Eelektross VGC Team Building Advice | Pokémon Champions

Hello ; here to help!

Let's break down everything into manageable bits. Basculegion is a good place to start since we can also go over some key concepts of the game!
1. Male Basc =/= Female Basc;
Yes, they do share the same abilities. But unlike other 'mons ( or like other mons ) they have a 20-stat gap between genders.
Male Basculegion are Physical ( 132 base ATK / 100 SpA ) vs Female Basculegion are Special ( 112 ATK / 120 SpA ) Attackers.
Male Basculegions are usually ran with; Aqua Jett, Wave Crash, Head Smash, Last Respects
All of which are physical moves. ( Physical, Special and Status )

What are **physical ** moves?
Physical moves are moves that make contact AND ( more importantly ) makes use of your ATK stat against your opponents DEF stat.
These are your Close Combat, Rock Slide, Earthquake. You can usually tell via the 8-pointed star icon on the moves.

Using Seafoam as an example; SURF is using the 108 SpA ( which is lowered / hindered by nature of choice ie. Adamant )

What are **special ** moves?
Physical moves are moves that does make contact ( most of the time ) AND makes use of your SpA stat against your opponents SpD stat.
These are your Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Earth Power. You can usually tell via the water ripple icon on the moves.

Using Escher as an example; we usually run Mega-Eel as an SpA given how many Intimidates ( Ability that passively lowers your ATK ) and much better is his Move Pool ( Moves he can learn ) that has special typing. He can also run electric, fire and grass moves - giving him *coverage * ( number of types he can hit for SUPER EFFECTIVE )

What are status moves?
Status moves are moves that do not directly deal damage. They can be buffs ( ie. +1 ATK ), debuff ( ie. -1 ATK ), conditions ( ie. poison or burn ), hazards ( ie. Spikes ), Screens ( ie. Reflect ) Protects ( ie. Protect / Detect ) or Battlefield conditions ( ie. Tailwind / Trick Room )

Unlike Physical and Special moves, Status moves do not use your ATK or SpA stat to calculate damage. You can usually tell them apart by the grey swirl/circle icon on the move.

Using Seafoam as an example: Protect is a Status move. It doesn't matter whether Basculegion has 132 ATK or 100 SpA—Protect doesn't use either stat.

With fundamentals out of the way, you probably can tell - you've been grinding with a huge handicap. So gj!
Team 1 has lack of ways to control speed ( initiative ); individually they are sound but in doubles its like having two different 'mons than having a pair on the field.

Another thing,
We usually run Mega-Eel as an SpA given how many Intimidates ( Ability that passively lowers your ATK ) and much better is his Move Pool ( Moves he can learn ) that has special typing. He can also run electric, fire and grass moves - giving him *coverage * ( number of types he can hit for SUPER EFFECTIVE )

Team 2;

Definitely closer to what you'd see on a mono-type rain team!
Typings and coverage aside; in terms of roles there a definite overlaps ( in a way the 'mons trying to be jack of all trades and master of none )

Happy to guide your from scratch just lmk 2-3 'mons you'd like to keep as core!

unsure what HO means!

Hyper Offense!

hmm....i do generally focus more on offense, yeah. but i'm willing to experiment! i like using drain punch on escher for healing, and i did try out rock slide in place of iron tail earlier which i think is an upgrade since it both lowers speed and hits both opponents at once. i typically have him and alolan ninetales out first, since fairy types have decent coverage and i have the opportunity to freeze opponents with blizzard. everyone else is more or less interchangeable, just depends on the typings i'm matched up against. i should prob use my salazzle more to set up toxic spikes at least....i love her but she's so easy to take down 😭

Let's do it one at a time!

1. Not using Male Basculegion kinda hurts you. If we want a fast non-mega water SpA.
   Greninja would be very nice!

2. Drain Punchers are usually on setup teams OR some balanced-mons.
   If we're going HO, we want STABs or high base power moves ie. Close Combat or Superpowers

3. Think about 'mons you like playing with! Eelektros, can be considered setup mons.
   We'll talk more about that later, for now just pick your favorites!

let's see.....i do like using alolan ninetales, and i have been rlly enjoying tsareena lately! i also like using delphox on occasion even tho it's not on my team here.
as much as i love aegislash, it - like salazzle - is also a lil frustrating to use sometimes bcus everyone and their mother seems to have a good counter for it prepared. kinda gave up on hydreigon recently for the same reason. ;w;

That's a start! Now, we classify them into differemt categories.

1. Alolan Ninetails - Weather T ( SpA ) - Utility / Support / Secondary Sweeper
2. Delphox - Balanced, HO, Setup ( SpA ) - Sweeper / Wallbreaker
3. Aegislash - Balanced, Setup, TR ( SpA // Atk ) - Setup Sweeper / Bulky Attacker / Defensive Utility
4. Salazzle ( SpA ) HO, Balanced - Sweeper / Utility
5. Hydrogedon ( SpA ) - Balanced, HO, Setup - Special Sweeper / Wallbreaker / Setup Sweeper

So from here we try and pick 2 ( ideally a ATK sweeper and another SpA Sweeper ) with complimentary typing.

i am curious abt how to set up aegislash if it's considered bulky + defensive!
feeling a bit stuck between the two foxes though. bcus ice moves are particularly great against the most common dragons i see like garchomp and dragonite, but a strong fire move is also pretty useful + mega delphox having levitate is always a plus

By setup it can mean 2 things;

1. Moveset
2. Ingame setup; he just need Swords Dance and he can hit with 1-STAB ( Ghost / Steel ) and 1 Coverage

2 foxes has different niche;
Alolan Ninetails - basically a screen/weather setter but kinda worse as a check against Garchomp. You're better off with the faster ones with an ice move - since Garchomp basically dies on a slight chilly breeze. His Blizzard is more of a consistent spread. Better for slower tempos / balanced

Ninetails is the faster non-mega sun setter, but he lacks the screen ie. Aurora Veil bust makes up with Will-o-Wisp, Encore, Disable, Helping Hand, Safe Guard. Perfect for HO!

M Delphox still needs some help like TW and redirection, we can make it work. Just lml if you wanna commit to M Delphox

i was more thinking abt where to allocate stats for aegislash, but the swords dance tip is useful, ty!!

and oh regular ninetales would be a good in-between of what i'd considered, huh. def taking note of that ^^

so eel, aegislash, and ninetales sounds pretty good so far. would dragalge be able to work with them at all? i can't believe i forgot it when mentioning my faves lol

Right now, speed wise - the team is not bad.
Eelektros and A Ninetails are both in the same category. :
Aegislash and Draglele are both slow.

In terms of coverage; both megas have quite the coverage - but are ultimately different mechanically.
Here's an example of how I would build one.

Notice how the 2 remaining 'mons have their speed bracket matches the pokemon they're looking to support. ( I omitted Aegislash only for the demonstration )

Eelektross-support;

Rotom family has access to the skill Electric Terrain; something you need to turn Rising Voltage from a 70 base to a 140 power STAB + the added bonus against vivillion matchups. Rotom-Wash also has a typing and resistance to Fire types which we are most exposed with ie. A Ninetails, Aegislash and Sinistcha ( not to mention access to Hydro Pump - so we can cover Fire, Grass and Water move coverages. )

Electroweb, Icy Wind should and would be used as a form of speed control since we cannot fit a TW pokemon in the roster.

Dragalge-support

We're going for TR Dragalge // Aegislash

Sinistcha can setup TR, usually the one ignored on the field - but is a poor lead against Zard-weather spammers.
Sinistcha should be able to switch in to EQ but not fire moves, hence why we want Rotom-W
Sinistcha switching in keeps Aegislash healthy. And switching, Dragalge is fine - his ability gives him some HP back from damage he takes switching in/out.

Spiritomb is the more consistent of the two when setting Trick Room, ensuring you get the TR up at Turn 1.
Spiritomb can help with dealing damage out of Trick Room AND setup Dragalge/Eelektros ( since Toxic chips opposing mons for M Eelektross to sweep for a SpA boost ) for success by leaving opposing 'mons with poison in which we use M Dragalge to sweep with 130 power STAB veno shock + the Toxic status.
Spiritomb can also spread the damage around by using Ally Swap to tank fire-type moves.