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Competitive Pokémon

The forum designed for all of your competitive Pokémon needs! Here you can discuss the metagame, receive help on your team, ask for battles, participate in events, and much more!

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Help Rounding Out a Team for Charizard/Dragapult Counter

Mobile Tsk, May 29: Tyranitar serves as a decent answer to both Charizard and Dragapult due to the SpDef boost it gets in sand. This is not accurate. Crawdaunt is quite slow, but is way more powerful than Sharpedo due to its ability Adaptability. It's not a great...

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Started by Mocrispy

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Monotype Battler

Yollaxi, May 12: My rules: Monotype (1 non-mono allowed but it must be justifiable, e.g Florges in a grass team or Poliwhirl in a fighting No repeat items No repeat moves No more than 2 pokemon from the same Gen in a team Double Battles I also came up...

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Started by Yollaxi

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Please Help! First Time VGC Teambuilder

gimmepie, May 7: In double you want spread moves, not to remove spread moves. At least, as far as I know.

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Started by TurboDoinker

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Mimikyu moveset (Doubles)

Zeiro, Nov 3: Curse, Substitute, Protect and Play Rough/Shadow Sneak/Shadow Claw with Leftovers is pretty gimicky. Use Curse then Sub/Protect to stall their HP loss, with leftovers restoring the HP you lose from Curse/Protect. Then go in for the kill when their...

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Started by Ace Trainer Slash

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This is my thinking for a competitive team. Any changes?

Kurapika, Oct 31: Gengar Generally, people switch away their Pokémon after you put it to sleep. Mega Gengar's ability prevents that so that's an interesting play with Hypnosis, the low accuracy tho is a gamble game... Toxic is of no use for Gengar imo, except in a...

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Started by N

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Need help with team for Showdown

Levea, Oct 15: For starters if the serperior leaves the playing board and gren does not exist or have water shuriken, scraf lando goes crazy ( assuming you play conservatively and not let it die to kangaskan ice punch or something ). Also on the fun side mega...

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Started by Shubhayan

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Best Possible Team out of these 13 Pokémon?!

Cid, Sep 24: Mega Gengar @ Gengarite - Shadow Ball - Sludge Bomb - Thunderbolt - Ice Beam Tyranitar @ Rockium Z - Rock Slide - Crunch - Earthquake

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Started by Ptyler317

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[Gen 3] OU (Seeking Meta Advice)

Dark Azelf, Sep 18: Comments in bold.

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Started by Burtle

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Need help tweaking my team

Levea, Sep 15: From inspection Aside from the threats you stated ( fire and dragon ) this team gets shredded by ash-greninja dark pulse. I recommend swapping tangrowth for a tapu-bulu spdef set to offset this. I am also thinking that heatran would work in tandom...

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Started by LittleTutwo

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Double: TrickRoom - Serene Grace

EvioGrace, Aug 31: Hi there! I'm a noob with no experience in competitive Pokémon and I started playing on showdown simulator three weeks ago. Don't judge me if I say something vert stupid (and neither for my bad English), please. I had this weird idea of a...

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Started by EvioGrace

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VGC Sun 2019 Format Kyogre Team help?

CutePandaPlayz, Sep 2018: Thanks for the help! I appreciate it!

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Started by CutePandaPlayz

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Please help me pick my third pokemon

Nah, Jul 2018: Bulk Up can't be used with Assault Vest, so you'd either have to drop the vest or replace Bulk Up with another move. Liquidation or Sucker Punch are probably good options, and there may be other attacks worth using besides. But as for your 3rd...

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Started by Laidback

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I need help for finishing my competitive team

Aduitt, Jun 2018: Heatran is a pretty solid Pok�mon to run, your team has a big ground weakness however so it's maybe not the best idea. I would recommend running both Clefable and Zapdos Zapdos @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Pressure EVs: 248 HP / 240 Def / 20 Spe...

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Started by Alec4013

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Need help sweeping

Nah, May 2018: If you want to sweep with Dragonite, how you have it set up right now is not terribly good for that role. A possibly better way would be something like: Dragonite @ Flyium Z Ability: Multiscale EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 Def Adamant/Jolly...

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Started by Rhaegar24

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Help me finish my pokemon glazed team

AimeePenguins, May 2018: well, dragonite is a lil more bulky than salamence, but its speed isnt as good as salamence's. dragonite also has a WAY better movepool, so, u should go with dragonite.

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Started by Deyb

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Nape+Scizor core help

FireSnow, May 2018: Hey all, so after joining the May Ladder Challenge, I've found myself playing UU more and really enjoying it. So I come to you guys now to get a little help in firming up my team. The only requirements are that I'm using Infernape, Nidoking and...

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Started by FireSnow

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Need Help With Team

N, May 2018: Is Glalie any good in pokemon ultra moon?I wanted to use it on a competitive team with alolan Ninetales,Tapu Fini,Sableye,Metagross,and Garchomp.

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Started by Aduitt

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Need recomendations for last slot

Aduitt, May 2018: Ah. My bad, I didn't know what VCG meant embarrassingly enough. I do agree about Infernape being bad in doubles, I was giving the build and advice assuming it was singles.

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Started by Accel5002

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No rules gen 2 team

Even Flow, Apr 2018: comments in bold. Main problem is this team cannot really take status. I feel p2 is also dead weight. Raikou and Zap also flat out 6-0 you. An electric resist or immunity and a back up counter for Hidden Power electrics is obligatory in GSC....

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Started by Lenzel

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Looking for Critics for My Gardevoir + Friends Team

5qwerty, Mar 2018: I'm not a VGC person, but just commenting to let you know that you can't directly insert images from your computer. You would either have to upload them first to an image hosting website like Imgur or use images that are already hosted on the...

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Started by EarlAfrica

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Going back to competitive.

Nah, Feb 2018: It's a doubles team (there's a few small hints in the OP that indicate), so Mega Metagross isn't banned and the selection of viable 'mons/sets is a little different. @rob: I think you're just gonna have to play around a bit with the bolded...

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Started by rob_thijs

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EV's for various shiny pokemon

Paper Sonic, Feb 2018: Ok thanks dude, any suggestions for a curselax spread? Is the one I posted viable?

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Started by Paper Sonic

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Final team member

Levea, Feb 2018: if you are planning on making stall the team does not require offensive presence. even though you wish to have a sweeper i wish to recommend something like weavile it is the closest you should get to offensive presence on stall weavile allows you...

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Started by Handsome Samurott

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My first team after a long, long while

Levea, Feb 2018: the team is definitely an improvement however the only flying type mon that can reliably check the hawk is Zapdos. Also i just wish to make a statement i suppose. the ladder itself consists of everything be it competitive or not. i will guarantee...

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Started by Fisherman Cliff

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Hail Team Help

Nah, Dec 2017: nah, hail's all about getting up Aurora Veil so your sweepers have an easy time setting up and obliterating the enemy team. Maybe sometime in the past hail was a stall playstyle, but it's certainly not that anymore. You don't want Protect on...

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Started by Krazzikk

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Building for the future

WingedDragon, Nov 2017: With Vgc 18 coming up and the assumption of everything being available I began tinkering with a team. I think I want to replace Mega Mence but not sure with who exactly. Ill be giving the roles suited for each Poke ive been running so far. These are...

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Started by WingedDragon

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Help deciding other teammates?

PlatinumDude, Oct 2017: You might want to check here on viable Pokemon in Doubles UU.

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Started by SpookyPokePixels

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Need a 6th Pokémon (VGC)

Alfieri, Sep 2017: I was thinking of Celesteela too but wasn't sure if having another Pok�mon weak to fire would be bad because of Kartana's 4x weakness. Or is that a non issue?

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Started by Alfieri

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Help Me Make My Shiny Team Great!

Geowlett, Sep 2017: I will not be evolving them. I am putting everstones on them til they reach lvl 100

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Started by Geowlett

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1v1 MGardevoir

neoshai, Sep 2017: Oh okay, good to know. And that spread was a suggestion from another player who I randomly came up against a couple of times. So I'm just trying things out atm. Tbh I never used showdown before for battling ... it's actually quite handy XD

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Started by neoshai

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A team to play with an IRL friend.

Nah, Sep 2017: Mimikyu's STABs give it all the coverage it needs really. Almost nothing resists both Fairy and Ghost, and there's little else in its movepool that looks like its worth using. Shadow Sneak is more there for the priority than the damage, so a second...

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Started by Veil Loreraven

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My team

PlatinumDude, Aug 2017: The shallow move pool point was referring to Leafeon.

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Started by Ida13

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Need help with my team

firetornadopaddy, Aug 2017: I think I'll go with Heatproof as it there for doesn't give me 3 fire type weaknesses and open up a huge whole for Arcanine. Thanks for the spread

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Started by firetornadopaddy

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Need help finishing mixed tier team build

PlatinumDude, Aug 2017: Sharp Beak is SD Talonflame's best item in Gen VI to power up Brave Bird without drawbacks.

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Started by Togepai

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Need Suggestions for my team

Sam1994, Jul 2017: Mega Tyranitar and Excadrill combo is good along with garchomp and tangrowth support i think.

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Started by firetornadopaddy

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Help Rounding Out a Team for Charizard/Dragapult Counter

Monotype Battler

Please Help! First Time VGC Teambuilder

Mimikyu moveset (Doubles)

This is my thinking for a competitive team. Any changes?

Need help with team for Showdown

Best Possible Team out of these 13 Pokémon?!

[Gen 3] OU (Seeking Meta Advice)

Need help tweaking my team

Double: TrickRoom - Serene Grace

VGC Sun 2019 Format Kyogre Team help?

Please help me pick my third pokemon

I need help for finishing my competitive team

Need help sweeping

Help me finish my pokemon glazed team

Nape+Scizor core help

Need Help With Team

Need recomendations for last slot

No rules gen 2 team

Looking for Critics for My Gardevoir + Friends Team

Going back to competitive.

EV's for various shiny pokemon

Final team member

My first team after a long, long while

Hail Team Help

Building for the future

Help deciding other teammates?

Need a 6th Pokémon (VGC)

Help Me Make My Shiny Team Great!

1v1 MGardevoir

A team to play with an IRL friend.

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Need help with my team

Need help finishing mixed tier team build

Need Suggestions for my team

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Help Rounding Out a Team for Charizard/Dragapult Counter

Monotype Battler

Please Help! First Time VGC Teambuilder

Mimikyu moveset (Doubles)

This is my thinking for a competitive team. Any changes?

Need help with team for Showdown

Best Possible Team out of these 13 Pokémon?!

[Gen 3] OU (Seeking Meta Advice)

Need help tweaking my team

Double: TrickRoom - Serene Grace

VGC Sun 2019 Format Kyogre Team help?

Please help me pick my third pokemon

I need help for finishing my competitive team

Need help sweeping

Help me finish my pokemon glazed team

Nape+Scizor core help

Need Help With Team

Need recomendations for last slot

No rules gen 2 team

Looking for Critics for My Gardevoir + Friends Team

Going back to competitive.

EV's for various shiny pokemon

Final team member

My first team after a long, long while

Hail Team Help

Building for the future

Help deciding other teammates?

Need a 6th Pokémon (VGC)

Help Me Make My Shiny Team Great!

1v1 MGardevoir

A team to play with an IRL friend.

My team

Need help with my team

Need help finishing mixed tier team build

Need Suggestions for my team