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This team is adapted from another top player's high-win-rate structure rather than built from scratch. The core offensive lead is Mega Kangaskhan with Choice Scarf Garchomp, whose raw stats overwhelm most opposing teams. This invites bulky physical walls and cycle play, which Mega Gengar's Shadow Tag counters by trapping and eliminating key pieces. Corviknight runs Iron Defense and Body Press to stall out Kangaskhan-check physical attackers like Hippowdon and Umbreon, setting up Gengar's sweep. Primarina handles leads and disrupts setups with Encore, while Ceruledge provides selection pressure against Volcarona-containing Florges builds. The top winning line against Florges teams involves Corviknight's Iron Defense plan sweeping their physical attackers. Gengar combined with Umbreon, and anything that KOs Primarina on the lead, remained consistent threats.

The idea was to widen the range of teams Toxic Spikes can break. He first laid them with Sneasler, picked Iron Defense Mega Metagross as the ace because it beats the Steel- and Poison-types that ignore Toxic Spikes, and added Dragonite as a Flying-type that doesn't absorb its own hazard and can Dragon Tail things into it; since nothing on that skeleton could face Garchomp or Mega Dragonite, the hazard slot became Triple Axel Meowscarada. Dragonite is the win condition: brought in after Toxic Spikes are down, it Substitutes to blank Hippowdon's Yawn, Dragon Tails on the predicted Whirlwind so the Substitute survives while the opponent eats hazard damage, and with Roost it grinds almost indefinitely, with Speed invested to move before minimally-invested Archaludon. Corviknight gets its Roost PP burned before Iron Defense Metagross closes, and one Iron Defense makes Metagross's Substitute sBuild article →

The team's axis is a bulky Mega Charizard-Y paired with Hippowdon and Alolan Ninetales. The idea: Charizard-Y's overwhelming fire power forces opponents into direct confrontation, and adding Roost lets it pseudo-negate Stealth Rock damage. Alolan Ninetales runs a Scarf to outspeed opposing Scarf users under snow, and uses Moonblast to turn Garchomp into setup fodder. Hippowdon sets Stealth Rock and uses Yawn for tempo. A second attack route uses Mega Gyarados (with Taunt and Dragon Dance) and Corviknight (Whirlwind+U-turn) for slow-cycle opponents. Curse-Plate Aegislash provides physical bulk and chip damage. The team's standout strength is fast Archaludon removal; the author placed 2604 (rank 241).Build article →

The team is built around Garchomp, Floette, and Aegislash as a core trio, inspired by a Stealth Rock + Spikes Garchomp video. Aegislash serves as a switch-in for special Ice and Fairy moves, and was eventually retooled into a pure Ghost-type moveset: if the opponent uses HiDef Iron Defense Corviknight, Calm Mind Floette handles it; if they run HiDef Iron Head, Swords Dance Aegislash breaks through. Basculegion with Choice Band is the lure/pressure piece; Mega Blastoise handles Kangaskhan, Gengar, Mimikyu, Delphox; Archaludon provides presence through its reputation alone. The author admits weak team-selection flexibility and a tendency to spread hazards too eagerly; developing the all-Ghost Aegislash was the season's highlight, ending at 2603 (rank 245).Build article →

This is a poison-based stall team; the author started from last season's core and rebuilt it around the new format's threats, aiming to give minimal answers to every popular mon. Toxapex is the dual-defensive core, spreading poison to the back with Toxic Spikes and pairing beautifully with Meganium, shifted to an HB spread to wall Life Orb Mimikyu. Slowbro is the main physical wall, locking down crit-fishing opponents with Iron Defense plus Shell Armor and eating a huge range of physical attackers like Blaziken, Metagross and Mamoswine. Meganium ignores weather on its recovery thanks to Mega ability, one-shots Mawile with Weather Ball, and pairs Substitute with the Toxic Spikes to freeload against Stealth Rock Garchomp. Snorlax is the special wall and anti-draw insurance, using Smack Down plus Fissure on floating, hard-to-break mons, and the author calls it MVP. Choice Scarf Hisuian SamuBuild article →