For me it seems to be the only interesting endgame thing to do after finishing the game! It´s really hard to get into it though, so much information! But this i really helpful, thanks.
I really like building fun teams and maxing out my pokemon. I like battling in the game the only problem I have with competitive is I feel like most people when I look at videos are like you have to use these pokemon nothing else and if you don't use these pokemon you will lose every time. I enjoy battling and I want to win sometimes but I hate being forced to used the same pokemon over and over in order to have a chance of winning.
You can use off meta Pokémon and still win. It’s just key to remember that the meta Pokémon are meta for a reason and when making teams you have to balance your off meta with your super popular picks.
I realize this video is a little older but I just wanted to add a little of my experience. I’m a mom in my 30s who has played every game on release since red and blue when I was 10. I always spent a ton of time hunting for the best stats and abilities and then EV/IV training them and then never using them. It was just something I did for fun. Then the raids came out in sword and shield and it was one way to use them. Then S/V raids got better but still they get old after a while too. So I finally decided after seeing all these young kids comments on VGC videos that if they just jump in then I should too. I tried SMOGON at first even though I don’t love singles battles. I just messaged everyone I was battling like hey I’m new, I’ve never played competitive I’m here to have fun and learn, if I do anything wrong please tell me and tell me how I can improve. While sure there were some not so great people, the VAST majority were super helpful and were actually happy to help me learn and show me strats and how to use them. There’s tons of discords too for beginners and the amount of people willing to help was refreshing tbh. I don’t know anyone irl who plays competitive, so finding people online who were so welcoming and helpful was one of the best parts of starting out. I haven’t had any time to play recently but I really want to start doubles in S/V. All I can say is that if you find the right discords and the right streamers with a good community you’ll find people more than willing to help you learn. I was pretty intimidated tbh and while Ive been a really dedicated player for over 20 years, I was nervous to get into competitive and ask for help especially from people who seemed like much younger kids. I was surprised and I had a ton of fun. Just make sure you read up on the newest regulation set and rule set, and just communicate. Don’t talk shit, just go in and say hey I’m learning this is for fun and if you could help me and explain why you’re using the moves you are that’d be super helpful and more often than not you’ll have a ton of fun and people willing to show you around. People who have spent a lot of time and effort acquiring a skill are usually happy to show it off and to tell you about what they’re passionate about and help you start your journey too. I wish I’d spent less time being intimidated and jumped in sooner. So do that. I wish I had more time to play and more time to dedicate to it. I wish I’d found out competitive was this fun and welcoming years ago because I would’ve had the time to play and learn. It’s a blast and it gives so much more to your games. And now my poor Pokémon that we’re years or decades old are no longer relegated to just sitting in Pokémon Bank or Home wasting away lol.
Thanks for sharing! I do find this to be the case as well. Most people in the community are happy to help learn. I was actually doing a team building stream the other day and someone in chat said “I’m new and want to learn how to team build better” and we stopped the team we were working on and actually walked this person through my team building process. Discords are nice as well, mine constantly has people sending teams and asking for suggestions, as well as just chatting about the game
Hi, I am in the same situation (28 trying to start competitive pokemon but having no idea where to start), can u please give me the name of discords or something like that for beginners? Thanks u very much :)
The Tera raids are honestly a really great introduction into the idea of builds and movesets for Pokémon for a lot of players who may not have dabbled in competitive before
I’ve been playing Pokémon since the 90s and I feel the same way, never got into competitive battling, but ever since being introduced to Tera raids this year, I started learning how to build up mons with their IVs and EVs and it’s made me want to start as well 😅
Learning about pika analytics and the way you conceptualize your team with "what does this mon not do well again? Let me throw in a counter" was very good. The latter seems obvious but going from a story campaign team mind set off "oh this is a funny theme" to actual competitive was a stark contrast when i battled against my friends in a friendly tournament
I never thought about doing competitive pokemon. I think for the longest time i didnt really know there WAS competitive pokemon. When Scarlet and Violet came put I finally decided to try and learn competitive. I started this journey in January 2023. I have yet to compete in a league or regionals. But I dod go to a regionals as a spectator in Indianapolis 2024. I loved it. I have a long way to go but the fire is there. This next competitive year I have a goal to participate in one regionals and go to worlds (as a spectator).
Great Video for someone like me as I am just about to start learning about competitive! Can't wait for the teambuilding video since I can't build functioning teams so far
This is a FANTASTIC guide; really well-spoken and encouraging. I've dabbled in competitive for a while, but never fully embraced it. A lot of the EV-training and ruleset stuff was familiar to me, but there were some small takeaways that I really appreciated. The comment about ranked being there to place you against similarly skilled opponents is great. I was nervous to hit the ladder but I think I'll do most of my practice there now! Aside from that, I've only ever played singles. Doubles seems pretty daunting. Do you have any advice for starting on doubles?
In terms of getting into doubles think of Pokémon as a team. When team building you always wanna think about Pokémon that can lead well because they compliment one another. Like Indeedee and armarouge, or gholdengo and murkrow. Thinking of Pokémon that compliment one another’s strengths and weaknesses leads to stronger team cores
Thanks man this is really helpful for me. I started being competitive in pokemon Go, but that’s getting repetitive. I just bought a switch and pokemon violet for this whole purpose of competitive gameplay
i’ve played pokémon games before mindlessly one would say, then discovered competitive i felt i was missing out but never knew how to get into it i still don’t really
I am not sure if this will get a reply. But, I want to say my thoughts on VGC as someone who is new and is trying to get into it. Some advice would definitely help. I wanted to take my favorite pokemon and try to get them as far as possible. Build their EVs the best way I can, set up a good team, and possibly be the guy who does okay with niche pokemon. But, VERY QUICKLY, was I crushed and have continued to do so. The first team was Torterra, Quaqaval, Gardevoir, Lucario, Armarouge, and Annihilape. My opponents are faster and hit harder despite trying to build my Torterra to be a tank. I tried a new team, and a few are not my favorite pokemon, but I had to bite the bullet if I wanted to get my other favorites far. Espeon, Cinderace, Ceruledge, Mudsdale, Hisuian Zoroark, and W/F Urshifu. I paid close attention to builds for these and have them specifically made for double battles. Still got crushed. I am noticing how many people use very common Pokemon that are incredibly powerful. I'm not sure if I can do this. There's room for error. No matter how hard I try to pull a strategy or read my opponents, I can't win. It's weird because I find myself doing better in Pokemon Unite, which makes me think I enjoy the IP but not the actual normal game. It's depressing how I feel I can't better myself with the Pokemon I grow fond of.
The thing about building with off meta Pokemon, is that there needs to be only one or two, surrounding by meta stuff that can pick up their slack. Check out the discord if you are interested in getting team building help!
I want to play competitive to get the most out of sword and shield and now S/V because it’s like he said there’s so much more it’s almost infinite playtime
Been thinking about getting into competitive pokemon, kids ask me a few questions that i had no clue one so ill ask here If you go above level 50 can you still use that pokemon to enter tournaments? If you ev train a pokemon. But continue to use it. Are the evs safe? Once you have got all 510 i mean. Are they locked in? Are there any banned moves or states effects or any rules regarding status effects?
-If you go above 50 you can still use the Pokemon, it will just be reverted to 50 in competition. -If you EV train a Pokemon to max it is safe to use because it cannot gain more EVs -The banned moves depends on the format. Smogon follows its own rules, but if you are playing the official Pokemon rulesets the only rules are based on the Pokemon actually allowed in play for that ruleset (like Series 2 allows all Paldea Pokemon minus legendaries), you can only have one of a specific Pokemon per team (so you can't have two skeledirge for example), and you can only use an item on one Pokemon (so you can't have two life orbs on a team). Hope this helps!
Probably not for me, i was so excited for my first online battle, but after 7 matches of straight losing, i think its to much for my old brain. And will just go back to raiding
So I USED to play back when the alolan pokemon first came out, I had actually stopped then due to life. But before that I had played a lot and got really into breeding, was deep in it. Since then, I don't have anything anymore. I'd be starting from scratch. Are we able to access old gen pokemon somehow through the new game or are we stuck with the newest gen only? Should someone new (like myself) at this point just get a switch and pick up violet and go from there? I know having the past games had its benefits but I feel so lost now with all of this new stuff.
Hi sir firstly thank you such a great video I really learnt a lot as a beginner. I'm a newbie at pokemon world completely. I played fire/red for the first time with an emulator 11 months ago and had too much fun that I can not explain with words. In my country there is no nintendo region and economy not very good sad to say but I saved up money and got a switch lite with pokemon violet. I just beat the game then bought the dlcs but not dive into them not yet. I'm really interested in competitive side of pokemon. As a newbie I have not memorized the type chart or pokemon names yet. It was really confusing while battling npc trainers sometimes a rock type uses ice move then I die cause of super effective hit etc etc. This game so much detailed I understood that. I'm 25 years old and english not my main language. Is it too late to start learing and joining to pokemon community? If it is not I would like to join your discord and get advices to improve myself. I hope that I can be a proper member of this community someday...(The video a year ago and I do not know I can get a reply but I wanted to comment anyways thank you so much)
On my momma Jesus made area zero and competitive battling for Pokémon. Who is Pokémon Jesus Ho-Ho cause what happened in the tower or that’s more Moses would it be Mew yeah cause Mew did miracle on Ash so he like Holy Ghost yep😂💪🏾💯✝️👻 🎱🕎
What makes you want to learn competitive Pokemon?
For me it seems to be the only interesting endgame thing to do after finishing the game! It´s really hard to get into it though, so much information! But this i really helpful, thanks.
I really like building fun teams and maxing out my pokemon. I like battling in the game the only problem I have with competitive is I feel like most people when I look at videos are like you have to use these pokemon nothing else and if you don't use these pokemon you will lose every time. I enjoy battling and I want to win sometimes but I hate being forced to used the same pokemon over and over in order to have a chance of winning.
Glad this was helpful for you!
You can use off meta Pokémon and still win. It’s just key to remember that the meta Pokémon are meta for a reason and when making teams you have to balance your off meta with your super popular picks.
I wanna be one of the best Pokémon players in the world eventually
I realize this video is a little older but I just wanted to add a little of my experience. I’m a mom in my 30s who has played every game on release since red and blue when I was 10. I always spent a ton of time hunting for the best stats and abilities and then EV/IV training them and then never using them. It was just something I did for fun. Then the raids came out in sword and shield and it was one way to use them. Then S/V raids got better but still they get old after a while too. So I finally decided after seeing all these young kids comments on VGC videos that if they just jump in then I should too. I tried SMOGON at first even though I don’t love singles battles. I just messaged everyone I was battling like hey I’m new, I’ve never played competitive I’m here to have fun and learn, if I do anything wrong please tell me and tell me how I can improve. While sure there were some not so great people, the VAST majority were super helpful and were actually happy to help me learn and show me strats and how to use them. There’s tons of discords too for beginners and the amount of people willing to help was refreshing tbh. I don’t know anyone irl who plays competitive, so finding people online who were so welcoming and helpful was one of the best parts of starting out. I haven’t had any time to play recently but I really want to start doubles in S/V. All I can say is that if you find the right discords and the right streamers with a good community you’ll find people more than willing to help you learn. I was pretty intimidated tbh and while Ive been a really dedicated player for over 20 years, I was nervous to get into competitive and ask for help especially from people who seemed like much younger kids. I was surprised and I had a ton of fun. Just make sure you read up on the newest regulation set and rule set, and just communicate. Don’t talk shit, just go in and say hey I’m learning this is for fun and if you could help me and explain why you’re using the moves you are that’d be super helpful and more often than not you’ll have a ton of fun and people willing to show you around. People who have spent a lot of time and effort acquiring a skill are usually happy to show it off and to tell you about what they’re passionate about and help you start your journey too. I wish I’d spent less time being intimidated and jumped in sooner. So do that. I wish I had more time to play and more time to dedicate to it. I wish I’d found out competitive was this fun and welcoming years ago because I would’ve had the time to play and learn. It’s a blast and it gives so much more to your games. And now my poor Pokémon that we’re years or decades old are no longer relegated to just sitting in Pokémon Bank or Home wasting away lol.
Thanks for sharing! I do find this to be the case as well. Most people in the community are happy to help learn. I was actually doing a team building stream the other day and someone in chat said “I’m new and want to learn how to team build better” and we stopped the team we were working on and actually walked this person through my team building process. Discords are nice as well, mine constantly has people sending teams and asking for suggestions, as well as just chatting about the game
can you link some discords or streamers? thanks!
@@Blackzwell My channel discord, the Pokesports discord, I think Pokeburm has one as well!
Do you like pokemon?
Hi, I am in the same situation (28 trying to start competitive pokemon but having no idea where to start), can u please give me the name of discords or something like that for beginners? Thanks u very much :)
Building up mons for the new Tera raids has been fun and it made me want to start
The Tera raids are honestly a really great introduction into the idea of builds and movesets for Pokémon for a lot of players who may not have dabbled in competitive before
I’ve been playing Pokémon since the 90s and I feel the same way, never got into competitive battling, but ever since being introduced to Tera raids this year, I started learning how to build up mons with their IVs and EVs and it’s made me want to start as well 😅
@@kennessy2702 come join the fun!
Learning about pika analytics and the way you conceptualize your team with "what does this mon not do well again? Let me throw in a counter" was very good. The latter seems obvious but going from a story campaign team mind set off "oh this is a funny theme" to actual competitive was a stark contrast when i battled against my friends in a friendly tournament
I never thought about doing competitive pokemon. I think for the longest time i didnt really know there WAS competitive pokemon. When Scarlet and Violet came put I finally decided to try and learn competitive. I started this journey in January 2023. I have yet to compete in a league or regionals. But I dod go to a regionals as a spectator in Indianapolis 2024. I loved it. I have a long way to go but the fire is there. This next competitive year I have a goal to participate in one regionals and go to worlds (as a spectator).
Regionals are a blast! Good luck at your first event!
@@KneeckohGaming I got that energy when spectating! I hope to continue to have a blast in this community!
UVA Academy actually does a great job explaining the basics of Pokémon
Great Video for someone like me as I am just about to start learning about competitive!
Can't wait for the teambuilding video since I can't build functioning teams so far
Teambuilding video is still a work in progress, but if you want to hop in without it I have tons of rental codes in my VGC battle videos!
19:56 OH MY GOD THAT IS SUCH A GOOD USE FOR GASTRO ACID WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT?!?!
This is a FANTASTIC guide; really well-spoken and encouraging. I've dabbled in competitive for a while, but never fully embraced it. A lot of the EV-training and ruleset stuff was familiar to me, but there were some small takeaways that I really appreciated. The comment about ranked being there to place you against similarly skilled opponents is great. I was nervous to hit the ladder but I think I'll do most of my practice there now!
Aside from that, I've only ever played singles. Doubles seems pretty daunting. Do you have any advice for starting on doubles?
In terms of getting into doubles think of Pokémon as a team. When team building you always wanna think about Pokémon that can lead well because they compliment one another. Like Indeedee and armarouge, or gholdengo and murkrow. Thinking of Pokémon that compliment one another’s strengths and weaknesses leads to stronger team cores
I know this isn't a recent video but thanks for the help man, and for the resources!
Any time!
You sir are a chad. Trying to build some competitive pokemons right now, hoping to come up with a cool effective team eventualy.
A Chad?
@@KneeckohGaming Yes the CHAD
@@AmbrossaTheBard Is that a good or bad thing?
@@KneeckohGaming Thats like the best thing
@@AmbrossaTheBard Interesting haha thanks I guess!
Just getting in to comp and this is super helpful
Glad it was helpful
Just started competitive play. This really helps me. Thanks!
Glad to hear it!
Thanks for this video dude, I just got back into Pokémon and starting competitive for the first time. Got me excited to do it😎
Welcome to the fun! Check out the discord if you have questions!
Thanks man this is really helpful for me. I started being competitive in pokemon Go, but that’s getting repetitive. I just bought a switch and pokemon violet for this whole purpose of competitive gameplay
Nice! Glad this was helpful!
Thanks a lot this guide was super helpful. I’m gonna get pokemon scarlet/violet soon and I wanna get into pokemon competitive
Join the discord if you have any questions! Lots of SV and GO players in there!
Can you PLEASE make a video on how to choose which pokemon to bring, during the picking phase? I can't find a video on that anywhere man
i’ve played pokémon games before mindlessly one would say, then discovered competitive i felt i was missing out but never knew how to get into it i still don’t really
Im new to comp because wanted something new to do and nice video!
Thanks
Is this community active? Seems like a chill channel. I need people to play with
Yeah there are people chatting in the discord daily. And I also respond if you at me
@@KneeckohGaming cool . Joining 😃
@@HangrySnorlax_ Awesome!
I don’t have fun trying to get the best stats possible on my Pokémon. That is why I play showdown. I wish the main game was similar to it
The thing is they want us to actually play there game, not just play number sim
I am not sure if this will get a reply. But, I want to say my thoughts on VGC as someone who is new and is trying to get into it. Some advice would definitely help.
I wanted to take my favorite pokemon and try to get them as far as possible. Build their EVs the best way I can, set up a good team, and possibly be the guy who does okay with niche pokemon. But, VERY QUICKLY, was I crushed and have continued to do so.
The first team was Torterra, Quaqaval, Gardevoir, Lucario, Armarouge, and Annihilape. My opponents are faster and hit harder despite trying to build my Torterra to be a tank.
I tried a new team, and a few are not my favorite pokemon, but I had to bite the bullet if I wanted to get my other favorites far. Espeon, Cinderace, Ceruledge, Mudsdale, Hisuian Zoroark, and W/F Urshifu. I paid close attention to builds for these and have them specifically made for double battles. Still got crushed. I am noticing how many people use very common Pokemon that are incredibly powerful.
I'm not sure if I can do this. There's room for error. No matter how hard I try to pull a strategy or read my opponents, I can't win. It's weird because I find myself doing better in Pokemon Unite, which makes me think I enjoy the IP but not the actual normal game.
It's depressing how I feel I can't better myself with the Pokemon I grow fond of.
The thing about building with off meta Pokemon, is that there needs to be only one or two, surrounding by meta stuff that can pick up their slack. Check out the discord if you are interested in getting team building help!
Didn’t even know you had a vid like this
Full of tons of helpful clips
I want to play competitive to get the most out of sword and shield and now S/V because it’s like he said there’s so much more it’s almost infinite playtime
Hop into SV competitive! It’s a good time!
Been thinking about getting into competitive pokemon, kids ask me a few questions that i had no clue one so ill ask here
If you go above level 50 can you still use that pokemon to enter tournaments?
If you ev train a pokemon. But continue to use it. Are the evs safe? Once you have got all 510 i mean. Are they locked in?
Are there any banned moves or states effects or any rules regarding status effects?
-If you go above 50 you can still use the Pokemon, it will just be reverted to 50 in competition.
-If you EV train a Pokemon to max it is safe to use because it cannot gain more EVs
-The banned moves depends on the format. Smogon follows its own rules, but if you are playing the official Pokemon rulesets the only rules are based on the Pokemon actually allowed in play for that ruleset (like Series 2 allows all Paldea Pokemon minus legendaries), you can only have one of a specific Pokemon per team (so you can't have two skeledirge for example), and you can only use an item on one Pokemon (so you can't have two life orbs on a team).
Hope this helps!
@@KneeckohGaming you are a legend. Still never found the answers you just gave! Thanks alot!
@@SampleMehard Happy to help!
Hopped in too late to the train but I want to learn more!
Not too late by any means! Now is a great time to hop in!
Probably not for me, i was so excited for my first online battle, but after 7 matches of straight losing, i think its to much for my old brain. And will just go back to raiding
Fair enough! If you ever change your mind, the Discord is a great place to get advice and help
So I USED to play back when the alolan pokemon first came out, I had actually stopped then due to life. But before that I had played a lot and got really into breeding, was deep in it. Since then, I don't have anything anymore. I'd be starting from scratch. Are we able to access old gen pokemon somehow through the new game or are we stuck with the newest gen only?
Should someone new (like myself) at this point just get a switch and pick up violet and go from there? I know having the past games had its benefits but I feel so lost now with all of this new stuff.
You could easily pick up a switch and Violet and hop in. You’d likely have to trade for some of the older Pokémon, but that’d be no problem
Banco mucho tu sinceridad, tienes un sub nuevo :)
I’m Evie training, my Ceruledge
I'm wanting to get into competitive
Hop in! It’s a blast!
Im looking into vgc
Hoping to learn a thing or two
Welcome to the fun!
Check out the discord if you need help! People are always there to answer questions, myself included
Does this guide also apply to double battles or is this primarily singles focused?
This video is mainly doubles focused
Did you ever make a video series with your brother?
I did not. We could not find the time between both our schedules
I want play battles with my friend and stand a slight chance
This is the guide for you
Hi sir firstly thank you such a great video I really learnt a lot as a beginner. I'm a newbie at pokemon world completely. I played fire/red for the first time with an emulator 11 months ago and had too much fun that I can not explain with words. In my country there is no nintendo region and economy not very good sad to say but I saved up money and got a switch lite with pokemon violet. I just beat the game then bought the dlcs but not dive into them not yet. I'm really interested in competitive side of pokemon. As a newbie I have not memorized the type chart or pokemon names yet. It was really confusing while battling npc trainers sometimes a rock type uses ice move then I die cause of super effective hit etc etc. This game so much detailed I understood that. I'm 25 years old and english not my main language. Is it too late to start learing and joining to pokemon community? If it is not I would like to join your discord and get advices to improve myself. I hope that I can be a proper member of this community someday...(The video a year ago and I do not know I can get a reply but I wanted to comment anyways thank you so much)
Never too late to hop in! If you need help the discord is a great place to get assistance with teambuilding!
Bro how do I get a pokemon to level 50 :( (de level a pokemon)
The game auto will do it
it will?
Man I’m confused lolb
thanks for the site btw!!!
Yeah it will. The game auto puts Pokemon over level 50 back to 50 in battles
Swords stance
Can youbplay competitive in 2023 with sword and shield? I still dont wanna buy that new buggy mess
You can play, but it’s not updated any longer. scarlet and Violet is the superior place to play
I play high level GO PvP and it makes me want to learn this…. Which is entirely different. Especially OP moves in GO that are just mid-level in VGC.
Definitely worth getting into! Such a fun game to play!
I love the fact that he said if you want to watch other guides then do so.. like bye ❤
Bye 👍
I HAVE A GUIDE!!! Lmfao
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On my momma Jesus made area zero and competitive battling for Pokémon. Who is Pokémon Jesus Ho-Ho cause what happened in the tower or that’s more Moses would it be Mew yeah cause Mew did miracle on Ash so he like Holy Ghost yep😂💪🏾💯✝️👻 🎱🕎
I’m so lost
Meth. Not even once.
I want what he's on.