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Hi, everyone. Here is my team that I gathered from searches. Do you have something to add or suggest to change? I wanna keep Zapdos and Swampert because they're my most favorite mons. Thanks!

Hi all, wanted to get your advice on some pokemon set-ups that I can draft for a local competition.

Rules are - 6 pokemon, pick 3 to battle maximum 1 legendary able to use pokemon from Gen 1-Gen8 No restrictions on OU UU etc

Would be drafting a few teams as it's required to have different teams. As I'm still new to the scene, was hoping I can get some help here.

Thanks in advance! :D

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Guys tear my team apart I've had some success and I've had a lot of fun with it but I feel like something is missing.

Dodrio @ Sitrus Berry

Ability: Tangled Feet

Tera Type: Normal

EVs: 148 HP / 108 Atk / 60 Def / 60 SpD / 132 Spe

Jolly Nature

• Acupressure

• Tailwind

• Acrobatics

• Knock Off

Araquanid @ Leftovers

Ability: Water Bubble

Tera Type: Water

EVs: 20 HP / 156 Atk / 100 Def / 100 SpD / 132 Spe

Impish Nature

• Sticky Web

• Leech Life

• Liquidation

• Lunge

Thundurus (M) @ Sitrus Berry

Ability: Prankster

Tera Type: Electric

EVs: 128 HP / 64 Def / 148 SpA / 32 SpD / 136 Spe

Timid Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

• Swagger

• Taunt

• Thunder Wave

• Wildbolt Storm

Politoed @ Life Orb

Ability: Drizzle

Tera Type: Water

EVs: 120 HP / 252 SpA / 136 Spe

IVs: 0 Atk

• Hydro Pump

• Weather Ball

• Haze

• Hyper Voice

Cloyster @ White Herb

Ability: Skill Link

Tera Type: Ice

EVs: 88 HP / 252 Atk / 112 Def / 56 Spe

Adamant Nature

• Icicle Spear

• Rock Blast

• Shell Smash

• Waterfall

Gastrodon @ Assault Vest

Ability: Storm Drain

Tera Type: Water

EVs: 252 HP / 48 Def / 92 SpA / 116 SpD

IVs: 0 Atk

• Clear Smog

• Earth Power

• Ice Beam

• Weather Ball

I have to press "Delete" and scrolll down like 10 times in order to delete like 1 or 2 teams.

I really wish it saved outside of Showdown Database, I am THIS close to uninstalling the app and quitting it alltogether because it's so time-consuming and the mods dont want to fix the glitch where my team info doesnt save outside of Showdown Database

He is one of the best answers to Archaludon, Dondozo, Incin, and any other steel types. Tera Grass makes him incredibly difficult for Rillaboom and Water Types. He has a very unique ability, a broken signature move, great offensive, defensive, and support move set. I have great success with him when I test teams on Showdown, and so I’m very confused as to his lack of use. What are your thoughts?

Disclaimer: The post you’re about to read may be stupid, but isn’t a stinkpost or theory. I actually had a serious thought about this and wanted to see what the community thinks. I’ll understand if this post needs to be removed.

Metagames are based on usage, that’s no question. It’s the basis of every meta from OU to ZU. Recently, we’ve gotten a slight divergence from the norm with the meme of “winning with your favorites” instead of just doing what everyone else does. And that’s cool, but exactly how much weight does that hold? How much does one user change a metagame? Of course we have percentages for usage that causes mons to raise or lower a tier, but what about on a psychological level?

If I use an Ambipom well enough to win many games, and people take note of the strategy, does that make enough of an impact or a domino effect to change Ambi’s tier? Is it worth using mons that are seen as “bad” or outclassed? Does power-creep invalidate the purpose of using a pokemon above its tier?

Note that here I’m not talking about winning with our favorite mons; The philosophy that I’m presenting is this: If we exhaust every usage and every strategy for all pokemon, could we possibly change the meta enough to create a new norm? Of course this is different depending on the format you play, but for simplicity sake, let’s focus solely on SV OU. If we take every legal mon there and—instead of limiting ourselves to using the same assortment of mons that “rule” the tier—we start using a wider range of pokemon, how much would this shift the meta?

My opinion is that as more pokemon are used, percentages will “even out” and maybe even get rid of the need for tiers. However, the reason why this is only a hypothetical philosophy is simply because of the fact that competitive play is so widespread and on such an astronomic scale when it comes to users that it would be nearly impossible and very improbable to get the vast majority (and even the minority) of players to accept this idea. The idea that instead of creating a team strictly designed to win, or one that is restricted to who you like the best, you give everything a chance and discover a strategy or style that you wouldn’t’ve considered otherwise.

My question for y’all can be thought of like this: How much different (if any different at all) would competitive play be if every mon was being used on a bigger scale at once? Could certain mons find/create a new niche? Is it even worth having the idea of winning with your favorites, or is competitive play much more complex than it needs to be?

So i am stuck in mid to high 1400 elo prison in natdex ubers. What skills (in general) separate people at the top of the ladder vs mid ladder players like me? What do you all recommend to get better?

My Azurmaill was holding Assault Vest and then had his Special Defense lowered by shadow ball. Shouldn't it then reset back to normal? But somehow he's lost one point. Why?

I’ve been trying to find it, but I haven’t been able to find the post where it was introduced. I know it had to use a custom showdown client-

I need advice on making this team better

Incineroars role is to provide support for team members and to use fake out to ensure suicune tailwind

salamences role is to setup sweep with dragon dance and return

cresselia provides helping hand support and ally switch which makes it harder for my opponents to know what moves I will use

suicune provides tailwind and uses ice beam and scald to get potential burns and freezes

koko is my z move user who can break through defensive pokemon and provides electric terrain to prevent sleep moves

kartana helps defeat ground types which are good against my incineroar and koko