Competitive Pokémon Battling: Guide to Volt-Turn
How Volt-Turn works in competitive Pokémon battling: using Volt Switch and U-turn to keep momentum, the best users and how to build around them.
How Volt-Turn works in competitive Pokémon battling: using Volt Switch and U-turn to keep momentum, the best users and how to build around them.
Competitive Pokémon tiers and metagames explained: Ubers, OU, UU, RU, NU, Little Cup and VGC, and how Smogon decides which tier a Pokémon is in.
How to play hyper offense in competitive Pokémon battling: building fast offensive teams, anticipating opponents and keeping up the pressure.
Moving from Gen V to Gen IV competitive Pokémon battling: the key differences in weather, stats, items and the OU metagame, and how to adapt.
Our guide to predicting in competitive Pokémon battling: reading switches, catching counters as they come in and knowing when not to predict.
Our team building guide for competitive Pokémon battling: choosing a core, covering weaknesses, team roles and synergy, with examples to learn from.
Analysing the opponent’s team in competitive Pokémon battling: reading Team Preview, spotting common sets and predicting what they will bring.