There isn't really one standard, but the combination of Arcanine/Tapu Fini/Kartana is really common. Tapu Koko, Garchomp, Porygon2, Ninetales, and Snorlax are all fairly common partners for it. Trick Room teams with Hariyama/Porygon2/Araquanid/Mimikyu are also kinda common, Rain and Sun exist, and Celesteela/Marowak/Gastrodon/Porygon2 is still a thing.What's the standard team right now?
Arcanine / Tapu Fini / Kartana / Garchomp / two of Koko, Snorlax, P2, and NinetalesWhat's the standard team right now?
VGC only allows Pokemon that have been caught/bred in Sun/Moon, so gonna need a new Arcanine.Hi guys, I have a simple Question. Can I use pokemon from past generation in VGC Tournaments? For example, I have a Arcanine perfect 6IV breeded in ORAS. I want Arcanine in my team for the next Febrary challenge I can use it or farm a new Arcanine?
Thanks!
This is what I get: 252+ SpA Pheromosa All-Out Pummeling (190 BP) vs. 252 HP / 52 SpD Metagross: 189-223 (101 - 119.2%) -- guaranteed OHKOJust had the quick match of my life. I got absolutely crushed.
Using Metagross/Garchomp/Tapu Fini/Porygon2/Vikavolt/Arcanine.
Opponent started with Pheromosa and Nihilego, and I figured my best counter to these particular pokemon were Metagross and Arcanine.
Doesn't really matter what I chose to do since Pheromosa (Special Atk) all out pummelling into my Metagross was a OHKO and so was Nihilego into Arcanine.
My next two pokemon, Porygon2 and Vikavolt come out and again, OHKO Focus Blast onto Porygon2 as well as from Nihilego into Vikavolt, not that this mattered.
Two questions -
1) Did I pick the right lead if you knew he was going to start with these two?
2) The one I am more curious about, how on earth did the All Out Pummelling OHKO Metagross? I'm checking damage calcs and it doesn't work. I have a 252HP/52 SpD Adamant Metagross
If it can be bred to have the move in Sun/Moon, it is legal.Is Helping Hand Hariyama legal in the current vgc format? I was laddering with it and was told by my opponent that it was not viable. Apparently it's an egg move that can get passed on via Volbeat.
Well, there's a difference between legal and viable :PIs Helping Hand Hariyama legal in the current vgc format? I was laddering with it and was told by my opponent that it was not viable. Apparently it's an egg move that can get passed on via Volbeat.
I think that Metagross was an understandable choice given Nihelgo. However Nihelgo outspeeds and KOs most Arcanine, and hitting Pheremosa SE doesn't really make a difference. A lot of Pheremosa run sash and it can't survive a neutral hit regardless. I didn't know she KO'd Metagross with Pummeling, but also yo couldn't have known it was a special variant either. You don't really have anything that wants to eat an attack from her though. Extremespeed + Bullet Punch might have been the play if you didn't mind losing Arcanine. P2 is out of the question since you know it can't take a hit from Pheremosa. I think Garchomp/Metagross would have been the play, followed by a Metagross switch into Vikavolt on the EQ. If Nihelgo/Pheremosa had HP Ice you would have lost regardless though.Just had the quick match of my life. I got absolutely crushed.
Using Metagross/Garchomp/Tapu Fini/Porygon2/Vikavolt/Arcanine.
Opponent started with Pheromosa and Nihilego, and I figured my best counter to these particular pokemon were Metagross and Arcanine.
Doesn't really matter what I chose to do since Pheromosa (Special Atk) all out pummelling into my Metagross was a OHKO and so was Nihilego into Arcanine.
My next two pokemon, Porygon2 and Vikavolt come out and again, OHKO Focus Blast onto Porygon2 as well as from Nihilego into Vikavolt, not that this mattered.
Two questions -
1) Did I pick the right lead if you knew he was going to start with these two?
2) The one I am more curious about, how on earth did the All Out Pummelling OHKO Metagross? I'm checking damage calcs and it doesn't work. I have a 252HP/52 SpD Adamant Metagross
Yeah I've been thinking about it. Only two options I have both involve a Metagross lead. If i lead Arcanine then priority double into pheromosa, which would leave Metagross alive, or i lead porygon and i either get rid Nihilego or i get trick room up, at the cost of one pokemon and chip damage to the otherI think that Metagross was an understandable choice given Nihelgo. However Nihelgo outspeeds and KOs most Arcanine, and hitting Pheremosa SE doesn't really make a difference. A lot of Pheremosa run sash and it can't survive a neutral hit regardless. I didn't know she KO'd Metagross with Pummeling, but also yo couldn't have known it was a special variant either. You don't really have anything that wants to eat an attack from her though. Extremespeed + Bullet Punch might have been the play if you didn't mind losing Arcanine. P2 is out of the question since you know it can't take a hit from Pheremosa. I think Garchomp/Metagross would have been the play, followed by a Metagross switch into Vikavolt on the EQ. If Nihelgo/Pheremosa had HP Ice you would have lost regardless though.
Mons which commonly run scarf include Garchomp, Tapu Lele, Porygon-Z, and Kartana, but their roles are rather different since the idea of a "revenge killer" doesn't really exist in VGC the way it does in singles metas.What are the most common choice-scarfed revenge killers in VGC right now?
Some sets of Tapu Koko run HP Ice for GarchompWhat, if any, Hidden Power do each of the Tapus run?
HP Fire is also fairly common on Koko, since it naturally outspeeds Kartana and OHKOes AV variants.Some sets of Tapu Koko run HP Ice for Garchomp
Only HP Fire Lele I have seen carried scarf so it could outspeed and revenge kill Kartana.HP Fire is also fairly common on Koko, since it naturally outspeeds Kartana and OHKOes AV variants.
poliwrath is not a very good pokemon i suggest smogon dex might have some thoughAnyone has a good set for Poliwrath in the VGC17-Mode?
if it wasn't vgc id say u could have it have power up punch wait a min ill look at its moves and make a setYeah I know that in rain teams Golduck is quite superior to it, but I was watching for a non-standard rain sweeper for the surprise effect.
Thx nevertheless ;)
Poliwrath@ normalium ZYeah I know that in rain teams Golduck is quite superior to it, but I was watching for a non-standard rain sweeper for the surprise effect.
Thx nevertheless ;)
Some sets of Tapu Koko run HP Ice for Garchomp
Which is arguably more common? I'm trying to decide if it's worth continuing to SR for HP Fire or if I should just take the HP Ice one that I'm sitting on.HP Fire is also fairly common on Koko, since it naturally outspeeds Kartana and OHKOes AV variants.