Belly Drum Snorlax Trick Room
Version one
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Version two
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Introduction
Hello all, huge fan of vgc/double battles here. I'm here today to show a team I recently cooked up, one heavily inspired by Wolfey VGC's Snorlax team, but with some variations of my own. I really like the use of Snorlax with Sinistcha and Clefairy; however, I believe Wolfey's team was much too support focused, and relied too much on set up. For this reason, I added Gholdengo and Chien-Pao/Ogerpon Hearthflame for some more consistent offense, and replaced Lando-T with Incineroar, which I believe to be the best intimidate user for this team, as he pretty much has everything that any other intimidate user has + more. Keep in mind that you may want to read the whole thing, as it gives you a better understanding of the team and possible changes you could make.
The gameplan
This team is mainly focused around setting up Snorlax and getting up trick room, then keeping your Snorlax alive while he sweeps with lots of heals and buffs to his survivability. I would usually lead Snorlax + Incineroar, as fakeout combined with Snorlax's bulk makes getting a belly drum free 99% of the time. Alternatively, you could also parting shot and switch into Sinistcha for an easy trick room. Of course, this lead isn't always effective, so I would look at my opponent's team and play accordingly. After setting up belly drum and trick room, the name of the game is keeping Snorlax alive, something this team is very good at. I would suggest a lot of switch outs between your 3 support pokemon, as snorlax can pretty much OHKO anything it attacks, and this also allows you to constantly heal Snorlax with Pharmacist and lower the attacking stats of opposing pokemon with intimidate and parting shot. I would almost never switch into one of my other offensive pokemon, as the healing, bulk, and redirection the supporters give Snorlax is invaluable, and he already does enough damage on his own.
: As you may have gathered, Snorlax is the core of this team, and usually your most important pokemon. It's both an immovable object and an unstoppable force, its high defenses + support ensuring it never dies while its +6 boost from belly drum allows it to pretty much delete anything (besides something like tera ghost Cresselia, who pretty much completley walls it).I gave it the attacking moves of facade and high horse power. Facade is there for stab and so Snorlax doesn't get shut down by burn. Alternatively, you could go body slam for the higher base power and paralyze, but since he one shots everything anyways, I don't see the need for that. High horsepower is simply there as a strong single target coverage move. You could replace it with crunch or rock slide, but high horse power is great for dealing with the steel and rock types that resist normal. Protect is a must, ias it's basically your only way of insuring Snorlax survives until trick room is active. Without protect, your snorlax can simply get targeted and die before it does anything. Finally, I picked tera ghost because it gives Snorlax fake out and fighting type immunities, although using tera on Snorlax isn't something you'll commonly do anyways.
: Sinistcha is your trick room setter and an amazing support with Snorlax. Simply, it's a very bulky pokemon whose bulk is even further boosted by strength sap and potential Matcha Gotcha burns. This makes Trick room almost guaranteed, and allows it to spam rage powder safely. Also a very good pair with Incineroar, as constantly switching between the two gives your team insane bulk, as I mentioned before. Sinistcha is given tera fire to remove its weaknesses and create resistances.
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: Chien-Pao is here simply as a consistent sweeper outside of trick room, usually used to clean up when trick room is down. Its speed and focus sash basically guarantees at least one attack, which when combined with its pretty solid coverage and ability will hit like a truck. Add swords dance onto this, and it hits like a freight train. Combined with Clefable, it deals insane damage with helping hand and also gets redirection support to stay on the field longer. Crunch could be swapped for sucker punch to still be able to outspeed against an opposing tailwind or trickroom, although I figured crunch is better as it is slightly more powerful, has a chance to drop defense, and doesn't require mind games. I gave it tera ghost to give it immunities to fake out and to fighting. Pretty standard set overall
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:The alternative to Chien-Pao, also serving as a consistent sweeper outside of trick room. I only recently got back into competitve pokemon, so I am not familiar with the dlc mons, which is why I never thought of using it on this team. I was testing out Ogerpon Hearthflame on an experimental electric terrain motor drive Electivire team (Btw please don't try that, it's shit; not even worth your time. That's not gonna stop me from trying to make it good, but for your sanity don't be like me) and I was impressed with their performance. Paired with Clefairy or Sinistcha , this thing is a MONSTER. The redirection allows it to get off a swords dance and also keeps it alive as it plows through anything in its way. Wood hammer is just for massive damage; with all the healing and bulk from the support pokemon the recoil isn't a huge issue (Although if you want it to have more bulk, switching wood hammer for horn leech isn't a horrible idea). It's not as fast as Chien pao, but when it gets set up, it's neigh unstoppable.
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: Incineroar is your fake out, debuff, and pivot support. As I stated before, intimidate + fake out gives Snorlax a free belly drum, and parting shot into Sinistcha gives you a free trick room. I also gave him knock off and Will-O-Wisp to remove items and make the team even bulkier with burn support. With proper pivoting, it becomes nearly impossible to break through this team due to this stupid overpowered cat and his endless army of debuffs. Safety goggles is there simply to stop redirection/sleep, allowing him to debuff without hinderance. I gave him tera ghost as well to ignore possible fake outs or fighting type moves, although you're probably not going to be using tera on him too much.
:The most unassuming pokemon on this team, yet extremely vital nonetheless. Like every other support pokemon in this comp, Clefairy is here simply to make your pokemon unkillable with friend guard, heal pulse, and follow me. Helping hand is there for your other two offensive pokemon, or for when Snorlax's attack is dropped. I also gave Clefairy Tera fire to remove weaknesses to steel and rock.
:Finally, we have Gholdengo, your secondary trick room sweeper.I gave him max hp and sp. attack with a minus speed nature to ensure he outspeeds as many pokemon as possible while trick room is up, with his hp and sp. attack allowing him to both stay alive and deal insane damage. Make it rain, shadow ball, and Dazzling gleam allow for excellent coverage, as well as allowing for either multi target or single target. You can switch out nasty plot for another coverage move like thunderbolt or psychic, but I prefer nasty plot because his bulk and the supporting pokemon make it easy to set up a nasty plot then sweep in trick room. I also gave it tera steel to boost make it rain while still keeping a solid defensive typing. You could also change the tera to ghost or fairy.
Conclusion
Well, that's basically it. This is the first team I've ever posted, and the first real team I've made for gen 9 doubles (I made one before but it was very gimmicky. It was fun so who knows, I may bring it back but even stronger.) I hope you all enjoy it and it brings about many wins! Peace out!
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