Kleavor & Charizard VGC Team Guide | Pokémon Champions
Summary
The Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments server presents a detailed breakdown of a Kleavor, Charizard, and Garchomp team core. This guide offers expert advice on optimizing held items, nature spreads, and weather synergy to improve competitive performance. Members can learn how to leverage Stone Axe pressure and Tailwind positioning to gain a tactical advantage in VGC battles.
I found Kleavor to be a fun tailwind option that can take out threats like volcarona and Charizard with a good balanced typing. Rillaboom helps into its weaknesses and lets it get some tempo with fake out. Garch Z pairs decently well as a special offensive threat and with the stealth rocks up, it can get kills easier. It also kills indeedee f and chips farig down to a koable range for garch z to finish. Incineroar helps against threats such as mega golis and just generally synergises with the team. Milotic gives an intimidate counter for threats like salamence and utility with life dew. Water coverage also helps the team. CharY gives nice weather support and burst damage outside of garch z in bad matchups with things like golis and fros. Am open to changes
I’d keep the six and fix the unfinished sets first. Milotic has no item in the screenshot; Leftovers fits Scald / Icy Wind / Life Dew / Protect and isn’t taken elsewhere. Rillaboom also has a neutral nature—Adamant makes sense for that 32 Attack investment unless you need a specific Speed benchmark.
Charizard is the bigger decision: it has 32 HP / 2 Def / 32 Speed and no Sp. Atk investment. That can be deliberate, but if its job is immediate burst damage, I’d test moving some bulk into Sp. Atk before changing a Pokémon. Your sun also weakens Milotic’s Scald, so those two are not always your best attacking pair.
With Kleavor, don’t feel obliged to click Tailwind turn one. Stone Axe pressure beside Fake Out can be better when you already move first; Tailwind matters when it lets Garchomp or Charizard attack before a specific threat. Stealth Rock only damages switch-ins, so avoid counting that chip against the opponent’s starting lead. Those are the first things I’d test before rebuilding.
