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Project Monotype Teambuilding Workshop
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I want to do a Poison Mono team. Given that the Loyal Three are all Poison, I think I can make it work. Also, maybe a Fighting, Psychic, or Fairy Mono team so each of them could shine on their ownop stolen from Danny
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Monotype Teambuilding Workshop
- Have a one paragraph description with the core / Pokemon you want us to build around and a slight idea of what kind of team you want the end result to be.
- Do not post asking us to make use of unviable Pokemon (a.k.a. not on the Monotype Viability Rankings). This is not a competition to see how good we are at teambuilding; this is us trying to educate people on what is good and how to build effective teams.
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- Do note that requests for teams built around mons that are below C rank (and unranked) are not allowed as they are generally less viable mons in the tier (C rank is still allowed)
1. Be knowledgeable regarding the Monotype tier and the current metagame
2. Provide evidence demonstrating your skills as a builder (RMT Team Showcase, examples of successful teams, etc.)
3. ~A paragraph in length describing how you build / what playstyle you are best at building (offense, stall, or balance, to be precise)
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Can I get a psychic team with Hoopa I don't care to much about how the rest of the team looks
ThanksSomeone else has already requested and gotten a Hisuian Arcanine Fire team which was posted here, but I have another team I've been liking recently that's centered around it so I'm going to post that. Feel free to use it!
[Fire] Offense ft. Hisuian Arcanine
Arcanine-Hisui (F) @ Choice Band
Ability: Rock Head
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock / Wild Charge / Outrage
- Head Smash
- Flare Blitz
- Extreme Speed
Ninetales (F) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Drought
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Encore
- Overheat
- Healing Wish
- Solar Beam
Ceruledge (F) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Weak Armor
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Poltergeist
- Shadow Sneak
- Bitter Blade
- Swords Dance
Ogerpon-Hearthflame (F) @ Hearthflame Mask
Ability: Mold Breaker
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Horn Leech
- Ivy Cudgel
- Play Rough
Cinderace (F) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Libero
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Pyro Ball
- Court Change
- High Jump Kick
Volcanion @ Air Balloon
Ability: Water Absorb
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 248 HP / 84 SpA / 176 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Taunt
- Steam Eruption
- Earth Power
- Sludge BombI tried to make this team around offense with sun since Hisuian Arcanine basically implies some sort of fast paced team due to its main role as a wallbreaker. Stealth Rock is on a Choice Band set for role compression, but I find that you're usually not clicking it that much. You can use Wild Charge or Outrage over it, as the former hits Water-type Pokemon like Quaquaval for good damage while the latter is pretty spammable against Dragon, mainly against Garchomp. Ninetales is role compression, having Healing Wish for Ogerpon and Ceruledge, Encore to cancel out Pokemon like Dragon Dance Dragonite and Baxcalibur and 2 strong moves in Overheat and Solarbeam makes it an amazing sun setter for Fire teams. I put it here since I found that Torkoal was a huge momentum drain and Healing Wish has really good synergy with Hearthflame Mask Ogerpon. The rest of the team is pretty standard, I put Ceruledge since it's excellent on offense with the sheer power Poltergeist provides and Volcanion is the Ground and Water immunity with Taunt to deny Stealth Rock. Cinderace can manipulate hazards using Court Change while being dangerous offensively. Overall, this team is pretty fast paced and you really need to keep in mind hazards when using it.Hope you enjoy the team!- Ceruledge is pretty much a trading machine and can easily force a kill with Focus Sash.
- Volcanion's speed EVs outpace common Gliscor spreads of 60 EVs in Speed.
- Hearthflame Mask Ogerpon has Play Rough for Dragon-type Pokemon, mainly Hydreigon, Dragonite, and Dragapult. It's important to note that Mold Breaker means you can avoid Dragonite's Multiscale so that Play Rough OHKOs after Swords Dance.
- Since there's no Defog user on this team, remember you need to keep a close eye on Court Change. Try to beat the Stealth Rock user with Volcanion and then use Court Change to deter hazards forever.
Alrighty. This is azick's fault, he told me to come here to request a team based on Enamorus-Therian. I wanna see the turtle do some magic on a flying team. Thanks in advance!
Hello I was sent here by Monotype chat when I was asking about team Optimization.
https://pokepast.es/d1db71103852950e
Here is the team.
Please try em out and let me know your thoughts.
https://pokepast.es/d1db71103852950e
Here is the team.
Please try em out and let me know your thoughts.
Happy to share this one - https://pokepast.es/5d333b7549c1b0ed
Articuno is your pokemon of choice, its your spdef wall. Diego suggested having 96 speed to outspeed 252+ Crawdaunt. U-turn can be used over Haze if you prefer to have a pivot option as opposed to a way to stop set up sweepers.
Moltres is the goat. Able to survive 2 unboosted Icicle Crashes and OHKO with Flamethrower. As well as being a great physically defensive Pokemon as well as its very presence makes the opponent weary of clicking contact moves.
Enamorus is your dark type answer. Teams without Sableye fold to spamming Superpower. Of course, teams with Sableye fold to Moonblast, but the switchins for that are better than the switchins for Superpower.
Gliscor is broken. It's your electric switchin, hazard setter, and just generally your annoying Pokemon that is impossible to get rid of.
Dragonite is your most threatening Physically offensive Pokemon. It can completely pick apart teams after a few Dragon Dances, and is great to clean up at the end of games.
Finally, no flying team is complete without Corviknight. Your form of hazard removal, as well as another defensive Pokemon that is able to apply some Pressure (haha) via Iron Head and Body Press.
As always, please feel free to make any adjustments you see fit, and I hope you have fun with the team!
Happy to share this one as well - https://pokepast.es/a7e108e3d24a2b30
Froslass is your lead 9/10 times. Able to deny other teams from setting hazards via taunt and table to trade KOs with Destiny Bond.
Spectrier is a beast, able to snowball teams thanks to Grim Neigh, it can become incredibly threatening incredibly quickly.
Dragapult is able to outspeed most scarfers at +1, a good option to deal with Pokemon like Meowscarada as there are no Knock Off switchins on this team.
Flutter Mane is a great Pokemon with loads of coverage. Diego suggested Power Gem, but I think that all of the moves are very valuable. If I were to replace a move with Power Gem, I would pick Shadow Ball.
Ceruledge is great with its Swords Dance + Weak Armor combination. Diego suggested Close Combat > Shadow Sneak, so we went with that.
Lastly is Gholdengo, a bit of speed control as well as the ability to completely own Defensive Pokemon via trick.
Oricorio is...... not great, sorry. Your double dip will be handled eventually, but we want to make sure that people who are on their first request get theirs first. Thank you for understanding, and I hope you enjoy the Ghost team!
ok - now its time for some housekeeping.
we are working on this, it will be done asap. I feel really bad that its been several days and it still hasn't been done, but someone in particular wanted to tackle this one but is busy for a few days.
unfortunately we can't theory-craft teams, if you come back to us when dlc 2 is officially out we will be happy to help you
grouping these together, really sorry they haven't been done yet but will do my best to make sure they get finished asap.
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I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has shown interest in the thread. Thanks to all the builders who make this possible, and of course thanks to the people who are requesting teams as well. It's great to see people getting involved in monotype. Builder applications are still open, feel free to send them to me via smogon pm or discord dm. Happy monotyping!
Requesting a full stall water team with Unawareand
we are working on this, it will be done asap. I feel really bad that its been several days and it still hasn't been done, but someone in particular wanted to tackle this one but is busy for a few days.
unfortunately we can't theory-craft teams, if you come back to us when dlc 2 is officially out we will be happy to help you
hi, I would like to request a rock team built around ogerpon-cornerstone. I want it to be able to beat flying and ice somewhat consistently, also it'd be nice to have decent odds vs dark and fairy
grouping these together, really sorry they haven't been done yet but will do my best to make sure they get finished asap.
would you mind clarifying a bit? Do you want a poison team with all 3? There's already an okidogi fighting team earlier in the thread, but we can do a psychic / fairy if you'd like that. Let me know which you want as highest priority, and the other 2 will have to wait a bit.
regular hoopa is... not good. It's unranked on the Viability Rankings, so unfortunately we can't take this request. However, there is a Hoopa-Unbound psychic team posted earlier on the thread, if that's the Hoopa form you were talking about.
On this thread, you are supposed to request a certain Pokemon / set for us to build around. If you don't have any in particular, and just want a poison team, make sure you try out this sample team created by mushamu.
sadly Enamorus-Therian is D rank on the Viability Rankings, so we cannot accept this request. I'm sorry.
Hi, you might have better luck going to the smogon discord or the Rate my Team part of the website. This is the place for people to request teams to be built as opposed to have teams rated. The monotype room also would be a good spot to get some feedback.
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I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has shown interest in the thread. Thanks to all the builders who make this possible, and of course thanks to the people who are requesting teams as well. It's great to see people getting involved in monotype. Builder applications are still open, feel free to send them to me via smogon pm or discord dm. Happy monotyping!
Can I get a mono electric team around electrode h
looks really solid. thank you! i will try to WQ it up some to make it more annoying for foes to play against.I ended up doing this so here it is:
[Water] Double Unaware Stall
Dondozo (F) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Unaware
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Waterfall
- Rest
- Curse
- Sleep Talk / Body Press
Manaphy @ Leftovers
Ability: Hydration
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 104 HP / 252 SpA / 152 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Take Heart / Tail Glow
- Scald
- Stored Power / Psychic
- Rest
Toxapex (F) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Regenerator
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Toxic Spikes
- Poison Jab
- Recover
- Toxic
Empoleon (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Competitive
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
- Roar
- Flash Cannon
- Knock Off
- Roost
Quagsire (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Toxic
- Earthquake
- Recover
- Spikes
Swanna (F) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Hydration
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 248 HP / 228 SpD / 32 Spe
Calm Nature
- Knock Off
- Ice Beam
- Defog
- RoostWe had a bit of trouble figuring out a team for this core because Quagsire is a bit hard to fit on traditional stall because of Gastrodon's superior role as a specially defensive wall when paired with Dondozo. This team makes it work by making Quagsire specially defensive in order to beat Pokemon like Landorus and Gholdengo better, both of them being very dangerous threads towards stall teams. The main niche Quagsire has over specially defensive Gastrodon is that it can avoid Gholdengo's boosts when it clicks Nasty Plot and therefore walls it completely unless it is Choice Specs. Because hazard stacking is an huge way to apply pressure, having Toxic alongside Spikes means it can pretty much beat every Rapid Spin user in the tier. Manaphy is a unique addition to a stall team but its main role is to prevent the team from being too passive in such an offensive metagame. Scald burns are nasty to deal with coming from a bulkier team as well and means a lot of would-be answers are neutered. It serves a similar role to Weavile in SM's OU stalls, Suicune in SM Monotype's stalls, and CM Unaware Clefable in SS OU's stalls where it prevents you from losing to specific threats while being an excellent wincon. Toxapex with 3 Poison moves is a good addition to this team, where Regenerator is super useful for cycling out on things and Toxic Spikes applies pressure to Ghost, Ice, Fairy, Psychic, and Dragon which would otherwise be problematic to this team. Lastly, I chose specially defensive Swanna to round the team out as it provides good removal in Defog while threatening Gliscor and Landorus with Ice Beam, the latter of which it switches into.
Even though this team doesn't seem like a traditional stall team, I think as far as stall teams go it should preform in a more offensive metagame nicely. Personally when looking at stall in this stage of SV Monotype, a huge issue it has is being too passive. Landorus, Flutter Mane, Great Tusk, Okidogi, Hearthflame and Wellspring Mask Ogerpon, Gliscor, Gholdengo, and Bloodmoon Ursaluna.. the list goes on and on in terms of the problems you have to deal with by running a team that is nearly almost all bulky Pokemon. Dondozo, while being a great Pokemon, doesn't help this as it does lose to and get walled by a lot of Pokemon in the tier, meaning it's good to have another wincon somewhere- which is where Manaphy comes in as a way to make great progress in nearly any matchup. This team basically revolves around hazard stacking and Manaphy to make progress while you basically have 5 defensive Pokemon to support it nicely. The defensive Pokemon should last the team a long time, or at least enough to the point where Manaphy should be able to set up and win. For example, this is seen in Empoleon's set, where it's basically completely focused on staying healthy over the match instead of setting Stealth Rock. The main problem for this team is mainly Thundurus-T right now, but it's not as common as it once was.- Dondozo can use Body Press over Sleep Talk for a direct way to beat Kingambit, Hydreigon, and Chien-pao as well as a way to hit Wellspring Mask Ogerpon if it comes down to it. A lot of Dark teams drop Sableye nowadays, so Body Press Dondozo can be quite threatening.
- Manaphy can pick between Tail Glow and Take Heart as well as Psychic and Stored Power. Tail Glow with Psychic is a good way to directly beat Poison as it forces Alolan Muk to come in almost immediately which you can use to fish for a burn. Take Heart with Psychic or Stored Power does similar things with less direct damage but means Manaphy doesn't have to use Rest as much to alleviate status. Psychic is good for beating Okidogi on the switch in which Stored Power can't do. Manaphy's speed outpaces Baxcalibur and Great Tusk but it can be adjusted accordingly.
- Knock Off with Ice Beam on Swanna is really annoying for Flying teams to deal with, and its Speed allows you to outspeed Breloom.Hope you enjoy the team and feel free to DM me if you have any questions! I can also make something more "standard" if you'd like- just let me know.https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9monotype-1966198501-6j4bd7wcyb5ofheyiflcj2c139rgvr1pw https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9monotype-1966203767-ag92xdxcnsyreu3l25au282dae1ym0ypw https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9monotype-1966205233-bazvkzgacjpjkkmckt1cblefi1my9axpw https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9monotype-1966206472-hu6kqcpdfi3oazmb4f3jbx6o7dwh9hdpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9monotype-1966167374-p5o2hhdl3a2qmyipdg31xf7u1ncs39apw
Hey folks, how's it going? I'm new to competitive play and having a blast! Sorry if this message seems a bit odd, I'm Brazilian and using ChatGPT for translation.
I'm really looking for a viable insect team to climb the ladder, something that's genuinely good. I keep losing a lot with whatever I try, and I can't seem to make progress. Can anyone help me out?
I'm really looking for a viable insect team to climb the ladder, something that's genuinely good. I keep losing a lot with whatever I try, and I can't seem to make progress. Can anyone help me out?
Can I get a dark team with Darkrai? The team can be either HO or BO/Balance
Thank you so much! And yeah... He's 100% preying on my love for quiver dance sweepers
and a Pain Split user if possible.
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I got youhi, I would like to request a rock team built around ogerpon-cornerstone. I want it to be able to beat flying and ice somewhat consistently, also it'd be nice to have decent odds vs dark and fairy
I'd like a ghost team that's good against other ghost teams. I'm new to competitive so I have no idea what's good, but I'd like the team to have at least one of Mimikyu, Gholdengo, or H-Zoroark.
hi, sorry this took so long but im happy to share it with you - https://pokepast.es/0a549d696b054175
is the goat. opted for a more defensive spread here as Morning Sun allows you to have a good recovery option and the uninvested stats (that matter) can be boosted with Quiver Dance.
is a good scarf option that outspeeds most fire types and sets rocks with Stone Axe. Not an auto-win button vs fire but it's by far the best option available.
really strong option against fairy and ice teams. The priority with bullet punch makes it so that you dont have to worry about outspeeding fast threats like Baxcalibur and Chien-Pao.
is a good pivot option and another good priority option. boots and morning sun allow for longevity. there are some other good move options if you think those are better.
is your pokemon of choice. a good slow pivot option, as well as having good grass coverage to beat water and ground types. Sticky Web is also a good tool to make sure your other strong pokemon can guaranteed outspeed some other threats.
is last. boots allow for it to come in and remove hazards that would otherwise plague your team (if boots are removed via knock off). Spikes helps make progress against bulkier teams, and gyro ball / body press makes it so that Forretress isn't completely passive.here's a replay with the team, hope you enjoy - https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9monotype-1969984956-n88xjl0e3djblx5nz7lvzivkrx5pcfzpw
bugbugbug you might enjoy this team as well!
Hi ! Can I have a Mono-Grass Bulky Offense based on Ogerpon-C ? I feel like Ogerpon-C is an incredible Pokémon in Grass, cuz it can threaten Ice, Fire, Bug, Poison and Flying with its sweeper set, and all of these types are difficult mus for grass.
My idea for the ogerpon set :
Ogerpon-Cornerstone (F) @ Cornerstone Mask
Ability: Sturdy
Tera Type: Rock
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Ivy Cudgel
- Trailblaze
- Superpower
Superpower can be replaced with another attack if u want.
Thank you !
My idea for the ogerpon set :
Ogerpon-Cornerstone (F) @ Cornerstone Mask
Ability: Sturdy
Tera Type: Rock
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Ivy Cudgel
- Trailblaze
- Superpower
Superpower can be replaced with another attack if u want.
Thank you !
Requesting a ground team with 
thanks in advance!
Torterra @ Soft Sand
Ability: Shell Armor
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Shell Smash
- Seed Bomb
- Headlong Rush
- Heavy Slam
thanks in advance!Torterra @ Soft Sand
Ability: Shell Armor
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Shell Smash
- Seed Bomb
- Headlong Rush
- Heavy Slam
hi, I would like to request a rock team built around ogerpon-cornerstone. I want it to be able to beat flying and ice somewhat consistently, also it'd be nice to have decent odds vs dark and fairy
Let me preface this by saying I spent a long time trying to build a "standard" Rock team that could function in this meta and couldn't find anything that works until I took a different approach to the building. On paper this team looks stupid, but it has put up the best results of everything I've tested. Keep in mind it's still Rock and has a ton of shitty MUs, but for the ones you requested (and a few more) it should line up quite well.
Of course starting of with Ogerpon, the standard Swords Dance set is just the best right now. Play Rough is used as the last coverage which helps vs Dark, Dragon and Fighting.
Arcanine-Hisui puts out insane damage and has pretty good coverage. I prefer Choice Scarf because overall Rock is relatively slow and I found it difficult to position a Choice Band set well enough to be useful.
Scarf Kleavor is another standard set with Aerial Ace to cover Fighting and Grass types. You can change that coverage to X-Scissor or anything else if you prefer though. I'm sure you know but Stone Axe is how this team puts how hazards as no one else on the team has them.
Here is where things start to get a little interesting. Tyranitar is in a weird place right now but most certainly should be on every Rock team. I messed with Choice Band, utility sets, Assault Vest and more and ultimately decided that in addition to being a surprise factor by being a special attacker with Choice Specs, the coverage Tyranitar has access to is invaluable.
The oddity of the team continues with Glimmora, also Choice Scarf. The moveset is standard for a Scarf set but as you're realizing now, this marks the 4th Choice user and 3rd Scarf.
To round out the team with a bit more stopping power is Lycanroc. Again, a standard set. Choice Band is great combined with Sand Rush to pack big hits and outpace the majority of the meta.
Technically all the sets, except Tyranitar, are standard but all together Ogerpon and 5 Choice sets seems idiotic. Conceptually the thought process was that Rock is a garbage type. It can't handle most types out there so lets take a HO approach and just try to kill them before they can kill me and to my surprise it's worked. I'd love to see some replays and get your thoughts on the team after you've had a chance to try it out.
Good luck!
hi, can i request a bulky offense psychic team around dd mew? tbh i tried but i’m struggling with the direction (idk to use screens or terrain or w/e), but i only constant i find using is hatterene (usually cm + 3 attacks) lol. any help would be appreciated, thanks!
Hi, the new VR just dropped - https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/monotype-viability-rankings-october-2023.3729937/
unfortunately, we are unable to fulfill these requests as all of the Pokemon requested are D rank on the new VR. The original post has been updated with the new link.
Please feel free to request new teams with higher ranked Pokemon and we will be happy to do it, thanks!