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Project National Dex Bazaar

Love seeing ttar drill core still, any extra tips/potential swaps to make in the team depending on if Z crown gets banned? I have been running this:https://pokepast.es/87237febba4ee663
this team is fundamentally different than mine, though if you're solely interested in tar drill then fwiw i dont like z drill + rapid spin. if youre spinning with drill i think you should run balloon to avoid spikes and give you more opportunities to get the spin off or leftovers is another solid option. with sd/toxic and sand rush you have tools to distinguish yourself from treads. it also makes the z sets much more threatening having rock slide to threaten mons like zapdos/moltres who otherwise wall z steel. so my advice would be to find different removal with z drill or make drill your spinner, dont have him be both.

as for the team i sent, i did have zama c in mind while building but i imagine you could swap zama c->h for a similar effect. id try to see how roar works here asw. other than that maybe sd jet shifu>zama-c to help with volc, prob eq>toxic/dtail on chomp for mdiancie.
 
Teams I used during zamazenta crowned's suspect: (click mons)

:Ninetales-Alola: :zamazenta-crowned: :volcarona: :hatterene: :gyarados: :garchomp:

relatively standard veil team, took some inspo from darkness' hyper offense team, zamazenta benefits here from its' teammates wearing down its checks, team is likely to be worse compared to day one of suspect when I did my reqs as the meta has adapted to deal with zamazenta but the team should still be relatively strong. This team went 34-4 in reqs run losing a couple to hax and also couple user error.

Rank 1 team:

:weavile: :zamazenta-crowned: :zapdos: :slowking-galar: :alomomola: :great tusk:

This team is pretty cool, It also looks a lot like ezra's team that's commonly known I didn't intend this but yeah, team is built around weavile + zamazenta C with weavile pursuiting/getting a strong knock into zama checks and also breaking the grounds, physdef gking + av alo acts as the defensive core which blanket checks most of the metagame at the moment, Fightinium z glowking is such a good tech especially currently with the pursuit spam at the moment, whilst healthy this can ohko the likes of weavile and kingambit and also does like 95% or so to tyranitar off the top of my head and it also chunks zama C and should trade into it. catches a lot of individuals out, zapdos was originally defensive with a chomp as the breaker and rocker iirc however, that variant autolost to stall and defog isn't it right now, specs zapdos is absolutely insane im not gonna lie, as the switch went to offensive zapdos I needed some hazard control here so I went for great tusk as I don't like treads and I dont believe in pagos as a reliable spinner I went helmet here as I have a tspike absorber and helps chipping phys threats namely zama c, but boots is probably better more reliable as it impacts tusks reliability in a longer game, especially stall. stall is a very tuff mu here due to the lack of boots on the team. best option is to utlise pursuit to allow zapdos to pop off. I won't write too much here as its only the bazaar.
Peak as of rn:
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Sus:
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I didn't get many replays but heres some:

Rank 1 Game
Tuff Gking Z
Zama C cleaning for the 6-0
Stall
 
im kinda new to competitive pokemon but i just wanted to post my nationaldex ou team for feedback to be better!

https://pokepast.es/015eb1cd59b72d07

sorry i dont know how to post it like other people do :(
you want to build a screens team right? ideally you want really strong breakers that can take advantage of those screens you setup (sub dd :Dragonite:, quiver :Volcarona:, dd :Gyarados-Mega:, etc.)

:Klefki: as good as it appears to be isnt a reliable screens setter, :Cinderace: almost always forces you out, :Grimmsnarl: or :Zamazenta: would be much better, if your adamant on using klefki replace defog with foul play, otherwise you invite mons in to setup on you (:Scizor-Mega:, :Kingambit:, etc.)

the :Landorus-Therian: set is a bit strange as swords dance + u-turn is a bit unnecessary, and fly without z just isnt good at all

the :Regidrago: set just doesnt work at all in the current meta, its just not a mon that isn't viable at all espeicially if you're not running specs, ideally swap it for a better more immediate special breaker (specs/z calm mind :Tapu-Lele:, :Raging-Bolt:, etc. )

additionally :greninja: is just so outclassed by other water types that could do its job but much better especially on screens (:manaphy:, :ogerpon-wellspring:, :Samurott-Hisui:)

i think what your missing mostly is pokemon that take advantage of those screens in a short amount of time, i'm really sorry if this comes off as harsh but i would just remake the whole thing from scratch, any fairy type looks like a nightmare for this team aswell as you have no switchins to moon blast aside from klefki which lacks t-wave and can do nothing in return
 
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im kinda new to competitive pokemon but i just wanted to post my nationaldex ou team for feedback to be better!

https://pokepast.es/015eb1cd59b72d07

sorry i dont know how to post it like other people do :(
Hello. After looking at your team and most notably what the goal of the team is I have some I feel useful tips

First. NationalDex does not use terras.
Second: The main goal of your team is to be screens hyper offense or offense I assume.
For screens to be used properly the team must be able to pack a punch and abuse screens. Screens most notably is better to help frail mons setup and make them turn into good wall breakers. I would recommend looking into team cores for both offense and defense when building this type of team.
Here is a video from my good friend Pinkacross that explains some of the basics of making a team.
I would also ignore what the other person said about remaking the team instead keep the idea and concept in your head and evolve it into something better that you're proud of.

P.S. "Evolve" Get it xD
 
ignore what the other person said about remaking the team instead keep the idea and concept
the idea and concept is screens, if certain mons or sets don’t really work in the current meta or don’t benefit from screens, i think it’s fair to be upfront about it since they’re looking for advice on improving the team, not gonna say greninja is really good on screens
 
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