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The core is still the author's long-running Hydreigon plus Metagross duo. Choice Scarf Hydreigon waits to see whether Garchomp has hazards down or Fairy/Dark-types worn out before deciding to clean up or just chip and pass, while Mega Lopunny is the Fighting-type main attacker, propped up by Clefable's Thunder Wave and Wish, hitting almost everything except Rotom. Araquanid is a Rest-Sleep Talk pick built to handle Hippowdon, its Fire/Ground/Steel resistances covering Metagross's weak spots, with Water Bubble Surf strong enough to one-shot Mega Lucario. Garchomp sets Stealth Rock and Spikes while riding Clefable's Wish, grinding down even stall teams the author hadn't prepared for. Metagross was mostly a preview-phase decoy, and the author says never fully polishing that slot is the main reason the season fell short of a top-ten finish.Build article →

The team is built around rain with Choice Scarf Archaludon, conceived because Electro Beam cleanly handles the popular Choice Scarf Basculegion and Mega Gyarados cores. Mega Starmie under rain both matches up directly against Archaludon and exerts strong selection-screen pressure alongside Pelipper. Aegislash provides physical matchup control and Close Combat to punch through Starmie's weaknesses, while also blocking Gengar's PP-draining lines. Mega Florges then threatens Umbreon, Dragonite, and Hydreigon with Moonblast of Doom as the special cleaner. Sash Garchomp fills the last slot, leveraging Rough Skin to speed up after taking physical contact damage and clearing most remaining threats. The author identifies consistent execution of the Archaludon electric coverage strategy against Basculegion teams as the main strength, and late-season read-through of the squad's selection patterns plus the inability to give Archaludon Oran Berry as notable weaknesses. Final placing was 32nd.Build article →

The author kept last season's Hippowdon + Glimmora core, but cut Gardevoir (low selection rate) and slotted in Mega Meganium to punish opponents who tailor their picks against Hippo + Glimmora. The plan: Hippowdon sets Stealth Rock and walls physical attackers, Glimmora handles Charizard/Dragonite lines and Water-type pressure, Hydreigon answers Delphox, Basculegion and Starmie, Aegislash blocks the Ice spam and beats Lucario/Floette, and Gyarados uses Thunder Wave to support the Mega and Glimmora while baiting Scarf Meowscarada/Samurott/Garchomp. Hippowdon runs a point of Attack for Ice Fang, which catches Garchomp off-guard and can even crack Dragonite + Aegislash cores. The Aegislash build is borrowed from Bonkohu—fast Spell Tag set with King's Shield over Close Combat to outpace Mega Scizor and Corviknight. Strength: flexible picks that break type spam. Weakness: Lopunny + Basculegion, since Hydreigon must take Basculegion and once Hippo is chipped the matchup collapses.Build article →

作者的出发点是生命宝珠赛富豪——伪装成眼镜型，正面把受向队伍打穿。围绕它先补上一般特性烈咬陆鲨（讲究围巾）应对赛富豪的天敌，再放上天然特性HB配置的Mega皮可西来压制Mega胡地、谜拟丘、三首恶龙这类对手，Mega位选用能从上方解决喷火龙、耿鬼的讲究围巾烈咬陆鲨思路。为了填水属性和幽灵属性通打的窟窿，加入携带甜甜果的洗翠大剑鬼后手接坚盾剑怪与Mega宝石海星，再用剩饭铝钢桥龙稳定回应魔幻假面喵。最后发现Mega花叶蒂和Mega火焰鸡强化起来会崩，就补了Mega宝石海星——力持之家+剑之舞+水流喷射，同时刚好隐形岩加水流喷射能秒Mega火焰鸡。Mega皮可西打变魔法后专门用鹦鹉学舌抓对手起舞跳板，是队伍精华。作者自评短板明显：谜拟丘、Mega大竺葵、首发气势披带晶光花、铝钢桥龙、Mega花叶蒂、Mega路卡利欧都很难处理，很多场次是靠隐形岩和运气硬扛过去的。Build article →

Inae's concept is one line: Gyarados is riding a huge tailwind in the meta, so grind hard with it. He reached 34th at the close of Season M-3 singles. He judged that outside Meowscarada and screens teams, nearly everything favors Gyarados. Opponents often leave Gyarados-checking duty to Scarf Garchomp or Meowscarada, so Araquanid lays Sticky Web to turn the tables. Gholdengo, chosen alongside, complements Gyarados typing and shreds walls like Corviknight. When Web isn't needed, Hippowdon serves as the setup lead. To beat the troublesome Blaziken and Lopunny, he added Mega Pinsir for a priority STAB flying move, which also covers the grass types Gyarados dislikes. The last slot is Grimmsnarl to cut Hydreigon's spam and set screens. Inae notes Shuca Berry Gholdengo makes unexpected plays into Garchomp, Hippowdon, and Glimmora, and a sneaky Thunderbolt surprise-KOs opposing Gyarados, SamuroBuild article →

作者一开始就看中了Mega姆克鹰主动构筑要塞的性能，但发现容易被带回复的物理受挡下，所以给它配了剑舞（Build Up）来补火力。初版思路是长毛巨魔铺双墙+挑衅+破灭之愿做起点，加烈咬陆鲨撒隐形岩钉子，再加围巾洗翠大剑鬼应对速攻特殊和幽灵，Mega妖火红狐兼顾妖系通打，最后一格轮换珠谜拟丘和披带晶光花。但发现长毛巨魔+姆克鹰选出后收尾全压在鹰身上，被弹次数多、经常运输。M-4改成双王牌构筑：砍掉长毛巨魔的双墙，撒岩交给HD铝钢桥龙，最后固定成珠谜拟丘+披带CS晶光花。姆克鹰靠威吓+剑舞一段的B强化，连Mega大嘴娃这种慢物理都能当跳板，对谜拟丘特别强，读格斗换幽灵也能吃到大便宜。铝钢桥龙是最强起点役，一场能塞进大量龙之尾洗人，还兼顾麻痹辅助鹰。晶光花能针对Mega姆克鹰的速攻特殊和幽灵主动铺钉。作者自评短板是Mega雷丘（砍了烈咬陆鲨后电系通打太重）和围巾水洛托姆，尤其是配幽灵+巨钳螳螂的组合极其难打。Build article →

The team is built around Mega Meganium as the anchor, aiming to pressure the most common general picks in M-1 such as Garchomp, Hippowdon, Corviknight, and Primarina right from the lead. Persistent Stealth Rock support came from a bulky Archaludon, which could also handle Focus Sash Greninja, Gengar, and Glimmora. Aegislash with Sacred Sword handled Florges switch-ins and threatened Lucario. A Choice Scarf Garchomp provided broad coverage, and Tyranitar added chip damage and countered Mega Dragonite. The final slot went to a Spin-using Starmie (Mega) to address match-ups where Mega Meganium was hard to bring. The biggest weaknesses were Umbreon-Sylveon stall teams, which usually ended in draws, and offensive Gengar builds with Hex.Build article →

作者上期就在用河马兽+快龙+坚盾剑怪+洗翠大剑鬼这套四人组，手感很顺，于是这期继续以这四只为轴，再补两只凑成最终名单，最高打到第35名。Mega快龙是首发抢一血兼半个的主力，因为整队怕西狮海壬所以十万伏特是必带技能，速度跑准速好压铝钢桥龙一手。河马兽走HB吃623果配置，专门防剑舞极速长耳兔；隐形岩其实没什么用，可以考虑换招。长耳兔最后一天才换上，用来对付袋兽队、镜像河快盾以及克制队伍很难处理的魔幻假面喵，但作者承认自己用不好，胜率不高。火神蛾是最后定下的第六只，专门处理月亮伊布、应付长耳兔出场时的钢铥鸦和巨钳螳螂，还能让对手不敢随便对快龙用三角攻击；为了对位西狮海壬必须带终极吸取。坚盾剑怪选HD配置无限接花叶蒂，是全队对西狮海壬唯一的退避位，靠它磨血换优势。洗翠大剑鬼带黑色眼镜，专吃宝石海星、妖火红狐、Mega暴鲤龙和幽尾玄鱼这些Mega位。整队非常容易召唤Mega暴鲤龙，但没有同时克快龙和洗翠大剑鬼的Mega暴鲤龙配置，所以这两只搭配下对暴鲤龙队几乎是稳赢。Build article →

The author built around Mega Gyarados, which changes typing on evolution and uses Mold Breaker to punch through opposing abilities as a sweeper. Since Mega Gyarados is physically frail without Intimidate and hates priority and levitating steel walls, Blaziken was added as a second setup ace with Speed Boost and a check to Meowscarada. Gengar leads to spread Will-O-Wisp and Thunder Wave support while chipping foes; a Choice Scarf Floette cuts off Dragon coverage and pressures Hippowdon. Life Orb Scizor hits key bulk thresholds and pairs perfectly with Garchomp offensively and defensively, while Garchomp itself answers Stealth Rock–Yawn loops and doubles as a sweeper. The author says Mega Staraptor, a Garchomp that trades hits, and a fully preserved Meowscarada were the hardest matchups.Build article →

Unable to win consistently in the early season, the author settled on Mega Gengar's cycle-locking ability as the team's cornerstone, specifically running a Will-O-Wisp plus Pain Split set for broad utility. To handle the Garchomp problem without using Protect, the team uses Corviknight with Defog and a Choice Scarf Garchomp to navigate opposing Stealth Rock leads. Hisuian Samurott with Black Glasses and Encore joined as the fourth member to defeat the Florges-Garchomp-Basculegion core. On the final day, a Mega Lopunny replaced the previous Archaludon slot to counter Charizard-Florges builds and Mega Delphox. The team's strength is an excellent win rate against face-to-face builds, but Ceruledge and the Polteageist Baton Pass team were consistent problems.Build article →

The author felt setup and momentum teams (Garchomp+Ninetales, Hippowdon, Baton Pass) were everywhere, so the team is built to beat them. The core is Mega Greninja plus Yawn Hippowdon, which are favored against Ninetales-Garchomp and Hippowdon-Archaludon lines; after grabbing a numbers lead, Yawn Hippowdon and Mimikyu apply pressure from the back. To handle Hydreigon-Aegislash and Delphox-Samurott offense, a specially bulky Aegislash cycles with Hippowdon, and the sand even effectively boosts Aegislash's power. Choice Scarf Meowscarada covers Water types and Gyarados, while Curse Mimikyu patches Baton Pass and Clefable. Underperforming Mega Staraptor was swapped for Dragonite. The author says fewer Fairy-type Archaludons made things easier, and that deliberately conceding a few bad matchups to be favored against common cores is the key; Glimmora, Pyroar, Mawile, Umbreon-Toxapex, and max-sBuild article →

作者的出发点是MB赛季二解禁了Mega大嘴娃，想把这只从七代就一直用的老搭档最大化。首先搭配特殊向的快龙——七代USUM时期用过的特殊飞行Z快龙+大嘴娃组合上下打击面互补极好，只是现在没了Z技的爆发，所以改成能捅毒钢（尤其晶光花）的两刀达人腰带型，用来单Mega大嘴娃时同时输出。开场靠大嘴娃搅局，再用中速位的沙奈朵铺场，觉醒力量线之外还能靠特性追踪压暴鲤龙、Mega雷丘等，之后一手治愈之愿把大嘴娃或快龙满血再放出来是核心运作。Mega喷火龙Y负责烧钢皮糙的物防墙和鬼火系，和大嘴娃合力还能钓烈咬陆鲨；河马兽当垫子铺隐形岩并解决烈咬陆鲨，配吹飞防姆克鹰；生命球魔幻假面喵最高速带欺诈能秒纯攻巨金怪、压Mega宝石海星和幽尾玄鱼。作者自评强项是三只主力打击面互补齐整、沙奈朵靠中速+治愈之愿让队伍不被迫困死在场地里；短板是烈咬陆鲨和Mega巨金怪、Mega宝石海星这类高速高火力手压力大，需要用河马兽和魔幻假面喵硬扛。Build article →

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.Build article →