Pokemon VGC: How To Build The Best Hail Team
Pokemon is a beloved series that fans worldwide enjoy casually in their downtime or more competitively with online battles. Play! Pokemon hosts the international Pokemon Video Game Championships (VGC) yearly, and many participants meticulously plan out their battle strategy and team choice. There are a few ways to build a Pokemon team, but one common way is a Hail team.
Hail teams are made up of Pokemon, moves, or abilities that are affected by it hailing on the battlefield. Weather conditions can make massive changes to Pokemon performance, and players can take advantage of it with the right Pokemon choice. So, instead of freezing up, harness the power of ice in the Pokemon VGC by building the best Hail team.
Pokemon VGC: How To Build The Best Rain Team
Hail teams' priority is ensuring they have a way to set it up. There are a couple of ways to stir up a hailstorm. In gameplay, the actual weather can make it hail in battle. In Pokemon VGC matches, the best method is leading with a Pokemon that knows the ability Snow Warning. As soon as a Pokemon with this ability enters the field, it causes a hailstorm for 5 turns.
Some moves can make it Hail too. First, the move Hail, simply named, brings on a hailstorm for 5 turns. Alternatively, if a Dynamaxed Pokemon knows an Ice-type move, it gets access to the move Max Hailstorm which has the same effects as Snow Warning. If the user holds an Icy Rock, the storm continues for 8 turns rather than 5.
Hailing in Pokemon isn't just a hailstorm; it makes pretty significant changes to both Pokemon and the battlefield. Hail has the following effects:
In competitive matches, a common phrase heard is Core. A Core is a team's main two to three Pokemon that set up different battle strategies. In
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