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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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Mega Blaziken Protect the President Team Help

Blaziken is my favorite pokemon, so I'm trying to build a team around him. Went with Protect the President a la Delphox + Sinistcha, but a bit more kamikaze with Flare Blitz and CC. Basically just trying to do as much damage as possible before he goes down so that Basculegion can clean up with Last Respects or Liquidation/Aqua Jet

Main Lead: Blaziken + Fake Out (Tink or Incin depending on matchup)

I've been considering quite a few Pokemon for this team, and I don't think I've got the right 6 right now. I'm willing to swap any slot but Blaziken, but I really like the synergy with Basculegion so I'd like to keep that too if possible. Aero feels wrong but I don't know what other secondary mega to use, if any.

Any suggestions?


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Anti-Meta Meowscarada Team Build | Pokémon VGC Strategy

OK SO weird team moment chat! I am so unsure if this is even good but Meowscarada is actually a big threat to a ton of Pokemon that I quite like a lot but past the title clickbait, this is a dual mega team with Mega Raichu Y and Mega Delphox that I personally would want to get some advice on in which Pokemon to switch or how to improve the spreads of, any feedback appreciated.

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Beat Trick Room Yaichu Team Advice

Currently run Yaichu (Fake/GKnot/FBlast/Zap) with just like what core mons are meta (Gambit/Sneas/Chomp/Whims/Incin). However I've realized that I struggle offensively against trick room because I havent set up leads that can take out TR setters like farig/tomb. THis is partially because of moveset mistakes (i have been running low kick on gambit and spunch is my only dark time move, which means it struggles to kill farig/tomb for example, which means I cant get enough offensive pressure to prevent TR from going off.

Sneas runs standard fake/dire/combat/tect white herb unburden
chomp runs stomp/iron head/breaking swipe/rock slide life orb rough skin (i keep forgetitng to change sand veil to rough skin because I was running him with ttar but ill do it on next login)
whims runs blast/tailwind/tect/encore sash
gambit runs low kick (considering a change to kowtow cleave since Ive used low kick a total of one time), spunch, iron head, swords dance
incin runs blitz/parting/fake/wisp

so any advice regarding moves, EV's (same old EV's on these mons as the ones you commonly find on ladder right now), or pokemon swaps or how to lead into TR would be appreciated

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Mega Froslass Team Feedback for Tournament

I’ve been using this team and plan to take it to a tournament but I’m worried it might have a few issues. What should I change about it. Btw please don’t recommend incin, kingambit, farig, gholdengo or sneasler

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Help Request: How to Use a VGC Team

i copied this team from a page but i dont have a idea how to use it

Incineroar (M) @ Passho Berry
Ability: Intimidate
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 32 HP / 2 Atk / 32 SpD
Careful Nature
- Fake Out
- Flare Blitz
- Will-O-Wisp
- Parting Shot

Annihilape (M) @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Defiant
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Rage Fist
- Protect
- Bulk Up

Delphox (F) @ Delphoxite
Ability: Blaze
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 1 HP / 32 SpA / 1 SpD / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Heat Wave
- Nasty Plot
- Protect
- Psyshock

Raichu (M) @ Raichunite Y
Ability: Static
Tera Type: Electric
EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Zap Cannon
- Alluring Voice
- Nasty Plot
- Protect

Maushold-Four @ Chople Berry
Ability: Friend Guard
EVs: 32 HP / 2 Atk / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
- Follow Me
- Super Fang
- Beat Up
- Protect

Grimmsnarl @ Light Clay
Ability: Prankster
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 32 HP / 2 Atk / 32 SpD
Careful Nature
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Scary Face
- Spirit Break

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Optimizing Froslass & Scovillain Teams for VGC Regulation MB

I’ve been having fun with froslass/scovillain teams for a while, but now that MB came around, are there any changes you guys would make to this team? The current version is my personal ev spreads for the NAIC top 8 team

https://pokepast.es/016e2d17c3ce376e

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Sun Sweeper Team: Blaziken Torkoal Help

The rough idea is:
- Torkoal sets sun and can sweep with Vileplume utilizing after you.
- Blaziken is using the mega stone since I couldn’t think of a mega to fill the slot, I’m aware life orb would be better.
- Alcremie can use decorate to buff Blaziken through detect/protect. This gives a free speed boost, and a +2 in its attack stat.
- Kingambit is here as an alternate lead w/Blaziken/safe switch for Alcremie, can also be placed next to vileplume for after you kowtow or iron head spam.
- Torkoal could also be supportive with helping hand, I’m running a bulkier set to have longevity
- I have no fucking clue what to do with Sinistcha, nor what to replace it with, potentially another mega?? Idek
Any helps appreciated!! :3

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