Optimize Your OHKO Team: VGC Strategy Advice

Summary

In the Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments server, members are collaborating to refine a high-risk OHKO team composition. The discussion focuses on overcoming weaknesses to Fighting and Ghost types by optimizing held items like Shell Bell and White Herb, while suggesting defensive alternatives like Snorlax. This community-driven analysis helps trainers improve their competitive viability and strategic consistency in the current VGC meta.

cosmicarcher-27 OP

I've been using this team alot and realized I'm extremely weak to fight and ghost types and I want to improve my team to counter these types

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cleverinbox-49

Well I mean you have 2 ghost reaistances and no weaknesses and 3 pokon who resist fighting to make up for the 3 weak to it

happykitten-50

How are you possibly weak to ghost

happykitten-50

fighting like maybe? but yeah you have 2 flying types

@happykitten-50 fighting like maybe? but yeah you have 2 flying types
cleverinbox-49

And a fairy type

cleverinbox-49

I'd say that maybe the items need some work, shell bell should just never be used and while white herb incin aint bad, its usually used on hard tr

cleverinbox-49

Does life orb cancel out sturdy? I need to check

@cleverinbox-49 Does life orb cancel out sturdy? I need to check
cleverinbox-49

Ye it does, so either use another item like scarf or switch to the raid boss version of arch

@cosmicarcher-27 I've been using this team alot and realized I'm extremely weak to fight and ghost types and I want…
plaidforest-21

This strategy is very much very hard to pull off with a Pokemon like gambit tbh

plaidforest-21

You usually want a Pokémon that's very hard to get rid of which is why people ran this with Snorlax

plaidforest-21

With a defensive berry like Chople berry Kingambit still doesn't survive a Close Combat from Sneasler with that much HP and shell bell is not healing that much, there's few Pokemon you can outspeed with Gambit under TW

plaidforest-21

Snorlax sticks around for longer has very good bulk and chople berry and Shell Bell could actually work here

plaidforest-21

You're also just immune to ghost types entirely with the Lax

plaidforest-21

Without an offensive spread your Incineroar wants sitrus berry or a recovery item

plaidforest-21

It has no business running White Herb

plaidforest-21

Offensive Incineroars with close combat will run White Herb

cleverinbox-49

:vgc2up: what he said

@plaidforest-21 Without an offensive spread your Incineroar wants sitrus berry or a recovery item
cosmicarcher-27 OP

I forgot to change the stats

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