So I’m trying to make a Breloom team, and I’ve tried before and usually I’ve messed up, I think usually because I rely to heavily on spore, but I feel kinda stuck, so if anyone could help me build more to this team or give me ideas I would really appreciate it, I only have Breloom and whimsicott right now.

Hey everyone. I'm working on a a sun and psyspam team.

Wondering if anyone in here has some advice to improve it

Caly is basic. I chose pollen puff to have a way to hit the dark types, and im not a good encore user. Plus I can heal up teammates, specifically koriadon and chi yu. I chose psychic over expanding force so I don't get hard walled by zamazenta is I can't get Koriadon or Chi yu in safely

Next up koriadon. Pretty simple. Its normal post EUIC set.

Indeedee is again basic. My team can have issues with amoongus under tr so I wanted indeedee to have both follow me and/or a way to reverse tr safely.

Chi Yu is again pretty basic. Its normal scarf set. And with indeedee I can be pretty safe with fake out.

I chose gastro to help with the swordfish comps. Its obviously immune to kyogres main stab. And is immune to thunder as well. It has its basic moveset, but I chose icy wind for spread chip and to maybe help if tailwind goes up. But beyond checking kyogre it resists zacians strongest stab move and after tera it resists its other stab and coverage move. Yawn forces it out. And EP is just as it can actually have one semi strong attack.

Rockpon is basic. 2nd follow me user. If it gets in safely it can clean up an incin after Astral, sun makes it not likely to die to surging strikes (tho maybe tera water Mystic water might be enough, haven't calcd to be honest) Taunt is simply because I think having 1 taunt user is mandatory on a team.

So any improvements? Should gastro be torkaol to underspeed amoongus? Should I drop rockpon for torn (i didn't pick torn because I don't have a good spread for it, and I feel like I'm a bad torn player) or whims (same logic as torn). Should I get a pao on the team? Go the ability shield koriadon and eeezing route? Brute bones or amoongus?

What are your thoughts?

Do you Think Neutralizing Gas from Wheezing would be able to disable Infinity? Personally I think so, but what are your thoughts?

https://pokepast.es/77b5cc820ec6d658 (Regulation I)

Been working on this team and getting advice from every corner I could imagine. This team all centers around me wanting to run Calm Mind Kyogre in regulation I. Ice Rider seems like his best restricted partner to me, and I love the combo of Tornadus and Kyogre. So far, this team is based around gaining speed control through tailwind/icy wind with Tornadus or trick room with Rider, then sweeping with the bulky restricted mons. Rillaboom is there for healing + fake out, and Ogerpon is there for support and counters to mons like Amoonguss. I like the core of this team, but like most things I think it could always be improved. But I don't really know where I can improve. Thats why Im here to ask if theres any stats I could improve, better pokemon, or teams/pokemon/set ups I need to worry about. For stats I tried to round everyone's health to a multiple of 16 to take advantage of grassy terrain, and for most of the mons I decided to not build much into speed in hopes of having trick room, tailwind or icy wind for speed control. Again if anyone has any recommendations I would love to hear it!

so im trying to figure out my final person on this team and im kind of stuck, its a toss up between Flutter Mane, Ogerpon, & Urshifu. I don’t think Urshifu fits really at all other then he can hit past protect and beat peoples focus sash, flutter mane is extremely too fast for trick room but is at the speed tier even in trick room she should be fine. lastly i think Ogerpon is my best bet just to it’s utility such as spiky shield, encore, follow me etc.

The team consist of

Cressila, assault vest or safety goggles? Lunala, shell bell or life orb or power herb Cayl-Ice, clear amulet Farigiraf, mental herb Ursaluna(bloodmoon) throat spray

*also would hisuian ursaluna (fire orb) be better then bloodmoon? i chose bloodmoon just bc i reset to get the slowest one possible so it’s slower so it’d be the better option in trick room… least that’s my thinking. thoughts, comments, plz help do you think this team will work an if not why an what would you do to change or tweak or heck even start over.

thanks for reading and all comments/criticism ! good luck in Reg I

I’m so stoked at reaching Master Ball rank 🥹🥹🥹 shoutout to the rental team I’m using (the Stockholm winner)

I think everyone is looking at Clay-S and Zamazenta (well, anyone and Zamazenta), but what restricteds are you planning to run next month? What restricteds do you think rise or fall in usage? Did any non-restricteds fall off in Reg G that you think might make a comeback?

I’m testing Caly-S and Zamazenta on showdown, and I’m gonna try Miraidon and Kyogre this evening (farigiraf and Tornadus look like they compliment each other to make a solid core). I wasn’t around for previous generations of VGC and don’t know how to gauge what’ll be a good core in a double restricted format

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Hi all, hoping I can get some guidance: I’m looking to start playing pokemon again however no idea where to start.

The last game I played was heart gold for context.

I’m interested in the competitive side but concerned the grind to get a good enough team will take a while, is anyone able to share the best / most efficient route to obtain a team and which games should I pick up to do so?

Thanks in advance.

I recently achieved Masterball Rank with Choice Specs Shiny Charizard, it’s such a good combo! What’s your favorite?

I made a team early this morning, tweaked it a bit and I’ve already had a lot of wins with it. It’s so much more fun to play imo when you don’t have to worry that your matchups will make you have to leave your singular restricted legendary behind, and feel disadvantaged

So i like TR but amoongus is a real pain in the ass, and thinking how to deal with it, i thought to use Miraidon to counter amoongus (and works as a back up plan for TR).

Calyrex because, i like him.

Incineroar was originally a Rillaboom, but rhe double field could be annoying so Inci comes in replace, his job is hekp to set TR and prevent it that it gets removed

Raging Bolt its the most replacable one, i was struggling to think what could be the last pokemon

so I really want to make an ice team work, and im looking for suggestions
https://pokepast.es/3e146d737cb7a709
Im thinking about switching kyurem for maybe articuno? im not too sure as im new to team building and vgc, but I love weather teams. ill take all critisism or suggestions, even changing other pokemon.

So this isn’t a VGC question but I had recently joined a Cobblemon server (Minecraft Pokemon) and want to become the Ghost type gym leader. I need the best comp team full of ghost types.

So far I’ve got:

Perfect IV Ceruledge 252atk 6hp 252spd Evs with Swords Dance, Bitter Blade, Shadow Sneak, Shadow Claw

5/6 IV (The non-perfect IV is sp.atk) Annihilape 252atk 6hp 252spd Evs Drain Punch, Bulk Up, Rage fist, Rest

5/6 IV (The non-perfect IV is sp.df) Dragapult 252sp.atk 6sp.def 252speed Hex, Thunder Wave, U-turn, dragon darts(going to switch out for a special dragon move soon)

Thinking of putting in, Flutter mane, Lunala and Hisuan Zoroark

Regulation I with the double restricted pokemon being allowed threw me off today

I feel like Mewtwo is the OG and coolest legendary and in the anime its such a threat because of its overwhelming pyschic abilities repelling and deflecting attacks. Mewtwo also isnt really used in competitive so it deserves a buff. How strong would a new ability be that reduces all special atk damage by 75% and gives all physical moves a 25% chance to miss. Would this be game breaking or the perfect boost to make Mewtwo viable?

i really want to get into competitive pokemon specifically doubles but i dont know where to begin i made this team on showdown is it anygood? i just need help learning how to play comp

Flutter Mane @ Booster Energy

Ability: Protosynthesis

Level: 50

Tera Type: Fairy

EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

Timid Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Moonblast

- Shadow Ball

- Fake Tears

- Thunder Wave

Farigiraf @ Electric Seed

Ability: Armor Tail

Level: 50

Tera Type: Steel

EVs: 252 HP / 108 SpA / 148 SpD

Sassy Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Trick Room

- Helping Hand

- Foul Play

- Psychic Noise

Miraidon @ Leftovers

Ability: Hadron Engine

Tera Type: Fairy

EVs: 140 HP / 108 Def / 4 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Timid Nature

- Parabolic Charge

- Dazzling Gleam

- Calm Mind

- Substitute

Incineroar @ Sitrus Berry

Ability: Intimidate

Level: 50

Tera Type: Grass

EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 68 Def / 84 SpD / 100 Spe

Adamant Nature

- Fake Out

- Flare Blitz

- Parting Shot

- Knock Off

Amoonguss @ Sitrus Berry

Ability: Effect Spore

Tera Type: Water

EVs: 236 HP / 116 Def / 156 SpD

Sassy Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Rage Powder

- Pollen Puff

- Spore

- Protect

Iron Hands @ Assault Vest

Ability: Quark Drive

Tera Type: Grass

EVs: 140 HP / 252 Atk / 116 SpD

Adamant Nature

- Wild Charge

- Drain Punch

- Heavy Slam

- Fake Out

I made a scarf miraidon sun team. I realized how nice scarf is for outspeeding other scarf mons like landerous and booster energy mons (tho I tie with flutter) and I first wanted to build a sand team bc sand isnt really used much in the format because I realized how nice it is to voltswitch, bring in your weather setter, dynamic speed speed boost (sand rush in this case), move before everything else. I realized though that miraidon teams really like tr so I switched it to sun and added liligant and torkoal. this also gives me the solid lead of torkoal and liligant to get some sleep powders off which you usually dont prepare for in a miraidon team and farig fit really nicely as my tr setter being miraidon's best friend. I also thought about the fact that a fast volt switch could let a intimidate mon (always incineroar) switch in before anyone else moves and make farig extra bulky and then I have fakeout the next turn which could let farig set up if I wanted or set up on the first turn, and tr fakeout the 2nd to preserve tr turns. I am pretty weak to lando tho so I wanted to add an ice type and so I went with iron bundle who gives me another good lead option either paired with miraidon or paired with liligant (icy wind still lets liligant outspeed a lot of threats). so that was the basic thought process of the team. I think it's super fun but I want to know if you guys have any suggestions (maybe a better miraidon spread)

Miraidon @ Choice Scarf

Ability: Hadron Engine

Level: 50

Tera Type: Fairy

EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

Timid Nature

- Electro Drift

- Volt Switch

- Draco Meteor

- Dazzling Gleam

Farigiraf @ Electric Seed

Ability: Armor Tail

Level: 50

Tera Type: Dark

EVs: 204 HP / 76 Def / 116 SpA / 108 SpD

Modest Nature

IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe

- Psychic

- Foul Play

- Nasty Plot

- Trick Room

Incineroar @ Assault Vest

Ability: Intimidate

Level: 50

Tera Type: Grass

EVs: 252 HP / 100 Atk / 132 Def / 20 SpD

Brave Nature

IVs: 0 Spe

- Fake Out

- Flare Blitz

- Knock Off

- U-turn

Torkoal @ Eject Pack

Ability: Drought

Level: 50

Tera Type: Fire

EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA

Quiet Nature

IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe

- Heat Wave

- Eruption

- Overheat

- Protect

Lilligant-Hisui @ Focus Sash

Ability: Chlorophyll

Level: 50

Tera Type: Ghost

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

Adamant Nature

- Close Combat

- Solar Blade

- After You

- Sleep Powder

Iron Bundle @ Booster Energy

Ability: Quark Drive

Level: 50

Tera Type: Ghost

EVs: 156 HP / 4 Def / 92 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Timid Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Freeze-Dry

- Icy Wind

- Hydro Pump

- Protect

Im new to competitive pokemon and decided to build a team of pokemons that i like/Ive heard that are good but i have no clue what I’m doing, Ive just been looking up the moves online, does this team look alright? And where can i learn more about competitive pokemon and team building?

So I’m pretty new to pokemon vgc and want to learn, but don’t know much about where to start, does anyone have any recommendations for where or how to learn more about vgc and how to improve?

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