u/FokionK1

So after a few weeks of seeing this sub as it was randomly recommended to me, I got two snails from my garden (garden snails, duh) and built them an enclosure to keep them as pets. I got a fairly large dark skinned one and a lighter skinned smaller one and gave them all the stuff I read on here that they need. Ample space, places to hide, calcium, moist soil and misting their tank regularly. During their first few days in the enclosure they were exploring, eating (a lot) and generally being very active. For the past three weeks however, after a sudden 2-day shift in the weather that brough in pretty low for the season temperatures, they have both attached themselves to the back wall of the enclosure and have not moved at all since. As I am reading from various posts here, they should just be asleep as they have not formed a white seal on the shell opening. I am continuing to regularly mist their tank but as of yesterday I stopped placing food since they do not eat all (I do however have some grass planted in a corner, so even if they wake up very hungry and I miss it for hours, they can eat that)

I just thought to make a post asking, as I am not sure if that is something they just do and they are OK, or if something is wrong with them.

I am currently sitting in Master Ball rank fluctuating around 1700 points. Both teams seem to work fine, but I do not have a lot of experience with playing VGC and while I am doing fine on Champions for the most part, I do like asking for advise. Obviously I do not expect either team to be the best, and honestly it's impossible to build a team that is the best at everything, at least with our current pokemon pool.

This is more of a "gather ideas" type of post to maybe find something obscure that would work best with a team. Any advise is welcome.

Brief team explanations below.

Mega Delphox:

Delphox herself has a bulky set as Nasty Plot and the naturally very high specia lattack let it work great without any investment. Clefable is there mainly as a lead against rain/Sableye teams (or anything that does not have Fake Out pressure) alongside Delphox to help her set up an easy Nasty Plot and despite the rain start Helping Hand + Heat Waving everything. Sneasler has bulky ev training to survive a Dual Wingbeat. Kingambit has some speed to better match up against opposing Kingambit and work great under Tailwind, but the lack of Kowtow leaves only Sucker Punch as Dark coverage. Dragonite is there to offer Tailwind speed control if I need it and hit very hard with DClaw, but is there in place of Garchomp and I am not sure if it's better. Milotic is an Incineroar counter since Delphox really struggles against it, offers more speed control options with Icy Wind and as an added bonus can sometimes help Dragonite survive due to Life Dew re-enabling Multiscale.

https://preview.redd.it/qmuqueo1md0h1.jpg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7467d47cffbfe5f936becc429794f82c61fc3008

Mega Drampa Hard Trick Room:

Pretty standard Hard TR team. Honestly I really like Drampa as a pokemon, but can be anything slow that hits hard and without Instruct Oranguru, maybe it would be better to replace it. Farigiraf is running a physical support set with Psychic Fangs to counter Sableye teams and screens, Low Kick for opposing Kingambit which it draws as leads and Foul Play just as a strong attacking move. Hatterene and Torkoal have standard TR sweeper sets, with the exception of Torkoal knowing Solar Beam for more coverage into the usual switch ins of water pokemon. Sinistcha is the redirect support that pairs perfectly with Drampa to allow multiple Berserk triggers. Kingambit is a flex spot that could be anything, but right now he is pretty strong into the metagame, so I picked him with a full offensive set meant to come out in the late game under a (most likely) second Trick Room and clean up.

https://preview.redd.it/xnynpad3md0h1.jpg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a6596540fce409b3e3896844272dbc116acaa6ce

I am currently sitting in Master Ball rank fluctuating around 1700 points. Both teams seem to work fine, but I do not have a lot of experience with playing VGC and while I am doing fine on Champions for the most part, I do like asking for advise. Obviously I do not expect either team to be the best, and honestly it's impossible to build a team that is the best at everything, at least with our current pokemon pool.

This is more of a "gather ideas" type of post to maybe find something obscure that would work best with a team. Any advise is welcome.

Brief team explanations below.

Mega Delphox:

Delphox herself has a bulky set as Nasty Plot and the naturally very high specia lattack let it work great without any investment. Clefable is there mainly as a lead against rain/Sableye teams (or anything that does not have Fake Out pressure) alongside Delphox to help her set up an easy Nasty Plot and despite the rain start Helping Hand + Heat Waving everything. Sneasler has bulky ev training to survive a Dual Wingbeat. Kingambit has some speed to better match up against opposing Kingambit and work great under Tailwind, but the lack of Kowtow leaves only Sucker Punch as Dark coverage. Dragonite is there to offer Tailwind speed control if I need it and hit very hard with DClaw, but is there in place of Garchomp and I am not sure if it's better. Milotic is an Incineroar counter since Delphox really struggles against it, offers more speed control options with Icy Wind and as an added bonus can sometimes help Dragonite survive due to Life Dew re-enabling Multiscale.

https://preview.redd.it/nsdb0t62gwzg1.jpg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc91c305d498274d417fec0332cbb4b70fd1584c

Mega Drampa Hard Trick Room:

Pretty standard Hard TR team. Honestly I really like Drampa as a pokemon, but can be anything slow that hits hard and without Instruct Oranguru, maybe it would be better to replace it. Farigiraf is running a physical support set with Psychic Fangs to counter Sableye teams and screens, Low Kick for opposing Kingambit which it draws as leads and Foul Play just as a strong attacking move. Hatterene and Torkoal have standard TR sweeper sets, with the exception of Torkoal knowing Solar Beam for more coverage into the usual switch ins of water pokemon. Sinistcha is the redirect support that pairs perfectly with Drampa to allow multiple Berserk triggers. Kingambit is a flex spot that could be anything, but right now he is pretty strong into the metagame, so I picked him with a full offensive set meant to come out in the late game under a (most likely) second Trick Room and clean up.

https://preview.redd.it/elxys291jwzg1.jpg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44ff8f2c5bc0d14af97e9daf0a9dcd5e5110da0d