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How To Beat ANYONE in Pokemon VGC (Once You Know Their Color!)
most players prep for teams.
the best players prep for people.
because here’s the truth: understanding your opponent’s team is important. but understanding how your opponent THINKS? that’s the real competitive edge.
in this video i’m breaking down exactly how to beat all 4 player types in competitive pokemon vgc once you know their color.
🔴 Red (The General) – Aggressive & Structured
🟡 Yellow (The Gambler) – Aggressive & Flexible
🔵 Blue (The Architect) – Passive & Structured
🟢 Green (The Flow Player) – Passive & Flexible
this isn’t theory. this is battle psychology that i’ve used at regionals, in worlds qualification runs, and in coaching dozens of players to their breakthrough results.
what you’ll learn in this video:
how to identify your opponent’s color by turn 3
the exact weaknesses each color type has in battle
specific strategies to beat Red, Yellow, Blue, and Green players
how to change your pace and tempo to throw off their gameplan
why understanding people matters more than just matchups
how the best players “borrow” from all four colors to win
timestamps:
0:00 – Intro
2:35 – Identifying your color
4:55 – Red (The Commander)
7:01 – Yellow (The Wildcard)
9:11 – Blue (The Architect)
11:02 – Green (The Flow Player)
13:24 – How the other colors view you
16:30 – How to beat each color
this framework has changed how i prep for tournaments, how i make reads during battles, and how i coach players to break through their plateaus.
if you’ve ever felt like you’re losing to the PERSON behind the team, not just the matchup… this video will give you the tools to turn that around.
free interactive quiz to find YOUR color:
VGC Color Quiz Guide – take the full 20-question assessment, get your personalized breakdown with strengths/weaknesses, learn how to identify opponents’ colors in battle, and get specific growth strategies:
https://www.darktypedarsh.com/color-quiz
Pokemon Worlds Roadmap – complete tournament prep system including mental game strategies, the CCC method, and how to adapt your playstyle for different opponents:
https://www.darktypedarsh.com/roadmap
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videos that go deeper into competitive psychology:
→ The 4 Types of VGC Players (And How to Outsmart Them) (watch this first to identify your color)
→ The “Anti-Goal” Method That Changed Everything (mindset for breakthroughs) https://youtu.be/7_ccUKil7_I?si=aAb2sTp7uwMhroZH
→ The Art of Team Preview: LEARN how to LEAD so WELL (reading opponents early) https://youtu.be/i8IAoGRq-NI?si=y9GKQXOFu3LOb0TL
→ 7 Habits That Got Me 7 Day 2’s in VGC (systematic competitive improvement) https://youtu.be/TbPQPYG_Y8Q?si=Q63cfmoHxwx4PBI_
my competitive background:
qualified for pokemon world championships while working full time
7 day 2s at regional championships
3 top cuts including top 8s
beat world champions including Wolfe Glick
won travel award to compete at LAIC in Brazil
coached 30+ players through tournament prep and breakthrough results
email: [email protected]
mentioned in this video:
how to beat any opponent in pokemon vgc
vgc battle psychology and player types
competitive pokemon mental game
how to read opponents in vgc
pokemon tournament strategy
vgc player archetypes guide
beating aggressive players in vgc
beating defensive players in pokemon
competitive psychology for vgc
how to adapt playstyle in battle
vgc coaching and strategy
pokemon battle mind games
real talk: you can have the perfect team, know every matchup, practice for hours… and still lose if you don’t understand the person sitting across from you.
the best players in the world don’t just prep teams. they prep for mindsets.
when you walk into battle, don’t ask “what’s the right move?” ask “what color am I playing?”
then reverse engineer the win.
next time you’re in team preview, try to guess your opponent’s color by turn 3. then use the strategies from this video to exploit their weaknesses.
let’s make your opponents mcfree by understanding them better than they understand themselves.
drop your color in the comments and tell me: which player type gives you the most trouble?
darsh
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Yellow 👋
13:26 I love how psychologically approached you are.
But you’re right. Not to bring the judgement in. As
mindless and uncreative 99% of incineroar/rillaboom; whimsicott; Calyrex spam players are it makes strategizing around them and beating them feel that much better.
I’d like to learn how to lean more into our colors.
Btw, ur new editing approach makes your content much easier and engaging to watch. Kinda like Wolf Glicks videos
I'm blue as fuck lmao i get so panicked when a calc is wrong but the moment i know every inside outs of my team it's over for everyone. The main gameplan is always to built a scenario where my big stupid setup mon (SD Gambit, CM bolt etc) is in a position to win the game and if that means clicking fake out U-turn parting shot 20 times, then so be it lol
What a nice video bro !! I definitely prefer quality over quantity!! This style combined with yourself playing some matches will be really good for us too !! IM DEFINITELY YELLOW !! Super agreessive and unpredictable. I struggle a lot with teams that slow me down like stal or hard trickroom
I think that I'm a blue that while plays the game becomes a green, because I lost focus on strategy and tactics.
For context I'm not a full VGC player I maily play doubles OU so it's CLS and in game three of a tournament (DOU Fall seasonal round 12) I forgot to assume that the opposing diancie was covert and I fake outed it and lost the round, at least I'm still in, I'll try to follow the advice of this video
Continue like this Darsh 🔥🔥
(Also the editor did a great job in the last two videos)
COLORS
Love this. Gave me some direction to go with my improvement. I’m coming from smash and my close friends are all red players, but I’m definitely a green player, and I think that’s why I struggle to understand their advice — and why you and Michael Kelsch are my favorite players to learn from!!
ngl this video is just amazing, before clicking i was a bit reluctant but, now, seeing the video i just can't take this smile off my face! it's such a nice way to categorize certain playstyles and approaches. can't stop thinking how long it took you to come up with these archetypes and the interactive quiz
really nice video fr. love the editing and music choices 🙂
HELPPP they gave me a rainbow as my color, is this a sign!? /j
I'm a yellow. Sometimes I feel like I don't even know what I'm going to do until the last second. I think my whole strategy was formed from watching Yu-Gi-Oh. Yugi beat Pegasus because he took away his ability to see his next move with his millenium eye. It taught me the lesson that if people can't predict your tendencies that it gives you an advantage.
I reached 1450 in reg h with a meowscarada team