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vedantvgc's VR October Challenge #4 Top 8 Team

vedantvgc · VR October Challenge #4 · 5th · 2026-10-25

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GholdengoRillaboomMiloticArcanine-HisuiSalamence (Mega)Raichu (Mega Y)
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How the team plays

Salamence (Mega) is the team's special attacker: Modest with Hyper Voice and Draco Meteor behind Protect, at 154 Special 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.

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.

Salamence (Mega) sets Tailwind so the team moves first. Raichu (Mega Y) is the fastest at 165 Speed, followed by Salamence (Mega) at 140.

Gholdengo is the Life Orb spread attacker: Make It Rain hits both foes at once. At 104 Speed, it depends on Tailwind being active.

The Ground, Ice and Rock weaknesses are unresolved: Arcanine-Hisui takes 4× from Ground, Salamence (Mega) takes 4× from Ice and 2 of the six are weak to Rock.

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

Team by vedantvgc, who took it to VR October Challenge #4 (5th).

The six Pokémon

Gholdengo

SteelGhost
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Good as Gold
Nature
Modest
Points
—
  • Shadow Ball
  • Make It Rain
  • Nasty Plot
  • Protect

Rillaboom

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

Milotic

Water
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Competitive
Nature
Calm
Points
—
  • Coil
  • Muddy Water
  • Hypnosis
  • Protect

Arcanine-Hisui

FireRock
Item
Focus Sash
Ability
Rock Head
Nature
Jolly
Points
—
  • Extreme Speed
  • Head Smash
  • Flare Blitz
  • Protect

Salamence (Mega)

DragonFlying
Item
Salamencite
Ability
Intimidate
Nature
Modest
Points
—
  • Hyper Voice
  • Draco Meteor
  • Tailwind
  • Protect

Raichu (Mega Y)

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

TypeGholdengoRillaboomMiloticArcanine-HisuiSalamence (Mega)Raichu (Mega Y)WeakResistNet
Normal0×1×1×0.5×1×1×02+2
Fire2×2×0.5×0.25×0.5×1×23+1
Water1×0.5×0.5×4×0.5×1×13+2
Grass0.5×0.5×2×1×0.25×1×13+2
Electric1×0.5×2×1×1×0.5×12+1
Ice0.5×2×0.5×0.5×4×1×23+1
Fighting0×1×1×2×0.5×1×12+1
Poison0×2×1×0.5×1×1×12+1
Ground2×0.5×1×4×0×2×32-1
Flying0.5×2×1×0.5×1×0.5×13+2
Psychic0.5×1×1×1×1×1×01+1
Bug0.25×2×1×0.5×0.5×1×13+2
Rock0.5×1×1×2×2×1×21-1
Ghost2×1×1×1×1×1×10-1
Dragon0.5×1×1×1×2×1×110
Dark2×1×1×1×1×1×10-1
Steel0.5×1×0.5×1×1×0.5×03+3
Fairy0.5×1×1×0.5×2×1×12+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. #1Raichu (Mega Y)165
  2. #2Salamence (Mega)140
  3. #3Arcanine-Hisui121
  4. #4Rillaboom105
  5. #5Gholdengo104
  6. #6Milotic101

The team in Showdown format

Gholdengo @ Life Orb  
Ability: Good as Gold  
EVs: 5 HP / 27 Def / 32 SpA / 2 Spe  
Modest Nature  
- Shadow Ball  
- Make It Rain  
- Nasty Plot  
- Protect  

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

Milotic @ Leftovers  
Ability: Competitive  
EVs: 32 HP / 20 Def / 14 SpD  
Calm Nature  
- Coil  
- Muddy Water  
- Hypnosis  
- Protect  

Arcanine-Hisui @ Focus Sash  
Ability: Rock Head  
EVs: 32 Atk / 2 SpD / 32 Spe  
Jolly Nature  
- Extreme Speed  
- Head Smash  
- Flare Blitz  
- Protect  

Salamence @ Salamencite  
Ability: Intimidate  
EVs: 1 HP / 32 SpA / 32 SpD / 1 Spe  
Modest Nature  
- Hyper Voice  
- Draco Meteor  
- Tailwind  
- Protect  

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