Battle Tree General

Which (3) Pokemons are considered as best?
What happnes when you win 21/50 times?

Are using legendaries pretty much required if you want to beat a Super mode?

>>30851386

I've gotten pretty far without using legendaries. Though it didn't make things any easier for myself.

Got screwed by bullshit RNG at round 33

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I got up to 100+ with garchomp, mega gyarados, and lele. didn't have to use lele 90% of the time because chomp and gyarados just ripped through everything. no one really gave me any trouble, i just ended up making some bad decisions in my last battle and lost

So I guess I'll run:

Mimikyu
Jolly / 252 ATK / 252 SPE
>Play Rough / Swords Dance / Shadow Sneak /Shadow Claw

Celesteela
Relaxed / 252 HP / 252 DEF
>Heavy Slam / Flamethrower / Earthquake / Leech Seed

What should I run for my third, I need a bulky sweeper with coverage. I was thinking Dragonite but that makes me a little weak to thunder.

>>30851175
Name one (1) good team without
>Tapus
>Megas
>Beasts
>Minior
>Toxapex
>Mimikyu
I'll be waiting.

>>30851386

I hit 50 first run using:
Mimikyu
Adamant, Life Orb, Max Attack & Speed

Mega-Metagross
Jolly, Mega, Max Attack & Speed

Garchomp
Jolly, Dragonium Z, Max Attack and Speed

Perfect IVs.

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>>30851175

Here's a video code for a very close call. my first two pokemon got fucked up immediately.

XKSG-WWWW-WWW3-4FQM

I fucked up badly when I thought the Magnezone was going to lead with thunder wave.

Primarina really saved this round.

I'm playing Super Doubles with Mega Gyarados and Alolan Marowak. Who should go in the last two spots?

>>30851623

For singles, doubles or multi?

>>30851344
Lots of pokemon are considered the best
the plural of pokemon is pokemon
you fight the 22nd trainer in a row

>>30851386
i got a streak of 68 with A-Persian/Garchomp/Aegislash in singles before losing to Mega Latias team

>>30851807
Any of them

>>30851834

Well so far the following have worked for me. keep in mind these are all pred with 5 perfect IVs and hyper training.

Singles:

1st - Primarina w/waterium Z
2nd - Incinaroar w/assualt vest
3rd - Weavile w/ life orb

Doubles:

Same as above, but add in Alolan Ninetails in the leading two alongside Weavile.

Do you want to know moves and abilities too? because I bet from what I told you so far, these teams seem like a pretty bad idea.

>>30851830
share aegislash moveset?

>>30851623
>regular garchomp
>aegislash
>glue

>>30851976
>Aegislash
Not in the Alolan Dex

Help me, /vp/

I need a Garchomp/M Salamence killer who can also donk fairies
My lead is Scarfed Hydreigon, and because of balance smogon landshark always outspeeds unless it megas, and I can't risk that with a Draco
I obviously have to switch in against fairies too

>>30851710
I've been running M-Metagross and Mimikyu as part of my doubles team, might have to train up a Gible and try this out.

Is M-Salamence really better than M-Metagross? I've been running him on the recommendation of these threads, and I've found that Metagross has much better survivablity, with a minimal reduction of speed/damage

>>30852017
>what is Island Scan

>>30851577
Give mimikyu a red card. The AI literally cannot comprehend how to deal with Disguise/Red Card combo

Reached battlel 47 and lost to destiny bound bullshit using the following team:
Mimikyu
Mega Alakazam
Bewear

I'm experimenting the same team but with a eviolite porygon-2 instead of Bewear.

Any tips for a fast sweeper like Alakazam? Focus Miss in Battle Tree is painful.

>>30851577
I run Jolly M-Gross with those two teammates
Burrito Punch
Meteor mash
Eq
Zen head butt

>>30852040
M-Scizor

>>30852076
git gud

>>30851175
What are the most useful Megas for the battle tree? I have 300+ that I need to spend.

>>30852073
Why? What does it even do?

>fire fang misses
>get swept by a contrary serperior because of this

Fucking npcs can land all the hypnosis and stone edges in the world but god forbid my move lands when it matters. This game is so full of shit.

>>30852060
I don't like Mega Metagross because two of it's main attacks only have 90 accuracy. I used to use it, but after missing some attacks made me lose I replaced it.

>>30852132
Salamence

>>30852121
>tfw running M Pinsir already
I know you're right, but I don't want to give up either of these mons

>>30852137
Red card forces anyone who hits you to switch to a random mon on their team. Basically SD up and fuck up anyone who tries to set up or be tricky

My best run was 32 with
Life Orb Golisopod
MEGA Metagross
IceZ Ninetails

How do I cheese through double and multi? I got single thanks to Mimikyu, and royale thanks to explosion Silvally, but idk what to do for double

>>30852181
I'll try it, as I haven't touched tree yet, but I imagine I could probably just swap to a bulky teammate to mess them up instead and keep Mimikyu on a focus sash.

>>30851623
A-Ninetailes
Porygon-Z
Anything Flying/Levitate, I use Hydreigon
Scarfchomp

50 super singles streak with Mega Salamence, Toxapex (holding Black Sludge), and Kartana (holding Focus Sash). The Focus Sash never actually activated on Kartana and I was dumb and ran False Swipe on said Kartana, but whatever; about 50% of battles was "set up with Megamence and sweep" and another 40% were Megamence sweeps + Toxapex toxic stall.

Even with the opponents using Megas and Z-moves, I STILL felt like I was cheating.

>>30852171
Yeah, I feel that, I've definitely been screwed over by Meteor Mash and Zen Headbutt, but luckily my remaining team members have been able to clean it up.

I also might be biased because I despise M-Salamance's design, the little overalls are so stupid

>>30852171
How do you build a Salamence?

>>30851944
Pretty Standard:

Damocles (Aegislash) (M) @ Weakness Policy
Ability: Stance Change
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpA
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Shadow Sneak
- Shadow Ball
- Flash Cannon
- King's Shield

>>30852131
Thanks for the insightful comment, I can easily reach 50 on that team, I only wanted to hear some suggestions after I reach it 50 with said team.

>>30852291
ur bad and should feel bad

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I want to make a good battle tree video public, but the game literally won't let me.

"This battle video can not be made public"

What the fuck? I know my team was 100% legit, so was the NPC's team doing something illegal?

Is the game actually trying to cover it's own battle tree bullshit?

>>30852076
>>Any tips for a fast sweeper like Alakazam? Focus Miss in Battle Tree is painful.

yes, replace it with M-Lucario or something

>>30852273
Salamence @ Salamencite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Claw
- Return
- Earthquake
- Dragon Dance

This is what I used to get to 50 wins. Some people prefer double edge over return, but return worked fine for me.

>>30852273
The optimal build is Jolly with an EV spread of 248 Speed, 252 ATK, 4 DEF, and 4 SpDEF: moveset of Substitute, Roost, Dragon Dance, and Return (Substitute to keep status moves and OHKO attacks at bay, Roost to heal off damage, Dragon Dance to set-up, and Return to sweep).

Mine was Adamant with 252 ATK, 188 Speed, and 80 HP though with EQ, Return, Roost, and DD because I am a Smogonite.

>>30851623
>>30851834
My super doubles team. Lost at 60th battle but only due to a serious misplay on my part. Easy sailing before that.

Oranguru/Primarina/Exeguttor-A/Marowak-A

>>30852376
why even use dragon claw

>CM Mega Sableye (252/252+ Bold)
>Toxapex (also 252/252+ Bold)

Good third for this singles team? Something specially defensive that's not weak to fairy and resists ground, preferably.

>>30852513
There were a handful of Pokemon my team had a hard time with and dragon claw was decent against them.

>>30852537
celesteela?

>>30851571

Mega Gyarados is really sick in general. The catch is that really has good abilities before and after mega.

244 HP / 60 Atk / 28 Def / 52 SpD / 124 Spe with Adamant nature really served me well.

>>30852578
name a few

>>30852627
please explain what benchmarks these evs are for

>>30852618
Good pick, but I'm on Sun. SDef Skarmory maybe? That compounds the electric weakness, though.

>>30852652
Most of the Rotom forms.

I admit it probably wasn't the best move, but I got to 50 wins with it.

>>30852073
>The AI literally cannot comprehend how to deal with Disguise/Red Card combo
It kept sending mold-breaker z-moves after me

>>30852674
your other best bet will probably be tapu bulu, it has reasonable bulk and can restore its hp with its terrain and with horn leech. Porygon2 and Chansey are quite bulky but they don't resist ground. Togekiss is decent but it's also weak to electric

>>30852755

Reminds me how the AI doesn't know how to deal with Magic Bounce ability.

It just keeps trying to use a status move and gets reflected back for a hilarious loop.

Free Sword's Dance x3 then sweep.

>>30852434
What sets are you using? I've been trying something similar with Oranguru, Alola Marowak, Dhelmise, and Azumarill.

Oranguru @ Lum Berry
Ability: Inner Focus
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 168 Def / 88 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 2 Spe
- Trick Room
- Protect
- Psychic
- Instruct

Oranguru has 2 speed IVs because I want it to move immediately after Primarina in Trick Room; it can also be 3, you end up with the same speed.

Primarina @ Life Orb
Ability: Torrent
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Scald
- Moonblast
- Psychic
- Protect

Marowak-Alola @ Thick Club
Ability: Lightning Rod
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Flare Blitz
- Shadow Bone
- Bonemerang
- Protect

Exeggutor-Alola @ Dragonium Z
Ability: Frisk
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Draco Meteor
- Giga Drain
- Flamethrower
- Trick Room

>>30852935
meant to reply to >>30852861

Singles Battle Tree uber tier:

Mega Salamence
Kartana - Focus Sash
Xurkitree - Choice Scarf
Pyukumuku - Leftovers
Aegislash - Leftovers
Porygon-Z/2 - Normalium Z

Good tier:

A-Ninetales
Mimikyu
Mega Scizor
A-Marowak

Anyone else have mons that never fail them in the battle tree? Post stories.

>>30852384
Return to sweep? Why of all things?

>>30852132
Salamence, Lucario, and Sableye imo

>>30853045
Aerilate

>Golisopod w/ Red Card
>Z-Splash Mimikyu
>Life Orb TR sweeper Reuniclus

All Max HP, Max Offences.

Currently unbeaten, though i've had some nasty run-ins with fairies, skarmories, gyarados, the standard "bulky fuckers with no resistances that stack buffs". RNG has also been uncharacteristically merciful.

Golisopod is pretty fun for setting up chip damage on people, letting me scout their team and then either of my two other sweepers (which either tank high burst or they ignore walls) can usually get finishing blows. His neutral damage is a bit disappointing, but he disrupts ALOT of the generic "string three annoying moves together" things that Battle Tree pokemon do. He's also surprisingly tanky.

It's basically just tankiness, strong abilities, priority moves with Trick Room as a panic button. Fragile, high speed sweepers just die to other priority or quick claw memes, so taking hits is very good, and stuff like Magic Guard/Disguise/Red Card are the best way to cockblock the AI.

Eventually RNG will end any run but if the computer is forced to HAX you out, it's as good as admitting it can't beat you.

>>30853088
What's your Golisopod moveset? Mines got First Impression, Liquidation, Leech Life, and Aqua Jet. I run assault vest.

>>30851830
What did you use on Persian?

Mimikyu
Garchomp
Topu Keko
62 battles

>>30853157
Heathcliff (Persian-Alola) @ Flame Orb
Ability: Fur Coat
EVs: 228 HP / 28 Def / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Switcheroo
- Taunt
- Foul Play
- Parting Shot

Flame Orb is generally the more crippling item when it works, but later on I found a lot more Z-Move users, Mega Evolutions and Fire-types on whom it didn't work. If you're against one of those then your first move should be Parting Shot. That way you can come back in later if one of your other mons is dead and cripple something else with Flame Orb instead.

Choice Scarf is also usable. Darkium Z can be used to turn Parting Shot into a psuedo Healing Wish. If that is the case, then you should use Toxic, Roar or Snarl instead of Switcheroo.

EVs let you survive a hit from Red's M-Char X after a DD and hit it back with Foul Play

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>>30853088
how are you liking z-splash? hadn't heard that combo before. have you tried any others hold items?

i've tried life orb/sash but using fairium-Z carried me to 67 once, and currently at 61 on my second attempt, i want to know how much you like splash, since there's plenty of breaks IMO to SD one more time

>>30853142

Golisopod (Leads)
Adamant
Max HP, Max Attack
Item: Red Card

First Impression
Sucker Punch
Liquidation
Leech Life

It's basically the same concept, I would have run Aqua Jet too then realised too late into breeding it was an egg move. Sucker Punch actually serves pretty well though, synergises very nicely with his ability. In retrospect Aqua Jet really isn't that useful as you'll never score a 2hko with it unless you're doing Life Orb memes, it's more of a move for Boosters.

I might replace Leech Life though, it's pretty redundant and I could easily stick some better coverage there, or something like Taunt to combine with Sucker Punch or Taunt -> force an Exit -> set up with Mimikyu and they are forced to crack his disguise instead of meming me with status effects. AI doesn't deal with taunt and both these pokemon exploit the fuck out of it.

Red Card was just a last minute decision until I get enough BP for something better but it's an amazing way to force out annoying things, reset shit matchups (i.e. Red Card and Exit triggers same turn), you see more of your opponents team and it means your sweepers just clean house most of the time.

Was sort of a slapdash team but all three members synergise absurdly well.

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Honestly i thought that mode was impossible. But yesterday i finally got my stamp.

>>30853306

I think Swords Dance is much better for 6v6 as it's way more flexible and there are way more walls around, as well as the fact you aren't playing against cheating scum.

The reason I like Z-Splash for Battle Spot is it's basically the most efficient possible use of your free turn of Disguise, and you only have to burn through 2-3 opponents which means you're way less likely to be countered. Very few pokemon seem to actually survive more than two turns from a Z-Splash Shadow Sneak anyway, at that point the difference between +3/+4 stops mattering. This might change as I climb higher, but then I have stronger Play Roughs, a Leech Life that heals more, etc.

It's basically just "move economy" - the thing with Battle Spot is the more turns you take to do ANYTHING, the more opportunities the AI is getting to screw you over. Just a single turn of preparation is already running massive risks, so I prefer to make them count.

>>30853739
>The reason I like Z-Splash for Battle Spot is it's basically the most efficient possible use of your free turn of Disguise

except for the part where SD + LO gives you 2.6x your attack power whereas Z-Splash only puts you at 2.5x

>>30851386
No.
The tree is guaranteed to throw at you your party specific counters, sooner or later, so it doesn't really change anything.

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>Foe Garchomp used Dragonbreath

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Just got through the regular mode with this team. Mimikyu lead and did almost all of the work with Porygon-Z and Tapu Lele cleaning up. Going into super mode, what should I switch up?

>>30853299
That spread is from smogon, and is optimized for level 100
At level 50 there's a tiny chance you might die to a +1 blitz

+1 252 Atk Tough Claws Charizard-Mega-X Flare Blitz vs. 228 HP / 28 Def Fur Coat Persian-Alola: 144-169 (85.2 - 100%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO

instead you can run 212 hp/44 def

+1 252 Atk Tough Claws Charizard-Mega-X Flare Blitz vs. 212 HP / 44 Def Fur Coat Persian-Alola: 139-165 (83.2 - 98.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

autism

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>>30853939
>'x mon was paralyzed'

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>foe used Swagger!

Going for a stall Toxapex

Whats a good EV set for it

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>>30854417
bold with hp and def if you need to tank physical moves
calm with hp and spdef if you need to tank special moves

>>30854434
Would putting say 160 into speed be a good idea im worried about getting Destroyed if i go against someone who is super effective

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>>30854355
>foe used Foul Play
AAAAAAAAAHHHH

>>30854355
>it's a fake-out+fling razor fang episode

>>30854462
No, it's too slow to make use of speed investment.

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>>30854355
>use swords dance
>they use swagger
>you don't hurt yourself

>>30851571
What set were you running on the 'chomp?

>>30854564
jolly
focus sash
max speed and attack

outrage
sd
fire fang
eq

they started throwing stuff at me that could outspeed it and ohko, so i just put a sash on it. got a lot more mileage out of it that way

>Eeveelution used Yawn

>>30853869

I'm already running Life Orb on another pokemon so it's irrelevant.

The net result is the mostly same, the difference being you die to LO damage.

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Deciding on what HP I should give my Xurkitree. Just caught one with HP Ground, so it's between Water and Ice at the moment. Thiking about Mimikyu w/ Red Card to stop sweeps, and M-Pinsir for clean-up.

>>30854664

Thunder/Ice is a know combo. It cleans through the Ground and Grass pokemon that mysteriously appear in frequent amounts whenever I have Xurkitree in my party.

Why the fuck can't Unburden's speed boost be Baton Passed?
Like next to no pokemon even have the ability

Fuck, I just want Drifblim to be viable EVER

>>30852838
That reminds me when I brought my storm drain gastrodon and they kept using water moves to boost me up or aquanid, I've gotten whilo whisp'd like 3 times in a row and have set up. They don't understand abilities at all..

>>30854773
use flare boost instead

>>30853739
The reason I don't run this set was that in my first run with Mimikyu I missed 4 play roughs in a row, so I've been using wide lens ever since because FUCK THE BATTLE TREE.

>>30852958
Mega scizor is so good. I run a bulky swords dance build with brutal swing and bullet punch and kills so easily. Even took a bisharp at +4 and killed it by roosting and stuff

Is there any way for Golisopod's ability to NOT activate (Item?) without an ability or move nullifying his ability?

Because I just fought one that I took from full to ~20% and his emergency exit did not activate, and as I said no move or ability was used to nullify his.

What's a good special attacker to bring in? I was walled by restcurse avalugg

>>30854930
Was it the last pokemon?

>>30854946
If you're tired of resters then Tapu koko and Tapu fini are great. Both are special attackers and completely tell sleepers to gtfo

>>30854946
Aegislash, Tapu Koko, Mega Alakazam, Porygon-Z

>>30854946

The SpAtk Tapus are great.
Xurkitree is meme-tacular.
I personally use Reuniclus

>>30854946
Kartana with smart strike completely wrecks everything that stalls from ice, rock, to fairy. Fast and hits hard

How good are Mega Absol/Lucario in the tree? I hear Salamence and Gyarados put in work, and Metagross is alright, but I'm looking to change up my team with something a bit different.

>>30855012

Battle tree's AI will realize your Mega Absol has magic bounce by the second battle so it will just stop using status effects on you. Mega Lucario should work alright until battle tree sends out a scarfed fire poke which will use a 140% accuracy fire blast on it while holding quick claw

>>30855012

Mega Absol's Magic Bounce turns alot of the battle tree's bullshit right back on it.

Downside is that it's still a glass canon, even if 6 IV perfect. If you don't make smart moves, you're done.

>>30855012
Mega Lucario is good. It's very strong. Priority is very helpful. The set I used in singles was SD/Close Combat./Bullet Bunch/Extreme Speed.

What's a good moveset for M-lucario that doesn't require breeding?

>>30854975
>>30854964
Unfortunately I forgot about the league reset rule so I ended up catching the random nature Koko right after the cutscene. It's gonna be either Fini or Lele but I don't imagine Fini doing too much damage and I haven't really encountered priority. If I do pick Lele, do I go modest or timid?

>>30855076
Nasty plot/Focus Blast or Aura Sphere/Flash Cannon/Dark Pulse.

>>30855076

I've had pretty good coverage running close combat/swords dance/extremespeed/earthquake

You can also switch-in aura sphere or flash cannon so you have an option if you get burned.

>>30855103

Timid for fini. But she is more for support. She has access to haze, mist, defog, heal pulse, soak, refresh, and aqua ring. Fairy Field also prevents status effects for 5-8 (With terrain extender) turns which is very useful.

>>30855138

>YOUNGSTER JOEY SENT OUT DRIFBLIM

I just got fucking bodied in Super Singles by an Aurorus that kept using Thunder Wave, Thunderbolt and Substitute, paralysis is a cunt
I'm a little rustled, but far from going livid, as it happened on like battle 9 or close to that
I'm just really astonished, I would have never expected shit like that

>>30855670
I started using Alola Marowak to beat those kinds of setups.
>immune to para and burn
>immune to normal, fighting, and electric
>bonemerang beats sub/sash/sturdy

I want to breed a shiny eevee and use her in the tree

What's the least shit eeveelution to use? I like all of them.

ban check

>>30854656
>Eveelution used Protect

>>30855954
Magic Bounce Espeon gets to up to some good shenanigans and hits like a truck. It's frail as fuck though but it's still probably the best Battle Tree Eevee.

>>30856060
shiny espeon looks like shit though

>>30855954
>shiny eevee
>her

see you in three months

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>>30856138
>pic related

I guess Umbreon could work as a wall especially if it learns Foul Play but I don't remember if it does.

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>when you accidentally swap to the wrong mon and almost lose in the 2nd round

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>Get to battle 37
>M-Beedrill instantly kills 2 of my mons
>fug.jpg
>Garchomp kills it and a charizard
>"Go, Rotom-W"
>Dragon Claw does fuckall
>Hydro Miss hits and CRITS
Also how fast is mega beedrill? It outsped my timid greninja

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>>30856292
>when you get bodied in the first round because you rolled a team of all physical attackers with no fire attacks and they lead with an Escavalier

>>30856334
145 speed

It's one of the fastes Pokemon in general. Unless you are Scarfed or use something like Mega-Zam or the Roach you will probably go second with normal moves.

>>30856334
M-Beedrill has 145 speed

>>30856377
>>30856381
Oh well, at least now I have 210 BP so....which megastones should I get? I already have a metagrossite.

>>30856421
purely for Battle Tree, Lucario and Salamence are bretty gud, beyond that just personal preference. remember to grab some of the combat items you might want as well like the choice items and stuff

What should I put on Kartana besides leaf blade and smart strike? Not sure what to use besides sacred sword, aerial ace, x-scissor, and psycho-cut. And I assume sash is probably the best item?

>>30856492
How do you build Mega Lucario in SM?

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>against a Mawile lead
>I have Lele as first
>swap out for Chomp
>Mawile only used Taunt, which means it's fucked next turn
>Mawile's quick claw lets it move first!
>Iron Head
>Garchomp flinched and could not move!
>Mawile's quick claw lets it move first!
>Iron Head
>Garchomp flinched and could not move!
>Mawile's quick claw lets it move first!
>Iron Head
>Garchomp flinched and could not move
>Garchomp fainted

How

>>30856510
I'm mostly going off reputation when I say that as I don't have the Mega Stones yet. I'm probably an outlier anyway in that I made my Lucario a Nasty Plot sweeper for shits and giggles.

>>30856492
I'll get both megas, also I have everything except choice items, which I never use anyways. I might make a special Lucario only for Aura Sphere, I need something against all those Rotoms who use Double Team

>>30856510
CC/Crunch/BP/Swords dance

I used that and the only thing that beat it was focus sash infernape

Haven't tried the battle tree yet since I was grinding for the Power Items to train my mons
I heard its difficult to deal with status so I'm thinking in using Komala for its ability

Komala @ Assault Vest
Ability: Comatose
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
- Return
- Play Rough
- Sucker Punch
- Earthquake

I'm thinking in using him with Minior and Mudsdale
opinions? what set is recommended for mudsdale?

>>30856596

Minior is risky because entry hazards shit on him if he isn't first, and priority moves quickly put him out after sash or sub 50% hp.

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Why does the AI have protect on absolutely everything? It doesn't even do anything. Who would ever send out an Avalugg as lead and just spam protect instantly against an enemy that can't have any good physical moves?

>>30856717
Those avalugg are supposed to be toxic stallers, yet they protect before setting up toxic for no reason.

Pheromosa. Pheromosa is how you win at life.

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>enemy Glaceon's quick claw lets it move first
>Mega-Metagross used Bullet Punch
>Critical Hit
>Glaceon fainted

Get fucked. No Quick Claw Blizzard freeze memes for you.

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>>30856865
That fucking thing has killed my Salamence so many times. Thank you anon

Got to 50 on super singles first try with

Salamence @Salamencite (Return, Subs, DD, Roost)
Aegislash @Weakness Policy (Shadow Ball, Shadow Sneak, Sacred Sword, Kings Shield)
Milotic @Leftovers (Scald, Ice Beam, Toxic, Recover

Almost lost to 2 veterans after battle ~40 that used mono electric and mono fairy, mostly because of no EQ on mence, got lucky with a play rough miss vs. mega mawile

Swords Dance Aegislash is probably a better set for the tree.

Milotic is there because she is my favorite mon

How do the famous trainers you can encounter work? Can I encounter the same one twice and register them with different Pokemon?

>>30852183
>life orb on golisopod
i'd assume assault vest is a better option

>>30857238
Yeah I switched to Assault Vest most recently but now I'm using Red Card and seeing how it goes.

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>>30851175
What are my priorities when buying shit here?

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>>30851830
>Mega Latias team
You can't be serious. What sort of NPC would use that. Holy fuck, this is much better than Maison. My dick is now capable of smashing diamonds after hearing of this. Don't you fucking lie to me, Anon.

>>30857311
don't buy the stuff you can get from npc trainers or steal from wild pokemon
choice items are a good start

>>30857311

Top priorities are life orb, choice items, assault vest and any mega stones you need.

>>30857376

There's a life orb in resolution cave, you shouldn't need to buy one.

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Oranguru + Mega Kangaskhan

Parental Bond, Instruct and Rock Slide..

that's four rock slides at 30% flinch each on both opposing pokermen

is this meme worth looking into?

>Battle Tree hax 90% accuracy into all eight hit checks missing

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>>30857447

alternatively, what else could abuse something like this, /vp/?

i was looking at Mega Aerodactyl rock slide or A-Ninetails Blizzard, but A-tails is often either too fragile or slow to actually get the value train rolling in doubles

what do

What's a good set for Pykumuku in singles?

>>30857641

I thought about vikavolt spamming discharge and mudsdale spamming earthquake but they are probably way too slow for that.

>>30857647
Z-Purify (+1 all stats) and baton pass.

Mega slowbro, sub-bulk up buzzwole and dd dragonite are good, all are setup mon tho. I also rotate in a z-convert pz and a magic bounce espeon. Got swept by mega blastoise twice getting the points for slowbroite, but now should be ok

>>30857447
parental bond doesn't affect spread moves in doubles

>>30857647

Curse/toxic/recover/soak

Then just outstall any team not running a tauntmon in approximately 5 hours

Would a Calm Mind Tapu Fini, Shell Smash Minior and a gimmicky Wish Lightning Rod Togedemaru team be viable enough?

>>30857266
UPDATE I lost round 4 to a Gengar that landed 3 Hypnosis on a row and dream ate my Pokémon who wouldn't wake up.
I ran:
>Golisopod @RedCard
>Metagross @Metagrossite
>Toxapex @Leftovers
Destroyed his Shiftry and whatever else he had. Then I got Slept and Swept.

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>>30857764

WHY

>>30857693

harambe learns Trick Room, so speed is never an issue. you'll just have to learn how to identify enemy trick room teams so you avoid wasting a turn of you using trick room, then they use theirs to 'whoops reset' it. (or you can infinite loop them into doing this.. haven't tried)

>>30857802

at least you didn't get shit on by quick claw fissure/horn drill/sheer cold

fucking walrein you fat fucking mong i hate you

>>30857945
>switch into Sturdy Smogonbird (Metal)
ez

why are so many aegislashes special attackers here

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>>30857910
>harambe

>>30858038
Check the stats my man

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>>30858098

dicks out

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>>30857802
>It hypnosis' one pogey
>Switch to eat the Dream Eater
>Switch back to eat the Hypnosis
>Repeat until no more Hypnosis
And that's how you handle the retarded Dream Eater sets.

I just got my 50 streak in Super Singles last night and now I'm aiming for Super Doubles.

I'm playing around with a TR Team consisting of Oranguru, Wishiwashi, A Marowak, and A Exeggutor with somewhat mixed results. I feel like the game is starting to throw slower pokemon at me as a counter

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>>30858273

kek

>>30858132
same atk as sp.atk?

What partners well with Mega Salamence? Been experimenting around and haven't found any mons that mesh with it.

>>30858536
Tapu-Lele works with everything that does not rely on priority.

>>30857802
>Toxapex @ Leftovers
>not black sludge

Fucking REEEEE

>>30858536
Steel types cover its weaknesses very well

>>30858273
I did that. It Hypnosis'd Golisopod and next turn I switched out to Toxapex, it Dream Eater. I used Scald, but Gengar Hypno'd first. Switched to MegaGross, ate the DE, next turn it Hypno'd me. There goes my team. I managed to get off one Suckered Punch with Golisopod who woke up, but Gengar had a focus sash.
Thanks Battle Tree.

>>30855076
>>30855111
Special mega luke is indeed bretty gud, I used one with Aura Sphere (better than Focus Miss memes fucking you over in a format such as the Battle Tree, Aura Sphere is strong enough with adaptability and Nasty Plot factored in to oneshot most mons with a boost), Flash Cannon, Psychic and Nasty Plot. Instead of Psychic, Extremespeed can be considered if you want non bred priority (RIP Vacuum Wave. It needs Pokebank anyway). For Doubles, swap Nasty Plot with Protect.

I'm not sure about using Dark Pulse as with Adaptability, even a super effective Dark Pulse only does as much as a neutral Aura Sphere/Flash Cannon, 160 bp. It might be useful for mons that are weak to dark and resist your stabs such as Metagross though. Still very niche.

>>30857355
I've faced it before, I'm not sure if I have a battle video saved but I can tell you first hand this is real. on the other hand, one of my runs ended at the hands of a choice banded latias. you heard that right, CHOICE BANDED

I'm considering Chandelure for BT. Its speed is 80 so I'm apprehensive of going going timid/252 speed anyways and instead doing 252 HP, since its defenses are 60/90/90 but I'm not sure.

I'd probably go specs anyway

>>30858672
You don't understand what he meant.
You switch to an awake pokemon, he uses DE, fails.
Then you switch back to the asleep pokemon, he uses hypnosis, fails.
Repeat x10, no more hypnosis PP

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>>30858695
>banded latias
Are these sets randomly generated or does Game Freak genuinely not know how to play their own game?

>>30858786
Ah. Didn't even think of that. I like that.
In my defense, that was some broooooken English.

>>30858822
I'm pretty sure they're all handmade. 90% of them are horrible gimmicks or completely nonsensical, but they're at least coherent (i.e. that CB Latias, iirc only has physical moves.)

The tree doesn't beat you with quality, it beats you through attrition. Eventually, one of their shitty gimmicks will be in just the right place to fuck you over.

What's a good replacement for the Whimsicott in my battle tree team?
Currently running M Slowbro, Porygon2, and the Whimsicott. I normally use it for Encore-ing enemy boosts/weather/etc. but once you start running into veteran trainers with 3 legendary teams they don't bother with any setup moves and it feels like a wasted team slot.
This team is also incredibly slow to climb so something more fast paced would be nice.

Bred a perfect Adamant gible.

Thinking of Going for 252 Att 252 Speed Is that the general Meta or would putting 252 att 252 HP be better

>>30858822
I know, this thing was running max attack lati instead of an optimal special set. also I found the replay for it so y'all can witness the bullshit yourselves.

FCVG-WWWW-WWW3-4QAC

>>30858822
Pretty sure most of them are custom made by the devs. The AI would never generate an Espeon with Focus Sash that uses Yawn, Protect and Dream Eater randomly.

>>30858917
Maybe Liepard? Fills the exact same role except you can also run T-wave and Swagger.

>>30857182
Yes, and when you register a trainer twice, it just overwrites their old team you had registered

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>>30858952
turns out I lied, because I just found the set the enemy trainer uses, it was orbed instead of banded, still bullshit regardless

Just had to share my rage.
Lead with mega scizor against audino
Uses thunder wave
Takes 3 bp to kill and I move 3 turns out of 15! While it did minimal damage with draining kiss
I didn't even loose it's just the ai has some Bullshit Para hax and it's so stupid

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>M-Metagross lead
>LO Garchomp
>Focus Band Kartana

>everything goes smooth as soap until battle 35
>magmortar dies to garchomp, flame body triggers
>Toucannon appears
>no non-contact moves on the entire team
>garchomp can barely put a dent in toucannon while burned
>dies to damage + LO + burn
>have the choice of either letting it burn metagross and kartana or letting it fuck me over
>deal chip damage, it's almost dead
>Roost
>fucking
>Roost

It was entirely my fault for not having a special attacker in my team
But still

Fuck Beak Blast and its cheap-ass "100% chance burn and you can do nothing about it fag"

>>30859014
I don't think Liepard is in until bank releases. I'm not sure there is another effective Encore user at all right now.

may as well post my longest run so far, 91 streak until quick claw drampa fucked everything up

7JJG-WWWW-WWW3-NKTV

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>tfw on battle 165
>Reading the comments about getting fucked over ITT and knowing my time is coming sooner or later
>I dont even know how angry I'm going to become or whether I could muster the will to try again

Garchomp 252 Speed 252 Attack
Or
Garchomp 252 Attack 150 Speed 100 HP

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>>30859340
>ever not going maximum fast

>>30859377
>not bulking

Got to 44 on my first try with and got absolutely fucked by a Mega Mawile:

Jolly gyrados @ Leftovers
Dragon Dance, EQ, Stone Edge, Waterfall

Gengar @ mega gengarite
tbolt, ghost ball, psychic, focus blast

mimikyu @ life orb
swords dance, play rough, life leech, shadow claw

Think i'll try again with a bulkier Mega Gyarados and bench Gengar for a different sweeper (maybe Chomp or Cloyster).

Any suggestions on what to do for a 3rd with Mimikyu if I put a REd Card on it?

>>30859307
You better post the battle code when you lose senpai

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>that feeling when you are paralized and the enemy uses double team even once

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>enemy tries to use the classic focus sash + endeavor strat
>against Tapu-Lele

Can you potentially register every single different NPC you meet or is there a maximum limit?

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>>30859556
>enemy outspeeds anyway
seeing a damn F.E.A.R. sceptile is a once in a lifetime sight I'll tell you what

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>>30859452

>multiple trainers have different "Rotom ____" with the same set

>100% accurate Confuse Ray
>substitute
>double team
>??????? attack move

i've literally never seen one of them use an offensive move, they just (without fail) land confuse ray into substitute/double team and stall you out for ten minutes

what is their endgame.........

>>30857355
Well let me introduce you to Anabel PHYSICAL MEGA LATIOS.

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>want to scout more famous NPCs for multi battles
>keep running into Cynthia

>>30859826
Speaking of which, if you register a trainer, does it always register them with their first 2 Pokemon?

>>30859867

yes

so if their third pokemon is a mega u r fukt m8

>>30858822
None of those set are random, the only thing tat change is ability RNG.
Aside from this it's a bunch a unpredictable gimmick.

I wonder how much fun they had designing this.

>>30859867
yessir, always the first two mons they send out

>>30859697
My team was M-Scizor, Garchomp, Pelipper

Which happens to have a huge weakness to rotom heat it turns out

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT SET IT IS

>set with confuse ray, wow, hex and volt switch
>set with ominous wind, overheat, thunderbolt and confuse ray
>set with double team and thunderbolt

fuck my life dude

Just lost to...
Hyper beam Mega Gardevoir.

no setup.
No strategy.

Just Hyper beam.
At first i was like ok let me put something to setup while he is down.
Hyperbeam again, kills everything.

Is it possible to transfer mons over games with doing it 1 at a time on the GTS?

After playing Moon I want to transfer my guys over from Sun since Moon has better battle tree exclusives

>>30859983
bank is your only answer if you don't want to do it 1 by 1

>45 streak
>feeling good about my team, M-Mence/AV Buzzwole/Tapu Koko hasn't outright disappointed yet
>last run ended at 40 because Buzzwole stayed frozen solid for 5-6 turns straight after missing a Brick Break on a fucking special Beartic, and I then failed to anticipate Metal Burst from Bisharp
>start battle 46
>Hashim leads with Pinsir
>it's the Scarf set
>2.7% chance
>never even got a move off
Fuck OHKO moves. I hadn't even seen an OHKO move attempted up to that point.

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>swords dance boosted Garchomp uses earthquake against enemy Lycanroc
>hangs on with focus sash
>Counter
>instantly kills Garchomp
>Garchomp has rough skin
>Lycanroc fainted

>>30858675
Vacuum Wave can be bred onto Lucario via Smeargle.

>Heart Scale Kartana/Scyther for Vacuum Wave
>Find Smeargle
>False Swipe it until it calls a buddy
>Vacuum Wave the first
>Second will Sketch Vacuum Wave
>catch Second
>Breed with Lucario F
>Vacuum Wave Riolu

>48 bp for destiny knot, 16 for each power item
>1 bp per win in regular singles
>keep dying in singles, need ev trained pokemon
>cant ev train possibly without power items
Who the fuck thought this was a good idea? I can understand the choice items and other shit but why lock the breeding shit behind this grind? Anyone got any tips for the initial grind?

>>30860117
Scarf gilliotine pinsir?

Timid or Modest Lele for tree?

>>30860549
Timid
Speed is everything.

>>30860519
Tapus and UBs unfortunately.

>>30860549
Timid Lele with Specs and max Special Attack and Speed IV + EV can clear so much in the tree by just using psychic on everything.

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>>30860522
Yep.

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>>30860611
Pure cancer

Probably the biggest FUCK YOU the tree can throw at you.

>>30860519
Get breeding leftovers from giveaways.

EV training is a pain but it's still doable without power items, just slow. Alternatively you can slog through a few battles without EV trained stuff and just get enough to get the power item.s

>>30859826

Change your team at the intervals, the game thinks her mons are best equipped to beat you.

>>30860519
you don't need a power item to EV train.

Pelago is good for a while.

>>30860650
Intervals? You mean after every battle?

>>30860519
I can give you something with Pokerus if you need it.

>>30860662
>Pelago is good for a while.
No, it takes fucking forever. EV training with Power Items is better in every way.

>>30860583
Yeah I figured Bulu, Pheromosa and Xurkitree would be good
>>30860648
>>30860662
Takes really long without them though

>>30860692
I'd appreciate it

>>30860694
Not if you have a life outside of playing vidya.

>>30860733
Just put up something and ask for a lvl 1 smogonsword.

Say your IGN, Pokemon, gender of the mon, message, ect and I will send you Pokerus.

>>30860789
IGN: ItzYaBoi
level 14 female mudbray
I want to fill my pokedex

>>30851623
>Toxapex
>Not painful as hell in Battle tree
Ninetales
Sandslash
Mon of your choice to counter fire types

Eject Button trick room setter
2 slow powerhouses
(Crabominable,vikavolt,etc.)

>>30852040
Celesteela,skarmory

>>30860519
>tfw using non-optimized playthrough mons in battle royal only to get my ass kicked tens of times for the battle items
I've lost 20 royals and won one. I honestly don't know who thought this was okay

>>30860893
and I meant power items, not battle items

also do I gain EVs from battle royal/battle tree

>>30860913
Nah, you only get EVs when you get EXP

>>30860850
Can't find you. What region are you

>>30860943
thanks

>>30858822

They're made to be odd and dickish, but not super dangerous.

It's basically a check to see if your team can handle most threats. It's great training.

I'm thinking about using a team that's:

Kartana lead
M.Salamence
Arcanine

Is there anything off the top of your heads that would fuck me up?

just lost to a quick claw glaceon.

hit every blizzard without hail and froze dhelmise and mimikyu (twice on him due to lum berry and disguise). quick claw went first over half the turns

love this sick AI

Man, I give up for the day. This is the third time I wipe in Super Multis. My biggest streak has only been 29.

Fuck Kiawe and his Kang that never Fakes Out the right mon.

>I'm gonna clearly use Fake Out on something that resists it or a ghost type

Fuck you Kiawe, I'm glad you can't be a dancer anymore and you can't follow your dreams. You don't deserve it.

>>30861088
BATTLE VIDEO

>>30861072
Scald on something super-bulky like Toxapex.
Scarf Pinsir because you don't have a Ghost-type.
T-Wave spam
Sleep spam
Burn spam

>>30861185
>T-Wave spam
>Sleep spam
>Burn spam

I don't know why people mention these. Just run Substitute on Kartana. It outspeeds most shitters that use those moves like the Rotoms.

Grass/Steel/Fighting is still pretty good coverage, and anything you can't hit, you can switch out to Megamence.

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>>30861102
>pair up with Dexio who has Espeopn and Mega-Slowbro
>use Specs Tapu Lele and the Focus Sash Roach for maximum fun
>Pheromosa becomes almost impossible to use because Mega-Slowbro keeps using surf on everything

Why do I even put up a Psychic field with Lele if you are just going to use surf?

>>30861123
i didn't save it out of frustration, kind of a habit.

i don't really want to run the whole mega salamence, cartana, toxapex. currently doing mimikyu, dhelmise and the angry toucan

obviously my bird got knocked by the blizzard first try

>thunder wave rock slide dragonite
epic gamefreak simply epic

>>30861072
Rock Slide Scarf Aerodactyl if the game hates you.

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>Probopass on first round
>Thunderwave/Double Team/Rest/Magnet Bomb

Kill it after like 10 hours of its stalling bullshit, but then...

>Umbreon
>Thunder Wave/Moonlight/Double Team/Crunch

Motherfucking Battle Tree stalling games

Noob question, but how does one share their battle videos after recording them?

>>30861387
1:go online
2: go inside the castle
3: talk to the pc
4: select view battle video
5: upload battle video
took me a while to figure it out myself so I'll just drop this for others to know

>>30861437
Thanks, anon.

>Fight Aurorus
>It can't decide between hail and sandstorm

It didn't even try to attack me. It just alternated between sandstorm and hail for 6 turns.

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>round 50-something
>M-Scizor, Pelipper, scarfchomp team
>AI leads with lickilicky
>SD with scizor
>eat a fire blast and die
>send in pelipper
>lickilicky easily tanks surf because of cloud nine
>lickilicky used thunder!
>send in garchomp
>lickilicky tanks EQ
>Lickilicky used blizzard!

I hate this game

>>30861508
You beat the Tree legend, no point in going further unless you're going for more BP which you probably have enough of already.

>>30861541
But Starf and Lansat berries.

>>30861541
I play the battle tree on the train, it's more entertaining than spinning in circles the entire time.
I don't care about the BP, i just want to get as far as I can.

I need a new team.

Any mon with a combo of any two of the following attacks:
Ice, electric, fire
absolutely shred my team

is there a "best team" yet?

>>30861573
Do those have any dye value?

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>>30861471
>predict Thunderwave and swap Garchomp into it against a Ferrothorn
>can't possibly kill me so I Sword Dance
>it uses Sandstorm of all moves
>kill it with Fire Fang and the rest of the team with Earthquake

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>enemy pokemon used wish
>enemy pokemon restored health with leftovers
>enemy pokemon used protect

>>30861471
There was a Florges in the Maison that used to do something similar to me, just alternated between Grassy and Misty Terrain for no reason.

>>30861640
Nope.

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>People playing singles instead of superior doubles

>>30861685
then what's the fucking point because they're shit for battling

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>>30861694
i like my games to run at more than 2 fps

>battle 46, aiming for 50
>walrein comes out
>fuck
>Fissure
>Toxapex goes down
>other two can only 3HKO at best
>send out porygon2, get SpA boost
>Fissure Misses
>Tri-attack paralyzes
>another two Tri-attacks KO him as his sheer colds miss
>p2 sweeps rests of team
GET FUCKING FUCKED

>>30861697
Trophies I guess. What's the point of doing anything in a video game really?

Who are some good teammates for koko?

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>>30861663
The game really got carried away with Protect. Half the Pokemon seem to have it. Even on teams that can't possible stall anything.

>enemy leads with Nidoking
>goes for protect right away
>dies the next turn anyway

>>30861726
For fun, and the battle tree isn't fucking fun. The only reason most us play it is for the style and/or stamp

>>30861763
Pelipper and Alola Raichu

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>>30861770
The AI just loved to throw tanky Fairy types with Misty Terrain, Leftovers, Wish, and Draining Kiss at me during one run. I'd rather deal with Protect than that bullshit.

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>Lost at 193 to Mega Zard X and Entei whittling down my team when a crit decided everything

>So pissed that I shut my game off and cannot find the will to play that mode again, despite how bleak postgame is

>Took a few minutes to calm down, feel empty at such a dumb loss after climbing so far up the ranks and realize that I didnt even fucking save the video

>>30860677

Every time you're approaching a multiple of 10/about to face a trainer that's a known character.

>>30858822

They make a whole bunch of stupid gimmick sets because they only need to catch you off guard once to end your streak.

>>30862036
what was your team, anon?

>>30862097
I used Weakness Policy Aegislash+MMence, but alternated the lead pokemon sometimes to keep the AI guessing for what that was worth. Sometimes I'd add SD Mimikyu, others CB Pangoro (No Superpower kinda blows, but its not bad), and Bulky DD Gyarados/ Sash Pheromosa yet to get a kartana from GTS trades here and there.

I got bopped while Pangoro was there. If I had kept Gyarados I could have won that easily, but after a close call with Jolteon a few matches prior, I didn't want to chance it again so soon.

>>30861602
I doubt there will ever be a best team. Only some mons that do well in most team combos, like Tapu-Lele or Garchomp.

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I'm just beginning to make a team and have Mimikyu as my initial pokemon.

What other 2 should I add? I'm new to this

>>30862270
something dragon
something steel

>>30862270

Megamence.

>>30862270
Basically you just want as much coverage as possible. You're best off picking two bulky mons that are safe to swap to in case you can't just buff up and sweep with Mimikyu.

Just be sure you have at least one ground immunity because you can see an earthquake or fissure coming a mile away.

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>>30859973
>pixelated hyper beam
Fucking brutal

>>30862270
You've got options.

A Mega is always welcomed. MegaGyara MegaMence and MegaLuca do well enough. MegaGross does well enough, but isn't really able to boost like the others to clean as well.

Those aside, SD+LO Garchomp and the like can blow shit up with their raw speed and power. Gets even easier if you know which Pokemon are likely to try Thunder Waving your team to switch in and setup.

Aegislash offers some really good defense to offense play with its abilities, and its steel typing will be a godsend against fairies if you need an option vs them. I got quite a bit of mileage out of Weakness Policy with it, just because of how tanky Shield Forme is.

Celesteela can put in quite a bit of work both defensively and offensively, and can be tailored to work well easily.

UBs like Pheromosa and Kartana deal disgusting amounts of damage, but they're frail as well as vulnerable to status inducers. Best to lead with them if anything else.

There isn't a lot of mention of her, but max speed+HP taunt Tapu Fini shuts down a ton of setup shitters there too, and supports with Misty Terrain if you're afraid of status like the plague. All while packing Nature's Madness, calm mind, and other tricks on top of good bulk to tank, setup and weaken / bring down stuff

There's other niche stuff like Magic Bouncers to mess with. Really, there's a lot you can try.

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>enemy down to just Staraptor
>"Mimikyu used Play Rough!"
>"Staraptor held on with it's Focus Sash!"
>fuck
>"Staraptor used U-Turn!"
>Mimikyu faints
>"Go, Bewear!"
>down to last pokemon
>I just KNOW this faggot is gonna use Brave Bird
>"Staraptor used Endeavor!"
>Bewear lives with 1HP
>IT'S HAPPENING
>Take it out with Thunder Punch
>mfw

>>30861088
PLS GIVE REPLAY

>>30862437
>>30862445
>>30862458
>>30862572
Thanks lads. I was never into team building until now.

>>30861437
You're the hero we need

need some advice guys
my team is toxapex mimikyu and marowak
i swear to god the past 4 battle tree runs have ended with an enemy excadrill using drill run on all of my team and just one shoting them, the mold breaker drill run combo makes me want to gouge my eyes out

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Battle 48, one hell of an emotional rollercoaster

F2CW-WWWW-WWW3-5WZE

tl;dr summary for people who can't watch:
>Tornadus gets a free sub on a Toxic. Uses Double Team, evades a scald that prob would have broke his sub. Lands a hurricane which confuses. Lands another hurricane, after which Toxapex kills itself. Lands a critical Focus Blast and then lands another four consecutive Focus Blasts. Evades two ice beams, finally misses a Hurricane and then gets hit by Ice Beam, but then lands a Hurricane confusion the next turn, and then P2 hits itself twice, and gets finished off by one more Hurricane. Sableye gets a couple free Calm Minds, gets confused but never hits itself. Tornadus finally runs out of PP and switches out. Other two opponents are Latias and Azelf who do fuck all and die in one hit. Tornadus comes back in and fucks around for a couple turns before dying like a bitch.

Let's be clear: he hit seven 70% accurate accurate move in a row. That alone has a 8% chance of happening (it has Yache berry, I looked it up,) but on top of that he got a crit and a confusion, and when he finally missed once, he got another confusion, two it-hit-itselfs, and then a hurricane hit after that

That feel when the tree blatantly cheats but you make it through anyway.

>>30862745
First advice is don't stack weaknesses like that. Replace tox with Skarm or Celesteela.

>>30862745
You have a significant Ground weakness on your team because of Marowak and Toxapex, bro.

Try subbing something for a Pokemon with Levitate or a Flying type. If not Skarm/Celesteela, I'd probably say replace Toxapex with Gyarados if Marowak's got Lightning Rod and be wary of Rock Slide/Stone Edgers.

At least if you fear that, you can opt to Mega Evolve and remove the flying type if necessary.

So what have you guys been running on Metagross? Just hatched a Jolly 6IV Beldum

>>30862853
>>30862874
thank you guys both i defaintly see i have a ground weakness and was looking for some advice on a poke to swap, I'm glad that marowak and mimikyu work so it doesnt feel like i hatched 1500+ eggs for nothing. my marowak does have lightening rod, on another note, my marowak has bonearang, flare blitz, and shadow bone, what would you guys recommend as a fourth move, i've been running sword dance but I feel like he'd be better off with like will o wisp or something

>>30852060
M-Salamence is superior to M-Metagross
But Metagross' speed is so subpar it needs the mega to be actually god-tier
Vanilla Salamence with Life Orb is still good on itself

>>30862929
You really cant go wrong with WoW.
Someone once suggested Stealth Rock, but with how fast matches go, I dont personally think its worth running any sort of hazards.

>>30863072
Hazards are pretty pointless since the AI never switches unless it literally can't do anything to your current pokemon, and even then it doesn't take into account abilities which grant immunities.

>>30862822
How do I even view these? I don't see an option to search via code in Battle Video

>>30863311
See >>30861437

>>30851175
Ive been using max speed/max attack, focus sashed cloyster. Its unreal with shell smash. If you dont sweep, you have another two mons to take care of the rest. Its honestly easy mode.

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>>30861437
>>30863332
Oh cheers

>>30852384
I disagree with roost. I think running a coverage move is way better in the long run. Eq?

>>30852537
I would fall asleep before i started get high in the tree... Stall scum

>>30863563
It's actually not that slow. Usually I get a free chance to set-up Sableye and sweep with +6 shadowballs.

I advise animations to be turned off though.

>>30852958
Ive been using a specs hydregon and absolutely running through teams. Its a great mon all around

>>30862822
good shit anon. When does Stone Ocean pick up? I'm up to when they get foo fighters but I'm finding it's a little dry.

>opponent used Ice Beam
>you're frozen solid!

>>30863729
It picks up towards the end, but the last few chapters are stupid.

>>30863802
Yeah I've heard the ending isn't great. Looking forward to reading part 7 though.

the last 4 people i've faced had an umbreon with the same annoying ass set i want to shoot myself

I beat regular Singles with my story team but Super Singles is kicking my ass.

I've just EV trained a perfect IV Toxapex. Any recommendations for the other two slots? I was thinking Minior and something else.

Is there anything significant that would outspeed an adamant MAero?

>>30864634
+Speed MAero/Alakazam/Beedrill/Sceptile/Electrode
Neutral scarfed base 84 to 96
+Speed scarfed base 72 to 83