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The author built around Mega Blastoise's Shell Smash + Water Spout sweep plan, with the rest of the team dedicated to letting Blastoise set up safely and protecting it afterward. Maushold uses Friend Guard plus Follow Me to soak single-target hits and chip with Super Fang, while Sinistcha's Hospitality keeps Blastoise at full HP to maintain Water Spout's power and takes over redirection with Rage Powder. Sneasler is brought in after a teammate faints, using Fake Out plus Upper Hand to blow up priority-heavy backlines like Kingambit and Incineroar. Kingambit itself runs Sash + max Attack/Speed, leveraging Supreme Overlord to break Basculegion and Aegislash lines. The last slot, Farigiraf with Armor Tail, is purely an anti-Whimsicott pick — the author says just having it on the team scared opponents off bringing Whimsicott, plus Imprison + Hyper Voice handles hard Trick Room mirrors. Self-reported ~80% winrate vs the standard Charizard Y / Garchomp / Floette lead, but the team lacks reliable damage into bulky Dragons.Build article →

The team is built around Mega Tyranitar with Dragon Dance, inspired by a reference build that used Rotom to set up paralysis and burn then swept with tailwind — but the author felt the tailwind sweeper lacked the necessary power. By having Tyranitar set up Dragon Dance instead, the team no longer needs tailwind to act first. Rotom disrupts the opponent, Corviknight sets tailwind or bulk-up, Sneasler applies fake-out pressure and can boost teammates with coaching, and Gallade runs Focus Sash with taunt to shut down trick room and Sableye, then one-shots Archaludon with Sacred Sword. The author rates the team highly for its explosive upswing plays but notes Tyranitar's many weaknesses and reliance on shaky-accuracy moves make every match mentally exhausting; surging Whimsicott teams late in the final day dropped the finish to 2560.Build article →

The team is built around Trick Room, a format the author has long favored. The main damage-dealers are Camerupt and Crabominable. Farigiraf sets up Trick Room reliably thanks to its Armor Tail ability blocking fake-out in a crowded fake-out meta; Camerupt under Trick Room hits with massive power — a helping hand-boosted Earth Power KOs Garchomp and Basculegion outright, earning the description of a Therian Landorus-equivalent ace. Crabominable cleans up after Trick Room with priority Mach Punch, Ice Hammer covers Garchomp, and drain punch handles Kingambit. Gallade is the secondary ace, cutting through Archaludon with Sacred Sword and hitting Water-types with Leaf Blade. The team's strength is that Farigiraf plus Camerupt is almost unbeatable under Trick Room; the weakness is that Camerupt collapses when Trick Room expires. Final placement: 54th at Rating 2557.Build article →

Takoyaki's doubles Trick Room team finished 57th. A longtime TR fan, he built around Wide Lens Maushold's Population Bomb, using Follow-Me-plus-Trick-Room setups so that Maushold alone handles both spread-plus-priority offense and Calm Mind setup teams. Newly unlocked Mega Mawile became the TR attacker after he found it absurdly strong. The TR setter is Malamar, which he raves about: a Dark/Psychic type weak only to Fairy and Bug, it ignores Intimidate, punishes Incineroar via Contrary, and disguises the team as a support build alongside Maushold. Sash Basculegion cleans up. The last two slots rotate with the meta; on the final day he ran Life Orb Meowscarada and Mega Staraptor against support teams. Meowscarada ignores Intimidate and Rage Powder, and a Helping Hand Population Bomb wipes the support Pokemon so Staraptor can sweep Incineroar, Sinistcha, Sneasler and Kingambit. This line tBuild article →

This doubles team uses two Mega evolutions that both have access to spread moves, with a Ghost-type Mega being another stated requirement alongside a way to trap Incineroar. Mega Floette and Sneasler form the core front row; Floette's Moonblast and Dazzling Gleam deal reliable damage and the exclusive move Oblivion Wing one-shots Kingambit and Basculegion. Mega Froslass under snow weather can survive Mega Charizard Y's Heat Wave and return a Shadow Ball to eliminate opposing Ghost Megas. Sneasler leads with fake-out into Rock Slide for Charizard pressure. Kingambit runs Black Glasses and outruns Mega Gengar under tailwind. Basculegion holds Namo Berry for physical bulk. The author rates the double Mega spread combination as the team's chief strength; weaknesses are limited fire power against opposing Charizard and slow Kingambit matchups. Final placement 61st, and the team also cleared the Global Challenge.Build article →