Live Mamoswine Team Building & Ladder Games

[@krazy958]

Watching the building section and realising the issue with the team early feels like a horror movie where you see the killer standing behind them

[@pinkacross2042]

Haha yeeeaaa I feel ya

[@Snowah]

3 PINKACROSS VIDS IN 3 DAYS PINKASTOCKS GOING CRAZY AFTER THIS

[@pinkacross2042]

:D

[@Snowah]

@@pinkacross2042 hi pinkacross, is the upcoming rating viewers teams vid gonna be more competitive focussed or more about using funny mons?

[@pinkacross2042]

@@Snowah It will be more competitive-focused.

[@Snowah]

@@pinkacross2042 great, thank you! be prepared to recieve some fire from me soon

[@foggy8298]

Hello, here's a team that brought me some very moderate success on OU I know the primarina tera ice is silly. For some reason I am attached to the idea of using the snow defense boost with unmissable tera boosted throat spray boosted blizzard spam. It has worked a whole single time, probably because its bad. Ogerpon @ Life Orb Ability: Defiant Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Ivy Cudgel - U-turn - Knock Off - Horn Leech Slowking-Galar @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Chilly Reception - Future Sight - Chilling Water - Sludge Wave Primarina @ Throat Spray Ability: Liquid Voice Tera Type: Ice EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Blizzard - Moonblast - Hyper Voice - Energy Ball Glimmora @ Focus Sash Ability: Toxic Debris Tera Type: Rock EVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Earth Power - Stealth Rock - Mortal Spin - Memento Gholdengo @ Air Balloon Ability: Good as Gold Tera Type: Flying EVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Make It Rain - Thunder Wave - Hex - Tera Blast Kingambit @ Assault Vest Ability: Defiant Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def Adamant Nature - Sucker Punch - Iron Head - Poison Jab - Tera Blast

[@yf5v]

post elo

[@pinkacross2042]

I appreciate the creativity nonetheless, thank you for the submission! :]

[@Gzward]

You are completely right about the leaning too much into defense when building a team, found myself doing that often, so I decided to cook up a webs team! Ribombee @ Focus Sash Ability: Shield Dust Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Sticky Web - Moonblast - Stun Spore - Psychic Noise Raging Bolt @ Booster Energy Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 20 Atk - Calm Mind - Thunderclap - Dragon Pulse - Thunderbolt Gholdengo @ Air Balloon Ability: Good as Gold Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Nasty Plot - Shadow Ball - Dazzling Gleam - Psyshock Manaphy @ Leftovers Ability: Hydration Tera Type: Poison EVs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 96 Spe Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Take Heart - Acid Armor - Scald - Stored Power Hydreigon @ Leftovers Ability: Levitate Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 172 HP / 252 SpA / 84 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Dark Pulse - Earth Power - Fire Spin - Taunt Serperior @ Leftovers Ability: Contrary Tera Type: Ground EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Leaf Storm - Tera Blast - Glare - Substitute The hydreigon's purpose is to lure in common special walls, trap, and then eliminate them. This should hopefully open up the enemy team to being swept by the other special sweepers.

[@pinkacross2042]

I'm glad you found my advice helpeful, and thank you for the submission! :D

[@Marcus-uz1mr]

love this type of content dude would love to see more. your long play sessions of laddering are my favorite Pokemon content on KZbin

[@pinkacross2042]

So glad to hear that! More will be coming! :D

[@chinag7528]

Hi Pinkacross, this is a Yanmega Hazard Stacking team in OU that I had somewhat success with (~1730), but I hit a wall from there. The idea of the team was inspired from your Sinistcha teambuilding video + the recent volcarona ban. With the volc ban, the new teams would be weak to what volc would kill, so I picked up Yanmega (tera fire), which functioned similarly to the offensive presence of volc. The Speed Evs is to outspeed the whole unboosted OU meta, bar deoxys-speed, so the rest is in Def to take kingambit sucker punch a bit better. Sinistcha is another wincon + spinblocker, Samurott is the spike setter and kingambit check, Tinkaton steals items, Ttar wallbreaks and is another special sponge and Excadrill is the 3rd wincon + speed control. Your teambuilding videos has inspired me to build my own teams with confidence, as they have been helpful to get the fundamental understanding of the teambuilding process, which I have struggled with for a long time. Keep up the insane work! :D ### Team ### Sinistcha @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Heatproof Tera Type: Steel EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Strength Sap - Matcha Gotcha - Shadow Ball - Calm Mind Samurott-Hisui (F) @ Assault Vest Ability: Sharpness Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 172 HP / 252 Atk / 84 Spe Adamant Nature - Ceaseless Edge - Razor Shell - Aqua Jet - Sacred Sword Tinkaton @ Air Balloon Ability: Pickpocket Tera Type: Water EVs: 248 HP / 24 SpD / 236 Spe Jolly Nature - Stealth Rock - Play Rough - Thunder Wave - Encore Yanmega (F) @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Speed Boost Tera Type: Fire EVs: 32 Def / 252 SpA / 224 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Bug Buzz - Air Slash - Tera Blast - Protect Tyranitar (F) @ Choice Band Ability: Sand Stream Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Serious Nature - Knock Off - Stone Edge - Earthquake - Ice Punch Excadrill (F) @ Air Balloon Ability: Sand Rush Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Swords Dance - Iron Head - Earthquake - Rapid Spin

[@pinkacross2042]

I'm so glad to hear you've found my videos helpful! Thank you for the team submission and description! :]

[@tarotdactyl752]

Man I lucked out finding your channel (clicked on random Pokemon video on home page to listen to while eating and stuck around for the gen 4 music)- Superb video! Excellent content!

[@bleachsundae1368]

I was PasserbyGremlin lol, gg and you're welcome for giving you a game where Mamo put in work lmao. Love the vids, man :)

[@pinkacross2042]

gg! You played well, it definitely was a close one.

[@LetzCuddle]

goated vid as usual pink. i def needed to hear this lmao i tend to tunnel vision to my defensive core in my builder when i get tilted on the ladder lol

[@pinkacross2042]

Glad you like the video! :]

[@lilgoatnyan]

Banger vid pink As someone whos spent a lot of time in the builder its really helpful to watch something like this. It feels obvious to me now but i had never considered an offensive core not being supportable and so the synergy between offensive and defensive cores often escaped me so thank you

[@pinkacross2042]

I'm glad you found it helpful, thank you for the kind comment! :D

[@noloke1]

Fantastic vid!! Loved the thought process when building AND battling✅

[@pinkacross2042]

Glad you enjoyed it! :D

[@colored-tc3mx]

Great video! I wanted to build a team around a tera grass rocky helmet garg set as it matched well into a lot of the meta game. Also the 68 spdef evs on alomomola allow it to live a choice specs draco from dragapult and a +2 gholdengo shadow ball. Salt Cube (Garganacl) @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Purifying Salt Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 HP / 176 Def / 80 SpD Impish Nature - Stealth Rock - Salt Cure - Recover - Curse Slowking-Galar @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Dark EVs: 252 HP / 16 Def / 240 SpD Sassy Nature IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe - Future Sight - Chilly Reception - Sludge Bomb - Flamethrower Kyurem @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Pressure Tera Type: Ice EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Icicle Spear - Freeze-Dry - Earth Power - Dragon Dance Meowscarada @ Choice Scarf Ability: Protean Tera Type: Dark EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Knock Off - Trick - Triple Axel - U-turn Gliscor @ Toxic Orb Ability: Poison Heal Tera Type: Water EVs: 244 HP / 28 Def / 228 SpD / 8 Spe Careful Nature - Earthquake - Spikes - Protect - Toxic Flip Bayless (Alomomola) @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 188 HP / 252 Def / 68 SpD Relaxed Nature IVs: 0 Spe - Mirror Coat - Flip Turn - Wish - Protect

[@pinkacross2042]

Cool team, thanks for the submission! :]

[@MisterW14]

Firstly, I really enjoyed this video, it's always nice to see something unscripted and hear your live thoughts about something you clearly know a lot of. Secondly, here is this team I put up in 2 minutes that for some reason made it close to the 1800's , I personally am not so proud of it but it somehow worked so im not sure. Would be nice to hear your opinions on it. I also put a second team which is kinda old if you wanna take a look that I had a lot of success with about 1-2 months ago but of course I dont expect you to analyze both Sinistcha @ Leftovers Ability: Heatproof Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 96 Spe Bold Nature - Calm Mind - Matcha Gotcha - Shadow Ball - Strength Sap Raging Bolt @ Booster Energy Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 64 HP / 28 Def / 252 SpA / 164 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 20 Atk - Calm Mind - Thunderbolt - Dragon Pulse - Thunderclap Great Tusk @ Booster Energy Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Headlong Rush - Close Combat - Ice Spinner - Rapid Spin Samurott-Hisui (M) @ Choice Scarf Ability: Sharpness Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Ceaseless Edge - Aqua Cutter - Knock Off - Flip Turn Dragapult (M) @ Choice Specs Ability: Clear Body Tera Type: Fighting EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Draco Meteor - Shadow Ball - Tera Blast - U-turn Heatran (M) @ Assault Vest Ability: Flame Body Tera Type: Grass EVs: 248 HP / 216 SpA / 44 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Magma Storm - Flash Cannon - Earth Power - Lava Plume ------------------------------- Iron Crown @ Assault Vest Ability: Quark Drive Tera Type: Fighting EVs: 32 HP / 244 SpA / 232 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 20 Atk - Tachyon Cutter - Psychic - Focus Blast - Volt Switch Kingambit (M) @ Black Glasses Ability: Supreme Overlord Tera Type: Dark EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Swords Dance - Kowtow Cleave - Sucker Punch - Low Kick Primarina (M) @ Assault Vest Ability: Torrent Tera Type: Steel EVs: 80 HP / 252 SpA / 176 Spe Modest Nature - Surf - Moonblast - Flip Turn - Psychic Noise Landorus-Therian (M) @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Intimidate Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 HP / 220 Def / 36 Spe Impish Nature - Stealth Rock - Earthquake - U-turn - Stone Edge Dragapult (M) @ Choice Specs Ability: Clear Body Tera Type: Fighting EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Draco Meteor - Shadow Ball - Tera Blast - U-turn Great Tusk @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Headlong Rush - Close Combat - Ice Spinner - Rapid Spin

[@pinkacross2042]

Sorry for the late reply, your comment was hidden, likely due to length. That first team looks pretty solid, I would go with SR Heatran instead of Assault Vest though-- this will help you get an SR setter, giving the team hazard stack capabilities, which is great with Sinistcha.

[@nikto3827]

When you mentioned to never build teams around defensive synergy it felt like something finally clicked in my game, while it may be extremely obvious I did not realise it, you are actually amazing 🤯🤯

[@pinkacross2042]

Glad I was able to help! Thanks for the kind comment! :D

[@yourworstnightmare6513]

wow, that's such a fun concept :D Love these building vids to relax

[@pinkacross2042]

So glad you like them, thanks for the kind comment!

[@Zombie5675]

Enjoyed watching this a lot.

[@pinkacross2042]

Glad you enjoyed it! :D

[@nanto_naku]

As a long-time Mamo believer, I appreciate this content

[@pinkacross2042]

:D

[@jertsi]

Great video, I would love to see more with this more unscripted format, helps with learning a lot!

[@pinkacross2042]

More will be coming! :]

[@the_PvP_expert]

Love all ur videos bro ❤️ And this one is truly cream of the crop for me keep up the good work 💪💪💪

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks so much! :D

[@SuperSonic616]

I've discovered your content recently and I really appreciate the educational content. Teambuilding is something I've always been interested in but I don't consider myself good at it lol. And this is the last iteration of my first proper built team, so the story behind it is quite curious. I had a friend that was in a Pixelmon server (Yes, the minecraft mod) and he always dreamed of doing a hazard stack team that managed to put as many hazards as possible. The thing is, current Pixelmon is not updated to the current state of gen 9, and obviously some pokemon are more difficult to get than others, so that's why I put the goal of building a decent enough team that avoided rare pokemon (and with the current moves available in the mod, thats why Samurott has Razor Shell instead of Aqua Cutter). So this is what I came up with: Skarmory @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Sturdy Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Iron Defense - Roost - Whirlwind - Body Press Clodsire @ Leftovers Ability: Unaware Tera Type: Poison EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD Careful Nature - Toxic - Earthquake - Stealth Rock - Recover Samurott-Hisui @ Choice Scarf Ability: Sharpness Tera Type: Water EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Ceaseless Edge - Flip Turn - Razor Shell - Sacred Sword Ribombee @ Focus Sash Ability: Shield Dust Tera Type: Bug EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Sticky Web - Moonblast - Psychic - Stun Spore Dragapult @ Choice Specs Ability: Infiltrator Tera Type: Dragon EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Draco Meteor - U-turn - Shadow Ball - Will-O-Wisp Rillaboom @ Choice Band Ability: Grassy Surge Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 Atk / 96 SpD / 160 Spe Jolly Nature - Knock Off - Wood Hammer - U-turn - Grassy Glide I haven't touched many things like Tera (since its not currently part of the mod) and Evs bc I still don't get them quite right, but I got some results with this. Excuse the long explanation and thanks for offering this opportunity for teams review :3

[@pinkacross2042]

I'm glad you've found my videos helpful! Thank you for the submission and explanation! :]

[@kingavi3691]

Thanks a lot for doing our long awaited request

[@pinkacross2042]

My pleasure! :D

[@slopceo]

Huge stuff, love to see the mindset behind teambuilding. Here's a double dance moltres/latias team (pinkaclassic) that got me to 1650 but not much farther. Wondering how many more optimizations I can make. Thanks! Latias @ Leftovers Ability: Levitate Tera Type: Steel EVs: 248 HP / 236 Def / 24 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Agility - Calm Mind - Aura Sphere - Stored Power Zamazenta @ Leftovers Ability: Dauntless Shield Tera Type: Fire EVs: 104 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def / 148 Spe Jolly Nature - Body Press - Crunch - Iron Defense - Substitute Moltres-Galar @ Chesto Berry Ability: Berserk Tera Type: Steel EVs: 24 HP / 252 SpA / 232 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Agility - Fiery Wrath - Nasty Plot - Rest Heatran @ Assault Vest Ability: Flash Fire Tera Type: Flying EVs: 96 HP / 160 SpA / 252 SpD Quiet Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Earth Power - Magma Storm - Flash Cannon - Dark Pulse Landorus-Therian @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Intimidate Tera Type: Steel EVs: 4 Atk / 252 Def / 252 Spe Impish Nature - U-turn - Stealth Rock - Earthquake - Rock Slide Samurott-Hisui @ Assault Vest Ability: Sharpness Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Flip Turn - Ceaseless Edge - Sacred Sword - Razor Shell

[@pinkacross2042]

Glad you liked the video, and thanks for the submission! :]

[@Yas-gu1pj]

MAMOTEAM ON TOP!🆙️🆙️🆙️🆙️🆙️🆙️🆙️🆙️🆙️🆙️

[@pinkacross2042]

ITS SWINE TIME

[@PedroHenrique-vs3mf]

Hell Yea, seeing Mamo works so well makes me warm

[@Gawayne.C]

Good video love the content especially the more details included seeing this video was longer

[@pinkacross2042]

Glad you enjoyed it! :D

[@ebizitemo5799]

Hi Pinka, I was fiddling around with a bulky-esque offense team Feeling good about the team so far, but I'm having trouble breaking stuff with the bulkier Gouging Fire set, in particular the heavier Tera Fairy mons. I'm not a super big fan of Flare Blitz since I feel like it cuts my longevity a bit too much, but I'd be open to trying it. Outside of that, I find that my team is a bit hazards weak, but Cinderace feels either too passive with the bulky set or too fragile with a more damaging variant. Running the other mons mainly to have Fire/Water/Grass and Dragon/Steel/Fairy cores and they fit for what I felt like worked on the team. In particular I'm enjoying Rilla to aid in passive recovery and halving the power of Ground moves for Gouging to set up. Also feeling the lack in stronger special attackers. Thanks in advance for any insight you can offer! Gouging Fire @ Leftovers Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Poison EVs: 252 HP / 72 Atk / 104 Def / 16 SpD / 64 Spe Impish Nature - Dragon Dance - Heat Crash - Breaking Swipe - Morning Sun Kingambit (F) @ Leftovers Ability: Supreme Overlord Tera Type: Flying EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe Adamant Nature - Swords Dance - Kowtow Cleave - Sucker Punch - Iron Head Primarina (F) @ Assault Vest Ability: Torrent Tera Type: Steel EVs: 80 HP / 252 SpA / 176 Spe Modest Nature - Surf - Moonblast - Flip Turn - Psychic Noise Rillaboom (F) @ Choice Band Ability: Grassy Surge Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Grassy Glide - Wood Hammer - U-turn - Knock Off Landorus-Therian @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Intimidate Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 HP / 220 Def / 36 Spe Impish Nature - Stealth Rock - Earth Power - U-turn - Grass Knot Cinderace (F) @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Libero Tera Type: Fire EVs: 224 HP / 32 Atk / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Pyro Ball - U-turn - Will-O-Wisp - Court Change

[@pinkacross2042]

Thank you for the submission and explanation!

[@Sifri4n]

Hey, awesome vid I loved seeing your teambuilding process and Mamoswine is one of my favs, got a few questions about the team : - You kept saying Mamo is not defensive so why go AV in that case ? Also why is he not, he doesn't have a lot of weaknesses with thick fat, one immunity and potential defense boost with snow - Why did you end up not going for any kind of electric mon/coverage when it compliments Mamo's stabs so well as you said - I recently watched you teambuilding vid where you say to not only think about OU mons but you haven't scrolled once to the UU mons, was there really no good option ? Like Keldeo or hydrapple idk i suck at building Thanks for the vid !

[@pinkacross2042]

Glad you liked the video! :] - Mamo isn't a defensively useful Pokemon, but Assault Vest allows it to have some limited defensive utility in practice-- it's not enough to count on on paper, but it does make it more sturdy in games. Furthermore, there wasn't any other item that suited Mamo better in my opinion. Nevermelt Ice and CB both seemed generally worse than AV, which at least made Mamo a semi-check to Kyurem and Raging Bolt. - I ended up not going with any electric pokemon because it seemed too difficult to support defensively. Perhaps there is a way to do so, and I will try to find it in the future, but in this building session I was unsuccessful. Most usable electric types in OU (Raging Bolt, Zapdos, Thundurus) are also nearly useless defensively, making them difficult to pair with Mamo. - I briefly checked lower tiers when looking for specific type resistances in the video, but generally I stuck to OU. Partly this was laziness, maybe there was some good mon that would fit perfectly in UU. I found this unlikely though-- to support a pokemon like Mamo that has such little defensive utility, you often need pokemon that check a LOT of boxes in the remaining 5 slots, most of which are in OU.

[@olorguy]

Hello, here's a team that I'm doing relatively okay with but I do think it definitely needs some improvements. The Pult used to be Choice Band, while the Rilla used to have Miracle Seed, the Ting-lu definitely needs some changing too. Also yeah, great vid and I do miss Mamoswine, very good mon. Ting-Lu @ Leftovers Ability: Vessel of Ruin Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 220 HP / 116 Atk / 172 SpD Adamant Nature - Earthquake - Stealth Rock - Whirlwind - Throat Chop Glimmora @ Power Herb Ability: Toxic Debris Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Flying EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Mortal Spin - Meteor Beam - Sludge Bomb - Earth Power Dragapult @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Infiltrator Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Hasty Nature - Dragon Darts - Hex - Will-O-Wisp - Thunder Wave Gholdengo @ Air Balloon Ability: Good as Gold Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 248 HP / 176 Def / 12 SpD / 72 Spe Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Shadow Ball - Make It Rain - Nasty Plot - Dazzling Gleam Corviknight @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Mirror Armor Tera Type: Fire EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD Impish Nature - U-turn - Defog - Body Press - Roost Rillaboom @ Choice Band Ability: Grassy Surge Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Knock Off - Wood Hammer - Grassy Glide - High Horsepower

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission and I'm glad you enjoyed the video! :D

[@typhlosion7872]

At 7:00 right now, and the big thing I see for offensive synergy is that an electric type would pair really well with Mamoswine. As you said, Mamo struggles to break Alo, Dozo, Corv, Skarm, Gliscor post tera, and I'll add on Lando T post tera and tera water Tusk. All of these mons are rather frail specially (unless Gliscor is a SpDef set, and SpDef Corv is nigh nonexistent rn) and weak to Electric, so maybe a Raging Bolt or a faster electric type from a lower tier that still is viable in OU? Something like Thunderbolt Dragapult may also do it, but stab can be monumental in the calcs

[@pinkacross2042]

Good thoughts, as you can see in the video, I agree!

[@aidank5674]

I cooked up a Emboar team with a friend a while back. I haven't played gen 9 in a month or so but this team really brought me back to playing the tier! Ribombee sticky web is the big form of speed control for this team, letting emboar catch up with some of the metagame. Additionally Hatterene has trick room, which isn't the most viable strategy, but has helped in end games against fast threats like Dragapult, iron valient & Ogerpon. Ribombee @ Focus Sash Ability: Shield Dust Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Sticky Web - Bug Buzz - Moonblast - Stun Spore Emboar @ Choice Band Ability: Reckless Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Flare Blitz - Close Combat - Head Smash - Knock Off Ogerpon-Wellspring (F) @ Wellspring Mask Ability: Water Absorb Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Ivy Cudgel - Power Whip - Knock Off - Encore Raging Bolt @ Booster Energy Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 120 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 132 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 20 Atk - Thunderbolt - Dragon Pulse - Thunderclap - Calm Mind Hatterene @ Leftovers Ability: Magic Bounce Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 Def / 252 SpA / 4 SpD Quiet Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Psychic - Draining Kiss - Calm Mind - Trick Room Gholdengo @ Air Balloon Ability: Good as Gold Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Shadow Ball - Make It Rain - Dazzling Gleam - Psyshock

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission!

[@ajekfrfr]

finally mamo gets the recognition it deserves

[@pinkacross2042]

mamo is indeed awesome

[@ajekfrfr]

@@pinkacross2042 indeed

[@ajekfrfr]

@@pinkacross2042 Kyurem @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Pressure Tera Type: Ice EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Ice Beam - Freeze-Dry - Earth Power - Draco Meteor Slowking-Galar @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Water EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD Sassy Nature IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe - Toxic - Future Sight - Chilly Reception - Sludge Bomb Gliscor @ Toxic Orb Ability: Poison Heal Tera Type: Steel EVs: 244 HP / 248 Def / 16 SpD Impish Nature - Earthquake - U-turn - Protect - Toxic Skarmory @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Sturdy Tera Type: Dragon EVs: 248 HP / 164 Def / 96 Spe Impish Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Body Press - Iron Defense - Stealth Rock - Roost Dragapult @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Infiltrator Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 76 Atk / 180 SpA / 252 Spe Naive Nature - Thunder Wave - Dragon Darts - Hex - Will-O-Wisp Alomomola @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Flying EVs: 4 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD Relaxed Nature IVs: 0 Spe - Scald - Flip Turn - Wish - Acrobatics Alomomola Bulky Balance type team, just some boring ahh team imo, good on ladder tho so it’s passable

[@pinkacross2042]

@@ajekfrfr Thanks for the submission!

[@ajekfrfr]

@@pinkacross2042 just rewatched it and no way you called glowking guy and proceeded to make it female LMAO

[@Vlarcheops]

Hey Pinkacross! Cool Video as always! Keep it up! Very cool and interesting team there!😊 - Vlarcheops

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks so much! :D

[@tavorivera6130]

Mamoswine is my favorite! Thank you!!

[@pinkacross2042]

You're welcome! :D

[@fisher9292]

Love the video, if you can do weekly/ daily videos like this would be really awesome. Subbed

[@pinkacross2042]

Definitely can't manage daily, but perhaps weekly is something I could consider! Thanks for the sub and have a great day! :D

[@maxn8102]

Great Video! I love mamoswine. The last team I actually made properly was a mamo team. It got a lot of wins in lower elo but when it climbed up it started falling off. Ik it has flaws: like having all of my offensive pokemon using choice items is a hinderance but it's just so fun seeing the big damage and one shots. Here's the team if u would like to take a look at it. It'll be like a crossover video with this one if you do bc its a mamo team haha. Tentacruel @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Liquid Ooze Tera Type: Grass EVs: 88 HP / 208 Def / 164 SpD / 48 Spe Impish Nature - Flip Turn - Knock Off - Rapid Spin - Toxic Mamoswine @ Choice Band Ability: Thick Fat Tera Type: Ice EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Icicle Crash - Ice Shard - Earthquake - Knock Off Thundurus-Therian @ Choice Specs Ability: Volt Absorb Tera Type: Flying EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Tera Blast - Volt Switch - Grass Knot - Focus Blast Iron Valiant @ Choice Specs Ability: Quark Drive Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Moonblast - Aura Sphere - Thunderbolt - Destiny Bond Skarmory @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Sturdy Tera Type: Dragon EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe Impish Nature - Whirlwind - Brave Bird - Stealth Rock - Roost Ting-Lu @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Vessel of Ruin Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpD / 4 Spe Careful Nature - Ruination - Earthquake - Whirlwind - Spikes

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission! This looks cool, and of course I love to see the Mamo!

[@bm4604]

I am curious about the hypothetical version of this team that kept the Raging Neck, specs or not. The team could use more raw breaking power, especially those with type coverage to cover Mamos' shortcomings. If that mon is supposed to be the star of the show, it could help to have a strong, fast suicide breaker to soften potentially multiple pokemon on the team up in an attempt to stop it. So Mamo can have an easier time on cleanup. Well, at least that's my two sense on it, quality upload as usual sir Cross.

[@pinkacross2042]

Yes I agree, I think there may be some way to fit Raging Neck or potentially Zapdos. Perhaps I could have found a way, but I didn't want this video to turn into 2 hours of me muttering to myself LOL, I'll try it off camera and see if I can come up with something

[@Rando4447]

Question for ya pinkacross. I’m of the opinion that ghold shifting the tier around it towards hazards is unhealthy and limits set variety (requiring boots on some mons). However, I am willing to admit that it is a skill issue on my part, and I don’t have the high ladder experience to actually make this claim. I’m curious, in ur opinion, would a ghold ban be good or bad for the OU tier. Love the vids btw

[@pinkacross2042]

I used to think we needed a Gholdengo ban... and I do think it would improve metagame health, even today. But honestly, hazard stack would still be quite similar without it. Removal in general sucks and most hazard stack teams don't even run Gholdengo these days.

[@nikospes2048]

Hey Pinkacross! I got some fire techs that have gotten me into top 20 on OU. I recently made this new variation on it (still using some of the old techs) and would be amazing to have your opinion on it. The idea is to overload on the special side, since glowking cant switch into overheat moth (2hko), and can catch a lot of the ground type leads off guard (lando and gliscor) for an OHKO. I wanted a volt switcher and crown seemed like the most suitable addition, since it can also beat blissey. Some weaknesses are lead darkrai (i have to pray ace doesnt get flintched or misses focus blast into garg) and pressure on tusk since its my switch into ogerpon (after tera)+raging bolt+kingambit Iron Moth @ Choice Specs Ability: Quark Drive Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 SpA / 8 SpD / 248 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Overheat - Sludge Wave - Discharge - Energy Ball Iron Crown @ Choice Specs Ability: Quark Drive Tera Type: Steel EVs: 24 HP / 252 SpA / 232 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 20 Atk - Volt Switch - Tachyon Cutter - Psyshock - Focus Blast Great Tusk @ Assault Vest Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Dragon EVs: 248 HP / 4 Def / 244 SpD / 12 Spe Jolly Nature - Rapid Spin - Headlong Rush - Close Combat - Ice Spinner Slowking-Galar @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Water EVs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 SpD Sassy Nature IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe - Ice Beam - Sludge Bomb - Psyshock - Chilly Reception Cinderace @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Libero Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Pyro Ball - Sucker Punch - U-turn - Court Change Garganacl @ Leftovers Ability: Purifying Salt Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 248 HP / 240 Def / 16 SpD / 4 Spe Impish Nature - Iron Defense - Body Press - Salt Cure - Recover

[@pinkacross2042]

Very cool double specs offense! Thank you for the submission and explanation! :D

[@eraserdusting1840]

As you were building I kept thinking, "Why not add an Ogerpon of your own?", it fills the role of both (somewhat) checking itself, checking other water types, and Grass/Water STAB is complementary to Mamo for stuff like Mola & Dozo, + it still has pivoting with U-Turn and that last move slot could really be anything like Encore to help even more against Stall. Obviously Corv is still an issue but given that your builds trended towards including Cinderace/Heatran. Perhaps I'm missing something!

[@pinkacross2042]

You are correct that Ogerpon matches well regarding Alomomola and Dozo, however I expected it would be too difficult to fit. Wellspring, like Mamo, offers little defensive utility and is not fast enough that it would satisfy speed control for the team. And, as you mentioned, both struggling against Corv / Skarm is not ideal. Still, perhaps it's a good core! I'll keep it in mind as I'm building! :]

[@Wailing670]

I am pretty new to teambuilding, but this team felt pretty nice. I often felt that I lack defensive utility, especially against fairy types like primarina, but I think latias makes up for it, giving free switches and offensive support. Zamazenta @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Dauntless Shield Tera Type: Steel EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Close Combat - Heavy Slam - Stone Edge - Crunch Latias (F) @ Eject Button Ability: Levitate Tera Type: Dragon EVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Draco Meteor - Future Sight - Thunderbolt - Healing Wish Heatran @ Air Balloon Ability: Flash Fire Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Magma Storm - Taunt - Stealth Rock - Earth Power Great Tusk @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Ground EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Headlong Rush - Knock Off - Rapid Spin - Ice Spinner Kingambit @ Leftovers Ability: Supreme Overlord Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 212 HP / 252 Atk / 44 Spe Adamant Nature - Kowtow Cleave - Swords Dance - Sucker Punch - Iron Head Primarina @ Assault Vest Ability: Torrent Tera Type: Steel EVs: 80 HP / 252 SpA / 176 Spe Modest Nature - Flip Turn - Moonblast - Surf - Psychic Noise

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for sending! This looks cool!

[@mauricio3350]

I built this team about a week ago and was able to get 1900 with it. I feel the team is a bit too slow tho, the HO matchup is a bit of a problem. Tera fairy Bolt is also super dificult to deal with. Raging Bolt @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 124 HP / 252 SpA / 132 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 20 Atk - Volt Switch - Thunderbolt - Thunderclap - Draco Meteor Slowking-Galar (F) @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Regenerator Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD Sassy Nature IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe - Sludge Bomb - Psychic - Ice Beam - Chilly Reception Samurott-Hisui (F) @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Sharpness Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Ceaseless Edge - Knock Off - Razor Shell - Aqua Jet Landorus-Therian @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Intimidate Tera Type: Water EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe Bold Nature - Earth Power - Grass Knot - Stealth Rock - U-turn Zamazenta @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Dauntless Shield Tera Type: Stellar EVs: 104 HP / 252 Atk / 152 Spe Jolly Nature - Close Combat - Ice Fang - Crunch - Heavy Slam Clefable @ Leftovers Ability: Magic Guard Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 HP / 192 Def / 64 SpD Bold Nature - Moonblast - Moonlight - Knock Off - Wish I feel like clef isn't the correct last mon, any sugestions?

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission! I agree with you, Clef seems out of place here. I'd go HDB Gambit last, and I'd go Taunt over Gnot on Lando so you can get SR up on corv.

[@mauricio3350]

@@pinkacross2042 i'm gonna try using kambit a bit. I'm not sure about taking grass knot out of lando, the tusk matchup is starting to look very tough. I'm still going to try a bit and see what happens. Thanks for the feedback!

[@Aj-Pokemon_Unite]

Here's an Incineroar balance team i made a while ago, would be pretty interesting to see your opinion about it. I recon you'll make some great changes! Slowking-Galar @ Assault Vest Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Dark EVs: 240 HP / 216 SpA / 52 SpD Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Eerie Spell - Sludge Wave - Flamethrower - Surf Dragapult @ Focus Sash Ability: Infiltrator Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 8 HP / 20 Atk / 228 SpA / 252 Spe Hasty Nature - Will-O-Wisp - Thunder Wave - Dragon Darts - Hex Ogerpon-Wellspring (F) @ Wellspring Mask Ability: Water Absorb Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Horn Leech - Ivy Cudgel - Play Rough - Swords Dance Skarmory @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Sturdy Tera Type: Dragon EVs: 104 HP / 232 Def / 172 Spe Impish Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Iron Defense - Body Press - Spikes - Roost Great Tusk @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Ice EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Rapid Spin - Ice Spinner - Earthquake - Close Combat Incineroar @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Intimidate Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD Sassy Nature - Parting Shot - Will-O-Wisp - Knock Off - Flamethrower

[@pinkacross2042]

Incineroar is actually very interesting in this metagame, it switches in so well to Kingambit and Dragapult... you may be onto something. Thanks for the submission!

[@frenchythetoast9833]

THE KING RETURNS!

[@pinkacross2042]

original tusks

[@turtle_7777]

​@@pinkacross2042isn't great tusk the original tusk? It's the past form

[@pinkacross2042]

@@turtle_7777 Eh maybe, not sure

[@abieloto]

hi pinkacross :D i made this team here thats gotten me some success on the ladder but i always struggle past the 1400 ELO mark and i think its just because i tend to gravitate to HO when teambuilding but i kinda suck at piloting HO teams but idk how to really make bulky offense/balance teams. anyways heres the team Ogerpon-Wellspring (F) @ Wellspring Mask Ability: Water Absorb Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Ivy Cudgel - Horn Leech - Swords Dance - Play Rough Gholdengo @ Air Balloon Ability: Good as Gold Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Shadow Ball - Make It Rain - Nasty Plot - Recover Great Tusk @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Headlong Rush - Close Combat - Rapid Spin - Ice Spinner Iron Valiant @ Booster Energy Ability: Quark Drive Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Moonblast - Thunderbolt - Calm Mind - Encore Ribombee @ Focus Sash Ability: Shield Dust Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Sticky Web - Stun Spore - Moonblast - Energy Ball Roaring Moon @ Booster Energy Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Flying EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Knock Off - Acrobatics - Dragon Dance - Earthquake

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission!

[@lovemykids570mommyvlogger]

In UU I ran Loaded Dice Thick Fat Tera Grass 252 Spe/252 Atk Jolly -Icicle spear -Earthquake -Ice Shard -Trailblaze Great mid to late game sweeper. Tera grass lets you flip so many bad matchups.

[@pinkacross2042]

Seems cool! Might give this a try.

[@hammerfall8598]

i am fluctuating around 1700 with this team, i would love a review! i built around the garchomp and primarina core, which i think is strong into a lot of the metagame. Ankle Chomper (Garchomp) @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Rough Skin Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 HP / 216 Def / 40 Spe Impish Nature - Earthquake - Dragon Tail - Stealth Rock - Spikes Primarina @ Assault Vest Ability: Torrent Tera Type: Poison EVs: 80 HP / 252 SpA / 176 Spe Modest Nature - Surf - Moonblast - Flip Turn - Psychic Noise Meowscarada @ Choice Band Ability: Protean Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Dark EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Knock Off - Flower Trick - Triple Axel - U-turn Iron Treads @ Booster Energy Ability: Quark Drive Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Rapid Spin - Earthquake - Ice Spinner - Volt Switch Kingambit @ Black Glasses Ability: Supreme Overlord Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Flying EVs: 112 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def / 140 Spe Adamant Nature - Swords Dance - Sucker Punch - Kowtow Cleave - Iron Head Dragapult @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Infiltrator Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Draco Meteor - Hex - Will-O-Wisp - U-turn

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission! This looks cool!

[@softibjorn]

So this is my third team ever made and i really just wanted to build a more offensive UU team and ended up with UU Hyperoffense, i mostly play random battles so i have not gotten very high on ladder, but at least it makes low-ladder UU cry. Not sure if you do reviews for tiers other than OU, but if you do i would love a review of my team. The DAWG (Arcanine-Hisui) @ Choice Band Ability: Rock Head Tera Type: Normal EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Head Smash - Flare Blitz - Double-Edge - Extreme Speed AA-J (Zapdos) @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Pressure Tera Type: Steel EVs: 80 Def / 252 SpA / 176 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Hurricane - Volt Switch - Roost - Heat Wave Loockheed M. (Latios) @ Choice Scarf Ability: Levitate Tera Type: Steel EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Trick - Luster Purge - Draco Meteor - Aura Sphere :moyai: (Ogerpon-Cornerstone) (F) @ Cornerstone Mask Ability: Sturdy Tera Type: Rock EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Ivy Cudgel - Horn Leech - Swords Dance - Spiky Shield Drill (Excadrill) @ Air Balloon Ability: Mold Breaker Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Rapid Spin - Stealth Rock - Earthquake - Iron Defense A War Criminal (Tinkaton) @ Leftovers Ability: Mold Breaker Tera Type: Flying EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Gigaton Hammer - Play Rough - Knock Off - Encore

[@pinkacross2042]

I don't think I'm qualified to rate UU teams, but thanks for sending, it looks cool!

[@CardCraze-vf4vv]

Loving your content so far, here is my submission with a sleeper fire mon! Zoroark-Hisui @ Choice Scarf Ability: Illusion Tera Type: Fighting EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Shadow Ball - Tera Blast - Trick - U-turn Gholdengo @ Covert Cloak Ability: Good as Gold Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Nasty Plot - Shadow Ball - Make It Rain - Recover Zapdos @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Static Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 HP / 104 Def / 152 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Roost - Volt Switch - Discharge - Hurricane Great Tusk @ Leftovers Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 HP / 176 Def / 80 Spe Impish Nature - Earthquake - Ice Spinner - Stealth Rock - Rapid Spin Samurott-Hisui @ Assault Vest Ability: Sharpness Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 156 HP / 252 Atk / 100 Spe Adamant Nature - Ceaseless Edge - Razor Shell - Grass Knot - Sucker Punch Iron Valiant @ Booster Energy Ability: Quark Drive Tera Type: Dark EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Swords Dance - Close Combat - Knock Off - Spirit Break

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission!

[@Zwijger]

Holy shit with what you said about offensive synergy, I also thought about Raging Bolt when you went over the things Mamoswine couldn't hit, maybe I should give teambuilding a try.

[@pinkacross2042]

Good luck! :D

[@Vens10n]

Tried to build around a Blaziken + Latias sweeper core. Built a few teams but the only one that really liked the double sweeper setup was this hazard stack HO team Blaziken @ Leftovers Ability: Speed Boost Tera Type: Flying EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Protect - Swords Dance - Close Combat - Blaze Kick Latias @ Leftovers Ability: Levitate Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Calm Mind - Recover - Stored Power - Aura Sphere Glimmora @ Focus Sash Ability: Toxic Debris Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Stealth Rock - Mortal Spin - Power Gem - Earth Power Gholdengo @ Air Balloon Ability: Good as Gold Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Nasty Plot - Shadow Ball - Make It Rain - Recover Primarina @ Leftovers Ability: Torrent Tera Type: Steel EVs: 80 HP / 252 SpA / 176 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Calm Mind - Surf - Moonblast - Substitute Weavile @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Pressure Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Triple Axel - Knock Off - Ice Shard - Swords Dance

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission!

[@jabohonu]

43:25 yo bro, what all percentage and data stuff at your right side of the screen?

[@pinkacross2042]

Showdex!

[@toddlewandowski7366]

Boss, if you say to always think offensive first, how do you build the bulkier teams? What if you want to go something like bulky balance or even semistall?

[@pinkacross2042]

Even bulky balance and semistall needs to think offensively first-- the only playstyle where you DON'T think offensively first is stall. Let's use semistall for example. Semistall is like stall, except it has a way to make progress. So, let's suppose our semistall intends to break by using a 4 attacks Tera Ice Weavile + hazard stack, with Weavile as our one offenisve mon. We would want to add a Weavile, a Spikes Setter, an SR setter, and perhaps a glowking to provide Weavile with Future Sight support to help it break the pokemon it can't otherwise-- such as Alomomola, Dondozo, etc. Even if Weavile is the only offensive pokemon, this whole core is oriented around breaking and making progress and thus is "thinking offensively."

[@martienvandenbroek5580]

Time to share my terrible team idea; offensive Araquanid. With Water Bubble and Mystic Water combined allows for it to deal some serious damage, mostly against the most used Rapid Spin'ers; Great Tusk and Iron Treads. Infestation allows it to sometimes one vs one certain defensive hazard setters like Gliscor, although I feel like Araquanid lacks the longevity to reliably fullfill that role. Other 'mons are there to capitalize on the webs that with strong attacks (Specs Enamorus, max Atk. Lando) or to provide a safe pivot into these 'mons (Slowking-G, Incineroar). I chose Tera Poison Sinistcha as the last 'mon mostly as an alternative win con, considering that the foremost physical wall of the tier often get's blasted with a Hydro Pump. I've been playing the team for a bit and it feels pretty good, although I am relatively low ladder. 252+ Atk Mystic Water Water Bubble Araquanid Liquidation vs. 252 HP / 100 Def Iron Treads: 384-452 (100 - 117.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO 0 SpA Mystic Water Water Bubble Araquanid Hydro Pump vs. 252 HP / 144 SpD Great Tusk: 434-512 (100 - 117.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO Araquanid @ Mystic Water Ability: Water Bubble Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Water EVs: 224 HP / 252 Atk / 32 SpD Brave Nature - Sticky Web - Liquidation - Hydro Pump - Infestation Enamorus @ Choice Specs Ability: Contrary Tera Type: Stellar EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Tera Blast - Moonblast - Earth Power - Mystical Fire Landorus-Therian @ Choice Scarf Ability: Intimidate Tera Type: Flying EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Earthquake - Stone Edge - Tera Blast - U-turn Slowking-Galar @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Chilly Reception - Sludge Bomb - Flamethrower - Toxic Incineroar @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Intimidate Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def Impish Nature - Parting Shot - Fake Out - Knock Off - Will-O-Wisp Sinistcha @ Big Root Ability: Heatproof Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Poison EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Calm Mind - Matcha Gotcha - Shadow Ball - Strength Sap

[@pinkacross2042]

I certainly wouldn't call this idea terrible, I've considered Araquanid webs a few times myself. Thanks for the submission! :D

[@Niggo0503]

what would the team do against stall? trying to knock everything with mamo and playing around stealth rocks?

[@s.c.johnson147]

Here's the third draft of a sticky web hyperoffense team. I roginially had a tail glow manaphy instead of serperior, but I have been experimenting with the serperior instead. I have had decent success at low ladder: Ribombee @ Focus Sash Ability: Shield Dust Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Sticky Web - Stun Spore - Psychic - Moonblast Gholdengo @ Air Balloon Ability: Good as Gold Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Nasty Plot - Psyshock - Make It Rain - Shadow Ball Kingambit @ Lum Berry Ability: Supreme Overlord Tera Type: Flying EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Swords Dance - Kowtow Cleave - Sucker Punch - Iron Head Great Tusk @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Knock Off - Rapid Spin - Close Combat - Headlong Rush Kyurem @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Pressure Tera Type: Ice EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Ice Beam - Freeze-Dry - Earth Power - Draco Meteor Serperior @ Leftovers Ability: Contrary Tera Type: Fire EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Hasty Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Leaf Storm - Dragon Pulse - Substitute - Tera Blast

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission! :D

[@Implodent]

Pecharunt @ Leftovers Ability: Poison Puppeteer Tera Type: Flying EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Malignant Chain - Protect - Recover - Shadow Ball Glimmora (F) @ Focus Sash Ability: Toxic Debris Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Power Gem - Mortal Spin - Stealth Rock - Earth Power Corviknight (F) @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Pressure Tera Type: Dragon EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Def Impish Nature - Roost - U-turn - Defog - Brave Bird Blissey @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Natural Cure Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpD / 4 Spe Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Soft-Boiled - Calm Mind - Ice Beam - Seismic Toss Alomomola (F) @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Flying EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD Relaxed Nature IVs: 0 Spe - Wish - Protect - Scald - Flip Turn Great Tusk @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 HP / 220 Def / 36 Spe Impish Nature - Earthquake - Rapid Spin - Ice Spinner - Knock Off I'm sure this js a horrible team, but I just wanted to build around pecharunt and t-spikes and ended up making a stall team. I'm really new to comp in general, usually 1100-1200 elo, so I'd love to see what I'm getting fundamentally wrong when making teams

[@pinkacross2042]

No worries, submitting subpar teams is totally okay! Thanks for sending! :]

[@countdrake4576]

Galvantula (M) @ Focus Sash Ability: Swarm Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Electroweb - Sticky Web - Bug Buzz - Volt Switch Klefki (M) @ Light Clay Ability: Prankster Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Steel Beam - Light Screen - Reflect - Spikes Heracross (M) @ Flame Orb Ability: Guts Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Normal EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Megahorn - Close Combat - Facade - Swords Dance Dragapult (M) @ Choice Band Ability: Clear Body Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Dragon Darts - Tera Blast - Sucker Punch - U-turn Landorus-Therian @ Life Orb Ability: Intimidate Tera Type: Flying EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Sandsear Storm - Tera Blast - Psychic - Nasty Plot Keldeo-Resolute @ Choice Specs Ability: Justified Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Secret Sword - Surf - Tera Blast - Flip Turn

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission!

[@radmehrnia4981]

Roaring Moon @ Booster Energy Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Flying EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Dragon Dance - Knock Off - Acrobatics - Substitute Great Tusk @ Leftovers Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Water EVs: 248 HP / 224 Def / 36 Spe Impish Nature - Knock Off - Earthquake - Bulk Up - Rapid Spin Heatran @ Leftovers Ability: Flash Fire Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 212 SpD / 40 Spe Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Magma Storm - Earth Power - Taunt - Stealth Rock Ogerpon-Wellspring @ Wellspring Mask Ability: Water Absorb Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Ivy Cudgel - Horn Leech - U-turn - Encore Gholdengo @ Air Balloon Ability: Good as Gold Tera Type: Flying EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Nasty Plot - Shadow Ball - Make It Rain - Psyshock Dragonite @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Multiscale Tera Type: Normal EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Dragon Dance - Extreme Speed - Thunder Punch - Ice Spinner

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission! :D

[@radmehrnia4981]

@@pinkacross2042 Thanks :D. Some context incase its helpful: I tried to follow your "how 2 build" tutorial, and I was going for a standard offense team. I started with sub moon as the star, and next I added Tusk because I imagined it would have good offensive synergy with moon as it'd check gambit & zama (& also add hazard removal). Then heatran was added to answer the fairies that give moon & tusk trouble and to have another answer for steel types since moon lacks EQ (and for stealth rock). From there, the team seemed weak to tusk and lacked a pivot so I went with Ogerpon, to also serve as a water sponge since tusk & heatran were weak to it. From there, the team seemed weak to fighting & zama so I went with Ghold. Finally, the team lacked a ground immunity & priority so I added Dnite The team hasnt been doing very good, I cant quite tell if its because Ive built a bad team or if im just playing it bad haha. Would really appreciate your input :D

[@pinkacross2042]

@@radmehrnia4981 Thanks for the info! :]

[@tomaster2575]

I cooked this Comfey offense team while in class, and is the first team i ever made that got me to 1500Elo. I have gotten higher but usually with rent teams, so im pretty proud of what it has managed to do. I will include a more thoroough description on the comments. Comfey @ Leftovers Ability: Triage Tera Type: Ground EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpA Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Calm Mind - Draining Kiss - Tera Blast - Encore Great Tusk @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Bulk Up - Rapid Spin - Ice Spinner - Headlong Rush Rillaboom @ Choice Band Ability: Grassy Surge Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Grassy Glide - Wood Hammer - U-turn - Knock Off Heatran @ Air Balloon Ability: Flash Fire Tera Type: Grass EVs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 SpD Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Will-O-Wisp - Magma Storm - Earth Power - Taunt Landorus-Therian @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Intimidate Tera Type: Water EVs: 248 HP / 220 Def / 40 Spe Bold Nature - Stealth Rock - Earth Power - Grass Knot - U-turn Cinderace @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Blaze Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - U-turn - Will-O-Wisp - Low Kick - Pyro Ball

[@tomaster2575]

The basics of it is to get rid of everything that walls comfey in order to let it go to town Comfey with triage is suprisingly powerful, as the healing from drainin kiss lets it 1v1 a lot of mons that you wouldnt think it could, however it does rely on super effective damage to deal any significant damage unboosted, even at +2 it 2hkos most threats, but since it heals and is decently bulky, there are few times where you get OHKOED at full hp. Tera blast ground is for steel and poison types that resist fairy, some examples could be Heatran, Glowking, Gambit (although it can 1v1 gambit untera'ed if it doesnt run iron head). Tera ground also lets it resist poison types, which is especially good against glowking. Encore helps comfey to set up against glowking and other slow, bulky threats, or even something like a roaring moon if you predict the ddance. Calm mind lets it deal actual decent damage lmao. The ev's reasoning is to let it live physical attacks, its pretty similar to why hatterene runs 252 def evs most of the time. Tusk serves as the hazard remover and alternative win con, bulk up rapid spin is no joke against most teams, i run ice spinned because i dont really have anything that can hit gliscor consistently enough. It really helps a lot with the gliscor matchup as you can bulk up while gliscor protects, threatening 2hkoes depending on the set. HBD to avoid hazard damage. Rillaboom is the wallbreaker and alternative priority, since the goal of the team is weakening the opposite team until comfey can set up and kill, rillaboom helps with that and can sometimes be the win condition against a lot of teams, especially rain as this team struggles with it. Knock off could be changed for something else but i enjoy the coverage it gives against ghosts and psychics. Grassy terrain also helps with team sustainability. Heatran is a very needed ice resist. It can trap certain threats and it itself threathens steel types like skarm and corvi. Taunt helps with utility. Air balloon for ground inmunity as it also helps against early gliscor and as a pivot. Willo helps with physical threats, especially if you predict a switch in. Lando T helps to glue the team. It walls physical threats and chips them with Rocky Helmet, grass knot lets it OHKO uninvested tusk if with helmet chip. Earth power as stab and stealths as the team's only hazard option. It helps to get other mons into position with U-Turn Cinderace is the fast pivot. With low kick it can threaten a lot of things like gambit heatran or kyurem. Pyro ball deals hineous damage to unboosted skarm and corviknight and willo cripples the physical threats that heatran cant. U-turn for pivoting in and out

[@pinkacross2042]

Thank you for the submission and description! :]

[@Sora19801]

I dropped this on your forums the other day but i'll just drop it here again to see if i can get an actual team! Latios @ Choice Specs Ability: Levitate Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Psychic EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Trick - Draco Meteor - Luster Purge Samurott-Hisui (F) @ Choice Scarf Ability: Sharpness Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 48 HP / 252 Atk / 208 Spe Jolly Nature - Ceaseless Edge - Aqua Cutter - Flip Turn - Aqua Jet Gliscor @ Toxic Orb Ability: Poison Heal Tera Type: Water EVs: 244 HP / 12 Def / 252 SpD Careful Nature - Earthquake - Knock Off - Protect - Toxic Primarina (F) @ Leftovers Ability: Liquid Voice Tera Type: Steel EVs: 248 HP / 200 Def / 60 Spe Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Psychic Noise - Draining Kiss - Calm Mind - Encore Great Tusk @ Eject Pack Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Headlong Rush - Close Combat - Ice Spinner - Rapid Spin Gholdengo @ Air Balloon Ability: Good as Gold Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 180 HP / 80 Def / 72 SpA / 68 SpD / 108 Spe Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Recover - Nasty Plot - Shadow Ball - Make It Rain flame me!

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission! :]

[@FireShell8415]

The G Man (Gouging Fire) @ Choice Band Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Fire EVs: 72 HP / 168 Atk / 16 Def / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Heat Crash - Raging Fury - Outrage - Earthquake The Cooler Donphan (Great Tusk) @ Eject Pack Ability: Protosynthesis Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 Atk / 108 Def / 52 SpD / 96 Spe Adamant Nature - Headlong Rush - Close Combat - Ice Spinner - Rapid Spin Ttar My Opp FRFR (Torkoal) (F) @ Heat Rock Ability: Drought Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Flying EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpA Bold Nature IVs: 0 Spe - Overheat - Rapid Spin - Stealth Rock - Will-O-Wisp No Switch-ins? (Walking Wake) @ Choice Specs Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Hydro Steam - Draco Meteor - Flamethrower - Knock Off It Is What It Is (Hatterene) @ Eject Button Ability: Magic Bounce Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Water EVs: 248 HP / 156 Def / 4 SpA / 100 SpD Bold Nature - Dazzling Gleam - Mystical Fire - Nuzzle - Healing Wish would. (Lilligant-Hisui) @ Life Orb Ability: Chlorophyll Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Solar Blade - Close Combat - Triple Axel - Encore You’ve already seen this team but I wanna see if there is anything else u can fix

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission!

[@1lamafarmer]

Curious why you only looked at OU mons in this video. Like, you seemed to be struggling to find the right mon to do what you specifically wanted at times, but you didn't even scan the UU tier. Is there a reason for that beyond "OU mons good, other mons bad"?

[@pinkacross2042]

I probably should have searched more in lower tiers-- certainly they should be considered when building. Generally the reason I stuck to OU here though was because of the struggles Mamoswine has defensively. Pokemon that check a lot of boxes defensively are almost all in OU.

[@1lamafarmer]

@@pinkacross2042 fair!

[@claytonbrown5254]

what is the calc UI that you have in the battle that’s really cool

[@pinkacross2042]

Showdex! :]

[@empoleon621]

I've hit 1700 a couple times w/ teams made by other people, but this is team is the first team made by my own hands to get me to 1700s. I tried building around scizor since I want it to be good and I love the mon so much, but at the end of the day it ends up falling off against certain matchups and overall isn't great in the tier. I also put Zoroark Hisui in there so that I can have an offensive ghost prescense and as much as I know its better, I didn't wanna just throw pult on the team (plus the ghost immunity is nice). Other than those two I think the team is a pretty standard core. Scizor was originally banded but I found lum to be a bit better since it could take a wisp which is super common in the tier rn. There's another variation of the team w kingambit instead of zorarok h as well as the teams been integrated a couple times at this point. While this might not be the best of all the iterations it was my favorite. Scizor @ Lum Berry Ability: Technician Tera Type: Dark EVs: 144 HP / 252 Atk / 112 Spe Adamant Nature - Bullet Punch - Swords Dance - Close Combat - Knock Off Alomomola @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Flying EVs: 252 Def / 252 SpD Relaxed Nature IVs: 0 Spe - Scald - Flip Turn - Wish - Protect Slowking-Galar @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Water EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD Sassy Nature IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe - Chilly Reception - Future Sight - Toxic - Sludge Bomb Great Tusk @ Booster Energy Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Poison EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Bulk Up - Headlong Rush - Ice Spinner - Rapid Spin Serperior @ Leftovers Ability: Contrary Tera Type: Steel EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Leaf Storm - Leech Seed - Glare - Substitute Zoroark-Hisui @ Choice Specs Ability: Illusion Tera Type: Normal EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Shadow Ball - Hyper Voice - Flamethrower - Grass Knot

[@empoleon621]

sorry for the whole essay LMAO

[@pinkacross2042]

No worries, thank you for the submission and details! :]

[@Pattyrickroll-sj8yy]

Ditto @ Choice Scarf Ability: Imposter Tera Type: Stellar EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpA Quiet Nature IVs: 30 Atk / 0 Spe - Transform Kingambit (F) @ Leftovers Ability: Supreme Overlord Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Kowtow Cleave - Swords Dance - Iron Head - Sucker Punch Slowking-Galar (F) @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Curious Medicine Tera Type: Water EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD Sassy Nature IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe - Future Sight - Chilly Reception - Toxic - Ice Beam Great Tusk @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Headlong Rush - Stealth Rock - Rapid Spin - Ice Spinner Alomomola @ Red Card Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Flying EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD Relaxed Nature IVs: 0 Spe - Wish - Protect - Flip Turn - Acrobatics Thundurus-Therian @ Choice Specs Ability: Volt Absorb Tera Type: Flying EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Hasty Nature - Volt Switch - Tera Blast - Grass Knot - Knock Off

[@pinkacross2042]

Wow Ditto is crazy :O, thanks for the submission!

[@Oneandonly-xg6iu]

Why does no one use Tera bug glowking? I usually run it with ice beam to get surprise kos on ground types that want to eq or knock off

[@pinkacross2042]

Tera Water is generally better since it allows resistance to Walking Wake Hydro Steam, Kyurem Ice Beam / Blizzard, and various water attacks from Rain teams.

[@Sesh-lw6ol]

Hits like a tank and is decently fast, mamo is a beast

[@infinitethunder6184]

I'm probably too late to make a submission, but here's a team that has me averaging 1500 on the ladder. In previous metas, a team that resonates with me is able to bring me to 1700/1800, so I prioritised using a team that feels nice to use. That said, it's got some terrible matchups. Namely Waterpon. When that gets an SD up, I don't have the resources to stop it. The weirdest mon on my team is probably the specs Tera Fighting Keldeo, which is able to surprise some Meowscarada by OHKOing with Vacuum wave. That said, I'm fine with it being dropped. Hatterene (F) @ Leftovers Ability: Magic Bounce Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 HP / 204 Def / 52 Spe Bold Nature - Calm Mind - Draining Kiss - Psyshock - Nuzzle Gliscor @ Toxic Orb Ability: Poison Heal Tera Type: Water EVs: 244 HP / 248 Def / 16 SpD Impish Nature - Earthquake - Spikes - Protect - Toxic Gouging Fire @ Leftovers Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Poison EVs: 252 HP / 72 Atk / 104 Def / 16 SpD / 64 Spe Impish Nature - Dragon Dance - Flare Blitz - Breaking Swipe - Morning Sun Slowking-Galar @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 HP / 16 Def / 240 SpD Sassy Nature IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe - Future Sight - Chilly Reception - Sludge Bomb - Thunder Wave Keldeo-Resolute @ Choice Specs Ability: Justified Tera Type: Fighting EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Secret Sword - Hydro Pump - Vacuum Wave - Flip Turn Kingambit @ Leftovers Ability: Supreme Overlord Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 212 HP / 252 Atk / 44 Spe Adamant Nature - Swords Dance - Kowtow Cleave - Sucker Punch - Iron Head

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission and explanation! :]

[@benmiao8168]

mamo is one of my fav leads, and has a good matchup into most leads rn!

[@pinkacross2042]

Endeavor Mamo is a pretty sick lead, I must admit.

[@DirkParker]

Gouging Fire @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Dragon Dance - Flare Blitz - Earthquake - Morning Sun Skarmory (F) @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Sturdy Tera Type: Fighting EVs: 248 HP / 164 Def / 96 Spe Impish Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Spikes - Iron Defense - Body Press - Roost Garganacl (F) @ Leftovers Ability: Purifying Salt Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD Impish Nature - Salt Cure - Protect - Recover - Stealth Rock Gliscor (F) @ Toxic Orb Ability: Poison Heal Tera Type: Water EVs: 244 HP / 168 SpD / 96 Spe Careful Nature - Knock Off - Swords Dance - Earthquake - Protect Slowking-Galar (F) @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Water EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD Sassy Nature IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe - Toxic - Future Sight - Chilly Reception - Sludge Bomb Dragapult (F) @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Infiltrator Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Naive Nature - Hex - Dragon Darts - Will-O-Wisp - Thunder Wave Totally not just wanting you to revive my favorite team ever now that Volcarona has been banned. :(

[@pinkacross2042]

Haha noted, I'll see what I can do. Currently I replaced it with SKeledirge.

[@Thiagosjo]

Seeking advice: Deoxys-Speed @ Expert Belt Ability: Pressure Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 HP / 36 SpA / 220 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Taunt - Spikes - Psycho Boost - Ice Beam Great Tusk @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Ground EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Rapid Spin - Headlong Rush - Ice Spinner - Close Combat Raging Bolt @ Choice Scarf Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Electric EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 20 Atk - Draco Meteor - Volt Switch - Thunderclap - Dragon Pulse Torkoal (F) @ Heat Rock Ability: Drought Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 Def / 4 SpA / 252 SpD Relaxed Nature - Stealth Rock - Rapid Spin - Will-O-Wisp - Lava Plume Dragonite @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Multiscale Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Dragon Dance - Outrage - Extreme Speed - Earthquake Walking Wake @ Assault Vest Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Def / 4 Spe Adamant Nature - Aqua Jet - Draco Meteor - Tera Blast - Flip Turn

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission! This is an interesting one!

[@twilightsilver6230]

I have a question. When do you believe the (rough) cutoff of "generally viable in OU" is? UU? RUBL? RU? NUBL? I'd place it around RUBL, but I wanna know what you think.

[@pinkacross2042]

Depends on the pokemon entirely. There are some UU pokemon I consider unviable, such as Donphan. Conversely, there are some ZU pokemon I think may be viable, such as Frosmoth and Scovillain. There are certainly more OU-viable pokemon in UU than ZU, but there's no cutoff.

[@twilightsilver6230]

@pinkacross2042 okay I legally HAVE to build a frosmoth team now. ice volcarona time

[@bananagram8495]

Hey I finally decided to play Pokémon showdown and I def have had a bit of success but I feel like I don’t know where to get more info, am I supposed to pick it up over time, or look at smogon? Just trying to absorb more info and feel like I’m missing something

[@pinkacross2042]

You can usually find whatever you're missing on KZbin, or by asking in the room of whatever tier you're playing.

[@ryanheath4971]

Here’s a cool team with scarf Iron Valiant - it cleans up just as well a lot of the time and appreciates the ability to come in throughout the game or Trick the scarf away Iron Valiant @ Choice Scarf Ability: Quark Drive Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Naive Nature - Moonblast - Close Combat - Thunderbolt - Trick Heatran @ Leftovers Ability: Flash Fire Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Magma Storm - Earth Power - Will-O-Wisp - Stealth Rock Great Tusk @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Ground EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Headlong Rush - Ice Spinner - Temper Flare - Rapid Spin Ogerpon-Wellspring (F) @ Wellspring Mask Ability: Water Absorb Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Knock Off - Ivy Cudgel - Horn Leech - Spikes Kingambit @ Black Glasses Ability: Supreme Overlord Tera Type: Dark EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Swords Dance - Sucker Punch - Kowtow Cleave - Iron Head Corviknight @ Leftovers Ability: Pressure Tera Type: Dragon EVs: 248 HP / 140 SpD / 120 Spe Jolly Nature - Bulk Up - Brave Bird - Roost - Taunt

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission!

[@D.L332]

I already posted a team last time, so i'm not sure if this is allowed, but i tried to make a Specs Enamorus balance team, I'm not great at showdown, so i'm trying to have fun making my own teams and i'm trying to improve my teambuilding skills and battling in general, here is the team i made, i want to talk more about the team but i don't want to bore you with all the details, Have a nice day/week! :D love the content btw, And also, My apologies in advance for your eyes Corviknight @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Pressure Tera Type: Dragon EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD Impish Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Body Press - Defog - Roost - Iron Defense Enamorus (F) @ Choice Specs Ability: Cute Charm Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Moonblast - Earth Power - Healing Wish - Mystical Fire Meowscarada @ Choice Scarf Ability: Protean Tera Type: Dark EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Knock Off - Flower Trick - Triple Axel - U-turn Great Tusk @ Booster Energy Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Poison EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Bulk Up - Headlong Rush - Ice Spinner - Rapid Spin Primarina @ Assault Vest Ability: Torrent Tera Type: Steel EVs: 80 HP / 252 SpA / 176 Spe Modest Nature - Surf - Moonblast - Flip Turn - Psychic Noise Slowking-Galar @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 HP / 16 Def / 240 SpD Sassy Nature IVs: 0 Spe - Future Sight - Chilly Reception - Sludge Bomb - Thunder Wave

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission! This looks cool! :D

[@mfp5585]

I don't really understand earth power (instead of earthquake) on lando-T, it has a massive physical attack stat and you aren't running rillaboom. Is it because of the possibility of opposing rillaboom? And why not HH or also EP on mammoswine?

[@pinkacross2042]

The reason I run Earth Power on Landorus is for Zamazenta, Great Tusk, and Gouging Fire. You are correct that Landorus has much more attack, but most things that Landorus wants to threaten have so much higher physical defense than special defense that Earth Power is often preferrable. I don't run EP on Mamoswine because it has terrible special attack, and I don't run High Horsepower because it's a worse Earthquake in most situations.

[@NicholsMediaPress]

What's the extension/feature you are using called? to see the damage calls and stuff? how do I access it?

[@pinkacross2042]

Showdex! Look up "Showdex extension" and it'll come up.

[@NicholsMediaPress]

@@pinkacross2042 thank you so much!

[@AvaluggEnjoyer420]

Avalugg live when?

[@pinkacross2042]

Probably not going to do an Avalugg live sadly-- it just isn't OU viable in my opinion.

[@Maszt14]

I cant wait till you upload more videos about OM Theres one in particular im waiting impatiently for!

[@pinkacross2042]

Coming soon! :]

[@justinterry2790]

could u explain how to get and use the hellodex in a vid ?

[@pinkacross2042]

Yes, I will likely do this soon!

[@IsTheLastChoice]

I am not that good at OU. Does mamoswine, zapdos and ogerpon-wellspring look like a good combination?

[@pinkacross2042]

In theory, yes. Offensively those work very well together. In practice, supporting 3 pokemon that aren't super fast and provide very little defensive utility is going to be very, very difficult or more likely, impossible.

[@IsTheLastChoice]

Nice, thank you. I was looking at Zapdos as a capable defensive pokemon. I guess now I know why Zapdos is in UU.

[@pinkacross2042]

@@IsTheLastChoice Zapdos definitely does have some defensive utility, but it can't handle a lot of the top threats without additional support.

[@powerbolt2846]

FUCK YEAHH I LOVE MAMOSWINE

[@pinkacross2042]

ME TOO

[@powerbolt7508]

ON THIS NOTE HAVE TEAM Roaring Moon @ Choice Band Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Dark EVs: 32 HP / 220 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Knock Off - Outrage - Iron Head - U-turn Gholdengo @ Air Balloon Ability: Good as Gold Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Nasty Plot - Shadow Ball - Make It Rain - Recover Heatran @ Leftovers Ability: Flash Fire Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 212 SpD / 40 Spe Calm Nature - Magma Storm - Earth Power - Taunt - Stealth Rock Raging Bolt @ Choice Specs Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 64 HP / 28 Def / 252 SpA / 164 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 20 Atk - Volt Switch - Thunderclap - Dragon Pulse - Thunderbolt Gliscor @ Toxic Orb Ability: Poison Heal Tera Type: Water EVs: 248 HP / 244 Def / 16 SpD Impish Nature - Earthquake - U-turn - Protect - Toxic Quaquaval @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Moxie Tera Type: Water EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Flip Turn - Rapid Spin - Close Combat - Triple Axel Wanted to build a team around the roaring mussy, got me to 1500s before falling off

[@jabohonu]

Sorry im too new for this, but how do i link my team so you can see it ?

[@pinkacross2042]

Go into Showdown teambuilder, click Import/Export and send the text here! :]

[@Juan-rz2ye]

I love gunk shot on cinderace to one shot unsuspecting primarinas 😂

[@pinkacross2042]

That does indeed sound fun

[@loldartyg8665]

Can you do a ranking for Nat Dex of team styles like you did with Gen 9 OU?

[@pinkacross2042]

I don't know enough about Nat Dex to do so at the moment, but perhaps in the future!

[@micahtemple]

What is the calc extension u have built in ????

[@pinkacross2042]

Showdex!

[@micahtemple]

@@pinkacross2042 tysm this is great

[@EVDWalo]

Pinkacross do you think that salamence has a place in current gen ou as some type of bulky guy

[@pinkacross2042]

Maaaaybe... more likely not, but it does answer Wellspring I suppose?

[@EVDWalo]

Well it also potentially checks Zama, Tusk, Ace, Boom and is not completly passive

[@su1tcasewastaken]

Why do you not invest more heavily into SpD with the EV spread? Don’t you get better value of the AV if you have a higher stat?

[@pinkacross2042]

Actually, no-- how special bulk works is by multiplying HP and special defense, then once again by multipliers such as AV, which is 1.5x. Because they're all multipliers, the same rules apply as with regular EVing, where investing in the lower stat is more beneficial. In this case, it is more beneficial to invest in SpD because it is a lower stat, but the Assault Vest has nothing to do with this investment.

[@su1tcasewastaken]

@@pinkacross2042 Thank you!!

[@theblazinfoxx4631]

4:20 this is quite literally me ( Im not good at building teams )

[@pinkacross2042]

Don't worry, a LOT of people make this mistake.

[@elioschicon6032]

Talonflame @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Gale Wings Tera Type: Dragon EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Brave Bird - Flare Blitz - Roost - Tailwind Great Tusk @ Assault Vest Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Steel EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 216 SpD / 36 Spe Impish Nature - Rapid Spin - Earthquake - Body Press - Knock Off Pecharunt @ Leftovers Ability: Poison Puppeteer Tera Type: Dark EVs: 200 HP / 144 SpA / 164 SpD Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Malignant Chain - Nasty Plot - Shadow Ball - Recover Raging Bolt @ Life Orb Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 136 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 116 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 20 Atk - Thunderclap - Volt Switch - Draco Meteor - Thunder Wave Enamorus @ Focus Sash Ability: Cute Charm Tera Type: Ground EVs: 8 HP / 120 SpA / 128 SpD / 252 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Moonblast - Tailwind - Earth Power - Taunt Torkoal @ Heat Rock Ability: Drought Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 HP / 148 Def / 108 SpD Relaxed Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Stealth Rock - Will-O-Wisp - Solar Beam - Weather Ball

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission!

[@elioschicon6032]

Just a weird team i used at 1400

[@lucaghirini8168]

Blissey @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Natural Cure Tera Type: Dark EVs: 252 HP / 200 Def Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Stealth Rock - Soft-Boiled - Thunder Wave - Seismic Toss Great Tusk @ Leftovers Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Rapid Spin - Earthquake - Knock Off - Bulk Up Skarmory @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Sturdy Tera Type: Dragon EVs: 252 HP / 80 Def / 152 SpD / 24 Spe Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Spikes - Roost - Iron Defense - Body Press Dragonite @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Multiscale Tera Type: Normal EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Dragon Dance - Extreme Speed - Earthquake - Ice Spinner Dragapult @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Infiltrator Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Hasty Nature - Will-O-Wisp - Thunder Wave - Hex - Dragon Darts Heatran @ Leftovers Ability: Flash Fire Tera Type: Grass EVs: 216 HP / 252 SpA / 40 SpD Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Magma Storm - Earth Power - Tera Blast - Protect

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission!

[@irakyl]

39:37 me when regieleki got banned

[@pinkacross2042]

?

[@dearly7179]

Ursaluna (F) @ Assault Vest Ability: Guts Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Def / 4 SpD Adamant Nature - Earthquake - Ice Punch - Body Slam - Play Rough Raging Bolt @ Choice Specs Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Flying EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 20 Atk - Thunderclap - Volt Switch - Thunderbolt - Dragon Pulse Slowking-Galar (F) @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Grass EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD Sassy Nature IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe - Chilly Reception - Future Sight - Toxic - Sludge Bomb Cinderace (F) @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Libero Tera Type: Flying EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Will-O-Wisp - U-turn - Court Change - Pyro Ball Ogerpon-Wellspring (F) @ Wellspring Mask Ability: Water Absorb Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Ivy Cudgel - Horn Leech - Swords Dance - Play Rough Dragapult (F) @ Focus Sash Ability: Clear Body Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Will-O-Wisp - Dragon Darts - Hex - U-turn

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission! :D

[@Gold_Gamer_100]

MAGOATSWINE MENTIONED🗣🔥

[@pinkacross2042]

:D

[@gugu_530]

how do you use the calculator on the side like that?

[@pinkacross2042]

Showdex extension!

[@Snowah]

Here's my team submission! Its a BO team built around Ogerpon-T and SD Gliscor. Hope u like it!! Joegerpon (Ogerpon) @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Defiant Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Ivy Cudgel - Knock Off - U-turn - Encore Dragapult @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Infiltrator Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 76 Atk / 180 SpA / 252 Spe Naive Nature - Dragon Darts - Hex - Will-O-Wisp - U-turn Slowking-Galar @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Sludge Bomb - Future Sight - Thunder Wave - Chilly Reception Gliscor @ Toxic Orb Ability: Poison Heal Tera Type: Normal EVs: 244 HP / 244 SpD / 20 Spe Jolly Nature - Swords Dance - Earthquake - Facade - Protect Ting-Lu @ Leftovers Ability: Vessel of Ruin Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD Careful Nature - Earthquake - Ruination - Spikes - Whirlwind Kingambit @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Supreme Overlord Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Kowtow Cleave - Sucker Punch - Iron Head - Swords Dance

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission!

[@Snowah]

hi pinkacross, one quick change i’ve made with a bit more play testing is i’ve swapped iron head for tera blast on gambit to help with zama

[@pinkacross2042]

@@Snowah Noted, thanks!

[@C0n0li0]

Hey, just something small, but is there a way you could refer to your opponents more neutrally? You default to “he” and “him,” but there are a lot of girls out there on showdown including me that I’m sure would love the recognition!

[@pinkacross2042]

Noted, I'll write this down and try to remember to use "they" in future videos. Thanks!

[@Interiorcrocodilealigator10838]

8:15 3 fire fite, fire ghost, steel fairies, damn 3 Psy steels easily. 2 ground steel, steel ghosts. 1 tusk combo, another god combo. Lando packin a triple package, god typing, intimmy. But they hatin on Timmy we got 3 abilities built to counter intimmy. Are a crowbar to his ankles “oh ur worryin abt 4mms I gotchu fam” The world needs a ground fairy. Unless it’s another great tusk. It’d get bodied and possibly sent to RU. Exca, treads, corv, skarm. Lando. Fake meta ur way into clickin a z on a ting Lu, that already went thro a blender. Oh wait he’s neutral to iron head! Nvm wow

[@olivergro7105]

Min 6:00 and onward: all these pokemon are countered by lanturn. Get lanturn to OU!

[@pinkacross2042]

I wish Lanturn was still viable... sadly it lost Heal Bell and Toxic. :(

[@asstrublu]

Ribombee @ Focus Sash Ability: Shield Dust Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Sticky Web - Moonblast - U-turn - Stun Spore Great Tusk @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Ground EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Headlong Rush - Close Combat - Rapid Spin - Knock Off Serperior @ Leftovers Ability: Contrary Tera Type: Stellar EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Leaf Storm - Tera Blast - Glare - Substitute Kyurem @ Choice Specs Ability: Pressure Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Ice Beam - Freeze-Dry - Draco Meteor - Earth Power Gholdengo @ Air Balloon Ability: Good as Gold Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Make It Rain - Shadow Ball - Dazzling Gleam - Nasty Plot Weavile @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Pressure Tera Type: Ice EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Triple Axel - Knock Off - Low Kick - Swords Dance

[@pinkacross2042]

Thanks for the submission!