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  • Silver Jay#2240
    Hey Pinkacross, was watching your streams when I saw how your skarm once got cooked by an Okidogi and really wanted to build around Okidogi. Tested around with it alot. Heres my final team I came up with. Could you suggest any changes or advice? Feels complete but weak at the same time.
    https://pokepast.es/16ac7118b4402324
    Silver Jay#2240
    Silver Jay#2240
    Speed investment on Okidogi is to creep uninvested Gliscor

    Okidogi ends up also often spams ice punch for freeze procs to win matchups like IronPress Skarm or Stall Mons without letting opponent switch into a ghost freely
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    I like this for the most part, but I have a few concerns. No resist to Kyurem Freeze Dry is not ideal. Also, CB pult and garg both LOVE tera, so perhaps make pult Specs to take the Tera desire of the team down a bit.
    Maria Sumi
    Hey, I really enjoy your fixing viewers teams series! I have literally 0 clue how to teambuild and just went with mons I liked for a hazard stack team. It was built around a meow/tinglu/gholdengo core but had no clue where to go from there lmfao
    https://pokepast.es/4dac9e364be40b0e
    Maria Sumi
    Maria Sumi
    (also ghold should be tera ghost and gliscor should be facade with tera normal over eq forgor to update in paste)
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    not a fan of double SR here, go Ruination over SR on Ting-Lu. You may want to consider HDB Ghold as well. Team looks good otherwise!
    Venuesaur
    Hey, thanks to your advice last time. I've made a new team deciding to build around Tornadus-T because I think it might have a valuable niche on bulky balance, and I wanted to get your take on the team. Torn was initially HDB but could be helmet

    https://pokepast.es/fa224b0226587906
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Looks pretty solid, REALLY struggles to break Gliscor though.
    Venuesaur
    Venuesaur
    Yeah you're relying on taunt to stop toxic spikes/sets and wear it down on stall, which it does quite well. SD sets it has to taunt after it comes in on an SD which is shaky although Zama can help with that. You can go icy wind as well potentially.
    Leapog
    Pinkacross! Not very familiar with building/playing hazard stack but wanted to get your thoughts on this build as I enjoyed your recent video and wanted to indulge in a teambuilding exercise. Thanks for your time!
    https://pokepast.es/cd82bdec4933c8f9
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    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    You may also want to run Tickle on Alomomola to help deal with Gouging Fire. This will also help a lot with Roaring Moon, which will become a larger issue if you remove Weavile (which I would recommend).
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    The reason I recommend removing Weavile is that your team REALLY struggles against Darkrai, that's your team's biggest issue. A speed tie isn't what you want the game to come down to. You need to outspeed it-- Dragapult, Zamazenta, and Deo-S are all options here to replace Weavile.
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Lastly, you may want to make Gliscor SpDef (based on testing), your team is a bit heavy on the special side. Great stuff though! :D
    Hi Pinkacross, I've been watching your videos on helping viewers fix their teams and wanted to know if you could give me some advice on this team I made if possible please
    https://pokepast.es/ff230436e70dbce9
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    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Yea, this team is definitely too weak to Ogerpon. I'd recommend Hydrapple over Kyurem. You don't really need Double Specs here I'd say.
    RoronoaAries
    The standard ou hydrapple set right?
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Test various sets, but yea HDB NP seems solid
    Revërberations
    Hello, Pinkacross. I have been out of the loop of Competitive, but have recently gotten back into it due to your video tutorials appearing in my recommended feed. Backlogging through them, I put together this Balance team as a tentative dip back into the pool. If you are willing to provide feedback on this setup, I would be appreciative. Gen 9 Balance (pokepast.es)
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Go Knock on Ogerpon over Play Rough, and SD over Spikes. Go Sr on Tusk over Knock. That should do it.
    CKjr1
    Hi, I am having trouble getting this set to get choiced chomp to work, I've seen so many people get choice set of their favorite pokemon to work in OU but I have been struggling for ages, any help can work, I just wanna keep some form of choice chomp on the team
    https://pokepast.es/945a583b14112bf1
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    I don't think scarf chomp is viable. Try replacing it with Tera Blast Ice Scarf Lando-T with U-turn.
    Hey Pinkacross, I was wondering if you could rate my team and give a few pointers on how to improve it. This is the pokepaste to the team - https://pokepast.es/aa311709addee093 It is a bulky offense team that has worked for me on ladder, but I would like to know how I could improve it as I enter high ladder.
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Given how solid your team is against hazards, AND you have removal, I think HDB on Pult and Meow doesn't make sense. One of them can become CB or Specs, for more power.
    Ominous Void
    Hi Pinkacross, I was wondering if you can rate this team https://pokepast.es/161654bf9f36dc25, it’s a hoopa balance that I built using your guide. I was wondering if you can critique me, because something just doesn’t feel right with the team.
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Lack of solid walls, no fast pokemon, and no priority means you're going to lose to almost every Offense and HO team you face. Speed is the big issue here.
    turnzecki
    hi pinkacross, i wanted u to rate my team, i am very new to pokemon in general (just started yesterday) and idk if stall is still viable but I'm trying to make a team with it pls rate/give input, *note pls explain in moderate detail because I don't know what I'm doing*
    https://pokepast.es/2093ced43a34ff0d
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    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Lack of speed control is super scary, and a Taunt Roaring Moon is pretty much gg which isn't ideal. Gouging Fire is also very scary
    taimote
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    I'm worried about your gambit MU but team seems decent apart from that. Ogerpon is a huge issue as well. Tera Dragon on Alo doesn't matter if Ogerpon uses it as free setup fodder. Tera Dragon + Body Slam would deal with it, or Tera Flying Acro + Eject / Card
    Wellhell
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Without ID on Corv, your HO matchup is really really hard. Opposing RM and Gouging Fire are very very difficult to handle. I'd also recommend Dragon Claw on RM, you can't afford to lock into Outrage since it's really the only offensive mon on your team
    Agera
    Hello Mr Pinkacross,
    I am contacting you because I would like to make a team submission. This team was made 2 days after Ogerpon DLC came out. I though the team it needs some fixing but idk what to fix. Its hasn't been doing too great on ladder too.
    Team Paste : https://pokepast.es/2912fee33ec2f7d4

    Thank you once again for taking the time to read this message and have a blessed rest of your day!
    - Agera
    Agera
    Agera
    I would also like to add that I contacted you via Discord dms with a more complex and structured message about the team itself if needed.
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Great, we'll do this via Discord then. :]
    Hi Pinkacross, recently got into Pokemon Showdown. Been playing around with some teams, but have been having the most success with this Sun Team. Gotten as high as 1600, but kind of hit a wall there. Let me know what you think, and if Sun is viable in gen 9 OU

    https://pokepast.es/f2d62df9f55f03ad
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Sun is definitely viable. Run Choice Specs Wake here, running Spatk boosting Scarf is really not great, and your team is already quite fast. I'd rather run +Speed CB Roaring Moon.
    Venuesaur
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    Mostly you misplayed Alomomola here. You had no reason to play the game so fast, you kept trying to put on offensive pressure at the expense of your team's health. Instead you should have played slowly and kept your team (Dragapult and Ting-Lu in particular) healthy with Alomomola Wish support.
    corbat743
    Hey Pinkacross, I love to use scarf samurott hisui, but I am not sure how to build around it, by testing I think rillabom band its actually pretty good with him but I dont know what else to add, here a team i build but i dont think its great

    https://pokepast.es/a53fb02c60a7532b

    The evs spreds are kind of random to be honest
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    This team is extremely weak to Great Tusk, Ice Spinner + Headlong Rush is a very difficult MU. This team also doesn't abuse hazards particularly well, try putting Hrott on an Offense team that wants Spikes.
    Hittite Jumpscare
    Hello Pinkacross. I believe this is my third time here. I've been trying to make Rhypherior work in OU, but it's not really working. The Pokepaste is below:

    https://pokepast.es/a06e645d1e0cb3ce

    Rhypherior is designed to outspeed Hydrapple, and Tera Bug is for its resistances + STAB on Megahorn. I would like your thoughts and improvements for this team if possible. Thanks!
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    I don't think Rhyperior is viable honestly, but I'd recommend Tera Blast Ice over Megahorn.
    hi pinkacross!
    I've been trying to build a team around Fezandipiti after I saw storm zone mention it in ou chat. In theory this team functions as intended and fezand has been super helpful against zama, dpult, ival etc., but I feel like there's still room for improvement. Can you please take a look? https://pokepast.es/66e907494b846f48
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    This seems pretty solid, how's it doing on ladder?
    Over Thinker
    Hey Pinkacross, been enjoying the recent streams especially seeing they way you build around a mon. I made this specs enamorous team and would like to get your feedback on it. Also sorry that I keep asking you for your input, hope it's not too much.
    https://pokepast.es/2505b5bce3cd469b
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    Over Thinker
    Over Thinker
    What about making one of my mons tera grass?
    Pinkacross
    Pinkacross
    True, that's a good point. Perhaps running Specs Enam and CB Dnite just isn't sustainable, at least not with current support. Perhaps replace Enam with something stronger against HO, and go Hydrapple over Dnite-- this team is weak to Wellspring to the point where you need a super solid answer
    Over Thinker
    Over Thinker
    Yeah I'll consider that but another thing I am considering is replacing Alo since that is the main root of my Wogerpon weakness. Plus I don't think it is as important as the other members but I'm not sure
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