Optimizing Your VGC Team: Expert Pokémon Battle Advice

Summary

The Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments server provides expert feedback on competitive team building. This announcement features a detailed breakdown of a Crabominable-led team, offering specific advice on move sets, item optimization, and strategic adjustments like adding Trick Room to Armarouge. Members share tournament-winning sets and tactical insights to help players refine their strategies before committing to in-game builds.

wittyshadow-93 OP

Hi ❤️

Optimizing Your VGC Team: Expert Pokémon Battle Advice

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https://pokepast.es/ace2c4ffa9bd6efc

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This is the team

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Do you want the evs?

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Wait a minute that i gotta do something first

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https://pokepast.es/11b689152f94f0c3

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There you go

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merrykitten-85

Yes, I'd build this in Champions if Crabominable is the reason you enjoy playing it. I'd try the M-C version on Showdown a little longer before buying both stones. The two leads I would practice are Indeedee + Armarouge into faster boards and Ninetales + Crab into teams that give you room to set Veil. The Frankfurt and Trainer School winners give you some clean sets to borrow. https://limitlessvgc.com/tournaments/443/teams https://play.limitlesstcg.com/tournament/6aeb64c80c463890f304b288/player/mongoos19/teamlist

Five changes I'd test:
1. Give Armarouge Trick Room over Protect. Keep Wide Guard and your two attacks. That way you can still set room when Indeedee has to click Follow Me.
2. Move Focus Sash to regular Glimmora and try Sludge Bomb / Power Gem / Earth Power / Spiky Shield. That's the Trainer School set and lets it work in the same four as Mega Crabominable.
3. Move Sitrus to Armarouge if you make that swap. It buys another turn against chip while Armarouge is setting room or using Wide Guard.
4. Try the freed-up slot on Indeedee with a different item, such as Colbur Berry for a Dark hit while it redirects. Keep its four moves as a baseline so you can tell if the item is helping.
5. Keep Life Orb Gholdengo with Nasty Plot / Make It Rain / Shadow Ball / Protect. Try it as the backline plan against teams that can deny both Veil and Trick Room. That's the exact Frankfurt winning set.

wittyshadow-93 OP

Thanks

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I never think about trick room on armarouge

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But what would be the second mega then?

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But lwk I just need only one mega

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https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9championsvgc2026regmc-2712933233-6yaoe56m77t00l64rw83930og2fdo2rpw

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Lw that works

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Crabobinable dominance

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