Since most players have played their last event in Scarlet and Violet, I've made a Spotify wrapped style recap of all players tournament run and pokemon usage! Go check it out at: https://t.co/9M48iGFyYs
1-3 drop today at LA Regionals 2026. One of my worst performances I have had playing VGC ever. But you know what, I’m cool with it!!!
Reg I is not a ruleset I was practiced with. I tried building a team in less than 24 hrs and there were already strong team options available. I should have just used someone else’s team that had already found success.
Couldn’t sleep last night and my team was submitted 15 min before the deadline. I have less than 14 games of practice.
This is the least prepared I been for a regional ever. Regardless, happy to attend and can’t wait to play some Pokemon.
I have theory that it's actually impossible to win a tournament by raw skill only. There's a point in you run where you either got luck/didn't get unlucky or you just avoided the bad match-ups
This is the Slowbro Sun team I used to get to Champion Tier on ladder yesterday. Today the Champions Festival didn’t work out but felt the RNG wasn’t going my way. Moving on and will team build better next time.
Today marks one of the biggest VGC tournaments in history, The Grand Champions Festival, hosted by @JacobSkraw!
Here's the current usage data. With 10,000 players entered, there's a super wide range of Pokemon being used.
What team are you bringing today?
If everyone had access to Mega Floette, I definitely see its usage being in the top 5. Personally, I don’t want to purchase a game and grind +40 hours for 1 Pokemon. So I rather build a team that can beat it as many other vgc players. 😂
As expected, the first major Champions tournament of the format, with over 1,000 players, ended with a top cut completely dominated by Mega Floette. That is not okay at all. Champions is not supposed to be a pay-to-win game! #paytonwin 🥱
watch this if you if you hate rockslide
was planning on showcasing it during the friendly against japan today but unfortunately never got into the position
Played Mega Blastoise in the Warm Up Tournament. Team felt decent but still needs some work. It struggled vs opposing TW teams and certain Rain/Sand compositions.