Mega Raichu Team Feedback & Suggested Changes

Summary

At Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments, members collaborate on optimizing competitive VGC teams. This discussion focuses on refining a Mega Raichu team, featuring strategic swaps like Whimsicott over Grimmsnarl and specific move set adjustments for Annihilape, Scolipede, and Greninja. It serves as a valuable resource for players looking to improve their team synergy and competitive performance in the current meta.

daringcomet-52 OP

I’ve been using this team for a bit and I’ve not sure what to change. Please don’t recommend kingambit, gholdengo, incin, or sneasler

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daringcomet-52 OP

Grimsnarl lost thunder wave in champs and he doesn’t have quash

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Should I just replace grim with whimsa

daringcomet-52 OP

Maybe

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But it would make my team more fairy weak

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I also thought about switching scolipede with talon flame

daringcomet-52 OP

I chose whimsa

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Thanks

daringcomet-52 OP

Any last changes I should make?

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merrykitten-85

I’d probably start with these three changes:

  1. Annihilape: Coaching → Bulk Up or Taunt
    Coaching feels a bit awkward here because Annihilape usually wants to be the thing getting boosted and winning the game, especially with Maushold Beat Up support. Bulk Up makes it more threatening, while Taunt helps stop annoying setup, Trick Room, and support mons.
  2. Scolipede: Gunk Shot → Poison Jab
    Gunk Shot hits harder, but missing it can be really painful. Since this team already has a few moving parts, I’d rather have the safer Poison move and not risk losing games off accuracy.
  3. Greninja: Extrasensory → Dark Pulse
    Dark Pulse feels more useful overall. It helps more into Ghost and Psychic types, and the team already has decent pressure into a lot of the things Extrasensory would be targeting.
daringcomet-52 OP

But I haven’t really used coaching much because when I did the opponent would just give up

merrykitten-85

we have been talking about gunk shot since regulation MA started as a way to securely get the OHKO on floette but we still didnt run it because it misses all the time but maybe you’ve been lucky

Extran could be cool

Greninja is a really hard mega to run btw. It would feel like I uphill battle I imagine

daringcomet-52 OP

I used to run him

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Until life orb dropped

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Instead I run mega scolopede

daringcomet-52 OP

I need help

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