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Optimize Your Annihilape VGC Team | Pokémon Champions

Primeape was one of my favorite Pokemon as a kid, so naturally Annihilape is my favorite. This team gets a little influence from my prior post about Staraptor (and getting sent down a Dragonite, Annihilape rabbit hole) and a recent Delphox/Ape team that got 5th in last Saturday’s tournament.

Metagross, Hydreigon, and Annihilape feel like a great core covering each others weaknesses. Hydreigon was the last mon in and felt perfect with teams ground weakness and his ability. I had Maushold but Sini just felt like a better support Mon for Ape since it helped with some harder matchups (rain and trick room). Incin for Intimidate rotations and then Raichu is in there as he pretty much perfectly counters the Rain/Sun team you see (with Sini).

Obvious limitations might be no weather control or speed control and this team might be dead in the water there tbh. Struggles are trick room and the rain/sun teams although Raichu has really been a star there.

I could use some help optimizing some of the spreads (specifically Ape, Incin, Raichu, and Sini). Any other feedback for tech moves or “hey get a weather setter / tailwind” in there would be welcomed.


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Mega Froslass VGC Team Building Help | Pokémon Champions

I’ve been using this mega Froslass team for a while and I’ve been struggling with floette teams, sylveon teams and metagross/ hisuian arcane teams. Any ideas on how to fix this? Also please don’t recommend incin, sneasler, kingambit, gholdengo, or farig

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Mega Delphox & Blastoise VGC Team Guide | Pokémon Champions

Messing around with this pretty braindead team right now, still in testing phase so I'd like some feedback. Yes it's obviously inspired by regional winning teams following the norm of modest Blastoise and QG Jolly sneasler but actually being a more offensive delphox and an imprison sinistcha. Incineroar is here as a leftover from the original team it genuinely sucks into the meta nowadays and everyone counter leads it. Considering something for milotic/rotom/bulky waters/ spread spam match ups since both my emperors struggle into it. Genuinely Chesnaught might be a call but I would not like double fighting and I appreciate a second fake out because it's protect the king yk. Also needs to fix perish song mu even if it ain't that baddd. https://pokepast.es/cfcb86dc158fb1a5 enjoy the brainless gameplay.

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Mega Raichu & Staraptor VGC Team Building Guide

I’ve been using this team for all of reg mb but I feel like there might be some serious flaws any ideas? Also please don’t recommend incineroar, sneasler, farig, gholdengo or kingambit. This team is mainly for bo3


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Mega Excadrill VGC Team Guide | Pokémon Champions

This Month's (or whenever i make teams) Mega team is the Fat Mole, Mega Excadrill. I was looking for fun megas to use in the next format, and I saw this chud, and I imideatly knew he was the one. He's fat enough with 100 defense, 65 special defense (maybe not fat enough) and 110 hp, so after a coaching or 2, this fatass cannont be physically beaten. He also has a massive 165 damage, and 103 speed to be able to outspeed and ohko both mega floette and mega charizard (with rock slide). With percing drill, chiped opponents and sashed mon CANNOT protect agaisnt the WWE's heavyweight champ.

Sneasler is the newer jolly, poision touch, sash sets, because I don't really need to unburden and output waaaaay too much damage, i just want to stay a turn to support the Chud. Protectless might be a bit risky, but I kinda need everything else.

Whimsicott is running Coba (becasue I have sash on the snezler) And flying is one of the only types The Chud doesn't threaten immensly that whims is Weak to. As for the moves, it's the average Whimsicott set, with encore, protect, moonblast, and tailwind.

Sinistcha is here to Sinischa, to heal either Mega Venasaur or the Chud. Matcha Gotcha, Life dew, Rage Powder, and Protect. Holding Sitrus, balenced bulk, and Life Dew, I intend it to stick around. Not much to say about it tbh.

Mega Venasaur is my alternate mega, because focus blast Ychu and Swampert are scary for the Chud, Mega Venu has a good matchup into those 2, and hits both super effectivly. It's a more offensive mega venasaur, without leech seed. It's moveset is Earth power, Giga Drain, Sludge bomb, and protect. Meant to stay around long enough to do meaningful damage.

And then there was 1, and that one is Sylveon. Other than the classic Hyper Voice go brr, it has roar as anti trick room, and haha funny big hyper beam. It's a fairy feather set (idk what people run other than that tbh) and really helps some bad matchups.

Overall, the big weakness I see is mega Staraptor.

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Mega Scrafty Trick Room Team Building Help | Pokémon VGC

Hello me again with another team that I like, it's Mega Scrafty trick room team with Mega Delphox Ape balance mode that I had success with but hit a brick wall with it, the idea of this team is replacing Golisopod until it comes with Araquanid that I made with and I wanted to see if maybe someone could identify the flaws in it. As always open to very creative solutions to any problem


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Mega Meganium Dual Weather Team Guide | Pokémon VGC

Don't have enough vp to train it in champions yet so here's the pokepaste. https://pokepast.es/27d29ce06972e556
My goal is to ladder climb at least to ultra ball 2 but preferably to master ball 4 when the season resets in a couple days. So far testing it on showdown I haven't run into much trouble, it seems pretty well balanced all around but I am also very low elo on the showdown ladder. So far what it struggles with is all going to be in theory as of now and I haven't thought of much, but I'm not good at estimating things like that. And this team was fully built by me, I did use a lot of the most common sets on a few mons but other than that this is entirely me.

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Pokémon Draft League Strategy: Beating Mega Aggron Cores

Hey! Competing in a draft league and this is the team I've cooked up, along with all of the pokemon that I drafted. Was initially working towards a tailwind sun team but just got word I'm playing against a team focused around an Mega Aggron, Pelipper, and Sinistcha core, so I'll probably have to change things up. Going to put aura sphere on Archaludon, any other changes you would recommend? Open to swapping out pokemon moves items evs megas everything. I can also send my opponents draft as well if needed. I feel like I don't have a great way to get through that Aggron Sinistcha combo, nor a great way to deal with trick room. They also will probably bring a Mamoswine (I'd guess sash) or Rampardos that I don't know how to deal with. Thanks y'all!


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Perfecting Mega Staraptor: VGC Team Building Advice

I’ve been working on a Staraptor build that I can push to high MB (maybe even champion) with and put together a good showing in online tournaments. All the way up to MB 2 Raptor has really spoke to me. I seem to perform the best with his sets and I want to see how far I can push it.

I’ve taken some influence from the Glimmora build that’s been floating around as well as the sand team. I feel like Basc is a must have for this team and love pairing Basc with Kingambit. Where I have struggled the most is a 2nd mega to pair with Staraptor and maybe a 2nd support mon.

Basically I want to lock in Raptor, Basc, and Whimsicott but I am pretty flexible with the last 3.

I struggle the most with Trick Room and Rain teams. Trick Room is where the Taunt Incin comes in. Rain teams I tried Raichu Y, he just didn’t feel right because he’s more of a support mega at best use imo. I thought about Sinischa because he’s good for trick rook and for rain, but I wanted to sneak a fire type in the set.

I’d welcome any and all advice!


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