Rain x Mega Starmie Team Breakdown
Summary
In Pokémon Champions this announcement breaks down a Rain x Mega Starmie team including Pelipper lead with Tailwind, Mega Starmie as the primary sweeper, Archaludon as a physical wall, Basculegion endgame sweeper, Oranguru support, and P. Tauros Aqua as a new anti-setup option. The post details movesets, item choices, speed EVs, and key weaknesses versus Sun cores, Incineroar, and opposing Archaludon, offering tactical insights for the community.
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Pelipper: Rain and Tailwind setter. Usually leading with Starmie. Sash almost guarantees I get off a Tailwind, Weather Ball + Hurricane for coverage. Considering putting Rain Dance on this to counter other weather setters but I'm not quite sure how to fit it in.
Archaludon: Physical wall, first line of defense after either Pelipper/Starmie go down to clean up. I feel like my set could be better but not sure how, oddly enough I feel like I never get to use my Electro Shot but I'm unsure about removing it.
Basculegion: Ideally end-game sweeper via Last Respects.
Starmie: Star of the show. I prefer Waterfall over the +5 BP from Liquidation, Starmie's usually outspeeding and that 20% flinch chance has helped numerous times. Other than Arch, everyone on the team can shield from Self-Destruct in one way or another, which is quite useful on Starmie's last turn. Speed EVs are specifically allocated to outspeed a max Speed investment Mega Charizard Y, and Waterfall still OHKOs it in sun.
Oranguru: Special wall, usually lead with him if I anticipate Pelipper/Starmie is a bad leading choice. Dual screens is still useful even without Light Clay. Instruct is an incredible pairing with Mega Starmie. Knock Off is kind of a throwaway? Probably would be more useful if there were more items. Maybe Protect should go here?
P. Tauros Aqua: Brand new to the team. Anti-Archaludon with CC, Anti-Aurora-Veil with Raging Bull, Intimidate support. Walls & 2HKOs Incineroar in Rain even after it gets Intimidated.
Things I'm struggling against:
- Sun teams, especially the Zard Y + Whimsicott core. Starmie can beat Zard Y unless Prankster Tailwind goes off, then I'm screwed.
- Incineroar, Intimidate just ruins my Starmie's fun and somehow on a team with 4 water types I'm struggling to kill it. First time playing VGC and not enjoying fighting this thing.
- Archaludon. Haven't faced one since adding Tauros to my team.
Additionally, considering adding a Milotic to my team, I got a shiny Feebas I'm waiting on a friend to help me evolve. Not sure what I'd swap on this team with it though. Basculegion hasn't been pulling as much weight as I'd prefer, so maybe that.
Currently in Great Ball 2, aspiring to be higher
Oh one last note, I do not want to use Incineroar. I don't like his design, I think he's annoying, a personal preference. I just don't like him. I know this is stubborn, but I can't use something I actively dislike.
Wow yeah Zard Y + Venusaur core is just completely destroying me. Really not sure how to handle it
