He Pokémon VGC it continues to change its form with each official competition that brings together the best trainers in the Pokémon world.
The most recent titles in the series, Pokémon Scarlet and Purple, introduced us to new curious and powerful exclusive monsters. This, added to the new mechanics, has brought us a new series of very competitive battles, in which the best trainers face each other for victory.
But in order not to saturate ourselves with the news, the rules of the Pokémon VGC have been allowing different elements of Pokemon Scarlet and Purple. In this opportunity we will tell everything about the new rules.
what is the Pokémon VGC?
In case you don’t already know, every year there is a world championship in Pokémon. In this event known as the Pokémon VGCplayers from around the world battle it out to compete for titles and prizes exceeding thousands of dollars in real money and merchandise.
use monsters ghost type in your team for the Pokémon VGC it is one of the many strategies that exist to gain an advantage in combat and accumulate points with victory. Each category requires a series of points, so it is important to get victories depending on the country you belong to and if you enter the Junior, Senior or Master league.
For example, this is the complete list of categories and points required for the Pokemon TCG:
The requirements for the rest of the competitions, including the tournament of Pokémon Unitewill be announced soon.
the rules of Pokémon VGC during 2023
He Pokémon VGC It has gone through several facets in 2023, or rather, since the arrival of Pokémon Scarlet and Purple.
The championships are disputed with certain rules that determine the Pokémon that can be used, as well as the combat format and the entire process. The first set launched in January and allowed only the Pokémon from the Paldea Pokédex, plus the Teracrystallization function. However, the Paradox Pokémon, Dire Legends, and Miraidon and Koraidon were not allowed to be used.
It wasn’t until February 1 that Paradox Pokémon were allowed in competitions, and they’ve dominated competitive ever since. Some Pokémon like Fluttermane, Ironpalms, and Ironrock are considered the strongest in double battles, alongside powerful titans like Amoonguss, Dragonite, Palafin, and Gholdengo.
However, things could change with the new rules of set 3 of the Pokémon VGC.
Set 3 Rules: The Dire Legends Arrive
so far the Pokémon VGC he was banned from using some interesting beasts from Pokémon Scarlet and Purple. However, from April 2023, the use of Dire Legends will be allowed in official competitions.
This means that trainers will be able to compete with Wo-Chien, Chien-Pao, Ting-Lu and Chi-Yu. This means that now only Miraidon and Koraidon are banned from the competition, in addition to the Pokémon that don’t appear in Paldea’s PokéDex.
These four legendaries could bring us a meta change with their various types:
Wo-Chien: Grass and Dark Weaknesses: Fire, Fairy, Ice, Fighting, Flying and Poison Super Weak: Bug Strengths: Water, Ghost, Dark, Electric, Grass and Ground Immune: Psychic Chien-Pao: Ice and Dark Weaknesses: Steel, Fire, Rock, Bug and FairySuper Weak: FightingStrengths: Ghost, Dark and IceImmune: PsychicTing-Lu: Earth and DarkWeaknesses: Water, Fairy, Fighting, Bug, Ice and GrassStrengths: Ghost, Rock, Dark and PoisonImmune: Electric and PsychicChi-Yu: Fire and DarkWeaknesses: Water, Rock, Earth, and Fighting Strengths: Steel, Fire, Grass, Ghost, Ice, and Dark Immune: Psychic
It only remains to wait and see how players take advantage of the four Dire Legends and their powerful abilities.