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The author set out to build the strongest possible Mega Staraptor, which has great coverage and power plus Cosmic Power, but can't boost its own Attack and Speed, so the whole team feeds it via Baton Pass. Hatterene is the passer: absurdly slow, so even after Agility it passes from underneath, and Magic Bounce blocks Dragon Tail, Whirlwind, Taunt and other annoying status and pivot moves. Dragapult sets dual screens and doubles as a Dragon Dance passer, linking flexibly with Hatterene. Gyarados is the sub-ace with Taunt to punish the Skeledirge, Clefable and Metagross that Staraptor lures, and it ended up the most-picked. Swords Dance Archaludon was the MVP, tanking hits with Solid Rock and using Earthquake to smash steels that underestimate it. The author admits it's a first-encounter surprise team that folds once opponents learn it, or the instant a perfect play is made against it.Build article →

The author finished S3 at rank 182 with this Hippowdon + Gyarados + Aegislash core, unchanged since S1 apart from two flex slots: a Special Defense Hippowdon to handle lead Delphox and Mega Raichu Y, and a Mega Scovillain to scrape past Primarina, Stealth Rock Garchomp, and Archaludon. The plan is simple: Glimmora sets Stealth Rock plus Toxic Spikes, Mega Gyarados rampages, Aegislash closes. This Gyarados runs Adamant with Taunt over Ice Fang, wrecking the now-everywhere Hippowdon and stalling Iron Defense Archaludon. Aegislash sticks to a Special Defense-based Swords Dance shield build since a pure-Attack spread gets shredded by Foul Play. The author admits Glimmora speed ties are a coin flip, and opposing Mega Gyarados and Will-O-Wisp Rotom are basically unwinnable.Build article →

The whole plan is one line: use Orthworm's Shed Tail plus Blastoise to blow the opposing team apart. The author got crushed last season by an opponent's Shed Tail into a full-HP Water Spout Blastoise, decided the core was solid, and when Hydreigon, Metagross, Delphox and Mawile spiked late in M-3, judged Blastoise would thrive and jumped in. Orthworm stacks Iron Defense then Shed Tails a full-HP Blastoise in; at full HP Water Spout is monstrous, punching through Mega Charizard Y, Floette and Primarina in one hit, and even unboosted it one-shots Hippowdon and Mawile. Glimmora is the second core, Rock Polishing to sweep Delphox and Greninja from above when Blastoise stalls. Hippowdon supports the pass with Whirlwind, Protean Sash Meowscarada handles Gengar/Primarina cores, and Curse Mimikyu covers Minimize, Glalie and Baton teams. The author flatly can't beat Bellibolt, and finds Lucario aBuild article →

The team was built out of frustration with stall opponents like Toxapex and Umbreon that waste game time. Mega Gardevoir was chosen as the lead because it can end matches within five minutes using high raw power. The core trio of Mega Gardevoir, Snorlax as a Yawn-plus-Explosion launcher, and a scarf Basculegion formed the base. Sword Dance Mega Lopunny was later added as a setup sweeper, with Snorlax reworked as the trigger for sweep sequences. Serperior was added last to punish the proliferating leftover Aegislash builds and serve as a setup sweeper off Aegislash as a boost platform. Strengths are explosive offensive tempo and effective lure selection; the weakness is over-reliance on luring specific matchups.Build article →

Built around a Taunt + Bulk Up Corviknight that the author felt could check almost anything, with the rest of the team built to support it. Glimmora leads to lay Toxic Spikes and cover Corviknight's Fire/Steel weakness; Mega Lopunny handles Steel walls like Archaludon and Aegislash with Swords Dance; Choice Scarf Basculegion cleans up Delphox, Metagross, Gengar and Lucario; Haban Berry Garchomp checks both Mega Charizard forms plus Volcarona and Bellibolt. Mega Chandelure was added late in the season when Sableye stall teams surged and became a losing matchup. The author credited Corviknight's Taunt for shutting down Yawn stallers and keeping morale high all season as the team's most-picked member, but admitted their play and risk management still need work, still struggling against Vanilluxe, Rotom and Mega Scizor.Build article →

这套是作者参考 TikTok 主播「リン」的 Mega 喷火龙Y + 除雾钢铠鸦为轴搭出来的。因为之前打 SV 时习惯用讲究循环，所以挑了能打出同等火力的宝石海星当搭档；后排则是为了对付喷火龙Y完全打不过的快龙，选了电肚蛙和披带烈咬陆鲨。魔幻假面喵作为讲究物攻代表加进来，顺便压一压偏重的暴鲤龙。核心运作是钢铠鸦帮喷火龙Y除掉隐形岩，Mega 喷火龙Y自己配了能扛特化 Mega 海星水流裂破、特化 Mega 巨金怪雷电拳、特化幽尾玄鱼波动直冲的物理耐久，速度只求同速准速80族，特攻拉满一发过热带走满血特防特化铝钢桥龙。烈咬陆鲨兼顾坚盾剑怪和快龙队，剑舞+晴天下+2 火之牙让特防钢铠鸦都不敢接。作者自评短板很明显：Mega 皮可西一旦叠起来基本没解，只能靠过热打要害赌一波；花叶蒂堆冥想也难受，得靠烈咬陆鲨剑舞地震硬推；暴鲤龙+火焰鸡的组合会逼出很扭曲的出场组合。他坦承队伍有缺陷，能打上冠军级更多是靠这赛季操作明显进步、学会算“稳健选择”的收益。Build article →