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Sample Teams
These are teams that have mostly made their way into the history books of ADV. They are teams that represent ADV's major archetypes, and are roughly placed by descending order in terms of prevalence of archetype and ease of use. Over time, this thread may become outdated, so if you think any teams should be added/removed, let a moderator know.
Balanced Toxic, Sandstorm, and Spikes (TSS)
(2016-2018) Starmie TSS (Beerlover) by UD
2024 trends: Tbolt+Ice Punch Gengar and defensive Starmie
(2018) Molt Superman by Golden Sun
Recommended changes: Toxic Jirachi, DBond Gengar, Flamethrower Moltres
(2015) SkarmMag + Aerodactyl TSS by BKC (updated by Astamatitos)
(2018-2024) Moltres TSS submitted by eden
2024 trends: Wish Blissey and Refresh Pert
(2021) MixMence Aero Forre TSS by Star
Offensive TSS / Spikes Offense
(2023-2024) Special Wall-less TSS (El clasico) by Hclat
(2016-2024) Jolteon Starm Spike Stack by Kerts
2024 trends: Thunder Wave Tyranitar for DDMence, and Agility Metagross
(2023) MixMence + BKCTar Spikes Offense by Shitrock enjoyer
(2023) DDTar + Starmie Spikes Offense by Shitrock enjoyer
(2022) Regice Spikes Offense by Jirachee
Defensive TSS
(2015-2022) Double Status Zapdos + Dugtrio + CM Celebi Balance by Astamatitos
(2015-2020) Forretress TSS by M Dragon
(2015-2024) Milotic Claydol TSS by Zokuru
(2024 trends: other Pokemon that pressure Curselax > Tyranitar, like Suicune, Metagross)
Spinner balance
(2020) Hariyama Marowak SpinMie Balance by Star
(2021) SubZap OffYama SpinMie Balance by TDK (submitted by Star)
Mixed offense
(2015) Blue Offense by Noitu
(2015-2019) Mixed Offense submitted by thelinearcurve
Special offense
(2015-2024) ZapDug Offense submitted by eden
Spikes offense
(2018) Smeargle Vaporeon offense by eden
(2018) Smeargle Zapdos offense by eden
Calm Mind + Baton Pass
(2024) Charizard CM Pass by SEA
(2013) CM Spam by dekzeh
(2020) Magneton Special Spam by vapicuno
Physical offense
(2023) Medicham Mag Offense, concept by Mana
(2021) CBMeta Mag SubPassBi DDSpam by vapicuno
Magdol (Spikesless bulky setup)
(2015) MagDol + Double Set-up submitted by CZ.
Swords Dance + Baton Pass
(2019) Aero SD Pass by z0mOG
(2020) Milotic SD Pass by Teclis
Team Dumps
The following are team dumps donated by members of the community. They have not been curated unlike the sample teams, but nevertheless are a treasure trove of information about ADV!
Bold = recommended for learning the metagame
- 2021 thelinearcurve; OP here
- 2020 thelinearcurve (all); OP here
- 2020 thelinearcurve (more viable/user-friendly)
- 2019 thelinearcurve; OP here
- 2017 Ibidem
- 2016 Golden Sun
Small team dumps
- 2023 McMeghan SPL 14
- 2022 M Dragon Ladder / SPL 13
- 2022 johnnyg2 Callous Invitational 6
- 2022 Callous .... Callous Invitational 6
- 2022 Jirachee Callous Invitational 6
- 2022 McMeghan ADV Summer Seasonal
- 2021 johnnyg2 Callous Invitational 5
- 2021 mikmer Callous Invitational 5
- 2021 Siglut ADVPL / RoAPL / PPL
- 2021 SPL 12 Advance Postseason Thread
- 2020 watermess ADV Summer Seasonal
- 2020 McMeghan ADV Cup / Callous Invitational 4
- 2020 PDC ADV Cup / Callous Invitational 4
- 2020 BKC SPL 11
- 2020 z0mog SPL 11
- 2019 zf SPL 10
- 2019 zf Callous Invitational 4
- 2018 UD SPL 9
- 2021 Jhonx Camerupt Offense
- 2020 Teclis Milo SD Pass
- 2020 vapicuno Mag Special Spam
- 2018 UD Special Offense + Spikes
- 2018 eden VenuPert
- 2017 McMeghan DDTar CloyDol Offense
- 2017 Foggi Superman (Steelwork)
- 2016 Astamatitos Late Game Zapdos
- 2016 Foggi Boom Spam
- 2015 Smurf Rain (Ozymandias)
- 2014 BKC Charizard
- 2014 McMeghan OffStar Mag (querencia)
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