r/PokemonVGC

Really wanted to build an original—or at least not copy and pasted from a YouTuber or tournament results page—team after hitting Master Ball tier! Built it today and went 8-2 in MB4 tier (almost into MB3 now). There is no rhyme or reason to any of the spreads other than Incin really, it’s mostly vibes based point allotment…

Curious if anyone who’s a better team builder than I could help me patch some holes, suggest some ways to improve it, or point out some areas where it will obviously struggle as I climb the ladder! The only caveat is I realllllllly don’t want to change my mega, I love the flower dinosaur. My 2 losses today were to a Mega Frosslas snow team and a Mega Meganium rain team w Rain Dance Sabaleye + Archaludon!

Thanks in advance for any input! 🙏

Water it’s my favorite type and I’m trying competitive for the first time.

Added Sneasler just because it has good coverage and Ninetales to deal with dragons and grass mons (also to control weather in some cases like if the opponent has a Basculegion).

I don’t know if Blastoise it’s being good. But sometimes he shines and can set the rain if Pelipper couldn’t. I was wondering to switch to Primarina (another mon that I like) and press Calm Minds.

Any recommendations to hone this team keeping the “water aura”

The ideal swap would be Gardevoir for Whimsicott with Tailwind, but I'm trying to adapt Gardevoir to this team; her support is helping, but it's not ideal yet. I switched from Incin to Sneasel, I lost intimacy, but so far I haven't felt the loss. I wanted to at least try to keep Gardevoir and Milotic, or one or the other.

this team pretty much carried me into ultra ball and is the only team i can win with consistently. what changes can i make? (i.e. dual wing beat aero?)

I believe she could be improved; Venusaur seems too superfluous in this team. I was thinking of switching her, and Gardevoir's attacks could also be improved. I'd like some suggestions.I'm just starting out too.

No matter how many times I press this button it won't let me turn it on.. is this a release bug, or is there a solution? Please someone tell me.

I did a little reading around to try and find out which mons within the Champions roster complement M-Blastoise the most.

Mainly found out a few things, that Raichu with it’s Lightning Rod ability and Fake Out support is appreciated by the big man and that Talonflame with its priority Tailwind is also pretty juicy. Also that a Follow Me user can find a lot of value protecting Blastoise from certain threats.

I originally planned for a rain team and have a different loadout with Pelipper and Toxapex but it felt a little Water heavy. Should I scrap the Rain Dance on TF and just deal with no rain?

Is this Team a better fit? Is it too support heavy? Or should I throw it in the bin?

Cheers for any help/info in advance!

this core feels very, very good. i’m low on the ranks in showdown rn, but i’ve felt very confident in what i’ve made, which is a feeling i have only had once before. i’m once again, however, in a position of not knowing where to go with the core. i plan on playing more and getting a feel for my match ups, and what i should pack in order to counter some, and definitely work on a Kingambit EV spread (optimal spreads would be very welcomed). but, would obviously love any tips available 🙏❤️

looking to primarily optimize for Bo3, but obviously would like it to work in Bo1 as well

I had a nickit on the gts for a floette giveaway and someone (most likely not the guy that was doing the giveaway) gave me this

I'm new in vgc and i don't know how to check if a pokemon is legal

Can I use this in Champions? Can i use this in an official tournament?

Thank you for the help

Just made it and I'm so proud of the squad, running sand/rain has been a favorite strat of mine that worked really well for me in this format. Feel free to roast or give critique, love good feedback and always open to suggestions.

Good luck out there y'all

As the title says, I tried out showdown years ago but because of my lack of experience and facing off against avenger level threats, I was turned off the game immediately. But with Champions I find it really nice facing off against similar skill level players and seeing myself get better at the game has been a blast.

Anyways, with help from online I created a team that I’ve been enjoying. But I find myself using the same 4 Pokemon over and over again. And whenever I do have to switch (due to matchups, etc) I find myself not being able to utilize my other Pokemon to their full potential and losing almost every time. Any tips?

For context, my go to setup is Ninetails and Slowbro at the front followed up with Rotom and Dragapult.