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- Share Your Team or Available Pokรฉmon
If you already have a team, include all six Pokรฉmon with their moves, items, abilities, natures and EVs through a PokรฉPaste or screenshots.
If you need help starting from scratch, show the Pokรฉmon available to you and mention any Pokรฉmon you definitely want to use.
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Pokรฉmon Champions Only
All requests must follow the current Pokรฉmon Champions VGC format and only include Pokรฉmon available in Pokรฉmon Champions. -
Explain Your Goal
Describe how your team is intended to work or the playstyle you want to build. Include goals such as reaching a particular rank, preparing for tournaments or improving a specific matchup. -
Request Specific Help
Clearly explain what you need help with. This could include: -
Choosing a final Pokรฉmon
- Improving movesets or EVs
- Fixing difficult matchups
- Building around a favourite Pokรฉmon
- Improving the teamโs overall strategy
We donโt expect an incredible amount of detailโjust enough for people to understand what youโre thinking and properly answer your questions.
Posts without sufficient information may be closed.
Recommended Thread Title:
Hard Trick Room Team โ Help With Final Slot
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This post is intended as a strong example of a team feedback / โRate My Teamโ post.
We donโt expect incredible amounts of detail hereโjust enough to work with. People need to know what youโre thinking to answer your questions. Including a PokรฉPaste, your thoughts and intentions, and what you want from your thread is key to receiving useful feedback.
PokรฉPaste:
https://pokepast.es/cf2c5469cb0e4b33
Team:
Farigiraf / Incineroar / Hatterene / Drampa / Torkoal / Mawile
Goal:
Hi! Iโm looking for help refining this hard Trick Room team for the current Pokรฉmon Champions VGC format. My goal is to make it reliable enough for Champions Rank and BO3 tournaments.
Overall Strategy:
The team aims to establish Trick Room with Farigiraf or Hatterene before applying heavy pressure with its slower attackers. Farigiraf and Incineroar help create safer opportunities to set Trick Room, while Drampa, Torkoal and Mawile provide different offensive options depending on the matchup.
Farigiraf:
My main Trick Room support. Armor Tail protects the team from priority moves, while Imprison can prevent opposing teams from using Trick Room. Helping Hand increases the damage of whichever attacker is beside it.
Incineroar:
Built as a slow physical attacker rather than a fully defensive support Pokรฉmon. Fake Out helps establish Trick Room, while White Herb can recover Attack lost to Intimidate or the defensive drops caused by Close Combat.
Hatterene:
My second Trick Room setter and main special attacker. Magic Bounce protects against disruptive status moves, while Life Orb strengthens Psychic, Dazzling Gleam and Mystical Fire.
Drampa:
My special Mega option and one of the teamโs main Trick Room attackers. Hyper Voice provides spread damage, while Energy Ball, Ice Beam and Earth Power offer additional coverage.
Torkoal:
My strongest attacker under Trick Room. Drought and Charcoal make Eruption extremely powerful, but Iโm unsure whether running Eruption, Heat Wave and Weather Ball together is necessary.
Mawile:
My alternative Mega and main physical win condition. Hyper Cutter helps protect its Attack before Mega Evolution, while Play Rough, Sucker Punch and Rock Slide provide offensive pressure.
Help Needed:
- Is bringing both Drampanite and Mawilite worthwhile?
- Should Torkoal replace one of its Fire-type moves?
- Does the team need more support or redirection?
- How can I improve matches where Trick Room cannot be established?
