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Best Mega Evolution for VGC Fast Mode Teams | Pokémon VGC

My trickroom mode is consisted of Mawile until Golisopod arrives so most of the team is for that plus Milotic for trickroom as Farigiraf and Incineroar are the core that come into all match ups as their are the core that hold everything while Corviknight is used for tailwind plus threatening with Brave Bird and Body press. I'm open to all of the suggestions and it need to patch up some of the worst match ups like sun teams and sometimes hard rain teams


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Optimizing the Todoroki VGC Team: Blizzard & Eruption Strats

So I've made this team before like last month or something and i manage to win 5 games in a row with it and it felt pretty good, but I'm wondering if i can improve on it because rain can be a little difficult, Especially basculegion since switching into Kingambit is a little rough for it from what i remember, obviously the idea for this team is to set up tailwind and Spam both Blizzard and Eruption but I've only manage to do that in 2 out of the 5 games I've play, so i would like some thoughts and feedback


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VGC Team Building: Feedback on Bulky Mega Strategy

It’s a bit of an unorthodox thought for the team. The idea is that both of my megas become extremely bulky and hard to get rid of while also redirecting damage away from my other mons. However I’m thinking I may have missed something and I don’t have enough coverage for match ups.

We have Gholdengo for Fairy, Ghost and Rock type coverage. This one is max speed modest for damage output. Tho I also considered running a speed boosting nature just in case of a mirror match.

Sneasler is the standard build, but is also my only physical attacker so I’m not sure that will be ideal.

Any coverage I’m missing? Any glaring issues that this team will run into that I’ve not seen?

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Building Competitive Snow & Sun Teams | Pokémon VGC Guide

These are the current few pokemon i have-am i able to make a good snow/sun team? Ive been using a rain team and its boring for me. I also have both whimsicott and mega staraptor-if i cant make another weather team, a mega staraptor team would be fine i guess.

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Blaziken VGC Team Building Help | Pokémon Champions

Hey guys! Just looking for some ideas for this little Blaziken team I'm in the process of constructing. https://pokepast.es/ab1e4f8414943fdd
Any suggestions for a 6th mon - with a reason of course - would be much appreciated!

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Mega Dragalge VGC Team Building Guide & Strategy

Malamar @ Focus Sash
Ability: Contrary
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 13 Def / 2 SpA / 19 SpD
Calm Nature
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Skill Swap
- Trick Room

Charizard @ Charizardite Y
Ability: Blaze
Level: 50
EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe
Modest Nature
- Protect
- Overheat
- Heat Wave
- Solar Beam

Dragalge @ Dragalgite
Ability: Adaptability
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 6 Def / 25 SpA / 3 SpD
Calm Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Haze
- Protect
- Sludge Bomb

Sinistcha @ Leftovers
Ability: Hospitality
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 6 Def / 3 SpA / 25 SpD
Calm Nature
- Life Dew
- Matcha Gotcha
- Shadow Ball
- Rage Powder

Basculegion @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 2 HP / 25 Atk / 9 Def / 30 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Wave Crash
- Last Respects
- Aqua Jet
- Protect

Whimsicott @ Focus Sash
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
- Moonblast
- Tailwind
- Encore
- Sunny Day

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Pokémon VGC Teambuilding: Staraptor & Mega Zard Y Strategy

Team: https://pokepast.es/0af2c1791e2babef
After going through a redraft of my previous season's team i decided to spice up the staraptor team with the new season. But i am facing a bit of a hurdlle with my Farigiraf's moveset, Rotom wash's inclusion on the team, and the same can be said for Garchomp. For Garchomp in specific, my staraptor mode includes Garchomp abusing the flying type and levitate from staraptor and rotom-wash to spam. However, a major flaw I noticed is that it is extremely susceptible to any fairy types. This forces me to almost always bring Zard Y (My secondary mega) for any matchup with fairy types.

I am thinking about returning Gholdengo into the team after using it to climb towards masterball tier as a replacement for Garchomp. If the replacement happens do I slap life orb or use the scarf trick set on gholdengo for better speed control and surprise threats that would normally threaten it like froslass and zard Y (Power gem coverage).

Besides the garchomp dilemma, I need help with Rotom wash and farigiraf.

P.S: the Farig set is just me slapsticking something 😭

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Off-Meta Mega Pokémon Teams: Malamar & Absol VGC Builds

Are they practical? no. Are they good? debatable. Are they funny? Yes, and thats what matters.

First team is Mega Malamar https://pokepast.es/711c46324b08b6d6 Mega malamar is the primary mega who wants to press superpower, mega staraptor is the most optional piece, i just picked it because "haha funny other contrary pokemon" for whims, i picked tickle over charm because malamar is VERY frail, so i want to boost its attack and defense with the same move. salazle boosts malamars stats it cant itself, and offers disable + fake out support, sinistcha do sinistcha and keep malamar alive, and arch is mainly for my harder matchups, sylveon and floette. i can usually deal with zard y with fake out + superpower then scary face or fake tears (depending if they have tailwind up or not) then psycho cut.

https://pokepast.es/ad0b839e88ec371a the other team is mega absol. this one i feel can get a lot better and im just not putting the peices together. My main idea is to lead grim, do grim, then parting into absol and justified beat up away, then sweep. i want weavile for fake out + garchomp answer (earthquake hurts even with friend guard and play rough okay?) i feel this slot is expendable though. whims is my speed control on this team, and floette is my secondary mega bc it resists both bug and fighting, which absol doesnt like


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Competitive Pokémon Singles Team Building Help | Pokémon Cha

helloooo, im kinda new to competitive guys, and i wanna understand and improve at it rn, idk if anyone would mind to help me making a team with me rn and helping me understand combos of it and everything, i would really appreciate thanks ^^ Feel free to dm me or answer the post thankss

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Mastering Pokémon Singles: Team Building & Strategy Tips

I have zero experience or knowledge of vgc, I only played the games for the story gameplay. I am trying to get to Master rank with some team combinations, but I feel like I am getting outplayed at almost every turn now because I don't know any good team synnergy or what move/ability rotations to use depending on circumstances, I feel really stuck and I am so close to Masters (Up and down between Ultra rank 2 and 1).

I have attached a picture of the teams I am using. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Pokémon VGC Sandroom Team Building Guide & Tips

This team has some strong parts but doesn’t feel very consistent. I’ll go on some big win streaks and then lose a few in a row. Four fighting weaknesses is definitely a problem but I’m not sure on replacements. I thought about sneasler over incin but then trick room doesn’t feel as strong and intimidate is very valuable. Looking for any suggestions/replacements to test out.

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