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  • rcklssoptmsm
    hey pinkacross, big fan! been working on this nihilego team for a bit and i'd love your input. typical meteor beam set, rilla as a breaker (terrain helps nihilego), kart pairs nicely, mag for steels, pert for rocks and heatran, and zapdos for physdef. tends to struggle with specs lele, dragapult, offensive volcarona, and trick room (esp marowak). what do u think? ty!!
    https://pokepast.es/9b8c5db6a39baa39
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    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Gaping Holes: CB Weavile, Specs Lele, Hawlucha, CB Dragapult, Volcarona, probably some others but those are the immediate rough MUs I think of. Not unmanageable, but quite difficult and in some MUs, likely impossible.
    rcklssoptmsm
    rcklssoptmsm
    i wonder if there's somewhere to fit pex in... feels like that would help with pretty much all of those except lele.
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Pex theoretically helps with all of those but gets overwhelmed easily in practice. Everything on that list typically ends up beating Toxapex.
    myself12
    Hi Pinkacross,
    I've built a fairy spam team around tapu koko and tapu lele. However, I'm not sure whether rotom-w is the best buiky water for this team, and I'm also considering replacing weavile for a special dark like gmolt. I'd like to know your opinion on these changes.
    Thanks!
    https://pokepast.es/b2ec546c4f9d13fb
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    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    In summary: Make Rotom Toxic or Will-o-wisp. Swap Weavile for Moltres (taunt Np airslash imo). Make Heatran physdef Flame Body, make Rotom Spdef. Make lele Specs.
    myself12
    myself12
    Thanks for your help.
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    No problem, lmk how it goes :)
    Yo Pinka!
    If you remember me I was the one who showed you my Volcanion + Specs Lele team.
    I made this team because I really like using toxtricity because of its great power, and then with the help of a friend I built around it. It struggles with lots of things like flying-types, and I don't know how to fix it.
    https://pokepast.es/c8c3f2a90e24939b
    Thanks in advance!
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    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Looks pretty solid. I'd advise Body Press on Corviknight because Bisharp looks very scary and Urshifu-R isnt a long term answer. Other than that, it looks pretty nice.
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    You may also want to use Snarl on Toxtricity over Overdrive or Sludge Wave, it OHKOs Dragapult which is nice.
    blooclipse
    thanks!
    I'll try snarl on Tox.
    Iron head on Corv was from when we had Kommo-o on the team, and we needed a way to really hurt the fairies. it's now body press
    Hello Pinkacross. I have started trying to improve only recently and I read all your RMTs. Do you have any tips to improve team building? Maybe a general overview of balance or BO.

    Thank you very much for the resources you provided.
    myself12
    Hi Pinkacross,

    I'm trying to build a starmie hazard stack. I've added lando and ferro for the hazard and gapdos for the defog deterrent, but I'm not sure what to add next. Could you help me out? Thanks.

    https://pokepast.es/f6413b24a978cb7e
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    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Good spinners are Regieleki and Excadrill. Rotom Wash can also give you water type removal if that's what you're looking for, as well as Tapu Fini.
    myself12
    myself12
    Thanks for all your help!
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    You're welcome and good luck with the team! :)
    Initiatedog
    Hi Pinkacross! Sorry for the notification.

    I'm always reading all your RMTs. I have loved the ones featuring underrated mons, like PZ rain.
    I decided to try out toxtricity as it has lots of power. I also added g-zap to hit steels and blissey

    The offensive core 2HKOS/OHKOS the entire tier. The problem is, I have no idea what to add next. Could you help me out?
    https://pokepast.es/594027ac7b5e3210
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    Initiatedog
    Initiatedog
    I added some more mons to the now-complete team. I playtested it and it went really well. I originally had Slowbro over slowking (before I added buzzwole but I realised I wanted a special tank and a weavile check, so I added these two onto the team
    https://pokepast.es/d256339c04547460
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    This looks pretty good. I do have a concern, though. You dont really have any speed control. This makes many sweepers extremely threatening, especially lategame, like SD garchomp, Kartana, and Weavile. I suppose with Buzzwole you have answers to these, but keep testing and see if any problems arise.
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    An easy fix would be scarf Galarian Zapdos or Scarf Buzzwole, but only make the change if needed.
    Hello! I love your RMTs, especially when they use underrated mons/strats!

    About your old hail RMT from last year, I was thinking of maybe using it cause it features multiple mons I love. Is there any potential replacement for the Dragon as 6th slot?
    I know the team is pretty outdated, but I think it still got a change to shine, which is way I'm trying to find a way to use it now. Thanks in advance!
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    You need Dragapult for speed control + beating Volcarona. Nothing else does that, so there's no easy replacement. My best guess would be Victini, but that doesn't fulfill speed control very well.
    Hi Pinkacross, loved your Umbreon RMT - you really inspire me to build with unique mons.

    With that being said, I created an Electric Spam Offense team - https://pokepast.es/22c219dc60e04634
    While it doesn't have a unique mon like yours (the lowest VR ranked mon here is Rotom-W at A-), it does feature Scarf Rotom-W

    Could you please rate this team?
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    This looks pretty solid! My one concern is Tapu Lele. Moonblast runs through your team, and Lele can come in on half your team. To help lessen this blow, perhaps try Leftovers Gyro Ball Ferrothorn over Power Whip.
    agslash23
    Thanks for the suggestion Pinkacross

    I was also thinking that Body Press over Knock off would help with the Sand matchup (Rotom-W can help vs Exca, but doesn't like to switch into CB TTar). What say?
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    It may be worth testing.
    scorbunnys
    Hey Pinka, imma congratulate u for your damn great RMT (and you definitely have a bonus for RMTing an eeveelution), as it's like quite well-written overall (like all your RMTs) and I enjoyed reading it a lot tho please RMT Sylveon, Primarina or Vaporeon I'M BEGGING
    Hi Pinkacross, I have made a heat Gyarados HO - https://pokepast.es/bbfde7a643798281

    Frankly, I put Gyarados because it checked HO killers like Shifu, Lucha, Rain, Exca. I wanted to base it around Scarf Gengar and Garchomp though.

    How does it look? Let me know your thoughts
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Honestly this doesn't look very good. None of these pokemon help each other or work together to chip common checks, and as for "roll the dice and hope on of 'em 6-0s," your odds are bad. Other than Gyarados, which loses to a huge amount of standard pokemon, all of your setup breakers (Weav, Tran, Chomp) are the most common in the tier and almost always prepped for.
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    I don't really believe much in Gyarados HO in general, but to optimize it I'd make a physical spam HO so pokemon like Toxapex, Ferrothorn, and Melmetal are weakened.
    agslash23
    Ok, thanks for your feedback. I'll try to build it as a physical spam HO and get back to you

    Meanwhile, I wanted to try out some Sand Offense, and this is what I have - https://pokepast.es/3f5a4b5a63de454b

    Let me know how this is
    sm00th af
    Hey Pinka :) big fan of your teams, even tho i love ttar and don't see him on them... (might be a suggestion..?) anyway, i'm using a team i've found on here and i'd like to hear what you think about it, it's a pretty straightfoward team using ttar + the 2 sand rush abusers, using the other slots to pivot around and cover up defensively, thank you in advance!

    https://pokepast.es/7bbcce292eefae1a
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    I like it, seems super solid! The only weakness I really see is Specs Moonblast from Lele, but even that is reasonably manageable. As for changes, the Ttar set is sorta wierd. Lash Out is creative but I'm not sure if its worth running over Crunch (that's just me though)
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Additionally, I feel like on a slow paced team like this, running Sub Leftovers Dracozolt with Sub + Flamethrower + Bolt Beak + Draco Meteor is ideal. Especially with Future Sight support, you don't really need the additional breaking power. Lastly, consider Knock Off on Tornadus over Focus Blast or Heat Wave. You have no Knock Off, and it's such a good move it's basically a must-have for all teams rn.
    sm00th af
    sm00th af
    thanks for the insight Pinka! really like the zolt suggestion, tho i might say i'm playing this team in a really agressive way, that must be the reason i'm stuck on 1400~, i'll try to adapt my playstyle and see if i get any further, good night bro!
    Hey Pinka! I've been playing for a bit but I don't really make my own teams, so this was something I came up with rlly quickly. I've played a bit with it and it seems fine so far, with Araquanid sticky webs being really annoying to deal with, and switching in Zapdos galar for defog predicts. Although, I know it can be better, what should i change?

    https://pokepast.es/cbe1fcefed555741
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    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    And psychic doesnt contribute a whole lot, Psyshock is almost always stronger in this meta
    Silvershadow 494
    Yep, ive made it to high 1600's with this rn, honestly surprised i got this far. I can see why u recommended future sight lmao, it meshes so well with gzap. Thank you so much btw!
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Glad to hear it! GL laddering! :)
    An¤nym¤u5
    Hi Pinkacross! I'm very new to teambuilding and I am currently struggling to identify some flaws in my very first team.

    https://pokepast.es/d0dd162a86280c40

    Is it possible if you can suggest improvements to the team? Laddering a bunch has led me to identify that my team gets 6-0d by Weavile, but I'm sure there are other glaring issues that I'm oblivious to. Thanks! :)
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    An¤nym¤u5
    An¤nym¤u5
    Thanks for your help and advice! I'll try out your suggestions and see how it goes. Will it be okay if I can get your advice for other teams I intend to build in the future?
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Yes indeed, feel free to post them here! Though, I do prefer if you test a bit first to iron out the obvious issues, it allows me to rate more precisely and push the team to a higher level.
    An¤nym¤u5
    An¤nym¤u5
    Noted with. Thank you!
    The goat himself. Scrolling down through your profile I see how many people you unconditionally help with their teams. Stay awesome man! Glad to have people like you in the community.
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Aww thanks that's so kind of you to say! :)
    Hey big man, i've built a team that im pretty happy with but i get bodied by ice punch, and am not sure how to adapt. I've tried putting phys wall buzz instead of zapdos and lando, but without zapdos i miss static for urshifu, weavile, melmetal, etc and without lando i dont have ground resist. Any ideas how to fix it? If anyone can it'll be you. :) https://pokepast.es/262a2ddb487a82d7
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    The team in general confuses me a bit admittedly. A lot of pokemon take sand chip and there isn't really a wincon or a strategy that I can tell. Without changing too much, I'd say make Lele Scarf and remove Gengar for a wall such as Helmet Clefable.
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    I'd recommend building the team a bit differently to be more cohesive, though. For example you have no water resist, perhaps trying to fit on a Ferrothorn would be good. Ferro + Ttar + Tornadus is a great sand core.
    https://pokepast.es/347bea2fef1fed09
    so im building a team around these 3 mons (mostly chomp and eleki though) and I don't really know where to start for defensive checks. I need a weavile check, a lele check, a pult check, a rilla check, kart check, etc, and I have no idea where to start. Im thinking SpD corv and clef, but I honestly don't know what to do.
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Unless its Teleport, don't put a Clefable on an Offense, it's a huge momentum drain. Tornadus, Toxapex (Eject Button Pex), Lando-T, Slowbro, Mandibuzz are some of my favorite walls to put on Offense. To be honest though Specs Leki in general isn't really a set I'd run when HDB is so good on Hstack.
    blooclipse
    I was thinking specs because with the grounds gone eleki can throw off massively powerful tbolts, but i'll just try both.
    I never thought of eject button pex, I'll try that.
    Right now I'm thinking double genie and then pex or colburpress slowbro
    Pulsar
    Hey Pinka! I have been loving your teams although I only recently got into the forum and I have been wondering if you still see potential in alolachu. I know you made an alolachu team in the early days of dlc2 ou and I would probably draw pretty heavy inspiration from it although the metagame changed quite a bit. If you got any ideas or suggestions that would help a lot! :D
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Pulsar
    Pulsar
    Oh that's awesome, thank you so much! I'll try that team out for a bit and see how things go :]
    Scorcha9
    hello! i was wondering if i could get some advice on my double defog Volcanion rain team. I got 1800s with it but I feel it can use some improvements, just not sure what. I am finding that Slowking is rly annoying and I cannot seem to break through the Slowking cores easily. Thanks if you do reply. :)

    https://pokepast.es/59446386e1f11481
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Slowking certainly is an issue. I recommend Thundurus Therian over Landorus.
    Scorcha9
    Scorcha9
    Ok I will try that. Thank you!
    myself12
    Hi Pinkacross, I've built a Keldeo BO, and it's working ok, but I feel that Jirachi isn't a great fit for this team. It provides wish healing and stealth rocks, but it suffers from 4MSS (it wants u-turn). I'm considering replacing it for either heatran or ferrothorn, most likely ferrothorn. Any adivce on this would be helpful. Thanks!

    https://pokepast.es/66f20f9fa75d5d7b
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    myself12
    myself12
    Thanks for your help! Also, I'm not sure about having 3 of my pokemon choiced, so should I do something about that?
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Choice items are very very good. If it works, it works. I've got 3 or 4 choiced mons on many of my teams. It's only an issue if the team is inconsistent and overly prediction reliant because of it.
    myself12
    myself12
    Thanks. Some people have told me that too many choice items are bad. I guess it just comes down to personal preference.
    ALZev2002
    Hey Pinkacross, like your Heliosik Rain team. I wanted to know if I could improve my beat-up krookodile team
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    This team is cool looking and creative. However, it lacks any real breaking potential. Try an Offensive CB Buzzwole.
    yogo896
    Yo Pinkacross, I have currently made this team and got back up to top 500, but I am struggling vs Toxapex. Any suggestions is really appreciated.
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    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Magnezone gets 2HKOd by Lele anyway, replacing it won't make the Lele issue much worse. As for top level viability standards, using Decidueye is already sort of a rough start
    yogo896
    yogo896
    Ok Pinka. After thinking a lot bout it myself and with friends, I decided... the team is good as it tbh. Against Pex I can taunt it with torn and it gets 2KHO'd by poltergeist/ grassy glide after rocks. I feel like vs Pex MU I should not give it free switches.
    yogo896
    yogo896
    The rest should be fine. thanks anyways
    Illusion master 2365
    Greetings Pinka! The teams you make are simply awesome... I enjoy thema lot, also you made rain super interesting...Would you please consider seeing a team that I built and say me whether to use a tran or a melm cuz bliss and CM clef just destroy the team...
    Melm
    Heatran
    Illusion master 2365
    Illusion master 2365
    Btw this team took me to 1526+, But then I saw a cm clef destroying it.. So i asked you for an advice, Anyways you are rlly great builder dude, Keep it up!
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Thanks for the compliments. :) I like Melmetal here, but you've got to adjust your set. Running max HP isn't great for AV, check the smogon spread. Also, given your weakness to Ghost, a Specially Defensive Protect Leftovers Heatran with Heavy Slam could also take care of the Clefable isssue.
    Illusion master 2365
    Illusion master 2365
    Oo Pinka thank you si much I will sirely try it out :)
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