Pokémon VGC Sandroom Team Building Guide & Tips
Summary
The Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments community discusses optimizing a Sandroom team to improve consistency. Members analyze the benefits of replacing Steelix with a Focus Sash Excadrill to better handle threats like Charizard and Sneasler. This discussion provides valuable insights into competitive team building, item choices, and managing common type weaknesses in the current VGC meta.
This team has some strong parts but doesn’t feel very consistent. I’ll go on some big win streaks and then lose a few in a row. Four fighting weaknesses is definitely a problem but I’m not sure on replacements. I thought about sneasler over incin but then trick room doesn’t feel as strong and intimidate is very valuable. Looking for any suggestions/replacements to test out.
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The team is strong, however Steelix does more bad than good an Excadrill with a Sash is better being faster in Sand, survives Charizard's Heatwave and finishes it off with Avalanche
Plus, it frees up the mega for Tyranitar
You can give it an iron head against fairies
Steelix suffers from both Charizard and Swamper
i feel like removing tyranitar, should be the best option no?
you also have a weakness to fairy types but atleast you have 2 pokemon which can come against it.
but against fighting you only have one answer and that us sinistcha, but the most common fighting type sneasler also counters sinistcha. so maybe you can replace tyranitar with a sneasler counter
Honestly, I find Incin Live Orb quite strange, but at the same time I think it can work as long as you invest it in bulk and the Live Orb is used to provide just that extra damage
On the contrary, Steelix without Tyranitar suffers and is unable to be a threat against Charizard or Swampert
In addition to needing sand in its Mega Evolution ability it's Sand Force
does a hp invested excadrill survive a close combat against sneasler?
That's what the sash is for
Avoid fake out, use double shift one protect
Sash remains intact
And you respond with an earthquake.
(Excadrill Sand Rush is faster than Sneasler under sand)
