Pokémon VGC Team Building: Glitchless Strategy Guide
Summary
The Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments server hosts an in-depth discussion on optimizing a glitchless VGC team. Community members analyze a sandstorm-based build featuring Tyranitar and Orthworm, offering strategic advice on improving chip damage with Toxapex and selecting superior alternatives to Pikachu. This thread highlights the importance of team synergy, such as choosing male Basculegion for its competitive edge, providing valuable insights for trainers looking to refine their c...
Looking for improvements. To explain my thoughts behind this team boils down to a few things. (Yes I am limited on my pokemon as I'm in the middle of playing the games in order). Sandstorm battery with Ttar and earthworm, chip/stall with toxapex and increase spdef, halicha and Pikachu for pivots with immunities and regeneration plays with both earthworm and toxapex. Basculegion and Pikachu for DMG/ speeding up.
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We got a bit to unpack here it seems
I can 100% see the vision of what ur going for but like you said there’s some improvements that could be made
First thing I’m seeing is that the Pex set is a little wonky
I’d swap CW and LS for Toxic and Infestation cuz it helps it fulfill that role of constant chip damage much better
Ik you said you’re limited in mons but I feel like it’s pretty damn hard to have something that isn’t better than Pikachu icl 😭
yea i only picked pika for elec matchups since i weak
i did have toxic but i feel like its not worth with so many steel types and all the switching
Yeah that’s why I think you need something that can actually one tap steels
I feel like if you swapped out Pikachu For Indeedee F and Sneasler this team wouldn’t be half bad
Oh and then switch female BASC for male BASC whenever u can
basc F/M?
M is better in pretty much every single way
Cuz of last respects
ill definitely try those changes, but i will say i like female bas a lot :(
female is really good on rain, but this isnt rain
This might be the polar opposite of rain 🤣
right, that makes sense. Without her i feel lacking in the Spatk
Hm good point
not the polar opposite, its sand, polar would be snow
Just gonna spit ball here maybe instead of Indeedee and sneasler try Indeedee and Armor
Gives you a secondary psyspam mode and still gives you something to melt steels
And maybe you could run a slower bulkier Ttar spread and let it operate both in and out of TR
how ive been maneuvering this team has a lot to do with (whatever champ select would be called), I could specify later
which def could be a flaw, trying to build them too versatile?
Also I’m just catching this now
Orthoworm would probably be more threatening if you swapped smack down for Iron Defense
im digging the indeedee in theory
Ik SD is probably for Yard but with one of its biggest checks already on the team in Ttar idk if you really need it
Yeah gives you redirection to help ttar setup aswell as protecting it from aqua jets from Basculegion
i havent used it as much tbf but it's hilarious to EQ flying pokemon
Does smack down not okho it?
😭
i dont need it for him
its for sala and garZ
Ah
I see
where im in ultra ball and just started adpating to the shortend pools
Wouldn’t you just wanna rock slide mence?
it doesnt always make sense to bring Ttar so i felt a rock move was nice. also im not sure on all the learnable moves for the pokemon, so i expect there to be thigns that dont make sense
Wanna run a battle before i zonk out for work?
Yeah why not
Haven’t played since the start of the regular season truthfully but I have a team I was using that was pretty fun
Mega Zam Psyspam go brrr
i dont own the new game so im still hitting knowledge checks
Gotchaaaa
U wanna set up the lobby or should I?
i gotcha
Ight sweet
Lemme see if I can find my paste it should be around here somewhere
Oh shit I gotta train an Indeedee rq totally forgot I sent out the one I transferred in the one from home lmao 😭
lol okay, did you get my FR on discord
Yup
I actually just saw wolfeys team and I see a lot of similarities with mine
Trying out emboar 👀 feeling good
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Toxapex @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Regenerator
Level: 50
EVs: 30 HP / 8 Def / 28 SpD
Calm Nature
Indeedee-F @ Psychic Seed
Ability: Psychic Surge
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 2 Def / 32 SpD
Basculegion-F @ Life Orb
Ability: Adaptability
Level: 50
EVs: 2 Def / 32 SpA / 32 Spe
Modest Nature
Emboar @ Leftovers
Ability: Reckless
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 32 Atk / 2 Spe
Adamant Nature
Tyranitar @ Tyranitarite
Ability: Sand Stream
Level: 50
EVs: 32 Atk / 32 SpD / 2 Spe
Careful Nature
Orthworm @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Earth Eater
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 8 Def / 26 SpD
Impish Nature
I like infestation 👀
Vcg 1st team attempt Glxtchles
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