Hello, with my recent loss in invitationals spelling the end of my rookie DOU year, I will do something I almost never do: teamdump. Usually I like to preserve all my teams, but there won't be a whole lot of SVDOU tours down the line I need to save it for so here we go with a dump of basically my whole builder!!!!! (God help me.)
I was working on ideas for invitationals, and I got in the flow state when I remembered Cresselia existed. I was like "I haven't used this guy yet, let's try to make a bulky asf setup cressbear team." My first instinct got me to the bottom paste, which is some cookery with the Kyurem and fast Ursaluna. I kept on psyching myself out and it slowly morphed into something tamer until it got to the top paste. I did struggle with this team in tests, but ultimately, I ended up using it anyway and despite losing badly, I still think it's a solid team.
Like above, I worked on these for invitationals, and it was by far the most successful of my ideas. Grassy Seed Volcarona is so good, especially when you pair it with Taunt Roaring Moon to stop Parting Shot and other disruption. The original idea was Manaphy Snow because I vaguely remembered Sealife using it, but I thought 2 special setup mons and Landorus was a bad idea because I was too special-heavy. Iron Hands popped into my mind and makes perfect sense to be honest, especially with the proper speed control around it, but I felt a little closer to the Okidogi version (after talking to Eragon about it), which is what I loaded and should've won.
I'm pretty sure this or something similar existed somewhere before, so I will give less explanation. I was interested in the SpA booster Crowns that kept taking over, and I remember either Zee or Bagel, loading a bunch of solo Kyurem on Crown psyspam, and I thought it made so much sense. I wish I remembered what that firepon is calced for, but Dogi should outpace Chien-Pao in Tailwind, Crown and Kyurem are both faster than Glimmora, but Kyurem is 1 point higher in the case that it takes the KO or breaks a sub and allows Crown to get a fat Eforce off.
This is the last of my invitationals ideas. This was centered around the Grassy Seed Ting-Lu set, which stays on the field like a minimum of 3 turns every game, which is goated. To pair with this, I thought I might revisit Tspikes Mew, something I had tried on an earlier team but flopped. I could have just done the standard Gouging Fire/Dragonite stuff, but I hate how weak those can be to physical damage reduction. That's why I chose Okidogi, which discourages Incineroar, at least. It also works nicely with the Mew concept because Mew can also play the coaching support role. Chien Pao has Throat Chop for Gholdengo, and Ogerpon-W has Play Rough for Roaring Moon, rest is normal enough.
Oh and here's a second version that is better into Gholdengo but worse into Landorus.
Moving on to teams I had on deck for Fall Seasonal...
I won't say much about this because it is a Schister/Akaru SCL build, but I replaced Iron Hands with Landorus because I value a good Incineroar matchup and opposing Landorus switch-in in certain board states. Plus, I gave Roaring Moon Taunt. I won with it a couple times like in DWCOP finals.
This is one I actually ended up using, and to great effect, I might add. I was kind of testing this as a sort of not 100% serious idea on ladder. Then, I did some practice games with Sea at some point, and she had something exactly like it, and I was like "perhaps I could give it a real shot." I do really like how hard Iron Valiant's set is to predict. You can catch a lot of people off guard with a T1 Icy Wind + Make it Rain with Specs Dengo. Plus, it has Coaching for Waterpon and Diancie who can both reasonably sweep with the right early game conditions met.
This is one I'm not sure if I had seen before and accidentally recreated, but I thought of it independently, so whatever. This is a very bulky snow team with Goltres and Iron Hands double setup, with a good bit of support. Nothing too crazy, Goltres has Tailwind and Atales has Icy Wind, which works with fast Iron Hands that should outspeed Ogerpons in Tailwind. Also to note that this is a bulky Kyurem spread, not the one faster than Glimmora, but Icy Wind Atales covers that mostly.
Crown + Drago is a strong core, and this team served me well in a couple different tour matches. The Iron Crown is the Speed Booster CM set; it really takes advantage of overly defensive positioning, which people tend to do in front of Crown. The interesting part of the team is the Banded Lando, which goes absolutely nuts with Tornadus next to it. It also helps with the team's Incineroar and Gholdengo matchups.
Now this is a fun build that I was actually disappointed I didn't get to showcase in finals. It is very Trick Room reliant, but it has 3 setters. It has SD Hands wincon, supported by Mew and SInistcha, then WP Diancie with Flip Turn Wake, which I thought was really cool (and AV Wake actually does really well in a lot of matchups), and Torkoal that can easily sweep if allowed to get in position. That said, it might genuinely lose to Taunt or like Landorus if not careful TBH.
I was very proud of this team, Shuca Gholdengo is a nice touch to a team that looks/is this weak to Landorus. This sort of spun off from something Breakfast Enjoyer beat me with, which is why I decided to use the AV Sneasler. Waterpon setup wincon is probably the most secure thing here, otherwise you're just hoping to positively damage trade because you're under screens.
Alright I'm getting kinda tired here, so time to just dump things I either used or built during DWCOP.
Chickened out of using after losing practices against churrojr, but it is a solid Whims+Chi-Yu team with TR mode
Probably not consistent but did get a good laugh out of a practice game with Xrn. Ft. Spikes Pon and Lorb Bolt
(W, L, used twice)
Mostly just stolen from zee--great team
Very normal balance but with Dgleam Dengo and Cowmoo
In my head, it felt like something Bagel would make, it's meh in practice though. Some good ideas though, AV Gambit actually does stuff
I was high on crazy spreads, it seems, but otherwise is basically a goodstuffs
"If you outlive them, you win, right?"
(W)
Zongbear pt. 1, sun version
(W)
Zongbear pt. 2, Booster Bolt and Goltres version
(W)
Got me through big boss ESM. There is a similar version out there with Chien-Pao, which is probably better in most cases
First look into Seed Lu, ft. Latios because its a totally real Landorus answer (copium)
Passable 2 years ago maybe, Gseed Gambit and Scarf Lando-T are cool
Tame Glimmyu HO
Shuca Dengo might be the goat, saves you front having to tera sometimes. AV Dogi is cool on this style too
Pretty normal DengoDrago HO
Okay this is getting sort of ridiculous...
DPL dump
(W)
I remember looking at Waffle's scout at the time and seeing how good the Steel/Ground coverage was, which brought me to Excadrill. I believe SMB showed me a Ttar Exadrill team with Primarina and Kommo-o, and I liked the look of it. Still, we were concerned that Kommo-o wasn't the best at the moment, so I thought something a little more offensively intuitive was Gapdos. The team has some techs like Dtail Ttar and Taunt Incineroar, which I can't say I remember exactly what led to each, but I know they were important in some tests.
(W)
This is something I had even before DPL, and I chose to use comfort because I was facing a non-doubles main in Shiloh. It's a pretty solid goodstuffs that I was doing really well in practices with, and the actual game was very choreographed in terms of the line against Hazards Glimm team, which is simply be annoying with RM after just Dengo-ing off lead to not hit Glimmora.
(W)
I was very nervous about loading this one, but I felt that Torkoal TR was good into the scout, and I felt a less experienced doubles player would be a little less suspecting, or at least struggle more with, the Eject Button gimmick. This is very hit or miss in terms of the gimmick, but it does still have a functional fast mode.
(W)
For finals, I wanted something a little closer to the chest, and this is very much like the sample but with Scarf Dengo. It was hard to say if Scarf Dengo on an otherwise standard build would be alright because I didn't have a great read on SEA's knowledge, and to me, it very obviously looks like Scarf here, though Specs is possible. Anyway, it's a good team, just don't click Whirlwind into an Okidogi :/
(W)
I wanted to kick of DPL strong with something I knew well, and balance is really easy to work with. So I simply combined 2 things I knew how to use: Snow and Gholdengo. I really like Gseed Gholdengo, I forgot who I saw using it--maybe ratpacker, but yeah that fully sold me on the idea. The most interesting part of the team is probably the Scarf Rocks Lando, that's a funny set.
(L)
To be honest, I got too lazy and just copied what I saw from an srvoltmike game. I literally just built it in my car, played a couple questionable practices, and then got rightfully dunked on by Yellow Paint and the Dgleam Dengo that surprised me.
Misc teams
https://pokepast.es/2f49334aa12b710c (Dogi Screens rain)
https://pokepast.es/162cb909d619ade1 (TornGlimm meets Dengo Balance)
https://pokepast.es/51e5198aaf909acf (Gapdos sunroom)
https://pokepast.es/522a1f306b48d021 (Bdrum Hands)
https://pokepast.es/4aa15971ec87ad37 (Boltcorv setup)
https://pokepast.es/dec40f2a6da5b15f (Decorate stuff, inspired by Alex Underhill)
https://pokepast.es/3270ce8c0b4b1924 (Coaching offense)
https://pokepast.es/bddb30d5f72e8a72 (Tuskzong sun)
https://pokepast.es/c4eae799ed7e00d0 (AV Chi-Yu bundle)
https://pokepast.es/3aed6084752c3ee7 (Gambit rain)
https://pokepast.es/54cef0370e237951 (Tusk Lilikoal)
https://pokepast.es/0cdb05281492ed37 (Spectrier snow)
https://pokepast.es/fb8c56dac9219c8a (Nitepao Volcanion)
https://pokepast.es/a9458ae908fd2bc6 (Tingdozo)
https://pokepast.es/14e2e6cbf34763d6 (Hazards stack with double setup)
https://pokepast.es/eb81d623d38649bf (Pao Diance)
https://pokepast.es/990387209b38b207 (Kingdra rain)
https://pokepast.es/05c07fa7b9727a4a (annnd my oldest team in the builder, snow sample with mew)
Overall, I had a lot of fun playing this, and I will hopefully be playing for years to come! I'm excited to build more and improve as player; I was extremely disappointed with the last couple of DOU showings I had, but looking back it was a great starting year for me!!!! Also let me know if any of the pastes are wrong xd
I was working on ideas for invitationals, and I got in the flow state when I remembered Cresselia existed. I was like "I haven't used this guy yet, let's try to make a bulky asf setup cressbear team." My first instinct got me to the bottom paste, which is some cookery with the Kyurem and fast Ursaluna. I kept on psyching myself out and it slowly morphed into something tamer until it got to the top paste. I did struggle with this team in tests, but ultimately, I ended up using it anyway and despite losing badly, I still think it's a solid team.
Like above, I worked on these for invitationals, and it was by far the most successful of my ideas. Grassy Seed Volcarona is so good, especially when you pair it with Taunt Roaring Moon to stop Parting Shot and other disruption. The original idea was Manaphy Snow because I vaguely remembered Sealife using it, but I thought 2 special setup mons and Landorus was a bad idea because I was too special-heavy. Iron Hands popped into my mind and makes perfect sense to be honest, especially with the proper speed control around it, but I felt a little closer to the Okidogi version (after talking to Eragon about it), which is what I loaded and should've won.
I'm pretty sure this or something similar existed somewhere before, so I will give less explanation. I was interested in the SpA booster Crowns that kept taking over, and I remember either Zee or Bagel, loading a bunch of solo Kyurem on Crown psyspam, and I thought it made so much sense. I wish I remembered what that firepon is calced for, but Dogi should outpace Chien-Pao in Tailwind, Crown and Kyurem are both faster than Glimmora, but Kyurem is 1 point higher in the case that it takes the KO or breaks a sub and allows Crown to get a fat Eforce off.
This is the last of my invitationals ideas. This was centered around the Grassy Seed Ting-Lu set, which stays on the field like a minimum of 3 turns every game, which is goated. To pair with this, I thought I might revisit Tspikes Mew, something I had tried on an earlier team but flopped. I could have just done the standard Gouging Fire/Dragonite stuff, but I hate how weak those can be to physical damage reduction. That's why I chose Okidogi, which discourages Incineroar, at least. It also works nicely with the Mew concept because Mew can also play the coaching support role. Chien Pao has Throat Chop for Gholdengo, and Ogerpon-W has Play Rough for Roaring Moon, rest is normal enough.
Oh and here's a second version that is better into Gholdengo but worse into Landorus.
Moving on to teams I had on deck for Fall Seasonal...
I won't say much about this because it is a Schister/Akaru SCL build, but I replaced Iron Hands with Landorus because I value a good Incineroar matchup and opposing Landorus switch-in in certain board states. Plus, I gave Roaring Moon Taunt. I won with it a couple times like in DWCOP finals.
This is one I actually ended up using, and to great effect, I might add. I was kind of testing this as a sort of not 100% serious idea on ladder. Then, I did some practice games with Sea at some point, and she had something exactly like it, and I was like "perhaps I could give it a real shot." I do really like how hard Iron Valiant's set is to predict. You can catch a lot of people off guard with a T1 Icy Wind + Make it Rain with Specs Dengo. Plus, it has Coaching for Waterpon and Diancie who can both reasonably sweep with the right early game conditions met.
This is one I'm not sure if I had seen before and accidentally recreated, but I thought of it independently, so whatever. This is a very bulky snow team with Goltres and Iron Hands double setup, with a good bit of support. Nothing too crazy, Goltres has Tailwind and Atales has Icy Wind, which works with fast Iron Hands that should outspeed Ogerpons in Tailwind. Also to note that this is a bulky Kyurem spread, not the one faster than Glimmora, but Icy Wind Atales covers that mostly.
Crown + Drago is a strong core, and this team served me well in a couple different tour matches. The Iron Crown is the Speed Booster CM set; it really takes advantage of overly defensive positioning, which people tend to do in front of Crown. The interesting part of the team is the Banded Lando, which goes absolutely nuts with Tornadus next to it. It also helps with the team's Incineroar and Gholdengo matchups.
Now this is a fun build that I was actually disappointed I didn't get to showcase in finals. It is very Trick Room reliant, but it has 3 setters. It has SD Hands wincon, supported by Mew and SInistcha, then WP Diancie with Flip Turn Wake, which I thought was really cool (and AV Wake actually does really well in a lot of matchups), and Torkoal that can easily sweep if allowed to get in position. That said, it might genuinely lose to Taunt or like Landorus if not careful TBH.
I was very proud of this team, Shuca Gholdengo is a nice touch to a team that looks/is this weak to Landorus. This sort of spun off from something Breakfast Enjoyer beat me with, which is why I decided to use the AV Sneasler. Waterpon setup wincon is probably the most secure thing here, otherwise you're just hoping to positively damage trade because you're under screens.
Alright I'm getting kinda tired here, so time to just dump things I either used or built during DWCOP.
Chickened out of using after losing practices against churrojr, but it is a solid Whims+Chi-Yu team with TR mode
Probably not consistent but did get a good laugh out of a practice game with Xrn. Ft. Spikes Pon and Lorb Bolt
(W, L, used twice)Mostly just stolen from zee--great team
Very normal balance but with Dgleam Dengo and Cowmoo
In my head, it felt like something Bagel would make, it's meh in practice though. Some good ideas though, AV Gambit actually does stuff
I was high on crazy spreads, it seems, but otherwise is basically a goodstuffs
"If you outlive them, you win, right?"
(W)Zongbear pt. 1, sun version
(W)Zongbear pt. 2, Booster Bolt and Goltres version
(W)Got me through big boss ESM. There is a similar version out there with Chien-Pao, which is probably better in most cases
First look into Seed Lu, ft. Latios because its a totally real Landorus answer (copium)
Passable 2 years ago maybe, Gseed Gambit and Scarf Lando-T are cool
Tame Glimmyu HO
Shuca Dengo might be the goat, saves you front having to tera sometimes. AV Dogi is cool on this style too
Pretty normal DengoDrago HO
Okay this is getting sort of ridiculous...
DPL dump
(W)I remember looking at Waffle's scout at the time and seeing how good the Steel/Ground coverage was, which brought me to Excadrill. I believe SMB showed me a Ttar Exadrill team with Primarina and Kommo-o, and I liked the look of it. Still, we were concerned that Kommo-o wasn't the best at the moment, so I thought something a little more offensively intuitive was Gapdos. The team has some techs like Dtail Ttar and Taunt Incineroar, which I can't say I remember exactly what led to each, but I know they were important in some tests.
(W)This is something I had even before DPL, and I chose to use comfort because I was facing a non-doubles main in Shiloh. It's a pretty solid goodstuffs that I was doing really well in practices with, and the actual game was very choreographed in terms of the line against Hazards Glimm team, which is simply be annoying with RM after just Dengo-ing off lead to not hit Glimmora.
(W)I was very nervous about loading this one, but I felt that Torkoal TR was good into the scout, and I felt a less experienced doubles player would be a little less suspecting, or at least struggle more with, the Eject Button gimmick. This is very hit or miss in terms of the gimmick, but it does still have a functional fast mode.
(W)For finals, I wanted something a little closer to the chest, and this is very much like the sample but with Scarf Dengo. It was hard to say if Scarf Dengo on an otherwise standard build would be alright because I didn't have a great read on SEA's knowledge, and to me, it very obviously looks like Scarf here, though Specs is possible. Anyway, it's a good team, just don't click Whirlwind into an Okidogi :/
(W)I wanted to kick of DPL strong with something I knew well, and balance is really easy to work with. So I simply combined 2 things I knew how to use: Snow and Gholdengo. I really like Gseed Gholdengo, I forgot who I saw using it--maybe ratpacker, but yeah that fully sold me on the idea. The most interesting part of the team is probably the Scarf Rocks Lando, that's a funny set.
(L)To be honest, I got too lazy and just copied what I saw from an srvoltmike game. I literally just built it in my car, played a couple questionable practices, and then got rightfully dunked on by Yellow Paint and the Dgleam Dengo that surprised me.
Misc teams
https://pokepast.es/2f49334aa12b710c (Dogi Screens rain)
https://pokepast.es/162cb909d619ade1 (TornGlimm meets Dengo Balance)
https://pokepast.es/51e5198aaf909acf (Gapdos sunroom)
https://pokepast.es/522a1f306b48d021 (Bdrum Hands)
https://pokepast.es/4aa15971ec87ad37 (Boltcorv setup)
https://pokepast.es/dec40f2a6da5b15f (Decorate stuff, inspired by Alex Underhill)
https://pokepast.es/3270ce8c0b4b1924 (Coaching offense)
https://pokepast.es/bddb30d5f72e8a72 (Tuskzong sun)
https://pokepast.es/c4eae799ed7e00d0 (AV Chi-Yu bundle)
https://pokepast.es/3aed6084752c3ee7 (Gambit rain)
https://pokepast.es/54cef0370e237951 (Tusk Lilikoal)
https://pokepast.es/0cdb05281492ed37 (Spectrier snow)
https://pokepast.es/fb8c56dac9219c8a (Nitepao Volcanion)
https://pokepast.es/a9458ae908fd2bc6 (Tingdozo)
https://pokepast.es/14e2e6cbf34763d6 (Hazards stack with double setup)
https://pokepast.es/eb81d623d38649bf (Pao Diance)
https://pokepast.es/990387209b38b207 (Kingdra rain)
https://pokepast.es/05c07fa7b9727a4a (annnd my oldest team in the builder, snow sample with mew)
Overall, I had a lot of fun playing this, and I will hopefully be playing for years to come! I'm excited to build more and improve as player; I was extremely disappointed with the last couple of DOU showings I had, but looking back it was a great starting year for me!!!! Also let me know if any of the pastes are wrong xd