Team-Building Process
As everybody would know, before one can get into any battles, one must have a team first. A team consists of 6 Pokemon, each have synergy with each other and complement each other's weakness. To have a good team, all 6 Pokemons must be able to cover each other's weakness, as well as checking the top threats in the metagame. Putting a good team isn't all that easy. You could slap 6 Dragons into a team, will that work out? Probably. But a good team and take whatever you throw at him. That being said, no team is perfect. A team, no matter how good it is, cannot check EVERYTHING in the meta. Yes, it can check the top threats but there will always be some threats left out. That must then rely on the player's skill, the ability to play around a certain threat, thus, emerging as a victor in the end. To name a few of the better Team-Builders: ginganinja, Smith(I guess) and the likes.
Type of Teams
Of course, there are different type of Teams and will ultimately result in a different playstyle. The different type of teams being: Balanced, Bulky Offense, Hyper Offense, Stall. The less obvious ones are: Baton Pass teams, Weather team and etc. To have a brief understanding of the different type of teams, here is a short analysis on each type of team.
All of these analysis are made by me, and my own personal opinion. Do feel free to correct me if you think that any of these information are wrong / inaccurate.
How to go about it?
That's right. After the introduction to different teams, how do one go about making a team? To go about making one, I believe he/she should have a goal as to how the team is going to work out. The most commonly used method is basing around a core. Although people will base it around just one sweeper sometimes, but generally, it's better to build around a core as it works as two / three Pokemon at once, not just that one Pokemon trying to sweep. If it fails, it's usually GG for a team like that. Not saying this is always true, it's a personal opinion and hope nobody would read too much into that.
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Questions for you to discuss about(courtesy of Karpman as I stole this format, not sure if you get what I mean but w/e):
-How do you guys usually make a team? By a core? Basing around a sweeper?
-Whenever you make a team, how do you ensure it's a successful one? What is going through your head as you build those things?
-Do you have a small checklist in your head whenever you build a team?
So go out there, and make a perfect team for you and begin your road to victory!
Btw, I would appreciate if you guys contribute some teams(via pastebin) and explain why that team is good etc and I can place it in appropriate section.
As everybody would know, before one can get into any battles, one must have a team first. A team consists of 6 Pokemon, each have synergy with each other and complement each other's weakness. To have a good team, all 6 Pokemons must be able to cover each other's weakness, as well as checking the top threats in the metagame. Putting a good team isn't all that easy. You could slap 6 Dragons into a team, will that work out? Probably. But a good team and take whatever you throw at him. That being said, no team is perfect. A team, no matter how good it is, cannot check EVERYTHING in the meta. Yes, it can check the top threats but there will always be some threats left out. That must then rely on the player's skill, the ability to play around a certain threat, thus, emerging as a victor in the end. To name a few of the better Team-Builders: ginganinja, Smith(I guess) and the likes.
Type of Teams
Of course, there are different type of Teams and will ultimately result in a different playstyle. The different type of teams being: Balanced, Bulky Offense, Hyper Offense, Stall. The less obvious ones are: Baton Pass teams, Weather team and etc. To have a brief understanding of the different type of teams, here is a short analysis on each type of team.
The Balanced type of Team doesn't concentrate solely on Offense. It incoporates the defensive, as well as offensive Pokemon to strike a balance, so that it wouldn't be too offensive, nor too defensive. These teams usually can handle both Offensive and Defensive forces well, as they are generally very balanced, and not afraid of the Stall, as they have offensive Pokemon that can break stall(or even defensive Pokemon that can counter stall, sometimes, like Mew) and will not get too worried about the offenses fired by the opponent's team as they have a good defensive core to back them up.
These type of teams are very similar to Balanced teams, but the difference is that Bulky Offense are generally more defensive, as the name would suggest. They utilize on entry hazards, such as Stealth Rocks and Spikes. They sometimes even go as far as using Toxic Spikes to prevent that Dragonite from setting up. They concentrate on wearing down the opponent's team and bringing out a sweeper and clean up late-game. These teams can also be called Semi-Stall to an extent, but yet not as "stallish" as them.
The traits about these type of teams, is that they will almost, always utilize a defensive core that is capable of tanking hits, phazing, and setting up hazards to wear down the opponent. They also have reliable recovery to constantly replenish their health after taking blows from Sweepers at the opposite team.
The traits about these type of teams, is that they will almost, always utilize a defensive core that is capable of tanking hits, phazing, and setting up hazards to wear down the opponent. They also have reliable recovery to constantly replenish their health after taking blows from Sweepers at the opposite team.
Commonly known as "5 Drag 1 Mag." No? These teams are extremely offensive and they are known to break stall. It involves sending out Pokemon that are extremely strong and can break through the opposite team's defensive cores. One of the traits for this team, is that you can hardly see any defensive Pokemon inside as they are so heavily concentrated on Offense. The main goal of these teams is to overwhelm the opponent with powerful moves coming from either their extremely high SpA or Atk points. Although it might seem impossible to break through Hyper Offense, it is still very possible by careful switching and outplaying them and wear them down either by LO recoil or other forms of damage such as Sandstorm damage. Which is why sometimes, they might run a Dual Screener to let their sweepers have a longer life and survive longer to dish out more damage without taking too much from the opponent's team.
The sole reason why people will ragequit. The famed 100 turns per battle type of team. This is the most defensive team you can ever find in Pokemon. They utilize heavily on hazards damage and wear their opponent down by statuses and in the end, letting them faint without really doing much attack. Stall teams might incoporate Weathers such as Hail / Sandstorm as they do secondary damage(6% per turn to a Pokemon weak to the respective weathers), and although they might take damage themselves, they don't really care as they will have a reliable recovery move and can just recover them all back. These teams are just so hard to break through without a good plan or a good offensive force.
All of these analysis are made by me, and my own personal opinion. Do feel free to correct me if you think that any of these information are wrong / inaccurate.
How to go about it?
That's right. After the introduction to different teams, how do one go about making a team? To go about making one, I believe he/she should have a goal as to how the team is going to work out. The most commonly used method is basing around a core. Although people will base it around just one sweeper sometimes, but generally, it's better to build around a core as it works as two / three Pokemon at once, not just that one Pokemon trying to sweep. If it fails, it's usually GG for a team like that. Not saying this is always true, it's a personal opinion and hope nobody would read too much into that.
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Questions for you to discuss about(courtesy of Karpman as I stole this format, not sure if you get what I mean but w/e):
-How do you guys usually make a team? By a core? Basing around a sweeper?
-Whenever you make a team, how do you ensure it's a successful one? What is going through your head as you build those things?
-Do you have a small checklist in your head whenever you build a team?
So go out there, and make a perfect team for you and begin your road to victory!
Btw, I would appreciate if you guys contribute some teams(via pastebin) and explain why that team is good etc and I can place it in appropriate section.