Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
For the record, five of the members of this team are from a different Pokémon game and brought over via Pokémon HOME. The origins of the six team members are as such:
Lamar (Aurorus) - Pokémon Legends: Z-A
Mac (Mudsdale) - Pokémon Champions (via Roster Ranch)
Abner (Absol) - Pokémon Legends: Z-A
Paolo (Quaquaval) - Pokémon Scarlet
Rigel (Manectric) - Pokémon Legends: Z-A
Rosalyn (Roserade) - Pokémon Legends: Z-A
As for this video, there will be only one match for this one because it went on for quite a while.
00:00 - Battle #1
Type: Double Battle
Opponent: Justice
Battle Court: Battle Arena
Music: Trainer (Sun and Moon)
My Pokémon: Mac (Mudsdale), Rigel (Manectric), Paolo (Quaquaval), Lamar (Aurorus)
Opponent’s Pokémon: Hot Fuzz (Incineroar), SanFran (Archaludon), Politoed, Garchomp
Know of one way you can tell these are fully customized teams? They’re nicknamed. By default, the Pokémon you receive from Roster Ranch are not nicknamed, though you are allowed to nickname them afterwards (as you can see how I nicknamed the Mudsdale I got through there). But nicknaming them is itself a customization, and if you go one step of the way, there’s a good chance you’ve gone the rest of the way too. And here is a more serious competitive team.
Despite Pokémon Champions moving faster than Scarlet and Violet, this still remained one of the longest Pokémon battles to date this generation, being roughly 13 minutes before I edited out move selection and waiting for the opponent to make a response. Much of it was due to heavy use of Protect on both sides; I made my selection predicting Incineroar would turn up first, and without Fake Out of my own in this team, by best defense was to just use Protect on the first turn.
I kept on mispredicting when they’d use Protect (always on odd-numbered turns, never deviating from it), while they had a good idea when I would. In particular, attacks meant for Archaludon would get blocked (I thought they'd break the pattern to throw me off) while I would use Protect only for their Pokémon to gang up on my other one.
As for my opponent’s nicknames themselves, Incineroar is nicknamed “Hot Fuzz” likely as a pun on being a Fire-type mammal and a 2007 film directed by Edgar Wright. Archaludon’s nickname of “SanFran” is short for “San Francisco” (though the locals are not too fond of this name and prefer “S.F.”) and refers to the Golden Gate Bridge.
I've also decided that, since I was able to hit the ground running so soon, there won't be a break, and instead, I'll have a video up each day. There will be another triple-header Pokémon Champions video the following day.
For the record, five of the members of this team are from a different Pokémon game and brought over via Pokémon HOME. The origins of the six team members are as such:
Lamar (Aurorus) - Pokémon Legends: Z-A
Mac (Mudsdale) - Pokémon Champions (via Roster Ranch)
Abner (Absol) - Pokémon Legends: Z-A
Paolo (Quaquaval) - Pokémon Scarlet
Rigel (Manectric) - Pokémon Legends: Z-A
Rosalyn (Roserade) - Pokémon Legends: Z-A
As for this video, there will be only one match for this one because it went on for quite a while.
00:00 - Battle #1
Type: Double Battle
Opponent: Justice
Battle Court: Battle Arena
Music: Trainer (Sun and Moon)
My Pokémon: Mac (Mudsdale), Rigel (Manectric), Paolo (Quaquaval), Lamar (Aurorus)
Opponent’s Pokémon: Hot Fuzz (Incineroar), SanFran (Archaludon), Politoed, Garchomp
Know of one way you can tell these are fully customized teams? They’re nicknamed. By default, the Pokémon you receive from Roster Ranch are not nicknamed, though you are allowed to nickname them afterwards (as you can see how I nicknamed the Mudsdale I got through there). But nicknaming them is itself a customization, and if you go one step of the way, there’s a good chance you’ve gone the rest of the way too. And here is a more serious competitive team.
Despite Pokémon Champions moving faster than Scarlet and Violet, this still remained one of the longest Pokémon battles to date this generation, being roughly 13 minutes before I edited out move selection and waiting for the opponent to make a response. Much of it was due to heavy use of Protect on both sides; I made my selection predicting Incineroar would turn up first, and without Fake Out of my own in this team, by best defense was to just use Protect on the first turn.
I kept on mispredicting when they’d use Protect (always on odd-numbered turns, never deviating from it), while they had a good idea when I would. In particular, attacks meant for Archaludon would get blocked (I thought they'd break the pattern to throw me off) while I would use Protect only for their Pokémon to gang up on my other one.
As for my opponent’s nicknames themselves, Incineroar is nicknamed “Hot Fuzz” likely as a pun on being a Fire-type mammal and a 2007 film directed by Edgar Wright. Archaludon’s nickname of “SanFran” is short for “San Francisco” (though the locals are not too fond of this name and prefer “S.F.”) and refers to the Golden Gate Bridge.
I've also decided that, since I was able to hit the ground running so soon, there won't be a break, and instead, I'll have a video up each day. There will be another triple-header Pokémon Champions video the following day.
