I ended up not really needing it against most Substitute users since both Glastrier and Mamoswine had Icicle Spear (also extremely useful for damaging Mimikyu through its disguise).ĮVs: 124 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def / 76 SpD / 52 SpeĮVs: 252 HP / 12 Def / 116 SpA / 116 SpD / 12 Spe Shadow Tag Gothitelle was my mind-numbing catch-all answer to mind-numbing stall teams, and Infiltrator Dragapult was occasionally useful against screens. One opponent had their Metagross use Max Lightning against Glastrier, so I ended up winning by spamming Regieleki's Rising Voltage. I almost always Dynamaxed either Lapras or Glastrier, and it was kind of funny seeing the ways people would try to avoid setting off Weakness Policy. Actually, they sort of made it easier for offensive Regieleki to work, either by overpowering the opponent's ground type before revealing Regieleki or just discouraging them from selecting their ground type in the first place, especially if it was Garchomp.
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Terrakion was pretty much the only threatening fighting type in the Crown Tundra dex, so overloading on ice types wasn't that detrimental. There's no way my team with three ice types would work in a normal format lol, but I somehow made it to 43rd place (1767 rating).
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Or at least from what I've seen so far anyways.
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#POKEMON SWORD AND SHIELD POKEDEX LEK SERIES#
It's interesting because I hadn't really played any BSS in series 7 yet when I made this team, but after playing a few games recently, I realized that it's kind of similar to some common BSS teams in series 7. Mimiku worked great as a late game sweeper as well as helped against some matchups this team otherwise struggles with. AV Mamoswine could take pretty much any hit from Zapdos or Regieleki and KO them back as well as hit a ton of the metagame for super effective damage, and Lapras could help to break through bulky mons like Snorlax or Milotic with sheer cold and/or just sweep with weakness policy. Corviknight and Snorlax were there to tank physical and special attacks respectively, while Zapdos was there to take on mons like opposing Corviknight, Milotic and Ferrothorn, as well as just being really good in this format in general. I didn't have a ton of time to prepare since I've been so focused on VGC lately for Players Cup 2, but the team ended up working out pretty well. I was kind of busy this weekend so I just decided to get to 1700 rating and stop there. So just grab your favourite BSS team and swap out a member or two for something that’s allowed and you’ll be fine. But the rest has just been BSS minus what’s banned. I’ve seen a few Sturdy Relicanth with Custap Berry and Stealth Rock, Yawn and Head Smash. There was a lead Lapras that set up Veil and Electric Terrain so their Regieleki could spam Rising Voltage and not immediately die.
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Focus Sash Nidoking with Sucker Punch also popped me, I forgot it even learned that. The most innovative thing I ran into was Klutz Golurk with Trick and Assault Vest which totally owned my Regieleki. And I haven’t stolen a win back yet either, so I’ve lost some motivation to play more but we’ll see. I haven’t gotten para’d, burned, or flinched once. It feels that using things like screens, Curse Snorlax or Max Steelspike / Quake Metagross causes crits to happen more often. My record is really poor at 17-13, but a good 7 of my losses were literally just the opponent getting a timely critical hit. There’s also quite a lot of Glastrier which to me feels like the strongest pick but still overlooked in favour of the OG brokens. People on PS were just spamming new things that came in the CT dex so I tried to do the same with ways of answering what I thought was popular, but the actual tournament is infested with the usual Mimikyu, Dragapult, Ferrothorn, Tyranitar, and Mamoswine. So what I’ve played in game so far has been completely different than the practice ladder on Showdown.