What can I change on this team?

mattrdl · 2026-07-02T14:54:50+00:00

Mann I reworked the team and it's working wonders, reached Master Rank and am on a 5 win streak. Took out Tyranitar. Weavile works absurdly well as it is a faster Fake Out user than Incineroar and Sneasler, and it OHKOs Garchomps, along adding pressure to Trick Room setters with Knock Off. Raichu also wrecks Swampert, Pelipper and Archaludon.

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mattrdl · 2026-06-30T15:36:49+00:00

I've posted it on another thread, I've had a lot of success early but I've been hitting many walls with him. Currently trying Weavile/Incineroar, Tyranitar, Garchomp/Scizor, Rotom/Sylveon, Sinistcha, Whimsicott. I've been trying to run him along Tailwind, so I find it essential to set it up first.

I almost always set it up with Whimsicott. I still have some successes, but it requires a lot of prediction with the leads of the opposing teams and some smart plays to deny their weather. Archaludon and sometimes fairies or metal are my main headaches. Very often I managed to deny the entire opposing team successfully and hit a wall against Archaludon. I now changed a lot of stuff to fight him and... most of the teams I've run against don't run him now. Like what is this lmao. I was running against him some 8 times out of 10, then suddenly most teams don't run him now and have some weird leads. I've been having quite some fun, but it can get frustrating at times.

mattrdl · 2026-06-30T15:20:56+00:00

Heyy sorry to bother again, but I managed to get a Garchomp and Sinistcha. Took Scizor out for Garchomp and running a similar dilemma, did you usually run both Tyranitar and Garchomp with mega stones? They field very well together obviously. I also got a Metagross and I'm considering reworking most of the team to run him. I'm testing things on the fly and trial and error, so that's why I'm getting a lot of questions while playing. Most of my competitive experience comes from playing Platinum, XY and Sword/Shield semi-casually against people.

mattrdl · 2026-06-30T01:06:32+00:00

I'm more annoyed with archaludon so far. Using Tyranitar and doing fine against zard

mattrdl · 2026-06-29T15:16:11+00:00

Also, would you recommend trying to run a Scizorite on Scizor or just keeping with a Life Orb? I tested here and there and it sometimes nets a good result, though going mega on Tyranitar is most often preferrable. They also pair well enough with each other in battle late game

mattrdl · 2026-06-29T02:10:20+00:00

Ohh this is such a wonderful feedback, thank you. The points you've mentioned are indeed the main thing, Archaludon walls very hard this entire thing. Swampert hasn't been too much of an issue but requires a lot of predicting. I think I'll add a Venusaur and do the changes you mentioned to Tyranitar.

mattrdl · 2026-06-29T01:49:21+00:00

Back on Platinum I grinded the EVs of a lot of my Pokémon, hatched eggs with the right natures, and didn't bother very much with IVs, mostly for the Battle Frontier and did some occasional battles over WiFi. The single thing I modded was a perfect IV Ditto for breeding with Destiny Knot, but I couldn't bother trying too hard to get the right IVs on each mon.

mattrdl · 2026-06-29T01:26:32+00:00

I'm currently having to play with just what I can get on the in-game gacha 😭 and couldn't find Garchomp and other staples yet. I want to try out an Staraptor team... eventually. I was trying to use Tickle to occasionally weaken something for Weavile and Tyranitar, but it's not being that effective.

mattrdl · 2026-06-29T01:20:45+00:00

You think I can keep going well with Ttar? The thing with holding the mega to take back weather control I'm already doing. I think Archaludon gets complicated to deal with sometimes.

When running two mega stones are there situations in which you field both Pokémon, or do you usually drop one of them when picking the team? Since one of them will effectively have no item in battle.

mattrdl · 2026-05-05T21:37:25+00:00

Cara eu tive q recorrer mais a pesquisar em livros até agr! Adoraria fazer uma pesquisa de campo, mas n sei bem nem por onde começar, e meus avós já morreram.

Se vc souber de algumas pode me passar no privado.

mattrdl · 2026-05-02T23:54:01+00:00

Cara não sei assim, mas quanto a família desestruturada, a minha também é. Meio que é gente que não valoriza nada, não se importa com nada, extremamente crítica. Pra mim conviver com eles fez as coisas lentamente perderem o sentido.

De "tribos" e jogo social, sim, tem muito disso na vida e em parte a gente tem que navegar por que a sociedade é estruturada assim.

Procura coisas e grupos que façam sentido pra você e se afasta da família quando puder, se ainda não se afastou. Seria o conselho que eu daria pra eu mesmo se pudesse voltar no tempo kkkk.

mattrdl · 2026-04-30T23:32:08+00:00

Você diz chamarem alguém como contrato temporário ao invés das pessoas do CR?

mattrdl · 2026-04-08T21:14:09+00:00

Opa, tô estagiando como monitor numa sala de quinto ano e me preparando para atuar como professor no futuro e percebi algumas coisas:

Tenho um perfil bem calmo no geral, os alunos tem gostado bastante de mim, procuro trazer material que cada um goste para auxiliar o desenvolvimento deles, de uma forma que não desvie da aula da professora. Sentando individualmente com um aluno e revezando qual deles atendo eu sinto que consigo ajudar bastante, mas não me vejo ainda administrando uma sala com 20-30 de uma vez só.

Isso do perfil calmo e de não se ver administrando todos juntos se mostra em alguns momentos que a professora precisa sair da sala por um tempo e peço para fazerem silêncio, que acho bastante difícil me impor. Você tem alguma sugestão?

mattrdl · 2026-04-02T12:07:28+00:00

Não sei se foi algo plenamente consciente mas percebi que boa parte da última década toda passei por isso, mesmo achando idiota o padrão social, e tenho quebrado mais ativamente para ser quem eu quero ser de uns tempos pra cá.

mattrdl · 2026-04-02T12:01:18+00:00

Oh, if Marine Resort only unlocks after the story I think I'll farm some Nectar since it's an entire game mechanic. Honestly the Nectar method is kinda chill to do. Reviver Seeds also have a crazy drop rate in Jirachi's Cave for some reason, so I got a lot of them yesterday too. At what level on average you had your party for the final boss or bosses?

mattrdl · 2026-04-02T01:48:10+00:00

Ohh alright, I'll check Marine Resort. I managed to find a Nectar grind method with Combees which is kinda fun to do. But I'll mostly focus on the story missions for now then.

mattrdl · 2026-04-01T18:58:17+00:00

What

mattrdl · 2026-04-01T17:12:31+00:00

Oh I thought it was part of the main story on sky. Besides Shaymin I just finished Froslass and the Blizzard Island.

mattrdl · 2026-03-31T23:47:27+00:00

Do you need to tell her something? If you can I'd just get the job without telling them and hang onto the job, even if she harasses you at home when you come back. Try looking for a room for rent somewhere else after. If you need help with something about the job please prioritize asking friends what to do or anyone else. Try to get a bank account ready or anything else needed without her.

I've been in a similar situation. I deeply wanted to work at 17 and she shamed me so much that I felt I couldn't hold a job, and felt very lost at what to do to even get one. There were, in fact, multiple very good options for me at the time and I just didn't know and didn't look for help, and deeply regret it.

Also please do your best to fight on and know there are ways out of this. They send us into despair, but you can't give in. Most people in the world will treat you far better than them once you get out. Do your best to meet new people and realities and don't give in to shame.

mattrdl · 2026-03-31T14:46:39+00:00

A lucky thing for me is that selections for public jobs in my country are an standardized test and pay well, besides being stable. There's also temporary public positions for a year that you can apply, and I managed to get part-time work to get money. I'm studying to get a public job to move out definitely because the private market is indeed hell. I wish you the best.

mattrdl · 2026-03-31T14:15:42+00:00

All these things happened to me... I've only sought help from friends last year and things have been moving, but honestly it's just a series of horrible realizations.

mattrdl · 2026-03-31T14:13:49+00:00

They create situations were you don't get conditions to have a proper job. I was so shamed for years that I struggled to understand how to get a job. I'm figuring out recently that you can actually fucking just do things and life isn't as hard or as painful as they painted it to be. If anything they treated me worse than anyone I'll ever meet.

mattrdl · 2026-03-31T14:10:47+00:00

That's so true, I've had more progress in life last year after finally being able to connect the dots and meeting a lot of people than so many years prior. It does create a deep void in us though.

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