2026 Pittsburgh Pokémon VGC Regional Championships

Ruizhe Zhang [CN]

Final placing: Top 64

Record: 8-4

Resistance: 61.11% (58.96%)

Teamlist

Gholdengo @ Life Orb
Ability: Good as Gold
Tera Type: Water
- Make It Rain
- Shadow Ball
- Nasty Plot
- Protect

Ursaluna-Bloodmoon @ Assault Vest
Ability: Mind’s Eye
Tera Type: Water
- Earth Power
- Blood Moon
- Hyper Voice
- Vacuum Wave

Maushold-Four @ Focus Sash
Ability: Friend Guard
Tera Type: Ghost
- Protect
- Super Fang
- Beat Up
- Follow Me

Annihilape @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Defiant
Tera Type: Fire
- Bulk Up
- Drain Punch
- Rage Fist
- Protect

Dragonite @ Loaded Dice
Ability: Multiscale
Tera Type: Fairy
- Tailwind
- Haze
- Protect
- Scale Shot

Rillaboom @ Miracle Seed
Ability: Grassy Surge
Tera Type: Fire
- Fake Out
- Grassy Glide
- High Horsepower
- Wood Hammer

Swiss Phase 2
Round Result	Result	Name	Name Team Link	Record
12 Win	Win	Eric Bartlett [US]	Eric Bartlett [US]	7-5
11 Win	Win	Alexander Phipps [US]	Alexander Phipps [US]	6-6
10 Loss	Loss	Stephen Mea [US]	Stephen Mea [US]	9-3
9 Loss	Loss	Josh Robinson [US]	Josh Robinson [US]	9-3

Swiss Phase 1
Round Result	Result	Name	Name Team Link	Record
8 Loss	Loss	Tim Edwards [US]	Tim Edwards [US]	9-3
7 Win	Win	Rithik Sebastian [US]	Rithik Sebastian [US]	5-3
6 Loss	Loss	William Brown [US]	William Brown [US]	8-4
5 Win	Win	Caelan Brown [US]	Caelan Brown [US]	10-3
4 Win	Win	Dylan Salvanera [US]	Dylan Salvanera [US]	4-4
3 Win	Win	Ruby McEachern [CA]	Ruby McEachern [CA]	4-4
2 Win	Win	Alexander Solimene [US]	Alexander Solimene [US]	2-6
1 Win	Win	Carl Meixsell [US]	Carl Meixsell [US]	5-3