The NEW Best Team for Scarlet and Violet

[@MysticUmbreon]

So I just learned Ambipom was version exclusive. Legit had no idea, and if anything its stupid that there are version exclusives for DLC imho. One of you reccomended Ludicolo, and I think thats actually a solid idea. Moveset is pretyy self explanatory I would say Surf, Giga Drain or Energy Ball, Ice Beam, and what other move you want for the last slot. Turns out I was also wrong about the mirror herb truth be told, just have the mons in your party and the egg move moves transfer. So it's actually easier to get than how I described in the video. I rushed to get this video out I will admit and didn't thoroughly do enough research. I apologize.Also, swap out Ice Fang foricicle spear and give it loaded dice. I don't really think competitively when creating ingame teams but I always forget that Scarlet and Violet has access to these items really early on.

[@definitelyadragon1644]

One question Mystic, when are you going to do a never used team for Legends Arceus? It better have Golem in it since you often pick Rhyperior for the best teams for Legends Arceus.

[@dethtroy2185]

you not wrong about that being stupid, I had to get someone to give me a Cramorant since that was the only version exclusive i couldn't get through other means (I'm playing violet), any other version exclusive I was able to use legends arceus and pokemon home for that. BTW Empoleon got Competitive now as a hidden ability over defiant, your thoughts on that?

[@Blackmeister89]

No Mystic Reads anymore😢

[@silversalamence10]

I agree that it's stupid that the DLC has version exclusives, this even happened in SwSh as well.

[@anthonyanglemyer]

The version-exclusive bit slipped my mind, too, until I read this. And Ludicolo's an interesting alternative, I like it. You shouldn't have to rush things, either. You're liable to make mistakes that way. You're doing your best, though, and that's what matters.

[@derekjay2000]

This was the first time I decided to make a new team instead of just using my previous lv 100. I had Yanmega, Dipplin, Poliwrath, Sinistcha, Probopass, and Chandelure. Yes, that's right. During my blind playthrough, I accidentally made (Save for two) Kieran's exact team.

[@anthonyanglemyer]

This team looks great! Very good to see! Y'know, I was actually looking at a couple of past best teams today, like your Crystal ones. You definitely have come a long way from back then.

[@mikeburnette2190]

Mystic, you are a genius. You see I write fanfiction for fun on a website, and Pokemon is one of my favorite fandoms, and well with your insight...I like making Ash "evil" with the pokemon he captures and their moves, so thank you.

[@ernestocardenas8819]

Hey Mystic, a few other commenters already mentioned this but Ambipom is a Violet exclusive. I personally think that Ludicolo would be a great alternative since there’s no water or grass type on the team.

[@JoeMah.]

liirc there is a TM of Icicle Spear and Mamoswine learns that. Give it the Loaded Dice and it is guaranteed to hit 4 times minimum. Not to mention, it removes your trouble dealing with Pokemon with Sturdy and Focus Sashes and trust me. You're gonna need it. The team that I used consists of Pokemon only found in Kitakami: Empoleon (from the random Sinnoh starter egg from Jacq) Dripplin Ribombee Chandelure Mamoswine Mienshao (Absurdly high evo level, I know but Mienfoo isn't that bad as long as you have a good moveset)

[@PokéJolt50]

I'd argue using Mienfoo over Gallade for the bulk of your playthrough. Access to U-Turn, Regenerator as an ability, strong moves in Close Combat and Poison Jab, and access to the Eviolite for most of your playthrough make it pretty formidable despite being a pre-evolution.

[@chrisjohnsen8448]

Meowscarada edition gonna have Infernape for sure. Sidenote, but I myself plan on rushing the Teal Mask story with a single overleveled Pokemon on a future run of the game so I can get Ogerpon at level 20 and use it for the whole game. I worked out a specific set of team members with certain Tera types (I have a lot of tera shards on my main file) to make it so that with Ogerpon's type switching I can have all 18 types in 6 team slots.

[@rahulshisodia]

For those who are in a hurry. 2:30 5:53 7:56 9:48 11:15 12:40

[@nrbarley1573]

I’m happy the Lotad and Gligar lines are back.

[@asmontosborne3111]

Really happy with my team tbh. I went in only knowing I’d be using a shiny Sneasel I found in Area Zero (who has basically become the protagonist of the DLCs for me) and Dipplin. Ended up with them, Hatterene, Oricorio-Sensu, Bloodmoon Ursaluna and Hisuian Arcanine, all of whom I had never used. I also used Infernape from the Mystery Egg for a good while, but Arcanine was the better pick for my overall team (I wish I’d gotten a Piplup from the egg, that way I could’ve ditched Hatterene, who ended up being the worst performer on the team and kept Arcanine). Not sure what I’ll do for Indigo Disk, I’ll definitely be evolving Sneasel and I might get a Flapple since it’s the only Applin evo I’ve yet to use, but I want to try out Competitive!Empoleon and at the same time, I want to bring back my main story team for the final Paldean adventure.

[@mikedmei]

Meowscarada, Gallade, Gardevoir, Mamoswine, Empoleon and Hisuian-Arcanine. That is my team for my new playthrough 😀

[@kalebrhea5822]

I used Gallad in my recent play through of Scarlet with only fighting types. I had a pure power medicham, yet gallad with sharpness was never outclassed. I used both most of the play through, only choosing medicham over gallad at the league

[@weavilethepro]

about baxcalibur, it was quickbanned from smogon OU due to getting scale shot. for context scale shot is a 25 base power multi-hit move that drops defense in exchange for +1 speed and it else has icicle spear which is also a 25 base power multi-hit move but no secondary effects and loaded dice allows both moves to a minimum of hit 4 times 100% and yeah it can boost its attack with sword dance and boost its speed with scale shot while also using scale shot for strong dragon stab EDIT: forgot that alolan ninetales had snow warning to effectively give baxcalibur a defense boost and alolan ninetales can also set up aurora veil so baxcalibur is almost guaranteed to set up a sword dance

[@adamthespinygiant]

Poliwrath is so underrated. I’m glad to have my 4th favorite Pokémon back. Edit: my top 3 favorites are 3. Samurott 2. Feraligatr 1. Swampert

[@HaisaySasaki]

For getting moonblast onto your cutiefly the gender doesn't matter for either pokemon I don't think, just get a pokemon with moon blast, keep that in your party and ideally make sure it only knows moonblast, give cutiefly/ribombee the mirror herb to hold and make sure it has at least one empty moveslot, it should pick up Moonblast and it saves you time for breeding.

[@RahulKumar-ey9xl]

Icicle Crash can be used for Mamoswine. Also Acrobatics doesnt work for Technician unless you have an item on Ambipom. Acrobatics' power doubles when pokemon doesnt have an item.

[@souleblade32790]

The Teal Mask was too easy. I made the mistake of using my League team. LOL

[@Boltofbrilliance122]

I pulled an Ash and used a whole new team and let me tell you it's worth it I've struggled for some time

[@Sakura_Truffle]

@@Boltofbrilliance122Same here! And I started the DLC with a team of 3 and caught 3 new team members out of the returning/new Pokémon. I plan to do a similar thing with Indigo Disk when that comes out

[@roshandinesh6701]

It was not easy . Especially with ogapaun

[@setsunian5283]

it depends on how you play it but im not sure about what they can do about some ppl blazing through with level 100s

[@TheMasterBlaze]

As somebody who scrapped their whole team and caught a new one except for their starter (My Typhlosion from HGSS) the Teal Mask story and Ogre Clan side quest were very refreshing with the difficulty they brought to the table. They all felt like they got the same love Nemona's final battle got, if not, more.

[@TheEndIsMan392]

I prefer Cresselia, shes Psychic and not Fairy but still has Moonblast. You can use Lunar Blissing to both get HP and make your opponents miss attacks while pummeling them with Dazzeling Gleam or Moonblast

[@YosiahW]

I didn't even know you could catch a Milotic in SV. That's my favourite water type Pokémon so I know what must be done.

[@LegoReader12345hello]

I’m playing it, and I’m using paldea Pokémon I haven’t used in my first playthrough, so I’m using skeledirge, Kilowatrell, farigaraf, and what ever is there in kitakami, like polchageist

[@Sakura_Truffle]

My team for Teal Mask was a shiny hiusian decidueye, a shiny Ursaluna (that later got swapped to the bloodmoon forme), a dewott (yes, just a dewott), Sinistcha, Carbink and a Chandelure and it was interesting. Definitely not the best team but Decidueye was the ace of my team carrying when needed the most and Carbink had some huge moments tanking hits with its good defenses

[@Dansedrengen]

I have gladly used Gallade from the beginning of gen 9 because of Sharpness. I put an Expert belt on it and it really shreds, pun intended, even in tera raids. I also use Skeledirge and with a Metronome Torch Song can hurt after about 3 rounds

[@PG10K]

ribombee 😂 ain’t nobody using that thing lol

[@derekdunn9643]

One thing I was shocked by, not only do you find an insane amount of TM's, but the rare bones you find is crazy. Heck, sell them for a solid profit.

[@darkclawgreatonenas]

on my playthrough of Scarlet, ive been using Braviary, Garchomp, Luxray, Copperahja, Glaceon and Annihilape

[@cj_skywalker]

You can breed Clefairy to a bug? Uh... that's sort of creepy-pasta right there. But then again, Skitty-on-Wailord is a thing...

[@ryan6601]

The teal mask was a challenge if you used a whole new team. I used all shinies but i used: Vikavolt, Chandelure, Dipplin, Mamoswine, Kommo-o, and politoed

[@ArchangelNashan]

A really good Alt Mon though you'll be double dipping into the Fighting Type is Poliwrath as you can find Poliwag in the River to the East of Mossui or better yet there is a Fighting Tera Type Poliwhirl in the Pond just north of Mossui and south of the Oni Mountain Marker on the Map!!!

[@kristianacuna769]

If you go into the dlc after Betting the game you can catch a wild cutiefly that has quiver dance

[@304BBQ]

the first thing i did was shiny hunt a jangmo-o and went in with garchomp, hoopa unbound for the loyal 3, baxcalibar,dragapult, and finally walking wake and it was pretty fun

[@GuardianAngel871]

Just out of curiosity, will you be doing a similar updated Best Team videos involving the newly released DLC for those that have selected Sprigatito or Quaxly as their starter Pokemon?

[@supraknightly27]

I decided to go with Meowscarada (With protean to be exact), Empoleon (For water and steel combo), Salazzle, Gliscor (For not only the unique typing of Ground/Flying, but also it's solid attack and speed with it being tanky), Gardevoir, and Kommo-o.

[@Sonicanimefan1]

This team has no water or flying type coverage.. You used Gyarados in one of your Best teams here, but might I suggest, legitimately, Pelipper? You've harped on it before, but ever since Gen 7 when it got Drizzle it's been lowkey underrated.. Catch one with Drizzle and it'll wreck stuff with always accurate Hurricane and Surf from the special side. Plus with Mamoswine, you've got coverage against its nasty 4x electric weakness.. I used a Pelipper briefly in my Scarlet run and it flat out soloed Team Star's fire base alone.. Surf, Hurricane, Ice Beam and a filler move like Roost or U-Turn is pretty solid

[@unclephillymya]

Gallade with (Sharpness) is a menace Swept my team with no problem

[@gizmo66]

Wait, do the levels scale in the dlc?? I did it after having completed the main game and all of the pokemon in the dlc were pretty high level

[@TylerChou059]

I used this team for the Teal Mask: Empoleon Chandelure Kommo-o Vikavolt Shiftry Gliscor

[@silversalamence10]

Call me a traditionalist, but I actually prefer the Day Care/Nursery over the breeding system in SV. Sure SV is easier as you can do it at any time, but I prefer having a visual indicator that an egg has been found that the older titles provided.

[@raiddaddy1635]

Is this like an updated best team list for the game or just the dlc?

[@Joey15811]

Hisuian Arcamine honestly was my MVP here

[@coffeeafters3x]

lmao to players who chose not to use a completely new team and ended up having an "It's too easy" experience. It's fun to struggle once in a while.

[@MrT6250]

7:56 switch ice fang for icicle spear and give it loaded dice.

[@zachbrancato1970]

Bro I was thinking the EXACT same thing.

[@antonitocotter447]

How do you get Loaded Dice again... I kinda forgot....

[@MrT6250]

@antonitocotter447 Eastern Province Area one from the league rep (after beating 5 trainers) or Levincia for 20,000 at delibird presents.

[@Matsuna13]

Ribombee and Mamoswine are two of the Pokémon I will use for my Scarlet team. I’ve never used either of them. I’ve somewhat planned out my Scarlet team, but I am thinking of getting moonblast for my cutie fly.

[@Lildeevil]

Cue Mutahar laugh when seeing Ribombee

[@ChampionDelta]

Bros content never changes

[@vivikitty4629]

A team exclusively using Pokemon native to Kitakami would be interesting.

[@ScottiHubba]

Rotom (ghost form) and Ursaluna are basically only 2 I used. Well till Bloodmoon then Rillaboom came out.

[@Cmonmanny]

My team was Glimmora, Basculegion, Dipplin, Amourouge, kingambit and lawnmower rotom.

[@johnnypollack3243]

Keep up the awesome work and videos

[@darkhorseman900]

I saw in your video saying clefairy learns moonblast at evolution but it learns it at level 44 in pokemon scarlet and violet.

[@Cyanidebeans]

Tip for using Magnezone: If you see a tera raid tor a Magnemite/Magneton that is a unique tera type that's not normal type, use that instead and give it tera blast

[@KaiMacGowanAndCode]

I don't have the DLC yet, planning on buying it soon but knowing I can transfer all these Pokémon from Arceus and other games means i can craft raise them to Lv. 100 before i play the DLC.

[@YosiahW]

Just as a fun fact, the most lethal type combo in competitive is electric/ice because it can hit everything in the game for at least neutral damage and has a variety of super effective match-ups like water, flying, grass, ground and dragon - all of which are very common or very powerful types in competitive. For a regular playthrough that varies though, but then again I just wanted a reason to explain "boltbeam" in VGC.

[@FireheartSamurai]

Drain Punch on Gallade doesn’t seem like a bad idea. Since it can help heal it though. And imo Gallade isn’t a bad Pokémon to.

[@NewbieGamerz884]

Hi! I do want to get the game, but the ev/iv / nature game mechanics, but is it a must to do those 3 , in ur in game team?

[@ErintheAutisticOctoling]

Since aipom is a violet exclusive, what is the scarlet alternative?

[@TheTrueZoom]

Gligar

[@KitsuneWolfe]

amazing videos as always i'm curious do u plan to do a build like this again with the dlc for the other 2 starters as well? would love one for sprigatito.

[@edwardmeyers4466]

It's really sad that apart from the starter, all of the Pokemon here, are from past generations.

[@robertreynolds7123]

Using gallade for a fighting only run in scarlet. He absolutely shreds, far away the team mvp

[@KaoTamashi]

I feel like milotic or another grass or water type would help instead of ambipom

[@iuxbaesuzystan]

Lame the Ursaluna is too high leveled for the main story. (I twice caught that beast upon starting up a new save, thanks to Pokémon home)

[@thomaskalins3560]

Another awesome video

[@JamiePokemonTrainer]

my team - Dipplin, Kommo-o, Arbok, Milotic, Ursaluna blood moon, Orgeon

[@derekledden1358]

My gallade(made for capture not battle) a d iron valiant duoed the entire dlc

[@axels3188]

This was a good team and I’m glad to have Snorlax back in the game.

[@Yos.S11]

can you make a best team with new dlc pokemon only?

[@skullwolff9442]

when does the mirrog herb become availble? if early, than why breed? just mirror herb it.

[@Reck-i5o]

Can you do a version for the other starters as well?

[@randallgilbert2163]

My team is Infernape,Milotic,Ampharos,Hydreigon,Torterra,Scizor

[@tylerdenny5428]

I haven’t played it yet, but only because I think Scarlett and Violet kinda suck, but I will complete it

[@dathbaeder]

7:16 Unfortunately, I understood that reference

[@Lucenstall]

Hey Mystic think it would be a good challenge to make a team with only Pokemon that can be found in Kitakami.

[@laurabaxter8491]

Can you use an iron valiant for the gallade because I have a shiny one?

[@IceTsunami1]

I used a very very underpowered team during teal mask, so most battles took me like 6 tries, it was so much fun

[@FaolanHart]

I like how you're just trolling us at this point lol.

[@thatclekidgaming1501]

My team was Yanmega, Shiftry (absolutely useless), Arbok, Chandelure, Kommo-o, and Mamoswine for the DLC. It felt like a crime sitting my starter but I maxed it out to level 100 lmao

[@Kingj987]

Might just use my starter and catch new pokemon

[@kyledonegan9398]

I restarted everything and after being main game then going to dlc I’ve caught two lv55 cutiefly that already know dazzling gleam

[@vanguardluard8334]

But aipom is a violet exclusive dont you not use exclusives pokemon

[@TheShiningEnergy]

You forgot to mention to make sure that the Ralts was Male.

[@jimstewart4929]

Folks please dont breed a cutiefly for moonblast, use draining kiss until you reach casscafara and have a picnic between your fly holding a mirror herb with an empty move slot and you clefable who knows moonblast, interact with both pokemon, and your fly will know blast

[@jimstewart4929]

This method can also be used later in the game to teach mamoswine Icicle crash via Beartic or Cetitan

[@AustinFriley-uc1qh]

I assume legends are off the table? Cuz if not ogerpon is easy to get and it’s kinda nuts

[@richardpitts5261]

Maybe body press on Mamoswine instead of rock slide because of that moves poor accuracy

[@refriedboogie]

Meowscarada Teddiursa Arctibax Iron jugilis Iron valiant Dipplin That was my team

[@israelrobbins5086]

Idk if this is just me but all the Pokémon for my teal mask r level 50-75

[@That-guy-27]

Mine are all pretty much all lvl 100 or are in the 90 and above range

[@shirokun002]

You can pass egg moves down with a mirror herb and a empty space

[@zacharykirchner]

Is it that rare to find a ralts with the trace ability?

[@kyledonegan9398]

Or can you replace moonblast with dazzling gleam?

[@definitelyadragon1644]

Damn, Gallade's cheeks look thicc in the thumbnail.

[@Zeero_Kool]

So I’m confused, with the DLC you start over?

[@MysticUmbreon]

No. I just chose to do a team that factors in beating base Scarlet and Violet and the dlc as well!

[@Zeero_Kool]

@@MysticUmbreon Ah ok. Think you did say you started a fresh game with the dlc. So then it doesn’t matter if you’re early mid or late game when you down load the dlc right. Or is it all post game

[@NeverBeBored08]

@@Zeero_Kool you can start the DLC as soon as they let you start your adventure. If you play the DLC postgame all the pokemon will be higher levels

[@kingsim9288]

Please make a dlc best team for the other starters.

[@salllamander2383]

Just evolved a male clefairy into a clefable and no moon blast :) rip

[@jayrinjohn168]

Well I made two teams for scarlet and violet with my favourite pokemon, I choose quaxly but I decided to have a greninja for the scarlet one and I would choose fuecoco and have an infernape on my violet one

[@jayrinjohn168]

Still trying to figure out the team members since it's a combo of Japanese/kitakami pokemon

[@jahaanburnett6013]

Why not quiver dance for ribombee?

[@kyledonegan9398]

Finally hatched a cutiefly with moonblast and also hatched a male cleffa thankfully

[@djfooddrinks6171]

You can get a shiny draigpault from mystery gift

[@michaelaburns734]

Quite the team

[@Roy1491]

So no Gardevoir again? Noted.

[@LegoReader12345hello]

Lol I also call my mammoswine Manny

[@laurabaxter8491]

0:45 My cutifly was at lvl 57 when I caught it

[@laurabaxter8491]

Weird