Lapras VGC2020 RMT

Question

Lapras team without any pokemon from the DLC yay

Alcremie (F) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Aroma Veil
Level: 50
EVs: 28 HP / 252 SpD / 228 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dazzling Gleam
- Mystical Fire
- Protect
- Decorate

Lapras-Gmax @ Light Clay
Ability: Shell Armor
Level: 50
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump
- Protect
- Thunder
- Freeze-Dry

Arcanine @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
EVs: 36 HP / 252 SpD / 220 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Snarl
- Heat Wave
- Protect
- Will-O-Wisp

Dusclops @ Eviolite
Ability: Frisk
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Trick Room
- Pain Split
- Night Shade
- Ally Switch

Dracovish @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Strong Jaw
Level: 50
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Fishious Rend
- Crunch
- Rock Slide
- Psychic Fangs

Clefable @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Unaware
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Follow Me
- Protect
- Helping Hand
- Moonblast

Explanations:
Alcremie: Comfey doesn't exist for me so using decorate instead which(although more risky) is technically better seeing as how it can boost lapras several times. Aroma veil bc im more worried about taunt than spore in the beginning of the game

Lapras: Standard set

Arcanine: Standard intimidate set

Dusclops: Trick room for Lapras

Extinct Fish: Good cleaner, especially in the rain

Clefable: Don't have access to eviolite because of dusclops and can't use amoonguss so clefable it is. Same moveset as clefairy, and unaware for beat up/coalossal teams.

All answers would be greatly appreciated, and even more so if they didn't include pokemon from the DLC

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Answer 1

https://www.trainertower.com/leonardos-top-8-malmo-regional-report/

A similar, older team from earlier this year. Obviously, no Togekiss or Incin, but your team has Clefable and Arcanine instead.

I personally think that it's a little difficult to favorably maneuver Lapras into both Decorate and Trick Room, so I think that Trick Room + Self proccing a Weakness Policy is the way to go. This is pretty simple, just make Lapras min speed and give Dusclops either Brick Break or Rock Tomb over ally switch (Boo!). Brick Break is 100% accurate, but you'll have to be mindful that it will break your own screens if you have already set them. (Revenge is an option as well.) Rock Tomb has a 5% chance to miss but helps against opposing trick rooms since it lowers speed.

I don't see the point if Dracovish as you’ll generally bring Lapras, and the coverage is kind of wasted. It doesn’t add much to your team, so I’d suggest using Conkeldurr like the team report for a late-game Trick Room option. You can either use an assault vest set like from the team report or a guts/flame orb set.

Safety Goggles Unaware Clefable seems very strong and I’ve never thought of it before. Usually you’ll want your nature to boost your most prominent stat because you’ll get more value out of of it, but that’s the only thing I’d change. I'd also give it gravity.

An amazing partner to Clefable is Durant. It’s able to threaten Beat Up/Coalossal with Max Quake, and Clefable can follow me to reduce the threat. Plus, Clefable gets gravity to help Durant after Dynamax.

Arcanine is solid. You can consider another TR setter/ sweeper instead (Hatterene could be interesting, not taunt/spore plus magical leaf for lapras) if you want.

The main modes of this team are Clefable/Durant with Dusclops/conk in the back, Lapras/Dusclops with Conk + 1 in the back (Either Hat or Arcanine), or if you choose Hatterene, Clefable/Hatterene with Dusclops/Conk in the back.

I hope this helps!

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Comments

wow you sure do answer fast
Thanks!

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Happy to help :)
I've also updated the PokePaste, on the original I forgot weakness policy and didn't EV Durant.