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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, {% 2022-02-18 %}
  19   with less than two weeks remaining in the season,
  20   i am at 2200+ ELO, solidly in the ace ranking.
  21 (fur comparison, the highest ranking of legend requires 3000 ELO; my
  22   current ranking is hardly a great accomplishment.)
  23
  24 #### _DYTSMBaL?_{as=cite}
  25
  26 {as=details}
  27 ::::::::::::
  28 {as=summary}
  29 teamsheet
  30
  31 * Death Charm (Alolan Ninetails) \
  32   11/15/11 (rank 731/4096) \
  33   Charm, Weather Ball, Psyshock
  34 * Snampy (Froslass) \
  35   5/14/14 (rank 472/4096) \
  36   Powder Snow, Avalanche, Shadow Ball
  37 * [Shadow][HNISILU]{title="external Twitter link"} (Umbreon) \
  38   0/15/14 (rank 2/4096) \
  39   Snarl, Foul Play, Last Resort
  40 ::::::::::::
  41
  42 the furst team i built fur pvp with (reasonably) viable mons, whose use
  43   began during one of the limited cups.
  44 the team has something of an anti-synergy; charm alolan ninetails generally
  45   sacrifices shields to take switch advantage with its very heavy fast move
  46   purressure, but froslass is so glassy you either need to lead or save
  47   shields to sweep with it in the back.
  48 umbreon is used as a basic and simple safe swap, as always.
  49
  50 #### _GLemix_{as=cite}
  51
  52 {as=details}
  53 ::::::::::::
  54 {as=summary}
  55 teamsheet
  56
  57 * Mini Beast (Ninetails) \
  58   11/15/11 (rank 731/4096) \
  59   Charm, Weather Ball, Psyshock
  60 * Snampy (Froslass) \
  61   5/14/14 (rank 472/4096) \
  62   Powder Snow, Avalanche, Shadow Ball
  63 * Divebomb (Decidueye) \
  64   0/14/13 (rank 767/4096) \
  65   Leafage, Frenzy Plant, Brave Bird
  66 ::::::::::::
  67
  68 a team built fur the Great League remix cup, which ran just after the
  69   rowlet commewnity day.
  70 decidueye is not a purrticularly excellent mon but obtaining shield
  71   advantage allows it threaten to sweep in the back with brave birds.
  72 of course, this is not a fantastic synergy with froslass, leaving the
  73   team lacking in a safe swap and double weak to dark and ghost.
  74 one small benefit this team had thanks to rowlet learning spirit
  75   shackle on evolution during commewnity day was that many players in
  76   low ELO (i was well below ace rank at the time) were completely
  77   caught off guard by brave bird, even thuogh
  78   [PvPoke][PvPoke] recommends the moveset.
  79
  80 #### _Meta-ish_{as=cite}
  81
  82 {as=details}
  83 ::::::::::::
  84 {as=summary}
  85 teamsheet
  86
  87 * Sparksblub (Lanturn) \
  88   5/15/12 (rank 68/4096) \
  89   Spark, Surf, Thunderbolt
  90 * Shadow (Umbreon) \
  91   0/15/14 (rank 2/4096) \
  92   Snarl, Foul Play, Last Resort
  93 * Mini Beast (Ninetails) \
  94   11/15/11 (rank 731/4096) \
  95   Charm, Weather Ball, Psyshock
  96 ::::::::::::
  97
  98 despite a very obvious double weakness to the :U+201C:mudboys:U+201D:
  99   (that is, water/ground dual types) that had become very common in the
 100   open great league, i managed to climb to ace rank with this team.
 101 lanturn frankly hard carried this team; a bulky lead that counters a
 102   water-heavy meta (except fur mud) and the ever-strong safe swap in
 103   umbreon (even given the heavy purresence of counter users) gives the
 104   team more than enough bulk to work around purroblematic matchups to
 105   some extent.
 106
 107 i frankly somewhat doubt the fact that lanturn is ranked so highly in
 108   the open great league on PvPoke, as ground types are so common
 109   lately.
 110 that said, its obvious strength cannot be denied; it is almost like
 111   simply using actually good mons makes it much easier to climb the
 112   ladder.
 113
 114 #### _Meta-ish MBCed_{as=cite}
 115
 116 {as=details}
 117 ::::::::::::
 118 {as=summary}
 119 teamsheet
 120
 121 * Sparksblub (Lanturn) \
 122   5/15/12 (rank 68/4096) \
 123   Spark, Surf, Thunderbolt
 124 * Shadow (Umbreon) \
 125   0/15/14 (rank 2/4096) \
 126   Snarl, Foul Play, Last Resort
 127 * Snampy (Froslass) \
 128   5/14/14 (rank 472/4096) \
 129   Powder Snow, Avalanche, Shadow Ball
 130 ::::::::::::
 131
 132 replacing ninetails my beloved with froslass helps this team
 133   substantially, giving it some (if not always excellent) play against
 134   dragon and ground, while dropping the double weakness to mud.
 135 the big challenge of running this team is that lanturn and umbreon
 136   do not consistently purressure shields enough to suppurt a glass
 137   cannon in the back, having led to many games where froslass proves
 138   too frail to clutch a win at the end of an even game, even with type
 139   advantage.
 140 notably, this team seems to be buffed by the current catch cup meta,
 141   which has removed most steel types and greatly increased the
 142   purresence of dragons (thanks to the recent lunar new year event).
 143
 144 a funny gimmicky interaction that i have had multiple times on this
 145   team, and one that instantly wins the lead when it happens, is made
 146   pawsible when the opponent leads annihilape (which is popular at the
 147   moment at my pussition in ladder).
 148 most players seem committed to throwing shadow ball on alignment (which
 149   happens to line up with exactly when lanturn charges up thunderbolt);
 150   annihilape users generally do not respect surf (which is reasonable)
 151   and therefore eat the damage, and then allow their shadow balls to be
 152   caught on umbreon, instantly losing the lead and often forcing a
 153   switch.
 154 because it is not terribly useful to pair a counter to dark with a
 155   counter user (that already beats umbreon, but only slighly), the
 156   result is usually advantageous.
 157 this is hardly an excellent play, but it is very funny that i have
 158   pulled it as many times as i have, to the extent that i now actively
 159   look out fur the oppurrtunity.
 160
 161 [PvPoke]:
 162   https://pvpoke.com
 163 [HNISILU]:
 164   https://twitter.com/LuxxArt/status/1731524063787438207