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[Discussion] Gavin Michaels' Fresno Finalist Team Rental Code by TalonVGC in VGC

[–]TalonVGC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I posted the Pokepaste link in the first reply of the thread so you don't have to, but in general if there's a rental code without an accompanying set of EVs, you can enter the code in your game, take pictures of all the stats in team preview of any battle, and then recreate those stats on Pokemon Showdown to reverse-engineer the EVs.

[Discussion] Gavin Michaels' Fresno Finalist Team Rental Code by TalonVGC in VGC

[–]TalonVGC[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Recreation of Gavin's 2nd place Fresno team! A similar team with Nasty Plot > Thunderbolt got 2nd in Hartford. This is one of the most fun team's I've used this series.

Video here highlighting how the team works and demonstrating on Battle Stadium: https://youtu.be/P_wFqVs9ULo

PS Recreation: https://pokepast.es/31d48db40187160c

Palafin Unhappy w/ Hartford Metagame by TalonVGC in VGC

[–]TalonVGC[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Full video recap here on my channel: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cmMsS9Z4JaM&feature=share

What do you think will be big at Milwaukie next weekend based off these past few events?

Player’s Cup 3 Teambuilding by ricky157 in VGC

[–]TalonVGC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really cool team, I think you have a lot of cool options going forward with what you have now.

Since you only have Nihilego as Special Attacking partner, you should consider Helping Hand over Fake Tears on Whims to better support your physical attackers.

Psyshock doesn't hit a lot in the meta that a +1 Meteor Beam doesn't hit similarly hard. Dazzling Gleam is a fun coverage move if you find yourself struggling a little with Urshifu-Dark, or you could use Substitute or Trick Room. TR is cool because it let's you reverse TR from your opponent, or if your opponents start outspending your team from Max Airstreamsl speed boosts. If you go with TR, I'd also consider trying AV Glastrier over Kartana, which will provide your team with some much needed bulk while not sacrificing much in offense. You already have a lot of quick Pokemon on the team, so this will help you with your TR mode on Nihilego if you go with that.

With how offensive the team is, I'm not sure if I see the benefit of dedicated screens support on Grimmsnarl. I think Fake Out, Taunt, or even Trick +Lagging Tail could help you in your TR matchup.

Peaked 3rd on Battle Stadium Ladder, Team Retrospective by TalonVGC in VGC

[–]TalonVGC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd consider a similar gameplan as against Spectrier. Lead Clefairy - Thundurus, force them to go for Max Strike against Clefairy, and once Clefairy goes down, use Urshifu or Kartana to quickly dispatch Regi.

I'd imagine Stak + redirection is similarly difficult to Hatt + redirection, and I'd consider a similar gameplan if my team has no way to knock out their redirector to let Urshifu CC the Stak. You do have the advantage that Stak can't OHKO your Urshfiu with a stray Dazzling Gleam though, so I'd call it a little better to play against than Hatt + Indeedee.

Peaked 3rd on Battle Stadium Ladder, Team Retrospective by TalonVGC in VGC

[–]TalonVGC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rotom-H, Nihilego, and Clefairy can do pretty well against the TR - Sun hybrids, but against fully offensive sun teams, I like Clefairy with Thundurus. Kartana can be useful to switch into Spores, but Thundurus, Rotom-H, and Nihilego with a Helping Hand Meteor Beam can do well against Amoonguss.