2012 Pokémon World Championships

Year

2012

Game

Black & White

Generation

Gen 5 — BWB2W2

Location

Waikoloa, US

Format

Double Battles, Bring 4 Pick 6

Division

Masters

Metagame Context

Ray Rizzo defended his 2011 title in a rain-dominant metagame. Drizzle Politoed and Swift Swim Kingdra formed the core offensive engine, while Metagross provided a Psychic/Steel defensive backbone. Prankster Thundurus enabled crucial speed control.

Results

1

Ray Rizzo

aka Ray RizzoUS
Partial information

Ray Rizzo 2012 Worlds Team

Partial
Rain + Metagross

Core team known from tournament reports. Exact EVs not published.

Metagross

Physical attacker

Politoed

Rain setter

Kingdra

Rain sweeper

Thundurus

Speed control

Latios

Special attacker

Hitmontop

Intimidate support
2

Huy Ha

US

Sources

  • 2012 World Championships coverage

    Victory Road VGC

    L3

    Supports: standings, teams, metagame

ⓘAll figures are estimated trends based on available data and do not guarantee competitive results. Matchups are situational.