𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗠 — 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗦
This team originally came from a team I found through this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk1IWKkbm0k
Since then I’ve changed a lot. Moves, spreads and how I use certain Pokémon have all evolved, but the idea behind the team has stayed pretty much the same.
Reliable Trick Room without sacrificing offense.
𝗙𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗙
Farigiraf is the safe Trick Room setter.
It’s bulky, reliable and Armor Tail is huge for this team. Trick Room controls Speed, but priority doesn’t care about Speed order. Farigiraf fixes that.
Once TR is up, it can Protect and keep Armor Tail active while something next to it does the damage.
The downside is that Farigiraf can be passive, which is something I’ve tried to balance with the rest of the team.
𝗛𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗘
Hatterene is the other side of double TR.
Farigiraf gives me safe TR. Hatterene gives me offensive TR.
Hatterene can set Trick Room without giving up offensive pressure. The opponent still has to respect the damage coming from that slot.
For me, Hatterene + Torkoal are a massive part of what makes hard Trick Room actually worth playing.
A good example of the style:
https://youtu.be/bqgUiZcJYQw?si=y_vPE_pBGTJ4CsDA
𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗢𝗔𝗟
Torkoal is the payoff.
Get it onto the field healthy under Trick Room and Eruption can take control of a game very quickly.
The team does a lot to create that opportunity.
Sometimes the game plan really is as simple as:
Get TR up → keep Torkoal healthy → Eruption.
𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗔
Drampa is probably the glue of the team.
It has huge Special Attack, great Speed for TR and some really useful resistances.
But the biggest reason I love it is Cloud Nine.
It creates some awesome switches against weather teams. Against rain, for example, I can Intimidate something like Swampert with Incineroar and bring Drampa in to shut down the benefits of rain.
It also means Torkoal can Eruption into rain without the usual Fire damage reduction while Cloud Nine is active.
Drampa doesn’t need to beat everything either. What it can’t kill, Hatterene or Torkoal often can.
Those three work incredibly well together.
𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗢𝗔
My Incineroar is intentionally unconventional.
I found that bulky Incineroar + bulky Farigiraf was simply too passive. I could reliably establish TR, but sometimes there wasn’t enough immediate damage behind it.
So Incin became much more offensive.
I still get Fake Out and Intimidate, but now the slot can actually threaten serious damage.
It keeps the reliable Farigiraf mode without turning the lead into two Pokémon that just sit there.
𝗠𝗔𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗘
Mawile is more of a specialist.
I don’t bring it nearly as often as the main HTR core. I like it most against slow, passive or screen-based teams.
If someone gives me a turn to set screens, I can sometimes use that opening to Swords Dance + Trick Room and suddenly Mawile becomes a huge problem.
The set is unconventional too.
I stopped relying on Play Rough because the misses weren’t worth it. Iron Head gives me reliability, Thunder Punch hits things Iron Head can’t, Sucker Punch gives priority and Swords Dance punishes passive turns.
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗧 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞
The funny thing is that I don’t always Mega Evolve.
The Mega isn’t what makes the team work.
The strength is the HTR core and how everything supports it:
Farigiraf — safe TR and priority protection
Hatterene — offensive TR
Torkoal — huge TR payoff
Drampa — weather control and special pressure
Incineroar — Fake Out, Intimidate and physical damage
Mawile — situational physical win condition
The team has gone through plenty of changes, but the philosophy has never really changed:
Get Trick Room up reliably, don’t give away offensive pressure, and make every TR turn count.
Eeveelution:
Psychic:
Ground:
Ghost:
Grass
Bug
Water
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