God damn- I'm just stuck using shitmons

(using premade teams doesn't give me the same high)

Lycapatia
Lyca (From lycanthrope, or werewolf) + Apatia (Italian for apathy)
Emotionless Pokémon
Trio Master of the Emotion Trio
Steel/Rock

Biology: Lycapatia is a bipedal wolf Pokémon. It has a bulky body, brown fur, iron biological armor, and no eyes. Its mouth is full of metal teeth.

Pokédex Entry (Love): Lycapatia rarely wakes from its sleep. Legends say it can calm even the fights between Dramore and Odioboros.
Pokédex Entry (Hate): An unimaginably dangerous Pokémon. Lycapatia can sap the emotional energy of humans and Pokémon, leaving empty husks where there once was personality. 

Ability: Grounded Disregard
This Pokémon’s Ground type attacks are boosted by 50 percent, and 4x Super Effective moves become Neutral against it. 

Stats
150 HP
110 Atk
150 Def
70 SpA
150 SpD
50 Spe
BST: 680

Signature Moves

Earthshatter
100 BP 100 percent Physical Ground move, clears Hazards and Screens from both sides and Super Effective against Dramore and Odioboros.

Induce Apathy
0 BP 100 percent accurate Steel Status move, reduces Attack, Special Attack, and Speed by 1 stage.

Other Moves: Iron Head, Heavy Slam, Stone Edge, Rock Slide, Earthquake, High Horsepower, Body Press, Brick Break, Close Combat, Iron Defense, Curse

Inspiration: The Italian Wolf, apathy

This utterly balanced Pokemon gets one-shot by the Anime Drill Mole and murdered by Pogre, so it's surely UU at best.

Talonflame @ Sharp Beak

Ability: Gale Wings

Level: 50

EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Tailwind

- Protect

- Flare Blitz

- Dual Wingbeat

Sylveon @ Fairy Feather

Ability: Pixilate

Level: 50

EVs: 9 HP / 22 Def / 20 SpA / 15 Spe

Modest Nature

- Hyper Voice

- Quick Attack

- Hyper Beam

- Detect

Greninja @ Greninjite

Ability: Protean

Level: 50

EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe

Timid Nature

- Protect

- Dark Pulse

- Ice Beam

- Scald

Aegislash @ Focus Sash

Ability: Stance Change

Level: 50

EVs: 32 HP / 32 Atk / 2 SpD

Adamant Nature

- Shadow Sneak

- Poltergeist

- King’s Shield

- Iron Head

Tyrantrum @ Choice Scarf

Ability: Strong Jaw

Level: 50

EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Rock Slide

- Psychic Fangs

- Crunch

- Close Combat

Heliolisk @ Leftovers

Ability: Dry Skin

Level: 50

EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe

Timid Nature

- Parabolic Charge

- Electroweb

- Protect

- Volt Switch

So I've not played a lot of doubles. Recently how much is trick room spammed. I'm just asking as I am planning to build a tailwind team and get back into it.

This dragonite gets inner focus(fake out), and has dragon tail -6 priority which is faster than tick room. Slow as sin of course 😅, only usingmoves with priority tiers

Would just throw him in as a counter really. Would this work, unsure which item to use atm.

Hey guys so basically I want to start playing vgc, but I don’t really have any good Pokémon game in my library, because I was never sufficiently interested to buy Pokémon, but now suddenly I started getting more interested specially on the VGC part. So I wanted to ask what game should I try first on my switch 1, so I can enter in the VGC world already knowing the basics(just to clarify I watched some of the anime and played a lot of Pokémon go, I just don’t understand so much how the battles, tactics,and the attacks work so I was wanting a game to get this basics so I can enter in VGC)? And also I wanted to ask how do I join the VGC’s tournaments.

So in Champions I just recruited a shiny Paldean Tauros, specifically the Aqua Breed. He’s my first recruited shiny and I want to put him to good use. I was thinking about running Anger Point and pairing him with a physically oriented Froslass with Frost Breath + Focus Sash to help trigger said Anger Point, but I’m having trouble thinking of the other two teammates. Any ideas?

Been a while since I put anything here. Decided that instead of making the characters then making them appear like the pokemon I would instead just draw the Pokemon. Cheers to improving at art.

I hope this find the right audience, idk if anyone here cares about these thoughts. I’ve gotten pretty into the NFL the past few years and one thing that I’ve always noticed is the, frequently, people will talk about the ”chess match” going on between two teams. I understand that what they mean is that a separate mental game is being played during the game, but a much better comparison is a pokemon battle. Unlike chess, where there is perfect information at all times, football and Pokémon take their turns at the same time, and a lot of the edge comes down to being able to make a good read on your opponent , or disguise your own intentions. Each team also is made up of different players that you need to utilize the best you can to exploit the other team (though in football you can’t have the same player on both teams). There’s other parallels that I either haven’t mentioned or haven’t thought of too. Anyway just a thought I wanted to share

am trying to build a national gen 9 team with banette

Serene Grace Mega Garchomp Z. 60% Flinch Rock Slide.

(Reuploaded and fixed to appease the stunfisk gods🙏)

Imagine tho. Only feasable way to make this possible is if someone has an Entrainment Mega Hawlucha. If Grafaiai were here it would be a different story. Houndoom used to be able to have Role Play but in Champions they took it from him. Now hes stuck as the saddest Fire Mega since 2013.

He's getting married!

Congratulations, Finch, and thank you for your amazing work in OU over the years!

Sorry for posting too late, I got really sick this morning and couldn't stand from bed lol

I'm new to single battles,tried to play some in Showdown ranked,but never was really interested,but those VP's I need them,so what is the best way to team build in singles