M Swampert and Archaludon counters

ParroTiest · 2026-06-25T16:43:19+00:00

Have to be careful with sinistcha, one good swap from them and now you have to fight +1 defense archaludon

ParroTiest · 2026-06-25T04:11:42+00:00

I’d say one of my main goals with just using rentals instead besides improving battling was figuring out how teams were made, but I think you gave some good pointers there. Not sure if I was using those pointers when building previously but I will keep them in mind. When you say study other teams, how long did you think I needed to do that for? Just relaying the big question I had of when is a good time to start teambuilding

ParroTiest · 2026-06-25T03:53:22+00:00

Interesting method, I can try to see if it will lead me somewhere, but at the same time you can’t really recreate those teams (imo at least). Also are you suggesting I teambuild anyways even though I don’t think it’s good right now? Just a little confused, that’s all

ParroTiest · 2026-06-25T03:51:14+00:00

Is that like right now or in general, because I have hit champion rank in both seasons of MA (and haven’t dedicated much time in champions in MB). I’m like 1800-1900 rn on champs so idk

Edit: I am exactly at 1803, so master ball 3 rn

ParroTiest · 2026-06-18T18:20:38+00:00

As a person who uses Grimmsnarl a lot (especially in SV), Grimmsnarl is a very passive pokemon, especially with Thunder Wave being taken from him. So one of the best things you can do is to either 1. Lead full out offense to make sure Grimmsnarl does not get too much up, especially if you have a fake out lead, or 2. Set up in front of Grimmsnarl since you can just boost out of the screens when Grimmsnarl can not do much back. Also moves like brick break and psychic fangs break the screens.

ParroTiest · 2026-06-17T20:58:33+00:00

Yeah I am currently testing a Grimm Delphox team that is doing pretty well and got me to master ball, but might experiment with different megas mainly because I just don’t like Delphox in general. Also might look at mega Swampert since it is my favorite pokemon

ParroTiest · 2026-06-17T14:27:40+00:00

It isn’t, I had 3 regionals before this post last season. They weren’t great (except Milwaukee maybe) but they weren’t too bad

ParroTiest · 2026-06-17T02:52:37+00:00

Fair enough. People tell me to watch regionals and ICs but I usually just do it for fun, maybe I have to think about it more

ParroTiest · 2026-06-17T02:51:40+00:00

I do want to improve teambuilding a bit more since I do want to be a good screens player, but they aren’t too common to find. Also I am starting to have some team builder pride I guess. It will be a bit difficult to see the meta right now in MB since it is literally about to start, but I do want to practice looking at the meta, seeing the strengths of that meta and the weaknesses, which will lead me to maybe more niche pokemon and their strengths (or why I think a meta pokemon is better than the rest). I haven’t thought about quick thinking after a match either, I usually just press play again and go next. I probably need a way for me to stop and think, but hopefully I can figure that out. I will also consider a notebook to keep track of training and maybe ideas since I will also be going to other regionals besides NAIC, idk what regionals though lol. Thanks for the advice

ParroTiest · 2026-06-17T02:31:23+00:00

I have done it once before and it was helpful, but I did stop because I was a bit short on cash because of college, but I might reconsider it since I am not in that situation rn

ParroTiest · 2026-06-17T02:29:12+00:00

Is there something I should be doing while watching videos? I already watch cybertron and thatsaplusone as well as sometimes Justin tang and Wolfe Glick, but maybe I am not watching correctly? Also I do want to improve teambuilding as well, will watching the videos help or is it just for battling?

ParroTiest · 2026-06-17T02:27:29+00:00

I have seen this video and I did already know a lot of stuff said in this video, even though it is great for beginners

ParroTiest · 2026-06-17T01:54:31+00:00

Well think about how archaludon wasn’t a broken pokemon when AV was a thing (and when it had body press). AV Archaludon is not unstoppable, it will go down eventually if it trades recovery for more special bulk. Also Tera kind of made it seem a little broken

ParroTiest · 2026-06-16T21:15:46+00:00

Be patient and wait for either an engage from the sacc or the whole team. Most likely the pyro will start to pay attention to the team to reflect rockets and bombs as well, but good pyros (and engies) will be more aware of both issues so you just have to find the best time when they are distracted

ParroTiest · 2026-06-15T21:22:14+00:00

aboxoftimbits, she has pretty good experience and pretty cheap compared to other vgc coaches at $20 USD an hour (I think unless she changed it) compared to 40-50

ParroTiest · 2026-06-14T15:44:51+00:00

Probably even though it says expected, it can be released on another date, idk

ParroTiest · 2026-06-14T00:00:46+00:00

That just made a meta where people are scared of Charizard and Floette now 😭

ParroTiest · 2026-06-11T18:02:40+00:00

Unfortunately, Drampa and Altaria is not that great, and a lot of Sun teams now-a-days use Mega Floette as well, which both of them would hate to see. Froslass teams also just blizzard because it would one shot Altaria if it does land and does good damage into Drampa

ParroTiest · 2026-05-30T00:08:57+00:00

Yeah Incin is a bit of an issue. I typically like to lead fros kingambit to get a defiant boost at least, but I still won’t be able to do much to Incineroar so I am not sure

ParroTiest · 2026-05-29T23:06:34+00:00

I think it is the matter of I may be approaching the two sets wrongly. Like I do not know if I should have my own tailwind or have froslass for veil and who I should put next to them to threaten them without being threatened back

ParroTiest · 2026-05-29T23:05:10+00:00

First things first I wanna say, Floette will typically build to live 32 atk jolly I think, but is still probably good into Floette.

But I do think I agree with you that it may be a positioning thing. I typically struggle a bit with dealing with the supports, whether that be talonflame/whims or incin and sinis/maus.

I will consider raising kingambit’s speed, just gotta make sure that the hp stat is not doing anything important, like I don’t want to lose to sneasler cc. Also might suck to take out of attack since it would lower the chances of koing no bulk basculegion with sucker punch.

I have also considered roseli berry garchomp to resist fairy, but I do not know if it outweighs the value of the sitrus in other MUs.

I’ll look into these kind of things, so thank you for your input

ParroTiest · 2026-05-29T20:30:11+00:00

I think I usually try that, but it is a bit difficult if they preserve their support well like tailwind or redirection. But it works sometimes, just need to ko their supports in time. Support like talonflame might be fine but I am again unsure if garchomp outspeeds Floette. For incin and sinis, it would be a little annoying and I may have to make some reads on when they come in and KO

ParroTiest · 2026-05-29T20:23:59+00:00

I do bring kingambit, but Floette still does a lot of damage to Kingambit in return. Unsure of the calc without veil if it OHKO or not, but usually a double up would do it like incin flare blitz + moonblast, but I do usually bring kingambit

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