To the World's Greatest Boss

Anyone else find it funny that Wolfe says things like 'In singles blah blah blah but in competitive Pokemon, it's different', implying that singles doesn't count as competitive Pokemon?

I've been playing Unite lately and one thing that strikes me is how simple it is to get into it. All I had to do was spend currency to pick up my Pokemon of choice and I was instantly able to hit the field. There are some customisable options that require materials, such as items which are purchasable and upgradable, and emblems, which need to be collected through gacha or rewards or whatever, but once you have collected these items, you can equip them onto other Pokemon without unequipping them or upgrading them again or anything.

You can't do that in VGC. Once you decide on what you want to do, you have to catch or breed those Pokemon, train them up, then equip their items. Decided on a new team, or maybe just want to tweak some EVs? Well off you go repeating that process, e.g. clearing EVs before applying them again. Of course you can use the same Pokemon in multiple teams once you've EV-trained them, but if you want to change anything about them, most notably EVs, it's a whole process.

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I really miss battle videos, just as a means of recording and analysing my matches. I've been thinking of getting a capture card, but I have a MacBook, which somewhat complicates the setup. I find it useful to discuss my battles though, SO, as part of my participation in this year's Fannish 50, I'll be blogging some of the battles I had today. I think that's very fannish.

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Title: thornless hare bells
Fandom: Pokemon
Characters: Leon, mentions of Rose, Hop, Victor
Word Count: 1.5k
Rating: Gen
Summary: After the events of the Darkest Day, Leon takes over Rose Tower. For the bingo square 'The Tower'.

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Prompt: Any Fandom | Any Characters | “You have no idea how amazing you are, do you?”
Word Count: 2k
Author/Team: badass_tiger
Title: admiration
Fandom/Original: Pokemon (Leon/Raihan)
Rating: Gen
Triggers: NA
Summary: Just how blind Leon is to his own amazingness
ConCrit: Y

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Prompt: Any Fandom | Any Characters/Pairings | “I’d really love it if you came”
Word Count: 17k
Author/Team: badass_tiger
Title: Winter Sunlight
Fandom/Original: Pokemon (Leon/Raihan)
Rating: Gen
Triggers: NA
Summary: Leon invites Raihan to Postwick for the holidays. Despite having a terrible feeling that everything will change between them if he goes, he says yes.
ConCrit: Y

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Comm: fallintofallfestival
Prompt: Any Fandom | Any Characters/Pairings | What is this?
Word Count: 600
Author/Team: badass_tiger
Title: the gigantic pokemon
Fandom/Original: Pokemon (Leon & Gloria)
Rating: Gen
Triggers: NA
Summary: Gloria gives Eternatus to Leon.
ConCrit: Y

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Comm: fallintofallfestival
Prompt: any fandom / any pairing / “ i don’t want to be alone tonight. “
Word Count: 1k
Author/Team: badass_tiger
Title: company
Fandom/Original: Pokemon: Leon/Raihan
Rating: Gen
Triggers: NA
Summary: Raihan goes to see Leon after the events of the Darkest Day.
ConCrit: Y

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Comm: fallintofallfestival
Prompt: Any Fandom / Any Pairing / “It must be hard with your sense of direction, never being able to find your way to a decent pickup line.”
Word Count: 3.7k
Author/Team: badass_tiger
Title: a movie, a market, and misinterpretations
Fandom/Original: Pokemon: Leon/Raihan
Rating: Gen
Triggers: NA
Summary: Leon and Raihan remain close friends even after Leon becomes busy with his duties as the new chairman of the Galar League. As a matter of fact, Raihan has never seen Leon so happy.
ConCrit: Y

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Comm: fallintofallfestival
Prompt: Any Fandom | Any Characters | “Please don’t scare me like that ever again.”
Word Count: 1.7k
Author/Team: badass_tiger
Title: fall
Fandom/Original: Pokemon: Leon/Raihan
Rating: Gen
Triggers: NA
Summary: He had never realised just how seriously Leon considered the duties he perceived to be his as Galar's champion; had never thought that a silly title weighed on him so much.
ConCrit: Y

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Unfortunately, I couldn't do any battles on day 3 because of unstable internet connection, and I wasn't feeling well anyway, so I took my first DC as a sign that I should just take the night off. Overall, I'm quite pleased with this team. First of all, I made it myself. Quite a feat for someone like me. Secondly, it's the perfect blend of cute and brawny. Finally, it actually kind of works. So that's very cool.


Pokepaste
I ended up with 20 wins and 11 losses, but one of those losses was that DC, so let's say it's exactly 2:1.

This team report will just be a quick review of the team and how things went, since the team is fairly self-explanatory, so I don't feel the need to go into each Pokemon.

( 1. Initial metagame thoughts )

( 2. Team composition )

( 3. Games and match-ups )

( 4. Improvements )

( 5. Final thoughts )