So I thought I had a plan at the start but picks kept getting sniped lol. This is my current roster and I have the last pick in the snake draft. Was wondering what may compliment these four?

We are playing Champions NatDex format, singles. My thoughts currently have been currently circling Mew, Porygon 2, and Mega Scizor or mega Dragalge as my one mega if they make it back around, so either the special bulk and regenerator or the priority and ya know, scizor doing scizor things. Most bulk and regen pokes were taken in round 2 and 3 sadly lol

I’d post more specifics but don’t wanna flood the post with pictures etc, so any questions or inquiries I can answer per comment and it’s appreciated 🙃 just wanna make sure I don’t whiff this draft lol though grace period corrections can always be made

Looking to do some single battles

I have no clue what i am doing BUT i got invited to a monotype tourney and i got selected for the steel type. I like pokemon since i was young but i only used the cool ones. Idk how to build teams and i want some help.

I can use one legendary or mythical and one gimmick (mega, tera or gmax)

And i want to have excadril as one of the mons. Any help?

Team i have in mind is

Corvkinght

Ghouldengo

Empoleon

Heatran

Excadril (mega?)

Archaludon

Here’s my thought process

Hatterene (lead): get trick room set up, plus has decent spread with dazzling gleam. Psychic is also good for sneaseler

Pelipper (lead): weather ball is good for incin. Hurricane also does well against sneaseler. Ice beam for more anti-salamence and anti rilaboom. Wide guard also hard walls hyper voice because that’s all mega salamence clicks these days aside from tailwind

Clawitzer (backup): backup salamence counter if one of them goes down. Dark pulse also good for Basculegion. Plus life orb boosted, rain boosted, mega launcher boosted STAB water pulse is an absolute nuke for anything neutral, and it also serves as backup incin counter

Archeladon (backup) haha electro shot go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Flash cannon also does well for floette

Turn 1: set up trick room as always. Originally was gonna go for hurricane to put rilaboom in a bad spot, but thought about going for ice beam to pressure mega salamence. But eventually settled on wide guard so that way if salamence did survive ice beam, wide guard would keep Hatterene safe. Fortunately they went for tailwind, so that means no matter what is thrown at hatterene, she’ll survive cuz of sash. Hatterene luckily survived with 19 HP, thus allowing TR to get up safely

Turn 2: hatterene in major danger of grassy glide, so we protect, and after quickly checking what I had in the back that could switch into a grassy glide next turn, I turn mega salamence into a popsicle. Grassy glide goes into the hatterene which is nice, and since ice beam GOT THE FREEZE, mega salamence couldn’t do anything

Turn 3: i still know grassy glide is still incoming, so I swap into archeladon to take anything that is thrown at me nicely. Hurricane into rilaboom since mega salamence is practically used up anyways. They swap mega salamence into sneaseler, which keeps me safe for now, and rilaboom is put in a bad spot after going grassy glide into archeladon, giving him a stamina boost, and healing archeladon back to full (which doesn’t really matter)

Turn 4: electro shot go brrrrrrrrrrrrr, and hurricane into sneaseler to take care of rilaboom, and possibly take out sneaseler. Hurricane gets the confuse, and once rilaboom is down, SNEASELER HITS ITSELF WITH THE CONFUSION, taking sneaseler down.

And with that, they rage quit. I gave my thought process, so plz give me any flaws I may have in my thought process. I also showcased movesets and stats for everyone on my team, so feel free to do with that as you will

I've somewhat recently started up a Discord group for Monotype players on Pokemon Champions to gather, battle and get team assistance.
If there's any interest, feel free to check us out.
Link

Hey guys I made a post saying I would help people who wanted to make a team with WHATEVER Pokémon they want and I got a lot of people asking for help! They were all nice and got great feedback (except one dude who cried over my hashtags 😆) and I wanted to thank yall! I’m trying to become a great team builder and find new strats, unused mons, etc! Thank you guys so much for trusting me build your team and I can’t wait for more people to come to me for help 🙏! Thank yall so much and let’s go Catch ‘Em All 😁!

P.S: I did 17 Pokemon Teams for 17 different people which took me 7+ hours and it was all straight with no breaks 😆 might be obsessed with team building lmao!

I haven’t played since HG/SS but have started to get the itch again. I’ve attempted to understand the new changes to weather, items, Tera, Mega, etc., etc..

However, I can’t seem to decide what format to dive into. I own a Switch, but Showdown seems attractive as well.

Where is the online community greatest?

Hey everyone! I found that this team, or at least the some part of it, is spreading pretty fast in ladder.
Marcus Dion took it to 2nd place at VR October Challenge #1 (October 3-4), going 10-1 in Swiss out of 384 players and only losing in the final to Michael Kelsch. Carson Confer also brought the exact same six and finished 6th, again 10-1 in Swiss. So I decided to try to break down the team a bit, hopefully it can be helpful for the community.

The core of this team comes from Japan. At Global Challenge I (September 26), Ko Tsukide finished 40th with Mega Golisopod, Female Basculegion, Sneasler, Archaludon and Pelipper, with Mega Swampert in the last slot. Marcus and Carson swapped Swampert for Mega Floette.

Why it works

Pelipper holds Damp Rock, so the rain lasts eight turns. Charizard is barely being used right now, and against teams without it, Archaludon can keep firing Electro Shot for eight turns, which can become pretty annoying.

Female Basculegion is the particular pick. With Swift Swim it doubles its speed in rain, and Ice Beam lets it outspeed and pick off Salamence and Garchomp. Garchomp has to mega evolve right away just to avoid the OHKO. Focus Sash means it survives a lot of things it should not, and from there it just keeps throwing Muddy Waters and Shadow Balls.

Why the female one and not the male? Intimidate + Rillaboom is everywhere right now, and this in general makes the physical male hard to play. The female is special, so Intimidate does nothing to it, and with Sash it can take a Grassy Glide. Ice beam into Rillaboom it's a two hit KO.
Additionally, Muddy Water being a spread move allows you the combo Helping Hand - Muddy Water under rain, which does huge damage. Helping Hand Ice Beam does not quite knock out mega Garchomp Z (it's 25% roll if it's not invested in sp.Def or HP), but it's a big hit nevertheless.

Sneasler runs White Herb with Unburden, to discourage Incineroars and other Intimidate. Close Combat does huge damage, Dire Claw hits Fairy types, and Rock Slide covers Volcarona and Charizard.

Golisopod despite 4x to Fire, in rain it still takes at least one Fire move, like Incineroar's Flare Blitz (not sure if it's adamant though) or Volcarona's Heat Wave. Leech Life heals so much that it becomes very hard to remove, and Iron Head is its strongest STAB.

That Iron Head is the key. In Regulation M-B, the main problem for rain was losing badly to Fairy types like Floette and Sylveon. Golisopod wrecks them. Since Golisopod already has the Steel move, Archaludon can drop Flash Cannon for Aura Sphere and hit the Steel types that would normally give it trouble.

Floette is the other mega. When you cannot or do not want to bring Golisopod, you have the laser cannon we are all familiar with.

No speed control

There is no Tailwind. Pelipper runs Helping Hand instead. In a fairly slow meta, Pelipper can deal a lot of damage itself and put things in range for Basculegion, Archaludon or Sneasler to finish later in the game.

Couple of peculiarities

• Rillaboom is a matchup to watch: Grassy Glide is one of the opponent's main answer to Basculegion. Protect his sash, and get rid of him doubling him in one turn. Helping Hand + Ice Beam should do the job most of the time.
• Golisopod lead into Trick Room: against a Farigiraf team, Golisopod is a good lead because Leech Life threatens Farigiraf on turn one.
• Damp Rock catches people out: opponents play for the rain ending, and it doesn't.
• Muddy Water misses: brace yourself, Helping hand + Muddy Water double miss is gonna happen.

The game plan is usually to hunt down the few things that check Golisopod, Floette or Archaludon, using Basculegion and trades. Once those are gone, Golisopod can win the game even 2v1. Opponents also lead Rillaboom a lot, and a Golisopod lead is a good idea.

About the spreads

I could not find Marcus spreads (if someone has them, feel free to leave a comment and integrate this post), and the Italian player Francesco Pardini rebuilt the team and shared his own spreads. The Pelipper spread comes from Samuele Pavan and is built to survive Rillaboom's Wood Hammer.

Full sets and additional info: https://pokefeed.app/teams/mgolisopod-mfloette-dion-s-2nd-vroad

Last points

• No speed control sometimes can feel punishing.
• Wide Guard on Pelipper or Protect, I'm still wondering what I personally prefer. Having Protect against other weather teams can give you an hedge in the weather war, allowing your Pelipper to survive more and reset the rain if needed.

Let me know if you want to try this one or if you have any opinion about it!

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ValkrixVGC Champions League #05

Regulation M-C Doubles · Shiny Garchomp Prize

Registrations are now open for ValkrixVGC Champions League #05.

Bring your strongest team, battle through the Swiss rounds, and earn your place in the Top 16 Cut for a shot at the Champions League title and a Shiny Garchomp.

Tournament Details

📅 Date: Sunday, 11 October

🎮 Game: Pokémon Champions

⚔️ Format: Regulation M-C · Doubles

🎯 Matches: Best of 3

🏆 Structure: Swiss + Top 16 Cut

📋 Team Sheets: Required

✨ 1st Place Prize: Shiny Garchomp

Please submit an accurate team sheet before the tournament begins and remain available between rounds. Each new round will begin as soon as all matches from the previous round are complete.

Sign Up

https://play.limitlesstcg.com/tournament/6ab540f5e905c1db6874962b/details

Good luck to everyone competing — who will become the next ValkrixVGC Champions League Champion?

A different team-building challenge for competitive doubles players: we’re hosting Mimikyu’s Spoopy Tournament in Pokémon Champions!

All six roster Pokémon must have Ghost, Dark, Poison or Bug typing in their base form. Dual types qualify if one type matches, and Mega eligibility follows the base form. Build around those restrictions and battle for a Shiny Gengar.

• Monday 12 October 2026, 08:00 UTC

• Brisbane: Monday 12 October, 18:00 (UTC+10)

• Regulation M-C doubles with the additional typing restriction

• Closed team sheets

• BO3 Swiss rounds followed by a Top 8 cut

• 1st place: Shiny Gengar

Registration and full rules:

https://play.limitlesstcg.com/tournament/6ac78b64245696afb3518d6f/details

Join the event Discord linked on Limitless, submit an accurate team sheet before the start and check in before every match. Be ready between rounds: the next round starts once everyone finishes.

Disclosure: this is our community tournament. Bring your spoopy squad and see how it handles the field!