Synthesising Victory: 2014 Asia Cup 3rd Place & Japanese Qualifier 1st Place...
This is a translation of Bicho‘s team and battle reports from the 2014 Asia Cup. The Japanese Wi-fi qualifier for the Asia Cup was hosted by R_Justice on the 2nd of March 2014 and involved about 128...
View ArticleDo you like my Scarf? A Seniors Georgia Regionals Team Report
Hello reader, and thank you for reading my report of the recent April Regionals. I’m known as Crys here on Nugget Bridge and primarily CrystalNinetales on Showdown (among many other names). I’ve been...
View ArticleA Microwave, (Thick) Fatty, and Low-Hanging Pants: Kansas City Regional Report
Hello everyone, JRank here again! It’s been a while since I wrote an article (that being my 2013 U.S. Nationals report), but now I’m here to share yet another one! This time I attended the Overland...
View ArticleU-Turn Makes My Turn: Asia Cup 9th Place and Korean Qualifier 1st Place Team...
Hello Nugget Bridgers, my name is Keewan. Let me introduce my self! I am a competitive VGC player living in Korea and I like rain teams and blitz tactics. I really hate SMEARGLE and Sand Veil Garchomp...
View ArticleCharizard the Benchwarmer: Top 4 Washington Regionals Report
After going 4-3 at the Oregon Regionals I retired my Safeguard/Swagger team and began testing out new team ideas, playing with sun teams for the most part. I tried out Venusaur because it was a natural...
View ArticleThe Wild Wild Wet: Top 8 Seattle Regionals Team Report
This team actually began with an attempt to use Shedinja. A common Shedinja strategy is to have a partner use Soak on it, turning it into a Water type and leaving it vulnerable to only Electric and...
View ArticleWill-O-Miss: A Seniors 9th Place Madison Regionals Report
Hi all! My name is Umayr Shaikh, but people know me as ushaikh17 here on the forums. This weekend I attended the Madison Regionals and competed in the Seniors division. Despite large number of seniors...
View ArticleWho Says Rain isn’t Good? Pokémon Regionals Report
Hello this is Drizzleboy. My brothers and I had recently placed well at Regionals in the Senior Division so I wanted to show you guys the team. Since 5th generation I have been having trouble adjusting...
View ArticleBarking at the Bubble: 11th Place Utah Team Report
Hello! For anyone who has battled me or seen me battle in the last 6 months, you’ll probably recognize this team. I’ve been using this for a long while improving it and trying to get it to work as best...
View ArticleA Saint, 2 Kings and 3 Espers: A Nugget Bridge Major Top 16 Team Analysis
My name is Simon and I just got Top 16 in the Nugget Bridge Major. I’ve had a rough season in the Video Game Championships circuit. The only thing keeping my spirits up was the Major and “I was happy”...
View ArticleDesperate Times Call For Desperate Measures: Kansas Regionals Top 8 Team Report
Hello guys! It’s LPFan here bringing you a VGC team report. The final wave of regionals was gruesome, but I managed to place 5th at the VGC ’14 Kansas Regionals, which is my very first top cut of the...
View ArticleNo Hax Assurance! 2nd Place Madison Regionals Team Report
What’s good Pokémon community? I spent a good 10 minutes thinking about how to creatively start this report, but in the end I gave up. I guess an introduction is a good start. For those of you who...
View ArticleGyaraDos Veces Dieciséis
Before spring regionals, Harrison (Crow) wanted to build a team around Mega Kangaskhan + Mega Venusaur. I kind of just threw four Pokémon out there that seemed like they’d work. They kinda did. He...
View ArticleDefiant Swagger in the Emerald City: Top 16 Seattle Regionals Report
Introduction I’m Sprocket, also known by my real name of Matthew Crews. I hail from Phoenix City in the Arizona Region, a relatively obscure city somewhere in the southwest United States. The weather...
View ArticleTakes it Like a Champ! Asia Cup Spring 2014 Report
Hello everyone! My name is Ama Bon and I am from Indonesia, a country that has a very small competitive Pokémon community. You can find me on Nugget Bridge (amadayo), Twitter (@ama_dayo), or on X/Y...
View ArticleMime Time: A Long Beach 16th Place and Salt Lake 3rd Place Report
Hello, my name is Bridger Snow, known as squirtwo here on Nugget Bridge. I am going to give you a look at a slightly different, yet highly effective Trick Room team that I used to take 16th place at...
View ArticleThe Tree That Surprises Germany! A Top 8 National Report
Hello Nugget Bridge community! Lajo here, some may remember my name from my report from last year of the sun team that finished at Top 8 in Bochum. Unfortunately, this wasn’t enough to get the paid...
View ArticleBringin’ the Summer Heat! 3rd Place Athens Report
Hey, it’s Jack (or Pendlz as I’m known here on the forums) bringing you the team I used to get 3rd place with a combined finishing record of 12-4 in the recent Spring Regionals held in Athens, Georgia....
View ArticleTyranitar’s Tyranny! Pokémon UK Battle Tournament 2014 1st Place Report
Hi! My name is Oliver Reilly, known on Nugget Bridge as ImOliLetsBattle, and I’m a player from the UK. I’m relatively new to VGC, which is why there hasn’t been any activity – yet – on my profile. I...
View ArticleNo Substitute for Practice: Adelaide Regionals Top 4 Report
I’m DrDimentio, an Australian player you probably haven’t heard of since our country only recently entered VGC. Adelaide’s Regionals were the second set of Regionals to occur in Australia and had a...
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