VGC Team Building Help: Dragapult & Metagross Strategy
Summary
In the Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments server, a member seeks advice on refining a Dragapult and Metagross team for competitive play. The community discusses the current meta, specifically why Altaria is underperforming and suggests potential replacements like Volcarona. This thread provides valuable insights for beginners learning the basics of VGC team building and strategic adjustments.
Yesterday I received this template but I want to know if I'll need to do some changes and I want to know the strategy of any member of the team, I'm just learning the basics of VGC.
Metagross @ Metagrossite
Ability: Clear Body
Level: 50
EVs: 12 HP / 15 Atk / 11 Def / 28 Spe
Jolly Nature
Psychic Fangs
Body Press
Psych Up
Protect
Dragapult @ Life Orb
Ability: Infiltrator
Level: 50
EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
Draco Meteor
Shadow Ball
Will-O-Wisp
Protect
Milotic @ Psychic Seed
Ability: Competitive
Level: 50
EVs: 31 HP / 15 Def / 12 SpD / 8 Spe
Calm Nature
Muddy Water
Coil
Hypnosis
Recover
Altaria @ Haban Berry
Ability: Cloud Nine
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 5 Def / 29 Spe
Timid Nature
Ice Beam
Tailwind
Will-O-Wisp
Protect
Arcanine-Hisui @ Focus Sash
Ability: Rock Head
Level: 50
EVs: 1 HP / 32 Atk / 1 SpD / 32 Spe
Jolly Nature
Rock Slide
Flare Blitz
Head Smash
Protect
Indeedee-F @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Psychic Surge
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 32 Def / 2 SpD
Bold Nature
Psychic
Follow Me
Helping Hand
Protect
I would change Altaria for something else i feel like Its not really that good right now
If zchomp wasn’t so prominent I wouldn’t hate it but yea
Volcarona sounds pretty good on that team
Definitely has its uses
It basically offers the same as Altaria, plus the ability to set up Quiver Dance or use rage Powder
This is the baltimore team
This was before g chomp Zs uprising
Chomp Z rose after balti
Would you recommend to change Altaria in this moment?
Yes
Altaria is not very good
Mega altaria is just so bad im thisformat
Fairy is such a bad typing to have
Because sneasler just booms you
Jmm so
Which Pokemon could be useful to change Altaria?
Oh I don't really know
Someone gave me the list from balti
But I'm here to do the changes that you guys consider necessary
Ok
And what kind of moveset, nature and stuff would you recommend?
I'm sorry for asking a lot but I am just learning. I start the game like 3 weeks ago?
Ok, got it!
And
What's the strategy? If I may ask
Like
I know pult is attacker, but, what could be a good setting, what kind of thing I CAN NOT do, etc.
Ok, got it.
So I would change altaria for Tyranitar
Would you recommend to change metagross for someone better?
I want to be really strong, maybe another mega could work? I don't know if maybe garchomp Z
Or kingambit
Cus in this moment the team is pult, milotic, arcanine, indeedee-f, tyranitar and metagross
Ok
So I'll choose Garchomp!
Last question haha, sorry
Could you tell me the garchomp stats?
And that's it 😅
Thank you so much!
Where do you find those stats?
to have the chance to search when I need it
Cus maybe I would like to try garchomp and gardevoir
So I want to look up for the stats, nature, moveset
Ok
Thank you so much!!
