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🚨 Sign-ups for the Monthly Challenge Series July 2026 are now OPEN! #PokemonChampions 🗓️ 24–27 Jul 2026 🎮 Single battles ⚠️ M-B 🎁 Mawile + 100 Quick Coupons + a title depending on final placement 📖 All info: buff.ly/joViVrx

This week's mass outbreak event is live! 🌊🎗️ #PokemonScarletViolet 🕛 Ends: 6 Aug @ 23:59 UTC 📍 Paldea: Catch the Spacey Psyduck and the Daydreamer Slowpoke! 📍 Kitakami: Catch the Arrogant Feebas and the Rampaging Basculin! 📍 Terarium: Catch the Scholar Lapras! 🔗 Info: buff.ly/4x3jCQ2

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This week's mass outbreak event is live! 🛶 #PokemonScarletViolet 🕛 Ends: 6 Aug @ 23:59 UTC 📍 Casseroya Lake 🎗️ Rowdy Mark: Catch the Rowdy Dondozo! 🎗️ Crafty Mark: Catch the Opportunist Tatsugiri! 🎗️ Ferocious Mark: Catch the Rampaging Veluza! 🔗 Info: buff.ly/4x3jCQ2

Take the chance to get Magikarp with Dragon Tera Type in 7★ Tera Raids! 🐟🐲 #PokemonScarletViolet 🕛 Ends: 6 Aug @ 23:59 UTC ▶️ Has the Mightiest Mark ▶️ Gyarados can be sent to visit #PokemonChampions ▶️ Only 1 per game, replay for rewards 🔗 Info: buff.ly/4x3jCQ2

7⃣ WORLDS INVITES The number of invites to the 🗺️ 2027 World Championships in TPCi regions has been increased! 📈 ▶️ Regional & SC Champions ▶️ Top 4 at Internationals ▶️ Top players in the TPCi leaderboards according to this table 🔽

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⏬⏬ ▶️ 8–9 May 🇨🇿 Prague ▶️ 8–9 May 🇧🇷 Porto Alegre ▶️ 22–23 May 🇳🇱 Utrecht ▶️ 29–30 May 🇦🇺 Melbourne ▶️ 29–30 May 🇺🇸 San Diego ▶️ 5–6 Jun 🇮🇹 Bologna (SC) ▶️ 18–20 Jun 🌎 North America IC #PokemonNAIC in Chicago

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⏬⏬ ▶️ 19–21 Feb 🌍 Europe IC #PokemonEUIC in London ▶️ 27–28 Feb 🇨🇱 Santiago ▶️ 6–7 Mar 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro ▶️ 10–11 Apr 🇵🇹 Lisbon (SC) ▶️ 10–11 Apr 🇲🇽 Monterrey ▶️ 17–18 Apr 🇺🇸 Milwaukee ▶️ 24–25 Apr 🇵🇪 Lima (SC) ⏬⏬⏬

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⏬⏬⏬ ▶️ 14–15 Nov 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires (SC) ▶️ 20–22 Nov 🌎 Latin America IC #PokemonLAIC in São Paulo ▶️ 28–29 Nov 🇩🇪 Stuttgart ▶️ 5–6 Dec 🇺🇸 Las Vegas [2027] ▶️ 16–17 Jan 🇦🇺 Sydney ▶️ 23–24 Jan 🇲🇽 Mérida ▶️ 30–31 Jan 🇳🇿 Auckland (SC) ▶️ 30–31 Jan 🇬🇧 Birmingham ⏬⏬⏬

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6⃣ CALENDAR The first events of the season have been announced! ▶️ 19–20 Sep 🇺🇸 Baltimore ▶️ 26–27 Sep 🇦🇺 Brisbane ▶️ 26–27 Sep 🇩🇪 Frankfurt ▶️ 3–4 Oct 🇧🇷 Recife ▶️ 10–11 Oct 🇺🇸 Louisville ▶️ 17–18 Oct 🇫🇷 Nice ▶️ 24–25 Oct 🇲🇽 Puebla ▶️ 31 Oct–1 Nov 🇵🇱 Gdańsk ⏬⏬⏬

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5⃣ ONLINE EVENTS The structure of Global Challenges and Grand Challenges is maintained 🟰 Global Challenges have been announced for September, October, December, January and March, and a Grand Challenge in April! 🗓️

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4⃣ MAJOR EVENTS Regional, Special and International Championships will award some more points in the lower placements (Top 512 to 1,024) 📈 Travel Awards (starting with EUIC) will have CP tiebreakers depending on the highest placements at tournaments 👥

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3⃣ LOCAL EVENTS League Challenges and League Cups are kept unchanged from 2026 🟰 The CP-awarding side events in majors will now be named Pokémon Challenges and Pokémon Cups, with different prizing but same CP and BFL as the League Challenges & Cups 🧑‍🏫

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2⃣ AGE RESTRICTIONS Due to the age classifications of #PokemonChampions, younger competitors will NOT be allowed in tournaments in some regions 🧒 🇩🇪 Germany: no players under 12 🇧🇷 Brazil: no players under 14 Alternative solutions for younger competitors are being explored.

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1⃣ ALLOWED DEVICES All tournaments (both locals and majors) will allow any Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch 2 consoles 🎮 Mobiles will not be allowed for official in-person tournaments 🚫 The 🗺️ 2027 World Championships will have a different policy, still to be announced 🆕

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🚨 2027 SEASON 🚨 #PokemonVGC News about the season: ▶️ Mobiles not allowed for offline competitions ▶️ Tournaments in 🇩🇪 and 🇧🇷 will have restrictions for SR/JR ▶️ TA tiebreakers changed ▶️ IC & first Regional dates ▶️ More Worlds invites championships.pokemon.com/en-us/about/... All info here ⬇️⬇️⬇️

What’s New in the 2027 Championship Series Season

Check out the latest changes so you can be ready for the upcoming season.

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Victory Road @victoryroad.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

New events were announced today! 🌊 #PokemonScarletViolet 🕛 Starts: 17 Jul @ 00:00 UTC 🕛 Ends: 6 Aug @ 23:59 UTC ⭐️ Tera Raids: Magikarp the Unrivaled 📍 Casseroya Lake: Dondozo, Tatsugiri & Veluza with marks 🫧 Other Water types with marks 🔗 Info: buff.ly/4x3jCQ2

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Victory Road @victoryroad.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

New chance to get Hisuian Samurott with Water Tera Type in 7★ Tera Raids! 🌊🏔️ #PokemonScarletViolet 🕛 Ends: 16 Jul @ 23:59 UTC ▶️ Can be sent to visit #PokemonChampions ▶️ Has the Mightiest Mark ▶️ Only 1 per game, replay for rewards 🔗 Info: buff.ly/4x3jCQ2

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Final Top 8 at the doubles Ranked Battles Season M-3! 🥳 #PokemonChampions 🥇 2,605: 🇯🇵 Shohei Kimura 🥈 2,603: 🇯🇵 Rinya Kobayashi 🥉 2,602: 🇯🇵 Yuma Kinugawa 2,552: 🇯🇵 Sho Akiyama 2,552: 🇺🇸 Washy 2,541: 🇯🇵 Online 2,540: 🇯🇵 Kyosuke Shimazaki 2,534: 🇸🇬 Jude Lee

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🚨 A new online competition, the Monthly Challenge Series July 2026, has been announced, with sign-ups opening on 17 July! 🪜 #PokemonChampions 🗓️ 24–27 Jul 2026 🎮 Single battles ⚠️ M-B 🎁 Mawile + 100 Quick Coupons + a title depending on final placement 📖 Info: buff.ly/joViVrx

The Battle Pass for Season M-4 includes Sceptile and its Mega Stone, 48 Quick Coupons, 4 Teammate Tickets, 4 Training Tickets and up to 10,000 VP 🎁 #PokemonChampions The Premium Battle Pass adds Blaziken, Swampert and their Mega Stones, as well as 6 Teammate Tickets and 9 Training Tickets 🎟️

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Ranked Battles Season M-3 has already started, and will be up until 5 August! 🪜 🎮 Regulation Set M-B ⚠️ Champion Tier and Master Ball Tiers 1 to 3 will be unlocked on 15 July! 🔗 All 2026 events: buff.ly/eR4aXlY

Victory Road @victoryroad.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Congratulations to 🇮🇹 Marco Silva, winner of The Champions Arena II ft. Sekiam, Folagor & PokeAlex! 🏆 #PokemonChampions #PokemonVGC Marco takes home $2,120 from the tour's HUGE prizepool! 💸 Thank you to all players for joining us this weekend! 🚀 📖 All info: buff.ly/ZV3XFo5

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Victory Road @victoryroad.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

New chance to get Hisuian Typhlosion with Fire Tera Type in 7★ Tera Raids! 🔥🏔️ #PokemonScarletViolet 🕛 Ends: 9 Jul @ 23:59 UTC ▶️ Can be sent to visit #PokemonChampions ▶️ Has the Mightiest Mark ▶️ Only 1 per game, replay for rewards 🔗 Info: buff.ly/4x3jCQ2

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Victory Road @victoryroad.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Reminder of this weekend's VGC action! 🎮 #PokemonChampions #PokemonVGC ▶️ The Champions Arena II 🌐🏆 🤝 Sekiam, Folagor, PokeAlex ⏰ Starts: 4 Jul @ 14:00 UTC ✍️ Sign-ups are still open at buff.ly/b2JVQ2j 📖 Info: buff.ly/ZV3XFo5 Good luck to all players in this event! 🍀

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Victory Road @victoryroad.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The #PokemonHOME app will be unavailable for maintenance for some time next Monday, 6 July! 🔧 ▶️ It is scheduled to last from 00:00 UTC to 03:00 UTC, approximately ▶️ During this time, the option to send Pokémon to visit #PokemonChampions will be unavailable

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Victory Road @victoryroad.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

After the success of the first edition, we are back with The Champions Arena II ft. Sekiam, Folagor & PokeAlex! #PokemonChampions 🗓️ 4–5 Jul 2026 🎮 VGC, M-B 🎟️ $12 USD 👉 Sign-ups: buff.ly/b2JVQ2j 📖 All info: buff.ly/ZV3XFo5 💬 Discord: buff.ly/jwNMw83

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Victory Road @victoryroad.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

New chance to get Hisuian Decidueye with Grass Tera Type in 7★ Tera Raids! 🍃🏔️ #PokemonScarletViolet 🕛 Ends: 2 Jul @ 23:59 UTC ▶️ Can be sent to visit #PokemonChampions ▶️ Has the Mightiest Mark ▶️ Only 1 per game, replay for rewards 🔗 Info: buff.ly/4x3jCQ2

Victory Road @victoryroad.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Battles in the Monthly Challenge Series June 2026 are now LIVE! 🏆 #PokemonChampions You can STILL sign up while it is ongoing! 🗓️ Ends 29 Jun @ 02:00 UTC 🎮 Single battles ⚠️ Regulation Set M-B 🎁 Tyranitar + 100 Quick Coupons + a title depending on final placement 📖 All info: buff.ly/SpnINch

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Victory Road @victoryroad.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

These are the usage stats of this past weekend's VR June Challenge #2! 📊 #PokemonChampions #PokemonVGC Our first M-B tournament gives a sense of continuity, with Garchomp leading the way and Mega Charizard Y as the best Mega Evolution! 📈 📖 Teams, results and all info: buff.ly/8snKei3

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Victory Road @victoryroad.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The annual charity VGC tournament "St. Jude VGC", a fundraiser to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, is taking place again this year, hosted by iWill 🏥 It's this weekend! It starts on Saturday at 15:00 UTC. If you're free, consider participating in it! 🤝 🔗 buff.ly/hbGylcN

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Victory Road @victoryroad.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Congratulations to 🇩🇪 Louis Markl, winner of the VR June Challenge #2! 🏆 #PokemonChampions #PokemonVGC Louis takes home $590 and an invite to Phase 2 of the VRtSF! 💸 Thank you to all players for joining us this weekend! 🚀 📖 All info: victoryroad.pro/vr-jun26-2/

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Victory Road @victoryroad.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

🚨 Sign-ups for the Monthly Challenge Series June 2026 are now OPEN! #PokemonChampions 🗓️ 26–29 Jun 2026 🎮 Single battles ⚠️ Regulation Set M-B 🎁 Tyranitar + 100 Quick Coupons + a title depending on final placement 📖 All info: buff.ly/SpnINch

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Victory Road @victoryroad.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

New chance to get Inteleon with Ice Tera Type in 7★ Tera Raids! 🔫🧊 #PokemonScarletViolet 🕛 Ends: 25 Jun @ 23:59 UTC ▶️ Has the Mightiest Mark ▶️ Only 1 per game, replay for rewards 🔗 Info: buff.ly/4x3jCQ2

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Reminder of this weekend's VGC action! 🎮 #PokemonChampions #PokemonVGC ▶️ VR June Challenge #2 🌐🏆 ⏰ Starts: 20 Jun @ 07:00 UTC ✍️ Sign-ups are still OPEN at buff.ly/NmImFxL 📖 Info: buff.ly/8snKei3 Good luck to all players in this event! 🍀

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Final Top 8 at the doubles Ranked Battles Season M-2! 🥳 #PokemonChampions 🥇 2,444: 🇩🇪 Michael Kelsch 🥈 2,424: 🇯🇵 Hyuma Hara 🥉 2,423: 🇰🇷 Seongjae Jeong ❗️ 2,415: 🇵🇹 Eduardo Cunha 2,414: 🇯🇵 Gobakuo 2,408: 🇰🇷 Seongjae Jeong ‼️ 2,406: 🇯🇵 Kohei Fujita 2,405: 🇯🇵 Yuma Kinugawa

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The Chesnaughtite, Delphoxite and Greninjite are now available in the in-game shop in #PokemonChampions! 💎 The only remaining event-exclusive Mega Stone is the Floettite, which still requires sending an Eternal Flower Floette from #PokemonLegendsZA to visit to unlock it 🔓

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The mechanics of these moves have been changed from #PokemonScarletViolet to #PokemonChampions! ▶️ Rage Fist: power resets upon switching out (prev. it kept boosts even if switched out) ▶️ Make It Rain: accuracy is 95% (prev. 100%), and user's SpA drops by 2 (prev. by 1)

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The Battle Pass for Season M-3 includes Starmie and its Mega Stone, 48 Quick Coupons, 4 Teammate Tickets, 4 Training Tickets and up to 10,000 VP 🎁 The Premium Battle Pass adds Eelektross, Metagross and their Mega Stones, as well as 6 Teammate Tickets and 9 Training Tickets 🎟️

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Ranked Battles Season M-3 has already started, and will be up until 8 July! 🪜 🎮 Regulation Set M-B 🆕 ⚠️ Champion Tier and Master Ball Tiers 1 to 3 will be unlocked on 24 June! 🔗 All 2026 events: victoryroad.pro/2026-season-...

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These are the previously unknown Abilities of Mega Evolutions that are included in the Regulation Set M-B of #PokemonChampions! 🆕 Eelevate: is ungrounded, also receives +1 to its highest stat when defeating an opponent 🆕 Fire Mane: its Fire-type moves are boosted by 50%

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These are the 15 held items added in #PokemonChampions, apart from the 16 new Mega Stones! Did you miss them? Life Orb, Light Clay and Wide Lens are already seeing some success after one day in the format! 👀

These are ALL the Pokémon allowed in Regulation Set M-B, the newest ruleset in #PokemonChampions! It features 22 new Pokémon and 16 new Mega Evolutions, with respect to M-A! 🗓️ The ruleset will be in place until 2 September. 🔗 All info: victoryroad.pro/champions-re...

Full list of Pokémon in Regulation Set M-B (image 1 of 2)

Full list of Pokémon in Regulation Set M-B (image 2 of 2)

New Mega Evolutions added in Regulation Set M-B

You can now receive a gift Raichu and the items Raichunite X and Raichunite Y in #PokemonChampions! Just check out the mailbox and you will have them there! These items allow Raichu to Mega Evolve into Mega Raichu X and Mega Raichu Y, respectively!

Victory Road @victoryroad.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Yesterday was a busy day in #PokemonChampions! 🥳 The main points are: ▶️ The game is now available in Android and iOS 📱 ▶️ Regulation Set M-B is the new ruleset until 2 September 🎮 Let's sum up all the news in this thread!

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These are the top 512 teams from the 2026 North America International! 🌎🏆 #PokemonNAIC #PlayPokemon #PokemonVGC 📍 New Orleans, LA, United States 🗓️ 12–14 June 2026 🎮 VGC Regulation Set M-A 📄 8+5 Swiss rounds + X-2 top cut 👥 1,096 players 🏆 Won by 🇮🇹 Francesco Pio Pero 📖 All info: buff.ly/L8oYx39

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Victory Road @victoryroad.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

These are the top 32 teams from the 2026 Taiwan Master Ball League! 🇹🇼🏆 #PokemonACS #PokemonVGC 📍 Taichung, Taiwan 🗓️ 13–14 June 2026 🎮 VGC Regulation Set M-A 📄 6 Swiss rounds + top 32 👥 242 players 🏆 Won by 🇹🇼 Chen Yu-Wei 📖 All info: buff.ly/Guekcnz

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Victory Road @victoryroad.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

A new ruleset comes this week to #PokemonChampions! Join us for the VR June Challenge #2, this time in an early schedule! 🚀🌐 #PokemonVGC 🗓️ 20–21 Jun, 07:00 UTC ⚠️ 🎮 VGC Reg. Set M-B 🆕 🎟️ $11.50 USD 📖 Info: buff.ly/8snKei3 👉 Sign-ups: buff.ly/NmImFxL

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Victory Road @victoryroad.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

🌎 2026 NAIC 🏆 It's almost VGC Finals time! 🙌 Tune in for the last matches of NAIC, which begin soon. We'll be watching the finals of the Junior, Senior and Masters divisions! 📲 #PokemonNAIC #PlayPokemon #PokemonChampions 🟣 buff.ly/OB7Za2D 🟣 buff.ly/OsRAf6E

Victory Road @victoryroad.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The Day 2 stream of the 🇹🇼 Taiwan Master Ball League is LIVE! 👀 #PokemonACS #PokemonVGC #PokemonChampions 🔴 buff.ly/3hrMiur