Monotype Rates

[waxen harbor]

Or if you are scared of set up

Staraptor

[balmy stream]

i said the same exact thing

because we can threaten Ghost types

[waxen harbor]

Didnt see sorry

[balmy stream]

dont worry lol 😭

@lusty anvil but also thank you for confirming

[lusty anvil]

[waxen harbor]

Like everything here dies to one cc

Maybe pigeot can survive one

[balmy stream]

only CC STAB

[old plaza]

Eviolite pory takes one

[balmy stream]

once Staraptor and Pidgeot die, the team is Fighting bait

[waxen harbor]

Is blood moon banned?

[balmy stream]

yes

it got banned 4 months ago

mainly because it made Ghost unplayable

[waxen harbor]

And you are omega weak to ice

So one Chein-Pao and you are dead

Oh its banned

So one weavile

[odd oak]

https://pokepast.es/b763056ba925443e

Plz rate my bugs

[quasi rock]

Gen 7 bug
Scoli can make use of Z moves + SD which makes it wallbreak better if you want to keep him. Alternatively, Scarf Buzzwole/Hera is nice for killing mons like Char-Y which arent affected by webs.

Sash Galvan is better than scarf as it lets you use webs instead

Band Priority is dont better by scizor because its typing is nice too

Since we have Scizor, Durant becomes less needed, paving way for a mega of choice. Mega Pinsir is generally the Mega, but if you wanna use M.Sciz then you can go Scarf Hera/Buzzwole to go with it. You can also choose to run Armaldo / Forre for Stealth Rock + removing hazards, crucial for Volcarona. Mega Bee is kinda the worse mega, as you get more value from M.Pinsir or M.Scizor which have strong priority and wallbreaking off the bat

Speaking of Volcarona, you can forgo sash for a Z move, for instance Psychium Z just makes Toxapex explode...Hidden power ground + Fire move is also something to consider to murder steel teams

Some frameworks based on what meow said could be:
Z Scoli/Volcarona/Galvantula/Mega Scizor/Scarf Buzz or Hera/Armaldo

Volcarona/Mega Pinsir/Band Scizor/Scarf Buzz or Hera/Galvantula/Forretress

Also if you need the sets pls ping again, some of these are in the smogdex->https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/formats/monotype/

[odd oak]

Ok tysm for your honest review. I'll adjust my team now 🙂

[rocky forge]

https://pokepast.es/00b54a0ba74ff2ae
dark type

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @fathom cape. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[fathom cape]

Hola

Mk I think we have some suboptimal sets on some mons, what are you building around

And I have questions that you can answer to help us shape a better team and narrow options

• who’s av tyranitar for
• why is blizzard darkrai good here
• choice band vs lo lokix

Initial thoughts

• dark building fundamentals: usually players invest in a sableye or mandibuzz, usually sableye since the utility is appreciated but mandibuzz is a direct easy pilot for beginners. I believe hazards are really great for compositions lacking a proper hazard control but at least mimic what is meta. So in this teams case, Av tyranitar is disabling you to even provide long term value to the team due to the item it has atm

[rocky forge]

av coz it has many weaknesses so itll help tank some special moves
blizzard is for coverage
power? idk

[fathom cape]

Kk so I’ll make some pokemon changes instead

Well suggestions ofc

[rocky forge]

i ususally get it out when there's a pokemon with stat changes on the other side so i can dragon tail it out

its ridiculously bulky anyways so it should survive

and also the rock type and ground type moves for coverage

[fathom cape]

I think if you make greninja specs protean is a lot better battle bond usually isn’t really a thing in monotype. Meowscarada can alternatively be choice band but you’d be better off making the greninja scarf mixed gunk shot. Sash Kingambit is just coping vs fighting attacks so we can just use a sableye and add extrasenosory protean instead. Sableye > Lokix, Ting Lu > Tyranitar this pokemon sucks and if you’re worried about fire your primary hope is proto choice band roaring moon. But I’d probably do specs greninja scarf meow (and it’d be over the darkrai slot). Hydreigon > Darkrai (consistent gouging check with Dragon stab and has cool sets mainly specs / sub plot. Leftovers Kingambit

These are my suggestions , good luck and have a great day!

[rocky forge]

alr

tysm

[old plaza]

https://pokepast.es/ed4f90a8f0d58c51
Im trying to build with skarmory! But im having a hard time fitting choice scarf speed control on this team, and if i dont use it, i get screwed over by boosting sweepers, help!

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @fathom cape. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[fathom cape]

Hola

[old plaza]

hola

[fathom cape]

I think scarf archa is really consistent from a builder POV

[old plaza]

wait thats a mistake

i meant to have scarf ghold

oh wait what

oh

[fathom cape]

That’s fine people use scarf gholdengo asw I don’t consider it great but I can’t deny its usage

[lusty anvil]

this seems solid as hell from what im seeing, i have like no suggestions regarding this team, i think regardless running scarf on heatran gholdy or arch just follow the same play. i also think the team kinda synergizes well when t waving everything or most shit rn.

what is av treads for

[old plaza]

for the mono electric mu…?

also, by removing balloon tran ill get completely cooked by so many other mons

maybe i should try scarf archa

any sets?

[lusty anvil]

i believe the scarf arch just run draco meteor, flash cannon, t bolt and filler. i think the most common last slot rn for scarf arch utilizes t wave still.

other than that the team is pretty solid imo

[balmy stream]

https://pokepast.es/1aaedc75a1945a43

this team worked pretty well

im not sure if i should change anything though

[old plaza]

Both bulk up and clangorus soul?

Manual sunny day gouging fire?
I am not very experienced in the tier but I wanna know if I just don’t know about these monotype exclusive sets

Oh and goodra is probably better with a -speed nature to be a better mixed attacker

[old plaza]

And uh why is both crunch and knock off on roaring moon

Isn’t U turn better?

[balmy stream]

yeah i forgot i had knock off on

[balmy stream]

sunny day helps moon take advantage of its speed more

since im running CB

[old plaza]

Nice tech

[old plaza]

But roaring moon ain’t getting that speed boost with that spread lmao

[balmy stream]

lol what

i put 252+ on speed

[old plaza]

Jolly roaring moon hits 370 speed

It’s attack with 252 investment hits 377

You need 220 atk to proc speed booster

[balmy stream]

oh shoot i forgot

[old plaza]

Btw have you gotten the reqs for gambit yet?

Oh and bulk up clangorus soul feels wrong

[balmy stream]

i dont think so

[balmy stream]

i mean, tbf, its not hurting anyone, though there are better slots

[hallow moth]

https://pokepast.es/bf8534bd5a8d9d8b ND Mono - Psychic, attempt at offense

Oh wait, does this go under natdex non ou?

[cyan grove]

My first time making a monotype team and I’m really new to competitive but its all steel

[balmy stream]

this team is VERY weak to fire

so we might need to change some things

heatran is fine

Mega Aggron could ALSO work but its set isnt that great so i might suggest, Aggron @ Aggronite
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature

• Stealth Rock
• Heavy Slam
• Earthquake
• Toxic

this combats fire better thanks to filter, and allows chip damage

Revavroom is an ok pick, but i highly suggest you get a Steel/Flying there

most definitely Celesteela

Celesteela @ Leftovers
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 96 SpD
Impish Nature

• Leech Seed
• Protect
• Heavy Slam
• Toxic

this set can help tank

and makes good use in forcing switch outs on Non Grass pokemon

or mons with Sap Sipper i should say

not to mention that this set also helps wear down foes so that your teammates can KO opposing mons more effectively

However, if you want to take a more offensive approach theres also Pressure Corviknight who can really cripple a lot of type matchups with Rocky Helmet

this may be a bold move

but i think Kartana could be swotched out for Excadrill

since we really dont need the fire weakness, and Kart not having the ability to set up without dying

is quite an issue

not to mention that Excadrill has an amazing move pool

im not sure which set could be used however

choice band seems obvious, but life orb + SD looks more appealing

actually

yeah

life orb may work best here

Excadrill @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature

• Earthquake
• Iron Head
• Rock Slide
• Swords Dance

Steel has no real reason to run poison jab as Grass and Fairy arent that big of a threat to them

im a little confused as to why Aegislash is running CC

is it to combat Dark? @cyan grove

@stable zinc @tepid warren also if i missed anything please feel free to call me out

[still blaze]

https://pokepast.es/6b054716cbd282fb

all dark team new to comp

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @fathom cape. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[tepid warren]

weavile and spiritomb arent great

if you are doing more of a hyper offense strategy with screens you probably want darkrai and hoopa unbound instead of those two

[still blaze]

what kind of set should i use for darkrai / hoopa

[tepid warren]

Hoopa-Unbound @ Assault Vest
Ability: Magician
EVs: 240 HP / 136 SpA / 36 SpD / 96 Spe
Gentle Nature

• Psychic
• Knock Off
• Focus Blast
• Thunderbolt

this could be fine

Darkrai @ Leftovers
Ability: Bad Dreams
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Timid Nature

• Nasty Plot
• Dark Pulse
• Psychic
• Substitute

[still blaze]

thx ill try it out

[hallow moth]

Quick bump

[old plaza]

Choice band swords dance gonna deal so much damage

Lmao

[hallow moth]

I feel a tad ground weak, might be worth ditching rachi or crown for a lati

Though I do like how they’ve been doing so far

Maybe physdef rachi and drop slowbro for lati

[lusty anvil]

looks good, i would drop hatterene and iron crown for scarf tapu lele and specs latios other than that u did good for a first attempt

[hallow moth]

Should lati be emergency defog as the 4th, or are the hazards gonna be less important?

[lusty anvil]

it can be defog yeah, the 4th slot can be interchangeable

[hallow moth]

Thanks

[meager copper]

https://pokepast.es/66ef8fefb2c51f53

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @fathom cape. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[meager copper]

ive yet to lose

Gholdengo trick works every time

they never expect it

although I was thinking mimikyu was a weak link in the team

[quasi rock]

Not AV Skele, it gets slack off and its weak to rocks so it could've been much more bulkier

You'd want a grass type (Sinis/Bramb), likely over mimikyu so that you dont fold to earthquake spam. Pecharunt is better with Air Balloon / Boots too so its not as bothered with hazards

Skele doesnt seem to fit this team tbh, or polteagist, depending on what you want. If bulkier is what you want then get skele (with boots), then pick sinistcha + Band Dragapult as the final two team mates. Specs Mane could also be considered with Partingshot being op.

If you want to go more offensive, I'd suggest Cerul over Skele, and entry hazards in Froslass over Runt. You might prefer DD Dragapult or Spectrier over Polteagist, since its...not really that great since its just hardwalled by clod / Alolan muk, while Spec can wisp these then open the way to setup its team mates. Sinistcha could replace mimikyu to not get eq'ed to oblivion too

[meager copper]

Whats AV Skele?

[quasi rock]

Ngl I wish Poltea kept Self Destruct

+2 0 Atk Normal Gem Polteageist Self-Destruct vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Muk-Alola: 332-391 (80.1 - 94.4%) -- 50% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

This was so funny last gen

[quasi rock]

Assault Vest

[meager copper]

right, I might add in dragapult, Skeledurges fire types helps cover weaknesses in Steel and poison

I mainly added Polteageist because ive been swept by Shell Smash Poltea alot and wanted to try

[quasi rock]

Ability: Unaware  
Tera Type: Fire  
EVs: 252 HP / 220 Def / 36 Spe  
Bold Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk  
- Torch Song  
- Earth Power / Scorching Sands
- Will-o-Wisp / Substitute 
- Slack Off```

Something like this

Could work

[meager copper]

ngl no matter what moves he has im just gonna spam Torch Song

[quasi rock]

You can avoid the countersweep if you had priority sucker punch (Dragapult) or shado sneak

[meager copper]

I perfer Goldengo trick rn

[quasi rock]

Yea but with slack off he also chunky >:3

[quasi rock]

I think polt is still faster no?

At +2

[meager copper]

Giving someone who sets up a status move a choice scarf is so funny

I dont care about their herb they are now choiced

[quasi rock]

That works too if they setup on ghold tho...

[meager copper]

its really funny

I always lead Ghold

then once i get rid of the scarf I nasty plot and do as much damage as possible

[meager copper]

you think Golurk could work?

isnt Ground the best typing in competitive?

[quasi rock]

He's weird
Suure he's bringing hurt on Poison and guarantees stealth rock, but he's so slow and flimsy that Froslass is preferred (taunt, spikes, destiny bond with that speed is powerful)

[meager copper]

but Ice types kinda suck

and not many mons can cover on ice's weaknesses

[quasi rock]

They're sort of dying by turn 3 so its weaknesses can be ignored :D

Entry hazard lead's life usually

[meager copper]

Yeah but Ghold leads to stop Entry Hazards

well not exactly Entry Hazards

but most set up

[quasi rock]

Nope, it usually cant outright ohko entry hazarders

[quasi rock]

Eeh

[meager copper]

Trick

[quasi rock]

Debateable

[quasi rock]

Yea you can trick once

[meager copper]

you cant set up when I force a choice scarf on you

[quasi rock]

And if they do it in front of ghold

[meager copper]

then I set up

[quasi rock]

Which usually they cant

[meager copper]

if anything Dragapult is the best choice as I have good switch in's for Dragon, Fairy and Ice weaknesses

Skele, Ghold and Flutter help cover for Draga

I might change up the type instead

[faint socket]

Building a Mono-Psych national dex and am looking for suggestions on a final member to round it out, and if you have critiques with the current state of the team those are greatly appreciated. No Mythical/Legenaries, UB, or Paradoxes. https://pokepast.es/09b04e97b4bc2650

[old plaza]

That last part just broke rule 6 for the 99999999 th time

!nolegends

[exotic geode]

See rule 6 of #1030567099703242903 message

[hallow moth]

Regardless,

[hazy cypress]

https://pokepast.es/1a1de16951cb6e40

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @fathom cape. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[old plaza]

Gambit is gone, monodark in shambles rn, mono steel nerfed, migrating to mono dragon.

https://pokepast.es/6c8f834887ca1187

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @fathom cape. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[tepid warren]

booster energy is banned

latios usually prefers choice specs for immediate power

but other than that your team looks fine, you can just make adjustments as you see fit

I would also recommend putting stealth rock on archaludon instead of thunderbolt

your roaring moon set is fine tbh if you just want to change booster to either leftovers or heavy duty boots, could make acrobatics something like earthquake

[fathom cape]

Choice uturn roaring looks good here , this set seems really unrealistic into Mimi flutter mane comps , I think if ur in front of a Mimiktu you want to you turn and dragon dancing when a +1 scarf pult outspeeds you (or if there is a potential unbroken Mimi kyu in the back still seems eh), cb u have better damage rolls vs primarina too and uturning on samurott-h (has sd + sucker + sacred which breaks ur defensive core) for a composition with x2 psychics is really good

If you run band uturn scarf lati is good
If you run scarf on a different version you can run more of a supportive set on latias

Latias can run Twave + Pinch Berry / Draco Meteor + Eject Pack + Wish or and Healing Wish

Pretty much anything with healing wish.Regardless a scarf for cb meow is good

[old plaza]

Forgor

[old plaza]

Pinch berry? Like sitrus or custap? Sounds weird

[fathom cape]

I usually do something like colbur / haban but you have x2 steels so your dragon mirror is pretty neutral , custap is funny but you’d have to ev it for a certain interaction , it’s just an item flex Mon overall if it’s not scarfed

[old plaza]

Oh good, so uh can you give me a set for the team?

Also updated team: https://pokepast.es/6cc4c20e59dba438

[tepid warren]

i still recommend rocks over tbolt on archaludon

[old plaza]

Kek

Changing right away

But uh I need a set or replacement now that latias doesn’t have to be scarf

[old plaza]

https://pokepast.es/822500bb679889a2

New suspect, new team.

I need a set for latias.

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @fathom cape. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[old plaza]

I forgor to change the paste but yes I did change thunderbolt for rocks

[old plaza]

Update: healing wish has been changed to wish

Because idk

Maybe recover is better but so many mons on this team appreciate healing

[quasi rock]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-nuh-uh-meow-sniff-incorrect-gif-11442321997337963097

Get a dragapult

Over latias, the colbur isnt really meant for anyone atp since most darks are slower or not killable by a dm

Archa takes care of the roaring meow, pult outspeeds Zama and nukes it

Also tbolt H.Goo doesnt seem to hit anyone, something like draco meteor might be more preferred

Speed on Archa un needed too

[regal grail]

https://pokepast.es/22fca89376597c9f

Not exactly a competitive team as in the description of the team but more of a gym leaders team with more difficultly

[old plaza]

I mean, I still think some investment is needed to outspeed some stuff after a para right

[old plaza]

If I was a gym leader I’d make my gym as hard as possible

This gym fails to do so

[old plaza]

Hmmmmm… what set?

And yeah, it definitely helps with zama

Who’s kind of a pain in the ass rn

[quasi rock]

can be wisp hex

[regal grail]

I tried to make it pretty challenging while sticking with more of a gym leader theme like having signature abilities and using terrains and gimmicks. And also i just suck at team building but it is fun so who cares

[old plaza]

We only do competitive teams here

I think it’s kinda obvious so why be here if this isn’t purely for winning?

[regal grail]

Bc it’s fun to make a team and it’s supposed to be competitive while adhering to gym leader norms. Another reason it is that I suck at teambuilding as I mentioned so it might not be good competitively but not all teams are

[old plaza]

Alr, what’s the format? Are you aiming to make it good competitively though?

[regal grail]

The format would be like mono type nat dex if there is one and I was trying to make it fairly competitive while doing what many gym leader teams do but sticking with gimmicks and the terrain

[old plaza]

Natdex mono…

We have a different channel for that but, a good mono electric team usually has stuff that can deal with the ground weakness, and also probably would want something like Miraidon assuming anything goes, since I see zekrom here.

Teams with arbitrary rules are banned here, so we might have to change channels or places to talk about this.

[regal grail]

I just posted it here bc I liked it and wanted to share it. I assumed this was the right channel but ig not. If there’s a channel for something like my team lmk

[old plaza]

This channel isn’t used to show off teams, especially if it’s not good and if you are not looking to optimize it.

I don’t think there are channels here to show off “for fun” teams

[regal grail]

Aight

[torpid sierra]

Monotype psychic team: https://pokepast.es/626853f8964b836e Thoughts?

[old plaza]

So many things 6-0 you it’s not even funny

Also bullet punch + psychic terrain is anti synergy

[torpid sierra]

Do tell

[old plaza]

Choice band roaring moon be cooking you

Yeah, mono psychic is supposed to lose to dark but other monos can have many powerful darks asw

[south copper]

Too gimmicky , you should be focusing on psychics weaknesses when it comes to items to exploit certain matchups. For example flutter mane is a huge threat but thankfully it’s always specs. Av hoopa with gunk shot gives you a soft check to flutter mane and you eat a moon blast , this also helps with Duraludon because you can focus it and eat a Draco more reliably. Gallade trick room is too gimmicky. Maybe try scarf or sash sd. Idk I just feel like Indeedee sucks and it’s just going by to get hit by a moonblast I hate this pokemon because Gholdengo exists and we get x6 water move clicked on

Latios is a good investment for this reason and gallade probably really needs to be edited to help vs steel really good

Also metagross on a terrain team is counterproductive probably agility sets become inconsistent vs rest primarina + wave or foul play Klefki fairies and you’re just reliant on trick room to one dimensionally hope for a win when iron crown with agility calm mind already does this and more

I’m bored so I’ll work on this now

[balmy stream]

https://pokepast.es/0f02fbd283e74295
Stabmons, ignore the grav apple it's f trick now

[south copper]

Hmm ttar seems cute for like

Fire

But maybe somewhere lost in the sauce with the sets AOA 4x rock moves when Roaring Moon exists to easily secure fire seems better for moon on this comp with like hazards on something else

And we have an incineroar bitter blade intimidate for bug

Lo or specs Gren fs

[unique tusk]

My pokepaste isn’t working

So can I post mine here?

Porygon-Z @ Choice Specs
Ability: Adaptability
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk

• Tri Attack
• Hyper Beam
• Thunderbolt
• Dark Pulse

Zoroark-Hisui @ Spell Tag
Ability: Illusion
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk

• Bitter Malice
• Extrasensory
• Hyper Voice
• Protect

Wyrdeer @ Aguav Berry
Ability: Intimidate
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 188 HP / 176 Atk / 144 SpA

• Extrasensory
• Psyshield Bash
• Throat Chop
• Protect

Ambipom @ Silk Scarf
Ability: Technician
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD
Jolly Nature

• Fake Out
• Facade
• Protect
• Knock Off

Ursaluna @ Life Orb
Ability: Bulletproof
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Jolly Nature

• Close Combat
• Earthquake
• Headlong Rush
• Protect

Arboliva @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Harvest
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 224 Def / 60 SpA / 224 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk

• Protect
• Strength Sap
• Synthesis
• Energy Ball

[lusty anvil]

heyy sorry for the late response but this team just looks too gimmicky / slow to be a working team in this metagame rn. Lacking key mons like terapagos and ditto is huge. its very slow as well, idk if your tryna do a trick room team (even tho theres no trick room setter.) or not but its just generally slow and lacking key mons. you can check out the normal sample team here to get a feel on what to look for in a normal team. https://pokepast.es/772d33633aa8d194

[unique tusk]

Sorry for asking this, but just regarding to Ditto, and I'm just wondering, how would it work?

[lusty anvil]

itll act as a revenge killer / disuade set up attempts from happening. itll transform into the opponents mon on the field copying its stats.

[unique tusk]

Ahhh

Instead of Wyrdeer?

[lusty anvil]

the sample team i showed above u can use ^

u can also look at the vr as well see which normal mons are good to use rn

[south copper]

Wyrdeer is only good with screens imo

Normal is about positioning most of the time and building around it I focus on just strengthening the pivotal factors (mainly ursaluna since that’s the star rn imo) . This is also kinda niche once it gets standardized but I like screens twave psychic bash. Terapagos is too great also to give up. You can run anything on this. If you are sceeens calm mind is really easy to setup and I think power gem solves the meta since it pokes at volcarona haze articuno (mainly fire mu). If you have other components like rock blast cincinno or a ditto you can probably forgo the urgency of power gem. Ursaluna+Tera feels like the core that makes progress for each other naturally.

I recommend piloting with the standard sample team as suggested and I will provide a non sample in pms to see if this helps , good luck !

[devout rain]

my very first attempt at a monotype team. Oricorio is intentional because i want to use it https://pokepast.es/fcffd3e25a48eb72

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @fathom cape. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[stable zinc]

There's no tera in monotype so tera blast eleki is redundant. Av thundurus is also not particularly that good and you already have oricorio as your flying pokemon, if you did want to use thundurus t it's only for boots np in my opinion. Specs raging bolt also isn't that good when it's best move is very exploitable when you're choice locked

[devout rain]

oh i didn't know about the tera restriction, but that does make sense

should i replace thundurus and bolt or can i make them work somehow

i only put on specs because booster energy is banned (idk why)

[stable zinc]

You can keep the raging bolt just change the set, calm mind is essentially better choice specs, the item is quite customisable too. Shuca berry to handle the ground weakness or haban berry to 1v1 some dragons

[stable zinc]

Booster is banned since flutter Mane and other strong paradoxes are legal

[devout rain]

i see. i heard that immediate power is always good for a balanced team. Do i need to add it? Becaues hands and oricorio are already setup

[devout rain]

that makes sense now that i think bout it

[stable zinc]

Good question. You could drop iron hands set up to go assault vest to better handle fairy or swap out thundurus for av magnezone

[devout rain]

i see. i assume having 2 special setup sweepers won't hinder me that much

[stable zinc]

Raging bolt also has immediate power anyway not the easiest mon to switch into plus it's bulky

Oricorio will probably need a boost to be threatening

[devout rain]

that is true

in order to slap AV on hands, i need to drop SD. What move do i slap on? EQ?

[stable zinc]

What's the current moves rn?

[devout rain]

sd, ice punch, drain punch, thunder punch

basic iron hands moveset

[stable zinc]

Ok so drop tpunch for volt switch, keep Ice punch and drain then go heavy slam or rock slide

[devout rain]

okay

[stable zinc]

Also in terms of wondering about set up, you're still going screens eleki so the set up makes sense

[devout rain]

true. since tera blast is redundant, should i switch it out for rapid spin or explosion?

[stable zinc]

I think rapid spin you have no removal atm

Also I see the EVs and I would change rotom to 252hp 212def 44spe and eleki should be max hp then ev it to be faster than 421 speed

[devout rain]

i see. I don't know anything about EV's yet so i just kinda slapped whatever showdown recommended

[stable zinc]

Oh I see np there then. I don't know how many evs it is but make raging bolt have a speed of 222, max special attack then rest in hp

[devout rain]

got it

[stable zinc]

Other than that that's all I have for the team atm, a more standard electric team would use zapdos> oricorio of course but you wanted to use it

So I made it work to the best I could think

[devout rain]

thanks very much

[devout rain]

To practice teambuilding, I tried to make a monofairy team https://pokepast.es/2723259b43460cd7

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[devout rain]

the goal is to enable iron valiant or primarina to sweep

[south copper]

Heya

[devout rain]

hello

[south copper]

What does sub on primarina do

[devout rain]

to set up cm

[south copper]

U should probably have a klefki you get 6x sludge bombed

[devout rain]

instead of grimmsnarl?

or hatterene

prolly grimm, huh

[south copper]

Okay so if there isn’t a reasoning it’s not good I’d drop grimmsnarl yeah

[devout rain]

got it

im still new to teambuilding

[south copper]

Screens allow u to setup not sub

Are you in your builder rn

[devout rain]

yes

what set do i run for klef

[south copper]

There is an option that says Import/Export and those will provide a skeleton for the most standardized yet consistent set

So if you click import / export you will see screens spikes foul / twave

I’d do the same thing for your primarina set , flutter mane should always be specs ur not missing out on much with lo tbh

The best LO user is iron valiant

And u tbh don’t even need sd i think ice punch is good

For gliscor

[devout rain]

this is what it says

[south copper]

The first one

[devout rain]

okay

where do i slot in twave?

foul play?

[south copper]

Uhhh it’s not necessary but it’s up to you I don’t run attacks yeah

[devout rain]

okay

is everything else okay?

im not confident in clefable as a pick

[south copper]

Hey I had to work

Clefable is only good as unaware and it’s just a last desperation to hope you win vs like scizor or some random broken auto fairy win mon

But I’d say it’s pretty

Inconsiderate for your teammates for screens

Moreso it’s an asset for clefable to be one dimensionally glued to screens being up to cheese for a win but then u can just get toxic’s so like yeah all matchup fish

Do you have an updated paste @devout rain

[devout rain]

hold on i'll pull it up

https://pokepast.es/bbb9eac1c7cd54ee

here it is

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @south copper. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[south copper]

I think a fancy item on hatterene is cool like

Air balloon / wp / custap mainly I view hatterene as like “I don’t wanna sack my primarina so recklessly to 1v1 a clodsire” but you are usually taking attacks from ground teams you usually have your bulk but

I like to guarantee I benefit off the value of sceeens or either run balloon to complement the utility of just not being ground spammed

Turn one ur vs a cb mamoswine and it eqs as you reflect you go primarina get crit the game is over

[devout rain]

i see

[south copper]

Instead of catering to spam (most types want to output damage on hatterene devistions) I just try to exploit that

Mm so

Options over clefable

[devout rain]

i feel like my team omega dies to steel types

i should have something for that

[south copper]

I think if you really want a fat colorful mon use scream tail

Calm mind fire blast focus owns steel alongside primarina and u have mfire hat

[lusty anvil]

prim + val + flutter mane puts a hurting on steel comps this metagame

[devout rain]

what differentiates scream tail and clefable?

[south copper]

Coverage and helps with gouging fire (they run cb on fire) and if it’s adamant dd ur primarina is inconsistent , usually fire teams can ev their torkoal to live flutter mane power gem and retaliate with heavy slam

Clefable just

[devout rain]

would i just run the suggested support set for scream tail?

[south copper]

Feels exploitable in a way I hate providing more passiveness for fairy considering gholdengo (ghost/steel) but idg the point in prepping for things and not fully wanting to win the matchup - but overall I just wanted an alternative alongside gallade

Oh no that just loses to gholdengo

Sec

What’s the support set ? I’ve never seen it

Screens ?

[devout rain]

just this

hazards and wish healer looks like

now i can have some variation for leads ig

[south copper]

I’m in the process of getting this discord account on my pc and I lost access to my last discord account where I can send my links

[devout rain]

if i ran this

[south copper]

Gonna send a pic

Creeps excadrill

Psychic noise just guarantees progress

[devout rain]

offensive scream tail?

[south copper]

Ya

Sd tinkton is also good too

And cb azumarill

But those are the only mons I can think that can probably help a little more vs steel

[devout rain]

i'll try this offensive set

[south copper]

Oh

Enamorus is also really good too

Idk if experiment I think fairy needs a solve for its 6 anyways

[devout rain]

would it be good for my team?

[south copper]

I just think healing wish is broken

[devout rain]

i've seen hatterene sets that run healing wish...

[south copper]

Tbh you can run like a nuzzle cm set

Or anything or just drop it for enamorus

[devout rain]

would i run cute charm or contrary?

[south copper]

Superpower ep moonblast healing wish contrary lo is what I ran

[devout rain]

also would i be dropping scream tail or hatterene? Hatterene is my hazard discourager atm

[south copper]

Tbh if you drop scream tail itd just make Enam AOA + healing wish Hatt

Like for attacks spam spikes + healing wish

[devout rain]

AOA?

[south copper]

Superpower is ur move to break Tran balloon and cheese dark (mainly just apply pressure on scarf meowscarada to axel you)

Moonblast superpower ep mystic but idk the mon only feels

Good with healing wish to me

[pulsar harbor]

That clef set isn't great in Mono, both mane and val need +speed natures and primarina with max pdef would enjoy sub over psynoise better probably although the set itself is fine to beat stuff like water

[pulsar harbor]

.

[south copper]

Hey Mada

[devout rain]

why do those two need +speed natures? Is there an specific enemy they have to outspeed?

[pulsar harbor]

hi

overall they both want to outspeed everything that they don't outspeed otherways yes

[devout rain]

i see

[pulsar harbor]

valiant probably wants tbolt over spirit break too

[devout rain]

so i just run speed boosting natures?

[pulsar harbor]

and eventually like naive

yeah

[devout rain]

i believe my valiant is physical tho

does that matter at all?

[lusty anvil]

mane speed nature also just shits on fire matchup due to getting a speed boost in sun. like what mada said mix val is way better rn

[pulsar harbor]

yeah just running Naive should be fine

[devout rain]

naive flutter mane

okay

[pulsar harbor]

look on smogon if there is some spread for mixed val on fairy

it's a common set

[lusty anvil]

no naive on valiant

[pulsar harbor]

`Iron Valiant @ Life Orb
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature

• Moonblast
• Close Combat
• Ice Punch
• Thunderbolt`

[devout rain]

the smogon mixed set uses booster energy

just life orb?

[pulsar harbor]

You need to make sure to choose Monotype as a tier

that set probably has encore or dbond which are bad in mono

[devout rain]

ooooh

[pulsar harbor]

This and eventually Knock Off over Moonblast is fine

[devout rain]

got it

[pulsar harbor]

To hit Gholdengo vs Steel

[devout rain]

let me post the updated team

https://pokepast.es/36ce79578d2bcee0

[pulsar harbor]

Where did the Enamorus spawn from

[devout rain]

do i change my hatterene set to nuzzle/h.wish?

Noxious said it could be good

[lusty anvil]

put timid on mane

[pulsar harbor]

I would just use Scarf as a set if you want Enamorus

But overall I prefer Azu

[devout rain]

what set does azumarill run?

[pulsar harbor]

Belly Drum

[devout rain]

ngl i could get behind that

[pulsar harbor]

Balloon hatte is also special but I guess you can try it

[devout rain]

ima try this team a bit

okay so the entire idea with screens and hazards kinda falls apart in front g.weezing

defog, clear smog, fire blast and probably gunk shot

yeek

[lusty anvil]

boosted energy is banned and bloodmoon is banned as well.

• replace treads with excadrill since it pairs nicely with hippowdon due to sand rush. Excadrill can be either a band set for immediate wallbreaking or SD Steel Z set. Excadrill set can be Earthquake / Iron Head / Rock Slide / Rapid Spin or X-scizzor (for band set)

• Id put Eject button over helm on hippowdon so you can get excadrill on the field safely, enabling its wallbreaking. Stealth Rock over Stone edge as well

• Clodsire over Gastrodon, just better water absorber while not being weak to meowscarada's flower trick. (if its running triple axel then were screwed anyways.)
  **
  Clodsire @ Icium Z
  Ability: Water Absorb
  EVs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 96 SpD
  Careful Nature

• Earthquake

• Poison Jab

• Haze

• Recover

• Bloodmoon can be change to Mamoswine: Ice neutrality while helping immensely in flying matchup and the ground mirror.
  Mamoswine @ Choice Band
  Ability: Thick Fat
  EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
  Adamant Nature

• Icicle Crash

• Ice Shard

• Earthquake

• Knock Off

• Lando should have gravity over nasty plot. Gravity generally just makes Sand Ground builds really strong due to nullifying all ground immunes (free eq spam on anything.) Also Sludge Wave over Sludge bomb.
  Hope this helps happy gaming

[tiny badger]

@lusty anvil im using this team for something else, minus banned things is this team fine other than clodsire change

[lusty anvil]

oh this isnt the place for that then but i would slap z normal on bloodmoon, make it bulky on the evs
Ursaluna-Bloodmoon (M) @ Normalium Z
Ability: Mind's Eye
EVs: 252 HP / 188 Def / 68 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk

• Earth Power
• Blood Moon
• Moonlight
• Calm Mind
  overall i would still add in excadrill over treads since thats like the main reason you run hippowdon is to support / abuse excadrill on sand teams

[tiny badger]

oh sorry tysm the team seems better

[lusty anvil]

glad i can help, goodluck!

[proud sapphire]

any advice gen 9 https://pokepast.es/0bc611e69d6f3670

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @south copper. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[lusty anvil]

honestly this is pretty solid, theres not much really to say haha looks like you already got the right idea with the 6 and the sets and evs are solid. So well done. i would just test it out on ladder now to see how it does.

once again nice team

[proud sapphire]

awesome thank you, i wasnt sure about the goodra set, or if dragonite would be better on this team

[lusty anvil]

honestly my only change would be if you see flutter mane wearing the team down too fast or prim you can do AV hoodra but either is fine.

[proud sapphire]

see i was thinking of an av hoodra, over the set i have i might just make with an av set and try it out, thanks for the tip

[lusty anvil]

np!

[brazen halo]

https://pokepast.es/66162fee46155f29

is this a good fairy type team?

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @south copper. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[quasi rock]

no, its not

[old plaza]

Beat me to it

Check samples btw

[quasi rock]

were you building around no legends or something? If not, it would be better to check out mono samples first

[brazen halo]

oop- oh um i dont like using legendaries

[old plaza]

Uh oh

[brazen halo]

most of them look ugly tbh

[old plaza]

Here we go again

[brazen halo]

😭

[quasi rock]

Flutter Mane isnt ugly

:(

[brazen halo]

eh

[old plaza]

Oh boy it’s the no legends type

[quasi rock]

Also if you're deadset at no legends go use Bug, Poison, Water

they're actually usable without those

[brazen halo]

Oh- wait but what makes my team bad?

Besides no legends

[tepid warren]

the movesets are not really good

https://www.smogon.com/dex/sv/formats/monotype/

you can find some good movesets here

to help you get started

[brazen halo]

oh thats unfortunate

[quasi rock]

also some mons are outclassed, like as a phys attacker Iron Valiant is just better than Granbull, or Flutter Mane vs Gardevoir

[lusty anvil]

you have no actual powerhouses that makes fairy strong other than azumarill, team is also slow as well and yeah just outclass mons

[brazen halo]

Oh, I used the pokemon i liked more 😓

[lusty anvil]

https://pokepast.es/b8d37185e6c601f7 heres a sample

[old plaza]

Bad combo of mons and mon choice

[brazen halo]

aw man, I really thought i did okay 😭

Im not using paradox either 🫢

[quasi rock]

meow

[tepid warren]

bug is the only one youre gonna be able to field a decent team without paradox or legendaries

[south copper]

If you ever need help understanding why a set may not be as good as another competitively feel free to tag me @brazen halo starting off the “Import/Export” feature is a great importable for sets to copy paste just for a baseline. Competitively to make conventional sets we have to understand what makes the more consistent sets better but more or less making these sets work viably

[brazen halo]

I guess ill just stay away from competitive, yall have fun tho, yall know it better than me

to ocmfusing

confusing*

[quasi rock]

lower tiers also have "less" legendaries if you want that

[torpid pine]

@brazen halo idk if its a reclamation or whatever but change your pronouns from the slur

[proud sapphire]

any advice on this gen 9 mono dark team im building it for a buddy
https://pokepast.es/bd7d75836555fd0f

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @south copper. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[south copper]

Good morning

[south copper]

Who are you fire spinning on skuntank

Klefki ?

[proud sapphire]

ya thats it

[south copper]

Mmm

[proud sapphire]

idk how viable it is tho in the long run

[south copper]

Okay so skuntank ofc is bad really fish and doesn’t do anything I get it but envisioning this

I don’t think this helps with any other mu and just

[proud sapphire]

ya thats kinda thiniking it be better to swap it out to something else

[south copper]

It’s like ok if ur 100% expecting fairy but loading this in a monotype tour can probably feel like a 5v6

Maybe we can do something like

Band meow , scarf mixed gunk greninja , then av brick break hoopa so u just dismantle screens then something that can probably complement what is going on like

[proud sapphire]

ahh ok i see

[south copper]

Let’s say a mandibuzz with mixed evs brave bird to help with valiant with defog and band Urshifu or maybe another boots option

Greninja gunk is good for flutter and you’ll have gunk hoopa

Pretty much double gunk and a av user gives u a good offense vs this and a critting meowscarada

Probably don’t even need gunk hoopa here but I’ll edit this before I go to work

[proud sapphire]

ok sounds good thanks for the advice

[tight holly]

https://pokepast.es/7e65fb9554c66162

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @south copper. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[tight holly]

tried my hand at mono rock

[lusty anvil]

sup not a bad attempt however i would make hisuian arcanine band for immediate wallbreaking or you can forego a choice item set and run 3 attacks + Substitute to really make the steel matchup a pain in the ass. I would also take off Diancie for Iron boulder as its rock teams' best scarfer + can offensively check threats like scarf meowscarada and greninja which is heavily appreciated. Problem with diancie is its just a momentum sink + doesnt really do nothing at all in the metagame. dragon comps run double steel dragons whereas fighting zamazenta and iron hands runs heavy slam (hands also is bulky to survive diancie's attacks), tusk / urshifu threatens it out. she slows and just is useless in other matchups which most of the time you'll feel like your going into matches like its a 5v6.

• Ttar should have heavy slam over like t wave to always secure a ko on flutter mane.
• also back to hisuian arcanine, ability should always be rock head especially on an offensive set here. nullifying recoil dmg you take is huge.
  https://pokepast.es/b3f7ea0b78ff0593 heres an updated paste overall i like what you was going for for mono rock hope this help.

[tight holly]

damn, thats unfortunate for diancie, i really like her as a mon, but yeah that figures with the low speed, not a trick room team and no mega

[tight holly]

thanks for all the feedback 🙏

[lusty anvil]

np!

[granite crow]

Hey guys, just threw this steel mono team together and just wondered what’s you guys thoughts

[old plaza]

Look at the sample teams

This is completely unviable

Item choice, movesets

[lusty anvil]

sorry for the late reply but i would check out the sample team, vr, smogdex analyses or like the set comps to get a feel of what to look for on a steel team. I highly use the steel sample team, try it out 😄

[boreal escarp]

https://pokepast.es/f0a25ef7ce8f43d3

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @south copper. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[boreal escarp]

@pulsar harbor

[quasi rock]

what were you building around and who do you want to keep? There's too many missing helpers here

[lusty anvil]

heyyy it looks like ur going for like 3 different styles with this 6 which should just stick to one playstyle, rain with no swift swim users, balance? with no need for pelipper / lacking pex and like alomomola is more suited for a staller / defensive style of water teams. like what the cat said, what are you building around?

[tight holly]

https://pokepast.es/cd6ccdf1cdb0b7f3

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @south copper. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[tight holly]

back again, this time with a mono-fairy team, Diancie is one of my favorite mons
start with Tinkaton, set rocks and rotate between Valiant and Flutter to break some holes, Azumarill and Hattarene for setup sweepers, and then Hattarene to set up a trick room for herself/diancie

[tepid warren]

you dont want body slam on azumarill

ice spinner, play rough, knock off are all better options

[tight holly]

*pretend that is Huge Power btw

idk how it got switched to thick fat

[tepid warren]

diancie isnt great and neither is trick room hatterene but if youre dead set on using it thats fine i guess

you probably want to be jolly on azumarill as well

since youre hitting hard enough anyway

I think a better strategy for your team would be

replace tinkaton with klefki, that way you can use screens and being slower than stuff wont matter

[tight holly]

so then, Giga Drain on Hat?

[tepid warren]

https://pokepast.es/ebe5dbb192b6f09a

something like this could be solid

[tepid warren]

nah

we can use calm mind to set up

since hatterene is naturally bulky screens will help it out

and you can restore health with draining kiss and leftovers

[tight holly]

i like it, whatabout thunderwave instead of foul play?

[tepid warren]

thats fine as well

[tight holly]

is there a ranking for best - worst types

[blazing sedge]

there isn't an official one, but there are a few types generally agreed on to be low-tier

[topaz owl]

https://pokepast.es/14e35a1760b6511e made this for mono doubles,,,

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @south copper. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[tepid warren]

mono doubles isnt (officially) a thing but I would recommend changing poison gas to toxic on salazzle

muk also kinda does nothing so maybe add knock off over helping hand or curse

[topaz owl]

but i have poison gas on salazze cuz of corrosion

so i can still get poison on regardless of enemy types

[tepid warren]

toxic damage scales but poison gas does a set amount each time

[topaz owl]

mmm

ill try

would substitute on toxtricity work?

then snarl electroweb and boomburst

[timber delta]

https://pokepast.es/ef857baf49f0eb44

@lusty anvil

[lusty anvil]

heyyy sorry i just woke up is this for ndm? i would assume so since it has knock off pex.

[timber delta]

Yes It is

[timber delta]

Nw take Ur time

[lusty anvil]

Alright to start off this team is just missing too much key mons which makes poison an annoying type as a whole in ndm (M Venu, Crobat, and a muk). Theres not much flexibility you can do in ndm poison imo. Gengar is a flop, it doesnt really do nothing in this metagame. can you tell me what you was building around? because if anything you can just take a look at both poison sample teams to get a feel of what to look for rn which are pretty solid.

[tawdry mica]

https://pokepast.es/4602b29d776fb260 mono ice feltgood but feels lacking any ideas or even a diff monotype to use? any help appreciated

[timber delta]

So what do u suggest

[lusty anvil]

i would suggest just taking a look at the 2 sample teams poison have to offer, not really much you can do differently.

https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/natdex-monotype-sample-teams-indigo-disk-open.3733806/post-9920936

theres 2 poison samples u can check out

[timber delta]

What can i use instead of muk?

[lusty anvil]

wouldnt drop something in replace of muk, a muk is too crucial on poison teams. Like Psychic immunity + being able to pursuit trap like greninja, lele, etc is highly appreciated.

[tiny spoke]

first time making a monotype team, i hope nd uber is an allowed format for this channel

[old plaza]

why are you playing monotype in ndubers anyways

just play regular monotype

or ndmono

[tiny spoke]

idk i thought you could make a monotype team for anything

[old plaza]

dont do monotype teams in non mono tiers

we wont help with that

[tawdry mica]

https://pokepast.es/42a8b983370cb06d steel team for ndm any help is appriciated

Ngl forgot to add a move to melmetal

[timber delta]

U should play Rocky helmdt on ferro

[lusty anvil]

Sup fam what was you building around ?

[tawdry mica]

https://pokepast.es/2584b32e61c372e5 i was building around this sample team

[lusty anvil]

fasho that one looks outdated there are 3 other sample teams steel has to offer if you want to take a look at them

idk where the melmetal came from but i would use it more as a av user if anything

would replace aegislash with z gholdengo

the mon is too good to pass up on and is like imo one of the reasons to use steel

hazard stacking + ghold just blocking hazard removing attempts is just too damn good to pass up on

https://pokepast.es/b3fe6ada4a06e1fa
https://pokepast.es/1dcaf92615a24b8b
https://pokepast.es/71ad0e863df0ed37
these three samples are dope as well, can prob get some inspiration

[tawdry mica]

tbf i had a feeling it was gonna be a lil outdated

[lusty anvil]

nah u good haha, take a look at them to see if thats what your looking for in building steel

[tawdry mica]

so far i changed the melmetal to a av set and switched out aegislash i feel like the rest of the mons gotta stay even tho idr like corv or excadrill as much however ones my ground immunity other than balloon ran and the other is my spinner for hazard

i also feel that skarm is pretty much the same corv

[lusty anvil]

you can just make corvi your defogger and replace excadrill with iron treads to offensively threaten and take out lando.

you can replace corvi with skarm yeah

[tawdry mica]

keep balloon on treads ?

[lusty anvil]

show updated paste

[tawdry mica]

https://pokepast.es/f8f3c5ce6f9a5074

[lusty anvil]

put leftovers on ferro and power whip over giga drain

you have spikes on ferro already you dont need it on skarmory

you can just run whirlwind over spikes on skarmory

you dont necessarily need spin on treads and air balloon, you can just forego it and run scarf for speed control and stone edge for volcarona + zard y

you have balloon heatran + skarmory + ferro, your chillin against ground spam

[tawdry mica]

w

now i just put it in practice

[lusty anvil]

exactly other than that it looks good

goodluck!

[tawdry mica]

thank you for the help hopefully im not back to the drawing board

[lusty anvil]

np and thats the beauty of building

trial and error

😄

[tawdry mica]

that is true

although its better to have a team ready for a tourney than build one the day before 🤣

[lusty anvil]

yeah, but thats where you get them practice games in so you can see if its ready for a tour match

[tawdry mica]

true that

thank you for the help once again ill come back when im done testing

If I find a match atleast

Might have to switch modes totally

[lusty anvil]

fasho gl and np!

[tawdry mica]

[tawdry mica]

I just had a brain blast of a Pokémon that might work

Weakness policy registeel

Checks low kick with light metal and intim with clear body

Gets toxic to clear stuff out as well and twave for faster teams

Dk how it would fit tho 🤷‍♂️

av mel metal was def the play messed up not having defog or rapid spin oopsies

[lusty anvil]

ez you dont haha unless u do like a trick room steel team. all the stuff you mention it useful for, ur mons already account for it.

[tawdry mica]

True

If I was using slower mons yeah

Also serene grace spam togekiss is crazy

Biggest miss play so far is me not knowing how to use ferrothorn

it’s looking like I get my ferro ohko tryna set up rocks or I put in heat ran and lose my balloon

So far hardest matchup was a grass team

Brick break meow threw me off guard

[tawdry mica]

Only problem so far was mega charzard cuz miss play and a poison team

[tawdry mica]

Ended off high 1200 almost 1300 for NDM still need tons of practice

Don’t know how I feel about the skarm set tho

ID Body press is neat but feels lacking don’t know if I should put a flying move on or not tho 🤷‍♂️

https://pokepast.es/ccecb722c1e936f3

theres the team if anyone got any ideas

[south copper]

I think goodra is a better role over av melm nowadays for Greninja mainly and you can Draco / knock / tbolt back against rain compositions - usually doesn’t have fini all the time but you have helmet skarm for urshifu / pert and volcanion is annoying on balance compositions so another goodra plus

If scarf treads is for zera ? But you’re probably gonna have to knock the rotom, sometimes on scarf tread knock turns anticipating rotom -> makes a good double to goodra - h to paint turns

And Dondozo fucks this a little kinda , slowking on stall runs flamethrower so you need an alternate switchin like this goodra lol… so ferrothorn doesn’t die so recklessly

[tawdry mica]

I was thinking about goodra but av melm feels so good to use

[tawdry mica]

You got a goodra set or should I just copy the one from the sample

[tawdry mica]

I missed every stone edge on the zard y

https://pokepast.es/0cd2f4a92a220948

@lusty anvil trying goodra rn to see if i like it more than melm any inout would help

one thing i noticed is i cant check fairy mono as easy since i dont got a steel move at the ready

[tawdry mica]

I feel like I played either terribly against a fighting team or I just didn’t have the coverage for it

[lusty anvil]

looks good as is rn, can opt for avi if you want as well on hoodra. Fighting itself is already a shitty matchup so dont sweat about it too much. skarmory + gholdengo works overtime in the matchup.

[tawdry mica]

I didn’t really like the set it was running any ideas

Draco is fine and flamethrower, ice beam and protect really weren’t working tho

Cuz if I change melm with goodra I don’t have fairy coverage since double iron bash was for that

[lusty anvil]

im saying run AV on hoodra if the set rn is not really working for you, its just there to be a meat shield / be annoying with its coverage options

[tawdry mica]

True

[lusty anvil]

if mel was workin for you b4 the change i would just slot it back in

[tawdry mica]

Still won’t match up to fight but I already knew that was gonna be a problem

[tawdry mica]

If h- goodra gets a decent steel move I could test it

[lusty anvil]

h slam is the go to steel move on it

[tawdry mica]

I was gonna say that or flash cannon but I’m not investing into spa

Ima test it out and if it dosnt work melm is just gonna stay

[lusty anvil]

fasho

[tawdry mica]

I pray I don’t get a fight matchup

[tawdry mica]

Got swept by a fire team

Had sets I didn’t even know existed

[tawdry mica]

Dark is a hard fight due to having mega sable eye and only skarm with a fighting move and not having a fairy move at all

However a steel fairy type or steel dosnt fit since only mega mawile or mega scizor fit that for usability

And ferrothorn Already has the 4x fire weakness

[tawdry mica]

Ended the day off way lower than yesterday 1143 compared to around 1280-1300

https://pokepast.es/5283a7ebb9a97012

team i ended with still feels like its lacking and not tournament worthy

Either thinking of still remodeling this team or switching types entirely

also dosnt help that a lot of stuff is outdated for steel teams

[lusty anvil]

yeah dark will be pain, what i run for dark is fairy z ghold especially to deal with mega sableye. you also just ohko omniboost kommo-o. Fire is a bad type rn and more of matchup fishing in ndm. but Hoodra + scarf treads + heatran makes the matchup "winnable." a great hazard stack type that can really keep its hazard around most of the time of the game. you also can run a different type tho yeah

just alot of trial and error cant win them all

[tawdry mica]

true that just felt like the team was missing something so i added mawile which im testing

if that wont work then tinkaton

and if even that dosnt feel right back to melm

[old plaza]

I personally just run two steel dragons, hoodra and archa. They with heatran in the mix gives me the best possible matchup into many unfavorable type matchups.

There is also aegislash for fighting and stuff idk

[tawdry mica]

I mean mawile isn’t so bad cept you can’t mega 🤷‍♂️

Sheer force still works wonders tho

[tawdry mica]

https://pokepast.es/cdcf465b178f9052

Here’s the team I was using yesterday any inputs would be appreciated

[tawdry mica]

https://pokepast.es/e76bc3fb2e9410b2

newteam

[lusty anvil]

would just make treads scarf, since your team otherwise would just fold to like volcarona + zard x after a boost (setup mons in general, its nice to have for revenge killing). I would do Brave Bird over air slash and just do Max hp Max def on corvi lefties over rocky helm. other than that looks solid.

[tawdry mica]

i made a couple changes ill send the paste ina sec

https://pokepast.es/43b8fbcc19ed6b95

still testing but the scarf seems like a good choice for treads

[lusty anvil]

especially on this comp would do scarf treads. what does the evs on heatran / corvi / gholdengo do?

[tawdry mica]

ngl no clue just took em off smogon

seems like heatrans bulky spdef

[lusty anvil]

i would just make heatran max hp max spD then, put roar over flash cannon. make gholdengo max spa and speed or 248 HP / 36 Def / 224 Spe bold nature. (you outspeed adamant mamoswine while avoiding a 2hko from m scizor's knock off but thats mainly for ghost teams. and like how you had corvi b4. Brave Bird / U-turn / defog / roost. max hp max defense.

if you dunno the evs you have on the team i would just do max max or take a look at the smogdex analyses sets / sample teams descriptions to get a feel

I would also just do like knock off or Twave over gyro ball to punish swap ins to ferrothorn like volcarona

[tawdry mica]

alr

[tawdry mica]

would the ghold evs work just as for the steel team even though theyre from a ghost team

cuz im fine with ghol beeing a special atker over having bulk

[lusty anvil]

ye, ghold is so flexible its crazy haha.

[tawdry mica]

also do both evs outspeed adamant mamo or just max speed ?

[lusty anvil]

https://pokepast.es/52095bc184fda997 would do this with ur team took the spd evs on m scizor to speed to outspeed ada azumarill took off spin for ice spinner on treads cuz thats the main point it has over excadrill u offensively take out lando i

made corvi defogger with b bird and u turn

and i opted t wave on ferro

[lusty anvil]

both do just the spread i put just helps with bulk

can honestly just do max max if you want entirely up to u

[tawdry mica]

gotcha

ill test it out and come back ina bit

ty for the help as always

[lusty anvil]

np gl!

[tawdry mica]

got put up agaisnt a dark team and realize i dont have a super effective move

reminded me why i had body press corv

[lusty anvil]

thats just the beauty of mono, but steel is just strong to be able to hazard stack + bulk to just wear down your opps to victory. b press covi is cute yeah but this just allows them to go into sableye. goal is to just hazard stack + be annoying with ghold to win. ghold with the spread can deal with m sableye.

[tawdry mica]

funny thing is they ran mega ttar

[lusty anvil]

can always run another type tho if you want. like sand ground pretty simple straight forward

[tawdry mica]

ngl if i had bulk ghold it wouldve been better

[lusty anvil]

.

can do whatever u want with ghold, its just that flexible lol

[tawdry mica]

i mightve not even one that battle bond gren dark pulse prob killed no matter what

[tawdry mica]

more testing from the day before and im stuck between having rapid spin or ice spinner on treads

also magma storm missing kills me inside every time

[lusty anvil]

spinner is needed to take out lando i, easing the ground matchup

[lusty anvil]

can just run like lava plume, m storm is nice to have to trap like pex. the missing is hell but thats mons at the end of the day

[tawdry mica]

wish i had another fire check than treads

it can only do so much

i doubt empoleon is good tho

[tawdry mica]

you got a different core for steel i can take a look at ?

[lusty anvil]

Theres not really different cores you can look at for steel as its set and stone for what you want.

[tawdry mica]

rip

cuz i still feel like my team can be better

[lusty anvil]

ofc it can, which is why u do trial and error til u feel like its to the point where u want it to be. but the team can be good and still lose at times. you cant win them all tho. if you keep trying to cover almost everything then you get to the point of making a bad team. cover majority / what is strong in the metagame. you have only six slots

u want to feel like all ur slots is doing something and not feeling like your going in a match thinking like its 5v6

if theres a certain matchup(s) you want to beat then you can just build a team to counter those matchups if theres no particular matchups then you just build for what is strong / threatening in the metagame yanno?

[tawdry mica]

When you put it that way yeah I see whatcha mean

I just gotta practice more it seems since my team works well I just don’t know the tech to use it to it max potential

[tawdry mica]

thinking of making a fairy team for ndm

[tawdry mica]

Any ideas would be helpful

[lusty anvil]

fairy in ndm just revolves around screens ho playstyle with klefki as your screens setter, you then follow it up by utilizing iron valiant, mega diancie and 3 tapus. Bulu / Lele / Koko.

[tawdry mica]

True but i didn’t really wanna use three tapus

[lusty anvil]

Thats kinda the purpose of fairy ndm lol lele covers scizor b punch attempts, bulu deals with eq spam + eases the water matchup while koko is just fast af, helping in a plethora of matchups due to its coverage. It also gives iron valiant a quark drive boost

But what do u have in mind

[tawdry mica]

Nvm thought alolan Raichu was fairy elec

Probably just gonna use three tapus

So rn no clue

Idk if the samples are updated either

[lusty anvil]

samples are still good for fairy

[tawdry mica]

https://pokepast.es/99fd017ef9233591

[lusty anvil]

what are the changes to dual wingbeat scizor, non z gholdengo and wisp on heatran for

[tawdry mica]

https://pokepast.es/9ffb8cec2eccff92

team gets swept by dark pretty much

[tawdry mica]

And water due to not having a grass move

[quasi rock]

https://tenor.com/view/nuh-uh-meme-no-cat-no-cat-nuh-uh-nuh-uh-gif-5478596456695677807

pick what you want to keep

[tawdry mica]

Scizor rachi heatran

[rapid current]

anyone willing to blast my team into oblivion? Made a monotype ghost team but I feel like its not that strong against fighting / normal / fire monotype teams. Maybe a few other aswell but haven't played against those
https://pokepast.es/5cf0cead3b5f1f05

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @south copper. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[rapid current]

Another big struggle is having no real lead pokemon

[lusty anvil]

i would run scarfire's sample team https://pokepast.es/07093147d9feb39f similar to your team but gholdengo instead of houndstone and spectrier over mimikyu. Can keep mimikyu if you want to better your odds of dark / fighting. normal will always be annoying for ghost due to hisuian zoroark + ditto and blissey (it just sits on most of your mons.) but adding ghold stops blissey from just t waving all ur mons for free (mainly flutter mane.) leads differ base on the matchups ur facing. most time tho ur leading like scarf pult

[rapid current]

hmm guess I gotta try it then

[wooden wing]

https://pokepast.es/a4117eac327a6f8e This is my mono water team
are there better options than rotom wash and quagsire

since quagsire is 4x grass weak its hard for him to get a good stop on a lot of sweepers because of trailblaze and giga drain

so im looking at rapid spin tentacruel for hazard removal with toxic

and also unaware dondozo

[lusty anvil]

was there a certain mon that u was building around?

[wooden wing]

just stall

so toxapex slowking and alomola pretty much a must

[lusty anvil]

king not really a must no more, can change that to empoleon. can check out this sample which is basically what stall water is running https://pokepast.es/46ba59df3fbabee0

which dondozo can be slotted instead of suicune

[wooden wing]

wait why is empoleon better than slowking

🤔 is slowking not the signficantly better defensive pokemon due to regenarator

and chilly reception a equal utility move to rocks

honestly

empoleon looks like a quagsire substitute more than a slowking

[quasi rock]

Not being hurt as much by shadow balls is lots

The dragon neut is nice for specs latios too, tho king does the sameish

[cloud kestrel]

https://pokepast.es/b3598b7ee588ca7d are there any changes I should make

[cloud kestrel]

this is my first team that I did myself fully

[lusty anvil]

which gen is this for and what did u build around?

i assuming this is for ndm

im silly, its sv obviously cuz of arm but is this for ndm

[cloud kestrel]

National dex

Sv dosen't have tapus I think

[lusty anvil]

were you going for a screens psychic team? if so you can just utilize mons like Iron boulder and crown instead of metagross and delphox. You can also run mega gallade with jolly nature.

deo speed over espeon for the screen setter

[lusty anvil]

i like style's take on screens psychic which abuses the hell out of iron crown

[twilit dagger]

https://pokepast.es/24b9ca669a174ac8

Ik ik great team right

[agile flax]

https://pokepast.es/09ad2975d48ed8e1

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @south copper. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[agile flax]

normal is kinda strange this gen in general, if staraptor still had roost we'd be so back

[lyric sandal]

Cyclizar is pretty bad now that Terapagos does it's job a lot better

id replace Sawsbuck with Luna but if you really want a scarfer other than ditto, you can use indeedee to ward off fighting types

but having an electric immunity is really nice

the team is pretty good otherwise

not a lot of variation in normal, the current sample team is actually pretty much what i recommended to you (didnt even realize that).

[agile flax]

Yeah I haven't been liking zar, most of the time its just a sacrifice to safely bring in another mon

I like sawsbuck a bit, mainly just its speed and the rng of a flinch stall bail out but DeeDee will probably be a lot more consistent

[lyric sandal]

i heavily recommend playing normal in ndm

its a lot of fun and more options than cg mono lol

[agile flax]

I play a LOT of ndm, bewear blissey defensive core my beloved

[gleaming flower]

https://pokepast.es/9694e002d6cb4684 Gen 8 MonoDark!

[timber delta]

Well well well

Look Who do we have here

[cloud kestrel]

hello there

[timber delta]

Interesting team

[timber delta]

Ill study ut a Lil bit

[cloud kestrel]

thats for my friend

[timber delta]

Proof?

[cloud kestrel]

smh I don't use psychic

[timber delta]

Proof?

[cloud kestrel]

why would I give u proof smh

[tight haven]

rate my nat dex mono 9g pls https://pokepast.es/d11d94d7454157da

[lusty anvil]

looks fun to use but i dont see much purpose with blastoise + this team gets instant deleted by electric. you really need a mega pert here. i would put mega pert here (regular can be here as well but i would use m pert to utilize rain more.) Its nice role compression in being an electric immunity while a swift swim user. Pelipper can drop scald for defog. Also make ivs to 9 on your pelipper to underspeed hippowdon. (so during the water v ground matchup if you decide to lead t1 against hippo rain would be set.) P jab over toxic on pex to deal with waterpon better + fairies (especially tapu bulu). I would also have Ice z for Z haze. i personally take off kindra for Ogerpon-W to help with mirror and make greninja choice specs with extrasenssory and sludge wave over g knot and hydro pump

[fervent thunder]

https://pokepast.es/9e9e638bead167c5

I've been having pretty good success with this team, especially in some disadvantageous MUs. But I just lost to dragon and I've lost to grass because Gouging Fire and Ogerpon-H just slice through me like a hot knife through butter. What can I change to at least give me a chance vs those mons? Iron Treads was a big problem too.

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @south copper. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[tepid warren]

Hi

you should probably change weezing to be levitate and remove fire blast in favor of pain split, I would also recommend removing Babiri berry for either black sludge or heavy duty boots

im not big on av primarina since you already have fezandipti

could use something like thius

Primarina @ Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 196 Def / 60 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk

• Calm Mind
• Psychic Noise
• Surf
• Draining Kiss

[fervent thunder]

yeah doubling up on special walls wasn't really great, but doubling up on cm deterred me from running that set as well

[tepid warren]

https://pokepast.es/c2179c59743d1383

[fervent thunder]

neutralizing was more of a 'i want to keep hazards off the field in every single circumstance' choice

[tepid warren]

I think this is good

how does neutralizing gas block hazards

[fervent thunder]

it lets me defog vs gholdengo, defiant

this weezing set certainly helps my gouging fire mu though

and i might be better off just conceding the steel matchup

[tepid warren]

I see

well if you are facing a steel team you can just reliably switch hatterene in against skarmory

since skarmory cant do anything

spikes will be bounced back with magic bounce

[fervent thunder]

is that the only hazard setter steel uses?

[tepid warren]

There is usually another like heatran or archaludon for stealth rock

But the new primarina set is very strong against steel teams without goodra

And since weezing is now levitate you can remove air balloon on fezandipi for heavy duty boots if you’d like

[fervent thunder]

I want a tspikes absorber
I forget, will weezing still absorb them or no?

[tepid warren]

Fezandipiti will absorb them

Even with boots

I’m 95% sure

[gleaming flower]

https://pokepast.es/9694e002d6cb4684 Gen 8 MonoDark!

[fervent thunder]

@tepid warren

Good shit on the primarina recommendation. Plays off of hatterene well

Is a third in clef not a bit overkill, and don't those sets usually run calm mind or rocks?

[tepid warren]

Clefable @ Leftovers
Bold Nature
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Def
IVs: 0 Atk

• Stealth Rock
• Flamethrower / Knock Off / Thunder Wave
• Moonlight
• Moonblast

you could use something like this if you want

[fervent thunder]

Yep I changed it to that set with tbolt. Flamethrower probably better to not get 6-0'd by scizor

[low tide]

is poison a viable type?

[lusty anvil]

viable yeah just get bonk by the metagame types rn.

[wise furnace]

Honestly have no idea what I was going for here but here's my mono dragon type team https://pokepast.es/7ac75d04147a3ac8

I excluded legendaries

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @south copper. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[old plaza]

Me when the legendaries are right there

Why wouldn’t you use them

[wise furnace]

I just dont wanna use legendaries

[boreal turtle]

https://pokepast.es/4c28ee3ede3afd97
Any improvements? Also what mon could i replace with mamoswine?

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @south copper. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[tepid warren]

your pokemon are all fine

if you wanted to add mamoswine you could replace great tusk with it

and I would recommend seeing some sets here https://www.smogon.com/dex/sv/formats/monotype/

your pokemon are fine but most of the sets are not great

[lusty anvil]

i mean if you dont wanna use legendaries thats fine but dont get hostile when ppl are curious on why you wouldnt want to. especially a type that really utilize it to deal with the metagame threats.

But lets start.

• e shot + p herb arch is just a flop, doesnt really benefit for this team comp. Arch is just better off having lefties + flash cannon for passive recovery + dealing with iron valiant. You also have Stealth Rocks on both arch and Garchomp so i would take it off Arch and add in T Wave.

Archaludon @ Leftovers
Ability: Stamina
EVs: 252 HP / 204 Def / 52 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk

• Body Press
• Flash Cannon
• Draco Meteor
• Thunder Wave

Hoodra is fine

• Team lacks immediate wall breaking so i would change the Dragapult to a Choice Specs set, also helps more in the fairy and Steel matchup.
  Dragapult @ Choice Specs
  Ability: Infiltrator
  EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
  Timid Nature
• Draco Meteor
• Shadow Ball
• Flamethrower
• Thunderbolt

Garchomp is fine just put 4 def honestly

• honestly for kommo-o i would change it to hydreigon, ghost resist + ground immunity which basically breaking the same stuff kommo-o wants to do Up to you tho

• Dnite i would just change it to jolly to outspeed Flutter Mane and Pult after a Dragon Dance.

Lastly plz change the nicknames of pult and arch just seems disturbing / unpleasant

overall well done and happy gaming

[wise furnace]

k

[wise furnace]

ty!

[lusty anvil]

np!

[wise furnace]

wait what moveset do I give hydreigon?

[lusty anvil]

Hydreigon @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature

• Dark Pulse
• Flamethrower
• Nasty Plot
• Substitute

can take off sub for another coverage move but up to you

[wise furnace]

btw what do I make their tera type?

[lusty anvil]

tera is banned

[wise furnace]

oh

ok so how this?https://pokepast.es/c01121ffaa0680bd

[lusty anvil]

would put focus blast over pump and take off stealth rock on archaludon for thunder wave

and should be good to go

[wise furnace]

nice

[restive zephyr]

https://pokepast.es/fc0f0b4a6b9548b9

please i need improvements on my bug monotype

[lusty anvil]

with this i feel like we are just not utilizing webs on bug which is like the vocal point / reason to run the type. i would take off heracross for focus sash lead galvantula. make scizor band for immediate wallbreaking potiental, Moves can be Bullet Punch, U turn, close combat, knock off or dual wingbeat. Forretress should just be utiliy with Gyro Ball, rapid spin, volt switch, and Spikes. And i assume volcarona's hidden power is ground on that paste but i would just go all out offense on the evs Max SpA, Max Spe and just run psychic over roost to actually break Heatran's Air balloon which otherwise just walls your volcarona. should be good to go after the changes

hope this helps

[restive zephyr]

it does

[lusty anvil]

im glad 😄

[boreal turtle]

https://pokepast.es/a1a71ef85f6a4009
new team I made, Should ursaluna have more hp or just keep 140 speed to outspeed non speed invested corviknight?

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @south copper. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[lusty anvil]

Can run more if you want to outspeed base skarmory. I also would just make Treads a SpD spinner with 108 HP / 252 SpD / 148 Spe Careful nature. allows you outspeed Jolly mamoswine while also outspeeding Dragapult after a rapid spin. Can keep volt switch if you want for pivoting or run protect in that slot to scout choice mons + provide passive recovery with Lefties (put lefties on it if chosen to go this route.) other than that looks dope. only glaring weakness i see is this team just flat out loses to azumarill if it gets a B drum off. so fairy will be a tough match up.

happy gaming

😄

[boreal turtle]

I literally just got sweeped by a belly drum 😂 😂
Thx for the tips

[lusty anvil]

haha, np!!

[lapis scaffold]

https://pokepast.es/c7be64f75a71de24 why does this use bisharp

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @fathom maple, @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @rugged shore, @limber basin, @balmy stream, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @south copper. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[tepid warren]

kingambit is banned

[lapis scaffold]

oh

why no eviolite

[tepid warren]

bisharp isnt surviving much anyway

just wanna be stronger

[gleaming flower]

https://pokepast.es/73d5a1a26b566dc3 Gen 9 MonoDark! just learned of the Kingambit ban haha

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @limber basin, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @south copper. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[tepid warren]

looks pretty solid tbh, you might want to consider putting boots on sableye and maybe sludge wave on greninja instead of dark pulse

up to you though, team looks good

[gleaming flower]

oh i just realized I had Leftovers on Sableye instead of boots oops
thank you though!

[lusty anvil]

echoeing off of royal i would just put sludge wave over pulse on gren to not only pressure fairy, but dealing with firepon which can be a pain in the ass for dark. Throat chop cute on lu, i would prob just run heavy slam on it if we want more ways of dealing with flutter mane

other than that dope team

[rich jetty]

https://pokepast.es/1451120f919670b8

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @limber basin, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @south copper. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[rich jetty]

What I think is a fairly standard aggressive Mono-Ice team, but I am also new to smogon and competitive battling

I am noticing some struggle against a good fire team

[chrome sky]

hello please someone help me please to make a good team without legend poke with this 2 pokemon im in love on them ^^. thanks
Flutter Mane @ Choice Specs
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk

• Moonblast
• Shadow Ball
• Power Gem
• Thunderbolt

Gholdengo @ Air Balloon
Ability: Good as Gold
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 228 Def / 28 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk

• Make It Rain
• Shadow Ball
• Nasty Plot
• Recover

[lusty anvil]

honestly thats how ice is atm. its really bad and would not use it at all. Ice will have a tremendously hard matchup against fire and that 6 you have is the best you can do. can just change kyurem focus blast to earth power and thats about it. just comes down to setting up veil and praying shell smash cloyster or belly drum cetitan to sweep.

[lusty anvil]

we rate full teams if you want help making a team, i would go to the monotype room on pokemon showdown or check the ghost sample team in the smogon thread. or can take a look at the viability rankings

happy gaming 😄

[untold pawn]

Is monotypes doubles or singles?

[rugged shore]

singles

[untold pawn]

https://pokepast.es/045071f23f860d95

[tepid warren]

ok so this isnt a monotype team

and you should use leftovers on empoleon, or boots

but im assuming youre playing with some kind of item clause

[untold pawn]

I made it on pikalytics and it was showing a warning sign for picking an item another mon had 🤷

[coarse sequoia]

https://pokepast.es/dbeaa3d11d6841e8 only using level up moves

[untold pawn]

Garchomp moment

[old plaza]

We don’t do these here and probably never will

[untold pawn]

Its for cobblemon thats why he said that

[old plaza]

Thats even worse

No chance for that either

[coarse sequoia]

It’s a mod for Minecraft it only has level up moves

[old plaza]

Don’t come to this place asking for advice on things like this, we don’t help on Minecraft mods or pixelmon or Roblox games or whatever

[coarse sequoia]

It’s literally still pokemon just with more restrictions

[old plaza]

Dawg

!pixelmon

[exotic geode]

Please take a moment to review the rules of the competitive section: https://discord.com/channels/192713314399289344/1030567099703242903

Do not ask for assistance with arbitrary rulesets or restrictions placed on teambuilding, we will not help with them in this server. The competitive section is only for formats hosted on the Smogon forums, such as VGC and OU.

Additionally, do not ask for assistance with fangames, Minecraft/Roblox mods, or other such titles. These games/mods do not have feature parity with actual Pokémon games or Smogon's National Dex formats, and are often played with arbitrary rulesets.

[coarse sequoia]

Ok but like

When did I ask for assistance

I just posted it for fun

And just gave a reason for the moves being kinda bad

I don’t get what your mad about

And if you wanted to be picky

The team is still viable for this rule set

So I would still be able to post it here

[old plaza]

@lusty anvil Save my sanity...

I can't ignore people like this

[lusty anvil]

yeah but u still going against the rules

[old plaza]

Just gotta convince that they are going against the rules

Thank you for your time

[coarse sequoia]

Ok but genuinely how?

[silk silo]

https://pokepast.es/471a98dae0089965 Dark team 😁

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @limber basin, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @south copper. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[limber basin]

honestly, not a bad start at all lol. Personally i think dark kinda needs tinng lu, probably over ttar here. You prob want it to be both rocks and spikes, then choose 2 moves from earthquake + heavy slam/ruination/whirlwind. Mandibuzz id do uturn > defog. Dark is primarily a type that tries to keep hazards of its own up, not off. Lastly id say make hoopa either a breaker set like band/specs, or drop it for Nasty Plot Darkrai

[tepid warren]

tbh if you remove tyranitar in favor of ting Lu with rocks and spikes you could also use sableye to block rapid spin instead of mandibuzz

[limber basin]

sableye bad mr royal

@tepid warren main thing

mandi can beat

gouging

[tepid warren]

My Bad

[limber basin]

hi

[silk silo]

Aight thanks guys

[grave heath]

https://pokepast.es/e31ec3b9ea11be52 Thoughts on this Mono-Fighting team? Been struggling against Ground and Electric where I can't lead Cobalion as effectively

[limber basin]

Triple scarf is pretty unnecessary. Usually urshifu on fighting is Swords Dance which would just destroy ground for you. Cobal and Galarian Zapdos are also loweer ranked mons that dont rly fill roles you need. Recommend making your Tusk your stealth rock setter, putting AV Gallade over Coballion and then maybe Iron Hands over Galarian Zapdos to help you with flying (and Electric I guess).

Minor tip, make Valiant have Close Combat > Aura Sphere. Can hurt Hisuin Goodra real bad in the Dragon matchup so you can moonblast sweep

[timber delta]

https://pokepast.es/e008926ea487e80c Mono Poison Gen 9 OU

[grave heath]

I'm on board to try most of those changes, but I really don't feel good about Stealth Rock on Tusk; I think it's too valuable as the only spinner and Ground-type attacker, and I already feel at a disadvantage in several matchups if it goes down - making it my only hazards-setter, then risking it earlier in the match to get rocks up feels like it would be a liability

Cobalion has felt really good, by contrast, as a dedicated lead that I'm not too sad about losing or taking damage early, and speed control in Thunder Wave has been invaluable in every matchup

I guess I'm asking: How much am I really missing out on if I ditch one of the AV users you recommend?

[timber delta]

@limber basin

[limber basin]

Quite a lot, these mons are extremely insane breakers as well and kinda make or break a handful of matchups. To be clear though, i meant swords dance iron hands; av gallade would suffice.

As far as rocker stuff i wont hassle you on your own preferences ofc. I do recommend going through this last Monotype Premier League + the current ongoing Monotype Winter Premieres replays and watching the fightingn games and seeing how well tusk does as a rocker (most replays will be Zamazenta meta, but it'll showcase what youre trying to see anyways)

[limber basin]

This appears to be for natdex which isnt my area of expertise, sorry

[lusty anvil]

Looks like NDM ik u said OU but looks like ndm so ill just put my points in.
Venusaur @ Venusaurite
Ability: Chlorophyll
EVs: 248 HP / 244 Def / 16 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Bold Nature

• Giga Drain

• Hidden Power Fire

• Leech Seed

• Synthesis

• M venu especially on Poison teams wants Giga Drain for Ground (Since mainly this is ur saving grace vs it) and Water matchup, Hp fire helps against Ferro + M Scizor which can be a pain in the ass. Leech seed can be just earth power to help in the mirror + be the ultimate steel killer. or you can opt for sludge bomb to better c team fairy and actually hit Mega Alteria better. Speed evs allow you to outspeed max speed adamant Azumarill.

• Overqwill is a flop especially in NDM poison as your better off with AV alolan Muk as your psychic immunity. it also just pursuit traps them while also knocking off key items where as overqwill cannot. So i would replace overqwill with Alolan Muk
  Muk-Alola @ Assault Vest
  Ability: Poison Touch
  EVs: 248 HP / 12 Def / 248 SpD
  Careful Nature

• Knock Off

• Poison Jab

• Pursuit

• Drain Punch
  12 Def allows you to survive an unboosted victini's v create after stealth rocks. Drain Punch can be either Shadow Sneak for funny priority or even rock slide to deal with volcarona and mega zard y

• Moth should just be choice scarf team just needs the speed control.
  Iron Moth @ Choice Scarf
  Ability: Quark Drive
  Tera Type: Fire
  EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
  Timid Nature

• Flamethrower

• Discharge

• Dazzling Gleam

• Energy Ball

• Crobat gonna be your defogger as the team really needs it, it will also just be a more defensive one so you can at least survive some hits then roost it off.
  Crobat @ Heavy-Duty Boots
  Ability: Infiltrator
  EVs: 252 HP / 56 SpD / 200 Spe
  Jolly Nature

• Brave Bird

• Toxic

• Defog

• Roost
  allows you to survive +2 dark pulse hydreigon while still outspeeding meowscarada and friends.

• Toxapex should be Z-haze with Scald, Knock Off or Toxic, haze and recover.

Lastly clodsire's ability should be unaware.
Clodsire @ Black Sludge
Ability: Unaware
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature

• Earthquake
• Low Kick
• Stealth Rock
• Recover
  low kick allows you to not be completely useless against air balloon heatran. and stealth rock is just better especially if you dont have another mon utilizing it, it hits everything.

only run spikes if another mon or ur team is running Stealth Rock.

hope this helps and happy gaming.

[coarse sequoia]

https://pokepast.es/f58dd092af4737a0

mono electric revised

got no idea about items or evs

[lusty anvil]

idk if this is for sv or ndm but i would just suggest taking alook at the sample team to get a feeling on what to look for on electric teams rn https://pokepast.es/240c891d4149ca55 all the mons you have are basically unranked on the vr and your not really utilizing strong electric mons (even tho electric is a shitty type rn.) https://pokepast.es/c802d86d150d3828 https://pokepast.es/494343530ef58b37 https://pokepast.es/0d6e87f27ea915f0 heres the ndm teams

[coarse sequoia]

thank you very much

[lusty anvil]

np!

[boreal turtle]

https://pokepast.es/f49a96cf4710a1ca
I am really struggeling against water and some grass teams. any feedback?

[exotic geode]

New [Gen 9] Monotype RMT @pulsar inlet, @pulsar harbor, @quasi rock, @limber basin, @lyric sandal, @stable zinc, @tepid warren, @lusty anvil, @south copper. I won't notify you again for at least 6 hours.

[tepid warren]

You will pretty much always have a tough matchup with those types but if you want to have an easier grass matchup you can remove ursaluna for mamoswine

Ursaluna isn’t really good on ground and banded mamoswine hits hard

Additionally if you’re having trouble with ogerpon wellspring you can go choice scarf landorus and put sludge wave on

[lusty anvil]

Echoing off of royals suggestions, the goal of beating those types as well is just to hazard stack against them, wear them down and when implementing mamo and scarf lando i on the team. Picked then off from there. After hazard damage. Those types should be in range of just getting revenged kill from mamo and lando

[rare bison]

Hi hi! Im really new to this and wanted to know if this team is good or need something really important to improve. It's a fire monotype and im struggling a lot to make it work. https://pokepast.es/66f62eeef0b32505

[coarse sequoia]

so i tried making a mono electric rain team (i know tapu koko is better terrain setter i just kinda dident wanna use it): https://pokepast.es/9739ee4b892e41ab

[lusty anvil]

Heyy and welcome to monotype, i know this is NDM specifically and its dope you made a team. However Fire Monotype in NDM is really bad rn (lacking key mons that really pushed it over the edge like Gouging Fire and Ogerpon hearthflame.).

however with a torkoal team iwould utilize it next to zard x. https://pokepast.es/322c1c2f3f315aa2 Since your know i suggest you using this sample team to get a feel on what to look for on fire teams in ndm. https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/sv-national-dex-monotype-role-compendium.3759163/ this is the link to the role comp to help you with future teambuilding

[lusty anvil]

this looks like regular monotype and Koko is not even in SV mono just NDM. Electric is already a low type + pretty dire to what it wants to do, and frankly rain electric is not the way to go. Not even e terrain, https://pokepast.es/240c891d4149ca55 i would just try out the sample team for electric to get a feel of what to look for. You can also check out the analyses on certain mons to see what teammates are ideal 😄

[coarse sequoia]

thanks :D

[rare bison]

Thank you very much for responding! It's a shame that fire monotype isn't doing well at the moment. I will take into account what you told me

[lusty anvil]

np!

[amber radish]

https://pokepast.es/67e14016b408943b i wanted to build an offensive archaludon team, but im not super sure about this one. is the air balloon spam too much? and is my lack of speed control other than bullet punch a problem?

[south copper]

id just run scarf archa, only use up to 2 ballons maybe , rn ur losing to greninja pretty easily

id rather run something consistent since u have x2 balloons on ur team alr , def magma storm , toxapex is going to just smile at lava plume , i think if u really want burn just run it (wisp)

[amber radish]

isnt earth power and the threat of electro shot arch enough for toxapex? most people dont expect offensive arch and i ususally pick up the toxapex kill reliably

[south copper]

well u have a gholdengo which uses pex as fodder anyways so its no reason to have archa perform that role when heatran/gholdengo/tbolt scarf arch already beats

id make the scizor sd bisharp or something like jirachi if pex is really an issue (or if gholdengo was scarfed then id say yes lets really really really ensure we demolish a toxapex) but ur a steel team its not burning you so like

its w/e

ur gameplay is really beating the things around pex that pex is trying to just double switch into on ur goldengo recovery/plot turns. such as urshifu/barra/gren

av samurott with sacred