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Arian Herter's Nice Regional 2027 Top 32 Team

Arian Herter · Nice Regional 2027 · 17th · 2026-10-18

All teams

BasculegionGengar (Mega)IncineroarGarchomp (Mega Z)VolcaronaRillaboom
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How the team plays

Gengar (Mega) is the team's special attacker: Modest with Sludge Bomb and Shadow Ball behind Protect, at 209 Special Attack. It also runs Garchomp (Mega Z) as an alternative Mega: only one can Mega Evolve per battle.

Rillaboom's Grassy Terrain is used for reducing Earthquake and Bulldoze damage and activating Volcarona's Grassy Seed for +1 Defense.

Incineroar works as a pivot next to Gengar (Mega): Intimidate lowers both foes' Attack; Parting Shot lets it switch out without losing the turn.

Incineroar and Rillaboom provide Fake Out and Rillaboom hits with priority through Grassy Glide: that is how it gets the free turn without spending a setup move.

Garchomp (Mega Z) is the fastest at 188 Speed, followed by Gengar (Mega) at 150. It runs no speed control: it relies on hitting hard before the opponent moves.

Volcarona is the spread attacker: Heat Wave hits both foes at once.

The Rock, Flying and Ground weaknesses are unresolved: Volcarona takes 4× from Rock, no member resists Flying and 2 of the six are weak to Ground.

The spreads are the generic 32/32 ones and have not been tuned to specific benchmarks.

Team by Arian Herter, who took it to Nice Regional 2027 (17th).

The six Pokémon

Basculegion

WaterGhost
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Adaptability
Nature
Jolly
Points
—
  • Wave Crash
  • Last Respects
  • Soak
  • Flip Turn

Gengar (Mega)

GhostPoison
Item
Gengarite
Ability
Cursed Body
Nature
Modest
Points
—
  • Protect
  • Sludge Bomb
  • Shadow Ball
  • Perish Song

Incineroar

FireDark
Item
Sitrus Berry
Ability
Intimidate
Nature
Sassy
Points
—
  • Protect
  • Fake Out
  • Parting Shot
  • Flare Blitz

Garchomp (Mega Z)

Dragon
Item
Garchompite Z
Ability
Rough Skin
Nature
Timid
Points
—
  • Protect
  • Earth Power
  • Draco Meteor
  • Power Gem

Volcarona

BugFire
Item
Grassy Seed
Ability
Flame Body
Nature
Modest
Points
—
  • Protect
  • Quiver Dance
  • Heat Wave
  • Giga Drain

Rillaboom

Grass
Item
Miracle Seed
Ability
Grassy Surge
Nature
Adamant
Points
—
  • Protect
  • Fake Out
  • Grassy Glide
  • Wood Hammer

How much each type hits

What each attacking type does to each member based on its types (abilities and items don't count). Weak and resist count how many take it badly or well.

TypeBasculegionGengar (Mega)IncineroarGarchomp (Mega Z)VolcaronaRillaboomWeakResistNet
Normal0×0×1×1×1×1×02+2
Fire0.5×1×0.5×0.5×1×2×13+2
Water0.5×1×2×0.5×2×0.5×23+1
Grass2×0.5×0.5×0.5×0.25×0.5×15+4
Electric2×1×1×0.5×1×0.5×12+1
Ice0.5×1×0.5×2×0.5×2×23+1
Fighting0×0×2×1×0.5×1×13+2
Poison0.5×0.25×1×1×1×2×12+1
Ground1×2×2×1×1×0.5×21-1
Flying1×1×1×1×2×2×20-2
Psychic1×2×0×1×1×1×110
Bug0.5×0.5×1×1×0.5×2×13+2
Rock1×1×2×1×4×1×20-2
Ghost2×2×0.5×1×1×1×21-1
Dragon1×1×1×2×1×1×10-1
Dark2×2×0.5×1×1×1×21-1
Steel0.5×1×0.5×1×0.5×1×03+3
Fairy1×0.5×1×2×0.5×1×12+1

Speed order

Each member's Speed at level 50 with its points and nature. Switch tabs to see how Tailwind and Trick Room change it.

  1. #1Garchomp (Mega Z)188
  2. #2Gengar (Mega)150
  3. #3Volcarona120
  4. #4Basculegion107
  5. #5Rillaboom105
  6. #6Incineroar72

The team in Showdown format

Basculegion @ Choice Scarf  
Ability: Adaptability  
EVs: 32 Atk / 2 Def / 32 Spe  
Jolly Nature  
- Wave Crash  
- Last Respects  
- Soak  
- Flip Turn  

Gengar @ Gengarite  
Ability: Cursed Body  
EVs: 20 HP / 13 Def / 32 SpA / 1 SpD  
Modest Nature  
- Protect  
- Sludge Bomb  
- Shadow Ball  
- Perish Song  

Incineroar @ Sitrus Berry  
Ability: Intimidate  
EVs: 32 HP / 2 Def / 32 SpD  
Sassy Nature  
- Protect  
- Fake Out  
- Parting Shot  
- Flare Blitz  

Garchomp @ Garchompite Z  
Ability: Rough Skin  
EVs: 1 HP / 1 Def / 32 SpA / 32 Spe  
Timid Nature  
- Protect  
- Earth Power  
- Draco Meteor  
- Power Gem  

Volcarona @ Grassy Seed  
Ability: Flame Body  
EVs: 5 HP / 32 SpA / 8 SpD / 21 Spe  
Modest Nature  
- Protect  
- Quiver Dance  
- Heat Wave  
- Giga Drain  

Rillaboom @ Miracle Seed  
Ability: Grassy Surge  
EVs: 10 HP / 32 Atk / 21 Def / 2 SpD / 1 Spe  
Adamant Nature  
- Protect  
- Fake Out  
- Grassy Glide  
- Wood Hammer

We build each spread against the most used Pokémon in the meta and around its teammates: the Speed that pays off most (counting the team's Tailwind or Trick Room) and just enough bulk to survive one or two hits from the threats no other member already handles, with the rest into attack. It's an estimate on the Pokémon Champions scale (0–32 per stat, 66 in total), because players don't publish their real spreads.

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