Tips for starting out on Pokemon Showdown and how to build a good team?

I’m thinking of getting started on the tier, but I don’t know what to use.

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Tryhere.Andhere. Andhereand the more recent issues ofhere. These links and articles help prepare for common threats, explain synergy, et cetera. Good luck!

Well in my opinion as I am a showdown user you must first determine what tier you want to use, I reccomend starting in Anything Goes setup. This tier’s only limits are no forcing endless battles and HP is shown in percentages (HP percentage is in like every tier.) You can make a team based around any aspect or many aspects here’s a team I personally like! P.S. It’s an OU tier team see if you like it! I’m also gonna give a little info on how to use them.

Azumarill (M) @ Pixie PlateAbility: Huge PowerShiny: YesEVs: 252 Atk / 128 Def / 128 SpDIVs: 30 Atk / 30 Spe- Play Rough- Body Slam- Aqua Jet- Work Up

Gliscor (M) @ Toxic OrbAbility: Poison HealShiny: YesEVs: 252 Atk / 56 Def / 200 SpDAdamant Nature- Aerial Ace- Earthquake- Night Slash- Rest

Charizard (M) @ Charizardite XAbility: BlazeShiny: YesEVs: 80 HP / 252 Atk / 176 SpeAdamant Nature- Flare Blitz- Aerial Ace- Fire Punch- Earthquake

Talonflame (M) @ Sky PlateAbility: Gale WingsShiny: YesEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Brave Bird- Flare Blitz- Swords Dance- Will-O-Wisp

Tyranitar (M) @ Earth PlateAbility: Sand StreamShiny: YesEVs: 252 Atk / 128 Def / 128 SpDAdamant Nature- Earthquake- Brick Break- Ice Punch- Facade

Ambipom (M) @ Choice BandAbility: Skill LinkShiny: YesEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeAdamant Nature- Double Slap- Gunk Shot- Shadow Claw- Beat UpAzumarril: here because Wynaut? Pixie Plate+Play Rough+ 198 Attack+ whatever bonus Huge Power adds= Nice coverage plus, if your confident you can take hits go for a Swords Dance just to wreck everything.Gliscor: there to be your Physical Tank, Earthquake STAB= 150 base power + 317 attack for win. Aerial Ace for a nice 90 base power flying. Toxic Orb + Poison Heal AND rest for some nice regen.Mega Charizard X: Looks cool, a 317 HP sweeper soo that’s good. Fire Punch just in-case you ran into something like Scizor who has 4x weakness fire and you don’t need recoil to take its toll. Edit!!! Give Charizard a Physical Dragon move when he M-evolves into X form he gets dragon type.Talonflame: Sorta like Azumarill but also kinda different, Gale Wings Brave Bird with Sky Plate and Swords Dance (if you can) pretty much wrecks everything. Will-O-Wisp to halve Attack stat of defending Pokemon, he doesn’t have the best defense.Tyranitar: Ahh….. THE GREAT TYRANT! Earth Plate Sandstorm E-quake is pretty good in my EXP. Everything else is coverage.Ambipom: I KNOW ITS NO AN OU ITS RU stop Houndooming me (<– Best pun ever) basically here because not many people expect a Solid Normal type and and Skill LinkDouble Slab with Choice Band can kill if needed. Other moves are there for use BUT REMEMBER it is Choice Banded so what you choose you’re locked into until you switch out or faint.

Other than that see what works best for you, take my team and completely re-do it if you wantP.S. Hope this helped! -PikaPi 3.14