Beginner VGC Team Building Guide | Pokémon Champions
Summary
In the Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments server, members collaborate to build accessible and fun competitive teams. This discussion focuses on optimizing a beginner-friendly team featuring Rillaboom, Pelipper, and Archaludon, providing specific guidance on movesets, held items, and strategic synergy. It serves as a great resource for players looking to simplify their gameplay while learning the fundamentals of VGC competitive battling.
no meta zard Y or anything just looking for a team i can have fun with.
will post my pokemon under this line:
baxcalibur,decidueye,garganacl,inteleon,greninja,galarian slowking, indeedee male, meowscarada delphox low key toxtricity armarouge manetric whinsicott hisuian zoroark garchomp alolan ninetales archaludon rillaboom staraptor golisopod gholdengo tsareena raichu sinistca excadrill F basculegion rotom wash kingambit pelliper megainium sneasler hawlucha mimikyu incineroar dragonite sylveon
Pls help me
not anything too strategic i just want something where you take the 4 in and follow the same path no matter what their pokemon is
can you simplify that pls im sorta a begginer i understand what weather teams and TR teams are but the strats are what i dont understand
can you tell me what the six should be holding and the 66 points pls just one at a time with rilla first
ok im setting it up now
on rillaboom i run the moves grassy glide wood hammer u turn and protect
on pelliper the moves are hurricane wide guard hydro pump and tailwind
on archaludon i use draco meteor electro shot protect and flash cannon
A 4th attacking move like u turn or high horsepower is preferred, as it gives rilla a bigger support role while letting it deal damage
Weather ball is better over hydro pump, pairs with weather, only a little bit less base power than hydro pump and always hits rather than 80% accuracy
Eh lowkey it depends
I’ve alternated between Draco and pulse
You also don’t wanna miss on a ko on a roll
Eh
I’d be fine with a miss but that’s just me
ok so weather ball instead of hydro protect instead of hurricane
and DP instead of DM
I’m ngl the pelipper switch with hurricane over protect is weird
I feel like hurricane is super valuable in this meta
what does mimikyu hold?
In CTS I guess it makes sense
Yea if you’re having a trick room mode sitrus helps with the bulk
on raichu Y i run the moves zap cannon protect focus blast and electro ball
Electro ball is not worth it, zap cannon is just a more consistent version
That or encore
Encore is a pretty good disruption tool
on golisopod i have first impression liquidation wide guard and sucker punch but i never rlly changed its moves thats how i got it
You already have wide guard with pelipper
And a support move on such an offensive pokemon is a waste of a slot
i never put it on
Leech life works much better over first impression since you heal, and can use it more than once
on mimikyu i have protect trick room will-o-wisp and shadow ball which i think is my best so far
Mimikyu is a physical attacker so you’re kinda forced to use its worse options
Phantom force is a fraud move ngl shadow claw is better on it
ok now you said ur not good with stats but what abt uncreative
Depends on the team, I have some experience with EVs
thank you joeschmoe really appreciated
uncreative look in the chat the teams in there somewhere
On your Archaludon and Golisopod at the very least you want max hp
Probably on mimikyu too
I’ll throw together a sorta sample team based on what you’ve currently got and go from there on showdown once I complete this showdown game I’m playing rn
alr
Mega golisopod, you could honestly just go max hp max attack 2 special defense adamant
Is there anything specific you want your Archaludon to be KOing, or just sitting on the field taking hits
You could stick to a set of 32 hp, 5 def, 5 spa, and 24 spd
Calm
Sash pelipper can just be max spa max speed timid
Never done a mimikyu set, best I could come up with atm is max hp, 12 attack, 12 defense, 10 special defense adamant
Weatherball over hydro
Hydro sucks ass
We already told them
Good to know
Ychu the bulky calculator set works just fine
So 29 hp, 14 defense, and 23 speed timid
These are the calcs I’ve gathered
I’m iffy on the mimikyu but I also like have 0 clue what it would be
So I just threw something together in the battle calc
You said for anything
Can we make a gen 7 tean
sorry i took so long im back so
Or gen 8
do it with urs i have a team
Araquanid gaming
uncreative i think that sp.def and HP is the right move and the other 2 in atk
For what pokemon
for mimikyu
What putting all the defense into attack?
32 HP 16 sp.def 16 atk then?
Eh… your mimikyu is more of a support piece
I wouldn’t recommend going too crazy with attack
should i go 32 defense and 32 sp.def then so it can keep doing chip damage
Your special defense is already solid on mimikyu, you don’t need a crazy amount of investment
You could also try max hp
18 defense and 16 spd
And use impish
There isn’t a lot of mons I can really calc for that mimikyu either doesn’t already get 1 shot by or live because of disguise
But a spread like this should work well enough
surley it does i trust you and you trust this so yh
Alright, if anything with the team doesn’t work feel free to ping me here and let me know
for pelliper what shall i do
Max speed max spa, timid
Since you’re sash bulk really doesn’t matter
You can just put the remaining 2 in hp
and for golisopod i go 32 ph 32 atk 2 speed and for archaludon do i do 2 defense 32 sp atck 32 hp
not sp atk atk i meant srry
With golisopod, put the remaining 2 points in special defense
You could stick to a set of 32 hp, 5 def, 5 spa, and 24 spd for Archaludon
timid nature?
Calm for more special bulk
the last one i need to train is rillaboom so what should i do
I’ll give you my current set, it’s for a different item but SHOULD work fine with yours
17 hp, 5 atk, 20 def, 24 spd
Adamant
whats the item you use i probably have it
I’m using occa berry, but with rain you don’t need it
Stick to miracle seed
ok tysm i just need to get more money for adamant but imma try this out thanks! i'll ping you here if successful
Alright
bro this team is no hard to work
so*
Yea it might take a while for you to get adjusted to it
