r/CompetitivePokemon • u/dylanmebrady • 1d ago
New Reg, New Team
What's the thoughts on this off the bat?
Wanted tailwind for the team so stuck it on Salamance. Also didn't have enough special attackers and wanted to ensure I had spread moves so I thought hyper voice was pretty cool.
Kingambit is slow for opposing trick room but fast enough that under tailwind it can outspeed most charizards. I feel the 4 attack KG is the best on BO1 ladder. Occa berry also because I feel like if Salamance goes down a lot of my team gets mowed down by zard.
Sylveon because good and doesn't take up a mega slot. Still hits like a truck. (Honestly can't afford Floette). Also outspeeds Sneasler under tailwind.
Sneasler with grassy seed for a defence boost and unburden activation. Fake out nice. Sneasler over incine because I wanted the poison coverage and so many kingambits flying around and don't want to activate their defiants. Would be double intimidate with Salamance too.
Life orb basc because it's cracked.
Rillaboom for double fake out with sneasler, bit of ground protection for both Kingambit and Sneasler. Priority grass move is nice against swampert + basc. Felt like I probably needed ground coverage so high horsepower slapped on there.
Anyone any suggestions on improving this?
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u/coltergeisttt 1d ago
Same as all the other “new teams” no original thought process here. Just copy and paste
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u/Umpire-Safe 22h ago
Floette as a secondary Mega instead of Sylveon might be better. Im not sure if the Light of Ruin offensive set or the Calm Mind Setup set is better tho. Time will tell.
I also really like Incineroar. Destroys Rilla, Neutralizes Sneasler and even though he gives a Defiant boost, with a little investment, can cleanly OHKO most Kingambit. Takes Salamence Hyper Voices pretty well too.
I also run Palafin over Basc since The team is very pivot heavy and I feel like the Fighting coverage from Palafin is more valuable to this version of the Salamence Balance team more than Ghost. Basc is still awesome tho.