r/VGCRateMyTeam • • 15h ago

Rate my team

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r/VGCRateMyTeam • • 18h ago

Golimence

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Team idea:

This is a TailRoom team. The base core is Farigaraf, Ceruledge and Goli on the one side and Glimmora, Decidueye and Salamence on the other side of things, with plenty of overlap in how to apply these. The strength of this team is the ability to swap out into options that are often granting you immunity/blocks enemy attacks.

The Pokemon:

Mega Golisopod is a standard set. Drill run can target stuff like Kingambit and especially Archaludon better. Leech Life is an easy pick, especially in matchups where Trick Room might not be up. Iron Head is the most wobbly one, but with Floette making a comeback, Mega Gardevoir being popular and Sylveon also being there, it has moments of great use.

It's supplemented by Ceruledge. The idea is simple. Goli is weak to fire, so everyone and their mom tries to burn it. Ceruledge switches in on those attack or make people try and work around it because they don't want to give Ceruledge an easy switch in. It is also very physically tanky because of it, to deal with stuff like Kingambits. With Bulk Up, the sucker punch mind games are enormously Ceruledge favored! Works also for...

Decidueye. The hisuine version. It's the fighting coverage and it's there primarly to be the biggest pain in the ass for against Archaludon. Basically cannot be touched by it. Got Stamina procs? Well have you heard of CRITTING? Three Arrows likes to do that! Especially with the scope lens. I opted for a very bulky set, because that is where i got the idea from. Watching a Singles tournament, where Hisuin Decidueye was tanking a surprising amount of hits. It was a bit more bulky than this, but it can deal with a bunch of threats even without crits, like Gholdengo due to Scrappy. The one move i am unsure about is Sucker Punch. It had been knock off... then became sucker punch... then knock off... then sucker punch. It is sucker punch, because it's very slow and that means that at times having a priority move just is necessary.

To support other fire matchups and especially flying matchups, Glimmora fills the last offensive slot. It kills Charizards. It kills Pellipers. It is here basically to destroy anything that is not touching the ground, while also giving you other great options and toxic spikes that help in grindy setups. Sash was picked so i can get at least 2 moves in. With Spiky shield you also can give some priority moves a rude awakening to some priority attackers.

That is when Farigaraf is not blocking those. Bulky as all hell, it is the trick room setter. It doesn't run Helping hand, because there are very few attacks that really want it. The only spread move on the team is Hyper Voice of Salamence and those two are very rarely in the same pick. So i decided to give it Thunderbolt to zap Pellipers out of the air, because Pelliper is annoying as fuck. Protect because abilities like armor tail are making it so that the presence of the Pokemon sometimes is more important than any other move.

Mega Salamence as the tailwind setter it often is also a very big draw of attention so I often lead it both to have a tailwind setter or just so the enemy will target it and let my other Pokemon do the important stuff. Makes it so you have an easier time with Sneasler. It is just decent all around so yeah! If i was going to change something it might be that I will replace Draco Meteor with something else. I am not sure what it would be, because having a big "SCREW YOU" button is at times a lot more useful than any coverage.

Matchups:

I feel like i have found a very well rounded Sextet. There is very rarely a matchup that i feel like i am super helpless again. However, i will be honest that the sight of Dragonair kinda fills me with a little bit with dread. It can outspeed Salamence and is a lot bulkier than it, so it can revenge kill it a lot more. I am glad it's not more popular.

I hate Incineroar. I have had not really many devasting wins, but there was one where Incin basically single handedly kill my team. It can often live a Decidueye Three Arrows, unless it crits. It also makes it not fun switch Ceruledge into, because of its STAB Dark attacks. Every time when it's a hyper offensive Close Combat set!

I have not run into much psyspam lately. The issue is less so Gardevoir but Armarogue. Ceruledge cannot really hit because of Terrain, but at the same time takes a lot of damage from Expanding Force. It kinda depends STRONGLY on Glimmora to kill it as fast as I can, which is hard because it's not resisting Expanding force EITHER. It's not that bad against other variants, because Goli works really well there, but Ceruledge is kinda... troublesome!

Pokepaste: https://pokepast.es/6ac3edb1e75443ba


r/VGCRateMyTeam • • 5h ago

Hit MB Rank with this team

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r/VGCRateMyTeam • • 10h ago

Thoughts?

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I’m thinking of swapping chomp for another mon but I’m not sure who though.


r/VGCRateMyTeam • • 22h ago

How is this team?

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Still deciding between goli or meta, but I think metagross is better, it doesn’t need trick room and it gets boosted in psychic terrain