Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This past weekend was an Online Competition, the first one in Pokémon Champions to be done through single battles. Hence, I brought along the Forretress Team, which is in a much better state than it was at the start. From what I heard, because the previous ones were double battles, people mistakenly brought their double battle teams into it, though I didn’t encounter any, or at least any that were unmistakably so. I would rather not keep them for a video like this anyway.
Strangely, this event coincided with the Indianapolis Regional Championships, the first one to use Pokémon Champions as the VGC medium.
00:00 - Battle #1
Type: Single Battle
Opponent: ASDF
Battle Court: Battle Arena
Music: Battle Arena
My Pokémon: Forrest (Forretress), Samantha (Toucannon), Shirley (Meowstic) (Female)
Opponent’s Pokémon: Meowscarada, Charizard, Toxapex
Figures they had Charizard ready to fight Forrest (Forretress). They always do. This time, because Meowscarada already dealt damage with Knock Off and U-Turn, Sturdy can’t kick in and give me the opportunity to use Stone Edge.
The switch to Samantha (Toucannon) was an attempt to eventually switch back to Shirley (Mega Meowstic) to copy Meowscarada’s Protean, though I forgot about the nerf done to Protean in Generation IX, namely that the type changes just once. I wonder what they were afraid of with Samantha though, switching out Meowscarada for Toxapex. Or maybe they thought victory was assured?
I don’t know if this is the intent, but my opponent’s name of “ASDF” happens to be the four leftmost letters in order in the middle row on a keyboard.
04:56 - Battle #2
Type: Single Battle
Opponent: きりたん (Kiritan)
Battle Court: Battle Arena
Music: Battle Arena
My Pokémon: Dolores (Basculegion) (Female), Victoria (Victreebel), Rex (Tyrantrum)
Opponent’s Pokémon: Espathra, Dragonite, ?
This was a frustrating match to play. This Espathra undoubtedly had a Bright Powder, because Shadow Ball missed, then Outrage, allowing the opponent to get away with way more than they usually could.
For the record, the reason I didn’t use Sucker Punch a second time was that I was predicting Protect or Calm Mind.
For reasons like this, Bright Powder is my least favorite hold item, and of the few hold items to be put in this game, I don’t get why they picked it.
09:34 - Battle #3
Type: Single Battle
Opponent: Vorkatos
Battle Court: Battle Arena
Music: Battle Arena
My Pokémon: Samantha (Toucannon), Victoria (Victreebel), Forrest (Forretress)
Opponent’s Pokémon: Watsun (Volcarona), Falchion (Dragonite), Megidolaon (Floette) (Eternal Flower)
This is the match immediately coming after that one with the Espathra whose attacks against it missed that would otherwise have 100% accuracy. Rock Blast missed in this one, meaning I was not done seeing 90% accuracy attacks miss quite yet.
I think this is also the first time I’ve shown someone using Eternal Flower Floette and use Light of Ruin. I wasn’t entirely clear on how it works as previous instances of Eternal Flower Floette I’ve seen were content to use Moonblast or Dazzling Gleam. I had confused the recoil damage with dropping Sp. Attack; I think I mixed it up with Magearna’s Fleur Cannon.
The nickname for Volcatona as “Watsun” contains “sun." Dragonite's nickname of "Falchion" likely is based on the sword from the Fire Emblem series, crafted from a dragon's fang. Eternal Flower Floette’s nickname of Megidolaon is based on the attack in the Shin Megami Tensei series (later also found in the Persona series) that hits all types equally for a large but not overwhelming amount of damage; the attack Light of Ruin resembles it in some games.
13:18 - Battle #4
Type: Single Battle
Opponent: ふすま (Fusuma)
Battle Court: Battle Arena
Music: Battle Arena
My Pokémon: Dolores (Basculegion) (Female), Forrest (Forretress), Shirley (Meowstic) (Female)
Opponent’s Pokémon: Milotic, Meowscarada, Charizard
This time, there was a 20% chance of lowering Sp. Defense with Shadow Ball, which, while usually beneficial when using the move, is not the case against Milotic, which activates Competitive. Doesn’t prevent more damage from being done with another Shadow Ball, which I’m guessing is why they switched out.
I noticed that this is the second match in this set where Shirley (Meowstic) had to fight a Meowscarada, making it a fight between two cat-based Pokémon whose names start with “meow.” This time, because Meowscarada already used Triple Axel and changed to the Ice-type, I stuck with Psychic. I wasn’t sure if the type change would be delayed if I selected another move afterwards or if I commit to keeping Meowstic as a Psychic-type; I haven’t used Protean (or Libero) post-nerf. Also another Forretress vs. Charizard matchup, which is to be expected any time I select Forrest (Forretress) for a match. I haven’t really checked on how often they bring their Fire-types without Forrest around though, like the last one in which they brought Volcarona.
This past weekend was an Online Competition, the first one in Pokémon Champions to be done through single battles. Hence, I brought along the Forretress Team, which is in a much better state than it was at the start. From what I heard, because the previous ones were double battles, people mistakenly brought their double battle teams into it, though I didn’t encounter any, or at least any that were unmistakably so. I would rather not keep them for a video like this anyway.
Strangely, this event coincided with the Indianapolis Regional Championships, the first one to use Pokémon Champions as the VGC medium.
00:00 - Battle #1
Type: Single Battle
Opponent: ASDF
Battle Court: Battle Arena
Music: Battle Arena
My Pokémon: Forrest (Forretress), Samantha (Toucannon), Shirley (Meowstic) (Female)
Opponent’s Pokémon: Meowscarada, Charizard, Toxapex
Figures they had Charizard ready to fight Forrest (Forretress). They always do. This time, because Meowscarada already dealt damage with Knock Off and U-Turn, Sturdy can’t kick in and give me the opportunity to use Stone Edge.
The switch to Samantha (Toucannon) was an attempt to eventually switch back to Shirley (Mega Meowstic) to copy Meowscarada’s Protean, though I forgot about the nerf done to Protean in Generation IX, namely that the type changes just once. I wonder what they were afraid of with Samantha though, switching out Meowscarada for Toxapex. Or maybe they thought victory was assured?
I don’t know if this is the intent, but my opponent’s name of “ASDF” happens to be the four leftmost letters in order in the middle row on a keyboard.
04:56 - Battle #2
Type: Single Battle
Opponent: きりたん (Kiritan)
Battle Court: Battle Arena
Music: Battle Arena
My Pokémon: Dolores (Basculegion) (Female), Victoria (Victreebel), Rex (Tyrantrum)
Opponent’s Pokémon: Espathra, Dragonite, ?
This was a frustrating match to play. This Espathra undoubtedly had a Bright Powder, because Shadow Ball missed, then Outrage, allowing the opponent to get away with way more than they usually could.
For the record, the reason I didn’t use Sucker Punch a second time was that I was predicting Protect or Calm Mind.
For reasons like this, Bright Powder is my least favorite hold item, and of the few hold items to be put in this game, I don’t get why they picked it.
09:34 - Battle #3
Type: Single Battle
Opponent: Vorkatos
Battle Court: Battle Arena
Music: Battle Arena
My Pokémon: Samantha (Toucannon), Victoria (Victreebel), Forrest (Forretress)
Opponent’s Pokémon: Watsun (Volcarona), Falchion (Dragonite), Megidolaon (Floette) (Eternal Flower)
This is the match immediately coming after that one with the Espathra whose attacks against it missed that would otherwise have 100% accuracy. Rock Blast missed in this one, meaning I was not done seeing 90% accuracy attacks miss quite yet.
I think this is also the first time I’ve shown someone using Eternal Flower Floette and use Light of Ruin. I wasn’t entirely clear on how it works as previous instances of Eternal Flower Floette I’ve seen were content to use Moonblast or Dazzling Gleam. I had confused the recoil damage with dropping Sp. Attack; I think I mixed it up with Magearna’s Fleur Cannon.
The nickname for Volcatona as “Watsun” contains “sun." Dragonite's nickname of "Falchion" likely is based on the sword from the Fire Emblem series, crafted from a dragon's fang. Eternal Flower Floette’s nickname of Megidolaon is based on the attack in the Shin Megami Tensei series (later also found in the Persona series) that hits all types equally for a large but not overwhelming amount of damage; the attack Light of Ruin resembles it in some games.
13:18 - Battle #4
Type: Single Battle
Opponent: ふすま (Fusuma)
Battle Court: Battle Arena
Music: Battle Arena
My Pokémon: Dolores (Basculegion) (Female), Forrest (Forretress), Shirley (Meowstic) (Female)
Opponent’s Pokémon: Milotic, Meowscarada, Charizard
This time, there was a 20% chance of lowering Sp. Defense with Shadow Ball, which, while usually beneficial when using the move, is not the case against Milotic, which activates Competitive. Doesn’t prevent more damage from being done with another Shadow Ball, which I’m guessing is why they switched out.
I noticed that this is the second match in this set where Shirley (Meowstic) had to fight a Meowscarada, making it a fight between two cat-based Pokémon whose names start with “meow.” This time, because Meowscarada already used Triple Axel and changed to the Ice-type, I stuck with Psychic. I wasn’t sure if the type change would be delayed if I selected another move afterwards or if I commit to keeping Meowstic as a Psychic-type; I haven’t used Protean (or Libero) post-nerf. Also another Forretress vs. Charizard matchup, which is to be expected any time I select Forrest (Forretress) for a match. I haven’t really checked on how often they bring their Fire-types without Forrest around though, like the last one in which they brought Volcarona.
