Competitive: Home Page
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On-site information on formats seen or relevant to the PokeClash server. |
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An online teambuilder and battle simulator that has a competitive ladder system. |
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Powerful tool that provides usage data on species, moves, held items, etc. in several formats based on Showdown and live competitions. |
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A good resource for VGC news and information on results on regionals and championships globally. |
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A forum popular amongst the Pokémon competitive battling community. |
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An alternative to Bulbapedia. Has excellent tools under their “Game Mechanics” section. |
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A calculator for checking the type weaknesses of a sole Pokémon or a whole team. Has an offense coverage calculator but checks only against monotypes, essentially. |
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Provides information on averages and frequencies of EV and IV allocation in the VGC format. |
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An in-depth guide into teambuilding. Theory remains the same but examples may be outdated. |
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Smogon Issue 39: Synergy and Cores - The Fundamentals of Teambuilding |
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An in-depth guide into synergy cores. Theory remains the same but examples may be outdated. |
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An in-depth guide into Stall. Theory remains somewhat the same but examples may be outdated. Biggest offendors that needs to be accounted for is Gholdengo and Garganacl. |
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Slightly Outdated, Aged Well |
A basic guide into Hyper Offense roles and teambuilding. Theory remains somewhat the same but examples may be outdated. Does not account for the new level of powercreep and firepower the last two generations offered. |
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A in-depth guide into all there is to know about roles in Doubles. Examples don't reflect perfectly onto VGC setting but follows the same theory. Very outdated examples. |
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A community-driven ranking of viability of the effectiveness of species relevant in National Dex OverUsed. |
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A resource that sorts and categorizes Pokémon into different speed tiers for the National Dex format. Valuable for discerning the minimization and maximization of Speed EVs. |
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A community-driven ranking of viability of the effectiveness of species in National Dex Monotype. |
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Viability rankings for Regulation G, community-driven. |
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A resource that sorts and categorizes Pokémon into different speed tiers for the VGC format. Valuable for discerning the minimization and maximization of Speed EVs. |
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An informative channel on competitive Pokémon battling. Biased to Singles content but does discuss Doubles/VGC competitive history as well. Most well-developed content are their in-depth analyses on individual species' competitive history in their “How [BLANK] was [Pokémon] actually?” |
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A channel run by three-time VGC World Champion, Ray Rizzo. Does miscellaneous videos on the competitive VGC format. Also posts their own gameplay. |
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A channel that takes a look at strategies in both Singles and Doubles and offers explanations on the techniques behind them. Also posts their own gameplay. Pretty humorous person too. |
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If you like the information provided by False Swipe Gaming but prefer short form content, ElectricWindGirlfriend explains phenomena in the competitive scene in short videos, up to 5 minutes. |
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Posts a lot of their own gameplay and makes videos and shorts on a variety of Pokémon competitive content. |
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A channel run by 2016 VGC World Champion, Wolfe Glick. Does miscellaneous videos on the competitive VGC format. Also posts some highlights of his championship participation. |
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A channel that reviews and analyzes strategies that lean more into absurdity on the VGC stage. I recommend their video discussing the use of favourites over the most used Pokémon. |
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Wiki page author personal opinion: this is the most informative YouTube channel recommendation on this list. They analyze the strategies used in tournaments (turn-by-turn), offer in-depth but digestible guides into the approach of teambuilding with different kinds of team styles and Pokémon, and explains core game mechanics and how to take advantage of them properly. |