Mega Lucario VGC Team Building Guide | Pokémon Champions
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The Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments server is buzzing with competitive team building discussions. This thread focuses on optimizing a Mega Lucario team featuring Sylveon, Garchomp, and Milotic. Community members provide expert advice on speed control, core synergy, and effective VGC strategies to help players refine their competitive rosters.
I’d like to have a team with Mega Lucario as my go to Pokemon until Mega Zeraora ever gets in the game any help is greatly appreciated
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Yeah
I’m honestly out of ideas
Same with my Mega Chesnaught team
if you have ideas for both please share them
I figured out who to use in my Chesnaught team now I need 1 more pokemon in my lucario team
can you help me readjust my Lucario team a bit
I wanna keep Milotic and Garchomp but I wanna see if it’s possible to fit Sylveon on it if it’s any good
That’s why I’m asking for readjustments help
Where is the team
Drop a pokepaste
I don’t have one I’m remaking it from scratch
Tried YouTube already to get started?
Yeah but I’m stumped I really want to try Mega Lucario with Sylveon
There wasn’t any videos on Sylveon
so far I was able to come up with Mega Lucario, Sylveon, Garchomp and Milotic
But now I’m having doubts
First off what is your goal, speed or tr. What core are you building around. With sylveon and lucario it seems to be fantasy core. Now, first go on YT and find teams around mega lucario going for your main goal either speed control (tr) or maximizing speed (tw). Take that team, preferably with a fantasy core already there. Then swap some pokemon for the ones you want to use, ONLY, if they can play the same role. For now, copy exact builds. Once you have those for a first draft come back here. If you are not familiar with the terms I used google them first please!
Ok
right here
I’m just coping with lucario till the day they put mega Zeraora in champions
Post team again
Please and thank you
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Do you usually end up using swords dance on ceruledge
Does it survive
Same with vivillion
And rage powder
Yes on both accounts cus Vivillon has focus sash and Cerluedge can tank pretty well at times letting me get swords dance
What role is CorvKnight fulfilling
Tank
For who
Usually for the whole team
Like you just switch it in to take a hit
?
That or be able to tank damage while increasing my defense and striking back with body press
Do you wanna run some on showdown so I can see how ur playing it
Sure my switch is charging and I’m stuck downstairs watching the dogs anyway
W
What's ur user
Mine is BigWeenLad
LeoFall2296
Challenged
How’d I do
Very good ceruledge is good
U change username?
No
Oh y it cancel
I’ll be honest I thought you had me there
I’m just glad Ceruledge stayed on the field long enough to win
Nah I wasn't expecting you to cc the Blastoise
It's not letting me challenge u you'll have to challenge me
Very good very good
It's not letting me challenge still
Thx sorry I had to walk the dogs
All good
But yeah I think the team would be next level if you had a strong redirector like Clefairy or sinistcha
True but Vivillon can help if used properly
Oh yeah fs the sleep powder can go crazy
I still feel like my biggest struggle is Charizard
Yeah I can imagine maybe carry smth other than a9 for weather
I could but it could also mean making a secondary mega
Could do both and just bring ttar
Wouldn’t I need Froslass for Aurora Veil
Oh ye probably
You still get killed by zard tho
Yeah
I can get on champions again
Bet gimme one sec
ready?
On Champions?
I can only do showdown I'm at work
Oh
Erm
can I get some feedback on this
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It does pretty well in casual games but fell short on ladder
Then again I’m in master ball so it’s bound to happen
I tried rebuilding it with chat gpt but I feel lost and could only come with Hydreigon, Clefable. Whimsicott and Gyarados
It shows how ass I am at team building
Chat gpt is ass it doesn't know about the new megas
Exactly
Honestly though I got nothing
What are you losing to on ladder
Sometimes it's just a knowledge check and you just have to play
I been trying to make a team that I can use with both Mega Lucario and Mega Zeraora and it’s mostly stupid meta stuff
It’s so frustrating to not know what I want and what is even good that isn’t meta but is viable enough to keep up with it
I just don’t know
Just showdown my man
It's hard for people who use niche mons
You'll get it tho
I’m not sure
how do I check those
Either way idk what to do for lucario anymore and idk what to do for Zeraora either
ChatGPT doesn’t help YouTube doesn’t help not even google helps
I feel so lost and defeated
I could really use some help
I’m starting to think I shouldn’t bother using it anymore
I have but it’s hard to use
I can never find an opportunity to use it
That’s the problem none of them besides Chesnaught and Charizard x feel good to me
And I already have teams for both
Aside from my favorites there’s no other mega I like
And it’s virtually impossible to not use it in a team
I want to use my favorite megas like lucario, Floette or Meowstic but everyone is saying they’re bad
Maybe not Floette but you get what I mean
remind me do you use Floette
If so can you please teach me
Nvm forget I asked
Its probably a stupid idea
You cant be so needy twin
You either figure it out or you perish type shi
It's literally so easy to learn this game there's YouTube and showdown
Try some rental teams on showdown that obviously work
Just try stuff on showdown as said. I saw you made a team, have you been testing?
Yeah I have it was good in casual games but fell short on ladder in master ball
this was the team
What fell short, which match ups
Against some meta stuff
You really need to get more specific
Well hard to do when I never remember what I fought
💀
But I guess against the rain and trick room and Charizard sun
How do you not remember match ups but expect to win the next time against same match up matey
I’m still learning ok my memory isn’t as good as it used to be
Do you bring ninetales and chomp into zard
Write it down ;)
Sometimes I lead like that
Your memory can’t be degrading yet, no way you reached that age 😂
When you play into tr do you focus the TR setter?
Yes I try to
You try to, so it fails sometimes. When it fails why/how
Fake out follow me protection or sheer bulk
Alright, we are getting somewhere, fake out must be incin most of the cases for hard tr. could be sneasler for an hybrid team.
I see 4 of five mons have protect. If tr goes up. Do you use your tects to go damageless for some of the TR turns
Yeah but I been trying to be more offensive and it just usually backfires
Not to mention I’m mostly blocked out of using priority attacks
Dont try to be offensive IN TR, that is when you play defensive. Outside of it sure you can be more offensive, but don’t go overboard
Farig
But your prio moves aren’t needed out of TR
As for the weather team, make sure to play around it with ninetales, though I suspect the main issue is with sun, for which garchomp should be a perfect counter
They usually try to take it out as quick as possible
Against hardcore teams it’s hard to use my support pokemon
Yh, but that is also part of “getting better” that’s why I asked what you played against. Have you played on showdown
If you do, and you lose, save the replay. Go over it, what went wrong where
I did against and I decimated them
No, not against one person
In the champions VGC format
So you face other teams
Oh I haven’t fought randos
Yeah, try that too
Winning one match up ist all of it, same with losing one match up
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9championsvgc2026regma-2591227551
I beg ur pardon
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9championsvgc2026regma-2591232290
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9championsvgc2026regma-2591237212
I mean it’s true is it not
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9championsvgc2026regma-2591241854
hope these replays help
I’ll look at it tomorrow, off to bed
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who’s the better mega in my team Mega Lucario or Mega Greninja
For a reminder my team is Ceruledge, Vivillon, Garchomp, Corviknight and Meowstic
right here
Where's the most recent paste?
Let me grab that for you real quick
No I made changes to the items and moves on some
https://pokepast.es/b3924a7ba0e25287
This link is the updated one
I feel like this team could use a 2nd mega
A second mega
Yeah this is all phys attackers
lol
I mean it’s a good item is it not
I kinda like white herb more to help vs intimidate
Or scarf for speed control since this team doesn't really have any
Speaking of you should consider tailwind on your viv
I have but what would I get rid of
Personally I've been loving the viv set of shield dust protect tailwind rage powder struggle bug
What does shield dust do again
Could also consider friend guard
Make the user immune to all secondary effects of moves, so fake out and rock slide can't flinch and dire claw can't status
Those are the primary use cases but it can be relevant for other stuff too
Zard heat wave can't burn and lass blizzard can't freeze
It does
Yeah puff works too but your team is p frail rn outside of corv
So it'll be hard to make use of
My Meowstic is bulky with screens up
I like struggle bug a lot to break sashes and make it not a complete 0 into floette
Yeah the main thing I'm noticing is that all of the pokemon here have pretty medium speed tiers
So tailwind is really important
So important even that you might want to consider cott/aero/talonflame over viv to ensure you can get it up more consistently
My Meowstic has prankster
I think I found my answer to my second mega problem
what did you find?
I might be doubling on 2 types dragon and flying but what about Mega Dragonite
yeah I looked at dnite the only real issue it might have is inaccurate moves but if you're chill with that go for it
this is my Lucario team thread
https://pokepast.es/3837eb7df4c166e1 and here’s all I have so far
Change the ability to justified add beat up maushold
I did that combo once with Archaludon pushing its defenses through the roof but I been unsure of using it with Lucario cus it means I have to wait a turn before going mega and knowing Lucario is a glass cannon it worries me sure it’s a good combo but if my opponent is smart enough they may kill my Lucario before it can even strike
is it actually worth trying though
