TT12: Niche Builds Deep Dive

With Regulation H being a lower power format, it goes without saying that you're going to see more variety (theoretically). This doesn't mean incredibly unique teams all the time, but rather different variations of the same archetype can feature pretty unique Pokémon. This makes the current ruleset fairly attractive to both newcomers and oldheads alike, those that want to be able to showcase some of their favourite Pokémon. I would say, across my time advising new and experienced players alike, common pitfalls can be seen when trying to get something to work.

Hence, the purpose of today's post, is to walk you through my personal approach when considering niche picks, and stuff you want to make work.

Tofu's Table 11, Regulation H Runback!

As a nice surprise, The Pokemon Company has decided to give us all a little vacation from power-creep and announced Regulation H! From September to January, we'll essentially be returning to Series 1++ (Regulation A). This is a great opportunity for everyone to work on their fundamentals since it's going to be a massive knowledge check, and will definitely challenge your fundamentals as a player. Restricted formats, in my opinion, tend to somewhat cushion your mistakes due to the stronger tools you have at hand to overwhelm opponents, despite the thinner margin of error.

So, to avoid common pitfalls, Snorlax and I are here to give you the Double-Edge in your matches by giving you a whistle-stop tour of what to look out for!

Tofu's Table 10.5: Snorlax Set Spotlight!

A quick blogpost just to tide things over while I get things set up for Regulation H! At the moment, I am participating in the Opal League, a team draft league that allows provided me the opportunity collaborate and play against strong players.

[If you want to learn more about it, visit the DevonCorp page! Shoutouts to the Ultra Space Timelords for being a great team.]

During my matches, and all throughout Regulation G, I have been finding areas to use Snorlax in. As much as I can accept the shortcomings of all my favourite Pokémon, I worked hard so I can apply all my knowledge in bringing out their best potential. Staying true to the theme of Trainer and Pokémon, right?

I did.

I wholeheartedly believe this is one of the best Snorlax sets I have ever made. It has proven its logic time and time again on the ladder and in my key matches [replays included!]. With absolute pride, I present my Snorlax. 

The Path of a Nobody

I think this post is going to be very different from all my previous ones. A reflection. It has been 2 generations thus far and I never really had an appropriate avenue to express a lot of the emotions that I personally felt in my position as a VGC player. This isn't some impressive Regional war-story, nor my story of qualifying for my first ever Worlds. This is none of that. This is my feelings going through VGC as someone who never had the opportunity to compete in the first place. The story of a nobody.

Curse of the Sun!

Hello everyone! It has been a little bit since my last post but I was trying to figure out a team that would be interesting and fun, and I did! This was also mostly an excuse to get Snorlax to do some work on a team.

The following members may look pretty straightforward to utilise, but I believe I managed to create a certain level of depth. This is also the team I used to qualify for the Spear Pillar Region Rumble by hitting Top 4 :).

Tofu's Table 10, Metagame Meeting

Hello! Tofu and Snorlax have come together just before Regulation G begins to give you an update on the metagame's development. Currently, at the tail end of the testing month, we have seen some teams surrounding certain strong Restricted choices settle in very nicely with consistent performance throughout.

The purpose of this post is to update you on what to look out for and hopefully provide more information to help everyone's teambuilding processes.

Tofus' Table 9.5, Terapagos Teachings

Tofu and Snorlax back to give you a heads up on one of our new favourite Pokémon, Terapagos. The Terastal Turtle has seemingly been a headache for quite a few players to both play with and against, and I'd like to consider myself pretty decently experienced in it's use, hence, the making of this post!

In other news, I am also proud to be becoming a part of Devon Corp Press! I'd like to thank them for giving me an extra platform to bring you the best of my thoughts in continued VGC education. Anyways, on to the post! 

Tofu's Table 9, Regulation G-Goods

Greetings everyone! Not long ago Regulation G has been announced allowing a single Restricted Pokémon to be used on your teams. This introduces a whole new dimension to consider, and an entirely new metagame, when teambuilding. It may seem extremely daunting, especially for players who are new to VGC, with such high-powered toys suddenly entering the game.

This is where this post comes in.

I am here to give you my barebones thoughts and analysis into some of the currently available Restricted options, such as sets and teams, to hopefully give you some sort of footing when Regulation G officially begins.