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Mega Mawile Trick Room Team: VGC Strategy & Feedback

This is a Trick Room team built around Mega Mawile. It includes a fast Garchomp, specifically optimized to OHKO Mega Charizard Y, and a slow Ninetales designed to overwrite rain immediately. The Ninetales also serves as a check to Archaludon with Overheat and can pressure Swampert with Solar Beam. I substitute these two in place of Incineroar when facing rain or Charizard-based teams. Since I am new to VGC, this is my first self-built team, and I would love some suggestions or feedback


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Mastering Mega Eelektross in VGC: Team Building Guide

Getting back into VGC after a short break, I played champions at launch but dropped until recently, while its not a mandatory focus I would like to play a team core that can include M Eelektross, would appreciate any advice or knowledge on what pairings play into it and or what team I could be running to achieve the best results with it at this point in time (I do have VGC experience prior playing from SWSH through Reg I SV, so I dont need a coach so much I do a meta breakdown/team suggestion)

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Arash Ommati's Team

Hello everyone! I have been wanting to build Arash Ommati's Protect The King team for the next season in a couple of hours. We got the natures, items and the moves but not the spread.

Any Pros willing to help me out and give me a hand to look out for threats in the M-B regulation?

Optimizing Gholdengo & Scrafty VGC Infestation Teams

it's the standard zard y - toxapex set but instead of metagross and hydreigon for its second core i wanna try using mega scrafty

the idea is to set up screens with grim and infestation and then parting shot into double intimidate by scrafty.

I'm using gholdengo as the cover for scrafty but honestly I'm not sure about this gholdengo. this is my first time playing vgc and don't know anything about how to pilot this cheese man.

since i have no speed control, i ended up using scarf max special atk set with trick but i haven't played enough of it. in theory trick infestation should be really good but i want to know if there are any other options i could use


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Heliolisk VGC Strategy: Building Sandstorm & Trick Room Team

I'm still new to VGC (got to ultraball 1 and am probably ending the season there) and my main team is a sandstorm/half trick room team. I had some trouble with rain so added heliolisk because
- electric
- dry skin
- interesting speed that outspeeds some important things but still underspeeds others important things in trick room
- shed tail (though I dropped it for grass knot because helio is too fragile so the subs are too fragile if they can even come out, also needed help in mirror match)
- volt switch

And it seems to be doing really well as a life orb glass cannon/wallbreaker. But like I said I'm still new so what am I missing? Full team below with some move notes for weird picks and things I could use advice on:

Farigiraf (armor tail, sassy, 2def, 32spp, 32spdef)
[Lum berry]
- psychic (nice to have but I can't find good times to use)
- trick room
- hyper voice
- thunder (anti-rain + synergy with non-mega raichu lightningrod)

Hippopotas (sand stream, adamant, 32hp, 32att, 2 def)
[Smooth rock]
- high horsepower
- rock slide
- yawn
- slack off

Steelix (sheer force, relaxed, 2hp, 32att, 32def)
[Steelixite]
- high horsepower
- heavy slam
- protect
- rock slide

Snorlax (thick fat, brave, 32hp, 32att, 2def)
[Leftovers]
- double edge
- heat crash
- heavy slam (heat crash seems better most of the time)
- yawn (probably gonna change this)

Raichu (lightningrod, timid, 2hp, 32spatt, 32spd)
[Raichunite X]
- rising voltage
- fake out
- knock off
- trailblaze (completely useless what should I use?)

Heliolisk (dry skin, modest, 2hp, 32spatt, 32spd)
- thunderbolt
- volt switch
- protect
- grass knot

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Mastering Hydrapple TR Teams | Pokémon VGC Strategy

I have been using this hydrapple team in Master, I have been losing a lot the last few days against mega Charizard, and sometimes mega staraptor but I have a very good matchup against rain team, I would like to integrate the matcha on the team but I'm not sure if its worth it, and honestly I need help with what are my best lineups, i usually just go with Hydrapple and farigiraf



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Pokémon Singles Team Building Advice & Strategy Discussion

I'm so far in Ultra 3 (I know prob not too high) however I'm been loving this team but do feel I probably should cut Decidueye as it's the same purpose as Scizor in my opinion. I did recently make some changes with cutting Knockoff on Scizor for BugBite and change the EV of Archaludon from Speed to Sp. ATK. But any advice from using different mons or even items would be greatly appreciated!


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Help with making a team for a new player

I want my friend to get into competitive battling and I want to have her face as little friction as possible to get started. For that, I wanna make a team around her favorite pokemon (Sylveon, gardevoir and Mikikyu) while trying to avoid the ones she really doesnt like (Generally anything that looks burly or bulky thats after gen 4). Can someone help with making a team that can work for them? Im guessing trick room but I have no knowledge in how to properly make a team like that. Thanks for the help. Pictured here are what I have access to to make the team. Along with my guesses at the sets for them.





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Tournament Winning VGC Team Build | Pokémon Champions

Garchomp @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Rough Skin
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Stomping Tantrum
- Rock Tomb

Sinistcha @ Kasib Berry
Ability: Hospitality
Bold Nature
- Matcha Gotcha
- Rage Powder
- Life Dew
- Protect

Maushold @ Focus Sash
Ability: Friend Guard
Jolly Nature
- Follow Me
- Super Fang
- Feint
- Protect

Delphox @ Delphoxite
Ability: Blaze
Modest Nature
- Heat Wave
- Psyshock
- Nasty Plot
- Protect

Floette-Eternal @ Floettite
Ability: Flower Veil
Modest Nature
- Dazzling Gleam
- Draining Kiss
- Calm Mind
- Protect

Incineroar @ Passho Berry
Ability: Intimidate
Careful Nature
- Parting Shot
- Fake Out
- Throat Chop
- Flare Blitz

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