Aug 3, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min · 11 segments
The Pokémon Champions meta keeps adapting and changing as we work towards the World Championships in a few short weeks, and Rho missed out on a ton, so Carl is going to get him (and you) up to speed…
Carl WilkinHost
And then, but it ended up doing really well this weekend with taking two of the top cut.
Yeah, and I think, like, I'm going to be doing some polls.
Let's start with this winning team.
And I'm going to go back to June 17th.
And people are calling the Raichus a fraud.
And there's this young man.
from the not-so-great-but-we-tolerate-the-state-anyway of Connecticut, named Zach Weed, who messages in one of our New England chats, right to why low-key top five Mon, you're running it with Frigg, and you do the TR stuff with some just really strong, slower Mons, like Sylveon and King Gambit, that will benefit from the paralysis and the trick room, depending on what mode you go with.
And right now, here it is, right in front of us.
I think this team is sick.
I love Tailroom.
The main reason why I want to play a team like this is because it reminds me a lot of the Blastoise team I played back in MA on the channel, where it was...
It was Talonflame and Furgorath for a tail room with the Sylveon being able to play in both modes, the King Gambit, etc.
The Raichu, it's just a really strong Pokemon right now.
with everything, like, these Zard teams don't like...
Nothing does.
But a lot of...

And then, but it ended up doing really well this weekend with taking two of the top cut.
Yeah, and I think, like, I'm going to be doing some polls.
Let's start with this winning team.
And I'm going to go back to June 17th.
And people are calling the Raichus a fraud.
And there's this young man.
from the not-so-great-but-we-tolerate-the-state-anyway of Connecticut, named Zach Weed, who messages in one of our New England chats, right to why low-key top five Mon, you're running it with Frigg, and you do the TR stuff with some just really strong, slower Mons, like Sylveon and King Gambit, that will benefit from the paralysis and the trick room, depending on what mode you go with.
And right now, here it is, right in front of us.
I think this team is sick.
I love Tailroom.
The main reason why I want to play a team like this is because it reminds me a lot of the Blastoise team I played back in MA on the channel, where it was...
It was Talonflame and Furgorath for a tail room with the Sylveon being able to play in both modes, the King Gambit, etc.
The Raichu, it's just a really strong Pokemon right now.
with everything, like, these Zard teams don't like...
Nothing does.
But a lot of...
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