Team builder

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Team scorebest with 2 side picks

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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.

Side-pick suggestions

Team’s shared weaknessesNone: no attacking type hits two members without enough resists

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
Raichu-Mega-Y	17.6%	30%	—	Mega · Fake Out	None	+25.4
Incineroar	31.0%	43%	—	Intimidate · Fake Out	None	+16.1
Arcanine-Hisui	15.0%	21%	—	—	None	+21.1
Gholdengo	24.5%	37%	—	Immune to Fake Out · Immune to status moves	None	+11.1
Swampert-MegaOff-meta	3.2%	—	—	Mega	None	+28.4
Garchomp-Mega-Z	11.4%	15%	—	Mega · Immune to Ground moves	None	+20.7
Blastoise-MegaOff-meta	2.0%	—	—	Mega	None	+27.8
Archaludon	18.9%	15%	—	—	None	+19.5
Basculegion	16.9%	13%	—	Pivot · Immune to Fake Out	None	+19.0
Dragonite-MegaOff-meta	3.2%	4%	—	Mega · Tailwind	None	+23.1

Best pair: Incineroar + Garchomp-Mega-Z — the highest team score of 25 candidates, paired (team score 72.2, +27.9)

Team checklist

Core only

Filled:Fake OutRillaboom
Missing:TailwindNone — Dragonite-Mega adds it
Missing:Trick RoomNone — Farigiraf adds it
Missing:IntimidateNone — Incineroar adds it
Missing:RedirectionNone — Sinistcha adds it
Filled:PriorityGrassy Glide
Missing:Spread damageNone — Gholdengo adds it
Missing:Mega slotNone — Raichu-Mega-Y adds it
Filled:Item clauseClear
Caution:5 empty slotsUse Recommend Pokémon under each slot

Archetype

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Your team

Goodstuffs: strong Pokémon, no single game plan yet. Pick one below to build toward.

Build toward

Grassy Terrain (Auto)

Grassy Terrain for priority Grassy Glide and Grassy Seed boosts

Grassy Terrain 1 of 1 needed: Rillaboom (met)
Grassy Glide and Grassy Seed 1 of 2 needed: Rillaboom (missing)

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Against the meta

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Estimate · team-score@1

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Defensive coverage

Damage taken from each attacking type · core

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
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
Weak / resist	0/0	1/0	0/1	0/1	0/1	1/0	0/0	1/0	0/1	1/0	0/0	1/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0

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

Raichu-Mega-Y

17.6%

30%

—

Mega · Fake Out

None

+25.4

Incineroar

31.0%

43%

—

Intimidate · Fake Out

None

+16.1

Arcanine-Hisui

15.0%

21%

—

None

+21.1

Gholdengo

24.5%

37%

—

Immune to Fake Out · Immune to status moves

None

+11.1

Swampert-MegaOff-meta

3.2%

—

Mega

None

+28.4

Garchomp-Mega-Z

11.4%

15%

—

Mega · Immune to Ground moves

None

+20.7

Blastoise-MegaOff-meta

2.0%

—

Mega

None

+27.8

Archaludon

18.9%

15%

—

None

+19.5

Basculegion

16.9%

13%

—

Pivot · Immune to Fake Out

None

+19.0

Dragonite-MegaOff-meta

3.2%

—

Mega · Tailwind

None

+23.1

NOR

FIR

WAT

ELE

GRA

ICE

FIG

POI

GRO

FLY

PSY

BUG

ROC

GHO

DRA

DAR

STE

FAI

Rillaboom

Weak / resist

0/0

1/0

0/1

1/0

0/0

1/0

0/1

1/0

0/0

1/0

0/0