We’ve reached the final week of January, meaning it’s now time to reflect on this month in VGC. What better way to do so than with our latest usage stats? We’ve had three Premier Challenge events happen in Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. We’re beginning to see some clear patterns with the Australian metagame, so we advise noting the ...

  The Nugget Bridge Major has kicked off, and Round 1 is now live! There are some tricky pairings we have going for Australia and its players. We’ll go through and list them, showing why you should be interested on the results with each match. You can also keep track of how Australia’s representatives go in this tournament, both individually ...

The Pokémon Company International has finally released the new ruleset for the upcoming 2016 VGC season! These rules will come into effect on January 1st 2016. As some of you will already be aware, these rules are a massive throwback to the days of VGC’10, but with some minor changes. Here are the rules regarding team construction: Trainers will play either ...

  Battle Spot Season 12 saw the rise of some really interesting non-pentagon threats. These Pokémon gained previously-inaccessible moves or abilities, through being migrated from previous games via Pokémon Bank. These moves could have come from either old move tutors, or even special events. This article aims to enlighten you on new developments that have been seen throughout the 12th ...

Hi there. My name is Brendan Webb and this was my first season competing in the VGC Season. Today I will be talking about my Top 8 placement at the 2015 Australian National Championships. I have never really introduced myself to the VGC community so I will give a brief introduction about myself. I live in Tasmania, located as a ...