Metagross Dnite Team Struggles & Tuning
Summary
The Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments server hosts an in-depth discussion on optimizing Metagross and Dragonite team compositions. Members analyze team synergy, share Poképaste links, and troubleshoot laddering struggles on Pokémon Showdown. This thread provides valuable insights into competitive VGC meta-game adjustments, including move-set optimization and effective counter-play strategies for current tournament formats.
https://pokepast.es/6472e83acaf69131
I began making this team when I rlised that I couldn't rly use scrafty gengar that well.
I could have just switched back to my gard dnite team but I rly wanted something new
And I think I might be going freaking insane cuz like, I don't understand what I am doing wrong. Every pokemon induvidually feel amazing (except maybe farig) and the team seems like it should work theoretically but while I did rise for a bit to like 1500 I have now fallen literally all the way to 1100, a record row for me (showdown)
I do not understand wtf is wrong. But something is rly wrong and it needs to be changed
https://pokepast.es/525ade10b71f8742
This was the old version with some modifications
🙁
But araquanid is my homie
Ok Ig I'll look for others
Haha yeah I knew you wouldn’t like me saying
I got foul play on my farig now just for an easier kill on basc but seems it helps with meta also
Kingambits keep being sash too
Farig can’t hit with them twin beam
All the other widegaurd users kinda suck ngl
Yeah they do
I dont run it but seeing why you think you’d need it running a mega steel type
I’m laddering again I’ll send any metagross teams I see here haha
https://pokepast.es/525ade10b71f8742
Wht abt something like this?
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Funny I can see your team composition in this
I’d prefer araq over toxapex for sure
Ew yard
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9championsvgc2026regmb-2643756219
Ik that like yard works well with metagross but I rly don't wanna run weather
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9championsvgc2026regmb-2643776436
This was so freaking satisfying
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9championsvgc2026regmb-2643780872
Haze is rly fun
Not many metagross on ladder for me to show you past hour
I thought it would be useless this format but literally everybody either runs setup, or defiant or a move which lowers their oppenents stats
I am dealing with belly drum Azumarill now tho
Fml
I considered him multiple times but I like araquanid ans primarina better
I’m testing sitrus farig
Pretty sure mental herb is the way if you play safely
It super powered me to death.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9championsvgc2026regmb-2643782409-von4r4thb2iv1njf21e5jntjtdbxq5hpw
Coaching body press metagross is actually terrifying
I am a bit worried that this is starting to delve into the realm of protect the mega territory but its not that far gone so its prob fine
Prob..
I encountered non mega metagross
Next to I think grim or sab
It used swagger on it then the meta was holding the confusion heal berry
Very bo1
It beat me
Pretty sure it was with perish politoad and maybe taunt gengar
I mean it makes sense ig
They don't want it getting intimidated so they used a clear body mon
And metagross is pretty useful in its base form too
Since I am using 2 base 600 megas, I can just bring both somethimes and mega the one that I think is more useful given the surcumstances
Yeah it did make sense ! Honestly was something that was very common in sword and shield
Weakness policy also because it’s stats can go up but not down
lol
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It whirlwinded me
I am in the swamps and it suck’s
Oof
Werent you like master ball 1 a bit back?
Yeah rn 30 thousand
Kinda losing back to back
Has gotta be a focus thing ?
Ye that happens to me too
It’s dragon tailing me actually lol
Reg dnite is scary cuz it has such a diverse movepool you have no idea what to expect
What’s the cutoff for MB1?
So much effort it’s annoying
I see why everyone gets tilted
I forgor
Yeah with venu tho too on a rain team
How am I to know what’s going to happen.
It’s smart because I can’t fake it out
So I like fell directly into their trap haha
So its their dedicated anti tr tool eh?
Thats interesting
Seems like it yeah
I always fake out venu
Can’t risk sleep
I aint clicking tailwind a lot but I thinks thats cuz I keep forgetting my mega dnite has inner focus in its base form
I have gauranteed tailwind but I aint using it
Hahaha drampa is interesting to use like that too
Yeah d nite is like impossible to shut down
I guess maybe mega froslas can
Triple axel
Tripple axel is annoying asf
Although Ik which pokemon have it so I aint caught off gaurd when it happens
It’s like a true d nite bypasser lol
It is obvious who has it
Seems any Mon who can learn it tho almost always run it hash
Ye
I mean not exactly, multiscale dnite can actually live a frosslass blizzard
And often runs flamethrower or heatwave to hit you for supereffective
I wondered why you felt that was so needed
Seen it on your more recent d nite I think
Ye
I used flamethrower for a while but heatwave gets the same 2hkos and means I don't need to predict protects, switches or redirections
Or freaking ally switch
Running flamethrower on drampa rn might try heatwave after some testing
It also rarely misses but I think thats just dragonite being a G.
I think flamethrower is prob better on drampa since you alr have hypervoice for spread damage but maybe heatwave will be useful
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: ( too many yards
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9championsvgc2026regmb-2643794921
When there is a rockslide there is a way ig
Worst part is that I might have been able to win had I fake'd out the primarina
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9championsvgc2026regmb-2643797286 - Had the poison not activated I'd have been so cooked
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9championsvgc2026regmb-2643820541-b3nlld4u3k1pbca2odruue7v04n3uyfpw - Coaching is fun
