Tuesday, September 2, 2025

VGC 25 Reg J Tierlist



Teambuilding Necessities:
1. Speed Ctrl (TW and TR, a restricted for one or both - Lunala) Torn/Whim/etc for TW like possibly Ho Oh since bulky with no Prankster, Solgaleo/Lunala/etc for TR
2. Spore counters (Electric Terrain/Multihit move for Smeargle/Taunt/etc)
3. A few immune to Intimidate and Fake Out (Ghost/Tera Ghost/Inner Focus/Special Mons/etc)
4. Two Restricteds that work well together: (Groudon + Solgaleo, Lunala Miraidon, etc)


S -  Ani Ape, Brute Bonnet, Flutter Mane, Groudon, Incin, Lunala, Magearna*, Miraidon, Rilla, Solgaleo, Tornadus, Urshifu both forms, Whim, Zamazenta

A - Abomasnow, Amoonguss, Arc-H, Arceus forms*, Archaludon, Armarouge, Bloodmoon Ursaluna, Bronzong, Brute Bonnet, Calyrex forms, Chien Pao, Chi Yu, Clefairy, Conkeldurr with flame orb, Darkrai*, Deoxys Speed*, Dialga forms, Ditto, DozoGiri, Drednaw, Empoleon, Empoleon, Excadrill, Farig, Gastrodon, Gholdengo, Glimmora, Gothitelle, Gouging Fire, Grimm, Hatterene, Heatran,  Ho Oh, Hoopa*, Hoopa-U*, Indeedee F, Iron Boulder, Iron Bundle, Iron Hands, Iron Jugulis, Iron Treads, Kingambit, Koraidon, Kyogre, Lando-I and T,  Maushold, Milotic, Ninetales-A, Ogerpon all forms even though water is best, Okidogi, Pelipper, Politoed, Raging Bolt, Rayquaza?, Reshiram, Rhydon, Roaring Moon, Sableye, Sandy Shocks, Scream Tail, Shaymin?*, Shiftry, Sinistcha, Slither Wing, Smeargle, Snorlax, Starraptor, Swampert, Sylveon, Talon, Tar, Terapagos, Thundurus (Prankster), Ting-Lu, Toedscreul?, Torkoal, Tsareena, Ursaluna, Venusaur, Vikavolt, Volcanion*, Volcarona, WeezingG, Wo-Chien, Zacian, ZapdosG, Zekrom

B or below -    Appletun, Arcanine, Barraskewda, Basculegion, Baxcalibur, Blastoise, Braviary, Braviary-H, Breloom, Calyrex original, Cinderace, Coalossal, Cosmoem, Cosmog, Croak, Dragapult, Dragonite, Dusk Mane, Enamorus, Entei, Eternatus, Flamigo, Gallade, Garganacl, Gengar, Giratina (both forms with O being worse), Glastrier, Goodra, Great Tusk, Gyarados, Haxorus, Hitmontop, Houndstone, Hydrapple, Indeedee-M, Inteleon, Iron Crown, Iron Leaves, Iron Moth, Iron Thorns, Iron Valiant, Jumpluff, Kilowattrel, Kingdra, Kleavor, Kyurem all forms, Latios and Latias, Lilligant, Lugia, Lycanroc, Malamar, Medicham, Meowscarada, Metagross, Mew*,Mewtwo, Mimikyu, Necrozma, Necrozma Dawn Wings' form change, Ninetales-Original, Oranguru, Palafin, Palkia, Palkia-O, Perrserker, Pincurchin, Primarina, Raichu forms, Regi all forms, Regieleki, Reuniclus, Rhyperior, Sandslash forms, Sawbuck, Scizor, Slowking and Slowbro forms, Sneasler, Spectrier, Stonjourner, Suicune, Sunflora, Tauros Fire and Water forms, Terrakion, Thundurus (Defiant), Thundurus-T, Tropius, Virizion, Walking Wake, Wyrdeer, Zoroark both forms

Some reasoning behind all this: Some mons are outclassed generally by others, like Mewtwo vs Deoxys Speed. A restricted Pokemon takes up that limited slot so a nonrestricted that does about the same job is probably better. Some mons rey on something, like TR, to thrive like Ursaluna. Others simply are not great at anything but good overall like Volc. Unique abilities or moves or typing might set some mons apart, especially with decent stats. Generally slower Dragon mons than Miraidon and Koraidon aren't great since they lose the fight. Reg I is the same as J except no mythicals are allowed. Asterisk Pokemon won't be allowed in VGC 26. Kalos dex will be applied later in the VGC 26 season with the new version Z-A when the rules change (in 2026 and the game comes out on Oct 16th, 2025).  

Possible good restricted combos: 

Groudon or another ally Lunala but Meteor Beam is inaccurate
Groudon Calyrex Shadow but makes FM faster in Sun, test more
Miraidon Groudon but makes FM faster in Sun and the two don't have synergy
Kyogre Calyrex Shadow - Too Wide Guard weak
Miraidon Ogre - Ogre is too Wide Guard weak 
Miraidon Lunala - great with e seed Lunala
Miraidon Calyrex Shadow - speed tie issue with shadow rider, not great synergy
Terapagos + Grimm or some kind of redirection mon

Possible good combos without 2 restricted:

Groudon Shiftry/Venusaur
Groudon Flutter Mane/Protosynthesis
Groudon Fire Type Attacker
Groudon Water Weak Ally like Ho Oh
Kyogre Tornadus with Rain Dance
Kyogre Zong Gravity
Miraidon Eseed Farig
Miraidon Quark Drive or Electric Attacker
Calyrex Shadow Fighting Mon Ally like Top
Chi Yu FM esp scarf chi yu
Chi Yu Special Restricted
Chien Pao Physical Restricted
FM Shadow Rider to counter dark mons that resist 

Saturday, June 1, 2024

Reg G Usage Stats - May 2024

Here are the usage stats from May of 2024. 






As you can see, Incin, Rapid Strike, Rilla, and a few others are used the most as non-restricteds. 

The most common restricteds so far are: Calyrex Shadow, Miraidon, Calyrex Ice, Koraidon, Terapagos, Zamazenta-Crowned, then after that it cuts off sharply to include lesser used Pokemon like Kyogre or Zacian-Crowned. 

The game is so new it is hard to say which tiers these Pokemon are in but it roughly feels like people have it figured out already by the usage. Too early to say which mons are underrated or overrated for me. But Terapagos might be the most overrated while Groudon might be underrated as restricted. And Ting-Lu might be underrated and Mienshao overrated as non-restricteds. Wide Guard is better it seems now though and is becoming a lot more common to wall new spread moves like Astral Barrage. 

Sunday, November 26, 2023

DeagleBeagle's Discord Server and Social Media

Here is the link to DeagleBeagle's Discord and social media. 

https://discord.gg/JEZGW9yY36 - Discord and Limitless tournaments channel

Links currently working as of 11-28-23

Friday, January 6, 2023

VGC 24 Reg G Speed Tiers

 



Relevant Speed Tiers for VGC 24 - Reg G 


UPDATED  on 12-16-23 (some "bad mons" not included)



*This is partly a copy and paste from my VGC 20 Speed Tiers but I am adding the new mons to it, ignore the mons that aren't legal in it for now, I will delete the mons soon that are not in VGC Series 2.*

   "I am making this with no disrespect to Trainertower. I think they post a lot of good information and articles, but I believe their Speed Tier list is not very useful as it includes too many Pokemon, even if they are not used very much (https://www.trainertower.com/vgc20-speed-tiers/). I will be copying their info but weeding out the non-relevant stuff. And it includes the same Pokemon many times in different ways, such as its speed in certain settings or a certain nature when I don't believe that it is often relevant. 

   You should be assuming worst case scenario (Speed increasing nature) and most common scenarios and not too focus on every little tiny possibility. This kind of focus makes you not laser-like focused on what you need to be focused on, which is on the relevant stuff, rather than making your team beat things that are very unlikely with losing track of what is likely to be used. 

Bold means Important Speed Benchmarks. With that said, let's begin by listing the speeds:"


This was published on 1/06/23 might change the date though to change the order in which it is posted on my blog. 

VGC 25 Reg J Tierlist

Teambuilding Necessities: 1. Speed Ctrl (TW and TR, a restricted for one or both - Lunala) Torn/Whim/etc for TW like possibly Ho Oh since bu...