+# 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, 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}
+
+{as=details}
+::::::::::::
+{as=summary}
+teamsheet
+
+* 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
+::::::::::::
+
+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}
+
+{as=details}
+::::::::::::
+{as=summary}
+teamsheet
+
+* 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
+::::::::::::
+
+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.
+
+#### _Meta-ish_{as=cite}
+
+{as=details}
+::::::::::::
+{as=summary}
+teamsheet
+
+* 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
+::::::::::::
+
+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.
+
+#### _Meta-ish MBCed_{as=cite}
+
+{as=details}
+::::::::::::
+{as=summary}
+teamsheet
+
+* 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
+::::::::::::
+
+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
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