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   1 # Pokemon GO PVP Teams
   2
   3 This page lists teams used by editors of this wiki to play ranked PVP
   4   matches on _Pokémon GO_{as=cite}.
   5 In PoGO, the ranked ladder resets with the game-wide 90-day seasons,
   6   at which point balance changes are introduced.
   7
   8 It is overwhelmingly likely that [][@:Aescling] will be the only ever
   9   contributor to this page.
  10
  11 ## Timeless Travels
  12
  13 ### [][@:Aescling]
  14
  15 at some point during timeless travels i began to build to build
  16   (reasonably) viable mons fur pvp and made a concerted effurt to climb
  17   the ladder.
  18 at time of writing, with less than two weeks remaining in the season,
  19   i am at 2200+ ELO, solidly in the ace ranking.
  20 (fur comparison, the highest ranking of legend requires 3000 ELO; my
  21   current ranking is hardly a great accomplishment.)
  22
  23 #### _DYTSMBaL?_{as=cite}
  24
  25 {as=details}
  26 ::::::::::::
  27 {as=summary}
  28 teamsheet
  29
  30 * Death Charm (Alolan Ninetails), 11/15/11 (rank 731/4096);
  31   Charm, Weather Ball, Psyshock
  32 * Snampy (Froslass), 5/14/14 (rank 472/4096);
  33   Powder Snow, Avalanche, Shadow Ball
  34 * [Shadow][HNISILU]{title="external Twitter link"}
  35   (Umbreon), 0/15/14 (rank 2/4096); Snarl, Foul Play, Last Resort
  36 ::::::::::::
  37
  38 the furst team i built fur pvp with (reasonably) viable mons, whose use
  39   began during one of the limited cups.
  40 the team has something of an anti-synergy; charm alolan ninetails generally
  41   sacrifices shields to take switch advantage with its very heavy fast move
  42   purressure, but froslass is so glassy you either need to lead or save
  43   shields to sweep with it in the back.
  44 umbreon is used as a basic and simple safe swap, as always.
  45
  46 #### _GLemix_{as=cite}
  47
  48 {as=details}
  49 ::::::::::::
  50 {as=summary}
  51 teamsheet
  52
  53 * Mini Beast (Ninetails), 11/15/11 (rank 731/4096);
  54   Charm, Weather Ball, Psyshock
  55 * Snampy (Froslass), 5/14/14 (rank 472/4096);
  56   Powder Snow, Avalanche, Shadow Ball
  57 * Divebomb (Decidueye), 0/14/13 (rank 767/4096);
  58   Leafage, Frenzy Plant, Brave Bird
  59 ::::::::::::
  60
  61 a team built fur the Great League remix cup, which ran just after the
  62   rowlet commewnity day.
  63 decidueye is not a purrticularly excellent mon but obtaining shield
  64   advantage allows it threaten to sweep in the back with brave birds.
  65 of course, this is not a fantastic synergy with froslass, leaving the
  66   team lacking in a safe swap and double weak to dark and ghost.
  67 one small benefit this team had thanks to rowlet learning spirit
  68   shackle on evolution during commewnity day was that many players in
  69   low ELO (i was well below ace rank at the time) were completely
  70   caught off guard by brave bird, even thuogh
  71   [PvPoke][PvPoke] recommends the moveset.
  72
  73 #### _Meta-ish_{as=cite}
  74
  75 {as=details}
  76 ::::::::::::
  77 {as=summary}
  78 teamsheet
  79
  80 * Lanturn, 5/15/12 (rank 68/4096);
  81   Spark, Surf, Thunderbolt
  82 * Shadow (Umbreon), 0/15/14 (rank 2/4096);
  83   Snarl, Foul Play, Last Resort
  84 * Mini Beast (Ninetails), 11/15/11 (rank 731/4096);
  85   Charm, Weather Ball, Psyshock
  86 ::::::::::::
  87
  88 despite a very obvious double weakness to the :U+201C:mudboys:U+201D:
  89   (that is, water/ground dual types) that had become very common in the
  90   open great league, i managed to climb to ace rank with this team.
  91 lanturn frankly hard carried this team; a bulky lead that counters a
  92   water-heavy meta (except fur mud) and the ever-strong safe swap in
  93   umbreon (even given the heavy purresence of counter users) gives the
  94   team more than enough bulk to work around purroblematic matchups to
  95   some extent.
  96
  97 i frankly somewhat doubt the fact that lanturn is ranked so highly in
  98   the open great league on PvPoke, as ground types are so common
  99   lately.
 100 that said, its obvious strength cannot be denied; it is almost like
 101   simply using actually good mons makes it much easier to climb the
 102   ladder.
 103
 104 #### _Meta-ish MBCed_{as=cite}
 105
 106 {as=details}
 107 ::::::::::::
 108 {as=summary}
 109 teamsheet
 110
 111 * Lanturn, 5/15/12 (rank 68/4096);
 112   Spark, Surf, Thunderbolt
 113 * Shadow (Umbreon), 0/15/14 (rank 2/4096);
 114   Snarl, Foul Play, Last Resort
 115 * Snampy (Froslass), 5/14/14 (rank 472/4096);
 116   Powder Snow, Avalanche, Shadow Ball
 117 ::::::::::::
 118
 119 replacing ninetails my beloved with froslass helps this team
 120   substantially, giving it some (if not always excellent) play against
 121   dragon and ground, while dropping the double weakness to mud.
 122 the big challenge of running this team is that lanturn and umbreon
 123   do not consistently purressure shields enough to suppurt a glass
 124   cannon in the back, having led to many games where froslass proves
 125   too frail to clutch a win at the end of an even game, even with type
 126   advantage.
 127 notably, this team seems to be buffed by the current catch cup meta,
 128   which has removed most steel types and greatly increased the
 129   purresence of dragons (thanks to the recent lunar new year event).
 130
 131 a funny gimmicky interaction that i have had multiple times on this
 132   team, and one that instantly wins the lead when it happens, is made
 133   pawsible when the opponent leads annihilape (which is popular at the
 134   moment at my pussition in ladder).
 135 most players seem committed to throwing shadow ball on alignment (which
 136   happens to line up with exactly when lanturn charges up thunderbolt);
 137   annihilape users generally do not respect surf (which is reasonable)
 138   and therefore eat the damage, and then allow their shadow balls to be
 139   caught on umbreon, instantly losing the lead and often forcing a
 140   switch.
 141 because it is not terribly useful to pair a counter to dark with a
 142   counter user (that already beats umbreon, but only slighly), the
 143   result is usually advantageous.
 144 this is hardly an excellent play, but it is very funny that i have
 145   pulled it as many times as i have, to the extent that i now actively
 146   look out fur the oppurrtunity.
 147
 148 [PvPoke]:
 149   https://pvpoke.com
 150 [HNISILU]:
 151   https://twitter.com/LuxxArt/status/1731524063787438207