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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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Metagross VGC Team Building Help | Pokémon Champions

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I began making this team when I rlised that I couldn't rly use scrafty gengar that well.

I could have just switched back to my gard dnite team but I rly wanted something new

And I think I might be going freaking insane cuz like, I don't understand what I am doing wrong. Every pokemon induvidually feel amazing (except maybe farig) and the team seems like it should work theoretically but while I did rise for a bit to like 1500 I have now fallen literally all the way to 1100, a record row for me (showdown)

I do not understand wtf is wrong. But something is rly wrong and it needs to be changed

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Optimizing Scovillain VGC Teams | Pokémon Champions

I wanted to make some changes to Wolfe's M-A Mega Scovillain team because I believe with a new regulation and new threats its worth adjusting. I do believe the Core of Scovillain, Sneasler, Swift Swim basc and Peli are very solid and work a majority of the time.

I tried mega aerodactyl like the original team had as the backup mega but I just didn't feel quite right. I removed choice scarf archaludon simply because I've been doing competitive pokemon for only a couple months and do not feel skilled enough to pilot CS Arch.

Id still like a choice scarf Pokémon, as the team lacks speed control without aero tailwind. I gave raichu Y a shot and I don't think its bad by any means but I'm not a fan of how frail it is (and how vulnerable it is in a meta with garchomp and Mega Swampert). Raichu Y was my answer to Zard Y teams. CS Sylveon was my Answer to Staraptor, but I wasn't a fan honestly.

Ive noticed weaknesses to ground, special attackers in general, and trick room. I was thinking about switching mega raichu for mega eelektross. any thoughts? willing to discuss and happily seeking any feedback :)

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Coaching Blaziken & Mega Lucario VGC Team Guide

This mon was showcased in James Baek’s recent video, but paired with… Mega Eelectross? I felt like it was doing this broken set a disservice keeping it trapped with the eel. This is my Coaching Blaziken plus Mega Lucario Team

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Building Off-Meta Hisuian Goodra Teams | VGC Strategy

Hello I'm kind of new to competitive Pokémon, but I really don't want to use all the meta picks, mostly because I just don't like those Pokémon. I tried to build a team centered around Hisuian Goodra, but I feel like I'm missing something. I don't really know which Mega I should use or whether I actually need Trick Room. If I do, what should I change, and who should I replace? I'm willing to change almost everything :Politoed_By_Sifyro:


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Doubles Team That Reached 2 Wins From Master Ball

Raichu w/ Raichunite
Ability: Lightning Rod
2 HP / 32 SP attack / 32 speed / +speed, -attack
Fake Out
Protect
Zap Cannon
Focus Blast

Staraptor w/ Staraptite
2 HP / 32 attack / 32 speed / +speed, -sp attack
Ability: Intimidate
Roost
Protect
Close Combat
Brave Bird

Sneasler w/ White Herb
2 HP / 32 SP attack / 32 speed / +attack, -sp attack
Ability: Unburden
Fake Out
Close Combat
Dire Claw
Shadow Claw

Sinistcha w/ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Hospitality
32 HP / 32 sp defense / 2 defense / +sp defense, -attack
Matcha Gotcha
Life Dew
Rage Powder
Protect

Basculegion w/ Choice Scarf
Ability: Adaptability
2 HP / 32 attack / 32 speed / +speed, -sp attack
Wave Crash
Last Respects
Aqua Jet
Flip turn

Whimsicott w/ Focus Sash
Ability: Prankster
32 HP / 32 sp attack / 1 defense / 1 sp defence / +sp defence, -attack
Tailwind
Protect
Charm
Moonblast

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Help vs Trick Room and Mega Swampert

Hello! I'm fairly new to the competitive scene and I've been using this team for most of my time here. I absolutely love it and I do think its almost good enough for me to try and aim for Master ball tier but it has some obvious shortcomings I want to remedy. The first is that the team feels extremely weak to trick room and the second is that opposing mega swamperts can cause an enormous amount of problems to most of my team. I've been looking at sinistcha as a potential fix to these problems but all the Pokémon on the team have felt so good and reliable im not sure if thats the correct thing to do at all. I also put little thought in the EV spreads, mostly just copying things I've seen online so help fine tuning them would be very helpful. Thanks in advance to the team builders of the community, especially considering I dont think I'll be the first or last to send a mega swampert rain team here for help.


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