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TarlaoGiulio's VR October Challenge #4 Top 16 Team

TarlaoGiulio · VR October Challenge #4 · 9th · 2026-10-25

All teams

IncineroarPrimarinaRillaboomRaichu (Mega Y)VolcaronaGarchomp (Mega Z)
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How the team plays

Raichu (Mega Y) is the team's special attacker: Timid with Zap Cannon and Focus Blast behind Protect, at 180 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 Raichu (Mega Y): Intimidate lowers both foes' Attack; Parting Shot lets it switch out without losing the turn.

Incineroar, Rillaboom and Raichu (Mega Y) 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 171 Speed, followed by Raichu (Mega Y) at 165. It runs no speed control: it relies on hitting hard before the opponent moves.

Primarina is the spread attacker: Hyper Voice hits both foes at once. Liquid Voice turns Hyper Voice into a Water-type attack.

The Rock, Poison and Ground weaknesses are unresolved: Volcarona takes 4× from Rock, no member resists Poison 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 TarlaoGiulio, who took it to VR October Challenge #4 (9th).

The six Pokémon

Incineroar

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

Primarina

WaterFairy
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Liquid Voice
Nature
Modest
Points
—
  • Hyper Voice
  • Moonblast
  • Calm Mind
  • Protect

Rillaboom

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

Raichu (Mega Y)

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

Volcarona

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

Garchomp (Mega Z)

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

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.

TypeIncineroarPrimarinaRillaboomRaichu (Mega Y)VolcaronaGarchomp (Mega Z)WeakResistNet
Normal1×1×1×1×1×1×000
Fire0.5×0.5×2×1×1×0.5×13+2
Water2×0.5×0.5×1×2×0.5×23+1
Grass0.5×2×0.5×1×0.25×0.5×14+3
Electric1×2×0.5×0.5×1×0.5×13+2
Ice0.5×0.5×2×1×0.5×2×23+1
Fighting2×0.5×1×1×0.5×1×12+1
Poison1×2×2×1×1×1×20-2
Ground2×1×0.5×2×1×1×21-1
Flying1×1×2×0.5×2×1×21-1
Psychic0×1×1×1×1×1×01+1
Bug1×0.5×2×1×0.5×1×12+1
Rock2×1×1×1×4×1×20-2
Ghost0.5×1×1×1×1×1×01+1
Dragon1×0×1×1×1×2×110
Dark0.5×0.5×1×1×1×1×02+2
Steel0.5×1×1×0.5×0.5×1×03+3
Fairy1×1×1×1×0.5×2×110

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)171
  2. #2Raichu (Mega Y)165
  3. #3Volcarona120
  4. #4Rillaboom105
  5. #5Incineroar80
  6. #6Primarina80

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  

Primarina @ Leftovers  
Ability: Liquid Voice  
EVs: 8 HP / 32 SpA / 26 Spe  
Modest Nature  
- Hyper Voice  
- Moonblast  
- Calm Mind  
- Protect  

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

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

Volcarona @ Grassy Seed  
Ability: Flame Body  
EVs: 29 HP / 3 Def / 32 SpA / 1 SpD / 1 Spe  
Modest Nature  
- Heat Wave  
- Giga Drain  
- Quiver Dance  
- Protect  

Garchomp @ Garchompite Z  
Ability: Rough Skin  
EVs: 8 HP / 26 Def / 32 SpA  
Modest Nature  
- Draco Meteor  
- Earth Power  
- Power Gem  
- Protect

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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