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There are many strategies that can be used to construct a good Pokémon team. They are:
Hyper Offense:
This is usually a team that either has a weather inducing lead or a lead that can set up Dual Screen (Light Screen and Reflect). Then, offensive sweepers are sent one after the other until the opponent's team cracks under pressure because their Pokémon can't take anymore hits.
Offense:
A simple team built around setting up sweepers while removing their counters in order to destroy the opponent's team successfully. It consists of Life Orb sweepers with stat boosting moves and supporting Pokémon that lay down entry hazards and/or cause status problems such as poison or paralysis, thus making it easier for the sweepers to finish off the opponent easily.
Balanced:
A more bulky style than offense, based more around countering offensive threats rather than using your own, using type synergy, and general bulk, and commonly bulky sweepers at the end of the game, this style of team relies on prediction and knowledge of the metagame. Finally, when their team is weakened, the bulky sweeper comes in to finish their team weakened from the residual damage you have racked up during the game.
Semi-stall:
These kind of teams are usually a more bulky form of balanced, bordering on stall, but with a last minute sweeper. They commonly consist of one or two physical walls, a special wall (namely Chansey, Goodra, etc.), Pokémon to lay down numerous entry hazards, and then near the end the final team member is revealed when the opponent's team has no counters left for it.
Stall:
The slowest, and arguably most reliable form of playing that involves laying down multiple entry hazards (Stealth Rock, Spikes, Toxic Spikes, and Sticky Web), and then waiting for your opponent to die. Usually functions around walls, pseudo hazing moves (Whirlwind, Roar, Dragon Tail, etc), and resistances in order to be able to take hits from all kinds while waiting for your opponent's Pokémon to faint.
Which playstyle do you prefer?
Hyper Offense:
This is usually a team that either has a weather inducing lead or a lead that can set up Dual Screen (Light Screen and Reflect). Then, offensive sweepers are sent one after the other until the opponent's team cracks under pressure because their Pokémon can't take anymore hits.
Offense:
A simple team built around setting up sweepers while removing their counters in order to destroy the opponent's team successfully. It consists of Life Orb sweepers with stat boosting moves and supporting Pokémon that lay down entry hazards and/or cause status problems such as poison or paralysis, thus making it easier for the sweepers to finish off the opponent easily.
Balanced:
A more bulky style than offense, based more around countering offensive threats rather than using your own, using type synergy, and general bulk, and commonly bulky sweepers at the end of the game, this style of team relies on prediction and knowledge of the metagame. Finally, when their team is weakened, the bulky sweeper comes in to finish their team weakened from the residual damage you have racked up during the game.
Semi-stall:
These kind of teams are usually a more bulky form of balanced, bordering on stall, but with a last minute sweeper. They commonly consist of one or two physical walls, a special wall (namely Chansey, Goodra, etc.), Pokémon to lay down numerous entry hazards, and then near the end the final team member is revealed when the opponent's team has no counters left for it.
Stall:
The slowest, and arguably most reliable form of playing that involves laying down multiple entry hazards (Stealth Rock, Spikes, Toxic Spikes, and Sticky Web), and then waiting for your opponent to die. Usually functions around walls, pseudo hazing moves (Whirlwind, Roar, Dragon Tail, etc), and resistances in order to be able to take hits from all kinds while waiting for your opponent's Pokémon to faint.
Which playstyle do you prefer?
