2026 Pittsburgh Pokémon VGC Regional Championships

Nicholas Hegel [US]

Final placing: Top 256

Record: 5-3

Resistance: 53.12% (55.78%)

Teamlist

Gholdengo @ Metal Coat
Ability: Good as Gold
Tera Type: Flying
- Protect
- Nasty Plot
- Make It Rain
- Shadow Ball

Amoonguss @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Regenerator
Tera Type: Water
- Rage Powder
- Spore
- Pollen Puff
- Protect

Incineroar @ Mirror Herb
Ability: Intimidate
Tera Type: Grass
- Flare Blitz
- Parting Shot
- Fake Out
- Knock Off

Garchomp @ Life Orb
Ability: Sand Veil
Tera Type: Ground
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Stomping Tantrum
- Protect

Tyranitar @ Assault Vest
Ability: Sand Stream
Tera Type: Flying
- Rock Slide
- Low Kick
- Tera Blast
- Knock Off

Kilowattrel @ Focus Sash
Ability: Competitive
Tera Type: Ghost
- Tailwind
- Air Slash
- Electroweb
- Volt Switch

Swiss Phase 1
Round Result	Result	Name	Name Team Link	Record
Dropped at Round 8
8 Loss	Loss	Santino Tarquinio [US]	Santino Tarquinio [US]	9-3
7 Win	Win	Anders Beckman [US]	Anders Beckman [US]	4-4
6 Win	Win	Riley Factura [US]	Riley Factura [US]	4-4
5 Loss	Loss	Anders Nordstrom [US]	Anders Nordstrom [US]	5-3
4 Win	Win	Joshua Fitch [US]	Joshua Fitch [US]	2-6
3 Loss	Loss	Peter Espy [US]	Peter Espy [US]	8-4
2 Win	Win	Wyatt Taylor [US]	Wyatt Taylor [US]	4-4
1 Win	Win	Brodee McCoy [US]	Brodee McCoy [US]	0-3