Team builder

Start from an empty team and fill the six slots yourself

Team scoreEstimate · team-score@1

Meta core + side picks Build around a Pokémon Start blank Recommended teams

Game plan

Drizzle or Rain Dance powers Water attacks, Swift Swim and instant Electro Shot. Picks that fit it rank higher, as do the Pokémon players pair with your team.

Note: Golisopod-Mega and Charizard-Mega-Y can each Mega Evolve, but only one per battle

Side-pick suggestions

Shared weaknesses without Charizard-Mega-YNone: no attacking type hits two members without enough resists

Every slot is filled: each score is the change from swapping it in for Charizard-Mega-Y, the Pokémon that adds least (−2.9).

Candidates ranked by the change in team score their button makes, how often players pair them with the team and what they do for the game plan
Pokémon	Usage	Paired	Resists	Adds	Stacks weakness	Score
Rillaboom	51.5%	30%	—	Grassy Surge · Fake Out	None	+5.2
PelipperOff-meta	9.9%	24%	—	Rain setter · Tailwind	None	+0.7
Incineroar	31.0%	25%	—	Intimidate · Fake Out	None	−2.6
SylveonOff-meta	9.2%	4%	—	—	None	+6.8
Garchomp-Mega-Z	11.4%	9%	—	Mega · Immune to Ground moves	None	+2.6
StaraptorOff-meta	4.3%	4%	—	Intimidate · Pivot	None	+4.9
SalamenceOff-meta	3.4%	—	—	Intimidate · Tailwind	None	+6.0
Swampert-MegaOff-meta	3.2%	7%	—	Mega	None	+2.3
Sneasler	33.0%	9%	—	Fake Out · Unburden	None	+1.2
Floette-EternalOff-meta	3.1%	—	—	—	None	+5.0

Team checklist

6 of 6

Missing:Fake OutNone — Rillaboom adds it
Missing:TailwindNone — Pelipper adds it
Filled:Trick RoomFarigiraf
Missing:IntimidateNone — Incineroar adds it
Missing:RedirectionNone — Indeedee-F adds it
Missing:PriorityNone — Rillaboom adds it
Filled:Spread damagePolitoed, Charizard-Mega-Y
Filled:Mega slotGolisopod-Mega, Charizard-Mega-Y: only one can Mega Evolve per battle
Filled:Item clauseClear

Archetype

Estimate · team-archetype@2

Your team

Rainfit 100Rain: Politoed · Rain abusers: Politoed and Archaludon
Sunfit 70Sun: Charizard-Mega-Y · Sun abusers: Charizard-Mega-Y
Screensfit 65Screens: Grimmsnarl · Attackers: Golisopod-Mega, Politoed and Charizard-Mega-Y
Trick Roomfit 60Trick Room: Farigiraf · Slow attackers: Farigiraf and Golisopod-Mega

Build toward

Rain (Auto) · the team fits (fit 100)

Drizzle or Rain Dance powers Water attacks, Swift Swim and instant Electro Shot

Rain 1 of 1 needed: Politoed (met)
Rain abusers 2 of 1 needed: Politoed, Archaludon (met)

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Against the meta

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Improve a Pokémon

Estimate · team-score@1

Choose one: Pick Four tries other stat points, one-move swaps and replacement Pokémon, and lists the ones that raise the team score.

Defensive coverage

Damage taken from each attacking type · team

Multiplier each attacking type deals to each member
Member	NOR	FIR	WAT	ELE	GRA	ICE	FIG	POI	GRO	FLY	PSY	BUG	ROC	GHO	DRA	DAR	STE	FAI
Farigiraf	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	takes 0.5×	takes 2×	neutral	immune	neutral	takes 2×	neutral	neutral
Golisopod-Mega	takes 0.5×	takes 4×	neutral	neutral	takes 0.25×	takes 0.5×	neutral	immune	neutral	neutral	takes 0.5×	takes 0.5×	neutral	neutral	takes 0.5×	neutral	takes 0.5×	takes 0.5×
Politoed	neutral	takes 0.5×	takes 0.5×	takes 2×	takes 2×	takes 0.5×	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	takes 0.5×	neutral
Grimmsnarl	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	takes 2×	neutral	neutral	immune	neutral	neutral	takes 0.5×	immune	takes 0.25×	takes 2×	takes 2×
Charizard-Mega-Y	neutral	takes 0.5×	takes 2×	takes 2×	takes 0.25×	neutral	takes 0.5×	neutral	immune	neutral	neutral	takes 0.25×	takes 4×	neutral	neutral	neutral	takes 0.5×	takes 0.5×
Archaludon	takes 0.5×	neutral	takes 0.5×	takes 0.5×	takes 0.25×	neutral	takes 2×	immune	takes 2×	takes 0.5×	takes 0.5×	takes 0.5×	takes 0.5×	neutral	neutral	neutral	takes 0.5×	neutral
Weak / resist	0/2	1/2	1/2	2/1	1/3	0/2	1/1	1/2	1/1	0/1	0/4	1/3	1/1	0/2	0/2	1/1	1/4	1/2

Source: Showdown ladder games · gen9championsvgc2026regmc · 2026-09-21/2026-09-28 · 1500+ rating · 1,310 in sample · fetched 28 Sep 2026

Pokémon

Usage

Paired

Resists

Adds

Stacks weakness

Score

Rillaboom

51.5%

30%

—

Grassy Surge · Fake Out

None

+5.2

PelipperOff-meta

9.9%

24%

—

Rain setter · Tailwind

None

+0.7

Incineroar

31.0%

25%

—

Intimidate · Fake Out

None

−2.6

SylveonOff-meta

9.2%

—

None

+6.8

Garchomp-Mega-Z

11.4%

—

Mega · Immune to Ground moves

None

+2.6

StaraptorOff-meta

4.3%

—

Intimidate · Pivot

None

+4.9

SalamenceOff-meta

3.4%

—

Intimidate · Tailwind

None

+6.0

Swampert-MegaOff-meta

3.2%

—

Mega

None

+2.3

Sneasler

33.0%

—

Fake Out · Unburden

None

+1.2

Floette-EternalOff-meta

3.1%

—

None

+5.0

NOR

FIR

WAT

ELE

GRA

ICE

FIG

POI

GRO

FLY

PSY

BUG

ROC

GHO

DRA

DAR

STE

FAI

Farigiraf

Golisopod-Mega

Politoed

Grimmsnarl

Charizard-Mega-Y

Archaludon

Weak / resist

0/2

1/2

2/1

1/3

0/2

1/1

1/2

1/1

0/1

0/4

1/3

1/1

0/2

1/1

1/4

1/2