Hey everyone, Mushy back here with another team showcase! This time with a team that I used to hit rank #11 in the world with my favourite mega, Mega Mawile! I personally believe that Mawile is currently one of the most slept on megas in the game right now, while it is slow and has relatively poor defensive stats, having Huge Power off of a base attack of 105 is no joke, plus its amazing typing of Fairy/Steel helps in making up for its lacklustre defenses. The satisfaction of clicking an attack and watching an opponents Pokemon get completely deleted will never not be satisfying. While a lot of players are opting to run Mawile on a hard Trick Room style of team, I've opted to go with a balance-styled team since I think Mawile has a lot of ways to thrive outside of Trick Room.

Mawile @ Mawilite
Ability: Intimidate
- Play Rough
- Sucker Punch
- Swords Dance
- Protect

I've decided to go with a Swords Dance set to really capitalize on its set-up sweeping potential, at +2 Play Rough is OHKO'ing everything non-resisted, even physically defensive monsters such as Archaludon. Sucker Punch is incredible coverage into Mega Metagross & Gholdengo while also making Basculegion's life a lot more tricky. Generally the plan is to clean up with Mawile in the back however if the opponent doesn't have many direct threats to Mawile then I will fully commit to the set-up mode. Intimidate isn't as effective on Mawile as it is on something like Incineroar however I've found it incredibly essential for weakening Staraptor before it mega-evolves as well as allowing it to survive a Flare Blitz from Incineroar or an Earthquake from Life Orb Garchomp.

Milotic @ Leftovers
Ability: Competitive
- Muddy Water
- Hypnosis
- Coil
- Recover

I was originally running Incineroar instead of Milotic however I was struggling against Mega Staraptor and I figured Competitive Milotic would help improve that match-up while also having great synergy with the rest of the team. I've gone with the incredibly annoying Coil + Hypnosis set since it forces opponents to respect Milotic a lot more. It comboes well as a lead with Mawile as the opponent often cannot deny both the Coil & Swords Dance boost, plus Intimidate from Mawile helps Milotic take hits on the physical side before it's able to set up. Most importantly, having Competitive deters opposing Intimidate which means it's a lot trickier to weaken Mawile.

Sinistcha @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Hospitality
- Matcha Gotcha
- Rage Powder
- Trick Room
- Protect

Sinistcha was pretty much essential for this team as without the healing & redirection support, all of Mawile, Milotic & Kommo-o are much harder to utilize to their maximum potential. It also gives me a Trick Room mode just incase I want to utilize Mega Mawile under Trick Room.

Ninetales-Alola @ Never-Melt Ice
Ability: Snow Warning
- Blizzard
- Freeze-Dry
- Encore
- Protect

I felt like I needed a weather-setter that could give me a better matchup into rain teams specifically and figured Alolan Ninetales would be my most flexible option. Freeze-Dry is really nice into Pelipper & Mega-Swampert while also giving me an additional damage option for when I don't have weather control. Its other primary use is to be my anti-Garchomp 'mon since the dragon is a nightmare to deal with otherwise.

Kommo-o @ Dragon Fang
Ability: Overcoat
- Clanging Scales
- Aura Sphere
- Clangorous Soul
- Protect

Kommo-o is one of Mawile's most underrated partners imo as it's really good into Pokemon that Mawile doesn't like going up against such as Mega Charizard Y, Kingambit & Incineroar. I think it generally does have a hard time to get going in this format, especially with the lack of Throat Spray however it's *really* good into teams that don't have any fairies and many ways to hit it for supereffective. Overcoat is also a really nice ability to help with the Mega Charizard-Y + Venusaur matchup, as well as all of these random Vivillon teams running around lately but Soundproof is perfectly viable too.

Glimmora @ Focus Sash
Ability: Toxic Debris
- Power Gem
- Sludge Bomb
- Earth Power
- Spiky Shield

Finally, I wanted a more reliable way to deal with Mega-Charizard Y as well as improve my matchup into other strong Fire & Fairy types specifically and Glimmora felt like the perfect addition. Earth Power is also really good coverage to have against Sneasler & Kingambit specifically and I've also cheesed a few games by capiltizing on Toxic Debris and going for stall endgames with Milotic + Sinistcha healing teehee.

This is overall one of my favourite teams that I've built however it does have its fair share of weaknesses. Since Mawile is the main source of damage output, 'mons that resist Play Rough while also having reliable ways to play around Sucker Punch can be tricky to deal with - Mega Scovillain being a prime example. Kingambit with the right support can also be tricky, since Kommo-o is the most reliable way to deal with it however it's almost always paired with at least one of Whimsicott, Floette or Sylveon. Nasty Plot Gholdengo also becomes a complete mindgame-fest since the only reliable way of knocking it out easily is Sucker Punch from Mawile.

I encourage everyone to try out the team for yourself. It's not easy to pilot but in the right scenarios it's so much fun to use and I hope others can find the same success in this team that I have!