Free entry! $250 Global VGC Welcome Tour! results recap

The Free entry! $250 Global VGC Welcome Tour! was a 414-player online event on Limitless, played in Pokemon Champions Regulation Set M-B on 2026-07-25. The listed final round matches included dragonis defeating lartizan, lartizan defeating zoomy, and blaizhe defeating dungwithyou, while Beedrillvgc finished first in the standings at 12-2-0.

Place	Player	Record	Team
1	Beedrillvgc	12-2-0	Charizard, Venusaur, Sinistcha, Incineroar, Eternal Flower Floette, Garchomp
2	B3rtani [IT]	12-2-0	Charizard, Grimmsnarl, Pelipper, Archaludon, Basculegion, Venusaur
3	Desu [IT]	11-2-0	Hydreigon, Annihilape, Metagross, Incineroar, Charizard, Toxapex
4	BentoRS [BR]	10-3-0	Blastoise, Delphox, Sinistcha, Incineroar, Sneasler, Kingambit

Beedrillvgc’s winning team was built around Charizard with Charizardite Y, Blaze, and a Modest set of Heat Wave, Protect, Solar Beam, Weather Ball. That gave the team immediate spread pressure and strong weather-based coverage, with Venusaur taking advantage of Chlorophyll while carrying Focus Sash, Sludge Bomb, Leaf Storm, Protect, and Sleep Powder.

The support structure was equally important. Sinistcha brought Colbur Berry, Hospitality, Trick Room, Protect, Matcha Gotcha, and Rage Powder, giving the team redirection and an alternate speed mode instead of relying only on sun offense. Incineroar supplied the familiar control package of Sitrus Berry, Intimidate, Flare Blitz, Fake Out, Throat Chop, and Parting Shot. The last two slots added very different pressure points: Eternal Flower Floette with Floettite, Flower Veil, Moonblast, Calm Mind, Dazzling Gleam, and Protect, plus Garchomp with Choice Scarf, Rough Skin, Earthquake, Rock Slide, Dragon Claw, and Stomping Tantrum.

Across the top cut of the standings, Charizard was the defining repeated pick. It appeared on the top three teams and again on Dragonis [BR] and NYR [JP], all using Charizardite Y with Blaze. Venusaur also showed up on both 12-2-0 teams, pairing naturally with Charizard’s weather plan through Chlorophyll.

Incineroar remained a major glue Pokemon, appearing on Beedrillvgc, Desu [IT], BentoRS [BR], Paghy [IT], and NYR [JP], usually with Sitrus Berry, Intimidate, Fake Out, Flare Blitz, Throat Chop, and Parting Shot. Sinistcha was another prominent support choice, appearing on the first, fourth, fifth, and sixth-place teams with Hospitality, Rage Powder, and often Trick Room.

Item trends were also clear: Focus Sash appeared repeatedly on fast or disruptive Pokemon such as Venusaur, Annihilape, Sneasler, Excadrill, Maushold, Whimsicott, while Sitrus Berry was common on Incineroar and other bulky support picks.

Takeaway for ladder players: prepare for Charizardite Y sun cores, but do not ignore the redirection, Fake Out, and Trick Room layers supporting them.

Source: Limitless