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Mega Salamence VGC Team Building Guide | Pokémon Champions

Hello im kinda new to vgc and ive seen that salamance will be added to champions so i instantly though of a mega pairing with mawile( since they cover for each others weaknesses pretty well)
Salamance:using it as a special attacker with draco hyper voice for some reliable spread damage tailwind to support the team and protect
Mawile:a standard set w play rough iron head sucker punch and protect
Now im looking for help to fill out the team and im unsure of the duos needs

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Mega Gengar VGC Team Building Guide & Strategy

For a few days, I've been scratching my head over who should i slot in for the last 2 party member spaces for this team that involves Mega Gengar's shadow tag to create unfavorable situations that my opponent is forced to play against and allow the partner pokemon to take knockouts easily (Primarily Kommo-o). Ideally, the last 2 team members should enable me an alternate gameplan if Mega Gengar does not work whether that be via a secondary mega or just 2 usual pokemon.

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Baxcalibur VGC Team Build: Strategy & Analysis

https://pokepast.es/f0bf9eb7a15e1b0e

Baxcalibur: The man, the myth, the legend. Ice gives super effective coverage on a ton of mons, and dragon gives amazing neutral STAB. It gets a priority ice move that doesn't make contact, and glaive rush downside can be ignored by a protect or ice shard (granted that whims/farig isnt on the field). Very bulky, very strong, middling 85 speed.

Grimm: Screens! EVEN MORE BULK! FAKE OUT AND PARTING SHOT! INCINEROAR IF HE EXPERIMENTED IN COLLEGE WITH THE GAYS AND THE THEYS.

Rillaboom: Recovery, utility, big wood hammer. Presuming they dont remove fake out or u turn, I feel this is a must (although sinistcha is super tempting.)

Talonflame: TW setter, quick guard to block prio moves from anything not named aerodactyl, acrobatics because focus sash, and flare blitz to get it off the field in a hurry if I needs a free switch.

Palafin: I just think he is neat. Huge BST, mono-water typing, access to CC or Drain Punch, all around a good mon to have.

Metagross: Secondary Mega and destroyer of toxipex. No meteor mash because I hate missing, and stomping tantrum because grassy terrain reducing EQ damage.

Team Goal: Protect the leader. Bax/Meta too slow? Use Talonflame. Too squishy? Grimmsnarl. Too dead? Rillaboom. Palafin is the ace in the hole who we leave in the back after a flip turn on turn 1, allowing us to cycle in rilla/grim for 2 consecutive fakeouts, or to pivot baxcalibur into a quad resist grass attack or a regular resist electric attack.

Pretty straightforward, nothing fancy, very chill. Yes, incin would be better then Grimm, but I want screens to amplify the already magnanimous bulk that is mega baxcalibur and talonflame for prio tw is a must, so no cat im afraid.

Is the gameplan simple, YES. Would Sinistcha be a strict upgrade to Rilla because rage powder? Maybe. Will this team do anything well? Probably not. But! it is a start.

Let me know what you think, I would love your thoughts!

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🛠️ USEFUL VGC TOOLS & WEBSITES

🧩 Marriland Team Builder
https://marriland.com/tools/team-builder/
A great tool to check your team’s type matchups and weaknesses.

⚔️ Pokémon Showdown
https://play.pokemonshowdown.com
Build, test, share, and battle with your teams without spending resources training your Pokémon.

📰 Nimbasa City Post
https://www.nimbasacitypost.com/?m=1
A great place to keep up with tournament news and see how the VGC metagame is developing.

🧮 Nerd of Now Damage Calculator
https://nerd-of-now.github.io/NCP-VGC-Damage-Calculator/
A damage calculator with common meta spreads already included, so you don’t have to search for them yourself.

📊 Limitless VGC
https://limitlessvgc.com
One of the best websites for VGC metagame information. Check what Pokémon are using, team trends, and results from tournaments throughout VGC history.

📋 Teamsheet.gg
https://teamsheet.gg/
A great place to find teams and their reports, as well as create your own teamsheets for IRL tournaments.

📈 Munchstats
https://munchstats.com/
A useful website for checking Pokémon and move usage statistics from ladder play.

PASRS: https://devoncorp.press/resources/the-release-of-pasrs-7-0
A google spreadsheet to analyze ur replays and watch ur usage stat in moves ,leads ,winning plans for every matchup and more
(Works with showdown only)

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Mausape Rain Team Guide: VGC Strategy & Optimization

https://pokepast.es/a55e4a71bbf59255
Maushold is just used to provide support with follow me, boost ape and archaludon by beat up and soften opposing mons with super fang, also to reset rain
Pelipper is offensive cause i like hard hitting and fast pelippers (basically the tradition on my rain teams)
Archaludon is max spdef allowing it to live more hits on its weaker defense stat
Annihilape is just the standard? set
Mpert is just mpert
Basc has psyfangs to take a surprise ko on white herb sneaslers (or just drop them to their sash to get koed by smth else)
Most of the time i lose just because of me being stupid.
Need help identifying bad matchups.
And fixes if possible

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