Mega Gardevoir Expanding Force Team Guide | VGC Strategy

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The Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments community discusses optimizing a Mega Gardevoir Expanding Force team. This thread explores essential adjustments, including the use of Imprison to counter Gholdengo and Wide Guard, as well as the strategic inclusion of Armarouge. Members share competitive insights on move coverage and team synergy to help players refine their Trick Room builds for high-level VGC play.

royalstream-47 OP

Any recommendations or advice? Honestly, Tinkaton is quite useful against Farigraf rivals, although Wide Guard gives me trouble. I don't know if I should remove Trick Room from Gardevoir and give it Moonblast

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ivoryunicorn-80

cool strat

ivoryunicorn-80

he can fake out and help to set up tr

ivoryunicorn-80

and then ohko opposing gambits inside of tr

@royalstream-47 Any recommendations or advice? Honestly, Tinkaton is quite useful against Farigraf rivals, although…
ivoryunicorn-80

ur really weak to gholdengo

ivoryunicorn-80

maybe change tinka for torkol

ivoryunicorn-80

This a tr team

ivoryunicorn-80

???

royalstream-47 OP

You don't know the pleasure of landing a gunk shot on a Charizard and leaving it at 20% + poison touch

ivoryunicorn-80

more damage

ivoryunicorn-80

not gambeling

ivoryunicorn-80

what do u need bruno

ivoryunicorn-80

?

royalstream-47 OP

Gunk Shot is possibly one of the best moves Sneasler could have had; the amount of damage it does plus the poison makes it totally worth taking the risk of missing

@royalstream-47 Any recommendations or advice? Honestly, Tinkaton is quite useful against Farigraf rivals, although…
ivoryunicorn-80

use imprison gradevior pls

@ivoryunicorn-80 what do u need bruno
royalstream-47 OP

A response to gholdengo and wide guard

ivoryunicorn-80

let search

@ivoryunicorn-80 maybe change tinka for torkol
royalstream-47 OP

Yep

royalstream-47 OP

I was thinking the same thing because of Gholdengo and Gambit, although Sneasler already handles Gambit

ivoryunicorn-80

Armarouge @ Life Orb
Ability: Flash Fire
Level: 50
- Armor Cannon
- Shadow Ball
- Expanding Force
- Trick Room

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ivoryunicorn-80

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royalstream-47 OP

Indeed, I had forgotten about my armoruge boy

royalstream-47 OP

Let me take it out of home thank you very much Tomito

ivoryunicorn-80

ur welcome

ivoryunicorn-80

u can change shado ball for protect

quickjewel-96

Where is the move coverage lol

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quickjewel-96

It's all psychic and fairy. Gambit eats the whole team on its own lol

@quickjewel-96 It's all psychic and fairy. Gambit eats the whole team on its own lol
royalstream-47 OP

Gambit is 0 problems, Sneasler is Adamant it kills it even with Chopple Berry

royalstream-47 OP

The only ones that genuinely annoy me are Gholdengo and Aegislash, but nobody uses Aegislash

royalstream-47 OP

Gardevoir Expanding Force kills things that resist the Fairy type

royalstream-47 OP

It does an exaggerated amount of damage, to be honest

royalstream-47 OP

238 modest + stab + 140 bp expanding force + 50 bonus from terrain

royalstream-47 OP

Nah sneasler is top supports on this team

royalstream-47 OP

I need to kill those gambits

@royalstream-47 Gambit is 0 problems, Sneasler is Adamant it kills it even with Chopple Berry
quickjewel-96

Gambit looks like zero problems until it goes down. Having to protect it is a challenge that has to be overcome every match

royalstream-47 OP

I mean I could give imprison to my gardevoir or farigraf

ivoryunicorn-80

Man it does work

ivoryunicorn-80

there is not other mon that fill that roll jimmy

royalstream-47 OP

That's how it is

ivoryunicorn-80

snor cant ohko gambit

ivoryunicorn-80

and it doesnt even kill 32+ Atk Snorlax Earthquake vs. 2 HP / 0 Def Kingambit: 96-114 (54.2 - 64.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

ivoryunicorn-80

Belly drum and tr

ivoryunicorn-80

how are u going to set up that

royalstream-47 OP

The problem is that I need the highest damage output; I only have 5 turns of trickrom, so Sneasler is perfect. 120 STAB fighting-type move + 120 STAB poison-type move is really solid in this meta also poison touch is Big on trickrom

ivoryunicorn-80

32+ Atk Kingambit Low Kick (120 BP) vs. 32 HP / 2 Def Snorlax: 214-252 (80.1 - 94.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO

ivoryunicorn-80

this is after a belly drum

quickjewel-96

Yeah Snorlax is far from the answer

quickjewel-96

It's just trying to avoid being meta for the sake of avoiding

@royalstream-47 Any recommendations or advice? Honestly, Tinkaton is quite useful against Farigraf rivals, although…
ivoryunicorn-80

just run vaccum wave garde and add aramrouge

@ivoryunicorn-80 just run vaccum wave garde and add aramrouge
royalstream-47 OP

I think I'll remove Primarina because Gardevoir already does its job and add armo

ivoryunicorn-80

Bro

quickjewel-96

It's not

ivoryunicorn-80

Pro players say that iron ball sneasler is a good mon

ivoryunicorn-80

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4GXYiSHaHw

@royalstream-47 I think I'll remove Primarina because Gardevoir already does its job and add armo
quickjewel-96

Prim is nice though because of liquid voice

@quickjewel-96 Prim is nice though because of liquid voice
royalstream-47 OP

True, but I have no way to change the weather, and the Zard leave the sun set

royalstream-47 OP

Armó is also a very good lead against zard

royalstream-47 OP

Fire absorb

quickjewel-96

32+ SpA Liquid Voice Primarina Hyper Voice vs. 20 HP / 0 SpD Mega Charizard Y in Sun: 54-66 (31.2 - 38.1%) -- 75.68% chance to 3HKO

quickjewel-96

Solid chip still idk what expanding force does but it may be enough

ivoryunicorn-80

?

ivoryunicorn-80

handle what?

@quickjewel-96 Solid chip still idk what expanding force does but it may be enough
royalstream-47 OP

Expanding force is a move that under psychic terrain ceases to be an 80 bp single target move and becomes a 140 bp spread move

@royalstream-47 Expanding force is a move that under psychic terrain ceases to be an 80 bp single target move and b…
quickjewel-96

No I know what it DOES lol

quickjewel-96

I meant how much damage

royalstream-47 OP

Usually against Toxa or a Wide Guard user, I avoid using Psychic Terrain so I don't get blocked on Gardevoir

@quickjewel-96 I meant how much damage
royalstream-47 OP

A l o t

ivoryunicorn-80

set up tr

ivoryunicorn-80

and sweep

royalstream-47 OP

Yeah

ivoryunicorn-80

32+ Atk Huge Power Mega Mawile Play Rough vs. 32 HP / 2 Def Snorlax: 201-237 (75.2 - 88.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

ivoryunicorn-80

Tanky mon btw

royalstream-47 OP

They should have given Meowstic the ability to set terrain on Mega Evolving

ivoryunicorn-80

32+ Atk Huge Power Mega Mawile Play Rough vs. 32 HP / 1 Def Garchomp: 302-356 (140.4 - 165.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO

quickjewel-96

32+ SpA Mega Gardevoir Expanding Force vs. 20 HP / 0 SpD Mega Charizard Y: 81-96 (46.8 - 55.4%) -- 67.19% chance to 2HKO

not quite enough outside of terrain

quickjewel-96

Under terrain it is though

quickjewel-96

32+ SpA Mega Gardevoir Expanding Force (120 BP) vs. 20 HP / 0 SpD Mega Charizard Y in Psychic Terrain: 117-138 (67.6 - 79.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

quickjewel-96

That liquid voice chip made the difference

quickjewel-96

Only like 6% miss for OHKO

royalstream-47 OP

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royalstream-47 OP

The team works

royalstream-47 OP

It's funny

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