Team Build

Competitive Pokémon teams

Teams used in current tournaments.

Competitive teams

Teams used in current tournaments

Offensive rainTop meta

Rain Offense

Pelipper rain powers Basculegion while Amoonguss and Iron Hands hold the middle.

  • Pelipper
  • Basculegion
  • Garchomp
  • Kingambit
  • Amoonguss
  • Iron Hands
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Sun + speed controlTop meta

Sun Core

Sun damage from Charizard and Venusaur with Whimsicott Tailwind on top.

  • Charizard
  • Venusaur
  • Whimsicott
  • Incineroar
  • Garchomp
  • Flutter Mane
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Sand balanceTop meta

Sand Balance

Tyranitar sand plus Rotom-Wash and Amoonguss support for a grindy midgame.

  • Tyranitar
  • Garchomp
  • Rotom-Wash
  • Amoonguss
  • Kingambit
  • Talonflame
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Trick RoomTop meta

Trick Room Bulk

Two Trick Room setters feeding Armarouge and Ursaluna nukes.

  • Indeedee
  • Armarouge
  • Torkoal
  • Ursaluna
  • Amoonguss
  • Porygon2
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Hyper offenseTop meta

Hyper Offense

Six fast attackers with no defensive pivots — every turn is a knock-out attempt.

  • Sneasler
  • Garchomp
  • Dragapult
  • Iron Bundle
  • Flutter Mane
  • Chi-Yu
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BalanceTop meta

Balance Core

Classic Fake Out core with Grassy Terrain healing and a Dragonite finisher.

  • Incineroar
  • Rillaboom
  • Garchomp
  • Rotom-Wash
  • Amoonguss
  • Dragonite
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Rain tempoViable pick

Rain + Tailwind

Rain and Tailwind together: Swift Swim Swampert and Archaludon out-speed everything.

  • Pelipper
  • Archaludon
  • Swampert
  • Tornadus
  • Kingambit
  • Amoonguss
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SnowViable pick

Snow Team

Aurora Veil halves damage while Blizzard never misses in snow.

  • Abomasnow
  • Baxcalibur
  • Iron Bundle
  • Gholdengo
  • Dragonite
  • Amoonguss
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Sun hyper offenseViable pick

Sun Hyper Offense

Sun-boosted Fire spread damage from three different directions.

  • Charizard
  • Venusaur
  • Flutter Mane
  • Chi-Yu
  • Garchomp
  • Talonflame
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Semi Trick RoomViable pick

Semi Trick Room

Works with or without Trick Room thanks to medium-speed bulky attackers.

  • Farigiraf
  • Ursaluna
  • Heatran
  • Amoonguss
  • Dragonite
  • Iron Hands
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Defensive controlViable pick

Double Intimidate

Two Intimidate users stack attack drops until physical teams stop working.

  • Incineroar
  • Gyarados
  • Garchomp
  • Amoonguss
  • Flutter Mane
  • Kingambit
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Terrain restrictedViable pick

Electric Terrain

Miraidon terrain fuels Iron Hands and Iron Bundle Quark Drive boosts.

  • Miraidon
  • Iron Hands
  • Iron Bundle
  • Gholdengo
  • Whimsicott
  • Amoonguss
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Dragon offenseViable pick

Dragon Spam

Four Dragons that break through anything without a dedicated Fairy answer.

  • Garchomp
  • Dragonite
  • Baxcalibur
  • Hydreigon
  • Flutter Mane
  • Amoonguss
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DisruptionViable pick

Ghost Core

Fast Ghosts plus Sableye disruption to steal turns from setup teams.

  • Flutter Mane
  • Gholdengo
  • Dragapult
  • Sableye
  • Amoonguss
  • Kingambit
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PriorityViable pick

Priority Control

Priority moves everywhere: speed control becomes irrelevant against you.

  • Talonflame
  • Dragonite
  • Kingambit
  • Rillaboom
  • Amoonguss
  • Garchomp
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Bulky offenseViable pick

Bulky Offense

Safe, consistent ladder team: strong defensive typing with real damage behind it.

  • Incineroar
  • Amoonguss
  • Kingambit
  • Dragonite
  • Garchomp
  • Rotom-Wash
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SpeedViable pick

Fast Mode

The fastest legal six: Regieleki Electroweb makes the whole team faster still.

  • Regieleki
  • Dragapult
  • Iron Bundle
  • Flutter Mane
  • Chi-Yu
  • Garchomp
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Rain balanceViable pick

Rain Balance

Rain that doesn't fold when the weather is replaced — solid backups included.

  • Pelipper
  • Basculegion
  • Amoonguss
  • Kingambit
  • Dragonite
  • Garchomp
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Sun Trick RoomViable pick

Sun + Trick Room

Torkoal is slow and loves Trick Room, so sun and Trick Room stack perfectly.

  • Torkoal
  • Venusaur
  • Indeedee
  • Armarouge
  • Ursaluna
  • Amoonguss
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Top meta balanceTop meta

Tournament Core (Top Meta)

The most common six in current tournament top cuts — safe and powerful.

  • Kingambit
  • Garchomp
  • Basculegion
  • Incineroar
  • Whimsicott
  • Charizard
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