Alex Collins
nerdofnow.bsky.social
Alex Collins
@nerdofnow.bsky.social
VGC Damage Calc guy, hoping to come out of retirement once I have enough money

https://nerd-of-now.github.io/NCP-VGC-Damage-Calculator/
A new VGC ladder just went live on showdown? Must be a good time to add more VGC sets for it into the Damage Calc!

Hope these VGC 2011 sets help (Also finally adding Rivalry functionality)!

idk why everyone keeps talking about Regi though none of the Regis are legal in 2011
April 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Okay I'll spill the beans pokepast.es/4177893fe5a2...
March 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
My best Global Challenge run yet! I did some actual practice with this team before the tour like simulating a GC run and I think it paid off. Also stopped early with 9 games left. Might post the team tomorrow, not sure. Hope it's enough for top 32 (and for Liberty Note results)
March 24, 2025 at 4:50 AM
These are the Day 2 teams from the 2025 Pokémon VGC Fortaleza Regional! Congratulations to 🇧🇷 Bruno Rebello (@brgvgc on X) on his win! #PlayPokemon

🔗 Teams: www.nimbasacitypost.com/2025/03/fort...
March 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
These are the Top 128 teams from the 2025 Pokémon VGC Vancouver Regional! Congratulations to 🇺🇸 Behzad Muntazir (@BehzadVgc on X) on his win! #PlayPokemon

🔗 Teams: www.nimbasacitypost.com/2025/03/vanc...
March 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
These are the Top 512 teams from the 2025 Pokémon VGC Europe International Championships! Congratulations to 🇺🇸 Wolfe Glick ( @wolfeglick.bsky.social ) on his second International win! #PlayPokemon

🔗 Teams: www.nimbasacitypost.com/2025/02/euro...
February 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
These are the Top 64 teams from the 2025 Pokémon VGC Mérida Regional! Congratulations to 🇲🇽 Daniel Nuñez (@Daibaa_ on Twitter) on his first Regionals win!

🔗 Teams: www.nimbasacitypost.com/2025/02/meri...
February 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
*Repost from Nimbasa City Post on Twitter*

These are the Top 256 teams from the 2025 Pokémon VGC San Antonio Regional! Congratulations to 🇺🇸 Justin Tang (unironicpanda) on his third Regionals win!

🔗 Teams: www.nimbasacitypost.com/2025/01/san-...
January 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I forgot to make a post like a week or two ago but better late than never. The Damage Calc now has Gen 5 VGC sets, and a dropdown menu for Hidden Power IV spreads for gens 3-6! I also made the app run a little faster overall.

nerd-of-now.github.io/NCP-VGC-Dama...
January 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Another: weather doesn't affect Quark Drive, and terrain doesn't affect Protosynthesis.
January 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Another one to add: if both sun and another weather are present turn zero, and the other weather goes first, the Booster Energy will be consumed and Protosynthesis will activate before sun (I think it's safe to assume the same would happen with Quark Drive and electric terrain).
January 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Just to add context, this is what happens in every other case without weather/terrain. All other turn zero abilities activate, then Booster Energy activates, and because of this activation order, the same Roaring Moon from the previous video gets a Speed boost instead of an Attack one.
January 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This is relevant for something like a Roaring Moon with an Attack boosting Booster Energy, because if your weather setter outspeeds the opponent's Intimidate, you get the boost in Attack before they can lower your Attack and change the boost to Speed.
January 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This also works with Quark Drive and an ability that sets terrain other than electric terrain.
January 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Learned about an odd interaction today at a local:

On turn zero, if a Pokemon with Protosynthesis holding a Booster Energy and a Pokemon with a weather ability that doesn't set sun enter the field, Protosynthesis activates immediately after the weather ability.
January 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
(Bluesky is getting this early because there's no schedule option)
New VGC Damage Calc update: damage calculations have been reworked. This will make multi-hit calculations more accurate! I also added an extra decimal point for calculations, but I might go back to just one if it isn't that useful.
November 11, 2024 at 6:05 AM