VGC Team Building Guide: Rain & Tailwind Synergy
Zusammenfassung
At Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments, we provide expert feedback on competitive team compositions. This guide analyzes a Rain and Tailwind-based team featuring Archaludon and Vivillon, offering specific move adjustments like Stomping Tantrum and Fake Out to improve synergy. Learn how to effectively pilot this core to dominate your next VGC tournament.
Vivillon (F) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Compound Eyes
Timid Nature
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
- Sleep Powder
- Hurricane
- Rage Powder
- Tailwind
Wall (Archaludon) @ Leftovers
Ability: Stamina
Calm Nature
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
- Electro Shot
- Flash Cannon
- Dragon Pulse
- Protect
Garchomp @ Garchompite
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe
Jolly Nature
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Dragon Claw
- Protect
La catalina (Incineroar) @ Chople Berry
Ability: Intimidate
Sassy Nature
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
- Protect
- Parting Shot
- Fake Out
- Flare Blitz
Lola (Lopunny) (F) @ Lopunnite
Ability: Klutz
Jolly Nature
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
- Protect
- Close Combat
- Triple Axel
- U-turn
Politoed @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Drizzle
Calm Nature
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
- Hypnosis
- Helping Hand
- Protect
- Weather Ball
idk if this sucks or if i suck
There’s a clear idea here with rain supporting Archaludon and Vivillon providing Tailwind. I’d start with two small move changes rather than replacing the whole team: Fake Out over U-turn on Lopunny, and Stomping Tantrum over Earthquake on Garchomp. Fake Out gives you another way to help Vivillon get Tailwind up, while Stomping Tantrum avoids hitting your own Archaludon, Incineroar or Politoed.
A simple opening to practise is Incineroar + Vivillon when Fake Out has a valid target, with Politoed and Archaludon behind. You can then bring rain in for Archaludon’s one-turn Electro Shot. Sleep Powder is useful, but Grass-types ignore powder moves and Electric Terrain protects grounded Pokémon from sleep, so check those before committing to it. You don’t need Hypnosis to land for this team to have a plan.
