Is Hard Trick Room Rain Viable? | Pokémon VGC Team Building

Summary

In the Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments server, members are debating the competitive viability of a hard Trick Room Rain team. The discussion explores whether a slow, tanky team composition can consistently win in the current meta and suggests potential adjustments like adding Sableye for priority support. This thread highlights the importance of testing strategies on Pokémon Showdown before committing to in-game team building.

wildbreeze-98 OP

Is running a hard trick room rain team even doable?

Is Hard Trick Room Rain Viable? | Pokémon VGC Team Building

merrykitten-85
cleverinbox-49

this is literally your field of experience

merrykitten-85

I mean I would of done it if I could’ve of 😭

cleverinbox-49

I mean it should be

cleverinbox-49

Wait why haven't you considered araquanid

@merrykitten-85 I mean I would of done it if I could’ve of 😭
wildbreeze-98 OP

So is this even doable?

wildbreeze-98 OP

Like at all?

wildbreeze-98 OP

I guess im more asking is winning with a team like this, that has 0 speed all tank even realistic consistently?

@wildbreeze-98 I guess im more asking is winning with a team like this, that has 0 speed all tank even realistic c…
happykitten-50

You won't know until you try

@happykitten-50 You won't know until you try
wildbreeze-98 OP

Fair but I dont wanna invest time into this team without knowing it has a chance

@wildbreeze-98 Fair but I dont wanna invest time into this team without knowing it has a chance
happykitten-50

I think you could win with this

happykitten-50

Looks very weak into Zard though

happykitten-50

But I might be wrong

happykitten-50

You could at least try it on showdown!

@happykitten-50 Looks very weak into Zard though
wildbreeze-98 OP

Maybe I should replace somethinf with a zard counter then

@happykitten-50 You could at least try it on showdown!
wildbreeze-98 OP

Maybe I could try that, never played showdown before

@wildbreeze-98 Maybe I could try that, never played showdown before
happykitten-50

It's useful!

@wildbreeze-98 Maybe I should replace somethinf with a zard counter then
happykitten-50

I genuinely wouldn't know

happykitten-50

Again I might just be silly and this team does fine

wildbreeze-98 OP

It does have blastoise, but maybe having a priority rain dance setter would be good

@wildbreeze-98 It does have blastoise, but maybe having a priority rain dance setter would be good
happykitten-50

Actually yes sableye instead of politoed would work well

happykitten-50

fair

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