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.

1025 Pokemon. 934 moves. 188 abilities. Endless items. Where do you even start? In "Back to Basics", I will introduce you to the most core, central aspects of competitive Pokemon in the most digestible way possible. More than just things you can look up on your own - I'll help you know common things to look out for, the easiest tips and tricks to utilize, and the path forward to becoming an ever-advancing Pokemon Mastermind. The strongest foundation starts with the basics.

In this article, you will find lots of sample teams that I created with the main legendary duos viable in the regulation set I rules (PART 1), and also a PART 2 (soon) with explanation of the EV spreads for each, what they do and why they were chosen