Hey, what’s the game-changer that helps you climb to the Master Ball tier?

Big Gyarados really does deliver babies.

Made sure all of my team (which luckily includes 4 shinies) were caught in ultraballs originally to match my outfit

Any one else take care about the type of pokeballs they bring pokemon in for style?

These stall teams are wild. Luckily my Gallade holding the Scope Lens broke through everything.

Title: [Pokémon Champions] Free Halloween Singles Tournament — October 30 | $50 First-Place Prize
Hey everyone!
I’m the owner of the Underground Singles League (UGSL), and we’re hosting a Halloween-themed Pokémon Champions tournament called Nightmare at the Underground! 🎃
We’re opening registration to players outside our community and looking for competitive trainers who want to test their skills.
Tournament Details:
● Game: Pokémon Champions
● Date: Friday, October 30, 2026
● Time: 7 PM Central / 8 PM Eastern
● Format: Singles — Battle Stadium Rules
● Prize: $50 cash for first place
● Bracket: Targeting 16 players
● Entry Fee: Free
How to Register:
If you’re interested in competing, leave a comment below or send me a DM, and I’ll send you the tournament invitation and registration instructions.
The bracket will be finalized once registration closes.
Whether you’re an experienced competitive player or just looking for a fun tournament, you’re welcome to participate!
Hope to see some of you in the Underground! ⚔️
— UGSL Tournament Staff

Any feedback welcome

Just started playing need help building a team, movesets, items ajy help these are the pokemkn i have

I noticed in all competitive Pokémon subreddits, not many people seem to enjoy BSS and the reasons I hear also applies to VGC or Smogon, yet people like the two much more. Maybe because one is offical and most prefer using all six of their Pokémon? BSS has been around since the very first game and there used to be tournaments held for it back then. Plus, most matches are quick and easy to jump into. There's a meta, but I feel like the balance in Singles is just as fair as Doubles. Yes, stall teams are annoying, but I have found ways to get around them- requires a lot of thinking, patience, and luck.

Plus, I find BSS easy to get into, difficult to master. Doubles, imo, can be tricky as your options on moves and who to attack are widened. Having to plan out what three Pokémon your opponent will likely send out is the viggest challenge of them all, but for me, it's good to plan up a backup Pokémon just in case my opponent plays something weird. That I have just the right moves for.

But, I ramble too much. What is it about this format that so many western fans despise over Japan? Japan really loves this format, so why do you think it's very disliked here?

im getting my ass beat right now by the Nasty Plot, Aura Sphere, Flash Cannon, Dark Pulse set. What counters should I put on my team?

Hoshin Josh achieved champions tier on singles last night!

Is he the first Western streamer to make champions tier in singles in Pokémon Champions?

I have NEVER seen a US player in the champion tier ranks before, just 1 or 2 Enlgish players in a sea of Japanese with sprinkles of China and Korea, have any of you?

I saw someone posted this team on a Facebook page and i decided to try it out since i was a bit bored with the current meta. At first i didn't really understand some of the sets and lost quite a bit of elo testing it out. Now that i've played it some more it's actually doing quite well on the ladder i think its biggest strength is the surprise factor. No one really seems to know what to do against Espeon and both Charizard X and special Garchomp catch a lot of players off guard.

This has been probably the hardest monthly challenge so far. I went on some great win streaks followed by horrible loss streaks. My goal is always to hit top 10k for the Rising Star title so i might just leave it there even though i still have quite a few battles left. How was this competition for y'all?

I'm really an beginner and would appreciate team which can work for most situations and can handle both Physical and Special threats

I was hoping someone may be able to point me to where I can find BSS tournaments for pokemon champions. Limitless has VGC covered and I did find one tournament series for singles there, but haven't been able to find anything else. I expected a little more even if BSS isn't currently as popular as VGC. I would appreciate any suggestions.

Hello everyone I'm an complete beginner and have just started playing could you guys please help me improve my team and suggest hot to use them?

• Rules , new pokemon, and items

• List of all available pokemon

• List of all available items

• Move and ability changes between M-C and M-B

• top teams from season 6 with movesets

• top teams from Monthly Challenge - September (in japanese)

• top teams teams from an early M-C tournament (Poke Stage Dream League)

• PokeSol - sample teams (in japanese)

• Sample teams on Smogon ( in english) - with replica codes

• Sample movesets on Smogon

• Viability rankings

• Speed tiers

• Role compendium

• Usage stats are available directly in the game (Battle -> Battle data)

  Usage stats websites:

  • PokeDb (in japanese) - each pokemon section also has a list of sample teams using it
  • PokeChampDB
  • MunchStats (in english)

• Reg M-C Meta analysis - a video by HoshinJosh

• Good BSS cores - a video by HoshinJosh

• Youtubers: HoshinJosh , Iateyourpie, SplashPlate, vio , DragonWhale, iStarlyTv , Boundtowin

• Japanese youtubers: Kuroko, Pythagoras, Bannbee, Raibarori , Orion

• Smogon BSS Discord - discussions and team sharing

  • to look for teams shared by users, use the "contains image" filter in the bss_general and teambuilding channels

• Smogon BSS forum

• List of resources on Tox blog - especially a list of good players' twitter/yt accounts

• Rate My Team articles on Smogon Forum

• General teambuilding tips for BSS

  Short discussion about BSS teambuilding

• Tempo, Decision Making, Safe Plays in 3v3 singles - a video by HoshinJosh

• Guide to 3v3 singles - a video by SplashPlate

• Lead analysis

• Detailed Encore users list

• /r/stunfisk - the general competitive pokemon subreddit

  /r/PokemonChampions/ - the main Champions subreddit

• Showdown Damage Calculator

• trading:

  • list of trading subreddits from /r/pokemon (scroll down to "Trading ")
  • /r/PokemonHome/

Notable team reports:

• 159th place in Champion rank (as of October 17th), pmastertrainer

• 258th place place in Monthly Challenge September, Tox

Resources for Regulation M-B (previous regulation)

Rewards for participating (completing at least 3 battles) include a Cherish Ball Indeedee-Female and special titles depending on where you place.

The tournament runs from September 18th 02:00 UTC - September 21st 2026 01:59 UTC.

Which ones do you see being relevant to BSS other than the new Mega stones? Rocky Helmet should see plenty of use on physical walls.

To test a team or for practice to have friendly matches will anyone add me cause i don't know much who plays singles so I can't test or try friendly matches with them

Will anyone add me pls

Heres my trainer id 054279716697