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Sylveon Bulky EV Spread Help

The role for my sylveon in this team is to be an alternative sweeper that works both in trick room or tailwind when mega pyroar isn't the best against their team. Sylveon naturally has shit defense stat, so im thinking to remove some off its hp and putting it on def, but idk the exact calcs and how much i should remove and put on so any input would be greatly appreciated.

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Team Building Help For Singles Rank

Hey guys. Not new to Pokemon but new in competitive battles. Can you suggest a better team using these mons or suggest mons that I can use.

Currently, I am at Great Ball 4 (Singles). Been using M-Aggron/Hippowdon, Maushold, and Greninja/Charizard.

Thanks for the help and suggestions.


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New Player Seeks Singles Team Help

Just started the game today and looking for suggestions.

I am open to all suggestions as to how my team and account should go. Would love for any suggestions

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Singles Team Discussion & Tips for VGC Players

Yes, singles team: https://pokepast.es/111f51b253e323f2

I don't really know what's going in Singles for many many years now, so I'm open for suggestions. Even good resources links that could be helpful.

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Seeking VGC Team Feedback and Improvements

This team has done some real work for me and I’m looking to improve it. I went 21-3-1 in masterball tier and got up to 1910 very easily. On Pokémon showdown I reached top 250 on the BO1 ladder and top 160 in BO3 with around a 70% win rate in both. I know it is strong but I have some concerns.

  1. I don’t see anybody running a team like this so im not sure if this is just a team that works against the current meta or is actually just strong.
  2. It can struggle into some balance teams (mainly the floette and delphox team with double fake out)
  3. Big 6 is a winnable matchup but I do feel that if they are playing very good it is unfavorable.

I’ve been playing vgc on and off for about a year (mostly on showdown bc I don’t have a switch) so I’m not too experienced but I do believe I play good games. If you have any suggestions or questions about the team please reach out.

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Tailwind and Trick Room Team Help

Hello I need some help building a team that functions in both tailwind and trick room. I was thinking gholdengo, incineroar, whimsicot, mega staraptor, farigiraf, mega Charizard y but am open to suggestions for pokemon to sub in and out for


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IB's pokemon playbook

"Strong Pokémon. Weak Pokémon. That is only the selfish perception of people. Truly skilled trainers should try to win with their favorites."

This is my thread on pokemon and any knowledge I have which I can impart to newer players in the vgc scene. Rather than necessarily focusing solely on whats meta or "strong" in the current format, my thread will focus more on how to make cohesive teams that are more than just the sum on their parts.

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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.