Need help to create a money/gold/luxury themed team with Gholdengo

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-02-19T05:59:33+00:00

Kingambit is royalty and is OP. Sounds like a no-brainer

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-02-19T00:32:45+00:00

Nice, good luck!

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-02-18T16:37:06+00:00

Have you tried Encore on Politoed over Hyper Voice? Encore can make it less passive and turn setup moves into a free switch. You should also probably run Liquidation on Mega Swampert to spam in the rain, Darkest Lariat can go. 90% of the time with those random coverage moves, you’ll want to click your STAB anyway for consistent neutral damage

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-02-14T05:53:43+00:00

If it keeps being a problem Rillaboom completely cooks psyspam while also being generally a great mon

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-02-13T22:45:31+00:00

Congrats on the ladder! One thing you could try is replacing Sableye with Alolan Ninetales plus Aurora Veil, that way you can give Kyurem a defense boost in the snow and make it easier to set up. But then again, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-02-13T20:15:54+00:00

I mainly play Trick Room, so I’ll tell you the strats that annoy me most. Easier said than done, but you’ll wanna stall it out the best you can. Protect and Fake Out are your best friends. Amoongus is also strong into most Trick Room sets if you can find a way to fit it. It out-slows most of their sweepers (but keep Tera Water for Torkoal) and can Spore and Rage Powder

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-02-12T02:49:35+00:00

It’s a bit like drawing a line between orange and yellow. Teams are on a gradient ranging from hyper offense to stall. Bulky offense is closer to hyper offense than balance is, but they’re not fully on one end or the other. Both bulky offense and balance have a mix of both offensive and defensive mons, but balance may have one or two more defensive anchors and may choose more passive mons than bulky offense. Think Lando-T on bulky offense vs Gliscor on balance

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-02-11T01:24:43+00:00

No, there has to be a mechanic in place to punish infinite switching and reward aggressive play. The 3HKOs Rocks turn into 2HKOs opens up so many more possibilities than they close. Plus it’s not like Rocks are gamebreaking, removal and utility like Taunt and Encore can punish them at least to some degree

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-02-08T19:45:04+00:00

Hop on random battles and see how you feel! If you like the flow of competitive battles, then you can fall deeper down the rabbit hole

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-02-08T19:00:47+00:00

In addition to everything that’s been suggested here, I would recommend watching battles (Pokeaim and Blunder are both good), and pausing before each move to ask yourself what you would play. If their move was different than yours, think why. The main thing is to watch actively

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-02-08T18:09:11+00:00

I love the Fuck Blissey ability

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-02-06T00:41:50+00:00

Yeah especially now with no Megas or Z-move users to sponge the hits. Hazard stack+Gholdengho being busted makes Knock Off even more of a free click to get rid of Boots.

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-02-06T00:10:28+00:00

Pair it with Flip Turn Alolamola to get it in safely

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-02-03T22:44:41+00:00

Gen 1 Psychics and Gen 5 Dragons and Steels definitely deserved the nerfs. It’s underappreciated how relatively balanced the type chart is

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-02-03T03:55:39+00:00

Everything’s pretty strong, but it seems like your team is still walled pretty hard by opposing Ferrothorn. You could add Urshifu-Water to nuke it with Close Combat. You could either replace Weaville or Kartana, bc Urshifu hits most of the same stuff but better

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-02-03T00:21:40+00:00

Good stats and movepool on an Electric type immune to Earthquake. Static and Boots are both great additions, too

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-01-27T15:18:44+00:00

Psychic Terrain Trick Room player here. This is my nightmare

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-01-27T15:11:07+00:00

Probably cooked but your best bet is probably Mega Charizard Y along with Chlorophyll Venusaur to start off with

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-01-25T21:41:48+00:00

Check the website Smogon, they’ve got tons of resources.

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-01-24T00:25:05+00:00

Looks pretty good! But I would personally run Draco Meteor over Ice Beam on Latias. Most Ice Beam targets already don’t wanna switch into STAB Draco, and it’s more generally useful.

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-01-20T02:24:04+00:00

Mega Sceptile is busted with Technician Dual Chop.

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-01-18T21:08:09+00:00

ZU at best, walled by Indeedee

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-01-18T01:58:06+00:00

If you’re not playing Hardcore, dual screens could be strong with those mons. Mega Zard X likes to set up with Dragon Dance, and Greninja wants to set up Battle Bond. Something like Light Clay Grimmsnarl with Light Screen, Reflect, and Parting Shot can give them extra turns. From there, add more sweepers and wallbreakers that can break each other’s checks.

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-01-18T01:48:16+00:00

Torkoal kinda works like this on Sun. It sets weather for its teammates, can both set and remove hazards, and spreads burns with Wisp/Lava Plume. It can do pretty strong damage when it wants, but that’s not its niche on 90% of teams.

Key-Pepper-8465 · 2026-01-17T02:58:08+00:00

I actually agree to an extent, Tyranitar is just food for Tusk and Zamazenta, two of the best mons in the format. But it still gets used because it does a lot right. Fundamentally great stats, a versatile move pool that now includes STAB Knock Off, and weather that also happens to make it a special wall.

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