The 8 Steps to Team Build in Competitive Pokemon 

Latios being described as "slow" is both wildly funny and profoundly sad

Step 1: Add Avalugg

"Latios is a bit too slow, a bit too frail" Tell me we have power creep without telling me that we have power creep

Me teambuilding: "Oh, it looks so ba- wait no if I move this guy in the middle using the move tool maybe... Aha! It looks perfect! Good job, me 👏"

- Weavile lacks immediate, high offensive pressure + "Gliscor is scary" - Latios is too SLOW and frail (it flies faster than fighter jets) - my steel-type without levitate is my only other defense VS earthquake At the risk of sounding like a broken record: if you told this to players in like 2012 they would probably fall into a coma On a more serious note getting to see the teambuilding process again from the ground up + the reasoning is massive. I'm the type of player who has a hard time getting a grasp on concepts that mostly go unspoken and are second nature to more experienced players; specifically: - Don't build defensively, build offensively and focus on being able to break as many different opponents as possible (unless you're going stall) - Avoid adding sets until you have (mostly) finalized all 6 members of the team - On team preview, think long-term as in "who needs to be healthy, who checks who, what is the easiest way for my opponent to wincon me" Stuff like that is the kind of stuff that wouldn't click playing through the game normally, so it's a massive boost to see this. Finally, I was going to joke about how weak this team is to Knock Off due to a lack of Headlong Tusk and Rapid Treads... but looking at it again, only Sinistcha and Volc are vulnerable. Pickpocket Weavile is also utterly hilarious for that lol

THERE IT IS! Looking forward to talking with you about this next time when I make a mid Gallade team. :)

The GOAT of teambuilding posts another banger. These guides have helped me in not just OU but Nat Dex, Monotype, and even some OMs like AAA. They're clear and concise and I couldn't ask for better.

I cannot tell you how grateful I am for this video existing

“This thing is the best spin blocker” Gholdengo: I thought you cared about me…

“Usually when people wait this long they’re trying to trick you” and for me I’m just on my phone

Reminder fellas sinistcha hard counters great tusk and can live a +1 flare blitz from gouging fire

bro clicked strength sap into defiant pokemon

sooo grateful that u posted this omg i always feel like im missing SOMETHING in my teams and this is something im def gonna try to use in the future as a guide. thank u for posting this!

I'm starting to dip my toes into teambuilding and any meta that isn't randbats and this is just what I needed. I didn't even think about playstyles or cores, and even focused on defense first instead of the other way around

Great video man!! Definitely important to understand each step when trying to team build around a Pokemon

i build a lot of teams on my own, but this vid helped me even further and showed some things i didnt even think about , so thank u. good stuff :D :)

This is such a useful video! Thanks pinkacross! U earned urself a sub!

This video is a godsend. Teambuilding has now become less of a headache for me. Thank you.

This might be my favorite one yet 🎉

This video series is about to come in so clutch for me (ps can’t believe how broken sash deoxys is being the only mon to switch into hazards with no boots is crazy can’t believe it’s been let down to OU)

Just a comment to appreciate the fact that Pinkacross responds to almost all comments and tries to engage with his community as much as possible.

It seems that a solid OU team will have about 3 Shiest OU Pokémon (see Blunders tierlist) and 3 A or B tiers

Hitting 1 ruination (90%) + 1 earthquake through ironhead flinch (30%) is a 0.9*0.7*0.7= 44.1% event.

7 mins ago, lets go. I am nice and early! Definitely need this video I suck at teambuilding lmao.

TY Bro GOAT

amazing vid

Sinistcha my goat 🗣️ 🔥

Thanks leaving a comment cuse lovee your video

I think it would be really cool if you delved into playstyles more, as whenever I try to introduce folks to competitive Pokemon, playstyles and team archetypes is the thing that usually eludes folks the most. Even just going over examples of what defines archetypes, like differentiating Offense and Hyper Offense, or what makes a team Balance as opposed to Hazards Defense or Stall, would be very great That being said, this video does a great overview on general teambuilding :]

me too thanks

What are the calca on the right side of your screen when you're testing? Great video btw

i'm doing a series which is Pokémon A to Z (not recording it yet but i likely will), and I really need this considering the amount of silly mons i'll have to use. thanks 😊

Goat

Hey how do you have that side menu with the calculator?

Now my decent teams can be goated teams! Let's goo

have u considered posting videos in the future about building in other gens like 3 7 or 8? that would be rlly cool

Can you do one in the future for balance teams ? I love playing balance but i honestly have no idea how to make one

I love using sinistcha it was the reason i got above 1400s even though the tera poison set i used was braindead

ok so I ended up building a team while loosely following the rules in this video. Hilariously, it got me to breach 1400 and I've been able to maintain 1400 for the past few battles. Allium (Serperior) (F) @ Wide Lens Ability: Contrary Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Leaf Storm - Tera Blast - Dragon Pulse - Leech Seed Iblis (Volcarona) (M) @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Flame Body Tera Type: Stellar EVs: 208 HP / 252 SpA / 48 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Bug Buzz - Flamethrower - Quiver Dance - Psychic Passion (Primarina) (F) @ Choice Specs Ability: Liquid Voice Tera Type: Fire EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 SpD Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Psychic Noise - Moonblast - Shadow Ball - Psychic Kali (Dragonite) (F) @ Weakness Policy Ability: Multiscale Tera Type: Normal EVs: 168 HP / 248 Atk / 92 Spe Adamant Nature - Ice Spinner - Earthquake - Extreme Speed - Dragon Dance Earthshatterer (Kleavor) (F) @ Focus Sash Ability: Sharpness Tera Type: Fighting EVs: 168 HP / 252 Atk / 88 Spe Adamant Nature - X-Scissor - Stone Axe - Tailwind - Close Combat Longhorn (Great Tusk) @ Booster Energy Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Poison EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Headlong Rush - Ice Spinner - Taunt - Rapid Spin Explanation: 1. Fire-Water-Grass Special Offense core 1.2 It's not meant to be "sustainable" per se, it's just raw offense: tear them down by any means necessary 1.3 Leech Seed to force more switches when they switch in 2. The best supporter: Dragonite, for resistances and sweeps 2.5 For some reason, everyone saccs Kingambit out at Kleavor and Primarina, so... 3. After the first 4 mons were added, how do I patch up the team? One word: hazards, introducing Kleavor and Tusk 4. I went with Kleavor because it hits harder than Samurott, and I hate stealth rock Post-battle notes: 1.4 Specs Primarina is utterly hilarious. Gets 2-3 shotted by literally anything, but by the time it goes down, it's made way too much progress on the opposing team (unless we're dealing with Glowking) 1.5 I tried Swarm Silverpowder Tera Bug Buzz. I ended up never clicking Bug Buzz once. 4.2 Adamant ended up being better, it's more consistent than Jolly 4.3 Tailwind is utterly hilarious on a sui-lead mon, literally everyone outruns things they have no right to outrun; that 1 turn of outspeed makes the difference 4.4 Tera Normal Quick Attack is also hilarious for making progress, or even SD for things like cheeky Garganacl 4.5 Sash is the best item on this thing, nobody sees it coming and they lose all their HO sweepers to Kleavor Yes, Kleavor makes the most amount of progress. Obviously, Weakness Policy Dnite wins games more than anything else, but Kleavor is such a hilarious addition to this I wish Great Tusk had more speed so it could have more Attack while maintaining proto speed I'm quite happy with this so far, given the hilarity that ensues from this The team's "I don't care about dying as long as I take you down with me" playstyle throws a lot of people off balance; as in, they expect a switch/crapmove more often than not, but they end up losing 80% - 120% on a mon

Can someone tell what the calculator thing on the right of his window is called ? For research purposes ofc .

How do you identify the pokemon you need immediately? Like after sinischa you immediately knew ting lu is a good pair

sinistcha’s a cool grass type and all but have you tried gogoat (please make gogoat good gamefreak i beg)

when do you plan on doing a balanced team build specifically

What's all that sorcery on the side of the screen during your battles?

can step 1 work with shitmons if not can you make a guide for building with shitmons

What is that calculator tab to the side?

I recognized and played you on ladder last week, also sorry about those misses cuz you missed like 5 90% accurate moves in a row if you remember that💀

What do you think the most underrated pokemon is currently that isn’t getting shine in OU? Sinistcha is obviously the most recent example but other than that

21:20 wouldn’t sap just give Ogerpon an attack raise if they didn’t encore

Any reason why you go ice crash over axel?

Is gouging fire a threat vs this team

Me when building every single team: Hmm it seems like I can just stick Kingambit on here for when I inevitably go down 1-5

the lebron james of teambuilding with yet another banger

Oh my god 30 minute vid dude you spoil us

More testing showcase pleasee more battles

why did u say gliscor is threatening when u have weavile in the team

W vid

Can I have a Dragapult with sunglasses next please lol.

gg to the one person heracross gamed before recording

tbh my play style is troll and idk what mons

You’re telling me the secret isn’t to open the VR and pick the first six mons???

Would you ever play 1 v 1 metagame

Thank you... hol' up I play ND

I love your videos. I hold them at about the same reverence as Christians hold the New Testament

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This team feels a little matchap fishy

My take away from the video: add king gambit

DONT PUT THEM ON TO SINISTCHA 😭😭😭 THAT WAS MY HIDDEN GEM FOR THIS META

Is this real? Am I dreaming? Did I died? Let me go grab a snack 🥨🥨🥨🥨🥨

can i get your discord ID i need your help to build my team (it is half done)