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I can’t figure out how to beat stall teams. Most games I play against them they toxic most of my team and then just stall out the game and I lose to toxic if I stay in or hazards if I switch. I’m primarily looking for strategy advise but if there is a specific move or Pokemon that hard counters stall teams I’m interesting in that too.

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Basically you need a strong breaking core, which is a teambuilding issue firstly and a gameplay issue as well. If you let that breaking core get statused/chipped early, it's over. So you have to be patient and use pivoting moves, double switches, etc to get your breakers in more safely. If you do a good job timing your chances long term, then you'll win often. Also, some archetypes like hazard stack and double Regenerator are strong against stall.
Protecting your breakers is largely within your control, which is stall's biggest weakness. Low/mid ladders often don't see the bigger picture and just tilt when they see a fat team.
If you’re playing Pokemon Champions, what I’ve found works well in the current meta is going strong with buffs / debuffs when you don’t have any other options, and if you really feel stuck, utilise moves like Shadow Ball, Psychic, etc, in hopes of getting a Sp.Def drop

Toxapex with 32 stat points in DEF has roughly the same defense as the ever-so-frail Mega Lucario (with zero DEF investment) after 2 DEF stat drops
moves like future sight, cc, wave crash and electro shot that hit hard would be good, many of the currently commonly used mons are pretty good wallbreakers, like archaludon (in rain), basculegion (preferably in rain), mega charizard y, garchomp, mega floette, mega starapter and sneasler.
I recently played a stall team using an Archaludon, and its immunity to poison plus Electro Shot setup was very hard for them to handle

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Stall teams in 6v6 singles generally work by switching in a Pokemon that walls your Pokemon, forcing you to switch, and taking that opportunity to use moves that give themselves a further advantage (usually hazards, hazard control, status, or knock off). If you want to defeat them, you need to prevent this from happening, and the easiest way to do that is with pivoting moves. Pivoting moves let you switch immediately after they switch, instead of waiting for the next turn, so your Pokemon still checks theirs and they're never able to safely do anything.

National Pokedex teams often run 3 offensive Pokemon that you can use as wallbreakers, and 3 defensive pivots to bring them in safely. Good defensive pivots include Galarian Slowking, Zapdos, Alomomola, and Pecharunt. You can also put pivot moves on more offensive Pokemon, like therian Landorus or wellspring Ogerpon, to force 50/50s.

Another thing you can do is look for vulnerabilities in the opponent's team. If they rely too much on one Pokemon to wall one of your Pokemon, you can try to set up some hazards and then lure in that one Pokemon as often as possible. Stall teams usually have a difficult time recovering if they lose just one of their 6 Pokemon.
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