Pokémon VGC Teambuilding: Mastering Perish Trap Strategies

Summary

At Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments, community members are collaborating on competitive teambuilding strategies. This discussion focuses on optimizing a Perish Trap team, including essential Pokémon choices like Gengar and Kommo-o, as well as specific EV spread recommendations. It is a valuable resource for players looking to refine their tournament lineups and understand complex win conditions in the current VGC meta.

dustymaple-74 OP

Hii im new to teambuilding and im looking for help to round out this team(thinkin of using this team for a tournament or laddering maybe)
I need help choosing setup mons who can take advantage of the screens redirection and fake out support and can cover for the original trio supports weaknesses
Any suggestions would be helpful!!

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brightkernel-65

Hi this is basically Perish Trap :3

dustymaple-74 OP

@Carlo should i make this into a perish trap team?

dustymaple-74 OP
brightkernel-65

You're Mega Gengar short and it already is! :>

brightkernel-65

Myself, I opted for an Aegislash vs Sinistcha

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dustymaple-74 OP

Ohhh

dustymaple-74 OP

Ill add kommo o and gengar

dustymaple-74 OP

Do u have the evs for kommo and gengar?

brightkernel-65

You can definitely opt for Sinist, redirect is never bad - also a good lead when you don't want an aegislash.

brightkernel-65

32HP, 2SpD, 32Spe - +Spe,-Atk Nature.

dustymaple-74 OP

So what last mon would be good to add to the team?

brightkernel-65

Depends on how you wanna play your perish trap, I want mine with an alternative win-con. :3

dustymaple-74 OP

So if i want to add a setup mon as my other win con which mon would be good to add?

@dustymaple-74 So if i want to add a setup mon as my other win con which mon would be good to add?
brightkernel-65

Aegislash SD?

brightkernel-65

Kommo-o is a Setup 'mon too.

dustymaple-74 OP

Would bulk up or iron defense corvinight work?

dustymaple-74 OP

Cuz my teams really weak to ground fairy and flying

@dustymaple-74 Cuz my teams really weak to ground fairy and flying
brightkernel-65

Gengar should be able to deal with fairies.
Aegislash is a good check on two of the most oppressing Flying types atm ( Aero / M-Raptor )

If we're going perish trap route; GSlowking and Politoad are amazing checks for Ground and Flying

dustymaple-74 OP

So what pokemon should i lead with for perish trap because i rlly dont kniw how to play it

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