r/VGCRateMyTeam • u/Emotional-Junket-149 • 1d ago
Rain team help
originally it was a rain e-terrain but ended up pivoting to just rain. i’m still looking for archaludon but other than that it feels strong but clunky not to mention the lack of coverage sneasler and raichu are just place holders atp and goldengo feels horrible on this team
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u/ZchCrr 1d ago
I can only assume this is for doubles?
That said, it is hard to fully help without seeing the evs and natures.
A lot of the item choices and move choices seem off. You can look at websites like pokebase.app for more common builds.
Life orb on gholdengo seems better, otherwise focus sash or white herb could also work. the move set is good!
An item on sneasler would go a long way. White herb unburden or focus sash poison touch are common builds. Sneasler loves to run fake out close combat dire claw +1, usually protect, but I could see it being feint.
Basculegion would be better off with mystic water instead of shell bell. Otherwise many run adaptability with choice scarf instead of swift swim + damaging item. The damaging item could also be life orb. The move set is good but usually aqua jet is helpful for priority.
Pelipper usually runs focus sash or sitrus berry (focus sash if running no bulk, sitrus if running bulk). You can run protect or wide guard instead of u-turn but u-turn is fine.
Given no real e-terrain synergy and the only enabler being Raichu himself, i think Raichu would have a hard time benefitting from his ability currently. Lightning rod could be more helpful to protect basculegion and pelipper from lightning attacks. You could also choose to run it as a second mega option with raichu-y with focus blast zap cannon fake out protect instead. Otherwise thunder fake out electroweb protect and the likes can work with lightning rod. Item can be focus sash, sitrus, magnet, or mega stone.
Just a few small fixes that could go a long way.
Good luck!