Metagross x Rain: Team Feedback & Scrafty Swap

Summary

Pokémon Champions thread discusses a Metagross x Rain VGC team and community feedback. Members suggest swapping Incineroar for Scrafty, consider Tera and EV sets, and propose a Rotom-Wash Choice Scarf set. The announcement covers matchup concerns versus Fairy and Dragapult and offers practical build options to improve team synergy and rain consistency.

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hello
now I have never made a VGC team and I would like to have feedback about this.
https://pokepast.es/e10d19cfc0eae505

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Incinaroar just doesn't fit on that team if you're having rain up alot, replace him with scrafty who gets pretty much the same tools, or with a rain sweeper

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Incise covers me when it's not raining, and it also helps with Steel-type moves. Plus, Intimidate.

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Scraggy does pretty much the same except he still has knock off and isnt weakened by rain

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you could run something like this

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Scrafty @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Intimidate
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Fake Out
- Close Combat
- Parting Shot
- Knock Off

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That may be, but the problem is that I get a x4 boost to the fairy and it only has 65 HP

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And that actually scares me a little.

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However, it's not a bad option.

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he has mega mettagross, i dont think fairies are big problems for his team

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yayaa, but there's also dragapult

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fair, but i'm put on the fact mettagross should beat almost any fairy, and most fairies are physical attackers so you wouldn't really bring in intimidate users against them

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maybe this a better scraffty

Scrafty @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Intimidate
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Fake Out
- Close Combat
- Coaching
- Knock Off

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I hope they don't take away the coaching.

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After reviewing everything, I think this is the best electric type.

Rotom-Wash @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
Tera Type: Electric
EVs: 252 HP / 140 SpA / 4 SpD / 80 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunder
- Hydro Pump
- Will-O-Wisp
- Trick

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