Mega Delphox VGC Team Building Guide | Pokémon Champions
Summary
In the Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments server, members are collaborating to optimize a Mega Delphox competitive team. The discussion covers essential VGC strategies, including the use of redirection support like Maushold and Sinistcha, and pairing Mega Delphox with fake-out users like Incineroar. This thread provides valuable insights for trainers looking to improve their team-building skills and master hyper-offense setups in the current meta.
Im new to teambuilding and im looking for help to finish out this team cuz ive got no idea what mons to add
Any help would be appreciated!!
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Hello theree how may i help youu
What is in your mind rn?
Mmmmm
So this is good for a beginner
Good idea
Now may I ask
With delphox you can do mega staraptor and mega delphox combo
What's the purpose of screens
I wanna know the idea
You want to support phox right
Oh basically to reduce the opponent damage to half
Well I know I am asking the creator
Yeahh i think soo
And the following question would be
Is your phox bulky enough?
Eh mb
Why are we using this kind of support with a relatively frail attacker
I though the OP replied
Which has no drain damage either
Hello
Does this not seem like the wrong kind of supplies to provide
Whats ur guys intake on the duo?
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To use setup sweep w delphox
Yooo
I think it's alright
What mons would be good to add to strengthen the idea?
Yh
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To reduce the damage and to make it a slightly easier for delphox to set up
Why don't you use redirection support instead to negate all damage
Yh ill try that
What redirections mons would be good for delphox?
Maushold and sinistcha
Ok
What other set up sweepers would be good to take advantage of the redirection?
Kingambit and Blastoise mega
Hello, you first need to understand how Mega Delphox works, it's a very dangerous pokemon that is really hard to deal with over time, and the best way to support him and make sure he does the job, is to pair him with good threatening supports, most likely fake out users that deals with Ttar and Kingambit (Sneasler, Incineroar obv)
I know there was a hyper offence team with Delphox that uses both, let me see if I can find it
https://pokepast.es/97b8c8255bdc272e
there it is, it's a dual mega with Shell Smash Blastoise, but tbf I've never tried this team so I don't know in which situation you wanna use Blastoise or Delphox. There's also a variant with Staraptor Mega called "Starphox", it did pretty well recently in many tournaments
but yeah, you gotta identify the pokemons who are dangerous for Delphox, and these Pokemons are : Any pokemon that has rock slide (garchomp, tyranitar, focus sash excadrill), and heavy dark moves users (kingambit, incineroar). That's why Intimidate Incineroar and Close Combat Sneasler are very effective with Delphox, they both checks them
And then obviously fast water or ghost revenge killer (scarf basculegion, scarf gholdengo, scarf annihilape) + swampert under rain
Maybe rain is the matchup where you wanna bring Staraptor or Blastoise then. But yeah to check these ghost type Kingambit is perfect, sucker punch rips them
also here's some calcs about m-delphox under Reflect vs his threats :
32+ Atk Mega Tyranitar Knock Off vs. 1 HP / 1 Def Mega Delphox through Reflect: 124-148 (82.1 - 98%) -- 18.75% chance to OHKO after sandstorm damage
32+ Atk Mega Tyranitar Rock Slide vs. 1 HP / 1 Def Mega Delphox through Reflect: 108-128 (71.5 - 84.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after sandstorm damage
32 Atk Life Orb Garchomp Rock Slide vs. 1 HP / 1 Def Mega Delphox through Reflect: 71-85 (47 - 56.2%) -- 83.98% chance to 2HKO
32 Atk Adaptability Basculegion Wave Crash vs. 1 HP / 1 Def Mega Delphox through Reflect: 213-253 (141 - 167.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO
0 Atk Incineroar Darkest Lariat vs. 1 HP / 1 Def Mega Delphox through Reflect: 93-112 (61.5 - 74.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
32+ Atk Black Glasses Kingambit Sucker Punch vs. 1 HP / 1 Def Mega Delphox through Reflect: 140-165 (92.7 - 109.2%) -- 56.25% chance to OHKO
so yeah Screens are definetly not gonna save you
Do u have the staraptor version of the team?
Sure let me find it
https://pokepast.es/8431751f4ed530cd
here's the original version
there's variants with LO Chomp
https://pokepast.es/ffd1e72c5fa5cfb6
or even dragapult
With the teams what would u do aganist trick room?
Which kind of trick room ? Like Fake out blastoise + colbur berry farigiraf ?
You can run Taunt on Whimsicott as nobody uses Mental Herb on Farigiraf
Like hard trick room
Taunt or even Encore
instead of Light Screen
or go for a Sinistcha with trick room in your team to revert to normal
With teams with farigraf
yeah every trick room is with farigiraf, there's final gambit staraptor scarf + farigiraf, fake out blastoise + farigiraf, sneasler + farigiraf etc etc
Would farigirafs ability block my prankster taunt on whims?
ohhhh
yeah it wouldn't work
id add sinistcha for redirection + healing
that would solve your trick room woes
since he can reverse it
Ay
for trick room just use Imprison
I just thought about that
