Mindape’s Journey to the West

A Pokemon VGC Blog

Entries from 2015-09-01 to 1 month

The Art of (Pokemon) War: Tactical Dispositions

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…

Melbourne Battle Association: Audition Battle

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…

Announcement: Melbourne Battle Association

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…

The Art of (Pokemon) War: Attack by Stratagem

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…

On following my own advice

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…

The Art of (Pokemon) War: Laying Plans

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…

The Art of (Pokemon) War: Introduction

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…

Primal Battle Tournament: Thoughts in the Lead Up

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 …