Ethan Rauchwerk

VGC | San Francisco

[Ethan Rauchwerk @EthanRauchs]

@HitTheCritty Do NOT give this guy the genies this time

[Ethan Rauchwerk @EthanRauchs]

Had a mistake that I needed to change but video is back up

[Ethan Rauchwerk @EthanRauchs]

I made a video about my team and top cut run in Louisville!

It’s long, but I hope you enjoy whichever parts you watch (timestamps in description).

It was such a fun and strong team. I hope others can take something from it and use it in this last month of Reg M-C!

https://t.co/g60FPiPbXZ

[Ethan Rauchwerk @EthanRauchs]

Despite tera adding way more possibilities and seeming like the ultimate skill mechanic, I feel like in practice it introduces way more 50/50s guessing if they’re gonna tera.

With mega evo you can plan out lines way more consistently and rewards better prep more.

I’m going with mega

[Ethan Rauchwerk @EthanRauchs]

ts was 2 showers ago🫩✌️🥀

[Ethan Rauchwerk @EthanRauchs]

I made a video about my team and top cut run in Louisville!

It’s long, but I hope you enjoy whichever parts you watch (timestamps in description).

It was such a fun and strong team. I hope others can take something from it and use it in this last month of Reg M-C!

https://t.co/g60FPiPbXZ

[Ethan Rauchwerk @EthanRauchs]

My Louisville team strikes again!👻🎃

I got 1st out of 67 at the biggest ever local in Northern California, the CardArt Halloween Cup! This scene is crazy stacked so I’m thrilled to get my first win.

More than anything, I’m so happy I got to give this team the ending it deserves. It’s my baby that I worked on since Day 1 of the format, and now it can finally retire.

Excited to share a long overdue video this weekend about how I built it, all the strategies/matchups, and an in-depth recap of my top cut run in Louisville if anyone’s interested.

Cup vod: https://t.co/UGprxoH7LP

Bonus: video of my friends surprising me with champagne after. And yes, pokemon is always that deep

#VGC

[Ethan Rauchwerk @EthanRauchs]

@a810g Massive W commentary

[Ethan Rauchwerk @EthanRauchs]

@Trikslyr Smite robbed

[Ethan Rauchwerk @EthanRauchs]

@HitTheCritty So valid I basically wouldn’t change a thing, SINNOH ON 🔝‼️

[Mohamed Ibrahim @Raobrah]

I’m sorry @MichaelderBeste 😭😭

[Ethan Rauchwerk @EthanRauchs]

@Raobrah @MichaelderBeste Bro I stg it always be wolfey me and marco silva😭😭✌️

[Ethan Rauchwerk @EthanRauchs]

@Konnichiwonnor Give this guy one day off and he gets champion tier and wins a tournament

[Ethan Rauchwerk @EthanRauchs]

@Konnichiwonnor You better pray you don’t run into any coil milo😏

[Ethan Rauchwerk @EthanRauchs]

@GworfVGC What a sick build man! I’m always looking forward to seeing your regional cooks. Chatting with you in between day 2 rounds is one of my highlights of the weekend :D

[Ethan Rauchwerk @EthanRauchs]

@MinasiaLoR Man you are such a great player I couldn’t believe we were both 3-2 when I sat down. That was the single matchup I prepped for the most and it was still probably my toughest set of the run

[Ethan Rauchwerk @EthanRauchs]

Never been a twitter person but you VGC people seem to really like it so I made one.

I got top cut at Louisville regionals, on my first day 2 and just 8 months after learning about this game. Cool to be the highest placing and only Indeedee-F in top cut at this tournament - my favorite VGC mon and where every one of my teams where she’s available starts in the builder.

I poured my heart into building this team, and despite going 0-3 in victory road, 1-2 at my local, and 0-2 start to the Friday league challenge with this exact version all in the week before the event, I knew the team was capable of this. All my losses were completely my fault and I think the team is incredible. I honestly did it a huge disservice by only being able to take it to 20th. I’d be honored if you gave it a try, and happy to make a team report if there’s any interest.

Ultimately, I was pretty shocked when I lost abruptly in top cut in a winning position to this little rule called “my time”🤣. The scriptwriters cooked when I coincidentally had a conversation with my friends the morning before day 2 saying “I have no idea how the timer works in VGC and I should probably learn that soon”. After losing in Baltimore by misclicking my move, I learned to take my time on my turns. Today, I learned not to take too much time. As much as I wanted to be a “prodigy” in my first few events, just like in life, you have to fail. And some lessons are best learned the hard way.

Huge shoutout to all my new friends in VGC, including @Konnichiwonnor, @HappyDuckJJ1 and of course @HitTheCritty, who saw something in me at my first regional and graciously brought me into the community when I used to do everything alone.

Loving this game, and I hope to be at every NA event and more this season. See you soon in Vegas.

#VGC

[Ethan Rauchwerk @EthanRauchs]

@a810g @bramblevgc @FrostyTimp @MadHatvgc @ChessBoard__ I hate this team so much im like 0-5 against it🤣congrats on the run!!

[Ethan Rauchwerk @EthanRauchs]

@SuBxForce Great run and awesome set, rematch you soon!

[Ethan Rauchwerk @EthanRauchs]

@a_distrito Pokedata