Optimize Your Scov Balance Team | Pokémon VGC Strategy
Summary
The Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments community is actively debating improvements for a Scov balance team struggling in the current meta. This discussion covers critical adjustments to handle threats like Sneasler, Kingambit, and Charizard. Members explore replacing Rillaboom and Lycanroc, evaluating Kommo-o as a potential core addition to mitigate fire weaknesses and improve overall team synergy.
I've been using this scov balance team for 3 seasons now and I feel like this new one it just isn't working for me so I want to know what I can update to make to work currently in the meta
Let us debate ❤️
I question the lycanroc
I get it conceptually with good offensive output but in practice I think it may be a little lack luster
I use it for one a snealser gambit counter to also look for a zard
So I need a card counter or my whole team just dies
I don’t think it’s the right pokemon to rely on for all those common counters
Most teams will have multiple of those and lycanroc can only reliably counter one per game
Overall you’d probably have to change more than just lycanroc to relieve yourself of those counters though
I don't wanna use chomp
Since you have so many shared weaknesses
And unless I put snealser I have a insane fire weakness
Yea I agree
But what pokémon would I change
My gut tells me to change rilaboom and lycanroc
Granted you would lose terrain control
I don't like rilla at all
So I'm perfectly ok with that
I’d play around with ko’mo’o
As?
Or however you spell it
I can't put whim
And talon doesn't fit
And tr would be horrible for this team
Since it counters sneasler decently, kingabmit well, and Charizard pretty good
How snealser??!
Yeah I don’t think it would quite fit
It resists dire claw and close combat
And does neutral damage with dragon moves back
Fair enough
Forgive me
Is he dragon fighting or dragon steelM
???
Fighting
Ty
Anyway
Thank you
I would still have a fire weakness and what can I do to fix said weakness
Hie do you feel about aerodactyl?
How*
Wait am I slow
Wait ur prolly right
Como build?
You are right
He still has pretty good physical defense tho
Although not as good as I thought
Yea and I kan give him sitiris with some bulk and he is fine
Idk why I thought fighting resisted poison and fighting
Prolly so
