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Understanding the concept of a core is important when teambuilding. A core is made up of 2 or 3 Pokemon that work together to accomplish some sort of goal during the battle. Offensive cores tend to care less about covering weaknesses and more about type coverage and pivoting, overwhelming the opposing team and breaking down its cores, while defensive cores aim to be able to switch into as many common and threatening attacks in the metagame, lasting long enough to win the battle. Balance teams are usually made up of a defensive core and an offensive core, though hybrid cores do exist.
To submit a core, it must be in this format:
Sprites: Must be a 3D sprites, unless the CAP sprite is unavailable
Importable: Must be in a hide tag, copy and paste it from the teambuilder, sets should be in the same order as the sprites
Description: Must be in a hide tag, include a brief explanation of how the pokemon synergize together, variation between standard sets, and slashes if applicable
Example of a 2 Pokemon core (remember that a core can be 3 Pokemon also):
This is also the place to propose edits to a core, but don't be mean about it. This is not the place to add more teammates to a core to finish off a team. An example of a good edit post would be (and it doesn't have to be word for word this way):
Understanding the concept of a core is important when teambuilding. A core is made up of 2 or 3 Pokemon that work together to accomplish some sort of goal during the battle. Offensive cores tend to care less about covering weaknesses and more about type coverage and pivoting, overwhelming the opposing team and breaking down its cores, while defensive cores aim to be able to switch into as many common and threatening attacks in the metagame, lasting long enough to win the battle. Balance teams are usually made up of a defensive core and an offensive core, though hybrid cores do exist.
To submit a core, it must be in this format:
Sprites: Must be a 3D sprites, unless the CAP sprite is unavailable
Importable: Must be in a hide tag, copy and paste it from the teambuilder, sets should be in the same order as the sprites
Description: Must be in a hide tag, include a brief explanation of how the pokemon synergize together, variation between standard sets, and slashes if applicable
Example of a 2 Pokemon core (remember that a core can be 3 Pokemon also):
Tapu Koko @ Magnet
Ability: Electric Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 30 Atk
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- U-turn
- Taunt
Tomohawk @ Life Orb
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hurricane
- Focus Blast / Aura Sphere
- Nature Power
- Healing Wish / Roost
Ability: Electric Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 30 Atk
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- U-turn
- Taunt
Tomohawk @ Life Orb
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hurricane
- Focus Blast / Aura Sphere
- Nature Power
- Healing Wish / Roost
Tapu Koko remains a great pivot to this day and is capable of cleaning up weakened teams on its own, but it struggles with Grass-types like Ferrothorn, Pyroak, and Assault Vest Tangrowth and Ground-type Pokemon like Zygarde and Colossoil despite running Hidden Power Ice. Tomohawk complements Tapu Koko very well: Life Orb Hurricane hits Tapu Koko's checks extremely hard and Focus Blast can weaken down Assault Vest Magearna and KO Ferrothorn. Nature Power lets Tomohawk take care of most Pokemon faster than this core, and Tapu Koko's Electric Terrain turns Nature Power into Thunderbolt, making Tomohawk harder to switch into. Healing Wish lets Tapu Koko or another teammate stick around for more turns and gives it a free switch-in. Aura Sphere is a more accurate STAB move, and Roost can be used on a bulkier team.
This core is a great start to an offensive team. A Steel-type like Magearna or Celesteela can help check Fairy-types like Tapu Lele. Dugtrio traps specially bulky Pokemon like Mollux and Plasmanta. A Ground-type like Colossoil or Zygarde can take advantage of the removal of Water-types and Grass-types.
This core is a great start to an offensive team. A Steel-type like Magearna or Celesteela can help check Fairy-types like Tapu Lele. Dugtrio traps specially bulky Pokemon like Mollux and Plasmanta. A Ground-type like Colossoil or Zygarde can take advantage of the removal of Water-types and Grass-types.
This is also the place to propose edits to a core, but don't be mean about it. This is not the place to add more teammates to a core to finish off a team. An example of a good edit post would be (and it doesn't have to be word for word this way):
If the main goal of running Tomohawk with Tapu Koko is to break open bulky Grass-types and check Ground-types, stallbreaker Tomohawk can be run as well. Therefore, Taunt and Roost should be slash with Nature Power and Healing Wish, respectively.
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