Pokemon Regional Tournaments end with a Dragon Rush of stats

People who dedicate a significant portion of their lives to the honorable art of capturing and training Pokemon deserve some recognition and, this summer, they're getting it. The 2011 Pokemon Black and Pokemon White Video Game Championship just completed its Regional Tournaments, and the kingdom's most powerful trainers have revealed some strategies regarding their noble creatures, as compiled by IGN.

Hydreigon, a Dark/Dragon Pokemon with three pairs of wings and a vicious cry, was the clear champion at Regionals, helping compose 53 percent of winning teams. Dark and Grass Pokemon made up 15 percent each of the most-used primary types, while Steel took a low 1 percent. Trainers used Protect for 14 percent of their moves, a clear majority when compared to the next-highest move, Rock Slide, at only 5.5 percent. For some pretty pictures to go along with the stats and a list of Regional winners, take a peek at IGN's post. National Championships run July 8-10 in Indianapolis, Indiana, because that's where heroes are made.

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Whoa, the National championships were in Indianapolis, really close to me. Shoulda gone!

@Acosta02

Also, can somebody tell me why the move "Sky Drop" is banned from play? I'm curious.

@Acosta02 Weird, I'm in Indy too and I had no idea about this

@Acosta02

There is a glitch with the move.

"This can only occur in Double and Triple Battles. If one of your pokémon uses Sky Drop first, and then the other uses Gravity while the other pokémon are in the semi-invulnerable stage, Gravity will stop Sky Drop and take the targed and the user of Sky Drop down, but the target can't move until the Sky Drop user faints or switches out."

@Acosta02
A glitch in double and triple battles can cause a Pokémon to be stuck in the semi-invulnerable state when Sky Drop is used until it faints. The glitch is activated when Gravity is used while two Pokémon are in the semi-invulnerable state after the use of Sky Drop. Gravity will bring the user of Sky Drop down while the target will be stuck in the semi-invulnerable state, unable to move until it is knocked out or hit with one of the moves listed above. Because of the glitch, Sky Drop has been banned in Wi-Fi Random Matches as of November 10, 2010.

Thanks for the responses!

@(Unverified) This is underground pokemon no rules you get chosen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6D9SzKwHQM

woah, cole macgrath plays pokemon?

@ORTHROK Yeah! He obviously cheated, because his Pokemon never missed Thunder when they used it.

@ORTHROK
Shocking......

@ORTHROK

He's inFamous in the Pokemon scene

@oOWallaceOo Cole sucks

@oOWallaceOo

InFamous for what? Short circuiting the DS and 3DS of his competitors?
Explains how he wins his matches...

I fricking hate Hydreigon, as i remember from Ghetsis team.

Cheating sack of crap.

@Mr Khan

Ahh but when you bust your tail, working the next to useless Deino all the way to your very own Hydreigon at 64, you feel so awesome. And then you can laugh maniacally as you tear your foes apart with one of the coolest dragons ever.

But yeah, I hated fighting Ghetsis' , because it was so much higher level than any other pokemon at that point of the game, not to mention it shouldn't even be the final evolution at that level. I tell ya, NPCs hack so damn much in Pokemon games. ;)

@Mr Khan Eh once I realized Dark is weak againts Fighting, it's a pretty easy fight.
Unfortunately, I realize it about 2 months after my first fight againts Ghetsis

Wait, Steel types only got 1 percent?

*reads link*

Oh, the graphic only counts the primary type. That makes sense.

I would have thought Stone Edge would have seen more use than Rock Slide.

Also, when the hell did Grass become so good?!

@Johe4871 Bah, accidentally posted early, I also wanted to say that I would have really liked to see the Natures and maybe the EV spreads used, though that's probably too in depth for a site like IGN to post...

@Johe4871 It's Double Battles format. You'll want to hit as many opponents as you want, and fast, which is why Rock Slide > Stone Edge in VGC.

@religiousjedi Ah, I must have missed that. Still, I'm surprised by the wide use of Grass types, and I'm really curious about the EV spreads that the winners used.

@chicgods33

Do you sell Dark/Dragon type Pokemon?

@lockwoodisbored Clearly you haven't watched Pokemon..

@chocobox lmao

@chocobox

what about this one?

http://us.acidcow.com/pics/20100402/jessica_nigiri_21.jpg

in these competitions, is there any way for Nintendo to know for sure if those competing have hacked their cartridges and cheated, you know like increasing their Pokemon stats and things like that? With the DS rom hacking and such that goes on I imagine it would be possible.

@DarkAndroid

They definitely check if your game card has come into contact with any illegal pokemon. Even if you traded unwittingly for a Pokesav'd mon, you'll be disqualified.

What the hell is that trainer feeding his Pikachu?

seananners

@NoXControlX I hope you and your mmo go fu*k yourselves.

Wow, Harry Potter plays Pokemon. Who knew?

"Trainers used Protect for 14 percent of their moves, a clear majority when compared to the next-highest move, Rock Slide, at only 5.5 percent."
I think you meant "plurality"?? Not 100% sure though. lol

Of course Amoonguss is #3, it's the only Gen 5 Pokémon to learn spore, and is quite bulky to boot.
gah, i fricken hate spore

grown bearded men and effeminate geeks should not be so proud having their picture taken under these circumstances

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Pokemon Regional Tournaments end with a Dragon Rush of stats

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