New VGC Regulation Idea And Team Edits
Summary
In Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments this announcement proposes a new regulation idea and discusses a Big Root Sinistcha plus Metagross setup. The thread debates midgame weaknesses of Kang and suggests swaps like Infernape, Weavile, Sneasler, Grimmsnarl, Pelipper or Archen support, plus speed control, Tailwind, Trick Room and coverage considerations for tournament play.
I’ve been loving Big Root Sinistcha next to setup Metagross, but it feels like Kang doesn’t do well in mid game and like something is missing(Fire-Type?). Not sure how to replace here
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non mega kang is just sub par fake out mon that can hit ghost.
also, for balance team you have no speed control
ive put TR on sinistcha since and subbed kang for infernape so far
probably gonna switch infernape to either weavile or sneasler but still testing
sneas is ok but puts you in an area where most want tailwind
change poli for pelipper and you fix that issue
instead of fake out you could put arch there and it supports both megas in rain
but then no fake out to support a cosmic power setup for metagross
you wont need a fake out in rain.
as much
if they focus metagross they die to spatk boosted arch
same reason they cannot focus swampert mega
i’ll try it out and see how it feels, i been wanting to try arch in champs anyways
if you want fakeout, put in grimmsnarl
for garchomp
then you can lay screens and face tank everything as well
heard
that both enables cosmic power and swampert to run away with games
plus grimm is prankster. so its garunteed to go up
arch also gives me extra coverage into this new staraptor set popping up
peli wide guard tailwind support covers tons to
2 speed control options, arch as a secondary sweeper, sin/grimm for support, setup sweeper in gross
imma see where it takes me
that setup i could play to master and back sleeping tbh
if i didnt hate swampert so much id be running it myself XD
what’s wrong with swamp? i just started on SV so is there a history for that mon?
nah hes just broken and they didnt add good counters
only weakness is grass hits like a truck enables mons like arch by himself
no good grass megas, not very many survivable grass options that can ohko him
so hes a menace.
max hp swamp took like 70-80% from wave crash basc earlier so idk
everything arch hates he counters and ohkos
yeah but one foul play or sucker punch ohkos basc
true
you don’t think winning weather war with zard-y venu could help into swamp?
no.
because you have to fight the weather war to begin with
and it loses to tons of the current meta rn
swampert is currently king imo
my ladder is infested with it
i ain’t even mean to pick him for that. i just thought his mega looked cool lmfao
it removes yard. its partners can one shot venu
it just sits there next to heavy hitters and makes you choose who you are losing to try and gain ground
i will say, big root sinistcha has caught a lot of people off guard on my initial climb
which is why i remove swampert with hatterene giga drain /helping hand support lol
hatt giga drain is definitely some CTS tech
only thing that stops me is light screen
tork removes its partners and weather as well so it works
but man the fact three mons have to be dedicated to even attempting to shut it down says all you need to know
yeahhh it also seems like giving it wave crash was just kinda busted
yeahhhhh
try that setup out lmk what you think. ill check in later
heard
will do
