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

Grassy Terrain for priority Grassy Glide and Grassy Seed boosts. Picks that fit it rank higher, as do the Pokémon players pair with your team.

Ground hits Incineroar, Gholdengo and Raichu super-effectively (−1 team score)
Note: Intimidate triggers opposing Defiant and Competitive (Incineroar)

Side-pick suggestions

Shared weaknesses without VolcaronaNone: no attacking type hits two members without enough resists

Every slot is filled: each score is the change from swapping it in for Volcarona, the Pokémon that adds least (−2.6).

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
Sneasler	33.0%	29%	—	Fake Out · Unburden	Ground	−1.1
PrimarinaOff-meta	4.3%	4%	—	Fits Grassy Terrain	None	+3.3
Farigiraf	20.9%	14%	—	Fits Grassy Terrain · Trick Room · Blocks priority moves	None	−3.3
SylveonOff-meta	9.2%	12%	—	—	None	+2.9
Floette-MegaOff-meta	7.3%	12%	—	Mega	None	+2.6
Milotic	11.6%	9%	—	Punishes Intimidate	None	+2.1
Archaludon	18.9%	10%	—	—	Ground	+0.1
Politoed	10.4%	7%	—	Rain setter · Sets rain	None	+1.8
Arcanine-Hisui	15.0%	17%	—	—	Ground	−4.1
Basculegion	16.9%	13%	—	Pivot · Immune to Fake Out	None	−3.2

Team checklist

6 of 6

Caution:Fake OutIncineroar, Rillaboom, Raichu: only one can use it each turn
Missing:TailwindNone — Pelipper adds it
Missing:Trick RoomNone — Farigiraf adds it
Filled:IntimidateIncineroar
Missing:RedirectionNone — Sinistcha adds it
Filled:PriorityGrassy Glide
Filled:Spread damageGholdengo, Raichu, Volcarona
Filled:Mega slotGarchomp-Mega-Z
Filled:Item clauseClear

Archetype

Estimate · team-archetype@2

Your team

Grassy Terrainfit 80Grassy Terrain: Rillaboom · Grassy Glide and Grassy Seed: Rillaboom and Volcarona

Build toward

Grassy Terrain (Auto) · the team fits (fit 80)

Grassy Terrain for priority Grassy Glide and Grassy Seed boosts

Grassy Terrain 1 of 1 needed: Rillaboom (met)
Grassy Glide and Grassy Seed 2 of 2 needed: Rillaboom, Volcarona (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
Incineroar	neutral	takes 0.5×	takes 2×	neutral	takes 0.5×	takes 0.5×	takes 2×	neutral	takes 2×	neutral	immune	neutral	takes 2×	takes 0.5×	neutral	takes 0.5×	takes 0.5×	neutral
Rillaboom	neutral	takes 2×	takes 0.5×	takes 0.5×	takes 0.5×	takes 2×	neutral	takes 2×	takes 0.5×	takes 2×	neutral	takes 2×	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral
Gholdengo	immune	takes 2×	neutral	neutral	takes 0.5×	takes 0.5×	immune	immune	takes 2×	takes 0.5×	takes 0.5×	takes 0.25×	takes 0.5×	takes 2×	takes 0.5×	takes 2×	takes 0.5×	takes 0.5×
Garchomp-Mega-Z	neutral	takes 0.5×	takes 0.5×	takes 0.5×	takes 0.5×	takes 2×	neutral	neutral	immune	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	takes 2×	neutral	neutral	takes 2×
Raichu	neutral	neutral	neutral	immune	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	takes 2×	takes 0.5×	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	neutral	takes 0.5×	neutral
Volcarona	neutral	neutral	takes 2×	neutral	takes 0.25×	takes 0.5×	takes 0.5×	neutral	neutral	takes 2×	neutral	takes 0.5×	takes 4×	neutral	neutral	neutral	takes 0.5×	takes 0.5×
Weak / resist	0/1	2/2	2/2	0/3	0/5	2/3	1/2	1/1	3/2	2/2	0/2	1/2	2/1	1/1	1/1	1/1	0/4	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

Sneasler

33.0%

29%

—

Fake Out · Unburden

Ground

−1.1

PrimarinaOff-meta

4.3%

—

Fits Grassy Terrain

None

+3.3

Farigiraf

20.9%

14%

—

Fits Grassy Terrain · Trick Room · Blocks priority moves

None

−3.3

SylveonOff-meta

9.2%

12%

—

None

+2.9

Floette-MegaOff-meta

7.3%

12%

—

Mega

None

+2.6

Milotic

11.6%

—

Punishes Intimidate

None

+2.1

Archaludon

18.9%

10%

—

Ground

+0.1

Politoed

10.4%

—

Rain setter · Sets rain

None

+1.8

Arcanine-Hisui

15.0%

17%

—

Ground

−4.1

Basculegion

16.9%

13%

—

Pivot · Immune to Fake Out

None

−3.2

NOR

FIR

WAT

ELE

GRA

ICE

FIG

POI

GRO

FLY

PSY

BUG

ROC

GHO

DRA

DAR

STE

FAI

Incineroar

Rillaboom

Gholdengo

Garchomp-Mega-Z

Raichu

Volcarona

Weak / resist

0/1

2/2

0/3

0/5

2/3

1/2

1/1

3/2

2/2

0/2

1/2

2/1

1/1

0/4

1/2