BattleArenaVGC blog: November 2016

So Pokemon Sun and Moon have been out for a while now. You are done with the story and you ask yourself, now what? Well, for many people (myself included) this is where the fun really begins. If you are into competitive pokemon battling (VGC) then its time to start strategizing and thinking up teams that you may be wanting to use at future events. There's a couple of important things you need to do.

Find the everstone/destiny knot
catch yourself some synchronizers for soft resetting tapus and ultra beasts
catch ditto for breeding
find bottlecaps

Soft Resetting Essentials

At this point it can be overwhelming as to where to start. I suggest you start by catching yourself an Abra at Hau 'oli city. What you do from here on is entirely up to you. You can either:

Use an alolan Meowth with fake out on abras (the inner focus ones will not flinch and teleport away saving you time from catching an abra you dont need and the synchronize ones will flinch) to scout for the synchronize ability to sync tapus and UB's natures to the likes of modest, timid, quiet, jolly, adamant, calm, bold, etc.
You can essentially breed abra with a ditto if you've caught one already. (make sure you use a flame body pokemon such as anyone from the magby line or say talonflame [rip bravest bird] )

PS:Magby and fletchling can be found at Wela Volcano Park.

Bottle Caps

Bottle caps are tough to come across. There are 2 types of bottle caps. Regular and golden. Regular bottle caps maximize 1 desired stat to 31 IVS, while the golden ones maximize all stats to 31 IVs. The one thing that puts me a bit off from using them is the fact that they are only able to be used on level 100 pokemon. So I guess its mostly used as an alternative in case its not possible for you to breed perfect IVs and pass them down accordingly or for pokemon that cant really breed.

Breeding Essentials

You will be needing to find the destiny knot and everstone for passing down IVs and natures. The destiny knot can be found at the Royal Avenue. You will need some Battle Points to purchase it. Please note this item may be optional only if you are looking for certain hidden power types, given the fact that it's easier to grab bottle caps and maximize individual values (IVs) that way. Be wary though, pokemon have to be leveled up to lvl. 100 in order to hyper train via Bottle caps.