Hello Hat Lovers!

Today, I’m going to be going over my Top 4 Seattle Regional run. This team also garnered a Top 8 finish by Justin and a Top 32 finish by Rapha. The team report will be out soon as well.

Going into the tourney, I knew that I would be most comfortable running Dual Primals as I had most of the season. Between the Midseason Showdown and Seattle, I had more time to practice, but my attempts to do so proved ineffective due to Battle Spot being relatively quiet. As such, I spent more of my preparation figuring out matchups and theorying. Despite the lack of battles, I felt comfortable enough with the team and what it was capable of. By the time the weekend rolled around, it was only a matter of deciding upon one or two moves. Also, it’s been a while since the event, so my memory may be a bit foggy on some matches…

The Team:

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Hey there Hat Lovers,

Heading into Spring Regionals, we’ve got what I think has become a more balanced metagame, albeit with a format that is still very punishing against slight misplays. The rise of Dual Primals with Bronzong has been a huge boon to the format’s balance, as this team has a great matchup against Big 6. As a result, Big 6 players are finally being forced to reconsider their team composition and figure out if there’s a way to modify their “goodstuffs” archetype to help deal with these new threats. Of course there are other teams that are popular right now, including some up-and-coming archetypes.

Today’s article is going to be an overview of the team archetypes popular today, and a glimpse into those teams that aren’t yet as well-developed.

Teams to watch for

Big 6

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Hey there Hat Lovers!

Be sure to tune in to the official Nugget Bridge stream this weekend to catch Mark commentating the Seattle Regional Championships.* He’ll be commentating on both Saturday and Sunday, and will be joined by Gabby Snyder (JTK) from www.teammagma.net on Sunday to commentate the Top Cut.

You’ll also be able to find the entire VGC with Hats crew at Seattle this weekend. Just look for anyone wearing a VGC with Hats hat, sporting our new logo; naturally a Togekiss. The schedule for this weekend will be:

Stream Schedule

Saturday – Catch Mark starting at ~11:00 am PDT / ~2:00pm EDT

Sunday – Catch Mark and Gabby for the Top Cut (TBA)

VGC with Hats authors attending

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Hello hat lovers!

I recently won back to back PCs in Victoria, putting my best finish limit at 1/1/1/1/1/16E. I used virtually the same team as the one in this article so this post will be shorter than usual. I’ll detail some of the slight changes I made regarding the team, and how those changes affect certain match ups.

Also, big thanks to Max once again for letting me and Hao stay at his place for the weekend!

Saturday

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