Pinkacross

Hi Pinkacross! The following message was originally sent to you on discord, but you haven't replied to it yet so I figured I'd post it here in case you haven't been checking your discord or something.

https://pokepast.es/68bae40c1b5fef3b
Hello Pinkacross.
I made this offense team built around Teleport Chansey in National Dex. I like the way the team feels but it has some major flaws like having lackluster speed control and a horrible Weavile and Meowscarada matchup and I feel stuck when it comes to figuring out ideas on how to improve the team. I got to about the mid 1400s with it, but I think I could probably get to the 1500s if I played more games.
It would mean a lot to me if you could rate this team and give me some suggestions on how to improve it.
Attached are four replays of games I played using the team on my alt.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2708952946?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2708899339
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2708931656
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2708935478?p2

Hiya Pinkacross

I have been playing around with a tinted lens Yanmega team on an off for a couple of months now, and I’d be thrilled to hear your opinion about the mon. I have almost gotten into the 1800’s with the team in the pokepaste below and I have honestly become a believer in the special attacking Lokix.

https://pokepast.es/9f61d89df27c8abf

Now, I know that Lokix is far more viable than Yanmega due to Lokix dual priority in first impression and sucker-punch, but I do really think that Yanmega has a discernable niche in the tier. It has a nice speed tier of 95 with a sp.atk of 116 – the highest sp.atk of all tinted lens users – so it both packs a punch (especially with tera), can outspeed and break through a lot of crucial mons in the tier and to top it all off, also has psychic noise and u-trun so it isn’t completely useless against stall.
In practice I have found that Yanmega can two-hit ko most defensive mons in the tier, with notable exception in sp.def Heatran, Bilssey, and assultvest Alo, Glowking and Tornadus-T (due to it outspeeding Yanmega). It has also been a nice check to I-def Zamazentas, with it being able to eat up body press and can take up to 4 heavy slams before fainting. It can also stomach an Ivy Cudgel once from Ogerpon-Wellspring, if it doesn’t tera or crit, which can be nice in a pinch.

While Yanmega most of the time just wants to spam Bug Buzzes all day, but tinted lens air slash is no joke either. There isn’t a single mon in the tier that quad-resists flying and there are only two mons that do: Magnezone and Bastiodon, which no one really use, so Pokémon that rely on their defensive typing tend to get destroyed. So, when Yanmega is facing against a team with one or more quad-bug-resists, it has a pretty strong midground move it can go for.


Yanmega is still far from perfect, with its poor bulk (especially on the sp.def side) and quad stealth rock weakness, but I still think it is a underrate and definitely underprepared for mon in the tier that can poke holes in some popular teams.

What are your thoughts on Yanmega? I'd love to know:)

Anyways love the vids and what you do for the community <3


Have a good day!

Hi Pinkacross!

Long time listener first time caller. I've been watching a lot of your teambuilding videos recently and have been attempting to make a charizard X team for champions OU. It's loosely based on Prince5's natdex team, but I've had to shuffle a lot of stuff around to try and adapt it to such a limited format (Item clause has been giving me a lot of grief).

I've been really struggling with the last member of the team, since I need a specially defensive mon, a ghost resist(maybe?) and a dark resist. I've tried a few variations but don't feel super confident in any of them. I'm not actually sure if you do champions team reviews, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask.

pDef Corviknight + Clefable: teams.pokemonshowdown.com/view/2037282
-This is the team I've played with the least, so I'm not too sure of how it does on ladder, but I think it has potential. I'm worried the clefable set might be a little too redundant with hatterene, so I'm open to changing it. This is also the only version of the team with any kind of hazards, as I felt spikes weren't too valuable, and with how rokc weak charizard and dragonite are, I didn't want the possibility of magic bounce/court change to put rocks on my side.

pDef Corviknight + Umbreon: teams.pokemonshowdown.com/view/2037281
-I'm definitely the most unsure about this version, since umbreon feels like too much of a momentum drain. Mental herb also doesn't feel like a particularly useful item since taunt is barely anywhere in this format, but I couldn't think of anything better since leftovers and sitrus were already being used. This one also loses hard to mega floette (they all do, but this one especially).

spDef Corviknight + Kingambit: teams.pokemonshowdown.com/view/2037275
-This version is the main one I've been playing, and I've had pretty decent results (I'm only around 1500 on ladder with it, but it's done well against higher opponents). The main issues I've had are that gambit feels almost useless, and corviknight can't play as defensively as I'd like. I can't forgo a specially defensive mon completely, but physical attackers are the bigger issue and this corviknight just can't stand up to them at all. This especially makes the mega golisopod matchup shakier than I'd like, mostly against the Swords Dance, Sucker Punch, Leech Life, Iron Head set. Gambit is nice against glowking, but really nothing else, and I find myself barely ever using it. I tried putting Low Kick over Swords Dance, since having 3 physical setup mons felt foolish, but I was never clicking it and SD at least helps it look threatening.

I'd love to hear your thoughts, Have a good day!

Hi pinka,

Recently While going to sleep, my sleep angel showed me a vision: Terapagos setting calm minds, tanking hits and healing back with grassy terrain and leftovers to tera shell. I have tried building a team around that idea. CM max def terapagos with rillaboom. I knew running lefties means good hazard. With this means magic bounce would be necessary. Cutting the idea in short I used diance mega. I ran a unusual set of sub cm moonblast earth power. This set was a creative idea as diance forced switches on things like dragons, garchomp kyurem molters zapdos great tusk what not. And this gave opportunity for sub + cm. Double cm overwhelmed opposong special walls and break through it. I wanted Alo for wish supprt for terapagos, which left me with two mons, I tried great tusk + torn, Tusk + cinderace and even tinglu and tapu koko (LOL!). At the end I was able to win great games in 1700s ladder in ndou, but I dont think the team is complete as it cant break stall + I think it struggles to tank many special hits. I am writing for help in completing this team, I genuinely think this could be a great team. I am attaching the best 2 versions of the team + replay(s). I hope you like it.

https://pokepast.es/6a433671e1a5e0f5(Sub over power gem is better on diance)

https://pokepast.es/510b2c69974ff63f

Replays (I forgot to save my replays , this is all I have )
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2697048247-8kor7d3aruxg7375quuymp5jeh2aoxopw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2697046683?p2

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2697051684-lb0kck2gd4nobeek69a3ovjuv8tcfp9pw(Against stall, I lost tho no burn is unfort, dunno if could I broken through chansey anways)
I know you are busy man, even if you couldn't help with team due to time restraint, thank you for your time anyways.

Have a good day!

Hey Pinka, any improvements you could make for this NatDex OU team I built around Cofagrigus?, I did pretty good against MJ with it in a room tour today and it’s been serving me well just playing a few low ladder games.

https://psim.us/t/2009383-fq501oio5ee2ng3g5hs2

Would love to see you make your own Cofagrigus Nat Dex team for stream or a video.

How good do you think Inteleon would be given these buffs?

Speed: 120 -> 126
New Ability: Analytic

Speed for outpacing Darkrai where the ability goes along well with the theme and role of Inteleon without it being comically outrageous like Tinted Lens or Stakeout I've considered before. Hopefully atleast can stand out from Meowscarada and Barraskewda.

https://psim.us/t/1997385
I've been laddering on and off with variations of this team for like a year and a half now and this is the first time I've touched it since the tera blast ban (used to be double dance grassy seed crown with tblast ground). I actually like how the team functions a lot right now. Glimmora invites in steel types and softens them up for the two carries. Pult spreads status to grant better set up opportunities. Chesnaught is a very powerful late game sweeper that just wins if you've weakened its checks into +6 glide range or slowed them down with paralysis, and it can also work earlier as a breaker. Crown is the glue that holds the team together, being able to function as a defensive check, end game sweeper, breaker, or revenge killer depending on the need. Which brings us to the last slot and the one I've changed the most. I wanted a bulky ground type to trade with pokemon that would give its teammates difficulty, while abusing grassy terrain for longevity. Initially it was a garchomp, but with the team already struggling into ice and dragon moves, I didn't like its typing. Ting lu was fantastic defensively, and this team peaked when it was on the team, but I've recently felt that it feels a bit too passive and ate too many terrain turns, which made the chesnaught sweeps feel awkward. One of its most valuable assets was the phasing that made it easier to deal with set up sweepers and burn booster energy/zama ability prematurely, and I have yet to see if that will be missed. I chose Luna because it could hit much harder than lu and burned less terrain turns. Outside of general tanking and damaging duties, its biggest role is to check two particularly difficult opponents in dragonite and gholdengo. However, I'm still unsure of whether Luna is the right pick for the team, and I would love to hear your take on the team. Thanks.

Hello Pinkacross, decided to get back into showdown after not playing for a while and stumbled upon your channel. I really liked watching the streams as they are really good on learning building fundamentals and learning game sense. I already understand the main parts of building, but I want to know what If there are any deficiencies with this team or something I left out. I decided to build this Infernape Natdex team as I think Natdex is better for me right now so I can get back into the flow.


Went with Thunder Punch on Infernape as I think the Moltres matchup wouldnt be good, was thinking taunt on Lando but not really sure and I'm not sure if Earth Power and Ice or Flamethrower and Ice Beam are a better fit for Terapagos.

here is the team: https://pokepast.es/ecefce87f08d726f

I was in possession of stimulants while making this team. It was just Unovan Liligant with own tempo and choice specs would let it spam a 120 no drawback move, it was impossible to stop me from making this team!

On a serious note: Unovan Lilligant had a insane kill count, picking up kos against the likes of max hp Pechurant with SR help. unfortunately, this was about the frailest thing I have ever built around and I had no idea how to build around frailer pokemon. the team was honestly wack but I really liked clicking buttons with it though. building it post tera blast ban was also something I did not account for and have weather Ball instead because I had a glowking
paste: https://pokepast.es/a41e380abcb31379

Proffesor Pink, i'm asking for some advice on a team i've cooked up sometime ago. Short version is that it's a Bulky Offense team with an emphasis on Grasspon. The vision was using Kingambit to help overwhelm 'mons that bother Tealpon (Zapdos, opposing Kingambit, Corviknight and the like) so that either one can clean up in the lategame. I settled on Garganacl as a rocker for the Stall matchup, primary Ghost resist (I envisioned Kingambit to focus more on power) and status absorber. Washtom was chosen as a Ground immune and pivot, while Moltres is my primary Fairy resist. Dragapult is here since Zamazenta is unbearable otherwise (especially AoA variants).

In practice, the team felt fine but only fine (maybe sloppy play? Idk), and the shakey matchups vs 'mons like Zamazenta and Kyurem on top of no Electric immune bites. Be honest, is it still salvagable or is it better to cut my losses and try a new idea?

Hey Pinkacross, I don't know if you do team ratings for Champions, but I had a team that I made, now I don't know a lot about the champions metagame, so the team could well be terrible.
The team: https://pokepast.es/ef3c0e2c9ae4ed24

Hi, Pinkacross, I wonder if you'd consider making a video on the recent Cresselia rise, explaining its strenghts and place in the meta, and also what do you think about Tatsugiri? It's a pokemon with good special attack but bad stats everywhere else. However, it has excellent typing, water inmunity with storm drain, has nasty plot. Could it have a place as a rapid spinner in some sort of team?

Hi, I just hit rank 2 on the nat dex ladder. I am thinking about creating my first RMT to showcase my team to the community, but I don't have the time and i dont think very many people will see it. I want to get as many eyes on this team as possible so I was considering of just putting on the wall of some popular poketubers. Whatchu you thinking?

Hello Pinkacross. I am returning from Champions VGC Reg M-B to my home National Dex, Champions meta is so bad, stale and becoming boring, everywhere is Zard Y every team has Zard Y, there is pokemon shortage so I said ''I am not returning here until Mega Salamence or Tapu Fini came''

Here is team I built: https://pokepast.es/08c8729a3a5c88a4

The reason I want to build around Garganacl that I want to destroy Zard Y. Z move Zama is a thing that rising somehow so why don't I use it in my team. Is this team good? (I am not AI ıf you want to check I am AI or not, I am not)

Hey pinkacross I’ve been watching a lot of your videos for the last couple months and I remembered a team I had from a while back that was pretty good would you mind ranking how it goes against the OU of today?
https://pokepast.es/5c89f9084a1df0a6

Hey Pinka, I've been trying to build an offense team around Zard X and wanted to see what you think of it. Still in testing phase of course but it has gotten me to around 1700
https://pokepast.es/737c22260ac23272

Hello Pinkacross,
I heard about “fake stall” as a gimmick in one of your videos, and that got me thinking, what about “fake offense”? As in, an offensive team that runs more defensive / stall based sets.

Hi pinkacross! I rewatched your video on breaking cores and heard you mention certain Ogerpon-Wellspring sets being unwallable, but i cant see any that are. Was that outdated information or am i missing something? Also, would the Sub-SD set still force tera outside of aurora veil/screens?

Any suggestions with this regieleki team? https://pokepast.es/9d2195f6078f2610 Stall MU isn't great but oger/chomp chipping grounds for eleki or booming it as an entrypoint for val/gambit works consistently vs most other styles even on high ladder (18-1900s)

I have used this team and broke through 1500s with it, by far being my best performance on NDOU as of yet. However I seem to struggle against the cheese infested midladder and have no idea if it is a builder problem or a player problem.

Paste: https://pokepast.es/1e9045dbd9967111

Yo Pinkacross, love the teambuilding vids. I made this NatDex balance team around Sub Mixed Kyurem I've found its actually quite fun and pretty strong. I also reached 1750+ and 84% GXE with it so far. However, I am struggling with really offensive teams with strong strong attackers that can set up on my more passive mons e.g. Wellspring, Mega Pinsir, Sub Shifu, Charzard Y. Essentially, when a game comes down to me landing Hurricanes and keeping my Zapdos in pristine condition for entire match. I've been thinking about replacing Zap with Defensive Dnite to better handle these threats. What EV spread and set should I go with? Thoughts on the team? Lemme know if you have any improvements.

https://pokepast.es/f96d86230d5402d5

Hey Pinkacross, you are my fav poketuber and i needed some help improving my team so i came to you.
The main idea is to use specs raging bolt to blow holes through teams with av mola to bring it in and cinderace to keep hazards off. Ogerpon has great offensive synergy with bolt and makes a volt turn core with ace mola and bolt. Let me know how to improve this team.

https://pokepast.es/a7a0c21efd1e6b42

Hello Pinkacross how are you doing today? I made a team for Mega Venusaur, I love this tick frog because it answers so much pokemon in the Nat Dex meta (like Mola, Ogerpon-W, Ferro, Zama, Koko, Urshifu-R, Iron Val). here is the team https://pokepast.es/73074424814e5e99

I can't explain this team right now but I write notes in the pokepaste link

Have a good day

Hey Pinkacross, I've been trying for probably a week or so now to make Shiftry work on a sun team because it's been one of my favorite mons since I was a kid but I can't seem to figure anything out for it. I just quickly wanted to ask if there would be any way to make it work, or if I should just face the hard truth that H-Lilligant will always be the better Chlorophyll sweeper.
Currently all the teams I've made with it have been deleted but I can try to (hastily) put one together in case you'd want a visual of what I'm trying to do with it. Thanks and have a good day.

Nah so beside the triple ground, triple fire weakness peep this Bibz HO. XD got 1 win and immediately had to post, enjoy this replay!

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2631070377-7y07oq34nlc505xwv7bso5jwq5wc6vqpw

Bibarel got two kills on Slowbro and Ting lu lol

Adamant SD Simple Bibz sounded kinda nasty to me with quick attack, crunch sounded good for ghold potentially, and ended up putting aqua jet to clean up landos
& weakened zards & etc

feat. webs for maximum Bibz goobage & rain with no swift swim haha

https://pokepast.es/326d4b9a5a753a2d