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Help me build please

Seeing as Excadrill and Chandelure are both weak to Water and Ground, I'd recommend a Grass-type to cover those weaknesses. I'd go with Grookey as your starter in Sword or Shield, because its final evolution Rillaboom is really good in my experience. I'd also recommend a Water-type, I don't know much about the competitive scene, but Dracovish seems pretty popular because of how powerful it is, keep in mind though that the two fossils you need to make Dracovish (the Fossilized Fish and Fossilized Drake) are easier to get hold of in Shield rather than Sword).
 
I have an untested OU team with Excadrill and Chandelure on it. The original version has Celebi on it but now that the DLC has dropped I think Tangrowth fits the team better anyways and slightly alleviates its Zeraora problem. Here are both versions if you want to build one or just use it to get a general idea of what you want on your team:

Version with Celebi: https://pokepast.es/1748be1480f9127e
Version with Tangrowth: https://pokepast.es/f5c0813e32e445c5
 
DaveStir said:
I'd like to end up with a somewhat competitive team
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The first and most important question: Single battles or double battles?

The second question: Pokémon Sword and Shield Ranked/VGC battle rules (pick 3 for single battles, pick 4 for double battles, Team Preview on, no duplicate hold items, Dynamax/Gigantamax is allowed) or Pokémon Showdown rules (use your full team, no Team Preview, duplicate hold items allowed, Dynamax/Gigantamax banned)?

Divine Retribution said:
I have an untested OU team with Excadrill and Chandelure on it. The original version has Celebi on it but now that the DLC has dropped I think Tangrowth fits the team better anyways and slightly alleviates its Zeraora problem. Here are both versions if you want to build one or just use it to get a general idea of what you want on your team:

Version with Celebi: https://pokepast.es/1748be1480f9127e
Version with Tangrowth: https://pokepast.es/f5c0813e32e445c5
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Bear in mind that if Ranked/VGC is chosen, Celebi is not allowed.
 
Ophie said:
Bear in mind that if Ranked/VGC is chosen, Celebi is not allowed.
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That's part of the reason why I posted the alternative with Tangrowth (which I honestly think is superior anyways) as a competitive Celebi is difficult to obtain and not usable in most official formats. It could also be made to comply with Item Clause by swapping the Leftovers on either Togekiss or Seismitoad for a number of other alternatives (Rocky Helmet, Sitrus Berry, etc).

EDIT: Also Showdown and Smogon tiers do have team preview.
 
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Divine Retribution said:
That's part of the reason why I posted the alternative with Tangrowth (which I honestly think is superior anyways) as a competitive Celebi is difficult to obtain and not usable in most official formats. It could also be made to comply with Item Clause by swapping the Leftovers on either Togekiss or Seismitoad for a number of other alternatives (Rocky Helmet, Sitrus Berry, etc).

EDIT: Also Showdown and Smogon tiers do have team preview.
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Ah, they do? I hadn't paid much attention to it. Can you pick out who you begin with too?

DaveStir said:
Team I ended up building is chandelure, seismitoad, ferrothorn, togekiss, heracross, and toxtricity.

Thoughts?
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You'll need to provide more detail on that (as well as answer what sort of battling you'll be doing, since the strategies will be completely different based on the four different ways you could be battling).
 
Ophie said:
Ah, they do? I hadn't paid much attention to it. Can you pick out who you begin with too?
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Usually Excadrill but it's somewhat matchup dependent. If I suspect they have something like Rocky Helmet Kommo-O that can keep rocks up against it, I'll lead with something else. I tested the team a bit yesterday and it's definitely a little Rocks-weak and dependent on Excadrill keeping them off the field (I actually swapped Togekiss's Leftovers for Heavy-Duty Boots; not only does that slightly alleviate the Stealth Rock issue but it also makes it Item Clause compliant for official formats).
 
Divine Retribution said:
Usually Excadrill but it's somewhat matchup dependent. If I suspect they have something like Rocky Helmet Kommo-O that can keep rocks up against it, I'll lead with something else. I tested the team a bit yesterday and it's definitely a little Rocks-weak and dependent on Excadrill keeping them off the field (I actually swapped Togekiss's Leftovers for Heavy-Duty Boots; not only does that slightly alleviate the Stealth Rock issue but it also makes it Item Clause compliant for official formats).
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Well, what I mean is that in the official games, the purpose of Team Preview is to allow you to control who you send out first. But based on your response, I take it as a "yes."
 
Ophie said:
Well, what I mean is that in the official games, the purpose of Team Preview is to allow you to control who you send out first. But based on your response, I take it as a "yes."
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Oh, yes, Team Preview on Showdown functions essentially the same as it does in game, the only real difference is that instead of seeing their sprites you see the full models, as well as a list being posted in the battle's chat room. However, certain Pokemon with alternate forms that aren't identifiable from Team Preview in the carts simply display as their standard form (the most notable example being Arceus; Arceus always displays as Arceus-Normal on Team Preview even when it's actually a different type.)
 
DaveStir said:
I'm new to pokemon

I want a team with excadrill and chandelure in it not sure how to fill rest of the roster
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I mean, there's no one-size, fits all mold to building a team. Just depends on what kind of roles you want to utilize them in. Excadrill is usually used as a Rapid Spinner to be able to get rid of Spikes, Stealth Rock, etc. Chandelure is a Special Attacker, so makes sense to utilize his Ghost/Fire types. Right now, you've got two Pokes with weaknesses to Water AND Ground, so you'll need some natural resistances there. A Grass type could be utilized here, but overall Grass isn't a huge metagame user IIRC. So on and so forth.
 
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