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The team is built around Mega Lopunny (Adamant, full Attack investment), exploiting the fact that Fake Out plus Thunder Punch nearly OHKOs uninvested Starmie and Fake Out plus High Jump Kick lands a high-probability OHKO on Garchomp and Glimmora. Core members are Lopunny, Archaludon, Corviknight, and Basculegion; the last two slots go to Mega Clefable as a setup platform and Espathra to handle fast threats like Gengar and Delphox that outspeed Lopunny. The standard lead is Lopunny plus Corviknight with a flexible third; Basculegion is prioritized when Hippowdon is on the opponent's team. The author acknowledges the team is not top-tier — no Fire-type move means Scizor is problematic, no Ice move leaves Dragonite as a weakness, and a late-season swap to Sash Garchomp cost 100 rating points before reverting to Espathra, an outcome the author admits they cannot explain.Build article →

作者原本用Mega宝石海星打到过冠军级，后期掉到1800，最后一天前借了别人公开的对面构筑稍微调整甲贺忍蛙的配置后冲上最终冠军级。核心是首发超能艳鸵+Mega甲贺忍蛙的组合：超能艳鸵带气势披带，靠光子撞击正面打穿对手并把对方特防砍两阶，常常一只就能滚雪球；后续接Mega甲贺忍蛙，因为对手特防被削，变幻自在更容易发挥，甚至可以先不Mega用毒水波等技能切属性再Mega。配速上把性格从胆怯改成保守，是为了对枪幽尾玄鱼不被压死。第三只视情况派谜拟丘（对面向、收尾）或彩粉蝶（食残蝶舞催眠粉，钉受队和钢铠鸦），两者各打不同套路。Mega长耳兔和铝钢桥龙是备用，前者打袋兽队，后者铺隐形岩+龙尾骚扰当超能艳鸵难出场时的替代首发，并且摆出来还能误导对手以为超能艳鸵是接力套。作者自评首发稳定度极高，缺点是对月亮伊布、仆刀将军、火神蛾比较吃紧，只是这次环境里这些数量减少，加上Mega长耳兔和铝钢桥龙用得太少，选出灵活度还有待提升。Build article →

While running a Kalos-only team last season the author noticed that Hawlucha, Greninja and Aegislash actually pivoted around each other well, and Choice Scarf Hawlucha felt great, so the build started there. Venusaur was added for the Primarina and Meowscarada those three struggle with, and a specially defensive Umbreon came in as an endless switch-in to Dragonite. Scizor and Corviknight were still hopeless matchups, so Heat Rotom joined with Will-O-Wisp and Foul Play, which also covers Mimikyu. Hawlucha sweeps late, stops setup teams, pivots with U-turn, and its Thunder Punch farmed Gyarados by coming in on the Dragon Dance turn; Greninja dropped Ice Beam for max Special Attack Hydro Pump to punish Metagross and Scizor switch-ins and Hippowdon that refuses to move. With only one Mega and very open team preview choices, the author says skill matters more than usual here, and cites SnorlaBuild article →

Built around status conditions and chip damage cycling into a late-game sweep, this team originated from a friend's remark that Scovillain plays like Celesteela, prompting the author to rework an old cycle-team concept. The dual-Mega core of Mega Dragalge and Mega Scovillain is the backbone: Dragalge's unique typing handles Mega Gengar and Mega Blaziken, while Scovillain's Leech Seed pairs with Clefable's Wish to check Steel Mega and high-BST Dragon cycles broadly. Hisuian Samurott's Sacred Sword chunks Archaludon, patching a key gap in the slow, Clefable-dependent cycle, and the Focus Sash ended up more reliable than the Expert Belt. Clefable carries the team as the overworked workhorse — wide switch-in range boosted by Leech Seed and burn chip, a late-game win condition, and a counter-play option against Mimikyu. The author flags over-reliance on Clefable, Scarfed Garchomp underperformBuild article →

The author admits to not trusting their own prediction or team preview yet, so the team was built to narrow the opponent's options and make their picks readable: Dragonite breaks things open, Mega Charizard Y chips, Archaludon closes it out, and only one Mega is carried so that physical Dragonite has a cleaner path. Charizard Y sits just above max speed Rotom, survives Metagross Psychic Fangs plus Bullet Punch, and its sun Flamethrower takes almost 60 percent off specially defensive Hippowdon so Dragonite's ice move finishes; adding Flame Charge also plays around Archaludon and lets it outrun and remove opposing Mega Dragonite. Archaludon, which gets tougher every time it eats a physical hit, mops up the Gyarados, Meowscarada, Kingambit and Samurott that Mimikyu and Basculegion pull in, and Mimikyu is invested to survive Earthquake without its disguise and hit Garchomp back. The author lBuild article →

The team is built around Mega Victreebel as the undisputed ace, designed to achieve reliable 1-for-1 trades in head-on matchups against the metagame staples Delphox, Greninja, and Charizard. Rather than the standard Chlorophyll or trapping-support set, Mega Victreebel runs a pure attacker spread — Knock Off, Giga Drain, Poison Jab, and Sucker Punch — exploiting the fact that Ingrain prevents opponents from switching out, forcing them to attack and walk into Sucker Punch. Whimsicott was the season MVP: a Cotton Guard + Leech Seed + Substitute loop that hard-walls Garchomp without Poison moves and Mimikyu without Curse. Gholdengo used Archaludon and Hippowdon as setup fodder for sweeps, and Dragonite leveraged Multiscale to set up Dragon Dance. The author admits the team has low overall polish — many wins came down to favorable matchup coin-flips — and highlights Mega Dragonite teams, PrimBuild article →

The author didn't build around a game plan — he just listed Pokemon that answer the format's many threats and landed on these six, a team meant to shut down the opponent's win condition rather than force its own. Four of the six look like possible Megas, which baits misreads. The centerpiece is a defensive HD Excadrill that hard-counters the format's best mon, Archaludon: it resists Archaludon's main moves, sets Stealth Rock for tempo, and occasionally steals games with Horn Drill. Mega Gyarados tanks hits with Intimidate plus its typing shift and removes a threat with wide coverage, Choice Scarf Hydreigon outspeeds Basculegion, Gengar and Greninja, and Skarmory lays Spikes to handle Lopunny and Meowscarada. The author is proudest of the homebrew HD Excadrill answer to Archaludon; the downsides are being walled by Skarmory and Hippowdon and the occasional accuracy whiff.Build article →