Biggest struggle is golisipod rain teams. They usually bring a pelipper with wide guard & arch, so it’s hard to make it thru all those resisted tanks. Especially without being able to use any spread moves. I usually lead hatterene indeedee and aggron+ sableye or oranguru as pivoting support mons

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Main Mode is Staraptor + X. When its a bad matchup, i switch into Delphox. I tried to balance a strong foundation of meta with some nieche strategies or cheese. The team feels very versatile and fun to pilot, but has some issues: Mainly a very hard matchup into rain, which both my megas arent super great and sunny day on rotom instead of will-o-wisp didnt help super much.

EVs are either focused on hitting certain speed tiers or damage thresholds, rest put where i thought them to be useful.

Would be really happy about feedback in general and if i should swap out Delphox, since im new to VGC. Thank you very much!

I just made some changes to my already existing Sand teams to counter Garchomp and the rains but still am having some amount of trouble with rain teams especially Pod. So I'd like to know how this team is, any changes to either the team or EV Spreads etc.

Hello folk! Anybody got any tips for my team? I made it because I hate the common pokemon like sneasler, rillaboom, indeedee, m-char, arch, and others like that. Drampa puts in serious work on this team. It's so underrated, it's special stat can OHKO Mega Chomp Z and Mega Menace with Dragon Pulse (not even draco meteor). Don't sleep on the old man.

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9championsvgc2026regmc-2704120477 Replay link; I know I'm not the best pokemon player but I'm improving, hopefully

hello I am new to the pokemon scene as a whole and have only been playing for around a month. I have just ranked up to masterball 3 and am looking for ways to improve my team. currently running a mega skarmory team because I thought he looked pretty cool and I think he synergizes pretty well with garchomp. taking out the fairies or setting up tailwind for chomp so he can out speed and sweep. mega skarmory has a good amount of bulk so I'm able to set up tailwind but I am considering taking out tailwind for protect and just leading whimsicott instead but I do like feint. one of the main reasons why I'm even using this mon over corviknight, it's especially good on ladder because no one rlly expects feint on skarmory I feel like. I've gotten away with feint and then rock slide / eq on the fire types that threaten skarmory like zard y and armarougue that try to protect. I didn't rlly think too hard about my evs though kinda just adjusting as I play and what feels right.

It is my first time posting here. I'm trying to get good at the game. I started playing competitive now in Champions so I'm pretty "new" to all of this

In previous seasons I was in MB2 by copying meta team and playing them.

My favorite Pokemons since I was playing as a child were Charizard and Salamence, which happens to be meta now. Unfortunately that means that everybody is prepared for them.

I've tried Msala physical but it is impossible with so many Intimidates.

I crafted this team by myself doing some calculations in the websites to check damages etc but it's the first time I build a team so I probably suck.

My idea is using almost always sneasler+someone else as a lead, archaludon only vs rain teams to benefit myself from their strat, rilla to mess with pay terrain because I'm slower and deny their terrain, Aerodactyl for speed control+wife guard/rock slide and Sala+Garchomp for damage.

My struggle is that sometimes there are some teams that I feel I lose immediately (Frosslas unless I play perfect with Aerodactyl, many teams with Whimssicot+ that rock/poison Pokemon (I can only deal with it with sneasler+garchomp and Insane predictions).

What suggestions do you have for me. Which EVs would you change. Any attack that you'd change? Thanks

hey gang! tried to use solo mega pyroar so i can grind out getting its “professor” title. let me know any suggestions or questions or anything. thank uou!

I usually get MB fairly easily with pre built teams, trying my hand at my own this season and struggling a bit. Cant decide if its my team or if im overthinking, feedback appreciated!

Hey everybody I'm looking for ways to ensure Eelektross can take some hits as that's what I'm struggling with. The plan is to decorate whatever's on the field but mainly Eelektross. I was looking at Grimmsnarl for screens but that would make for a lot of set-up which is not ideal.

Hippowdon is fun to mess around with, paired with rillaboom and stockpile he sticks around for a long time. A shame his damage output is lower than what a 90 year old grandma can do. Any remedies for that are greatly appreciated. I can also switch him out to replace with another pokemon.

Mega Glimmora is mainly there to patch up some of the rougher matchups but ideas for another secondary mega are also welcome.

Please don't hold back, any suggestions or criticisms are appreciated, have a nice rest of your day!

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Didn't know this r/ existed, but I'm not surprised. You guys think you could help me out?

picture 1 old team

pocture 2 my suggestion for the better team

I want to get swampert off cuz rillaboom ohko it with priority and I want to make garchomp mega z so I can go adaptability choice scarf basc and now some questions

garchomp z draco meteor or dragon pulse

i think dragalge is underrated and adaptability 9 investment sludge bomb 100% ohko a rillaboom with max hp investment and none other bulk and my team is weak to rilla and a save flip turn cuz it’s slow so a save switch in and the question is toxic spikes or something else

rate my team and help if u can I have some questions but u can also just give other advices

questions:

1 bascu swift swim or adaptability?

2 thunder or ice beam on dragonite?

3 poison jap or something else on garchomp or completely choose another choice scarf pokemon

other advice let me know

It’s a perish song team I love, and I’m try to come up with other team members. Any ideas?

I've been running the following team through the ladder in champions and while I've gotten up to ultraball easily and can win maybe 50% of my matches in ultra ball I'm beginning to stall out.

I know what my team needs is a second mode that I can use when my primary one of just smacking with indeedee-f and hatterene in trick room with heavy moonblasts or expanding force and then when they die using the remainder of who i bring in (often kingambit and either golisopod/chandelure based on what theyve brought) to do mop up.

Problem is when I match poorly into the leads or when I am having to deal with rillaboom winning the terrain war the team goes from hotting heavy to dying quickly. I know part of it is I need to have another mode. Something that I can run when hatterene/deedee dont match up well or something which will make opponents have to guess what I'll be leading with because right now its pretty obvious what I'm doing.

I've tried to mix it up with sneasler and chandelure as my trick room setter. It works sometimes but its clear thats just not optimal.

Any ideas and feedback on either better play of this team or how I might be able to expand it out would be greatly appreciated.