Tournament NDWC IV Set & Team Dump Thread

[R8]

Wonderful art by Kolohe
Yes, i just copy pasted the OP from last year - ain't fixing what's not broken
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Here is the NDWC IV Set & Team Dump is here to serve as an opportunity to post whatever anyone has used so far! It's pretty self explanatory, post teams you used or built in NDWC IV here!

Rules

• This is for teams used in, or heavily considered for use, in NDWC IV ONLY.
• A Pokepaste would be preferred in terms of formatting. Sprites would also be a helpful addition.
• Descriptions/stories about the teams are allowed (encouraged, even) but consider using a spoiler tag if they end up being very long.
• These teams may be considered to be used as Sample Teams so no need to post in the bazaar as well.

And that's it! Happy posting, and good luck to the teams in the playoffs!

 

[Oculars]

Ok I cant drop my full dump yet cause playoffs but here's some teams of mine other people have used this tour (might be more but im forgetting, if u loaded my shiest during regular season pm me and ill add it to this list)
Power Herb Archaludon Screens (Reverse Shamone)

Used by Elfuseon vs seth - replay
Solid team Elfuseon pilotted well and did what he was supposed to breaking early with luna and arch and maximizing his offensive output while screens were up to secure a nice Iron Boulder wincon, sadly lost to some big seth hax getting crit through screens with his +4 boulder
Mobamba Screens

Used by Slikkles vs Dahness - replay
Allegedly "the most heat team known to mankind" I passed this to France through ARTYMASION i believe, this replay showcases how insane pecharunt is against fatter builds where it can spam its stabs while healing off any damage, our main man Mobamba also showed off its incredible bulk taking only 24% from a ferrothorn body press (would have been 12% if screens were up) and getting to +4 to 1v1 a corviknight after chipping the ferrothorn, overall also having a significant impact on the game and securing the team a win

Will post a big dump after playoffs with all the teams I used and built

 

[Nashrock]

I thought I'd build a lot for the tour but didn't actually do that.
https://pokepast.es/1b47e166e6fd097f
super boring solid 6 I loaded for waterpon suspect.
https://pokepast.es/c567207ea7d8cc90
basically the same thing that I gave yon at w1
https://pokepast.es/e7aa028af6c0dc10
changed heavy slam on zama to crunch after my game
https://pokepast.es/e5997db6aa9dfaf1
i felt dark spam could work since if you manage to exploit zama as many people's major dark resist. the team should work out with anyone of normal luck LOL
https://pokepast.es/dab70f02e6bacb2c
over probably better.
2 teams weren't used:
https://pokepast.es/b0872b3d20e03e72 specs val + pursuit sounds cool but i didn't like it in testing
https://pokepast.es/0f061f275f585e1d slow fat rbolt + ursaluna to cteam opponent's balance

 

[Test Bots]

I was a helper for China and worked with xqiht to build some teams. Note that these are Doubles team.

Week 1:

(Banned Mence Goodstuffs | my version / xqiht version)

Notes

There are a couple differences between xqiht's version and mine, but they're all due to personal preferences. Full Def on Zama immediately makes it stronger while investment on HP helps it take account of special attacks. AV Volcanion was a popular set before Gross dominated the metagame; Firium Z is fine, but having Will-o-wisp > Earth Power is the trend now. Tera Flying on Kingambit is for defensively purposes while Tera Dark is for more offensive purposes. EVs on Flutter Mane and Rillaboom is different as well.

It is now usable due to the ban of Zamazenta.

Week 2:

(Kang Semi-Room | my version / xqiht version)

Notes

This time around, not much changes between xqiht version and mine. One notable change was that xqiht's version of Firepon was bulkier; since it uses Follow Me, that was a correct change. The idea behind the team was that Kang and Rachi support Zygarde while it setups. I also wanted Fini to be an offensive force under Trick Room in case xqiht faced against a Tailwind team. Pao is just a fast mon that usually has no concerns for speed control.

Week 3:

(Banned Gross Team #1 | my version / xqiht version)

Notes

In my version, I had Incineroar > Flutter Mane so that I can give even more support for Zygarde, but xqiht made the change because my team was too dependent on physical attackers. I agreed with him. xqiht's waterpon was probably bulkier as well which would've been a correct change since the waterpon is in a supportive role. I don't have xqiht's version of the team but I can make a wild guess that he used the flutter mane set from here. The team is no longer usable because Gross is now banned.

Week 4:

(Banned Gross Team #2 | my version / xqiht version)

Notes

I made my version of the team in a haste, so I told xqiht to make it optimal. Most notably, xqiht decided to use Raging Bolt > Kyurem-B, and the change worked in xqiht's favor. One of the primary concerns was that Zama and Zygarde were setting up left and right, so we wanted to prevent that from happening. The resulting team had three ways of preventing setups: Marshadow's Spectral Thief, Bolt's Dragon Tail and Fini's Haze.

Week 5:
I didn't contribute for Week 5. The playoffs teams were basically set in stone.

xqiht is a GOAT player; his skills are just phenomenal. I learned a couple things from him, and I think we had a lot of fun.

 

[Daepiquejt]

UK Natdex doubles team dump
Week 1, Vs voltix
https://pokepast.es/35c99e31a4feab84
Week 2, Vs astro nation shoe
https://pokepast.es/81fdac8e668e096c (ask EatFoods for what the spreads do)
Week 3, Vs john1240
https://pokepast.es/ff20e7aaa8f6387f
Week 4, Vs chainlessjoe
https://pokepast.es/cb4cb6cea44188af
Week 5, Vs glimmer
https://pokepast.es/8690bca604c410c6

Extra team that we never got around to using:
https://pokepast.es/ad9bdee9ac5d99f3

Legal teams as of 9/5/24: all except extra team, week 2 and week 3

All of these are also available on my team bazaar post with some explanations

 

[ChrisPBacon]

https://pokepast.es/5621c0abad93a7ef
https://pokepast.es/4b86df0231bc3743

https://pokepast.es/0e1fafec1385cf8b
https://pokepast.es/585aa81a1bac6a34
https://pokepast.es/94b7060259479255
https://pokepast.es/d2ee8ba8a113ffb5
https://pokepast.es/c06c78f85294405f

 

[sealoo]

built quite a few teams in this barren wasteland we call sv natdex. here are my favorites






s/o pdt











Meta isnt awful but building with pon/zama in the tier feels pretty linear. I'd assume we'll be playing functionally the same meta by the time NDPL rolls around. Pack your toxapex, slowbros, and gkings fellas

 

[hidin]

Things have went South for US South, so here's everything that I've liked and built for this tour.
(W) = My wins
(WS) = Other wins people had with these teams
I'm sure there's more (WS) but I can't really track them down well

Offense


(W)



(WS)
(W)






Balance




(WS) (WS)

(W) (WS)




Fat



tl;dr Fat is bleh, Offense is really good at the moment and I'd capitalize on what it has to offer, Balance is still solid, Ogerpon should've been banned but now we pray for a Zamazenta ban. Building in general is fine to me but I feel like the in-game play of things should be thought about more these days. Glad I could redeem myself with an undefeated record compared to last year (:dread:), thank you sealoo and Sulo for letting me venture on my redemption arc and the rest of US South for being excellent teammates. See y'all next year hopefully