Pokémon VGC Team Building Tips for Beginners
Summary
The Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments server provides a collaborative space for players to refine their competitive teams. This discussion highlights essential VGC strategies, including the use of Whimsicott for speed control and the synergy between Tyranitar and Excadrill. Members share expert advice on team composition, move sets, and top-tier recruits like Incineroar to help newcomers succeed in the competitive scene.
Literally just started playing today, this is the team I've been running and the roster I've amassed. Anyone able to give any pointers for what I should run and what pokemon I should try to recruit?
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Thanks friend
Hello there. I'd suggest whimsicott over skarmory to support your team more with speed control. I'm going based on ur current options rn, and if ur using ttar then excadrill is a staple. Replace Metagross in that scenario. More recruits would be helpful rn, and also replace high horsepower for something like low kick or ice punch for coverage
I'll give that a shot, thanks
Any advice for what to run on the whimsicott?
Tailwind
Moonblast
Encore/some other status move
protect/ another status move
What about taunt?
sure you can run that
but i dont see that on whims really often
So what I'm getting is swap skarmory for whimsicott and Metagross for excadrill
indeed
Any other Pokemon I should look to recruit to improve the team at all?
incin is one
the guy fills the same role as rk9 on your team but better with fake out and more bulk
Sounds about right
why the heck do i think magic guard alakazam fits into the team
I mean it might lol I'll see if I can get one
Where would it fit
Here's what it looks like now
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Oh! And I also have just about every other Pokemon game, so what pokemon should I try to get a hold of that fit the doubles format well?
https://pokepast.es/4e28fe38ab76a72f
we are doing random bullshi now
zchomp can be replaced though.
basically my take on your team if you want to see it
Sick, thanks
Super helpful actually lol
aand i made another team with no speed control options
:0
oh yeah htr shuts the team down
Really? Damn
Even excadrill?
torkoal eruption:
Oh no
What would you suggest then?
hol up
Letting you cook
I'm gonna have to replay Violet to get access to a lot of these dudes, im realizing
the team also plays kinda well? into joe ugarte's sand team at louisville
depends on the player ofc
how to beat htr with the team according to a htr player
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the "other" here is mirror matches into other sand teams with zchomp and rilla
I assume htr is heatran
hard trick room
teams that completely rely on trick room to work and have crazy dmg output
Ahhh
Gotcha, that's why I was confused
So aim for what's in the link you sent, basically?
yeah
i may have to figure out how to beat mirror matches later
I appreciate the effort
Turns out I have access to some
oh yeah for the mirror matches
spam snarl with incin
or pray that you dont get outsped and die miserably
What's a good option til I get rillaboom? I have Venusaur if I should do a bulky grass
Barely any other mon fills the same role as rilla
They dont have priority and fake out and great offensive pressure at the same time
But venu can be fine?
It'll do for now
I got a hold of both so I can make the full team, I'll let you know how it goes
Any tips for using the team in general? Sorry for all the questions
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9championsvgc2026regmc-2699881848-jr7l0ybxp9i5mq1w8vxmb8g5crb97qqpw
I guess this is how the team is used
Maybe you can ask others about it though since im not that good
which team
i can give you pointers
https://pokepast.es/4e28fe38ab76a72f
Zchomp's earh power was changed to flamethrower for pod
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i made the team for this guy
what is the spread on rilla for
Popped up in my head
Might just get it to live offensive peli hurricane though
Rillaboom @ Miracle Seed
Ability: Grassy Surge
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 1 Atk / 20 Def / 13 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Fake Out
- Grassy Glide
- Wood Hammer
- U-turn
A better spread i made a while ago
Lives hurricane from modest pelipper
okk
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Yeah, that looks good
Have u tested yet
Also u don't really have much support on incineroar
Try parting shot instead of snarl
I might do that
It's going good so far, I'm still learning the meta so I get caught out by certain things
Though im realizing I don't seem to have a lot of answers for sneasler
Maybe I can swap in gholdengo over sylv?
hmmm
couldnt you just fake out and high horsepower it with drill
I could but they often swap into something like indeedee or they hit me with their own fake out, may be a skill issue
might have to see it myself
I could see about sharing replays maybe
aight
it learns psyquick, you could use it, or have Garchomp deal with it with earth power
the chomp runs flamethrower now
for pod
optional, depending o their needs
Incin 1 shots it anyways
cant depend on one counter
oh yeah
intim cycle with incin
I guess, but sometimes it's what it's
Or a double up from mystic fire could delete it
since it almos 1 shots
an idea
So swap in earth power over flamethrower?
Earth power in place of power gem maybe
How do I share replays
Also I gave my gholdengo away 😭
You play on showdown or some
Ahh
I don't but I could
https://play.limitlesstcg.com/tournament/6a9c5234a4272c53be6480bf/player/luca/teamlist I found this sample team that's kind of similar to mine, could this work?
