Quick Run down Indeedee + Delphox (mega) + Expanding Force = What i was trying to do
I had Sneasler with Psychic Seed + CC, Dire, Coaching, Protect
CC feels off with no white Herb, and Coaching seems useless as the attack does air for the other 2 (i had king gambito but terrian screws him over worse than drunk seeing a bar and then his wife)

This is for doubles, and by all means start from scratch with indeed and delphox, sneasler isnt a requirement just what i was attempting

i can get more rilabooms , currently i have 1 but i will get more so if you see i traded mine you can still ask me about a rilaboom in the pictures is what i have to offer, just tell me your friend code in pokemon home and what you are interested in, i can also evolve some of the un evolved pokemon so ask me aout tat if you are interested

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Wanted to use Japan Sand since Mega Mence is back. Haven’t played fast sand since M-A and not familiar with the archetype.

The sets are as follows:

Salamence @ Salamencite
Hasty Nature
Intimidate
10 ATK / 24 SPATK / 32 SPE
- Tailwind
- Double-Edge
- Hyper Voice
- Protect

Standard 2018 set for the archetype, rarely use TW, too threatened by Ice types despite Ttar and Exca.

Tyranitar @ Choice Scarf
Jolly Nature
Sand Stream
32 ATK / 2 DEF / 32 SPE
- Rock Slide
- Superpower
- Ice Punch
- Knock Off

Standard Scarf Ttar, inflexibility is rough on me.

Excadrill @ Focus Sash
Adamant Nature
Sand Rush
2 HP / 32 ATK / 32 SPE
- Protect
- High Horsepower
- Rock Slide
- Iron Head

Standard Sand Rush set, JS set had LO, gave it to Rotom, hard to use outside of sand.

Milotic @ Leftovers
Bold Nature
Competitive
32 HP / 32 DEF / 2 SPATK
- Protect
- Scald
- Ice Beam
- Life Dew

Standard set, genuinely solid on my team.

Sinistcha @ Sitrus Berry
Calm Nature
Hospitality
32 HP / 14 DEF / 20 SPDEF
- Matcha Gotcha
- Strength Sap
- Trick Room
- Rage Powder

Standard set, hardly bring it, hardly does anything.

Rotom-Heat @ Life Orb
Calm Nature
Levitate
32 HP / 6 DEF / 5 SPDEF / 23 SPE
- Overheat
- Thunderbolt
- Volt Switch
- Protect

Weird set, need a counter to Pelipper, Corviknight and Mega Golisopod. Good against those, horrible against everything else.

I'm very new to VGC and have been playing to for 3 days now tho I dont really know what I do. I'm totally lost when it comes to EVs since I dont know how to invest in my defenses. Pls help

thoughts on this team? i dont know how this playstyle works but lmk thanks!

Guys I am stuck in Ub3 for past 4hr , what adjustment or pokemon change should I do ?

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Id like any advice about sets, or possible different directions the team could go in, like should I switch any moves, items, stat spreads, etc. Also should I use different megas? Overall though Id also like to know whether or not its fine as is. Any opinions are much appreciated.

I will do 2:1 for the golisopod.

I've always wanted to use mega chomp since seeing it cuz hes so cool. Though, when others saw failure in Levitate, I saw opprotunity. My main idea is to equake spam with Exca next to MEGA CHOMP Z, and have a overall very offensive sand team, with defense where needed.

Mega Chomp. Let's start with it's strenghts. It's incredibly fast, it hits decently hard, and is immune to ground moves. Pure Dragon resits a lot, like Yard heatwave, grassy glide and wood hammer, Wave crash and aqua jet, Flare blitz, and so on. He has coverage that hits a lot in this format, like Power Gem for dem Yards and Flamethrower for dem Golisopods and Rillabooms. I sadly need full-ish special attack to manage to ohko these threats, but it works out great. With his speed this high, I build it to outspeed Mega Frosslass, Sneasler, Salamence and other stuff in that tier. Now, he struggles a lot into floette, not being able to hit it back, while usually getting OHKOed by any touch of fairy moves. It loses ground stab, and keeps that high attack stat without it being used. So these are what we need to find in good teamates.

Ttar. Ttar is here to setup the sand and hopefully get a Ddance or 2, then rockslide to oblivion. It walls frosslass, which is incredibly nice for this guy, and hits overall really hard, with the added bonus of item removal. Ttar has always been a complete menace with one glaring weakness: Fighting types, but most of the relavent fighting types cripple to Garchomp + Excadrill anyways. (Kommo-o, sneasler, etc) Ttar is holding the Tyranitarite due to lack of better or more valuable item.

Excadrill. Oh boy, life orb boosted earthquakes hit hard. Excadrill is my main damage source, with sand rush and life orb hitting extreemly hard. I moved some points from speed into HP so grassy glide is less game-ending, and I have X-Scissor to hit those Rillabooms back. I know, rock slide is way better, but I have rock moves on both the mentioned mon already. It hits Floette, so that helps.

i've built a core of salamence, floette and rillaboom so far but i'm not sure who to add
Mega Salamence-
He is suppost to be that base of my team being able to nuke serious threats but also able to tank hits too. he is also able to support the team with tailwind
Rillaboom-
i want him to be providing support through fake out and grassy terrain support while being able to tank hits and hit decently hard with grass moves
Floette-
she is suppost to support rillaboom by preventing him from getting intimidated while still being very threatning through strong spread damage. I am unsure about evs and move set tho
issues-
i have a bad matchup into kingambit, mawile, archaludon, gholdengo, and metagross
also i don't want to use sneasler, kingambit, incineroar, archaludon, gholdengo, golisopod or swampert

Can anyone tell what to change

this my first time doing this pls no hate
Blaziken-Mega @ Blazikenite
Ability: Speed Boost
Level: 50
EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Detect
- Blaze Kick
- Rock Slide

Kommo-o @ Expert Belt
Ability: Soundproof
Level: 50
EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
- Aura Sphere
- Clanging Scales
- Protect
- Flash Cannon

Whimsicott @ Mental Herb
Ability: Prankster
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
- Trick Room
- Tailwind
- Helping Hand
- Moonblast

Grimmsnarl (M) @ Light Clay
Ability: Prankster
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 32 Def / 2 SpD
Impish Nature
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Spirit Break
- Fake Out

Rotom-Wash @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Level: 50
EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
- Discharge
- Hydro Pump
- Volt Switch
- Protect

Metagross-Mega @ Metagrossite
Ability: Tough Claws
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 32 Atk / 2 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Meteor Mash
- Psychic Fangs
- Bullet Punch
- Protect

Ft (all shiny) :

• Alolan Ninetales
• Charcadet
• Torkoal
• Cinderace
• Vaporeon
• Incineroar
• Whimsicott
• Alakazam
• Gyarados
• Vanilluxe
• Corviknight
• Kommo-O
• Greninja
• Gardevoir
• Milotic
• Iron Hands
• Iron Bundle
• Flutter Mane
• Palafin

ping me if you're interested in any 🙂

I’m trying to get a better Charizard match up and try to switch out whimsicott for something better because it doesn’t feel the best

Baxcalibur @ Baxcalibrite
Ability: Thermal Exchange
Level: 50
EVs: 10 HP / 9 Atk / 24 SpD / 23 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Glaive Rush
- High Horsepower
- Ice Shard
- Protect

Ninetales-Alola @ Light Clay
Ability: Snow Warning
Level: 50
EVs: 31 HP / 9 Def / 26 Spe
Timid Nature
- Blizzard
- Protect
- Aurora Veil
- Moonblast

Aerodactyl @ Focus Sash
Ability: Rock Head
Level: 50
EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Protect
- Tailwind
- Rock Slide
- Dual Wingbeat

Froslass (F)
Ability: Snow Cloak
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 2 Def / 32 SpA
Modest Nature
- Blizzard
- Protect
- Shadow Ball
- Nasty Plot

Rillaboom @ Miracle Seed
Ability: Grassy Surge
Level: 50
EVs: 20 HP / 4 Atk / 22 Def / 20 SpD
Careful Nature
- Grassy Glide
- Wood Hammer
- Fake Out
- High Horsepower

Incineroar @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 16 Def / 18 SpD
Careful Nature
- Fake Out
- Parting Shot
- Throat Chop
- Flare Blitz

https://pokepast.es/43bd2964f0cba4ea

Im thinking something like this? that sneasler slot idk what else i could put, i have been toying with the idea of aichu but im not fully sold

Building with OTS Bo3 in mind (regionals)

Looking for a completely new team for Singles, Honestly I never surpassed Great Ball Rank 4, so if I even get past that I'll be happy

https://pokepast.es/e7d7ebadd1bbbe05

Tried to build it more fun wise but it can still work tho also looking at running a rain setter and not setting it manually but will probably improve the team

Any ideas appreciated

Hellooo I want to build a team around mega golispod for a tournament/laddering
Ive got an intinal idea but im open for any suggestions or changes the team could undertake
Heres my little explanation of the team
(Evs are not finalized)

M-GOLISPOD
Hes very bulky so im thinking of using him as a bulky setup sweeper with swords dance
Strong stabs with first impression and iron head and priority w sucker punch this guy is gonna do DAMAGE

PELIPPER
Is here to set the rain up which cuts the damage of fire moves which golispod loves
Tailwind and wideguard for good utility and hurricane and weatherball for some good stabs
Sitrus for good recovery

ARCHADUALON
If youve got rain arch is here to stay
With leftovers giving good recovery
Flash cannon and dragon pulse for good stabs electro shot to snowball to power up that special atk and protect to keep arch safe

M-SWAMPERT
And swampert just LOVES rain and can be brought for matches golispod hates
Wave crash high horsepower and ice punch for good coverage and protect

GRIMMSNARL
Hes here to increase my team overall bulk and be very dispurtive with parting shot light screen and foul play and spirit break
Why i didnt go for reflect is because since my two main megas are physically bulky(so is arch) and spirit break could help aganist fighting dark and dragon types

SINISTCHA
Here for healing w its ability matcha gotcha for some spread damage (since ive got none)
Trick room which can help enable golispod(and aganist tr teams) and so can rage powder and protect
Coba berry to help aganist the rain mirror

Thanks for reading and all suggestions will be appreciated!!!

I'm helping a new player to build a team under these new regulations because he just started in VGC Champions. Any help with viable teams is appreciated