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Mega Barbaracle Team Discussion & Weather Counters

Basically been looking into barbaracle as my next mega team to tackle and was scrolling around online and found this face book post of a team. I do kinda like what it’s going for here. I like the options that it has and it supports Barbara or well without having the whole team be dedicated to it. But I feel there could be better options to go off with it as well. Thoughts? (Also it doesn’t have stat invest but Ithink I can roughly figure that out.)

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Physical Espathra Scoli Baton Pass Test

https://pokepast.es/17d1f9e4504798bc

Testing this silly silly setup team on Showdown.

Probably should replace one of the megas for Scovillain. Still looking for a core as consistent as Espathra/Scovillain/Politoed/Archaludon, but this has been fun so far. Open for any suggestions - haven't really made any calcs and EV adjustments nor anything like that yet

A few matches:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9championsvgc2026regmb-2637096803-1sxio2g0o0o7kgnmdx8serbos1519c1pw

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9championsvgc2026regmb-2636962164-gsrqdyv3ejopywv9r4y8aeu52vt2fvdpw

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9championsvgc2026regmb-2636784308-mrru0bvyq2fl7lx6ay2cthskhp4a7a6pw

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Mega Dragalge Toxic Doubles Team Guide

I love mega dragalge.

I hit master ball in the first season with scovillain bulky archaludon pelliper basculegion. I made a team for dragalge built around toxic and bulk (team 3 in the photo) but it flopped HARD. I threw dragalge into my old team (team 1) and replaced scovillain's role with him. It worked but that's because the other three carried all the weight.

How can I make a great toxic team around mega dragalge for doubles?

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School of VGC: Weekly Team Building Lessons

Here i will be hosting a weekly vc lesson for people who want to learn from the ground up. after all lessons i will post the summaries in this thread. first lesson will be this weekend. ill be sure to keep everyone in the loop. lesson curriculum is on Team Building and the various tools we use to craft a master and up ranked team for both ladder and tournaments.

Feedback Request: Rain Team for Regulating M-B

Before anything, i want to clarify that i already hit master ball with a slightly different version of this team, but now i want to perfect it for the path going forward to champions tier and to use it in a future tournament I'm planning to participate in.

I wanted to invest some speed on M-Mawille so she can outspeed max speed garchomp under tailwind, of course at the cost of losing some attack and hp points, but since she gets a boost with her ability when mege i didn't see a problem. Also, i changed her ability from Hyper cutter to intimidate. Reason being is so she can survive an earthquake from garchomp and provide a counter to physical attackers in general, Hyper cutter was to prevent her being intimidated but i think she will still hit hard when mega. (Haven't tested so i cant know for sure)
Finally the last change i did was to replace sinistcha with volcarona. Because i didn't bring sinistcha to matches that much cause of general bad matchup for him and sometimes he didn't offer much to the game besides the healing and the redirection plus being a grass offer some coverage for switching. Not saying it was bad, but most times i didn't want to open with it because i lost the healing and it's not that good offensive. So I chose Volcarona for his good defensive stats, it also offers redirection and is a second tailwind settler with a good offensive power, given me a fire coverage to deal with annoying mons like kingambit. That way i can open with him plus Mawille, with flame body and rage powder it can deal with physical attackers that treat Mawille and can set tailwind, so i don't need to depend on peli for it.

I would like to hear some feedback, if there are changes i could or should do on the moves, stats, ability or even another mons to use to make the team more solid. Also i want to know any treat i didn't see that can counter the team and overall opinion on the team.


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VGC Teams Preview MB Tour Lineups

Garchomp @ Life Orb
Ability: Rough Skin
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Protect

Farigiraf @ Leftovers
Ability: Armor Tail
Bold Nature
- Twin Beam
- Imprison
- Trick Room
- Protect

Raichu @ Raichunite Y
Ability: Lightning Rod
Timid Nature
- Fake Out
- Zap Cannon
- Volt Switch
- Focus Blast

Pelipper @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Drizzle
Modest Nature
- Weather Ball
- Hurricane
- Ice Beam
- Wide Guard

Aerodactyl @ Focus Sash
Ability: Unnerve
Jolly Nature
- Rock Slide
- Dual Wingbeat
- Tailwind
- Protect

Basculegion @ Mystic Water
Ability: Adaptability
Adamant Nature
- Wave Crash
- Last Respects
- Aqua Jet
- Protect

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Team Help Request: Improve VGC Team

hi guys I really need help to improve/change my team because right now i get destroyed against anything like i always have a big weakness idk why (maybe skill issue lol but if skill issue at least i know i can just spam that team unless i get good with it) https://pokepast.es/27cfa03e59d8cf5d

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Need Pokémon? Get Help with Our Mon Gathering Service

If you have need of a pokemon and no one has been able to get you one, list it here for me. I am off work Monday and Tuesday and can collect a copy of the mons you need. I will not grind out floette eternal. Everything else I should be able to get a copy of. Once I have your Mon I will ping you so you can trade me for it.

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Charizard X Team Feedback Request

This is the Pokemon Showdown paste:

Charizard-Mega-X @ Charizardite X
Ability: Tough Claws
EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Claw
- Flare Blitz
- Protect

Ninetales-Alola @ Focus Sash
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
- Aurora Veil
- Blizzard
- Moonblast
- Protect

Gholdengo @ Life Orb
Ability: Good as Gold
EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
- Shadow Ball
- Make It Rain
- Nasty Plot
- Protect

Aerodactyl-Mega @ Aerodactylite
Ability: Tough Claws
EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rock Slide
- Dual Wingbeat
- Tailwind
- Protect

Sinistcha @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Hospitality
EVs: 32 HP / 15 Def / 19 SpD
Calm Nature
- Rage Powder
- Matcha Gotcha
- Life Dew
- Protect

Milotic @ Leftovers
Ability: Competitive
EVs: 32 HP / 32 Def / 2 SpD
Bold Nature
- Recover
- Icy Wind
- Scald
- Protect

The main things I'm looking for are alternative fourth move options for Sinistcha and Milotic, but all feedback is welcome! 🙂
(Pls don't flame me too hard I suck at teambuilding ;-;)

Mega Scol Gravity Team Discussion

https://pokepast.es/28be0e0b6beee1fa

A gravity team built around Mega Scol. However I find myself only really bringing scol to specific matchups. Anything anyone would tweak? It doesn’t feel inconsistent just missing something that would make it click.

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Which Team Wins? Chinese Spy vs Mega Pyroar

Which team is better for master ball tier and below of course fun comes from winning so please ping me if you can
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1518162179650621490/1518171762356129853/Screenshot_2026-06-21-10-32-21-708_com.android.chrome.jpg?ex=6a3a44a2&is=6a38f322&hm=a7a6fbe45c0abbf0e22158f42caebd7439f7edcf9b7f7ce8df58175b614e9be9&
OR

https://pokepast.es/09262c7c1bc0912d

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Dual Sun and Sand Team Help VGC Advice

I am running a dual sun and sand team but i don't know any matchups like when should I use sand team I am good with sun team but can anyone tell me when to use sand team?

Or if there is any better team than my current one
I have only played DS and gameboy games before no switch games so i don't have access to pokemon home

Dual Sun and Sand Team Help  VGC Advice
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Rain Team: Megapert + Megagross Ideas

So im trying to make the 2 best Hoenn megas work but I feel like something is missing.
I wanna try and keep both megas and with rain it feels good to being Overquill. He might be overkill though i might chamge him to a poison greif set instead with barb barrage and spikes 😁

Im thinking about dropping Arch but hes useful for Staraptor match ups.

Any ideas yall?

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Sun Team Doubles Strategy Spotlight

  1. Torkoal starts with the sun and tanks hit to setup stealth rock or will-o-wisp the phsyical attackers.(leftovers)

2.Scovillian Starts with speed boosted by chlorophy , hitting insane damaged fire moves and leaf storms to ko the other mons.(white herb)

3.Talonflames comes full support with tailwind and feather dance using gale wings , flare blitz and u turn for chip damage.(focus sash)

4.Staraptor comes to sweep the opponents with contrary of mega staraptor boosting attacking by two stages by feather dance of talonflame ( mega stone)

im winning 95 percent of my matches with this in my doubles , someone rate my team and give some improvements.

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