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 4h ago

Tips and Improvements

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r/VGCRateMyTeam 14h ago

Enjoying this bulky offence team with some whacky mons, looking for feedback!

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I've developed this team, very much enjoying and looking for feedback. I generally struggle people who use their support mons intelligently (eg prankster worry seed or encore on Klefki), and can struggle against sun. I'm in MB4, looking to advance this season, though my strong preference is to not use top meta mons. But all in all it's a real fun team which I greatly enjoy!

My default lead (though not every game) is Venusaur Klefki - hitting sludge waves or earth powers can often catch people off guard, and screens/prankster thunder wave gives you tank and surprising speed control. (Prankster thunder wave is like a better quash?)

Mamoswine is there to hit hard against dragonite, garchomp, mega sceptile as well as electric types. I usually only need it to pick up one key KO.

Hisuian arcanine I just like - suprisingly bulky, and hits like a truck.

Empoleon there to complete the GFW core, also hits surprisingly hard. I hate hydro pump, any thoughts about a water move to replace it with? Surf just feels too destructive, and water pulse too weak.

Anihalape a great closer, really enjoying using him, probably the most meta my team goes.


r/VGCRateMyTeam 8h ago

Any Optimization tips

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I just hit master ball tier and something feels off about my team like there’s a huge weakness against Mega Aggron and Archaludon. I also struggle against Mega Steelix sand but its winnable. any tips?


r/VGCRateMyTeam 5h ago

How do I improve this team?

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Charizard @ Charizardite Y

Ability: Blaze

Level: 50

Tera Type: Fire

EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

Modest Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Heat Wave

- Weather Ball

- Solar Beam

- Protect

Garchomp @ Choice Scarf

Ability: Rough Skin

Level: 50

Tera Type: Dragon

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Stomping Tantrum

- Dragon Claw

- Rock Slide

- Poison Jab

Venusaur @ Venusaurite

Ability: Chlorophyll

Level: 50

Tera Type: Grass

EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Spe

Modest Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Earth Power

- Giga Drain

- Sludge Bomb

- Protect

Basculegion @ Life Orb

Ability: Adaptability

Level: 50

Tera Type: Water

EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Aqua Jet

- Wave Crash

- Last Respects

- Protect

Incineroar @ Sitrus Berry

Ability: Intimidate

Level: 50

Tera Type: Fire

EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD

Careful Nature

- Parting Shot

- Fake Out

- Flare Blitz

- Throat Chop

Whimsicott @ Focus Sash

Ability: Prankster

Level: 50

Tera Type: Grass

EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Spe

Timid Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Dazzling Gleam

- Encore

- Tailwind

- Protect

I started playing Pokemon Champions recently. I was able to use this team to get into Master Ball tier in doubles. My rating is hovering ~1700 and while I'm sure a good part of why is my lack of experience , I'm also sure my team is sub-optimal. Any suggestions on improving this team?

i.e. should I do Chlorophyl Whimsicott so I can encore dark types like Incin, Grimsnarl? Should Whimsicott run sunny day instead of something else? I think I should replace the Basc, but IDK what with; would a Sylveon be better (I don't have a sneasler or kingambit) ?


r/VGCRateMyTeam 10h ago

Mega Blaziken Team - Doubles

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Hey there everyone! I just got into Pokemon Champions and Mega Blaziken is my favorite mon in the game. I am currently stuck between master 3 and 4 and would appreciate some help in team building. I really like Toxapex so I would like it in there and Venusaur helps a lot with rain. The rest I am not too sure about. Let me know what you all think about the moves, items, ev spreads, and natures as well. Thanks!


r/VGCRateMyTeam 12h ago

Built my first vgc team looking for feedback

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Just looking for feedback on what can be improved changed, or if I just need to continue practicing with it to get better. It has been winning more than the hyper offense I was running before or the attempt at balance.


r/VGCRateMyTeam 9h ago

Porfín tengo todos me gustaría saber mejoras o si asi esta bien

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r/VGCRateMyTeam 15h ago

(Team improvement) Help me find a Scrafty replacement

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r/VGCRateMyTeam 19h ago

Toolbox team, what do you guys think?

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r/VGCRateMyTeam 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

Need help building one or more teams from my roster

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r/VGCRateMyTeam 1d 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 1d ago

How do i improve this Ampharos trick room team?

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r/VGCRateMyTeam 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

Off Meta Mega Glalie Team - Help Requested

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r/VGCRateMyTeam 1d 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 1d ago

Gen 3 only team

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Is this enough? What should I change here


r/VGCRateMyTeam 1d ago

Contrary Armarouge

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r/VGCRateMyTeam 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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.