August 15, 2026

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TonucopiaBug Catcher

Overview & Strategy

What is the team's main win condition and overall strategy?

Difficult Matchups & Threatening Pokémon

Problematic Pokémon/Cores: (Which opposing Pokémon give you the most trouble?)
Difficult Archetypes: (e.g. Trick Room, Rain Offense, Sun, Hyper Offense, etc.)

Questions for Review

Which EV spreads, moves, or items could be optimized?
Which slot would you consider replacing to improve team coverage?

Testing & Performance History

(Share your recent ladder results or tournament record with this team)

Rate My TeamSkarmory MegaTyranitar MegaSinistchaWhimsicottExcadrillAnnihilape

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Skarmory Mega

Tyranitar Mega

Sinistcha

Whimsicott

Excadrill

Annihilape

Discussion (7 comments)

DraaXAdmin• Aug 15, 11:34 PM

Is a good team. Do you have some problems with any matchup?

TonucopiaBug Catcher• Aug 17, 02:12 PM

Thank you! Finding some trouble with rain teams and sometimes mega blastoise. But not sure if that is a piloting issue. I havent had enough matchups so far with these teams.

DraaXAdmin• Aug 17, 02:53 PM

Against the rain team, you need to win weather with tyranitar, when tyranitar mega evolves, his set weather again. Blastoise is a problem for your team. Aura Sphere is a huge threat for your team. Maybe add a new pokemon with potentially good damage on water types

TonucopiaBug Catcher• Aug 17, 03:31 PM

Initially wanted to run protean Greninja Grass Knot, or Meowscarada. But i wanted the tailwind and light screen on Whimsicott. I guess i could also put tailwind on skarmory. Do you have advice on this?

Another thought I had would be to take out coaching annihilape and just running swords dance Skarmory and Dragon Dance T Tar

DraaXAdmin• Aug 17, 06:36 PM

I prefer to use tailwind with priority, maybe annihilape with sinistcha can be a good offensive choice against blastoise

Sheik Wing31Bug Catcher• Aug 16, 08:54 PM

You can't give the same item, like the Focus Band, to Whimiscott and Excadrill because they're Pokémon that can be hit with Tailwind, and if you use Mega Tyranitar, you have to switch to Whimiscott. There are many other options, such as Milotic and Sableye.

TonucopiaBug Catcher• Aug 17, 02:10 PM(Edited)

Thanks for the advice. it was a mistake on my part but i gave mental herb to Whimsicott. I thought this was a good alternative for starting Tyranitar and Excadrill, for the weather war, to give speed without needing sandstorm from T-Tar and can switch in later to win the weather war. But that might be too much, was also thinking about bringing in Sableye, one of my favs in the current regulation.

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