Week Twelve vs Burwood Buizels Teambuilding Battle and Replay Next Week Hi guys, Here we go with the penultimate round of the season. A win here would seal me up a top 3 spot, and make a top 2 finish increasingly likely, so I was pretty ke…
Week Eleven vs Utah U-Turners Teambuilding Battle and Replay Next Week Hi guys, Finally I have had the time to make a one week post rather than a double header. This week (although a bit late for family reasons), I faced fellow top 4 side …
Week Nine vs Miami Heatmor & Week Ten vs Sydney Shuckles Teambuilding Battle and Replay Next Week Due to issues with being absent from Wifi for large tracts of the last two weeks, and the Christmas break, we have another double analysis we…
Previous: Maneuvering Hi all. This post was ready quite a while ago, but as I was busy with...being distracted, I guess, it kind of fell by the wayside in terms of getting posted for quite a while. I feel this chapter is named pretty well,…
Melbourne Battle Association Trade Week Trade week actually happened a number of weeks ago, but I've had a bunch of things happening irl that have made me pretty bad at updating this blog of late, so my analysis of the MBA trade week is co…
VGC 2016 Ruleset This morning, Pokemon announced the rules for the upcoming VGC 2016 Season. Essentially, it expands on the 2015 format by allowing all Legendary Pokemon (but not Mythical/Event Only Pokemon), in a throwback to VGC 2010. We…
Week Seven vs Epping Eevees & Week Eight vs Richmond Raikous Teambuilding Battle and Replay Next Week Due to issues with being absent from Wifi for large tracts of the last two week, combined with a late battle in week 7 and an early week …
Week Six vs East Side Excadrill Teambuilding Battle and Replay Next Week Hi guys, This week I battled against the reigning champions of the MBA, the Tottenham Espurr. We kicked off the week, so this update comes fairly early as well. You c…
Week Five vs Tottenham Espurr Teambuilding Battle and Replay Next Week Hi guys, This week I battled against the reigning champions of the MBA, the Tottenham Espurr. We kicked off the week, so this update comes fairly early as well. You can…
Week Four vs Tullamarine Auras (Ethan) Teambuilding Battle and Replay Next Week Hi guys, As I got my battle done very early again this week, it's time to update you with the results of my MBA Week Four battle against yet another newcomer t…
Week Three vs New York Klefkis (Travis) Teambuilding Battle and Replay Next Week Hi guys, As I got my battle done very early this week, it's time to update you with the results of my MBA Week 3 battle against another newcomer to the league…
Week 2 vs Blackburn Brelooms (Ben Munroe) Teambuilding Battle and Replay Next Week Hi guys, It's time to update you with the results of my MBA Week 2 battle against fellow newcomer to the league, the Blackburn Brelooms. You can find the re…
Previous: Energy G'day all, welcome back after the break. VI. Weak Points and Strong 1. Sun Tzu said: Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to …
Teambuilding Replay & Battle Analysis Next Week G'day everyone, good news! The MBA Season 2 kicked off this week, and I've had my battle for week one already. I won't ruin the surprise/result just yet, but if you want to know how I ended u…
Previous: Weak Points and Strong G'day guys, sorry for the long break between Art of (Pokemon) War posts, but here we go with another one. We're over halfway through the chapters now, but there's still plenty left in the tank, so I hope yo…
G'day everyone, Yes, somehow we stil have another MBA preseason post coming up. Over this past week, a preseason single elimination tournament was held to prime the coaches up for the season proper, which starts this Sunday. The bracket is…
Hi guys, There won't be an Art of (Pokemon) War post this week, so my apologies. IRL things have just got in the way a little bit, as I've had a few things come up on top of making content for the MBA, and now doing some writing for Pokemo…
G'day everyone, As a cool little activity to keep me occupied in the MBA off season, I've decided to join the other coaches in making a season prediction, as well as taking the time to explain a couple rivalries I have with two of the othe…
Previous: Tactical Dispositions G'day, welcome back to another edition of The Art of (Pokemon) War. Ironically, this chapter shares a name with an energy drink. I tend to find tea more relaxing to drink before battles, but if you need some…
G'day, and welcome to my MBA draft rundown post, where I reveal the team I drafted, and spruik their good points. This season's draft rules work like the Pokemon-Youtube UCL (That's their twitter in the link) - With a snake draft, where yo…
Previous: Attack by Stratagem G'day, and welcome back to another installment in my Pokemon related analysis of the Art of War. Today, in looking at the Tactical Dispositions chapter, we will cover a lot on defensive/offensive outlooks, tea…
Team Battle Analysis G'day everyone. First up for my MBA battle prep and analysis series will be the audition battle that I was required to win in order to make the jump in to the league, as there were more applicants than positions availa…
G'day everyone! Just thought I would share some news here, because why not. As many Pokemon trainers do, I like to occasionally dabble in formats that are not VGC Doubles. I recently applied for and was granted a spot as an expansion coach…
Previous: Laying Plans G'day, and welcome back to another edition of The Art of (Pokemon) War. While originally aiming to cover each chapter sequentially, I found Chapter II. Waging War largely irrelevant to Pokemon battles, so I decided t…
G'day reader(s). I wrote this post a while ago, but felt more like writing to clear my head, rather than necessarily intending to post it. It started as a vent, and then I decided to expand it a bit. Having polished it up a little bit, I t…
Previous: Introduction This is the first chapter in a planned multi-part series applying the lessons of The Art of War to Pokemon battles. I explain what The Art of War is about, and why I am doing this in an introduction post. Today we wi…
Many Pokemon VGC blogs are purely about teams, opinions and tournaments. Especially as I do not have a history of good Pokemon tournament performances behind me (due mostly to lack of attendence), I feel like I should make the scope of thi…
G'day everyone. With the announcement of the Primal Battle Tournament on the Pokemon Global Link (Full information here), I've got something to play around with that isn't the usual Battle Spot Doubles. If I get a chance to participate in …
For my first team post, I'll share something I've been having a lot of fun with over the last few months, the story of its development and my thinking behind it, and how to use it well. Firstly, here are the team members. If I've done this…
G'day reader(s), Whether or not you may find this interesting, I've decided to procrastinate a little today by doing some story telling. Index: Why Journey to the West? How did I get in to VGC? VGC 2015 for Me Why Journey to the West? Firs…
