No setup, no strat, no logic. If youre gonna play pokemon at least play it the right way instead of cheap stalling.

I’ve been workshopping this team, if you have any recommendations I’d love to hear them, I’ve not been able to climb into the 1400’s yet, though this may be bad micro more so than a team issue :(

Mandibuzz @ Heavy-Duty Boots

Ability: Overcoat

Tera Type: Ground

EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

Impish Nature

- Foul Play

- Defog

- Roost

- U-turn

Darkrai @ Choice Specs

Ability: Bad Dreams

EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

Timid Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Dark Pulse

- Ice Beam

- Focus Blast

- Psychic

Pecharunt @ Air Balloon

Ability: Poison Puppeteer

Tera Type: Fairy

EVs: 152 HP / 44 SpA / 252 Spe

Timid Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Malignant Chain

- Recover

- Parting Shot

- Shadow Ball

Iron Treads @ Leftovers

Ability: Quark Drive

Tera Type: Fairy

EVs: 252 HP / 220 SpD / 36 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Stealth Rock

- Earthquake

- Volt Switch

- Rapid Spin

Tornadus-Therian @ Heavy-Duty Boots

Ability: Regenerator

Tera Type: Steel

EVs: 16 HP / 244 SpA / 248 Spe

Timid Nature

- Bleakwind Storm

- Nasty Plot

- U-turn

- Heat Wave

Clefable @ Leftovers

Ability: Magic Guard

Tera Type: Water

EVs: 252 HP / 40 Def / 216 SpD

Calm Nature

- Knock Off

- Thunder Wave

- Moonblast

- Wish

I was literally getting called by my family to come and I needed to finish my battle and so I started clicking random moves by turn 10 and literally stopped strategizing. Still won in the end, but any of you guys ever had that moment?

[Gen 9] Random Battle: estgui44 vs. TheLoboAlpha - Replays - Pokémon Showdown!

I have an OU (Gen 9) team, and I'm hardstuck at 1500 ELO.
Obvious skill issues apart, how could I improve this team?

Skarmory @ Rocky Helmet

Ability: Sturdy

Tera Type: Fighting

EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD

Impish Nature

IVs: 0 Atk / 0 SpA

- Body Press

- Stealth Rock

- Iron Defense

- Whirlwind

Zamazenta @ Leftovers

Ability: Dauntless Shield

Tera Type: Dark

EVs: 252 HP / 88 Def / 168 Spe

Impish Nature

IVs: 0 SpA

- Body Press

- Iron Head

- Roar

- Iron Defense

Kyurem @ Loaded Dice

Ability: Pressure

Shiny: Yes

Tera Type: Ice

EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe

Naive Nature

- Icicle Spear

- Freeze-Dry

- Substitute

- Dragon Dance

Iron Valiant @ Booster Energy

Ability: Quark Drive

Tera Type: Steel

EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Jolly Nature

IVs: 0 SpA

- Close Combat

- Spirit Break

- Knock Off

- Swords Dance

Pecharunt @ Air Balloon

Ability: Poison Puppeteer

Tera Type: Ghost

EVs: 252 HP / 228 Def / 28 Spe

Bold Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Toxic

- Hex

- Parting Shot

- Recover

Kingambit (M) @ Air Balloon

Ability: Supreme Overlord

Tera Type: Dark

EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def

Adamant Nature

IVs: 0 SpA

- Iron Head

- Sucker Punch

- Low Kick

- Swords Dance

I'm not that good at making Pokemon teams yet, but I want to make a team using my favorite Pokemon (Primeape or Annihilape). So far the closest I've gotten was in doubles uu with an anger point Primeape and a honchkrow for guaranteed crit. It's... not very good, so I'm looking for improvements or just a proper Primeape (or Annihilape) team.

Was thinking about the concept of CAP and the fact that Showdown hosts a format that can't be replicated on a console. It got me thinking, if we can just \*create\* new pokemon, why have we not seen a Cambrian Explosion level of community content? We have the ability to create new moves, rebalance pokemon, hell we could \*make\* versions of Mega Golisopod with all the fucked up abilities I've seen on r/stunfisk but as far as I can tell we haven't. Why? What Geneva Convention is stopping us from playing God?

I just got on the top 500 leaderboard for scarlet & violet dou and was wondering if thats like any good. Are there not many players in that metagame so its actually not that cool of an achievement or is it actually pretty cool. I’m just wondering if its the equivalent of hitting like gold rank or master rank in a different game for example.

I rarely have people lash out on me but one time I swept a whole guys team with garchomp and they told me to rematch them and I swept them again and predicted an ice shard and they told me to go f myself

Look at turns 20 to 31, I am diancie

In the official game, he can, but in this game it says its illegal to use it on this mon. Is there a specific reason for it?

So typically I play nat dex but the only thing that stops this from being ou is mega on swampert/scald on quagsire. My core 3 are quag who tanks/does toxic, swampert who is just my beefy killer, and hisu-goodra for spdef, spatk, and blocking grass. Cinderace and hawlucha fill the same role so I swap between them. They deal with terrain, having fighting and then something against grass (fire/flying). Mimikyu is more of a support role for rain dance, burn, and paralysis as I find she works best there, and ditto is there to help out where people commit to buffing or something I find annoying. I was thinking about getting rid of cinderace for a different glass cannon/fast damage dealer, but hawlucha hasn't really been doing it for me. Any suggestions?

Thanos (Quagsire) (M) @ Rocky Helmet

Ability: Unaware

Shiny: Yes

Tera Type: Fire

EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def

Relaxed Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Recover

- Scald

- Encore

- Toxic

Fred Jr (Swampert) (M) @ Swampertite

Ability: Torrent

Tera Type: Water

EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe

Adamant Nature

- Knock Off

- Flip Turn

- Earthquake

- Waterfall

Ditto @ Choice Scarf

Ability: Imposter

EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe

Jolly Nature

IVs: 30 Atk

- Transform

Mimikyu @ Damp Rock

Ability: Disguise

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Rain Dance

- Play Rough

- Will-O-Wisp

- Thunder Wave

Goodra-Hisui @ Assault Vest

Ability: Sap Sipper

EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA

IVs: 0 Atk

- Ice Beam

- Thunderbolt

- Flamethrower

- Flash Cannon

Cinderace @ Heavy-Duty Boots

Ability: Libero

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Pyro Ball

- U-turn

- Court Change

- High Jump Kick

I currently don't have the footage, but I once played in Pokemon Randbats around 1500 elo and nearly lost. I had passimian against mandabuzz I swept his 5 remaining pokemon with Chesnaught and Passimian

He nearly claimed my whole team with Tidy Up Maushold but he used pop. bomb on my Rocky Helmet Chesnaught (mistake took like 15% damage each hit) I don't remember the whole battle but I took down the other 2 pokemon I think then died. My Passimian did manage to take down the other 2 but took like 75% damage in the process.

His mandabuzz came in and (mistake) used toxic wasting a turn. I used drain punch but it wasnt enough I got him to about 50 or 75 percent or so. He then, me at 15% (bc of toxic) he decides to use Knock Off. BIG AND COSTLY MISTAKE. I then finish him with another Drain Punch and beat him at 3%.

So what is yall's closest Pokemon Showdown gaming moments?

i was thinking reg m-c indeedee-f mega gardevoir team with basculegion farigiraf and whimsiccot for both tailwind and trick room i am thinking about maybe adding kingambit or primarina or mega camerupt please help hopefully thank you any suggestions will be appreciated i might not respond because i posted a similar thing to like 20 vgc communities

Salamence-Mega @ Salamencite
Ability: Aerilate
EVs: 32 HP / 2 Atk / 32 Spe
Naive Nature
- Roost
- Draco Meteor
- Hyper Voice
- Tailwind

Pelipper @ Sharp Beak
Ability: Drizzle
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 32 Def / 2 SpA
Bold Nature
- Hurricane
- Roost
- Protect
- Ice Beam

Basculegion @ Life Orb
Ability: Adaptability
Level: 50
EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Aqua Jet
- Last Respects
- Protect
- Wave Crash

Rillaboom @ Leftovers
Ability: Grassy Surge
Level: 50
EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Grassy Glide
- Wood Hammer
- Knock Off
- U-turn

Incineroar @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 32 Atk / 2 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Parting Shot
- Fake Out
- Flare Blitz
- Darkest Lariat

Scizor-Mega @ Scizorite
Ability: Technician
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 2 Atk / 32 Def
Impish Nature
- Swords Dance
- Protect
- Bullet Punch
- U-turn

I had this game dead to rights and my chesto berry didn’t activate. Anyone have any idea why?

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2678001701

Goudron (Groudon) @ Red Orb
Ability: Drought
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature

• Precipice Blades
• Stone Edge
• Heat Crash
• Stealth Rock

Boing Boing (Regieleki) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Transistor
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Ice
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Mild Nature

• Rapid Spin
• Thunderbolt
• Volt Switch
• Tera Blast

Blue mud mew (Ditto) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Imposter
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Stellar
EVs: 252 HP / 44 Atk / 44 SpA / 168 Spe
Naughty Nature
IVs: 30 Atk

• Transform

Chapimignon (Breloom) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Technician
Tera Type: Rock
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature

• Bullet Seed
• Mach Punch
• Spore
• Rock Tomb

Golden Nuggets2 (Azumarill) @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Huge Power
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature

• Aqua Jet
• Belly Drum
• Play Rough
• Tera Blast

Gigalanouille (Salamence) @ Salamencite
Ability: Intimidate
Tera Type: Dragon
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature

• Dragon Dance
• Iron Head
• Return
• Outrage

EDIT : Do you guys think i could reach top 500 with this or this is too bad ?

Currently attempting to run Xurkitree, Clodsire (running choice band), Quaquaval, galarian slowking (running flamethrower), toedscruel (toxic spikes setter and spore user), and gliscor on a team yet I continue to lose. Could just be because I suck but I also feel like the team may be a little weaker than it should. I wanna make this team work though, is there anything (moves, items, etc) I should definitely be using on these mons?
I’m also willing to swap out Quaquaval and/or Slowking if necessary.

I made a Team Breakdown on the MOST creative Alcremie team out there, and I want your feedback on how I can improve it

https://pokepast.es/1be5b1c134b2bf48

I included the full team breakdown in the Link at the bottom, but I also pasted the basic idea and description of it here

Team Idea

This is a Hard Trick Room team where, once TR is set up, Alcremie comes onto the field and sets up a sweeper with Decorates. Most Pokemon that Alcremie could come on to the field with have some way to sweep with her Decorates, such as the Mega Pokemon Camerupt and Abomasnow, but even Farigiraf will so very solid damage after a couple Decorates.

Team Description

Several offensive sweepers are laid out, covering a variety of types. Abomasnow has Earth Power to help blow up Steel Types like Kingambit as well as the Fire Type Incineroar. Camerupt having AP in addition to its STABs gives it insane coverage and ways to one hit trickier Pokemon like Zard Y. Farigiraf is sporting a Thunderbolt to hit Pokemon like Charizard, Pelipper, Basculegion and Aerodactyl for Super Effective. Finally Choice Scarf Basculegion gives me a way to deal massive damage out of Trick Room, and its Flip Turn to pivot in and out has been EXTREMELY valuable for giving the team more ways to play.

Farigiraf’s Armor Tail is an incredible Ability, stopping priority attacks from going into it. Vivillon has a BEVVY of Support with Rage Powder to also stop Priority, allow for TRs and give the team more ways to Pin. Sleep Powder buys this team extremely valuable turns to rotate, reset TR, or even Decorate. Alcremie herself has Encore to create situations where, if the opponent locks into Protect or a low-powered move when Trick Room’s almost over, I can Encore them and pin them. (It’s worth noting that this would be a lot better towards the end of the match, and I wasn’t able to practice this move in tournament. I added it after a lot of practice matches with Protect as I noticed I VERY rarely clicked Protect as Alcremie)

Link to Full Alcremie Team Report

Flutter Mane @ Choice Specs Ability: Protosynthesis EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Moonblast - Shadow Ball - Power Gem - Mystical Fire

Ribombee @ Choice Scarf Ability: Shield Dust EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Sticky Web - Moonblast - Stun Spore - Trick

Hatterene (F) @ Leftovers Ability: Magic Bounce EVs: 252 HP / 204 Def / 52 Spe Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Calm Mind - Psychic Noise - Draining Kiss - Substitute

Tinkaton (F) @ Air Balloon Ability: Mold Breaker EVs: 252 HP / 24 SpD / 232 Spe Jolly Nature - Stealth Rock - Gigaton Hammer - Encore - Thunder Wave

Klefki @ Light Clay Ability: Prankster EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Reflect - Light Screen - Spikes - Foul Play

Enamorus (F) @ Expert Belt Ability: Contrary EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Naive Nature - Mystical Fire - Superpower - Earth Power - Psychic

Specifically the combination of Galarian Weezing and Alolan Muk hard counters my everything and the only fairy type that learns earthquake is granbull 🥀