Competed in the Battle Competition over the weekend. Didn't quite finish my team in time, so ended up going with Solgaleo as my Trick Room setter instead of Palkia, and putting Tornadus in for some Tailwind speed control to give the team a fast mode.
That turned out to be a great decision, as we were far more effective in fast mode. Tornadus was a lot of fun to play with, had great synergy with Kyogre. I went with a bulky Kyogre, so it really appreciated the priority Tailwind Tornadus setup, while Tornadus was able to switch from support to attack with Rain backed Hurricane. Having Rain Dance on Tornadus too was really helpful in the couple of weather war matchups I had against Groudon. Ludicolo really benefitted from that, as expected he turned out to be a great Groudon counter. Didn't get to use him as much as I would have liked
The Trick Room mode didn't work quite so well. Solgaleo wasn't a great setter, particularly without Tapu Lele's Psychic Terrain support to aid it against Incineroar and other Fake Out users. And without TR up Snorlax was fairly useless, especially the Belly Drum version I was running. A shiny Tapu Lele’s the reward for competing in the tournament, so hopefully with that and upgrading Solgaleo to Dusk Mane Necrozma Trick Room can be more effective next time
Ended up with a 9-6 record, although two of the wins game from people immediately forfeiting, so was really a 7-6. Not great, but its the first time I’ve done any competitive battling for over a year, and the rust certainly showed in some battles. Had fun though, which is always the main thing