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The team centers on the late-season popular Garchomp plus Mega Florges plus Basculegion core, supplemented by Corviknight as a relaxed-natured physical wall using U-turn to generate momentum, Mega Charizard Y for steel-type coverage, and a fast Umbreon. Corviknight's U-turn is described as the actual engine of the team despite being labeled a cushion. Umbreon runs high Speed to get the jump on incoming Scizor and Aegislash after predicting Swords Dance, landing Foul Play for big returns. Mega Florges sweeps through durable cycles with Moongeist Beam and Calm Mind. The clear weakness the author identifies is Starmie, which the team has almost no answer to, and the author simply accepted a poor matchup rate against it.Build article →

The team is built around Garchomp and Floette. The author felt Garchomp was under-explored in Reg M and started there, then added Floette, which proved strong as a core beyond just answering the Sylveon boom. Metagross was slotted in because Meowscarada was a nightmare. Finally, Staraptor was added to handle the Toxic Spikes + Aegislash cores, since it has strong pivoting utility against them. Garchomp runs Leftovers (Choice Scarf was moved to Gholdengo instead) and becomes a monster after Rotom, Incineroar, and Staraptor stack Intimidate and Parting Shot debuffs. Floette carves out easy wins against underprepared teams and naturally beats Hippowdon and Sylveon. Metagross replaces the usual Scizor as a Meowscarada answer while also crushing Delphox, Gengar, Aegislash, and Scizor. Staraptor serves as Floette's backup wallbreaker with STAB 120 BP off base 140 Attack. Strengths: floor-cutting Mega power and resistance to stall/status cores. Weakness: Focus Sash Gengar embedded in cyclic teams.Build article →

This team is basically last season's (M-4) squad polished further, since the author treats this game as a proficiency grind and doubled down on the build he already knew best instead of switching. Blastoise is the core: Orthworm's Shed Tail brings it in safely, it sets up Shell Smash, then sweeps at max Speed. Aegislash runs Focus Sash as the best face-off piece, and having Shed Tail passed to it again basically works like getting a second Sash; backup Mega pick Glimmora is built at max Speed to outrun Charizard and Dragonite, while Choice Scarf Garchomp checks setup and fast attackers like Mega Delphox and Mega Greninja. New pick Vanilluxe was this season's MVP, running Taunt to shut down Baton Pass and stall teams and sweeping the final match 2-0. The author admits the team has real flaws and isn't a polished build, but says personal skill carried it to a first-ever final Champion rankBuild article →

The team pairs Mega Lucario and Meowscarada as a dual high-pressure lead duo, both capable of revenge killing thanks to priority moves. Primarina fills the cushion role with leftovers, handling physical threats like Garchomp and completely walling Corviknight while providing Aqua Step to establish tempo. Garchomp itself runs Stealth Rock plus Dragon Tail for hazard stacking against stall. Scarf Basculegion handles teams without Normal or Dark types. Mega Charizard Y was added to beat Mega Scovillain and Aegislash. The author describes Primarina as the MVP and stresses that Lucario must switch out of unfavorable matchups immediately. Key weaknesses include max-speed Sneasler, max-speed Mega Starmie, Espathra plus Clefable, Dragon Dance Mega Gyarados with Power Whip and Ice Fang, and Toucannon.Build article →

The build started from Mega Raichu because the author found it cute and wanted the "Zap Cannon" romance. Raichu heavily lures Ground types like Hippowdon and Garchomp, so after trying Orthworm and others without success, the author locked in a physically defensive Gyarados as its partner and climbed from 2000 to 2400. Since both Raichu and Gyarados spread paralysis, Hisuian Goodra with Shelter (and Shell Armor to dodge crits) became the true MVP, often sweeping from a 1v3 deficit after paralysis support. The last three slots patch matchups: Life Orb Mimikyu stops Mega Blaziken and Shell-Smash Blastoise; Focus Sash SD Garchomp uses hidden Poison Jab to erase Mega Meganium and Mega Scovillain; Mega Dragonite covers Mega Venusaur and Mega Dragalge better than Mega Delphox thanks to broader coverage. The author flags Aegislash and Corviknight as tough, only manageable through Gyarados paralysis chip or landing Raichu/Dragonite.Build article →

The author felt Water/Dark had the best typing in the meta, so from Season 4 he built a cycle team around Hippowdon and Mega Gyarados's bulk, then found a full-attack (no Dragon Dance) Gyarados could pivot just as well, carrying that into Season 5. The final six: full-attack Mega Gyarados as the bulky attacker, Sylveon as the pivot, Focus Sash Garchomp covering Stealth Rock, face-offs, and closing games, Mega Delphox to break Steel-types the rest can't touch, Choice Scarf Gholdengo for speed control while easing Gyarados's cycling load, and Life Orb Mimikyu added late to win without switching — which also solved his long-time Umbreon problem. He rates Garchomp as the MVP for its flexible role across face-off, cycle, and setup selections, but admits Gholdengo hits too soft and Meowscarada stayed an unsolved problem all season.Build article →

The team is themed around stacking setups: four of the six members carry setup moves for a sweep-relay strategy. Archaludon leads with leftovers and wins a wide range of first-turn matchups. Mega Lopunny runs Sword Dance plus Mach Punch to outpace and lock down scarf Dark-types. Basculegion uses the Cursed Body item instead of scarf, pairing Agility so one boost beats max-speed scarf Garchomp. Mega Corviknight is the sticky-web countermeasure and can accumulate Sword Dance above faster opponents. Gengar with Focus Sash and Hypnosis provides a wildcard for tough Florges matchups. The author identifies Mega Starmie as the team's hardest matchup with almost no answer, while Archaludon's lead performance exceeded expectations.Build article →

The author loves Charizard and built around Mega Charizard X winning the damage race in one-on-one matchups. They chose X over Y because X's higher Defense lets it combine the Speed to move first with the bulk to eat priority moves without compromise. The moveset is Flare Blitz, Outrage, Flame Charge and Swords Dance: Flame Charge sweeps offense teams with minimal chip, while high power plus Swords Dance forces through physical walls against cycle teams. Mega Gyarados is the complement, its point being to make opponents misread Charizard as the Y form, baiting them to swap a physical wall for a special wall and opening a free turn for a game-ending Swords Dance. The core lead is Sash Garchomp or Primarina for guaranteed action to grab a numbers lead, then Charizard X sweeps. Archaludon plus Primarina forms a defensive type-cycle, and bulky Life Orb Mimikyu covers the Garchomp that CharizBuild article →

作者是从赛季中期一度冲到第一的 Rome 玩家的队伍改造过来的，核心是「双Mega+金属爆发」的思路，主打皮可西和快龙的双Mega切换。常规出场组合是皮可西/快龙-铝钢桥龙-仆刀将军；对循环队则换成皮可西-弃世猴-仆刀。铝钢桥龙走CS白色香草+金属爆发，能反杀部分克制自己的对手，把局面拖成有利的2对2。快龙走满速CS调整，H留奇数，剩余给攻击保证神速威力，靠多重鳞片正面单挑并用神速收残血，对烈咬陆鲨的鳞片连射5发也一次没吃到过。弃世猴调成S60+3、HB能扛+1壮壮拳的闪焰王牌爆炎踢，特防够硬能吃住准性格妖火红狐的暗影球，改用剩饭配得意扬扬后打呵欠队非常舒服，是循环队的破坏者。仆刀将军配了+1速跑，能高概率扛住烈咬的地震+粗糙皮肤反伤，做强化终结点和金属爆发收尾。Mega化前的皮可西天然特性，靠电磁炮麻痹对方先锋，为后续铝钢和仆刀创造2对2优势，还能防对手场地技保护铝钢的坚硬和仆刀的气势披带。作者自评是主打正面单挑的「快攻队」，正面对拼很强但缺乏回复和高火力，打循环队一步都不能失误，因为没有肉盾垫招，每一次选择都很关键。Build article →