Trainer Tower Your Journey to the Top

Pangyo, Bundang; South Korea: 1/27/18 Placing Player Team Used 1st Sejun Park 2nd Freesia T4 Floatzel T4 Springs T8  Reo T8 Geunjeol T8 pH T8 Sepia T16 Kichul T16 Prayer T16 Junghoon T16 Sion T16 Soungrull T16 Gopdeung T16 DG T16 YooN Usage Usage % Pokémon 8 50%   7 43.75% 6 37.5% 5 31.25% 4 25% 3 18.75% 2 ...

Hello Trainer Tower readers, I’m Conan Wild, otherwise known as Therazer456. I started my journey into doubles with the Black and White online ladders in 2013. I started VGC in 2014 with the April Friendly, my first event was 2015 UK Nationals where I got a top 128/6-3 finish with a Mega Gardevoir based team with Life Orb HP Grass ...

Dallas, Texas; United States: 1/27/18-1/28/18 Placing Player Team Used Prize Money CP 1st (1) Cedric Bernier $3,000 200 2nd (2) Chuppa Cross $2,000 160 3rd (3) Carson Confer $1,000 130 4th (4) Sam O’Dell $1,000 130 5th (4) Blake Hopper $500 100 6th (7) Mitchell Davies $500 100 7th (11) Jakob Swilley $500 100 8th (16) Ryan Tan $500 100 ...

Leipzig; Germany: 1/27/18-1/28/18 Placing/Seed Player Team Used Prize Money CP Earned 1st (2) Flavio Del Pidio $2,000 200 2nd (8) Markus Stadter $1,000 160 3rd (3)  Maxime Muller $500 130 4th (4)  Alex Gomez $500 130 5th (1) Nemanja Sandic $250 100 6th (5) Luca Lussignoli $250 100 7th (6) Ben Kyriakou $250 100 8th (7) Serkan Tas $250 100 ...

Written by Jeremy Gross and Nick Borghi The first regional of VGC 2018 is upon us! Players from across North America will descend on Dallas, Texas from January 27-28 to take their first shot at big prizes and Championship Points in the new format. Check out the Twitter account run by the Tournament staff! @Dallas_Pkm_Regs And be sure to check ...

Paraguay: 1/21/18 Placing Player CP Team Used 1st Victor Vargas 200 2nd Federico Turano 160 3rd Arnaldo Maidana 130 4th Federico Ansico 130 5th Alan Páez 100 6th Juan Martínez 100 7th Wilson González 100 8th Alberto Casco 100 Usage Usage % Pokémon 5 62.5% 4 50% 3 37.5% 2 25% 1 12.5%

In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon there are countless Items and TMs to discover whilst exploring Alola. Below, we’ve listed the most useful Items and TMs that you’re going to need to get you ready for VGC18! Items TMS Find more VGC18 resources here!

Singapore Open 2018 Singapore: 1/20/18-1/21/18 Placing/Seed Player Team Used CP Earned 1st (1)  Chelsea Tan 200 2nd (2)  Melvin Keh 160 3rd (3)  Alister Sandover 130 4th (4)  Rayne Tay 130 5th (5)  Poh Yu Jie 100 6th (6)  Ismat Myron Beg 100 7th (7) Ang Wei Wen 100 8th (8) Edward Cheung 100

In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon there are numerous Move Tutors throughout Alola. In VGC18, moves taught by the Move Tutors are allowed in competitive play! Below, we have provided the most important moves your Pokémon can learn from the various Move Tutors. These moves are what we’ve deemed most important for VGC18. Find more VGC18 resources here!

Everyone has to start somewhere! Many new or returning players may struggle to find VGC-specific resources. From the basics of strategy to team construction or format information, knowing where to read and who’s knowledge to trust can be a hard task. In an information-based game such as ours, the right resources are critical to both learning to play, elevating your ...