Rain Team Guide: Mega Swampert Setup
This is my team, please give me a good rain team and how to play the game with that team with proper movesets and abilities and items. Will greatly appreciate it.
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Swampert @ Swampertite
Ability: Torrent
Level: 50
EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Wave Crash
- Stomping Tantrum
- Ice Punch
- Protect
Pelipper @ Focus Sash
Ability: Drizzle
Level: 50
EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
- Weather Ball
- Hurricane
- Wide Guard
- Protect
Raichu @ Shuca Berry
Ability: Lightning Rod
Level: 50
EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
- Fake Out
- Nuzzle
- Thunderbolt
- Protect
Gholdengo @ Life Orb
Ability: Good as Gold
Level: 50
EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
- Make It Rain
- Shadow Ball
- Nasty Plot
- Protect
Incineroar @ Passho Berry
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 12 Def / 22 SpD
Careful Nature
- Fake Out
- Flare Blitz
- Parting Shot
- Darkest Lariat
Whimsicott @ Mental Herb
Ability: Prankster
Level: 50
EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
- Tailwind
- Taunt
- Encore
- Moonblast
No tailwind?
Oh nvm
Ok
What 4 Pokemon should I choose?
This is a rain team built around Mega Swampert.
The main idea is pretty simple: Pelipper sets rain, then Mega Swampert becomes fast and hits really hard. Once rain is up, Swampert can start putting huge pressure on the opponent with Wave Crash.
Raichu helps keep the rain core safe because Lightning Rod protects Pelipper and Swampert from Electric moves. It also has Fake Out and Nuzzle to slow the game down.
Gholdengo is there so the team is not only relying on Swampert. It gives you strong special damage and can punish teams that are built to handle physical attackers.
Incineroar helps you play safer with Fake Out, Intimidate, and Parting Shot, giving Swampert or Gholdengo better chances to come in.
Whimsicott is the backup control piece. It gives Tailwind when you need more speed and Taunt to stop Trick Room.
So the simple plan is:
Set rain, protect Pelipper, bring Swampert in safely, then let Swampert and Gholdengo do the damage while Raichu, Incineroar, and Whimsicott help control the board.
Most common four you’d use is
Pelipper
Swampert
Raichu
Gholdengo
Hm what should I change incineroar and whimsicott for in case I need do
Pretty shocked archaludon is not playing a huge part in this team
Raichu thunderbolt not thunder?
Sorry for too many questions I am new and is saying from all the matches I faced till now
Oh again hurricane not in pelliper?
What will I do against fighting types? Or opposing venausaur or whimsicott
Goldengo no dazzling gleam? What will happen if I face dragons
Just uh sorry yeah we don’t really run thunder
The team just needs to be practiced
Do you mean the pokemon you don’t bring ?
Uh usually we just look at the opposing team like types and speeds and you figure what to bring accordingly but without experience all I can really say is your safe four
Most common four you’d use is
Pelipper
Swampert
Raichu
Gholdengo
Hit the fighting types with a strong water move ?
Hurricane is on pelli ?
Gholdengo doesn’t really run dazzling gleam? Sort of a bizzare tech pick
So hitting something neutral is ok
You don’t need to be hitting everything super effective
The point of the rain team is boosted water attacks and in your case swift swim
Hurricane is learnt by pelliper
That why it’s on the above team sheet I posted
It's currently on my pelliper
Very good
Hm so swampert will be my fast sweeper
And if trick room or tailwind happens I am cooked
Oh what about grass types, swamperts' nemesis
Why?
Spd
But you have swift swim and tailwind ?
Like recently I found a guy who trick room then instruct then population bomb 20 times
Tailwind on my whimsicott which I won't be bringing most of the time
Unless going against opposing tailwind mons I’d assume
Oh wait hurricane is there for me
For grass types
Lol
Like if you see a talonflame
Or whimsicott you’d bring your own most likely
Idk all mons who learn tailwind gotta check it then
Yeah gotta practise the team
and if that happens who should I replace to bring in whimsicott
Your not bring raichu
I feel like raichu but he has fake out
Oh ok
I think the black bird knows tailwind
Would’ve been a good match for incin tbh
Ahhh I forgot to mega
Nvm I remembered
MEGA SCOVILLAIN?
Yeah incin is good into him also
Nullifies its mega ability
So incin was good into 5/6 of the mons
But you didn’t use him haha
Practise will fix this stuff
Showdown is faster
K I will practice with this team
How to counter another rain team
I was close to losing thx god that it stopped raining when my pelliper was at 10% hp so I lowk hurricaned his swampert
Also wave crash kills ur opponent super fast but it results in almost half the recoil
Should I change raichu with sneasler?
plij answer the other ayesh
