BattleIQ tutorials
These guides explain how to turn BattleIQ results into concrete VGC and Draft League decisions. Each tutorial states its assumptions, shows the relevant workflow, and identifies common interpretation mistakes.
- Pokemon Draft League Beginner's Guide - Learn how a Pokemon Draft League works, how to prepare for a draft, and how BattleIQ helps you turn a roster into weekly plans.
- 6 VGC Draft League Mistakes to Avoid - Avoid common VGC Draft League traps such as drafting names over roles, ignoring speed control, and failing to plan for weekly matchups.
- How to Build Strong Draft League Cores - Learn how to evaluate Fire/Water/Grass, Fairy/Dragon/Steel, offensive, and defensive cores without falling for false synergy.
- How to Use the First Pick in a VGC Draft League - Understand what makes a first pick worth building around, including flexibility, independence, counterplay, and opportunity cost.
- Essential Roles for a Draft League Roster - Build a more complete VGC Draft League roster by checking damage, speed control, disruption, redirection, priority, setup answers, and field support.
- How to Use BattleIQ's Damage Calculator - Learn how to select attackers and defenders, read damage ranges and KO estimates, and test field conditions in the BattleIQ Damage Calculator.
- How to Read BattleIQ Team Analysis and Speed Tiers - Understand BattleIQ Team Overview, Matchups, Speed, Coverage, Archetypes, and how to turn analysis findings into team changes.
- How to Use Champions Usage Trends for Team Preparation - Learn what BattleIQ trend movement represents, how to interpret rising and falling Pokemon, and how usage trends should shape preparation questions.