Brady Smith - VGC Corner
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Pokémon Player, Coach, and Content Creator. Click the link for coaching inquiries.
Joined November 2022
Running for Best Coach 2025!! Lock your votes in.
I'm pleased to announce that the voting round for the VGC Awards can start now. Thanks so much to everyone for nominating a bunch of people, in the end I narrowed it down to 4 people per category. That being said, RTs are appreciated again, thank you!.
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RT @vgccorner: Do you want to win more games?.Play more games. Do you want to get better at Pokémon?.Think about your games. Reflect on yo….
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RT @vgccorner: Most beautiful thing about competitive Pokemon:. There is no mechanical skill,.it's all mindset. Anyone can pick up and pla….
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Do you want to win more games?.Play more games. Do you want to get better at Pokémon?.Think about your games. Reflect on your decisions.
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Most beautiful thing about competitive Pokemon:. There is no mechanical skill,.it's all mindset. Anyone can pick up and play the game. There's technically only 2 mechanical inputs per turn. Champions focus on:.- Cognative processing of information.- Pre-tournament prep.-.
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6. Community Investment .Good players take. Great players give back. They: .- Share knowledge .- Mentor newer players .- Build connections .- Contribute to growth . There are two types of communities:.1. Organic.2. Premium Service. The organic path takes time but it is.
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5. Adaptability . Good players master one playstyle. Great players can play any style required. They'll switch from: .- Hyper offense to stall.- Fast mode to slow mode .- Standard to anti-meta . Great players have loads of different teams/modes/playstyles under their belt.
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4. Time Management . Good players grind ladder. Great players optimize practice. They focus on: .- Targeted matchup practice .- Replay analysis .- Team refinement .- Mental reset periods . 1 hour of focused practice > 5 hours of autopilot.
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3. Preparation Depth .Good players build teams. Great players build contingencies. They know: .- Every calc that matters .- Multiple paths to victory in specific matchups.- Common player tendencies .- Meta shifts before they happen . They're rarely surprised in a tournament.
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2. Emotional Control .Good players tilt after losses. Great players use losses as data points. They ask: .- What could I have done differently? .- What patterns did I miss? .- How can I patch this matchup? . Losses become lessons, not setbacks. Mastery of this skill is a.
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1. Pattern Recognition .Great players see the game differently. They notice small habits: .- Lead tendencies .- Protect patterns .- Behind/ahead tendencies.- . They build a mental database of average player behaviors and leverage it. This only comes from dedicated replay.
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6 things that set apart good Pokémon players from great players: 🧵🔽
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They only gave us shiny Wo-Chien before worlds 😭😭. That was so intentional.
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The best players I've coached aren't usually the most talented. They're the ones who play consistently, ask the right questions, and actually implement feedback. "Hard work beats talent that doesn't work hard.".
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@MeninoJardim That's all I got in this thread, if you enjoyed:. Follow @vgccorner for more posts like this and daily mindset tips. Looking to qualify for worlds next year? Now's the time to start planning out your next season. Shoot me a DM if you want help planning!.-Brady
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6. The Rule of 2. @MeninoJardim taught me this rule a while back. Basically when constructing a perfect team, we need to ensure 2 checks into each of the top metagame Pokemon. An example is a team that has 2 checks for:.- Shadow Rider.- Zamazenta.- Miraidon.- Ice Rider.-.
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5. Start with 252/252. EVs come last. Everyone wants to be an EV master but that is simply not the skill to focus on if you want to win tournaments. It is true that EVs can make a Pokemon feel completely diffferent depending on its allocation, but the amount of time players.
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4. Don't Neglect Speed Control . Outspeeding key threats can be game-changing. Invest in Pokémon with priority or speed control moves. I generally have 2-3 of these options on my teams. Basically if you move first, you can KO the opponent before they have a chance to.
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3. Role Balance. Have a mix of roles like:.- Sweepers.- Supporters.- Walls.- Wallbreakers.- . (There are more, some pokemon play a mix of these). These are just some examples. Good teams have a wide variety of tools. Every "good" team starts with a solid offensive core. From.
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2. Start with offense. Defense is easy to come by. Offense is the focal point of any match. In order to play this game, your team needs to be capible of landing blows. If you focus on defense first, your offensive tools may fall short. Defensive cores are good but should only.
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