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Master 3 Rain Team Guide

Rain team I have used to reach master 3. The rotom was a scarf Hydreigon previously but recently switched up. Some context on some of the choices.

Swampert - speed stat to outspeed base 130 mons in rain
Pelipper - speed stat to out speed base 120 mons in tailwind
Sableye - walls would be nice but really struggle to fit them in, will o wisp makes do by beidging the gap between being disruptive/hindering and doing damage. Quash is fantastic for speed control.
Arch - Bridge
Scizor - Stays on the bench unless opponents are fairy heavy or run meowscarada who i have found to be awkward to deal significant damage to without taking big losses. Great switch in to either.
Rotom Mow - The sauce. This is here almost exclusively for rain mirrors. Threatens swampert, pelipper, bascu (sort of) and dark pulse can do significant damage to sinistcha, the most common swampert counter I have seen, with the flinch chance not to be slept on. Levitate makes a great partner/switch in next to swampert. Max sp atk thunder also OHKOs max hp mega staraptor and 9 hp guarantees living CC/brave bird without a crit/boost. Extra bonus, also OHKOs zard Y with 5 or less hp investment. Main issue it has is jolly max speed scarf or swift swim basculegion who outspeeds and OHKOs rotom with 2 stacks of last respects. The speed investment with scarf lets us outspeed max speed scarf adamant bascu or anything speed 125.


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Optimizing Mega Falinks & Charizard VGC Teams

Sorry if the image is hard to see 🙁 I'm looking for recommendations for the team atm. I'm struggling into trick room teams with firig and some weather teams. I know its a bit of an odd set with Falinks but he is a favorite and defiant feels nice in the meta. Open to any recs 🙂

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Gamers Metagame Breakdown - VGC Teams

Hello guys, gamer here. This is my take on a meta breakdown thread. Main focus would be to provide sample pastes and explain all the core structures and meta trends rising in the upcoming regulations, as well as have resources from players starting from beginner up to I guess champion rank, since everyone has more to learn. From tips and tricks to face certain teams or use them, up to teambuilding choices and tips, I'll try to have it all here, broken down to basic information, as much as I can. I'll try to always have pinned the title of the team I will explain each time so you can easily go back. Hopefully this will become an enjoyable journey of knowledge from which all of us will have something to derive.

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Sylveon Bulky EV Spread Help

The role for my sylveon in this team is to be an alternative sweeper that works both in trick room or tailwind when mega pyroar isn't the best against their team. Sylveon naturally has shit defense stat, so im thinking to remove some off its hp and putting it on def, but idk the exact calcs and how much i should remove and put on so any input would be greatly appreciated.

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Team Building Help For Singles Rank

Hey guys. Not new to Pokemon but new in competitive battles. Can you suggest a better team using these mons or suggest mons that I can use.

Currently, I am at Great Ball 4 (Singles). Been using M-Aggron/Hippowdon, Maushold, and Greninja/Charizard.

Thanks for the help and suggestions.


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New Player Seeks Singles Team Help

Just started the game today and looking for suggestions.

I am open to all suggestions as to how my team and account should go. Would love for any suggestions

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Singles Team Discussion & Tips for VGC Players

Yes, singles team: https://pokepast.es/111f51b253e323f2

I don't really know what's going in Singles for many many years now, so I'm open for suggestions. Even good resources links that could be helpful.

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Seeking VGC Team Feedback and Improvements

This team has done some real work for me and I’m looking to improve it. I went 21-3-1 in masterball tier and got up to 1910 very easily. On Pokémon showdown I reached top 250 on the BO1 ladder and top 160 in BO3 with around a 70% win rate in both. I know it is strong but I have some concerns.

  1. I don’t see anybody running a team like this so im not sure if this is just a team that works against the current meta or is actually just strong.
  2. It can struggle into some balance teams (mainly the floette and delphox team with double fake out)
  3. Big 6 is a winnable matchup but I do feel that if they are playing very good it is unfavorable.

I’ve been playing vgc on and off for about a year (mostly on showdown bc I don’t have a switch) so I’m not too experienced but I do believe I play good games. If you have any suggestions or questions about the team please reach out.

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Tailwind and Trick Room Team Help

Hello I need some help building a team that functions in both tailwind and trick room. I was thinking gholdengo, incineroar, whimsicot, mega staraptor, farigiraf, mega Charizard y but am open to suggestions for pokemon to sub in and out for


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IB's pokemon playbook

"Strong Pokémon. Weak Pokémon. That is only the selfish perception of people. Truly skilled trainers should try to win with their favorites."

This is my thread on pokemon and any knowledge I have which I can impart to newer players in the vgc scene. Rather than necessarily focusing solely on whats meta or "strong" in the current format, my thread will focus more on how to make cohesive teams that are more than just the sum on their parts.

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Mega Barbaracle Team Discussion & Weather Counters

Basically been looking into barbaracle as my next mega team to tackle and was scrolling around online and found this face book post of a team. I do kinda like what it’s going for here. I like the options that it has and it supports Barbara or well without having the whole team be dedicated to it. But I feel there could be better options to go off with it as well. Thoughts? (Also it doesn’t have stat invest but Ithink I can roughly figure that out.)

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