How to Team Build in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet!

[@pokeaimMD]

Will have a vid up later today using the team in a video! Thank you for watching :)

[@tristanmartinez9326]

Thanks can you do individual stall seys

[@ferrucciocaracciuolo8139]

What do you think of gallade with sharpness in trick room

[@jaybizz6939]

I tend to do toxic spikes but i tend you use strong but fast pokemon to prevent defog and rapid spin mons

[@WinterRedstone]

Thoughts on team reviews? Like you take viewer submissions and tell them how it can be fixed. This way, we can learn what you should and shouldn’t do during team building, not just a few examples

[@blaze.1436]

Great idea!! I would love to watch these 🙏🏼

[@pretty_fly_for_a_jeskai]

Aim when a viewer submits a bad team: eeeeh it could use some work man but gotta start somewhere Blunder when viewer submits a bad team: ayoooo wtf bro this team is ASS what is this dog water. never send me shit ever again bro

[@amamiyaharuto8407]

Great idea

[@heavyrain5949]

A lot of teams end up being: "help with my OU Zebstrika team", when the advice is really is just use any other electric mon or play PU or whatever tier Zeb was in. Playtesting is the way to go and there's tons of forums you can go to already.

[@crarlo]

if you want something like this, you can catch emvee when he streams, that’s usually his main focus although his stream schedule is pretty inconsistent

[@tylerbrown9631]

I know you only really do these deep dives once per season/gen, but I totally love them. Thanks for putting all the effort forth.

[@SpectreAce]

“Blunder’s good at Teambuilding because he doesn’t throw EVs in 4 or 5 stats.” Meanwhile, Emvee is silently sitting in the corner, sipping on some wine.

[@Josh-ti3ox]

Some of my favourite videos are these teambuilding guides. Would love to see new ones for each DLC/Major meta shift to catch people up who miss this first one!

[@Nako3]

The legend BKC! I could listen to him talk for decades! :3

[@joasht.4821]

Please do more of these. These are extremely helpful to everyone, wether a newbie like me or someone with more experience. Much love Joey! Keep it up.

[@octoknight1940]

He only does it once per gen

[@PS1HagridEnjoyer]

@@octoknight1940 That's why he was asking to do it more often...

[@tylerbrown9631]

Love how Joey defends 80% accurate Iron Bundle Hydro Pump, but also prefers Focus blast over aura sphere.

[@jan-willemvandijk3850]

But implies a juxtaposition but hydro and focus blast are in line with each other. Better win 70/80% of the time then lose 100% of the time.

[@tylerbrown9631]

@@jan-willemvandijk3850 Yeah, the juxtaposition is that Joey says hydro pump iron bundle misses all day long (defending that the mon isn't broken because of a 20% miss chance), then that same week says he prefers the 70% accurate focus blast over aura sphere.

[@nwut]

@@tylerbrown9631 if u think bout it surf is 90 bp aura sphere is 60

[@bear-ng6lu]

@@nwut aura is 80

[@nwut]

@@bear-ng6lu oh so they buffed it

[@noahfrost6757]

About two days ago, I messaged a friend asking if he wanted to try competitive Pokémon for the first time. Neither of us had ever touched that side of the game (aside from me EV training a few Pokémon in Sword) so we wanted to try it out with no prior experience. We only talked for about an hour, but in that time we talked about using a Kingambit (his favorite new Pokémon) and a Slowbro (my favorite) in doubles as a trick room/defiance sweep combo. This idea was created with no prior knowledge of the competitive scene at all. Now I’m sitting here 3 minutes in and he’s already brought up Kingambit trick room sweeping as if it was chapter one of the Pokémon SV Comp Scene textbook Boy have I got a lot to learn. Thanks for the videos dudes!

[@izayaorihara5516]

I was just about to start brainstorming for a team around my shiny Lokix, absolutely flawless timing there :D

[@Alpha_beef]

Yooo I just found one too 😂

[@Rust_BKT]

So stoked to see BKC on the channel again, what a legend

[@togakhan1274]

Joey as you know, I have learned to play and build teams from watching you guys. I still have s long way to go but still would like to share my experience involving learning a new meta. I would love it if this helped people - 1) One thing that's a bit intimidating is learning a new meta. For me experience is the most important aspect. I always say that pull up with Webs or any lead offense team and learn the meta by playing. I prefer learning the meta this way as Offense doesn't require to be as fine tuned like balance and is easier to build if you have a lack of meta game knowledge. Say if you don't have answer to big offensive threats like Chian Pao, then your Balance will struggle a lot, but on the other hand, you can cut your loses and out offense Chian Pao. This also improves your play. 2) Just slap on different mons on different teams and see what they do, like I have been just trying out different combinations of new mons based on type synergy that I know. This way you get to know the feel of how the mon fuctions, what it can defeat, what it can switch in on and what it struggles with. For Example - I noticed that, in Electric Terrain, LO Iron Treads is a very good Spinner as it can defeat Air Balloon Gholdengo and Annilape. This goes further when you start recognising what two or three mons work very well together. For example last generation Swampert + Corviknight were a very good pair. 3) Don't be hesitant to use resources like Smogon. You get to know a lot about the general trends, the usual sets etc. Don't be afraid to just use the standard set initially. You can slowly start to see, "Hey if I run this set, it works even better than the standard set." 4) Lastly, when you finally understand the meta and make actual teams with the knowledge you have gained, just try them out on the ladder. Every team requires fine tuning and you only understand on playing what the team struggles with in practice, make changes according to experience and eventually you will end up with a decent team.

[@IIIDzire]

I’ve been trying to learn more about team building and wanted to make a team with Roaring Moon and now you’ve uploaded this perfect video lol

[@lankyaf2868]

Thanks so much for making this! Long-time viewer and always appreciate guides going back to the basics

[@SDSwampert]

I think Leftovers has taken over as the predominant item on Corv with the Roost PP nerf. You need that passive longevity to make the most of the Roosts you have. I also personally prefer the 20 extra EVs in Physical Defense for Bike to help it take priority moves better to give it a better chance to get a shed tail off

[@qwilplays1662]

I have to wonder how metas like monotype will deal with Tera if it’s allowed. Can’t wait to finish the game and get into competitive this Gen. Thanks for the guide!

[@Lankzino]

Sure they'd ban it as it defeats the purpose

[@senoritathiccita1129]

@@Lankzino yup it's banned

[@greatdimkpa1467]

Maybe they could restrict it to only tera to the monotype you're using

[@qwilplays1662]

@@Lankzino yeah, especially defensively. I think it would be easier to defend if Tera only gave extra STAB. But fully changing type does kinda defeat the purpose.

[@SamGBSR]

@@greatdimkpa1467 that’s the current rule

[@LuckyTux]

I was just rewatching some old BKC vids so I’m glad to see he’s back here

[@bryanwarren5287]

Thanks for kicking off the team building guides!

[@Philomatt13]

These are always my favorite videos, I love team building.

[@Kcolon23]

I love this. Please please do more of these types of vids!!! I love both yours and BKC’s. content, and could def use more help when it comes to building!

[@j_higgs]

Joey I’m a huge fan been watching your moveset guides and Wi-Fi battles since LGPE and very much so looking forward to some SV content! Keep up the amazing content

[@AryOnYT]

This was super useful! Thanks so much Joey + BKC

[@4horsemenoftheapocalypse58]

How to build a team: 2 physical 2 special 2 support How I build a team: 4 Dragons 1 Fairy 1 Steel

[@haters3327]

LOL

[@jdelacruz14791]

That heavily depends on playstyle though

[@vertex5522]

Thanks for making this vid I’m going to watch it after school!

[@virzohd]

Perfect video, my first shiny was Flutter Mane too yesterday so I’m bout to have fun

[@YokoKuramaRoseWhip]

First off, I’d like to say thank you for making these videos for just about anyone. It doesn’t matter the skill level, you make it for everyone and I really appreciate that your videos aren’t just for people who are good at competitive, they’re also to guide newer players. And I really appreciate that because I’ve been wanting to play competitive Pokémon and stick with it for years…it’s difficult but I’m not gonna give up. Thank you guys so much!

[@4horsemenoftheapocalypse58]

Thank u I needed this, I'm freaking garbage at Showdown.

[@JadeDragonAion]

This is wild i was just saying yesterday that i feel like Pokeaim is going to drop a team builder soon lmao Good Shit man love the content ♥️

[@pabloarammasmanian5391]

BKC the GOAT

[@Mackinz92]

I have been thinking about making a team of bird Pokemon as a semi effective joke. Currently only have four team members, and I am looking for suggestions. Quaquaval - Physical attacker Espathra - Stored Power sweep Pelipper - Defensive(?) Rain setter Kilowattrel - STAB Hurricane/Thunder in Rain My only criteria is that the Pokemon in the team are bird Pokemon, so if you have any ideas that would be awesome. I want to avoid stacking up the Flying type weaknesses as much as possible. Maybe Iron Bundle?

[@Iautocorrect]

Mukrow prankster tailwind set

[@Sanninsuplex]

Id love to see a Terra Ghost Gargancle with curse and block. Youd have 5 moves basically, plus a lot of synergy with your ability patching a weakness and the juicy rapid spin immunity while being a hazard setter 0_o

[@nwut]

gholendo

[@ryannetworks5915]

Have a great day man

[@Stonedandbookish]

I appreciate the writing comparison as a writer myself.

[@monster25cr]

Bro snapped on this one! Thank you!

[@OmnionPrime]

Haven't played comp since SM and im kinda rusty. Thanks for this vid Joey 🙏

[@rohanshankar6083]

Was waiting for this 🙏

[@lynnsanee]

yo joey did you hear from the ingame bug where the RNG seed is set in online battles? VGC is in shambles over fakeout+sheercold always connecting the sheercold if no opponents move in between fake out and sheer cold. looks like we are going to need a game patch to fix this

[@flamewing7851]

Focus blast risk/reward - Reward: +40 base power - Risk: - 99.9 accuracy

[@Wuuuuuush]

This is why my gholdengo runs dazzling gleam, fuck focus blast

[@piszanshid1953]

That's missing out on alot of kos don't see much point of dazzling gleam

[@Wuuuuuush]

I just hate focus blast with a burning passion

[@diamsword6273]

Really interesting video, makes me want to actually play the team you built, so lets sub and see when the vid comes out !

[@Kswaf706]

Just started playing showdown this gen great timing on this vid lol.

[@colinrhee9327]

i would love to see a guide for doubles aswell! this video was great! thanks alot!

[@Sm4sher-Vader]

I'm currently in the process of making a mono Bug-type team. I know it'll be hard, but I love Bug Pokemon and see good potential in them. More importantly though, it'll be fun to be the specialist in Bug types lol

[@r4gn4r0k56]

I’ve done that a few times too and scizor usually completely carries me lmao

[@Wuuuuuush]

I usually just pick a Pokémon or two that I like, then pick other Pokémon that check their checks. I don’t really care about winning that much, I just want to use the Pokémon I like.

[@whydoiexist2180]

Wait so why did you watch this video?

[@Wuuuuuush]

Because I like Joey’s content

[@TheSilverwing999]

@@whydoiexist2180 Facepalm

[@kenten77]

The video we have been waiting for

[@surekhapatel136]

Absolutely a bang video by two veterans

[@drjtyson]

Been waiting for this

[@eryton1899]

i've been watiting for this!

[@helstrix_yt]

please preface this as singles, i might have missed it but didnt realize this wasnt what i was looking for. new players may get confused when needing tips for VGC

[@danielsandefur7364]

Literally built this exact team and started running it. This is better than any team I built lol 😅

[@HouseRoaches]

Looking forward to a 1yr anniversary team building video.

[@astralguardian5930]

Well I came over here with an idea you could possibly do for a video Pokeaim. The Punching Glove could actually be combined with Scizor's Bullet Punch and Technician Ability can become an absolutely terrifying 90 BP priority move without adding STAB. And that means with STAB you have an effectively 135 BP Priority move, and heck with Tera Steel it can even ascend to a ludicrous 180 BP Priority Move. Combine that with even one Swords Dance boost and Scizor could become a close to unstoppable priority sweeper. I happened to realize this possibility while I was watching a streamer and we talked about the battle items in the Delibird Presents shop, I thought of it and the sheer terror of the possibility just stunned me.

[@Tigerquasar]

Punching glove is only a 10% boost, so 132 BP after tera steel

[@astralguardian5930]

@@Tigerquasar If that is true then that is so lame. Since Punching Glove is an item tailored to a certain moves I would've expected more then just a x1.1 boost...as that's the same type of boost as the lame Muscle Band. If it was x1.3 like a Life Orb then I would at least find it a niche option

[@thatonegaminglatias4345]

@@astralguardian5930 It's still a 132 BP Priority Move.

[@thatonegaminglatias4345]

Plus, after a swords dance it becomes a 264 BP Priority Move. Terrifying.

[@AcidArrestB]

i want to build a veluza team. I love veluza, my favorite gen 9 mon, no contest... well some ancient mons but still

[@DontHurtMeSir]

I'm brand new to the competitive Pokemon world. I'm at 19:37 and you're talking about prefering DragonClaw over Outrage because you don't want to be locked in on a particular move. The issue I'm seeing is that you're also running Choice Band which locks you in to a single move. Wouldn't it just make more sense to use Outrage if running Choice Band?

[@pokeaimMD]

No because you have a choice to be locked in vs outrage leaving you in vs fairy types

[@DontHurtMeSir]

@@pokeaimMD When I look at my damage calcs as a beginner, I struggle with knowing what Pokemon to put as the adversary. I figure I just run Max/Max until I get more experience.

[@dakota8901]

That Meowscarada in the thumbnail scared me for a sec lol

[@yonatangale1452]

KEVIN!!!!!!!!!

[@starrk6966]

Thanks for this guide I’m a hyper offense kinda player I wanna do as much damage as quick as possible

[@mrchiken1341]

thanks so much for this

[@ryannetworks5915]

Love your content

[@cobaltjay9862]

So I try and sweep as much as possible so I pick a heavy hitter and a back up heavy hitter or 2 and then fill the rest of the team with pokemon that will help clear the way. Like if you want to sweep with a heavy hitter with like base 90 speed you're gonna want to have a sticky webber

[@thisisiampie6946]

I am watching this with the soul purpose to thoroughly cook my friend in some showdown 1v1s and can't wait to put it to use. Been playing the actual ladder and its more fun playing knowing all this information then just picking mons cause they look cool and end up losing to a random swords dance garchamp. Def earned a sub and a like from me

[@jan-willemvandijk3850]

What if I told you...that SD Garchomp wasn't random. 😎

[@thisisiampie6946]

@@jan-willemvandijk3850 if it's there when 2 minutes ago it wasn't it is random enough. Also I have successfully swept him multiple times already

[@Amelia4111]

THE SECOND A IN GARCHOMP IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN O! FIX IT NOW!

[@thisisiampie6946]

@@Amelia4111 nah he a champ now

[@Amalgam03]

Just so you’re aware, I’ve noticed that the damage calculator doesn’t properly calculate damage with the ruin abilities.

[@Gwneenguy]

Hey Joey, was wondering if you're going to use Iron Thorns, just caught my first shiny one and i don't want to mess it up giving it a bad set/bad team mates... was wondering how you'd create a team with it

[@IronKingSquash]

Could you do a video on Meowscarada? I’m curious on how it’s not considered to be good

[@nevidebla777]

Of course, my lord Blunder throwing max atk and max speed ! AGENCY !

[@wowb1965]

Please do bulky offense

[@pokeaimMD]

Aye much love and 100% will

[@marijnlastname3132]

We might do a “how to build balance”. Simple answer right now, don’t 💀💀💀 -balance player Jokes aside I’d love a balance team guide. Pretty newbish on team building, have made like 1 or 2 good teams in gen 8 (I’m very casual playing a little every few months)

[@yemoochy9553]

You guys are great

[@icefury990]

Where do I find the viability thread?

[@pokeaimMD]

Will link sec

[@shterkz777]

Can we get another video like this since we got pokemon home transfers? I dunno if itll make a difference but its just me maybe lol

[@djbarela4]

I’m confused about vgc I’ve in ultra ball tier with a rental team I found. If I were to make my own team are they from the meta game and trained up ? Or can you creat a team a different way

[@SPC-Swimmy]

Say I wanted annihilape, king gambit, and scissor how would you build around them

[@toucanman1372]

While listening to this video I made a weakness policy anger shell Klang paired with friend guard maus hold and it’s amazing thanks for the advice :D( this is doubles)

[@Amelia4111]

MAUSHOLD IS ONE WORD!

[@whydoiexist2180]

@@Amelia4111 phone auto correct moment

[@bynosaurus4024]

@@Amelia4111 god damn all you do in your comment history is shout at people wtf 😭

[@hitsumaru100]

I really want to make a team around my Quaquaval when i start playing online, but i don't think it's in OU. Plus i don't know where to begin with it, besides making it jolly.😅

[@tanromello]

nice video. subbed

[@gman1515]

Question, what use is U-turn on a choice pokemon? If they switch to a check for your pokemon after you've attacked you can't U-turn out anyway because of the CB. Wouldn't another coverage move be better?

[@pokeaimMD]

U-turn gives you momentum if you predict the opponent. For example your opponent has a shaymin out and you have infernape. You could flare blitz but they also have a starmie. In thsi case you can u-turn. It hits shaymin for good damage, hits starmie for good damage and if starmie comes in you dont miss out cause you flare blitz and cause of the u-turn can immediately bring in something to deal with starmie risk free

[@gman1515]

@@pokeaimMD ohhh ok i get it now. Thanks for the explanation

[@Versakken]

bruh i thought that meowscarada arm was something else 💀💀💀

[@danielespinosa2324]

What is that updated calc. The og calc doesn’t allow us to import the old mons

[@bepresent4235]

We want another teambuilding guide after the meta settles after Home.

[@danielwynn9736]

How to build a team... Pop off roasting Blunder 😂 That should do it

[@brewin9963]

Do a deadly Teras video!

[@wang7305]

whats the site you use?

[@DynamiteDominique]

Pokemon showdown

[@norgsgrebb]

Meowscarada learns playrough btw which 1000% one shots roaring moon

[@Mr.Hashira]

I'm usually good at team building in these games but damn man its super confusing in this game.

[@highgogoat]

371 is Adamant skewda out of rain, so you want 372 on Cyclizar

[@Archinemi]

What app are you using to build your team?

[@dragumkirisute1998]

Pokemon Showdown

[@SSJ2Pikachu]

Hey Joey, I had a dream that you would be the Level 1 chef at Epicurious 😁 Could you see yourself there? Or would you be Level 2?

[@jamescommerford1861]

Why do you dump attack IVs on Iron Valiant?

[@trevorpacelli8056]

Every time I hear Glimmora's name, all I can think of is, "WHY is Glimmora?!"

[@dominicwilliams214]

Hey guys are choice items better for the paradox pokemon

[@THEREDBARON777]

Sorry, but why only 248hp evs for corviknight?

[@rationalbanana577]

Try and put chapters in the video, especially for these long ones!

[@dtwduuvaaall6865]

So can someone explain why the choice items are better than booster energy for the paradox pokemon? Like sure you can choice band your roaring moon, but wouldn't a booster energy give you the same attack boost without locking you into an attack?

[@Tigerquasar]

Booster item are single use and only 30% boost (except for speed where it is 50%), so it's best for a set up sweeper who only needs to come once to make a hole or finish the team.

[@dtwduuvaaall6865]

@@Tigerquasar Thank you! That clears it up for me!

[@V3n0m._.29]

can you do Paldean Tauros next please?

[@johnchristopherguadalupeoc9731]

How to build a team en SV you builf a team featuring a cool mon and wait till 2 days until the smogon OU consult decided to ban something from it

[@JustBrian7]

That Chien-Pao was Hardy in the calc….

[@lebronwade4181]

GREAT content bruh

[@kevinfisher6136]

Great video. But honestly I would rather be the guy who slams together all the metal

[@TerraTheWise]

I personally don’t really play showdown as I much prefer playing on cartridge and with that in mind it means teams max out at 3v3 in competitive. Would the same team building philosophy that goes for 6v6 work in 3v3. Like would this team you guys built here function the same in a 3v3 setting knowing the restriction on head count? And if not would you make a video on team building for 3v3 singles?

[@willtg4508]

The calculator doesnt factor in the ruinous abilities right now, that's what that was at the end.

[@r6liam657]

All well and good knowing how to build a team but why is no one explaining what natures to pick and how you even choose them because when I tried to work it out I basically used a nature that boosted their biggest base stat and I don't even know if that's the best way to do it

[@thatonegaminglatias4345]

Usually, it is. Most people run either a speed boosting nature or they boost the Pokémon's best stat.