A few TR team building questions from someone who hasn't played a bit [Champions VGC]
Hi all!
It's been a few since I last played in Champions, as I was having issues with my phone. (Last played during M-B, according to my Showdown teams) I'm set all back up, and I've noticed that my favorite support pokemon is back (Indeedee-F my beloved). Woo hoo!
So because of that, I wanted to go back to workshop my team. Currently, my team sits at: [https://pokepast.es/76469e72ac90b9b1](https://pokepast.es/76469e72ac90b9b1) As for the questions themselves:
A.) I know TR wasn't the strongest strat in the game, but it's one I hold dearly. Is it in a better spot?
2.) Indeedee was originally replaced by Farigiraf, who became a close team member to me and superseded my expectations. They fill very similar roles (in my head at least) as priority blocking + TR setter + redirection. Farig has a better priority blocker (Armor Tail vs Psychic Terrain) but Indeedee enables Expanding Force (further down) as well as having better redirection (Follow Me vs Ally Switch)
C.) My team originally ran an Hatterene / Farig opener, having Farig set up Terrain while Hat set up TR. Then spamed Expanding Force. It's an opener I love, but I understand it used to be way weaker in Champions due to the lack of Indeedee. Now that Indeedee is back, how strong actually is it?
4.) On the topic of Expanding Force, does TR Psyspam work well, since Armarouge is also in the game? Is Armarouge preferred over Hat for the better offensive typing (Psychic/Fire vs Psychic/Fairy)
E.) Let's move past my standard openers. The new mega on the block is Golisopod-Mega, who seems to work incredibly well. How does it compare to Mega Crab? Crab has a higher base Atk and a better offensive typing, but Golisopod should overall do better damage since Tough Claws boosts all of it's moves, as opposed to Iron Fist which doesn't boost half of it's stabs. However, Golisopod has a way worse defensive typing with Charizard being as strong as it is this format.
6.) The "glue" Pokemon, as in ones that work on just about anything. In my team's case, that would be Incin, Kingambit, and sorta Sinistcha. I assume they're just as strong as ever? Are they worth swapping out?
G.) Is it worth having a backup plan, or is focusing on TR the best case? My favorite team I ever played was Sun Room, but a lot of the best abusers aren't in the game yet, as I understand. (Noticably, Liligant-H my beloved)
8.) Last question, is there any Pokemon worth considering that I didn't think of? Offhand, I've tried tinkering with M!Salamance, M!Baxcalibur, and I'm aware of Rillaboom and Pawmot, but I'm not sure if any of them slot in well enough.
I hope this is ok to ask. I know it's a lot of questions, so if you don't have great answers to all of them but you do have some, that is more than enough! I appreciate reading through all of them if you did, and I hope you have a great rest of your night/day :3