Staraptor (Mega)
FightingFlying- Item
- Staraptite
- Ability
- Intimidate
- Nature
- Jolly
- Points
- —
- Close Combat
- Brave Bird
- Tailwind
- Protect
Renzo Navarro · Puebla Regional 2027 · Runner Up · 2026-10-25
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Staraptor (Mega) is the team's physical attacker: Jolly with Close Combat and Brave Bird behind Protect, at 160 Attack. It also runs Raichu (Mega Y) as an alternative Mega: only one can Mega Evolve per battle.
Rillaboom's Grassy Terrain is used for reducing Earthquake and Bulldoze damage.
Raichu (Mega Y) 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.
Staraptor (Mega) sets Tailwind so the team moves first. Raichu (Mega Y) is the fastest at 165 Speed, followed by Staraptor (Mega) at 143.
Arcanine-Hisui is the spread attacker: Rock Slide hits both foes at once.
The Ground, Fire and Water weaknesses are unresolved: Arcanine-Hisui takes 4× from Ground, 2 of the six are weak to Fire and Arcanine-Hisui takes 4× from Water.
The spreads are the generic 32/32 ones and have not been tuned to specific benchmarks.
Team by Renzo Navarro, who took it to Puebla Regional 2027 (Runner Up).
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.
| Type | Weak | Resist | Net | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | 1× | 1× | 0.5× | 1× | 0× | 1× | 0 | 2 | +2 |
| Fire | 1× | 1× | 0.25× | 0.5× | 2× | 2× | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Water | 1× | 1× | 4× | 0.5× | 1× | 0.5× | 1 | 2 | +1 |
| Grass | 0.5× | 1× | 1× | 2× | 0.5× | 0.5× | 1 | 3 | +2 |
| Electric | 2× | 0.5× | 1× | 2× | 1× | 0.5× | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ice | 2× | 1× | 0.5× | 0.5× | 0.5× | 2× | 2 | 3 | +1 |
| Fighting | 0.5× | 1× | 2× | 0.5× | 0× | 1× | 1 | 3 | +2 |
| Poison | 1× | 1× | 0.5× | 2× | 0× | 2× | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ground | 0× | 2× | 4× | 1× | 2× | 0.5× | 3 | 2 | -1 |
| Flying | 2× | 0.5× | 0.5× | 1× | 0.5× | 2× | 2 | 3 | +1 |
| Psychic | 2× | 1× | 1× | 1× | 0.5× | 1× | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bug | 0.25× | 1× | 0.5× | 0.5× | 0.25× | 2× | 1 | 4 | +3 |
| Rock | 1× | 1× | 2× | 1× | 0.5× | 1× | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ghost | 1× | 1× | 1× | 1× | 2× | 1× | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| Dragon | 1× | 1× | 1× | 0× | 0.5× | 1× | 0 | 2 | +2 |
| Dark | 0.5× | 1× | 1× | 0.5× | 2× | 1× | 1 | 2 | +1 |
| Steel | 1× | 0.5× | 1× | 1× | 0.5× | 1× | 0 | 2 | +2 |
| Fairy | 2× | 1× | 0.5× | 1× | 0.5× | 1× | 1 | 2 | +1 |
Each member's Speed at level 50 with its points and nature. Switch tabs to see how Tailwind and Trick Room change it.
Staraptor @ Staraptite Ability: Intimidate EVs: 32 Atk / 2 Def / 32 Spe Jolly Nature - Close Combat - Brave Bird - Tailwind - Protect Raichu @ Raichunite Y Ability: Lightning Rod EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe Timid Nature - Zap Cannon - Focus Blast - Fake Out - Protect Arcanine-Hisui @ Focus Sash Ability: Rock Head EVs: 32 Atk / 2 SpD / 32 Spe Jolly Nature - Flare Blitz - Extreme Speed - Rock Slide - Protect Primarina @ Leftovers Ability: Liquid Voice EVs: 8 HP / 32 SpA / 26 Spe Modest Nature - Hyper Voice - Moonblast - Calm Mind - Protect Gholdengo @ Life Orb Ability: Good as Gold EVs: 5 HP / 27 Def / 32 SpA / 2 Spe Modest Nature - Make It Rain - Shadow Ball - Nasty Plot - Protect Rillaboom @ Miracle Seed Ability: Grassy Surge EVs: 10 HP / 32 Atk / 21 Def / 2 SpD / 1 Spe Adamant Nature - Wood Hammer - Grassy Glide - High Horsepower - Fake Out
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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