1. Torkoal starts with the sun and tanks hit to setup stealth rock or will-o-wisp the phsyical attackers.(leftovers)

2.Scovillian Starts with speed boosted by chlorophy , hitting insane damaged fire moves and leaf storms to ko the other mons.(white herb)

3.Talonflames comes full support with tailwind and feather dance using gale wings , flare blitz and u turn for chip damage.(focus sash)

4.Staraptor comes to sweep the opponents with contrary of mega staraptor boosting attacking by two stages by feather dance of talonflame ( mega stone)

im winning 95 percent of my matches with this in my doubles , someone rate my team and give some improvements.

I am running a dual sun and sand team but i don't know any matchups like when should I use sand team I am good with sun team but can anyone tell me when to use sand team?

Or if there is any better team than my current one
I have only played DS and gameboy games before no switch games so i don't have access to pokemon home

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https://pokepast.es/a91b555ca1e85e0e

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Can yall suggest some good teams(staraptor or delphox of example)
I'm kinda overwheled by all the mons I have

(Also have sinistcha if it's useful in any teams)
(No move sets and other details for now just need some team suggestions)

A friend of mine has told me that M Dragalge has potential so i tried making a team around it.

For now i have this concept, i haven't definedall of the SPs, but the whole idea is that Dragalge tries to use Draco Meteor, and then Flip turn, using its 132 Special attack while also using regenerator by flip turn, which also resets its stat drops.

I added Rotom-W bc typewise it has amazing synergy with Dragalge, mainly that Rotom-W is good into Ice and Ground types, while dragalge is GOATED into grass types.

I then added Scizor + Kingambit for revenge killers that can follow up after Dragalge uses DM + Flip turn.

Sinistcha is here because i needed speed control but also because the team is that tanky. I have Shadow Ball for now so that sinistcha can be more active inside trick room.

Gyarados is here because of intimidate support, and also because i wanted something that can be a little bit faster and sweep, hence the DD

Its probably not the best team but for now it may work, i am looking for recomendations, what are some great Dragalge partners, and is my team too passive?

Before anything, i want to clarify that i already hit master ball with a slightly different version of this team, but now i want to perfect it for the path going forward to champions tier and to use it in a future tournament I'm planning to participate in.

I wanted to invest some speed on M-Mawille so she can outspeed max speed garchomp under tailwind, of course at the cost of losing some attack and hp points, but since she gets a boost with her ability when mege i didn't see a problem. Also, i changed her ability from Hyper cutter to intimidate. Reason being is so she can survive an earthquake from garchomp and provide a counter to physical attackers in general, Hyper cutter was to prevent her being intimidated but i think she will still hit hard when mega. (Haven't tested so i cant know for sure)
Finally the last change i did was to replace sinistcha with volcarona. Because i didn't bring sinistcha to matches that much cause of general bad matchup for him and sometimes he didn't offer much to the game besides the healing and the redirection plus being a grass offer some coverage for switching. Not saying it was bad, but most times i didn't want to open with it because i lost the healing and it's not that good offensive. So I chose Volcarona for his good defensive stats, it also offers redirection and is a second tailwind settler with a good offensive power, given me a fire coverage to deal with annoying mons like kingambit. That way i can open with him plus Mawille, with flame body and rage powder it can deal with physical attackers that treat Mawille and can set tailwind, so i don't need to depend on peli for it.

I would like to hear some feedback, if there are changes i could or should do on the moves, stats, ability or even another mons to use to make the team more solid. Also i want to know any treat i didn't see that can counter the team and overall opinion on the team.

Hi

I need to change something in this team because I feel like it is not enough to climb up the ranks.

Are there any recommendations for my current team? Any changes that you can suggest?

Thank you

PS: Below are the pics of my team and the available pokemon that I have. I can still do some recruitment but my tickets are running low.

This is the Pokémon i have I also can transfer From Legends Za Sword and Brilliant diamond

there!

these are my current pokemon, what can i use to make a good team with mega froslass? Im mainly gonna use it for singles but idm using it for double battles too. If you can help, id be really grateful

I want to build a team that functions well in and out of trick room and also is not obviously a trick room team at team preview. Obvious trick room would be something like farigaraf, crabominable, and kingambit, so shouldn’t be obvious picks. I already have most of the team picked out, I just need help figuring out how to build each member and who specifically to make the trick room setter.

Team currently consists of:
Hatterene
Armarouge
Metagross
Kingambit

The pokemon I’m considering adding are kangaskhan, tyranitar, grimmsnarl, whimsicott, hydrapple, and dragapult.

Of course I know not all of these are exactly good picks but they’re what I have available right now, plus are kind of what I’m looking for because the lack of usage may throw opponents off.

And when I say “semi-trick room” I mean that no matter the team comp in each battle, it can function well both in and out trick room.

So which two(of the listed pokemon I’m considering) would be the best additions to the team and what are some good builds/build plans(or roles, tank, damage, support, etc) for a few of the pokemon on the team.

And of course I’m not asking to have the whole team built for me, if I was going to do that I’d just ask chatgpt or something.

I’ve been using this team for a bit and I’ve not sure what to change. Please don’t recommend kingambit, gholdengo, incin, or sneasler

Garchomp @ Life Orb
Ability: Rough Skin
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Protect

Farigiraf @ Leftovers
Ability: Armor Tail
Bold Nature
- Twin Beam
- Imprison
- Trick Room
- Protect

Raichu @ Raichunite Y
Ability: Lightning Rod
Timid Nature
- Fake Out
- Zap Cannon
- Volt Switch
- Focus Blast

Pelipper @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Drizzle
Modest Nature
- Weather Ball
- Hurricane
- Ice Beam
- Wide Guard

Aerodactyl @ Focus Sash
Ability: Unnerve
Jolly Nature
- Rock Slide
- Dual Wingbeat
- Tailwind
- Protect

Basculegion @ Mystic Water
Ability: Adaptability
Adamant Nature
- Wave Crash
- Last Respects
- Aqua Jet
- Protect

I'm new to the Pokémon franchise, I've never played before. I saved some Pokémon that I see are meta. I'm using the team on the left; I haven't adapted to Raichu and I don't know how to use Sinistcha. I like playing 2v2. Can someone help me put together a team? I'm open to the possibility of looking for other Pokémon, but I'd like something with what I already have.

PROBLEMS

1. I struggle alot if my opponent have bascu especially on late game

2. I have 2 psychic, 2 water and 2 fairy

3. Milotic is gone if opponent have max spa modest rotom wash thundebolt

WHAT HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR ME

Gardevoir can survive a non boosted flash cannon from archa

Can 2 shot an opposing metagross with my stomping truntum metagross

Can deal with rain teams on early game

Can deal with staraptor teams with the lead gardevoir and milotic

I'm woring on a mega staraptor based team with the second mega being raichu y, I have run it through simulations and found out the only mon that poses a threat is another raichu y to the straptor as with whimsi using fake tears on star it still doesn't survive a base zap cannon, I've been looking for better mons for this team and this is the final result, any pointers on how i can tweak this?

hi guys i am new to vgc and i really like sweeping with torkoal eruption but vileplume is so slow im getting outsped by tailwind teams or just lose my weather to rain team, this is the team ive been running so far with garchomp to beat zard and kingambit for basc but i still get swept by swamperts and that bridge. any help is appriciated thx.
(note i would just play trickroom but i cant seem to get farigiraf or mawile)

https://pokepast.es/18174e920f766c2f

Im trying to make a bo3 team. I might swap high horsepower i just need to test it

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I wanted to try building a team with these two, and I'm finding some success, but I'm also missing ground type coverage and meaningful speed control, how do y'all think we could tweak this

Howdy! I'm looking for help describing the weaknesses of my Raichu team. If possible, what do I have covered and especially what don't I? You're absolutely allowed to roast my team, choices, and set ups! I believe any insight might be beneficial, especially if it can help me get out of Great Ball Rank 1.

My team isn't BiS (Best in Slot) with abilities nor moves, but I'm low on VP because I can hardly get a win. I, unfortunately, am dedicated to this roster, but I'll still take note of the reason behind the suggestions.

Basculegion and Whimsicott are the two most recent grabs, followed by Farigiraf. Basculegion might have STAB Wave Crash, Head Smash for Fire types and maybe Flying, STAB Last Respects, and STAB Flip Turn or Surf. Whimsicott will have Tail Wind, either Protect or Helping Hands, STAB moves. Sinistcha will have Life Dew, STAB Hex, STAB Matcha Gatcha, and either Calm Mind or Protect. I need to give my Raichu Protect again and/or Dazzling Gleam.

I've built around Rain Team + Mega Swampert counters, including Trick Room, double Grass, and maybe base Lighting Bolt Raichu vs Rain Archie.

I have my Raichu speed to be exactly 1 higher than max speed Mega Staraptor, who is still a massive thorn in my side. Trick Room could be used here too, but I prefer Tailwind.

Basculegion and maybe Sinistcha for my Trick Room Eruption encounters.

One of my biggest problems is that none of my pokemon can Fake Out ghost types.

Basculegion and Mega Raichu Y in Trick Room vs Mega Aerodactl.

Quite a few scenarios theoretically covered! I'm just not that great, tho. Ghost types, bulky mons, and Mega Malamar counter me quite easily. Are there any ideas on what I could change (besides the mons) to fix some of these issues? 🙂

Suggest some good teams
(Orrr should I just follow that GamerNotFound's master team?)
My ocd hasnt let me invest anything in any mons till now
So it's like a completely new team

This is the team i threw together and its been performing pretty good. But im sure the moves items and evs can be more optimized and would like the feedback of more experienced players. And i of course will test it more to tweak but i wont catch a lot of things especially the evs. Maybe if something dies too early ill add in some hp lmao
Considerstions:
1. coaching on sneasler but idk which move to drop
2. Thunder or ice punch on metagross
3. I switched eq to stomping tantrum but idk if thats the move. I maybe need a protect on whimsicott to make eq better.

Thx 4 any feedback

Need help making a team around mega pyroar

This has been sitting for two days while I was playing with Sceptile/Mawile, but finally started testing and it's strong so far.

I tried rain with regular Stamina Archie last season and found it really boring to play, too slow, very not my style - but Archie is still super good under rain, so I'm trying this Scarf set and it's doing well so far

Sash Poison Touch Sneasler sounded very fun to me so I'm giving it a try. Another good Grass counter besides Pelipper to protect Swampert is nice to have and love how he provides Fake Out and poison support besides strong fighting type coverage. I forgot to change Dire Claw to Poison Jab, but guess I'm doing it to reinforce the poison chance.

Had Taunt over Foul Play but 1. I hate not having at least 1 attack move and 2. Prankster Taunt is useless against Farig, which is the main mon I feel like Taunting. So I still feel weak against TR teams - open to ideas regarding that and anything in general

Need help figuring out the best strats for mega elektross in doubles

I'm new to the Pokémon franchise, I've never played before. I saved some Pokémon that I see are meta. I'm using the team on the left; I haven't adapted to Raichu and I don't know how to use Sinistcha. I like playing 2v2. Can someone help me put together a team? I'm open to the possibility of looking for other Pokémon, but I'd like something with what I already have.

I'm new to the Pokémon franchise, I've never played before. I saved some Pokémon that I see are meta. I'm using the team on the left; I haven't adapted to Raichu and I don't know how to use Sinistcha. I like playing 2v2. Can someone help me put together a team? I'm open to the possibility of looking for other Pokémon, but I'd like something with what I already have.

I'm new to the Pokémon franchise, I've never played before. I saved some Pokémon that I see are meta. I'm using the team on the left; I haven't adapted to Raichu and I don't know how to use Sinistcha. I like playing 2v2. Can someone help me put together a team? I'm open to the possibility of looking for other Pokémon, but I'd like something with what I already have.

In Reg MA, i made a M Venusaur team, abusingits amazing matchups into meta threats by pairing it with partners that could deal with Psychic and Flying Types.
But now, in Reg MB, with Staraptor, i needed to rework my team, and i switched from a trick room centered team, i chose a Tailwind based M Aerodactyl team.

I want to know if there's anything i could optimise or change.
Incineroar has taunt because if not Trick Room destroys me.

The team is mainly Bulky Offense, using Twind to compensate in Speed.

M Venusaur, Rotom-W, Incineroar is main core, and Gholdengo is here because its incredible into Staraptor.

I have all the Pokémon available, but I can't find a good team for Mega Gengar.

I need help I’m stuck in great ball

Want to try mega mawile for a change, came up with this haven’t played matches yet.

Team: https://pokepast.es/cef9d5b78b12811e

I've only played Pokemon casually but I have a full Pokemon Home and my friends have inspired me to get into competitive but i'm having a lot of trouble finding a team to play. I'm pretty unfamiliar with how setups and things go.

If anyone could please recommend me teams & maybe send me some resources on how to play them to send me in the right direction i'd appreciate it. Thank you in advance

I don’t want to have to use meta mons but idm. Not entirely new to Pokémon just new to champions

https://pokepast.es/2db6999c0252f439

With the addition of Light Clay and Grimmsnarl, Mega Chandelure's Infiltrator ability might finally be able to shine, so I'm continuing to try and make this gorgeous mon happen

In this first iteration of the season I'm going for hyperoffense with Metagross as a strong secondary mega that also can handle screens if needed

The cat duo is there for fake out support and strong coverage - Ice comes in handy against Garchomps and Staraptors, Knock Off against Sinistchas, Gholdengos and Annihilapes etc, while Sneasler deal with Archaludon, Grimmsnarl and the fairies.

Sinistcha is a great glue to any team.

Now my doubts:
I'm back and forth with the final slot. Dragonite as a tailwind setter always sounds cool to me, and I put Life Orb on him because Life Orb Extreme Speed sounds fun - but didn't test it yet or anything lol

I first had Light Clay Sableye there instead to set up my own screens and provide will-o-wisp/quash/encore support and typing this now it still sounds like better option than Dnite, but I do feel like I should have a Tailwind user.

Whimsicott is another amazing option, giving me not only Tailwind and several support options but also fairy type coverage, which this team is lacking and is probably more valuable than the dragon type coverage Dnite is providing. With Weavile there, not sure I really need any of that though.

Than there's Aerodactyl, that gives me STAB Rock Slide, very needed flying type coverage, Tailwind and Wide Guard.

And here's come the main issue: Aero and Whimsy sounds amazing, but both really need Focus Sash, that Weavile can't really go without.

Dnite have its natural Sash with Multiscale, but he's weak against common leads like Whimsicott, Grimmsnarl and any Encore users.

If anyone has suggestions on what to do with this final slot (I'm open to replacing Weavile if it comes to that too), let me know please

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Looking for a 6th slot mainly, I just added sneasler as an incineroar counter because i didnt know what else to add.

This is the current team I’ve been running. As you can, it is very physical. I’ve been thinking to change that up but I’m not sure what to take out or put in so I’d like some advice

So how I usually run the team is I bring aerodactyl and incin 90% of the time. For the last 2 I’d bring one of the megas and the other attacker. Usually mega tyranitar with garchomp or mega metagross with annihilape. Occasionally I would sit out aerodactyl or incin for the other non mega pokemon depending on the situation.

Now here’s the problem. As I said, it’s all physical and I’ve been feeling the problem more and more because of Archaludon. It is very inconsistent for me. Sometimes I can get rid of it quickly with annihilape, sometimes I can’t and I lose to that bridge. Basically either I kill it quick or I dont and just lose.

Another problem that’s not so ofter is mega froslass. I sometimes win the weather war with tyranitar, sometimes I use metagross to kill it, but nothing concrete. It is very inconsistent.

So yeah, that’s basically it. I need a special attacker or two that can solve the problems but also still fit in with the rest of the team. But I dont know who to take out or who to put in. So I’m looking for help. Any advice is welcome 🙏

Was testing Sceptile with Bellibolt first, but it's important to have a faster duo and I had Rotom-Heat sitting in my box pretty much since I downloaded the game a month ago so better make use of it

The duo works really well and Mawile is another powerful mega option.

Aero provides Tailwind and Wide Guard support + very needed Rock and Flying coverage

Basc and Sneasler are just great powerful coverage + fake out support

Very straightforward, but should have room for improvement.

I'm thinking replacing Coaching for Protect would make more sense in this team and also Mystic Water instead of Sitrus on Basc is probably a stronger option.

Open for any kinds of suggestions!

I’ve been loving Big Root Sinistcha next to setup Metagross, but it feels like Kang doesn’t do well in mid game and like something is missing(Fire-Type?). Not sure how to replace here

I'm in Ultra Ball Tier Rank 4 (I've been stuck)

Mostly need help in the H. Zoroark and Dragonite slot, since I feel like they might not be the best fit for the team, or I'm just not using them correctly. Any other suggestions (strategy or move changes) are welcome though.

• I have Zoroark for Sneaslers and Trick Room teams. I planned on having Zoroark pretend to be Incineroar to bait fake out and close combat, but I forgot that it's obvious it's Zoroark because no intimidate (it did work against someone though lmao). Then for trick room I could just taunt the setter.
• I have Dragonite mostly for Garchomp, but it never really works and I get rock slide'd to death, and I never really bring Dragonite anyways.

I usually start Whimsicott + Incin, with Armarouge and Char Y in the back, pretty much always doing Tailwind + Fake Out first.

This team has mostly been struggling with Trick Room, opposing Incineroars, Garchomps, Sneaslers, and Sand teams.

Note: My best way of getting Pokemon is Pokemon GO 😭

This is really strong and really fun to play. Before you say its bad or isn’t optimal, I won a locals 3-0 and went 4-1 at another with this team. I think it is one of the best ways to play rain right now.

Basicaly I am new to Pokemon Champions
and require help in setting up team