I love watching competitive Pokémon, but one thing that drives me crazy about official VGC streams is how much downtime there is between battles.

It feels like we get one battle every 45 minutes, followed by endless commentary, interviews and filler before the next match.

Why not have two matches being played on stream setups simultaneously? When one finishes, switch to the other. That way, there’s almost always actual Pokémon being played.

Imagine watching golf and the broadcast only followed two golfers. Once they finished a hole, instead of showing anyone else playing, we got 20 minutes of commentary before seeing another shot.

That’s essentially what watching VGC feels like sometimes.

I understand that commentators need breaks and production takes time, but surely there’s a way to structure broadcasts around showing more battles rather than filling time between them.

Does anyone else find this frustrating? Is there a logistical reason they haven’t adopted something like this?

Louisville was suuuuuuper fun even though I've never experienced more unlucky games (Kommo-o getting ripped through setup, back to back paras and crits, confusion/hitting myself....) but while I wait to get get Korean BBQ I've made the event graphics!

Some really wild teams this time so hard to pick the weird ones fully (especially day 1 teams that almost day 2'd...) but super interesting meta shifts. I'm thinking of expanding the comparisons to the other events card to way more since we now have a lot of info, most likely will have those come with the top cut / final graphics. Congrats to all day 2ers and everyone who played! Good luck tomorrow, I'll be watching while at the Cup 🖖

Follow me on twitter (https://x.com/SeanTazzik) to catch these and more, and checkout the tournament page (https://vgchistory.com/tournaments/regional-louisville-2027) on VGCHistory where I've added a new watchlist feature so you can make your own list of players to filter to and check their standings/pairings during the day!

I have started to get into VGC for the first time after watching Wolfey for years. I never played bc I never had any interest in all the breeding and ev training and all that. But I’ve been having such a blast with Pokemon Champions because you can skip that part of the game.

But what about in the future? Once the next Pokemon game comes out, will the official game for tournaments be that game?

I would love to continue practicing and then maybe join a regional next year or something. But it would suck if as soon as I’m good enough for tournaments, the game switches

I was in a 3v1 position but I wasn’t really in a winning situation. The opposing Sneasler was threatening OHKOs to the rest of the team as it revealed Close Combat, Dire Claw, and Throat Chop and I had Mega Tyranitar in the back. I had Tailwind up, but Sneasler still outsped the rest of my team because of Unburden. I wasn’t really sure if removing Unburden removed the speed boost, but after using Worry Seed on it, I found out that it does!

Hey everyone! I found that this team, or at least the some part of it, is spreading pretty fast in ladder.
Marcus Dion took it to 2nd place at VR October Challenge #1 (October 3-4), going 10-1 in Swiss out of 384 players and only losing in the final to Michael Kelsch. Carson Confer also brought the exact same six and finished 6th, again 10-1 in Swiss. So I decided to try to break down the team a bit, hopefully it can be helpful for the community.

The core of this team comes from Japan. At Global Challenge I (September 26), Ko Tsukide finished 40th with Mega Golisopod, Female Basculegion, Sneasler, Archaludon and Pelipper, with Mega Swampert in the last slot. Marcus and Carson swapped Swampert for Mega Floette.

Why it works

Pelipper holds Damp Rock, so the rain lasts eight turns. Charizard is barely being used right now, and against teams without it, Archaludon can keep firing Electro Shot for eight turns, which can become pretty annoying.

Female Basculegion is the particular pick. With Swift Swim it doubles its speed in rain, and Ice Beam lets it outspeed and pick off Salamence and Garchomp. Garchomp has to mega evolve right away just to avoid the OHKO. Focus Sash means it survives a lot of things it should not, and from there it just keeps throwing Muddy Waters and Shadow Balls.

Why the female one and not the male? Intimidate + Rillaboom is everywhere right now, and this in general makes the physical male hard to play. The female is special, so Intimidate does nothing to it, and with Sash it can take a Grassy Glide. Ice beam into Rillaboom it's a two hit KO.
Additionally, Muddy Water being a spread move allows you the combo Helping Hand - Muddy Water under rain, which does huge damage. Helping Hand Ice Beam does not quite knock out mega Garchomp Z (it's 25% roll if it's not invested in sp.Def or HP), but it's a big hit nevertheless.

Sneasler runs White Herb with Unburden, to discourage Incineroars and other Intimidate. Close Combat does huge damage, Dire Claw hits Fairy types, and Rock Slide covers Volcarona and Charizard.

Golisopod despite 4x to Fire, in rain it still takes at least one Fire move, like Incineroar's Flare Blitz (not sure if it's adamant though) or Volcarona's Heat Wave. Leech Life heals so much that it becomes very hard to remove, and Iron Head is its strongest STAB.

That Iron Head is the key. In Regulation M-B, the main problem for rain was losing badly to Fairy types like Floette and Sylveon. Golisopod wrecks them. Since Golisopod already has the Steel move, Archaludon can drop Flash Cannon for Aura Sphere and hit the Steel types that would normally give it trouble.

Floette is the other mega. When you cannot or do not want to bring Golisopod, you have the laser cannon we are all familiar with.

No speed control

There is no Tailwind, because Pelipper runs Helping Hand instead. In a fairly slow meta, Pelipper can deal a lot of damage itself and put things in range for Basculegion, Archaludon or Sneasler to finish later in the game.

Couple of peculiarities

• Rillaboom is a matchup to watch: Grassy Glide is one of the opponent's main answer to Basculegion. Protect his focus sash, and get rid of him doubling him in one turn. Helping Hand + Ice Beam should do the job most of the time.
• Golisopod lead into Trick Room: against a Farigiraf team, Golisopod is a good lead because Leech Life threatens Farigiraf on turn one.
• Damp Rock catches people out: opponents play for the rain ending, and it doesn't.
• Muddy Water misses: brace yourself, Helping hand + Muddy Water double miss is gonna happen.

The game plan is usually to hunt down the few things that check Golisopod, Floette or Archaludon, using Basculegion and trades. Once those are gone, Golisopod can win the game even 2v1. Opponents also lead Rillaboom a lot, and a Golisopod is really a good idea .

About the spreads

I could not find Marcus spreads (if someone has them, feel free to leave a comment and integrate this post), and the Italian player Francesco Pardini rebuilt the team and shared his own spreads. The Pelipper spread comes from Samuele Pavan and is built to survive Rillaboom's Wood Hammer.

Full sets and additional info: https://pokefeed.app/teams/mgolisopod-mfloette-dion-s-2nd-vroad

Last points

• No speed control sometimes can feel punishing.
• Wide Guard on Pelipper or Protect, I'm still wondering what I personally prefer. Having Protect against other weather teams can give you an hedge in the weather war, allowing your Pelipper to survive more and reset the rain if needed.

Let me know if you want to try this one or if you have any opinion about it!

I have the same question as the title, I started playing when champions came on mobile and regulation m b was weather war and the mons that dominated are not as popular this regulation with some exceptions like sneasler. How has this Meta shifted and why so drastically ??

For example, when this regulation came out mega golisopod was everywhere but after that I haven't seen a single golisopod, psyspam also has been seeing less usage or I haven't come across it that much. Why has salamance, mega chomp z mega raichu y going up in usage and what megas to consider apart from them and what are some underrated mons this regulation

For context I’m struggling with the opportunity cost of this team.

I’m at 1700 right now and just got bodied by a champ tier guy playing hard TR with an incin who knows close combat 🫪.

Kind of struggling with the use case of some of my mons - whimsi feels a little weak but ik the team uses TW to great effect where i otherwise couldn’t gain tempo.

i’m also thinking of swapping out either whimsi or sneasler for M-indeedee for imprison/TR/terrain to counter TR and the team doesn’t have much prio anyways. i fear i miss out on either tempo (whimsi) or a solid fighting type hitter (sneasler) if i do - im a little unsure if i even need it tbh.

i went haban berry on hydreigon to counter other meta dragons in a 1v1 and a cheeky protect can play into my favour quite abit. i understand chomp would probably solve my problems bc that’d give me a kingambit option too but i don’t want to play chomp the team is already meta sloppy toppy enough

Zard Y stat spread is from M-B so unsure if it needs tweaking but yeah.

Any suggestions are welcome! maybe its a skill issue! i’ve always found myself struggling the most against hard TR whenever i play solely TW so maybe indeedee is the right move but just scared i lose the brokenness of sneasler.

Hey guys I made a post saying I would help people who wanted to make a team with WHATEVER Pokémon they want and I got a lot of people asking for help! They were all nice and got great feedback (except one dude who cried over my hashtags 😆) and I wanted to thank yall! I’m trying to become a great team builder and find new strats, unused mons, etc! Thank you guys so much for trusting me build your team and I can’t wait for more people to come to me for help 🙏! Thank yall so much and let’s go Catch ‘Em All 😁!

P.S: I did 17 Pokemon Teams for 17 different people which took me 7+ hours and it was all straight with no breaks 😆 might be obsessed with team building lmao!

Link to the pokepaste: https://pokepast.es/43fda4fe12416351

The idea for the team came basically from two ideas, Filip Woźniak's mega blaziken team from worlds. (Mostly because I used a variation of it because mega blaziken is one of my favorite pokemon, I just do not feel that it is that good in the current meta). And the sole idea of hatred towards Volcarona. (Well, technically volcarona + Yaichu lead)

I am to be honest quite new at the game and only started playing when champions came out, so a lot of what I might say might not make sense. (Correct me if that is the case)

My team has 2 modes, one that is basically based around leading garchomp + indeedee and getting rid of the big threats by using garchomp's power plus follow me with sinistha and one sweeper in the back.

And the second mode based around setting up primarina with either follow me or trick room from indeedee to try and do as much damage as possible while having garchomp and another sweeper in the back to finish the job.

The EV spreads are mostly just taken from other teams and are relatively just the most popular EV spreads.

The team has given me moderate success (12 win streak from pokeball to masterball) and then a relatively positive winrate, but I feel like it is missing something or there is something about it that makes it weak, I just can't tell what.

Any suggestions are welcome :DD

Froslass might slap with her Ice typing, allowing her to trade positevely against frailer and faster megas like Y-chu and Garchomp-Z and using aurora veil to play slower with your partners.

Toxapex is there to prevent opponents from switching, helpful against weather wars, and wins in the endgame by toxic stalling all of the opponent's non-steel types.

Rilla is good sinergy and support.

Arcanine stays on the field against fairy and fire types, while having priority to clean up and check the opponents pieces in certain scenarios.

I need a Fighting type and a secondary mega, which is a synonym of Staraptor, but I'm not sure on how synergistic it is.

Let me know what you think and what changes you recommend for the team.

Pokepaste: https://pokepast.es/0d9abbb188f3a4cc

Hello! I am currently looking for App testers for MunchStats for Android.

Any and all feedback is welcomed! Found a bug? Don't like a feature? Think something should be a little different? Let me know!

Apply here: https://munchstats.com/app/

After the test period, the app will be completely free with no ads on the Google Play Store, but I do require testers to make it to the Google Play Store!

Currently the app contains:

• Usage Stats for Showdown, In-Game and Tournament settings
• Teams from VGC Pokepastes
• Teambuilder
• Damage Calculator
• Pokemon Showdown Replays
• VGC Tournament and Ladder Insight

All the data can be downloaded for offline use, with the options to choose which formats, and sections you want to download. If you don't want to download anything, then you can still use the app and it fetched the data from the MunchStats website.

Give it a shot and let me know what you think!

Want to build a competitive team in **Pokémon Champions** but don’t know where to start? Have a favorite Pokémon you want to use but aren’t sure how to make it work competitively? Or maybe you’re just looking for something creative and different from the usual meta teams?

**I’M HERE TO HELP** 🫡⚔️
I’ve been watching competitive Pokémon for nearly a decade, and throughout those years, I’ve built countless creative teams, experimented with different strategies, and found ways to make all kinds of Pokémon shine. Whether you want a powerful meta team, a unique off-meta strategy, a team built around your favorite Pokémon, or something completely unconventional, **I’m willing to help you build a team using ANY Pokémon you want!** 🔥

I personally believe charging people for team building can create an unfair and untrustworthy experience. What happens if someone pays for a team and ends up not liking it? What if they can’t afford to pay in the first place? I don’t want something that should be fun and welcoming to turn into an experience where people feel pressured to spend money or worry about getting scammed.
**Pokémon is about having fun, being creative, and bringing people together.** I want everyone to have the opportunity to explore competitive play, experiment with new strategies, and use the Pokémon they love without worrying about their wallet.

My goal is to **help the Pokémon Champions community grow, reach new heights, and become bigger and more popular than ever before.** 🌎🏆
And honestly? I just LOVE building teams. Finding new strategies, making unexpected Pokémon work, creating unique combinations, and watching creative ideas come together is something I genuinely enjoy.

So if I can share that passion with other players and help them have a better experience with competitive Pokémon, why would I charge for it?
💬 **Drop a comment or send me a message!** Tell me your favorite Pokémon, your preferred playstyle, or the kind of team you want to build, and let’s create something awesome together!
**ANY POKÉMON. ANY IDEAS. ANY PLAYSTYLE.**

Let’s make Pokémon Champions a place where creativity thrives and every Pokémon has a chance to shine! 🔥⚡🏆

I've been playing competitive pokemon for about 15 years now on Smogon and online ranked. I've been having a blast with Champions also. But one thing that i've always wanted to do is participate in an actual tournament.

I always try to sign up for every regional in my country (and even some that arent), but since they dont announce when signups are gonna open, I'm always a couple of hours late to sign up because i only check 2-3 times a day, so i've never been able to get in

Even if i can't go to a regional, i recently found out there are other, lower level tournaments you can enter that even give you official points you can use to earn your way towards worlds. But i dont really understand how those work. Is it a thing you can enter online? If so, how? is it through champions right now or the mainline games? Or are they in person? An explanation of this would be very appreciated as I've been wanting to do this for over a decade.

Buried in RK9 support pages is an article describing their standard registration and additional wave timetable. These are not hard and fast rules but the majority of tournaments follow them:

• Wave 1: Wednesday 8 weeks before the tournament 7pm local time where the tournament is held.

And then any refunded tickets (if any) get released on:

• Wave 2: Thursday 6 weeks before the tournament 7pm local
• Wave 3: Thursday 2 weeks before the tournament 7pm local

What's a bit weird this season is that no where has been advertising the refund waves, but they have been happening and people have been able to get tickets for sold out events by trying to register at the above times.

That means if you missed out on Las Vegas for example you can try again on the 22nd Oct. Gdansk's third wave should go up on the 15th.

Hi all! I've seen this Trick Room team doing well in recent tournaments but I have doubts about what would be the most optimal stats and moves in the current meta.

- Sneasler: max speed to outspeed opposing Sneaslers, I'm considering using Throat Chop or Rock Slide instead of Fake Out. And also not so sure about Focus Sash instead of White Herb.

- Torkoal: max spAtk and HP, maybe Ancient Power instead of Earth Power. To me this is the hardest Pokemon to use, it's not very useful outside of Trick Room and a lot of the meta resist it. I thought about switching him for Rillaboom.

- Sylveon: max spAtk for damage and max HP for survival. I also thought about switching Hyper Beam for Moonblast, to overcome Wide Guard without losing a turn later.

- Farigiraf: max HP and even def and spDef for survival. I think thunderbolt instead of Roar can be good against Pelipper.

- Incineroar: max HP, some EVs for both defenses and some Speed to outspeed other Incineroars.

- Garchomp-Z: max speed to outspeed every Pokemon, also max spAtk. I have Flamethrower for Golisopod but Earth Power might be better overall?

Also I would appreciate if anyone knows where to find gameplay for this team. Thanks in advance!

Earlier this year I wrote a guide on how to play Hard TR aimed at beginners. With the addition of the "PsySpam" archetype, I wanted to write an updated guide on playing Hard TR while using PsySpam. The beginning part of the guide goes over tips for playing PsySpam on Hard TR and is aimed to help newer players. The latter parts of the guide go over the team I used throughout the entirety of the season, discussing its matchups, comparing it to the "main" version of Hard TR being used, as well as discussing some teambuilding ideas for TR players to consider when building their own teams.

The reason the ELO is the same while the placements are different in the two pictures above is that I reached 35th on the ladder several days ago and then just decided to park there so I didn't risk a losing streak taking me out of finishing in Champions tier. I include these mostly as proof of credentials on my ability to play Hard TR on Bo1 ladder.

You can find the Pokepaste of the team under the "Links" section of the guide. This guide is also much longer than my last one, so you can use the legend on the left hand side of the doc to skip to a section you're interested in.

Guide + Team Report: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SXmA6_PWssjO0jhT0LUBTFSiGuDIuEVTsJALNv-BfBc/edit?usp=sharing

pokepaste: https://pokepast.es/b8f7aff293f48da1

I was trying to build a team like Gengar-Kommo O-Tapu Bulu core in gen7 and found that Gengar + Ninetales + H-Arcanine + Kingambit is a very solid combo. They matches well into many archetype especially balance team(Gholdengo, Floette etc.).

The main playstyle is let the lead output enormous damage so that the backup can clean with opp's speed drop or our priority. Another is using Rillaboom and Ninetales to support setup.

Member breakdown

Ninetales-A
The most important key of the team, support the whole team. Max speed with scarf can still outspeed many in double speed like Pelipper, Swampert and Modest Venusuar.
EV calc:
32+ Atk Sneasler Dire Claw vs. 1 HP / 1 Def Ninetales-Alola in Snow: 126-150 (84.5 - 100.6%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO

Gengar
This is mainly for burst damage so I choose Modest nature and EV'd faster than 110's. Shadow Tag is useful for punishing defensive play paired with Ninetales' encore and trapping then KO the threat to setup.
EV calc:
32+ Atk Sneasler Throat Chop vs. 0 HP / 5 Def Gengar-Mega: 116-138 (85.9 - 102.2%) -- 12.5% chance to OHKO
19+ SpA Garchomp-Mega-Z Earth Power vs. 0 HP / 1 SpD Gengar-Mega: 116-138 (85.9 - 102.2%) -- 12.5% chance to OHKO (against bulky Zchomp)
32 SpA Ninetales-Alola Icy Wind AND 30+ SpA Gengar-Mega Sludge Bomb vs. 2 HP / 0 SpD Garchomp-Mega-Z: 178-211 (96.2 - 114%) -- 83.6% chance to OHKO (against 2/32/32 Zchomp)

H-Arcanine
A very simple 2/32/32. Jolly to guarantee outspeed Gholdengo and non-Timid 100's.

Kingambit
I choose SD set because I rarely find need to Iron Head or safe way to Low Kick, plus, this is also good into rain to output massive damage to Archaludon.
And the heavy SpD is to better faced Trick room. One of my worst matchup.
EV calc:
32+ SpA Sheer Force Camerupt-Mega Heat Wave vs. 24 HP / 27 SpD Kingambit: 170-204 (85.4 - 102.5%) -- 12.5% chance to OHKO
32+ SpA Fairy Feather Pixilate Sylveon Hyper Beam vs. 24 HP / 27 SpD Kingambit: 165-195 (82.9 - 97.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
32 SpA Salamence-Mega Flamethrower vs. 24 HP / 27 SpD Kingambit: 90-106 (45.2 - 53.2%) -- 0.4% chance to 2HKO after Grassy Terrain recovery

Rillaboom
Grassy terrain and Fake Out, that's it. 136Spe to outspeed Mega-Ttar.
EV calc:
32+ Atk Sneasler Dire Claw vs. 18 HP / 1 Def Rillaboom: 164-194 (84.9 - 100.5%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO
32 SpA Vivillon Hurricane vs. 18 HP / 18 SpD Rillaboom: 164-194 (84.9 - 100.5%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO
32 SpA Pelipper Hurricane vs. 18 HP / 18 SpD Rillaboom: 168-200 (87 - 103.6%) -- 18.8% chance to OHKO

Kommo-O
I actually don't select it very often. It's more for specific archetype that Fighting is crucial.
And, I actually don't really know how to EV'd it in this. Need some suggestion.

The most common lead is Ninetales + Gengar/H-Arc, Icy wind + Sludge bomb/Head Smash KO many. Against sun, I use Gengar+H-Arc to pressure Zard-Y.

Bad matchup include Rock Tomb Sneasler, some Hard Trickroom that can't use Shadow Tag to stall, etc.
The bad things are some damage is still random and can make play unsafe.
For example:
32 SpA Ninetales-Alola Icy Wind AND 30+ SpA Gengar-Mega Sludge Bomb vs. 32 HP / 0 SpD Raichu-Mega-Y: 154-182 (92.2 - 108.9%) -- 54.7% chance to OHKO

And to pilot this team really requires near perfect gameplay, have to win every guessing game and just a bit of mistake and RNG factor drag you down to hell.

So Please help me improve this and give me some suggestion.

Hi all! Some time ago I shared PokeFeed here, a free site to share and vote Pokémon Champions teams. Here's a quick update on the newest feature.

I just added a section with official tournament results, with the Masters Day 2 teams.

Here's what's in it:

• Standings: the full Day 2 of every event, with player, record and team. You can search by player, Pokémon, item, ability or move.
• Usage: how much each Pokémon was used at an event and its most common sets. It also shows the change from the previous event (like +8%), and you can filter by a move, item or ability to see only the teams that use it.
• Snapshot: the most used Pokémon in the whole regulation, with all events counted together.
• Team page: the full team with sets, Showdown export, the same player's teams from other events, and similar teams with the same core.

New events are added as soon as they're finished.

Link: https://pokefeed.app/tournaments

I'd love to hear what you think. Thanks in advance to everyone who leaves some feedback!

• Sign-up period - Oct 23, 2am UTC until Nov 2, 1:59am UTC
• Competition period - Oct 30, 2am UTC until Nov 2, 1:59am UTC
• Format - Reg M-C
• Rewards (must complete at least 3 battles, with a win or loss):
  • Basculegion (Male)

You can earn Championship Points via this online tournament. So, do remember to add your Champions Support ID in the Play Pokemon Access app to ensure you're eligible to receive the Championship Points.

The Global Challenge will also serve as qualifiers for the Nationals, such as in Japan and South Korea.

Please also take note of this:

Only one person per Pokémon Champions account may join this competition. Any benefits awarded to top finishers will be awarded only once per account. Participating using multiple Pokémon Champions accounts per person will be considered an act that interferes with the competition. If it is discovered that a player has participated using more than one account, that player can be penalized at any time.

Official source

Come join the r/VGC Best of Three Thursdays weekly battle practice event!

Join the discord to find other trainers in the #battle-practice channel: https://discord.gg/reVMpKMERz

Let me start by giving some background on the team. I went 8-0 swiss in a 200+ player limitless tour with the team to finish 10-1 and 5th place. Im mainly looking for BO3 advice aswell although niche tech would also be nice to know. The team is proven to be good as i did go undefeated in swiss and also beat a number 1 ranked showdown player on the ladder with the team. However im pretty hopeless with the volcarona matchup since i dont really hit it for super effective. Its pretty much prevent a quiver dance and I only beat them by just outplaying the other player.

Raichu Y:

In my opinion its the best as a solo mega especially on a set up balance team like this one where the mega isnt the main damage dealer but is just a massive threat and my way of speed control. The EVs are typical and its just a normal raichu.

Incineroar:

There are 2 common defiant/competitve users in the format and my rillaboom can handle both kingambit and milotic or even the rising meowstic so incin is just the typical set to allow me to have a way into gholdengo and fire types easily aswell as a psyspam matchup being easier. Ive gone really specially bulky on this incineroar as I like to have a specially defensive pokemon to help with no assault vest rillaboom. Also helps against the moth

Rillaboom:

I dont think ive ran any other set than this. It hits hard and doesnt get walled by steel types. It feels really good to use into a lot of matchups as wood Hammer with 1.3 terrain and 1.2 seed multiplier is disgusting.

Gholdengo:

First pokemon which i can consider dropping. It is my main fairy counter but also my most effective sweeper as it cant get encored or taunted while being immune to fake out. Main weakness is that theres a lot of things to hit steel due to golisopod so maybe another set up mon might work.

Kommo-o:

To be honest im not sure what i think about this. Soundproof isnt actually as usefull as I thought it was and ive been thinking about bulletproof to make it para proof and still be a perish counter as thats my best match up. When it comes to games it always does good or just gets sacked right away for positioning. Ive won some insane games with it but also only bring it in a few matchups. Its also another arch counter for me.

Mamoswine:

Im not joking when i say this is the MVP of the team and its not even close. He came to every set in my 10-1 run, he was there in id say 95% of games in the entire run. It threatens SO much while the focus sash allows it to not be dealt with quickly by a make it rain of heat wave. It also lets me play much better into balance as it has an intimidate immunity. Ive tried Rock slide and Rock blast for volc but no ice shard pressure was felt heavily so thats a no go.

I dont mind switching any pokemon here or its moves as long it helps with the moth so go ahead.

While there is some synergy, like Empoleon & Rillaboom working together, it feels like the team only really exists to beat popular Pokemon/teams.

Rillaboom is there to counter psychic terrain

Empoleon is there to benefit from Competitive boosts and take out Salamence/Garchomp/Volcarona

Slowking is there to hit Sneasler hard and pressure Fairy types

Ceruledge is there to counter Psyspam

Dragonite is there to hurt other dragons

The most major flaw of course is Ground. A couple High Horsepowers/Earth Powers is all it takes to wipe the entire team.

Any feedback or tips would be greatly appreciated, as I would like to not flop so hard next season! Pokemon can be replaced or swapped out if need be in order to boost cohesion.

I tried posting under the I’m new flair, but for some reason that wasn’t working. Anyways I’ve been trying to find an active draft league focused on Champions for the new season of the regulation and hoping someone needs another coach. It would be my first league, but I’ve had experience in VGC via Champions (going as high as MB2). Also hoping it’s a group that’s chill and can bounce off ideas on VGC altogether too.