2022 Pokémon World Championships

Year

2022

Game

Sword & Shield

Generation

Gen 8 — SwSh

Location

London, GB

Regulation

Series 12

Format

Double Battles, Bring 4 Pick 6, Restricted legendaries allowed (2 max)

Division

Masters

Metagame Context

Series 12 allowed two restricted legendaries per team. Zacian-Crowned dominated alongside Shadow Rider Calyrex. The returning Incineroar-Rillaboom core from Sword & Shield formed the defensive backbone of most top teams.

Results

1

Eduardo Cunha

aka Eduardo CunhaBR
Complete verified team

Eduardo Cunha 2022 Worlds Team

Verified
Zacian + Shadow Rider Calyrex

Full team published. Standard restricted duo with Incineroar pivot core.

Zacian-Crowned

Physical attacker

Calyrex-Shadow

Special sweeper

Incineroar

Intimidate pivot

Rillaboom

Grassy Terrain setter

Whimsicott

Speed control

Gastrodon

Water immunity
2

Nils Dunlop

AU
T-4

Leonard Craft

US
T-4

Giannis Sisko

GR

Sources

  • 2022 World Championships — Limitless

    Limitless TCG/VGC

    L2

    Supports: standings, teams

  • 2022 Worlds team analysis

    Victory Road VGC

    L3

    Supports: teams, metagame

ⓘAll figures are estimated trends based on available data and do not guarantee competitive results. Matchups are situational. See our methodology for how these figures are calculated.