BEGINNER's Guide to Competitive Pokemon! | Pokemon Scarlet and Violet VGC 2024 Tips and Tricks!
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- I've been playing Pokemon competitively since I got into Pokemon Sword and Shield heavily and I can admit, competitive Pokemon and VGC is a very daunting thing to think about hopping into which is why I have made this beginner's guide featuring numerous tips and tricks to help you all get into competitive Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Hopefully this guide will help you all get started playing Scarlet and Violet's VGC!
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*Resources:
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-LabMaus: labmaus.net/topteams
-Victory Road: victoryroadvgc.com/
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*Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:01 Why play?
01:54 The Basics Start
03:22 Type Matchups
03:42 Move Types
04:52 Stats
05:42 IV vs EV
07:15 EVs Explained
08:12 Stat bumps
09:21 EV Training Start
09:50 Power Items
10:28 EV Training Battles
11:12 Vitamins
12:14 Mochi
12:44 Feathers
13:27 Decreasing EVs
14:01 Natures
14:49 Abilities
15:26 How to Improve Start
16:12 Rental Teams
17:30 Build Your Own Teams
18:28 Don't Be Afraid
19:52 Team Building Start
20:19 Team Archetypes
22:23 Team Building Cores
23:54 Useful Resources
26:13 MOST IMPORTANT
27:48 End
#pokemon #pokemonscarletviolet #pokemonscarletandviolet - Hry
What got you into competitive Pokemon?
I participated in my first local event back in the ORAS days. Was super fun to play something I love competitively
Shady Penguinn doing his WiFi battles against subscribers. They were singles battles.
I can’t honestly remember when I first saw VGC. 😂
Very informative video kneeckoh I watched your one from last year when I decided to step in this realm last week but I think this one was a bit more in depth very good job. To answer the question you were the final thing that got me into it! I watched some live streams from official channel in regionals vids from Wolfe from moxie boosted but something about you drew me in more and listening to you talk about all your decisions as you go as and I learned a lot from listening to you and watching your games play out and as you said in this vid I was one of the most recent who used your rentals to try I'd watch your vid then try the team. After seeing how you implemented it as a baseline guide because I've never done this before and I got to 8 with your teams getting so frustrated but learning every time then I tried one more team i found and hit master ball Sunday which put me at 4k something rating im master ball was a confidence boost and felt good so thank you for all you do. I haven't stepped back in yet been busy with work And I'm going to start grinding final dlc and raids so I can play with building some Pokemon of my own since very soon rank resets but you are the man kneeckoh
SwSh was my first time playing competitive
Glad my videos inspired you to start playing competitive!
This is super important because I feel like the majority of VGC content is geared towards other VGC players. Great way to get more people into the game!
Thanks for the kind words! Really wanted to help out new comers with this one!
Really appreciate a video like this. I've been watching pokemon on and off for years but a lot of the competitive videos I've checked out go in with a lot of assumptions about everyone's knowledge level. Great work!
Glad you enjoyed!
I really love this guide. I was already smiling halfway because of how beginner friendly you're wording everything. I love how you directed them towards the resources as well. The don't be afraid of losing and keep practicing part was the most important for me. I got to learn a lot by going against different teams in the ladder. Eventually, you can kinda tell what certain gimmicks the team would feature based on their composition.
The VGC community has really expanded because tera is such a great mechanic. And guides like these encourage more people to join in on the fun. Great vid! 💖
Glad you enjoyed the video! Really wanted to target brand new players with this guide cause I feel many other creators cater more toward players who are already playing VGC
I’ve always been really scared to get into vgc, but this video is super helpful. This is gonna be a great resource for me, thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome guide!
Not new to battling (Singles & 3v3)
But new to VGC competitive.
But it's styll a great vid to watch! 👌🏾
Great way to bring in new eyes! 👍🏾
Glad you enjoyed the video! Everyone likes to talk to existing players, I wanted to address people interested in hopping in
@@KneeckohGaming
Agreed!
Btw bro, can you make an "Advanced/Masters Guide for VGC Players" video next plz?¿‽ 🙏🏾
Tips for ppl like me, who play VGC, but aren't on Wolfie & Zhang levels yet.
Explaining more things like;
- When to Tera vs When to hold off.
- In-depth EVing.
- Flow-charting.
- Predicting your opp.
Etc...
I started playing vgc about 5 months ago and I can't get enough lol so much fun
It is so fun! Glad you are enjoying it!
Not a beginner but happy to see this type of content to reground the basics.
Thanks for the kind words!
Excellent guide for beginners. Start here!
Thank you!
Great Guide, can only recommend this for any beginner!
Thank you!
Instructions unclear, I now have 100 losses and 0 wins. I'm serious.
Great Guide!
As for me? Well... 🤔
I played against friedns when I first played years ago. I stopped after Gen 4, and came back around Pokemon Sw/Sh, figuring I'd just be a casual fan. My friends I played with had long since stopped and I did not follow VGC at all. (For that matter, wasn't even fully aware of VGC!) This stayed apace when I started Pokemon Scarlet. I got REALLY into Tera Raids, and in my search for more info, etc on them, CZcams started recommending me VGC vids! Got my start with Cybertron and Pokesports, and in turn, that got me brave enough to try!
Here I am, and glad I did. The friends and experiences have been *fantastic!*
Glad you found your way to VGC! It is such a fun part of the game!
Yippee! I wanna get into comp so badly but it’s just so big and scary :0
Don’t be afraid! Come join the fun!
@@KneeckohGamingit is NOT fun, it's bad.
@@idkwastaken hot take
@@KneeckohGaming Hot, and true take. It's literally not fun. You literally have to tear your ass to beat a japanese player with tricky moves
@@idkwastaken Yeah no lol it's fine you don't like it, but its simply not true. I play with meme teams on ladder and do just fine in masterball
Nice guide, a big problem that i have as a beginner, is understanding teams and knowing how to lead or analyse the enemies team. Any advice other than watching pros, like online guides for teams?
Cybertron is a good player to watch as well as Wolfe. A lot of leads come with practice. Being able to analyze the opposing teams strategy in team preview is the best way to pick the Pokémon that are going to benefit you most in a matchup.
Could you maybe explain some of the more popular teams/restricted pokemon and how to play them? I'd really like to get into VGC but idk what team would be the best for a beginner to learn the fundamentals without being overwhelmed
good video
Thanks
Btw bro, can you make an "Advanced/Masters Guide for VGC Players" video next plz?¿‽ 🙏🏾
I think others would agree wit me!
Tips for ppl like me, who play VGC, but aren't on Wolfie & Zhang levels yet.
Explaining more things like;
- When to Tera vs When to hold off.
- In-depth EVing.
- Flow-charting.
- Predicting your opp.
Etc...
Eventually perhaps!
@KneeckohGaming
Nice! 👍🏾
I'm looking forward to it if you do it, since you broke this first vid down so well!
So I got a copy of shield that I'm just now about to beat. I'm planning on getting a copy of violet and a couple of the older games at some point. But just with my copy of shield, where do I start for competitive?
Well competitive play in Sword and Shield is pretty dead at this point. Scarlet and Violet are the current competitive games, so that's where you'd want to start. However, having Shield is solid because it will allow you to move Pokemon that are good from that game into Scarlet and Violet. Until then you could start playing on Pokemon Showdown
@@KneeckohGaming I guess I can start breeding and catching to build up on stuff to transfer to violet
I am trying make sneasler or lucario work (for sneasler thinking incineroar, ogerpon-wellspring and as restricted either koraidon or dawn-wing necrozma/lunala b but im unsure if i should use miraidon instead and just have electric seed on sneasler) , is it possible without needing something like tornadus, whimsicott, indeedee or type of support pokemon? i dont seem see anyway get those pokemons work without tailwind or trickroom or something else similar. But this is very informative and fun video. Keep doing good job!
Just played a Sneasler team on the channel yesterday! Check that video out! Could help with the teambuilding!
@@KneeckohGaming i did check it out but it used tailwind so thats what im kinda worried about i cant do it without that and went also checking ways for me use it with other ways too haha so im stumped
I don’t think the tailwind is necessary, but it definitely helps
@@KneeckohGaming hope so cuz been trying fiddle with hisui goodra ,incineroar and ogerpon rn but i think i should maybe drop hisui goodra as its probs not good team mate due how meta goes haha
is Doubles the standard/most played format? Or Singles?
Doubles is the official format for tournaments held by The Pokemon Company. Singles is popular too, but Pokemon does not hold anything for it, it is all community organized
So I'm going to break this down for people that are having a hard time digesting
First off about the EVS it's 510 points that can go into a single Pokemon but only 250 in a single stat therefore you only want to apply points into the Pokemon's stats that have closer to 250, let's call that talent stats the non-talent stats will be a lot weaker and and more punishing if boosted. There's also adjusters for stats. Feathers berries and vitamins some increase some decrease and some do other wonky stuff. My assumption is that you can actually remove a base starting stats to a negative and use that to create a positive in another stat area. Then there's attitude type stats which can be altered which saves you the time and energy from breeding constantly and not getting the right stat or getting the right attitude or both. And when training in the wild you want to only have one Pokemon on you because this can affect the EV training of your other Pokemon
Finally you're probably worried about abilities affects and other stuff right. It's very daunting to and very overwhelming to learn about every single ability and every single stats this will take many years of playing or a long hours of playing so don't worry about it. Think of it like this
It's like playing magic a gathering or Yu-Gi-Oh you don't read every single card in your deck no you read as you play so what I'm saying is you draw five cards you read each an individual card in your hand over time you start to learn your deck and over time you start to learn about the gimmicks and the trickery that you can play. And as you get more and more advanced you probably want to build your second team then a third team and then the fourth team and then the 5th and then you'll have a six and then the 17th team eventually you'll have build up 100 different teams so don't worry building teams is the whole point of the game once you learn about all the Pokemon and abilities and stuff you can then probably end up start mixing and matching and playing with Corky things making it unique to you and your own play style
I think the Pokemon game and game freak should actually incorporate more gems and more things into the system to help teach people about advanced playing mechanics. With voice acting and talking instead of reading and texting. It'd be kind of interesting to have special limited edition type of Pokemon inside of certain things like or have certain TMS locked away or certain things locked away behind educational type things. But if you previously played a game you can actually instantly unlock these things I think this type of feature would actually greatly help people get into the meta
It’s 252 into a single stat.
Is this worth getting into if you find the gameplay of the regular game kinda slow and boring? Wanna try comp out but don’t wanna have to beat the game
Just Gen 🤷♂️
@@KneeckohGaming I’m not sure what you mean by this comment 😅 but I’ll probs just try it out anyway to see if I enjoy it I guess
@@taboo5404 generate Pokemon. Then you don't have to beat the game. Otherwise you will need to beat the game
This moght be a dumb question but how do you get these downloaded and edited since it seems you play the game itself not like a shogon showdown type thing just curious i know x box and PlayStation have like a live record thing built in but i havent seen with switch im just a noob so not trying to become a content creator but would be nice to know
I have an Elgato Capture card
Thank you I made a book mark about it before this message you responded too I left one to you about your actual vid. Not digging for another response but if you didn't see it I answered and gave props/thanks
I just saw it haha!
I don’t even know what VGC stands for but I’m good at Pokémon. How do I start? How do I play VGC?
Follow the video 👍
Oh yeah I hate VGC then. This means I HAVE to use a legendary or else I’m getting washed?
@@Arelaxedguy
VGC means Video Game Championships
You aren't required to use legendaries but you will most likely lose without them.
I encourage getting into competitive pokemon for a casual player to learn the depth and allowing you to have more favourite pokemon, at least that is how I see it.
"Weak" pokemons can work, they just need to have a justification
Butterfree has a niche of fast and accurate sleep as well as tailwind but most pokemon aren't as lucky.
why is it that not all the pokemon on your teams are lvl 100?
Idk 🤷♂️
sike *hmmpph*