2026 Pittsburgh Pokémon VGC Regional Championships

Sam Pletcher [US]

Final placing: Top 128

Record: 6-2

Resistance: 55.73% (56.61%)

Teamlist

Farigiraf @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Armor Tail
Tera Type: Fighting
- Tera Blast
- Trick Room
- Twin Beam
- Nasty Plot

Araquanid @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Water Bubble
Tera Type: Water
- Protect
- Liquidation
- Leech Life
- Wide Guard

Ursaluna @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
Tera Type: Ghost
- Protect
- Facade
- Headlong Rush
- Earthquake

Incineroar @ Assault Vest
Ability: Intimidate
Tera Type: Grass
- Knock Off
- Fake Out
- U-turn
- Flare Blitz

Kilowattrel @ Focus Sash
Ability: Competitive
Tera Type: Ghost
- Protect
- Thunderbolt
- Air Slash
- Tailwind

Ninetales-Alola @ Choice Specs
Ability: Snow Warning
Tera Type: Ice
- Blizzard
- Freeze-Dry
- Moonblast
- Dark Pulse

Swiss Phase 1
Round Result	Result	Name	Name Team Link	Record
Dropped at Round 8
8 Loss	Loss	Vincenzo Cicco [US]	Vincenzo Cicco [US]	11-3
7 Win	Win	Samuel Thompson [US]	Samuel Thompson [US]	9-3
6 Win	Win	Ellie Gray [US]	Ellie Gray [US]	5-3
5 Win	Win	Adrien Hurley [US]	Adrien Hurley [US]	9-3
4 Win	Win	Jorge Baca Elera [PE]	Jorge Baca Elera [PE]	4-4
3 Loss	Loss	Ryan Loseto [CA]	Ryan Loseto [CA]	3-5
2 Win	Win	Garret Martin [US]	Garret Martin [US]	2-4
1 Win	Win	Max Richman [US]	Max Richman [US]	2-6