Project National Dex Bazaar

TBE · Dec 7, 2025

Strafepattern said:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2495158402-d14hqmmwt17ub4jsjmth4246ncf709ppw

This replay you provided has me wondering how your team fairs to specs kyurem if your alo gets knocked. Has kyurem been an issue for you? I know you have zamazenta but I’m sure a player runnning kyurem has an answer to zamazenta. I do feel like cinder ace won’t do much either if alo gets knocked.

hi strafepattern, youre 100% right the team admittedly does not have a good mu spread, im not really aiming for consistency as much when im building for ladder anymore but from my experience those kyurems like specs and 4a arent very common on ladder. Not that they arent good i just havent seen them. https://pokepast.es/04ebee060368514b this is the only other pinsir team i have in my builder if you want to try this out. it might be better i went 5-0 on high ladder with it but could prob use some edits. corvi ev to live 2 ccs from zama after rocks and i forgot why i made this hatt 120 spdef, few weeks old. i kinda want to make it faster, anyways thanks for taking an interest in the team and offering feed back.

1yr · Dec 7, 2025

calm lil dump for the teams i built for my boy in circuit
:zamazenta:

unused for this set:
:samurott-hisui:

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mdp was initially gonna play sealoo but then someone dropped out moving him to a higher seed so here are those unused teams:
:weavile:

Strafepattern · Dec 7, 2025

TBE said:
hi strafepattern, youre 100% right the team admittedly does not have a good mu spread, im not really aiming for consistency as much when im building for ladder anymore but from my experience those kyurems like specs and 4a arent very common on ladder. Not that they arent good i just havent seen them. https://pokepast.es/04ebee060368514b this is the only other pinsir team i have in my builder if you want to try this out. it might be better i went 5-0 on high ladder with it but could prob use some edits. corvi ev to live 2 ccs from zama after rocks and i forgot why i made this hatt 120 spdef, few weeks old. i kinda want to make it faster, anyways thanks for taking an interest in the team and offering feed back.

Hello, thank you for taking time to respond after reading this message, I understand now you built the team not for consistency but to just have overall fun. I am glad you found success with your creation anyways happy laddering.

trufs · Dec 8, 2025

lil bazaar post since i started playing again (~~might do a dump soon idk)~~

"A thousand people scream my fucking name, it don't mean shit if I don't hear you say it.
Screaming bloody C-C-C, I know what you talking about..."

DREAMFLASHER

Lil fat I made that started as an sd glisc team but eventually changed into a Clef centered team after i struggled to keep dnite and chomp in check, be a bit careful w gleam koko and spikes+gambit ig

Strafepattern · Dec 8, 2025

Untrue_reality said:
lil bazaar post since i started playing again (~~might do a dump soon idk)~~

"A thousand people scream my fucking name, it don't mean shit if I don't hear you say it.
Screaming bloody C-C-C, I know what you talking about..."

DREAMFLASHER

Lil fat I made that started as an sd glisc team but eventually changed into a Clef centered team after i struggled to keep dnite and chomp in check, be a bit careful w gleam koko and spikes+gambit ig

Hello, very nice team you have created I would like to say what if the gholdengo was Twave+hex with recover for longevity and toxapex with black sludge over boots. I feel like pex with black sludge might be better in this team. I try my best to comment on every new team to not only learn but to give opinions. Anyways happy laddering and hope to hear back from you.

trufs · Dec 9, 2025

Strafepattern said:
Hello, very nice team you have created I would like to say what if the gholdengo was Twave+hex with recover for longevity and toxapex with black sludge over boots. I feel like pex with black sludge might be better in this team. I try my best to comment on every new team to not only learn but to give opinions. Anyways happy laddering and hope to hear back from you.

HexWave Ghold would probably make the team way to passive, all the opp'd need is a non Gliscor ground and a pex to shutdown the whole team.
As for Sludge Pex, not a bad idea but I prefer the overall better consistency of :heavy-duty boots:

, especially because Zamazenta, Ghold and Lu aren't exactly big fans of spikes, adding another mon that doesn't like spikes would js break my own defensive core against hstack and partially disable regenerator since I'm not recovering as much as I could per switch with hazards up, thanks for the suggestions tho!

zzz1lent · Dec 9, 2025

SHEDINJA GHOLDENGO STALL

eunchae version

my version

This is what I believe to be one of the best stalls in the current meta. The team is by eunchae and he asked to me to make a bazaar post for it since I hit rank 2 and he hit rank 3. with good planning and smart plays lots of scary matchups are winnable. The differences between the 2 versions are some very slight ev changes.

OVERVIEW

underrated mon imo. walls kyurem and sd waterpon. protect is for scouting and absorbing future sight safely. shadow sneak for high pp and snipes some clutch kills just be careful of contact puninshers. toxic and wisp for status. I prefer +speed nature but it doesnt really matter.

special wall. cm for most special threats since we don't have a spdef unaware wall. wish because it has more pp than soft boiled and wishpassing. protect scouts and lets you wish safely. also helps with pp stalling and stalling out weather turns. you could maybe fit soft boiled for urshifu and phazers but i havent tried it. seismic toss because what else. nature can be bold or calm i dont think it matters too much.

the most innovative set on the team. non recover pex actually amazing. scald and toxic are mandatory. tspikes 6-0 a lot of teams and helps vs mons that might otherwise destroy us like hatt, ceruledge, sd cinderace, sd hamurott, ttar, lele, and many more. the last move was originally gunk shot but i suggested knock since we didn't have any other knock users and knock is broken. this set puts in so much more work than if it was the standard haze recover. in the eunchae version pex has a relaxed nature but 8 speed is better to outspeed melm and some hatts.

broken mon. one of 2 main knock absorbers. sets rocks, toxics everything, eq gets good chip on stuff. eunchae runs 252 hp 252+ spdef but i ran 244 hp for poison heal and 36 def for getting toxic on woger in emergencies. 244 hp 252+ spdef is probably the best as you always live terap ice beam from full.

physical wall and the other main knock absorber. idef walls kingambit, mmaw, ursaluana, and other physical threats. spikes pressure a lot of stuff and pairs well with ghold.

broken mon 2. psyshock helps a lot vs stall. vs dark types, get hazards up and make good doubles. eunchae runs lots of speed and i do to but for the sake of the post i just made it 227 to creep gliscor and other defensive ghold.

might add threats later idk

REPLAYS

PEAKS

my peak

eunchae's peak (indexxx)

kidd0s · Dec 9, 2025

heres a dump of some teams ive built in the last 2 weeks

Strafepattern · Dec 9, 2025

Untrue_reality said:
HexWave Ghold would probably make the team way to passive, all the opp'd need is a non Gliscor ground and a pex to shutdown the whole team.
As for Sludge Pex, not a bad idea but I prefer the overall better consistency of , especially because Zamazenta, Ghold and Lu aren't exactly big fans of spikes, adding another mon that doesn't like spikes would js break my own defensive core against hstack and partially disable regenerator since I'm not recovering as much as I could per switch with hazards up, thanks for the suggestions tho!

Hello again! Thank you for taking the time to respond to me, after reading what you said I understand now and I think it’s good that you prefer that, everyone has a style and I cannot complain. Happy laddering!

i'm not british · Dec 10, 2025

kidd0s said:
heres a dump of some teams ive built in the last 2 weeks

isn't the 2nd one just genesis's team :tymp:

5bug · Dec 12, 2025

Since we all love tr just like Chili there yall go.
https://pokepast.es/18b8c1abe3824967

ChilliDewd · Dec 12, 2025

5bug said:
Since WE all love trick room just like chili, and escavalier.
https://pokepast.es/462299aa3895f14a

Until someone can prove me wrong, I'll keep claiming that Trick Room is more braindead than HO and Stall. You can go to hell, 5bug

WinstonByTheSea · Dec 20, 2025

Here are a few teams that I built recently because I feel like sharing idk. Click on the mons for the pastes.

I'm usually a generational Hoopa-U hater but I did want to try and build with it and I ended up really liking this build. Hoopa is still kinda fun if you just wanna click buttons and mash, and you're generally one correct prediction away from just deleting something if you can get this in on something like Slowbro, Galarian Slowking, or Bulky Ghold. It also tanks some neutral special hits from Terapagos, Kyurem, and Heatran nicely. The lack of Pursuit in the current meta really helps this a lot as well. Rest of the team is largely designed around supporting this, a solid core of Ghold, Zama, Gliscor, and Zapdos lets you come in on most Hoopa-U revenge killers while Zapdos and Gliscor can pivot Hoopa in safely. Latios gives you a good secondary defensive answer to dangerous stuff like Yard, Shifu, and Waterpon as well as a less fickle wallbreaker to work with. Really fun team although you have to get your turns right with Hoopa to succeed.

Very fun and easy to use sun team that I threw together today and have been having a great time with. Wanted to try Slither Wing because big numbers are funny and its a Gambit check that also pivots and acts as tertiary speed control. This guy pairs with Raging Bolt to create a very fun double priority core. Venusaur and Heatran round out this overwhelming offensive core, opposing offense teams have really struggled to deal with this because their speed control just gets overwhelmed and then the team gets run over, while they can open up Defensive teams as well with good prediction. Gliscor compresses secondary hazard removal with pivoting to get stuff in safely.

Another sun team, albeit this one of the Mega Charizard Y variety. The funniest part of this is the Shuca Berry Raging Bolt, which lures in Garchomp, Gliscor, and Iron Treads and then proceeds to delete them. Corviknight and AV Mola hold this together defensively and work with Scarf Lando to get Raging Bolt and Yard in as many times as possible to wreak havoc. I like Defog Corv on these teams because there are naturally several ways to deal with Ghold and it helps them out a lot vs. Grounds and Lele. Kommo-o finishes this off by compressing Stealth Rock with a Gambit check and win condition that just autowins vs. certain teams lacking a Fairy. I really enjoy this team and would have submitted it for a sample but I built it like a week after we posted new ones so rip.

Strafepattern · Dec 21, 2025

Sputnik said:
Here are a few teams that I built recently because I feel like sharing idk. Click on the mons for the pastes.

I'm usually a generational Hoopa-U hater but I did want to try and build with it and I ended up really liking this build. Hoopa is still kinda fun if you just wanna click buttons and mash, and you're generally one correct prediction away from just deleting something if you can get this in on something like Slowbro, Galarian Slowking, or Bulky Ghold. It also tanks some neutral special hits from Terapagos, Kyurem, and Heatran nicely. The lack of Pursuit in the current meta really helps this a lot as well. Rest of the team is largely designed around supporting this, a solid core of Ghold, Zama, Gliscor, and Zapdos lets you come in on most Hoopa-U revenge killers while Zapdos and Gliscor can pivot Hoopa in safely. Latios gives you a good secondary defensive answer to dangerous stuff like Yard, Shifu, and Waterpon as well as a less fickle wallbreaker to work with. Really fun team although you have to get your turns right with Hoopa to succeed.

Very fun and easy to use sun team that I threw together today and have been having a great time with. Wanted to try Slither Wing because big numbers are funny and its a Gambit check that also pivots and acts as tertiary speed control. This guy pairs with Raging Bolt to create a very fun double priority core. Venusaur and Heatran round out this overwhelming offensive core, opposing offense teams have really struggled to deal with this because their speed control just gets overwhelmed and then the team gets run over, while they can open up Defensive teams as well with good prediction. Gliscor compresses secondary hazard removal with pivoting to get stuff in safely.

Another sun team, albeit this one of the Mega Charizard Y variety. The funniest part of this is the Shuca Berry Raging Bolt, which lures in Garchomp, Gliscor, and Iron Treads and then proceeds to delete them. Corviknight and AV Mola hold this together defensively and work with Scarf Lando to get Raging Bolt and Yard in as many times as possible to wreak havoc. I like Defog Corv on these teams because there are naturally several ways to deal with Ghold and it helps them out a lot vs. Grounds and Lele. Kommo-o finishes this off by compressing Stealth Rock with a Gambit check and win condition that just autowins vs. certain teams lacking a Fairy. I really enjoy this team and would have submitted it for a sample but I built it like a week after we posted new ones so rip.

POV your sun team without walking wake and hatterene and tera. talking about the slitherwing sun team.

trufs · Dec 21, 2025

Strafepattern said:
POV your sun team without walking wake and hatterene and tera. talking about the slitherwing sun team.

the goat is all u need anyways

Toxic Ariados · Dec 21, 2025

Strafepattern said:
POV your sun team without walking wake and hatterene and tera. talking about the slitherwing sun team.

- Walking Wake is tagged ND Uber, which is banned.

The Wake can Walk no longer (at least in National Dex.)

Strafepattern · Dec 21, 2025

Toxic Ariados said:
- Walking Wake is tagged ND Uber, which is banned.

The Wake can Walk no longer (at least in National Dex.)

Wow bro I didnt know that TY FOR THIS INCREDIBLE INFORMATION

Strafepattern · Dec 22, 2025

Untrue_reality said:
the goat is all u need anyways

how are you man!

fuckthisgame · Dec 26, 2025

Strafepattern said:
POV your sun team without walking wake and hatterene and tera. talking about the slitherwing sun team.

the mega zard y team hates volcarona, wtf i repleid to the wrong person whoops whatever idc that much just salty about volcarona being stupid when i run this shitty team

tres · Dec 28, 2025

Since I usually tend to use the same teams over and over, for the month of December I decided to push myself to make a new team from scratch every day I logged in. These are my most succesfull results.

Dec25 - GrassiumZ LandorusT

Dec20 - Boring Team

Dec14 - ArcanineH on Webs

Dec13 - TapuFini + Melmetal

Dec09 - Slowbro & Jirachi

Dec03 - MegaVenu's Team

Dec02 -ZGhold

Dec01 - MegaLop+Kyurem

Clanker · Dec 30, 2025

Some stalls I made that have been somewhat successful on ladder,

(click the sprites for the paste)

This team got me up 'till 149th on ladder after dropping down to 1600s, here's a quick rundown of the team,

Chansey: Chansey is our main special wall checking most of the special attackers in the tier, psywave is used over seismic toss to hit gholdengo and it also doesn't get chipped down by stuff like the rocky helmet, toxic as our only way to spread poison on the team, and stealth rocks to stack hazards with clodsire's spikes, chipping down the opposing team in longer games...

Dondozo: Not much needs to be said here, Dondozo is our physical unaware wall stopping most attempts of physical attackers from sweeping us, curse is to become a potent wincon while allowing it to wall other physical threats better, and body press is to hit stuff like mgyarados, kingambit, and pon...

Clodsire: Clodsire is also very self explanatory here, it's our specially defensive unaware wall capable of walling np gholdengo amongst other special attacking set up sweepers, spikes stacks hazards with chansey, poison jab means you hit hatterene and other fairies while also not being a total pushover vs some flying types, and earthquake hits heatran and gholdengo...

Weezing-Galar: Weezing-Galar is the only form of hazard removal and earns its place on the team for being able to defog against gholdengo and help chip down some regen mons, it wears boots to not get chipped down by hazards, flamethrower means you hit ferrothorn giving our team a way to deal with it, wisp and pain split are self explanatory...

Eiscue: Eiscue is our main physical wall, the combination of Hail and Snowscape means you can infinitely proc its ability, making you invincible against most physical attackers, this with freeze dry provides us a consistent Waterpon check, while also checking a lot of other threats to stall like Ursaluna, Kingambit and others, whirlpool allows you to trap these pokemon so they cannot escape...

Rabsca: The true star of the show, Rabsca's main/only purpose on this team is to revive fainted pokemon with Revival Blessing, normally it would only have one shot at reviving a pokemon but, Revival Blessing + RestTalk allows it to potentially revive the entire team, The last move can be Cosmic Power (To give it more chances to fish for Revival Blessing), Psychic (So that its not incredibly passive whilst threatening Great Tusk, Shifu and Zama), Protect (For Future-Sight) or even no last move at all (so that its a 50% chance to pull Revival Blessing with Sleep Talk), though I mainly used Cosmic Power.

Replays:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2508029412-e61mfeia83nf269439vugvok43ynqd8pw VS Lorb SD Hamurott
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2507995945-aadqgacfeb4k78vc4g18fwpyihsmbv9pw VS Taunt-Pon HO
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2508049688-xsstr1onj2tdchirqdxpv08vsv5ien9pw VS Webs-HO
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2508956220-q3qyvh984sasig21m84jphecwrf4m91pw VS Sub SD-Pon + Mega Gyarados

Proof of Peak:

The original version was made by shuinifengB but I made some edits, this also got me to 1700s for the first time (only to tilt to low 1600s but don't mind that...) anyways here's a rundown of the team,

Chansey: Chansey is our main special wall checking most of the special attackers in the tier, psywave for dengo, counter is for pursuit users and stuff, and the rest is self explanatory...

Dondozo: Not much needs to be said here, Dondozo is our physical unaware wall stopping most attempts of physical attackers from sweeping us, curse is to become a potent wincon while allowing it to wall other physical threats better, and body press is to hit stuff like mgyarados, kingambit, and pon...

Clodsire: Clodsire is our specially defensive una wall capable of checking gholdengo and other special attacking set up sweepers, payapa berry + gunk shot goobs stuff like lele, hatt (kinda?), and mgarde, earthquake is to threaten gholdengo and heatran, and rocks is to give us some form of hazards

Gunk Shot Calcs:
0 Atk Clodsire Gunk Shot vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Tapu Lele: 258-306 (91.8 - 108.8%) -- 50% chance to OHKO
0 Atk Clodsire Gunk Shot vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Gardevoir-Mega: 288-342 (103.9 - 123.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO
0 Atk Clodsire Gunk Shot vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Iron Valiant: 222-264 (76.8 - 91.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
0 Atk Clodsire Gunk Shot vs. 252 HP / 204+ Def Hatterene: 158-188 (49.6 - 59.1%) -- 75.8% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

Gliscor: Gliscor is the teams hazard removal, it basically walls everything, toxic is to spread poison along with shed and chansey, tect is good for scouting moves and healing with toxic heal, and eq is for it be a defogger that somewhat threatens gholdengo, while also hitting a variety of other targets.

Mega-Sableye: Sableye allows hazards to not go up with magic bounce, try to mega evolve it as quick as possible so hazards don't go up, and protect is for scouting, mega evolving without harm, and also dealing with future sight.

Shedinja: Finally the goat Shedinja, Shedinja serves a role on this team as our Waterpon check, and secondary Kyurem check, protect is mainly for scouting but is also good against future sight shenanigans, poltergeist means we actually 2hko hatterene, shadow sneak is there mainly for the sake of its high PP, and toxic is to spread poison...

Shedinja Calc VS Hatt:
252+ Atk Shedinja Poltergeist vs. 252 HP / 204+ Def Hatterene: 240-284 (75.4 - 89.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

Replays:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2508805456?p2 VS Sub Kyurem
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2508019270?p2 VS Melmetal (proof of peak with the team)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2498022646 VS Tyranitar
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2499028210-2gaudrqxacgj8riolev3qrn3ly7i9lopw?p2 VS Hoopa-U + Tapu Fini

This team has been working well up till high 1600s, I present to you guys, FAIRIUM-Z GWEEZING STALL!! Ft. Shrubb (reuploaded cause the og post looked ugly and changed tangrowth's set)

anyways, here's a quick rundown of the team...

Mableye: Mableye is normally what we lead with normally mega evolving it as soon as possible so hazards don't go up (which are very annoying for the team), it runs its standard set, protect so it can mega evolve without getting scathed while also helping out with future sight users such as Slowking-Galar and others, the other moves are pretty self explanatory so I don't feel the need to explain them.

Dondozo: Dondozo is crucial to this team as it doesn't make us set up fodder to most physical attackers in the tier, I run covert cloak mostly for the likes of Garganacl, but it also means we don't get flinched to death by melmetal, and can come in clutch against a variety of different moves. You can replace it with a different item like lefties or a rocky helmet. Curse allows you to rack up defense boosts allowing dozo to wall some hard hitting offensive threats better, body press is to hit waterpon, rest is to heal up, and waterfall is a way to hit mons that resist body press on the switch-in

Clodsire: Another crucial part of this team, similar to dondozo, it doesn't make us set up fodder to a variety of special attackers in the tier, most notably np gholdengo, I run payapa berry as it can come in clutch against tapu lele, hatterene, latios, and even the rare mega garde, jab is so that we can hit the fairies that would normally do a lot more damage to it, rocks is so we have some form of hazards, and eq is to hit stuff like heatran, and chip a lot of other ground-weak mons as they switch in

Chansey: Chansey is our blanket check to majority of the special attackers in the tier, we run psywave for the likes of gholdengo and other ghosts, toxic to spread poison amongst the opposing team, and counter is mainly to catch pursuit users like mega ttar and kingambit off guard.

Weezing-Galar: Weezing-Galar is our form of removal on this team, neutralizing gas allows it to defog on gholdengo which not many other mons can do, it also helps us against regen mons as neutralizing gas nullifies regen for whenever it switches in. We run a fairium-z to do huge chunks to a bunch of mons like raging bolt, hamurott, mega lop, iron valiant, great tusk, and a whole lot more, I also ran firium-z with flamethrower for the likes of gholdengo, ferrothorn, corv, and other steels and even ghostium-z to chip glowking and others.

Some Calcs...

16 SpA Neutralizing Gas Weezing-Galar Twinkle Tackle (175 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Raging Bolt: 372-438 (95.1 - 112%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO
16 SpA Neutralizing Gas Weezing-Galar Twinkle Tackle (175 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Great Tusk: 558-656 (150.4 - 176.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
16 SpA Neutralizing Gas Weezing-Galar Twinkle Tackle (175 BP) vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Samurott-Hisui: 474-558 (147.6 - 173.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
16 SpA Neutralizing Gas Weezing-Galar Twinkle Tackle (175 BP) vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Lopunny-Mega: 344-408 (126.9 - 150.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO
16 SpA Neutralizing Gas Weezing-Galar Twinkle Tackle (175 BP) vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Garchomp: 384-452 (107.5 - 126.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Tangrowth: Tangrowth plays a pretty big role on this team, by helping us not get completely obliterated by waterpon, helmet racks up chip against physical attackers like shifu, mlop, lando, and a bunch of others, hp fire is to reliably KO kartana, and sludge bomb is to threaten waterpon. (credits to terashedinjagaming for the tang ms.)

Replays:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2482669135?p2 VS Alomomola
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2482666516 VS Mega Gyarados (won with a lil bit of hax)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2482683420?p2 VS Tapu Koko HO
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2483185868 VS Alomomola... again (proof of peak with the team)

Glory To Big Stall.

ChunNoPro · Jan 6, 2026

Galarian Weezing + Calm mind Mega Latias Bulky Offense

Peak #19 — 1848 Elo

(click here^ to see the team)

Hi everyone! My name's Minerva and this is my first post here.

I’ve been playing in SV National Dex OU and wanted to share a team I’ve been using recently, built around Weezing-Galar as a way to better handle stall-oriented playstyles while still offering solid defensive utility.

This is my first time posting and interacting on the Smogon forums, so any feedback is greatly appreciated. If possible, I’d really appreciate it if you could try the team out yourselves before giving suggestions, as I’m especially interested in feedback based on actual in-game experience rather than theory alone :bloblul:

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I also wanted to mention that I managed to peak at 1848 Elo with this team. While I know that isn't the absolute top of the ladder, I feel it’s a respectable climb and shows the team's potential. I’m excited to share it with you all!

With that said, let’s move on to the team breakdown!

Weezing-Galar — The Heart of the Team & The Stallbreaker with a Smile

Weezing-Galar is essentially the mascot and core of this team. At some point while laddering in SV National Dex OU, I noticed that many players weren’t using reliable stallbreakers as frequently as they did in earlier generations I played, such as Gen 7 OU and Gen 8 National Dex. That made me feel like there was room to approach stall in a different way. While Weezing-Galar is a fairly strong Pokémon in SV OU - especially when facing stall - it tends to be underutilized in National Dex OU, which is why I decided to give it a chance to shine in this format. Its access to Neutralizing Gas allows it to disrupt common stall cores and ignore many passive abilities, making it a surprisingly effective answer against slower, bulkier teams. Originally, this slot was occupied by Hatterene, but I eventually realized that the team needed a more solid and consistent answer to stall, as well as a reliable Defog user. Weezing-Galar fills both of these roles, while also enabling Corviknight to run an Iron Defense + Body Press set more comfortably. Together, Weezing-Galar and Corviknight form a strong defensive backbone that can pressure powerful physical attackers such as Iron Defense Zamazenta (with Roar or Substitute), Dragon Dance Dragonite, Iron Valiant and Mawile-Mega, helping the team avoid being overwhelmed by physical offense.
The team mascot’s “unofficial hidden ability”: a massive boost to your odds of winning versus stall.

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Corviknight — The Iron Wall

Corviknight is a cool-looking and extremely sturdy Pokémon that can comfortably take on a wide range of physical attacks. When paired with Weezing-Galar, the two form a defensive core that is quite difficult to break through, especially for physically oriented teams. The given EV spread allows Corviknight to survive two Close Combats from Mega Lopunny, even after taking Stealth Rock damage (assuming it starts at full health, of course lol), and then reliably Roost off the damage afterward. This makes it a very dependable physical wall throughout longer games. I also experimented with an alternative, more specially bulky Corviknight set using Covert Cloak, Bulk Up, and Brave Bird, but in the end, I felt that this classic Iron Defense + Body Press variant was simply more consistent and fit the team better overall.

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Latias-Mega — Calm, Cute, and Terrifying

I’ve been a big fan of Mega Latias ever since I first seriously got into competitive Pokémon back in Gen 7 OU. Despite her cute appearance, Mega Latias proved to be an incredibly strong, versatile and reliable Pokémon at the time, and was one of the most valuable Mega Evolutions in that metagame in my opinion. Moving into Generation 9, however, that spotlight has largely shifted to her twin brother, Mega Latios, who is now much more commonly used thanks to the power and utility of Luster Purge. Even so, I firmly believe that Mega Latias remains one of the perfect fits for this team. Thanks to her excellent natural bulk, Mega Latias can comfortably switch into devastating attacks such as Weather Ball or Fire Blast from Mega Charizard Y, a Pokémon that can otherwise tear through this team if left unchecked. Beyond sun matchups, she also performs very well against certain rain teams, giving the team a valuable answer to multiple weather archetypes. Offensively, the combination of Psychic and Aura Sphere provides solid coverage in the current metagame, and when paired with Calm Mind, Mega Latias becomes both an adorable and terrifying win condition at the same time.

:ogerpon-wellspring:

Ogerpon-Wellspring — Sweet but Savage

Once again, this is a Pokémon with an incredibly cute appearance paired with power that shouldn’t be underestimated. There really isn’t much explanation needed here: with Swords Dance and two nearly unresisted STAB moves, Ogerpon-Wellspring is simply a deadly force in competitive play. I opted for Horn Leech over Power Whip because the recovery it provides makes her much harder to take down over the course of a game. Low Kick was chosen over Superpower or Knock Off since it still deals comparable damage to Raging Bolt and Ferrothorn—two common would-be checks to Waterpon—while avoiding the drawback of lowering her Attack and Defense.

:zamazenta:

Zamazenta — The Team’s Guardian

My original idea for this slot was a more defensive Zapdos. However, after using the team for a while, I realized that it was quite slow overall and could easily get overwhelmed by Mega Diancie. Because of that, I decided to go with Zamazenta instead. With its high Speed and solid natural bulk, Zamazenta helps patch up this weakness nicely. Zamazenta acts as the team’s safety net, stepping in when things get out of hand, checking Mega Diancie and several other threatening Pokémon such as Tapu Koko and Kingambit, while also opening up opportunities for Ogerpon and Mega Latias to break through opposing teams. Initially, I ran Heavy-Duty Boots on Zamazenta, but after playing more games, I felt that it needed an element of surprise. As a result, I switched to Fightinium Z. This allows Zamazenta to unexpectedly blow past Pokémon it would normally struggle with, such as Corviknight, Alomomola, and Great Tusk. Since Zamazenta often needs to act as an emergency answer to Mega Diancie, I opted for Heavy Slam over Ice Fang. This move also deals significant damage to Pokémon like Hatterene and Clefable, which is a nice bonus.

Ting-Lu — The Team’s Storm Shelter

At this point, the team already has several solid defensive backbones on the physical side thanks to Weezing-Galar, Corviknight, and Zamazenta. Ting-Lu completes the core as the specially defensive backbone, rounding out the team’s overall defensive structure. Beyond setting Stealth Rock and disrupting opposing setup sweepers, Ting-Lu acts as the team’s special shield, soaking up powerful special attacks and allowing the rest of the team to operate more freely. It pairs especially well with Weezing-Galar and Corviknight, forming a resilient defensive core that is difficult to break through from either side of the spectrum. In practice, Ting-Lu reliably checks threats such as Slowking-Galar, Gholdengo, Mega Latios, Zapdos, and Tornadus-Therian, standing firm like a sturdy roof over the team against constant pressure. I chose Payback over Ruination because it lets Ting-Lu handle Mega Latios more effectively. While Ruination can be more impactful against stall-oriented teams, Payback gives Ting-Lu a more consistent way to punish Mega Latios specifically, which I found to be the more important matchup for this build.

Kyurem can be quite problematic for this team, especially Choice Specs Kyurem, which can overwhelm the defensive core if played aggressively. That said, this set is relatively rare; the Kyurem variants you’ll encounter more often are Substitute + Dragon Dance (physical) and Substitute + special attacks.
If Kyurem manages to find an opening to set up Dragon Dance, keeping Corviknight healthy becomes a top priority. Against Sub + special Kyurem, the best approach is to repeatedly pressure it with Calm Mind Mega Latias or bring in Ting-Lu to Whirlwind it out and deny momentum.
:volcarona:

Weezing-Galar and Corviknight unfortunately serve as setup fodder for Volcarona. Try to set up Mega Latias ahead of time when possible, or position Ogerpon-Wellspring or Zamazenta aggressively so Volcarona doesn’t get free turns to Quiver Dance.

:diancie-mega:

Mega Diancie can be handled by Mega Latias and Ogerpon-Wellspring, provided you get a bit of luck and move first. It can also be checked by Zamazenta and Ting-Lu, as long as Zamazenta avoids being burned and Ting-Lu stays at full health. If you see Diancie on the opposing team, always lead with Ogerpon-Wellspring.

:tornadus-therian:

Do not let Tornadus-T set up Nasty Plot. Do not let Tornadus-T set up Nasty Plot. Do not let Tornadus-T set up Nasty Plot. Once it gets going, things can spiral out of control very quickly.

:ceruledge:

Do not allow Ceruledge to set up freely. Most common variants can be handled fairly comfortably by Ogerpon-Wellspring, Zamazenta, and Ting-Lu. However, versions that carry Close Combat can be more troublesome and require more careful positioning.

:scizor-mega:

With Zapdos replaced by Zamazenta, Mega Scizor is more of a nuisance than a real threat. Try to catch it off guard with Z-Close Combat, don’t hesitate to burn it with Will-O-Wisp, and make sure to pilot Corviknight carefully to avoid giving it too much room to maneuver.

Honestly, I never expected this 'for-fun' team to get me to this rank, so I didn't bother saving many replays. That’s why I’d rather not post them here. However, I’ll try to update the post with some notable replays later so everyone can get a better look at how the team functions in practice.

Thank you all for taking the time to read my first post on the Smogon forums. I truly appreciate any feedback, suggestions, or discussion regarding the team.

I would also like to extend a special thanks to the members of the Smogon Discord community who helped me get familiar with the process of posting and sharing a team here for the first time. Your guidance made this experience much smoother and more enjoyable.

Once again, thank you for reading, and I look forward to learning more from the community!

I've recently made a RMT for the team:

Vladimir Capuchin · Jan 10, 2026

Vest Alomomola Shedstall (Peak #8 1896)

:Shedinja:

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This is a pretty standard shed bootsspam team built around abusing :shedinja:

's strengths in that it can wall a selection of mons that no other pokemon can at the same time such as non hp fire :Tapu Lele:

,

, futureport cores :Slowking-Galar:

, most

sets and also serving as an excellent spinblocker. I built with this in mind and decided to go for the bootsspam strategy using :Gliscor:

and

as the team's knock off absorbers, with :Gliscor:

handling passive knockers that can't break it through chip such as :Alomomola:

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and non CM :Clefable:

and skarm handling sweepers and breakers that carry the move such as :kingambit:

and

, and since I love running z-crystals on stallmons, :skarmory:

has z-roost to take less knock damage on the first hit since its a knock absorber. :Blissey:

is mandatory on pretty much all bootsspam and the moveset of cm psywave usually does the job into :Gholdengo:

whilst not losing to :Volcarona:

like flamethrower variants. :Dondozo:

is also a common bootsspam mon and handles things idbp skarm cannot such as :ceruledge:

and

. I initially ran :toxapex:

in the last slot but i realised that pex is a fraud and never hit even 1700s with the pex variation. I then searched for something that could compress better by having that regen mon on the team whilst also patching up hp fire :Tapu Lele:

,

and

+ Pursuit , and I decided to try out vest :Alomomola:

to replace it which made the team a whole lot better. The pex version was so ass that i dont even think i have the paste. The Evs on mola are to guarantee surviving weather ball plus solar beam from :Charizard-Mega-Y:

under rocks while having max physical bulk to take on :Diancie-Mega:

better.

Anyways here is this shedinja stall team that I made that got me to top 10 on ladder, I think it has a good MU spread and is quite strong if you learn how to play every MU well including less favourable ones, and mastering this team is not that difficult. Feel free to use this on ladder, just dont load ts into me when i am playing a normal team. I might make a full on RMT for this but i cant really be assed but i might if i hit 1900s with it or if i just feel like it.

Random unrelated magcargo psyspam: https://pokepast.es/15ee1deddfa95fe9

Xurkiyee · Jan 12, 2026

During December I ended getting alot of free time so as a team building exercise I build a team around a random mon everyday until Christmas as a sort of advent calender. Then christmas day I didnt finish it, so I decided to build for the whole month. This came out, 12 days into the new year due to losing progress on this project twice, so no explanations for the teams.