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Hello Doubles. What is the hardest part of getting into any new tier? In my oppinion, it's teambuilding. The issue with learning how to make good teams is that you don't know what threats there are in the tier, you don't know what's good, and you especially won't know the mindset and thought process that a truly skilled team builder has when building their best teams. How do we solve that then? How about we, the entire doubles community, build one collective team. We submit good cores in the meta, and we build up the core up with strong pokemon while explaining why we should add that pokemon to the team. I'm thinking that we could use a schedule that looks kinda like this:
Liepard @ Focus Sash
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Fake Out
- Encore
- Taunt
- Foul Play
Breloom @ Focus Sash
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Spore
- Bullet Seed
- Mach Punch
- Protect
Hello Doubles. What is the hardest part of getting into any new tier? In my oppinion, it's teambuilding. The issue with learning how to make good teams is that you don't know what threats there are in the tier, you don't know what's good, and you especially won't know the mindset and thought process that a truly skilled team builder has when building their best teams. How do we solve that then? How about we, the entire doubles community, build one collective team. We submit good cores in the meta, and we build up the core up with strong pokemon while explaining why we should add that pokemon to the team. I'm thinking that we could use a schedule that looks kinda like this:
- Monday: we discuss the metagame and get a general idea of what should get added to the team. When we're in this stage, keep the discussion broad, like "we need a bulky water type" or "we need a Heatran counter," not "we need a Rotom Wash" or "We need a Landorous-T."
- Tuesday through Thursday: Submit pokemon with sets that you think would supplement the current team nicely. Anyone can submit sets that are PS! importable with sprites. If you've already gotten 2 pokemon into the team, please still contribute to the discussion and still vote, but don't submit any more sets. Let other people get there ideas into the team. This is the community create a team, not the one person make a team. Make a good case for your submission, don't just give a set. The point of this thread is to give newer players an idea on how you build teams, so if you explain well why you picked that set, then your helping a lot of people out.
- Friday: More discussion in light of the sets that were submitted. Do the ideas help the team, what opportunity cost is there with using pokemon A over pokemon B? Suggest changes to the sets to improve them, such as a better ev spread or a change in moves.
- Saturday and Sunday: Vote. Use the format "Qazoo306's Substitute Heatran". Don't just say Heatran. What if more than one is submitted?
- Loop back to set one until the team is finished.
Liepard @ Focus Sash
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Fake Out
- Encore
- Taunt
- Foul Play
Breloom @ Focus Sash
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Spore
- Bullet Seed
- Mach Punch
- Protect
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