’s the game, you get Focus Sash as the only good item and you can choose between AI generated Soft Sand Whimsicott, or Bright Powder Drampa.” There’s no Specs, no Lorb, no Helmet, no Cloak, no Loaded Dice, none of the items that I like.

This is one of the saddest days in VGC history, and I played during Worlds 2023.
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I disagree on tera (though i won't rant about it here, it's not very useful for the discussion), but your point is very fair. The decision to exclude so many of the most used items (AV, Specs, etc.) is just absolutely baffling to me? I already suspected not having NFE mons was simply because it would be too much work, but wtf man.

Releasing this early so there are events before worlds isnt even a valid excuse for TPCi to throw because reg M-A is ending between NAIC and worlds! We seem to be getting another reg D again anyway, so why not release later and just polish the game and actually include real items?
 
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