Preface: There were a lot of submissions for samples, so unless you submitted something that took only a few small edits we had made teams we wanted to use as samples instead. I will not be including descriptions in the DLC 1 samples, as they will soon be outdated with the release of DLC 2. We appreciate everyone's willingness to contribute and thoroughly looked through all the posts!
Fairy
These five are standard on Fairy teams and pretty much every Fairy team has them. Recently, Monotype players have started to drop Play Rough on Azumarill for Substitute to dodge status, because Hatterene beats everything that Play Rough hits. Overall everything else is fairly normal. Grimmsnarl is an impressive physical setup Pokemon that can overwhelm teams with its setup alongside its teammates and Galarian Weezing largely helped in the mirror matchup as well as against types like Normal. That is why we decided to go with two sample teams for the type!
Fairy teams-
ft Grimmsnarl: https://pokepast.es/83bbcbb7bdfe0815
ft Galarian Weezing: https://pokepast.es/7e9011a054cc1ff9
Normal
We decided to go on a different route for the Normal team. Since this was posted a few things about Normal have changed resulting in more success for the type. Braviary running a Defog Boots support set allows it to much better support the team, Indeedee isn't that impressive and teams would much rather have something like Heliolisk to take on Water teams with Keldeo, which are very present in the metagame, and finally, we decided Porygon2 is not that great and Bewear fits better on Normal teams being able to take on Pokemon such as Dracovish for the team as well as take on Steel teams much better.
Standard Normal: https://pokepast.es/81139313b248f872
Fire
We decided to go with the team Harpp provided and tweaked it a bit. First off we made Cinderace into Bulk Up over U-turn, this allows it to better breakthrough types such as Normal and Dark. On Volcarona, since Fire Blast already mops through Psychic teams and Cinderace can take care of Tyranitar with High Jump Kick, we slashed Roost over Bug Buzz. This gives Volcarona more chances to set up in a variety of matchups. I also took the liberty of slashing Defog after Substitute on Rotom-H due to its role compression and changed Thunderbolt to Discharge due to its chance to paralyze.
Fire Team: https://pokepast.es/0dd074f34abdb44f
Dark
We went with this Dark team because we felt support around Bulk Up Urshifu was the most widely viable version of Dark at the moment. Grimmsnarl sets screens so Bisharp and Urshifu-S can setup easier, Hydreigon acts as a revenge kill, and Mandibuzz + Tyranitar is the defensive glue of the team, alongside the hazard core.
Dark Team: https://pokepast.es/ddbbaa92ece47134
Psychic
We again slightly tweaked something Harpp made for this sample team. We changed Slowbro into Heavy-Duty Boots, this is largely better than Leftovers for a Teleport pivot thanks to its ability to allow Slowbro to dodge hazards, especially Toxic Spikes. We changed the Hatterene set into Relaxed, allowing it to be even slower under Trick Room. Then we decided to get rid of Gardevoir cause its quite frankly just bad. The team felt very weak to Steel-type Pokemon and Chansey, so we made the Mew into Nasty Plot with Fire Blast + Psyshock. This somewhat alleviates both problems and can better take advantage of Slowbro's Teleport support.
Psychic Team: https://pokepast.es/0bcd0851febe6e14
Steel
We decided to go with this variation of offense for one of the reasons being, Cobalion's speed tier allows it to outpace many threats to Steel teams with a Choice Scarf such as +1 Volcarona, Choice Scarf Charizard, and Urshifu. This team also takes advantage of pivoting moves allowing it to readily bring in wallbreakers like Duraludon and setup sweepers such as Aegislash. While this team is offensive by nature, due to the abilities and typings of the Pokemon they can together take on a pretty large chunk of the metagame. This team was made by Decem.
Steel team: https://pokepast.es/886331394e58ccdb
Electric
We decided to use Harpp's submission as a base for the sample, however we wanted to give both Rotom-H and Rotom-C a sample. Both teams have the same sets aside from the fact of what Rotom will hit, whether it is Steel- and Ice- or Ground- and Water-type Pokemon. We also edited the Pincurchin and Alolan Raichu sets to better work together and support the team.
Electric teams-
ft Rotom Mow: https://pokepast.es/db61578d9c93c213
ft Rotom Heat: https://pokepast.es/b0572d27c2707d48
Poison
These five are fairly standard on Poison, Amoonguss, Galarian Weezing, and Toxapex form the defensive core. Salazzle can make matchups such as Water and Poison much easier, same as Steel. Skunktank is put there for a Psychic immunity as well as being able to revenge kill Alolan Raichu with Sucker Punch. We wanted to feature a sample with Scolipede and Gengar, the teams are virtually the same bar those two Pokemon.
Poison teams-
ft Gengar: https://pokepast.es/929cc6ba4fcf8fbe
ft Scolipede: https://pokepast.es/663afc87c8de1d06
Rock
We used Namranan's HO Rock team as a base, we replaced Lunatone with Coalossal, due to it being able to remove hazards as well as make the team entirely better against Steel teams. We also changed Rhyperior to the standard SD set, as well as making Lycanroc Swords Dance as it can better take advantage of its coverage while not being choice-locked.
Rock team: https://pokepast.es/5efd11ba575efbd8
Grass
We decided that the type deserved two archetypes, one balanced and one being Hyper Offensive Sun. For the Balanced we worked off of Harpp's submission.
We nearly used what Harpp had, the real only thing I did was make hazards less of a problem. This is because I gave Rotom-M Defog instead of Leaf Storm, the reason being that Rillaboom and Celebi thrash anything that Leaf Storm hit, while giving a team with no Heavy-Duty Boots a way to remove hazards, especially Sticky Webs and Toxic Spikes.
Shoutouts to ErPeris, I built this sun which is relatively standard in a tutoring session. The same reasoning in running no Grass STAB on Rotom-H was put into this team. Overall, Ferrothorn is there to spam hazards and Gyro Ball. Whimsicott has Encore to stop Pokemon like Volcarona from running rampant, Sunny Day to support the Sunny Day sweepers, and Memento or U-turn to bring them in safely.
Grass teams-
Balanced: https://pokepast.es/11bab861f9862f93
Sun HO: https://pokepast.es/aabbb401ba38b961
Ghost
I decided to update the Ghost team, as Dragon Dance Dragapult is starting to take over the tier and Ghost has many, many tools to help support its sweep. This is another team ErPeris took a hand in building. Jellicent is there to take on Pokemon like Keldeo and Dracovish, as well as spreading Will-O-Wisp, further giving opportunities for Dragapult and Mimikyu to setup. Corsola sets Stealth Rock, spreads burns, and can give Dragapult free turns to setup thanks to its ability Cursed Body. Mimikyu and Gengar can take care of Dark and Steel-type Pokemon for the team such as Tyranitar, Mandibuzz, Bisharp, and Ferrothorn. Gengar can also break past Pokemon like Corviknight allowing Dragapult to sweep. This team overall is what I believe a solid Ghost should look like.
Ghost team: https://pokepast.es/384d65ee0e264853
Water
We decided to go with a balanced Water team as the first sample would be best and felt that this variation best fit the current metagame.
Water team: https://pokepast.es/298a10619a0906a7
Overall, I will add these to the sample teams very soon. After that, I will once again look at the sample teams we have, remove more outdated samples, and ask again for different archetypes and teams I want to be represented in samples. I also want to give a huge thanks to Decem for helping me update this time, as I will be updating the samples by myself from now on. Thanks again everyone for contributing!
Fairy
These five are standard on Fairy teams and pretty much every Fairy team has them. Recently, Monotype players have started to drop Play Rough on Azumarill for Substitute to dodge status, because Hatterene beats everything that Play Rough hits. Overall everything else is fairly normal. Grimmsnarl is an impressive physical setup Pokemon that can overwhelm teams with its setup alongside its teammates and Galarian Weezing largely helped in the mirror matchup as well as against types like Normal. That is why we decided to go with two sample teams for the type!
Fairy teams-
ft Grimmsnarl: https://pokepast.es/83bbcbb7bdfe0815
ft Galarian Weezing: https://pokepast.es/7e9011a054cc1ff9
Normal
We decided to go on a different route for the Normal team. Since this was posted a few things about Normal have changed resulting in more success for the type. Braviary running a Defog Boots support set allows it to much better support the team, Indeedee isn't that impressive and teams would much rather have something like Heliolisk to take on Water teams with Keldeo, which are very present in the metagame, and finally, we decided Porygon2 is not that great and Bewear fits better on Normal teams being able to take on Pokemon such as Dracovish for the team as well as take on Steel teams much better.
Standard Normal: https://pokepast.es/81139313b248f872
Fire
We decided to go with the team Harpp provided and tweaked it a bit. First off we made Cinderace into Bulk Up over U-turn, this allows it to better breakthrough types such as Normal and Dark. On Volcarona, since Fire Blast already mops through Psychic teams and Cinderace can take care of Tyranitar with High Jump Kick, we slashed Roost over Bug Buzz. This gives Volcarona more chances to set up in a variety of matchups. I also took the liberty of slashing Defog after Substitute on Rotom-H due to its role compression and changed Thunderbolt to Discharge due to its chance to paralyze.
Fire Team: https://pokepast.es/0dd074f34abdb44f
Dark
We went with this Dark team because we felt support around Bulk Up Urshifu was the most widely viable version of Dark at the moment. Grimmsnarl sets screens so Bisharp and Urshifu-S can setup easier, Hydreigon acts as a revenge kill, and Mandibuzz + Tyranitar is the defensive glue of the team, alongside the hazard core.
Dark Team: https://pokepast.es/ddbbaa92ece47134
Psychic
We again slightly tweaked something Harpp made for this sample team. We changed Slowbro into Heavy-Duty Boots, this is largely better than Leftovers for a Teleport pivot thanks to its ability to allow Slowbro to dodge hazards, especially Toxic Spikes. We changed the Hatterene set into Relaxed, allowing it to be even slower under Trick Room. Then we decided to get rid of Gardevoir cause its quite frankly just bad. The team felt very weak to Steel-type Pokemon and Chansey, so we made the Mew into Nasty Plot with Fire Blast + Psyshock. This somewhat alleviates both problems and can better take advantage of Slowbro's Teleport support.
Psychic Team: https://pokepast.es/0bcd0851febe6e14
Steel
We decided to go with this variation of offense for one of the reasons being, Cobalion's speed tier allows it to outpace many threats to Steel teams with a Choice Scarf such as +1 Volcarona, Choice Scarf Charizard, and Urshifu. This team also takes advantage of pivoting moves allowing it to readily bring in wallbreakers like Duraludon and setup sweepers such as Aegislash. While this team is offensive by nature, due to the abilities and typings of the Pokemon they can together take on a pretty large chunk of the metagame. This team was made by Decem.
Steel team: https://pokepast.es/886331394e58ccdb
Electric
We decided to use Harpp's submission as a base for the sample, however we wanted to give both Rotom-H and Rotom-C a sample. Both teams have the same sets aside from the fact of what Rotom will hit, whether it is Steel- and Ice- or Ground- and Water-type Pokemon. We also edited the Pincurchin and Alolan Raichu sets to better work together and support the team.
Electric teams-
ft Rotom Mow: https://pokepast.es/db61578d9c93c213
ft Rotom Heat: https://pokepast.es/b0572d27c2707d48
Poison
These five are fairly standard on Poison, Amoonguss, Galarian Weezing, and Toxapex form the defensive core. Salazzle can make matchups such as Water and Poison much easier, same as Steel. Skunktank is put there for a Psychic immunity as well as being able to revenge kill Alolan Raichu with Sucker Punch. We wanted to feature a sample with Scolipede and Gengar, the teams are virtually the same bar those two Pokemon.
Poison teams-
ft Gengar: https://pokepast.es/929cc6ba4fcf8fbe
ft Scolipede: https://pokepast.es/663afc87c8de1d06
Rock
We used Namranan's HO Rock team as a base, we replaced Lunatone with Coalossal, due to it being able to remove hazards as well as make the team entirely better against Steel teams. We also changed Rhyperior to the standard SD set, as well as making Lycanroc Swords Dance as it can better take advantage of its coverage while not being choice-locked.
Rock team: https://pokepast.es/5efd11ba575efbd8
Grass
We decided that the type deserved two archetypes, one balanced and one being Hyper Offensive Sun. For the Balanced we worked off of Harpp's submission.
We nearly used what Harpp had, the real only thing I did was make hazards less of a problem. This is because I gave Rotom-M Defog instead of Leaf Storm, the reason being that Rillaboom and Celebi thrash anything that Leaf Storm hit, while giving a team with no Heavy-Duty Boots a way to remove hazards, especially Sticky Webs and Toxic Spikes.
Shoutouts to ErPeris, I built this sun which is relatively standard in a tutoring session. The same reasoning in running no Grass STAB on Rotom-H was put into this team. Overall, Ferrothorn is there to spam hazards and Gyro Ball. Whimsicott has Encore to stop Pokemon like Volcarona from running rampant, Sunny Day to support the Sunny Day sweepers, and Memento or U-turn to bring them in safely.
Grass teams-
Balanced: https://pokepast.es/11bab861f9862f93
Sun HO: https://pokepast.es/aabbb401ba38b961
Ghost
I decided to update the Ghost team, as Dragon Dance Dragapult is starting to take over the tier and Ghost has many, many tools to help support its sweep. This is another team ErPeris took a hand in building. Jellicent is there to take on Pokemon like Keldeo and Dracovish, as well as spreading Will-O-Wisp, further giving opportunities for Dragapult and Mimikyu to setup. Corsola sets Stealth Rock, spreads burns, and can give Dragapult free turns to setup thanks to its ability Cursed Body. Mimikyu and Gengar can take care of Dark and Steel-type Pokemon for the team such as Tyranitar, Mandibuzz, Bisharp, and Ferrothorn. Gengar can also break past Pokemon like Corviknight allowing Dragapult to sweep. This team overall is what I believe a solid Ghost should look like.
Ghost team: https://pokepast.es/384d65ee0e264853
Water
We decided to go with a balanced Water team as the first sample would be best and felt that this variation best fit the current metagame.
Water team: https://pokepast.es/298a10619a0906a7
Overall, I will add these to the sample teams very soon. After that, I will once again look at the sample teams we have, remove more outdated samples, and ask again for different archetypes and teams I want to be represented in samples. I also want to give a huge thanks to Decem for helping me update this time, as I will be updating the samples by myself from now on. Thanks again everyone for contributing!
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