Announcement: https://sv-news.pokemon.co.jp/en/page/146.html It took a few weeks shy of a full year since release, but we finally got an official online competition in the singles format in generation 9—and the situation hasn't really been…

As unplayable as I found Regulation C to be, I am sorry to report that Regulation D has not been much of an improvement at all. The game just does not feel like BSS anymore. So I will simply not be laddering until meaningful changes make t…

TL;DR: I won't be creating content for Regulation C. In the almost four and half years of covering BSS here in my own little way, I've never before felt the need to make a post quite like this. Now, admittedly, this is in no small part due…

To conclude Series 2 (Regulation B) in the midst of a move into a new apartment with something at least resembling a respectable result, 1850+ Elo, I had to let go of any notion of trying to make Iron Thorns work after some truly rough gam…

The first ruleset rotation of generation 9 this month saw the release of the Paradox pokemon. As I see it, the most interesting result of this change-up involves the new special attackers admitted into the proceedings—Flutter Mane, Iron Bu…

As Series 1 is defunct as a ruleset by the time this entry is public, I'll try to keep things brief. The initial idea I had to close out Series 1 was to pilot some variant of dedicated Drifblim Minimize Baton Pass, which ultimately proved …

Greetings, fellow humans. As promised, this is my first summary of the major resources I try to make use of for ranked singles on console in generation 9. It goes without saying that virtually all relevant material below is in Japanese, co…

Before getting to the meat of the matter, my first impressions about the new ranked singles format, after around 300 games played on console across two accounts, are as follows: First, and much to everyone's relief, I'm sure, generation 9 …