Hello everyone! My name is Tim (also known as the PokeDad), and I’m the newest member of the PokéAus team. Today I’m going to take you through a tool that you might find handy if you’re wanting to stay up to date with official Pokémon events going on in your area, the Pokémon Event Calendar Tool! (Yea, the naming department ...
Read More »PokéMelbourne VGC2016 Tournament – EB Games Swanston Street
The annual PokéMelbourne tournament at EB Games Swanston has been revealed today, as they kick off the year with their first VGC 2016 event. Date: Saturday, January 30th 2016 Time: 9:30am Venue: EB Games Swanston Street, Melbourne Rules: VGC 2016 Full Rules: http://bit.ly/1PJPo3m Registration Form: http://bit.ly/1JqOuYd Player Cap: There will be a numbers cap on the event of 128 ...
Read More »Around The Stadiums: Blaziken Series #1 – A Premier Challenge Summary
Hello all! All of us here at PokeAus hope you had an enjoyable and safe time over the Christmas/New Year period. This edition of Around the Stadiums covers the first month of the Blaziken Premier Challenge series, which was also the last month of events operating under the VGC2015 ruleset. From January, all events will be conducted using the ...
Read More »Australian TCG City Championships: January Round-Up
Each month, we will be posting a round-up of all TCG events that will be happening throughout Australia. If you click on any event, it will take you to the full details which are on our Events Calendar TAS: January 9 @9:00am – Area 52 City Championship TAS: January 10 @9:00am – BattleAxe Games City Championship WA: January 17 ...
Read More »Draw a Card #6: Crobat
Today lets talk about Crobat PHF, a card that has been around for a while now and we’ve probably seen performing its support damage increase role before. The main strategy with the crobat line is always the same; evolve through the Zubat to Golbat to place two damage counters on your opponents field, and then evolve again into Crobat ...
Read More »VGC Premier Challenge: NLG Morwell Blaziken #3 – Standings and Usage Stats
Yesterday kicked off Premier Challenges around the country for 2016, with the first event taking place at NLG Morwell, Victoria, (event details here). The event saw 27 Masters rise to the occasion, a congratulations goes to Nihal Noor (@UchihaX96) for taking out the PC. Below are the usage stats for all 27 Masters Kangaskhan 67% Groudon 67% Xerneas 63% ...
Read More »Australian VGC Premier Challenges: January Round-Up
Each month, we will be posting a round-up of all VGC Premier Challenges that will be happening throughout Australia. If you click on any event, it will take you to the full details which are on our Events Calendar VIC January 3 @10:00am –NLG Morwell: Pokémon Blaziken VGC Premier Challenge #3 January 9 @9:00am – Good Games Box Hill: ...
Read More »The Format is not Flat!: Playing VGC 2016 Events using Normal Rules
Hi everyone. This is just a small article regarding playing VGC 2016 at untethered events. Aside from Nationals, all Australian VGC events are ‘untethered’ – that is our Battle Boxes have not been locked by software and battles are through PSS in-game and not the Live Tournament interface. While this has not been a major issue in the past as ...
Read More »Top Players, Top Pokémon #3: Matthew Roe (RoeyVGC) and Salamence
Hello, Matthew! I hear that you like Salamence? Why do you like to use it competitively? I like using Salamence due to its excellent combination of physical & special attacking prowess, backed by deceptively decent bulk (95/130/90) and a fantastic speed stat (Base 120). Additionally; from an aesthetics point of view, it just looks cool! Do you have a set ...
Read More »VGC 2016 Spotlight Report #1: Zygarde
Hey guys, Phil here and welcome to my new set of articles about VGC 2016. These articles will summarise my channel’s VGC’16 content, or more specifically where I’m spotlighting an unpopular Pokémon and how to use it. You can view my first video in the series below, or alternatively you can visit my channel. #1 Zygarde Today I’ll be ...
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