Pedro Cardoso

Data Scientist. Wannabe mathematician. VGC player for Pikachu Brabo. Creator of

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

I built a free tool for planning VGC matchups in Pokémon Champions 🧵

Paste your team and theirs, then map out your gameplan turn by turn, with real damage calcs at every step. (1/8)

https://t.co/rwR3W0Iuf7

[Robson Bittencourt @rluizv]

VGC Multicalc - Teams

Now you can find tournament teams! Use filters to find a team in a few clicks.

You can also share your teams with the community!

Thanks @VGCPastes for organizing these pastes. Check the sheet on their profile for the latest data.

https://t.co/EPzA6uX4OP

[Victory Road VGC @VGCVictoryRoad]

It's a new week, and it's also a new VR tour! Is third time the charm? Join us for the VR October Challenge #3! 🚀🌐

🗓️ 17–18 Oct, 14:00 UTC
🎮 VGC, M-C
🎟️ $11.50 USD
🔁 RT for a chance of a free entry!
📖 Info: https://t.co/9RkLnPD4PO
👉 Sign up: https://t.co/XnmwHdLrWd

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

Thanks for all the support, we already have more than 300 gameplans created in the platform! As you know VGC has a lot of niche interactions, so some of them might be missing from the logic, pls keep using the feedback form or my DM to help me fixing these 🙏

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

I built a free tool for planning VGC matchups in Pokémon Champions 🧵

Paste your team and theirs, then map out your gameplan turn by turn, with real damage calcs at every step. (1/8)

https://t.co/rwR3W0Iuf7

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

@a_gay_whale That is a very backward way of thinking. I'm sorry for you.

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

@a_gay_whale Wow, really funny. Alright then, no point in arguing anymore.

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

@a_gay_whale I agree that a lot of vibecoded tools looks terrible. However I would say that this looks pretty good for a 3 days old tool. Not great, but efficient. If you criticize AI by belittling people's work, are you really contributing?

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

@le_boeuff @a_gay_whale Nailed it. Like I said in my post I'm a programmer myself, but in no universe I would be able to make it in 3 days coding by myself.

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

@ankleknuckle @a_gay_whale In addition, I'm quite an active player and have never seen a gameplan tool that works exactly like this. If there was a consolidated and well used tool for this, I would defined used it instead.

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

@ankleknuckle @a_gay_whale You know that I didn't mean that I am the only person contributing, but that I am contributing on my own, no funding, no sponsorship, nothing. I also don't mean that this is a big deal, but that if you think it is not relevant, do not belittle people's work, just move on

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

@matt_murph I was already starting to play with an heuristic to calculate the approximate mixed strategy nash equilibrium given an specific turn and board state.

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

I built a free tool for planning VGC matchups in Pokémon Champions 🧵

Paste your team and theirs, then map out your gameplan turn by turn, with real damage calcs at every step. (1/8)

https://t.co/rwR3W0Iuf7

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

@matt_murph Actually it's more an exploratory tool, so it's the user who determines the leads and explore all scenarios by themselves. In the future, I would like to add a "solve matchup" button that would determine the optimal lead and action path.

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

@ZBlue22 Thanks for the suggestion. Displaying entire flowcharts on a mobile screen will be quite challenging though. I'll address it in the future once all bugs are fixed.

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

@TheArtzx Also, all the arts and sprites were used with the artist's agreement and were credited on the github repo

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

@TheArtzx Although I'm a programmer myself, it is vibecoded. Just described the UI, archtecture and logic to the AI 🙂

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

@vinicin_kkj Muito obrigado!

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

It’s free, open source and fan-made (not affiliated with Nintendo or The Pokémon Company).

Try it at https://t.co/rwR3W0Iuf7. There’s a feedback button in the top bar, and I read everything. Feel free to reach me here as well. RTs help a lot 🙏

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

Lost a game? Import the Showdown replay and it becomes a branch in your gameplan, so you can see where the line went wrong and plan the fix. (6/8)

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

Share any gameplan with a link, and teammates can open it without an account.

Sign in with Discord or Google to sync across devices, or use it signed out and it’s saved in your browser. (7/8)

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

Every turn can branch: “if they Protect”, “if they switch”, “if I get crit”.

You can name lines and colour them, and mark the chance outcomes (misses, crits, flinches, speed ties). (5/8)

[Pedro Cardoso @PeteVGC_]

Choose each Pokémon’s action and the turn plays out: speed order, damage %, KOs, and the HP carried into the next turn.

It uses the Smogon calc and handles items, abilities, weather, terrain, Tailwind, Trick Room, Intimidate, Protect, Follow Me and more. (4/8)