Championship Point Wrap Up: A 2015 US Nationals Preview
Editor’s Note: With the distribution of Championship Points this season, players have been playing year-round to get themselves in a favourable as possible position going into the United States...
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Training for Pokemon like an Elite Athlete
G’day, I’m Mindape. You may recognize my username from the Showdown chat, a post on the forums, or the Twitch chat during a stream. When I’m not playing Pokemon, I train and compete at an elite level...
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New York & New Jersey Invitational Preview
Hi everyone, I’m Jen Badamo, Tournament Organizer and VG Judge from Queens, NY. I’ve been a TO for about two years and was lucky enough to be included in the group chosen to pilot Premier Challenges...
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Meet Team North America: 2015 Edition
Hey everyone! The 2015 World Championships are right around the corner, and this year, it’ll be bigger than ever before. The North American circuit kicked off right after last year’s tournament, and...
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2015 Pokémon World Championships Preview
This is it, everyone! After twelve grueling months of competition and hundreds of thousands of competitive battles around the world, the 2015 season concludes this weekend at the World Championships in...
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Teams from the 2015 Pokémon World Championships
The World Championships of any season brings out the very best the metagame has to offer. The field sees a mix of standard teams perfected to be the best representation of the meta and anti-meta teams...
View ArticleGreener Grassy Terrain: A More Balanced Future For VGC?
VGC. Is it an esport? Maybe not. Yet. But it’s still our game. And while we’re not all the way there to playing a fully-fledged esport, it’s interesting to think about how we could get there. We know...
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Hyper Offense Analysis – BadIntent’s Evil Thoughts
This is BadIntent’s Evil Thoughts, a VGC series where I will explain advanced tactics or take a stance on controversial issues concerning the VGC Circuit. Today I will be covering Hyper Offense. I have...
View ArticleVGC ’16 Pokémon Speed Tiers
The standard ruleset for VGC 2016 has just been announced, and with all these new legendaries to work around, it’s more important than ever to fine-tune your own team’s EVs to outrun the right threats....
View ArticleNew Mechanics Introduced in VGC 2016
Hey there! As you probably know by now, the VGC 2016 format includes previously banned legendary Pokemon like Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza. Since their respective Primal Reversions and Mega Evolutions...
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