With the 2026 World Championships about to start really soon I am wanting to brainstorm and predict some anti meta Pokemon that might make a splash at worlds 2026. Anti meta choices within the game are a huge part of why I love this game. Finding out a Pokemon others have missed and utilizing a niche no one else has discovered yet is always so fun during teambuilding. I remember 2014 worlds and Sejun's Pachirisu were the primary reasons for why I started playing the game in the first place so as the 2026 VGC World Championships unfolds over this weekend I have to honor that part of my own story with this post. The Metagame: Best Chances To Win This metagame feels like it has been explored through and through. This is probably the first time since Regulation I in Scarlet and Violet that I fully understand what every part of the metagame brings. From the handful of solid Charizard Y compositions termed either as Big 6, a collection of the best Pokemon in the game at this point to sub...
This is a team-dump for the season M-4 in Pokemon Champions, usually this would be a specified Doubles or VGC post, but I did dip into single battles a bit more seriously in this season so there is a serious (as serious or real I could comprehend to get with singles here) so its a general season M-4 post. Without dilly dallying much and getting off track, let's get started with this! MasterBall Grind: So my season started quite uninspired. with 1 goal in mind to reach the Masterball tier as fast as I could. I used the same team I ran for the majority of the last season here but with a Tsareena over Farigiraf. Blastoise was becoming a much common threat, pair that with the presence of Sinistcha on both rain teams and Blastoise set up squads, Tsareena holds up much better. The utility of taunt is also generally more widely applicable compared to clicking roar with Farigiraf and sareena can guarantee OHKO and become a secondary Garchomp counter when needed with a Wide Lens boosted Tr...