In honor of National Dog Pokemon Day, we have compiled an indisputable list of the top 10 dog Pokemon.
10. Dragonite
It has the letters “d”, “o”, and “g” in its name, which is good enough for us. It’s certainly a better method of designating dogs than the rest of what the VGC community has.
Hello hat lovers!
Much of the VGC With Hats crew recently attended Oregon regionals. The group did well enough to make it on stream several times, as eight of the fourteen streamed matches featured hatters. You can find all of those sets below. Big thanks to NuggetBridge for streaming the event, Duy, Zach, and Kimo for commentating, and JT pkmn for uploading all of the streamed sets on YouTube!
Hello hat lovers!
In VGC 2017, there are five berries that have become a staple on teams. While these five are largely the same, there are some differences that many players don’t know about, leading to some confusion about which of them is the best choice on certain Pokemon. These berries are the Figy Berry, Iapapa Berry, Wiki Berry, Aguav Berry, and Mago Berry. They are sometimes referred to as pinch berries or Super Sitrus berries, but memorising the acronym “Fiwam” and calling them Fiwam Berries will help you learn which berry not to use on some Pokemon. Beyond understanding the berries’ mechanics, there is also an information advantage that you could have by not using certain berries, even if they don’t confuse your Pokemon.
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There was a Midseason Showdown in Vancouver last weekend. I made the trek from the island alone so I could chase those Championship Points.
I made the initial draft of this team about a month ago after the last PC. The starting point was Specs Koko and Helping Hand Arcanine which would allow me to OHKO Garchomp with Dazzling Gleam. I added Porygon2 and Gigalith as a Trick Room mode and tried a myriad of Pokemon in the last two slots.
In the weeks leading up to the MSS I noticed Rapha was using a similar team to what I was testing. We decided to collaborate to create the teams we would go on to take 2nd and T8. In this report I’d be listing my version of the team and Rapha will share his thoughts and where his team differed from mine.
Here’s the team at a glance:
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Choice Specs | Volt Switch | Dazzling Gleam | Thunderbolt | Hidden Power Fire |
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Eviolite | Return | Ice Beam | Recover | Trick Room |
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Rockium Z | Stone Edge | Rock Slide | Curse | Protect |
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Groundium Z | Earthquake | Poison Jab | Swords Dance | Protect |
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Mago Berry | Flare Blitz | Extreme Speed | Snarl | Protect |
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Leftovers | Heavy Slam | Flamethrower | Leech Seed | Protect |
Hello Hat Lovers!
Due to lack of major events we haven’t had much to write about, so I’m going to share the team I used to win a PC yesterday. While I made the team from scratch it ended up being a very standard looking team.
Nevertheless! We here at VGC w/Hats don’t turn down an opportunity to make a good pun.
VGC with Hats 