# Pokemon GO PVP Teams

This page lists teams used by editors of this wiki to play ranked PVP
  matches on _Pokémon GO_{as=cite}.
In PoGO, the ranked ladder resets with the game-wide 90-day seasons,
  at which point balance changes are introduced.

It is overwhelmingly likely that [][@:Aescling] will be the only ever
  contributor to this page.

## Timeless Travels

### [][@:Aescling]

at some point during timeless travels i began to build to build
  (reasonably) viable mons fur pvp and made a concerted effurt to climb
  the ladder.
at time of writing, {% 2022-02-18 %}
  with less than two weeks remaining in the season,
  i am at 2200+ ELO, solidly in the ace ranking.
(fur comparison, the highest ranking of legend requires 3000 ELO; my
  current ranking is hardly a great accomplishment.)

#### _DYTSMBaL?_{as=cite}

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* Death Charm (Alolan Ninetails) \
  11/15/11 (rank 731/4096) \
  Charm, Weather Ball, Psyshock
* Snampy (Froslass) \
  5/14/14 (rank 472/4096) \
  Powder Snow, Avalanche, Shadow Ball
* [Shadow][HNISILU]{title="external Twitter link"} (Umbreon) \
  0/15/14 (rank 2/4096) \
  Snarl, Foul Play, Last Resort
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the furst team i built fur pvp with (reasonably) viable mons, whose use
  began during one of the limited cups.
the team has something of an anti-synergy; charm alolan ninetails generally
  sacrifices shields to take switch advantage with its very heavy fast move
  purressure, but froslass is so glassy you either need to lead or save
  shields to sweep with it in the back.
umbreon is used as a basic and simple safe swap, as always.

#### _GLemix_{as=cite}

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* Mini Beast (Ninetails) \
  11/15/11 (rank 731/4096) \
  Charm, Weather Ball, Psyshock
* Snampy (Froslass) \
  5/14/14 (rank 472/4096) \
  Powder Snow, Avalanche, Shadow Ball
* Divebomb (Decidueye) \
  0/14/13 (rank 767/4096) \
  Leafage, Frenzy Plant, Brave Bird
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a team built fur the Great League remix cup, which ran just after the
  rowlet commewnity day.
decidueye is not a purrticularly excellent mon but obtaining shield
  advantage allows it threaten to sweep in the back with brave birds.
of course, this is not a fantastic synergy with froslass, leaving the
  team lacking in a safe swap and double weak to dark and ghost.
one small benefit this team had thanks to rowlet learning spirit
  shackle on evolution during commewnity day was that many players in
  low ELO (i was well below ace rank at the time) were completely
  caught off guard by brave bird, even thuogh
  [PvPoke][PvPoke] recommends the moveset.

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* Sparksblub (Lanturn) \
  5/15/12 (rank 68/4096) \
  Spark, Surf, Thunderbolt
* Shadow (Umbreon) \
  0/15/14 (rank 2/4096) \
  Snarl, Foul Play, Last Resort
* Mini Beast (Ninetails) \
  11/15/11 (rank 731/4096) \
  Charm, Weather Ball, Psyshock
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despite a very obvious double weakness to the :U+201C:mudboys:U+201D:
  (that is, water/ground dual types) that had become very common in the
  open great league, i managed to climb to ace rank with this team.
lanturn frankly hard carried this team; a bulky lead that counters a
  water-heavy meta (except fur mud) and the ever-strong safe swap in
  umbreon (even given the heavy purresence of counter users) gives the
  team more than enough bulk to work around purroblematic matchups to
  some extent.

i frankly somewhat doubt the fact that lanturn is ranked so highly in
  the open great league on PvPoke, as ground types are so common
  lately.
that said, its obvious strength cannot be denied; it is almost like
  simply using actually good mons makes it much easier to climb the
  ladder.

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* Sparksblub (Lanturn) \
  5/15/12 (rank 68/4096) \
  Spark, Surf, Thunderbolt
* Shadow (Umbreon) \
  0/15/14 (rank 2/4096) \
  Snarl, Foul Play, Last Resort
* Snampy (Froslass) \
  5/14/14 (rank 472/4096) \
  Powder Snow, Avalanche, Shadow Ball
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replacing ninetails my beloved with froslass helps this team
  substantially, giving it some (if not always excellent) play against
  dragon and ground, while dropping the double weakness to mud.
the big challenge of running this team is that lanturn and umbreon
  do not consistently purressure shields enough to suppurt a glass
  cannon in the back, having led to many games where froslass proves
  too frail to clutch a win at the end of an even game, even with type
  advantage.
notably, this team seems to be buffed by the current catch cup meta,
  which has removed most steel types and greatly increased the
  purresence of dragons (thanks to the recent lunar new year event).

a funny gimmicky interaction that i have had multiple times on this
  team, and one that instantly wins the lead when it happens, is made
  pawsible when the opponent leads annihilape (which is popular at the
  moment at my pussition in ladder).
most players seem committed to throwing shadow ball on alignment (which
  happens to line up with exactly when lanturn charges up thunderbolt);
  annihilape users generally do not respect surf (which is reasonable)
  and therefore eat the damage, and then allow their shadow balls to be
  caught on umbreon, instantly losing the lead and often forcing a
  switch.
because it is not terribly useful to pair a counter to dark with a
  counter user (that already beats umbreon, but only slighly), the
  result is usually advantageous.
this is hardly an excellent play, but it is very funny that i have
  pulled it as many times as i have, to the extent that i now actively
  look out fur the oppurrtunity.

[PvPoke]:
  https://pvpoke.com
[HNISILU]:
  https://twitter.com/LuxxArt/status/1731524063787438207