Communities
VGC Academy - Exploring competitive Pokemon
This group is for learning concepts and tips about competitive VGC and exploring relevant updates of metagame trends. I'll be posting new articles as I make them alongside team reviews and explanation for my supporters
NikyuAlex's Coaching Group
Welcome in my VGC Pokémon Coaching Group! In this community we'll discuss various aspects of VGC with various benefits for the members depending on their subscription's tier.
Anboxing's Community
Welcome to Anboxing's Community! This is your place to connect with and learn from Anboxing and like-minded peers. Share opinions, insights, tips, or even French Onion Soup recipes (the trick is to use yellow onions).
AverageSiege's Community
Welcome to AverageSiege's Community! This is your place to connect with and learn from AverageSiege and like-minded peers. Share opinions, insights, or tips.
Sessions
My name is Paul Ruiz aka Ralfdude. I won the VG Pokemon World Championships in 2018 and finished 3rd in Worlds 2017. I've been playing Pokemon competitively since 2013. Pokemon is my life. I've traveled to lots of different countries to play Pokemon and I've always been a very competitive person in everything I do and Pokemon is no exception. Some people have told me I am considered the best Pokemon VGC player of generation 7 of Pokemon, mainly because of my results back-to-back in the World Championships of 2017 and 2018, getting 3rd and 1st place respectively. I am also considered part of the top 5 Pokemon players of all time. I started to work as a VGC coach in 2019 and decided to do it full-time in 2020. During this journey as a coach, I've had the pleasure of working with lots of different players, like: newer players, veteran players, streamers, YouTubers, and junior and senior players. I've also had the privilege of working with people from all around the world! To mention a few of the countries: US, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Spain, Sweden, Russia, Singapore, and many more!
My name is Eduardo Cunha, I'm a 26 year old Pokémon player from Portugal and the 2022 World Champion! I also work as a STEM and English teacher, so coaching is my full time job! My journey playing VGC started in 2013 and have shown results at the highest level since 2016. I've made top cut of Worlds three times, finals of Internationals twice and have won tournaments in all 3 levels of Majors. I've also been offering coaching for 2 years now, with plenty of positive results, as my students accomplished Regional 1st places and have earned Travel Awards across the World. I also offer a unique set of classes, introducing the concept of advanced theory. If you want to increase your level, I'm the right person to help you!
Pro Player of Pokémon VGC (started to play in 2017) and also a Game Designer, Game Analyst and former tutor for kids. My best skill, even above my in-game ability, is understand the metagame and find valuable and/or alternative solutions for both playing it and countering it. I used some meta trend in advance through the years, such as Togekiss-Excadrill (Mold Breaker) - Dragapult in VGC 20 or Dragon Tera on Gholdengo in VGC 2023 to name the most recent ones, and also created some unique ideas and pick such as the Worry Seed Amoonguss at the Barcelona SPE 2023, or Mega Blaziken in Ultra Series alongside Xernala in 2019. In my lessons I also explain my methods to find such picks and how I analyze the metagame.
Hello everyone, I'm Guilherme AKA GuiVGC and I'm here to offer coaching for Pokémon VGC. You might have seen my name on top cuts and wins of multiple limitless tournaments and on the Oceania CP leaderboards. I can also offer coaching in Portuguese.
Hi, my name is Alex, and I have been playing the competitive Pokémon for 8 years. I have qualified for the Pokémon World Championships six times, cut many regionals, and have won several stipends in the past. I recently just graduated with Bachelors of Science in Computer Science and Engineering. I love helping every player who has any questions about competitive play get the right answers and guide them in the correct direction when it comes to making plays or building teams. If you would like a more personalized experience, I would love to assist you grow as a player with my coaching. I have had over 100 students over the past couple years, so whether you are just starting with VGC to a player who is stuck and wants to learn how to improve their play, I can help in all of those departments. We can build a team together and ladder on Pokémon Showdown or in game together, or review VOD's of your matches, whether those be Pokémon Showdown replays or in game replays. My goal of each coaching session is to not only help you grow as a player, but help you understand my methodology behind the game to help you accomplish your goals. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me on twitter or discord! I will be happy to answer any questions you have!
Hello, I'm anboxing aka Jonas Lorenzoni I love showing people the VGC world and teaching people something. Everyone starts small like me but also like me, you too could manage to go to a regional or an official VGC event and like me I achieved a result of 3 wins and 6 defeats at my first regional tournament in Bologna 2024 Italy, but over time I have gotten better vgc and you can do that too, please contact me for free coaching
VGC Player from Panama. Founder of Dark Aura. I run a VGC team, and we provide coaching + some sponsorship to high level players in VGC, Unite, and TCG. I played football for my National team. Became an executive at 23. Got a worlds invite 3 months after I decided to get serious about competing. My entire life I've been looking to innovate and push the limits of anything I put my mind to. I will take a completely different approach in helping you get better at vgc. Depending on what plan you book, we will focus on different areas of the game from principles to teambuilding to tournament prep.
Guides
Breaking down the POKEMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The most important tournament of each year in the pokemon community is the World Championships. High-level battles are shown on stream for the audience and in this guide I go over each one of them, providing deep analysis on what each player is thinking and the options they have based on their teams.