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That's not true though when Lando-T won't be seen at all during the League most likely. Actual threats you'd see to Volcarona I could imagine are Rock Polishers, Shell Smashers, and other Scarfers with Rock Slide. Nothing is as fast unboosted as the Scarf Lando-T in the monos that Volc would be able to outplay I don't think. Closest you'd get to Lando-T speed tier and relevancy-wise is likely a Scarf Primeape or Haxorus or Salamence with Rock Slide. What I'm saying is take each Leader at a time instead of slapping on an irrelevant EV set.

You're not going to be facing Lando-T, only the Champion gets ONE legendary and I don't see it being Lando-T when the Ubers are accessible. Even in that case, EV spreads are changeable between leaders, so researching speed tiers and damage calcs within the monotypes as opposed to tiers would make more sense. Same with AV Serp, but I'm not too big a fan of AV Serp in general tbh. Absolutely agree with the Scizor pick-up and LO Drag being counter-intuitive though. I'd also maybe consider Heat Wave > Fiery Dance for the spread, but that +1 chance is nice too.

You'd have 3 Fairy resists in Volcarona, Doublade and Skarmory. Volcarona resists Fighting, Doublade is immune and Skarmory basically deals with most Fighting types too. In this state, your team has nothing to worry about in terms of Fairy/Fighting is what I'm saying. My biggest concern is you have nothing to switch into Talonflame with. Krook is your only check after the SD and that's after lots of defensive EV investment. If you feel like you can outplay it then go for it because I'm not quite sure what to stick in to deal with it. General go-to's for me are Rotom-W, Rotom-H or Tyranitar, but I don't think they fit on your team very well. I'd maybe say replace the Krook with the T-tar, but I'm not sure whether you'd be a fan of that considering how common he is. You might want to consider Rock Slide>Stone Edge for the spread flinch chance, but Stone Edge is fine with a team like this I feel. Heat Wave > Flamethrower on Volcarona again for the spread though (plus it does more damage). I think you really need to be careful of Rock Sliders even with that Krookodile Intimidate around when you're running a Volcarona and a Togekiss together. Triples Discharge spam.tp also worries me. If you're looking for a bulky redirecter I think Rage Powder Amoonguss would suit this team more typing-wise. You do miss out on the Paraflinch but you get access to Spore instead. I think you could possibly think about Scizor > Skarmory. Both get access to similar coverage, and Tailwind and Defog if you really want it but Scizor provides you with priority which your team is lacking right now. Scizor is definitely going to have an easier time sweeping than that SD Skarm too. Aegislash is usable in League, not sure why you're running Doublade over it. If you do plan on running Scizor though, I'd maybe think about replacing this. The only thing you're missing out on is Ghost coverage (which your Dark type and possibly Knock Off on Scizor deals with anyways) and Fighting coverage. Aegislash and Doublade do give you access to Wide Guard, but it doesn't look like you're taking advantage of it. tl;dr what I'd think about doing with this team Heat Wave > Flamethrower on Volcarona Replace Krook with T-tar to deal with Talonflame more effectively Maybe Rock Slide > Stone Edge but it's whatever Maybe replace Togekiss with Amoonguss, but I think Togekiss has its merits in this team too Replace Skarm with Scizor Replace Doublade with Aegislash unless you're running Scizor, then maybe put something else here entirely. Aegi/Doublade do give access to Wide Guard though which is nice. ----------------------------------------- @Generalguy64 If you're talking to me then I don't really have any suggestions besides replacing Umbreon and Forretress with more useful stuff with more type coverage. I don't think those two have enough going for them in a team like yours where you'll likely be seeing more Doubles/Triples especially when Gardevoir and Delphox have coverage overlap.

@Generalguy64 Since you like the team so much I'm just going to give you some concerns I'd have with a team like this. I feel like half of this team is a bit too Singles-stall based for optimal use in League. I don't think you'll see too many Singles matches with a team like this and battles don't last long enough in Triples for Wish to really do much (along with Forretress). 0 priority is another thing, but that's not important at all in a team like this. Lots of overlap in coverage as well is another concern, but it's less important if you want to chip away at them. Chipping away at a team isn't effective in Triples though, and that's my biggest issue with running this in League. If you're adamant on running this team, I'd at least replace Fire Blast on Delphox with Heat Wave for the spread in Doubles/Triples. @KingKlay You're not going to get any farther than the Fire Leader with a team like that; Drought Heat Wave spam rips right through your team and you have 0 things to deal with it outside of the Garchomp (who still likely won't live through it). Your team is also incredibly slow outside of Garchomp. Loving how much coverage you have in this team. Concerns I can see is you have 0 priority on a team with middling speed and you have no disruption. I really think Icy Wind would be great on Vaporeon to help with speed control. Extremespeed is also an option on Arcanine if you want to take it maybe; I don't think it's all that necessary though. Dragonite does get Tailwind if you want to go down that route, but he's your sweeper so I wouldn't recommend it. I'm not sure where you got the idea that Gyro Ball might be a problem, TR is the real threat I think. Taunt on Gardevoir is a possible option for taking down TR if you want to try that, but I think that's eh. I'd normally say Spread > Single target stuff for League but that -1 SpA on Moonblast could really help. It could also backfire, but I don't think Defiant/Competitive/Contrary have good enough distribution for you to worry about it. On the other hand you're lacking spread outside of EQ, so I really think either way has its merits. I feel like Forretress does less for the team than everybody else but I couldn't recommend anything to replace it tbh. I think Excadrill maybe could work for that Rock Slide spread, but then you miss out on that Volt Switch momentum in Singles and Dragonite's EQ hits it hard as well. Less bulky is another thing too.

Basically agree with all of the above. I'd get rid of Ice Punch on Snorlax at least and run Fire Punch or EQ instead. You'll be using it for Thick Fat most likely and Fire Punch hits the Ice types, whilst EQ hits the Fires (and they both hit Steel-types too so that's great). Tailwind + TR on the same team looks counterintuitive tbh. If you're adamant on running this team of pokes then I'd recommend TR; Tailwind only really benefits Garchomp and maybe Clefable (but like DD said, Clefable won't do much of anything in Triples). If it was me, I'd replace Clefable with Sylveon, either replace Tailwind with Taunt or SD, and get rid of Eelektross. I'm not sure what I'd stick in instead, but it looks kinda deadweight right now if it's just going to be what I presume is AV. I'm not a fan of Discharge Jolteon hurting both of your set-up sweepers. I can appreciate the Para chance, but I don't think it's worth it when you're running T-wave on Pory2. I'd possibly say replace it with a Rotom-H for the Fire coverage and it doesn't get hit by your Donphan's EQ either. Another thing that stands out to me is the lack of priority too, not sure how much importance you want to place on that but Tailwind or TR could definitely ruin your day though. I think you could have trouble vs Fighting Triples too, I'm not sure how you'd deal with them outside of the usual dragspam, but then you're also kinda slow, Mach Punch ruins Hydreigon's Tailwind, Fake Out ruins Dragonite's Multiscale and Fighting have all the coverage they need to deal with you. Maybe run all them damage-reducing berries for that match. @Grizzlybrand I think you might have a bit of difficulty in Doubles/Triples, but team looks fine tbh. Water is definitely going to be trouble if they go Triples on you and maybe Fighting Triples too. Careful of that EQ on Magnezone is all I can say really. Not sure why you'd run Facade on your Talonflame though. @Odybld Looks hella strong. I think Endure could work, but I think I'd probably run something else there. Stealth Rocks or Fire Blast or Aqua Tail or Poison Jab/Iron Head, something along those lines. Crawdaunt could be Azumarill if you want to go that route, but it's whatever. Lum Berry is a thing, the only place you'll find Willo spam would likely be Singles Ghost/Fire. I doubt Fire would play Singles, Ghost Singles I think he can manage with his team. You should probably ignore the abilities on this, he's played enough to know he can change them up. Sap Sipper'll probably only be used for Grass and I'm guessing he's only ever going to be Mold Breaker for annoying Rotom.

Are we passing over exactly the same sets (EVs, moves, items, abilities) or just the Pokemon in name or a combination? EDIT: What about those double typings that would nullify a weakness and make it become neutral? Are those still usable if that specific would-be weakness is in a typing triangle?

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I like the idea behind Kindred lore-wise, but I'm not so hyped for a jungle ADC tbh. I don't see him having much impact until late-game unless Wolf's passive has huge numbers on it or their clear speed is insane but yeh, being squish early is begging for hard invade.

Miles ahead of Korea post-all of Samsung leaving for money in China yep. I reckon SKT have a closer to maybe 65% chance of winning Worlds this year than the 100% of S3 and like 85% of White (and only really because of Blue I feel) in S4. Sure, I pulled that number out of my ass, but hell, they're my guesses, there's really not much data to go on when the regions are pretty segregated. I haven't really been paying attention to much LCK either, but standings speak for themselves. SKT is absolutely top of Korea right now, not arguing there, but all of the people who stopped him from qualifying for Worlds last season are in China and Mata, Looper, Spirit and Dade didn't even manage to make it this far. I'd mention Dandy but he's playing a different role now so meh. It's absolutely a possibility that SKT win another one, but EDG have proven they can win Bo5 vs them despite what I would've thought with having two clashing languages (which is what every Chinese team who has qualified for Worlds are dealing with) and they also only got the second seed in China. I'm not sure how much that means when comparing them to LGD though. Fair enough, SKT probably won't make the same mistakes they did at MSI vs EDG, but they haven't been challenged for a whole split in Korea and that's not going to be the case at Worlds this year I reckon and there's bound to be new mistakes popping up when nobody but China has played on anything similar to this patch on a competitive stage. We'll see what happens when we get there though and it'll definitely be exciting

Better 3 Chinese teams and 2 Koreans than just the 1 Korean team winning everything effortlessly. That's probably the most likely case, but I don't think the regions are so clearcut defined this year as compared to S3 and S4 when Korean talent exodus. EU basically has a completely new status quo this season as well.

Since when has NA ever looked strong :Kappa: Real talk though, I reckon this year is going to be the most competitive Worlds since S2. There are finals contenders from every major region (except NA hue).

http://pickem.euw.lolesports.com/en-GB#series/2/user/457793/my-picks/group fite me NA wildcards Honestly, I feel like Group B is going to be really close between AHQ, Fnatic and iG. In a bo5 Fnatic would probably win vs iG, but in groups maybe not. AHQ same deal. I reckon Flash Wolves and Pain are both better than CLG in bo5, but afaik groups isn't bo5 so I'm not really sure how it'll end up. KOO is a pretty shaky favourite in this group imo too. I'm going to be surprised if we see more than 1 team from EU or NA out of groups at the least.

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