Beginner's Guide to Competitive Pokemon! Pokemon Scarlet and Violet VGC 2023 Tips and Tricks!

I've been playing Pokemon competitively since I got into Pokemon Sword and Shield heavily and I can admit, competitive Pokemon and VGC is a very daunting thing to think about hopping into which is why I have made this beginner's guide featuring numerous tips and tricks to help you all get into competitive Pokemon now that Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have launched! Hopefully this guide will help you all get started playing Scarlet and Violet's VGC!

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-This is the official Kneeckoh Gaming youtube channel, where I, Kneeckoh, make gameplay and guide videos on all things Pokemon, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck, and MORE!
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*Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:56 Why You Should Play Compet
02:43 The Basics
02:55 Picking a format
05:20 Type Matchups
05:45 Basic Stats
06:20 Move Types
07:44 EVs and IVs
09:27 Keep Researching
10:26 Start Teambuilding
10:50 Rental Teams
11:15 Build Your Own Teams
11:43 Pokemon Showdown
12:53 Pikalytics
13:43 Teambuilding Guide
16:56 Actually Playing
17:10 Learn From Mistakes
18:56 Practice!
19:40 Play Ranked!
20:43 Have Fun!

[KneeckohGaming]

What makes you want to learn competitive Pokemon?

[SwedePotato]

I realize this video is a little older but I just wanted to add a little of my experience. I’m a mom in my 30s who has played every game on release since red and blue when I was 10. I always spent a ton of time hunting for the best stats and abilities and then EV/IV training them and then never using them. It was just something I did for fun. Then the raids came out in sword and shield and it was one way to use them. Then S/V raids got better but still they get old after a while too. So I finally decided after seeing all these young kids comments on VGC videos that if they just jump in then I should too. I tried SMOGON at first even though I don’t love singles battles. I just messaged everyone I was battling like hey I’m new, I’ve never played competitive I’m here to have fun and learn, if I do anything wrong please tell me and tell me how I can improve. While sure there were some not so great people, the VAST majority were super helpful and were actually happy to help me learn and show me strats and how to use them. There’s tons of discords too for beginners and the amount of people willing to help was refreshing tbh. I don’t know anyone irl who plays competitive, so finding people online who were so welcoming and helpful was one of the best parts of starting out. I haven’t had any time to play recently but I really want to start doubles in S/V. All I can say is that if you find the right discords and the right streamers with a good community you’ll find people more than willing to help you learn. I was pretty intimidated tbh and while Ive been a really dedicated player for over 20 years, I was nervous to get into competitive and ask for help especially from people who seemed like much younger kids. I was surprised and I had a ton of fun. Just make sure you read up on the newest regulation set and rule set, and just communicate. Don’t talk shit, just go in and say hey I’m learning this is for fun and if you could help me and explain why you’re using the moves you are that’d be super helpful and more often than not you’ll have a ton of fun and people willing to show you around. People who have spent a lot of time and effort acquiring a skill are usually happy to show it off and to tell you about what they’re passionate about and help you start your journey too. I wish I’d spent less time being intimidated and jumped in sooner. So do that. I wish I had more time to play and more time to dedicate to it. I wish I’d found out competitive was this fun and welcoming years ago because I would’ve had the time to play and learn. It’s a blast and it gives so much more to your games. And now my poor Pokémon that we’re years or decades old are no longer relegated to just sitting in Pokémon Bank or Home wasting away lol.

[nicholasgarcia]

Building up mons for the new Tera raids has been fun and it made me want to start

[tesha]

I never thought about doing competitive pokemon. I think for the longest time i didnt really know there WAS competitive pokemon. When Scarlet and Violet came put I finally decided to try and learn competitive. I started this journey in January 2023. I have yet to compete in a league or regionals. But I dod go to a regionals as a spectator in Indianapolis 2024. I loved it. I have a long way to go but the fire is there. This next competitive year I have a goal to participate in one regionals and go to worlds (as a spectator).

[BetaMind]

Learning about pika analytics and the way you conceptualize your team with "what does this mon not do well again? Let me throw in a counter" was very good. The latter seems obvious but going from a story campaign team mind set off "oh this is a funny theme" to actual competitive was a stark contrast when i battled against my friends in a friendly tournament

[gmanz]

UVA Academy actually does a great job explaining the basics of Pokémon

[Haldir]

Great Video for someone like me as I am just about to start learning about competitive!
Can't wait for the teambuilding video since I can't build functioning teams so far

[UnicyclesGameRoom]

This is a FANTASTIC guide; really well-spoken and encouraging. I've dabbled in competitive for a while, but never fully embraced it. A lot of the EV-training and ruleset stuff was familiar to me, but there were some small takeaways that I really appreciated. The comment about ranked being there to place you against similarly skilled opponents is great. I was nervous to hit the ladder but I think I'll do most of my practice there now!

Aside from that, I've only ever played singles. Doubles seems pretty daunting. Do you have any advice for starting on doubles?

[byronkohl]

I know this isn't a recent video but thanks for the help man, and for the resources!

[levialvarez]

Thanks for this video dude, I just got back into Pokémon and starting competitive for the first time. Got me excited to do it😎

[SocialBubblia]

19:56 OH MY GOD THAT IS SUCH A GOOD USE FOR GASTRO ACID WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT?!?!

[Boooooooooooooooooo]

Thanks a lot this guide was super helpful. I’m gonna get pokemon scarlet/violet soon and I wanna get into pokemon competitive

[AmbrossaTheBard]

You sir are a chad. Trying to build some competitive pokemons right now, hoping to come up with a cool effective team eventualy.

[willdymond]

Just getting in to comp and this is super helpful

[brych]

Just started competitive play. This really helps me. Thanks!

[freshbosstrader]

Thanks man this is really helpful for me. I started being competitive in pokemon Go, but that’s getting repetitive. I just bought a switch and pokemon violet for this whole purpose of competitive gameplay

[victoriah.]

Im new to comp because wanted something new to do and nice video!

[JBOBROSKII]

Can you PLEASE make a video on how to choose which pokemon to bring, during the picking phase? I can't find a video on that anywhere man

[gianlucacafferata]

Banco mucho tu sinceridad, tienes un sub nuevo :)

[GoldenBoi]

Didn’t even know you had a vid like this