How can you start getting into competitive Pokémon today?
In this episode of Gaming with Passion Podcast, my guest is Dakmons. We talked about when he got into Pokemon, what is favorite and least favorite game in the series is. The main topic of this video was to discuss how Dakmons got interested in competitive Pokémon and how he transitioned into playing in competitive VGC tournaments. This episode is filled with helpful tips for new players and we answer questions that anyone new to Pokémon VGC would want to know.
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00:00 Introduction
00:40 How did you get into Pokémon?
2:25 Favorite Pokémon Generation
5:00 Least Favorite Generation
7:38 Opinion on Sword/Shield
9:40 Sword/Shield Standouts
12:00 Why get competitive with Pokémon?
13:50 Pokémon Draft League
16:00 What are IVs?
17:12 Pokémon Natures
17:58 What are EVs?
18:48 Draft League Experience
20:15 Do your research!
21:25 What is VGC?
23:00 Online Pokémon Tournaments
25:30 When did you start competitive?
26:41 Local Tournament
28:04 Team Building (Rentals)
30:12 Next Steps
31:30 International Challenges
33:00 Tournament Results
35:00 2021 Changes
36:50 Learn from the best
37:30 Tips for new players
39:05 Good Advice
40:00 Watching old matches
41:50 Pokémon Team Trends
43:00 Pokémon "Seasons"
44:12 Ban List
46:05 Last Pokémon Advice
47:12 Outro
Dakmons can be found on twitter and twitch
https://www.twitch.tv/dakmons
https://twitter.com/dakmons
Check out these YouTube channels for great VGC content!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKz8imK_IVQ - 2016 VGC finals
https://www.youtube.com/user/CybertronProductions - Cybertron
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAVKuhZ5Og4O86jkgUgUcyg - Moxie Boosted
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9OZkS1Mhl5UvKSiPrYqsxg -Wolfey Glick
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