bro really changed one mon on webs sample and called it his own team, W ezra
because it is lol, i love my troom slop
What is this koko achieving for this team if it's not CM electric seed? Also isn't sturdy over sheer force pre-evo on steelix better in certain situations?
OOOOOOOOOOOOOH yeah i would like that, thanks man, but i do not like sturdy for trick room tho, thx
i usually use it as an anti lead for trick room and a back up speed control in a pinch, acro wild charge hidden power ice covers the entire metagame for the most part and wild charge is crazy, really love physical tapu koko but u hyeah i have been thinking of going specs recently.... boring though
https://pokepast.es/a5ce5125e79f25f1, went for a fire water grass core instead of electric terrain iron hands i guess?
Did you take curse off the steelix cause you made it cb and then just forget to put a 4th move on lol
yes. it was fun testing that specific paste thee first test lol, because it still worked around 1500 lol, i do not downlaod replays sorry for no evidence!
Yes looks interesting, tho I would always go for bonemerang on alowak, also I use misty explosion on my hatt to kill subs and get in my TR abusers
I would use fire spin on this specific volcanion to trap stuff like glowking and AV mola (tho for the latter needs toxic over steam eruption)
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oooh good idea thanks
sounds good to me
:i just reached top 4 with a mon that should be banned: k broI just reached top 4 a couple of hours ago so i think i might share my Zama-C team:
https://pokepast.es/fe5b7d22776c4d6f
Some wack / recent replays:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2543425625-svgys11j0isf06r5ue0535u6h956l19pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2543427864-fk0iffmnj5e76yttdqwsyni5jihkv6vpw?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2543430500-6ikv77ga3p14mhpct2nmnv8d150sfd5pw?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2543432395-mnujgoxex16kgs8pnma2eaxnk54w8abpw?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2543436711-bxw5m8fylmdk9nb06ted2vpkcsjr4srpw?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2543439707-sahwo2am6u8x1whys5aahe1sanvimlqpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2543540132-9yt3rabfo9sa02q5ehnjspbb4n7s4n1pw?p2
i am actually aware of a version with ting lu, just ask at the national dex community? i forgot their name but they had a mega mawile bulky offense team? i really do not remember who i can ask around for you if you would like
your team inspired me to build a psyspam web team with mega medicham team: https://pokepast.es/7718db4688adb97b
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Miracle Anything Can HappenI be using your teams all the time for fun on the ladder, tysm ur a godsendhello everyone, my name is Jamie, and I’m here with another teamdump to share the teams of my circuit run all through the end of ndcl since we are out now. Same things as last time, as such, because music allows me to express my emotions in ways I can’t usually. I was going to write a whole emotional manifesto about these past few months, but I’ll save it for another day.
I will however include my own explanations on the teams I’m particularly proud of, so I hope you enjoy that.
This team was something I built immediately after my seasonal loss and it features my favorite junk food pokemon; specs Hydreigon. I particularly love Hydreigon because offensive darks are one of my favorite archetypes and dropping specs Dracos is always fun too. I’m particularly proud of this build because of the synergy; at this time av mola was (and still is) running rampant so I wanted some way to lure that while also having some mon to absolutely crush the typical balance cores that easily scout Hydreigon, so modest ghost z ghold felt natural, pairing well with Hydreigon to break holes down in ting-lu and heatran early. The offensive synergy along with shifu to help clean vs standard bo / offense cores is also cool and what makes this build stick along with the super nice defensive core of Slowbro / spdef Lando / ferro, which supports the offense nicely.
Originally built this for Lameflame as an idea for his summer seasonal finals game, and I used it vs benladil, the original opponent this was meant for. I like this build because it uses a lot of more unorthodox tech and a less standard structure that synergizes well together. I wanted to build Mmedi even though it’s a shitmon and I wanted to work around its usual issues. The first step was adding an hsam, which is our main speed control along with Prio from Medi. Modest zap here is cool because it absolutely crushes Gliscor and other basic bo builds with Lando / ferro / water as a main defensive core; I also wanted it to not be a passive zapdos because it would ruin the pace a lot vs stuff like chomp and some steels (see my circuit game vs benladil) and overall would make the build a lot more passive in general. Besides that I liked sub bolt for a stable win condition and to also destroy some certain balances that Medi could not break through on its own (stuff with torn and things with ferro + ghold). Helm chomp is for physical attackers like Pon / shifu, and that allows for some freedom in running spdef corvi for fairies and psychics. I personally felt fog corvi was fine on this build since between your own hazards and offensive pressure you can get by not removing vs ghold. Medi is still ass but I like it here because it has prio and takes advantage of slower things like tusk and kyurem more consistently, along with threatening out Gliscor / other grounds more consistently as well with ice punch. One of my favorite builds from the circuit run.
Dance Delightful
This was a team that I built for my circuit game vs benladil, but it ended up getting used by Lameflame in his circuit game because he ended up liking the build a lot. This team was also one of my favorites because of the context surrounding it and my emotions at the time. It was inspired by some of sealoo’s chomp hstack builds, but with my own twist on it. Howl elec z zama’a main purpose is to lure the birds so then pon / gambit go crazy late game. It can also allow for waters to be weakened and open up Trailblaze pon / diancie to clean later on. I had toxic chomp for some reason (I think it was to hit zapdos?) but spikes is also a fine alternative for dual hazards support. Trailblaze synth pon is a set I’ve liked for a while and I wanted to try it on ho builds after i recognized that the original versions of these builds had a lot of trouble vs grounds that liked to spikestack (mainly ting lu). That’s why I also originally had hp ice diancie which was for blocking gliscor hazards and getting the surprise ko on Lando for gambit sweeps, but in hindsight ep is better. Very variable build though, so I suggest you all try it out for yourselves since it’s how I perceive most offense to be at its peak in this tier.
This is probably my favorite team I’ve made in the past few months as it feels extremely consistent and is accustomed to the meta a lot in my opinion. The idea was based on some builds I saw vert use in sv ou, trying to use some offense based on the core of Glimm / ghold / lando / special breaker / pon. Pon set is mainly to hit dragons (mainly dnite) and slam its usual checks with knock so breaking with it later is easier, but it is also extremely flexible and can be a lot of things. Glimm is here for tspike support, and although diancie is a realistic alternative the removal option can be extremely nice for moth, pon, and lele. Ghold’s set is something I think has a lot of room to change, but shuca allows you to immediately trade hp vs grounds like Lando, offensive / physdef chomp, and tusk to open up iron moth. Twave was also an anti offense measure and speed control option since that is admittedly limited here. This bulky lele set is something I’ve absolutely loved to use; I think lele is extremely strong vs the meta atm and a part of that is its ability to not only dismantle balance but also be annoying asf to offense in so many different ways, and here it attempts to trade vs a ton of common offensive threats like zardy, pon, kyurem, and latios. Iron moth is something I’m also extremely high on in this metagame, as I think it’s potential to clean with breaking support from lele / Glimm / pon / whatever breaker you pair it with is extremely high atm with current meta trends. Here I have toxic, which is extremely useful in neutralizing a ton of threats like Volcarona, dragonite, and even lategame kyurem if need be. Not only that, it also toxics important checks to moth such as lu and Moltres that are otherwise annoying for this build as anti offense mons. I think toxic moth is actually a really good tech and should def be explored more. Overheat is a personal thing I like, and it can be changed, but I personally like it to nuke grounds and certain birds like zap out of the air. Another variable build I have liked using the past few months so I hope you have fun with it as well.
This team’s original skeleton was given to me by Iride as she was helping me with ideas for circuit finals, and it ended up being one of my favorite takes on a spikestack in current meta. Shifu / ferro / zap / lu is a core that’s as old as time but still works to choke out the common offense stuff that’s common at the moment. Pech is extremely good here, acting as a setup mon and win condition vs balance teams. It also helps spinblock vs the likes of tusk and, most importantly, Terapagos. Latios rounds out the offensive core, allowing the team to own opposing spikestack structures with Gliscor / ferro / water. Ice beam can be used to make that easier if need be, but Draco is still an extremely good option to just nuke gking and Slowbro immediately. It’s a very creative build in practice, and it shows my thankfulness for the fact that my best friend helped me all the way through circuit all the way through ndcl despite all of the rough patches and conflicts that occured before and after with me mentally.
I originally built this for fun as a remake of a team justfranco used in SPL, but it ended up performing a lot better than I thought in test games and even won in NDCL. The idea here is to be an extremely trade heavy offense with cress as the backbone. Cress here mainly helps twave lele and act as a stopgap for ogerpon and other things like shifu / lop / zama. It actually works a lot better than I thought in practice with this kind of build because it can also hwish up the main trade guys like kyurem / ghold / gambit early. The idea with this team is to usually lead tusk and get up hazards early, then spin later if need be. Kyurem / ghold break early for gambit / zama to clean lategame and I always liked that kind of offensive synergy. Ghold takes advantage of that trading capability well by using a full offensive set, but other ideas such as bulkier spreads with similar spatk invest sound interesting too. Av kyurem is something I love using as well in this meta, just really nice trader and helps this build a lot vs special fires such as tran, volc, -!: zardy. End goal is going to be a gambit endgame usually so try and play for that if possible. Lots of creative techs here to use for your own trade offenses as well since I think that style has a lot of potential in this meta esp vs certain balances.
I’m personally convinced this build is inherently super solid because the week I built this for ndcl I ran like 2 tests with it and loaded it, but still won. Really cool build with bulky cm lele again; I liked how the offensive core meshes well with the defensive pieces in certain aspects which helps it stay coherent vs balance and other offense a lot. Scale shot chomp is good to act as a solid win condition and opens up defensive cores on BO / offense for shifu to clean up later. Zapdos + Slowbro ensures the team is not overwhelmed by certain combos of physical attacking threats. I think the Slowbro is actually very variable; it can be colbur press if darks are too much of an issue, it can be more spdef for kyurem so chomp pivots into it easier, etc. The fact it also pairs up well with shifu / chomp for future sight support is also very cool in breaking down other defensive cores. Treads acts as the catch all utility piece, acting as the main steel, rocker, and removal. It also frees up slots on zapdos and chomp which is very appreciated for certain coverage vs steels. Like I said just a consistent balance that allows you to play with momentum to bring in your offensive pieces easier.
I love you, my soulmate.
I love Primarina, and I hadn’t used it in ndcl before, so I wanted to use it against the person I respected the most and wanted to win against the most. It was also my upcoming birthday that week so I wanted to be able to use my favorite pokemon near that date. This build was inspired by a lot of different things; one, I took a lot of inspiration from Celeste’s Ubers UU builds in making this, shown by the ideas of scale dnite + id zama as a stopgap vs most offensive threats / opposing offense. The other inspiration was a lax team I saw in SPL, which attempts to use specs prim to trade easily vs offense as well as vs annoying grounds like lu so something like ceru wins easier. Specs prim is also nice because it provides some immediate power to the team, and it does make the primary cleaners of the team perform their jobs easier. Bulky Lorb ceru was something I liked using in sun so wanted to try it here since it’s deceptively fat and does well vs a lot of stuff like Kyu, yard, and lele. It also abuses a lot of prim’s regular checks like ferro and gking. ID zama like I said is meant to be the primary stopgap vs certain things like pon, dnite, lategame gambit, etc. The applications vs other offense with it are nearly endless in my opinion. Dark z is used here to snipe latios, gking, and Gholdengo out of the air if need be, opening up stuff like Val and prim. It also helps vs Pech if you get defense drops, then val and dnite are really happy by that point. This team also plays like ho and allows for breakers to open up things for each other. Prim helps break down ting lu and trades vs a ton of offensive threats so that the setup breakers have an easier time breaking down passive walls and eventually winning (see my game vs Isza in ndcl for the mental behind this). Sd val is also very cool as it forms a physical offense core with ceru; knock odd Val is fine here because the ideal pathway is for ceru to break physical walls early for dnite and val to clean up lategame. Scale dnite is also really broken in my opinion I love this pokemon on ho and it synergizes extremely well with ceru / prim as it also destroys a ton of mola / balance builds. Unfortunately, I ended up losing with this vs Isza and along with that I was questioning my entire identity across my birthday weekend so… that’s fun!
As the song attached to it implies however, I am still optimistic about the future and that I can achieve my goals if I just let them happen, even if it relates to who I am as a person internally. This team is proof of that optimism, even if I’m completely hopeless at the moment and I am unsure of who I really am. Hopefully, throughout these next few months leading up to ndwc, I can find the answers I’m looking for.
Hope you guys enjoy the teams if they come of help in seasonal / Swiss. Cya’ll until the end of NDWC if I end up building more for it.
Love seeing ttar drill core still, any extra tips/potential swaps to make in the team depending on if Z crown gets banned? I have been running this:https://pokepast.es/87237febba4ee663
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