Littleroot Lessons
231 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago -A Podcast dedicated to covering Pokemon's competitive video game formats and other news related to the competitive scene. From usage stats to tier lists and everything in between, Littleroot Lessons is designed to help players of all skill levels get better at the game.
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Littleroot Lessons Episode 29: Player's Cup Response and Rebuilding of teams
September 21, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MBBad news everyone! Player's Cup was confirmed to be Series 5 after we recorded last episode, so this episode is a little bit of a downer compared to most. Carter isn't very happy with the decision, and Carl is a little bit indifferent, since he gets to play with all his favorite mons again. To wrap up the episode, Carter and Carl have a Volcarona Team that HowardOnThePost shared on the discord, and talk about their new plans for Littleroot Laddering. Team of the Week --- https://pokepast....
Littleroot Lessons Episode 28: Player's Cup 2 Confusion and Rumble 4!
September 14, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 47.9 MBHey all, this week's episode is a fun one, with a big announcement about the next big tournament from TPCi, the 2nd Player's Cup! Unfortunately, Carter and Carl were under the impression the qualifier was Series 6, but it was confirmed to be Series 5 after the recording of the episode (which they will cover next week), and they have the results from the latest Rumble. Finally, we got a sweet perish trap team for Team of the Week, which goes all in on the strategy. Team of the Week --- https...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 27: Early Peek at the Series 6 Meta Game!
September 07, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 52.4 MBHey everyone, welcome to the latest installment of the Littleroot Lessons Podcast! This week's episode is a great one for newer players and veterans alike, as Carter and Carl take a deep dive into the popular teams of the early Series 6 meta! Pokepastes for all the teams are below, and even more can be found on VictoryRoadVGC's website, which is also linked below. Finally, they cover the very unique team of the week, featuring Tentacruel and Dugtrio for some cute shenanigans. Wolfe's Tea...
Littleroot Lessons | Episode 27: Early Peek at the Series 6 Meta Game!
September 07, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBHey everyone, welcome to the latest installment of the Littleroot Lessons Podcast! This week's episode is a great one for newer players and veterans alike, as Carter and Carl take a deep dive into the popular teams of the early Series 6 meta! Pokepastes for all the teams are below, and even more can be found on VictoryRoadVGC's website, which is also linked below. Finally, they cover the very unique team of the week, featuring Tentacruel and Dugtrio for some cute shenanigans. Wolfe's Tea...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 26: Series 6 HYPE!!!
August 31, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBSeries 6 is upon us! Carter and Carl go over the 3rd Littleroot Rumble results, which was played on the Series 6 rules, and talk about the Player's cup teams. Finally, they wrap up the episode with a really sweet throwback to the early episodes with a Team of the Week featuring Gengar and Bisharp! Littleroot Rumble 3 --- https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/723632831728975892/747515568227090512/image0.jpg Player's Cup Teams ---https://victoryroadvgc.com/2020/08/25/players-cup-results/...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 25: Series 6 and the Ban List!?
August 24, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBWhat an announcement! Series 6 is gonna be wild, as Pokemon has banned the top 10 Pokemon from both singles and doubles, and it's going to cause major shake-ups to the meta! Carter and Carl have their reactions and thoughts to the bans and more! Boltund TotW --- https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/742405190770229280/745755522044788766/IMG_20200819_171816.jpg @NimbasaCityPost Ban Image --- https://twitter.com/NimbasaCityPost/status/1296446896358084610?s=20 Littleroot Rumble 2 --- ...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 24: PZ Sweeps and Failing Quizzes
August 17, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBHello all! This week's episode focuses in on our Littleroot Laddering Series, which features Porygon-Z and Clefairy. Carter and Carl also go over the Player's Cup week 3 usage stats to get you all up to date and ready for the finals this coming weekend, and take a shot at their pokemon knowledge about the poison type! Pokemon Quizzes! --- https://www.sporcle.com/games/bubblegumkitty/normalpokemon?playlist=pokemon-type-quizzes&creator=bubblegumkitty&pid=2o00cb00Z Join the Discord --- ht...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 23: Old Friends Return!
August 10, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 53 MBHello everyone! This week's episode has a lot of old things returning to the spotlight! Swede returns from their hiatus with a team report featuring Indeedee/Drifblim combo, Carl has a new team that feature's his old favorite Pokemon, and Mannix and Sebber team up for our Team of the Week! TotW --- https://pokepast.es/18969fe919efd691 Carl's new Team --- https://pokepast.es/5667e34f9b1ef794 Swede's Powerpoint --- https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/687105970765430787/740257938148...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 22: Let's Get Ready to Rumble!
August 03, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBThis week's episode is all about battles! From Player's Cup stats to the first ever Littleroot Rumble, we got it all! TotW --- https://pokepast.es/101ad335ffb0be9a Discord --- https://discord.gg/4Qz29gx Follow us on Twitter --- https://twitter.com/LRLessons | https://twitter.com/Muzikal_33 | https://twitter.com/CarterNoble25 You can also find us on Twitch! --- https://twitch.tv/Muzikal | https://twitch.tv/MrMissouri25 For other inquiries, feel free to contact us ...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 21: Team Talk!
July 27, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBYou want teams? We got them! As we're reaching the midway point of Series 5, we're looking at a few from listeners, and Carl's Rain TR team he's been working on for the past month, and an electric/psychic terrain team using Alolan Raichu! Discord --- https://discord.gg/4Qz29gx TotW --- https://pokepast.es/54b0585b394db90b Intimidate Cycle --- https://pokepast.es/eaf4cbb9430e98b5 Rain TR --- https://pokepast.es/f8fa47f3c0d3ec9c Electric Psyspam --- https://twitter.com/rep_maikeruVGC/stat...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 20: Draft League, Ready, Start!
July 20, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBHey everyone! This week, Carter and Carl go over their start of the Littleroot Lessons Draft League Season 2, look at a very decent Hail Team for Team of the Week, and talk about the start of a new core, featuring a lot of the new pokemon from the Isle of Armor expansion. Keep an eye and ear out for draft league matches coming down the pipeline on youtube, and don't forget to check out the discord, links for all are below! Discord --- https://discord.gg/4Qz29gx Draft League Season 1 Playli...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 19: Draft League Prep and Strange (S)Teams
July 13, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBHey everyone! We got a cool episode this week, with 2 teams from our discord, one is a little too weird for Carter and Carl, the other is on the other end of the spectrum. They also look at RoseTowerVGC's Clash #12, and take their first Pokemon Deep Dive into Porygon-Z, a very strong special attacker that is starting to take over the ladder. TotW #1 --- https://pokepast.es/7b37d1bbda0347cc TotW #2 --- https://pokepast.es/030ae0dc15b74a1b RoseTower Clash #12 --- https://twitter.com/Rose...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 18: Draft League Conclusions and Series 5 Teams
July 06, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBHey everyone! This week's episode is a bit of a doozy! Carter and Carl first tackle a team report about their draft league winner's team, and how it can help you approach team building for ladder! Then they go over a bunch of teams from Series 5 events that happened in the past 2 weeks. Join the discord --- https://discord.gg/rRyu3ku @NekkraGaming's PsySpam team --- https://twitter.com/NekkraGaming/status/1277053662213230592?s=20 @AshtonCoxGAZ's Terrain team --- https://twitter.com/...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 17: Peek into the Early Series 5 Meta!
June 29, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBHey everyone! This week's episode is all about prepping you for series 5 next week! Carter and Carl rant about all the synergies and Pokemon that they have been seeing on the Showdown Ladder! They also look at the Player's Cup Invitational teams, and analyze that meta, which is filled with... Snorlax?! Join the discord --- https://discord.gg/rRyu3ku Player's Cup Team Rundown --- https://twitter.com/NimbasaCityPost/status/1274843243021246470?s=20 Follow us on Twitter --- https://twitter.co...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 16: DLC Day!
June 22, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBHello all! Hope you are all enjoying the DLC as much as Carl and Carter are! This episode, they give you all the new info, their expectations, and their highlights and lowlights from their streams! They also look at a unique take on a Cinderace Weakness Policy team that can always activate thier policy! Join the discord --- https://discord.gg/rRyu3ku\ Check out the Draft League here ---https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lJlklljGMU&list=PL0I1sO4-MiXwfS6Ik7p28DcH8k7fhMabb Follow us on Twit...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 15: The Winner is...
June 15, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 64 MBHey everyone! I know you're all excited about the giveaway results, so listen up! In this episode, we draw our winners for the giveaway, go over a really sweet team report for Team of the Week given to us by KaizenVGC, and talk about the (outdated) Rose Tower Open #3 results that our TotW top 32'd in. @KaizenVGC twitter --- https://twitter.com/KaizenVGC/status/1269286220908998663?s=20 @RoseTowerVGC Open #3 --- https://twitter.com/RoseTowerVGC/status/1270879956361285633?s=20 Join th...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 14: Isle of Armor Hype!
June 08, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 50 MBHey all, this week's episode is all about the Isle of Armor Trailer we got last week! Carter and Carl go over all the new confirmed Pokemon for the Isle of Armor and talk about all the new features. They also look at some sweet teams of the week featuring the new HA starters, specifically Cinderace. Giveaway Details! --- https://twitter.com/LRLessons/status/1264924045977370626 TotW 1 --- https://pokepast.es/8f796d8af5ada604 TotW 2 --- https://pokepast.es/7b416cbabe3ab607 TotW 3 -...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 13: A Peek into the Future of VGC
June 01, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBHello All! In this week's episode of the Littleroot Lessons Podcast, Carter and Carl are hyped up about the Pokemon Sword and Shield DLC, specifically the first part, The Isle of Armor! They go over the Pokemon Home datamine that revealed a bunch of new moves, and they go over a few of the Pokemon confirmed to be in the expansion! They wrap up the episode by going over 2 teams for Team of the Week, one featuring a new take on G-Max Coalossal, the other featuring a tried and true favorite of...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 12: Of M(ay) IC and Men
May 25, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBHello all! In this week's episode, it's all about the May International Challenge! We go a bunch of teams from our discord, most of them being used in the IC this past weekend, along with Carl and Carter's picks for the event. We also get back on track with results from the Rose Tower Clash #11, and we got a team of the week that is really unique featuring the fire/water pledge and a bunch of flinches! Join the discord --- https://discord.gg/rRyu3ku Check out the Draft League here --- ht...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 11: Team building and News about upcoming Tournaments!
May 18, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 77.9 MBHello Everyone! In this episode of the Littleroot Lessons Podcast, Carter and Carl go over 3 teams from the discord, talk about the news from Play! Pokemon about their upcoming Player's Cup, and do a short team-building exercise to take a look into how they both approach team building, just in time for the May International Challenge! Join the discord --- https://discord.gg/BWc7dVa Team 1 --- https://pokepast.es/92c837df1cf3c844 Team 2 --- https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/4588...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 10: April Showers bring Machamp Powers
May 11, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBHello All! In this episode, Carter and Carl go over a team of the week with a very big Drampa, Carl talks about his current G-Max Machamp team he's ben working on for ladder, and they have the results from the VictoryRoad VGC May Challenge. VictoryRoad VGC Results --- https://victoryroadvgc.com/2020/05/05/may-challenge-2020/ G-Max Machamp pokepaste --- https://pokepast.es/807423b23ee86cce Team of the Week from Jigglydreams --- https://pokepast.es/3730e9c020fbab86 Join us on disc...
Episode 9: New Innovations and Same Old Staples
May 04, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 190 MBHey everyone! Carter and Carl got some teams from the discord this week featuring some old staples and new innovations. They also go over some unique tech for their draft league matches this week and the Top 16 from the Rose Tower Clash! Team of the week from Jigglydreams --- https://pokepast.es/6b94df04e3df7f03 Team of the week from navier_strokes --- https://pokepast.es/1781f3abfad0390c Rose Tower Clash #9 --- https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/458836684298125312/706618692615798825/...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 9: New Innovations and Same Old Staples
May 04, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBHey everyone! Carter and Carl got some teams from the discord this week featuring some old staples and new innovations. They also go over some unique tech for their draft league matches this week and the Top 16 from the Rose Tower Clash! Team of the week from Jigglydreams --- https://pokepast.es/6b94df04e3df7f03 Team of the week from navier_strokes --- https://pokepast.es/1781f3abfad0390c Rose Tower Clash #9 --- https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/458836684298125312/706618692615798825/...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 8: Quarantine event, Series 4, and Draft League Beginnings!
April 27, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 79.4 MBHey everyone! In this week's episode, Carter and Carl got a team of the week featuring a few of Carl's favorite Pokemon. They also go over the results of Rose Tower's Quarantine fundraiser event, the rules for Series 4, and touch on the start of the Community Draft League! Team of the Week --- https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/687105970765430787/702519434262085652/unknown.png Rose Tower top 16 --- https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/458836684298125312/703333406238441522/EWIMMsEUcAI...
Episode 7: Discord Teams, Draft League Results, and Making Masterball!
April 20, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBHey everyone! Episode 7 is here, bringing with it a bunch of teams from the Littleroot Lessons discord! We have 3 teams that Carl and Carter go in depth on, each featuring a unique Pokemon. They also talk about how their draft league match went (link is below). To wrap up the episode, Carl talks about the team that got him to Masterball tier, and how it's the complete opposite of the play-style he talked about last week. Teams of the Week --- https://pokepast.es/e901c58ad2155117 ...
Littleroot Lessons Episode 6: Champion of the Champion's Cup and a rambling on the meta
April 13, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 85 MBIn episode 6, Carter and Carl look over the Team of the Week, which features a high flying Hawlucha with weakness policy. They also look over the Top 32 of the Champion's Cup hosted by aDrive and Wolfe Glick, and Carl rambles about how he is enjoying the Series 3 meta and how slower is better. Team of the Week --- https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/458836684298125312/699063312637231325/EVchCvnU0AAhxhs.jpg Champion's Cup Top 32 ---https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/4588366842981...
Episode 5 - Rose Tower and Unfezant Rising!
April 06, 2020 13:46 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBIn this week's episode, Carter and Carl look over a high flying team featuring Unfezant, the somewhat surprising results of the Rose Tower Open, and talk about their draft league results at the halfway point in the league. Team of the Week --- https://pokepast.es/796ff94a1c518dca Rose Tower Open #2 --- https://i.redd.it/xh619xig77q41.jpg Join us on discord! --- https://discord.gg/kZEmckj Follow us on Twitter --- https://twitter.com/LRLessons ...
Episode 4: Victory Road Spring Challenge
March 30, 2020 13:51 - 1 hour - 51.8 MBIn Episode 4 of Littleroot Lessons, Carter and Carl break down Team of the Week, the Victory Road Spring Challenge, new information about the DLCs, and what they've been working on this week. Team of the Week: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/687105970765430787/693256441968197743/image0.png?width=325&height=703 Victory Road Spring Challenge: https://victoryroadvgc.com/2020/03/23/spring-challenge-2020/ There are many ways to contact us. You can find us on Twitter. https://www....
Episode 3: Singapore Open and Parth Regionals
March 23, 2020 16:27 - 1 hour - 96.6 MBIn Episode 3 of Littleroot Lessons, Carter and Carl break down Team of the Week, Singapore Open, Parth Regionals and talk about what they have been working on this week. Team of the Week: https://pokepast.es/cd269223d16cf53f Singapore Open: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/458836684298125312/691050742378659870/IMG_20200315_175040_347.jpg Parth Regionals: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/458836684298125312/691050742378659870/IMG_20200315_175040_347.jpg What We are Working ...
Episode 2: Malmo Regionals
March 16, 2020 16:41 - 1 hour - 115 MBIn Episode 2 of Littleroot Lessons, Carter and Carl break down Team of the Week, Malmo Regionals and talk about what they have been working on this week. Team of the Week: https://pokepast.es/21684fa628115411 Malmo Regionals: https://victoryroadvgc.com/2020/03/09/malmo-2020-teams-stats/ What We are Working On: https://pokepast.es/9451a5ce5fe92693 What's Been Good: https://pokepast.es/f6caa924b875f342 There are many ways to contact us. You can find us on Twitter. https://www.twitter...
Episode 1: Introductions and Collinsville Regionals
March 09, 2020 16:37 - 1 hour - 98.6 MBIn Episode 1 of Littleroot Lessons, Carter and Carl give their introductions, talk about Collinsville Regionals, and what you can do about the Lapras sized problem in Series 3. There are many ways to contact us. You can find us on Twitter. https://www.twitter.com/LRLessons https://wwwtwitter.com/CarterNoble25 https://wwwtwitter.com/muzikal_33 You can find us on Discord! Feel free to join the server! https://discord.gg/nq777kE You can also find Carter and Carl on Twitch. https://www...