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TarlaoGiulio's VR October Challenge #3 Runner Up Team

TarlaoGiulio · VR October Challenge #3 · Runner Up · 2026-10-18

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IncineroarCharizard (Mega Y)VenusaurRaichu (Mega Y)SylveonGarchomp
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How the team plays

Charizard (Mega Y) is the team's special attacker: Modest with Heat Wave, Ancient Power and Weather Ball behind Protect, at 196 Special Attack. It also runs Raichu (Mega Y) as an alternative Mega: only one can Mega Evolve per battle.

Charizard (Mega Y) sets sun when it Mega Evolves and Incineroar and Venusaur take advantage of it.

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

Incineroar and Raichu (Mega Y) provide Fake Out: that is how it gets the free turn without spending a setup move.

Raichu (Mega Y) is the fastest at 165 Speed, followed by Garchomp at 122. It runs no speed control: it relies on hitting hard before the opponent moves.

Sylveon is the spread attacker: Hyper Voice hits both foes at once. Pixilate turns Hyper Voice into a Fairy-type attack.

The Ice, Rock and Water weaknesses are unresolved: Garchomp takes 4× from Ice, Charizard (Mega Y) takes 4× from Rock and 2 of the six are weak to Water.

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

Team by TarlaoGiulio, who took it to VR October Challenge #3 (Runner Up).

The six Pokémon

Incineroar

FireDark
Item
Chople Berry
Ability
Intimidate
Nature
Careful
Points
—
  • Fake Out
  • Flare Blitz
  • Parting Shot
  • Throat Chop

Charizard (Mega Y)

FireFlying
Item
Charizardite Y
Ability
Solar Power
Nature
Modest
Points
—
  • Heat Wave
  • Ancient Power
  • Weather Ball
  • Protect

Venusaur

GrassPoison
Item
Focus Sash
Ability
Chlorophyll
Nature
Modest
Points
—
  • Leaf Storm
  • Sludge Bomb
  • Sleep Powder
  • Protect

Raichu (Mega Y)

Electric
Item
Raichunite Y
Ability
Lightning Rod
Nature
Timid
Points
—
  • Fake Out
  • Zap Cannon
  • Focus Blast
  • Protect

Sylveon

Fairy
Item
Fairy Feather
Ability
Pixilate
Nature
Modest
Points
—
  • Hyper Voice
  • Hyper Beam
  • Quick Attack
  • Protect

Garchomp

DragonGround
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Rough Skin
Nature
Adamant
Points
—
  • Earthquake
  • Dragon Claw
  • Rock Slide
  • Stomping Tantrum

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.

TypeIncineroarCharizard (Mega Y)VenusaurRaichu (Mega Y)SylveonGarchompWeakResistNet
Normal1×1×1×1×1×1×000
Fire0.5×0.5×2×1×1×0.5×13+2
Water2×2×0.5×1×1×1×21-1
Grass0.5×0.25×0.25×1×1×1×03+3
Electric1×2×0.5×0.5×1×0×13+2
Ice0.5×1×2×1×1×4×21-1
Fighting2×0.5×0.5×1×0.5×1×13+2
Poison1×1×1×1×2×0.5×110
Ground2×0×1×2×1×1×21-1
Flying1×1×2×0.5×1×1×110
Psychic0×1×2×1×1×1×110
Bug1×0.25×2×1×0.5×1×12+1
Rock2×4×1×1×1×0.5×21-1
Ghost0.5×1×1×1×1×1×01+1
Dragon1×1×1×1×0×2×110
Dark0.5×1×1×1×0.5×1×02+2
Steel0.5×0.5×1×0.5×2×1×13+2
Fairy1×0.5×0.5×1×1×2×12+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. #1Raichu (Mega Y)165
  2. #2Garchomp122
  3. #3Charizard (Mega Y)120
  4. #4Venusaur100
  5. #5Incineroar80
  6. #6Sylveon80

The team in Showdown format

Incineroar @ Chople Berry  
Ability: Intimidate  
EVs: 32 HP / 2 Def / 32 SpD  
Careful Nature  
- Fake Out  
- Flare Blitz  
- Parting Shot  
- Throat Chop  

Charizard @ Charizardite Y  
Ability: Solar Power  
EVs: 8 HP / 5 Def / 32 SpA / 21 Spe  
Modest Nature  
- Heat Wave  
- Ancient Power  
- Weather Ball  
- Protect  

Venusaur @ Focus Sash  
Ability: Chlorophyll  
EVs: 15 HP / 32 SpA / 13 SpD / 6 Spe  
Modest Nature  
- Leaf Storm  
- Sludge Bomb  
- Sleep Powder  
- Protect  

Raichu @ Raichunite Y  
Ability: Lightning Rod  
EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe  
Timid Nature  
- Fake Out  
- Zap Cannon  
- Focus Blast  
- Protect  

Sylveon @ Fairy Feather  
Ability: Pixilate  
EVs: 8 HP / 32 SpA / 26 Spe  
Modest Nature  
- Hyper Voice  
- Hyper Beam  
- Quick Attack  
- Protect  

Garchomp @ Choice Scarf  
Ability: Rough Skin  
EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 13 Def / 19 Spe  
Adamant Nature  
- Earthquake  
- Dragon Claw  
- Rock Slide  
- Stomping Tantrum

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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