Mastering Rain & Trick Room: VGC Team Building Guide

Summary

In the Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments server, members are actively theorycrafting a balanced team featuring Golisopod and Gengar. This announcement explores the viability of Rain and Trick Room cores while debating the effectiveness of Perish Trap strategies in the current meta. It is a great resource for players looking to refine their competitive lineups and receive community feedback on specific Pokémon synergies.

clevertemple-45 OP

The main goal here to have sort of balance. My two mega are good for different situations, mega golisopod core there core is supposed to be rain / trick room team he is good into every team except for the zard and pyroar team so I would bring mega genagr and perish trap into those matchups.

The perish trap core where genagr is the main focus he is able to sweeep teams that don’t have ghost type and some specific dark type Pokémon.

The main problem is I have been struggling with is exactly what rain and trick room setter I should have the options I have been throwing around is, politoad ( it good to set up rain and good for perish trap stuff and zard matchups), indee is good for trick rooom and helping the team survive through perish song.

This is the first idea And I’m open to ideas for which Pokémon’s to use.

I was also running mimkyu around too hehe I have Primarina as an attacker and solid check into bax and fire types

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clevertemple-45 OP
clevertemple-45 OP

So who should I switch out ?

silvercactus-53

I do not like perish here

clevertemple-45 OP

Hemm

clevertemple-45 OP

Interesting

@silvercactus-53 I do not like perish here
clevertemple-45 OP

What bad about perish

@clevertemple-45 What bad about perish
silvercactus-53

It needs a lot of support that doesn't exist at all here

clevertemple-45 OP

Aight

@silvercactus-53 It needs a lot of support that doesn't exist at all here
clevertemple-45 OP

So should I fully abandoned perish ?

clevertemple-45 OP

Hm

clevertemple-45 OP

I played some rank with this team

clevertemple-45 OP

And it does good into most teams

clevertemple-45 OP

But it struggles against other golisopod

clevertemple-45 OP

Hmm

clevertemple-45 OP

Who I switch incin out for ?

clevertemple-45 OP

Hmm

clevertemple-45 OP

But then I would need a trick room setter for goli

clevertemple-45 OP

Aight lemme try it

clevertemple-45 OP

It’s been going pretty good

clevertemple-45 OP

I just

clevertemple-45 OP

Ima try

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