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[roxybot]

how often do tournaments run here? i just missed out on joining the Swiss tourney but i'd absolutely love to get in on one soon

 

[Jesuuuus]

how often do tournaments run here? i just missed out on joining the Swiss tourney but i'd absolutely love to get in on one soon

For the current format it tends to be one every 2.5 months ish, cause of how long they take to run. If you’re quick you might be able to ask if you can still join Swiss, by joining at 0-1 or something. Other than that there are old gen smogon vgc tournaments which are run roughly every month, other smogon format tournaments and vgc tournaments hosted regularly on sites like victory road and limitless.

 

[sumwun]

Was Gigantamax ever usable in gen 8 VGC? If yes, which Gigantamax Pokemon had niches, which formats/regulations were they usable, and what were the niches?

 

[Sugarbear]

Was Gigantamax ever usable in gen 8 VGC? If yes, which Gigantamax Pokemon had niches, which formats/regulations were they usable, and what were the niches?

To answer your first question, absolutely!

Second question, it was generally the forms whose attacks did the lasting damage after that were the most successful. They’d launch some attacks, get some passive damage for their team mates to clean up late game. Charizard, Blastoise, Coalossal, and for a time Venusaur all did this well. Another strong G Max form was Lapras, as G Max Resonance lets it set Aurora Veil regardless of weather.

 

[sumwun]

In Reg I, why is Solgaleo usually outclassed by Ho-Oh and Lunala? What can they do that Solgaleo can't?