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Rental Teams VGC 2020

Start playing NOW with our Series 5 Rental Teams for Pokémon Sword and Shield!

2020 Season

Rules and major event dates for the 2020 season of Play! Pokémon

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Teams and Stats from the 2020 Oceania International Championships

Live coverage of all action in Melbourne, Australia on Feb 21-23, 2020 for the first-ever International Championships in Pokémon Sword and Shield!

David 23 February, 2020

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Adaptation is the Key – A Bochum Regionals 13th Place Team Report

Find out all the secrets behind Aleksandra Cwikiel’s regionals team, which she used to great success in Bochum for the first Pokémon VGC major of the year

Victory Road 15 February, 2020

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Hyper Offense to be the Champ – A VR Invitational Champion Team Report

Sejun Park, champion of Victory Road’s World Champion Invitational and semi finalist at the 2020 Korean League season 1, unveils his team and secrets!

Victory Road 9 February, 2020

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Beware of the… Ant? – A Dallas Regional Runner-up Team Report

Bingjie Wang and his Durant claimed the 2nd place at Dallas Regionals. Don’t miss all the secrets of this unorthodox and meta-defining VGC 2020 team!

Victory Road 31 January, 2020

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WeeZingZap – A Dallas Regionals Top 32 Team Report

Slippingbug showcases his unorthodox team featuring Weezing and Togedemaru which he piloted to great success at the first NA Pokémon Sword and Shield Regional in Dallas, Texas!

Victory Road 27 January, 2020

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Are you sleeping on rain teams? – A Bochum Regionals Top 4 Team Report

Frenchman François de Lageneste shares with you his infamous VGC 2020 rain team that allowed him to peak at top 4 at Bochum Regionals in January 10-11!

Victory Road 21 January, 2020

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Recap and Teams from the 2020 Bochum Regional Championships

Recap, teams and usage stats from the first Pokémon Sword and Shield VGC Regional in the world, the 2020 Bochum Regional Championships in Germany!

David 15 January, 2020

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Teams and recap from the Victory Road 2020 World Champion Invitational

The teams from the 8 World Champions that competed at Victory Road’s World Champion Invitational on December 28, 2019 using the VGC20 rules

David 1 January, 2020

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Teams and results from the 2020 Korean League S1

Teams and results from the 2020 Korean League S1 held in Seoul on Dec 15th 2019 under the VGC 2020 Ruleset

MarkitusPM 16 December, 2019