[0:00]Hello, and welcome to this new video for me. Today, I will showcase you the team I use in the Grand Champions Festival where I finished top 8 with this Rotom Wash Gengar team. And this team is honestly so cool, 'cause it features a lot of tools, and you can just disrupt your opponent with something like Encore, Disable, you can make them struggle and most of the time you can play 2v1s, that way instead of 2v2s and that's just really, really fun. Um, this video will be structured that way that I will just first talk about the E V's in the Team Builder as well as common matchups and then I will add like three games afterwards where I showcase how to play the team. 20,000, 20,000, no, 2,450 plus gameplay by the way so, top of the ladder, so really, really excited for that. But first of all, those are the stats. I will explain in a bit what exactly they do, but yeah, um, very physically defensive Rotom Wash, very physically defensive Mega Gengar. This was really cool. Mixed defensive Incineroar, um, rather slow Aegislash, Garchomp, and Max Max Ninetales. Um, you can see the, um, replica code, uh, on the top. You can also find the paste in the description below if you wanna play with it on Pokemon Showdown. But yeah, let's take a look at the Team Builder and let me explain you why these spreads are actually kinda goated. Here we are and yeah, the team is built around Mega Gengar. Funnily enough, I was not the first one to discover like Gengar, Garchomp, Rotom, Ninetales. Um, one week ago there was a friendly between Team Japan and Team Germany. And Billa was using a very similar team to this, um, with quite different sets and Aerodactyl over Aegislash and I thought that the team is actually really sick. So I wanted to try it out myself and then I put Dragonite on the Aerodactyl slot, 'cause I thought Aerodactyl is kinda useless and Dragonite helps a little more into something like Sneazler, 'cause I was running Lum Berry, uh, is also good into Sun. But then, uh, I had like a winning streak of almost 24. I I had a winning streak of 11, then I tied one match and then I had a winning streak of 12. So out of 24 games, I was basically undefeated. I I can say that, uh, on high ladder, so really, really excited for that. But first of all, these are the stats. I will explain in a bit what exactly they do, but yeah, uh, very physically defensive Rotom Wash, very physically defensive Mega Gengar. This was really cool. Mixed defensive Incineroar, um, rather slow Aegislash, Garchomp, and Max Max Ninetales. Um, you can see the, um, replica code, uh, on the top. You can also find the paste in the description below if you wanna play with it on Pokemon Showdown. But yeah, let's take a look at the Team Builder and let me explain you why these spreads are actually kinda goated. Here we are and yeah, the team is built around Mega Gengar. Funnily enough, I was not the first one to discover like Gengar, Garchomp, Rotom, Ninetales. Um, one week ago there was a friendly between Team Japan and Team Germany. And Billa was using a very similar team to this, um, with quite different sets and Aerodactyl over Aegislash and I thought that the team is actually really sick. So I wanted to try it out myself and then I put Dragonite on the Aerodactyl slot, 'cause I thought Aerodactyl is kinda useless and Dragonite helps a little more into something like Sneazler, 'cause I was running Lum Berry, uh, is also good into Sun. But then, uh, I had like a winning streak of almost 24. I I had a winning streak of 11, then I tied one match and then I had a winning streak of 12. So out of 24 games, I was basically undefeated. I I can say that, uh, on high ladder, so really, really excited for that. But first of all, these are the stats. I will explain in a bit what exactly they do, but yeah, uh, very physically defensive Rotom Wash, very physically defensive Mega Gengar. This was really cool. Mixed defensive Incineroar, um, rather slow Aegislash, Garchomp, and Max Max Ninetales. Um, you can see the, um, replica code, uh, on the top. You can also find the paste in the description below if you wanna play with it on Pokemon Showdown. But yeah, let's take a look at the Team Builder and let me explain you why these spreads are actually kinda goated. Here we are and yeah, the team is built around Mega Gengar. Funnily enough, I was not the first one to discover like Gengar, Garchomp, Rotom, Ninetales. Um, one week ago there was a friendly between Team Japan and Team Germany. And Billa was using a very similar team to this, um, with quite different sets and Aerodactyl over Aegislash and I thought that the team is actually really sick. So I wanted to try it out myself and then I put Dragonite on the Aerodactyl slot, 'cause I thought Aerodactyl is kinda useless and Dragonite helps a little more into something like Sneazler, 'cause I was running Lum Berry, uh, is also good into Sun. But then, uh, I had like a winning streak of almost 24. I I had a winning streak of 11, then I tied one match and then I had a winning streak of 12. So out of 24 games, I was basically undefeated. I I can say that, uh, on high ladder, so really, really excited for that.
[2:44]Let's talk about Gengar the centerpiece. Um, this Gengar is actually quite physically defensive, 'cause I wanted my Gengar to survive some key, uh, moves. It survives Adamant Earthquake from Garchomp. It survives a Wave Crash from Basculegion. It survives a Sucker Punch from Chopper Berry Kingambit. And, uh, also like Last Respects, 100 Base Power if the Basculegion is intimidated. So, um, those were all the main things I wanted to eat and this is why this Gengar, as you can see, has a lot of physical defense investment. Um, still five special attack to get the KO on, uh, very frail Froslass as well as like Basculegion with Shadow Ball. Um, and also, uh, with Sludge Bomb you put Floette in range of Earthquake from Garchomp pretty much every time, so that felt pretty good. Um, and I was running a speed stat of 173 at first, 'cause, um, I just wanted to outspeed Adamant Sneazler. Um, and then I realized, maybe some Pokemon like Froslass, for example, might go for this speed stat. So then I played 174, and then I had one point, uh, left. Uh, and I wasn't sure where to put it, so I put it in Speed. That way, uh, it's also 1 point slower than Ninetales, which means if Ninetales, for example, outspeeds Froslass, I can be pretty sure that Gengar does as well.
[4:13]Because 176 is a very unusual speed stat. 172 is very common, and therefore 173 and 174 are also played a couple of times but 176 is never played and this is why I ended up with this Gengar spread. Sludge Bomb and Shadow Ball are just really strong STAB moves and with Disable plus Encore you can create some nasty pins. Generally, Ninetales is really good to, uh, shut down, um, weather based teams. It doesn't really shut down Zard-Y that much to be fair, um, but getting rid of his, uh, Sun can also help Rotom with stand, uh, Solar Beam or Aegislash with Stand Heat Wave. Um, uh, stuff like that is still pretty nice and it's just really, really good into Rain. Freeze-Dry is really cool to hit, um, Rotom Wash, Basculegion and Milotic with. Um, and yeah, um, not a crazy spread here. Um, it's a Focus Sash set and I wanted to maximize the damage. I was thinking about playing a Never Melt Ice set as well 'cause, um, I realized that the Sash rarely procs. So I could go for a bulkier, uh, Never Melt Ice set, um, but in the end I decided to stick with, uh, Sash. 'Cause there are some end games where I really want to take, um, a full power Last Respects, for example, from Basculegion. Also surviving an Iron Head from Kingambit can be pretty nice and also never being threatened by something like a Light of Ruin from Floette, uh, is definitely helpful as well.
[8:03]Speaking of some matchup, Garchomp is, uh, a really good Pokemon in the Sun matchup with Choice Scarf, Rock Slide as well as Rock Tomb. Um, Rock Tomb is, uh, really, really good. Missing a Dragon move is obviously somewhat rough against opposing Garchomp and mainly Hydreigon actually. But I can deal with opposing Garchomp and Dragonite by trapping them in and then KOing them with Ninetales. Or I just burn them with my Rotom Wash and then I could also technically ignore the opposing Garchomp. Um, Rock Tomb, however, gives me some more tools against stuff like, um, Choice Scarf Basculegion. Let's say I have Garchomp, Gengar on the field and the opponent has Choice Scarf Basculegion and it's full life and I'm like, oh damn, um, pretty bad position for me. Rock Tomb, Shadow Ball.
[9:05]Let's say your opponent has, um, uh, Aerodactyl itself, Mega Aerodactyl. I could double tap it with Rock Tomb, Shadow Ball.
[9:21]So, this is why Rock Tomb was actually really neat and, uh, I never really missed Dragon Claw. Um, there was one time where I really wanted Dragon Claw against a Hydreigon. Um, but I never missed it against opposing Garchomp specifically. Um, Double Ground is pretty obvious like you can click Earthquake next to Rotom. Stomping Tantrum is a good move if I don't wanna click Earthquake next to my Gengar for example and yeah. Uh, the spread, I wanted to run a rather bulky Scarf Garchomp at first, but then I realized that against Basculegion it's quite important to two hit KO those with Earthquake. Also, a lot of moves from this team do around 50%, like, uh, into Basculegion, like Shadow Sneak from Aegislash, Volt Switch from Rotom, Freeze-Dry from Ninetales. So, all of those moves definitely have to KO together with Earthquake or Stomping Tantrum. It's the same power. Spread Earthquake has 75 power for those unaware. And this is why I in the end decided to run 30 Adamant. Still putting four in HP, uh, allows me to survive a Dragon Claw from opposing Garchomp, which is quite neat and, um, yeah, makes speed, um, to outspeed Max Speed Mega Aero you need 149. And I thought that, uh, I also wanted to outspeed, um, Modest Hydreigon and if I'm not mistaken, Modest Hydreigon has 150. Um, and like Max Speed Rotom Wash, for example, has 151. And then it was just two more points and maybe I can get the jump on opposing, um, uh, Garchomp with Choice Scarf as well. Then we've got the Incineroar. The Incineroar, um, is really nice with Shuca Berry. Um, there was sometimes the idea to just lead Gengar Incineroar against Garchomp teams as well. Click Protect Parting Shot, trap them in and then KO them with Blizzard from Ninetales. This is what the Shuca Berry is for. Also helps a lot in the Sand matchup against Excadrill and yeah, uh, three attacks 'cause, um, Flare Blitz is quite needed to, um, threaten, um, stuff like Magenium. Um, Throat Chop is pretty good to deny, um, for example, opposing Incineroar to click Parting Shot, which is really nice, especially if you trap them in with your Gengar and you Intimidate them and then they they are just they are just useless on the field. And I decided to run a very specially defensive, um, Incineroar. Running Impish would obviously help to withstand something like a Close Combat from Sneazler. However, um, Incineroar is really important in the Floette matchup, I realized. And, uh, surviving a Light of Ruin is essential. Um, we also survive a Moonblast plus Dazzling Gleam. So this is basically the main reason why I decided to go with a Calm, uh, Careful Nature instead. I did not play any speed so that I can, um, put more, uh, points into bulk and that really paid off quite a bit. And then last but not least we've got Aegislash. Shadow Sneak is really good 'cause Basculegion can be troublesome, so is Gardevoir, opposing, uh, Gengar, and Shadow Sneak is really good into all three of these. Poltergeist is the main STAB. I didn't really feel like needing Iron Head 'cause I have Gengar for Floette and Poltergeist just threatens a lot of damage on a lot of other Pokemon. And Sacred Sword over Close Combat, because Sacred Sword still OHKOs Kingambit without, um, Chopper Berry. Um, and I didn't want to get any defense drops. Um, the investment is pretty cool 'cause I decided to run 83 speed. I wanted to outspeed Kingambit that speed creep on Incineroar, so like 81, 82 speed, as well as like there are a lot of 60 Base Speed Pokemon like Sylveon, Incineroar, Farigiraf. And I thought maybe some players just run 32, 32, 2 spreads. So if they put the two into speed, they have a speed stat of 82 and then I have a speed stat of 83. Um, and then the slight special defense, um, gives me the opportunity to survive a Shadow Ball even from like Modest Max Gengar. This sounds made up but I I wasn't sure like there were a lot of new players. That maybe run some crazy spreads, right? Um, and we also, um, withstand, uh, Heat Wave from Zard and Snow, um, which is pretty cool. Weather Ball is an Ice type attack. So, um, this is also pretty neat. Um, then the main partner for my Gengar is actually Rotom Wash 'cause, um, funnily enough, um, Rotom Wash plus Gengar have amazing synergy. Rotom Wash only has one weakness, which is Grass and Gengar can remove the Grass types like Scolioth or Magenium with Sludge Bomb. While Rotom Wash deals with the Ground types like Garchomp and Excadrill pretty nicely. Um, and also, um, Gengar threatens a lot of Special Attackers. As I said, Scolioth, Magenium, um, Floette, Gardevoir. Gengar can remove all of those and then Rotom Wash just can burn the Physical Attackers like Garchomp, Kingambit, Aerodactyl, Aegislash. And this is why this duo is just incredibly strong in my opinion. I decided to run Volt Switch, um, Billa's version had Thunderbolt. But I realized that, um, it's really good into Rain teams to just click Protect, Volt Switch, get in Ninetales and then you either threaten KOs with Freeze-Dry or you already threaten like the Encore Disable Lock. Um, and that's, uh, really, really sick. Also, you can trap your opponent with Gengar and if your Rotom is like slower than your opponent, you can switch Gengar out, click Volt Switch, switch Gengar in, and then they are still trapped even though they were threatening an OHKO onto Gengar, for example. And this is why I thought Volt Switch is just amazing. And yeah, I'm running the bump in defense to just withstand pretty much all physical moves. Um, and then, uh, four speed, um, so I hit a 110 speed stat. That has something to do with, okay, um, this is maybe a little complicated but Choice Scarf Basculegion has 214 speed. So I thought some, uh, Pokemon in Teerand might run a speed stat of 108 or 109 in order to outspeed that Choice Scarf Basculegion. Something like Magnezone, Tiranitar, um, Archeops. Like all those Pokemon could run 108, 109 and this is why I decided to run 110. And then I still have some special defense to maybe also survive a Solar Beam from Charkor, depending on the spread. I think from like one Modest, for example, uh, I have a decent chance to survive a Solar Beam, which helps in the Sun matchup quite a lot. Speaking of matchups, against Rain, mainly lead Gengar and Rotom, click Protect, Volt Switch, bring Ninetales in the back and go from there.
[16:33]Sometimes I also lead with Incineroar Gengar. This is also a decent lead into Rain. And then I bring Rotom Ninetales in the back. Some Rain teams also, um, are built where Aegislash and Garchomp can be brought. It, uh, depends. But yeah, Gengar and Rotom and Ninetales are the main pieces. Um, against some Rain teams you can bench Incineroar as well. Um, then against Sand teams, I mean, you have Rotom Wash and then Shuca Berry Incineroar. Those two are really important. Um, and then you just deal with all the Physical Attackers and then the Special Attackers. Something like Hydreigon. You either need to bring Ninetales or the Colbur Berry Aegislash with Sacred Sword, which can also deal with a Hydreigon, for example. And Scarf Garchomp by the way is also really good into Sand. Also withstands some moves. So against Sand, Sand is a matchup where I sometimes bench Mega Gengar and instead bring like Rotom Wash, Garchomp, Aegislash, Incineroar. That's totally possible.
[17:59]Against Sand, it depends on the exact Sand team, but Garchomp in the lead always threatens a Charizard for a lot of damage. So Garchomp plus Gengar is a valid lead, especially because Gengar also survives a Heat Wave. And then in the back, sometimes I bring Aegislash, Ninetales 'cause once, um, you connect with a Rock Slide on the Charizard, most of them are actually EVed to survive it. They are in range of Shadow Sneak, which is pretty neat. Um, and then Aegislash, Ninetales can win a potential end game. Um, Incineroar can also be brought into Sun teams as well. So does Rotom, but um, yeah, Rotom can deal with Garchomp a little better while Incineroar takes the moves from Charizard and also threatens Fake Out support. However, a lot of Sun teams have a lot of Incineroar hate with like Aerodactyl as well as like Garchomp, Kingambit. So sometimes it can be tricky to bring Incineroar there. Against Trick Room teams, um, Trick Room is not easy to play against, but, um, the idea behind the Aegislash also was to deal with something like Mega Blastoise in Trick Room. 'Cause it's one of the main Trick Room sweepers, as well as like Magnezone, Gardevoir. And Aegislash can outspeed all of those and threaten a lot of damage with Poltergeist. Um, but yeah, the main way you deal with Trick Room is to not deny it. You don't have like Overheat from Charizard or Light of Ruin from Floette to threaten an OHKO. You don't have taunt, you, like, the way you deal with Trick Room is that you have to survive one Trick Room, um, yeah, one Trick Room, basically.
[19:28]Um, and the way I do that is that I lead with Gengar and I get some damage on the Farigiraf early on with a Sludge Bomb so that they do not set up a second Trick Room. And then, depending on what their Trick Room sweeper is, if it's Camerupt, you have Rotom Wash. If it's something like Sylveon or Gardevoir, you have Aegislash. Like Rotom Wash and Aegislash deal with almost all Trick Room sweepers. Then Incineroar can also provide Fake Out support, not when they are next to Farigiraf, but also Parting Shot is really good. Shuca Berry, you are a pretty good Pokemon into Camerupt, into Torkoal, into Crabominable to some extent. But you've got also Aegislash for Crabominable. So yeah, um, there are a lot of, um, threatening Trick Room Pokemon, but, um, as long as you survive one Trick Room engine, um, you should be able to win the game and, uh, or maybe the set. This team was originally built for best of three purposes, but I was able to top the ladder with it, um, in game, so it was also not bad in Close Team Sheet. But, um, if you play this team on the ladder now, you gotta keep in mind that some of your opponents might know the team, um, and, uh, therefore, uh, know that, for example, you have Rock Tomb on Garchomp.
[20:55]Before I played the tournament, I was able to double tap so many Choice Scarf Basculegion with Rock Tomb on the ladder because they were not expecting it. Now, some of them might expect it, but yeah. If you have any questions about any matchups or about any sets or spreads, uh, let me know, uh, let me know down in the comments below and let's get started with some high ladder games.
