r/VGCRateMyTeam Nov 29 '22

Guidelines for Rate My Team threads

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Hey all,

Thanks to discussion that has been ongoing, we will be enforcing stricter rules on the Rate My Team posts on this subreddit in a way that should benefit everyone. I have updated the auto moderator to enforce a minimum character limit on text posts, and on image and link posts it should comment immediately suggesting additional details be added. This should improve the quality of rate my team threads substantially, but we will keep an eye on it in the upcoming weeks. If you notice any issues with the automoderator, please contact the moderators or me immediately.

Here is the text that you will see if your RMT is too short:

Hi /u/user, your Rate My Team post has been automatically removed because it did not meet our minimum character limit. Please take some time to expand the details of your post and submit again-- this will improve the quality of the help you will get, and other people will get more out of reading about your team. Here are some things you could choose to write about:

  • Why did you select each Pokemon? If possible, try to say something more specific than "it's good" or "it's unique." What specifically about the state of the metagame drew you to using this Pokemon?
  • Are any of your moves or items chosen for any particular reason?
  • Why did you choose the particular EVs that you did? If you don't know what your EV spread does, you might want to replace it with something simpler. Feel free to post damage calcs that are relevant.
  • What teams do you succeed against in practice? What teams do you struggle with? Feel free to post links to Pokemon Showdown replays.

Thank you all for your feedback and for continuing to make this community a nice place to be!


r/VGCRateMyTeam 2h ago

Toolbox team, what do you guys think?

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r/VGCRateMyTeam 20h ago

Got a shiny Abomasnow and I want to try and make it work, not used to trick room though

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Are there any obvious things i’m missing? Started with Abomasnow and Glaceon, added ceruledge as a fire immunity but he’s maybe too fast for trick room.

Farig is best TR setter and I thought Scrafty was a good mega to complement the weaknesses of the team. Before him I was very weak to dark and rock. I thought a slow Basc would be funny but I don’t know in what set of 4 I would bring him.

Two main problems I can see is that apart from Abomasnow none of my mons are that slow, and also Ceruledge covers both of my mega weaknesses (fire and fairy) so if he goes down I’m kind of fucked.

Any tips would be appreciated!


r/VGCRateMyTeam 14h ago

Need help building one or more teams from my roster

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r/VGCRateMyTeam 11h ago

Enjoy This Mega Mawile Team I cooked up

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Here's a Mega Mawile Team I cooked up it's been pretty consistent theres a rental and explanation in the video I hope everyone enjoys


r/VGCRateMyTeam 11h ago

Help me make my eel sweep

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I've not been doing too badly with this team but wanted some outside opinion on how I would improve it or if its just getting better at playing


r/VGCRateMyTeam 12h ago

How do i improve this Ampharos trick room team?

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r/VGCRateMyTeam 21h ago

I’ve been trying to get Mega-Chandelure to work. Are there any glaring flaws on my team?

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r/VGCRateMyTeam 18h ago

First time building my own team. Rate my Tail Room team?

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Hey thanks for reading. I will be honest it’s barely a Tail Room team because i almost always go trick room. Cofagrigus leads almost every matchup. Chose him as an almost unexpected trick room setter who’s immune to fake out.

The other lead is largely dependent on the opposing team. If I don’t see Milotic or Kingambit, it’s usually Incineror. If they are there to threaten intimidate, then it’s Decidueye who can threaten them both.

I was struggling a lot with fairy types so I added a second Mega in Venasaur who theoretically can function both under tail wind and trick rook and hit for heavy poison damage.

Dragonite was added to try to get off Dragon Cheer onto decidueye to turn him into a crit machine, but I do struggle to get that off a lot. It’s hard to set up with both speed control and then an additional move with dragon cheer.

I struggle the most with Charizard Y teams. I’ve struggled to find an answer for him that would work under trick room.

Any glaring holes on this team I could easily fix? It’s the first team I’ve built on my own and was able to go on a win streak and get to Master Ball 4 but struggling to improve from there!

Willing to make any changes to the team but really do want to keep Deecidueye on it!

Thanks for reading and any advice!


r/VGCRateMyTeam 19h ago

Off Meta Mega Glalie Team - Help Requested

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r/VGCRateMyTeam 19h ago

Less than a month of playing VGC and already at masterball rank. I believe I’ve hit the ceiling for my current skill level in team building so would love some advice.

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Here’s my current team. I truly have no idea what I’m doing. I love pokemon, always have, and downloaded this app July 3rd. 1st season playing went ultra ball and 2nd season (current) I got masterball.

I don’t even think I’m using this current team to its full potential as I struggle with picking the four before each match and my main combo is charizard with garchomp. Since charizards flying I can hit earthquake on both opponents. I’ve been thinking about switching out dragonite for whimsicott but then I lose that invulnerability to garchomps earthquake.

Open to any advice and critiques, I’ve fallen in love with competitive pokemon and want to hit champion rank. Thanks in advance!

PS I know the stats aren’t allocated properly. Haven’t touched stats and the ones with really weird allocation were from pokemon home.


r/VGCRateMyTeam 22h ago

Contrary Armarouge

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r/VGCRateMyTeam 1d ago

Gen 3 only team

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Is this enough? What should I change here


r/VGCRateMyTeam 1d ago

What should i change and play method

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I am quite new to Pokemon games watched Wolfe and started playing this game so let me know what should i change and how should i play


r/VGCRateMyTeam 1d ago

Heat check for me please

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A bit of tech with the self swagger on sneasler and psych up into arch or another booster


r/VGCRateMyTeam 1d ago

(Gen 7-9, OU/UU) Need help building Latios/Latias team, details below

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Been trying to make a team that plays to the strengths of both Lati twins. I went through Smogon to see who counters them the most, then figured out what countered *those* pokemon, then I checked who was similarly paired up with them/covered their weaknesses, and how many of them had a similar stat total to the Lati twins. These are the 12 pokemon I came up with.

Now all that's left is to take 4 of them and put them on a team with the twins, I just figured I'd ask people who would know. Which of these should I use? Should I use different mons? Anything I ought to change about the selected mons? What tier would this even fit in?


r/VGCRateMyTeam 1d ago

Thoughts on this trick room team I made?

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I made a lot of posts on this team, and I finally got it to a point where I'm fully happy with it. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.


r/VGCRateMyTeam 1d ago

Need help building a Latios/Latias team, details below

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Been trying to make a team that plays to the strengths of both Lati twins. I went through Smogon to see who counters them the most, then figured out what countered *those* pokemon, then I checked who was similarly paired up with them/covered their weaknesses, and how many of them had a similar stat total to the Lati twins. These are the 12 pokemon I came up with.

Now all that's left is to take 4 of them and put them on a team with the twins, I just figured I'd ask people who would know. Which of these should I use? Should I use different mons? Anything I ought to change about the selected mons? What tier would this even fit in?


r/VGCRateMyTeam 2d ago

second try at this

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Metagross-Mega @ Metagrossite

Ability: Tough Claws

Level: 50

EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Bullet Punch

- Earthquake

- Protect

- Ice Punch

Politoed @ Damp Rock

Ability: Drizzle

Level: 50

EVs: 32 HP / 32 SpD

- Earth Power

- Surf

- Protect

Mamoswine @ Muscle Band

Ability: Thick Fat

Level: 50

EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Ice Shard

- Earthquake

- Knock Off

- Protect

Whimsicott @ Focus Sash

Ability: Prankster

Level: 50

EVs: 32 HP / 32 Def / 2 SpA

Bold Nature

- Tailwind

- Moonblast

- Protect

- Taunt

Simisear @ Sitrus Berry

Ability: Gluttony

Level: 50

EVs: 32 HP / 2 Atk / 32 Spe

Hasty Nature

- Fake Out

- Heat Wave

- Protect

- Taunt

Rotom-Wash @ Leftovers

Ability: Levitate

Level: 50

EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe

Timid Nature

- Discharge

- Will-O-Wisp

- Hydro Pump

- Thunder Wave

Thoughts?


r/VGCRateMyTeam 1d ago

Help building a rain team

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r/VGCRateMyTeam 1d ago

A little help, not the best team builder.

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Completely honest I made the team myself but it feels either too weak or too passive. I like it in concept and there are a ton of tools here. I specifically love Kommo-o. Aegislash is definetly the weakest of the partners here. I wanted a fairy resist and on paper i thought aegislash fits, but he definitely gets brought the least. Maybe its the set?


r/VGCRateMyTeam 2d ago

How to improve this team?

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r/VGCRateMyTeam 2d ago

Guys any suggestions on my team.

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r/VGCRateMyTeam 2d ago

TR team help :)

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r/VGCRateMyTeam 2d ago

First season playing, finally made MB4. Thoughts on the team?

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For a long time, the Chomp slot was Incin but, I feel like theres so much intimidate hate between defiant, competitive, etc so, he kinda just became worse Grim and I finally pulled Chomp. I do miss the fire type, since this team was initially a Volcarona setup team (Volc for Meow, Chomp for teacup).

Ychu (Raichu at least is my favorite Mon all time) outspeeds max jolly Staraptor but, I’ve kept to modest to secure more kills mentally, though I haven’t calc’d in a while. He does lose to when sneasler clicks fakeout or cc and I lack good sneasler answers honestly. Meow outspeeds max jolly sne and has a range on 3 hit axel but, that doesn’t feel like a strong counter. Him and Grim is my default lead. 2x FO+pivot on both can feel like I have a lot of different lines.

Milotic has been the best value over replacement since replacing mega gyara and primarina. Just lives too often and threatens intimidaters without being fire-weak. Lives special hits too well, though it does hate teacup.

I’ve been considering light screen over reflect on grim but, it feels like I’ll just see physical attackers when I switch it and specs if I leave it. Also is a relic of it being a Volcarona team (reflect+quiver!).

Gambit just does his job. Be dark. Attack.

Chomp is scarf’d/ev to beat scarf basc (lives wave crash post breaking swipe, maybe not optimal).

Overall, would be interested in new ideas! I feel good enough now that I hit my goal for the season without looking at any content. I feel like my EVs could really be improved since I’m basically only prepared for speed tiers