Master Ball Rank Guide: Pokémon VGC Team Building Tips

Summary

In the Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments server, members share expert advice on climbing to Master Ball rank. This discussion covers optimizing bulky rain teams, replacing underperforming Pokémon, and mastering competitive positioning with core units like Incineroar. It serves as a valuable resource for players looking to refine their team synergy and improve their battle predictions in the current VGC meta.

vividbeacon-61 OP

I need a team to get to master ball

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merrykitten-85
@vividbeacon-61 I need a team to get to master ball ![image](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/152473019092697…
ironpanther-10

I can't reaaally help you by just seeing your items, but it looks like your using a regular bulky rain team
but there is one thing I can say right off the board

ironpanther-10

disown eelektross

ironpanther-10

hes a fraud

vividbeacon-61 OP

He helped me get to master ball

ironpanther-10

you could instead use mega metagross, mega mawile ir mega raichu Y, by what I see in your box

vividbeacon-61 OP

Rain is too hard for me ngl?

ironpanther-10

Okay imagine this
Swampert has bad matchups against grass types, weather control or whatsoever
your secondary mega is here to cover that

mega eelektross covers neither

vividbeacon-61 OP

Master Ball Rank Guide: Pokémon VGC Team Building Tips

vividbeacon-61 OP

What you think of this team

ironpanther-10

that looks just like a previous team I created for and with someone on that server

ironpanther-10

you should be doing fine with that

vividbeacon-61 OP

How do i use it

ironpanther-10

But Chari Y is easy to outplay on lots of ways, you gotta be careful and position him correctly, dont let incin parting shot you, dont just stand there against a rock type move, dont click solar beam when the opponent has a easy way to shut down the sun or sinistcha rage powder, etc

ironpanther-10

pretty easy if you ask me, but some things are hard to remember for beginners
I dont know if you are a beginner or not

vividbeacon-61 OP

Im not good when it comes to predicting whats gonna happen

ironpanther-10

Incin is mainly here to disrupt the opponent with intimidate, fake out, parting shot, but can also deal very good damage, when the sun is active, with its flare blitz, I would also invest a little bit into its speed, so it speed checks some Pokémon like other incineroar, sylveon and gholdengo or garchomp in your tailwind

ironpanther-10

85 speed is enough to outspeed garchomp in tailwind, but me personally I use 86 speed, because everybody knows 85 speed is a must have speed stat on incin
With my incin being one point faster than theirs, my fakeout will always go first and I dont have to worry about speed-tue fakeouts, which could ruin your entire match

vividbeacon-61 OP

You think this is better than rain

vividbeacon-61 OP

What do i lead?

ironpanther-10

Thats really match up depending, but against rain a obvious rain lead like swampert pelipper your best options are actually your fire types incin and chari y

Mega Chari -> rain turns to sun
Incin can fake out the swampert
Solarbeam the swampert
and even if pelipper tries to attack you with weatherball, you do resist it because its fire now

If the swampert protects, simply swap out your chari Y and use parting shot in incineroar, so you can reset the sun

vividbeacon-61 OP

Ok thanks

vividbeacon-61 OP

This team is really good

vividbeacon-61 OP

How do you lead against trick room?

merrykitten-85

Kingambit slveon maybe

merrykitten-85

Tanky slow

merrykitten-85

Not focused on your speed mode more your bulk mode

merrykitten-85

So most likely no aero against tr

merrykitten-85

Unless he runs taunt

merrykitten-85

Taunt shuts down tr pretty hard

ironpanther-10

aero is fine against trickroom, eruption, hyper voice etc are fully countered by wideguard

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