Correction! At 13:24 the text for Sand Veil is incorrect. It should say: Raises the Pokémon’s evasion during a sandstorm by one stage. 23:03 Choice Specs says 50% speed boost it should be 50% SpAtk boost.
@@Cigmacica I see the reasoning but I like smoked both because how ironic it is and also because words like smoked, demolished, or solo'd sound more like they got their asses whooped
Using your advice, I’ve actually built a team and went online with and saw some success. Won my first ever ranked game which felt great. I took an existing team, watched a team report video on how it functions and then removed/changed stuff after play testing. Then after more of that, I took the concept of that team and added my own spin on it with some personal favourite pokemon. Even used you ev spread video to outspeed a modest gholdengo without fully investing in my speed. Just know your videos have helped far more than I can begin to describe, just know your videos are making a huge difference. ❤
@@TheDelybirdCould You make a team revolving around Hisuian Zoroark and its ability in a video. It could help people with building a team around niche abilities like Illusion.
@Charles-x5s I have a niche Teambuilding video in the works. Likely my next vid. I will just have 2 specific examples of mons but it will provide principles how to use any niche pokemon!
I want to sincerely thank you for making this video series. I've recently started playing VGC (after playing the TCG on and off since 2010, needed a change but thats a long story for another day) and I've been trying to figure everything out, until the Algorithm Gods graced my feed with your channel/videos. I had a general idea about how VGC is played with being around it/casually watching it over the years but your videos explained everything so incredibly succinct and clear, I can't thank you enough. After a few weeks of struggling on ladder and after seeing your videos I was FINALLY able to hit Masterball Rank 😊 sorry this comment is really REALLY long, I just wanted to show my appreciation and let you know how grateful I am. I'm looking forward to where you take this channel in the future 😀
@@agentc00k5389 Love to hear it my guy, actually makes my day to hear someone was able to benefit. Stay tuned for more to come, and if there's any topic you would like to see explained let me know!
Awesome guide! Thanks for doing a detailed breakdown of the process. Teambuilding is overwhelming but the questions you asked during each step really helps with understanding the reason behind each decision. I look forward to checking more of your VGC resources!
@@allanfarrell9306 Thanks! Glad the breakdown helps. If there's any other topics you would like broken down let me know as I'm compiling more topics at the moment.
I just recently found your channel and not sure if you have covered any of these topics already but I'd love to see breakdowns on: - Game plans - Team preview - Protect -Teambuilding guide on semiroom archetype Thanks!
@@allanfarrell9306 I am considering doing another series going over common moves and how they work/how to best use them and protect will be one of the first ones for that. Team preview is another good topic I had my eye on. I believe my archetype video goes over gameplans if you are thinking something other than what I had there about gameplans lmk!
@Godsflan_ exactly, when you build a team that you'd wanna just hang out in real life, and give them whatever moves and nicknames you want, a few of them will coincidentally just be strong anyway so there's no reason not to play for happiness
I tried it myself and I ended up with a pretty fun team I'm no vgc player but I play showdown sometimes I decided to try and make a reg h snow team since a lot of the meta is weak to ice So I started with alolan ninetails and cetitan as my core weather duo They're both weak to fire, steel, rock, and fighting, so I added araquanid to cover those weaknesses and to block make it rain with wide guard Then I added garchomp so I could better hit steel and fire types since araquanid is better for support and to have another offensive pokemon I needed some speed control and some fire type coverage so I added talonflame to set up tailwind and to hit fast and hard before opening up a slot for another mon. It also works well with garchomps earthquake. With my 2 main cores rounded out I needed a grass type support, so I added rillaboom as a pivot who can add terrain and use fake out I won't mention all the steps after but belly drum ice spinner cetitan behind Aurora veil with slush rush is a deadly combination and the rest of the team works nicely together
Man love to see the whole process laid out from someone else's perspective, super cool! The meta does seem to be trending toward ice weaknesses again with dragonite being very common and ursaluna on the rise
Ive been playing since April and one thing thats been consistent for me has been my struggle with team building while I'm set on my team for the rest of the regulation ill be sure to use what ive learnt here for future teams
On Pokémon showdown I made a rain team with the sole purpose of using ferrothorn. Mega scizor would work too because rain halves their x4 weakness to fire
Great Video! Thank you so much for explaining how Teambuilding works. The most insane thing is: I used a very similar team like you showed in this video. My team is Garchomp, Dragonite, Alola Ninetails, Crorverknight, Sneasler and Incin. I wanted to make a cool Dragon Offensive Team with sneasler couching, and croverknight for tailwind while a9 use Auroa Veil. Unfortunately, this team ended up not being good because it focuses not on being a balanced or offensive. It trys to be both but that doesn't work. I feel like my core with couching was a fail. My problem is speed control. Thankfully, your video explained the importance of speed pretty well, so I can understand that. I really didn't knew that Tr is a thing for speed control. This video is pretty helpful!
@@Halit-Seven Love to hear you learned something! I think Corviknight is very strong in the current metagame and I have seen coaching have good success as well. Personally I find it is a harder to use type of team due to putting all your eggs in one basket by using coaching vs attacking twice.
@@tootsie_ Well Garchomp really has not been good since the reg A so definately not every format. Incineroar will always be amazing unless they nerf him more.
Short for calculation! Checking calcs is often used to refer to doing the math and seeing if Pokémon can deal or take enough damage vs specific threats.
I have a question though: How did you work out those EV spreads? Those EV spread seems rather complicated compared to the standard 252/252 spread. Did you test those spread against a hypothetical team or you made those stats based on how much damage a Pokemon could take and how much they could dish out against a particular Pokemon of your opponent?
@@japethspeaketh7034 Good question! I believe I said the Incineroar spread had enough attack EVs to OHKO Gholdengo with a knock off. My Advanced Guide to EV Spreads video is a great explanation of making complex EV spreads and it includes a few examples!
hi! im relatively new to VGC and still learning a lot of the ins and outs. can you explain why you invest 4 EVs into defense and sp. def. on some of the spreads versus just investing those 8 extra EVs all into HP? love the content btw +1
Hey, love to see new players! I have actually made a whole video on advanced EV mechanics. If you're interested feel free to check it out as I explain it there along with other small details and the process of building an advanced spread.
I wish showdown or the in game ladder gave you stats for how many times you bring each mon and maybe even each individual mon's winrate in that session
excelent video! I just have a question, for example if I instead decide to build a team around a weak or more offmeta pokemon, let's say I want to play BW doubles OU and I want to use a team with lumineon as lead with tailwind, icy wind, scald and protect, what should I pick next? build a core with defensive/offensive sinergy, or pick pokemons to counter popular picks like landorus T, amonguss, genesect etc? or maybe focus on a team with slower pokemons which would appreciate the speed control from tailwind and icy wind
Sounds like both of your ideas are good, being able to deal with meta things, as well as things that synergize well with your pick. The main thing about building around weaker Pokémon is finding a niche that they can fill, and focus on using them for that one specific purpose. So for something like Lumineon maybe a fast/bulky speed control option, like you said with icy wind and tailwind. Think of kind of a worse Whimsciott. I am planning on doing a video about building with weak/off meta Pokémon in the future that will go more in depth. But whenever you see niche Pokémon do well, they either do something no other/very few other Pokémon can, or they do something that other Pokémon can but they still do it pretty well, and focus on doing that one thing well.
@@erensy641 Thanks! I've been playing for a couple years so the knowledge builds. I have streamed a bit way back but don't plan to right now. I think time is better spent making videos for now at least.
I got top 1000 in the GC by team building around garchomp double dragon idea and I also started with Dragonite and switched to tera fire hydreigon, definitely garchomp a best partner currently for vgc right now.
Great question, I do explain it fully in my EV guide video. In short for this the first 4 EVs spend in a stat give one point, but after the first 4 you need 8 for another point. So putting 20 in HP gives 3 HP/total stats. But 12 in HP gives 2 HP and 4 in each def gives 1 def and 1 spdef each, for a total of 4 stats. Just optimizing for an extra stat point.
@@Subzero-official523 It's a pretty crazy combo for sure. Try things like leading Fake Out for pressure and damaging Kommo-o quickly to prevent it from being able to use it's setup move. Trick room is also effective since they are boosting their speed!
Good video. Im ngl the team you built is a little outdated for the current meta, but the principles are good regardless I would have a section talking about a mix of physical and special attackers
@@Joeybanananas The meta changes fast for sure. I was using usage stats from Louisville which was a while back but it's what I had when writing the script haha. I think I mentioned it in step 7 and we had to much physcial offense originally but you are not wrong that it could have been more central. I might do another run down with a different archetype in the future as another example.
Right now, I’m working on building a team with both a near battle perfect Serperior as well as Secret Sword Keldeo. What other members fit well with this team plan? While I’m also considering adding Ursaluna, I’ll say he’s not set in stone. While I’m used to PLAYING competitive Pokemon through Showdown, I’m newer to TEAMBUILDING and it can be tough to make teams when you’re so used to being given strong pokemon with good synergy. Thanks in advance.
Male indeede is viable in vgc? Im a singles player, so im out of the loop a bit. But male indeede has never been vaible in any formats as far as i knew. What did they do to him to make him viable around the likes of Garchomp and Incineroar?
True is haven't been good really ever but reg H gave it the circumstances to see some success. It's base speed is 95 is actually decent in the format and expanding force does hit really hard with tera psychic. It also combos great with sneasler holding a psychic seed to proc it's unburden. And imprison/trick room is great to block the opponent from using it.
@@TristanThomasCHH I'm sure most of it will apply, the main difference is roles are quite a bit different in singles. Like there tends to be more recovery and longer games tend to have a heavy reliance on switching. But overall finding strong pokemon and following the steps should give you something decent at the bare minimum.
@JetBlackThreat I'm not saying he should pick a niche team, but if you how you gonna call it a systematic approach and just slap a bunch non-cohesive meta mons on a team🤣
Correction!
At 13:24 the text for Sand Veil is incorrect.
It should say:
Raises the Pokémon’s evasion during a sandstorm by one stage.
23:03 Choice Specs says 50% speed boost it should be 50% SpAtk boost.
My brother in scales, we get smoked by frosty the snowman
Actually got me laughing. You're hired on the Pokemon speech bubble team.
This comment would have been even funnier if you said frozen instead of smoked
@@Cigmacica I see the reasoning but I like smoked both because how ironic it is and also because words like smoked, demolished, or solo'd sound more like they got their asses whooped
@@TheDelybird also thanks bro, with this new phone that I got yesterday I will do you proud
That snowman can smoke my corncob pipe.
Using your advice, I’ve actually built a team and went online with and saw some success. Won my first ever ranked game which felt great. I took an existing team, watched a team report video on how it functions and then removed/changed stuff after play testing. Then after more of that, I took the concept of that team and added my own spin on it with some personal favourite pokemon. Even used you ev spread video to outspeed a modest gholdengo without fully investing in my speed. Just know your videos have helped far more than I can begin to describe, just know your videos are making a huge difference. ❤
Appreciate it, Glad to be of help!
@@TheDelybirdCould You make a team revolving around Hisuian Zoroark and its ability in a video. It could help people with building a team around niche abilities like Illusion.
@Charles-x5s I have a niche Teambuilding video in the works. Likely my next vid. I will just have 2 specific examples of mons but it will provide principles how to use any niche pokemon!
I want to sincerely thank you for making this video series. I've recently started playing VGC (after playing the TCG on and off since 2010, needed a change but thats a long story for another day) and I've been trying to figure everything out, until the Algorithm Gods graced my feed with your channel/videos. I had a general idea about how VGC is played with being around it/casually watching it over the years but your videos explained everything so incredibly succinct and clear, I can't thank you enough. After a few weeks of struggling on ladder and after seeing your videos I was FINALLY able to hit Masterball Rank 😊 sorry this comment is really REALLY long, I just wanted to show my appreciation and let you know how grateful I am. I'm looking forward to where you take this channel in the future 😀
@@agentc00k5389 Love to hear it my guy, actually makes my day to hear someone was able to benefit. Stay tuned for more to come, and if there's any topic you would like to see explained let me know!
Awesome guide!
Thanks for doing a detailed breakdown of the process. Teambuilding is overwhelming but the questions you asked during each step really helps with understanding the reason behind each decision.
I look forward to checking more of your VGC resources!
@@allanfarrell9306 Thanks! Glad the breakdown helps. If there's any other topics you would like broken down let me know as I'm compiling more topics at the moment.
I just recently found your channel and not sure if you have covered any of these topics already but I'd love to see breakdowns on:
- Game plans
- Team preview
- Protect
-Teambuilding guide on semiroom archetype
Thanks!
@@allanfarrell9306 I am considering doing another series going over common moves and how they work/how to best use them and protect will be one of the first ones for that. Team preview is another good topic I had my eye on. I believe my archetype video goes over gameplans if you are thinking something other than what I had there about gameplans lmk!
@@TheDelybird The move series sounds awesome, can't wait. I'll check out the archetype vid and let you know, thanks again!
I have a bad habit of building teams as though I'm in the anime, just four or five boxes of vibes-based friends
Mans busy catching them all.
It’s make it fun. I try to use pokemon I like and stay away from the meta. It’s a little harder to climb the ladder.
@Godsflan_ exactly, when you build a team that you'd wanna just hang out in real life, and give them whatever moves and nicknames you want, a few of them will coincidentally just be strong anyway so there's no reason not to play for happiness
@Godsflan_ personally, I've been getting into pairing Pokémon I like with Pokéballs that suit their overall swag
Playing Pokémon for the first time as an adult has made me realize just how stupid I am lol
It's way more complex than we realized as kids, that's part of what I love about competitive, there is always room for improvement!
Been gone from competitive Pokémon for awhile, this video and a combination of playing through Violet again inspiring me to get back in!
Love to see it!
Great video man, I can see you going a lot further with this content
Thanks for this vid. It was very helpful with finishing my team. Keep up the good work!
my brain gained so many wrinkles thank you for this in-depth guide
Wrinkle it up,
Great video. Very informative as always. Your channel makes me want to try competitive again.
Excellent video. Appreciate the time and detail you put into this
Great video, I just started getting back into Pokémon and been watching a lot of comp. Lots of good info!
Bro I love your videos so much! You helped me a lot at getting better at competitive pokémon
Thanks! Makes my day to hear someone is benefitting!
Very accurate plans and methods I recommend this to all my vgc friends that struggle identifying what to build with
@@tylerdamaso1877 Thanks! Lmk if you think going through building a different type of team would be helpful.
@ I read this wrong my bad. Yes of course, the more advice the better. Can you advise how to build with more niche mons like weezing for example?
@@tylerdamaso1877 I'll put that in the list, something like teambuilding with more niche picks!
POV you get the refenence as goldengo moves back🎩
@@Whatwhenhowaegislash Glad somebody got it!
6:57 loved the Jamiroquai refrence
I tried it myself and I ended up with a pretty fun team
I'm no vgc player but I play showdown sometimes
I decided to try and make a reg h snow team since a lot of the meta is weak to ice
So I started with alolan ninetails and cetitan as my core weather duo
They're both weak to fire, steel, rock, and fighting, so I added araquanid to cover those weaknesses and to block make it rain with wide guard
Then I added garchomp so I could better hit steel and fire types since araquanid is better for support and to have another offensive pokemon
I needed some speed control and some fire type coverage so I added talonflame to set up tailwind and to hit fast and hard before opening up a slot for another mon. It also works well with garchomps earthquake.
With my 2 main cores rounded out I needed a grass type support, so I added rillaboom as a pivot who can add terrain and use fake out
I won't mention all the steps after but belly drum ice spinner cetitan behind Aurora veil with slush rush is a deadly combination and the rest of the team works nicely together
Man love to see the whole process laid out from someone else's perspective, super cool! The meta does seem to be trending toward ice weaknesses again with dragonite being very common and ursaluna on the rise
@TheDelybird it was super fun for someone as inexperienced as me to go through with the steps too! Keep up the videos man they're so fire
Ive been playing since April and one thing thats been consistent for me has been my struggle with team building while I'm set on my team for the rest of the regulation ill be sure to use what ive learnt here for future teams
Me encantó el video, me ayudo bastante para próximas construcciones de equipos.
Amazing video but I love how one day after this released garchomp had one of the most legendary falloffs in VGC history
@@zephyrlegion6047 Haha fair, I'm sure he will be back, he always comes back!
Love the iron bundle in mystery dungeon style 🤩
Same! Love all the custom PKMD sprites out there.
Nice video very informative. Also i like the virtual insanity reference
🎩
On Pokémon showdown I made a rain team with the sole purpose of using ferrothorn. Mega scizor would work too because rain halves their x4 weakness to fire
Yep, grass and steels love rain teams for that exact reason. Hopefully megas come back in generation 10 but a bit more balanced!
Great Video! Thank you so much for explaining how Teambuilding works. The most insane thing is: I used a very similar team like you showed in this video. My team is Garchomp, Dragonite, Alola Ninetails, Crorverknight, Sneasler and Incin. I wanted to make a cool Dragon Offensive Team with sneasler couching, and croverknight for tailwind while a9 use Auroa Veil. Unfortunately, this team ended up not being good because it focuses not on being a balanced or offensive. It trys to be both but that doesn't work. I feel like my core with couching was a fail. My problem is speed control. Thankfully, your video explained the importance of speed pretty well, so I can understand that. I really didn't knew that Tr is a thing for speed control. This video is pretty helpful!
@@Halit-Seven Love to hear you learned something! I think Corviknight is very strong in the current metagame and I have seen coaching have good success as well. Personally I find it is a harder to use type of team due to putting all your eggs in one basket by using coaching vs attacking twice.
Yea, this Team is indeed hard to use. I feel like my defense isn't balanced. I will use the team you showcased in this video, but with Garchomp.
Great video!
This is an awesome video thank you
Hope it helps you build some great teams!
So put Incineroar and Garchomp in every team and every format got it
@@tootsie_ Well Garchomp really has not been good since the reg A so definately not every format. Incineroar will always be amazing unless they nerf him more.
Amazing video
Calc? Is that some sort of slang???
Short for calculation! Checking calcs is often used to refer to doing the math and seeing if Pokémon can deal or take enough damage vs specific threats.
@@TheDelybird I think his comment is a joke I remember seeing a comment like this on IG when a dude mentioned a calculator
I have a question though: How did you work out those EV spreads? Those EV spread seems rather complicated compared to the standard 252/252 spread. Did you test those spread against a hypothetical team or you made those stats based on how much damage a Pokemon could take and how much they could dish out against a particular Pokemon of your opponent?
@@japethspeaketh7034 Good question! I believe I said the Incineroar spread had enough attack EVs to OHKO Gholdengo with a knock off. My Advanced Guide to EV Spreads video is a great explanation of making complex EV spreads and it includes a few examples!
hi! im relatively new to VGC and still learning a lot of the ins and outs. can you explain why you invest 4 EVs into defense and sp. def. on some of the spreads versus just investing those 8 extra EVs all into HP? love the content btw +1
Hey, love to see new players! I have actually made a whole video on advanced EV mechanics. If you're interested feel free to check it out as I explain it there along with other small details and the process of building an advanced spread.
@@TheDelybird oooo thank you. Ill give it a watch!
I wish showdown or the in game ladder gave you stats for how many times you bring each mon and maybe even each individual mon's winrate in that session
@@daxdleader719 True! That would be super helpful. I guess saving replays and tracking yourself could be an option. Lots of extra work though.
excelent video! I just have a question, for example if I instead decide to build a team around a weak or more offmeta pokemon, let's say I want to play BW doubles OU and I want to use a team with lumineon as lead with tailwind, icy wind, scald and protect, what should I pick next? build a core with defensive/offensive sinergy, or pick pokemons to counter popular picks like landorus T, amonguss, genesect etc? or maybe focus on a team with slower pokemons which would appreciate the speed control from tailwind and icy wind
Sounds like both of your ideas are good, being able to deal with meta things, as well as things that synergize well with your pick.
The main thing about building around weaker Pokémon is finding a niche that they can fill, and focus on using them for that one specific purpose. So for something like Lumineon maybe a fast/bulky speed control option, like you said with icy wind and tailwind. Think of kind of a worse Whimsciott.
I am planning on doing a video about building with weak/off meta Pokémon in the future that will go more in depth. But whenever you see niche Pokémon do well, they either do something no other/very few other Pokémon can, or they do something that other Pokémon can but they still do it pretty well, and focus on doing that one thing well.
You really know a lot about the game! Do you think you'll start streaming?
@@erensy641 Thanks! I've been playing for a couple years so the knowledge builds. I have streamed a bit way back but don't plan to right now. I think time is better spent making videos for now at least.
I got top 1000 in the GC by team building around garchomp double dragon idea and I also started with Dragonite and switched to tera fire hydreigon, definitely garchomp a best partner currently for vgc right now.
Looks like we had a similar idea. I agree it's a great pairing!
PMD Paradox Mons just feel so right
@@saadinhalf I love the sprites. Big fan of the people who made them!
24:28 why 4 in defenses and 12 in hp, rather than 20 in hp?
Great question, I do explain it fully in my EV guide video. In short for this the first 4 EVs spend in a stat give one point, but after the first 4 you need 8 for another point. So putting 20 in HP gives 3 HP/total stats.
But 12 in HP gives 2 HP and 4 in each def gives 1 def and 1 spdef each, for a total of 4 stats. Just optimizing for an extra stat point.
@ I see! Thank you
I think theres so many mons now that you can make a relevant team without niche picks
The main thing i am getting put up against is kammo-o oroicrio electric is so broken
@@Subzero-official523 It's a pretty crazy combo for sure. Try things like leading Fake Out for pressure and damaging Kommo-o quickly to prevent it from being able to use it's setup move.
Trick room is also effective since they are boosting their speed!
Good video. Im ngl the team you built is a little outdated for the current meta, but the principles are good regardless
I would have a section talking about a mix of physical and special attackers
@@Joeybanananas The meta changes fast for sure. I was using usage stats from Louisville which was a while back but it's what I had when writing the script haha.
I think I mentioned it in step 7 and we had to much physcial offense originally but you are not wrong that it could have been more central.
I might do another run down with a different archetype in the future as another example.
Another banger!!!
Right now, I’m working on building a team with both a near battle perfect Serperior as well as Secret Sword Keldeo. What other members fit well with this team plan?
While I’m also considering adding Ursaluna, I’ll say he’s not set in stone. While I’m used to PLAYING competitive Pokemon through Showdown, I’m newer to TEAMBUILDING and it can be tough to make teams when you’re so used to being given strong pokemon with good synergy.
Thanks in advance.
Are you planning for singles or doubles?
@ Doubles mostly.
10/10 video this was so fun
Love to hear it!
Please make this video for Reg G!!!!
I'm planning on it! it will be a while though as we still got 4 months of reg G to go!
Male indeede is viable in vgc? Im a singles player, so im out of the loop a bit. But male indeede has never been vaible in any formats as far as i knew. What did they do to him to make him viable around the likes of Garchomp and Incineroar?
True is haven't been good really ever but reg H gave it the circumstances to see some success. It's base speed is 95 is actually decent in the format and expanding force does hit really hard with tera psychic. It also combos great with sneasler holding a psychic seed to proc it's unburden. And imprison/trick room is great to block the opponent from using it.
Is this similar for if we don’t play much doubles and instead play more singles. Pokémon showdown style 🧐🧐
@@TristanThomasCHH I'm sure most of it will apply, the main difference is roles are quite a bit different in singles. Like there tends to be more recovery and longer games tend to have a heavy reliance on switching. But overall finding strong pokemon and following the steps should give you something decent at the bare minimum.
@ 🙏🙏
Thanks. It’s just that doubles is hard to get into as a beginner and I’m starting with singles 🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
@the12thknight Nothing wrong with that! Hope you get into doubles eventually.
im lost when im trying to have an idea
@FAcw1z Try picking one or two Mons you like that's in the top 12 usage and start from there, I find that helps.
This video kinda works for any singles/smogon as well!
based video
I only pick Eeveelutions
@@mrtoast244 Still waiting for the other 10 type eeveeloutions be like:
Sub here!
"Developing a team around niche picks," *looks at laterally everything WolfeyVGC does.*
True
I love how this video just boils down to 90% of every team in ranked😂
He just said no niche picks
@JetBlackThreat I'm not saying he should pick a niche team, but if you how you gonna call it a systematic approach and just slap a bunch non-cohesive meta mons on a team🤣
@@843Chadwick lol
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Terjemahan Google paling ora kanggo komentar sampeyan!
@TheDelybird wkwkekkke